To put it cruelly, Liu Xianzhi, who is a member of the royal family, has gone through eighteen years of ups and downs since he was born, but he has only entered the palace three times.

Named Taiyuan Liushou, in fact, as the father of the foreign domain, Liu Qian, has been stationed in Taiyuan for many years, and Liu Xianzhi was born in Taiyuan. After that, Liu Xianzhi often recuperated in the south because of his frail health, and occasionally had the opportunity to go out to play in the mountains and rivers for the purpose of escaping the summer or recuperating his body. The first time he was able to enter the palace was because he betrayed his father who rebelled and became a hero of the counterinsurgency, so it can be said that his entry into Beijing has a causal relationship with his father's beheading. The second time he entered the palace was because of the Yellow River flood last year, which implicated the corruption case, and Liu Xianzhi rashly asked to enter the palace to meet him, but he actually took a considerable risk. Only this time Liu Yan personally sent someone to invite him into the palace to discuss matters, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was the first encounter in Liu Xianzhi's life.

In order to avoid people's eyes, Liu Yan specially arranged for him to enter the palace after nightfall. The starlight in the sky fell on this eighteen-year-old young man of the royal family, and Chang'an after the autumn had already made people feel a chill sweeping over. The night breeze blows the ends of Liu Xianzhi's hair, if it weren't for the long-term suffering of illness in the past years, which made him a little thin, Liu Xianzhi can really be regarded as the image of a handsome son. Different from Liu Yan's majestic majesty, and different from Liu Xian's weak handsomeness, Liu Xianzhi embodies a gloomy temperament, which makes his first impression always not very good, even his father Liu Qian and imperial brother Liu Yan are like this, always inexplicably with him has a sense of separation.

After seeing Liu Yan, Liu Xianzhi finished saluting, and Liu Yan ordered him to sit down and serve tea. Liu Xianyi thanked him one by one. After both sides were seated, Liu Yan spoke: "Dedication." Do you know why my brother summoned you to the palace? ”

Liu Xianzhi already knows a rough idea about this. His intelligence network is very efficient, and with his own inferences, it is not too difficult to draw conclusions. But the problem is that Liu Yan's purpose today is to test himself, Liu Xianzhi thought for a while, and replied: "Your Majesty is afraid that it will not be because it is just a common talk, I am afraid that something big will happen." Nowadays, the biggest thing inside and outside the court is the conquest of Goryeo and the invasion of Tuqi, could it be related to this? ”

Liu Yan's eyes rolled, and he laughed dryly: "The news of the dedication is so well-informed, it seems that he already knows the purpose of being a brother, right?" ”

"The younger brother is just speculating on the holy will. Why is Your Majesty suspicious? ”

The corners of Liu Yan's mouth crooked, and said: "Why hide it, now it's as small as Chang'an City, and as big as the whole country, I'm afraid there is nothing you don't know, right?" ”

Liu Xianzhi slowly stood up expressionless when he heard this, knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty said so, the younger brother will never dare to admit the guilt." ”

"Guilty? When did I say you were guilty? Liu Yan omitted the title of brother and changed it to me, which is enough to explain everything, but he still continued: "You are really guilty. Why don't you dare? ”

Liu Xianzhi replied: "If it is said that the younger brother has eyeliner in various places to collect all kinds of information, this matter is indeed true, and the younger brother does not dare to lie that he has not done it." However, if it is a sin to possess all kinds of information, the younger brother will never dare to accept it. ”

Liu Yan also noticed that Liu Xianzhi didn't use honorific titles. I was also shocked in my heart: this was clearly expressing dissatisfaction with my statement. He sneered a few times and said, "Okay, okay, then why is this kind of behavior not a crime?" ”

"Yes. As my brother saw. Everyone has his own intelligence channels, down to a small grass people. As long as you are not ignorant and stupid, you will also pay attention to gathering intelligence. Because of the useful agricultural season, skills and methods can help him in his daily life. It's just that the information of the Shinong industry and commerce has become relatively narrow due to the limitations of access and his own needs. If it is extended to the minister, it is necessary to always grasp His Majesty's likes and dislikes, whether his colleagues are friendly or hostile, whether his subordinates are a threat to him, and so on. All of this is intelligence gathering. ”

"Oh? Then you can be like this as a prince? ”

"Exactly." Liu Xianzhi's expression was as gloomy and calm as ever: "Since the younger brother has been named the king of Zhongyi County and is a child of the royal family, the amount of information required is naturally extraordinary. If His Majesty thinks that the courtier's possession of a large amount of information is an attempt, it is only because the courtier's position is very rare and he thinks it is too eye-catching, but it is not because there is any crime in collecting information itself. Therefore, His Majesty's blame is not for the matter of collecting intelligence, but for the fact that his brother is the king of Zhongyi. ”

Liu Yan listened to hehe, hey: "It's a bit crooked. So why do you want to know so much information? ”

"Prevention is better than prevention. Since the younger brother is a child of the royal family, he naturally wants to benefit the world for my surname Liu. Now Your Majesty has Wu Si to collect intelligence for you, Wu Sicheng is indeed a talent, and his intelligence gathering ability is quite good. However, if one day he deliberately deceives the Holy Hearing, then His Majesty will not be able to obtain truly correct information, and there will be unnecessary miscalculations, and even mistakes in governance. And His Majesty's mistake in governance may endanger the common people in the world, and it will also threaten the safety of the world surnamed Liu, and if no one can report the truth to His Majesty at this time, it will be irreparable. But the truth doesn't come automatically when you want it, and if you don't pay attention to the usual collection, how can you get effective information? What the younger brother did was just to fill in the gaps for His Majesty, in case of emergency. ”

"So, you're all loyal to your country, right?"

Liu Xianzhi raised his head and said: "The younger brother doesn't dare to say that he is loyal to the monarch and patriotic, in the eyes of others, the younger brother is a merciless person, he can be fatherless today, and he can naturally be without a monarch in the future." The younger brother didn't care about this kind of comment, but since His Majesty asked today, the younger brother was not afraid of His Majesty's anger and said a word. What my brother is doing is my Liu family's world, if anyone threatens the safety of my Liu family's world, let alone the father of my brother, it is Your Majesty, and your brother will stand against your enemies without hesitation! If Your Majesty feels that the younger brother is a threat, it is better to take advantage of the current situation to get rid of the younger brother to prevent future troubles! ”

After Liu Xianzhi finished speaking, he stared at Liu Yan like this. Liu Yan was shocked by his words, and also looked at him in a daze.

The two looked at each other for a long time, and then Liu Yan's eyes softened, and said: "Speaking of which, as long as you govern for your brother and do not deviate from the right path, you will stand on your brother's side." It's a good thing that I have a guardian like you in my family. Well, since you have this thought, then make it for your brother to see! I ordered you to be the deputy envoy of Taiyuan Economic Strategy, and rushed to Taiyuan Mansion on the same day to preside over the defense work there for Xue Boren, the envoy of Economic Strategy, and cooperate with the armies of Youzhou, Liaodong and other places to repel the Tuqi army! ”

"Yes! Brother obeys! Liu Xianzhi lowered his head and saluted respectfully, he understood that this time he confided in his true heart that he had won the gamble. (To be continued......)