Shuoyun Feidu

It was late autumn, the maple trees were all red, everything was withered, and even the wind had been chilled for a long time.

It was too early to go to the court that day, and after all the officials dispersed, Beitang Rongdu did not return directly to his Yilan Palace, but went to Qianying Palace with Beitang Zunyue. After having dinner together, they started to deal with government affairs. The father and son were busy for a while, and each approved the official documents.

The hall was warm and fragrant, and the light was very bright. Beitang Rongdu rested his elbows on the kang table beside him, resting his cheek half lazily and half casually, looking at Beitang Zunyue opposite, and said: "Southern The current battle situation has gradually become beneficial to us, but after a while, it will be winter... Once the weather cools down, whether it is for people to chew horses or because of the cold weather, in short, This battle will become difficult to fight." Beitang Zunyue lightly tapped his finger on the table, smiled slightly when he heard this, with an inexplicable coldness in his tone, and said: "How can it be difficult to fight... this king Tomorrow, I will secretly order someone to send an order to the general who conquers the South. If the army still refuses to surrender within seven days, the city will be destroyed and the city will be washed for three days, and the military law will die."

Hearing this, Beitang Rongdu couldn't help but feel agitated. What Beitang Zunyue said about washing the city actually meant massacring the city. Beitang Zunyue secretly ordered the commander-in-chief of the army to fight fiercely and said, "wash the city." For three days in the city, the military law will not rule' is a clear promise that the soldiers can do whatever they want after the city is broken, looting and looting in the city, and the women will take money and silk at will, and within these three days , All kinds of evils are not dealt with by military law. In this way, how can there be no one among the soldiers in the army who is eager to take the lead and break the city desperately?Regardless of his reasons, such as harsh weather, unsuitability to attack, etc., they were all left behind under the heavy rewards. As the saying goes, people die for money, and birds die for food.

As for the massacre of the city, the influence is too bad, Beitang Zunyue doesn't need to care about it now, just because the Beitang clan's future is already established, and it no longer needs to be as it was when it was just raising troops. Generally speaking, it is necessary to flaunt one's benevolence and righteousness to win people's hearts and create favorable public opinion so as to calm the people. Even if Beitang Rongdu once led an army to slaughter the city, it was only because the other party was a barbarian, not my people in the Central Plains, so Only then can it be done, but now at this moment and at that moment, the Beitang clan is now in full swing, and the power is already huge. Beitang Zunyue no longer needs to make any superficial gestures to buy people's hearts, but shows unabashed ruthlessness At the same time, it shocked the people of the world-Shunchang's rebellion was so simple.

Beitang Rongdu saw that his father had already decided on this matter, so he just thought about it for a while, then nodded slightly, and did not express any objection to this. In fact, this cannot be blamed on his hard-hearted, cold-blooded heart After all, this is just the way things are in this world. In troubled times, human life is always the least valuable thing. People in high positions never really show mercy to the weak, because the height they stand has already determined their Often only the interests of the body are considered. From ancient times to the present, the weak are destined to be enslaved and dominated by the powerful. If you want to get rid of these, unless you become a strong person, otherwise, you can only accept your own fate!This has to be said to be a kind of sadness, but it is also a cold reality.

Now that this matter has been settled, Beitang Rongdu has nothing to say. He just put one hand under his chin, as if he was slowly thinking about something, and said in a slow voice: "...before, Dong Le's right side The army in the south was burned due to food and grass, and they couldn't get supplies for a while, so they ate more than [-] Hu people left in the south as rations for the army. I can't stop criticizing this, if it's true that the troops are massacring the city right now, I'm afraid these people will turn out to be the top birds again, jumping out and making loud noises, which is annoying." As he said, he folded his hands in his sleeves, bowed his head and slapped Yawning, Beitang Venerable saw this more, he sneered, the two distant eyebrows stretched out, he moved his arms, and said casually: "...you can quarrel as you like, as long as you can't hear them That is to say, these literati are always of some use in the way of establishing a stable state and a stable country, so let them go, and when they are tired from traveling, they will stop."

While the two of them were talking, someone from the palace brought the exquisite pastry just made by the imperial dining room. As if remembering something, he turned his head to look at Beitang Rongdu, and said, "By the way, my king... I have something to tell you." Beitang Rongdu turned his head subconsciously and said, "What? matter?"

Beitang Zunyue didn't answer directly, but smiled, looked at Beitang Rongdu, and gradually pursed his mouth, and said: "Rongdu...the king's capital's reconstruction plan is not enough now. There is not much left, and when all the work is completed, I will order you to move to the east of the city, how about it?"

