For a long time, Shen Ji has been living behind the aura of the eldest brother, under the dazzling halo of the Shen family, everyone only knows Uncle Shen Guo, but does not know him Shen Ji, but this does not mean that Shen Ji is willing to be mediocre and willing to be ignored, for so many years he just has no time and has to maintain a low-key style.

At this time, Sanshen is one of them, and he is no longer willing to hide behind Uncle Shen.

"Does the eldest brother think that Huangfu Wujin is a friend rather than an enemy?"

Shen Ji shook his head and said: "I know that the eldest brother's envoy to Chuzhou also returned with a feather, Uncle Shen Guo stared at his brother for a long time, he already felt a trace of change in his brother, not only that his tone was no longer as respectful as before, nor that he carried out the queen mother's decree, but that he didn't discuss such a major matter with himself in advance, which was unimaginable before, but now that it has happened, Uncle Shen Guo feels that his brother has changed."

Uncle Shen restrained the suspicion in his heart, and said to his brother in a serious tone: "Things are not so simple, even if the Queen Mother wants to form an alliance with the King of Qi, but there is no need to please the King of Qi in the way of offending Huangfu Wujin, Huangfu Wujin and Huangfu Heng are inseparable, they should be the object of our wooing, and they cannot be enemies, not to mention that there are still many Shen family members in Huangfu Wujin's hands, and they can't be easily offended, this truth may not be understood by the Queen Mother, didn't the second brother think of it?" ”

"Big brother is worried about Qi Wu's safety, I can understand, but I also believe that our seizure of Qi Ruifu is just a gesture, to show the King of Qi, Huangfu Wujin will not kill Qi Wu because of this, as for winning over Huangfu Wujin, I support the Queen Mother's opinion, Huangfu Wujin will be the enemy of Yongzhou sooner or later, instead of being with him now, it is better to have a clear attitude, and it is clear that he is our enemy, so that we can better ally with King Qi."

Uncle Shen refused to listen to his words, and he couldn't help but be angry in his heart, he said coldly: "Why do you have to form an alliance with the King of Qi and the Emperor Fu Wujin, isn't it?" ”

Shen Ji was stunned for a moment, "What does the eldest brother mean that we have an alliance with Huangfu Wujin?" ”

"Yes! I advocate an alliance with Chuzhou, not Qizhou, and Chuzhou to form an alliance to attack Huangfu Heng, he takes Jingzhou, we have Yuzhou, each has its own gains, and an alliance with the King of Qi, we will sooner or later fight for Yuzhou, the second brother, take Yuzhou, we can rule with Huangfu Wujin across the river, and then we go all out to attack the King of Qi, and Huangfu Wujin will go south to take Guangzhou, since ancient times, the confrontation between the north and the south can be more stable for a long time. ”

Shen Ji smiled disdainfully, "It's just the wishful thinking of the eldest brother, I don't agree, I still support the Queen Mother's plan, form an alliance with the King of Qi, and conspire with Yuzhou." ”

"Second brother!"

Uncle Shen Guo stood up and shouted, "What are you going to do?"

"I don't want to do anything!" Shen Ji met the stern gaze of his eldest brother without fear.

Uncle Shen Guo realized that his tone was too harsh, so he sat down slowly again, and said in a gentle tone: "Second brother, what happened, I feel as if you have changed as a different person." ”

Shen Ji smiled faintly, "Big brother, you think too much, I haven't changed at all, it's still the same Shen Ji in the past, maybe the eldest brother has never taken me to heart, so the eldest brother will think I'm a stranger." ”

Uncle Shen Guo was stunned, he heard that there was something in his brother's words, and he had a deep dissatisfaction, he hurriedly said: "When did I not take you to heart, you are my own brother, is it because I am not kind to you?" Do you want me to treat you like any other minister? ”

"Big brother is really not thin on me, but ....."

Shen Ji didn't continue, he paused and said, "I'll tell my eldest brother a story!" A true story that happened last year. ”

Uncle Shen Guo didn't interrupt him, waiting for him to tell the story, Shen Ji looked up at the roof, and for a while, he said slowly: "In August last year, I went out to inspect the farming work, and in a wheat field in Xinfeng County, I chatted with an old farmer, and he said I look at you like an official, I don't know which high-ranking official it is?" I told him that I was left behind in Xijing, surnamed Shen, and asked him if he had heard of it, he shook his head and said that he didn't know, he only knew that the surname was Shen, there were Uncle Shen and Queen Shen, and I told him that I was the brother of Uncle Shen, and he suddenly realized, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed to me, saying that he didn't know that I was the brother of Uncle Shen, and he really deserved death! ”

Speaking of this, Shen Ji let out a long sigh, "Xinfeng County is only eighty miles away from Yongjing, and I Shen Ji commanded 200,000 Guanzhong troops, but I am not known, I have to say that I am the brother of Uncle Shen Guo, and the old farmer is willing to kneel down to me, big brother, when will you tell others that you are the brother of Shen Ji?" ”

Uncle Shen Guo was silent, he had completely understood that his brother was now hardened and no longer willing to be his vassal, he wanted to fly high alone.

Uncle Shen Guo sighed in his heart, now it is useless to say anything general, the brother is already resentful, and he can only use conditions to buy, he stared at Shen Ji and said, "Then what do you want?" I'll let you be the secretary of the military department, and the same book is a flat chapter under the door. ”

"Nope! I don't need that kind of false position. ”

"You don't even want Xiangguo, so what do you want?"

