After Qin Zhijian was assigned in disguise, Emperor Hongwei was still angry, and after glaring at the uneasy prince, he brushed his sleeves away, and hung the civil and military capital of the Manchu Dynasty on the Zhenwu Palace.

As soon as the emperor left, both the crown prince and Du Ruo's back hands were like a punch on the cotton, and they became untargeted, except for looking at each other, they had to cry out in vain.

None of the families achieved their goals, so they were naturally disappointed, so that Tang Huaixin asked Du Ruodao in a low voice when he left the main hall: "Do you think that the saint is really a little old in the past few years, and sometimes acts like a child?" ”

Du Ruo glanced at him, didn't dare to answer, shook his head and walked out of the hall.

Xu Rui originally followed a group of military attachés out, but he hasn't said a word to Liu Yi yet, and it has been more than half a year since he left Beijing in March, and he is really a little like an arrow.

"Champion Hou go slowly!"

However, as soon as he stepped out of the gate of the True Martial Palace, Xu Rui was blocked by a small yellow door.

The little yellow door winked at him, then turned and walked into the corridor behind him.

Xu Rui followed him around the corner, avoiding everyone's sight, and saw Wang Shun waiting for him with a dead face.

Wang Shun didn't say anything when he saw him, just turned his head and left.

Xu Rui immediately understood that the hope of going home was basically lost, so he had to reluctantly follow his footsteps and came to the south study.

In the south study, Emperor Hongwei, who had just walked away from the Zhenwu Palace, was humming a little song and tasting tea, and seemed to be in a good mood.

Xu Rui smiled bitterly and saluted the emperor and said, "The Holy Lord has really played with the civil and military officials this time. ”

When Emperor Hongwei heard this, he said with a blank face: "It's not all the trouble caused by this kid of yours!" ”

Xu Rui shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter if you carry the black pot for the saint, but the saint pushed the scapegoat of the minister to the front of the stage this time, and he has to tell the minister what he should do, otherwise if the minister understands the wrong holy will, he really does nonsense, and it is a small matter to be killed by others, and it will not be good to spoil the major affairs of the saint." ”

Emperor Hongwei snorted coldly: "You kid, you have been out for a few months, and you don't learn well, but you are a lot more sleek!" ”

As he spoke, he paused for a moment, and then said: "Okay, let me tell you, the reason why I want to push you to the front of the stage so ceremoniously this time is to let your little slippery head no longer hide and do things for me in a down-to-earth manner, and secondly, to tell the Manchu Dynasty civil and military affairs clearly, and now there is another force in the court!" ”

Xu Rui complained bitterly when he heard this: "The saint's kind intentions are grateful, but the minister's small body, pushed by you like this, won't it become a live target for everyone?"

The minister won the battle and made money, which originally caused a lot of people to be red, it should be a low-key time, now it's okay, those who are staring at the minister are not allowed to pick the minister's skin? ”

Emperor Hongwei snorted coldly and said, "You kid always thinks about yourself when something happens, when can you think about me?" Besides, I don't know you yet, are you the one who suffers? ”

Xu Rui pursed his lips and was about to argue a few words, but when he saw Emperor Hongwei's compelling gaze, he had to keep his mouth shut very sensibly.

Seeing Xu Rui's softness, Emperor Hongwei's heart suddenly felt a lot more comfortable, but his expression became solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Although we won this battle, we were quite lucky to win."

If it weren't for Xiao Jinwu and Liu Yi, as well as you, who showed courage at a critical moment and turned the tide, then the Wuling pro-army would have hit my Changxing City nine times out of ten.

The combat power of the newly built Twelve Guards is weak, and the border army is even more vulnerable, and it is still so dangerous to deal with more than 100,000 Wuling pro-army, not to mention that there are hundreds of thousands of elites of the Southern Dynasty who have not done it at all!

Have you ever thought about what the consequences would be if Wuling Xiao'er led hundreds of thousands of elites of the Southern Dynasties in Northern Qi to suddenly kill from the southeast when the war was in full swing?

They can avoid all the main forces of my Great Wei and drive straight into my Changxing City!

And my main force is all on the Western Front, and I can't reach it, so I can only watch Changxing be broken and the Great Wei die!

As long as I think of these things, I am covered in a cold sweat and can't sleep at night! ”

Xu Rui looked at Emperor Hongwei with a gloomy face, and said in a deep voice: "So you gave up the plan of counterattack during the civil strife in the Southern Dynasty?" ”

Emperor Hongwei smiled bitterly: "Dominating the world, that's what I have ever dreamed of doing, but this battle has made me see the real gap."

