Late at night, in the warm pavilion of the Yong'an City Palace, Emperor Yin Guang and Empress Chu Fengying sat face to face on the fire kang. If such a ridiculous thing is spread, it must make people laugh off their big teeth, the emperor is the king of a country, and he is so mixed that even the queen dare not touch it.

Yu Fu stood next to the fire kang, on the embroidered pier under the fire kang, sat Yang Jingzhong, the head of the inner hall with white hair and white eyebrows and an ugly face, Yang Jingzhong held the dust in his arms, as if he was asleep and not sleeping, last time Yang Jingzhong went out of the palace to inspect a circle, and when he came back, he found that the forbidden army had been taken back by the emperor to manage it himself. However, Yang Jingzhong was not angry about this, because the emperor gave him corresponding compensation and handed over the command of the Liaodong army to him.

The emperor explained to him very clearly, "The reason why I took back the management of the forbidden army is that I don't want people to criticize Shang's father, saying that Shang's father is in power. I myself lead the forbidden army, and in the Lord, it gives people the feeling that I am already in power. And Shang's father commanded the soldiers and horses of Liaodong Province, and outside the master, he could not only hold the soldiers and horses of Liaodong in his hands, but also block the mouths of those with bad intentions. We two monarchs and ministers have their own benefits, and we can take care of each other, why not do it?"

Yang Jingzhong did not have any opinion on this, the forbidden army was originally royal, and how much difference was there between the emperor's hands and those of Yang Jingzhong? The emperor had always trusted him, and as long as the emperor did not take away his eastern guard, it would not matter. What's more, the emperor handed over to him the command of the entire Liaodong Province near the Jingshi?

Yin Guang smiled and asked, "Father Shang, how is the news from Jiannan Dao?"

Yang Jingzhong's voice was sharp, and he said slowly: "If you go back to the emperor, the old slave got the news before dinner today that the Weiwang Mansion seized the Yujiang River, tens of thousands of bandits surrounded Anshu County, and twenty or thirty thousand soldiers and horses surrounded Jianzhou, and the two sides were holding each other, and King Yin Ao of Zhou led an army of 2,000 people to shake at the junction of Zhongyuan Road and Jiannan Road, saying that it was hunting, but he didn't expect that the thousands of troops in Dangyang County had already been waiting at the junction of the two roads, so they had to retreat. ”

Empress Chu Fengying complained: "This Tang Jiusheng, he is really young and vigorous, and he is too hasty in doing things! The affairs of Jiannan Dao should not be so urgent, take your time! Your Majesty, the concubines feel that it is inappropriate for you to appoint him as the king of Wei, if he can't take the cattle all over the ground, and Jiannan Dao loses, we will be passive! Southwest Dao, Jiannan Dao, plus Zhongyuan Dao and Lingnan Dao, are really enough for us to drink a pot, and my father does not dare to act rashly in Jiangdong. ”

Yin Guang smiled bitterly and said: "My queen mother, have you thought about it, the problem of Jiannan Road will break out sooner or later, and it will have to be dealt with sooner or later, otherwise even if I issue an order to remove Niu Mandi from his position as a strategic envoy, and transfer him to Beijing to be the secretary of the ministry, he will not come, it is definitely a rebellion, he has been operating in Jiannan Road for so many years, what is the picture?"

Yang Jingzhong also said: "What the emperor said is that Niu Mandi has long had a heart of disobedience, and he and King Yin Quan of Pingxi have colluded with each other in the past few years, and it is only a matter of time before they rebel." Tang Jiusheng just stabbed the boil in advance, and if he stabbed the boil, Jiannan wanted to rebel, if he didn't stab the boil, Jiannan would also rebel!"

Chu Fengying said bitterly: "The emperor shouldn't have set a precedent for the king with a different surname, except for the five kings with different surnames when the country was founded, there has never been a matter of a king with a different surname, you opened such an opening, and you still let him go to Jiannan Road to stare at the prince surnamed Yin, what will those other princes with the surname Yin think?"

