The flower hall of the county king's mansion.

Ye Zhao sat on the sofa in the main seat, and on both sides were Shen Bao, Harwich, Han Jinchun, Zhao Sanbao, and Ma Dayong.

There was a plate of melon, fruit, tea candy, and Western snacks on the coffee table, but no one touched it.

In fact, when the six kings had just arrived in Guangzhou, all the civil officials and military generals in Guangdong and Jiangxi did not want to come to visit the prince, whether it was to listen to the strategy or to explore the truth and reality, but they were all blocked, and the general Wang was nowhere to be seen.

Among the five people present, except for Zhao Sanbao, the first thing the other four people did when they arrived in Guangzhou was to ask to see the prince, but they were not allowed to enter.

Harwich couldn't help but muttered a little in his heart, thinking that the prince would see them one by one, and beat the side drum at that time, taking this opportunity to suppress the arrogance of Shenbao, but now the prince summoned a few people with great fanfare, and the words were not easy to say.

Among the five most important generals of the Pingyuan Army, Ma Dayong commanded the water division in its own right, Zhao Sanbao only knew how to attack the city and seize the village, and in the past two years, the relationship between Shenbao, Harwich and Han Jinchun has been slightly delicate, especially the first town and the second town fought for merit in the battlefield in northern Jiangxi, Shenbao's fierce general rifle third battalion pipe belt Li Haozi once fought in Xiaobeihe The time difference was that the second town rifle battalion was pinned down and the bandit ordnance transport team that was preparing to encircle and annihilate was intercepted halfway, and hundreds of rifles and dozens of boxes of copper caps were snatched. almost misfired, and the lawsuit between the two of them for this matter reached Ye Zhao, Ye Zhao calmed down the people, and each played fifty boards, and the officers and soldiers of the two towns made a feud.

And the bad relationship between Shenbao and Harwich has intensified, especially Harich, who has made many meritorious contributions, but outsiders line up the fierce generals under King Su, and always rank Shenbao first, and the six kings issued an edict to win over the generals of the Pingyuan Army, and the award of the Admiral of the Pingyuan Army is a clear proof, how can Harich feel comfortable in his heart?

Looking at the five tiger generals under his command, Ye Zhao picked up the teacup with a smile and said: "All relax, today is talking about homely things, don't talk about the militarism, the war has been troublesome in the past two years, let's gather less and leave more, alas, think about it, there is no time to sit down and drink tea like this, everyone has worked hard in the past few years, I will replace wine with tea, and I will toast everyone." ”

Shen Bao, Harwich, Han Jinchun, Zhao Sanbao, and Ma Dayong hurriedly picked up the teacups, and didn't even dare to say anything.

After drinking a cup of tea, Ye Zhao smiled and said: "Another day, let's all bring our wife, six families, and also get together, from the year of Jiashen, our friendship is not short, it can be called fate, a few of you follow me to the south and the north to ask, without you, there will be no me Jingxiang today, this is not a lie, I hope that a few of us, after a hundred years and thousands of years, will still be the lintel of the world, and the children and grandchildren will always be together." ”

"Yes."

"The subordinates don't dare."

Several people bowed down one after another, saying everything, but recalling the past, their hearts were warm.

Ye Zhao looked at Shenbao and said with a smile: "Shenbao, your kid is six years old, right?" It should be sent to school, we are now making a fortune by killing people with guns and setting fires, but future generations can't be like this, right? Why are we killing people and setting fires now? It's not for the sake of a stable life for future generations, we have created sin for the good of future generations, and in the future, knowledge is power, you know? When your boy grows up Chengren, we have to rely on them to build giant ships and trains, and if we want to unify the north and the south of the United States, and enter the ranks of the world's most powerful countries in just 30 years, our foundation is thicker than it, we have more resources than it, and even the law will be more advanced than it, what it can do, why can't we? ”

"Yes!" The people of Shenbao didn't know what the status of the United States of America was in the Taixi Kingdom today, but listening to the prince's voice and thinking about the wonderful prospects of the Great Qing Kingdom, their hearts fluctuated.

Ye Zhao felt that he had missed his mouth, but fortunately, a few people didn't understand it, so he smiled and said, "I'm also making an analogy!" Speaking of which, this is perhaps the worst era for China, but for Ye Zhao, it is the best era, all modern science and technology have not yet taken shape, if Ye Zhao wants to be a scientist, I am afraid that he will soon become a palace-level figure in the world's physical chemistry and even natural science circles.

