It was a very ordinary thing for the emperor to summon Song Nan in the early dynasty, and for a period of time, it almost became a routine for Song Nan to meet the queen, which was not surprising, but Song Nan solemnly mentioned this matter, which was obviously unusual, Dai Suer also felt that the muscles on Song Nan's body stiffened, and unconsciously raised his head from Song Nan's arms to look at Song Nan's face.

"The emperor told me something, and I could feel that the emperor seemed to be a little dissatisfied with me, and someone said something in front of the emperor, which made the emperor think strangely about me."

Dai Su'er was startled, he heard a cold breath from Song Nan's words, and hurriedly got up and sat up straight and asked, "Is it our family's business with great fanfare?" Truly...... It's true that we're a little too high-profile; Otherwise, from tomorrow, you will not come to the construction site, and you will resign from the position of honorary president of the Chamber of Commerce; The officials and businessmen are somewhat secretive, and we are indeed a little public. ”

Song Nan shook his head slowly and said: "Of course it's not this matter, the emperor won't care about these things, I know best who the emperor is, he won't care about these things, and the development of the white paper workshop was approved by the imperial court in advance." ”

"What could that be?"

"It was in May that I led people to break into the military camp of Yangwei, and that incident was turned out, and it was mentioned by the emperor."

"Didn't this matter prevaricate with a joint exercise? How can anyone mention it? Could it be that Jiao Zhengtai is talking nonsense? Dai Su'er frowned and asked.

"No, someone said in front of the emperor that I can easily mobilize more than 10,000 people in the capital Jinyi Guard, plus 10,000 soldiers and horses of my Shenshu battalion, and do so without permission, which is very unsettling."

"Huh? What does that mean...... Wonder what your intentions are? Dai Su'er's face turned pale with fright, she knew the severity of this matter.

Song Nan patted the back of her hand and said, "Don't get excited, that's not it, if that's the case, the emperor won't invite me to meet and inform me of the matter; The emperor trusts me, that's why he told me about it. But it is undeniable that when it comes to such a thing, the emperor must have an idea in his heart. ”

Dai Su'er bit her lower lip and said dumbfoundedly: "The emperor believes you, have you explained?" You also know that there were a lot of things in the Ming Dynasty in the past few years, first Liu Liu and Liu Qi, and then King Anhua, and the people around the emperor also had an affair with these things, and the emperor was afraid that he was extremely sensitive to this. ”

Song Nan nodded and said, "Yes, he is just too sensitive, so as soon as others say it, he is in a hurry to talk to me, which is exactly the expression of panic in his heart." The problem now is that the people who said this were Yang Tinghe and Xu Guangzuo, the Duke of Dingguo, and I asked Zhang Yong, and the two of them entered the palace at the same time. Zhang Yong sent someone to sue me about this last night, I didn't care, but now it seems that these two people entered the palace last night to say bad things about me. ”

Dai Su'er was a little at a loss, one of these two people is the current governor of the regimental camp, the number one in the Beijing camp, and the other is the head of the civil officials of the foreign court who has been in the limelight recently and has a growing reputation in the court; If this is true, it means that the two have joined forces, and this is the trickiest part.

Song Nan looked up at the starry sky, sighed slightly, and said: "It seems that the peaceful days will not be too long, some people can't see the comfort of my life, and they want to come out to get some tricks." ”

Dai Su'er clutched the corner of her clothes tightly, she realized the anxiety in Song Nan's heart, although he was calm on the surface, but in the face of the union of the two forces, he was also a little weak-hearted. Dai Su'er sighed, reached over and held Song Nan's hand and said softly: "No matter what, our whole family is your backing, and we will always stand by your side, even if it is death." ”

Song Nan laughed out loud and said, "Why are you so pessimistic, I have long expected such a day; When I asked Jiao Zhengtai and Gao Hu to announce their departure from their small circle in a high-profile manner last month, I knew that there would be a day of counterattack. It's just that I didn't expect Yang Tinghe to be involved. It's okay, originally I just wanted to slowly concoct them, but now that they have made a move, there is no room for manoeuvre. They don't want to live a peaceful life, and they can't help it. ”

Dai Su'er hurriedly said: "But what should the emperor do?" If the emperor is dissatisfied with you, if you do anything more, will the emperor have to favor others? ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "Don't worry, the relationship between the emperor and me is not as fragile as I imagined, I talked to the emperor for two hours during the meeting yesterday, and I said everything very clearly inside and out." The emperor doesn't understand anything as you think, is so-so, and doesn't care about anything; The emperor has already opened his mind, and he has his own thoughts in his heart. He knew very well in his heart that I, Song Nan, was the person he could really trust, and other than that, he had no one to trust and rely on. ”

Dai Suer wanted to say something, but closed her mouth again.

