After the banquet was over, Shi Min returned to his sleeping tent and could still sleep, and when he was reading there by the light, he saw Yiyang Gong Shijian sneaking in, as if he was a thief.

Seeing this scene, Shi Min couldn't help but smile and said, "Your Highness, why are you sneaking around here with me?" Are you so worried about being known? ”

"Thorn slave, you don't know."

Shi Jian was not polite at all, he sat directly on the mat opposite Shi Min, sat down cross-legged, and then picked up the kettle and poured a glass of water, drank it all with a "grunt", and then said: "Now you are a big celebrity in front of your father, and there are few powerful people in our Great Zhao Kingdom!" I don't know how many people want to slap you. ”

"Although my father did not explicitly prohibit our sons from forming gangs and co-opting the civil and military ministers in the court, Lone knew that he must not like it very much in his heart. Especially you, Thorn Slave, Father thinks very highly of you now! ”

Hearing this, Shi Min squinted his eyes and said, "Your Highness came to visit late at night, I'm afraid I didn't mean such things, right?" ”

"I can't hide anything from you." Shi Jian glanced at Shi Min and asked, "Thorn slave, I really can't understand why you saved your father's face before, and you didn't want to divorce the Dong family and marry Shi Lan as your wife?" How much good it will benefit you to marry the daughter of a father, I believe you should know. ”

"Your Highness, you must know that there are some things that cannot be measured by interests." Shi Min said lightly.

When Shi Jian heard this, he looked at Shi Min a few more times, and couldn't help but shake his head and said, "Lone still can't see through you." But fortunately, you have completely won the trust of your father, and I believe that in the future, your father will be the emperor, and you will definitely be able to rise to prominence and worship the king! When the time comes, I'll ask you for more help! ”

"Your Highness doesn't want to take the prince?"

Hearing this, Shi Jian's eyelids jumped, and then he looked around again. It was as if he was afraid that someone would hear these words.

Shi Min couldn't help but smile and said, "Why should Your Highness hide it." There is only one of my personal guards, heavily guarded, and there will be no outsiders to eavesdrop. Moreover, I can tell Your Highness unceremoniously that in fact, your every move has long been under the control of the king, do you think that the king does not know that you have won me over and intend to seize the prince? ”

"Father knows?" Shi Jian was stunned.

"The king has an intelligence organization that directly obeys him, called the 'Hanging Mirror Division', which is known as the net of heaven and earth, and it is pervasive. Like Your Highness, you have the style of covering your ears and stealing bells, and it is difficult for the king to know your intentions. ”

“……”

Shi Jian bowed and said, "Please teach me." ”

"Your Highness doesn't have to care. The seizure of the prince has been going on for generations, and the king must not have cared much about it. But about seizing the prince, does His Highness have his own plans? ”

"This ...... Not really. Shi Jian said in a sneering manner.

Fool!

Shi Min was very disdainful in his heart, but he said with a smile on his face: "Your Highness, it's not okay to take one step at a time like you." There's no pie in the world! Your Royal Highness, you are the third son of the king, and the king has set up two princes, one Shi Di and the other Shi Xuan. Shi Xuan is not good, he conspired to kill his father and usurp the throne, he is the eldest son, and Shi Xuan is also secretly ambitious, and he is the second son. ”

"His Royal Highness is the third son of the Great King. According to the patriarchal system, abolishing the elder and establishing the young is the way to take trouble, and if Shi Xuan is deposed, he will be Your Highness, and you are the most suitable to be the prince. If His Royal Highness wants to seize the prince, will he have to wait until the day when Shi Xuan is deposed? ”

"This ......," Shi Jian hesitated.

Since Shi Hu usurped the throne and became the king of Great Zhao, he has set up two princes. The first one is Shi Di.

Shi Di has always been brave, and Shi Hu loves him very much.

Since Shi Di was the commander-in-chief of the hundred officials, he was excessively drunk, arrogant, absurd and cruel, sometimes went to the fields to hunt and have fun, returned to the palace with drums and music, and sometimes went out to the palace ministers' houses at night to rape their wives and concubines. He likes to decorate and dress up his beautiful concubines, then cut off their heads, wash off the blood, and put them on a plate to pass on to his guests!

There are beautiful nuns in the palace, Shi Di has fun with them, and then kills them after fornication, cooks and eats them with beef and mutton, and gives the meat to the people around to taste together, wanting them to know the taste of human flesh!

Shi Di's younger brothers, Hejian Gong Shi Xuan, and Le'an Gong Shi Tao were both favored by Shi Hu, and Shi Di hated them like enemies.

Shi Hu indulged in wine and wandering in the palace, and the criminal law lost its permanence and was moody. Shi Di reported to Shi Hu what he thought could be reported, but Shi Hu was very angry and thought that such a trivial matter did not need to be reported!

As soon as Shi Di did not report it, Shi Hu reprimanded him and whipped him with a cane, which happened many times in a month. Shi Di was angry about this, and once said to the left and right that he would follow the example of the Huns' Mao Dunshan for such a thing!

Shi Hu once wanted to kill his father and usurp the throne.

In July 337 B.C., Shi Di claimed to be ill and ignored political affairs, and led more than 500 people to prepare to kill his younger brother Hejian Gong Shi Xuan, but returned due to drunkenness. When his mother, Zheng Cherry, heard about this, she sent someone to question Shi Di, who was furious and killed the visitor.

When his father, Shi Hu, learned that Shi Di was ill, he sent a female scholar close to him to inspect her, and Shi Di drew his sword and stabbed her.

Shi Hu was angry, so he arrested Li Yan and others for questioning, Li Yan said that Shi Di had wanted to kill Shi Hu, Shi Hu killed Li Yan and more than 30 others, and imprisoned him in the East Palace.

