Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, Huo Zheng summoned the Imperial History Zhongcheng to teach him face-to-face.

Gao Zhong stepped forward and saluted: "Lord Xiangguo, what is the matter with summoning the lower officials?" ”

Huo Zheng said: "Gao Zhong, in a few days, Wei Wei Du Chen will step down, after you take over Wei Wei, the old man plans to let you be the new prince's teacher, and you will be responsible for guiding His Royal Highness the crown prince how to handle government affairs." ”

Gao Zhong said in fear: "My subordinates will definitely live up to your high expectations." ”

Huo Zheng said: "Well, I sent you to the prince's side, not only to guide the government affairs of His Royal Highness the Prince, but also His Royal Highness's words and deeds, you have to report to the old man in time, do you understand?" ”

When Gao Chong heard this, he smiled bitterly in his heart, sure enough, there is no good thing, this is a big crime to spy on the king, and now Gongzi Sheng is the prince is the prince, it is better to say, is it possible that after the prince inherits the throne, he will have to monitor the emperor for Lord Xiangguo? How many heads do you grow enough for the emperor to cut off? He still had to test Sangkook's meaning a little.

Gao Zhong stepped forward and arched his hand: "Lord Xiangguo, the lower officials understand, but now that the prince is newly established, when will we announce His Majesty's edict and officially welcome His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the throne?" ”

Huo Zheng frowned and said: "Don't worry, the mausoleum of the first emperor has not been completely completed at the moment, let's talk about it at the beginning of spring next year, the national teacher has a elixir to protect the holy body of the first emperor, and we can still delay for some time, during this time, we must arrange our own people to take over the key departments of the court as soon as possible, and the foundation of the future prime minister in the new dynasty will be stable enough, but you are also right to remind you, the edict of the first emperor has been made public, and the holy body of the first emperor is already well known, in order to stabilize the hearts of the people in the world, We really have to announce the succession edict as soon as possible and arrange for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to succeed to the throne. ”

Gao Zhong said: "Lord Xiangguo, far-sighted, we should be like this." ”

Huo Zheng pondered for a long time, and asked Gao Zhongdao: "Zhao Shu, that old horseman, has already sent him back to his hometown, and now that the position of one of the Shaofu of Jiuqing is vacant, do you have a suitable candidate?" ”

Gao Zhong groaned: "My subordinates can't think of anyone who is suitable to take over his position for a while, Enxiang, Lord Zhao has already sent a minister, Lord Zhao has participated in the whole process of our conspiracy, and now he ......has returned to his hometown."

Huo Zheng said with a gloomy face: "I understand what you are worried about, I have sent people to Zhaoyue County in the name of the first emperor to send people to closely monitor Zhao Shu's every move, don't worry, what big waves can he afford when he leaves the capital?" If this old man dares to make a slight move, he will blame the old man for not remembering his past friendships, and clean up his things that are just a word. ”

Gao Zhong said: "Lord Xiangguo is thoughtful and admired." ”

Gao Zhong heard such murderous words, his heart was shocked, at this moment Zhao Shu's whole family lives are in the mind of Lord Xiangguo, since ancient times, political struggles have been extremely cruel and ruthless, winners take all, either their own people are outsiders, if you don't stand on your side, you can only get rid of them quickly. If it weren't for the fact that the Zhao Huo family had an in-law relationship in the past, it would be impossible to say that Lao Zhao might have been made up by the prime minister with an excuse, just like the Yang family's relatives.

In the East Palace of the Prince, Mu Sheng also received an edict from the Prime Minister's Palace, and only now did he know that when he became the prince, his own uncle Zhao Shu had been dismissed by Huo Zheng and returned to his hometown.

After Mu Sheng knew the news, he couldn't help but feel a little worried, what did Huo Xiang mean? After all, Zhao Shu is one of the auxiliary ministers personally designated by the emperor, so he will be dismissed? Does the emperor have no opinion?

Unless the emperor is terminally ill and unable to manage the government, and completely entrusts the government to Prime Minister Huo Cheng, how can he let Huo Zheng decide the personnel appointment and dismissal of important ministers of the court? Not to mention such an important figure as the Auxiliary Minister......

