In front of the Taihe Gate, Sejong was pacing the steps with a piece of music in his hand.

"Ministers, here is the note of the county order of Yi County, saying that there are bandits in the Langya Mountain boundary within the jurisdiction. A caravan of more than 100 people passed by and was robbed at once. ”

"This is the second time this month." As he spoke, Sejong turned his head to look at King Xian, "The soldiers of the Yi County Government are limited, what do you think of the ministers?" ”

As soon as Sejong's words fell, King Xian stood up in line and said, "Your Majesty, Wechen will start to do it immediately." ”

King Ning looked at King Xian, didn't get out of the queue, but he also spoke: "Oh, King Xian, you have been suppressing bandits for so many years, and there are still people every year." ”

"That's it, if you can't do it, then I'll work hard, and I'll be in charge of the suppression of bandits in various places. In any case, Yi County also belongs to Shuntianfu and is at the foot of the Son of Heaven. There are bandits at the feet of the Son of Heaven in the Ming Dynasty, is it like a word? ”

King Xian didn't take care of King Ning, and continued to say to Sejong: "Your Majesty, Weichen has beheaded more than 100 officers and soldiers who were responsible for suppressing bandits in Yi County some time ago but did not do their jobs effectively, and later applied to the Ministry of War to transfer some troops to supplement the garrison. ”

"It's just that the military department has not dispatched personnel over for a long time, which has delayed the opportunity to suppress bandits." As he spoke, King Xian turned his head to look at Gu Changlin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, "Please also ask Gu Shangshu to hurry up and do it!" ”

Hearing this, Gu Changlin bowed slightly.

"Alas, kill ...... again," King Ning muttered again, "It's been more than ten or twenty years, I'm afraid that the soldiers who were killed by the king add up to tens of thousands!" ”

After being ridiculed twice, King Xian also looked at King Ning, and said contemptuously: "Then please ask Gu Shangshu to inform his subordinates, don't send some old, weak, sick and disabled people to pass." ”

King Xian was talking about Gu Changlin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, but he was looking at King Ning.

Without waiting for them to speak, King Xian continued: "In addition, King Ning, you have presided over the border war for so many years, but you still have not been able to break the border conflict, and Hu Lu still often attacks my Ming territory. Otherwise, let's change, maybe I'm good at fighting, and you're good at suppressing bandits. ”

"Hey! Why are you so unreasonable? King Xian put the responsibility for the border war on King Ning, and King Ning was suddenly not calm, "How can I say that I am presiding over the border war?" Aren't you in the cabinet? I haven't asked you about any war! ”

After speaking, King Ning stopped talking to King Xian about the bandits and Hu Lu, and walked out of the queue.

"Your Majesty," King Ning slowly took out a note, "Weichen has a note here to impeach Bai Bailou, the governor of the right army." ”

Wang Yue stepped forward to take the song, and then handed it to Sejong.

"Bastard!" Sejong was looking at Song Shu, and suddenly jumped like thunder, and directly threw Song Shu on the ground, "Privately boil salt!" Kill the local commander without permission! Does he think he's the king of the party?! Immediately sent an order to escort Bai Bailou into Beijing! ”

Sejong looked at the people in the square, but his eyes were on the king, because Bai Bailou was the one who offered the king, and Sejong was sure that Bai Bailou definitely knew what Bai Bailou had done, and maybe it was the king's order.

King Xian was just about to speak, but King Ning preemptively said: "Back to the emperor, after Weichen learned the news yesterday, he had already notified the father-in-law of Dongchang Qiu to arrest Bai Bailou. According to the itinerary, after inspecting the Bai Bailou of the local capital, he should have gone to the capital of Jinan yesterday, but when Dongchang went to Jinan to arrest him, he was gone. Even the witnesses in the capital disappeared from their homes last night. ”

In fact, when Dongchang went to Jinan Mansion, he found Bai Bailou, but Bai Bailou desperately resisted and escaped injured. And Dongchang didn't go to arrest him, but to kill him on the orders of King Ning.

