“？？？”

Lu Ning looked at the empress speechlessly, what about the last dynasty, you are so interested in me?

The empress's phoenix eyes flickered, and she waved her hand slightly at Lu Ning.

Only then did Lu Ning find that in the court, Qin Zhong and the others had stopped arguing and were all staring at him quietly.

Seeing this, Lu Ning didn't feel embarrassed, straightened his chest, turned around and walked down the Golden Dragon Platform.

"Your Majesty, the old minister believes that we should first eliminate internal troubles, and then solve external troubles."

After Qin Zhong glanced at Lu Ning, his old eyes flashed slightly, and he bowed down and said.

Seeing that the empress was silent, he continued:

"At the enthronement ceremony, the king of Yongshan will not come, and he will not bow down to the heart of the minister."

"And since last month, he has recruited a large number of troops without the permission of the imperial court, and his disobedience is known to passers-by."

"The old minister suggested that Your Majesty should remove all military power from the King of Yongshan, and recommend Xu Kaishi, the Marquis of Zhenbei, to replace him, and share His Majesty's worries!"

Hearing this, Pei Tong, Gu Fengtang, Zhang Juming, Kou Shize and others frowned.

This old fox actually recommended Xu Kaishi?

When Xu Kaishi, Marquis of Zhenbei, heard this, he was excited in his heart, but there was no change on his face, and he lined up with ivory in his hand: "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to go to Yongzhou to take over all the military power in the hands of King Yongshan, guard the demon clan in southern Xinjiang, and suppress the turmoil in Sangzhou." ”

The empress's phoenix eyes flashed slightly, and she glanced at Xu Kaishi.

He looked at Qin Zhong again.

"King Yongshan is my sixth emperor uncle, guarding Yongzhou, and has a heavy responsibility, so it is understandable that he did not come to Beijing and Zhou to participate in my enthronement ceremony, so don't mention this matter again."

"It's the Western Regions that came to mourn my father, no matter what their intentions are, Da Zhou, as the kingdom, should also receive it first, so arrange this matter first."

"Other small matters should be reviewed by the cabinet, properly handled by the six departments, and the Demon Suppression Division is responsible for supervision."

Before the hour.

The empress retired from the dynasty and left the Taiji Palace.

Qin Zhong and the others saluted, and they didn't raise their heads until the empress completely disappeared into the Taiji Palace.

For most of the last half of the court, there were mountains of twists and turns, and the empress did not deal with a few.

watched Father-in-law Liu lead someone to carry the fold away.

Qin Zhong's old eyes flickered, and he originally thought that the empress would definitely punish King Yongshan on the first day she went to court, or at least remove King Yongshan from all military power.

But I didn't expect the empress to care about the Western Regions countries to mourn Emperor Ming Wu, although this matter is not a trivial matter, but it is not a critical matter, it is personally received by Li Hongmao, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, at most the empress will come forward to get it, how can it be dealt with specially.

It must have been that Lu Ning who said something in the empress's ear that made the empress change her mind.

Thinking about it, a gloomy look flashed in Qin Zhong's eyes.

Lu Ning's official position is not high, and he has thousands of households in Wupin Town, but he has a gold medal for avoiding death, and he is deeply favored by the empress, so he is a character who cannot be offended.

……

Yongle Palace.

The empress only left Bai Wei, Bai Xue, Lu Ning and Pei Tianbei, she looked at Lu Ning and asked, "Above the court, why do you suggest that I first receive the envoys of the Western Regions who are mourning?" ”

Lu Ning frowned slightly and said: "Your Majesty has just been established, the foundation is unstable, the Great Zhou Dynasty is worried about internal and external troubles, according to the current situation, it is not realistic to be inside, then we can only be outside." ”

"Outside and inside, or distant and close attack."

"Only by stabilizing the external situation can we get rid of the internal troubles little by little, otherwise the internal troubles and the external troubles help each other, and it will be very difficult for Your Majesty to deal with them."

"As for King Yongshan, there won't be any big moves for a while."