After hearing this, Beitang Rongdu didn't think deeply about it for a while. He is almost 17 years old now, and he is already an adult. He even has a daughter, so he can't be considered a child. Before, they could live in the palace, but when they reached a certain age, according to the rules, they had to move out of the palace. The Ministry of Households allocated funds to build a mansion. No one has ever been able to live in the palace all the time. Now Beitang Although Zunyue has not yet proclaimed himself emperor, and Beitang Rongdu is not a prince, but this is actually not that far off, and it should be done according to the rules, so Beitang Rongdu didn't feel awkward, so he took it as a matter of course. Nodding, he said: "Well, that's fine, but now that there are continuous wars, the household department's finances are a bit tight, so this time when I leave the palace to open the mansion, the household department doesn't have to pay for it, I just pay for it myself."

Beitang Rongdu has always been good at making money. Since he left Wushebao when he was young, he has started to develop various methods and channels to gather wealth for himself. Now the business controlled by Beitang Rongdu is said to be all over the Central Plains It is somewhat exaggerated, but what aspects are involved, what is the scale, and how much is the annual income, I am afraid that no one other than himself can know clearly. Things that require a lot of money in the eyes of people are nothing in his eyes... As for why Beitang Rongdu amassed so much money, the reason is really simple. Without money, how can you support Starting staff?If you don't have food and clothing, and don't have enough money to support your family, who will work hard for you?To some extent, money is actually a guarantee of power.

But this time, Beitang Rongdu seemed to be wrong, and Beitang Zunyue looked at him with some deep meaning, and said with a low smile, "...going out of the palace to open the mansion No, that’s not what I mean.” As he spoke, he had already leaned his upper body slowly, approaching Beitang Rongdu, and when he was only a few feet away from the young man’s face, he chuckled and said, “I am What the king meant was to let you live in the east of the city, but not to build a mansion in the outer city... Now the entire palace city is located in the middle of the northern part of Guocheng, and it is divided into three parts. It is where the harem is, and as for the east side, it will be your place in the future."

It wasn't until Beitang Rongdu heard this that he suddenly realized that although there was no strange expression on his face at this time, his heart was really moved by it!Although Beitang Zunyue didn't say it clearly, how could Beitang Rongdu not know what he meant?At present, the basic construction of Kyoto is complete, and the entire palace is transformed from the original Unsheltered Fort. Unsheltered Fort was once known as the first fort in the world. During the period, until Beitang Zunyue came to power, it continued to expand and improve, and it had already acquired an extremely large scale. Outside of the clan, there are tens of thousands of disciples in the castle alone. Therefore, after Beitang Zunyue ascended the throne and became king, the construction of the palace was only carried out with some renovations and expansions, and did not require a large amount of engineering work. , while the east side has been rebuilt the most, so it has never been really used, but some courtiers who are interested in ancient history have secretly speculated on some sensitive things-four gates are opened in the east of the city, and the four corners are open. The building was built in the east of the inner city, including the construction of the main palace and the building of the wall. When traveling to and from the inner city, it is even necessary to use a horse-drawn carriage to go back and forth, and there are palace gates, which are relatively independent, which shows its large scale and function. It is so complete that since ancient times, it has never been seen except for the East Palace of the Crown Prince!

How could Beitang Rongdu not know about this?The east side has always been the East Palace, which is where the crown prince resides. He also thought that this place should be the place where the crown prince will live in in the future, but Beitang Rongdu still didn't expect that Beitang Zunyue would be here now or even never. He was actually asked to move there without officially registering him as the eldest son. It is conceivable that this move would be no less than a storm, and the whole court would definitely be shaken by it!You know, this action has already shown that Beitang Zunyue has acquiesced in Beitang Rongdu's status as the orthodox heir, and has made a clear statement to the people of the world. How to trust and love Beitang Rongdu, but the king's mind is unpredictable after all, just like the former emperor's house, as an emperor, he can indulge any son too much, but he can also abandon this prince at any time like a pawn. The dust fell in the middle, all these things are actually in the emperor's heart, but the prince is completely different, he is the foundation of the country, every move will attract the attention of the world, even if he is the king, he will not lightly abolish the establishment Otherwise, the government and the public will be shaken, and people's hearts will be unstable.

