After exhausting myself to death

Nan Huaijin lived in the prison for three months.

In fact, he didn't suffer much. Shen Minghuan sent someone to bring him something almost every day. The clerk guarding the cell door was also very polite to him and met all his requests. He even occasionally went to the door to bask in the sun.

Today, Tianlao has changed its appearance. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a well-furnished residence. However, three months is still a bit too long. Even Nan Huaijin felt that something was wrong.

He didn't have any complaints against Shen Minghuan. Even if Shen Minghuan really threw him into prison and let him be with snakes, insects, rats, and ants, he wouldn't complain at all.

But based on his understanding of Shen Minghuan, that person has always been kind and soft-hearted, so logically speaking, he would not have ignored him for such a long time.

Nan Huaijin was a little uneasy.

The guard brought a tall stack of official documents, "Master Nan, this is your official business today."

He has been the one delivering official documents to Nan Huaijin recently, and he is very familiar with it. "Have you already approved the ones on the table? I will take them away now."

"Wait a minute." Nan Huaijin randomly took out a book from the pile he just brought, turned to the end, and unexpectedly saw familiar handwriting: "Why are they all approved by His Majesty?"

The guard didn't understand either. He scratched his head and said, "It's His Majesty's order. He asked me to show the official documents to His Majesty first and then bring them to Mr. Nan."

The emperor wanted to take the work of his ministers, whether it was for inspection or because he really wanted to share the work for his ministers, even a small bodyguard of his did not dare to interfere.

Yong State was tortured by Shen Wei until its treasury was empty and the world was in turmoil. Although Yan State's people's livelihood was no longer affected, it was a big country after all. Mr. Zhou still sent back a lot of news every day.

Now they are using troops against Jin State again. It is the critical moment of unification, and new cities are captured every few days.

Even if Nan Huaijin didn't see it, he could guess that Shen Minghuan must have a lot of memorials to deal with recently. Although he has no official position, he basically assumes the duties of the prime minister. He should have shouldered the burden for Shen Minghuan, but why did it end up adding to this man's burden?

If he saw such an emperor in the history books, he would definitely praise him for being diligent and caring for the people, but this was Shen Minghuan... Shen Minghuan couldn't be so diligent!

Nan Huaijin was very worried, but due to the presence of outsiders, he did not dare to show it too obviously.

Although everyone knew that the young emperor of the Yong Kingdom was very frail, and some people had also heard the assertion by the imperial doctor when Shen Minghuan was still a prince that he would not survive until his twenties, the prince and the emperor were different after all.

It is normal for an underappreciated prince to die in the palace, but Shen Minghuan, who has two countries, has the backing of famous doctors and rare treasures in the world.

Although Shen Minghuan looked weaker and fell ill more often, the most they could say was "Love is too deep to last, and wisdom is bound to be damaged." Who could have imagined that this person might actually only have less than four years left to live? ?

Nan Huaijin's thoughts were confused, and he unconsciously opened the official document with both hands. His eyes touched a series of numbers on it. He suddenly remembered something again and asked: "Have there been any major events outside recently? Why are there so many extra expenditures in the government?" "

Although he has been isolated from the outside world for three months, he can roughly know what is happening just by reading official documents every day, so he will not miss the news. But recently, there have been many large expenditures with unknown purposes. If Shen Minghuan hadn't already approved them, he would have asked someone to find out.

The guard scratched his head again and said ashamedly: "I don't know."

Even though he sent official documents every day, he didn't have the courage to open them and read them. He didn't even know how much expenditure the court usually had. How could he know whether there had been more recently and why.

Nan Huaijin guessed that Shen Minghuan made a special trip to lock him up here for three months and took his official documents over, perhaps because of this incident.

But he shouldn't object to any of Shen Minghuan's decisions, so why hide it from him?

unless……

Nan Huaijin squeezed the official document's hand tightly, "I request to see Your Majesty, please inform me."

"Ah?" The guard said with a bitter face: "Master Nan, I can't make the decision in this matter. You can't go out without His Majesty's order."

The guard was originally very satisfied with his job. He only had to move official documents around regularly, which was safe and easy. But today he realized that there is no free lunch in the world. What he enjoyed in the first place must be given back sooner or later.

Nan Huaijin said calmly: "You only need to inform me. If His Majesty refuses to see me, I will not force him." That's weird.

*

Shen Minghuan has been very diligent these days.

Xie Zhifei was away, Sui Qing was away, and Nan Huaijin was imprisoned by him again. There was only one doctor, Doctor He, who couldn't stop him at all.

Logically speaking, Shen Minghuan's health will be better when the weather is good. It is now summer. After a year of conditioning by Dr. He, Shen Minghuan's body should be the same as that of ordinary people at least in summer.

But Dr. He didn't know that he had gone deep into the melee scene three months ago, and even pulled Nan Huaijin to escape an unexpected attack. That night, he braved the cold and went to the dungeon, where he stayed for a while.

When I came back, I obviously felt uncomfortable, but I still managed not to call anyone. After that, I kept spinning for three months.

Therefore, Dr. He was very surprised as to why this man's health was not getting better. After drinking so much medicine, he could barely keep his condition from getting worse.

