Liyang Jingshi, Tai'an City, Imperial Palace Study.

At night, the candles in the room burn quietly, and the room is bright.

Emperor Liyang sat behind his desk, his hands on the handle of the chair, and the fingers of his right hand tapped the handle, making a subtle sound. In the right rear, the Han Mink Temple is standing low.

There were two people sitting in the hall, one in a python robe and the other in a black monk's robe, it was Xu Xiao and Yang Taisui.

The fingers of Emperor Liyang's right hand paused, looked at the two of them, a trace of inexplicability flashed in his eyes, picked up the celadon tea bowl on the case, and took a sip.

"Three days ago, the prince and the old seventh hall competed with each other, and they had different opinions on whether to clean the rivers and lakes, what do you two think?"

Yang Taisui frowned, what do you think about this matter, or what do you think about the two of them?

With Liyang's domination of the world, the territory has expanded from thirteen states to thirty states, and various policies and administrative systems in the past need to be changed accordingly.

The eight princes are not young, and in the Spring and Autumn War, some went to the front line to fight, and some accepted the plundered land in the back and made proper settlements, and they were not considered incompetent.

But in these years, the seventh prince Zhao Di has sprung up, and after marrying with the big family, he has made up for the weak shortcomings of the mother family.

The increase in the strength of the Seven Princes made the crown prince feel threatened, and the two often competed in secret.

In addition, several other princes did not stop, secretly watching from the sidelines.

As the old emperor is old and his body has gone downhill, the open and secret struggle between the seven princes and the crown prince has basically been put on the table.

In fact, according to Zhu's forbearance character, he will not confront the prince head-on, but this time the situation is different from when he was in the Ming Dynasty, when the Ming Dynasty was in the Ming Dynasty, it was the first emperor himself to be in Zhengde, which can be described as justifiable, and his unpopular prince did not enter the eyes of the first emperor at all, plus he had no strength at all, and the throne had nothing to do with him.

And in this world, he has been smart since he was a child, and he is also extremely deferential to the old emperor. Moreover, after the marriage, although the court power of the Zhao clan is not said to be the first to look forward to him, it can also be used as a help.

Jin Yiwei's infiltration of the temples and rivers has become more and more powerful, and the invisible forces have expanded rapidly in recent years, and the six personnel of the previous dynasty are arranged, and they don't know which one of the people of the faction on the bright side, Zhu ignored a look, maybe he was still speaking for his master one moment, and the next moment he would fight back and charge into battle for him.

Not to mention Xu Xiao's hole card.

With such a chip in hand, naturally there is no need to be reluctant and cringe, you still have to light up when you should show your muscles, many people in the court are wall grass, there are no charcoal in the snow, and there are not too many people who are icing on the cake and waving flags.

And in addition to condensing the confidence of his subordinates, these can also be seen by the emperor.

If you want to fight for the throne, you have to at least show your ability, right? Since Liyang, since Taizu, there have been several emperors who have been ascended to the throne by the crown prince.

As for the crown prince's ascension to the throne, Zhu ignored it and went to rob it again? He didn't think about it at all, the prince was not Emperor Jianwen, and he was not Ming Chengzu.

With Xu Xiao in hand, he thought about Li Shimin's Xuanwu coup.

Hearing the emperor's inquiry, Xu Xiao and Yang Taisui were silent.

The old emperor sighed, "Recently, my body has been getting worse day by day, I'm afraid that after Xu Xiao returns from the rivers and lakes, whether you can see each other again is unknown." ”

Hearing this, Xu Xiao couldn't continue to be silent, got up and bowed and said: "Your Majesty is serious, I am far away from the Yang soldiers, who can be in charge of the rivers and lakes, and it will not take many days for the horse to step on the rivers and lakes." ”

Although the words are light, they are full of coldness and killing.

Yang Taisui was silent, from the words just now, he knew that His Majesty the Emperor obviously agreed with the opinion of the Seven Princes to clean the rivers and lakes, and Xu Xiao also obediently led this errand, and there was a vague tacit understanding between the two of them.

However, the meaning of the representation in this tacit understanding made him sigh more and more when he thought about it.

The emperor's old eyes flashed slightly, and he directly ordered Xu Xiao, "Xu Xiao, sit." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Xu Xiao sat down.

"What do you think of the Seventh Prince?" the Emperor said softly.

Xu Xiao was silent and said in a deep voice: "The Seven Princes are outstanding in literary and martial arts, and they are the dragons and phoenixes among people. He spoke, and was silent.

