As he spoke, Sima Ye also sighed with emotion, "In the past, the kings fought among themselves, and in vain consumed how many hundred elite soldiers of my Great Jin Dynasty. Nowadays, in addition to the newly recruited young and strong, there are many greedy and cowardly people in the imperial army, so every time they encounter Hu Lu, they always can't resist it, and they are defeated again and again. Alas, if the military and civilians in the world are like the Qing family, where can they get the current situation! ”

Gao Yue was silent. Everyone knows the truth, but it is difficult to do it yourself. Worried that the emperor was depressed, Lu Yun changed the topic and said: "The governor of Gaodu started from the grass, expelled the mediocre officials in more than a year, controlled Longxi, and trained such a Longxi army that can rush and dare to fight. ”

Gao Yue hurriedly said: "At the beginning, the lower officials were pushed by everyone, and they had no choice but to ....... However, the lower officials have traces of specialization, but they have no specialization, and they are always sincere to the court, and please ask Your Majesty and the two old Yuan Rong to be more considerate. ”

In any case, at the beginning, Gao Yue was a white person, killed officials and stood on his own, and controlled Longxi alone, which was placed in peacetime, which means that he committed the crime of rebellion, which is also appropriate. But in the current special period, where can the imperial court take care of the investigation process, what the imperial court wants is the result. As long as you can be diligent and diligent and support the Jin family, you used to be a thief who killed people without blinking, and you can gently expose it if you can't say it.

Suo Qi waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter. His Majesty and I all know the heart of the Governor of Gaodu very well. You don't have any scruples, do it well in the future, and the court will never fail you. ”

As he spoke, Suo Qi looked at Sima Ye, and saw that Sima Ye nodded again and again with a smile on his face, and then said, "You see, you are so young that you have already become a marquis." When I was as old as you, I was just a small official, haha. Your Majesty's high esteem and kindness are not grand. ”

"Yes. Your Majesty is gracious, and the ministers are inscribed within. Gao Yue stood up, bowed to Sima Ye, and bowed to the two of them: "And there are two old Yuanrong who have promoted and cared for them, and the lower officials are extremely grateful in their hearts." ”

Sima Ye had a very good impression of Gao Yue because he was young and heroic, and his appearance was extraordinary. And for a long time, the people close to him were the two of them. Although the relationship is close, after all, there is a big age difference, even if it is considered an elder, there is no problem. Now that he suddenly met a peer like Gao Yue, the key is to be loyal and capable, Sima Ye can't help but want to be close to Gao Yue. If it weren't for the identity of the emperor, he would have called a senior brother.

Sima Ye smiled: "Gao ...... Gao Qing, in the future, in front of me, there is no need to be so restrained. Although I am young, I also have judgments of right and wrong. If you are sincere to me, I will remember it in my heart, and I will not lose it. Gao Qing has the merit of protecting the sky today, and for me, he is still a benefactor, and he will be my confidant in the future, and he will rely on Gao Qing's contribution more in state affairs. ”

Sima Ye took another sip of tea and asked, "Qing is in Longxi, what are the difficulties?" If the imperial court can help solve it, it will definitely not shirk. ”

"Your Majesty's words are serious, and the ministers are terrified." Gao Yuexun thanked him, and when he heard that the emperor had asked about the punctuality, he remembered what Yang Ke had said, where to let go of this opportunity at the moment, so he continued Sima Ye's words.

"The minister is in Longxi, if you want to say that there is no difficulty, it is also deceiving Your Majesty, the minister only tells the truth, and does not dare to bully the king."

Gao Yue glanced at the glue suo, and saw that the two of them were listening carefully, and there was no impatience and contempt, so he opened up and said: "Longxi is under the rule of Qinzhou. Since the minister asked the pastor to guard Longxi, he has been respectful to the court and the officials, and there is no disobedience. However, the king of Nanyang repeatedly made it difficult to suppress, regarded the minister as an alien, and even made a move to send a killer to assassinate him, and wanted to get rid of it quickly, but the minister was helpless, since His Majesty asked, he had to answer truthfully. ”

"Assassinating you?"

Sima Ye and Lu Suo were shocked when they heard this. Sima Bao couldn't tolerate Gao Yue, and the imperial court had heard of it a little, but the dignified vassal king actually made such a trick, if it was true, it was really despicable.

Gao Yue then said that Chen An raided Xiangwu that night and killed him very badly, so he simply added fuel and vinegar to say it. At the end, he shook his head and said: "If it weren't for the subordinates Zhou Panlong and others who sacrificed their lives to save them, where would the ministers have the life to come to King Qin today." The king of Nanyang is so jealous of the ministers, the ministers are puzzled, and the ministers are helpless. ”

Sima Ye leaned back heavily, his face gloomy. For Sima Bao, the uncle Wang, Sima Ye not only did not have some good feelings for being close to the clan, but even disgusted every time he thought about it. The court is hard, the country is difficult, Sima Bao has never contributed, and always finds all kinds of excuses to prevaricate and delay. To say that he is incapable, not at all. Sima Bao has an army of 50,000, not to mention restoring the world, it is always enough to defend against Hu Lu and guard the imperial court, right? Moreover, after the management of two generations of Nanyang kings of his father and son, there was a lot of gold, silver, grain and grass in Shangtai City, and the financial resources were also quite strong.

