On the morning of April 8 in the first year of Taikang, Liu An, the prime minister of Zuo, met His Majesty.

Lord Xiangguo worked day and night, and he came to the Heart Cultivation Hall so early, I don't know why? Father-in-law Jia asked, the old man has something important to discuss with His Majesty, and asked Father-in-law Jia to report it.

Lord Xiangguo, wait a minute..., Gonggong Jia entered the palace to report a moment of publicity: Zuo Prime Minister Liu An came to see him.

Minister Liu An greeted His Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live.

Aiqing, please get up and give me a seat.

His Majesty Long En .......

Your Majesty Xie......

I wonder why Sangkoku-sama came here today?

Back to Your Majesty, the left and right guard armies, the Imperial Forest Army, and the Imperial Front Guards are all protecting the safety of Your Majesty and the Beijing Division, but the armies are separated, and the unified command is not effective, so the minister and the right Prime Minister Zhao Wuxu discussed, and implored His Majesty to choose a general for unified command.

Well, I've thought about it before, and now I'm interested in making adjustments, so let's discuss it.

The minister suggested that the chief officer who commanded the left and right guard armies, the commander of the Nine Gates, the Imperial Forest Army, and the imperial guard should be set up as the minister of the guard, and the deputy first rank, which would be directly commanded by His Majesty, and the right prime minister would assist His Majesty in daily management. Under the Minister of the Guard, there are commanders of the left and right guard armies, as well as the commanders of the Nine Gates, the commanders of the Imperial Forest Army, and the chief of the Ouchi guards, all of which are of the second grade.

Okay, it will be handled according to the will of Lord Xiangguo, and the Minister of the Guards will be served by Qian Jiongan, and the governor of Nanyang, Xu Liang, will be promoted two levels and serve as the secretary of the Ministry of War. The ministers of the guards, the commanders of each army, are determined by the two ministers after consultation. You quickly go and consult with Zhao Wuxu, draft the edict, and I will promulgate it in the afternoon.

The minister retired......

On the afternoon of April 8 in the first year of Taikang, Emperor Taikang edicted: Qian Jiongan served as the minister of the guard, with jurisdiction over the left and right guard armies and the imperial forest army, the army of the nine gates battalions, the imperial forest army, and the inner guards. Xu Liang, the governor of Nanyang, was promoted two levels in a row and served as the secretary of the military department, Liu Bo served as the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, Xu Da served as the commander of the Jiumen, Qin Wuyang served as the chief of the inner guard, Liu Jiang served as the commander of the left guard army, and Zhao Gang served as the commander of the right guard army.

In the secret room of the Jingbian Marquis's Mansion, Liu An said: Father, Your Majesty has issued an edict, Jiong An has served as the Minister of the Guard, and the chief officer of the Beijing Guard.

Great, it's just that Xu Liang is not easy to deal with, he is the secretary of the Ministry of War, and without the order of the Ministry of War, we can't dispatch the army, Liu Jin said.

It doesn't matter, the minister of the guard directly obeys the emperor's orders, and the military department has no right to transfer.

Well, according to the original plan, I will secretly arrange the black-clothed guards for my father early tomorrow morning, and transfer the black-clothed guards to send 30,000 black-clothed guards to camp in the eighty-one big Buddhas of Xiangguo Temple before the end of April.

Father must be kept top secret to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

On the morning of April 9, Wu Zhao and the other hostages of the four major feudal kings went to the court to face the saint.

Long live my emperor, long live, long live......

The ministers are exempt from courtesy......

Your Majesty Xie......

At today's court meeting, I have a major event to announce, and Liu An, the prime minister of Zuo, proposed to me that since the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty two hundred years ago, major sacrifices have been held in the Xiangguo Temple, and they have all been blessed by the gods, so as to ensure the peace of the Great Xia Dynasty for two hundred years and create a bright and prosperous era for one hundred and ten years. This is the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, and it happens that I ascended the throne at the beginning of the year, in order to continue the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty and create a new Taikang prosperous era, Huang Chenji Yu Xiangguo Temple was specially selected to hold a special sacrifice. Liu An, the prime minister of Zuo, was personally responsible, and Huang Chen, the director of Qintianjian, hosted the sacrifice, and the sacrifice was carried out at three o'clock in the afternoon of the first day of May.

Long live the emperor, long live, long live...... Long live the emperor, long live, long live.

In addition, due to the adjustment of the position of the commander of the Nine Gates, Qin Wuyang held it, and now ordered Yang Lin, the Marquis of Xiaoyao, to serve as a student of the Baohe Palace, and the former Shangshu of the Household Department Zhou Zheng followed the rules, pedantic, conservative, and poor management, and ordered the old man to return to his hometown. Considering that Zhou Zheng was loyal and made a lot of contributions in the first emperor's dynasty, he is now crowned Nanyang Hou, rewarding thousands of dollars and 10,000 acres of fertile land.

