"Father, what is the matter of summoning your sons?"

"Oh, it's not a big deal, it's inconvenient for you to explain it in the court, I want to ask you how the matter of King Ye is investigated. ”

King Jun knew that it would definitely not be so simple, and his father suddenly summoned him alone, and he definitely had other intentions, "Brother Ye's matter, Erchen did hide it in the court, and Erchen found out a few ministers who had dealings with Brother Ye, and they were inappropriate in private, these things were faintly involved in Brother Ye, but everything was too obvious, and Erchen was afraid that he would be used to convict Brother Ye in a hurry, so he wanted to investigate it further and see what joints there were." ”

"It's a good thing to have your own judgment on everything, but the most important thing is evidence, you can't affect your judgment because of your trust in a person, I don't mean that your brother Ye Wang is bad, I just hope that you can be more objective in doing things, so that you can convince the public. ”

"The sons will definitely pay attention, thank you for the reminder, I hope the father will give the sons some more time. ”

"Just check it, there's no rush in this matter. ”

"Yes. ”

The emperor silently looked at his son, who was not very noticeable, and he didn't know if he had deliberately restrained before, or if Xie Ling had made the whetstone that could make him show his edge.

"You think I'm a big chu who shouldn't go to war. ”

King Jun didn't expect him to ask himself such a question, thought for a while, and replied, "To fight or not to fight, it is not for us to decide, foreign enemies are eyeing each other, sooner or later they will pounce, we should be ready to face the battle at any time, but I think we can choose to take the initiative to break the deadlock, no longer passive." ”

"Then do you think I have a good chance of winning. ”

"I am not afraid of one-on-one at all, but for the two countries, it is very difficult, and if I want to break them down in one fell swoop, the odds of victory are less than one percent. ”

The emperor saw that although he said this, there was no frustration on his face, "Then why do you think we can take the initiative." ”

"The territory of Great Chu is all fought out, since the division of the world, the countries have fought differently, the war has never stopped, until the five countries hold each other, the situation is slightly stable, but the contradictions accumulate day by day, there will always be an outbreak, Shang and Jin have been helpless to defend the Great Chu for a hundred years, and even took away the five cities on the border of the Shang State by my Great Chu, their resentment will not dissipate, the two countries changed their strategy, domesticated the Qi State into their vassals, and raised the two countries with the national strength of the Qi State, if there is a war, the Qi State is their money and grain treasury, and my Chu State is their bag sooner or later。 ”

"I don't know this, but the country of Qi is located in a remote area, only bordering the two countries of Shang and Jin, and it has become a habit for them to cling to the Shang country, and I am afraid that they will become the slaves of the Shang country in the future, and the whole country will help the Shang country, but we have no way to stop it. ”

King Jun said, "What we are most afraid of is the alliance between Shang and Jin, and my father is only, in the strategy of treating Qi State, it is obvious that Shang State is more advantageous, and Qi State is attached to Shang State, but it is not very good that Jin State sees it in his eyes, Shang Guo understands in his heart but pretends to be confused, it can be seen that their alliance is also not reliable." ”

"Yes, people's hearts are changeable, and when Chu was in the most difficult time, they relied on the dislike between the two countries and tore out a glimmer of life, but at present, the alliance between Shang and Jin is quite strong. ”

"Actually, Erchen believes that the situation of Jin and Qin is similar, as long as Chu is not there, Shang will invade several other countries on a large scale, no longer scruples, the original intention of the alliance between Jin and Shang was to contain the pace of Chu going south, without Chu, Shang is the next unstoppable country, and Jin can not find allies. ”

The emperor nodded, and said well, most of the time, the Jin State is still difficult to ride a tiger, and the Shang State is too strong, so it can only maintain the superficial peace first.

"It seems that you know the situation in the world. ”

"Erchen often communicates with Xie Ling together on the map, but they can still talk, and their thinking is getting clearer and clearer. ”

The emperor said in his heart, you don't shy away from it at all, I don't know what position to put Xie Ling in, "You often talk about this?"

"Men always have some ambitions, but they can only sigh hopefully, the cost of the big war is too great, if you are not sure, you can't make a move. ”

"You trust Xie Ling very much?"

"Xie Ling has a furrow in his chest, is upright, and worthy of trust. ”

"Then you say, should I reuse him like an old lady, or should I give him a position that is neither high nor low, and let him do things seriously. ”

King Jun said solemnly, "My father's words are bad, the appointment of talents should not be determined by their own preferences, but by their abilities. ”

The emperor has nothing to say for a while, and it is indeed right to choose energy and virtue, but in the upper position, there are too many things to consider, the Xie family, the Wenchen and military generals are all in power, and now there is another emperor, and he is about to approach the heyday.

It is undeniable that Xie Ling's ability is far superior to that of some old ministers, if he accumulates enough experience, he will definitely be able to become one of the pillars of Dachu, but can the Xie family guarantee to stop here and not have two hearts?

"You're right, I'll test him again. ”

"Xie Ling is still young, and my father doesn't need to be in a hurry. ”

"If it were you, how would you control him?"

