After scaring the bird, Mu Yan felt that everything he had to do was done, and he left without looking back.

The scene of Mu Yan leaving Cen Mansion was also watched by many pairs of eyes, and the news quickly spread among the mansions, causing a dark tide to surge in the seemingly calm capital.

Seeing that Mu Yan and Cen Yin did not make trouble because of the problem of the three princes, some people breathed a sigh of relief, some felt that they still needed to wait and see, and some people were very disappointed, such as Jiang Deshen.

With a "snap", the chess pieces in Jiang Deshen's hand slipped and fell on the chessboard, suddenly messing up the intricate chess game on the chessboard, and the black and white chess pieces were mixed together indiscriminately.

Jiang Deshen closed his eyes, raised his hand slightly irritably, and waved away the subordinate who came to report the news, "Go down." ”

"Yes, sir." The little guy in Tsing Yi immediately bowed lightly and withdrew.

Jiang Deshen was not in the mood to continue playing chess, so he casually put the chess game in his other hand to the side, then stood up, walking back and forth in the study with his hands in his hands, his eyebrows were deeply locked.

Although Jiang Deshen had quietly sneaked into the prison two days ago to persuade the third prince to rest assured and let him wait quietly, Jiang Deshen himself knew that this matter was not so easy to do.

He has Cen Yin's handle in his hand, the problem is that this handle is heavy or heavy, and it may not be worth mentioning at all, it is insignificant, everything depends on Cen Yin's own attitude.

If Cen Yin didn't care about Duanmujun at all, then he didn't have to care at all, but once he made this move, he would inevitably offend Cen Yin, and the Jiang family would probably follow in the footsteps of the three princes.

Jiang Deshen stopped, rubbed his eyebrows, and looked at the blue sky outside the window.

In fact, he hoped that Cen Yin and Mu Yan would fall out this time, and hoped that Mu Yan would be dissatisfied with Cen Yin for disposing of the three princes behind his back, and that the two would have some trouble because of this, so that he would have the opportunity to add fuel and firewood......

However, he was disappointed again.

Jiang De sighed deeply and whispered almost silently: "Is it another dead end......

The third prince is finished now, and the Jiang family has no hope.

The problem is that even if Jiang Deshen gives up at this time, it will be too late, Cen Yin is narrow-minded, even if the Jiang family is dormant now, with Cen Yin's style of acting, he will not let go of the Jiang family.

Cen Yin left the Jiang family to gasp, but it was only because the three princes had just been convicted, and he personally identified the three princes in the Heart Cultivation Hall to plot rebellion, if Cen Yin did something to the Jiang family now, it would inevitably be questioned "The cunning rabbit died, the lackey cooked", or "The three princes' rebellion case is suspicious" and the like.

Cen Yin can't do anything to the Jiang family for the time being, but with his power, it's too easy to make a random charge in the future, and he can't just sit still!

Jiang Deshen said to himself in his heart, his eyes were deeper and darker.

At this moment, the door curtain was raised from outside, and a girl in Tsing Yi came in and said respectfully: "Master, the fifth aunt and grandmother are here." ”

Jiang Deshen looked at the green-clothed maid when he heard the voice, and his eyes flashed with a hint of safety.

He instinctively wanted to say nothing, but when the words came to his lips, he changed his words again: "Let her in." ”

The girl in Tsing Yi took the order and retreated, and Jiang Deshen came to the window again and sat down, slowly brushing his goatee, his thoughts were chaotic.

Suddenly, there was a slight sound of footsteps outside the door, and the curtain was lifted again, and a fair-skinned woman of thirty-five or sixteen years old entered.

The beautiful woman was wearing a willow-colored begonia entwined branch pattern carved silk gown, a moonflower skirt underneath, a black hair pulled into a horse bun, and a red gold dot emerald inlaid eight treasures swaying, walking, swaying and swaying, and the temperament was as quiet as water.

"Father." Jiang walked up to the front and curtsied at Jiang Deshen.

