Although Yang Rui's words were half-joking and half-complaining, he also said a realistic problem, that is, how to appoint Su Tingxia after he returned to the dynasty.

From the moment of view, Su Tingxia's military achievements are not small, no matter what, he is also the marshal who commands the first army, and he has the right to soldier, and Han Jian will be a little afraid at that time, not to mention those who sue in front of Yang Rui. According to Su Tingxia's current situation, in the eyes of many people in the court, he has become a murderous demon, such a vicious person, after returning to Luoyang, he will not take the opportunity to retaliate, and it is strange to start killing.

"Your Majesty is not at ease with the minister?" Han Jian asked.

Yang Rui smiled: "Dongwang, you seem to be able to control this Su Tingxia, do you really control it?" King Dong, do you dare to say that this Su Tingxia will not become the second Zhang Xing? Most of the generals in his hands are new recruits and new generals, and he is only recognized in the military order, but he is not as easy to control as your Dongwang Army, and it will be a hidden danger to leave him sooner or later. ”

Hearing this, Han Jian probably understood. Yang Rui was reminding him in disguise that he still had to kill Su Tingxia before he became a climate, so as to prevent Su Tingxia from causing trouble to the court in the future.

Han Jianxin said that Yang Rui was also too careful, Su Tingxia was promoted by him no matter what, even if there was burning and killing during the march, it was basically done under his instructions. It is also inappropriate to put all the blame on Su Tingxia. The key point is that Su Tingxia is a general after all, and he should be responsible for everything.

"Now that the soldiers are out and haven't returned, they will think about the rabbit and the dog first, and I'm afraid it's not appropriate." Han Jian reminded directly.

"It's up to you." Yang Rui said, but sighed again, "In addition to his character, he is a very capable person, and he can have such a talent in recent years and compare with you." I'm afraid it's only this one surnamed Su. ”

Han Jian didn't know if Yang Rui was complimenting him or hurting him. Or is it to remind him that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and the story of Shengyu and He Shengliang is well-known in this world, after all, Zhuge Liang became the emperor. In addition, Zhuge Liang himself is a wise man, and there are probably more people who sing praises for virtue, and even his reputation will be good.

Han Jian didn't say much. He had reservations about Su Tingxia's question. Even if Su Tingxia committed heinous crimes in this march, he was ordered by him, and he still admired this person very much, and he was reluctant to kill such a person, after all, there were indeed very few talented people around him.

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Since late March, the atmosphere of fighting around Luoyang has been very strong. There is Su Tingxia's march to the north, although it is conducive to the current situation in Luoyang, but in exchange for the pressure of the Western Wangfu on Luoyang.

The West Palace's army was sent to Guanzhong first. Later, some soldiers and horses were stationed along the way, seemingly to prevent the imperial soldiers and horses from approaching Guanzhong, but the real purpose was more like coercion, and Su Tingxia's soldiers and horses could not be idle in the north. After all, Beichuan, which was not laid in the West Palace, is now giving a little-known Su Tingxia great prestige, how can Yang Pingju, the king of the West, endure it?

However, the Xiwangfu side has not officially sent troops to approach Luoyang, although Luoyang is empty now, but Yang Rui and Han Jian are in charge at the same time. Moreover, Lin Zhan's soldiers and horses were stationed in the north of Luoyang. Although there are not many people in Lin Zhan's department, he has long been out because of the statement of victory in a hundred battles. In Han Jian's opinion. Now the Xiwangfu is waiting for Su Tingxia to be defeated, once Su Tingxia fails in the north, it will inevitably contain Lin Zhan's soldiers and horses, and then the Xiwangfu will have a chance to get involved in Luoyang.

At such a time, the Western Prince's Mansion sent people to congratulate him. said that it was Chaohe, but it was Yang Rui's birthday.

The emperor celebrates his birthday. Say it's big or big, it's not small. Even Yang Rui himself didn't face up to it, but the West Wangfu seemed to be very enthusiastic.

Then the people sent by the Xiwangfu to congratulate arrived in Luoyang, and there were dozens of people in the group, all of whom were the ministers and advisers of the Xiwangfu, and there were no generals.

Han Jian discussed with Yang Rui. At present, it is the time when the war is urgent, and the purpose of sending people from the Xiwang Mansion is not simple, but has the intention of inquiring about intelligence and temptation. Let's see if the imperial court dares to neglect the Xiwang Mansion, so as to infer the current situation of the imperial court and whether it can hold Luoyang.