As you said, the Northern Dynasty is strong, but the Southern Dynasty is really sharp, and I can't gamble with the inheritance left by my ancestors and ancestors! ”

Xu Rui nodded, at this moment, he seemed to see this man who almost held half of the world, locked himself in the Zhenwu Hall at that time, tortured himself alone, and finally compromised helplessness and suffering.

Emperor Hongwei put the teacup on the table heavily, and said in a deep voice: "My Great Wei has to submit to the barbarians of the Southern Dynasty, this is a great shame and helplessness, so I must change all this, and if you want to change all this, you need to change the court first!" ”

Xu Rui was stunned: "How does the saint want to change the court?" ”

Emperor Hongwei sneered: "The court has been comfortable for too long, and many people still think that the Great Wei is proud of the world, regardless of the general trend of the country, busy fighting for power and profit, flies and dogs, the whole court is smoky, stagnant, if it goes on like this, let alone dominate the world, it will not be beaten by others in a few years!" ”

Xu Rui seemed to understand what Emperor Hongwei meant, and frowned: "So the saint wants to push the ministers out and be the whip that spurs the ministers?" ”

Emperor Hongwei nodded: "Yes, but not all, this battle has made me see the power of your firearms and new tactics, more than 400 people have broken through the army of 200,000, such a mighty army, if I have 200,000, why worry about the injustice of the world?"

I pushed you out to let everyone know that I support you, so that you won't be constrained and constrained when you get things done!

At the same time, your appearance will completely disrupt the original pattern, so that those who think that their position is stable, relying on the old and selling the old will feel the crisis, if they are in the dead again, people will be floating in things, and they will soon get out of the center of power! ”

Xu Rui sighed secretly and said with a bitter face: "The saint has a long-term vision, so it is naturally beneficial to the country, but those people are like tigers in a cage, once they are really released, the bait of the minister will not be gnawed to the ground?" ”

Emperor Hongwei glanced at him with disdain and said, "I didn't see you afraid when I was playing tricks to rectify people, and now I'm afraid of letting you come out and play a play?" ”

Xu Rui said aggrievedly: "Shengshang Mingjian, the ministers have always kept to themselves, just take care of their own one-third of an acre, when will they think about it and use tricks to rectify people?" ”

"Haven't you done it?"

Emperor Hongwei sneered: "Then you should tell me, what happened to the tens of millions of taels of silver that Xichuan brought back and those warriors who fought each other?"

And why did the King of Liao desperately stuff people in Xichuan?

Now that the whole of Xichuan is controlled by you, whatever interests the King of Liao wants have to pass through you, haven't all the people who got past become puppets who stand up and cheer for you?

You kid, pay attention to hit me on the head, shouldn't I let those tigers come out of the cage and swallow you? ”

At the mention of this, Xu Rui's momentum suddenly weakened by seven or eight points, and he laughed flatteringly.

"The Holy Candle shines, nothing can be hidden from your eyes, in fact, these things, the minister is also for the sake of the overall situation of my Great Wei......"

"Humph!"

Emperor Hongwei rolled his eyes and said: "Don't come to this set, you have caught too much in Xichuan this time, and I will never believe you even if you say that you break the great heavens!"

For the sake of your hard work, leave three million taels to appease the Apocalypse Guards, and the rest will be handed over to my inner treasury, the Twelve Guards have suffered heavy losses this time, the border army is in urgent need of reconstruction, and several provinces that have suffered from military disasters have to recover, and there are places to use money everywhere. ”

"What?"

Xu Rui's smile suddenly froze when he heard this, and for some reason, he suddenly remembered that the military funds of the Beiyang Navy Division were misappropriated to repair the garden for the Empress Dowager Cixi, and he couldn't wait to scold him immediately.

"Why, you don't want to?"

Emperor Hongwei saw that Xu Rui's face was bitter, but he was interested, and he showed a rare smile and laughed.

Xu Rui rubbed his face that was about to twitch, shook his head and said, "Since it is the king's order, the minister does not dare to disobey, but the minister wants to ask the saint a question." ”

"You say!"

Emperor Hongwei smiled happily, looked at Xu Rui with the victory in his hand, as if to say, "Look what tricks you can play."

Xu Rui also ignored Emperor Hongwei's banter, and said in a deep voice: "The minister wants to ask the saint, do you want money, or do you want the world?" ”

Emperor Hongwei didn't expect Xu Rui to ask such a question, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

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