Jiang Deshen looked at this daughter, and was still a little unhappy in his heart, grabbing a chess piece in the chess box with his right hand for a while, and then putting it down again.

The Jiang family has been married into the Feng family for so many years, but it can be said that nothing has been achieved.

If the Jiang clan could contain Mu Yan, or if she could find out Mu Yan's identity as soon as possible and kill him, the situation would not have developed to this point.

If there was no Mu Yan, Cen Yin could come to support the three princes.

But now it's too late.

Silence crept in.

The breeze blew into the house through the window, and the chess book in Jiang Deshen's hand was sealed and blown loudly.

Jiang was already worried in her heart, and Jiang De's deep gaze made her more and more uneasy.

"Father," Jiang's eyes flashed slightly, and he stroked his sleeves elegantly, and simply took the initiative to ask, "What are your plans now?" ”

Jiang's delicate brows were slightly twisted, and if you look closely, you will find the green shadow that cannot be hidden in the eye sockets under the fat powder.

These days, Jiang's life has not been easy.

Since Feng Yuzhi was imprisoned, Feng Yan was named again, and after he changed his name to Mu Yan in Yumu, the entire Feng family has become a joke in Beijing.

Originally, Mu Yan was on the throne, and the Feng family had "nurturing and sheltering grace" for him, and the Feng family could ascend to heaven with chickens and dogs, but it turned out to be in this ugly situation now, and completely turned against Anping and Mu Yan's mother and son.

The Feng family has completely fallen into the dust.

Thinking about it, Jiang Shi clutched the handkerchief in his hand tightly, and his heart was quite uneven.

At the beginning, the third prince also promised to marry his daughter, but after the Feng family lost power, he didn't think it was such a thing, and the Jiang family still felt angry in retrospect, and he hadn't returned to his parents' house for a long time.

Of course, Jiang Deshen heard the resentment in his daughter's tone, and his heart was even more unhappy, his eyes became colder, and he said lightly: "Wu Niang, you are a married girl, don't worry about your mother's affairs." ”

There was a bit of warning in his tone, not angry.

Jiang Deshen has always accumulated great authority in the Jiang family, and no one dares to question the authority of the head of the family, the slender figure of the Jiang family is tense, and the eyes are changing brightly and secretly.

Jiang Deshen is worried about it now, and he has no time to deal with this daughter, so he wants to send it away, but he heard the Jiang family say again: "Father, my daughter came today to tell you something, which is related to whether our Jiang family can keep it." ”

The Jiang family deliberately said "our Jiang family", euphemistically showing Jiang Deshen that her heart is always towards the Jiang family.

In fact, if she is not facing the Jiang family, who can she be towards! The Feng family is completely hopeless.

A fine light quickly swept through the bottom of Jiang's eyes, and it disappeared in a flash.

Jiang Deshen was originally careless, but when he heard this, his expression immediately became serious, and he looked at Jiang Shi solemnly and asked, "What do you know?" The tone was a little more amiable.

Jiang Shi didn't answer and asked: "Father, do you have any plans for the third prince?" ”

Her dark eyes stared at Jiang Deshen for a moment, her expression gentle and firm.

Jiang Deshen was silent, and his lips pursed into a straight line.

Just as the Jiang family knows him, he also knows a little bit about the Jiang family's daughter, and knows that if he wants to pry her mouth open, he must show sincerity.

After being silent for a while, Jiang Deshen finally spoke: "Wu Niang, sit down and talk." ”

Jiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, knowing that this was done, he walked forward quietly and sat down on the other side of the chessboard.

The westerly sunlight shines on the black and white chess pieces, reflecting a dazzling light.

Outside the window, the clusters of hosta flowers in full bloom appear bright and moving under the touch of the sun, and when the wind blows, the white hosta flowers like jade sway slightly, exuding a rich fragrance......

As the sun set in the western sky, it was the end of another day.

With the exile of the three princes, as Cen Yin had originally predicted, the attention of the various prefectures in Beijing and the civil and military officials of the court was focused on Mu Yan alone.