The current scene, inside and outside the court, I am afraid it is just Huo Xiang's words, Mu Sheng is just the crown prince who has just ascended the throne, and he is not qualified to wrestle with an old minister like him, if Zhao Shu is still in the court, maybe he can be more calm, after all, he Zhao Shaofu is still the prince's uncle, and he is also a natural political ally......

At this time, the people of Donggong Temple came to report, and the tall and tall people came to see him, Mu Sheng heard this, and his heart moved slightly, what did he do? He is Huo Xiang's confidant, and he can't be lazy at the moment, Mu Sheng went out to greet this tall man in person.

Outside the East Palace, Gao Zhong was waiting for the prince to summon him, but when he turned around, he saw that His Royal Highness the prince actually came in person, which really shocked him, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said: "Weichen sees His Royal Highness the Prince, how can Weichen He De actually bother His Highness to greet him." ”

Mu Sheng said with a smile: "What the tall man said, Lone is a person who respects the tall and greets him in person." ”

Gao Zhong waved his hand and said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you are too polite." ”

He actually understood in his heart that the reason why the prince was so polite to him was not precisely because his backer was Prime Minister Huo Cheng, who was now in power.

The two of them were polite at the door, and then entered the main hall of the East Palace, and after entering the palace and sitting down, Mu Sheng asked: "Lord Gao, why did you come here today?" ”

Gao Zhong arched his hand and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Weichen came today to teach His Royal Highness to deal with daily government affairs at the behest of the Prime Minister, which is also what His Majesty meant." ”

When Mu Sheng heard this, his heart moved slightly, and he said more politely: "Since it is the intention of Lord Xiangguo and His Majesty, then Gu Obey is." ”

Gao Zhong said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Weichen has trespassed." ”

Gao Zhong said, summoned the entourage outside the door, put the recitals and texts inside and outside the court in the past few days in front of the prince's case, and began to personally teach the prince how to handle government affairs. After the crown prince was canonized, the emperor personally assigned the ministers of the court to teach the prince to handle government affairs and supervise the prince's studies, which was also the treatment that Mu Sheng did not have before as an ordinary prince.

Earlier, he was responsible for reading and reading in the palace, but he was just an ordinary teacher, and he had no official position in the court, and his uncle Zhao Shaofu was busy with government affairs on weekdays, in fact, he was just a nominal teacher. He basically belongs to the semi-laissez-faire mode, which shows the gap in educational resources between the prince and the ordinary prince.

After a few hours of guidance, Gao Zhong got up to say goodbye, Mu Sheng naturally got up and said goodbye respectfully, and on the second day, Gao Zhong would still come to the East Palace to meet the prince to guide government affairs, in fact, the so-called government affairs have already been dealt with in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he came here to let him learn how to judge the situation and how to approve the performance of officials from all over the world.

The next day, Mu Sheng, as the crown prince of the dynasty, issued a letter of appointment for the first time, and Guo Xuan also successfully became the prince of the East Palace, and officially took office.

At this time, Guo Jue, the new crown prince, came to meet His Royal Highness the crown prince with a letter in hand.

Guo Jue presented the letter and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, news from Yucheng. ”

Mu Sheng read the letter, frowned, and said, "It seems that Mr. Wu can't come to the East Palace for the time being?" ”

Guo Jue said: "Now is the critical time for the mountain puppets, the former tribe, and the three kingdoms of Taisha to wrestle with each other, Yucheng can't leave Mr. Wu for the time being, and now Your Highness you are already in the East Palace, then the northbound strategy we formulated earlier can basically be abandoned, and now the mountain puppets are about to go all out to the south to encroach on Taisha with the former tribe, and in another year or two, Taisha should be able to gradually recover its national strength, and the three-legged momentum of southern Xinjiang will be completely laid, but His Royal Highness the Prince, you will soon have thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the Central Plains, and the mountain puppets will be more than the Central Plains, After all, it is a small state, and it is insignificant at the moment. ”

Mu Sheng bowed his head and said: "What you said is that the mountain puppet has indeed become insignificant to Lone, and it is impossible for me to continue to be the king of Zhennan in the mountain puppet, and now the problem that Lone is facing is after he ascends the throne, Lone has been away from the capital for a long time, and the foundation here is too weak." ”

When Guo Jue heard this, he thought so, and said: "Your Highness, the person you are worried about is the current power of the left prime minister Huo Zheng, Huo Xiang has been in the court for more than ten years, and has won the trust of His Majesty. ”

Mu Sheng sighed and said, "Yes...... It's a long time coming, and you can't be in a hurry! ”

Mu Sheng was so helpless, who would have thought that he would be able to take the East Palace? Even he didn't expect it, originally he was still planning, in case it was really as Wu Xie expected, the Central Plains would become chaotic, and he would raise troops to go north to take advantage of the opportunity.

