Chapter 61: Monarchs and Ministers

Liu Qi and his entourage have been pursuing along the footsteps of Jin Wushu since they left Luoyang, and the footprints are very obvious, in the direction of Shunchang.

Liu Qi, who was carried away by the victory, did not notice that the footprints of those horses' hooves were too shallow, and they did not look like the horseshoe prints left by the heavy armored cavalry.

Liu Chan, who was far away in Yuncheng, didn't know that the Golden Vulture had already rushed towards him at this time. He is still training with Yue Yun's back army, striving to compete with Jin Guo again.

Liu Chan looked at the Beiwei army who was training desperately, and said to Yue Yun: "How do I feel that your Beiwei army is still strong against the Yue family army led by your father?" Are they really heavy cavalry? ”

Yue Yun's face was gloomy, if you don't mention this topic, we are still friends. However, Liu Chan was the emperor after all, and he explained: "The minister doesn't know why, since the last battle of Shunchang, the strength of the Yue family's army has been above the Beiwei army. ”

"I always feel like you're almost something." Liu Chan was very puzzled, the heavy armored cavalry under his influence should not be like this, it should be stronger.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty what is missing."

"I'll have to think about it, and I'll tell you when I know the answer."

"Then thank Your Majesty."

"It's training time today, let's go, go drink?"

The corners of Yue Yun's mouth twitched, since he came to Yuncheng with Liu Chan, he found that Liu Chan was not an ordinary close to the people, and it was completely different from what he imagined.

Liu Chan often dragged him to drink with some soldiers of the Weiwei Army, all kinds of stupid words were not taboo at all, and he often made all kinds of jokes, so that Yue Yun sometimes couldn't tell whether Liu Chan was the emperor or a border general.

"Manxianglou?"

"I've been shy, but if you're in a treat, it's okay."

"Then let's eat whatever you want."

Liu Chan laughed: "Let's go, Manxianglou, I'm in for a treat." ”

After all the dishes were served, Yue Yun asked Liu Chan a question he had always wanted to ask: "Since Your Majesty trusts my father, why did you demote my father to Huaining for a year?" Is it because my father was involved with the crown prince? ”

"It has nothing to do with that." Liu Chan put down his chopsticks and took a sip of wine, that was what Zhao Gou did, and he didn't know it. But now that Yue Yun asked, he must give an explanation.

"Your father doesn't know how to be an official, how can it be so easy in Beijing. It's not a big deal to make friends with the prince privately, but your father made friends too early. Those ministers are all watching between the two princes, your father is still a military general, so where do you put those ministers in the court? ”

"Your Majesty, do you mean?"

"If I don't demote your father to Huaining, then it won't be long before a minister writes to say that your father colluded with the prince and intended to rebel."

"But my father's loyalty to you is evident."

"I know, even the ministers. But you can also pretend not to know, how do you explain it then? Liu Chan sighed and said to Yue Yun again, "Have you heard a story?" ”

"What?"

"Once upon a time, a soldier ate a bowl of noodles from the shop, and the shopkeeper insisted that the soldier had eaten two bowls of noodles, but he gave money for one bowl of noodles. What would you do if this happened to you? ”

Yue Yun pondered and meditated, but still couldn't think of a solution: "This shop is too black-hearted, and the minister can't think of a solution." ”

"Hey, at this point, you are very similar to your father, too upright, you don't know that people are sinister."

Yue Yun was deeply influenced by Yue Fei, and Yue Fei was very upright, which also made Yue Yun not understand those flies and dogs in society. At the beginning, Yue Fei had 100,000 Yue family troops, but when he was falsely imprisoned by Qin Hui on trumped-up charges, he didn't even have the idea of rebellion. In the end, Yue Yun also accompanied his father to the execution ground, witnessing the epic decline in the moral level of the Song Dynasty.

Liu Chan continued: "That soldier is just like you, there is no evidence that he ate a bowl of rice. At that time, I was so anxious that I was about to cry, and I wanted to give the store money for two bowls of noodles. But the shopkeeper was not for money at all, but simply wanted to disgust the army where the soldiers belonged. In the end, the soldier was forced to open his stomach and prove that he had only eaten one bowl of noodles. ”

"And then?" Yue Yun was a little disgusted by this story.

Then the shopkeeper and all the onlookers ran away, and the shopkeeper said to the dying soldiers: I know you actually ate a bowl of noodles, but who cares?"

"Your Majesty will tell this story like saying that the ministers of the court will be like the shopkeeper, no, there is still Zhao Xiang in the court!"

"Well, I don't know how your father taught you. When the interests of all the ministers stand together, what is one Zhao Xiang, can he really remove all the ministers. Your father had made private contact with the crown prince and moved the interests that should have belonged to everyone, if I hadn't driven him to Huaining in advance, I am afraid that he would have been in a different place. ”

"Is the DPRK so dangerous now?"

"It's much more dangerous than this, and I also want to see what will happen in Beijing this time. If there is a change in the capital, then I will personally lead the army to Lin'an, kill all those rebellious ministers and thieves, and then rectify the dynasty, and it will be a good place. ”

"Will the change in the DPRK affect the Northern Expedition of the Great Army?"

"Don't worry, I've already arranged it. As far as those scholars can come up with any tricks, it's just a piece of paper. If it weren't for the fact that it could handle state affairs, it would be a bunch of waste. ”

"Hey." Yue Yun let out a long sigh and said to Liu Chan: "It seems that I also have to read and write books, otherwise I won't know if I am really sold." ”

"Haha, I've already told you to read more. But I heard that you want to be a character like Huo Quai, Han Shi? ”

"It's all a joke, I didn't expect Your Majesty to even know this."

"If you really want to be Huo Quai, it's okay, but I still have the position of the dart general?"

"What Your Majesty said is true." Yue Yun stood up excitedly.

"Of course it's true, I've never been joking, but your skills are not as strong as Huo Qu's illness, you must know that he and you are the age of the Huns, and you haven't even recovered the north of the Song Dynasty now."

"The minister will definitely do his best, and he will definitely be able to hit the hometown of the Jin Kingdom."

"Hahaha, okay, let's eat, it's a little cold."

Bianliang

"General, it's all arranged, it's time to go." Wang Gui said to Yue Fei, who was ready to go.

"Well, good. Is Yellow Flag with us? ”

"There's no way if he doesn't come with us, Shunchang is now surrounded by the Golden Vultures, and he can't get by at all." Wang Gui said with a smile, he actually knew the identity of Huang Qi, Ying Wei, he already knew.

"Okay, but I've been feeling a little uneasy lately, as if something big is going to happen."

"Maybe it's because now that the reconquest of the north is in sight, the general's dream is finally coming true, right?"

"Hahaha, maybe." Yue Yun looked south, still feeling a little uneasy.