Emperor's Trophy

The news that Cheng Enbo hastily left Beijing and returned to the south of the Yangtze River after entering Beijing soon spread quietly in Beijing.

Although it was not as sensational as the punishment of Hejian County King, it also aroused surprise in many people's homes. The good-hearted people went to inquire, but they found nothing but vaguely knew that there seemed to be an elder in the Jiangnan old house who was seriously ill, so they hurried back.

But some interested people still found out that Cheng Enbo had photographed an ancient painting of Zeng Tingyun in the Golden Sunflower Garden before he left, and it was said that Prince Qingyang and Marquis Zhaoxin were also there that day.Undoubtedly some people wondered whether Cheng Enbo had offended Zhao Xinhou again, but Qingyang County King's words were not leaking at all, he just laughed and said some gossips, so they couldn't find out.

Only Qu Taifu went to the palace and met Ji Bingyuan once.

Ji Bingyuan knew what Qu Taifu meant: "Teacher, don't worry too much, I know how to measure."

Qu Taifu said: "In the past, the old minister felt that the emperor's temper was too cold, and the snow was aloof, and he lacked some smoke and fire. Now that he has a companion, it is more humane, but why has he frequently used radical methods recently? That child Hou seems to be a very good character, if the emperor is good for him, he will accumulate great virtue for him, raise him up and keep him good, and only then will he have long-term blessings."

Ji Bingyuan said: "I know, it's because they overstepped first, I can't bear it."

Qu Taifu smiled and said: "The emperor has always been magnanimous and deep-minded, but now he is haggling over every detail. I think it is because he has a beloved person. The king of Hejian County is well-known, and Cheng Enbo is your mother's elder. The emperor candlelight Thousands of miles, it is natural to see their incompetence and stupidity, but the world is vulgar, so they may not be able to detect it. Even if the emperor can't tolerate it, he should spend some time to pick out Zhao Xinhou, and then slowly teach them to show their shortcomings, and control them in one fell swoop. , wouldn’t it be the best of both worlds?”

Ji Bingyuan said: "The emperor's art is originally to rule the world, but it is not for loving people. I have a beloved person, and I can't allow others to deceive me. If I don't use this to build my prestige, I have to teach him to eat more. How wronged, the king of my country can't protect one person, why should he be king?"

Qu Taifu sighed and said: "Your Majesty, at that time Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty loved Dong Xian, demoted the three princes, high-ranking officials were rich in salary, rewarded everything, and even abdicated at the end of his life. What is the result? It is good for him to stand on his own in the world, besides, the old minister sees that Marquis Zhaoxin is not the kind of person who is greedy for power, so if you want to give it, it depends on everyone's aspirations."

Ji Bingyuan's expression moved slightly. After all, Taifu Qu had mentioned the deepest secret plan in his heart. He lowered his eyes and said, "I remember what the teacher said."

Taifu Qu stretched out his hand and patted the back of Ji Bingyuan's hand: "Old minister knows, you know these reasons, those two people are nothing more than clan sons, idle nobles, to put it bluntly, they are all the emperor's own family, the emperor deals with his own family, others I can't say anything, I guess the emperor has his own discretion."

Ji Bingyuan said: "Yes, it is true that there seems to be a sign of war in Beiqi. I don't have much time to entangle with these people in the camp. I want to make time for suppressing the Hejian County King and sending Cheng Enbo down. To deal with the serious troubles of the confidantes, it will save the hearts of these people to grow up, and the obscurity will produce side effects, and it is necessary to use some thunderous means to frighten these villains."

Taifu Qu was surprised and said: "There is such a thing? So, the emperor must pay attention to it. The world has been peaceful for more than ten years, but the people have only just recovered, but they can't stand this war--and, Princess Dingxiang After his death, the old generals have been honored one after another, and now the army is only weak, and the new young generals have not yet led the army, and I don’t know what to do. The defense of the frontier army is also weak, mainly because the treasury is empty. There are so many soldiers, and they have not been well trained."

Ji Bingyuan said: "Yes, the Beiqi family, with wolves as their ancestors, has fierce cavalry. I encountered it once when I paid Beiyuan. It was very difficult. If it is just a nuisance, the frontier army can still resist one or two. I am afraid it will come suddenly. , a large-scale attack, and when the time comes to order the Quartet Army to defend the country, ordinary people must not give orders, and I can only march in person."

Qu Taifu said: "But now you have not established a reserve, the foundation of the country is unstable."

Ji Bingyuan said: "I originally planned to choose an adult heir from the clan, but I couldn't see it. After thinking about it, it would be better to choose a young heir from King An's family. Then I will have to trouble the Taifu and teach him .”

Qu Taifu frowned: "Young heir, I'm afraid it will become more unstable."

Ji Bingyuan said: "I have already thought about it, Tai Tu rest assured, when the time comes, the cabinet, the military aircraft department, and the clan will always have a complete triangular triangle, and the auxiliary ministers will be sent to balance the affairs of the court and not lose control."