"Your second mother is going to Luoyang tomorrow?" Han Jian and Yang Rui discussed the matter of the envoys of the Xiwang Mansion, and Yang Rui suddenly asked.

Han Jian has not entered the palace for many days in the past few days, and it is also because of Han Cui's suspicions before, he discussed it with Yang Rui, but he still doesn't want the matter to be made public, in order not to arouse suspicion, even Yang Rui feels that Han Jian should not come to the palace to meet these days.

"Hmm." Han Jian said, "I guess I will arrive at noon tomorrow, but there is something wrong with Your Majesty?" ”

"It's fine. Just to see if I need to go out and meet me personally. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Rui sighed. Once he married Han Song to Jiangdu, and treated her as a sister, who knew that after more than ten years, Han Song was still her old aunt in the Dongwang Mansion, but she had already walked out of the situation where her sister-in-law was alone.

"Your Majesty or don't go." Han Jian said, "My Sanniang's side, if there is something, I must notify Erniang first." If she has doubts this time, she will definitely say that at this time, her majesty will go, and her every move may be noticed by Erniang. ”

Yang Rui squinted at Han Jian and said, "Listening to what this means, you really don't want me to see your family?" ”

Han Jian retorted: "If you want to go, no one will stop you." Decide for yourself. ”

One sentence made Yang Rui a little discouraged, and it was indeed she who did not dare to face Han Songshi and the others now. Before, Han Cui's wanted to come to the palace to visit her, but she avoided it. Even she herself doesn't know why she is so weak now, and she can't even see Han Cui, who was once like a sister. This would never have happened before.

Han Jian bowed directly and left, and when he went outside, a group of ministers were waiting to go in to see Yang Rui.

Looking up at the sky, it was close to noon. Han Jian originally wanted to go back to eat directly, but after thinking about it again, now that things are so busy at the yamen of the military station, he will go back less once if he can go back less.

"Your Highness, Ann." Lin Ke stepped forward with a smile, and although the smile on his face was friendly, it gave Han Jian a very fake feeling.

"Lin Shilang." Han Jian glanced at Lin Ke and nodded slightly, which can be regarded as a courtesy, "After this king and His Majesty have discussed the matter, if they want to go in, they will let people pass it on." The king will not linger. ”

"Your Highness, please go slowly." Lin Ke said suddenly.

"Something?"

"Your Royal Highness, you see that this majesty always meets with ministers in the Ye'an Pavilion, but he has never discussed matters in the early dynasty, although this also has a precedent in the history of my Great Wei, but after all, it has to change. Your Highness doesn't know when to take a look and persuade His Majesty, the matter of the early dynasty's deliberations......"

Han Jian interrupted Lin Ke impatiently: "Lin Shilang doesn't think it's useless to say this to this king? Whether or not to go to court. That's the matter of His Majesty, what is the matter now, is it possible that Lin Shilang can't report to His Majesty here, or is His Majesty abandoned in government affairs and avoided you? ”

Lin Ke was speechless.

Up to now, he naturally thinks that Han Jian has a prejudice against him, and he wants to promote Ning Yuan to suppress his power in the court. In this case, he also wanted to show himself in front of Han Jian, but after all, he couldn't touch Han Jian's temper. It can only be a nose of ash every time.

"Anything else? If it's okay, this king is gone! This time, Han Jian's words were very polite.

Lin Ke sighed: "His Royal Highness seems to have been very disappointed in his subordinates. ”

Han Jian looked at Lin Ke, who seemed to see through the red dust, and said, "Why did Lin Shangshu say this?" ”

"Why should Your Highness hide it from your lower officials. Now Ning Shangshu can be said to be in the limelight in the court, and he is the boss of the nominal officials, and even the lower officials have to treat him respectfully when they see him. His Royal Highness did this, didn't he also let Ning Shangshu succeed Yu Xiaguan? ”

Han Jian didn't immediately affirm or deny, he pondered in his heart, and Lin Ke actually took the initiative to express his worries. I'm afraid that Lin Ke knew that his status would not be guaranteed, so he simply made his words clear.

