"Is the plague in Shuzhong really serious this time?" Zhu Xi thought about it and still felt uneasy.

"Shuzhong is already hot and humid, and the tribal peoples located in the mountains and forests have been plagued by miasma all year round, and they have long had a way to live in peace with those miasma in the forest. However, it is very likely that the intruders will die on the spot due to drug inhalation. ”

"I know that the local aborigines have a way to fight those miasma, and they are generally fine."

"That's right. It is said that there must be an antidote to poison within a hundred steps. The people of Bashu have long been accustomed to dancing with the miasma, so they naturally have a way to save themselves. But this time, it's not easy. Since the beginning of spring this year, Bashu has been cloudy and rainy days one after another, the water vapor in the mountains has not dispersed, and the corpses of animals and plants have rotted and decayed. In addition, Bashu is located in a basin, the weather is bad, and the evil spirit does not disperse, accumulating in it, and under the fermentation, the most powerful epidemic has been formed, and the local wizards have no way to control the spread of the plague. By the time the imperial court found out, hundreds of people had died. The plague is out of control."

"So serious?"

"yes"

"Then you can't go. The plague is no joke. If one is not good, if it is infected, it will be nine dead. You're not alone now, you have a wife and children, you can't be stupid to drill into it."

"Now I finally know I'm worried. But can I decide this matter? The crown prince and the second prince of the court all regard me as a thorn in their side and want to get rid of it as soon as possible. Bashu was more auspicious this time, and the ministers of the DPRK and China were reluctant to go. ”

"If others don't want to go, why should you let a prince go? They don't go, and neither do we. When you go back, tell those people that we're not going."

"Don't worry" Zhu Xi looked at the woman's anxious appearance, and felt that it was also a happy thing to have a wife.

"How can you not be in a hurry? Listen to you, the prince doesn't want you to live. I don't want to be a widow."

"Hehe, don't worry. I've been through life and death, so how could God let me die so easily? ”

'Bah, what a death, what a death. You really don't have any taboos at all, what if God really hears that you don't respect him so much, and wants to punish you? ’

"Hehe, when did you become so superstitious?" Zhu Xi knew that Song Yi was a person who didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but he didn't expect that this was all he was saying now.

Song Yi didn't expect that she would say these words one day, although she could see it herself, but if she really encountered a time when she couldn't do anything, she also hoped that there would be a mysterious power to save her.

Now, she really hopes that there are immortals, gods and Buddhas, so that the true king will not go to Bashu.

Seeing the woman's frowning and worried look, Zhu Xi used his hand to smooth the woman's tightly locked brows, "I want to see you laugh, I don't want to see you like this." These are all speculations, maybe I'm overthinking. ”

"You're trying to lie to me again. Gonggong Liu, who was beside the emperor, personally came over and asked you to go back as soon as possible. Visible things are urgent. Listen to what you said, Bashu has been so serious recently, it must be this matter."

"Not necessarily. Although Bashu is serious, I have been fighting against the Jurchen army in the north all these years. Although the war in the Jurchen Kingdom has calmed down for the time being, there is no guarantee that he and Nuhachi will not make a comeback."

"You mean, the emperor may have asked you to return to Beijing for the sake of the north?"

"Over the years, the Jurchen troops have been gathering outside Youzhou City and have been unable to attack for a long time. This led to disunity within the Jurchens, and Nuhachi's younger brother Yelu Xiongqi took the opportunity to unite with the tribes in the steppe who were dissatisfied with Nuhachi's jurisdiction to launch a coup d'état, and we will not have the respite now. But with this person, we have been fighting for so many years, and I know that he is a man of both wisdom and courage, and if he is relieved, he will definitely make a comeback."

"According to what you say, it is possible that he and Nuhachi put down the coup d'état within the Jurchens and made a comeback?"

"It's all possible"

"Really, you didn't lie to me, did you?" Song Yi didn't believe it, why didn't he go to Bashu when he questioned it just now?

"I made a promise with you that I would never lie to you again. I do what I say."

"Then I believe you," Song Yi said after a while.

"Did you have anything else to tell me just now, just before your son and daughter went out?"

"Well, I do have something to tell you. You know, it's been five years since you left the capital. It's not a long time in the past five years, but a lot has happened. I think I still have to tell you in advance about the situation in the capital. lest you enter Beijing and know nothing about it."

"Okay, you say"

Zhu Xi paused, sorted out his thoughts, and then said, "Then I'll talk about it from the three princes." ”

"Okay" Song Yi sat down, looking deaf.

Zhu Xi saw that he looked like a good student, so he also sat next to Song Yi, "The emperor has taken a back seat, and the government is maintained by the crown prince and the second prince." The six departments of Shangshu Province in the middle of the court have been controlled by three princes, among which the household department, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry are the prince's people, and the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of War are all the people of the second prince. Mutual restraint and mutual checks and balances are like fire and water, but they cannot eradicate each other. There is also blood and rain above the court, and there are very few people who are alone."

"I know. The household department is in charge of the territory, land, household registration, taxation, salaries, and all financial matters of the country. The Ministry of Rites is in charge of ceremonial affairs, schools, and imperial examinations. The use of five rites, such as Kaoji, Jia, military, guest, and fierce; Manage the affairs of the national schools, the imperial examinations, and the affairs of the vassal and foreign countries. The Ministry of War is in charge of the national military guard, the selection and awarding of military attachés, and concise government decrees. The Criminal Department is the agency in charge of the national criminal punishment decree and the examination of criminal names, and the final trial and review of major cases with the Inspectorate and the Dali Temple are in charge of the final trial and review. The Ministry of Industry is the organ that administers the national engineering affairs. ”

"The prince's management of the household department, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry is equivalent to mastering the world's taxes and the protégés of the Son of Heaven. The second prince is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of War, which is equivalent to mastering the soldiers and horses of the world and holding the military power. But the second prince only had soldiers and horses, but no food and grass, and it was difficult to move an inch. The crown prince only has money, but no soldiers and horses, and he doesn't dare to do anything to the second prince. I'm afraid that such a distribution of forces was also arranged by the masters."

"I knew you would understand it. That's right, the six parts were scraped clean by the two princes, and it was also arranged by the emperor. It is to ask the two princes to supervise each other and take care of each other flawlessly."

"It sounds like the crown prince and the second prince. Could it be that the three princes really have no power at all? Song Yi wondered.

Zhu Xi smiled mysteriously: "On the bright side, it's just that the crown prince and the second prince are fighting. But the more a dog doesn't bite, the more powerful it is. The people of the third prince have already infiltrated the six departments, although they are not as high-profile as the crown prince and the second prince, and their strength should not be underestimated."

"The third prince can do this, and he can't do without your help, right?" Song Yi said with a smile.