Much of the knowledge of the physical and chemical sciences at the middle and higher levels has laid the theoretical and practical foundation in the next two or three decades.

For example, microorganisms, later generations of primary school students know that food spoils because of bacteria, but today's Western biology community has only put forward such an idea a few years ago, and canneries know that food is not easy to spoil when steamed, sealed and preserved, but they do not know that this is the role of bacteria.

Another example is Faraday's law, which is very simple in high school textbooks in later generations, but it was only summarized a few years ago and has not yet been further improved, while Maxwell's electromagnetic theory will be published more than ten years later.

If Ye Zhao was born decades earlier, even if he was full of knowledge, he would only be considered a madman, and in his later decades, science and technology had developed to the level of light, and only now can many of the theories that Ye Zhao learned be confirmed, and they were confirmed first-hand.

It's just that Ye Zhao is busy with the military state and will not develop in this direction, but his profound theoretical knowledge and insight are enough for him to know which discoveries of the Frankenstein in the Xiguan Inventors Club are promising, and which are just fancies. And even more exaggeratedly, whether it is to hook these scientific research scholars to clear the clouds, no matter what, they will feel that it is a pleasure to be funded by him to make inventions.

However, as long as China's national strength can be on the right track, it will always be faster than the United States.

"Anyway, I'm going to send your kid to the school." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

Shen Bao bowed down and said: "The humble position must tell Luzi to listen to the words of the prince and study and progress." ”

Ye Zhao looked at Harwich again and said with a smile: "Old Ha, I heard that a few days ago you said that you said that the eighth concubine, take it easy, you are not as good as Shenbao, monogamy, love is stronger than gold." ”

Harwich grinned dryly, "The slave listens to the master, and he will never marry the ninth aunt in this life." However, Bao Shuai is a gentleman, and the slave is a villain, the so-called gentleman is punished, and the villain is favored. The handsome character, but the slave can't learn it. The slave only knows the foolish loyalty, and only knows that the prince is good, that is, Guangdong is good, Guangdong is good, and we are good in the Qing Dynasty. ”

Jimbo frowned slightly, but didn't speak.

Except for Zhao Sanbao, who didn't understand the meaning of Harwich's words, everyone here understood. What Harwich means is that the gentleman attaches great importance to discipline and etiquette, and is afraid of this and is unwilling to defy the law. Villains are often driven by profit and take risks.

Ye Zhao smiled slightly: "Don't talk about the militarism, you said it again." ”

Han Jinchun said: "Lord Wang, I think that a few people should talk about military and state affairs now, among the five people in the humble position, the lowly post follows the prince at the latest, Brother Ha, Brother Bao, Brother Sanbao, and Brother Ma are all soldiers brought by the prince before leaving the customs, and the humble post says a big rebellious word, the six kings have already been regarded as a thorn in the side of the five people, and the humble post can assert that if the prince returns to the capital, he will be harmed by the six kings, and if the five of us want to be safe for a lifetime, I don't know how many open guns and hidden arrows I have to dodge." Previously, the eldest brother of Shenbao said that he would resign and return to his hometown to enjoy the joy of the mountains and forests, and he was afraid that he was also wishful thinking from the perspective of his brothers. If the skin does not have hair, will it be attached? ”

His last words were addressed to Jimbo, who sighed softly and nodded slightly.

Han Jinchun continued: "Lord Wang, now that the arrow is on the bow, the safety of all the soldiers of the Pingyuan Army is all related to the prince, not to mention that the six kings have gone against the grain and harmed the queen mother of the two palaces in many ways, even if the prince doesn't care about his own safety, doesn't the prince care about the safety of the queen mother of the two palaces and the little elder brother?" Lord Wang, the Jingshi must not go, and there is no need to delay it, lest the six kings cause trouble again, and now is a good opportunity to raise troops to rebel! ”

Ye Zhao pondered.

Ma Dayong clenched his fists, his eyes were full of fortitude, and he said loudly: "Lord Wang, I still want to lead the navy to tease the tigers of the countries of Europa under the command of the prince. I don't have a bad breed in Pingyuan Water Master! Swear to follow the prince to the death! Live and die together! ”

Shen Bao smiled bitterly and said: "Prince, the reason for submitting your resignation is to keep the prince in Guangzhou, but the prince insists on going to Beijing, if he is harmed by the six kings, he will never steal his life!" ”

Harwich rolled his eyes a few times, but did not speak.

Ye Zhao waved his hand and said, "Let me think about it again, don't talk about the militaristic state, don't talk about the militaristic state, you guys, Ming said that you will bring your wife, let's get together." ”

Several people looked at each other, and their eyes were helpless.