Qu Taifu raised his eyebrows slightly: "That's right, although the military has been a little sparse these years, the civil servants are full of talents. Zhang Yan in the military aircraft department is enough, and the cabinet ministers are also quite powerful. The emperor has far-reaching plans. By the way, who does the emperor plan to send to sit in the town?"

Ji Bingyuan said indifferently: "Hejian County King, Qingyang County King, and Zhao Xinhou will be in charge of the Beijing camp, so that the capital will be safe."

Taifu Qu was taken aback, but couldn't help laughing: "The emperor is still the emperor, the king of Hejian County is being suppressed by you now, and when the time comes, he will promise to be kind to you. I am afraid that he is not grateful. No matter if he is sincere or not, he has no choice but to do his best to be the king. The king of Qingyang County is honest and loyal, and he is very good at management. It is good for the two to supervise each other. But your majesty, there are too many people who are in charge. Although they check and balance each other, it is very easy to cause no one to be in charge of major events. Delaying the military plane."

Ji Bingyuan said proudly: "If I were to go on a personal expedition, no one would dare to neglect military supplies. In the past, when I was able to set the Central Plains in the north, would I still be afraid of a mere northern wedge?"

Ji Bingyuan thought to herself, now I'm afraid that Ji Xiang'er won't stay in Beijing, which is a big headache.

Taifu Qu nodded and said: "Now that the change in Beiqi is still unknown, it is better to deploy heavy troops earlier so that they will not dare to commit it easily."

Ji Bingyuan said: "Yes, I am planning to review the training on the Nine Sides."

Qu Taifu was stunned: "You want to leave Beijing?"

Ji Bingyuan shook his head: "No, Hou Zhaoxin patrolled the sky on behalf of the sky, and read the Nine Frontier Army Town."

Only then did Taifu Qu look at Ji Bingyuan and smile: "So that's the reason. So it was because of this that the emperor killed chickens to make an example of monkeys, and gave Zhaoxin Hou Liwei."

Ji Bingyuan said grimly: "That's right, Xiaoxiao is not allowed to be rampant in front of a big enemy. I want to use some thunderous tricks to teach them not to do bad things."

Taifu Qu breathed a sigh of relief: "It's the old minister who is worrying in vain. Since this is the case, the emperor needs to establish a crown prince as soon as possible."

Ji Bingyuan said: "The Grand Tutor won't come. I originally wanted to invite the Grand Tutor to come and see. Tomorrow, Prince An's little Wang Sun will come to the palace to invite me to pay New Year's greetings. I also invite the Grand Tutor to hold my eyes."

Taifu Qu stroked his beard and said, "Very good, the old minister is old and just likes to look at lively little dolls." He was relieved and got up to leave.

Ji Bingyuan personally sent Qu Taifu to the shoulder, and then turned back to the palace. As expected, she saw Yun Zhen coming out from the screen inside, and said impatiently: "I won't stay in the capital, I want to go out with you!"

Ji Bingyuan was in a great headache: "I'm just coaxing the old lady, now let's deal with the establishment of the Crown Prince and your inspection of the Nine Sides."

Yun Zhen looked at him suspiciously.

Ji Bingyuan knew that he had planned this matter for a long time, and it was really difficult to be vague, so he had to answer him first: "Okay, I will let Ding Dai come back to take charge of the Beijing camp when the time comes, okay?"

Only then did Yun Zhen smile happily, and stepped forward to hold Ji Bingyuan's arm: "Your Majesty, it's decided, you don't have to joke, every time I hear Mr. Zhang and Doctor Jun talk about the receipt and payment of the Central Plains in the past, I feel so yearning. Thinking of being able to fight in all directions with His Majesty, how happy we are!"

Ji Bingyuan smiled wryly: "How can there be such fun? When I started marching, I hurried day and night, and when I arrived at the camp, my legs were not my own, and they were all worn out. I still had to rush on horseback the next day, and I might even go to the battlefield. What about horses. Not to mention killing people on the battlefield, it is inhumane and unreasonable, just grit your teeth and kill them, they will not die, but you will die, how can I be willing to teach you to suffer like this?"

Yun Zhen's face paled a little after hearing this: "It's the first time the emperor has killed the enemy..."

Ji Bingyuan said: "I vomited for a long time afterwards, and wept alone in the tent. Your mother brought me Huoxiang perfume, and told me many jokes, saying that she used to be the king of the mountain, so I slowly Much better."

"I also asked her at the time, if this is the first time, will she get used to it after a long time?"

Your mother said to me: "I will never get used to it, and no matter how long it takes, I will never forget it, so it is best not to let our younger generations fight again in the future."

"Veterans who have just come down from the battlefield often can't let them be too quiet, but let them have more fun, slaughter sheep and fight, let them forget the experience of tense confrontation with the enemy on the battlefield. Don't have What kind of fierce sound disturbs them, otherwise they will scream, they will trample each other, run around in panic, thinking that they have returned to the Asura-like battlefield, and then kill each other in a daze."

"You only see soldiers on the battlefield in autumn, and you see a thousand battalions shouting together, but you don't see the desolation behind it."

