On September 14, in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Lang Zhong ordered Huo Jun, Lieutenant Huo Qi, and Wei Wei Gao Zhong to sit around Prime Minister Huo Zheng, as if they were reporting something.

At this moment, a guard shouted outside the Prime Minister's Mansion: "Report, 600 miles of urgent military report." The servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion did not dare to delay, and immediately let him enter the palace to report his work.

Huo Zheng took the front-line military newspaper, unwrapped the seal, and after reading the ten lines at a glance, he sighed and said: "Victory, Li Shang lives up to expectations, and the Dongjun civil rebellion has been suppressed." ”

After speaking, he handed the general newspaper to Gao Chong, and Gao Zhong admired it: "The thieves coerced tens of thousands of displaced people, Li Shang personally led the troops to encircle and suppress, beheaded thousands, and the rest of the thieves were scattered, which is a great achievement." ”

Lang Zhongling Huo Jun sneered: "It's just that the merits and demerits are offset, there is such a large-scale civil uprising in his Li Shang's jurisdiction, and he can stay in office, but he must be punished." ”

When Huo Zheng heard this, he couldn't deny it, and said, "By the way, has the war report been sent to the palace?" ”

Gao Zhong said: "Lord Xiangguo, now the battle report is estimated to have been sent to the Taiji Palace." ”

Huo Zhengqi said: "Taiji Palace? Your Majesty went to the Taiji Palace again? ”

"Yes, Lord Xiangguo, Your Majesty is inspecting that in Taiji Palace again... I'm not a monk, and I don't know what this furnace is for. ”

When Huo Zheng heard this, he sighed and said: "Now Your Majesty has been bewitched by the demon girl and is not doing his job, I knew that this was the case, the old man should have tried his best to override public opinion and kill this demon girl, the first emperor alchemy, what kind of spiritual furnace is there today, the foundation left by the first emperor is really not human!" ”

The three people present didn't dare to do anything after hearing it, that is, Huo Xiangguo, who was in power and the opposition, dared to do this, and the others dared to be imprisoned for the crime of criticizing the monarch so early.

Huo Zheng turned his head to Gao Zhong and instructed: "Gao Chong, you take the time to advise today, use your energy on the right path, and don't always engage in these crooked things." ”

When Gao Zhong heard this, he smiled awkwardly and said: "Enxiang, it's not that I haven't persuaded you, every time I advise, I should rule now, and the court has a virtuous minister like you at the helm, and nothing big will happen." ”

When Huo Zheng heard this, he nodded secretly in his heart, but said, "Alas! The first emperor handed over the country to His Majesty, and he should be diligent in national affairs, how can he be the shopkeeper? In the future, after the old man retires, he will still entrust this thousand catties of burden to His Majesty, and you are persuading Your Majesty. ”

Gao Zhong agreed: "Please rest assured, Gao will definitely advise you to be diligent in political affairs today." ”

Gao Zhong agreed with his mouth, but complained in his heart, you Huo Xiang firmly hold power in your hands, what do you want Jinzi to do?

Gao Zhong understands what Huo Xiangguo means too well, he is just pretending to be a gesture, where is he willing to hand over power easily, and now His Majesty is acting like this, is it not in his hands?

After Gao Zhong and Huo Qi withdrew from the Prime Minister's Mansion to do business, only Huo Zheng and Huo Jun were left in the lobby of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Huo Jun stepped forward and sneered: "Brother, you see, this right prime minister Wang Yi is not doing his job properly, and he doesn't say a word when he is in a court meeting, he is in a high position, but he is a vegetarian meal, so just let this old guy retire and go home." ”

When Huo Zheng heard this, he sneered and said, "Oh? Let him retire, who will replace him? ”

Huo Jun sneered and said, "Brother, don't you have to come up with an idea about this!" ”

Huo Zheng smiled, followed Huo Jun's meaning, and said: "Also, this old guy doesn't do anything about this son, it's really not like words, alas! I look at the position of this right prime minister......"

Lang Zhong Ling Huo Jun was overjoyed when he saw his brother's tone loosening, and he stretched out his head to listen carefully to who Huo Zheng wanted to give the seat to.

Huo Zheng's face suddenly changed, slapped the table, and scolded: "Huo Jun, don't think that your little old man doesn't know, you have been thinking about the position of the right prime minister for a long time, right?" ”

Huo Jun was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Brother, it's nothing, I'm ......"