"Besides, Your Majesty really wants to get rid of King Yongshan, now is not the time, only when he really rebels, Your Majesty will have a reason to send troops to quell the rebellion, and even King Anshan will help Your Majesty when the time comes."

"What Your Majesty wants to do now is to use Qin Zhong and the others to reverse the family's impression of Your Majesty."

"As long as they believe in Your Majesty, then the King of Yongshan rebels, and the family will also stand behind Your Majesty and contribute funds."

Speaking of this, Lu Ning paused for a moment and continued:

"As for the northern barbarians, they are guarded by hundreds of thousands of soldiers from Beimang, and they will not pose any threat to the Great Zhou Dynasty for a while."

"If Your Majesty is worried, you can send an envoy to the northern barbarians, mainly to make friends, and appease the barbarians first."

"The Southern Xinjiang Demon Clan is a big scourge, and what I am most afraid of now is that the King of Yongshan recruited troops not to guard the Southern Xinjiang Demon Clan, but to have greater confidence to collude with the Demon Clan, so as to cause chaos in the Great Zhou."

"As for the turmoil in Sangzhou, His Majesty issued an edict to let King Yongshan suppress Sangzhou, firstly, King Yongshan thinks that His Majesty has trust in him, and secondly, it also distracts King Yongshan."

"Xiliang riots, let Zhenxi Hou send troops to suppress it."

"As for the famine in Qingzhou, Qin Ge Lao is not only rich and rivals the country, but also loyal to the country, why doesn't Your Majesty let him solve this problem, there is the supervision of Lord Si Zheng of the Demon Suppression Division, I believe that Qin Ge Lao will not fail in his mission."

"If the bandits robber in Gyeongju can ask the local government to post a notice and pay for the Jianghu masters to cooperate with the officers and soldiers to solve the problem."

The four empresses nodded frequently when they listened, and at the same time looked at Lu Ning in surprise.

Lu Ning had been in the prison before, and he was the head of the analysis of world affairs.

I don't know if he was in the prison and saw too many serious offenders, or if there were masters who gave Lu Ning advice, Lu Ning said to them, in short, at Lu Ning's age, it is also remarkable to be able to analyze and say these words.

Lu Ning said: "At present, in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the biggest crisis is the King of Yongshan, but if you want to solve the King of Yongshan, you have to wait for him to rebel, and second, you don't let him use the power of the countries of the Western Regions." ”

"Therefore, Your Majesty will first deal with the issue of condolences from the countries of the Western Regions, maybe there will be princes and princesses, if you can make friends, you can stabilize the countries of the Western Regions for a year or two, and when the King of Yongshan is resolved, it will not be too late to deal with the problems of the countries of the Western Regions."

The empress nodded and said, "What if the King of Yongshan has already colluded with the Western Regions Kingdoms?" ”

Lu Ning said expressionlessly: "Yes, there must be, but the countries of the Western Regions did not fully trust King Yongshan, otherwise they would not have thought of coming to offer condolences." ”

"Therefore, when the condolence envoys come, Your Majesty must not only meet them in person, but also behave very friendly, and interact with the civil and military ministers, but also show that the monarch and the ministers are united."

"Only in this way will the countries of the Western Regions be feared."

The empress nodded secretly, glanced at the sundial outside the main hall, got up and said, "Get up and go to Baiyun Taoist Temple." ”

Hear the words.

Lu Ning was slightly stunned, is this going to see the Lord of the White Cloud Temple?

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Baiyun Taoist Temple.

In the northwest of Beijing and Zhou, between the Baiyun Mountains.

It is only ten kilometers away from the Imperial City of Beijing and Zhou, and it is about the same distance from the Imperial City of Beijing and Zhou as the Dongsheng Mountain Range of the Confucius Courtyard.

When the empress traveled, Su Liuqi, the commander of the forbidden army, and Fang Xuewu, the commander of the guards, each brought someone to escort her.

In addition, the Demon Suppression Division is also Lu Ning and Pei Tianbei.

The empress rode the dragon, and the rest all rode horses.

Half a stick of incense rushed to the foot of the Baiyun Mountains.

