Listening to Yan Shisong's words, the newly appointed official Shangshu was also a little impatient, and said in a deep voice, "Lord Yan, now that the national crisis is at hand, even if it is a province, you have to save military expenses." ”

Yan Shisong looked at Meng Yan, the newly appointed secretary of the ministry, and said with heavy eyebrows, "Lord Meng, it's not that the official is unconscious, but now that Dafeng is asking for money everywhere, it really can't be saved." ”

Ning Xiaochuan looked at this Yan Shisong with disdain, relying on his whiskers to slap his horse, he had no ability at all, he was a hands-off shopkeeper on weekdays, where did he know the financial expenditure and income of the household department, and the only effort was used to how to tie up with the emperor.

"Ahem."

Wen Zhe coughed violently twice, interrupting everyone's argument, and looked at Gao Zhen on the dragon chair, "Your Majesty, this matter still needs to be decided by you personally." ”

Ning Feng shook his head helplessly, this Yan Shisong is really stupid this time, although Gao Zhen is too centralized, which leads to nepotism, but he is not mediocre, on the contrary, he is very shrewd.

Now that the North Barbarians are heading south, as Your Majesty today, how can you know that the expedition of the army requires expensive military expenditures, but compared with the land security of Dingzhou, what is this money?

Gao Zhen struggled to get up, stared down at the ministers, when his eyes were fixed on Ning Feng and Ning Xiaochuan, he obviously paused for a few points, and finally looked at this Taihe Palace, "The northern barbarians invaded the south, slaughtered my people, and harmed my family and country, if my Dafeng army can't protect the people and protect the country, then there is still face left in the world, Liu Wei." ”

Liu Wei, the secretary of the military department, took a step forward sideways and arched his hand, "The old minister is here." ”

"In the name of the Ministry of War, let General Qin Feng lead the army north, rush to Pingjiao Pass, and assist the King of Jingbei in fighting against the barbarians, and we must stop the Beiban outside Pingjiao Pass, and we must not let him take a step into the gate." Gao Zhen scolded sharply.

"The old minister obeys." Liu Wei glanced at Yan Shisong and stepped aside.

"One more thing......" After finishing speaking, Gao Zhen hesitated for a long time, and finally with tears in his eyes, he looked at the courtiers below, slowly reached out and grabbed the hand of the prince next to him, and kept rubbing it, in Gao Yuan's eyes, Gao Zhen at this moment changed from usual, and it seemed that he was no longer an emperor, but an old father who loved his son.

The ministers gave up their hands at the same time, waiting for the Son of Heaven to give orders, and Han Zhongxuan, who knew everything in advance, turned his back silently and couldn't bear to look at it again.

"I am determined to drive the expedition in person, and personally lead five hundred imperial forest troops to the north with General Qin Feng to meet the enemy, and strengthen my national prestige."

Gao Zhen's ordinary words instantly exploded in the court, and the courtiers below knelt on the ground and wailed, hoping that Gao Zhen would take back his life.

Wen Zhe leaned over slightly, his face was extremely serious, "Your Majesty, the king is not under the dangerous wall, now the country is rich and the people are strong, and General Qin Feng is my general who is always victorious. Your Majesty seems to have sat firmly in the middle hall, and there is no need to go north to supervise the army, and my great Fengtian army can win a big victory. ”

Xue Xun, the secretary of the Criminal Department, also said anxiously, "Your Majesty, the prime minister is reasonable, you are now the Ninth Five-Year Honor, the body of a daughter, how can you easily get into danger, as for the matter of overseer, the old minister can still do it for you." ”

Similar words emerged one after another, and even the crown prince Gao Yuan next to him leaned over and bowed his hands, hoping that his father would think twice, "Father, there are many government affairs in the court, if you go to the north, how will the court be?" If you consider the status of the royal family, the ministers can also go north to oversee the army. ”

Outside the window, the rain was constantly sounding, and there was a faint sound of bells.

Gao Zhen smiled indifferently, looked at the ministers, and tried his best to stand up, because he used too much force, causing the green tendons in his neck to burst out, "This matter of pro-conquest, I have made a decision, and it cannot be discussed again, after I leave, the prince will supervise the country, and seeing the prince is like seeing me, no one is allowed to be rude." ”

"Your Majesty......" The ministers below were all in mourning, and Yan Shisong was even more excited.

Ning Xiaochuan was just about to speak, but was directly stopped by Ning Feng, and then watched Ning Feng bow his head, and Ning Xiaochuan also bowed his head.

"Okay, that's the end of today, during the prince's imprisonment, I hope that you Aiqing can spare no effort to help each other, if there is any appeasement of those who neglect the government, I will not spare it."

Gao Zhen said sharply, to put it bluntly, he is helping the prince to establish his authority, although the officials below are respectful to themselves, but the prince is young, it is inevitable that some people will not be convinced, before the prince does not establish his own team, he still needs this father to suppress it.

"We will obey the emperor's orders." The ministers kowtowed.

After the ministers expressed their attitude, Gao Zhen sat on the dragon chair with satisfaction, but at this time, his back was already soaked with sweat, and after the ministers retreated, Gao Zhen waved his hand to let Han Zhongxuan retreat, signaling that he had something to say to the prince.

After everyone retreated, there were only two fathers and sons, Gao Zhen and Gao Yuan, who sat together so calmly in their memory, and Gao Yuan pulled his father's sweaty palm, and he probably knew about his father's condition, and he couldn't help but cry for a while.