Seeing that Huo Zheng's face was getting more and more ugly, Huo Jun hurriedly changed his words: "Brother, I was wrong, I shouldn't worry about the position of the right prime minister......

Seeing that Huo Jun was frightened, Huo Zheng said in a gentle tone: "Hey! Let me do you what's good? If virtue is not matched, there will be disasters, look at you, don't do anything all day long, always make friends with those rangers, what can you do? I directly promoted you from a Lang official to Jiuqing Lang Zhongling, and you have already committed public anger, you calm down, make some achievements, and convince the public. ”

Huo Jun said yes again and again.

Huo Zheng saw that he didn't seem to be in his heart, and suddenly said sharply: "You don't even have the position of Lang Zhongling now, just thinking about the position of the right prime minister?" People have to have a limit to being stupid, the so-called profit makes you stupid, it is you, you only have promotion and wealth in your eyes, and other things, do you have a number in your mind? You don't want to think about it, if you and my brother have become prime ministers, what do people from the government and the opposition think? Could it be that the imperial court is really our Huo family? What do you think of the state as a public instrument? Look at the third brother Huo Qi, who is much more important than you, since taking over the lieutenant army, he has been conscientious, trained soldiers, and never slackened. ”

Huo Jun was submissive and didn't dare to squeak.

Huo Zheng said: "Let's be honest with you, the old man is very satisfied with Wang Xiangguo, if you change someone, you may not be so sensible, do you understand what the old man means?" ”

When Huo Jun heard this, he suddenly said: "Brother, I understand, let's not try to be famous, we must grasp the real benefits in our hands." ”

Huo Zheng had a teachable expression, patted Huo Jun's shoulder and said, "Alas! You can still be saved, don't use your brains about the position of the right minister, and don't think about it in the future. ”

Huo Jun agreed again and again.

Huo Zheng thought about it, and then turned his head and instructed Huo Jun: "By the way, you go to help my brother do something, now the Lang Wei next to His Majesty is under your command, you have to train in real time, don't slack off, you go to the Southern Army Palace Guard to transfer some reliable people to supplement the Lang Wei and strengthen the garrison of the inner court." ”

Huo Jun heard this: "But the Nanying Palace Guard is a guard who is in charge, and you also know that I don't deal with him in private, I'm afraid he won't let him go easily." ”

Huo Zheng said: "You are what the old man meant, he didn't dare not let go." ”

Huo Junxin asked, "Brother, how many people does Lang Wei want to add to enter?" ”

Huo Zheng got up and put his hands behind his back, thought for a while, and said, "Add another three thousand people to go in." ”

Huo Jun was surprised: "So many people? According to the regulations of the imperial court, Lang Wei has a maximum of 2,000 members, and with 3,000 people, Lang Wei has more than 5,000 people, I am afraid that this move will cause criticism among the courtiers? ”

Huo Zheng said: "Of course the old man knows that this move does not comply with the regulations, most of the Lang Wei under your command are the children of the old family in Guanzhong, these people may not be of the same heart as our Huo family, the three thousand palace guards of the Southern Army who were assigned to you this time, they are still the palace guards of the Southern Army in name, but in fact they are under your command, do you know what I mean?" ”

Huo Jun's heart was like a mirror, and he said, "I understand, I'll do it." ”

Huo Jun understood that this was Huo Zheng's plan to divide part of the military power in the hands of Wei Wei Gao, Wei Wei was in charge of the Southern Army Palace Guard, with 10,000 people under his command, and the Southern Army Palace Guard was also called Bingwei, and the soldiers were stationed in the palace city to guard the various palace gates, except for Huo Jun's son and son Lang Wei, the soldiers and guards were the most important part of the control of the forbidden military power.

Could it be that the eldest brother is wary of the guard? Immediately, Huo Jun shook his head, feeling that if the eldest brother suspected that the guard captain was high, it would be impossible for him to sit in the most critical position of the guard captain......

At this time, in the Taiji Palace, the emperor, accompanied by the patriarch Ahe Lami, was visiting the construction site of the spirit furnace, which used to be the place where the first emperor made alchemy, and now it has become the production base of Mu Sheng's production of spirit crystals.

Qingyang City every inch of land is expensive, the powerful are piled up, but you can't find such a big place specifically planned for Ahelamita, the reason why you choose Taiji Palace, is because this palace is built by the mountain, has the function of city defense, is a fortress-type palace, the spiritual furnace is built here convenient and safe.