Yin Guang shook his head and smiled: "The Taizu of this dynasty also said that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, I don't want to discuss with you if I have something?

In the capital, I can only rely on Guozhang, Guoshi, Tang Jiusheng, Guo Chong, Jiang Yongchun, and a few others. Besides, Jiannan must be taken back, can I send a person surnamed Yin to Jiannan to be the king? What if Yin Quan is won over?"

Yin Guang was tired of sitting, took a pillow and leaned on the kang, it was really much more comfortable, leaned over and said with a smile: "You pull and pull your fingers, everyone surnamed Yin, no one is suitable to be the king of Wei, only Tang Jiusheng is suitable." Tang Jiusheng has his father's support, and I am the master for him, their Tang family's reputation is good, his own martial arts are also high, the Tang family and himself are very loyal to me, they can let him toss at will in Jiannan Dao, and the toss is no longer like that, I will be exempted from his prince at most!"

Chu Fengying's face was helpless, "Your Majesty, you haven't thought about it, what if he loses?

Yin Guang looked at Yang Jingzhong and motioned for him to speak. Yang Jingzhong understood, and asked with a smile: "Queen Mother, even if Tang Jiusheng doesn't go to Jiannan Dao, Jiannan Dao will already disobey the edict and discipline of the imperial court." Instead of maintaining the superficial harmony, it is better to get Jian Nan back with the killer. The old slave expected that Tang Jiusheng would not lose, the people of Jiannan had been suffering from the rule of the cattle for a long time, and it was impossible to get the cattle all over the land if they changed people. ”

Chu Fengying thought for a while, and then asked: "Father Shang, since you say so, isn't Tang Jiusheng a first-class master? Why didn't he sneak into the Yamen of the Jingluo Envoy and directly pick off the head of the head of the cow on the ground, wouldn't he solve this problem once and for all? Those people will inevitably have internal strife without the leader of the cow mandi, and then they will be torn apart, how easy it will be to cut them off!"

Yang Jingzhong closed his eyes and recuperated, holding the dust in his arms, stretched out his right hand and stroked his long eyebrows, and said softly: "Queen Mother, there are at least dozens of first-class masters who can be named in our Great Shang Kingdom, and there are capable people around these feudal kings and feudal officials with different aspirations. Moreover, there are some unknown strange people on the rivers and lakes, and there are formations or talismans and the like that specialize in restraining martial arts. If Tang Jiusheng made a rash move, once he failed, he would have to fall to the ground, and the gains would outweigh the losses. ”

Yin Guang smiled and said: "My queen mother, there are some things that you think about too simply! This is not as easy as one plus one equals two. As the emperor, and with the assistance of loyal ministers like Shang's father, I don't dare to say anything about cutting the feudal domain, it is a rat trap, the matter is related to the interests of the feudal kings, and it will affect the whole body, if half of the feudal kings stand up and say that they don't do it, how much riot will it cause?

Yang Jingzhong yawned and muttered: "Queen, Niangniang, please forgive the old slave for losing etiquette, the old slave is busy with affairs these days, so he doesn't have enough rest and often dozes off." ”

Yin Guang waved his hand, "Father Shang has been working hard for state affairs, and his hard work is high, I can fully understand it! Since Father Shang is tired, let's go back and rest first, and we'll talk when we're free!"

Yang Jingzhong stood up, bowed to Yin Guang and Chu Fengying with the dust in his arms, and said, "If the emperor understands you, the old slave will retire first, and the emperor and the queen mother should rest early!"

Yin Guang said: "Yu Fu, send Father Shang for me!" Yu Fu agreed and sent Yang Jingzhong out.

After Yang Jingzhong walked away, Chu Fengying wiped the cold sweat on his head and sighed faintly, "Your Majesty, the chief manager is here, I don't even dare to come out!"