Beitang Rongdu thought for a while, and felt a little touch in his heart. In fact, he knew it all too well. Compared with the fact that this matter can justify his legal inheritance, what is more important is the actual significance of moving to the east of the city. It is greater than political significance, because as the heir of the emperor, the prince's status is second only to the emperor himself. The East Palace where he lives is one-third of the size of the palace, whether it is the scale of construction or the preparation of guards. Not only that, but the private guards of the imperial army will also set up a special configuration of officials in the East Palace, which can be called a "little court". The place where the prince works, meets officials, and rises. The main daily government affairs activities are carried out in it. It has a lot of relative independence. There are special official positions in it. The crown prince made the East Palace the quasi-court before the crown prince succeeded to the throne. However, as an emperor, he could also greatly compress and reduce this power, so that the successor had no name but no real power in his hands. However, according to Beitang With Zunyue's consistent performance, it is presumed that Beitang Rongdu can enjoy the treatment without any reduction at all, and build his own team on the bright side.

In this way, this move is really a great favor... Beitang Rongdu had thousands of thoughts in his heart in an instant, and when he turned back for a while, a smile appeared on his face, as if Surprisingly, he let out an 'oh', and said to Beitang Zunyue: "...why did you suddenly think of this?" Tang Rongdu squeezed his right hand which was placed on the table, and said, "You are not young anymore, you should have a formal team on the table."

As Beitang Zunyue said this, he paused, but his mind remembered that after Beitang Rongdu was secretly designed by him, he promised to be with him. On that day, Beitang Rongdu buried his face quietly in his chest. He wept silently at the position of the shoulder socket. When he saw it, he felt a slight shock in his heart. He would never forget this situation, so he was satisfied and determined in his heart. In this life, he will give the whole world to the young man. Instead of sharing the magnificent day of rivers and mountains, he must be repaid by the world... The more Beitang Zun thought of this, he held the hand in Beitang Rongdu's sleeve without a trace, sneered a few times, and narrowed his eyes slightly He closed his eyes, stared at the young man in front of him, and said: "This time you are really an adult, you don't need to continue to be attached to this king, you have to figure out everything for yourself in the future." Beitang Rongdu's thoughts moved However, after a moment's change of thought, he soon regained his composure, but with a half-smile and a hint of seriousness, he nodded just right, and said in a joking tone: "Well, does this mean that you are officially admitting that I am already a real adult...Isn't it, eh?"

Beitang Zunyue showed his face slightly, but then stretched out his hand and pulled Beitang Rongdu into his arms, hugged him tightly on his lap, put his side face on the other's smooth left cheek, and said with a low smile: "...say That's right." Beitang Rongdu heard the words, but suddenly suppressed the smile on his face, changed his face to be serious, and used his hand to pull Beitang Zunyue's arm, intending to break free from the man's embrace, dissatisfied Complained: "Then you still hug me like this!...Since you have admitted that I have grown up, you are not allowed to hug me in the future. I am not the nursing baby I used to be, let you hug me Hug it, if you really want to hug it, just go hug Jiaqi, she is just right."

But after Beitang Zunyue listened, he didn't intend to let go at all. Instead, he tightened Beitang Rongdu's waist. I don't know if it was intentional, and he breathed lightly into Beitang Rongdu's ear. , smiled lowly for a while, and said: "That's right, since you are already an adult, as your father, this king really shouldn't hug you like this anymore... But, could this king not be your good friend? Since I have this status, shouldn't I hug you? What's the reason for that?"

After hearing these words, Beitang Rongdu stopped struggling, but couldn't help laughing, and then straightened his face, saying: "...What's a 'friend'? Vulgar and ignorant!" Beitang Zunyue laughed loudly Laughing, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and said in a playful voice: "So what, there are 'vulgar' ones..." As he spoke, his right hand had already reached down and slipped into the hem of Beitang Rongdu's clothes, Immediately, he spread his five fingers and accurately covered the middle part of the boy's silk trousers. Beitang Rongdu felt his crotch tighten. The man's warm and slender palms had already caught his vitals, which made people feel densely hot. And she began to tease her gradually, so she couldn't help struggling a little, with a helpless expression on her face, and said in a low voice: "Hey, can't you be more serious? It's broad daylight...it's not enough to be openly lewd... Doesn’t it sound like something?” Beitang Zunyue seemed amused by him, with a disapproving expression on his face, through the smooth silk trousers, he deliberately pinched the soft spot of Beitang Rongdu who hadn’t started to respond, and at the same time, the tip of his tongue slowly tapped. Licking the young man's snow-white neck, he jokingly said, "Oh? This king never knew that you, Du'er, are actually a serious person... Well, quite serious..."