Lu Ning reined in the reins of his horse and raised his eyebrows to stare at a tall building in the depths of the Baiyun Mountain Range, which was built extremely magnificently.

The twelfth floor in the world, Beijing and Zhou occupy the third.

Tianxing Building, Baiyun Mountain Building, Library Building.

Walking into the mountains along the mountain road, a forbidden army is on duty for ten meters.

In a moment, the dragon reached the mountain gate of Baiyun Taoist Temple.

Meng Nanzhu took the true disciples of the Baiyun Taoist Temple to greet him, first the gift of the emperor, and then the gift of the master and sister.

"Congratulations, senior sister, the master has been waiting for a long time." Meng Nanzhu took the empress's hand and said with a smile.

"Master is really like a god!" The empress exclaimed.

On the side, Lu Ning was very surprised, he always thought that Baiyun Daoist Temple was all female disciples, but it turned out that there were also male disciples!

It's just that yin flourishes and yang declines.

Half a quarter of an hour later.

Everyone came to the bottom of the highest Taoist Mountain, and saw four big characters on the golden plaque: Baiyun Mountain Tower.

The empress glanced at Lu Ning and the others and said:

"Wait down there."

After the words fell, he walked into the Baiyun Mountain Building with Meng Nanzhu.

Lu Ning and the others could only stand on the jade square in front of the mountain tower, looking around at the Baiyun Taoist Temple.

The pavilions and palaces are built on the top of the hill, and there are some pavilions.

In the cold winter season, some mountain peaks have snow that has not melted, and the wind blows cold.

A little higher, the clouds are cloudy, lingering on the top of the mountain peak, giving people a fairy scene.

Lu Ning slightly urged the "Xuanyang Gong", and the rich aura between heaven and earth was inhaled into the body, purified, and turned into pure energy.

"It is worthy of being a treasure land of immortal mountains, and the aura is really strong!" Lu Ning nodded secretly, sighing in his heart.

Looking back at the Baiyun Mountain Building, there are a total of thirteen floors.

Each floor is three zhang high, a total of thirty-nine zhang high, six zhang higher than the Tianxing Tower.

The divine consciousness swept and crashed into the formation at the ninth layer.

Lu Ning put away his divine sense.

The top floor of the mountain tower resembles a huge pavilion.

The eight red-lacquered pillars are arranged according to the Bagua orientation, and each pillar needs to be hugged by two people to hold it.

The empress followed Meng Nanzhu to the top floor, and saw a woman wearing a white robe and her black hair simply pulled up next to a large pillar.

Judging by the back, the woman should be very young.

The empress stepped forward and was about to salute.

The Lord of Baiyun Guan turned around, and it was a woman in her thirties who still had charm, and there was a very obvious small red mole on her left cheek.

"Disciple Zhou Yan, meet the master!"

The Lord of Baiyun Temple smiled and stretched out his hand to hold the empress up and said, "Now that you are the empress of the Great Zhou, you should give a salute to the teacher first." ”

The empress shook her head and said, "The master is a master of the immortal family, so he doesn't have to care about earthly etiquette, and he doesn't need to bow when he sees a disciple." ”

The Lord of Baiyun Temple nodded and smiled secretly, and said, "Yan'er, come and sit." ”

The empress nodded, and with the Lord of the White Cloud Temple, she came to the round table on the top floor and sat down.

Meng Nanzhu is responsible for making tea and pouring tea.

The Lord of Baiyun Temple took a sip of tea lightly, looked at the empress and said:

"The poison in your father's body, which has been ascertained by the teacher, is a mixed poison, a mixture of three kinds of poison."

The empress looked at the Baiyun Guan Lord eagerly and said, "Master, what are the three kinds of poison?" ”

The Lord of the White Cloud Temple frowned and said, "The five-colored snow cicada of the Xuanyin Sect, the demon scorpion blood venom of the Eighteen Demons outside the sky, and the Sand Moon Night Flower of the Shaluo Kingdom in the Western Regions. ”

"Five-colored snow cicada, in the early years, the seniors of the teacher and the sword venerable helped your father expel it, but it was not expelled, and there is still very little venom left in the body, but your father has a cultivation, and it can be completely suppressed, and it is not life-threatening at all."