"I want to be the King of Qin, can you agree?"

"What!" Uncle Shen Guo was taken aback, Shen Ji actually wanted to be a prince, how could this be possible, "No!" This is absolutely not good, I am already the king of Hanzhong County, you still want to be the prince, this is not the way to be a minister, second brother, you are rebelling. ”

Shen Ji narrowed his eyes and laughed, "Why not, you said no, but the third sister said yes, she has already promised me." ”

Uncle Shen's face turned pale, and he suddenly understood that the second brother had been wooed by the Queen Mother.

．．．．．．．．． Empress Dowager Shen Qinyu since the death of the emperor, has been staying in the Huaqing Palace, she has always refused to enter Beijing, although she is called the curtain to listen to the government, but it does not mean that she wants to sit behind the emperor to go to the court, with a curtain support, not that, her curtain to listen to the government refers to her control of power, the Daning Dynasty is not every twist and turn to report to the emperor for approval, the Xiangguo has the power of the Xiangguo, small things are decided by the Xiangguo, and the military affairs that belong to the emperor will be sent to the Huaqing Palace, approved by the Empress Dowager Shen Qinyu, However, each decree must be stamped with the national seal by Shen Qinyu before it can take effect.

And the court meeting on the first day of the month, Shen Qinyu will also participate, but she is not hanging the curtain, but sitting by the dragon chair in a grand manner, discussing major matters with the courtiers, the little emperor sits on the other side of the dragon chair to listen, no speak, the dragon chair is empty, the emperor is twenty years old, after the crown salute, you can officially sit.

Since Shen Qinyu took power, she has been extremely busy every day, and every day at dawn, officials from Zhongshu Province rushed to Huaqing Palace to send her the important recital of yesterday, and sent her a second time at noon, and took back a part of the approved recital.

In some major events, when Uncle Shen disagreed with her, he would ask the little emperor to come forward to discuss with her, and she would usually listen to her son's opinions.

But this time Qi Ruifu was seized, Shen Qinyu did not discuss with Uncle Shen Guo, and directly ordered Shen Ji to send troops, Shen Qinyu knew very well what turmoil she caused by doing this, from a big point of view, her seizure of Qi Ruifu was actually a response to the Donglai incident in Chuzhou, it was the support of King Qi, and it was also a harbinger of the alliance between Yongzhou and Qizhou.

If you say it from a small point of view, Qi Ruifu is an important taxpayer in Yongzhou, and if it is seized, it will inevitably affect the taxes of the imperial court, which will make the household department dissatisfied, and the household department Shangshu is Shen Guo's uncle, he will still find trouble for himself.

Shen Qinyu took into account all these possible troubles, but she didn't care about them and implemented them in an orderly manner according to her plan.

On the one hand, it is true that the northern part of Jinju under her control directly borders Youzhou, and an alliance with the King of Qi can reduce the pressure on the northern part of Jinzhou by the King of Qi, and on the other hand, it is easier to make an alliance with the King of Qi and it is easier to succeed.

This is where women think differently from men, Uncle Shen Guo thinks more about long-term stability, and the confrontation between the north and the south is more in line with their long-term interests, but Shen Qinyu considers realistic interests, in her opinion, it is more in line with their practical interests to form an alliance with the king of Qi and jointly deal with Luo Jing.

As for replacing Huangfu's family with the Shen clan and sealing Shen Ji as the king of Qin, it was Shen Qinyu's power trick, in order to draw Shen Ji, the second brother who held a heavy army, to her side, she was different from Uncle Shen Guo, Uncle Shen Guo was a person who talked about the rules of officialdom, he would let Shen Ji be the prime minister at most, and would never agree to Shen Ji as the prince, but Shen Qinyu would not care about this kind of rule, she could even give the emperor's seat to Shen Ji, let alone a prince.

She has known the ambitions of her second brother Shen Ji very well since she was a child, no matter how many contradictions there are between her and her second brother because of Shen Ruyi, as long as she sacrifices the killer feature of the Shen family to seek the country, Shen Ji will ignore any previous suspicions against her, and she knows very well that the eldest brother will never agree to the Shen family's country.

Shen Qinyu already knew the news of Qi Ruifu's seizure, and she was very proud, which meant that she had successfully brought her second brother over, so now her strength in the Xining Dynasty has far surpassed that of her eldest brother Shen Guo's uncle, and the major military decisions of the imperial court should be decided by her.

"Qi Yu Niangniang."

An old eunuch appeared at the door and saluted respectfully: "Shen Xiangguo is asking to see him outside the palace!" ”

He really came, this was expected by Shen Qinyu, and now she was going to test the power of her and her second brother Shen Ji joining forces, and forming an alliance with King Qi was the best test.

She pondered for a moment and said, "Please tell Shen Xiangguo that the mourning family is not in good health and is sick in bed, so it is inconvenient to see him, please come back in a few days!" ”

"The old slave obeys!"

The old eunuch went out, Shen Qinyu thought about it, wrote another note, summoned a eunuch, handed him the note, and said, "You go to the capital immediately and give this note to Bai Shangshu." ”

Bai Shangshu is Bai Mingkai, the secretary of the Criminal Department, he is Shen Qinyu's confidant and her spokesperson in the court.

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(To be continued)