In the evening, Sejong went to find the mysterious master again. I told the mysterious man about the morning pilgrimage during the day.

Sejong complained very much: "Master, you asked me to wait for the opportunity, how long will I have to wait?!" ”

King Ning not only used him to deal with King Xian, but also rejected his proposal that his uncle Xuan Mingchuan be appointed governor in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, and Sejong has not lost his anger until now.

The mysterious man just said lightly: "Your Majesty, do you know how Emperor Sima Yan of Jin Wu was able to force Emperor Cao Huan of Wei Yuan to abdicate and then unify the Three Kingdoms?" ”

"I don't know."

"Then tell a story to the emperor as a teacher."

Hearing this, Shizong was stunned, he never thought that the mysterious master knew that he was angry, and he actually had the heart to tell him a story.

But the mysterious man said to himself: "During the Three Kingdoms period, Sima Yi followed Cao Cao to fight everywhere for more than ten years, and he repeatedly made strange plans and became famous. But Cao Cao saw that he had a 'wolf look', so he was careful to watch out for it. Later, Cao Cao died of illness and was succeeded by Cao Pi. During Cao Pi's reign, Sima Yi was diligent in his duties, deeply trusted and reused by Cao Pi, and was named the Marquis of Anguo. ”

"Six years later, Cao Pi died of illness and Cao Rong succeeded to the throne, Sima Yi first led his troops to repel Sun Quan, and then quelled the rebellion of the general Meng Da, and finally borrowed the hand of Eastern Wu to get rid of the general Cao Xiu, who had a heart for him."

Later, Emperor Cao Rong of Wei Ming also died, and Cao Fang, the eight-year-old King of Qi, succeeded to the throne, and the generals Cao Shuang and Sima Yi were assisted by Cao Rong's edict. But Cao Shuang also saw Sima Yi's wolf ambitions, so he put the Empress Dowager Guo under house arrest and began to dictate power. But Sima Yi kept his head in obscurity, pretending to be sick and didn't ask about political affairs, so that Cao Shuang relaxed his vigilance against him. ”

Two years later, Emperor Cao Fang of Wei left Luoyang to worship his ancestors in Gaopingling, and Sima Yi took the opportunity to play the Empress Dowager Guo to request the abolition of Cao Shuang, and then Sima Yi killed Cao Shuang and his henchmen on charges of rebellion. Since then, Cao Wei's military power has completely fallen into the hands of Sima. Later, Cao Fang named Sima Yi as Xiangguo, and Sima Yi died of illness in the same year. ”

"Although in the end, Sima Yi's grandson Sima Yan forced Cao Cao's grandson Cao Huan to abdicate, if it weren't for Sima Yi's more than 40 years of Taoguang and obscurity, and slowly weakened the power of the Cao Wei clan by killing or imprisoning, Sima Yan would never have usurped Wei Kaijin ten years after Sima Yi's death!"

"I ask you for the teacher, how many years have you been the emperor?! Do you know that Sima Yi was seventy when he killed Cao Shuang?! ”

Sejong had slowly calmed down in the process of listening, he knew that there was a Sima Yi in the Three Kingdoms, but he didn't know that it was such a Sima Yi, and he also knew that he was nothing compared to Sima Yi.

Sejong immediately bowed his head towards the entrance of the cave: "In vain, you know your mistake!" ”

After a while, the mysterious man spoke again: "Today, you saw that the post of governor of the right army was vacant, and you wanted your uncle to sit in this position, which has actually proved that you have grown up, and you are not willing to be at the mercy of the two kings again." ”

"But can you think that after Bai Bailou is convicted, the post of the governor of the right army will be vacant, why didn't you think that King Ning could also think of it? He didn't go to Bai Bailou, he went to the post of governor of the right army, how could he just give him the position of governor of the right army because Xuan Mingchuan was your uncle? ”

Shizong was suddenly a little ashamed when he heard this, and lowered his head again: "The disciple is indeed in a hurry today. Please also ask the master for advice! ”

The mysterious man continued: "Cao Shuang was killed by Sima Yi because of paralysis and carelessness. You also have to let them relax their vigilance against you, but not Sima Yi who says he is sick and doesn't care about political affairs. King Ning and King Xian are two old foxes, and this kind of trick will not work for them. ”

Sejong heard what the mysterious man was saying, and immediately asked, "Master, what should I do?" ”