Some people scolded Mu Yan, the regent, for having no responsibility, saying that he would leave Beijing when he left Beijing, ignoring the government affairs of the imperial court; Some people also ridiculed Mu Yan for deliberately choosing this time to go out of Beijing, and waited until the dust settled on the matter of the three princes before returning to Beijing, in order to avoid this matter and let Cen Yin bear the notoriety.

These words were somewhat provocative, but they didn't make any waves, and they reached Mu Yan's ears, which was just a laugh.

Immediately after that, there was another incident that caused an uproar in the whole court.

The day after Mu Yan returned to Beijing, he ordered the trial of Li Xining, the generalissimo of the expedition to the north of Yuan Nanhuai, to be expedited.

As soon as this order was given, Li Yushi immediately questioned that since Nanhuai had returned to Dasheng, Dasheng should have the demeanor of a great country, exempt Li Xining's sin, and show my Dasheng's demeanor of virtue and reason.

Li Yushi also quoted Mencius from the scriptures, saying that "those who convince others with their strength are not convinced, and they are not supported by their strength; Those who convince people with virtue will be happy and sincerely convinced", exhorting Mu Yan to govern Huaizhou with "virtue" and "reason", and not let the people of Huaizhou be unstable and cause turmoil in Huaizhou, but destroy the foundation.

A long excerpt is written in a sprinkled manner, which is justified and well-founded.

Many courtiers felt the same way, and felt that Li Yushi's excerpt was reasonable, and they all folded up and asked Mu Yan to accept the surrender and express their opinions.

"Li Xining is certainly at fault, but the two countries go to war with their own masters, and their feelings are pitiful."

"The lower official seconded the proposal."

"Yes, Li Xining has been fighting on the battlefield for decades, quite talented, Kong Ming still has seven captures and seven vertical actions, which is rumored to be a beautiful talk, and the court is now the time to employ people, it is better to give him the opportunity to make meritorious contributions."

For a time, there was a chorus of echoes in the hall, and the people's hearts were longing.

In the Wuying Palace, the ministers spoke lively, but Mu Yan, who was sitting in front, was silent, which made the ministers feel that Mu Yan had nothing to say.

Another old minister stood up and said impassionedly:

"There is a saying that those who win the hearts of the people will win the world, and those who lose the hearts of the people will lose the world. Since ancient times, it has been difficult for those who close their eyes and ears and insist on going their own way to win the hearts of the people, and at worst shake the country......"

"Li Xining has a lot of prestige among the people of Huaizhou, if he is killed, I am afraid that it will chill the people of Huaizhou, and sooner or later Huaizhou will be chaotic."

His words were a bit heavy, which was tantamount to implying that if Mu Yan didn't accept it, he would be a tyrant.

The expressions of the ministers present were subtle, and they exchanged glances in twos and threes, but no one refutated.

In the final analysis, these ministers actually had a bit of a tentative meaning, wanting to see how Mu Yan would deal with this matter.

Most of the eyes were looking at Mu Yan openly and secretly, and the hall was silent.

In the silent hall, you can hear the monotonous chirping of cicadas in the distance, and the atmosphere is extremely depressing.

Mu Yan casually put the teacup in his hand aside, and the not-so-loud "pop" sound was extremely clear in the silent hall at this moment.

Mu Yan casually looked at the old minister a few steps ahead of him and asked, "Lord Tang, who beat Huaizhou?" ”

"......" Lord Tang's eyes opened slightly, and he was dumbfounded for a while.

As we all know, it was Mu Yan who led the troops to conquer Nanhuai and included Huaizhou in Dasheng's territory.

Mu Yan didn't expect Lord Tang to answer at all, his eyes slowly scanned the people present, and said with a smile: "Since I can beat Huaizhou once, I can have a second and a third time...... If Huaizhou is disobedient, hit it until it is obedient! ”

Didn't they say that if they killed Li Xining, Huaizhou would be in chaos sooner or later?

That's your answer!

