When the news that Ji Qingchen was imprisoned in the palace by Emperor Yan and couldn't leave the palace for half a step for three years reached the Northern Liao Palace, Shu'er's face became a little ugly when she heard the news, but she still seemed very calm, because she grew up in the palace of the country and was exposed to the cruelty of the power struggle, which made Shu'er analyze it carefully, and felt that such a punishment was not too serious for Ji Qingchen, at least didn't it guarantee the title of King of Northern Liao? As long as he has this title, Ji Qingchen is imprisoned in the palace, he still has a lot of things to deal with, and there are still many things that will be kept, such as the palace and Yulu, like guards and industries, etc., so he is not called a lost dog, as long as these things are there, he can make a comeback.

This verifies what Shu'er said to Ji Qingchen at the beginning: If you win, I will accompany you to reign in the world, and if you lose, I will accompany you to make a comeback!

And this disappearance is not a good thing for Zhang Rang and Guo Quan.

Zhang Rang said that he was Ji Qingchen's personal eunuch and the head of the palace, since Ji Qingchen was imprisoned, he could only serve by Ji Qingchen's side, but Guo Quan's current staff belonged to the palace staff, and he was also the commander of the "iron coat", and he was part of Ji Qingchen's dark power, so he naturally couldn't stay in the palace, so his brows were furrowed, as if he was thinking something.

In this way, after being punished by Emperor Yan, Ji Qingchen returned to his mansion.

However, Emperor Yan did not strictly enforce the order immediately, but let Ji Qingchen have a few days to deal with affairs, such as arranging Guo Quan's way out, he was going to arrange Guo Quan's Northern Liao Governor's Mansion in Baixiang City, or Mengli's Beirong Governor's Mansion, these two places are his people, no matter where Guo Quan's go, he can let him display his ambitions, and it depends on how Guo Quan's choice is to develop the "iron suit".

As for Zhang Rang, he naturally has to follow him, he is his personal eunuch, and it is impossible to leave.

In this way, the "inner factory" has become a big problem, without Zhang Rang's leadership, the situation of the "inner factory" in King's Landing City will be very dangerous, so Ji Qingchen is also thinking about how to deal with the problem of "inner factory", which is his weapon to monitor the officials of the DPRK and China, and the local officials, can not be known to outsiders.

The rest are Qingfeng Ride and Huitong Bank.

Qingfeng cavalry is easy to handle, as long as Li Changzheng is there, there will be no problem with this cavalry, and Ji Qingchen of the Kunshan military camp where they are stationed is very relieved.

In terms of Huitong Bank, Ji Qingchen had also met Tang Yifu once before, and the two had a detailed discussion, and Huitong Bank is now developing very rapidly, and the silver reserves are very sufficient, especially the gold reserves, which are enough to solve any run, so when Ji Qingchen one day the imperial court cut off the food and salary of the 600,000 troops of Beiliao and Beirong, and needed Huitong Bank to solve this problem, Tang Yifu agreed without hesitation.

However, this is all because Ji Qingchen talked to Tang Yifu before marriage, and now he himself has been punished by Emperor Yan, and he can't leave the house for three years, so he feels that it is necessary to talk to Tang Yifu again, so as not to have other thoughts in the heart of the big housekeeper of the bank.

Therefore, in the past few days, Ji Qingchen has been deploying his own plans with several hardcore henchmen in the court, although he has not established his own team in the court, but there are also a few courtiers who have been accepted by him for his own use, but now with his withdrawal from the court, he has to arrange a way out of these, otherwise these people will definitely be purged after he is imprisoned.

Therefore, on this day, he invited the fourth prince Ji Wen to the mansion.

With the fourth prince Ji Wen, there is also the seventh prince Ji Man, who has been named the king of Jiaodong, Ji Man is still the same as before, handsome and extraordinary, with the posture of an idle prince.

The three of them saluted each other and landed on a chair in the antechamber.

At this time, Ji Wencai said, "Last time in the imperial study, I did my best for my brother, but my father still punished the ninth brother like this, and the fourth brother had no choice, and the ninth brother didn't have any thoughts in his heart." ”

If you want to say that among the ten brothers, who has the best relationship with yourself is the fourth prince Ji Wen, and if you want to say who is the most compatible with yourself, it is the third prince Ji Hongchang.

The fourth prince Ji Wen treats Ji Qingchen with a brotherly heart, but there is also a little caution in it, but it does not affect the interaction with Ji Qingchen, after all, who is not selfish?

And the third prince, Ji Hongchang, is the most open-minded, and he is more willing to deal with Ji Qingchen on the bright side.

Therefore, it makes Ji Qingchen very respectful!

"Where did the fourth brother say, I broke into such a big scourge, and my father can be lightly punished, I am already very satisfied!" Ji Qingchen also said with a smile, his mood was not bad, "It's just that, even so, I still have something to ask the fourth brother for help." ”

"Oh-" Ji Wen was stunned, he didn't expect Ji Qingchen to have something to help himself, so he said with a smile, "Ninth brother, just say something, as long as the fourth brother can do it, he will definitely do his best." ”

"Actually, it's nothing, it's just that after I was imprisoned in the palace, a few people around me were afraid that I would ask the fourth brother to take care of it!" Ji Qingchen said lightly, as if he didn't care.