The mysterious man replied: "You still have to fight with them on the surface, but you also have to cultivate some forces secretly, and cultivate some hidden forces that King Ning and King Xian can discover." ”

Sejong wondered: "A hidden force that can be discovered by them?" ”

"Yes, for example, you quietly replaced a hundred households in Dongchang with your people, but you were accidentally discovered by them, and you pretended not to be discovered by them and then complacent. A hundred households, they still won't care, they will think that everything about you is under their control, you are just self-righteous. Only in this way can you paralyze them, and you can secretly cultivate your own power. ”

When Sejong heard this, he was suddenly a little shocked, and it seemed that the mysterious master's scheming was not inferior to King Ning and King Xian.

The mysterious man seemed to take a sip of tea and continued: "You can read more useful books and learn more about governing the country when you have nothing to do on weekdays. Then let the virtuous use it and start with some petty officials that they don't look down on. ”

"For example, a few years ago, there was a person named Xia Yan in Jinshi and the first, this person was loyal and martyred, and he was not treated by the two, and now he is still a pedestrian, you can arrange a military department for him. There is also Mao Bowen, the imperial historian of Henan Province, like this kind of virtuous minister who does not belong to the faction of the two kings, you can communicate with them, and then slowly promote. ”

Sejong had already begun to suspect that the mysterious master was a member of the court, and he was actually more familiar with the court officials than him.

The mysterious man continued: "If you ask for a small position like this with the Ministry of Seven Grades in person, you will still give it, and the two kings should not object. Although at first glance these official positions will not help you to take power, after adding up to a small amount, you will find that you will not be alone in the court. ”

Although Sejong was very suspicious of the identity of the mysterious master, he felt that what the mysterious man said was indeed true, so he suddenly opened his mouth and hurriedly responded: "Remember! ”

After that, the mysterious man left, and Sejong went back to rest.

At this time, Ding Yong had also returned to the capital.

After Ding Yong entered the capital, he went directly to King Ning's mansion, and was standing in front of King Ning with his back hunched over, and Zhu Houlie was still standing beside King Ning.

"The ministers are not doing well!" Ding Yong knew that King Ning had originally arranged for him and Tianyuanmen to hunt down Bai Bailou, although Bai Bailou died in the end, but it was always different from what King Ning had ordered at the beginning, and he hurriedly asked for guilt.

King Ning did not blame Ding Yong, and then sent Ding Yong back.

Because King Ning knew that King Xian would definitely do everything possible to save Bai Bailou back, after thinking about it again, he called Fang Le to go again.

After Ding Yong left, only King Ning and Zhu Houlie were left in the study.

Zhu Houlie's mouth opened and wanted to say something, but it closed again.

Ning Wang was pressing his temples with his eyes closed, and suddenly spoke: "Lie'er, do you want to ask Grandpa why he let Fang Le go in person?" ”

"Lie'er is ignorant." Zhu Houlie actually wanted to ask this, so he hurriedly lowered his head, "Lie'er thinks that it is okay to let the Governor of Fangdu send the Shandong Metropolitan Division led by the Governor's Mansion of the Left Army to go and ask Grandpa to teach!" ”

"Five years ago, Li Xiang, the governor of the Left Army, resigned at an old age, and the post of Governor of the Left Army was vacant, and at the same time, Zou Qiang, the political envoy of Guizhou, also returned to his hometown, and his position was also vacant." King Ning still pressed his temples with his eyes closed, "Fang Le had just been promoted from the Commander of the Guard to the Governor of the Metropolitan at that time. ”

"At that time, King Xian was the governor of the left army and Chang Enlin was the governor of the left army, and Chang Enlin was the most qualified to be the governor of the left army at that time. In the end, I gave up recommending the political envoy of Guizhou, and then fought with the king of Xian, and finally Fang Le, who was able to protect it, crossed the governor of the left army and became the governor of the left army. ”

"I have tested Fang Le before, and he actually has the military leadership ability to be the governor." As he spoke, King Ning put down his hands and slowly opened his eyes, "Not even inferior to the former Governor Li Xiang." And its martial arts are also good. I asked Qiu Ju to test his martial arts again, and Qiu Ju came back and said that in addition to Liu Jin, Yuwen Eleven and him, Fang Le should be the first person in the capital. ”

"However, this man is a ruthless man, and on the second day after he became the governor, he killed the governor and the governor Chang Enlin, who was recommended by the king. I said it was missing, but I found out in the end. King Ning turned his head to look at Zhu Houlie, "Lie'er, do you know what to do when there is a ruthless person under your command so that he won't bite you back?" ”

"Lie'er doesn't know." Zhu Houlie shook his head.