Really. Seeing that Han Jian didn't speak, Lin Ke asked directly, "I don't know what His Highness is dissatisfied with Xiaguan." Also, when the lower officials criticized General Su in the previous imperial court, they did not come forward, but they ...... The situation dictates that the court officials are all talking. What can the lower officials do? The things that are admonished can be done all the time, but they may not be shown in front of His Highness. ”

Han Jian wanted to say, since you are quiet and diligent, why do you still say it?

"Lin Shilang has worked hard. How could this king forget? Han Jian said.

Lin Ke smiled bitterly: "Your Highness just said two kind words to comfort the lower officials." How could the lower officials not know His Royal Highness's thoughts, this Ning Shangshu is intertwined in the court, and has a relationship with His Royal Highness by marriage, such a person is to let the lower officials choose, and he will definitely not choose such an unknown person to be the court. It's better to let the lower officials get acquainted with each other, and go to His Majesty to resign earlier, so that Ning Shangshu can succeed Yu Zai and take on the important task of this dynasty. ”

When Lin Ke said this, he naturally hoped that Han Jian would keep him.

But what Han Jian couldn't hear the most was this threat. Originally, Han Jian reused Ning Yuan, just to make Lin Ke feel the crisis, but now that Lin Ke took the initiative to say so, he had some intention of coercing him, which made him a little annoyed.

"Since Lin Shilang has this intention, then go and say it to His Majesty." Han Jian said, "Don't be like before, how nice it is to say in front of this king, but find someone to complain to Mrs. Gu." If people don't know what to do unless they do it, Lin Shangshu pondered the meaning of these words! ”

Lin Ke's face changed, he finally knew why Han Jian was so "annoying" him, because Gu Weipan was about to go to Luoyang before, and he secretly sent someone to lobby Gu Weipan.

After all, Gu Weipan is Han Jian's father-in-law, and he is also a veteran of the DPRK, and he has been a secondary assistant in the DPRK for many years before Yang Yu's rebellion, which can be said to be highly respected. He Lin Ke, in the final analysis, is only engaged in learning, and the Dongge Shangshu is the prime minister, and the Wei Dynasty has not had it since ancient times.

Since Han Jian said this, Lin Ke was also suddenly a little desperate. There is a feeling of being unloaded and killed by a donkey.

followed Yang Rui to flee to Jiangdu before, and it can be said that he slept in the open along the way, and among those people, he is the only one who is still in the wind and water, and the rest of the people feel the impermanence of officialdom, and most of them stay in Jiangdu to prepare for retirement. What he thinks is that if he can serve the imperial court, in the future, when Yang Rui returns to the court, he will be able to be a meritorious hero.

Now the hero is indeed a meritorious person, Kuang Fu Sheji is meritorious, and Lingshang Shutai is suddenly a figure like the prime minister of the imperial court. But the problem also came, that is, Yang Rui reused him, as long as Dongwangfu was not satisfied with this, then he would not have completed the work. On the one hand, he wants to satisfy Yang Rui, on the other hand, he has to make his colleagues have nothing to say, and he must obey the meaning of the East Palace, the contradiction between the three is very large, he is caught in the middle, thinking that he has done a lot of inheritance, and the credit has been made, but Yang Rui and Han Jian do not appreciate it, even those of his colleagues and subordinates, and now it seems that they do not appreciate it very much.

Since Ning Yuan gained power and was promoted to the secretary of the ministry. A group of people who were originally very respectful to Lin Ke and could even be said to be subservient to them are now moving closer to the direction of Ning Yuan's camp. Lin Ke naturally knew what was going on.

The tree has always fallen and scattered, and his big tree is about to fall, and even the monkey on his own tree is looking for a "next home".

"Greetings to Your Highness." Lin Ke felt a sense of disappointment in his heart, and saluted Han Jian, but he didn't refute or argue for himself.

Han Jian didn't want to talk nonsense with Lin Ke either. Went directly to the military station.

After the afternoon, Yang Rui sent the little eunuch to pass him into the palace. In the past few days, there have been many times. Before, it was because Yang Rui couldn't see Han Jian at night, and he couldn't let go of it after all, and he would send someone over to spread anything about it, and sometimes Yang Rui found it interesting, and always wanted to call Han Jian into the palace in this way, so that Han Jian could take a break, and he also felt that he didn't have to endure so hard.

learned that Yang Rui was going to see him again. Han Jian couldn't help but be a little annoyed. Every time Yang Rui looks for him, he rarely has serious things to say, knowing that he is busy or making trouble. Originally, he didn't want to go, but Yang Rui will definitely be the supreme once, and if he doesn't go to be known by others, there will always be gossip.