While the man was talking, the movements of his hands were more obscene and ambiguous than anyone else, trying his best to provocate. In the midst of his busy schedule, his lips were still wantonly lingering on the boy's slender neck. Annoyed, as if someone had exposed Lao Dier mercilessly, he became angry from embarrassment: "You..." Before he finished speaking, most of the belt had been untied, and suddenly he gasped with a hiss. Taking a breath of cold air, he involuntarily puffed up his lower abdomen slightly, and subconsciously catered to Beitang Zun's more flexible hands. The more Beitang Zun saw this scene, he couldn't help laughing, and deliberately nibbled Beitang Rongdu's ear, and lowered his head. He sneered and said: "...What a 'serious person', what do you say?...You duplicity boy." While chuckling, he stopped talking, and was only busy with his hands.Now that things have come to an end, Beitang Rongdu simply peeled off his face, and stopped putting on airs, while holding the man's teasing hand between his legs, he took a breath from time to time, holding back the wave after wave of pleasure , snorted: "Stop talking, is it possible that you are better than me? Let's break the pot, don't laugh at anyone... um... don't be so strong..." As he spoke, he was vague No matter how difficult it was to speak completely, he simply turned around suddenly, and with all his strength, he pushed Beitang Zunyue down on the kang.

In the howling cold wind, yellow autumn leaves fell outside the window one after another, except for a very slight low moan, the entire hall was silent.

...When Beitang Rongdu woke up from the kang, it was almost time for lunch. He sat up and straightened his messy clothes, then turned his head to look at Beitang Zunyue, and saw the man's phoenix eyes lightly closed , with thin lips pursed, sleeping peacefully, a firm chest is faintly exposed in the robe, and a few ambiguous red spots can be seen sporadically on it.Beitang Rongdu got up quietly, took a thin blanket from the side, and covered Beitang Zun Yue carefully with his hands and feet. At the same time, the corners of his mouth could not help but slightly curved upwards, as if he was smiling, and then he simply straightened his clothes , Then he put on the sapphire cloak that was set aside, and walked out of Qianying Palace.

Beitang Rongdu returned to his palace by car, but it was really late at this time, it was already past lunch time, the palace servants stepped forward to help him take off his coat and put on homely clothes, Beitang Rongdu took the hot towel After wiping his face, he said to Shen Hanyan who was trimming a pot of chrysanthemum with scissors: "...why didn't you see a good date?"

While carefully cutting off a leaf, Shen Hanyan said casually: "I just saw that she seemed a little sleepy, so I asked someone to take her to take a nap." Beitang Rongdu nodded, touched his stomach again, and said : "I'm really hungry. I ate two pieces of snacks for most of the morning this morning. Quickly ask someone to bring some food." Shen Hanyan said strangely after hearing this: "Why, didn't you eat at noon?" Beitang Rongdu He smiled and said: "If you eat, how can you be so hungry." Shen Hanyan frowned, and said displeased: "What do those people who follow you do, so there is no reason for you to be hungry." Tang Rongdu stretched his waist, yawned lazily and said with a lazy smile: "What does it have to do with them? After I went down to the court, I dealt with some political affairs with my father. I forgot the time and didn't care about eating. ...I'm really hungry right now, so I don't care about anything, just get something to eat."

That being the case, Shen Hanyan asked people to prepare, and after a while, he put out a few light side dishes. Now that it is autumn, when the crabs are plump, they steamed three or five more. Shen Hanyan sat On the side, he peeled the crabs by himself, carefully peeled off the snow-white meat and golden-red crab paste one by one, put them in a small dish painted with golden and green lotus patterns, and added some seasonings before handing them to Bei Tang Rongdu and Beitang Rongdu ate while they simply picked up some small dishes with their chopsticks and hurriedly ate two bowls of rice.

Shen Hanyan washed his hands and took a towel to dry. Beitang Rongdu saw that he was wearing a cold blue gown with a jade crown on his head. Although it looks good, it looks a bit thinner, and it is late autumn and winter, you should always take some precautions against the cold, if you are indoors, that's fine, if you are outside, at least you need to add a cloak." Shen Han Yan smiled and said: "En." Beitang Rongdu waved away all the palace people, and when only each other was left in the room, he said: "Yes, I have something to tell you." He told Shen Hanyan what Beitang Zunyue said in detail.

After hearing this, Shen Hanyan looked overjoyed, looked at Beitang Rongdu with a smile on his face, and said, "Of course this is a good thing." Beitang Rongdu put his right hand under his chin, thought slowly, and said: " Seeing what my father means, he really wants me to establish...a system."

He didn't say much, but after sharing the bed with him for so many years, Shen Hanyan knew the thoughts of Beitang Rongdu like the back of his hand, and now he understood just after hearing him say this sentence The implication of the other party's words is that the crown prince is the crown prince and the legal heir to the throne. According to the regulations, a large-scale East Palace official agency will often be set up, so that the crown prince will have experience and understanding of national politics before succeeding to the throne, and participate in political affairs. Build your own team so that the regime can be successfully and stably taken over in the future.

