Outside the Jiankang Xuanzhi Gate, ten miles of red carpet.

Xiao Ju, the emperor of Great Qi, personally waited ten miles outside the city gate.

Qin Gong Wei Ran returned victoriously from the southern expedition to Jiaozhou, and the news of the capture of Xiao Che and his children had already reached Jiankang.

Different from the excitement on Xiao Ju's face, at this moment, whether it is the southern party or the northern faction, his heart is very bitter.

The stronger Wei Ran became, the more they felt nervous and dangerous.

At this time, it was already autumn, and the autumn wind was bleak, Xiao Ju ignored the dissuasion of the civil and military officials, and insisted on waiting for Wei Ran here.

Not long after, Wei Ran had already come on horseback, and seeing Xiao Ju personally welcoming him here, Wei Ran was also quite moved in his heart.

"I've seen Your Majesty." Wei Ran immediately dismounted and knelt down to bow

"Good! Good! Good! Duke Qin deserves to be the first person in the world, and he pacified the chaos in a few months. Xiao Ju then grabbed Wei Ran's hand and let Wei Ran go to his royal frame.

Wei Ran couldn't refuse, so he had to follow Xiao Ju into the car.

After the implementation of the law of soil breaking, the life of the people this year is much better than in previous years.

Therefore, many people came from the land of Sanwu and spontaneously gave Wei Ran to pick up the wind.

Seeing the people's morale rising, Wei Ran was always worried.

Hengzhi seemed to see Hengxian's worries, but he could only shake his head helplessly.

Soon a celebration banquet was prepared in Taicheng, Xiao Ju sat on the main seat, and Wei Ran sat on his side.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that Duke Qin has won a complete victory, and the internal troubles of my dynasty have been calmed, everyone should respect Duke Qin first." Xiao Ju took the lead in raising the wine glass.

Seeing this, the ministers did not dare to hesitate, and raised their wine glasses one after another to celebrate Wei Ran's victory.

Wei Ran was also in high spirits at the moment, and said: "It's all thanks to Your Majesty's Hongfu, Your Majesty won a big victory in Yuzhang, and this wine should be honored by Weichen." ”

On the wine table, there was a lot of fun, and Xiao Ju was also very happy.

Empress Yang will give birth soon, and if she gives birth to a prince, the Great Qi Dynasty will also have a successor.

And below, the ministers are talking to each other.

Zhou Pu said to Hengxian: "Has Hengxiang ever seen the people of Jiankang today? Thousands of empty alleys are just to welcome Wei Ran. ”

Heng Xian didn't speak, just silently turned the wine glass in his hand.

After a long time, Heng Xian said: "Your Majesty and Duke Qin are like brothers, why should Lord Zhou doubt him? ”

"But if the new monarch ascends the throne in the future, the lord will be weak and the minister will be strong, and Wei Ran will win the hearts of the people now, what should I do?" Zhou Pu is still unrelenting.

"Why did the national ruler say this, Duke Qin is not the one who did this."

"Hehe, the most unpredictable in the world, and so is the human heart. Qin Gong doesn't have this idea now, but what about the future? ”

In fact, Zhou Pu was not the only one who had doubts, Yuan Muzhi and Cui He also clearly felt the current attitude of the ministers towards Wei Ran.

Respecting and fearing, the North and South parties have already regarded Wei Ran as a common enemy.

Thinking of this, Cui He sighed silently, and then said to Yuan Muzhi: "Duke Qin has now become the target of public criticism, does Your Majesty still want to reward Duke Qin like this?" ”

Yuan Muzhi nodded, and said with a sigh: "Brother Cui doesn't know, Your Majesty told me that you know people well and use people without suspicion." Qin Gong is a downright person, and he is also his confidant. Outsiders don't understand that we, as the disciples of Duke Qin, shouldn't have this idea. ”

Cui He just took a sip of wine helplessly, such a monarch and a minister, rare in the world.

After thirty years of drinking, Xiao Ju asked people to take out the edict.

Feng Weiran is the king of Qin, and he is given the title of Taifu.

As soon as this edict came out, the audience was silent. This is the first king of the opposite sex since the Southern Dynasty.

The twenty-one-year-old King of Qin, if he is making great contributions in the future, how should he be rewarded, should he give up the throne to him?

Seeing that everyone was unresponsive, Xiao Ju said dissatisfiedly: "Do the ministers want to disobey my will? ”

The ministers knelt down tremblingly and shouted long live.

After the banquet dispersed, Wei Ran came to Shangyuan Palace, and Xiao Ju hurriedly said: "Brother Wei was assassinated in Xiangzhou in the past, did he leave any hidden dangers?" ”

Wei Ran shook his head: "Fortunately, there are golden jade clothes, although the wolf tooth arrow is ruthless, it does not hurt the vital point." ”

Xiao Ju breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and then said: "I am afraid that I will be like me, leaving an irreparable disease. ”

When Wei Ran heard this, he also looked desolate.

The Imperial Physician concluded that Xiao Ju only had eight to ten years of life.

In the past, Xiao Luan's sword pierced into the heart, hurting the heart. Xiao Ju will be in pain from time to time, but most people don't know about it.

