The emperor's illness is getting worse and worse, and many state affairs have been handed over to the crown prince, of course, important matters still have to be decided by the emperor.

Lu Yan thanked the prince who asked for a reward by the way, and he had already seen it in advance, and he was even more unhappy because he was dissatisfied with giving Lu Yan the title of prince of the country.

"Father, this Lu Yan is getting more and more domineering, the child specially ordered him to lead the army into Beijing to be rewarded, but he ignored it, this is not to take the emperor's order in his eyes." The prince said calmly.

The Emperor sighed.

"This time, more than half of the Shanxi army was lost, and he was in a hurry to go back and let these people settle for safety." He said.

The prince's words paused.

That's a saying, but who would think so! He, Lu Yan, must have left angrily because of a mistake in decision-making that put him in danger and he was dissatisfied with not asking for help in time, this is the mind that even a fool can see!

"What's this called?" He shook his head, not wanting to mention this matter again, and then said, "Father, Lu Yan's reward this time is enough to honor him..."

At the beginning, it was Lu Yan's reward, and the prince's cabinet came up with the opinion that it was because he had just been promoted to the chief soldier of Shanxi, so this time he would not be promoted, but the young master of the crown prince, and the son of Yin Yi, Jinyi Wei Jinshi.

The emperor disagreed and felt that it was too shallow.

The crown prince and several important cabinet ministers repeatedly explained to the emperor that he was young and shallow, and suddenly became a high position, so that he had an arrogant heart, wouldn't it ruin the loyalty and good cadres....

"According to you, this young man should have done it for nothing?" The Emperor asked with a puzzled expression.

The father became more and more confused, and asked some ridiculous questions like a child, and the prince discussed it in his heart, but his face was respectful.

"Then the marquis." The Emperor said, tossing the fold aside.

The prince was startled, what a joke.

The reward for Lu Yan is really not something he deliberately pressed or anything, this is something that has been carefully discussed by a cabinet minister.

Everyone unanimously agreed that Lu Yan's great achievement this time frightened more than 10,000 thieves and slaves to flee without a fight.

But this battle also showed Lu Yan's prestige, not to mention the seemingly endless generals under him. Let's just say that the generals in Guanning and other places, without waiting for him Lu Yan to raise his arms and shout, he did not hesitate to obey the order, he was just a Shanxi general soldier, which was too shocking.

If he is promoted again, then Lu Yan's strength will definitely increase greatly, so .....

"You are afraid that the fierce will give birth to arrogance," the emperor said, looking at the crown prince and the important ministers of the cabinet. A little laughed, "Aren't you afraid that the reward will be too thin and chill the hearts of loyal and brave soldiers?" ”

This prince really didn't dare to guarantee that this Lu Yan's personality was indeed possible, so he had to discuss with the cabinet again, and finally gave Lu Yan the title of Duke of Wu, and the emperor was satisfied.

"Now that the treasury is empty, he Lu Yan will ask for a hundred taels of silver for a soldier, and he will need hundreds of thousands of taels when he calculates it, and he really can't take it out. Moreover, this is also a precedent that has never been precedent, and today it has set such a precedent for him Lu Yan. In the future, other generals will follow suit....." The prince frowned and said.

"Isn't that a good thing? I only hope that the generals of the Manchu Dynasty are so brave, I am not afraid of heavy rewards, I am afraid that they will not be able to take it! The Emperor smiled and sat up straight, holding on to the armrest.

The prince is speechless.

"Father, the brave general should be given preferential treatment, but this Lu Yan is domineering by nature, and he has made great achievements. The child is just afraid that there will be another Yue Wumu, and its momentum is getting bigger and bigger, and the elders of the pavilion mean to beware of it...."He muttered for a moment. whispered.

Before he could finish his words, he heard a crisp sound, and the emperor threw the teacup in his hand to the ground.

The prince was shocked and immediately knelt on the ground.

"Are you trying to force him to rebel?" The emperor asked, "How many days did you close the door with those ministers to build this car?" ”

The emperor was full of sarcasm.

"Which minister does this mean?" He sneered, "Emperor, I suggest that you immediately cut off his head, this is not to help you, but to harm you, the hero does not soothe, but is afraid of coercion, this is still not cunning rabbit to hide the good bow." ”

"Father, it's not that the child wants to force him to rebel, it's really Lu Yan's unpredictable heart that he has to guard against." Since it has come to this point, the prince simply tore his face and said, "According to the Si Li Supervisor, this Lu Yan looks eagle and looks at wolves, thinks deeply, and acts extremely arrogantly, he supports the army and respects himself, wins the hearts of the people, and goes around preaching that he is peaceful under his rule, attracting countless people to rush to it, called the general army, and the civil and military officials in Shanxi are all respected by him, and even the governor of Shanxi, the metropolitan governor and others are careful to serve him, how can he talk about coercion?" ”

The prince knelt down a few steps and kowtowed excitedly.

The Emperor was silent for a moment.

"What did you have with him?" He asked suddenly.

The crown prince was startled and looked up at the emperor.

Because of his long-term illness, his face was sallow, and the emperor, who sat on the chair like a pool of soft face, turned out to be as wise as ever.

