fake prince

Chapter 640 Cui Zhaoquan

After the palace banquet was over, with a loud shout, two large doors with red lacquer and copper nails opened, and all the laymen, dozens of officials, surrounded by stars and the moon, went out noisily.

All the officials were noisy, but the guards were all silent and solemn.

Cui Zhaoquan, Minister of the Ministry of War, is sensitive to this, and he can tell at a glance that there are more guards, and many warriors can be seen patrolling along the way, full of fear.

The entire imperial palace seemed to be isolated from the New Year's Eve celebration all of a sudden, and the few senior officials who walked out all frowned secretly.

"The border is rubbing against each other again. Although the world is safe, it's still worrying."

"That's right, the emperor is still in his prime, and that's all he needs to do, but now... there are some hidden dangers."

"One word: calm down."

Keep calm?Of course they also understand this truth, and even know what this man didn't say: Although the current Long Live Lord is old and doesn't like to conquer, as long as the new emperor succeeds, the injustice will naturally be settled, and there is no need to worry too much. afford it.

I hope so.

South Xinjiang
In a mountain on the border of Dazheng, although the mountain is not covered by heavy snow in winter, it is also much more depressed. At a glance, there is almost no life, the leaves are withered and yellow, and when the wind blows, they are scattered in pieces.

Near the outer mountain, at the end of a path that was stepped on by hunters up the mountain, the branches swayed slightly, and one man after another came out. In the cold wind, his face was red from the cold, and his thin face was haggard, but when his eyes fell into the distance, it was faint When they could see the city, a green light like a will-o'-the-wisp appeared in their eyes.

"leader!"

"Your Majesty!"

"This is Wei'an City!"

Different titles, referring to the same person, divided the crowd, and a tall man in his 40s came out.

This man looks ferocious, and his hunger and emaciation not only didn't make him less ferocious, but gave him more ferocity unique to the king of hungry wolves.

He stared at the city in front of him, and said to his men: "The weather is getting colder and colder than in previous years, and there is a disaster again, and there is no food. If we let it go, our women and children will be frozen." Death, starvation! Outsiders occupy the granaries and women, do you think this is fair!"

"We wanted the Dazheng court to be the master and give some food, but the Dazheng court not only refused to give a grain, but also took away my daughter. In order to survive, we had to go and grab it!"

"Ahead is Wei'an City, the border city of Dazheng. Warriors, for the sake of women and children, we will win this battle no matter what. The victory belongs to us!"

"If we seize the city and rob the goods and food, we will be able to survive."

Following the leader's words, the desperate clansmen were all mobilized.

Looking at the city in the distance, they all knew that as long as they could rush in, they could get enough food to keep the women and children who were about to freeze to death and starve to death alive!
"Victory is ours!"

"We must win! We must win!"

Capital·Morning
Soldiers stood at important street intersections, and the lights of every house had not yet been turned on. Thousands of people rushed towards the imperial city one after another.

After a quiet night, the imperial city ushered in office officials. Because it was not the day of the court meeting, the people who would come to the imperial city were those who worked in the outer palace yamen.

When Zheng Taizu established the capital here, he promulgated a decree. The inner palace is the residence of the emperor's family members and court ladies and eunuchs, while the outer palace is the place where all officials go to court and the core yamen work.

There are clear boundaries between each other, and if it is not the emperor's order, it is not allowed to cross the boundary easily.

Although up to now, some ministers are stationed in the core yamen in the outer palace, which is more of a symbolic meaning. The office extending outside the palace has become the main office, but the cabinet is an exception.

The cabinet is located in the outer palace of the imperial city. After passing through Donghua Gate and crossing a river, you can see a row of buildings with red walls and green tiles. There is also a short tree planted in front of the door. It is still evergreen in winter, which is very elegant. , the last room in the building is the cabinet.

First-, second-, and third-rank officials can enter the cabinet, that is, they can get in touch with the high-level officials of the entire Dazheng government, while other people, etc., are all small officials. .

And because the things these cabinet elders have to do are all related to the world's major events, in order not to leak the news in advance, in order to keep confidential, and to communicate with the emperor in time, and therefore, other yamen can move out, only the cabinet can't .

At this time, the gate of the palace was wide open, and the snow was radiating chills in the cold wind in the morning. The morning light was not enough to melt the snow, and the adults who got off the bullock carts in the imperial city had no choice but to walk quickly inside. go.

After crossing the stone bridge on the river, which is quite majestic and exquisite, you will arrive at an open area, with roads nearby, extending in all directions. Some palace maids and eunuchs who are allowed to work in the front have already started their day's work, like busy bees, rushing here , go in a hurry.

Since officials can be seen coming in and out every day, these court ladies and eunuchs have long been familiar with it, but today seems to be different from the past.

"Who is that?" A court lady who just happened to come to the front with something in her hand, saw a young man in a national official uniform walking by, and she was stunned by his demeanor.

"Shh! That's Dai Guogong." The female officer who led her away, seeing her lost her mind just by looking at her, immediately shook her head and reminded: "Don't look, don't forget who we are."

Who would not say that Dai Guogong has an outstanding demeanor and looks like a heavenly man?But such outstanding people, even if women are required to match, they will never be able to find court ladies like them. With such background and demeanor, the noble ladies in the capital may go crazy. They are all wasting their own blessings just by looking at them.

Su Ziji walked all the way to the cabinet, and he could also feel that he was walking all the way, attracting many people to watch secretly. However, he has long been used to this kind of attention, so he continued to walk as if these people did not exist.
After turning another corner, Su Ziji suddenly saw a person walking in front of him, whose figure was somewhat familiar to Su Ziji.

And the man probably saw the little eunuchs in front couldn't help looking behind him, so he stopped and looked behind, and saw Su Ziji.

"Cui Zhaoquan, I have met Duke Dai." The official was not young, but he waited for Su Ziji to walk over, and bowed deeply to Su Ziji.

It was none other than Cui Zhaoquan who had a grudge with Su Ziji in the southwest.

At the beginning, Cui Zhaoquan wanted to send Su Ziji to death in order to solve the great trouble in the Southwest. Fortunately, he was stopped by his father-in-law who knew Su Ziji’s identity. Afterwards, he found that Su Ziji was more talented than he imagined. Although Cui Zhaoquan wanted to repair the relationship between the two , but with Su Ziji, they only maintained a level of nod to each other. Until not long ago, Su Ziji re-naturalized and restored his status as the son of the prince. Cui Zhaoquan, who had speculated, finally understood the whole story.

At this moment, the gift he made to Su Ziji was real, and it also had the nature of apologizing.

(End of this chapter)