The king was critically ill and the political situation was turbulent, the princes and ministers were mostly used in the struggle for power and profit, the officials of the yamen lost their restraint and slacked off their official duties, the imperial corps that fought hard with the coalition army in the front, and the military documents urging food and soldiers were often not approved in time, and the generals' resentment gradually turned into disappointment, and the loss of the halo of the old king was shrouded, and the prince was like a strange symbol in the army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The sunset iron cavalry gathered in the western border, Cuihua elite troops were mobilized to the east, the snow country was not willing to be lonely, often provoked at the border, the Qinghui Empire was still in civil strife, and the strong enemies around it wanted to take the opportunity to besiege, the situation of the four county kings was more difficult to say than the crown prince, and resisting the attack of the two empires with the power of one county was tantamount to an egg hitting a stone.

The news of the reconciliation of the armistice between the Eastern Corps and the Allied forces was like a timely rain pouring down on the long-drought fields, and the smoke of the civil war dissipated almost overnight.

"The royal policy of cutting the feudal domain will not be abandoned...... The strategy of counterbalancing imperial power is highly debatable. ”

There are two sentences in the inconspicuous part of the military intelligence report, the first sentence shows the attitude of the county lord of Qinghui, and the latter sentence answers the question of the king of the East China Sea, and the princes of the county connect the two sentences to read another meaning from them.

Xiangyun Palace, Zhuo Zhuo received the order to return to the palace and immediately rushed over, the old prince looked at him and sneered: "Heh, just ceased fighting, your illness will be cured, hehe." Zhuo Zhuo timidly lowered his head and defended in a low voice: "Father, illness is like a mountain, you don't doubt that your son is afraid of death and pretends to be sick." ”

"I was sick for three years at a young age, and this king thought that he was going to send a white-haired person to a black-haired person, and the illness was like a thread, hum, you were radiant overnight. ”

Zhuo Zhuo didn't dare to raise his head and look at the old prince, but he was secretly ruthless in his heart, after going back, he would sort out the people of the Hou Mansion, there must be the eyes and ears of his father around him, who would it be?

"The royal policy of cutting the feudal domain will never be abandoned, and the strategy of checking and balancing the imperial power can be discussed, go to Kyoto to seek medical treatment, listen to the prescribe medicine of the county lord, and reduce the scale and balance of the feudal domain. ”

An Yuanhou was ill for three years, and asked for permission to enter Beijing for medical treatment, and the prince replied: Yes. A few days later, the king of the East China Sea asked for an order to send the prince to personally escort the seriously wounded lieutenant of the broken military academy back to Beijing, and the prince naturally agreed, and then the prince of Linfeng and the second son of the king of Zhennan were allowed to enter Beijing for high-sounding reasons.

The entry of the prince of the four counties into Beijing has added more variables to the turbulent political situation. The bronze tablet outside the Qinzheng Hall is towering, the prince must be approved by more than half of the princes of the noble house, the prince must succeed to the throne with at least 70 families, the blood oath of the royal and princes at the beginning of the founding of the country, dozens of civil wars have been triggered, and in the end no one can break it. At this time, the children of the four families entered Beijing, and they clearly chose the princes to support, the four county kings and the nine princes, and the thirteen families were enough to make a choice for the noble house.

Qili County guarded the mansion, Duguying signed the last official document, and when she went out, it was already past the middle of the moon, but she was not sleepy, looking at the moon in the courtyard.

Qili County was the most traumatized in the civil war, and a large sum of silver was needed to recover after the war, and several times the Ministry of Household was asked to allocate silver as soon as possible, but there was no response to the book, and the grandfather was seriously ill and difficult to manage, why did the father delay in replying, did the Ministry of Household dare to openly disobey the order, and why did the Inspectorate not impeach. How could the common people think of the real reason for the war, in their eyes, it was clear that the royal family deliberately provoked the incident, and the lord of Qinghui County was undoubtedly the culprit, if they could not appease the people as soon as possible, let alone talk about the reconstruction and recovery of Qili County, and it would be even more difficult to get out and return to Beijing as soon as possible.

Send Yu Wenjie back to Beijing in the name of military affairs, and secretly went to see Wusheng to ask about his grandfather's condition, Wusheng's silence has given the answer, at that moment Duguying pushed the table and ran out, but his steps became slower and slower, shedding tears all the way and slowly moving back to the official room, crawling on the table and crying. The county lord fought for three years, was wounded several times in the rain of swords, guns and swords, and never shed a single tear, but why is he heartbroken today, the county government guards clenched their swords and guns.

Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety are difficult to achieve, people say that the most ruthless emperor family, who knows how much deep affection for the empire and the people is hidden in the emperor's ruthlessness, everyone knows that the king's methods are cruel, and there are a few people who understand the loneliness and loneliness of the old man in the merlin. For decades of peace for the empire, the loss of the beloved queen, and for the long-term stability of the empire, the war of cutting the feudal domain was launched in the twilight years. Knowing the son Mo Ruo's father, knowing that the prince is weak and difficult to carry the burden, but he can't bear to abolish his way of life, he can only try his best to eliminate the potential threat, if he says that the failure of the government, it is better than the prince who is not the king of the Ming Dynasty, maybe there was hesitation, but in the end it was only for a promise, and the old king exhausted his efforts.

"Grandpa, what should Ying'er do?"

Under the moonlight, Dugu Ying asked in his heart, maybe there was a connection in the dark, the old king of Merlin opened his eyes, and spit out two words with difficulty: "Ying-'er-" The martial saint woke up from meditation and hurriedly looked closer, but the old king could hardly speak, and two cloudy tears rolled down his cheeks.

"Want to summon Qinghui back to Beijing?" asked the martial saint in a low voice, the old king's eyes closed, and it took him a long time to open them and blink twice, and then he fell into a coma again.

"I want to see my granddaughter, but I am worried about the war situation in the east, I dare not let her leave, and I am even more worried that I will be plotted against when I return to Beijing. Your Majesty, with your natural resources, the reason why you can't step out of the hurdle of the martial saint is ruthless, alas, the ancestral secret of the Dugu royal family, but everyone in the descendants is affectionate. ”

"Grandpa, you wait for me, wait for Ying'er to return to Beijing!"

Under the moonlight, Duguying hurriedly returned to the room to write hard, wrote the two letters, opened the collar and took out a crescent-shaped jade seal hanging around his neck, pierced his finger with the Wang sword, and dripped blood beads on the milky white seal, and the seal instantly turned bright red, like half a drop of blood. The jade seal rolled over at the signature of the letter, and the two red characters jumped on the paper, clear and bright. Putting the jade seal back on his chest and wearing it closely, Duguying sealed the letter and took a long breath, tiredness came and he didn't want to move half a step more, so he crawled on the desk and fell asleep.

"Your Highness, the palace of Donghai County has passed a book, and 30 million silver will be sent to Qili County. The Ministry of Household issued a letter urging that it be transferred to the state treasury as soon as possible. ”

Linghu Qing was almost sad when he raised money, and when he received the Donghai documents, the joy in his heart had not yet dissipated, and the messenger of the household department stepped into the threshold, and it turned out that the household department had already sent someone to ask for it in Donghai County.

"Reply to the household department, Qili County suffered three years of war, according to the imperial law, within three years the tax should be used to restore vitality, the county lord is cheap, intercepted in advance, and the annual timely report can be, the household department can send personnel to audit. ”

Ling Huqing reminded: "In urging the king of Donghai County to compensate for the silver, it should indeed be handed over to the household department according to the law. Dugu Ying pointed a finger on her forehead and explained in a low voice: "You read the documents carefully, the king of Donghai County has 30 million silver, not to mention the compensation silver, the household department should also go to the East China Sea if you want to urge, what does my private borrowing of silver have to do with the household department." After the king of Linfeng untied the silver, he also replied to the household department according to this word. ”

"To do so would be embarrassing for the prince. ”

"Embarrassed? When Your Majesty is not sick, will the household department dare to delay the military expenses for a day? ”

Ling Huqing breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on his face, and said: "If you lose your property, I will double the price, and the king of Donghai County promised to compensate for 10 million more, which is really wealthy, and the king of Linfeng is too stingy, only five million, and he will pay it year by year with a war horse." ”

"Don't force the two county kings to fight again, hehe, go and call Jie'er, I have something to discuss. ”

"Your Highness, it's rare to laugh a few times a year, is there a good thing?"

"If you don't open your mouth and shut up and call Your Highness, I can laugh a few more times, go quickly, by the way, call Ouyang Xuan by the way." ”

Three years ago, Ouyang Xuan and the Xiao cavalry battalion had a bloody battle with bruises, and then more than a dozen people fell into the hands of Qin Rufeng, after the injury was healed, Dugu Ying did not blame a word, let him go to the rear to train the cavalry, recall the front after a year, and directly appointed as the commander of the cavalry corps, he was injured many times in two years of battle, and he always wanted to repay his kindness with death, so that Dugu Ying reprimanded dozens of times before he came out of the shadows, and now he has taken over the post of Sima, which has been vacant for nearly three years after Hua Yue left, and is responsible for handling daily military affairs.