"Your Majesty should be choosing a few beautiful girls, if Your Majesty insists on not letting Concubine Kou and Concubine Zhou give birth to a dragon son." Wei Ran suggested: "Although Empress Yang is about to give birth, the woman or woman is unknown. Is it really impossible to pass the throne to the son of a traitor? ”

Hearing Wei Ran's words, Xiao Ju also had tears in his eyes, and said helplessly: "Now Xiao Ziyin is helpless, if he is passed on in the future, he can only rely on Brother Wei." Hengzhi and the ministers have recently hinted that I first appointed Zhao Yin as the emperor's younger brother. But in this way, the government will definitely be controlled by the Heng clan, and I really don't want to, but fortunately, Queen Yang is pregnant, which gives me a little space. ”

"Your Majesty, why do you need to be like this, after all, the minister is a foreign minister." Wei Ran said movingly

"This group of people is blind, if they want to dominate the world in the future, Wei Di is responsible for leading the troops to fight, Cui He is responsible for making suggestions, Yuan Muzhi is responsible for managing internal affairs, and Zhang Zemao is responsible for grain and grass scheduling. Without the determination of the whole country, there is no unification of the world. ”

When Wei Ran heard this, he was silent.

What Xiao Ju said is indeed true, it is necessary to concentrate the power in the hands of one person in order to destroy Qin, otherwise there will be endless battles in the front and endless civil strife in the rear, so how can we talk about unification.

The two talked until the evening, and Wei Ran left the palace.

After returning to the mansion, he saw Xiao Yanran teasing Wei Rui, and Wei Ran hadn't seen his son for a long time.

Now the four-year-old Wei Rui has begun to enlighten, and since Cui He followed Xiao Ju back to Jiankang, Wei Rui has been handed over to Cui He to be responsible.

Miaoxiang's daughter Wei Hongmakeup, two years old is the age of naughty mischief.

After Wei Ran visited his mother, he went to Xiao Yanran's yard.

Xiao Yanran was sitting in the garden embroidering at the moment, and after hearing Wei Ran's footsteps, she turned her head sharply, and then said dissatisfiedly: "I took Mrs. Li out for half a year, and I didn't know to send a letter to my family." ”

Wei Ran smiled awkwardly and said, "The battle on the front line is tense, and the rebellion in Jiaoguang has just been pacified. ”

"Originally, my mother and I also wanted to go to the city gate to greet us, but the emperor's brother didn't allow it."

Hearing Xiao Yanran's complaints, Wei Ran could only smile awkwardly. Xiao Ju mentioned this matter to him, and now that the situation in Jiankang City is unknown, it is better to be careful.

"Your Majesty is also thinking about us, and it is not a good thing that the limelight is too popular now." Wei Ran was relieved, and then put his arm around Xiao Yanran's shoulders and said, "Madame has worked quite hard to run a house at home. ”

In the city of Chang'an in Northern Qin, Zhao Zhao has been depressed all day long since he was placed under house arrest, drinking and getting drunk.

Yuan Yun's repeated admonitions were to no avail, so she had to let it go.

When the news reached Yuan Zhen's ears, Yuan Zhen actually blamed himself, so in the name of rewarding the princess, he rewarded Zhao Zhao with a lot of finances.

Min Guan also had a headache in his own mansion, before Zhao Zhao managed the forbidden army, Min Guan was quite safe in the imperial city. Now the candidate for the management of the forbidden army has been replaced by Chen Hu, and Min Guan does not stay in the palace for a long time every time he goes to the court.

There are examples of Yuan Xie and Zhao Zhao, who knows what kind of madness Yuan Shan will have.

Min Guan then decided to get up and visit Dingbian to wait for Yu Wenshu, Yu Wenshu was quite surprised when he heard that Min Guan was visiting, but he still asked his subordinates to prepare tea, and he went to the front hall to greet Min Guan.

"Min Xiang, you and I haven't been moving around for a long time, I don't know why I'm here today?" Yuwenshu went straight to the point.

"I didn't want to disturb the border, but today I came here for the matter of the horse."

"Zhao Yuma's matter, what can the old man do, the old man has no official position at present."

Seeing Yuwen Shu playing there, Min Guan was angry, but he still suppressed his temperament and said: "After all, Changqing Horse has made great contributions to the country, and Zhaoyang Horse Rebellion is obviously another article. This is nothing else, Zhao Youzhi still has 100,000 old troops outside, so King Pengcheng does not dare to kill Zhao Zhao, but in the long run, how is the country? ”

"I know that Dingbian Hou has always looked down on the old man, so he turned to Yuanshan. The old man just thinks that Dingbian Hou has enough weight to persuade King Pengcheng, and now that Chen Hu is in charge of the march, I am willing to make Sun Yuwen the commander of the forbidden army, and lead the state to assassinate the history, what do you think of Dingbianhou? ”

When Yu Wenshu heard this, he also put down the teacup in his hand, thought quietly, and then asked, "Min Xiang, isn't this a joke?" Chen Hu, the commander of the forbidden army, is himself a person of Yuan Shan, and my grandson wants this position, why should Min Xiang protect him. ”

"Dingbian Hou should know better than me in his heart that Yuwenzhi does not have his own descendant troops, even if he is in Bingzhou, he is in command of the old department of Changqing Horses, just like when he commanded the Huainan Army in Huainan. If Yuan Shan treats Ling Sun sincerely, why don't you let Ling Sun directly command the soldiers and horses in Youzhou, it is all the old department that is waiting for the border. ”

Seeing that Yu Wenshu's face changed and changed, Min Guan then said: "If you are still not satisfied, I can vacate the position of the Tiger Prison guard and give the son of the border marquis." ”