"I think this Bai Bailou must have planted eyeliner in my house. So much so that they received the news in advance, so they were able to flee in advance. King Ning said and turned his head to look at King Xian, "You said yes, King Xian?" ”

Hearing this, Sejong was displeased, and said, "King Ning, why did you only report such important news today when you got such important news yesterday?" ”

King Ning bowed down slightly and replied: "Your Majesty, the situation is really urgent, and Weichen is also worried that the emperor has Bai Bailou's fine work to ventilate and report the news. It's just that I didn't expect it, but I still let him run away. After speaking, King Ning looked at King Xian again.

"Your Majesty, it seems that there are conspirators in King Ning's mansion, and even the witnesses are missing." King Xian ignored King Ning, "Weichen proposed that the Criminal Department should immediately be ordered to send a national official document to arrest Bai Bailou back. Secondly, the Jinyi Guard should also be immediately sent to the Right Army Governor's Mansion in Yingtianfu to search for the rest of the evidence. ”

As soon as King Xian finished speaking, King Ning spoke again: "Don't worry about the emperor, Weichen has ordered someone to go to Yingtianfu as soon as possible, and now the Governor's Mansion of the Right Army has been blocked, and enough evidence has been collected." Bai Bailou this time, it is a capital crime that cannot be escaped! ”

Sejong was looking at the two kings in the audience with a calm face, and he was already secretly cursing King Ning: "Okay, you old fox, can you fly when you are your horse?" Just now, I said that I only got the news yesterday, and today, the Governor's Mansion of the Right Army, thousands of miles away, has been blocked. It was clearly deliberately brought up in the early dynasty, so that I had to speak for you! I couldn't resist falling for you in the first place! ”

No matter how stupid Sejong is, this can still be seen, and the matter of Bai Bailou is obviously planned by King Ning for a long time.

But Sejong didn't have a seizure, and he was already thinking about the position of governor of the right army that was about to become vacant. He glanced at Xuan Mingchuan, the left attendant of the military department, who was standing beside Gu Changlin, and said slowly: "Two princes, just arrest Bai Bailou back, and the details can be talked about later." However, the right army governor's office leads Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi and other key capital guards, and the stakes are very high, and the post of governor of the right army is empty. I propose to temporarily appoint Xuan Mingchuan, the left attendant of the military department, to fill this position. ”

"He has been serving as the left squire of the military department for thirteen years, and his ability is also outstanding, I think all the ministers should also think it is suitable!" Sejong looked at the ministers as he spoke, hoping that someone would come out and echo him.

Unexpectedly, no one spoke.

At this time, King Ning spoke again: "Your Majesty, have Lord Xuan made any achievements in the past thirteen years?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Sejong suddenly became angry, and cursed King Ning again: "You old horseman! Gu Changlin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is your person, and you never delegate important things to Xuan Mingchuan to do, what merit can he have?! ”

However, Sejong still knew that he did not have the ability to turn against the two kings now, and then said: "Although he has no major merits, he has never made any mistakes!" ”

"No merit is enough," King Ning picked up the words as soon as Sejong finished speaking, "That is, it has been just going step by step for more than ten years, which shows that it has nothing extraordinary." The emperor himself said that the governor's office of the right army is very important, so since it is so important, how can you let a person who does nothing to serve as the governor? ”

Sejong looked at King Ning, his fists already squeaking. Wang Yue, who was beside him, had already sensed that the atmosphere was wrong, and hurriedly pulled Lashizong and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, ...... Emperor"

After being reminded by Wang Yueyi, Sejong slowly loosened his fist, suppressed his anger and said: "The candidate for the governor of the right army, let's talk about it later!" I'm tired today, retreat! ”

After saying that, Sejong left on his own.

After retreating from the dynasty and returning home, King Ning summoned Liu Jin to go.

"Father-in-law Liu, Dongchang should be watched by Jinyiwei at this time, you ask Father-in-law Ding to go to Tianyuanmen and ask Qiu Gongquan to do it. In any case, Bai Bailou cannot be allowed to return to Beijing alive. ”

Liu Jin answered and left.