After chatting a few words, seeing that the general Wang was slightly tired, Harwich got up first and retreated, and the rest of the people also hurriedly stood up, Ye Zhao nodded slightly, and sent a few people out of the flower hall.

…… Lotus Building, today said empty, Daisy Pavilion and Begonia Pavilion are brightly lit, but there is no voice, Rong'er and Jin'er grandmother went to Foshan to worship God, to Ming said to return.

Ye Zhao returned to the Marigold Pavilion, and the pretty girl served her washing, sent tea, and whispered: "Lord Wang, the slave has prepared a program for you." As a scribe, she vaguely knew that the prince was worried these days, and the two Fujin were not there, so she wanted to think of ways to relieve the prince's boredom.

Ye Zhao sipped the tea and said with a smile: "What show?" It's amazing! ”

Ruyi walked over, opened the door, and whispered outside, "Come in." ”

Then a column of little maids walked in, carrying colorful lanterns in their hands, in addition to red, there are purple, blue, pink, blue and other bright colors, different shapes, more annoying than in the green building, it looks intoxicating.

There is a little maid holding the pipa, Ruyi took it, sat down on the soft pier, gently stroked it with her slender hand, the clear spring dingdong, Ruyi said carefully: "Lord, slave maid and Ma Hey Ayi dance for the prince!" ”

Ye Zhao was stunned, Ma Hey Ayi? It seems to be a little impression, the house in Rong'er and Jin'er's grandmother under the support, not only raised a drama troupe, but also raised a song and dance class, I heard Jin'er grandmother say, bought a Yi beauty, known as the world's unparalleled dance, the beauty of Yunnan and Guizhou first, this is Yunnan Yi poor family, but at a young age the beauty of the spread, several sides of the toast for its knife soldiers, but was the Han people secretly deceived and robbed out, thinking that the strange goods can live, naturally brought the richest place in the southeast Guangzhou to sell, and by Jin'er grandma got the letter, who has fought for her?

A month ago, Jin Er's grandmother blew the wind and asked the master to appreciate the unparalleled dance of this Yi beauty, but was reprimanded by Ye Zhao, and vaguely remembered that the name of this Yi dancing girl was Ma Hei Ayi.

But I don't want to, and now I say Ruyi brings up his old things again.

Seeing that Ruyi looked at herself cautiously, looking quite worried that she would scold her, Ye Zhao nodded and said, "Pass it!" ”

No need to pass on, wishful playing the pipa, the music just started, I listened to the crisp sound of the ring, but after seeing the screen, light and light dance into a beautiful girl, which is very different from the Central Plains women's dress, long hair and strands, big silver rings hanging on the ears, red linen jacket tube skirt, revealing pink legs and jade arms, soft ankles and wrists around the yellow and clear gold ring, the gold ring hangs a small bell, dancing, crisp bells, shaking the looming snow-white belly, shaking the black soft and soft long hair, bewitching and glamorous, the dance is extremely tempting.

Ye Zhao smiled bitterly in his heart, I don't know if this was choreographed by the businessman who hoarded Juqi or Grandma Jiner, isn't this a glamorous dance?

As the sound of the pipa changes, the rhythm becomes more eager and sultry.

The dancing posture of the beautiful dancing girl is hotter, and the head and feet, twisting the waist and twisting the strands exude all kinds of **, youth, health and bewitching style, which makes people's mouth dry and their souls are gone.

"Boom ......" The sound of the pipa stopped, making a long aftersound, but Mei Mai Ji grabbed the pink snow-footed snake with both hands and circled her head on the ground, which was indescribably soft.

"Good!" Ye Zhao applauded lightly, although the dance was charming, but this skill was not covered.

Ruyi, who had been secretly looking at Ye Zhao's face, was relieved, she blushed, but she glanced at Mei Wuji, Mei Wuji timidly offered fragrant tea, and whispered: "Please drink tea." The voice was soft and melting, and there was a hint of sweet and greasy aroma wafting into Ye Zhao's nose.

Ye Zhao took the tea and said with a smile, "What's your name?" "Artistic talents, it's a pity that they live now.

Mei Mai Ji knelt lightly on the red carpet, "The slave is a rough name, and the prince calls me Yima." ”

Ruyi secretly glanced at the master's face, and then said cautiously: "Lord Wang, why don't you name her?" This Yimayima's shouting is weird, but it seems to be scolding, but the master of the phoenix said that she was renamed Hua Ji, I don't know if the prince likes it? ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "Whatever." ”

"Thank you for the name!" Mei Mai Ji kowtows softly.

