Three days later, the prince led the crowd into Beijing.

Lu Zheng and Wen Tao had to accompany the prince into the palace, and Master Puyun didn't want to enter the palace to receive any reward, so he wanted to go back to the temple directly.

The master's status is precious, and even the royal family is not easy to force, so the prince sent someone to send the master back to Hongji Temple first.

And An Sheng and Qinghui were apprentices, so they naturally followed the master.

Lu Zheng watched the carriage go away before entering the palace with His Royal Highness the Prince.

On the way, the prince whispered in a voice that only he and Lu Zheng could hear: "Don't worry, it's all arranged, the Gu family also said hello, and when it is night, I will send people back." ”

When I go back at night, first, to hide people's eyes, and secondly, to come......

Lu Zheng looked at the prince, and suddenly felt that the prince seemed to be particularly understanding this time.

The prince smiled at Lu Zheng, turned his head, and regained his dignified appearance.

Whether the prince's errand is done well or not, there is no need for officials to say more, just the umbrella of the people is enough to explain everything.

Emperor Hui was happy and did not hesitate to give the reward.

It's just that when it was Lu Zheng's turn, except for Emperor Hui's verbal praise, the rest were all rewards such as valuables, decent, but not real.

Lu Zheng had already guessed this result, and it didn't matter.

However, Lu Wen and Wen Tao were both promoted by one level.

Although Wen Tao's position has no real power, for his current age and qualifications, this reward is not light.

There are rewards and punishments, the prince is back, and those officials who have been too close to Feng Yushan and others have also begun to endanger themselves.

The crown prince did not "live up" to their "expectations" and presented accurate evidence, which caught the officials off guard.

The courtiers, who were lucky at first, realized how stupid they were after Emperor Hui's will was issued.

How can you still dare to live in peace with such a heart that may not be discovered?

Wang Depu also pinched a cold sweat, Feng Yushan is his disciple, many things Feng Yushan does have something to do with him, although he has always been careful, but in the face of the prince, he does not dare to underestimate carelessness.

What he was most afraid of was that the prince followed Feng Yushan's line and found him.

Therefore, after the prince went south, he has been operating in Beijing, and it is also helpless to push out a few officials who are not very important to block the knife.

Although these officials who were pulled out by the prince are not particularly important, but in the end, it is the strength he has accumulated little by little, and now it has been ruthlessly eliminated by the prince, and Wang Depu's old heart is really painful.

It's not enough to feel distressed, but there is also a grandson who is not angry, and he is angry with him from time to time!

Even though Wang Depu is scheming, but in the face of the prince who is also full of scheming and has a lot of calculations, and the eldest prince who can't see the status quo clearly around him, Wang Depu still has a sense of powerlessness.

Perhaps, he was really old, and the prince's counterattack came too quickly and suddenly, and even though he tried his best, he still couldn't make his subordinates retreat.

......

After the rewards for debriefing were completed, everyone else retreated, but Emperor Hui kept the prince and Lu Zheng.

Both of them understood what Emperor Hui was going to say, and they didn't show the slightest difference.

The eldest prince was already very dissatisfied with the prince's repeated actions of being secretly left behind by Emperor Hui, but he had no choice but to go to Concubine Rong to discuss the strategy.

He can see through it now, only Concubine Rong is the most worthy of his trust, and she is good for him wholeheartedly.

What kind of grandfather, uncle, cousin, if something happens, you still have to take care of their family in the end!

waved everyone away, and Emperor Hui mentioned the matter of Han Tie to the crown prince and Lu Zheng.

If it weren't for the plague in Huai'an, this matter should have been talked about earlier.

Now that this delay has ended, the Xiongnu envoys are about to enter Beijing.

Emperor Hui left the crown prince and Lu Zheng to hear his opinions on this matter.

Since the cold iron is on the boundary of Nanzhao, it should belong to Nanzhao, and the Huns take it without asking, and they are no different from robbers!

Don't look at Emperor Hui doesn't like to fight, but he can't watch others take advantage of his country.

After fighting with the Huns for so many years, he didn't know the importance of cold iron, and now that he has discovered cold iron ore, of course he has to find a way to take it back.

However, how to receive it still has to be carefully discussed.

As a last resort, Emperor Hui still didn't want to use force.

The best thing is to use peaceful means to recover what should have belonged to Nanzhao from the Xiongnu.

But is it possible?

Emperor Hui knew the benefits of cold iron, didn't the Huns know?

Over the years, the Xiongnu used this kind of cold iron to take the lives of how many soldiers of Nanzhao?

Now Emperor Hui wants them to return this kind of thing with both hands, which is tantamount to a fool's dream!

However, neither the prince nor Lu Zheng will say that Emperor Hui is talking about a dream, this kind of rebellious words, think about it in your heart, just say it, it will never work.

"Father, the sons and daughters think that the Huns will not easily give up this mine, the effect of cold iron, they have already seen it, so how can they easily return what they have to their country for nothing?" Despite his father's whims, the prince, as a son of man, dutifully reminded his father.

Is it possible to want the Huns to spit out the fat in their mouths in vain?

Emperor Hui also knew that his idea was a little too unrealistic, but he really didn't want to fight.

Is there no way to recover the mineral deposits without a fight?

Emperor Hui's gaze turned to Lu Zheng again.

Lu Zheng was silent for a while, then clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a plan, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ”

It is inevitable to stop with the Xiongnu, Lu Zheng is not Emperor Hui, he is not as naïve as Emperor Hui thought, thinking that the Xiongnu will really stop harassing the people in the northwest if they come to peace talks.

There is a big war sooner or later, there have been several battles in the past few years, but they are not too big, the Huns are accumulating strength, Lu Zheng understands, but Nanzhao is also accumulating strength.

"Aiqing has something to say." When Emperor Hui saw that Lu Zheng was going to come up with an idea, he couldn't help but be interested.

If you want to say that you know this group of Huns best, it is none other than the Lu family's men, don't look at Emperor Hui's taboo on the Lu family, but he also understands that as long as the Lu family is there, the Huns will not be able to step into the Nanzhao territory.

The prince was also curious about what Lu Zheng would do, and he couldn't help but look over when he heard it.

Lu Zheng turned a blind eye to the gaze of the emperor and the crown prince, and his tone did not change at all, and said: "Since the Huns can take it without asking, occupy the place that should belong to Nanzhao, and steal the mineral deposits that should belong to Nanzhao, then we can also take it back directly without asking." ”

Yes, why did you have to talk to the Huns about it?

They can get it back!