"Grandpa, why don't we arrest Bai Bailou and let him confess as the mastermind, then King Xian will definitely be implicated." Watching Liu Jin leave, Zhu Houlie, who was standing behind King Ning, was very puzzled why King Ning only wanted to put Bai Bailou to death. In his opinion, now that there is evidence of Bai Bailou's guilt in his hands, using Bai Bailou to pull the king in is the most beneficial way for them.

"You're thinking too simply." King Ning took a sip of tea, "With the current power of the king, don't say that Bai Bailou is just a little close to him on the surface, even if it is found out that he instructed Bai Bailou to do it, the emperor only dares to symbolically punish him." ”

As he spoke, King Ning turned his head to look at Zhu Houlie beside him again, and continued: "Do you think that King Xian has been in charge of the household department for more than 20 years, and will he care about that bit of silver? It's just tickling him. ”

"Lie'er, Bai Bailou's matter seems simple, but it is actually very complicated." King Ning then stood up and patted Zhu Houlie, who was already half a head taller than him, "You have almost learned the art of war, martial arts, and knowledge now, and what you want to learn now is to analyze the situation by yourself." ”

King Ning began to pace in the room, and Zhu Houlie followed behind him.

"First of all, you must know that although this king controls most of the country's troops, his combat power in the capital division is only slightly better than that of King Xian. If it really comes to the day when we meet with King Xian and the soldiers, it is impossible for us to dispatch the troops of the Nine Sides to attack our lair unless we have to. If the nine sides are used, even if the king is won, a large area of territory will be plundered by Hulu. We will still be laughed at by the world. ”

"Do you understand?" King Ning glanced sideways at Zhu Houlie, who was following behind him.

"Lie'er understands!"

The two then walked out of the study and began to wander around the garden of the mansion, and King Ning continued, "Therefore, we must try to win without a fight. Do you know what it means to win without a fight? ”

Zhu Houlie replied: "In addition to the nine sides, we also need the Beijing Division, the surrounding forces of the Beijing Division, and even the national army to be controlled by us. ”

"Yes." King Ning nodded slightly, "Now, although there are many ministers in the court who look to this king, they can be attached to me today, and they can also be attached to King Xian tomorrow. But if the whole country is in my hands, it will be different. When the time comes, if you want to have a smooth career, you can only rely on us. At that time, if Zhu Houcong is obedient, let him be the emperor for a few more years, and if he doesn't listen, he will change to Lie'er and you will be the dragon chair. ”

The two of them had already walked to the pavilion in the garden and sat down.

King Ning continued to speak: "Let's talk about Bai Bailou. In this matter, the emperor is not too stupid, he knows that if he wants to have real power, he can only slowly weaken the strength of me and King Xian, and then cultivate his own power, and today is indeed a good opportunity. Therefore, he strongly supported Bai Bailou, and finally wanted his uncle Xuan Mingchuan to sit in the position of the governor of the right army. ”

"Humph!" King Ning snorted coldly, "He thinks beautifully, how many years have my people been lurking in the Right Army Governor's Mansion before they caught Bai Bailou's handle, how can I make him a wedding dress!" ”

"What is worth your attention to figure out is to sacrifice the king. This old man has always had a bad temper, but this morning court was so quiet, and he took the initiative to ask Ying to arrest people. That's because he doesn't have a general in his hands, and once the position of the governor of the right army is vacated, he can only watch it be taken by me. ”

During the conversation, the subordinate had already brought two cups of tea, King Ning took a sip of tea, and continued: "What he can do now is to find Bai Bailou back, and then find him a substitute for the dead ghost, and keep Bai Bailou's position as the governor of the right army at all costs." After all, Bai Bailou's merits for so many years are there, as long as he can return to the capital, the king will try his best to spit out some stolen money, not to mention that the emperor can't take him, and I can't take your grandfather and him. ”

"Therefore, the king wants to live in vain, and I want to die in vain! When you are in the middle of the court, you have to learn to analyze the situation of the court, have you remembered everything? ”

"Lie'er remember!"