"That is to cut off his way to join the king! Today he killed Bai Bailou, and he can only be attached to us in the future! Saying that, King Ning closed his eyes again and leaned back on the chair to recuperate, "Lie'er, this is what Grandpa wants to teach you, the way of employing people!" ”

"Lie'er remember!"

At the same time, Qiu Feng had also returned to the Tianyuan Gate Helm.

After knocking on the door and entering Qiu Gongquan's study, Qiu Feng saw Qi Jingtong and Qiu Gongquan, the governor of Shandong's anti-Japanese capital, playing chess, and in addition, Wang Rong, a local member, was also there, sitting in the middle to watch the two play. Immediately, Qiu Feng saluted the three of them one by one.

Qi Jingtong was about to fall into the son, and when he saw that it was Qiu Feng, who he hadn't seen for a long time, the son was no longer falling, and he said, "Feng'er, Uncle Qi hasn't seen you for a while." ”

Qiu Feng nodded and responded: "Back to Uncle Qi, Feng'er has been training in Jiangnan recently, and just came back today and heard that there was a felony in Cangzhou from the imperial court, so he went to assist the government in arresting the prisoner, and came back in time." ”

"Young and promising!" Wang Rong couldn't help but praise when he looked at Qiu Feng, and then turned his head to look at Qiu Gongquan, "I see, Feng'er is better than you!" ”

"Haha......"

The three of them laughed instantly, although they were said to be inferior to their son, Qiu Gongquan still laughed happily. However, after laughing, Qiu Gongquan still asked if Qiu Feng had caught someone today, after all, Qiu Gongquan still knew that King Ning attached great importance to this matter.

"It's a bit of a twist......"

Then Qiu Feng slowly told the three of them about the arrest.

After listening to what Qiu Feng said, Qiu Gongquan lowered his eyebrows and asked, "Does Lord Guo call the other party Governor Fangdu?" ”

"Hmm." Qiu Feng replied lightly.

"That's fine." Qiu Gongquan knew that it was Fang Le, so he picked up the chess pieces and prepared to swing them, and suddenly remembered one more thing, "Oh yes, I already said in the letter, your Uncle Qi will marry a concubine next month, and your Uncle Wang will hold a full moon banquet next month, and you will choose two gifts for your father." ”

"Yes. Didn't my father go to Ningbo this year? Qiu Feng knew that Qiu Gong would go to Ningbo for a period of time in June every year, and the next month would be June.

"Go." Qiu Gong fell for a moment, then turned his head to look at Qiu Feng again, "When the time comes, you will still be in charge of the affairs of the door." I'll be back in a month. ”

"Yes."

Seeing that the three of them were in high spirits playing chess, Qiu Feng went back to rest after a while, and Qiu Gong was left in the room.

After Qiu Feng left, Wang Rong put away his smile, looked at Qiu Gongquan, who was looking for a place to swing, and said uneasily: "This Fang Le is really ruthless!" Brother Qiu, my brother still reminds you, you must leave a way back for yourself. Be careful that King Ning crosses the river and demolishes the bridge! After saying that, he looked around, for fear of being heard by others.

"At the beginning, you resisted the Japanese, Shandong Anti-Japanese Dusi, Weihaiwei, and Tianjin Wei, all of which were still under the control of King Ning. Now, in addition to these places, there are also Zhenhaiwei and Jinshanwei on the southeast coast, all of which are under the control of the king. Qi Jingtong took the chess pieces in his hand and didn't put them on the chessboard, and looked at Qiu Gongquan, "Don't let King Ning be suspicious of you, if he is suspicious, even if you don't fall to the king, King Ning will feel that you have fallen to the king." ”

Seeing the two of them say this, Qiu Gongquan also put down the chess pieces in his hand, looked at the two, and then said slowly: "I have been friends with the two of you for many years, and I am not afraid to tell you that although I am fighting against the Japanese, although it is my original intention, it is also the ...... instructed by King Ning."