In the "......" paddock, Gao Yanzong was speechless for a long time and embarrassed.

Spring hunting is usually a competition, and the one who catches the most prey will get a rich reward, and in order to facilitate the credit, so everyone's arrows are marked.

Gao Yanzong was in too much of a hurry just now, and he forgot about this stubble. finally showed his face and wanted to make a sycophant, but it turned out to be slapped on the horse's leg, which was exposed by His Majesty on the spot......

Hulu Zhongdu's kid is not a good stubble, staring at Gao Yanzong and saying seriously: "It's terrible, His Royal Highness King Ande, you have to know that you are bullying the king." ”

[This bastard boy, at a young age, learns to be as old-fashioned as his father! ] Don't think that your father is Hu Luguang Lao Tzu will not dare to beat you! 】

Gao Yanzong lowered his head, and his eyes didn't forget to glare at him fiercely.

Gao Yanzong's crosses are well-known in the circle of lords, and there are very few people in Manye City who have not been beaten by Gao Yanzong.

The eldest brother and second brother of Hulu Zhongdu are still gritting their teeth when they mention Gao Yanzong, and they are beaten out of the shadow of childhood.

Hu Lu Zhong was just a child, and when he saw Gao Yanzong glaring at him, he was still a little scared, and he kept silent.

Gao Wei turned a blind eye to these small actions in private, and looked at Gao Yanzong with a smile: "Zhong Du is right, Brother Wang, you are bullying the king, you have to know...... Tell me for yourself, what should I do with you? ”

The matter has come to this point, and Gao Yanzong can only admit that he is unlucky. I was depressed, but I didn't dare to declare it in front of the emperor.

Anyway, isn't it good for Your Majesty to accept sycophants...... Why are you observing so carefully......?

“…… The minister knows his mistake, and the minister is punished by His Majesty! "There is always such a taste of reluctance, if it is Gao Zhan, Gao Zhan's cheap father, maybe someone will drag him down and whip him two hundred lashes.

But Gao Wei is not the queen and Gao Zhan, Gao Wei just smiled and said: "Then I will punish you to hunt ten more foxes for me to come back, if you can't hunt back, I will punish you for a year!" His words changed again, and he said: "All the money and grain taxes in the fiefdom have also been paid, can there be any objections?" ”

Gao Yanzong gritted his teeth and said, "The minister has no objection!" Gao Wei seemed to be satisfied and nodded, and glanced back at Liu Taozhi.

Soon ten cages were carried up, and inside were ten foxes of different coat colors.

The crowd watching the movement from a distance was in an uproar again, thinking that a new round of competition was about to start again, and just when they couldn't understand the situation, the chamberlain came up with the forbidden army to clear the field. So everyone retreated, watched the forbidden army put the cage in ten different directions, opened the cage, and the ten foxes rushed away in different directions.

Xiao Luzi stepped forward to take Gao Wei's carved bow, Gao Wei clapped his hands, and watched the wild fox flee under the canopy, and now everyone has been cleared:

"If there is a penalty, there will naturally be a reward...... If you can hunt all ten foxes before it gets dark, then this knife from my waist will be given to you! ”

Cushman & Wakefield untied the waist knife, which is a very simple long knife, on the whole, the blade is slender and straight, but full and heavy, and there is a copper ring at the end of the handle. Through the scabbard, you can feel how sharp this knife is.

This is a Hanhuan knife handed down from Emperor Xuan Gao Yang, and its value is immeasurable.

Sure enough, Gao Yanzong's eyes immediately became hot. This knife, he had seen Gao Yang wear, this was one of Gao Yang's favorite blades.

It may be nothing for others, but it is still commemorative for Gao Yanzong, who is a person who attaches great importance to feelings.

He looked at Gao Wei's eyes with complicated eyes, and just looked at Gao Wei's smiling eyes like an abyss, so he lowered his head respectfully again, "Obey the order!" ”

Your Majesty has shown enough sincerity, so no matter what Your Majesty wants to do in the end or what you want to try, Gao Yanzong will not hesitate!

Gao Yanzong was very neat, took off his heavy armor, wore only a thin short coat, picked up his bow and arrows, got on his horse, and chased straight ahead. He had to complete the mission before it got dark to be considered a winner.

In the pergola where the ministers rested, when everyone heard of His Majesty's punishment of King Ande, they were all very interested in discussing it:

"King Lanling is invincible in the battle, I don't know how His Royal Highness King Ande compares to his brother...... Which is better? ”

"It should be that the King of Lanling is better, the King of Lanling has already made great contributions in the Battle of Bishan, and not long ago, he has made great achievements. And King Ande has only been credited with this counterinsurgency so far, according to me, this question can be seen clearly without asking......" One shook his head and smiled.

"Fei Ye......" Someone immediately disagreed, "I heard that King Ande is amazingly powerful, and his bravery is abnormal, as for his reputation, he can't show it because he is suppressed, and in my opinion, King Ande is not worse than King Lanling......"

"This brother, be cautious ......!" One of them quickly grabbed his sleeve, looked left and right, and then reminded in a low voice.

The man suddenly woke up, he had just drunk high, and he had not paid attention to his words, and he actually said that King Ander was deliberately suppressed. So who and why King Ande was suppressed can't be said clearly, everyone knows it.

Just because he had been disrespectful to the first emperor, it was enough for him not to be treated by the first emperor and His Majesty. But in the final analysis, after all, it is a royal matter, how dare they be just courtiers? That's disrespectful!

