Long Shaoyang woke up the next morning, only to feel a faint smell of tobacco in his nose, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a familiar back squatting at the door of the room "Bazibazi" smoking dry cigarettes, and wisps of smoke rose in front of him from time to time, it was Cheng Bo. Hearing the sound behind him, he immediately turned around, his face was happy, he knocked the cigarette pot casually, and walked to the bedside.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and neither of them asked about last night, as if nothing had happened.

In the next few days, just like this day, Long Shaoyang practiced martial arts in the morning, played the flute and walked in the afternoon, and came to read under the lamp in the evening. His voice was filled with joy.

At this time, Long Shaoyang was holding a cup in his left hand and a roll in his right hand, he was sitting in front of the window drinking tea and reading, hearing the sound, putting down the teacup, and glanced at Cheng Bo, who was squatting in front of the door basking in the sun, sleepy-eyed, and smiled. As soon as he closed the scroll in his hand, he saw a young man in a fancy costume rushing into the room.

The dough-like face plate and the two small eyes like black beans are none other than Xiao Yuanying, the king of Teng.

Xiao Yuanying came straight in, not polite, sat down, took out the handkerchief in his sleeve and wiped the sweat droplets on his forehead, panted and said, "Look at the way that drove me away...... Uncle Cheng, pour a cup of tea for this king, this throat is so thirsty that it is about to smoke. ”

"Come on. Cheng Bo yawned and stood up, "What can make our Royal Highness King Teng like this?" As he spoke, he smiled, stepped forward and poured tea for Xiao and Long, turned around and returned to the door, lit a fire, and smoked a dry cigarette.

When Long Shaoyang saw Xiao Yuanying's expression, he had already guessed eight or nine points in his heart, but he smiled and said, "Your Highness, you are here today, I don't know what to see?"

Xiao Yuanying tilted her neck, took a few sips of tea, wiped it with her hand, and said: "Speaking of which, these two things seem to have something to do with me, and they don't seem to matter, but whether it has anything to do with it or not, I can't figure it out for a while, I just feel that my body is being held and my heart is being tied." ”

Long Shaoyang smiled and said, "Since that's the case, it's better to put it down." Whether it matters or not, we will know in the future. ”

Xiao Yuanying's eyes rolled and said slowly: "Shaoyang's words make sense. However, the first of these two things has a lot to do with Shaoyang. ”

"And me? Could it be that the matter of the resettlement of displaced people has been settled by the imperial court?"

"Yes, today's Xuanzheng Hall discussed politics in the early days and discussed the resettlement of the displaced people, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince proposed to use the ownerless fields of Zhou County, Jingzhao Mansion to settle these displaced people, and the imperial court only spent a very small price to solve the current plight of the displaced people. What a wonderful strategy!" Saying that, Xiao Yuanying turned to Long Shaoyang, and said with a mysterious smile, "Shaoyang, is this "On the Governance of the Displaced People" by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince from your handwriting?"

Seeing Long Shaoyang nodding, Xiao Yuanying knew that he had guessed, laughed, and said, "I'll just say, apart from Shaoyang you, who can have such a great talent?"

Long Shaoyang listened with blazing eyes all the time and did not interject.

Suddenly, Cheng Bo coughed a few times and asked, "Is His Royal Highness Shicai saying that the Loyal Marquis is the first to go out to seconded the prince's recital?"

"Not bad. Xiao Yuanying said, "This morning, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince presented a recital for His Majesty's imperial review, while briefly explaining the content of the recital. After finishing his words, His Majesty listened to the opinions of the ministers, only to see the ministers in the court talking to each other, whispering, but no one came out to comment on the merits and disadvantages of the performance, and the scene was a little embarrassing for a while...... At that time, I wanted to come out and say a few words, but I had no choice but to empty my stomach, searching my intestines and scraping my stomach, if there was nothing, and I was worried that I would not be able to speak, but I helped the prince. As he was hesitating, he saw a person walk out of the train and said loudly: "The minister seconded the proposal." When he looked at the sound, he was taken aback, and the person who spoke was none other than General Wu Junwu, the faithful Marquis. ”

Long Shaoyang glanced at him, and a picture suddenly appeared in his mind: After inspecting the homeless people in Xicheng a few days ago, the prince and the Zhongxin Marquis rode away in the same car, and glanced at himself and Xiao Di meaningfully before leaving. He immediately asked, "Your Highness, why were you taken aback at that time?"

