Nangong Yuan, as the prince, was originally going to go to the court, but because Nangong Yuan gave people a very cowardly feeling in the past, he rarely went to the court, and his sense of presence among the hundred officials was very low. Therefore, Nangong Yuan rarely went to the early dynasty, and no one cared. The emperor will not care, in his heart, only the prince can inherit the unification, and he cultivated the prince as the inheritor of the unification when the prince was very young. The Seventh Prince is just a dispensable son to him, at most, he suddenly remembered to ask, showing his generosity and kindness. Therefore, for the Seven Princes not to go to the early dynasty, the emperor will naturally not care, and even be happy to see it, which means that the prince has one less competitor.

So today, when Nangong Yuan came to the early dynasty, many officials were stunned. Because many of the officials are from the prince's faction, most of them are some poor scholars brought by the prince or people around their mother's family, so they are naturally new faces. Coupled with Nangong Yuan's very small sense of existence, many people in the court did not know Nangong Yuan, which led to a large part of Nangong Yuan's side, no one came, and the other part of Nangong Yuan was the hundred officials who chatted with each other in front of the court, and many people looked at Nangong Yuan, and several people talked to each other, and then a few people shook their heads, obviously not knowing Nangong Yuan.

"Seventh brother?" The prince looked at Nangong Yuan, who was standing quietly with his head bowed on the side, and opened his mouth in some surprise. If he remembers correctly, it should be the seventh brother Nangong Yuan, but he rarely sees him, what is he doing when he comes to the court today? The prince was a little puzzled, so he saw Nangong Yuan looking at him, and lowered his head without saying anything. The crown prince ignored Nangong Yuan's attitude, because Nangong Yuan was so ignorant and a little cowardly in his memory.

The crown prince didn't care about Nangong Yuan, and talked a few words to a few ministers who greeted him. After that, the early dynasty began.

Sure enough, as Shen Fan expected, this morning the emperor raised the matter of the southwest drought.

"What do any of you think?" The emperor looked down at the hundred officials of the previous dynasty, his expression was majestic, not angry but mighty, and his voice was a little cold. It can be seen that this matter in the southwest has touched its own bottom line, indeed, which emperor likes to make trouble.

Hundred officials, you look at me, I look at you, and none of them stepped forward to speak.

"I really raised you for nothing. The huge court couldn't find a person who came out with an idea. The emperor looked at the appearance of the court officials and sneered, and the fold was still on the ground. The atmosphere was very serious, and the officials were even more trembling, and no one stepped forward and shrunk their necks.

"I'll see how long you'll have to wait for an answer." The emperor's expression was cold, and then he stopped talking.

"Wechen has an idea." A slightly older man stood up, with a Chinese face, inverted eight eyebrows, very serious, and looked at the official uniform as the left phase.

"Oh?" The emperor waited for the next step from the left minister.

"This king of the southwest doesn't know what to do, if he sends troops to teach him a lesson, he will naturally be honest. By the way, even the hidden dangers in the southwest have been solved, and the military power has also been recovered. Zuo Xiang said slowly, looking at the emperor's face as he spoke.

"Hmm." The emperor did not express his opinion immediately, but only hummed lightly and stopped talking. The old god was very comfortable, as if he wasn't the one who had just gotten angry.

Zuo Xiang looked at the emperor's unfathomable appearance, and stopped talking, some

I couldn't figure it out, so I slowly retreated.

The prince looked at Zuo Xiang with some hatred, why was this Zuo Xiang so confused, so he stepped forward and said: "Erchen thinks it's better to appease. The prince looked at his father, he could be the prince, and his ability to observe words and emotions was naturally good, and the prince could roughly guess what his father meant.

Although the Qiming Kingdom is very rich and powerful, but in recent years there have always been natural disasters, the income of the treasury has decreased significantly, coupled with the export of troops and armaments and a large amount of capital investment, the treasury has been very small. Therefore, the emperor was naturally very angry about the king of the southwest this time, he didn't want to spend a lot of money and troops to clean up the king of the southwest, and the southwest was easy to defend and difficult to attack, the terrain was complicated, and it was very difficult to attack and subdue, the emperor naturally wanted to maximize the benefits, and he didn't want to spend time, energy and money to attack such a poor place.

In addition, the king of the southwest only had the intention of rebelling, but did not clearly express it, at least not now, and not to the point of tearing his face. It may cost the emperor some money to put down the disaster in the southwest without spending a single soldier, but the taxes paid in the southwest after that can make up for this vacancy.

So the emperor didn't say anything when he heard that Zuo Xiang said that it was an attack, and now these ministers have stayed in the prosperous era for a long time, so they naturally have some great power thoughts, and feel that as long as they are not convinced by themselves, it is a different kind of attack, but they don't know that the current Qiming country has no original glory, the treasury is empty, the army construction is incomplete, and there are many problems. It's just that these courtiers live a luxurious life in prosperity and stability, and naturally they won't notice it. The emperor's expression was a little gloomy when he thought of this, if the courtiers were really such ignorant and arrogant people, then don't do it. The emperor looked at the left prime minister and quickly had an idea.