He was scared for a while, and secretly glad that everyone was talking about it, and no one noticed him talking. In other words, even if they hear it, they are selectively ignoring it. If it spreads, he will have to be labeled as a divisive clan, and he can't afford this crime.

Over there, Zhao Yanshen, Zheng Yu and the others obviously thought a little more, Zheng Yu's smile was a little intriguing, "It seems that Your Majesty wants to promote King Ande......"

In their opinion, this is actually very simple, Your Majesty wants to promote his courtiers, it can't be for no reason, right? King Ande pleased His Majesty with the Spring Hunt, and His Majesty gave him some real power with a stroke of his pen, which was also a reason to be promoted and make a fortune.

"But His Royal Highness King Ande is not in the same vein as His Majesty after all, and on Emperor Wenxiang's side, there is already a King of Lanling who has been greatly used...... Wouldn't it be inappropriate to promote King Ander again......? "There are also ministers who are worried.

Zhao Yanshen glanced at that side with deep eyes, stroked his beard and said lightly: "In the final analysis, they are all in the same vein as Emperor Shenwu Gao, Wenxiang, Wenxuan, and Wucheng are all born to Emperor Shenwu and Empress Wuming, with the same root and origin, since Your Majesty has this courage, why can't you use the clan?" Your Majesty must have your own plans in your heart, don't worry about it so much......"

"Your Majesty is so bold......" Zheng Yu echoed, his eyes turned to Zhao Yanshen's side, and it could be seen that in fact, Zhao Yanshen didn't have much confidence when he said this.

The royal family has almost melted into the blood, Emperor Shenwu has so many descendants, many of them are heroes, how many have been killed in the power struggle, doesn't Zhao Yanshen know?

Not to mention Wenxuan and Wucheng, just take the recent example, wasn't Gao Yan, the king of Langya, also violently suppressed by His Majesty during the banquet in the palace of the New Year? Gao Yan is not bad, the queen mother pleaded with her life, and finally changed His Majesty to relent, but he was stripped of the golden book and became a wasted person, and from now on he can only spend the rest of his life in that small palace.

Zheng Yu remembers very well that he had just entered the DPRK less than a month ago. More than five thousand people died that night. The western camp and the northern camp fought each other, and even the eastern camp was affected. The royal rebellion was unusual, and the implication was great, although His Majesty was kind-hearted and only investigated the first crime, but more than 20 nobles were still killed.

A few days ago, I also heard that Gao Ji, the king of Boling Wenjian, said wildly after drinking, saying, "Wucheng is dead, and the throne should belong to me." "That night, His Majesty reduced Gao Ji's staff to forty and made him the king of the county, and took away the fief. Now Gao Ji is followed by the spies of the Yiluan Division in front of the palace every day, and he will not leave an inch.

Although His Majesty may not have taken this as a matter himself, it is still necessary to pay attention to the impact of this matter, Jinyi has already controlled the rumors and lowered Gao Ji's guilt by one level. This is obviously also something that His Majesty has done in order to maintain the dignity of the royal family.

Gao Ji is different from other princes, he is the authentic son of Shenwu, and Gao Cheng, Gao Yang, Gao Yan, and Gao Zhan.

And the throne of the Gao family, no matter what the reason, is generally a brother to a brother. Gao Ji, as the sixth eldest of his sons-in-law, will inevitably have some thoughts about the throne after Wu Cheng's death.

Your Majesty is a brilliant man, and he may not take this uncle in his eyes. But after all, Gao Ji is the concubine of Shenwu and Empress Wuming, the most noble prince in the Gao Qi clan, and he is still a threat to the throne.

Gao Ji has no military power, no political power, and no influential figure like the Queen Mother came out to protect him, so he was originally bound to die......

At least in the eyes of Zheng Yu and a large number of other courtiers who heard the news, Gao Ji should be directly executed, but His Majesty did not.

If you have a heart to connect the recent decrees issued by Your Majesty, and then think of the princes of the clan such as King Rencheng, King Lanling, and King Zhaojun being reused one after another, you can guess Your Majesty's intentions......

Your Majesty, this is to reuse the clan!

The reason why he didn't kill Gao Ji, in addition to the fact that he was the son of Shenwu, the most important reason may be that His Majesty didn't want to chill the hearts of the princes of the clan.

In order to reuse those capable figures in the clan and take them for his own use, His Majesty must change the impression of being brutal and murderous, and try to appease as much as possible, rather than killing them at every turn.

Now King Ande Gao Yanzong has also entered His Majesty's eyes, and I don't know what authority His Majesty wants to arrange for King Ande. But it is foreseeable that in the future, in addition to the lords and families, the kings will also become the main contenders for power.

Zheng Yu felt as if he had grasped something, and as if he hadn't figured anything out......

Only when several forces clamp each other can His Majesty be as stable as Mount Tai......

In the final analysis, His Majesty has never had absolute trust in either side......

Zheng Yu sighed with a complicated heart. This is the emperor......

As soon as the sun set in the sky, Gao Yanzong came back from his horse, panting, and threw his prey on the ground.

Gao Yanzong wiped the sweat from his forehead and reached out to take the knife, but the chamberlain pressed Gao Yanzong's arm.

Gao Yanzong looked at him dissatisfied.

So he smiled kindly at Gao Yanzong, got out of the way, and raised his hand, "His Royal Highness King Ande...... Your Majesty, please ......"