The old minister is guilty, and the old minister Xie His Majesty Longen...... Zhou Zheng knelt down and shouted three times before retreating.

Retreat

Long live my emperor, long live, long live......

Congratulations to Lord Qian on his promotion, congratulations to Lord Qian on his promotion......

Congratulations to Lord Yang for his promotion, located in the Zhengyipin Major, congratulations ......, and the officials congratulated Qian Jiongan and Yang Lin one after another.

In Li An's Mansion of Gonggong Li, Wu Zhao drank and chatted with Zhu Guozhi, Gonggong Li, Zhu Qiqi and others.

Gonggong Li said, this Liu An Xiangguo is now deeply favored, his suggestions, the talents he recommended are ten percent approved by His Majesty, Liu Xiangguo is now fifty years old, and he is in a high position, and he is used to the whole dynasty, and his future is immeasurable.

The terrible thing is that Liu Bo and Liu Jiang of the Liu family also serve as high-ranking officials of the second grade, or the powerful Admiral of the Imperial Forest Army and the Admiral of the Left Guard Army, this Liu family is too terrible, and I am afraid that it will be a big disaster for the court in the future, Wu Zhao said.

Zhu Guozhi sneered and said, don't you know?

What do you mean by that? Li An and Wu Zhao asked.

Zhu Guozhi did not answer, but asked, Your Majesty has a will today?

His Majesty announced today that the third extraordinarily large sacrifice in the 200 years since the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty will be held on the first day of the fifth month, and Liu Xiangguo and Huang Chen, the head of the Qintianjian Dynasty, will be in charge, Wu Zhao said.

Something big will happen, and the Great Xia Dynasty is in danger!

The master of the Zhu Sect lives deep in the rivers and lakes, how can he know the major affairs of the court, don't be alarmist, Li An said angrily.

It's not that the old students are not telling me, but I have real evidence, and if the two of you don't consider the way back, I am afraid that they will be affected by the chaos and affect their families.

Li An and Wu Zhao have been with Zhu Guozhi's ancestors and grandchildren for several days, although these two people are reckless, but they talk extraordinarily, no less than Liu An, the first assistant of the dynasty, for Zhu Guozhi's words, the two of them do not believe it, but they dare not believe it.

Wu Zhao asked: What secrets does Master Zhu have, can you tell me about it, and we will definitely share the worries of Your Majesty.

Hahahahaha, it's not an old body laughing, the two of you really can't help. Do you still remember what the old man and the two of them said when they first met?

Wu Zhao said, you said that we will help you introduce the emperor, you can make a contribution to the emperor and Jiangshan Sheji, and you can take revenge, is it related to this matter?

That's right, as long as the two of us can help us bring us to the palace to meet the emperor, my grandfather has his own way to remove the danger, restore peace in the world, and avenge my Snow Mountain faction, Zhu Qiqi said.

Li An said, I believe in you, I am responsible for meeting the emperor, in short, I think I treat the two of you well, presumably the two will not harm me.

Father-in-law Li is righteous, I admire him, and I will be grateful after the deed.

On the afternoon of April 8, Wu Zichong and his son arrived at the Zhennan King's Palace and received a letter.

The father and mother are on top, and the child Wu Zhao has arrived in Beijing to meet the emperor, and now he is serving as the official of the five ranks, and the other four princes are the same as their sons, all of whom have entered Beijing to take up their posts, and they are actually hostages.

Due to the state funeral rebellion, Brother Wang Lang was framed by Liu An, and now Brother Wang Lang's family has been killed, and Juxianzhuang has been seized. Father, remember that the letter with Wang Lang's brother Wang Lang will be burned, for fear of falling into the hands of the villain.

Now the son has been friendly with Li An, Li Gonggong and Zhu Guozhi, the head of the Snow Mountain faction, etc., and has won the care of Li Gonggong, the ancestor and grandson of the Zhu family are helping their son find Liu An's crimes, and the son will be careful not to cause trouble for the second elder and the three brothers, and at the same time avenge the Wang Lang brothers' family.

Burn it immediately after reading this letter, remember......

Wu Zichong was shocked after reading this letter, and secretly cried bitterly in the room, and the content in his heart was to inform Lu Li, the queen of Zhennan, and his three sons, but he just told them that Zhao'er had written a letter, saying that everything was fine, and everyone could rest assured.

On the evening of April 9, in the secret room of the Marquis of Jingbian's mansion. On May 1st, there will be 5,000 monks and 5,000 Taoist people in the extraordinarily large sacrifice in Xiangguo Temple, and 5,000 black-clothed monks will be mixed into it.

The subordinates immediately went to arrange it to ensure that nothing went wrong.