"But in the past ten years, he has been hit by the blood poison of the demon scorpion, which is also colorless and tasteless, and a small amount is not obvious, but it has been eaten by mistake for a long time, and the gods are difficult to save."

"Combined with the venom of the colorless and odorless sand moon night flower, it is simply the world's most poisonous."

"The person who poisons is really well-intentioned, these three poisons are difficult to blend at the same time, but when they enter the body in stages, using human flesh and blood as a vessel, a new poison will be formed, such as maggots on tarsal bones, which cannot be expelled from the body, and poisoned people can only wait for death slowly."

"Prince Yong'an, your crown prince and brother also died because of this."

"As for who poisoned it, you can investigate it little by little, from the Chengxuan Division, the harem, the crown prince, the minister of civil and military affairs, the forbidden army, and the guards, even the palace maids should not be let go."

"Because the person who poisons it does not necessarily have to be a master, an ordinary person can obtain this poison, and he can also quietly put it in the food, and the silver needle cannot detect it."

"But the person who can obtain these three poisons is not a master, but also a person with great ability."

The empress nodded again and again, and said, "Can the master have these three kinds of poisons in his hands?" ”

The master of Baiyun Temple took out three thumb-thick white jade bottles from his sleeve, and each jade bottle had a logo on it.

"These three bottles of poison can be fed to any ordinary person, and a little can be poisoned to death."

"If you cultivate to reach more than seven grades, you can last for three days."

"Above five grades can last for seven days."

"If you don't expel and treat, you will also die of poison."

"If it is staged and fed in the human body little by little, although it can be suppressed, it will not be able to withstand ten years, and it will definitely die."

The poison in Emperor Mingwu's body, she came forward to help suppress it for almost ten years, but she still couldn't stop the passage of Emperor Mingwu's life.

Maybe a super first-class strong person can drive out all the poisons, but this kind of strong person is rare in the world.

Even if they do stand in front of you, you may not recognize them.

"As for who the murderer is, the teacher can't help you anymore, you need to track it down slowly."

"Disciple understands."

The empress nodded and asked, "What does the master think about the situation today?" ”

The Lord of Baiyun Guan smiled and said, "You are already a bamboo in your chest, so why bother to ask as a teacher." ”

The empress also smiled: "I just want to hear the opinion of the master." ”

The Lord of Baiyun Temple frowned for a moment and said: "King Yongshan is insidious and ruthless, and he does things by unscrupulous means, if he wants to rebel, he will inevitably use the power of the Southern Xinjiang Demon Clan, the countries of the Western Regions, and the two people of King Beimang and King Anshan. ”

"From the current point of view, King Beimang will not help him, King Ansan is difficult to say, and the same is true for the countries of the Western Regions, but the demon clan of Southern Xinjiang will definitely help King Ansan."

"Because the temperament of the demon people in southern Xinjiang is the same as that of the King of Yongshan, they are ruthless and unscrupulous, and the demon people can't wait for the fall of the Great Zhou Dynasty."

"However, the King of Yongshan is hesitating, cooperating with the demon people is undoubtedly seeking skin with the tiger, maybe in the end, even he himself will be eaten by the demon people."

"At this time, the countries of the Western Regions are his most ideal partners, but in the Battle of Yunlu that year, King Yongshan slaughtered the soldiers of the countries of the Western Regions."

"Therefore, the countries of the Western Regions hate and fear the King of Yongshan."

As he spoke, the Lord of Baiyun Guan slowly got up and said while pacing: "I heard that the countries of the Western Regions have already known that your father and emperor have died, and they want to come to Beijing and Zhou to offer condolences. ”

The Lord of Baiyun Guan turned to stare at the empress and said seriously:

"This is a good time to form an alliance with the countries of the Western Regions, if you grasp it, in the future, King Yongshan will rebel, not to mention counting on the countries of the Western Regions to help you from behind."

"As long as they don't help King Yongshan, they are helping you."

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(End of chapter)