Yin Guang smiled bitterly: "I'm the same. He and I are just using each other, and no one can do without each other at the moment. Yang Jingzhong needs me to give him the power to legitimize his power. I need

I want his power to deter those who have a disobedient heart, and let him be a cover in the front desk, so that people think that I can't even handle a eunuch, and that's it, the more arrogant Yang Jingzhong is, the safer I am!"

Chu Fengying hesitated for a moment and asked softly, "Then is he a loyal minister or a traitor?"

Yin Guang frowned, "There are not only black and white in this world, nor are there only loyal ministers and traitorous ministers, there are also powerful ministers, Yang Jingzhong is a typical powerful minister, he even threatened my throne for a time." But if it weren't for him, I would have been killed by Wang Zhenglian (Queen Wang) and his gang a few years ago, how could there be anything today? Yang Jingzhong saved my life, and my feelings for him are very complicated, both grateful and respectful, both hateful and afraid. But I still want to use him, I don't want him to die, and I feel conflicted. ”

Chu Fengying was silent. Yin Guang said again: "But he is authoritarian, but he does not intend to usurp power, Yin Quan and they all want me to die, but Yang Jingzhong wants me to live well, after all, his power is given to him by me." People say that he is the emperor, but in front of me, I won't let him sit, so he can only stand? I took over the right to the forbidden army and gave him the command of the soldiers and horses of Liaodong Province, didn't he have no objection?"

At this time, Yu Fu, who had already sent Yang Jingzhong away and returned to the warm pavilion, stood silently under the fire kang, hanging his eyelids and not saying a word. Yin Guang suddenly turned around and asked, "Yu Fu, how many martial arts realms do you have now?"

Yu Fu bowed and said, "Back to Your Majesty, the current martial arts realm of the slave is between the third rank and the second grade. ”

Yin Guangxi said: "Okay! I just said, your kid is really a wizard of martial arts!"

Yu Fu lowered his head and replied very humbly: "What kind of genius is a slave who practices martial arts, this is thanks to the emperor's cultivation, and of course, the book "The Secret of Tianyin"!

Yin Guang sat up and patted him on the shoulder, "Do it well, yesterday I already asked someone to send some silver to your hometown, to your parents and younger brothers and sisters, their lives are worry-free for the time being, and you don't have to worry about them so much." ”

Yu Fu's nose suddenly became sour, knelt in front of Yin Guang, kowtowed, and said: "Your Majesty, slave, thank you, Your Majesty! Your Majesty is kind to your slave, and the slave is willing to go to the soup for Your Majesty, and never give up!"

Yin Guang changed his smiling face again, and said with a smile: "Of course, the silver I asked people to give to your hometown should be deducted from your money, and I am also poor, hahaha......"

Yu Fu knelt on the ground, with mixed feelings, of course he knew that the emperor was joking with him, since the emperor gave him silver, how could he deduct it from his money? At the beginning, he had to enter the palace to become a eunuch, just to rely on that little money to support the family, who let him have a gambling father, who couldn't support his wife and younger brothers and sisters?

As the eldest son, Yu Fu was young and had no skills, and he heard that when a eunuch had money to earn, he came all the way to Yong'an, and cut his life in pain. Unexpectedly, within three months of his entry into the palace, the old emperor died, and the little emperor saw that he was honest and had few words, so he asked him to follow. He himself has no background, so Yang Jingzhong is also at ease with him.

Yu Fu knelt on the ground and said secretly in his heart: As a eunuch, it can be regarded as a blessing to meet such a master.

Yang Jingzhong walked on the road in the palace with the dust in his arms, followed by four little eunuchs. Yang Jingzhong suddenly stopped, raised his head and looked at the night sky above the palace wall, Yang Jingzhong looked at the thick dark clouds in the sky, and suddenly felt a little depressed in his heart, Yang Jingzhong couldn't help but sigh, and muttered to himself: "It's going to snow! What can I do?"

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