But Sima Bao would only shrink into his Qinzhou territory, peeking into the dark corners like a man with bad intentions.

Yes, with bad intentions. Sima Ye knew in his heart that Sima Bao was mostly waiting for the Huns to break Chang'an, and it was best to kill himself, and then he could justifiably establish himself as the emperor.

Every time he thought of this, Sima Ye could not suppress the resentment in his heart. On the one hand, he felt spurned for Sima Bao's selfish and dark behavior of not saving the country, on the other hand, although Sima Ye was young, since he sat on the throne of the emperor, he naturally had the imperial psychology that no one could touch the throne, and this psychology had nothing to do with the emperor's own age, ability, and personality.

Therefore, fairness and selfishness, Sima Ye is very jealous of Sima Bao. Now he wants to take Gao Yue as a confidant and regard him as a favorite general, and when he heard that Gao Yue had suffered like this, he even aroused the hatred of the same enemy, and he snorted heavily, and he was about to attack.

Lu Yun observed his words and looks, and saw that the emperor was already full of clouds, and knew that Gao Yue had poked the emperor's sore spot. He was afraid that the emperor was young and vigorous after all, and if he said something bad in front of Gao Yue, it would not be good for either party. Lu Yun immediately coughed, signaled hurriedly, and rarely opened his mouth before the emperor.

"Governor Godu. King Nanyang's move, if it is true, it really makes the world's heroes cold. He stared at Gao Yue, constantly at a loss in his heart, and his mind turned sharply.

"However, there are some things that our monarchs and ministers say in private, and it is still more difficult for the court to do it on the surface. You see, King Nanyang, as a great clan clan, is an uncle of His Majesty's bloodline, and his status is precious. In the past few years, he has not been sympathetic to state affairs, has repeatedly refused to obey the edict, and not a single soldier has come to King Qin, to be honest, the court has long been very angry. But you can't accuse him publicly, why do you say? ”

"I'm about to ask the Metropolitan Governor of Koji for advice."

"Hmm. Without him, he cares about fame. If it is said publicly, everyone in the world will think that even a prince of the clan like King Nanyang is unwilling to help the court anymore, why do I need to work so hard? In this way, the imperial court will only decline more and more, the morale of the army will become more sluggish, and the enemy will use this to make a fuss, wantonly attack and incite, and lead to an uncontrollable situation. ”

In addition, although the king of Nanyang has repeatedly shirked, he has never said on the surface that he will never be the king of diligence, that is, at least on the surface, he did not put himself on the opposite side of the court. How could the court turn against him? said that this time, Chang'an was besieged, but fortunately, Gao Qing rescued him in time, and now it is temporarily stable. A few days ago, Liangzhou escorted 100,000 stone grains, and the king of Nanyang also sent 50,000 stone grains and vegetables yesterday, as well as thousands of pigs and sheep, which also solved the urgent need. ”

Gao Yue smiled wordlessly.

Sima Ye also knew that Lu Yun was playing a round for him. How else? With the current strength of the imperial court, can it be possible to send troops to conquer and cut down the feudal domain, it is impossible. Since he didn't have the strength, he had to endure this evil breath and say cruel things in vain, but he couldn't do it, which would only make the prestige of the court decline even more.

Deeply exhaling the depression in his chest, Sima Ye tugged at the corners of his mouth, revealing a reluctant smile. "Gao Qing! The difficulties of the imperial court, the Qing family also have a lot of understanding. The state affairs are difficult, and there is no need to deny it, if everyone is like Ko Qing, Suo Qing and Gao Qing, why should I be overstretched and struggling? ”

Seeing Gao Yue sigh and want to reply, Sima Ye waved his hand, raised his eyebrows, and said, "However, since I am the emperor, I still have to preside over this justice." Otherwise, if you always make good people suffer, won't it chill the hearts of loyal ministers? Gao Qing rest assured, I will allocate you 10,000 pairs of armor and 20,000 stone grains to show you a little gratitude. In addition, I have given you the capital to supervise the military affairs of Qinzhou, which means that you can take the military power of Qinzhou in your hands openly. What's the use of calling him the governor of Qinzhou? Anyway, I can't count on a single soldier. I will write an edict to the king of Nanyang, and put the position of the court on the table, so that he will be more or less restrained. ”

Now Chang'an is empty, and there is an urgent shortage of materials and equipment, especially food. Sima Ye knew very well, but he gave it to Gao Yue, which was really commendable. He pretended to turn a blind eye to Lu Yun's words, and the emperor's young face unexpectedly revealed the righteousness of a young man's unique promise, and Gao Yue was a little moved in his heart. Sima Ye is doing his best, trying his best to support him in all aspects, repay him, and look away from all appearances, Sima Ye is also a simple and kind young man.

Looking at that face, Gao Yue couldn't help but think that in the official history, Sima Ye, the emperor of Jin, suffered all kinds of humiliation, and when he was finally killed, he was only eighteen years old, which was really sad and miserable. He was born in the wrong era, sat in the wrong seat, and bore the burden of heaven and the pain of losing the country that should not have been borne by him, but this body is like a wanderer, only let the wind blow away, and the evil consequences buried by his predecessors have to be swallowed by him, which is really bitter for this ordinary and honest young man.

"Minister Gaoyue, thank Your Majesty for your love, only do your best to protect Your Majesty loyally."