Summer Solstice (4)

When Lu Wen'an walked down the last step, Xue Ling had just jumped out of the courtyard wall of the Horse Mansion, but unfortunately there was nothing to gain this night.

It's not that the water in the house is unfathomable, but that Huang Chengxuan almost doesn't leave Princess Yongle an inch, so Xue Ling can't find a chance to start at all. It's not that she can't control the two of them, but she is afraid that Huang Chengxuan is Wei Long's person, and she will startle the snake by herself.

After staying in the room for two or three hours, seeing that Princess Yongle was fainting from sleep, Huang Chengxuan still didn't let go. I had no choice but to retreat first and then make plans. However, they all came, so they simply touched the Pony Mansion thoroughly. I didn't notice anything unusual, like most official eunuchs, some people were on duty at night, some people were patrolling, idle and wealthy, and the news that came from them was inseparable.

After the rooster crowed, the voices in Beijing gradually boiled, faded into black, scattered hairbands, and were the home of the delicate and pretty daughter. I didn't sleep all night, and I was a little sleepy. Xue Ling ate tea around Linjiang Xian, rushed back to his small courtyard, and lay down on the bed without saying hello to others, and did not forget to fiddle with the purse before closing his eyes.

It's quiet here, but there is no one in the Jinluan Palace. The ministers, as always, waited for the Son of Heaven to sit firmly, and the mountain shouted long live, and then whispered, what people's livelihood and state affairs need to play today. Unexpectedly, the emperor on the dragon chair took out three books from the wooden plate held by the eunuch and threw them straight in front of the civil and military officials. There was a loud bang, and two copies were broken. For a moment, the hall was silent. Wei Long's ascension to the throne as a young man has always been a benevolent monarch. Don't say that this kind of liver fire is a heavy reprimand, and it is rare. Therefore, no one knows what is on the music, which can provoke Long Yan to be angry.

Su Kai knelt down first, shouting "Your Majesty is angry", and then he turned to his knees and the sound of "anger" resounded in the sky.

Wei Long patted the armrest of the dragon chair, stood up and pointed to the three recitals on the ground and said: "I, since the date of my accession to the throne, it has been three years, and I am worthy of the sky and the people. Ladies and gentlemen, there is no shortage of old ministers, and there are upstarts, all of whom are the pillars of our dynasty, and they dare not be rude to the virtuous. But today's events, I have to be in a state of reluctance. Everyone, take a look at it first, pick it up and take a look! But I've lost my sense of proportion? ”

Everyone bowed their heads again: "The ministers don't dare." The word proportion, can the king speak, and others can listen?

"Get up, don't kneel."

The crowd got up and stood in their place, but no one moved. Su Kai stepped forward and picked up the three pieces one by one, first handed them to a few first-class masters with both hands, and then circulated them to some people of status. There are few numbers on the chapter, and the three books are all the same thing, when the court Xiangguo played, please Liang and Xianbei resume contact.

Several pieces of music were passed around, like a hot potato. Everyone knows that since Huo Xiang mentioned this matter, he must have a plan. No one dares to go against the emperor, but the Huo family is also in power, so who dares to offend. What's more, people have the name of a father-in-law, saying that they are kings and ministers, and they are also fathers and sons. This will be a state affair, maybe behind closed doors, it will be a family affair, and outsiders will have a lot of fun.

In the end, the three pieces of music fell into the hands of three people as if they were divided into powers. Huo Zhun naturally held one of them, and the Shen family held a copy. The other one was unexpectedly in Su Kai's hands. Those with clear eyes look at each other and shake their heads, which means that they cannot speak. The forces in this court, there should still be a family surnamed Huang, but no one is involved at this time.

Wei Long looked at it clearly, but he didn't speak. The officials also blamed each other, and no one wanted to be this up-and-coming bird. The little eunuch on duty next to him began to worry about whether he was going to shout that he had nothing to do and retreated.

Su Yan hesitated whether he wanted to stand up, he couldn't figure out what the Son of Heaven meant, so he didn't dare to say anything. After all, what is said in the recital is not unreasonable. It's just that whether this truth can be explained or not can be explained can be said in one side.

Huo Zhun pinched the movement, his face was expressionless, as if the object of the Son of Heaven's anger was not himself. What you write, you know. What decision Wei Long can make, he can also be eight or nine miles away. What I didn't expect was that Wei Long was quite calm, and he connected three concerts before the gong started.

