Zhang Xuan smiled gently: "Don't be afraid, you don't have to be afraid, please come over, I just want to ask you a question." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The oldest old man bowed down and said, "Your Highness, even if you ask, the little people will answer everything!" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded and asked, "Now that many people want me to ascend the throne as soon as possible, what is your attitude?" I hope you can answer truthfully. ”

"Of course, I hope that His Highness will ascend the throne as soon as possible!"

When it came to the issue of ascending the throne, a group of old men were frightened and said: "The enthronement of His Highness is the expectation of each of us. ”

"Why?" Zhang Xuan asked with a puzzled smile.

"If His Royal Highness does not ascend the throne, will someone else be the emperor, and then there will be an emperor of the Yang family, just like the previous one, endless labor, how many people were requisitioned in a Goguryeo campaign, and a few people came back, everyone was afraid, seeing that His Royal Highness governed the country in a good way, giving everyone a rest and recuperation, the price of food was stable, and the materials were abundant, such a day has not been in the emperor's year, of course we hope that it can last for a long time, and His Royal Highness's accession to the throne is the guarantee of the stability of our lives."

Zhang Xuan smiled and said: "Actually, the previous emperor did a very good job, building the Great Wall, digging canals, opening official roads, and expanding territory, and he can be regarded as an emperor with achievements." ”

Several old men shook their heads, "Your Highness, we all know about these projects, but at what cost these projects are completed, only we, the flat-headed people, know that although it is said that the predecessors planted trees and the descendants enjoyed the shade, but the price of accumulating white bones really makes everyone unbearable!" Unlike His Royal Highness, who fights and spends a long time preparing and making the best use of water transportation, so that it does not cost too much people's power, but he has to complete so many major projects in just two or three years, and there is no other way than to make the small people tired to death. ”

Zhang Xuan knew that they were telling the truth, with their age, they had passed through the first and two generations of emperors of the former Sui Dynasty, they had personal experience and the right to speak, on the contrary, they did not look at the problem from the perspective of ordinary people, but from the perspective of history, of course, they would think that Yang Guang had done a good job.

Zhang Xuan smiled and asked the guards to reward each of them with a tael of gold and sent them out of the middle road, and Zhang Xuan immediately ordered: "Turn around and go back to the palace!" ”

The carriage slowly turned around and galloped away in the direction of Ziwei's harem........

After dinner with his family, Zhang Xuan entered his inner study, although it was the hot season in July, and the night was very hot, but the ventilation design of the Ziwei harem building was very good, and it didn't feel very hot in the room, as long as the heart was calm, there was only a coolness.

At this time, the door of the inner study opened, and Princess Lu Qing walked into the study with a bowl of chilled sour plum soup.

Lu Qing put the soup bowl on the table and said softly: "Husband seems to have something on his mind today!" ”

"How does the lady know that I have something on my mind?"

"Of course I can see that the husband is very worried during the meal, and you don't hear the children talking to you."

"Really? I probably didn't notice. ”

Zhang Xuan lowered his head and thought about it and asked with a smile: "If the lady is officially the queen, is the lady mentally prepared?" ”

Lu Qing smiled lightly: "Aren't I doing the queen's thing now?" It's just a change of name, what will be the impact? ”

Zhang Xuan is right to think about it, what will happen after he ascends the throne as emperor, life is still the same, respect is still the same, and power is still the same, but it is just a name change, he is actually the Son of Heaven now, as for the etiquette of the Son of Heaven, there is no need to be as strict as the Tang Dynasty, and there is no need to restrain himself like Li Yuan.

Thinking of this, his heart suddenly became lighter, and he said with a smile: "Thank you for the lady's kind words, my heart knot has been untied a lot." ”

Lu Qing thought about it and said, "The concubine has another suggestion for her husband's reference." ”

"You say!"

Jao Hyun trusts his wife very much, knows that she knows herself best, and she can often see the key points in things that she can't see through.

Lu Qing said slowly: "There are some things that the husband is confused about because he has no experience, but not all of them are inexperienced, the husband should visit some older officials and listen to their opinions, I think they should be able to inspire the husband." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded silently, he did have a feeling of sudden awakening.

.........

At night, a carriage slowly stopped in front of the gate of Xiangguo Su Wei's mansion, Du Ruhui got out of the carriage, and Su Wei's grandson Su Yan, who had been waiting at the door, ran up and bowed: "See Du Yuanjun!" ”

Su Ji is about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, he has been in Guanzhong Wugong County for two years, belongs to the post to participate in the imperial examination, this year's imperial examination in the seventh place, currently in the Ministry of Industry as a member of the position of the foreign lang, he was ordered by his grandfather to come to the door to wait for Du Ruhui to arrive.

Du Ruhan smiled: "It turned out to be Su Gongzi, your grandfather should be there!" ”

"Of course, grandfather is waiting for the envoy, and in addition, Wei Xiangguo, Xiao Xiangguo and Lu Xiangguo have also arrived."

"They're coming pretty fast!"