"This-" Ji Wen hesitated for a moment, but still agreed, "It can be, but the ninth brother, you should also know the way, Wang You of the Ministry of Officials, he is the second person, you have a very good relationship with the second brother, if the second brother wants to target them, with the current fourth brother's ability, I am afraid it will be difficult to do it!" ”

Ji Wen really didn't lie in this regard, the Ministry of Officials is in charge of the assessment and promotion of officials, if Wang You, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, said that he would dismiss a few unqualified officials, or send them to a far away place to serve as officials and leave the center, this is also something that no one else can say. In addition, the second prince Ji Ping now has the army of the Xizhou Governor's Mansion to rely on, and his strength has increased greatly, so he is naturally not afraid of Ji Wen.

However, Ji Qingchen had already prepared for this, so he saw him and said with a smile, "The fourth brother is worried, but it is not impossible. ”

Seeing Ji Wen's inquiring gaze, Ji Qingchen, who pondered for a while, said, "Prime Minister Pei Cheng is the fourth brother's person, as long as he participates in the government affairs, the fourth brother is already invincible at least in the court, and the only thing he lacks is the support of the military." ”

It's true.

Because of Pei Wenju's ability, and he is one of the seven great families, if Emperor Yan hadn't appointed Cui Jingsheng as the imperial master at the instigation of the queen and let Ji Qian supervise the country, Pei Wenju would not have been easily suppressed by the queen and Cui Jingsheng. Therefore, as long as Pei Wenju is in charge again this time, his status will still not change, as long as he is there, at least Ji Wen's strength in the court will not be much worse than Ji Qian, not to mention Ji Ping and Ji Hongchang, which cannot be compared with Ji Wen at all. Of course, it is precisely because Ji Wen's is in the court that his influence in the military is much worse, and now the Privy Council has made Li Muzhi fall to Ji Qian, and the military department Shangshu Liu Pingyuan and the Ningzhou army are the three princes Ji Hongchang, and Xue Ju, the governor of Xizhou, has been taken in by Ji Ping for his own use, and is now Ji Ping's henchman. When competing for comprehensive strength in this way, the fourth prince Ji Wen fell behind.

"What the ninth brother said is that the fourth brother is poor because of the support of the military. However, there is no way to do it! Because the fourth brother himself lacks talent in this area, he naturally can't recruit some famous generals, and his control over military power will be weak. Ji Wen sighed, this is his weakness, so he has been stabilized by a few brothers in the past few years, otherwise with his strength in the court, who can compete with him?

"I can solve this for the fourth brother!" Ji Qingchen said.

"What does the ninth brother mean?" Ji Wen asked suddenly, looking very nervous, but he knew very well that as long as Ji Qingchen supported him, with the strength of the 600,000 troops of Beiliao and Beirong, who else would he be afraid of?

"The Northern Liao Metropolitan Governor's Mansion can support the fourth brother, but the fourth brother, you also have to know that they will not support you in vain, and if someone in the court wants to cut off their food and salaries in the future, or if they want to cut off the soldiers, you will need to come forward." Ji Qingchen said.

"This-" Ji Wen was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "What the ninth brother said is true?" ”

"Nature is true." Ji Qingchen replied.

"It's really good, this, I don't know how to thank the ninth brother for being a brother!" Ji Wen said ecstatically.

"But fourth brother, there is one more point I want to make clear." Ji Qingchen said solemnly.

"You say." Ji Wen said.

"I was imprisoned in the palace by my father for three years, and when I leave the palace after three years, the Northern Liao Metropolitan Governor's Mansion will not support you, so the fourth brother only has three years, if the fourth brother stays in the East Palace within three years, I am willing to give up the Northern Liao army to the fourth brother, if the fourth brother has not moved into the East Palace after three years, I will have to compete with the fourth brother again." Ji Qingchen said very frankly.

Trading, you have to make it clear what you should say!

"Please rest assured that the ninth brother has this, if there is a 400,000 army of Northern Liao to support his brother, and there is no way for his brother to live in the East Palace, then what face does the brother have to compete with you for the position of the East Palace?" Ji Wen said very frankly.

After the two finished speaking, they couldn't help laughing.

"Are you done talking, are you still drinking?" Ji Man on the side said that he was not interested in politics, only focusing on piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, as well as wine and beauty, fine clothes and food, and he was a complete idle prince.

"Drink and drink!" Ji Wen Dalu said with a smile.

"Fourth brother, please!" Ji Qingchen raised his wine glass and said.

The two of them also raised their glasses, and the three of them raised their glasses and drank them all. This banquet was drunk until the evening, and the fourth prince Ji Wen and the seventh prince Ji Man left the palace. After they left, Shu'er walked from the back hall to the front hall and asked, "Brother Qingchen, do you really want to hand over the 400,000 troops of the Northern Liao Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to the fourth brother?" ”

is now married, but Shu'er has always called Ji Qingchen as Qingchen's brother, and this title has not changed.

"The fourth brother is the only one who will not be as ruthless as our brother after ascending the throne, if they really want to fight in the past three years, I would rather let the fourth brother win so that at least his life can be guaranteed." Ji Qingchen said, "Besides, the fourth brother's ability to control the military is weak, if he hands over the Northern Liao Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to him, it will be difficult for him to infiltrate his strength into the Northern Liao Governor's Mansion within three years, and when my sentence expires, the Northern Liao Metropolitan Governor's Mansion will still be mine when the East Mountain rises again, but if I hand it over to others, I am afraid that after three years, the 400,000 troops of Northern Liao will no longer be my Ji Qingchen's." ”

"Yes, too!" Shu'er nodded, and didn't ask anything again.

"By the way, has Run Tang arrived?" Ji Qingchen asked.

"I'm already waiting for you in the study with Zhang Rang and Guo Quan." Shu'er said.

"Let's go, meet them!" Ji Qingchen said, and got up and walked towards the study with Shu'er.