Dr. He could only think that there were too many things going on in the court recently, which made Shen Minghuan even busier.

But Shen Minghuan is an emperor after all, so even if he is dissatisfied, he can't stop it. He also feels sorry for the fact that this person has been taking medicine a little too frequently recently, and he is scratching his head and thinking about how to change the medicine to make it easier to drink.

I lost a lot of hair because of this.

Shen Minghuan summoned several core ministers to talk.

He took a sip of water, trying to dilute the bitter taste in his mouth, "Chen Aiqing, how are the preparations for the capital relocation that I mentioned last time?"

The large amount of expenditure that surprised Nan Huaijin was spent on this.

The relocation of the capital he mentioned at this time was different from the relocation of the capital proposed by Shen Wei in order to escape.

Successful news came one after another from the front line. The ministers would be overjoyed and excited at first, rejoicing until they could not sleep at night for the unification that was almost completed in three hundred years, but now they can calmly face the reality that will come soon.

They are people who have seen troubled times with their own eyes. Just over a year ago, they were still fearful that war would burn into their homes and Yong Kingdom would be annexed by Yan Jin. However, in less than two years, half of the land in Kyushu was free from war.

No matter who has seen the changes in Yong and Yan in just one year, they will not have the slightest doubt about the final ownership of this world.

Besides, they are the courtiers who have the most contact with Shen Minghuan. They know very well how powerful this person is. No matter how difficult things are in their eyes, their Majesty will always handle them calmly.

This kind of Yun Danfengqing revealed from the bones unknowingly infected the entire court. They felt from the bottom of their hearts: Even if we don't have much ability, our Majesty is omnipotent. Rounding it off, we, the Yong Kingdom, are omnipotent. Since my country is so powerful, what else do we have to fear?

Isn’t it just that the capital was moved before the war was won? We'll win once we move over.

Ah, Jin State was able to last for three months. They are really amazing.

"It's almost ready."

Chen Yushi reported the progress to Shen Minghuan in an orderly manner, and the minister next to him occasionally added a few words.

Chen Yushi paused after speaking, "Your Majesty, do you really want to choose Jindu as your capital?"

Jin State is still struggling to support itself. They have regarded the other country's capital as their own, which cannot but be called arrogance.

But Chen Yushi asked this not out of conscience, but because he really disliked Jindu.

After the three countries merged, in order to better manage the territory that had grown many times larger, it became inevitable to move the capital. Chen Yushi and others initially chose the capital of the previous dynasty. Being in the middle of the territory and being defended from all directions is both noble and safe, and it can also spread the king's will to all corners of the country faster and more conveniently.

After all, if the map is unfolded and the boundaries of Dayong are re-examined in the future, Jindu can definitely be called a "border land".

Shen Minghuan nodded slightly: "I have made up my mind."

"The world is so big that there is not just one Kyushu. If there is an invasion by a foreign enemy, the so-called border is the gate of the country. The Kyushu is one, and no inch can be lost. Civil strife is nothing. If it is invaded by a foreign enemy - then all the members of the royal family will still die. Bar."

It was supposed to be a cruel and impassioned passage, but Shen Minghuan's eyes were filled with disgust.

He doesn't seem to think that "if you want to hurt my people, you have to step over our corpses" is a very touching thing. He only feels that future generations are incompetent.

The excited ministers were forced to calm down under this look, but they still moved unconsciously and sat unsteadily.

They already know that there are other countries in the world, and there are other races far away that are different from theirs in appearance, culture, and folk customs. They have also read the pages of history books soaked in blood. But so what? The long river of history is vast, and Kyushu will eventually stretch on forever.

If future generations of emperors still want wealth and glory, they will do whatever it takes to make Dayong so powerful that no one dares to bully him. Otherwise, the gates of the country will be trampled and the capital will fall. Even if they can save their lives, they will be infamous for thousands of years.

Shen Minghuan continued: "Furthermore, I have stayed in the State of Yan for a period of time, and now Mr. Zhou Yan is in charge. In the spring, the people have resumed farming. In the State of Yong, I have all the wise ministers who love the people like sons. It’s a thriving state, but Jin is not.”

The State of Yan can be regarded as the smoothest transition of power. Although the Yong Kingdom invaded Yongdu, the border troops did not participate. Yuwenshan advanced with great success, and the impact was limited.

But Jin State was a real confrontation between the two armies, and it had one year less development time than Yan Yong. If Jiuzhou was a school, then Jinguo would probably be the worst student now.

The ministers, who were called wise ministers, smiled modestly and implicitly, and put forward their opinions one after another like chicken blood.

"If Your Majesty personally takes charge of Jindu, he will be able to stabilize the people's hearts as quickly as possible. I have a plan..."

"If Jindu becomes the capital of the country, it can also attract a group of civilians and businessmen to settle here. In this way..."

Chen Yushi thought hard: "Since the capital is Jin, this name is somewhat inappropriate."

The noisy ministers paused for a moment, then looked at each other, and started a new round of heated debate on the issue of "what should the name of the new country be changed to?". No one was convinced by the other, and their faces turned red.

If Emperor Jin, who was far away in Jindu Palace, could see this scene, he would probably close his eyes and die without waiting for Yu Wenshan to call.