Han Jianxin said that perhaps it was because he couldn't go that Yang Rui was so "unscrupulous".

Han Jian put aside the matter at hand for the time being, and instead entered the palace with the little eunuch. to Ye'an Pavilion. Yang Rui stood at the window with a straight face, as if looking at the spring scenery outside the window. After all, the backyard of Ye'an Pavilion is a flower bed, although there are not many flowers in it, but it is also full of spring.

"His Majesty summoned the ministers, but is there something?" Han Jian saw that Yang Rui didn't even turn his head, and asked a little impatiently.

"Hmm." Yang Rui turned around, but he said with a straight face. "Lin Shilang asked me to resign today, saying that he wanted to resign and return to his hometown. Do you know this, King Dong? ”

Han Jian said: "Lin Shangshu did mention this matter in front of the minister. ”

"Oh, so you know." Yang Rui said, "But I kept him." Let him continue to do it in the court for some time first, even if he wants to leave, he is not in a hurry at this time. ”

Han Jian was silent for a moment, this Lin Ke did what he said, and it could make him a little "impressive".

“…… Dongwang, I know that you have the intention of letting Ning Shangshu replace Lin Shilang to lead Shangshutai, but I think about it, Ning Shangshu's side is a person from the old school of Luoyang after all, and he is not familiar with the official place in Jiangdu, so it will be inappropriate for him to come out and preside over the overall situation. Yang Rui pointed out directly.

Han Jian said: "What His Majesty said is extremely true, but there is no shortage of people in the DPRK who can succeed Lin Shilang. Why didn't Majesty consider Mrs. Gu? ”

"After Mrs. Gu returned to Luoyang, I also sent someone to invite him, but he had already made up his mind, and I was afraid that he would not be able to return to the imperial court to entrust him with a heavy task." Yang Rui said, "You also know that Mrs. Gu is old and old after all, and after such a toss of the assassination, he is a little tired of the court." Why bother to be strong? However, this Lin Shilang, although he sometimes does not care about everything, is a down-to-earth person after all, and now the court may be indispensable. Dongwang, you have to think about this point too. ”

Han Jianxin said that Lin Ke was not here to resign, but to coerce Yang Rui.

Ning Yuan is indeed capable, but Ning Yuan's biggest problem is to give his daughter to him Han Jian, which makes Yang Rui have no good impression of Ning Yuan from the beginning. As for Lin Ke, he is just a "spare tire", and when no one comes out to preside over the overall situation, let him come out to preside over it, which also wants to balance all aspects of the imperial court, so that the imperial court forces can reach a balance.

"Your Majesty's words, the minister will consider it carefully." Han Jian nodded.

"It's not about thinking, it's about doing." Yang Rui said, "I also know that Lin Shangshu has done something to offend you. Can't you just be generous and let the matter pass? ”

Han Jian squinted, Yang Rui was so anxious to intercede for Lin Ke, which had already surpassed a monarch's pity for the minister, which made Han Jian can't help but wonder what Lin Ke said to Yang Rui in order to make Yang Rui speak for him like this.

Han Jian looked back at the door of Ye'an Pavilion, because of his arrival, those little eunuchs and palace maids were hiding from afar, and they didn't even dare to approach the direction of the door. This is also Yang Rui's order before, but whenever the king of the east comes, no one is allowed to come and disturb him, even if someone comes and needs to come in to spread the word.

"Rui'er, what did Lin Ke say to you?" Han Jian asked with a frown.

Yang Rui sighed, as if he didn't want to say something, but he still sat down and said earnestly: "He came to me to complain, saying that you couldn't tolerate him and wanted to drive him out of the court." ”

"Hey!" Han Jian was a little annoyed in his heart, his feelings Lin Ke was still in front of him and behind his back, originally he thought that this Lin Ke had an "epiphany", but his feelings were still acting in front of him, pretending to have seen through the red dust and was ready to return home. But in the end, I ran to Yang Rui here to say some nonsense!

"What did you tell him?" Yang Rui sat down, looked up at Han Jian and asked.