Ruyi said cautiously: "Lord, wait for the next time, the slave maid and Hua Ji will dance together for the prince to see." ”

Oh? Ye Zhao was stunned, a man dance, a glamorous dance, I want to dance with some fun, but this extravagance is afraid that it will consume people's minds, and smiled: "Let's talk about it." ”

Ruyi blushed again, and stammered quietly: "Then, do you want to keep Hua Ji in the Marigold Pavilion tonight, she, she is a virgin......"

Ye Zhao shook his head and waved his hand.

Mei Maiji's face darkened, and she didn't know whether she was relaxed or sad in her heart, so she kowtowed, got up and slowly withdrew.

Ruyi didn't dare to say any more, and quietly retreated behind the screen.

Ye Zhao sipped the tea and closed his eyes slightly, but he didn't mean to go to bed at all.

Although Ruyi is strange, I don't dare to ask, not to mention that the prince sleeps, she must go out, although now it is separated by a screen, but the bedroom with the prince, even if it stays for a while, it is also satisfied.

I don't know how long it took, Ruyi was about to fall asleep in a daze, and the voice of the little maid suddenly sounded outside: "Sister Ruyi, the fourth master of Rui Jirui asks to see the prince." Ruyi opened his eyes, but he heard the sound of footsteps, and the master walked out, it turned out that the master had already known that someone was visiting tonight.

…… In the flower hall of the palace, Rui Si hadn't left when Li Jianchen came in.

Li Jianchen knew Rui Si, and when he saw Rui Si, he knew that the prince had received the letter, so he knelt down and kowtowed when he entered the hall, and said loudly: "Lord Wang, I will die of my duty!" Please go to Guanyin Mountain to preside over the overall situation! The chaos of the Pingyuan army is not the prince's ability to turn the tide! Li Jianchen just got the letter, the general soldiers of the four towns of the Pingyuan Army, the general soldiers of the Navy Division and the commander of the Flying Tiger Battalion led their troops into Guanyin Mountain, supported the little brother Zailian as the emperor, and asked the queen mother of the two palaces to hang the curtain.

Before Ye Zhao could speak, the guards came to report again, and Suna, the head of the barracks, asked to see him.

Before the guard who reported the news could go down, another guard hurried over, saying that Lord Baigui wanted to see him.

Ye Zhao passed on one by one, and after a while, four or five civil officials gathered in the flower hall.

Li Jianchen knelt on the ground and loudly asked the prince to go to Guanyin Mountain to preside over the overall situation, and several officials, such as Baigui, knelt down and wept bitterly and begged the prince to eliminate the mutiny.

Ye Zhao said hatefully: "These minions are so bold! Wild! Wild! ”

Li Jianchen said loudly: "Lord Wang, this is the desire of the army and the people!" Yimou Dynasty usurped the throne, rebellious, the prince thought for the common people in the world, and forbearance for a long time, but he was violent and tyrannical, chasing and killing the queen mother, framing the heroes, the prince should raise the banner of righteousness to hang the people to fight the crime! ”

Ye Zhao was stunned for a while, and sighed helplessly: "This, you are all forcing me, why bother!" Although the big guys may know that this mutiny, even if he didn't write and act it himself, he knew it, but the play had to be sung like this. Ye Zhao acted very naturally, sighing in his heart, his skin seemed to be getting thicker and thicker.

In fact, Ye Zhao is not ten out of ten things, but Harwich really understands his mind best, and he also knows that the five general soldiers went out of the house together, Harrich pouted like this, and then used words to provoke Shen Bao, even if Shen Bao was a little reluctant, but it was difficult to ride a tiger, so he could only follow the other four general soldiers on this road of no return.

Li Jianchen kowtowed and said: "If the prince doesn't make a decision, today's change will make the soldiers rampant!" Then Guangdong and Jiangxi are also in danger! The Great Clearance is also dangerous! ”

The ministers kowtowed one after another, some wiped their tears, some made loud noises, and they made a mess.

Ye Zhao was stunned for a long time, and sighed: "You all get up." ”

Bai Gui snorted and cried: "The humble rank is just death today, Lord Wang, you have to put the community first!" ”

"Okay, let's all get up, let's go to Guanyin Mountain and ask the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces to show you!" Ye Zhao's face sank again as he spoke: "These minions are bold, if they disturb the Holy Driver of the Two Palaces, see if I don't cut off their heads!" ”

…… The palace of Guanyin Mountain has long been in a mess, and in the front hall, there are civil and military officials standing in a mess, and the officials above the fourth grade in Guangzhou have been "invited" by the Flying Tiger Battalion.

