Chang'an City.

This giant city lies on the ground, the wind and sand rolling, let the time pass, exudes an ancient and glorious atmosphere, and the walls are marked by knives and axes.

Zhao Xuanqi looked up at this majestic city under the city wall, and couldn't help but sigh: "I'm finally back..."

The army was stationed outside the capital, stationed in the barracks, and the army could not enter the capital at will, so Zhao Xuanqi entered the capital alone.

In order not to disturb the people, the people entered the city quietly, there was no imaginary welcome of the people, and there was no imaginary emperor who went out of the city for thirty miles to greet him, and even many people did not know that he had returned.

Zhao Xuanqi entered the capital with a few cronies, and the first thing he did was the eunuch who had been waiting for a long time to report: Emperor Qinglong summoned him.

He didn't see Emperor Qinglong for the first time.

Instead, he went straight home.

Beijing, the Zhao family's mansion.

Zhao Xuanqi had time to go home for the first time after many years.

Two years ago, because of the emperor's favor, the Zhao family had already moved from Ziyun County to the capital and had a large mansion in the capital.

He walked into the mansion and finally met his wife Yuan Caiyun.

Yuan Caiyun is one year older than Zhao Xuanqi, and Yuan Caiyun is already thirty-six years old at this moment.

A woman of this age has passed the age of flowers, with more wrinkles on her face, her skin is no longer tender and smooth, and she is beginning to look old.

In addition, she has a weak body, has always belonged to a delicate physique, misses her husband all the year round, stays alone in the empty house, and is afraid of her husband who is far away, so she ages faster and looks older than ordinary women.

It was during this meeting that Zhao Xuanqi found that his wife had aged so fast, and there were extra silver strands on her hair, which looked a little strange...

He realized that he hadn't been home in years, and he hadn't seen his wife in years.

Time is often cruel, and his impression of his wife is still at the age of eighteen, when he is beautiful, and now he meets to shatter his illusions, telling him that time waits for no one, and the beauty is old.

And before the expedition, the youngest son who had just been born was now more than four years old and could run all over the ground...

In the room, Zhao Xuanqi held Yuan Caiyun's hand and said with some heartache: "I'm sorry... Sorry ......"

For the sake of this chaotic world, he neglected his small family, and everything in the family was handed over to his wife, Zhao Xuanqi felt guilty.

Yuan Caiyun showed a bright smile, clenched the man's hand, and his eyes flashed with light: "Don't blame yourself, husband, manly husband, you should put the world first, why do you miss the gentle township in the boudoir?" ”

She said understandingly: "The world is chaotic, national affairs, is the primary task that the big husband should care about, the love of the small family retreats behind it, I can understand..."

Zhao Xuanqi kept shaking his head.

What big husband?

A gentleman has a responsibility, which husband abandons his family and children for a big event?

He never thought he was a big man.

Anyway, Zhao Xuanqi was moved by such a sensible wife, and having such a wife is already a great luck in marriage.

The blessings of cultivation in the previous life can meet such a beautiful wife.

In the room, the husband and wife talked a lot.

From the south of the sky to the north of the earth, we talked for a long, long time.

Zhao Xuanqi came back to his senses, and then said: "Emperor Qinglong summoned me, I have to go to the palace to meet Your Majesty now." ”

Yuan Caiyun's eyes showed reluctance, but he still nodded: "Your Majesty comes first." ”

There was a hesitant look on her face, as well as obvious worry, and she reminded: "I don't know why, there is something wrong with the imperial court these days, although I am a daughter's family, I can also feel that the imperial court's attitude towards you is not friendly......"

Zhao Xuanqi shook his head.

finally spit out a few words: "At most, there are chaotic ministers and thieves, I have force in my hands, and I have the trust of His Majesty, they are just clowns jumping off the beam, and they can be solved with a wave of their hands." ”

He had in his mind the faces of Emperor Qinglong and the Xiaoyao Imperial Aunt, and he believed in the Xiaoyao Imperial Aunt from beginning to end.

Most of the things are not caused by the carefree imperial aunt, but mostly by those court officials.

After all, Zhao Xuanqi clearly understood a truth: if the carefree imperial aunt did not trust herself, she would not put herself in the south to recuperate, counterinsurgency training, train soldiers, and not allow herself to bring 100,000 armored soldiers to the capital.

I was able to go home safely, I was able to return to Beijing with so many soldiers, and the attitude of the Son of Heaven and the carefree imperial aunt was obvious, obviously completely trusting myself.

The problem lies with the minister.

In this way, Zhao Xuanqi bid farewell to Yuan Caiyun, and under the leadership of a eunuch, took a carriage and finally entered the palace.

Qiming Temple.

