The two walked slowly along the paddock path, and from time to time patrol officers and soldiers passed by, and they saw Murong Huan standing upright in salute.

Walking farther, Shen Mu saw that there was no one here, quiet and peaceful, so he asked the doubts in his heart: "Lord Wang, the grass people have always wanted to ask, what is the change in the Shenwu Sect!"

When Murong Huan heard this, his whole body trembled slightly, and he froze his body: "You...... As a citizen of Yunzhao, haven't you heard of this?"

Shen Mu had heard people mention the changes in the Shenwu Sect many times, and originally this matter had nothing to do with him, so he never asked in detail. After all, this incident happened 20 years ago, how could he, "Shen Mu", know about it! Now that he is in the imperial court, it is difficult to make a detailed judgment if this matter is not clear.

Shen Mu didn't want to be led into the gutter without knowing anything, this hunt was obviously a struggle for alternating powers, no matter whether Murong Huan stood in line or not, others would try to win him over. What's more, he himself is the uncle of the fifth prince, and with this relationship, even if he doesn't do anything, the saint will not think that he can stay out of it.

And the root cause of all this is caused by the "Shenwumen Change".

Shen Mu said: "The grass people have heard a little, but the folk rumors are fragmented and untrue. The grass people still want to hear the most accurate answer!"

Murong Huan pondered for a moment and said, "Well, this matter should be told to you." Murong Huan paused, and stood with his hands in his hands: "This matter has to start from the twenty-fourth year of Yongning." That year, the northern Xinjiang suffered a flood that was rare in a century, and the sage made the prince go to the disaster relief with the officials of the household department. The sage was furious and ordered the prince to stay in the local area for the time being, investigate the corruption case, and be sure to investigate and dismiss all the officials involved one by one, and escort them to the capital to await trial. Unexpectedly...... On the night of the arrival of the holy decree, they took down all the officials such as the father-in-law and the prince who delivered the decree, and even coaxed the victims, occupied the state capital and county, and set up their own banner,...... The imperial court inquired and urgently dispatched Tao Shengkui, the father of Tao Yanji, the king of Dingbei, to lead troops to quell the rebellion. It took more than two months for the rebellion to be quelled, but the crown prince fell ill because of it. In one of his right eyes, he was crippled by a beating by the rebels. ”

Speaking of this, Murong Huan sighed faintly: "The saint is the lord of all the people in the world, if all the people know that the saint in the future will only have one glance available, won't it become the joke of the people and the joke of the eight countries! Therefore, after this incident, although the saint comforted the prince with good words, he actually had the heart of abolishing it." ”

Shen Mu listened and was quite puzzled: "The prince was injured because of the people of the world, and because he was admired by the people of the world, why did he ...... It's unbelievable!"

Murong Huan said: "What the people want is food and clothing, and what the royal family wants is face...... This matter is indeed unreasonable in the eyes of others, but if the king of a country is a one-eyed person, no matter how he says it, it will lose his authority. What's more, the saint is honored as the true dragon son of heaven, how can the true dragon be injured by mortals......"

Shen Mu frowned, what Murong Huan said was not unreasonable, when the kings of the past chose their successors, most of them would judge people by their appearance. What is scrupled is the face of the imperial court and the prestige of the royal family!

Murong Huan continued: "The prince naturally also found that the saint was alienated from him. In the winter of the twenty-sixth year of Yongning, the saint returned from Yuntai Mountain and entered the palace through the Shenwu Gate. The weather was hazy that day, and the winter snow was coming, and the hundred officials welcomed the saint to the Shenwu Gate and returned home. Unexpectedly, after the saint's convoy entered the Shenwu Gate, the gate suddenly closed, and a team of officers and soldiers were killed left and right, and the leader was the prince! The saint traveled, and originally only accompanied by 2,000 Yu Linwei, and the prince had been planning for many years, and the soldiers in the prince's mansion were exhausted, and Yu Linwei was caught off guard and retreated. Seeing that the prince was about to succeed and forced the saint dragon to death, the saint suddenly appeared on the wall of Shenwu Gate. It turned out that the sage had long been aware of the movements of the Prince's Mansion, and had already arranged the bureau so that the prince jumped into the game. Heavy troops have already been arranged outside the Shenwu Gate, just waiting for the prince to do it. Then the Shenwu Gate will be surrounded by water!"

Shen Mu groaned: "I'm afraid that there is a spy in the prince's mansion!"

Murong Huan smiled reluctantly: "Now it seems that it is indeed the prince's lack of knowledge that caused the news to leak out." At that time, when the prince saw the saint standing on the city of Shenwumen, he knew that he was still defeated, and immediately drew his sword and killed himself. And the soldiers and armor of the prince's mansion were also slaughtered, and more than 1,000 civil and military officials were implicated in this matter, all of whom were ordered by the saint to be beheaded. It was claimed to the public that the prince suddenly fell ill with a serious illness and died of illness! But the change in the Shenwu Sect was implicated too much, and the paper could not contain the fire, and it always spread out......"

Shen Mu said: "The saint is too domineering, and he even calculates his own son......

Murong Huan said: "The imperial power is supreme, there is always only one person who can ascend the throne, and the saint has also experienced ...... strong winds and waves. The prince's tricks, no matter how much he sees the saints, will not go to the children to pretend to be the family...... It's just that I pity the hundreds of officials who accompanied the funeral, but among them there are a few good officials who are really talented and practical! They are confused and stand in the wrong line...... was taken advantage of by someone to fall into the well, and the death is unknown!"