In Gonggong Li's mansion, it was already midnight, and Wu Zhao knocked on the door of Zhu Qiqi's room: Who?

It's me, Wu Zhao, who has something important to ask for.

Come in.........

It's so late, you don't rest, what do you have to say?

I heard Mr. Wang Mingyang say that the girl's martial arts are world-famous, and the owner of Shenjian Mountain Villa is known as the north and south, second only to the world's five uniques, so there is something I want to ask the girl to help.

You say, as long as I can do it, I will do my best.

Wang Lang, the owner of Juxian Village, is friendly with my Wu family, and has been close friends for several generations, and now the whole family has been killed, I am very sad, so I want to enter Juxian Village late at night to see what is going on.

Do you want me to protect you?

That's right, thank you, girl.

Thank you for not having to, let's go!

Juxianzhuang has been sealed, the signboard at the door has been removed, and it looks very desolate when it enters the village at night, Zhu Qiqi took Wu Zhao, dressed in black and masked, and sneaked into Juxianzhuang in the dead of night. Wu Zhao took the incense paper, lit it in the main hall of the village, bowed his head and said...... Brother Wang Lang, it was the Wu family who affected you, I can't repay your kindness, I can only burn more paper money to send to you, you can save more over there, if there is anything to make a dream, the younger brother will help you complete it. Wu Zhao kowtowed while crying, in the past, he and Wang Lang read together, farmed, discussed national politics, and vividly remembered the scenes of drinking and talking, knowing that knocking on the head, blood flowed, and Zhu Qiqi reminded him before stopping.

Wu Zhao brothers' day mourning, people can't be resurrected after death.

Brother Wang Lang, please rest assured, the younger brother will definitely find out the evidence, take down Liu Jin and Liu An's family, and avenge your hatred.

Brother Wu Zhao was born in a princely family, but he does not have the arrogance of his clan, and the spirit of treating death as home, sticking a knife in the ribs for a friend, and sacrificing himself for the community is admirable.

The girl has won the award, and I, a yellow-mouthed child, are soft-spoken and unsustainable.

Brother Wu Zhao, don't be discouraged, you are smart, unique, talented, upright, and you should make great achievements.

Qiqi is right......

The two were shocked, it turned out to be Zhu Guozhi, Wu Zhao said: I didn't expect that the master of the Zhu family was also here, and the villain was powerless, so he came to ask the Qiqi girl to help today, and asked the master not to be surprised.

Where does His Royal Highness the Prince speak? In the past few days, you and I have known each other, and it doesn't hurt to let our grandparents help us 10,000 times.

Thank you, doorman...

However, the old man now has an idea that His Royal Highness cannot refuse.

The master of the door please say, Wu Zhao said: Although Qiqi martial arts are fine, but its online has been decided, it is impossible to break through or reach the level of today's five unique rivers and lakes, not to mention that the daughter's family is going to teach her husband and children, and it is not a big plan to walk on the rivers and lakes all day long. The old man thinks that his martial arts are world-famous, except for Mr. Wang Mingyang, the others can't enter the eyes of the old man's law, but the old man is seventy and three, and time is short, and I don't want the descendants of the thirteen swords that I am proud of to wither. Therefore, I want to accept a male disciple in my lifetime, pass on his martial arts, and revive the Snow Mountain School.

You are extremely smart, the old man doesn't want to miss it, are you willing to be my disciple?

Wu Zhao was flattered and said, I can't ask for it, it's just that I am the same age as the Qiqi girl, and I should be the same generation, if I become your old disciple, wouldn't I be a generation older than the Qiqi girl, which is not good.

Zhu Qiqi already admired Wu Zhao, so he added, yes, grandpa, this little brother Wu Zhao has become your disciple, and he has become my uncle, I don't suffer this loss.

Zhu Guozhi thought about it, then don't be a disciple, be my apprentice, and let me teach you martial arts personally.

Zhu Qiqi said happily, this is the best, I have an extra brother, don't worry, I will take care of you, Zhu Guozhi also laughed after hearing it.

Apprentice Sun Wu Zhao visited the ancestor, the ancestor was above, and Zhao'er kowtowed to you, so Wu Zhao knelt down and kowtowed to Zhu Guozhi.

Zhao'er has seen Sister Qiqi.

What a cute little brother, you have to practice martial arts well and revive the majesty of my Snow Mountain Sect.

Okay, okay, let's go back, there are important things tomorrow, Zhu Guozhi said.

At this time, Wu Zhao lit a fire and burned the entire Juxianzhuang to destruction, and since then, there has been no Juxianzhuang on the rivers and lakes.

Zhao'er, why did you burn this Juxian Village, Zhu Qiqi asked.