This Jinluan Palace, it's just a stage.

Finally, someone whispered: "Huo Xiang." ”

Huo Zhun seemed to have just reacted, and immediately knelt down in front of the hall, raised his hands and said, "Minister, the minister is panicking." ”

"Huo Xiang is so afraid, this recital book comes up, I just think you are old and confused, and you can't put it down. You have one after another, as if I don't care about the court. Now that the hundred officials are on the side, tell me, what are you playing? ”

Huo Zhun held the book of music, his voice was like a bell, as if he was deliberately refuting Wei Long's old and confused remarks, and said: "Minister, Qi Liang and Xianbei rebuild the old friendship, exempt them from paying tribute for ten years, and Kaining City is a first-line business and trade, so as to consolidate diplomatic relations." ”

"Ridiculous, the barbarian department, dare to say that the old is good, the three years of national mourning are still there, the princess's soul has not returned, Huo Xiang, you, you are shameless." The new waiter of the Ministry of Rites jumped out tremblingly and pointed at Huo Zhun's nose and scolded. Since Qi Shiyan stepped down, he was put in this position, and he thought that he was an old clam and a pearl, and he won Long En. Actually, it's not a few years to stay, Wei Long took him for a while, and he just warmed up the position.

Huo Zhun was still kneeling, but he straightened up and sneered at the waiter of the Ministry of Rites: "The light of the rat's eyes can look as far northwest as possible"? Fu turned around and said: "Your Majesty, the courtier's heart is clear, and this time I have been on the table for a few days. By the grace of His Majesty, Xu Liangqi intermarketed. Chen Dou dared to ask, with the power of the Great Liang, the Qian clan can surpass the other four tribes of the Hu people in a few years? Huo Zhun looked around and said, "Colleagues, you might as well guess." ”

Secretly summed up all around, what Huo Xiang said was indeed the truth. The Hu people rely on soldiers and horses to fight the world, if the Liang State continues to deliver food, naturally whoever gets the support of the Liang Dynasty will be the head.

Wei Long had already guessed this situation, and he was not surprised, and said, "Huo Xiang got up and spoke first." There are so many courtiers in his hall who only know the books of sages, but most of them are human spirits. Before opening his voice, he already knew how to sing this play.

Huo Zhun slowly stood up and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Someone jumped out and said: "As Huo Xiang said, so what." If Liang and Liang have been reconciled for a hundred years, if they can unify the Hu people, it will be a good thing for Liang. Huo Xiang should be happy to see his success, why did he go against the grain, and now help Xianbei speak. ”

Huo Zhun did not show weakness: "The Hu people have always been a big trouble for Liang, otherwise they would not have mobilized the country's troops, and half of them would be divided into the northwest." A hundred years of repair, you can see. Where a clan rises, even five departments invade my border, and the history books of the Liang Dynasty are up and down, can there be an exception? When the fire burns the plains, it will be too late to regret"

The forces of the Huo faction praised each other: "What Huo Xiang said is very reasonable, the Hu people are cunning and cruel by nature, so they have to be guarded against." This Qiang tribe has always lived under Xianbei, but they have come all the way to Liang, and they don't know whether they are sincere in submission or unwilling to be subservient. Or, secretly, in collusion with Xianbei. ”

"Having said that, on the land of my Daliang, the iron hooves of Xianbei are still there, and the bones of all the people are not cold. And if Xianbei is not a minister, how can the emperor deal with himself. ”

"But it's just an expedient measure, the minister believes that the emperor must have a trade-off, if now should be Tuoba Milling only wanted, then Liang and Xianbei people are on good terms, and one side is about to have endless troubles, it is better to give it benefits, so that the Hu people live and die within me, and they can't live without me, so it is the principle of peace."

You come and go in the hall, quoting scriptures and classics, and everyone is full of family and country.

After the boiling calmed down, Huo Zhun stretched out his hand to signal the discussion to stop for a while, and said: "As the minister of a country, he does not hesitate to bear the name of this shameless villain, and I hope that I will have no war for a hundred years." He fell to his knees again and bowed to the ground.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty. The ministers ask Your Majesty to forget the pain of the past and think about the blessings of the society. ”