Mu Yan's voice was neither light nor heavy, even with a bit of careless frivolity and casualness, but when he said this, it was loud and loud, and no one dared to say that he was talking wildly.

After all, it was Mu Yan who took Nanhuai, this is an undoubted fact, and only he has the confidence to say such a thing.

The hall fell silent again.

Not only Lord Tang, but also the other ministers couldn't refute Mu Yan's words at all, but they were holding their breath in their hearts.

Mu Yan didn't care what these people thought, and waved his hand lazily, "If there is nothing else, let's disperse." ”

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The speechless ministers had to obediently retire.

When they came out of the Wuying Palace, the ministers who had been holding back for a long time couldn't hold it back any longer, and a middle-aged minister said angrily to his colleagues beside him: "Reckless, what a reckless man!" ”

"Not bad." The colleague flicked his sleeves dissatisfied, turned his head and glanced in the direction of Wuyingdian, "A reckless man, how can he govern the country!" ”

"No, I'm going to write an excerpt right away!"

These ministers couldn't speak in front of Mu Yan, but after they went back, they didn't stop one by one, and one after another folds continued to be sent, piled up on the desk.

For these situations, Mu Yan also expected that the monarch is weak and the minister is strong, the monarch is strong and the minister is weak, and there is one game after another between the monarch and the minister, and now it is the process of testing each other step by step between him and them.

People's hearts are different, but each is like its face.

Mu Yan read all these excerpts, and knew that some people really felt that they were so wrong, some people were just opposing for the sake of opposition, and some people were just forming a party......

This time, Mu Yan did not blindly refute it as before, and simply spoke with facts, citing how many Dasheng people and how many Dasheng soldiers were killed by Li Xining and how many Dasheng soldiers were killed in the wars in the south over the years.

Not only that, Mu Yan also took Xianfengcheng two years ago as an example, when Li Xining ordered the slaughter of the city for three days, and 150,000 people in Xianfengcheng died without a place to be buried, and there were no chickens and dogs.

After that, the smoke from the burning of the corpses alone hung over the city of Xianbong for three days and three nights.

Could it be that the lives of the people of Dasheng are not as good as a mere Li Xining? !

That is, these Wenchen have been chattering and arguing about how to deal with Li Xining, and those generals have long been impatient, and they all feel that Mu Yan is really from the army, and he is happy enough.

Life for life, that's how it should be.

At the next court meeting, the loyal and brave general folded in public, righteously denounced Li Xining's crimes, and expressed his deep hatred for him.

In the end, he proposed: "Regent, if anyone thinks that I want to show the demeanor of a great country, it is too late for the south, but there is still the north, it is better to go to the north to show Beiyan what it means to 'convince people with reason and transform people with virtue'!" ”

If anyone thinks that a person like Li Xining can't be executed, then let someone go to the front and talk to those soldiers!

The generals present applauded in their hearts one by one and nodded frequently. Hmph, they want to see who can make the Northern Yan people retreat with virtue and reason.

Mu Yan felt that this was very popular with him, and their Dasheng generals were still a little bloody.

Mu Yan looked around at everyone, and reported the names that were folded up for Li Xining's request one by one:

"Li Yushi, Lord Tang, Lord Wang, Lord Cheng, Xu Shilang......"

Every time he reported his name, a person was stiffly nailed to the spot, and a thin layer of sweat broke out from the corners of his forehead at a speed visible to the naked eye, and no one dared to look directly into Mu Yan's eyes.

Mu Yan asked the ministers present very eloquently, "Which of you would like to go to the north?" "He looked like he was negotiating.

However, who dares to answer, who dares to agree!

It's not that no Wenchen has been to the northern battlefield before, the two Shangshu just threw their lives in the north, and a powerless Wenchen went to the north at this time, isn't that self-defeating? !

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There was silence in the hall.

Those ministers who had just been reported by Mu Yan were all in a cold sweat, and their hearts were raised, for fear that Mu Yan would simply "send" them to the north by name regardless of it.

The generals saw that these crooked ministers had finally stopped, and their hearts were even happier.

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