Ye Yunyang walked into the imperial study and saluted the emperor and the prince: "Weichen greets Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"No need to be polite, give a seat. "The emperor asked the eunuch to move a brocade pier over, Ye Yunyang is a frequent visitor here, and basically every time he is given a seat, which makes many ministers blush.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Ye Yunyang sat down loudly.

The prince smiled and asked, "Yun Yang, do you have something to do with coming to the imperial study?"

Ye Yunyang nodded and said, "Weichen is here to cut the domain. ”

The father and son glanced at each other, and the emperor also smiled: "I told the prince just now that the cutting of the feudal domain has officially begun, and if you want to hear the opinion of you, the founder, you will come." ”

The crown prince nodded: "That's right, my father did say such a thing, what do you think about cutting the domain?"

Ye Yunyang raised his eyebrows, and said in his heart, what can I think, I helped you come up with the ideas, of course, I am on your side to the letter, do I have any other choices?

He said in a flat tone: "As soon as Your Majesty made a move, Qiao Guo was divided into dozens of small countries, and the military and government orders fell into chaos, I believe that it won't be long before they will fight for the sake of interests, and after a round of reshuffle, those losing princes will take the initiative to hand over their fiefs in exchange for their own safety." ”

The prince's eyes lit up, and he asked again: "Then how should the imperial court deal with it?"

He didn't think about it and said: "Of course, it is the responsibility of the imperial court to ensure the safety of the subjects, not to mention that people are willing to hand over their fiefs." ”

"What about those who are unwilling to hand over their fiefs?" the prince asked again.

"It's simpler, unless they don't marry wives and don't have children, as soon as they give birth to a son, they immediately set aside a piece of his territory. Ye Yunyang said.

The emperor nodded with relief, they had all thought of these situations, Ye Yunyang was not in charge of this matter, he even thought about it so thoroughly, he said, "Do you have any suggestions for cutting the domain?"

Ye Yunyang shook his head: "Everything is under the control of Your Majesty, there is no need for Weichen to get an axe, in fact, I came to visit Your Majesty for another matter." ”

The prince quietly gave a thumbs up to his father, which means that you guessed correctly again, and the son admires it so much.

With a faint smile on his face, the emperor said, "What is it, let's hear about it." ”

Ye Yunyang clenched his fists: "Weichen received news that more than a dozen people in the Dongping royal family had died in a few months, does Your Majesty know about this?"

The emperor glanced at the crown prince, meaning that you guessed it right, this kid really came for the affairs of Dongping Kingdom.

It's not because Ye Yunyang cares about Dongping Kingdom, but because he has suffered losses from Chen Mingda and Sun Chengwen, and he thinks about revenge all the time, and the royal family members died one after another, of course he wants to make a fuss about this matter.

"I heard about it, and although I thought it was a little strange, these people had different causes of death, and there was no evidence of victimization. The emperor said in a flat tone, he really wanted to know what Ye Yunyang would do.

Ye Yunyang shook his head and said: "The minister doesn't think so, among the fourteen deceased, except for one who was killed by the king of Dongping because he was a traitor, the remaining thirteen died of accidental poisoning, sudden illness, falling from a horse, drowning, fire, hanging suicide, etc., almost none of them are the same, just when you are about to cut the domain, the royal family members died one after another, too coincidental, right?"

The emperor frowned: "However, there is really no evidence that they were killed, and everyone has a reasonable cause of death." ”

He expected the emperor to say this, and suggested: "The minister begs to go to Dongping to find out this matter and return the people of Dongping to a good place." ”

His own revenge is avenged by himself, this is his consistent practice, although he has mastered the evidence of the Sun family's father and son, but he still does not want to take revenge by the hands of others.

The emperor felt a little surprised, he thought that Ye Yunyang was just here to complain, to make a move, but he didn't expect him to make such a request.

The prince didn't expect it, and said: "It's not suitable, although you have a title and official status, you have never served as a royal historian or a messenger, so it is not suitable to go to the vassal states to investigate the case." ”

Ye Yunyang thought that they would refuse, and said with a smile: "Why don't we make a deal, I will help Your Majesty and His Highness do something, you allow me to go to Dongping Kingdom, how about it?"

If there are other ministers in the imperial study, they will definitely point their noses and scold him for being bold, and actually negotiate terms with the emperor and the prince, you are impatient!

Only he dares to do such a thing, and others don't even dare to think about it.

The emperor likes his stunned personality very much, young people should be more flamboyant, and it is a failure to be too old.

Moreover, Ye Yunyang has an almost demonic intelligence, if he is old in terms of personality, he is a perfect person, the emperor can rest assured that he is strange, he will definitely kill first, so as not to subvert the dominance of the old Liu family in the future.

Therefore, he has to show the proper side of a young man, make some mistakes that his peers are prone to make, and create an illusion to the emperor that he also has shortcomings, so that he will be completely reassured.

For example, beating someone in a teahouse yesterday is an unwise move on the surface, but it is actually very important. Facts have proved that this fight was right, the emperor and the crown prince both chose to stand on their side, and indirectly caused Wang Chengan to be dismissed, and Qin Wei returned to charge the Taixue sacrificial wine.

The Emperor looked at him with a very meaningful gaze and said, "How to trade, how do you know what I am thinking?"

Ye Yunyang said: "I will win a championship in the Duanyang Festival competition with Taixue to win glory for the Guozijian, can it be exchanged?"

