For the emperor

Cang Tiansu was a little irritable. He received three imperial edicts this morning, and got three errands. One was to assist the eldest princess consort Duan Yu to receive Qi Guolai's envoy, the other was to recommend the list of examiners for this year's spring to the second prince, Cang Tianci, and the last The condition is to announce that he will immediately enter the palace to accompany him.

After receiving Li Quan, the chief executive of the court for the third time on the same day before a stick of incense, the eldest prince of the Cang Kingdom held the bright yellow silk in his hand, with mixed feelings in his heart.

Receiving an envoy is a big deal, especially when the manager in charge is still his heir apparent. With Duan Yu's careless virtue, if it's for assistance, this matter will always be on his head.

As for the second matter, which is even more important, Cang Tiansu has been in a daze since he received the imperial decree. Emperor Jing said that this matter will be handed over to Cang Tian, ​​so why make an explicit decree for him to follow along?

In the current season, the power balance between the two sides is too great. Considering the importance and love that Emperor Jing had for Cang Tianci, he would never push his most beloved son to face him head-on at this moment.The son who has worked hard for 16 years and found out the depth through the last time he supervised the country, how could Emperor Jing let him be a one-time consumable?

The most important thing is that even if Emperor Jing was so mad that he would make his beloved son Roubaozi beat a dog, the rulers of Dacang Kingdom were not so confused that he, a general on the border, had the opportunity to intervene in the selection and appointment of civil servants.

Such an obvious hinting behavior already has the taste of the old emperor gradually delegating power after he established the crown prince, but Cang Tiansu would not be foolish to believe that his father suddenly changed his appetite.

The battle has been laid out, so I can't help but not take it.He pursed the corners of his lips, knowing that there was a pit waiting in front of him, but he still had to close his eyes and plunge into it. The feeling was terrible.

As for the third errand, it is even more strange. The emperor called his son to accompany him in the palace. Whether the son is favored or not, it is just a matter of one sentence. How can there be such a serious edict under the edict?

Cang Tiansu fastened the top jade button of the prince's dress, because of its high position, this button was close to the skin below the neck, carrying an unconcealable chill.

He lowered his head, held up the imperial decree with both hands, which seemed to be a bad sign, and signaled the guards standing outside to open the door.

Cang Tiansu has a tendency to be autistic and depressed since he was a child. He likes to stay by himself and doesn't want to let others get close to him. This habit has continued until now. Whenever he needs to dress and wash, he solves it by himself. Not equipped.

Stepping on the back of the little eunuch, he got into the carriage, sat on the cushion, took over the stove brought by the maid, his eyelashes drooped, and he was silent.

At this time, the morning court had just ended, except for the eldest prince of Cang Kingdom who was in a special situation, the princes including Cang Tianci were still studying in the study room. According to the routine, Emperor Jing should also test the princes' homework in the study room and play the role of a loving father.

There was a peculiar smell of a newly-made carriage in the carriage, even if it was incensed, it was not completely covered, Cang Tiansu sniffed slightly.

——Is it just to make up enough money to let all eight sons come out for a stroll?

Emperor Jing's five sons lined up in two teams and stood in the middle of the study with their heads bowed. Behind them were more than [-] relatives and companions. Cang Tianci and Cang Tianrui accompanied the emperor on both sides. Just kidding, the atmosphere is just right.

The sound of Li Quan singing promises sounded outside the door. The expressions of Emperor Jing's two sons were unnatural for a moment. Cang Tianci's face collapsed, and the smile in his eyes slowly sank. It took three or four expressions before suppressing the sneer at the corner of his mouth.

The third prince blinked his peachy eyes, and seeing that the smile on Emperor Jing's face faded, he immediately wrapped his arms around his father's arm, smiling very cutely: "It's really strange, elder brother can't do anything in the imperial study room, why did he go to the upper class?" The study is here, so why can't we talk about something so important right now?"

The emperor's complexion suddenly became a little bad just now, and Li Quan said "the eldest prince is begging to see you" vaguely outside, so not only Cang Tianrui, but everyone in this room did not expect that the eldest prince was summoned by the emperor on his own initiative .

Cang Jinglan let out a "chi" laugh, his eyes slid over the claws on his arms, his peach eyes narrowed, and he said lightly: "Xuan."

