After getting off the court, Shi Min immediately returned to his mansion after accepting the congratulations of the ministers, and declined their talks and invitations one by one.

This is still a sensitive time, and anyone can be labeled a "traitor". Shi Min didn't want to be targeted by Shi Hu because of the gangsterism that he had just been promoted to the knighthood.

However, Shi Min declined the congratulations and invitations of the ministers, and closed the door to see no one, but let Yiyang Gong Shi Jian enter the mansion to see him.

"It's horrible."

Witnessing the tragic death of Shi Xuan, Shi Jian has experienced a lot of winds and waves, and has killed countless people, but he can't help but feel palpitations.

Shi Min, who was sitting opposite Shi Jian, seemed very calm.

"As long as Your Highness doesn't commit heinous crimes like Shi Di and Shi Xuan, and doesn't offend the king's rebellion, you don't need to be afraid."

Shi Jian shook his head and said, "Lone just has a sense of sadness for a rabbit and a fox. Thorn slave, at the morning court meeting, my father wants to make you the prince, why do you have to refuse? ”

"Does Your Highness think that the king really wants me to be the crown prince?"

"This ......," Shi Jian hesitated, "my father's mind is difficult to fathom. Come to think of it, he treats you as his own on weekdays, and his kindness to you is much better than those of us who are sons, and my father values you so much, he may not have no intention of taking you as his successor. ”

"Your Highness is really wrong to think so. What kind of temperament the king is, you and I both know it! He didn't necessarily mean to test me by doing so. ”

"Then thorny slave, why don't you push the boat down the river?"

"I asked myself if I was up to the position of prince."

"Why did the thorn slave say that? With your ability, authority, and prestige, no one in the court can match you, and your father holds you in such high esteem, who else is more qualified to be a prince? ”

Shi Minyun smiled lightly and said, "Your Highness's words are wrong. I am the prince, and I am the real way to get trouble! There are so many sons of the king, and there are many people like His Royal Highness who are brave and resourceful, and have foresight, and if I am the prince, how do I feel about Pu Hong, Yao Yizhong, Shi Bin, Shi Zun and others? Although I am the adopted grandson of the king, and I am grateful for the king's love, but after all, I am an outsider, and if an outsider can be a prince, how can the princes of all places be willing? How can the princes be willing? ”

"Your fears are not unfounded." Shi Jian bowed slightly.

"Thorn slave, in your opinion, who does my father mean for the current position of prince?"

This should be the purpose of Shi Jian's trip. Shi Min shook his head secretly in his heart and said, "The king shouldn't have thought about it yet. According to the patriarchal system, the establishment of the heir, the long, and the virtuous, the king today has no queen (the queen of the heavenly king), and all the sons are the sons. Sage, I view the sons of the king, such as His Royal Highness, Shi Bin, Shi Zun, Shi Yi and others are all outstanding people of the moment, with outstanding ability, regardless of whether they are up or down. And the elders, the eldest son Shi Di and the second son Shi Xuan have been killed one after another, and His Royal Highness is the third son of the king, and the possibility of seizing the heir is very great. ”

"Do you think so too?"

Shi Min squinted his eyes and said, "Your Highness, with all due respect, it is very likely that the Great King will appoint Your Highness as the crown prince, but this possibility is very small. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Shi Di, Shi Xuan, Shi Tao, they have all been deeply favored by the king, but these seem to be only superficial phenomena, and the king has his own intentions. Shi Di and Shi Xuan are the eldest and second sons of the king, both have been princes, and they have rebelled and wanted to kill their father and usurp the throne, so they both died miserably. ”

Shi Min sighed faintly and said, "The gun shot the first bird." Your Highness, please listen to me, being a prince now is not necessarily a good thing. Moreover, after the successive rebellions of Shi Di and Shi Xuan, the king is bound to be cautious about the matter of establishing a prince. The patriarchal system that existed in ancient times, such as establishing a successor, establishing a virtuous person, and establishing a long one, the king may not choose from it. ”

"Why?"

"Your Highness, do you know how old the king is now?"

"This ...... My father should be eight out of forty by now. ”

Hearing this, Shi Min nodded and said, "Not bad." These thirty and stand, forty are not confused, fifty know the destiny of heaven, the king is about to know the destiny of heaven, and he is over half a hundred years old. ”

"What does that mean?"

"Your Highness, you need to know one thing deeply - rebellion is the king's rebellion. The two princes who have been established by the king, Shi Di and Shi Xuan, have died tragically because of usurpation, and the king must be very jealous of this! At present, including His Royal Highness, Yan Gong Shi Bin, Pengcheng Gong Shi Zun and other princes all have heavy troops, and they have their own factions and supporters in the court, and their power is not small, but these are the most feared by the king. ”

"Why did Shi Di and Shi Xuan rebel? Because they have this ability and ambition, in the same way, among the princes who have become adults, they all have their own power, once one of you princes comes to the throne, they will all become the biggest threat to the king, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are a thorn in the flesh. ”

Hearing this, Shi Jian was startled and said, "Thorn slave, according to what you say, doesn't the father have no idea of establishing a prince at all?" ”

"Not really." Shi Min shook his head and said, "The prince is the foundation of the country. Although the king is now in his prime, it is difficult to guarantee that he will die one day. ”

Shi Min comes from later generations and knows a little about this history. In my memory, after the Shi Xuan Rebellion, Shi Hu made Shi Shi, who was only ten years old, the crown prince, thinking that when Shi Shi grew up, he should burp.

However, what Shi Hu never expected was that he died too quickly, and when he died, there were traitors who supported Shi Shi and controlled the power of the court, and then Shi Zun and Ran Min and others raised troops and usurped the throne.

"Thorn slave, how should Lone be good?"

"Taoguang is obscure."

"Specifically?"

"Taking advantage of the fact that the country is undecided, what His Highness needs to do is to keep a low profile. At present, the prince has not been established, which will inevitably cause the sons to seize the heir, and this is the most feared thing of the king, it is conceivable that in the future, Shi Bin, Shi Zun, Shi Yi and other princes will definitely form gangs in the court and win the hearts of the people. But Your Highness must not do such a thing. In these troubled times, only soldiers and horses are king! ”

Shi Jian immediately got up and said to Shi Min convincingly: "Thorn slave, please teach me." ”

"Your Highness, only military exploits will make the king look at you differently. On the four sides of my Great Zhao Kingdom, there are Jin, Yan, Dai, Qiuchi, Cheng, and Liang Six Kingdoms, and there is also a Tuyuhun in the northwest, which can really threaten my Zhao State, and let the king want to get rid of it quickly, it is the Jin and Yan two countries, followed by the Liang Kingdom, such as Dai, Qiuchi, Cheng Sanguo and Tuyuhun are not to worry. ”

"However, Jin and Yan are powerful, and they must be destroyed by the power of the country. With the current strength of my Great Zhao State, the national strength cannot be recovered in a short period of time, so it is not a one-time achievement to defeat Jin Yan. Then the rest is a cool country. ”

"Thorn slave, are you going to fight alone and go to Liangguo?"

"Yes. I will ask the king to let Liang Qian and Ma Qiu follow His Royal Highness and go to Liangguo. ”

"But Liangguo is not so easy to fight, right?"

Liangguo is indeed not easy to fight, especially Liangguo also has a famous general Xie Ai!