After that, he looked at the prince very kindly, worthy of his own son, worthy of inheriting the unification in the future, the emperor listened to the prince's words, expressed great satisfaction, and his expression was much more relaxed. It's just that he still said without any expression: "Hmm." ”

The crown prince has been with the emperor since he was a child, and he naturally knows the emperor very well, and when he saw the emperor's brows stretched, he knew that this was the purpose of his father today, so he stopped talking and quietly retreated.

After that, the court was divided into two factions, one supported the prince, and the other felt that what Zuo Xiang said was also reasonable. The two sides had a heated discussion at the court, and in the end neither persuaded anyone.

"Father." Nangong Yuan stood up, straight as a pine, his eyes were like torches, his expression was light, and even his voice was faint.

"Oh? This is Qi'er? The emperor looked at Nangong Yuan with interest. Naturally, he doesn't remember what his son looks like, but he only has three sons, namely the Seventh Prince, the Second Prince and the Crown Prince. The second prince has a disability in his leg, and it is obvious that he is the seventh prince. The emperor said in a very cordial tone, as if he remembered this son, and even gave people a good feeling. But the truth is that the emperor doesn't care about his other sons at all, except for his own crown prince.

"Yes, Erchen also has ideas about this." Nangong Yuan looked at the emperor, fearless and very calm.

"Oh? Qi'er said let's hear it. The emperor asked suspiciously and curiously, but his eyes were very indifferent, and he didn't put Nangong Yuan at all

eyes.

"Erchen believes that appeasement is the main thing, supplemented by repression. Envy and grace. If he blindly appeased, he would only make the king of the southwest think that the court was afraid, and he would be even more arrogant. After all, the southwest is a poor and remote country, and those are people who have never seen the world, and if they are given a little cover, they will not know the past and the present. However, if the suppression alone will be counterproductive, the battle line will be extended, the terrain is unfamiliar, and the natural disasters in recent years will make the people miserable, which is also very unfavorable to the imperial court. It's not as good as grace and power. First, didn't they gather because of the great drought? As long as the drought is resolved and the displaced people are tied to their land, the problem of displacement will be solved. Second, the rogue was strangled to the outskirts, but leniency was given to those who voluntarily gave up the struggle, they were gathered together because of the problem of livelihood, and there were military repressions and demonstrations, so they were naturally afraid, and with your leniency, they soon disbanded themselves. As for the King of the Southwest, the same is naturally true. Without the rogues and bandits, the King of the Southwest is naturally not worth fearing. Nangong Yuan said very calmly, every word was very clear, and the analysis was in place, showing people a picture of success almost quickly.

"If the father believes in the son's words, the son is willing to serve the father and go to the southwest to solve problems for the father." Nangong Yuan knelt down on one knee and said very solemnly. If Shen Fan is here, he will be very shocked, where is this Nangong Yuan still facing his own soft appearance, this kind of Nangong Yuan is simply a patient layout and careful planner, wise, calm, unfathomable, step by step towards his own plan, people can't notice anything.

"Okay." The emperor clapped his hands and applauded, obviously moved by Nangong Yuan's words. Moreover, Nangong Yuan said that his heart had gone up, and he was worried that no one could arrange to go, so Nangong Yuan even solved this for himself, which was naturally very pleasant.

"Since you sincerely asked, then I will give you a chance, Qi'er, don't let me down." The emperor looked at Nangong Yuan, although he was not very trusting, but he no longer despised Xiang's previous contempt. I was even thinking that none of my sons were ordinary, but that was the case, the heir to the orthodox position in my heart could only be the crown prince. So that's all there is to Nangong Yuan's change, and he will even send some of his own henchmen, lest there be any problems with Nangong Yuan, in fact, in the final analysis, it is still distrust of Nangong Yuan.

"The son will live up to his father's expectations." Nangong Yuan said very earnestly as if he hadn't discovered the emperor's thoughts.

"Okay, then Master Li and Master Zhang will go with you." The emperor said directly.

"Yes. We-Chan will live up to expectations. The adults who were named knelt down directly and said in unison.

"Retreat."

When Nangong Yuan came back, he saw Shen Fan waiting for him at the door, and his eyes lit up in an instant, and if he had a tail, he probably had already waged it.

The boring, indifferent, and slightly world-weary temperament that had been in the court disappeared without a trace, leaving only a body full of pink and watery eyes.

"Shen Fan." Angel Yuan waved his little wings in his mind, happy not to want it. The voice is very cool, like a mountain breeze, with a kind of sweetness unique to a teenager.