Three years later.

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Wu Shigong sat alone in the imperial study, silent. He's been sitting like this for more than an hour. Ye Zhong, who was standing on the side, kept looking at Wu Shigong's face, and only felt chills all over his body.

He has been a king for a long time, and he has been the leader of the Runing Army for even longer. When Wu Shigong inadvertently revealed a soaring murderous aura, ordinary people were really a little unbearable.

In a few days, it should be the New Year's Day of the fifth year of Qiongyuan. Originally, it would be a festive day, and the Daping Dynasty was preparing to hold a grand celebration ceremony on the fifth anniversary of the founding of the country.

And the current Daping Dynasty can really be called a country and a people's peace.

Externally, after conquering Shengjing, the Manchu Qing had surrendered to the Daping Dynasty, and the Daping army also conquered the Eastern Mongolian tribes, solving the most troublesome Manchu and Mongolian border in decades. The Daping armies that went south basically wiped out all the resistance forces, and in the first half of the fourth year of Qiongyuan, completely wiped out the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty entrenched in the southwest region, so that the whole country formed a great unification.

Although now the war between the Daping Dynasty and the Western Mongolian tribes has started again, there are also wars with the Western countries at sea. However, these were all operations outside the borders, and they had no impact on the stability of the Daping Dynasty. Not to mention, the advantage of the Daping Dynasty in these wars is also getting bigger and bigger.

Internally, Wu Shigong has returned the power to the imperial court. The court institutions of the Daping Dynasty were straightened out, and the government affairs of the court began to get on the right track. In particular, through internal and external plunder, coupled with currency and tax reforms, the Daping Dynasty not only paid off huge arrears, but also greatly increased its annual fiscal revenue.

And after years of war. The people of the world are determined, and Wu Shigong's prestige is also increasing day by day. In addition, the official evaluation of the Daping Dynasty was linked to the income of the people, and all localities also vigorously developed production. The life of the people is getting better and better.

But in such a good situation, there is still a shadow, that is, the issue of Wu Shigong's heir.

Since the crown prince Xue Chenglin did not change his surname, a group of officials who had taken refuge in the Daping Dynasty wanted to push Wu Chengying up out of speculation. And behind them, it was the Emperor Wu Weizhong who was supporting him.

And the crown prince Xue Chenglin is not alone. A large number of Xue generals in the original Runing Army, their subordinates, and students all gathered around the Emperor Xue Lian and Xue Yongli, the head of the military attaché, to escort the crown prince Xue Chenglin.

Although this undercurrent is turbulent. But the original Wu Shigong didn't care. He always thought that with his high prestige, the contradiction would not develop to this point out of control.

In the final analysis, Wu Shigong is a little indecisive. His love for his family made this conflict not resolved. Instead, it was because of Wu Shigong's ambiguous attitude. This makes the groups that support Wu Chengying more and more bold.

What's even worse is that because the main support for the crown prince Xue Chenglin is the strength of the army, they have been fighting everywhere and are not in the court. However, Deng Qifan and other important ministers remained neutral in this matter, which made the civil officials who supported Wu Chengying in the court more arrogant, and the contradiction between these two forces also reached the edge of eruption.

And all this, Wu Shigong didn't know about it before. Or rather, to be precise. It is to turn a blind eye and pretend to be an ostrich. But this National Day ceremony. The imperial court summoned the meritorious soldiers scattered all over the country to Beijing to hold a grand military parade, and the situation changed.

More than an hour ago, Li Zhu, director of the Shanchuan Bureau, secretly told Wu Shigong that many officers who had gone to Beijing were running around and wanted to give a counterattack to the civilian officials who supported Wu Chengying. Of course, most of these officers are middle- and low-rank, and most of them are young, and they are mainly venting, and they have not formed any strict plans.

However, among these officers, some radicals proposed that they should hold a military admonition to arrest Wu Chengying and officials who were close to Wu Chengying, and asked Wu Shigong to reassure that Xue Chenglin's position as crown prince would never be replaced.

This suddenly made Wu Shigong creepy.

So now Wu Shigong is trembling for a while, which is both angry and a little afraid. To know that Lu Dao should be responsible for monitoring the dynamics in the army, it should be Xue Cunyi of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and Xue Cunyi should have learned the news first. Unexpectedly, it was Li Zhu from the Mountains and Rivers Bureau who came to play the secret first. But thinking that Xue Cunyi is also a member of the Xue family, it is obvious why he is hiding the news.

But that's not the main thing. The main question now is how should Wu Shigong deal with this problem? If only these young officers are arrested, it will only be a symptom rather than a cure. But to catch it further? Not to mention the turmoil caused by too much implication in the DPRK for the time being, there may also be cases of father and son killing and husband and wife turning against each other. Why didn't Wu Shigong feel upset?

Seeing that it was already past lunch time, Wu Shigong was still sitting there, his face was changing, Ye Zhong on the side finally couldn't help it, he asked in a low voice: "Emperor!" Isn't it time to pass the meal? ”

Wu Shigong's two sharp eyes immediately looked at Ye Zhong, and Ye Zhong was so frightened that he took a big step back. But before Ye Zhong could breathe his breath, he saw Wu Shigong suddenly stand up from the chair and order, "Wait a while!" Summoned the mountain, I haven't seen him for a long time. Dine with him later. ”

"Yes!"

Seeing Ye Zhong running to the door of the imperial study and summoning a little eunuch, Wu Shigong muttered to himself: "Let's put everything together today!" ”

It didn't take much effort for the whole mountain to run to the palace. This time, he also went to Beijing to report on his work, and he was attending a banquet with some military colleagues just now. However, when he heard Wu Shigong's summons, he hurriedly left the banquet and immediately came to see Wu Shigong.

But as soon as he entered the imperial study, the whole mountain was taken aback. Wu Shigong was not alone in the imperial study, there were more than a dozen palace guards dressed as officers in the study, and Wu Shigong was sitting on a chair wiping a sword.

Seeing the arrival of the whole mountain, Wu Shigong inserted the sword into the scabbard. Then he smiled at the whole mountain and asked, "Mountain! Can I still trust you? ”

As soon as he heard this, the whole mountain fell to his knees in fright. He kowtowed again and again and said, "Your Majesty! The last general is willing to smear the emperor's liver and brain.! ”

"Good! Get up! Wu Shigong smiled and said to the whole mountain.

Seeing Quan Dashan stand up, Wu Shigong threw the sword to Quan Dashan, who was undecided, and then said: "This sword is the Longquan Sword of Shanggong, and I will give it to you." Big mountain! Later, I will let Ye Zhong accompany you, and then let these children accompany you. Go to Wei Feng first to pass the decree, take the position of the commander of his guards, and you will take over! ”

"Huh!?" The whole mountain immediately exclaimed. (To be continued......)