Xia Yan rushed outside the tycoon's palace, but was told that Zhu Houxi was having dinner and could not go to see the emperor for the time being, so he could only wait in the hall first, and he couldn't help but feel angry. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

I was angry on the way over, but you were still eating here, isn't this deliberately playing tricks on people? Xia Yan sighed, stomped his feet, and cursed secretly in his heart.

However, seeing Yan Song on the side, Xia Yan's heart was finally balanced. But then came a strong sense of political sensitivity: why did the emperor only summon the two of us, and it was still at night...

In fact, during this period of time, Xia Yan's blow to Yan Song has been weaker, and he will no longer secretly stumble on him from time to time like when the contradiction was at its most intense.

First, because he was deliberately absent from Yan Song's banquet last time, he had already gained a strong sense of happiness and satisfaction psychologically. Xia Yan is not the kind of person who is too calculating, since he has made Yan Song so ugly, it is not good for Xia Yan to embarrass him everywhere.

The second reason is that Yan Song was really honest during this time, so he couldn't bear to do it. Just like the last time he was deliberately absent, Yan Song didn't complain about anything afterwards, but became more and more deferential to himself. For example, before he came here just now, Yan Song greeted him from a distance. And what did he say that Lord Xia had not arrived, and he could only wait outside the door, which really made him feel so uncomfortable listening to it.

In fact, Xia Yan's heart is quite soft, sometimes seeing Yan Song's humble appearance, he also has the idea of "am I bullying him too much", but he doesn't know. The most important thing for a politician is to be soft-hearted, and if you show mercy to others, they may turn you in return. The story of Mr. Dongguo and the wolf is staged in officialdom all the time.

Of course, the current Xia Yan definitely does not have this kind of awareness, he vaguely feels that this old man is not so hateful, after all, there are many people who covet the position of the first assistant, and Yan Song is one of the few people who have the ability to covet it, to say that this is really not a mistake, but this kind of self-motivation is intolerable to Xia Yan who is in the position of the first assistant. After all, there is only one place in this position.

Xia Yan and Yan Song were led into the main hall by the chamberlain to wait, Yan Song was very happy, after all, they could sit down and rest for a while. But when Xia Yan came here, he couldn't stop being angry.

I think that when Zhu Houxi built this palace, he tried his best to persuade him. But Zhu Houxi still didn't listen. In the end, it took a huge amount of money to build this splendid palace. If you build it, you can build it, but Zhu Houxi actually "occupies the pit and doesn't", so he has to live in some side hall, saying that the side hall is small and gathers energy, which is suitable for cultivation. In that case, what are you tossing about, just build a small palace. Why waste so much money!

So it's really not that Xia Yan's boss has a lot of people and a big temper, but the master who is serving is too disagreeable. Xia Yan shook his head. sighed helplessly, and sat down with Yan Song.

"It's early, so I should have waited a while, right?" , Xia Yan wiped his tea, looked at Yan Song and asked unhurriedly.

"Hmm... I came early, but I didn't have to wait long...", Yan Song gently thumped his leg and nodded to Xia Yan with a smile.

Xia Yan watched Yan Song's movements, just chuckled, and didn't say anything. He knew that Yan Song should be tired of waiting, and looking at Yan Song's old age, he didn't feel that he was only two years older than him.

"But I know what the emperor summoned us for?"

"This... Xia Ge didn't know about it, so how did the lower officials know? Yan Song responded, still with a simple attitude.

In fact, although Yan Song replied like this, he already had a plan in his heart, he felt that Zhu Houxi was summoned late at night, and there must be something urgent. And now at this moment, what can make Zhu Houxi so interested is estimated to be the Northwest War Situation.

Yan Song knew that Zhu Houxi still attaches great importance to the things now, one is the military, and the other is money, on the whole, it should be the letter that Zhai Peng sent a few days ago to beg the court for military funds.

Yan Song thought about this matter several times in his heart, and finally came to the most correct conclusion: according to the emperor's wishes, what kind of psychology he is, he must firmly support it.

At this time, Yan Song raised his head to look at Xia Yan again, and when he saw his calm expression, he knew that although Xia Yan asked himself, he had already guessed the emperor's intentions in his heart. Indeed, people who have climbed to the pinnacle of power can't even guess the emperor's thoughts, how can it be?

And he knew that the reason why Xia Yan asked himself was just jealousy. He was worried that Zhu Houxi had informed him of his intentions in advance, but he didn't tell Xia Yan. Although this possibility is very small, Xia Yan still has to ask uneasily, it seems that this person's desire for power is really very heavy...