"How many people have fought in ancient times."

"Poor Wuding River Bone, like a girl in a spring boudoir's dream!"

"Auspicious son, I don't want you to really go to the battlefield. It's not those who are passionate about serving the country and whose blood boils. Once you succeed in the battle, you will kill people. I'm afraid you won't be willing to kill a deer."

"In recent years, I have been unwilling to kill without permission, because I killed too many people back then. I hope that you will be in Beijing, as your mother thinks, and guard the capital and the world for me."

Yun Zhen reached out and hugged Ji Bingyuan's arm. Although his face was pale, he was still firm: "Your Majesty, where are you and where are the ministers, you can go to the Shura Field, even the mountains of swords and seas of fire."

Ji Bingyuan patted him, and smiled wryly in his heart, knowing that he would never be able to hold back this child.

On the last day before leaving the court in the new year, the imperial court issued a decree to make Ji Huaijin, the grandson of King An, the Prince of Qingping County, raise him in the palace, and study in the study room. Qing Ping Wang, among them Qu Taifu is the emperor's teacher, which is even more eye-catching.

The imperial court was shocked, but after careful consideration, they felt that this candidate was excellent. After all, King An's lineage was also quite close to the emperor's bloodline, and they belonged to the royal clan, so they could be regarded as noble.After all, the emperor is in his prime, if he chooses an adult heir according to the previous plan, once he becomes the crown prince, he will not be able to pass the throne early, and will be resented instead.Therefore, it is not as good as it is now, choose a young person to teach slowly, and he has not been established as the East Palace. disaster.

However, it is obvious that the King of Hejian has lost his sacred heart.

Therefore, in the congratulations of the courtiers, the New Year finally began.

After Jun Yubai also prescribed the prescription, he left Beijing and returned to Yuhan Valley.

As soon as Dr. Jun left, Yun Zhen felt relieved, and quickly ordered the imperial dining room to pack up some good dishes, and said to Ji Bingyuan: "I have been eating lightly for the past few days, and I feel hungry every day. It is so easy for Dr. Jun to leave. I'll eat something delicious."

Ji Bingyuan took the book and read it again, and said casually: "Don't be gluttonous, be careful when Dr. Jun comes back to give you needles, don't pretend I don't know, you and Ji Huaijin have eaten a lot of barbecue today."

Yun Zhen said: "I didn't intend to hide it from the emperor. Didn't someone send you grilled fish? I grilled it myself! I just remembered that the last time I went to climb a mountain with the emperor, the fish grilled by the emperor was exceptional. It's delicious, but it's a pity that Eunuch Ding is not here, so I asked Mo Ju to get it and bake it myself, it really is delicious."

Ji Bingyuan said: "Forget it. As soon as the grilled fish in the South Study Room was delivered, all the courtiers looked sideways. I don't know what they think of me. You ruined my image as a holy son."

Yun Zhen giggled: "The emperor is wise and powerful, who dares to criticize the emperor? Isn't the grilled fish delicious? Tonight I asked them to cook several fresh dishes, so that the emperor can have a good time."

Ji Bingyuan said coolly: "I see you having fun with Ji Huaijin every day, you forget you still have me, right?"

Yun Zhen said: "Isn't this the minister who sees him leaving his parents and crying often, afraid that he won't get used to it, so play with him first? No wonder I sent him back to Prince An's mansion today. It turns out that the emperor is jealous." He went over Hehe smiled at Ji Bingyuan.

Ji Bingyuan said: "I can rest for a few days all year round. If the queen doesn't accompany me, what else do you want? After the new year and the beginning of spring, you should set off to visit the Nine Sides. Then I will have to wait a long time." In the Kuang palace, I'm alone in the cold quilt."

Yun Zhen had already endured so much that Dr. Jun asked them to restrain himself, but now hearing Ji Bingyuan say a few words so casually, his heart itch.Seeing that he was holding a scroll in his hand, his face was indifferent and cold, but the loose skirt was slightly opened, revealing the graceful Adam's apple of his neck. If you want to feed your ministers, the emperor is not enough to send hungry soldiers."

After speaking, he secretly kissed Ji Bingyuan.

Ji Bingyuan turned her head and held him down, hugged him on her lap, and said with a smile: "I will first check to see if you are really hungry or fake."

Yun Zhen laughed weakly all over: "The emperor is beautiful and delicious. It is really a rare delicacy. I tasted it just now, and it is really delicious."

Ji Bingyuan said sternly: "Since Qingqing is full, it's my turn to take it." After she finished speaking, she leaned down, and she really explained the profound things in a simple way. From time to time, she savored the queen's taste, and the two of them messed around until dinner At that time, Ji Bingyuan asked someone to set up a charcoal stove, and grilled fish for Yunzhen with his own hands.

The corners of Yunzhen's mouth swelled up, and he said angrily: "When Doctor Jun comes back, I'll tell him it's you who didn't follow the doctor's orders!" But he ate the grilled fish.

Ji Bingyuan smiled and said, "Bake it and let him eat it together."