Yong'an City, on the spine of the eleven-zhang high Yonghe Hall in the Forbidden City, sat the most powerful young man in the empire, wearing yellow civilian clothes. Yin Guang put his hands on his cheeks and looked in the direction of Jiannan Road, the two younger sisters were in Jiannan, Du Ruo's sister was in Anshu City, and Ruonan's sister was in Songshan City. Brother-in-law Tang Jiusheng was fighting with Niu Mandi, who had established himself as the king of Jiannan, and this battle was slightly earlier than he expected.

He just got the news that his brother-in-law successfully won the battle of Jianzhou, Yin Guang's heart finally settled down, before the courtiers learned that Niu Mandi and Tang Jiusheng broke out a war, some blamed Tang Jiusheng, part of the blame Niu Mandi, and argued endlessly at the court meeting, some people impeached King Wei, some people impeached Niu Mandi, but Shangshu made Yang Jingzhong face this situation but did not say a word.

Finally, when the news of Niu Mandi's self-proclaimed king of Jiannan reached the court, the ministers who impeached the king finally shut up. Niu Mandi has already tried to see the dagger and no longer hides, which means that King Wei's previous judgment was right, at most it was just the wrong choice of the timing of the war. If Tang Jiusheng loses in Jiannan, Jiannan and Southwest are not in the hands of the imperial court, and there will only be the last line of defense for Jiangling General Jiang Yongchun in the southwest.

That is what Yin Guang does not want to see, but Yin Guang is confident in Tang Jiusheng, he is sure that his brother-in-law can win this battle, Yin Guang looked in the direction of Jiannan Dao, his eyes were warm, the corners of his mouth were upturned, but he quickly shook his head gently, he felt a little sorry for his brother-in-law in his heart, although he made his brother-in-law the king of Wei, but the Tang family will never be the national teacher of Dashang since Tang Fulong. The Tang family has gone through three dynasties and has been a national teacher for 600 years, until he Yin Guang's dynasty ended.

Yin Guang smiled bitterly and muttered to himself: "Brother-in-law, for the sake of the great business, I have no choice but to do it!"

Yin Guang was talking to himself, but Yang Jingzhong's voice sounded behind him, "Your Majesty, let the old slave be easy to find!"

Yin Guang turned his head, Yang Jingzhong, the head of the inner hall in a purple robe with white hair and white eyebrows, also climbed up from the ladder behind the palace with a flattering smile, Yin Guang smiled and said: "Yo, Father Shang is here, come, sit here with me and take a look at the great rivers and mountains of our Dashang, when will I be free, I will also go out of the palace to take a walk, feel the vast territory of Dashang, take a look at the customs of Dashang, and then take a look at how the people scold me." ”

Yang Jingzhong said with a flattering smile: "Those Diao people scolded the emperor because they didn't know that the emperor was now bearing the burden of humiliation! But King Wei fought well in the battle of Jiannan Road, and if he held Jianzhou, he also held Jiannan, Jiang Yongchun squatted in Jiangling, and the pressure was not so great, and now the pressure of King Pingxi is big, and his important ally suddenly lost such a one, and he also took in more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and he lost a lot of money in this deal!"

Yin Guang smiled and asked, "Father Shang, if you were put in Yin Quan's position, what would you do?"

Yang Jingzhong has come to Yin Guang's side, according to Yin Guang's meaning, he sat side by side with Yin Guang on the spine, looked at the traffic of Yong'an City, and sighed, "If the old slave is the prince of Pingxi, even if he can't succeed in the great cause, he will fight hard to win Jiannan, the emperor You also know that the old slave is an authentic villain, and he has to make others uncomfortable if he is uncomfortable, as long as he occupies the south and southwest of Jiannan, the court is naturally uncomfortable, even if the court wants to send troops south, but it has to guard against Daxia in the north, isn't it?"

Yin Guang nodded quietly, "Father Shang is right, this is Yin Guang's courage is not enough, he wants to sit on the throne steadily, but how can this throne be so easy to sit on, the southwest road is not a rich place, with the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses he has on hand to fight for the world, it is still far away! But he doesn't go north, it's not that he's afraid of Tang Jiusheng, he's afraid of another person!"

Yang Jingzhong's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, if you want to cut the feudal domain in the future, shouldn't you start with King Qin first? King Qin is naturally an unsheathed sword in your hand, but after all, you don't know if this sword will cut yourself, besides, this is a thoughtful sword, and it is not easy to control! Now I can't see what King Qin means, but once King Pingxi and they raise troops, if King Qin also has a different heart, then we will suffer from the enemy on our backs, and we will never be able to return to the sky!"