The waiting process was very boring, Xia Yan and Yan Song were gossiping about each other, but they were both thinking about their own things: how should they respond to the emperor for a while?

"Two adults, the emperor has summoned, let's go now." , Huang Jin floated in, and the two old men with gray or even gray beards followed this senior eunuch to the side hall.

"Do you know what I called you here tonight?" , The things on the imperial case have already been cleaned up, and Zhu Houxi is sitting there upright, as if he is a majestic emperor again.

Xia Yan and Yan Song looked at each other, and quickly avoided their gaze again.

"Back to Your Majesty, the father-in-law who passed the decree hasn't said yet...", or Yan Song opened his mouth first.

"If they didn't say it, wouldn't you guess?" , Zhu Houxi pursed the corners of his mouth and looked at Xia Yan.

"I don't know if Your Majesty is doing it for the Northwest War?" , Xia Yan replied with his head down, and by the way, he looked at Yan Song with his spare eyes, only to find that he didn't know when, Yan Song had already put on his green leaf crown.

"Yes, it's for this matter...", Zhu Houxi nodded and focused his attention on Xia Yan, "Gongjin, the urgent report sent by Zhai Peng last time was delayed by you..."

"The minister is guilty...", Xia Yan heard Zhu Houxi mention this matter again, and hurriedly lowered his head again. In fact, he has always wondered how Zhu Houxi knew about the urgent report that he had only been in his house for less than two days, and he still held on to it and disciplined himself a lot.

Of course, Xia Yan didn't think about Yan Song when he thought about it, because he didn't know how much thought Yan Song had secretly put into the northwest intelligence.

"Forget it, don't mention it...", Zhu Houxi waved his hand, "Finally, Zhai Peng managed the army well, not only resisted the attack, but also won the battle, since there was no delay, then I won't pursue it..."

"Your Majesty Xie...", Xia Yan breathed a sigh of relief, he still couldn't figure out Zhu Houxi's temper.

"Today, you will discuss the second excerpt on Zhai Peng...", as soon as Zhu Houxi finished speaking, Huang Jin sent the two copies of the transcription to Xia Yan and Yan Song respectively.

"Zhai Peng came to the excerpt and said that the military budget in the northwest is in urgent need, and he wants the imperial court to allocate money to the past now...", Zhu Houxi cleared his throat, "What do the two Aiqing think?" ”

Sure enough, this is this problem, Xia Yan and Yan Song both sank in their hearts: they can't escape, things are going to come eventually...

Zhu Houxi caught a glimpse of the expressions of the two, and knew in his heart what they were thinking about. Naturally, they have to answer this question carefully, because they are not only asking them for advice, but most importantly, they are testing them.

In fact, on such a critical issue, Zhu Houyu will never listen to their opinions, but Zhu Houyu must listen to it this time, because he wants to test whether Yan Song is worth reusing, and whether Xia Yan is still worth appointing.

The battle situation in the northwest has gradually opened, and Altan has almost unified the north of the Great Wall, and according to the current situation, the northwest side will not be able to calm down for a while and a half. At this time, if there is a minister who constantly disagrees with him on such a crucial matter, it will absolutely not be tolerated.

This is where Zhu Houyu wants to test them, Zhu Houxi's mind is very simple, he will definitely not take out a large amount of silver to invest in the northwest war situation, and he doesn't want the ministers under him to work against him in this matter.

Originally, Zhu Houxi was very dissatisfied with Xia Yan's arbitrary and independent actions, especially Yan Song's complaint that day, which really made him have a very deep grudge against Xia Yan. If Xia Yan can't agree with himself on this matter, then I'm sorry, you really have no use value at all.

Yan Song is the same, if he can echo his own opinions, then Zhu Houxi really wants to promote him, after all, among the few qualified ministers, there are not many courtiers who can figure themselves out like this and obey them. And in Zhu Houxi's opinion, Yan Song also has some ability to do things, and he may be worse than Xia Yan, but a large part of his obedience will make up for this...

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that although there is a war situation in the northwest, the matter of allocating silver is really up for discussion...", since Yan Song came in, he has been carefully observing Zhu Houxi's expression, he believes that Zhu Houxi's innermost thoughts are no different from his own guesses, so he made this answer with confidence.

Zhu Houxi's expression was blank, and he was noncommittal about this answer, but turned his head to look at Xia Yan, "Gongjin, what do you think?" (To be continued.) )