Gao Zhen stretched out his hand and touched Gao Yuan's head, just like when he was a child, "Yuan'er, will you blame me for letting you come to the prison country without consulting you?" ”

"Erchen doesn't dare." Gao Yuan held back tears and arched his hand.

Gao Zhen smiled bitterly, "Actually, I also want to wait a few more years, wait for me to solve all the troubles, and wait for you to be full-fledged, so that you can be worthy of the emperor in the ancestral hall, however, my body can't wait......"

This is the first time Gao Zhen has raised his body in front of Gao Yuan, and as soon as he said this, Gao Yuan instantly burst into tears, lying on Gao Zhen's lap and crying bitterly.

"Before I leave, I want to remind you of three things, doing these three things well will definitely ensure that you have no worries about the throne, the power in your hands is still not enough, far from enough to compete with the Qin family.

After I leave Yindu, the Qin family will definitely use your influence to cultivate their own power and achieve the goal of tilting power over the government and the opposition, so I will take your uncle away, you must make good use of this time to promote some capable and loyal courtiers, if the Qin family is in trouble, you can make good use of the Ning family to achieve the purpose of checks and balances.

I also know that you have been obsessed with me to attack the Ning family, now I will not, the fifth child of the Ning family is a talent, if you can use it, you will use it, if you can't use it, you must not be indecisive, as a monarch, in addition to great compassion, you also need to have an iron heart. Gao Zhen said with red eyes.

Gao Yuan nodded while crying, "Yes, Erchen remembers." ”

"Second, military power, no matter what, military power can not be left behind, according to my great law, if you ascend the throne, your two younger brothers will be divided into kings with the same surname, when the king is crowned, you must not let your second brother go to Suzhou, which is the territory of the Gongsun family, if he goes back, the Gongsun family will definitely not be in peace.

As for your third brother, I owe him a lot, and you, the eldest brother, can't treat him badly, give him a piece of rich land, and let him go. Gao Zhen shed tears as he spoke, perhaps thinking that he might not be able to come back if he left, so after saying every word, he felt inexplicably distressed.

"Third, Yan Shisong, Xue Xun's generation can't be kept, these two people's abilities are mediocre and useless, especially Yan Shisong, if you want to be powerful, you can start with these two people.

As for Prime Minister Wen Zhe, if you have a suitable candidate, you must replace it as soon as possible, this person is like a wolf in the mountains and forests, dormant for a long time and ignore it, once there are many actions, it will inevitably shake the heavens and the earth, when I am there, I can still deter it, if I go, if you can't get it to obey, you need to get rid of it as soon as possible, so as not to raise a tiger. Gao Zhen gently patted the back of Gao Yuan's hand as he spoke, and his fatherly heart could be seen.

Gao Yuan couldn't cry anymore, kept nodding his head, and couldn't say a word.

The sky cleared, and the sunset was reflected through the window onto the main hall, just reflecting an auspicious dragon ornament on the hanging feet of the pavilion of the Taihe Palace, Gao Zhen muttered, "Zhongfu is the last hole card I left for you, so you can use it." ”

After saying this, Gao Zhen breathed a long sigh of relief, maybe he hadn't spoken for a long time, and saying so much at once made the old emperor extremely tired.

……

After coming out of the palace, Ning Feng and Ning Xiaochuan were both frowning, and the carriage escorting the two of them was stopped by Ning Feng halfway through, and the two brothers got off the carriage and walked, Ning Xiaochuan couldn't hold it back, and asked curiously, "Second brother, what does it mean that Your Majesty suddenly drove a personal expedition, and it is difficult to beat him, is it difficult to worry about General Qin Feng?" ”

"This matter is indeed a bit unexpected by me, by the way, have you noticed Your Majesty's physical condition during this time?" Ning Feng stopped and said.

Ning Xiaochuan recalled carefully, I have to say, it is indeed a little strange, the early dynasty is presided over by Gao Yuan, and he is rarely seen in ordinary times, "Second brother, what do you mean, Your Majesty ......"

Ning Feng interrupted Ning Xiaochuan's words and looked around, "Don't say much, let's go back first, I'll write a letter to my eldest brother and discuss it with my eldest brother." ”

With that, the two brothers walked towards Ningfu.

……

A corner of the Royal Palace.

In front of him was a woman in a white gauze and masked woman, the woman grabbed the collar of the old imperial doctor, and said viciously, "Don't tell the truth, don't say that I killed you." ”

The old imperial doctor looked at the femme fatale woman in front of him tremblingly, and nodded effortlessly, "Say, the old man said ......."

Only then did the woman let go of the old imperial doctor, and the old imperial doctor wiped the bruises from the corners of his mouth, and said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is terminally ill and can't survive for three months. ”

The woman who heard this frowned, and pulled the old imperial doctor's collar again, "Is this serious?" ”

"Really, really, woman, let me go, my old bones can't stand the toss." The old imperial doctor shouted in a faux puff, sobbing profusely.

The woman got up, shook off the old imperial doctor, looked around, and when the old imperial doctor got up, a true qi slashed, and a blood stain slowly flowed out of the old imperial doctor's neck, and before the old imperial doctor could make a sound, he fell straight into the garden, and the corpse was separated.

The woman looked around, and after making sure that she had not found it, she began to skillfully dispose of the old imperial doctor's body.

For a huge palace, it is too rare to die a person.

Three days later, the hospital received a letter from Imperial Doctor Zhang's resignation for retirement, and the imperial doctors in the hospital looked at each other, and everything was silent.