Yin Guang smiled bitterly and shook his head, what he, the emperor, did is really trembling and trembling on thin ice, Yin Guang sighed, "Father Shang, if King Qin becomes the emperor, it will definitely be much better than the king of Pingxi, and the life of the people in the world can be better, my uncle Wang, has no ambition to be the emperor, for so many years, he has been stationed in Guannei Dao, mastering the most elite army in the world, guarding the country for the first emperor and me." Yin Quan did not dare to raise troops, but in fact he was still afraid of the King of Qin in the end. ”

Yang Jingzhong said with a smile: "Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and the old slave also began to serve the first emperor before he slowly understood this truth, the first emperor had a strong but willing to protect the country for him brothers, which was a great blessing for the first emperor, thirty years ago, several feudal kings who rebelled were finally defeated in the hands of the king of Qin, and there were also officials who asked to deprive the king of Qin of part of his military rights, but they were all rejected by the first emperor. ”

Yin Guang nodded and said: "Yes, my father scolded the official, saying that the country is the Yin family's country, whether I am the emperor or the King of Qin is the emperor, it is the same." When Uncle Wang heard about this, he also asked his father to take back his military power, but his father comforted Uncle Wang and said, don't think about it, I and you are brothers of flesh and blood, and we will never be suspicious of each other because of imperial power! Since ancient times, it has been rare for the emperor's family to have such a harmonious brotherly relationship. ”

Yang Jingzhong also smiled and said: "Yes, the brotherhood between the first emperor and the king of Qin is indeed enviable, but the king of Qin and His Majesty ......" Yang Jingzhong suddenly lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it's the old slave who talks too much, the emperor is wise and martial, and he must have already made a bamboo in his heart!

Yin Guang laughed out loud, "Brother Pingxi asks for guilt? Draft, pardon him for innocence, must pardon him for innocence, just say, there is a captain leading the army to rebel, Brother Pingxi can catch up, it is already a meritorious service to defend the land, and then reward him with a sword of Shang Fang, he can cut off the officials below the third grade first, and then give him a power, the officials of the Southwest Province, from the envoy down, he can appoint and dismiss himself, this power is comfortable, right? He wants to be the emperor, I will let him have a good time in the southwest province to be the emperor!"

Yang Jingzhong was more than suspicious, and hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, this power is too great, right? Then the Southwest Dao Envoy could have restrained him, and if you do this, then the Southwest Dao is really the home of the King of Pingxi!"

Yin Guang looked at the busy traffic on the ten-mile long street outside the palace, and sneered, "Could it be that a slight envoy of the Southwest Road can contain Yin Quan? Isn't the Southwest Road in the palm of his hand? He turned his hands into clouds and covered his hands into rain in the Southwest Road, and there was nothing that could restrain him at all, Father Shang, your Dongwei is terrifying, but doesn't he repeatedly hit a wall in the Southwest Road? Since it is rotten, let him be completely rotten!"

Yang Jingzhong said respectfully: "The emperor is wise, the old slave will go down to draw up the decree!" The old slave will retire!" Yang Jingzhong bent his waist, and just swept to the top of the ladder with light skills, Yin Guang suddenly said something that made Yang Jingzhong feel like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and Yang Jingzhong, who was shocked, almost didn't fall off the ladder.

Yin Guang said in a loud voice: "Father Shang, don't leave first, add one more to the will, because the southwest province is located on the border, in addition to protecting the territory and the people, but also to guard against the invasion of the small country of Fanbang, I allow him to expand the recruitment of troops and horses according to his discretion, and there is no need to report to the court, and in the future, the tax of the southwest province will only be collected by the imperial court! But the prince, hereditary replacement, he doesn't think about it, and he will not give it to him in the next life." ”

Yang Jingzhong was stunned on the ladder, nervously figuring out what Yin Guang meant, and only after a while did he cautiously ask, "Your Majesty, what are you?"

Yin Guang sneered, "If Brother Pingxi rebels now, his confidence is still a little insufficient, I will simply push him and do him a favor, he will rebel sooner, I should sleep peacefully early!"

Yang Jingzhong suddenly understood something, and laughed and said: "The emperor is wise! The old slave obeys the order, and the old slave will do it!"

Yin Guang sat up straight on the main spine of the main hall, felt the cold winter wind coming from his face, and said to himself again: "This winter, it hasn't started to snow yet, this is not normal! I am still looking forward to the snow soon!" A snowflake suddenly fell in the sky, falling on Yin Guang's face, melting instantly, Yin Guang excitedly stretched out his hand, and sure enough, another snowflake fell on his palm, Yin Guang smiled: "Is it snowing?

On the sixth day of the first month of winter, Yongan finally had the first snow of this winter, the belated winter snow.