"What can I say? It was he himself who said that he was leaving the imperial court. ”

Han Jian roughly talked about meeting Lin Ke outside before, and even Yang Rui frowned. Lin Ke's yin-yang face made her feel that this person was a little unreliable.

Lin Ke thought that Yang Rui had been on his side, and Yang Rui had always been cautious of Dongwangfu. will reuse him as a "loyal minister", but he didn't expect that in Yang Rui's heart, after all, he regarded Han Jian as his "own person", and it was easy for Han Jian to ask anything when he came. In this way, although Lin Ke's drama road is wide, he can't stand the deep love between husband and wife after all, and in the end it is just a farce, and he even shows his unbearable side in front of Yang Rui.

"Speaking of which, this Lin Shilang is a little clever." Yang Rui's face was a little unhappy.

"It's not self-inflicted. It's that he is very smart, and he knows that now his position, as long as I don't want to protect him, and Rui'er and you can protect him, he can sit firmly, if he doesn't complain in front of you, what chance does he have to continue to gain a foothold in the court? Han Jian sighed.

Yang Rui glanced at Han Jian and said, "That's right, I know that now I still need him to come out to stabilize the situation." I have to talk to him about those things, and let him come here and mutter. Do you think I have a wide heart and can listen to his nagging? ”

Han Jian smiled and didn't speak. Recently, Yang Rui has complained a lot, in Han Jian's opinion, this is because Yang Rui has not been nourished by love, and he is angry with him, the "initiator". Whenever there is an opportunity, you should move your liver fire a little bit and let out the depressed qi in your heart.

Han Jian said: "Your Majesty just obeyed his wishes, and it also seems that Your Majesty is lenient, is it true that Your Majesty said yes?" ”

This time it was Yang Rui's turn not to speak.

When she heard Han Jian talk about the plot of meeting Lin Ke before, she also thought about it. It doesn't matter if Lin Ke uses this person or not, why should she affect her mood and relationship with Han Jian for such a person? But when Han Jian said this, it seemed that Han Jian wanted her to buy people's hearts.

"Husband, what do you mean by that?" Yang Rui suddenly asked in a weird manner, "While I don't want to use it, I let the concubine reuse it, isn't it a contradiction?" ”

Han Jian said: "Whatever you think, now that the imperial court can't do without him, it also makes him feel a little crisis, so it's better to let him be a loyal minister of the imperial court, and he is inseparable from the Dongwang Mansion, so it's okay." Anyway, in the end, it is the imperial court that benefits, not the East Palace, right? ”

Yang Rui smiled, Han Jian's body is very interesting. Let her bribe a person who has a prejudice against the Dongwangfu as a loyal servant to work against the Dongwangfu, isn't she asking for trouble?

But on second thought, it was a lot of fun. The reason why Han Jian would build it like this is also because Han Jian himself did not have the heart to compete with her, otherwise how could he allow a two-faced person like Lin Ke to continue to serve the imperial court.

"The concubine left him in the court, and the husband will not be angry, so he alienated the concubine?" Yang Rui asked.

"Rui'er, you can do it yourself." Han Jian said, "Anyway, from the time I knew that he sent someone to lobby Gu Taifu, I knew that this person was a little unscrupulous, and he could be used but not greatly, and it was just that now there is no one else in the court who can come out to preside over the overall situation, so for the time being, he will be entrusted with important tasks first, and then replaced when the time is right." ”

Yang Rui nodded reassuringly, Han Jian said this kind of Cheng dù, she could also understand. Han Jian was unhappy with Lin Ke, but he asked her to look at the employment of people, and he didn't want his own decision to affect the employment of the court bureau. Now Yang Rui doesn't want to use Ning Yuan, and Han Jian doesn't want to use Lin Ke, the compromise solution is that Lin Ke will continue to be his first and auxiliary minister, and Ning Yuan will continue to buy people's hearts in the imperial court to prepare for Lin Ke to succeed Lin Ke in the future.

"Husband, what the concubine wants to say has been said." Yang Rui suddenly stood up and walked in front of Han Jian, but his hand stretched out to hold Han Jian's hand and said, "I wonder if my husband can make an exception today and enter the palace to accompany the concubine?" The princess of tomorrow will arrive in Luoyang, and I am afraid that she will see her husband at some point. ”

Just now, he was still a sad and solemn king, but in a blink of an eye, he seemed to be a lonely woman who was begging for pleasure with him. (To be continued......)