Cang Tiansu followed Li Quan into the door, shouted Qianqiu Longsui, stood up and stopped making a sound.

"Give me a seat." Emperor Jing waved his folding fan, and immediately two young eunuchs came in carrying jujube round chairs.

Cang Tiansu's heart skipped a beat, thanked him calmly, and sat down next to the chair.Except for the natural texture of the wood, this chair is exactly the same as the one in his own study in terms of texture, processing, height and shape.

He likes to use jujube wood, which is another quirk of his. Sometimes Cang Tiansu feels that he is born with a low life, and he can't bear to be served by others. He eats white rice with the lightest side dish and wears the cheapest clothes. Hessian cloth, the simplest hair bun, no jade pendant and purse accessories, and all the furniture are made of the worst wild jujube wood.

His entire mansion was up and down, relying on the style of the house and the stone lions at the entrance to prop up the minimum facade of the majestic Prince's Mansion.

On the other hand, the Imperial Palace of the Cang Kingdom is full of luxury. The chamber pots placed in the official rooms of the palaces and halls are all gold and silver, and the furniture is not only rosewood, but yellow pears. The prince of the Cang Kingdom is sitting under his buttocks. A jujube wood chair.

With Zhao Liu's character, if he was short of money, he would only discuss it privately with his master, and it was impossible for everyone to know about it. Take it out and laugh at it, I am afraid that Zhang San has collected more information than he imagined in the past few years.

The so-called hole cards that have been painstakingly arranged for so many years have long been as transparent as white paper in the eyes of others. After working for a long time like a clown, what was presented to the only audience was a clumsy puppet show. He endured it for a long time before he burst into tears. The sense of powerlessness in the body subsided.

Emperor Jing let Cang Tianci Cang Tianrui also sit in his seat, turned the folding fan in his hand, leaned half on the back of the chair, pondered for a while, and said: "This morning, Da Sima presented the account of Chengyue's battle, and mentioned the status of Chengguo. An interesting decision a few years ago played a big role in this campaign."

He clapped his hands, and Li Quan consciously picked up the folder on the table with both hands, bowed and saluted, and then opened it and read aloud.

It is the promotion list of generals in Chengguo this year. 37 people were demoted and 29 people were promoted. Eleven of them were promoted by leapfrogging. Without exception, they are all former death row inmates.

"Chengguo has only been established for more than a hundred years, and its foundation is shallow. The current monarch has put forward the decision to send death row prisoners to the battlefield against the opposition of the entire family. Now it seems that the results have been very good." Emperor Jing's eyes slowly looked at the faces of his sons Wandering, "So, Da Sima proposed that perhaps in my Dacang, we can also carry out this national policy and set up soldiers on death row."

Cang Tiansu heard the name of an acquaintance in the list just now. Among the eleven people, Li Ming's name was at the top, and he was the fourth-rank captain of Zhaowu.

He was a little surprised, recalling the slightly ugly scarred face back then, this person had more than loyalty, was exceptionally brave, but lacked strategy, and had fatal flaws in birth, so he was not considered a top candidate for general talent.

The king of Chengguo has no experience in leading troops to fight in person. A general needs to be able to fight and kill, and rush to the forefront of death, but a person who has killed countless enemies on the battlefield might not be a good general candidate.

Li Ming will never be a person who can stand alone in the overall situation. He is so lucky and his foundation is so shallow, I am afraid that sooner or later he will fall down and his head will be broken.

Cang Tiansu lowered his head slightly, collected his thoughts, and quietly listened to Emperor Jing asking the prince one by one whether he agreed with Da Sima's proposal.

Except for the eighth prince who didn't understand at all, who hesitated and couldn't explain why, the first few princes who were asked the question agreed with the establishment of prison barracks without exception.

Cang Tianrui held his head high, his voice was crisp, full of confidence, and he talked eloquently, "Father once said that all resources at hand should be used rationally to win the war. Instead of offering death row prisoners, waiting for the autumn queen to be executed , it is better to give them a chance to atone for their sins and serve the country."