Du Ruhui nodded, "Since it's all here, then please take me to see your grandfather!" ”

"Du Envoy Jun here, please!"

Du Ruhui followed Su Yan and walked quickly towards the mansion.

.........

Su Wei is the most eager to hope that Zhang Xuan ascended the throne of all the proactive faction, he persuaded Zhang Xuan more than once, and also thought of various ways, Zhang Xuan's ambiguous attitude also made him depressed for a time, this time the Sui army recovered Luoyang, the prestige of Zhang Xuan, the king of Qi, was in the sky, and hundreds of thousands of people raised their arms and shouted 'Long live His Majesty the Emperor!' The slogan made Solvay see hope again.

The reason why Su Wei actively promoted Zhang Xuan to ascend the throne was, on the one hand, his duty as the head of the prime minister, and on the other hand, he was eighty years old this year and could not live for a few years, he hoped that he could become the prime minister of the new dynasty, even if he only did it for one day, he had no regrets.

Zhang Xuan's ascension to the throne is not only his personal problem, it has been related to the stability of the entire regime, and the right to act as the regent as the Son of Heaven is itself an expedient measure, which cannot exist for a long time.

What's more important is that everyone knows that the Northern Sui is only a temporary country name, not a real imperial country name, and the longer this temporary state exists, the more unfavorable it is to the stability of the society, so the Northern Sui government and the opposition hope that Zhang Xuan can officially ascend the throne and end this abnormal state.

A few months ago, after consultation, the ministers of Ziwei Pavilion decided to set up a persuasion group, which was specifically responsible for persuading Zhang Xuan to ascend the throne and establish a real empire.

At present, there are five members of the Persuasion Association, Su Wei, Wei Yunqi, Xiao Yu, Lu Chu, plus Du Ruhui, who joined the army of the Qi Wangji Chamber, and the five of them planned various plans, with the ultimate goal of making Zhang Xuan agree to ascend the throne.

So Zhang Xuan didn't know that when he entered the city in triumph, hundreds of thousands of people shouted long live His Majesty the Emperor together, it is not a coincidence, there is always someone to guide the public opinion, it is the plan carefully planned by the five-member group of the Persuasion Association, hundreds of people raised their arms and shouted together in all corners, which naturally led to the response of hundreds of thousands of people.

In the study, Su Wei, Wei Yunqi, Xiao Yu and Lu Chu had already arrived first, just in Du Ruhui's news, today Du Ruhui went to test His Royal Highness the King of Qi, and I don't know what the result was.

At this time, Su Yan reported outside the door, "Grandfather, Du Zhijun is here!" ”

"Hurry up, please come in!"

The four of them all stood up, and Du Ruhui walked in quickly, and said apologetically: "It's late, let everyone wait for a long time." ”

Wei Yunqi smiled and said, "Du joined the army on time, but a few of us rushed here first. ”

"You're welcome, everyone sit down!"

Su Wei is the master, beckoned everyone to sit down, and asked the maid to serve tea again, at this time, the eyes of the four were focused on Du Ruhui, waiting for Du Ruhui's news.

Du Ruhui smiled slightly: "I'm afraid I brought good news, Your Highness is relieved." ”

The four of them were immediately overjoyed, and Su Wei hurriedly asked, "What did Your Highness say?" ”

Du Ruhui told everyone in detail about his conversation with Zhang Xuan today, and finally said with a smile: "Your Highness finally said that you should consider it, but as for how much time you have to think about it, I don't know." ”

Su Wei frowned slightly, "I'm afraid there is a problem here, when I persuaded His Highness three years ago, he said let me give him time to think about it, this consideration is three years, if it is just a pretext, I am afraid it will have to be delayed until the time of the unification of the world." ”

Among the five, Lu Chu didn't speak very neatly, but his thinking was the most keen, and he tried his best to slow down his speech and said: "It should be that His Highness has some obstacles, and we must find a way to solve the obstacles for him." ”

One sentence reminded everyone, Su Wei nodded, "Lu Xiangguo is right, His Royal Highness King Qi may have something unspeakable, he is not good to tell everyone, but we, as courtiers, should share his worries, let's talk about it!" ”

Wei Yunqi said: "I guess it should still be related to military power, in fact, His Royal Highness King Qi's ruling ideas were shown as early as in Qingzhou, he paid more attention to strengthening the power of the prime minister, and also paid more attention to military power, so he was willing to give power to the prime minister, but he refused to let go of the military power, even if His Royal Highness the King of Qi ascended the throne in the future, he would have to solve the problem of military power." ”

Su Wei said with a smile: "The topic of military power is too big and too sensitive, we can't finish talking for three days and three nights, we can discuss it in Ziwei Pavilion, we have to start with an easier one, I think Your Highness may be worried about the country name." ”

Su Wei is worthy of deep experience, he knows that there are some topics that cannot be talked about casually in private occasions, such as military power, and it is absolutely unwise to talk about military power in a small private circle like theirs. (To be continued.) )