The yellow curtain was hung on the hall, and after the yellow curtain, the little brother was crying loudly, and Niu Co Lu was coaxing him, and when he saw Ye Zhao coming in, Niu Co Lu hurriedly asked, "What's going on?" What's going on? She was pale, and apparently frightened.

But no, the female soldiers of the Flying Tiger Battalion suddenly broke into the harem, invited the little brother to the front hall, hung up the yellow curtain, and invited the queen mother of the two palaces.

Lan Guiren didn't squeak, obviously knowing it.

Ye Zhao bowed and said: "The two imperial sisters-in-law, the younger brother is guilty of the death penalty, and the younger brother is bold and reckless, disturbing the imperial sister-in-law, although she is pure and loyal, but the younger brother is not strict, and it is a capital crime!" ”

As he spoke, he knelt down and kowtowed.

"You, don't do this, get up! It's no wonder you. Niu Colu said anxiously.

Ye Zhao kowtowed three times, and said in a deep voice: "Imperial sister-in-law, Yi he is rebellious and plots to usurp the throne, poisons the first emperor, his crimes are too numerous to write, the younger brother asks the prince to succeed to the throne and is orthodox, the two palaces hang the curtains, and hang the people to cut down the crime!" Xingyi soldiers crusade against the thieves! ”

Niu Colu was stunned, and at this time, His Royal Highness's civil officials and military generals heard the words of the general Wang, and immediately knelt down in the hall, and said in unison: "The ministers ask the prince to succeed to the throne and be orthodox, and the two palaces will hang the curtains, and hang the people to cut down the crime!" Xingyi soldiers crusade against the thieves! ”

Even Tang Shuyi had to kneel down, muttering in his mouth that he seemed to be swearing loyalty with everyone, no way, if he showed a little disagreement in this hall, he was afraid that blood would be splashed five steps, don't you see the riflemen standing around like a fierce god?

Ye Zhao knelt on the ground, and said: "Imperial sister-in-law, the heart of the army and the people, can the two imperial sisters-in-law bear to see my Qing Dynasty foundation destroyed by the hands of Annihilation?" ”

"This ......" Niu Co Lu ran out of ideas and looked at Lan Guiren.

Ye Zhao said loudly again: "If the two imperial sisters-in-law don't agree, the younger brother will only die!" ”

Lan Guiren said softly: "Sister, let's respond, we can't let Xianfengye's country be taken by thieves, under Jiuquan, what face do you and my sister have to see Xianfengye?" ”

Niu Colu stayed for a while, and finally nodded silently.

Next to him, a female soldier immediately sent a yellow satin dragon robe and put it on the little brother. Niu Colu coaxed him a few more words, and the little brother gradually stopped crying, and his bright eyes looked at Ye Zhao curiously.

Ye Zhao didn't say much, and immediately went down to the palace, leading the civil and military ministers to kneel down and worship the mountain and shout long live, "The ministers see the emperor!" See the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother! ”

Lan Guiren looked at the ministers who were kneeling down at His Highness, and his eyes flashed. But looking at the person in front of everyone in the audience, I didn't know whether I was happy or worried, and I really came to this day, and I thought about it at night, from now on, I will meet the soldiers of the Beijing Division, and from today on, I will either go straight to the sky or fall into hell, and there is no room for maneuver. What is he thinking about? Today's matter, I always feel a little sloppy, with the yellow robe, how many people can be convinced? Or does he have something else to offer? If he can still resolve such a difficult situation lightly, then this person?

Looking at him, the expression on Lan Guiren's face became more and more uncertain.

The officials and generals in the audience, although they all bowed respectfully, their faces were different, some were happy, some were confused, some were uneasy, and some were even more resentful.

Tang Shuyi pondered even more in his heart, today he can endure you for a while, it is simply arrogant to the extreme, a few of your chief military officers can suppress tens of thousands of horses in Pingyuan? Not to mention anything else, Ming said that he would look for the old Meng of the garrison camp again, but he wanted to discuss it with a good student, how to take down your group of anti-thieves, as long as the old Meng of the garrison camp got into trouble, Guangzhou was in chaos, and there were a few Pingyuan troops in Guangdong, Jiangxi, Fujian and Hunan who were willing to give you their lives and lose their heads.

It seems that the first contribution to resolving the crisis and chaos will fall on my Tang head.

(To be continued)