"This old Lu, obviously ignoring the government for a few days, but today he has to run to the palace, come here, don't let him not come, but he is still jumping on his apprentice and the old horse to grab the position, I really don't know what he thinks. ”

Cheng Yijie and the three of them walked all the way out of Donghua Gate, and the center made He Renan can't help but complain, as if he was the one who was robbed of his official position.

"Okay Lao He, it's not a big deal, besides, I don't have a title of the secretary of the military department, this is also a good product, it's almost the same as before, it's enough!"

Ma Suiliang is very open-minded, but He Ren'an is still unrelenting.

"I'm not fighting for you, I've been fighting for most of my life, and in the end, even the official position of an imperial envoy has been taken back, and that Lu Xiangrui, who has known him in Liaozhou until now, how many years has this old brother, and he can do it!"

"It's no wonder Lao Lu is not only aware of this matter, many things are not only clear to him, but we are also clear ourselves, but none of us will do it, and we are reluctant to do our own interests, and he is just the first person who dares to stand up. At the end of the day, it's the different paths we have chosen. ”

Cheng Yijie waved his hand at He Ren'an, and shook his head again, he didn't think that Lu Xiangrui had done anything wrong, the mistake was that the situation that everyone wanted to see was different.

"Actually, it's good to step down from the seat, after decades of being an envoy, I didn't do a few serious things, but added a lot of trouble, I always felt that I had the merit of founding the country, so the position of this envoy should be mine, but this time after I really unloaded the burden, it was a lot easier than before. ”

Ma Suiliang looked much calmer than He Ren'an, although his tone was still full of bitterness, but he probably saw it in his heart.

"It's okay today, Lao Cheng, or we go to your house to sum up, not to mention that it is for us old guys who are about to enter the ground, even if it is for our children and grandchildren, then we have to think of a way out for them!"

He Ren'an didn't have time to think about what Ma Suiliang thought, this time he was to withdraw Ma Suiliang's imperial order, so next time wouldn't he cancel He Ren'an's central order.

"There's no problem with going, but didn't the emperor ask you to draft a holy decree and give it to him? Are you sure you still have the spare time to go to my house?"

Cheng Yijie had a joking tone.

"Harm, what's that, go back and write it tonight, and give it to him the same tomorrow, it's okay!"

"Aren't you afraid that he will seize this reason and trouble your central order again?"

Seeing He Ren'an's indifferent appearance, Cheng Yijie had to persuade him, but it obviously had no effect.

"What's that, it's not once or twice, even if he really wants to make fun of me, it won't be this reason. ”

"Nacheng, let's go to my house and discuss the future trend. ”

After that, the three of them walked towards Shang Shuling Cheng Yijie's house together.

......

In the imperial palace, a special yamen used by the military to discuss matters, Generalissimo Dou Xianzhang sat on the main seat.

"Shhhh I'm afraid that the second prince will have a plan to return to Beijing this time! Isn't he tempted by that position?"

On the left hand below the Dou Charter, an elderly veteran who was about fifty years old spoke.

"When I said that the surname is Qi, you can see it? This discerning person can see that if the second prince didn't want to fight for himself once, then why would he be in a hurry to return to Beijing now? If in a few years, when the crown prince manages his position as solid as a golden stone, then it will be useless for the second prince to come back. ”

An old man sitting opposite the veteran surnamed Qi said that he was about the same age and seniority.

"Then what kind of attitude should our military have, but don't be on the wrong side at that time. ”

The face of the veteran surnamed Qi is very melancholy, in his life, the war is so-so, but he really doesn't know anything about politics.

"You really only know how to fight in your life! You can't even understand such a simple question?"

The old man who had spoken before taunted him, and then continued.

"This prince, obviously close to the civilian side, we generals can have good fruits to eat in the past? They have to be disarmed, but the second prince is different, he is a belligerent, then he can't do without us old guys, if he can get to that position, maybe the number of soldiers and horses in our hands will rise, and the grade can also be pulled up. ”

After the old man finished speaking, there was a fierce discussion in the hall, and almost all the generals agreed with him, thinking that getting close to the second prince was the way out for the military, but this fierce discussion was interrupted by Dou Xianxian.

"Fifty steps and a hundred steps, I thought you Li Shiping could have any clever insights?"

Dou Xianxian's voice was full of anger, which did not match his age at all.

"Hehe, boss, if you have any opinions, just say it, you can't let us rely on the prince who doesn't like war. ”

Li Shiping didn't care about the ridicule in Dou Xianxian's words, the reason why the military can have more power than the civilian system in the DPRK is that they are united enough, unlike civilian officials, who always like to make some mistakes that civilian people are inferior to.

"As soon as the second prince Chu Tianxiong ascends to the throne, the number of soldiers and horses in the world will indeed increase greatly, and there will be more soldiers and horses in our hands, but are you sure that at that time, we can still firmly hold the military power in our own hands?"

Dou Xianxian's words made the others still confused, but Li Shiping reacted, and his face suddenly became very exciting.