Xiao Yuanying sat upright for a moment and said in a low voice: "Shaoyang, you are new to the city, and you don't know a lot of things. I wish Prime Minister and Loyal Marquis, one is the founding father, the pillar of the country, the other is a rising star, the commander of the forbidden army, the two have long been in harmony with each other, fighting openly and secretly. Discussion of politics in the court is often reduced to a dispute between two factions, and all the sloppiness and rules involved are often in favor of one side and opposition to the other. All these things have long been commonplace in the court over the years. This time, before the old Xiangguo could express his position, the Loyal Marquis stood up and seconded the prince's performance, which was unexpected. ”

Long Shaoyang nodded, and said in a deep voice: "The preemptive strike of the Loyal Marquis is really clever. If you wait for Zhu Xiangguo's faction to raise objections, and then come out to second, the prince will be dismissed, although it will be public, but there will be no justice, but it will be true, reminiscent of partisan disputes. He seconded the proposal first, but he sent Zhu Xiangguo and an army, but it was inconvenient for the other party to oppose the prince. ”

"Huh. Why is this?" Xiao Yuanying blinked, looked at Long Shaoyang and asked.

Long Shaoyang smiled faintly and said: "Your Highness, what do you think, if someone from the Zhu faction raises objections again at this time, what will the ministers think, what will Your Majesty think, most of them will think that you oppose this performance, not because this performance is not good, but because the other faction supports it." This will undoubtedly be labeled as being confined to selfishness and not caring for the government, and with Zhu Xiangguo's old scheming, he will definitely not do this act of cocooning himself. ”

"Ah, yes. At that time, the faithful marquis was talking endlessly, and I listened to it as if I was falling into a fog, and I just thought that when he finished speaking, the two factions would fight like in the past. After not wanting him to comment, the hall was silent. It's so mysterious!"

"Hmm. What happened next?"

"I wish Prime Minister and his faction to see the old prime minister bowing his head and being silent, thoughtful, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while, otherwise he would rashly walk out of the train and have to wait and see what happens. After a while, the head of the household, the king, and several generals also went out to second, and for a while, the voice of seconding the proposal in the court resounded. ”

"The treasury money and grain can be used as a hat, and there is no surplus at all. If this policy is implemented, the household department will inevitably spend a large amount of silver taels, which can be said to be a great favor to the household department. Hubu Shangshu is naturally happy to see it, and it is reasonable to express his approval. As for our old man, how did he comment in the end? How could he be without his praise in such a major state of affairs? Long Shaoyang asked.

"Zhu Cheng saw that the general trend had been decided, and he seconded the proposal, and on the grounds that 'the matter is big, unprecedented, its effect is unknown, and in the important area of Gyeonggi, it should be prevented from the unexpected', it is proposed to temporarily implement the three counties of Meng, Xin, and Yi, and the rest of the counties will be determined according to the implementation effect. ”

Long Shaoyang said "um", nodded yes, and said in his heart: "Jiang is still old and spicy, but fortunately, Song Shu has been favored, and now the plan is slow, and it is the best policy to get Longwangshu." Thinking so in his heart, he said: "This is indeed a steady and far-reaching line, and the old man will seek the country." With this talent to assist the country's governance, it is no wonder that I have been in Daqi for many years, and the Haiyan River has been clear, and the country and the people are safe. The old minister has made a lot of contributions!"

Xiao Yuanying didn't seem to hear the ridicule in his words, and continued: "After Zhu Xiangguo finished speaking, His Majesty nodded yes, and agreed on the spot, and ordered His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to join the household department, the military department, and the Jingzhao Mansion to have a division yamen, and Keri came up with a strategy, and after His Majesty Zhongchun performed the field ceremony, it was officially announced to the world and promulgated and implemented. Hehe, such a tricky matter has been solved like this, it's really God blessed!" clapped his hands, his face was full of joy, but who knew that the next second, his face suddenly changed, and his face was full of sadness.