The old emperor sighed slightly in his heart and waved his hand, "Two Aiqing, step aside." ”

"Minister...... Retirement. ”

When the two of them left, the imperial study was quiet. Han Mink Temple walked to the candlestick, picked the wick, and the light became brighter.

The expression on the face of the emperor changed uncertainly.

Han Diao Temple glanced at it, then lowered his head and didn't look at it much.

......

Three months later, Xu Xiao was ordered to investigate the rivers and lakes.

On the day of receiving the order, the three soldiers of the Northern Liang Army took off their armor and broke away from the Northern Liang Army in anger.

The various sects in the rivers and lakes either disdain ridicule or watch coldly.

Xu Xiao raised 100,000 troops and plunged headlong into the turbulent rivers and lakes, stirring up monstrous waves.

The first wave killed the Flying Eagle Castle that had been rampant in the northwest for three hundred years, and the owner of the Flying Eagle Castle, Wu Wenbai, the famous master of the King Kong Realm, hung his head on the mountain gate of the Flying Eagle Castle, and more than 1,000 disciples of the inner and outer sects under the fort were slaughtered.

The rivers and lakes were suddenly silent, and the undercurrent was turbulent.

The rivers and lakes were silent, but Xu Xiao's iron cavalry did not stop, starting from the northwest and beginning to move eastward.

Five months later, Wang Chonglou, the head of Wudang Mountain, quietly descended the mountain and headed for Tai'an City.

In the palace, Zhu Wuzhi stood at the bottom, looking at the old emperor in front of him and frowning slightly.

He asked respectfully: "Your Majesty is worried that those big factions will take risks?"

The Emperor shook his head and nodded, "I'm not afraid that they will take risks, but that old man on the East China Sea will be angry. ”

Zhu ignored and frowned, "Martial Emperor City King Xianzhi?"

The emperor nodded and shook the secret report in his hand, "Do you know how many sects Xu Xiao has destroyed and how many people he has killed in the past five months, and what happened to Emperor Wu City?"

As he spoke, he handed the spy report in his hand to Zhu Wuzhi.

Zhu ignored it and opened it to take a closer look, and the news on it said that Xu Xiao destroyed one hundred and fifty-seven gangs in the rivers and lakes and killed nearly 30,000 people. Almost everyone on the rivers and lakes is in danger, and many people regard Emperor Wu City as the last place to save their lives, and they all flee to Emperor Wu City.

Today, there are nearly 80,000 martial artists in Emperor Wu City.

Zhu ignored the depth of his eyes, he had already known about this change in Martial Emperor City through Jinyiwei, and when he knew about it, he was indeed taken aback, and he was surprised by the prestige of Martial Emperor City King Xianzhi.

In this turmoil in the rivers and lakes, he was not idle, attracting nearly 1,800 people under his command, and these 1,800 people were all selected from this vast rivers and lakes of various masters of the right or left way, and after being whitewashed, they were put into the Jinyi Guard.

With the injection of this batch of blood, Jinyiwei's strength has been greatly strengthened.

Of course, this fluctuation made his "Dafa of Absorbing Gong" even more satisfying, and the foundation of his previous life was able to absorb the internal strength of the masters of the six major factions. In this life, the "Dafa of Absorbing Gong" has mutated, and with the blessing of the dragon qi in the body, the internal force absorbed has reached an unbelievable level.

Zhu ignored the secret report and asked: "This Wang Xianzhi's martial arts are hidden in the world, if he takes the risk of assassinating the king and killing him, His Majesty should have dealt with it as soon as possible." ”

When the emperor heard this, his face remained unchanged, and he stood silently, as if waiting for something.

After a long time, the door creaked open.

A green figure walked in, it was the lowest-level eunuch costume, this person had a young face, gentle eyebrows, and a pair of dark eyes, as if he had taken in the world.

Zhu ignored the young eunuch, his pupils shrunk into the tip of a needle, and there was a golden dragon roaring silently in the golden vertical pupils inside.

An invisible coercion, like a wave of water, slowly unfolded.

This majesty, the higher the kung fu, the greater the pressure.

Han Mink Temple's temples were sweating low, gritting his teeth and holding on to prevent himself from collapsing to the ground.

However, the old emperor's face was as usual, and when he saw the young eunuch, his face flashed a hint of discoloration, and he stepped forward, arched his hand, and bent his body slightly, and actually held the etiquette of the younger generation.

"Old man, Emperor Wu City still has to bother you to take a trip. ”

The young eunuch nodded slightly, but his gaze fell on Zhu Wuzhi.