However, the relationship between the ancient crown prince and the emperor is extremely complicated and contradictory, and they maintain a certain subtlety. On the one hand, the imperial court needs a definite successor, but the existence of the Eastern Palace will pose a certain threat to the imperial power. The crown prince can have the opportunity to visit the government in person and hone his political skills before he formally succeeds to the throne, but at the same time it is easy to form the political power of the princeling party. Those officials in the Eastern Palace will be important assistants to the crown prince in the future. There was even a prince in the Eastern Palace An example of concurrently serving as the Grand Marshal of the World’s Soldiers and Horses, but once the prince’s power expands too much and takes over too many political affairs, it is often easy to conflict with the emperor. An overly powerful crown prince will often rebel or even usurp the throne, launching a coup. Therefore, many emperors will control the power of the crown prince, reduce the scale of the Eastern Palace system, and take various measures to prevent and limit it, and vigorously reduce the Eastern Palace. Most of the official positions in the Eastern Palace have no actual power, and some of them are even abolished, so that the power of the prince is weakened and controlled within the palace city. This Eastern Palace official office is only in name only. In front of him, the so-called kinship between father and son is really frighteningly weak!

But now, based on the degree of Beitang Rongdu's favor and his current expression, Shen Hanyan can guess that Beitang Zunyue will definitely delegate power greatly... It turns out that the relationship between the two father and son is different Thick, the trust that has always been so deep, is it so deep?

Beitang Rongdu adjusted his breathing and meditated intently, while slowly flicking a string of Jiamu beads on his wrist with his hands. After a while, he said in a manly voice: "Now the construction of most of the capital is basically complete, and the palace is almost expanded. Probably before winter, all of them can be completed, and we should move out... In this case, you can ask someone to tidy up and clean up the things recently, so as not to cause any trouble." Shen Hanyan hummed , nodded and said: "...Of course I know this." Beitang Rongdu seemed to have suddenly remembered something, thought about it and said: "By the way, Chunyuan's wedding date has been set on the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month. , Has everything been taken care of for him?" Shen Hanyan looked gentle, and smiled slightly: "You don't have to worry about this, I have already taken care of it."

Hearing what the young man said, Beitang Rongdu raised his hand to straighten the seven-treasure white jade hairpin in his hair, and said with a smile: "Actually speaking, you can be regarded as his master, but you will make ironing posts for him How can I be worried." He said, got up and said: "I'll go to the room, after Jiaji wakes up, send someone to tell me, I'll play with her for a while... Otherwise, if father and daughter don't see each other often Now, she won't be too close to me." Hearing this, Shen Hanyan smiled and agreed, and Beitang Rongdu nodded and went to the room.

Beitang Rongdu entered the room, asked the palace servants to cover the censer here, and burned a handful of lily incense, while he gently swung his sleeves, fetched some fish food, and stood in front of the table to feed the fish in the crystal tank. Fish, he watched a few bald-headed brocades swimming in the water, and his mind couldn't help drifting away. When he thought of what happened today, he felt a little hot in his heart. Even with his concentration, he was still a little moved.

Power, the thing that people love and hate, the thing that makes people live and die, the thing that makes everyone give up almost everything to pursue, and makes the world follow one after another, the fiery passion that stands above tens of millions of people Feeling—the longing for it has been hidden in the blood of every man and even woman since ancient times. It is an eternal theme that cannot be erased even if the dynasties change and the world changes... Beitang Rongdu flashed in his mind when he was a child in Beitang. Under Zun Yue's arrangement, the first murder scene in his life, whether it was wandering the rivers and lakes to fight hard, or leading the army to compete for the Beitang family, which one did not revolve around the word "power"?The only difference is nothing more than gradually having a big pursuit and moving towards a high position, there is no essential difference.

Beitang Rongdu breathed out a long breath, looking towards the east of the city in the distance, a smug smile slowly appeared on his face.

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"Note. Records of King Han"

... At the end of autumn, the king said to his ministers at the court meeting: "The widow wants to use the east of the inner city as the 'Green Palace', and the prince will come in and establish an official office."

For the Green Palace, the east belongs to wood, and its color is green. Therefore, the crown prince's east palace can also be called this. Besides, the establishment of an official office is actually the honor of the crown prince. Although the king's intention is not explained clearly, everyone knows it. Of.At that time, all the ministers stood on the steps, stunned, and attached to them.