In an open space in the Taiji Palace, tens of thousands of people are shouting under the supervision of the foreman to lay the foundation, ramming the earth platform, and thousands of craftsmen are erecting a wooden frame to eradicate a large hall in the middle of the clearing.

Ahlami explained: "Your Majesty, it is not easy to find a place in the Taiji Palace, so the main hall here can only be demolished and rebuilt, and the spiritual furnace does not cover an area. ”

Mu Sheng said: "Well, even if you let it go, as long as you can successfully build the spirit furnace, the combat power of the Hundred Hunt Cultivators will be incomparable, and they will also become the most powerful sharp knives in my hands." ”

In fact, Mu Sheng wants to consciously strengthen the only force that can be controlled in his hands, the military strength of the Tsing Yi envoy, and the strength of Baizhen, if they are powerful enough, to a certain extent, they can hedge against the tens of thousands of forbidden military power controlled by Huo Zheng, the prime minister of Zuo, in a few years, his voice as the emperor will be much stronger, it is much better than being a rubber stamp now.

Ahlami said: "Your Majesty, if you can successfully produce spirit crystals, you can also make very powerful puppets, and it is not a problem to attack the city, and there is also a kind of combat flying kite in the ancient era, which is also driven by spirit crystals, according to the flying clouds, it goes up to 20,000 miles, and it comes and goes like the wind." ”

Mu Sheng has been fascinated by the blueprint described by Ahe Lami, if he can really get this thing, he can consider setting up an air force, in this era, it is invincible, can he still rely on the technology of this super era to establish an invincible army, explore and conquer the entire planet in advance, and he can be the captain of the ball, how powerful is this?

Ahe Lami said: "Master, before the spirit furnace is built, I can build a type of spirit furnace for early experiments, and it is estimated that it can be completed in a few months, but this type of spirit furnace is only experimental in nature, the number of spirit crystals produced is very limited, and the yield is also very low, but it can also do some preliminary experiments and explorations for the Taiji Palace before the spirit furnace is officially built here." ”

When Mu Sheng heard this, he thought of a good place and said, "By the way, in Qingyang City, the Gongzi Mansion where I lived in the past, that place is specially for you to experiment, I don't know if the place is big enough?" ”

Of course, Ahe Lammy knew how large the prince's mansion of the children of the clan was, and said, "Enough, if you can tear down a few houses to make room for a vacant space, it will be enough to build a medium-sized spiritual furnace." ”

Mu Sheng waved his hand and said: "Okay, you can demolish that place casually, if you want money, if you want people, you can do it yourself, I only need results." ”

Ahlami's eyes sparkled, and he agreed.

At this time, a guard ran in and shouted, "Your Majesty's military report, six hundred miles urgent." ”

As soon as Mu Sheng heard this, he came to his senses, and Yang Jin hurriedly stepped forward to take the military report and handed it to Mu Sheng.

Mu Sheng took it out and looked at it, and felt relieved, it seems that the civil uprising is within a controllable range, and it is just the action of the Revival Association if it is not, and it is difficult to become a climate.

Now that the overall situation has been decided, Mu Sheng is ready to hold a court meeting tomorrow to discuss the aftermath with the ministers.

At this time, Bian Hu, the prosecutor's captain, ran all the way up and whispered to Mu Sheng.

Mu Sheng's eyes were gloomy, and he asked, "Are you, Huo Xiangguo assigned the three thousand guards of the Nanying Palace to Lang Zhongling Huo Jun to be in charge?" When did it happen? ”

Bian Hu said softly: "It's what just happened, there are 10,000 palace guards in Nanying, and now 3,000 palace guards are allocated to join Lang Wei, that is, Lang Zhong ordered Huo Jun to take away part of the military power in the hands of Wei Wei Gao, and the troops under his direct control are already 5,000 people, these are the elites of guarding the inner court, what does Huo Xiangguo want?" It's ......."

Bian Hu's words didn't go down, these are all extremely scary operations, with the strength that Huo Zheng has now, even if he abolish Mu Sheng's establishment of a new monarch, it is as easy as a breeze, or it is the decentralization and adjustment within the group of Prime Minister Huo Zheng, there is no need to be surprised, anyway, the military power in the forbidden middle is in the hands of Huo Zheng's cronies, and it is divided back and forth, and that's it.

When Mu Sheng heard this, his heart sank, so he had to pretend to be relaxed and said, "I know, go back to Beijing." ”