Soon, Shi Hu pardoned his sins and summoned him, and Shi Hu did not apologize when he saw him, and left immediately. Shi Hu asked people to tell him that he should see his mother Zheng Cherry, how could he leave in a hurry. Shi Di didn't look back, and went straight out of the palace. Shi Hu was furious, and the waste stone was a common man!

That night, Shi Hu killed Shi Di and his concubine Zhang, as well as 26 men and women, and buried them in a coffin! and killed more than 200 of his comrades, and abolished Zheng Cherry as the concubine of the East China Sea.

Shi Di's fate can be said to be a lesson from the past, and Shi Xuan and Shi Di's personalities were originally half a catty, so Shi Jian can imagine that Shi Xuan will inevitably be like Shi Di in the long run, and he will inevitably do things against Shi Di!

Shi Jian frowned and said, "Thorn slave, you mean...... Shi Xuan must be opposed? ”

Hearing this, Shi Min sneered and said: "It's not that I'm stirring up right and wrong, but that's the truth." Your Highness still remembers that Shi Di was brave and very favored by the king, and the king often said to the ministers, 'Sima's father and son brothers killed each other, so I can have today.' And how can I kill the stones?' ”

"But what happened in the end? Your Highness should know it. Since the day Shi Xuan became the prince, how similar is his behavior to Shi Xuan? Therefore, it is not difficult to see that the king and the crown prince cannot last long, and then they will become fire and water. ”

"So what should I do? Please teach me! Shi Jian vigorously asked for advice.

In this regard, Shi Min had already made a plan in his chest and said, "Now His Highness has two choices. One of them is to wait until the day when Shi Xuan can't bear it anymore and rebels. The second is to force Shi Xuan to be deposed, and then become the prince himself. However, I have to tell Your Highness that when Shi Xuan is ambushed by himself, I am afraid that Your Highness, you will not have the opportunity to be appointed as the prince. ”

"Why?" Shi Jian said with a glare.

"From what I know about the king, he is extremely taboo about this kind of rebellion, because the king's current position as the Son of Heaven is the result of rebellion and rebellion! If Shi Di and Shi Xuan are deposed one after another, Your Royal Highness, you are the third son of the king, and it is logical that you should inherit the position of the crown prince, but the king will definitely not do that. ”

"There is no other reason, because the current king is not young, and he should love his young son, and if there are two rebellious princes Shi Di and Shi Xuan as a lesson from the past, the king must be very jealous! So even if Shi Xuan was killed for rebellion, presumably it would not be Your Highness's turn to be the crown prince. ”

"Young son? Thorn slave, you mean Shi Shi? But Shi Shi was born just last year, and now he is still a baby, can he be favored by his father? ”

Hearing this, Shi Min said unhappily: "Your Highness doesn't believe me? ”

"Faith, of course I believe. Otherwise, I wouldn't have consulted with you about such a thing. ”

Shi Jian said again: "But thorn slave." If according to what you said, even after Shi Xuan was ambushed, I didn't have a chance to be established, so what can I do? ”

Until now, Shi Jian still didn't understand the meaning of Shi Min's words, and Shi Min was really speechless. I said it so bluntly, but this master didn't understand the extraneous sound at all, what else could he do?

"Your Highness should gather his own forces. Now the government and the opposition, in addition to the crown prince Shi Xuan, there are three most suitable candidates to replace him. One is Yan Gong Shi Bin, one is Peng Cheng Gong Shi Zun, and the other is Qin Gong Shi Tao! ”

Shi Min said eloquently: "Among them, Shi Tao doesn't need to say much, he is the king's favorite son." Since last year, Shi Tao has been awarded the title of Tai Lieutenant, and the crown prince Shi Xuanri Provincial Shangshu has been in charge of punishment and rewards. Although Shi Tao is not the prince, he is in the government and the opposition, and there are many henchmen, and Shi Tao has the ability to compete with the prince Shi Xuan! Such a person, can Shi Xuanyan not be afraid? Can the king's sons not be afraid? ”

Hearing this, Shi Jian smiled bitterly and said, "Thorn slave, I know what you said. But I'm not here to analyze the current situation with you, I'm asking you, what should I do next? ”

"What Your Highness needs to do is to keep your eyes on the dark and gather your own forces. Now Pengcheng Gong Shi Zun, Yan Gong Shi Bin and His Royal Highness the Yiyang Gong, the three of you all have some military power in your hands, as for the crown prince Shi Xuan, there is no need to say more, there are tens of thousands of guards in the East Palace, and the generals who are privately enveloped are even more unknown! Therefore, what His Highness needs to do most now is to master the military power! How the king ascended to the throne, Your Highness, you won't be unclear, right? ”

"I see." Shi Jian bowed slightly.

Shi Min said again: "If His Highness wants to master more military power, he must fight. ”

"Why is there a war?"

"Tuoba Xianbei is unruly, and has repeatedly invaded Yanmen, Dingxiang, Daijun and other places in my Zhao country, His Royal Highness may wish to play the king and ask for troops to conquer Daiguo. First, you can make meritorious contributions, and second, you can win over more generals in the army? ”

"Good!" Shi Jian immediately clapped his hands and applauded.

Seeing this, Shi Min knew that his goal had been achieved. As a foreign minister, it was inconvenient for him to say anything about the conquest in front of Shi Hu, but Shi Jian was different.

Shi Jian thought that he Shi Min was a chess piece in his hand, but he didn't know that he himself was a chess piece, a chess piece in Shi Min's hand!

The stupid Shi Jian didn't know that he was sold by Shi Min!