Burn it well, burn it so that I don't feel sad. At the same time, this Juxian Zhuang was originally an industry in the south of our town, Wang Lang's family was the minister of the south of my town, and Wang Lang served as a scholar of Wuyingdian University in the south of the town, and he was a big official. There must be letters and secrets about the exchange between our town and Wang Lang in this village, and burning it can save me from the trouble of the south of my town.

Zhao'er was thoughtful, the old man didn't see the wrong person, and Zhu Qiqi also agreed after hearing it.

After returning to Gonggong Li's mansion, Wu Zhao went to sleep first.

Zhu Guozhi's room: Qiqi, this Wu Zhao is a rare talent, you must seize the opportunity, if you combine with him, grandpa will be relieved.

Grandpa, I admit that I admire him, but now the national feud has not been eliminated, the family vengeance has not been avenged, and the grandson has not yet considered the love of children.

Whether it's good or not, it depends on fate!

Now that His Majesty has decided to carry out a special sacrifice on May 1, you will separate with Gonggong Li and Wu Zhaodao early tomorrow morning, and quickly transfer the remaining 3,000 female disciples of the Snow Mountain Sect to Jingshi, and only they will be available at the critical time.

Okay, I'll go early tomorrow morning and come here in secret makeup, lest these so-called decents send people to kill them.

In the palace of the king of Chu: Ping'er has been in Chu for ten days, why don't you concentrate on governing the country, but practice martial arts every day, and don't do business, Liu Ying, the empress dowager of Chu, asked.

My son has been thinking deeply recently, my grandfather and uncle have always supported me as the crown prince, and I am not on good terms with Your Majesty, and during the period of guarding the mausoleum, Your Majesty has become disgusted with my mother, me and my fifteenth brother, and I also dislike my uncle very much. My grandfather once told me and my fifteenth brother that he would do his best to get out of the queen mother who had entered the cold palace, but he was only sure of it, and he didn't see his grandfather's plan. How could it be that during the state funeral, my grandfather and uncle made the first contribution, so that the Liu family and us benefited, it was too coincidental.

The queen mother may not know that her uncle is now the first assistant of the dynasty, Liu Bo's uncle has served as the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, Liu Jiang's uncle has served as the commander of the Left Guard Army, and his grandfather's protégé Qian Jiongan has served as the minister of the guard, from the first rank of the official. Now above the court, my uncle is under one person, and ten thousand people are above.

This is a good thing, why is Ping'er suspicious?

The queen mother didn't know, and my son only heard this rumor recently, and my righteous emperor Wu Zhao wrote a letter to remind me not to get too close to the Liu family, so as not to cause death.

Wu Zhaoxiao'er's words are not credible, they are your own uncle and grandfather, and they will not harm you.

I should know what the queen mother said, but Wu Zhao's words are suspicious, and the matter of my grandfather and uncle is too coincidental, so we still have to guard against it.

That's right, so I'm ruining the country's politics and confusing Your Majesty, only if I don't succeed in the Chu State and can't set off the storm, he will rest assured and we will be safe. In addition, I have arranged for my subordinates to train sergeants, and in accordance with the policy of paying rent and interest to the peasants of Wuzhao, reducing the rent and interest of the landlords, integrating the officials and gentry on errands, paying grain as one, and changing the poll tax to the land tax, my son thinks it is very good, and has ordered it to be secretly executed in my Chu State. In less than five years, the soldiers of our Chu State will use their lives and the people will support them.

This is very good, this Wu Zhaoxiao is really a great talent, but it is too difficult for him to enter Beijing as a hostage. In addition, I thought about it just now, the Liu family is still our closest relatives, breaking bones and connecting the scriptures, we also need strong backers in the court, don't be suspicious, I believe in the behavior of your grandfather and several uncles.

Good mother, children remember.

In the Queen's bedchamber. The Liu family and their old friends and protégés are now all over the government and the opposition, does Your Majesty need to support the balance of other forces, Empress Yang Liu said.

What Liu Er said is extremely true, but now I don't have a suitable candidate, and your descendant family only has three wives and uncles available, and now he is also a very human minister, and he is in a high position, but he still can't balance the Liu family.

Therefore, it is time for His Majesty to recruit virtuous concubines, win over the nobles of the clan, and cultivate cronies.

Then there is Queen Law.

Take my life, take my life, take my life......... I died so unjustly, I died so unjustly, if you don't make decisions for me, I will bury you in Nanchang. At night, Tai Kandi went to tens of thousands of headless ghosts to ask for their lives.

Emperor Taikang was awakened by the nightmare, so he convened the ministers to discuss the next morning, and ordered Huang Chen, the head of the Qintianjian Prison, to announce to the world that if there are capable benevolent and righteous people who can solve this dream and resolve the nightmare crisis, they can seal ten thousand households. But three days passed, and still no one came to interpret the dream.