"However, whether the death row prisoners themselves are trustworthy is still open to question. Once they get enough food and weapons supplies, they may not obediently join the battlefield as we imagined." Cang Tianci was the first to raise an objection, "As far as I know , In the battle zone between Chengyue and Yue, there have been many cases of death row soldiers fleeing the battle, what's more, they used the information they knew to seek benefits for themselves, collaborating with the enemy and treason are not uncommon."

"Once the prisoner soldiers are really put into the battlefield, they are different from ordinary soldiers. There are many vicious people in them, and we don't have enough power to restrain them." He turned his head to meet Cang Tianrui's resentful gaze, "I don't Approves the proposal."

Finally there is someone who can think deeper, Cang Tiansu secretly sighed, his sons are so incompetent, I don't know what Emperor Jing's expression is now.

Emperor Jing cast his gaze over, and there was no trace of disappointment or helplessness on his face, and his tone was unusually gentle: "Tian Su, what do you think?"

... Tiansu?The cold hairs on Cang Tiansu's back stood up one by one, his expression remained unchanged, and he said with a smile: "I would like to report to my father, my son agrees with the second younger brother's opinion."

Cang Jinglan gave an "oh" with great interest, changed his casual attitude just now, leaned forward slightly, and looked at him with raised eyebrows, obviously waiting for the next sentence.

"In the barracks, there has been an unwritten tradition for hundreds of years. The recruits who have just served will be bullied by the veterans, shouted and shouted, and treated very badly. The situation will not improve until another batch of recruits is stationed. The recruits who are civilians like the veterans are treated like this, not to mention these death row prisoners who are lower than the untouchables. The laws of the Great Cang Kingdom are not stricter than those of the Cheng Kingdom. Sexuality, these people have bad behavior and low moral character, once they are treated like this, how can they be convinced? They are often vengeful and extremely resentful, they can't do anything, and in the end, I am afraid that things will backfire and drag our Cang Kingdom back. "

Regardless of whether it is for or against, the reasons are ready-made, and it does not take much trouble to say which one, but strictly speaking, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.It's just words of approval that others can say, but Cang Tiansu can't.

He was worried now, for fear that once he agreed, Emperor Jing who was smiling in front of him would throw out a sentence "or else I will leave this job to you" in the next moment.

Today's debate is actually completely meaningless. Regardless of whether the establishment of prison barracks is beneficial or harmful, on the Wuji Continent, except for Chengguo, which has a relatively special national situation, the other three countries have no possibility of implementing it.

For a little benefit, trying to offend the entire gentry and sending death row prisoners to the battlefield is a stupid thing that any monarch will not do, because there is no way to compare rewards and sacrifices.

There are tens of thousands of young and middle-aged people, and now Cang Kingdom has less than a million standing troops, and the ratio of soldiers to civilians is extremely low. It is not worth spending so much effort for 10,000+ not very obedient death row prisoners.

Emperor Jing deliberately mentioned it today, probably because he wanted to get a rough idea of ​​the background of his sons. Cang Tiansu has planned to be a man with his tail between his legs in the past few years, and he didn't mean to show off. I picked up the obvious and said.

After finishing speaking, Emperor Jing didn't ask him what he meant, originally this matter was over like this, but Cang Tianrui suddenly stopped playing big-eyed and small-eyed tricks with his second brother, and jumped out to accuse him of knowing the ills in the army, but not adding Rectification, marching is not strict, and leadership is ineffective.

It was true that he was shot while lying down, the eldest prince of Cang Kingdom did not make a sound, and Cang Jinglan pretended not to hear him. He glanced at the third son, and Taohua's eyes flashed coldly. He slowly stood up from his seat, flicked his long sleeves, and raised his hand. The legs went out, and I didn't forget to call my second son when I left.

The princes hurriedly stood up, saluted and sent their father off, and when the two of them had disappeared, Cang Tiansu straightened his robes and stepped out.

Cang Tianxuan yelled "Brother, go slowly" behind his buttocks with a smiling face, looking at Cang Tianrui who was standing in the middle and being ignored one after another, his face turned blue and white and red, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up again. Alice.

You don’t even need to look at your own virtue first, what can you say about “the marching is lax and the leadership is incompetent”?The Northwest Army has not had a single defeat in the past few years. This is not only the "credit" of the elder brother, but also the merit of the father. When you say this, do you hit the face of the elder brother or the face of the father?