In these days of his mountain puppet, he expanded his power in the south, and constantly strengthened the mountain puppet country, in fact, the ultimate goal is to take the opportunity to prepare for the north, good guy, now this situation will not be rectified directly for him, the soldiers and horses have been preparing for a long time, and the throne fell directly from the sky, and it was smashed down according to his head, with the emperor now seriously ill and unable to manage the government, it will not be long before he will be able to sit in the seat that everyone covets.

Mu Sheng suppressed the mood of forcibly breaking into the inner palace to visit the emperor, he thought of being suddenly canonized as the crown prince, which seemed to be foggy, he remembered the empty dragon chair on the canonization ceremony that day, revealing a strange feeling from beginning to end.

If he realized something in his heart, he was afraid that his position as the crown prince was also the result of Huo Xiangguo's secret operation, if the emperor was still alive, how could he easily abolish An Guojun's son Xiu? It's just that the current result is the biggest beneficiary, and he can only wait and see what happens.

Thinking of this, Mu Sheng turned his back and pondered for a long time, and asked: "Guo Xuan, what you said is right, my father and his old man have already driven to the west, and after Gu officially ascended the throne, I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to speak alone, and his uncle Zhao Shaofu has also been removed from his official position, is Huo Xiangguo trying to emulate the story of Li Gongchao and Doctor Zhong back then?" ”

When Guo Jue heard this, he was secretly shocked in his heart, the doctor Zhong that His Royal Highness the Prince said in his mouth was the Warring States Period more than 300 years ago, the prime minister of the Jin State, Zhongsun Mingzhong, the fifth generation of the Jin monarch Jin Pinggong died, Zhongsun Ming secretly united with the important ministers of the court to secretly not mourn, poisoned the prince, and made the nine-year-old son of Jin Pinggong as the king, that is, the sixth generation of the Jin monarch of this different world, Jin Li Gong.

Zhong Dafu supported the new monarch and made meritorious contributions, and was able to tilt the power to the government and the opposition, until the Jin Li Gong became an adult, Zhong Sun Ming, a generation of power ministers, still refused to hand over the real power, and controlled the Jin dynasty for more than 30 years, until Zhong Sun Ming's death, Jin Li Gong was able to pro-government.

Guo Jue understood in his heart that obviously His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also meant to mention this person at this time.

Guo Jue pondered for a long time and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince of Qiqi, the minister thinks that with Huo Xiangguo's current power, it is better for us to lie dormant in secret, just wait for His Royal Highness to ascend to the throne and take care of government affairs in person, in time, it will naturally slowly sit on the throne, Your Highness, you must not be in a hurry, at least we still have to rely on Huo Xiangguo's support now." ”

Mu Sheng heard the words and said: "Well, it makes sense, now Lone is just a prince, but you have to take precautions......

After saying that, Mu Sheng's eyes flashed, as if he was thinking about something.

Guo Jue's meaning, Mu Sheng naturally understands it, as long as he can calm down now, after ascending the throne, as an emperor, his name is justifiable, and he naturally occupies a moral advantage, how powerful the prime minister is, and he is also the second-in-command, after the official accession to the throne, there will naturally be a group of people coming closer, with supporters behind him, and he will be able to slowly sit in the seat after a long time, and he also has an advantage that as long as he officially ascends the throne, he can be pro-government, he has been crowned an adult, There is no situation where the lord and the child cannot govern in person, and can only rely entirely on foreign ministers to handle the government.

Zuo Prime Minister Huo Zheng really wants to be as powerful as Li Gong Chao Zhong Sun Ming, he also needs to monopolize power for a long time, and the government and the opposition are all arranged into their own people in order to do the same, at that time, even the monarch can't do anything about him, and Mu Sheng still has cards to play in the future.

Thinking of this, Mu Sheng's brows relaxed, although the road ahead was difficult and dangerous, his mood was not as heavy as before......