Zhao Xuanqi met Emperor Qinglong and Emperor Xiaoyao.

Emperor Qinglong was eleven years old at this time, and his appearance was pleasant, his eyes were still watery, and the tears in the corners of his eyes were even more obvious, which made this little emperor extremely handsome.

Zhao Xuanqi always felt that if Emperor Qinglong was a little girl, she would definitely be so beautiful that she would fall in love with the country.

And the carefree imperial aunt, who has reached the age of thirty-eight at this time, is wearing a Luo skirt, jade ornaments, gold and silver, and is well maintained.

She still looks young, she looks like a thirty-year-old woman, she doesn't lose her beauty, what she looked like a few years ago, and what she still looks like now, giving people a feeling that she has never grown old.

is worthy of being a royal person, and has a unique experience in rejuvenation.

Of course, the good health of the carefree imperial aunt, no major illnesses and disasters, and a good mentality, will not be sensitive and anxious because of small things, so she can look younger than Yuan Caiyun.

The carefree imperial aunt took the little emperor and sat on a high chair to meet Zhao Xuanqi, Zhao Xuanqi sat opposite them alone, facing the two, and the rest of the idle people retreated.

The carefree imperial aunt raised her head, looked at the man in front of her with beautiful eyes, her red lips opened herself, and asked with a special emotion: "Wu Anjun went home first, presumably he must be in love with his wife at home..."

Zhao Xuanqi was silent.

A woman's heart, a needle at the bottom of the sea.

Shouldn't you be the first to ask me about national affairs?

Why do you care about my family in the first place?

He replied, "My wife and children are well, and I owe it to you to take care of them, and without your help, orphans and widows will not be bullied." ”

In the eyes of outsiders, the lonely and arrogant Imperial Aunt is showing a proud little woman's posture at this moment, and she said a little sourly: "I have been lonely all these years, I have never found a lover, I have not married, but I don't know why it is like to have a good family......"

Faced with the resentful gaze cast by the woman, Zhao Xuanqi chose to turn a blind eye and talk about other things.

After a while, the carefree imperial aunt calmed down her good emotions, and then returned to her state, and asked slowly: "In the past three years, Wu Anjun has been in the south, how do you feel about the situation in the south?"

Zhao Xuanqi replied: "In the past, I broke the Eight Kings and quelled the rebellion of the princes' coalition forces, and I stabilized the south all the way, recovered the lost land, and recovered all the homeland..."

"However, the south is just returning under the coercion of force, there are still many chaos in various parts of the south, the people hate the imperial court, the people are in turmoil, I spent three years, conscientious, for the welfare of the people, this is to completely calm the people's hearts."

"It took less than a month to conquer the south by force, to defeat the territories of the princes and countries, and to destroy the enemy at Huwei Pass, but it took me three years to calm the hearts of the people in the south, restore the people's livelihood, and let the people return to the imperial court."

Zhao Xuanqi sighed with emotion, summed it up, and spit out a sentence of emotion: "It's easy to fight the world, but it's difficult to set the world." ”

For this sentence, the carefree imperial aunt was deeply touched, and there was a thoughtful look in her eyes.

Zhao Xuanqi's words deflected, and he took the opportunity to get straight to the point and went straight to the topic: "I don't think the Chang'an court is stable. ”

The Emperor immediately asked, "What is the opinion?" ”

Zhao Xuanqi replied: "A few years ago, I defeated 500,000 prodigal troops to protect Chang'an, but unfortunately Chang'an was plundered by the chaotic army, countless wealthy families were destroyed, and the capital was shaken..."

"Later, the first emperor collapsed, entrusted to the three of me, the state affairs were shocked, but Emperor Qinglong succeeded to the throne at a young age, and he was the lord of the country, and the civil and military officials of the court were confused..."

"There are countless turmoil in the imperial court, at this point in time, I don't have time to stabilize the government of the capital, and I have to leave Chang'an to expedition and rebel, and after three years of leaving, Chang'an City is out of the assertion, and loses capable people to suppress it, you and the little emperor are not in political affairs, and there are no competent people available, and you can't distinguish between loyalty and traitor, how can you not be chaotic?"

"It's easy to fight the world, but it's hard to set the world."

"It took me more than a month to conquer the south, but it took three years to settle down and recover the south."

"And after Chang'an City was defended, it was just guarded by force, and the rebellious ministers and thieves were forced to hide in the shadows by force and wait for the opportunity to move, I didn't spend three years to stabilize Chang'an, and I had time to restore order in the future, chaos was inevitable."

Zhao Xuanqi's words are reasonable and well-founded.