"General Ouyang, if the county lord can't command for some reason, and the king of Donghai County attacks again, can you hold Qili County?"

Dugu Ying got straight to the point, although the topic asked was hypothetical, but Ouyang Xuan didn't dare to reply casually, and replied firmly after thinking about it: "Your Highness, if the East China Sea attacks with the same force, you will never lose a city in six months, and if you allow a counterattack, I can take the barrage." ”

"Passive defense is invincible, heavy troops hold the city, don't care too much about the gains and losses of the main cities, send cavalry legions to break through the enemy's territory, the fire of war can not only burn in the territory of Qili County, the attack will help to defend. Of course, it's better not to go to war, but you have to be ready to fight at all times. The county lord has been away from the county town for a while, and you are fully responsible for military affairs, so don't reveal it to the outside world. Remember, a general is different from a soldier, don't lead your troops forward at every turn, your job is to command. Takagaki once said that if there is a sergeant by his side, the officer must not give up his command responsibility, otherwise it will be dereliction of duty, I hope you will keep it in mind. Let's get busy. ”

After Ouyang Xuan left, Yu Wenjie couldn't help but ask, "Where is Your Highness going, is you going back to Beijing?"

"Qing'er, Jie'er and I sneaked back to Kyoto, you stay in the county government, try to hide our whereabouts, and hide as long as you can, until news comes from Kyoto. ”

"Your Highness, the situation in Kyoto is complicated, it is better to leave Jie'er to guard the city, I will accompany Your Highness, there are some things that Your Highness is inconvenient to come forward. ”

Dugu Ying scolded angrily: "Your Highness, Your Highness, don't you think it's awkward to speak." Say, what should I do after I enter Beijing, dare to call His Highness, believe it or not, I will beat you. When the eldest sister came back, she thought I was bullying you two all the time!"

"Don't mention that the eldest sister is still less angry, talking about military exploits, no matter what Sima says, it will not be Ouyang's turn to be the one. ”

Ling Huqing pouted and retorted: "How many times do you want to say it, the positions of Cuihua Palace and Qili County can't be held at the same time, stop, don't talk about the eldest sister, can you compare with the eldest sister, martial arts school, giggles, she beats you one by one, hum, I have become a martial arts school." ”

Duguying was angry and funny, slapping the table and scolding: "You two will quarrel when you talk about business, Ling Huqing, if you dare to pretend again, I will really do it." ”

"I didn't pretend, after returning to Beijing, I hid in the high courtyard and no one paid attention to it, hehe, Jie'er managed to sneak into Cuihua Palace, Your Highness, I knew I was wrong. Before leaving, pass the letter Qin Rufeng back to Beijing, the strength of the left and right guards plus the guards of the dart bureau, giggles, it would be better for the eldest sister to go back, I said it was over. ”

Yu Wenjie was confused, after entering Beijing, he secretly gathered troops, who to fight? You can't start a mutiny, any one of the three guards is dispatched, and the left and right guards are difficult to bear, thinking of this agitation, I saw Linghu Qingzheng snickering.

"I can't go to the Gaoyuan courtyard, sneak back to Cuihua Palace directly, I remembered, why is the courtyard of the eldest sister deserted, just hide there, and no one can notice it when I go to Meilin. ”

Ling Huqing and Dugu Ying were stunned, from Huayue Courtyard to Meilin, is there a secret way, impossible, how could there be such a mistake in the defense of the palace, Dugu Ying thought for a long time before thinking about it, but still couldn't believe the guess in his heart, could it be that his grandfather had already been preventing changes in the palace.

"Your Royal Highness, I think there is really a secret way, one is that it is convenient for His Majesty to go to Cuihua Palace, and the other is also a back road left for the prince, if there is a change in the palace to retreat to Cuihua Palace, it is very close to the camp of the guards, the camp of the guards, and the masters of the royal guards are like clouds. ”

Ling Huqing admired the old king in his heart, and reserved a way back for the prince decades ago, this scheming empire has a few people who can reach it, and the legendary military advice is fortunately not launched, otherwise it will be another tragedy of bloodshed.

"Third sister, after returning to Beijing, the most difficult thing to get along with is the prince, Qing'er has the courage to say a few words, things can be done, you can't plan with each other beforehand, the phantom son has a wide range of friends, it is best not to use his strength to avoid leaking. ”