Yang Zhi personally poured Li Yi a glass of wine, "I didn't expect that the prime minister was so difficult, and I ignored it, we both belong to high positions, and our responsibilities are far beyond ordinary people, I misunderstood you, come, this cup, I respect you, and it should be regarded as reparation." ”

"It's serious, I'm already nearly half a hundred years old, what's the meaning of those false names to me, on the other hand, Your Majesty, he is still so young, and he was young and vigorous before and did something wrong, if I don't help Your Majesty share some of the pressure, Your Majesty is afraid that it will be even more difficult."

"I'm just very good enough to do it myself, not enough, otherwise the people wouldn't misunderstand Your Majesty so much, and Chengqi wouldn't be in trouble."

He showed that he was a good official who was very heartfelt and worried about the country and the people, and wanted to shorten the distance between him and Yang Zhi.

Yang Zhi has long seen through his character, and now he is just acting, only in this way will Li Yi lower his guard against him and believe in him.

He opened his mouth and comforted: "The prime minister doesn't have to be so guilty, you have done your best, just like me, I also want to share more for Your Majesty, and completely solve the external troubles, but unfortunately I am not capable enough, so I am not enough to deter countries, although I am also very guilty, but I have done my best, so I am worthy of my heart." ”

"The general doesn't have to be discouraged, you have done a good job, if it weren't for you, how could we stay in the city in peace and contentment, your blood and sweat are definitely far more than mine, you deserve to be respected and worshipped, you are using your own strength to impress us, so today we will intercede for you to go to the palace."

The two boast to each other in business here, praise each other, comfort each other, and unanimously express their center, so polite and hypocritical that it is not good.

"After talking with the prime minister today, I changed my opinion of your civil officials, Chengqi needs me and you too, now is the day of Chengqi's crimes, I hope we can work together to assist Your Majesty in the future and stabilize Chengqi." Yang Zhihao said ambitiously.

Hearing what he meant to stand in line with himself, Li Yi said happily: "Yes, if we unite as one and unite with the outside world, we will definitely be able to solve the crisis of Chengqi." ”

Yang Zhi said: "Actually, I think that if we want to make Chengqi better, then first of all, we must first stabilize the internal and unite internally, so that we can have a stronger force against all countries." If the internal friction continues at this time, I am afraid that it will give others a chance to take advantage of. ”

"These days, the people have a lot of complaints about Your Majesty's governance and your Majesty, Your Majesty's prestige is still far inferior to that of the Eighth Prince, if you continue to follow this trend, I am afraid that many people will have thoughts that they should not have."

Li Yi felt a sigh in his heart, and he asked with a face as usual: "What does the general mean to solve the Eighth Prince?" But His Majesty didn't say anything about this, so what can we do? ”

"Prime Minister, you think wrong, no matter how you say it, the Eighth Prince is His Majesty's siblings, it is the blood of the royal family, how dare I have disrespectful thoughts, I just think that I can't make the Eighth Prince's name more prosperous now, otherwise Your Majesty will definitely attack the Eighth Prince, and at that time, the people will definitely have more opinions about Your Majesty."

"Well, what you said makes sense, the eighth prince is indeed in the limelight now, he also asked me for tea a few days ago, not only for me, but also for many civil and military officials, if it continues like this, I'm afraid that Chengqi will be in chaos." Li Yi worried.

He said that the eighth prince was looking for him, first, he wanted to gain Yang Zhi's trust, and at the same time showed his thoughts to Yang Zhi and the emperor, if he was weak-hearted, he would not say this matter, since he felt it, it was open-minded.

Regardless of whether Yang Zhi was sent by the emperor to test him, he has no flaws at present, and has expressed his center, if Yang Zhi was sent by the emperor to test him, then his answers will not let him die.

Yang Zhi frowned and agreed: "You are right, there are so many officials, there will always be people with bad intentions and want to seek more, if the people continue to worship the Eighth Prince, I am afraid that there will be more and more people who support the Eighth Prince, and when the time comes, the Eighth Prince's Majesty will compete, and Chengqi will definitely be chaotic." ”

"We need to stop this from happening, do you have any good idea?"

"How?" Li Yi touched his chin and fell into deep thought, "If you want to solve the Eighth Prince, it's very simple, if you want to add crimes, there are no words, Your Majesty has long wanted to get rid of him." ”

Yang Zhi shook his head and said: "No, we can't let the eighth prince die, the eighth prince is indeed a good prince, and for the sake of Chengqi, we don't know if he has the intention of rebelling, we can't convict him casually, it is a human life after all." ”

"You want to save him, but Your Majesty may not be willing, and you must not get too close to him, or intercede for him, otherwise Your Majesty will mistakenly think that the two of you are colluding in private, and you will even be involved."

"I know what you said, but we can also have other methods, such as maliciously destroying the reputation of the Eighth Prince, and letting the folk storytellers praise His Majesty's kindness, isn't it much easier to solve?"

"What you said makes sense, but I think he is not the only one who has this kind of thought, you rarely interact with officials in the court, so you don't know the situation of court officials, as far as I know, there have been many officials who have been co-opted by others, some support the eighth prince, and even support the prince, and even ...... Even you've got your back! ”

Yang Zhi was surprised: "There is still someone who supports me?" I didn't have much to do with them, how could they think of supporting me? ”

"The general has the power of the army in his hands, with a million soldiers, the general is the most powerful and powerful, if the general has this idea, then the most likely to succeed is the general."

He is testing what Yang Zhi's mind is, whether he has ambition or not, and wants to do bigger.

Yang Zhi shook his head, "No, no, no, I don't have that kind of thought, I don't know anything, I will only lead the troops to fight, I just want to guard the people well, that's enough." ”

"The general doesn't care about power and status, that's the general, but in reality, how many people can resist this temptation, I think these bad remarks about Your Majesty are spread by them, in order to hit Your Majesty's status in the hearts of the people, so that their opportunity comes." Li Yi said.

Yang Zhi patted his chest and said: "Prime Minister don't worry, with you and me, what are these people to be afraid of, as for those villains who slander Your Majesty, we can send someone to deal with it, there is really no need to make a big fuss." ”

"General, being merciful to the enemy is cruel to yourself, if you don't kill the chickens and make an example, I'm afraid that these people still want to gamble, for example, when Hu Xia came to attack, when the general was not there, they took the opportunity to force the palace, and there was a fire in the rear, can the general still win the battle?" Li Yi said sharply.