"It's really embarrassing for you to fight wits and courage with those cunning civil officials, do you really think that I stopped the second prince from returning to Beijing in the court during the day because I was worried about some bullshit reason for the Southern Tang Dynasty!"

Judging from Dou Xianxian's words, every step on this temple has a profound meaning!

And Dou Xianzhang looked at the group of dazed veterans, he also said that he was very helpless, but he had to take this group of old brothers who had a lifelong friendship on the battlefield to move forward together, otherwise, they were afraid that they would be sold by those civilian officials, and they would count the money for others!

"If Chu Tianxiong can ascend to the throne, the first thing is definitely not to increase the number of soldiers and horses in the world, but to take back the military power in the hands of our veterans. ”

It wasn't until Dou Xianzhang made his words clear that the rest of the veterans knew the powerful relationship.

"Boss, then we can really only bet on the crown prince? In this way, our life will not be easy! Seems like a good choice!"

Dou Xianzhang calmly waved his hand towards Li Shiping.

"Don't do it for the time being, none of us know if the third prince has any thoughts about the throne now, if he doesn't want that position, then we just snatched the dragon chair and put it in front of him, and he won't take a second look." Judging from the current situation, we really can only bet on the crown prince!"

"Alas... There's no other way. ”

Li Shiping sighed, as if he couldn't accept this result.

"Don't worry, the situation is unclear now, we are just betting on the prince for the time being, anyway, we have the opportunity to bet on other princes before the opening is determined to win or lose, it is nothing more than a little less profit after winning. ”

"Then we'll just have to take one step at a time. ”

Li Shiping recovered his spirit a little, but he still didn't get there, and as for the other people who didn't have any opinions, they all followed the two of them.

......

In Shang Shuling Cheng Yijie's mansion, the other rooms are not big, but his study is huge, it is even bigger than Su Wang's, and the bookcases in the room are full of books, it seems that he usually reads a lot of books!

"Lao Cheng, I wanted to talk to you on the way back just now, what did you say you did when you brought the second prince back? Do you want him and the prince to grab that chair? But the second prince is the main battle faction! If he wins, then the Southern Tang Dynasty, the Northern Barbarians, and the Eastern Turks, won't this be a world upside down!"

He Ren'an spread his hands, indicating that he did not understand Cheng Yijie's operation at all.

"You stupid melon know something, just fight, didn't you eat this bowl of rice when you were young, what is there to be afraid of, you are really more and more timid the more you live. ”

Cheng Yijie pointed at He Ren'an's nose and scolded with a smile.

"I didn't mean that, what I thought was that the prince was not close to civil officials, we didn't mix well in the hands of his father Chu Zheng, and when he was under him, it would be better than now. ”

Cheng Yijie listened to what He Ren'an said, and felt a little funny.

"You also know that we are not easy to mix in the hands of his father Chu Zheng? Then how dare you pack a ticket and say that he Chu Wushuang will treat us well? Yes, he is close to civil officials, but he is definitely not our batch of civil officials. You must know that there are very few of us who are civil officials who are scholars at all, and most of them rely on their military exploits to sit in the current civilian position. ”

Cheng Yijie stretched out his index finger and put it in front of He Ren'an.

"I dare to give you a ticket, after Chu Wushuang came to power, the first people to be cleaned up were our civil officials who did nothing!"

After finishing speaking, Cheng Yijie put his finger down.

"So, if the second prince doesn't come back, we will really have no way to live, even if we have an old face and stay in our current position with the credit of the year and don't let go, there will always be a day when we die!

"Then what's the benefit of us choosing the second prince? But don't end up, both choices are about the same. ”

He Ren'an understood Cheng Yijie's approach, but he didn't see the benefits of choosing the second prince.

"It's true that the second prince is belligerent, but the big deal is that our old bones go to the battlefield to exert some residual heat, but he will definitely not abandon the civilian officials, on the contrary, he will definitely take back the military power of Dou Xianxian and their old guys, so that he will not push us too hard, and may even give some benefits! This is the real reason why I want the second prince to return to Beijing to fight for that chair." ”

"I see, then from this point of view, the second prince is indeed the best choice. ”

He Ren'an touched his gray beard and nodded thoughtfully.

"But Wushuang's child, after all, we grew up watching him grow up, and now our choice is not ......"

Ma Suiliang, who was quiet from beginning to end and didn't speak, finally opened his mouth.

"Old Ma, you're biased in what you're saying! Isn't that Tianxiong the old guy who grew up watching us? Besides, this is the prince's choice first, and he pushed us to the opposite side, isn't there no way for us to do this!"

"Lao Ma, don't worry, in my opinion, no matter who of these two brothers gets the throne, the fate of the other will not be too miserable, and Chu Zheng will not watch his two sons kill each other, since he agreed to the second prince's return to Beijing, he must know the intentions of the second prince, thinking about it, he must have his own plans. ”

Not only He Ren'an, but even Cheng Yijie felt that this Ma Sui Liang was a little too worried.

"Ugh..."

Ma Suiliang had no choice but to sigh.

And with the choice made by the military and the government this time, the capital has become more and more undercurrent, I don't know how many people will die in this capital on the day this undercurrent erupts......