Cold sweat broke out on the prince's forehead.

"Father, the child was. Was.." The prince gritted his teeth and knew that he had to say it at this time, so he told him that he had wanted to kill Lu Yan's wife before Lu Yan and Li Changsan.

After the emperor heard a violent cough, the prince hurriedly called the imperial doctor, and there was a burst of people in the palace who turned on their backs until it was dark, and the emperor was relieved.

"You're confused." The emperor lay on the bed, facing the prince who was kneeling beside him, and slowly spit out a sentence for a long time.

"Father, the child is really afraid of his situation, the time for the father to come to the country is still short, and the sky is not open, and the disease is like this, the child is really afraid..."

The emperor wanted to say something, but he was gambled by a cough, so he had to give up.

"That time, he was only afraid that he had doubted it, but this time the Shanxi army was hit so hard, he must be jealous of the child in his heart." The prince continued.

"No, he won't be jealous of this incident." The Emperor gasped.

"Father." The crown prince couldn't help but raise his voice, "Why do you have to defend Lu Yan like this!" Who the hell is your son! ”

The emperor looked at the crown prince, a trace of coldness flashed in his already cloudy eyes, and the prince couldn't help but tremble and lowered his head, he lowered his head, revealing his slightly pale temples, and the emperor's eyes softened again.

"I got ten of your brothers, three of them died young, and the rest were killed by the poisonous woman, and they died one after another, and Qianhu Baiyou pretended to be crazy and stupid to protect you, but he protected you too much....The emperor muttered, not so much to the prince, but to himself, his voice was very small, the little prince could not hear, he said this, wanted to raise his hand to help his son who was close in front of him, but in the end he was unable to sigh and give up.

There was silence in the room.

After a long time, the emperor breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Lu Yan is very simple, as long as you are willing to believe it, he can be trusted." ”

The prince looked up at him, his eyes full of disagreement.

"He doesn't know about that incident, so you should not have happened, as for this incident, I said that the war is ruthless at this time, and you don't need to care." The Emperor continued.

"Father, it's not whether I want to or not, but what he thinks." The prince said, with a little impatience on his face.

"I said, whatever you think, he thinks!" The Emperor raised his voice and shouted.

The prince was stunned by the shouting.

The emperor coughed again, and the prince comforted him.

"If you are always on guard and suspicious of him, he will naturally be aware of it, and if you are aware of it, he will naturally be suspicious and wary of you, so that the heart that should not be born will arise, so you have to let go, only if you let go, he will not be suspicious, and he will not be different." The Emperor gasped and said vigorously.

The prince understood, but he was still a little skeptical, is this okay?

"Lu Yan, as long as he is credible, he can be used, you must remember." The emperor looked at the crown prince and said solemnly, "The outer captives have not been destroyed, and the inner prisoners have not been destroyed." ”

The prince was agitated and came to his senses.

"If you kill Lu Yan, Da Zhou will be in danger, but if...", the emperor looked at him and said word by word, "If you keep thinking like this about him and don't kill Lu Yan, Da Zhou will also be dangerous." ”

The crown prince looked at the emperor, and the emperor's face was painful, and he didn't know whether he was fighting the illness or what he was choosing.

"Father, what should the child do?" The crown prince asked, holding the emperor's hand with a little trepidation.

"Remember to appease and envelop with heart." The emperor finally said slowly, "Such a good general is indispensable for the time being. ”

Indispensable... The prince's eyes lit up, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he unloaded the burden in his heart.

So he is still the emperor's own son, and he is not confused to the point of raising tigers as an adopted son.

A month later, the imperial court approved Lu Yan's request for a reward, and the Ministry of Quasi-Households allocated 50,000 taels of silver, and gave Shanxi the population and property obtained from the pursuit of Tartars, exempting Shanxi military households from three years of grain.

With the emperor's reward, Shanxi has tens of thousands of more people, plus countless people who have heard the news and rushed to survive, densely pouring into various towns in Shanxi, Wu Guogong Shanxi General Soldier Lu Yan ordered all localities to be properly resettled, not to be expelled.

"As long as there are people, everything can be done again." Lu Yan reiterated this concept to his subordinates who were standing in a full room.

When he said this, he looked around the hall and saw that there were many more faces sitting in the hall, and these faces carried the joy of being promoted, and also the excitement of finally becoming Lu Yan's confidant.

Lu Yan seemed to see the faces of Guizi, Fu Laosan, Xie Siniang and others in front of him smiling and sliding one by one, he couldn't help but close his eyes, the battle is like this, the old and the new alternate, the world is unpredictable, I don't know what kind of changes will be made next time I open my eyes.

"Okay, everyone is here, let's listen to Mr. Wang arrange some things." Lu Yan retracted his sad emotions and said loudly.

The hall where the whispered conversation was immediately quiet, and Wang Mo, who watched the fan all year round, stand up and command the two scribes to unfold a large piece of paper.

"That's a few things we've got in the clerical room." Wang Mo pointed to the dense paper with a fan and said.

With Wang Mo's speech, Lu Yan's eyes slowly turned to the window.

In March, the earth warms up, the heaven and the earth are full of vitality, and the new year begins again.