"Lord Wang, there is a letter from the capital! At this time, the personal guard Chang Rui walked in with steady steps.

After hearing this, Lu Wanying gave Jiang Yichen a salute and quietly withdrew.

"Finally gone!" Xiao Junyan patted his chest, and his body relaxed.

"Brother Xiao has always been not afraid of heaven and earth, how did he see Miss Lu, just like a mouse seeing a cat?" Jiang Yichen teased.

Xiao Junyan couldn't hold back his face, and sneered: "I don't know why, obviously I am her life-saving benefactor and her boss, but every time I see her, I am panicked, I am really ashamed, this may be what people say about one thing and one thing."

Jiang Yichen smiled slightly, ignored him anymore, and motioned to Chang Rui to report.

"Sure enough, as expected by the prince, General Yang Lao has defeated the main force of Beiliang, and is pursuing its remnants with victory, and will return triumphantly in a few days."

After listening to this, Jiang Yichen seemed to have expected it, and there was no big surprise on his face, and said: "Although the Beiliang Emperor is now violent and belligerent, unpopular with the people, and far less wise than their ancestors, as a nation on horseback, Beiliang was born brave and abnormal, and with the good foundation laid by their ancestors, and with the blessing of elite cavalry, the strength should not be underestimated. Most of the ministers in the DPRK and the central government, the prime minister's party headed by Empress Zhang, are arrogant and lazy, and do not want to make progress, while the Li Wei party headed by Chen Guifei are mostly flatterers. ”

Speaking of this, Jiang Yichen's expression was gloomy, but it was fleeting, "General Yang was a deputy general under General Shen in his early years, he was brave and good at fighting, brave and strategic, he followed General Shen for many years, fought with the Beiliang Army many times, and was very familiar with their combat methods. And I heard that his son Yang Chengzhi inherited his father's bravery, and he is also a rare tiger general. ”

"The prince is wise, if it weren't for the prince's wisdom and knowledge, let the seven princes strongly recommend General Yang to the emperor to take command and turn the tide, and now the court doesn't know what kind of land it will fall into. It is believed that when they learned that General Yang had defeated the Northern Liang Army, the Prime Minister and Master Li reversed their previous attitude of vigorously opposing General Yang as commander, and they had prepared generous gifts, just waiting for General Yang to return to the court and visit him. ”

Hum! Jiang Yichen's eyes suddenly turned cold, "Of course they have to back up the gift, General Shen was framed and unjustly imprisoned, and they were one of the culprits behind the scenes." Later, General Shen died unjustly in prison, and when they failed to win over General Yang, they expelled him from the court, of course they were afraid that General Yang would make meritorious contributions. Now that General Yang's victory is a foregone conclusion, they are eager to curry favor with them, and these people have no shame in their interests. ”

Chang Rui continued: "It's just that they didn't expect that the prince was one step ahead of them, and General Yang would have been loyal to the prince for a long time, no matter how they tried to win them over, General Yang would never be in cahoots with them."

Jiang Yichen took a sip of tea and said: "I don't think so, except for the crown prince and the king of Anyang, the third emperor brother in the palace has a cowardly personality, the fifth emperor brother Xianyun Yehe ignores the government and politics, the seventh brother is powerless, and he has never had a relationship with General Yang, this time he suddenly recommended him to be in charge, they must have guessed that I am the person behind the scenes."

"Then didn't you expose yourself prematurely and put yourself in danger, and you weren't afraid that they would hunt you down like they did eighteen years ago?" Xiao Junyan asked worriedly.

Jiang Yichen asked rhetorically: "Do you know why the emperor summoned me back to Beijing this time?"

"A month ago, there was a sudden flood in Cangzhou, and the assassin history in Benzhou was helpless, and it was you who contributed to solve the flood problem, and the meritorious promotion of General Yang Lao naturally called you back to be rewarded."

"I'm afraid Brother Xiao is thinking too simply, reward? A holy decree is enough, why do you have to go back to Beijing? ”

Xiao Junyan suddenly said: "Yes! So why do you say? ”

Jiang Yichen's eyes suddenly became unfathomable: "You forget, he is a high-ranking emperor, although he has been slacking off in government and politics in the past few years, he is extremely poor and extravagant, and he has built a lot of buildings, but in terms of political skills, no one can compare with him." In these years, Empress Zhang and Chen Guifei have been fighting for the position of the crown prince, although the four princes are the queen's concubines, but their qualifications are mediocre, and they are arrogant and lascivious, do not want to make progress, and are not very favored. On the contrary, the eighth prince born by Chen Guifei was as thoughtful as his mother, good at disguise and calculation, and was deeply favored by the emperor, who once wanted to make him the crown prince, but under the pressure of the prime minister, he did not succeed, and finally made the fourth prince the crown prince."

Xiao Junyan was puzzled: "What does this have to do with calling you back to the palace?"

"The ancestors of the Zhang family followed the Taizu before the founding of the Jiang country, and after the beginning of the Jiang country, they worshiped as the prime minister, and since then, the descendants of the Zhang family have been the prime minister for generations, and most of the clansmen have held important positions in the court, and there have been several queens in the clan, which can be described as extremely honorable."

Xiao Junyan still looked puzzled.

"Taizu, Shizu, and Shizong dynasties, they have indeed done their best for my Jiang country and made great contributions. In the Shaozong Dynasty, most of the Zhang clan did not have the spirit of their ancestors, and they relied on the shadow of their ancestors to begin to be confused and unenterprising, and even worse, they began to be proud of their achievements and disrespectful. Shaozong originally wanted to rectify, but the Zhang family had already been entrenched, and it was not easy to rectify. Shaozong and Jingzong dynasties, it is not an exaggeration to say that the emperor depends on their faces when he does things. The emperor is the honor of the Ninety-Five, and the imperial power is inviolable, so they will not be allowed to grow bigger. Li Wei saw this at the beginning, and colluded with Chen Guifei, and with the support of the emperor, he can now compete with the prime minister's party. ”

Xiao Junyan suddenly realized, "I understand, the emperor is eager to rectify the prime minister's party, first, he is not sure, he is afraid that it will backfire, and second, even if the Zhang family is overthrown, it is difficult to ensure that the concubine party will become another Zhang clan, so he needs someone to help him deal with the prime minister's party and contain the concubine party, and you, as a prince, are talented, it is very suitable, my analysis is right?" ”

Jiang Yichen was silent and acquiesced.

"Hey, you royal people are really tired of living, you calculate me and I calculate you all day long, and you are not afraid of losing your life, if you want me to say, you should have listened to my advice in the first place, don't care about anything, wouldn't it be happy to be a pair of fairy couples with Qingyue in Cangzhou, why bother going to the capital to go to the troubled waters?"

Jiang Yichen's gaze suddenly became far-reaching: "The trees are quiet and the wind does not stop, it is not easy to stay out of the matter." What's more, I was born in the royal family, and I was born to shoulder the responsibility of supporting my family and country, and now there are traitors in the court, and there are foreign countries eyeing each other, the emperor is blinded, and the country is declining, I can't sit idly by, and the teacher has been wronged, and it is about Yue'er, how can I be at ease alone? ”

"Even if as you said, you have to go back, but you are weak after all, even if you have General Yang, compared to the two parties that have long been entrenched, you still don't have much advantage, isn't it dangerous to go back this time?"

Jiang Yichen said firmly: "Since I have decided to go back, I can't worry too much, and in Cangzhou for more than ten years, I have not made any preparations."

"Well, since you've decided, then I won't say anything more, who made us good brothers."