King Jun said with a smile, "Erchen and he are friends, between friends, where does it come from and what can't be controlled, we have similar interests, we all put the Chu State in our hearts, and work hard for a common goal." ”

The emperor said in his heart, what is this, he can't ask, you are the prince, how to use Xie Ling, in addition to the outstanding ability, the Xie family is not inferior to anyone in terms of arrogance, how can ordinary people drive the so-called Bai Ze.

"What is your goal. ”

King Jun said seriously, "The black dragon flag of Great Chu is inserted on the wall of the imperial cities of Shang and Jin. ”

"When I was young, I also thought about it like this, okay, you go back, King Ye's affairs are more careful. ”

"The retainer retired. ”

Seeing him go out in a hurry, I really underestimated this kid before, whether he was arrogant or not, but he had this ambition, and he didn't say it at all, which was already good.

I don't know where he and Xie Ling got their confidence, or that young people are so confident?

Thinking about the last question, he said that they were friends, so it was, to a person like Xie Ling, others could not control it, and only sincerity could exchange 5 his trust and loyalty.

Back then, he just revealed a trace of jealousy of the Xie family, so the old lady took the juniors and moved back to Suyue with his family, insisting on staying Xie Yun, who didn't dare to go home to face the elders for ten years.

And Xie Yun, because he felt that he didn't trust him, he stiffened his neck and didn't open his mouth to defend himself, which was exactly the same as the stubbornness and pride in the old lady's bones.

Maybe in the eyes of others, the Xie family is very strange and incomprehensible, but they just can't bear this kind of grievance.

It's like snow on a branch, and you can't stand the slightest blasphemy.

At that time, Xie Yun refused to leave because of his youthful friendship with him, and stayed and worked hard for decades, but Xie Ming chose to stay and lead the border army for the sake of millions of people at the border.

They are all for their own inner choices, maybe King Jun's heart-to-heart can really make Xie Ling willingly assist him.

As soon as I thought of these things, I couldn't stop, and I sat for half an hour, but the activities in my mind didn't stop for a moment.

"Little Xuzi. ”

When Gonggong Xu saw that the emperor was frowning, he immediately took out a small jade bottle from his sleeve, but persuaded, "Your Majesty, I have already taken one pill today, didn't you promise Concubine Qiong to stop taking pills casually? ”

The emperor said, "I can't tell Concubine Qiong about this, otherwise she will be frightened for no reason, I still have something to do tonight, take another pill, and I won't need it tomorrow." ”

In the end, he was a minion, and Gonggong Xu didn't dare to persuade him anymore, so he handed the medicine to the emperor.

"Go get a pen and paper. ”

Gonggong Xu personally took the pen and paper, and the emperor wrote the edict with a solemn face.

Although this is a bit hasty, it is always undecided, and it is even more unfavorable to Da Chu, if he has undergone this test, then this edict will be announced to the world.

The state of Chu cannot always be passive, and the pattern of the world should be decided by me, the state of Chu.

After collecting the edict, the emperor did not summon the concubines to sleep tonight, but went to bed alone.

In the Qin Kingdom, it is not peaceful, the eldest princess and the young emperor are in power, it is inevitable that someone will come out to jump, the little prince has arrived safely in the fiefdom, and the regent and his party are still secretly investigating the cause of the prince's death, and there is no other action for the time being.

The eldest princess used thunderous means to dispose of a group of ministers who were on a vegetarian diet and replaced them with a group of young and promising newcomers.

Wenchen is easy to handle, and one by one always has some handles, but those military attaches who are in charge of military power are not easy to transfer, and if one of them is not very good, there will be chaos.

Most of these generals are arrogant, and it is naturally impossible for them to listen to a woman and a child.

As soon as the regent died, his role was highlighted, with the two of them, they couldn't suppress the court, if they didn't hold the military power in their hands for a day, they wouldn't be able to straighten their waists for a day.

The eldest princess proposed that the young emperor marry the daughter of Wang Yu, a general with 300,000 elite soldiers, as the queen.

The young emperor was very willful and unwilling to compromise.

"Eldest sister, in the past, we were oppressed by the imperial uncle, and we couldn't be free, why do we have to compromise now to marry a woman I don't want to marry. ”

The eldest princess smiled bitterly, "I used to think that it was the imperial uncle who restricted us, but now you don't know? ”

Seeing the eldest sister's tired appearance, even her eyes lost their previous radiance, and the little emperor's heart softened, "Eldest sister, am I too willful, don't blame me, I just don't want to marry someone I don't like." ”

"The eldest sister knows that the eldest sister doesn't force you, I just hope you will think about it seriously, this matter is very important, but the decision is yours, the eldest sister is tired, go back first. ”

"I'll think about it, eldest sister, or you will live in the palace today, running around, how tired. ”

"There are still many official documents in the princess's mansion, and it is inconvenient to send them back and forth, and when I am fifteen, I will push the affairs and come to accompany you to enjoy the moon, okay?"

The emperor looked at the waning moon outside, "Now that it is winter, the sky is getting colder and colder, the eldest sister should pay attention to her body." ”

"Someone, bring me the newly delivered coat. ”

personally put on the eldest sister's robe, "I will learn from Taifu and help the eldest sister share the burden earlier." ”