Song Nan smiled: "You must think that my words are too arrogant, but I don't think it's too much." When the old man was alive before, he was still one of the people that the emperor could rely on, which is why the old man had never dared to challenge his position in the nearly 20 years of the commander-in-chief. But a few years before the death of the old man, even the old man was actually powerless, and the Xunqi group had already been eroded and scattered, like a mass of loose sand that could not be gathered, and blind people could see that they were not much benefit to the court except for being busy with their own benefits and oil and water. If the only good thing is that although these people have not achieved much in controlling the regimental camp, they will never make any mistakes. Perhaps the former emperor and the current emperor are most assured of this. ”

"Liu Liu, Liu Qi rebelled, King Anhua rebelled, the two major events of this dynasty, did the relatives help in anything? Xu Guangzuo was known as the governor of the thief, but his son was beaten to a mess and lost the Shandong Prefecture, so that the anti-thieves could develop and grow to the point of being out of control. The court is still paying the price for that rebellion. At that time, the old man recommended me to suppress the thief, and it was impossible to get such an appointment with my qualifications, but the lords and uncles all shrank their heads, and just gave me this opportunity. He is the emperor, he has been exposed to the ears and eyes of the emperor since he was a child, who can help him stabilize the country, who is useful and who is useless, will the emperor not teach him? Even if it is an ordinary person, at this time, he knows who is really willing to serve the imperial court. ”

Song Nan's love was a little excited, Dai Su'er looked at him with admiration, and said in a low voice: "The husband has indeed done several great things for the imperial court, otherwise the consequences are unimaginable." ”

Song Nan shook his head and said, "I'm not saying that only I can succeed in suppressing thieves, others may do better than me." But this is a matter of attitude, there are many people who have the ability to cross the river, how many people live in seclusion in the deep mountains and old forests of the Ming Dynasty, and how many have the talent of the world, but then you don't use it, or you are unwilling to take risks for your own private gains and losses, then you have no achievements to the court and the world; What is the difference between dying old with a full stomach and not coming to this world? Although I am not necessarily the most capable person, I dare to try, I have the courage to take responsibility, and I have the opportunity to risk my life several times, which is the difference in attitude between me and those people. There is always a contradiction and hostility between conformism and aggressiveness. ”

Dai Su'er nodded and said, "Did you tell the emperor these words?" ”

Song Nan nodded and said: "I naturally said, I told the emperor that what the Ming Dynasty lacked the most was not good generals and virtuous appearances, but actually an attitude, an enterprising and responsible attitude; Instead of encouraging this attitude, some people try to put on all kinds of high hats and names to suppress others, so the twilight of the DPRK and China is getting worse and worse. I also told the emperor that if the emperor thinks that I, Song Nan, are too radical and outrageous, it is because others are too conservative and follow the rules, but in fact, I just did what I had to do, and others didn't even do their duty. ”

Dai Su'er's eyes lit up, and she nodded: "What the husband said is new, it's the first time I've heard such a point of view." ”

Song Nan said: "I told the emperor, either believe me and let me do something for the Ming Dynasty, or simply depose me and let me go back to the mountains, so as not to be angry with the villain, I will never accuse or feel that there is something wrong for what I have done." I also told the emperor that if I couldn't even mobilize the Jinyi Guard and the Shenshu Battalion, that would be the greatest danger, because that would mean that the two armies that were most loyal to the emperor had already escaped my control. ”

Dai Su'er exclaimed: "Did you really say that to the emperor? What was the emperor's reaction? ”

Song Nan said: "The emperor immediately ordered someone to reply to Yang Tinghe and Xu Guangzuo in front of me, reprimanding them not to be suspicious, saying that he didn't want to hear such words in the future, and left me for lunch." ”

Dai Su'er said happily: "That's good, since the emperor has such an attitude, then what else is there to worry about." ”

Song Nan shook his head and said: "You don't understand, this time it is the joint efforts of Xu Guangzuo and Yang Tinghe, which shows that the pattern between the DPRK and China is about to change; Originally, there was only occasional collusion between the outer court and the princes, but this time it was blatant, it was a desperate gamble, how could it be resigned? That's why I said, I'm afraid that the days of stability are numbered, and I have to take action before they can destroy me. The battle in the court is no less than the battle on the battlefield, although the emperor has nothing to do with me now, but it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be in the future, if they use some means to make the emperor have to believe, I will also be difficult to parry. ”

Dai Su'er said dumbfoundedly: "Just like the husband did with Liu Jin?" ”

Song Nan was stunned for a moment, turned her head to look at Dai Su'er, Dai Su'er hurriedly lowered her head and said, "I'm sorry, the concubine didn't mean it." ”

Song Nan said softly: "Don't be sorry, conspiracy and yang conspiracy are actually the same, there is no difference between glory and dishonorability, for example, if you hack your enemy to death with a knife in front of you, it is the same as smashing him to death with a brick behind your back, and the result is to kill him for self-preservation, so why pay attention to the difference in means." ”

Dai Su'er was speechless, and the husband and wife sat silently in the night, the night dew was slightly flushed, slowly infiltrating the surrounding qiē and slowly enveloping it.