Long Shaolong saw that his expression suddenly changed greatly, and hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong, you're not feeling well?"

"Hey. Not really. Xiao Yuanying sighed faintly, "I told you just now that I have two things to say. The first thing has already been said, this ...... The second thing is that it really makes me sad. There was a pause.

Seeing that his mood and anger changed, without warning, his feelings were exposed, and he was naturally laissez-faire, Long Shaoyang was surprised, crying and laughing, and unconsciously rose a trace of envy - joy and sorrow from the heart, gain and loss from the heart, not afraid of people's words, not bound to the world, and live a real self, it is also interesting, but how many people can do it? For a while, mixed feelings came to his heart, because he asked at the moment: "Oh, I don't know what makes His Highness so sad?"

"Well, when you talk about it, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with me. Xiao Yuanying picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said slowly, "Today, the county lord and his party have left Beijing and returned to Wu." It's a pity that the early dynasty has not dispersed, and I can't go to see off the county lord in person, which is really a pity. Now the post house is still there, and the beauty has gone, but it's a pity, it's a pity...... I don't know when we can meet again today?"

Long Shaoyang was silent when he heard this, silently thinking about his words in his heart, and suddenly an indescribable feeling rose. After half a ring, he asked, "Your Highness, have the envoys of other countries also returned?"

Xiao Yuanying said: "Not yet." Yesterday I also talked to Liu Laoshangshu of the Ministry of Rites about this matter, he said that it has been snowing heavily for several days, the road is blocked, and the envoy of Wu State proposed to wait for the snow to turn into a road and then go, which is reasonable, after all, the country in the south has no snow all year round, and the snow road is galloping, which is really difficult for a strong man. But in the countries of Xiliang and Northern Wei Dynasty, violent storms and snowstorms and freezing weather have long been commonplace, but they are not leaving, and the return period has been delayed again and again...... This matter is about etiquette, it involves face, and chasing guests on a snowy day is not the way of hospitality in our Central Plains country, but I am worried that they will stay for a long time and have other thoughts, so I have to privately pay tribute to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and secretly send some people to follow and watch. ”

"This time, there are many good players in the missions of the two countries, and at the foot of the world, at the root of the imperial city, everything is the most careless. Long Shaoyang nodded.

The two of them were talking, when they suddenly heard a murmur of footsteps in the distance, and someone was running quickly. That Cheng Bo glanced at the footsteps, turned his head, and smoked the pipe in his hand.

In a moment, the footsteps were getting closer and closer, and I saw a person who looked like a domestic servant running to the door, walked quickly to Long Shaoyang, presented a letter, and said: "Young Master Long, someone from the Prime Minister's Mansion just came, let the little one be sure to hand over this letter to Gongzi himself." After speaking, he didn't wait for Long Shaoyang to reply, and turned around.

"The letter from the Prime Minister's Mansion?" Xiao Yuanying blinked his eyes, stretched his neck and glanced over, and saw the words "Long Gongzi personally Qi" written on the letter cover, and said to himself, "What, Shaoyang also has friends in the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

Long Shaoyang smiled wordlessly, opened it at the moment, took out a piece of letterhead, and opened it to look at it, only to feel joy and doubt in his heart. At first, when he heard the letter from the Prime Minister's Mansion, he had already guessed eight or nine in his heart, and now when he saw this familiar handwriting, he was even more confirmed, but what was the matter of the meeting, the letter did not mention it, which inevitably made people guess. For a while, my thoughts were confused, and I was stunned.

Seeing him look like this, Xiao Yuanying sighed, stretched out his hand, took the letterhead and looked at it, and blurted out: "'Tomorrow, Tianjie will return to the Cloud Pavilion'? Haha, it seems that it is not only a mouthful, but also a beautiful blessing. Shaoyang, this king is here to say hello to you. He laughed.

Long Shaoyang reluctantly smiled and said, "Your Highness, how happy is it? Do you know that this trip is not a Hongmen banquet?"