Every year, in the Duanyang Festival competition, Guozijian and Taixue each select 16 students, divided into a youth group under the age of 20 and a youth group over the age of 20, and compete to determine the champions of the two groups.

If Ye Yunyang can win the championship of the junior group, there will be a result of one champion each of Guozijian and Taixue, at least on the surface, the two schools are comparable, just reaching the balance point in the emperor's heart.

The emperor smiled: "Yun Yang, whether you win the championship or not, what does it have to do with me?"

"Is there really not?" Ye Yunyang first asked rhetorically, and then said: "You first suppressed Guozijian, and then suppressed Taixue, except for balancing the two schools, Weichen really can't think of any other explanation." Since you want to balance, the champion has to be one on one side, if I don't want to contribute, don't say that Guozijian can't win the championship, and even can't enter the finals. ”

The Emperor put away his smile: "Your analysis is very reasonable, and you have guessed what I think, but this cannot be used as a quid pro quo. Because winning the junior championship is something you should do, so you can't use it as a bargaining chip. ”

Ye Yunyang's eyes widened: "Why?"

The emperor snorted: "Just because you fought with the Tai students in the street, although they scolded people first, but what right do you have to start beating people? I punished the Tai students, for the sake of fairness, I will also punish you accordingly, for the sake of your initial recovery from a serious illness, I will not beat you, but you must come back with a championship in the competition, and this matter will be considered a clear two." ”

Ye Yunyang smiled bitterly: "Okay, your reasons are sufficient, so sufficient that people can't refuse, and they have no other choice than to promise me." ”

The prince didn't know what medicine was sold in Daddy's gourd, but he was sure that it had other purposes, so he stopped talking, lest he would lose too much and ruin Daddy's good deeds.

Seeing that he had promised very happily, the emperor smiled again and said, "I am still willing to give you another chance, as long as you can give me a satisfactory answer, the affairs of Dongping Kingdom will be handled by you, and when the big competition is over, I will appoint you as the minister of the Qincha, how about it?"

With Ye Yunyang's understanding of the emperor, there must be a pit waiting for him to jump in front of him, but he knew that it was a pit, but he had to jump in, who let his veins be pinched by the old guy.

He nodded with a sad and indignant face: "Deal, Your Majesty, please speak directly." ”

The emperor laughed happily: "Don't be so nervous, I'm just asking you to help come up with an idea, not letting you go up the knife mountain and get off the oil pot." ”

Ye Yunyang had a bottom in his heart, and let out a sigh: "Then I'll rest assured, you can say it." ”

The emperor glanced at the prince, and the prince understood in seconds, picked up a letter on the table in the upper left, and said: "This is the information that has just been transmitted back from Great Qin, saying that the Ghost Face Legion has expanded its army, and has recruited 400,000 new troops, which are in full swing training, and I believe that it will not be long before these 400,000 people will be incorporated into various battalions and become fresh blood." ”

The emperor took over the words and said, "After this expansion, the Ghost Face Army has changed from 800,000 to 1.2 million, which is a threat to the Han Dynasty. What I'm asking you is how to get the big man out of the threat, you can tell me. ”

Ye Yunyang frowned, the emperor was talking about the Ghost Mask Army on the surface, but in fact, what he really meant was to get rid of the threat of Great Qin, if he just talked about the Ghost Face Army, no matter how good the idea was, he would not approve of it.

It's another question at the strategic level, why does the emperor always use such complicated things to test himself?

The first time was to ask how to deal with the barbarian king's coming dynasty, which soon led to the reduction of the domain, and he proposed to push the grace order; the second time was to talk about the southern barbarian problem, and he proposed to deal with the southern mountain thieves first.

After pondering for a while, he had an idea and said, "Secretly develop the navy and develop it vigorously." ”

The eyes of father and son lit up at the same time.

In the previous southern expedition, the reason why the Han army was able to achieve a decisive battle and take the city of thieves by surprise was because it adopted the suggestion of secretly transporting troops by sea, and the 50,000-strong army entered the hinterland of Nanshan from the eastern front, until the moment before rushing into the city of thieves, the enemy did not know where they came from.

The greatest advantage of the navy is that it is hidden in the vast sea, and it can land anytime and anywhere, taking the enemy by surprise.

It is conceivable that if there were dozens of large warships, loaded with tens of thousands of elite soldiers, plus horses and all kinds of equipment, cruising along the coastline of Great Qin, the Qin people would not know where they would come from, and how panicked they would be! In order to ensure the security of the country, the Qin Emperor had to send more soldiers to build a coastal defense line, not to mention that the Ghost Face Army only expanded its troops by 400,000, even an increase of 4 million would not be enough.

If you build dozens of ships, you can contain the enemy's millions of troops, and no matter how you calculate it, it is a sure deal.

The Emperor's expression became very exciting, and for many days he frowned on the matter, and discussed several strategies with the Prince, but in the end he rejected them himself, and those ideas were either too difficult to implement or did not play a crucial role.

Ye Yunyang was able to break through the sky in one sentence, and it only took a few seconds to come up with such a good idea to solve the problem that had plagued the two of them for a long time.

The emperor regretted it, why didn't he ask him yesterday, and now let him pick up a big bargain, the eighteen-year-old minister of the Qincha has never appeared in the history of the empire.