The carefree imperial aunt was impressed, and she immediately replied: "I am the daughter of a woman's family, and the Son of Heaven is young, so I really don't know about state affairs. ”

After hesitating, she said: "In the past two years, there have been many chaos in the north of the imperial court, and there has been no stability for a moment, and there is a shortage of civil and military officials in the imperial court, but most of the scholars selected are from the north, and most of the civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty are from the north..."

"These civil and military officials are not friendly to you."

"The ministers of the court do have a lot of accusations against you, some people talk about your previous murder of 300,000 people, some people point out your disobedience, saying that you may seek power and usurp the throne and have the heart of rebellion, and some people say that you have filled your own pockets in the south and compete with the people for profit, and some people want to take away your military power and send others to take over......"

"A lot of the ministers' words are not so good, and they don't want to reward you for your merits, but want to disadvantage you......"

When Zhao Xuanqi heard these words, he analyzed them in his mind.

The wealthy families in the capital have long been eradicated by themselves, and there is not one in ten wealthy families, so it is not a problem.

The princes and kings of the south and the major officials were also destroyed, and the order in the south was stable and the politics were clear.

However, in the north and north of the imperial court, there are a total of seven mountains and rivers, but they have not been dealt with, they have not experienced wars, and they are still the same as in the old times.

From this point of view, the problem comes from the north, and no one is available in the imperial court, so most of the newly promoted civil and military officials are also from the north, as long as these chaotic ministers and thieves in the north are dealt with, the world will be peaceful!

North, North!

After Zhao Xuanqi figured it out, his mind was clear, and he sneered: "Did the princess ever believe me?" ”

The word "princess" is of great significance at this moment, implying that the two have known each other as early as the time of the first emperor.

The friendship between the two is far better than that of these civil and military officials, and the trust of the two is far greater than that of these ministers from the north.

The carefree imperial aunt lowered her eyebrows, her eyes were like water, and she replied without hesitation: "I believe in you, and Your Majesty also believes in you." ”

Emperor Qinglong, who was sitting motionless next to him, said, "I believe the teacher..."

The two of them did trust Zhao Xuanqi, so they would allow Zhao Xuanqi to return to Beijing with his troops, and they would meet Zhao Xuanqi alone.

Because they realized that the imperial court began to be interfered with by officials in the north, and understood that the imperial court had gradually returned to the corrupt state of the old era in the past two years, they wanted to invite Zhao Xuanqi back to preside over the government and return to Qingming.

In the eyes of the two, Zhao Xuanqi is absolutely credible, but those civil and military officials are not trustworthy.

Zhao Xuanqi showed a smile and replied: "In this case, the Son of Heaven trusts, and I have soldiers to obey orders, these ministers are just clowns, just kill the rebellious ministers and thieves among them, and kill the corrupt and bribe-takers, and the government will be stable." ”

He knew that the people who attacked him were not necessarily rebellious ministers and thieves, and a large part of them were also loyal ministers, but they were deceived by others and used as knives.

Another reason is that Zhao Xuanqi does have self-respect, 100,000 people in armor are loyal, and they don't know the emperor, once Zhao Xuanqi has different intentions, the world will definitely collapse, so whether it is a loyal minister or a traitor in the court, Zhao Xuanqi's sense is definitely not much better.

Thinking about it from another perspective, if Zhao Xuanqi is turned into one of the ministers of the imperial court, I am afraid that he will not give Wu Anjun a good look at this moment.

Zhao Xuanqi knew that he would not rebel, after all, since ancient times, there have been countless people who have won the country, but there are very few people who have won the sky, and he wants to achieve the name of saving the sky, which will be passed down through the ages, this name is much better than seeking power and usurping the throne, and the impact is also greater, and the rewards will naturally be more after returning.

However, in the eyes of outsiders, many people think that Wu Anjun has already made great achievements, and he has a large army in hand, so he may not be able to rebel one day.

Therefore, Zhao Xuanqi understands that it is normal for him to be attacked at this time, he only needs to distinguish between right and wrong, kill the chaotic ministers and thieves, corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and clean up the north, so that everything can be stabilized.

The carefree imperial aunt said again: "I originally wanted to go out of the city to greet you and make the people cheer and be angry, but the ministers of the court did not want to do so, so I could only give up, but let you, a great hero, be wronged." ”

Zhao Xuanqi shook his head: "See you in the court tomorrow, let me see what means these ministers from the north have, are they more powerful than a million army?" I'm going to see who's good and who's bad! ”

The Xiaoyao Imperial Aunt's eyes were complicated, and she slowly spoke: "The open gun is easy to dodge, the hidden arrow is difficult to prevent, the hero died from the stick, Wu Anjun must be careful, everything will be handed over to you..."

(End of chapter)