At the time of the avalanche, no snowflake is innocent! This is probably the reason why Murong Huan is reluctant to stand in line.

Shen Mu said: "In the past 20 years, Yunzhao has never established a reserve, so ...... When the saint travels, who will handle the affairs of the state?"

Murong Huan said: "Chang Hui said that the reports of the state capitals are decided by the cabinet itself. If the cabinet cannot make a ruling, the celebrant and the cabinet will discuss together. If you can't decide again, you will quickly present it to the saint, and the saint will look at it!"

"In this way, the powers of the cabinet and the celebrant are getting bigger and bigger......

Murong Huan said: "This is the art of checks and balances, the cabinet and the celebrant complement each other, and restrain each other, how to achieve the balance of power, this is the key to the saint's ability to stabilize the world! If the saint can't even grasp this, then how can he be this saint!"

Murong Huan's words were quite vague, and the implication was that today's saints were not joking...... Power and mind are already at the pinnacle!

Otherwise, who will leave their world in the hands of outsiders. If you are not careful, the foreign surname becomes bigger, and the power is empty, so what is there to do with the royal family?

Shen Mu sighed, "I was born not to be an emperor's family", the life of the common people seems to be ordinary, but this kind of plain and simple life has just right to avoid a lot of right and wrong! Compared with being born, he fell into the royal backyard of fighting for power and profit, and he didn't even know when he died, it seemed to be much better.

Shen Mu asked again: "Lord Wang, can you tell me about the princes who are still alive now!"

Murong Huan glanced at Shen Mu: "Why are you asking this?"

Shen Mu said: "As the so-called I didn't intend to stir up dust, but the wind blows the dust! The prince is now in the paddock, and when he hunts tomorrow, the smoke will definitely be billowing out." Only by making calculations early can we seek good fortune and avoid evil, and we will not mess up our own positions!"

Murong Huan said, "Shen Mu, what you said is true!" Then he told Shen Mu about the princes who were capable of competing for the position of prince one by one.

Among them, the most likely to obtain the position of prince are the eldest prince Daniel Zhang, the third prince Zhang Shuo, the fifth prince Zhang Le, the eighth prince Zhang Qiong, and the twelfth prince Zhang Wei.

Among them, the eldest prince was a sibling brother of Prince Zhang Yang that year, and the position of prince originally belonged to Daniel Zhang, but when he was sick and bedridden with illness all year round, the position of prince was obtained by his brother. Daniel Zhang's mother, Empress Xiaoxian, was worried about the "change of Shenwumen" and died the following year. The saint showed compassion for his wife, and thought that after the death of the crown prince, Daniel Zhang was his only descendant of Empress Yu Xiaoxian, so he favored Daniel Zhang and made him lead the walking camp.

And the third prince Zhang Shuo is also the only son of the current Empress Naruhito, who was born in a family outside the Guanwai. In addition to the power of the four kings with different surnames, Yunzhao surnamed Li outside Guanwai is the most important one. Most of them are the descendants of the old ministers who expanded the territory with Emperor Wu back then. Although the Li family outside the Guanwai is no longer in a high position, in terms of influence, it is definitely one of the best. Most of the officials in the DPRK and China have more or less ties to the Lee family. What's more, the saint himself also has the blood of the Li family, and his grandmother, the Empress Dowager Yi, is the Li family!

And the five princes also belong to the Wang family. and Murong Huan are real relatives, so naturally there will be people who will seek after the top position.

As for the eighth prince Zhang Qiong, because of his outstanding ability and infinite strength, he led the troops to fight and was unable to open a thousand people. I often get the praise of the saint: "I have eight sons Qiong, who in the world can be the enemy of my clouds!" This is the most special "criticism" among the many princes of the saint!

And Zhang Wei, the twelfth prince, has the support of the king of the west and the king of the north. They are also inextricably linked. The power of the two princes is undoubted!

From the bright side, these five people have very good cards, as for which side the saint is more optimistic about, so far, no one can guess!

At the same time, in the enclosure palace, Yuan Tingzhen, the first assistant of the cabinet, was also busy.

Most of the cabinet's documents have to be bought by themselves, and tomorrow is a hunting ceremony. Looking at the thick stacks of state capitals on the public case, Yuan Tingzhen frowned.

He was a young man, with a kind appearance, his hair was neatly combed, without a trace of messiness, and he wore a crown of Ming jewels on his head, and a jade hairpin was pinned to the crown. Hidden in the slightly sunken eye sockets are a pair of shrewd and capable eyes. The gray beard is just right, and he looks like a well-mannered and talented master.

He was wearing a coarse cloth coat, such an old man walking on the street, who would know that he was actually Yuan Ge Lao who was above 10,000 people under one person!

Yuan Tingzhen took a sip of tea: "Little Liuzi, what time is it outside?"

Outside the door, a scholar poked his head out of front of him: "Back to the master, it's past time...... Do you want to rest, sir?"

Yuan Tingzhen said: "Is the sage going out of the light?"

Xiao Liuzi said: "Just now, Gonggong Cui came and said that after the saint prayed for heaven today, he had fallen asleep!"

Yuan Tingzhen snorted: "Palm the lamp, go out with me!"