[Zhu Ning] For the sake of the country

It turned around and attracted everyone's attention. Zheng Wang and others didn't even care about the wine in their cups. They looked straight at the many women who were weak and smiling, and sighed again and again. The emperor finally knew how to sympathize with us. After so many years, finally There are beautiful women to help.

The emperor took special care of the two of them today. King Ning and Don’t Know set up a wine table next to the Emperor. The Emperor disclosed the identity of the Taifu who didn’t understand, and asked the prince to pay homage to him in front of the officials. At this time, After drinking for three rounds, a song of water sleeves swaying and dancing is over, the banquet music is played, everyone is in high spirits, pushing cups and changing glasses is so lively, the emperor turned sideways to King Ning on the left and said, "King Ning, what happened in the palace a few days ago , I have already ordered someone to investigate, and it is both King Chen and King Yu who are soliciting truth, and I have punished you heavily, and I will give you an explanation." The emperor can clearly notice that King Ning's cheeks have become thinner these days, but his demeanor has not diminished. Hearing the emperor's words, he immediately got up and walked three steps to the emperor's side, leaning over and said, "Thank you, the emperor, for your concern. I will definitely try my best to protect the country and the country. Most of them were withdrawn. In this way, the two vassals were no more than ordinary officials, and there was no threat. The emperor quietly cut off the two vassals, and it was in the name of King Ning.

The emperor smiled at King Ning with satisfaction, "I remember your previous achievements, and you still need a lot of support when you are young." He could only see the prince toasting and drinking wine frequently, ignoring the eyes and smiles of those women who were wholeheartedly trying to win his favor.

King Ning replied with no change in his face, "Yes." The emperor glanced at the people present, glanced at the one who was sitting as immobile as a mountain, and said to King Ning beside him, "I know how many princes are there?" Ability, but the world is in turmoil, the burden of the country is on him, it is inevitable that he will be slack, so I promise you something," Ning Wang looked at the emperor without saying a word, the emperor also stared into his eyes, and said slowly, "The military power of the world , then it will be yours."

King Ning raised his head abruptly, showing a surprised expression. He planned this military power for a long time by himself. Originally, he wanted to win over the prince, and it would be easier for him to get it after he ascended the throne, but he never thought that the emperor would promise to hand it over to him. This was really unexpected. "Your Majesty, military power is a major matter for the country, so don't..." King Ning spoke after considering it, which was much more dangerous than talking to the prince.

The emperor's tone was relaxed, "There is no need to say more, I understand what you think, you just need to do what you said to protect the country and be loyal." Knowing the conversation between the two, King Ning stood with his hands folded, hesitantly said nothing, and finally nodded emphatically at the emperor, and returned to his seat according to the emperor's instructions.

King Ning looked at the dishes on the rosewood table that were exactly the same as the emperor's, and just picked out a few vegetarian dishes with chopsticks. You can use both kindness and power, you can't disobey the prince, let alone rebel, the emperor can give him death with a few words, or let him stand at the top, don't know how to look at the face of King Ning who doesn't look at the dance and thinks , looked at the prince in the distance, and finally got up and walked in front of the prince, directly supporting the prince's shoulders with his elbows, "There is no curfew in the whole city today, the emperor will personally go up to the Daming Gate to accept the people kneeling down, just in time for us to go out and have fun with the people ,How about it?"

The prince turned around to avoid this intimate movement, "I won't go." Here, he also didn't care about the carefully practiced dance.

"Oh, the emperor won't blame me, go out and relax, look at your face, as if you are owed lucky money, hey, but don't blame me, I really don't have money to send you, if If possible, I think King Gu and King Zheng would be more than willing to wrap another big red envelope." Bu Bu Bu deliberately whispered in the prince's ear, and then all the people present looked sideways at their code words, and it turned out that the Tai Tu had a close relationship with the prince. "It's a deal. When it gets dark, we'll leave the palace together. You can use your lucky money to pay the bill. Remember to change some change. If you don't go out, there will be no place to exchange the broken silver." The prince looked at the Lord. The seat is already empty, the emperor left the seat due to physical discomfort, and the person on the left also left without knowing when, and there seemed to be a void in his heart, "I won't go."

It's half moon today, the moonlight is very good, King Ning healed his old illness, and set a table of delicacies next to the waterside pavilion in the palace. He gave up the fine wine and drank tea instead. The fog stretched, and he sat alone in the pavilion, watching a pool of waves under the moonlit night.

The four kings are headed by King Zheng, and the other three kings are just dogs of the same feather, forming a group to strengthen their forces against the court. Now that he is very powerful in the court, the three vassal kings have not come to express their sincerity to him. It seems that King Zheng must be What kind of benefits were promised, or they were also in order to achieve a common goal, Ye Zi just asked if he wanted to train another eyeliner in the palace to pass on information or monitor the prince, but he did not give an order, the situation in the palace is now complicated, and the emperor's illness is even worse It's a top secret, it's better to be still than to move at this time, and the prince... Thinking of these two words, King Ning slammed the teacup on the table, Zhu Houzhao, how dare you treat me like this, you will definitely pay this account in the future Get it back!I'd like to see how you can stand firm!

"My lord..." Chuihua knelt beside her.

"Speak!" King Ning looked unhappy, with one elbow propped on his knee, maintaining a domineering sitting posture.

"The subordinates found out that the Wala people had sneaked into the capital, and their intentions were unknown. The leader was most likely the sixth prince Hasa of Wala." Today, the city is very lively, and thousands of people are witnessing the emperor's true face at the gate of Daming. After nightfall, The sky over the city is full of fireworks, and the capital is packed with crowds. It really is a good opportunity for Wala to sneak into the city.

King Ning's eyes moved, Wala?What is Wala's plan for coming to the capital, who has an unequal feud? It is absolutely impossible for foreigners to covet the vast rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty. However, this is a good opportunity. King Ning stood up and looked up at the stars, with a slight smile on his mouth.

At the beginning of the court meeting at the beginning of the month, the frontier battle reports made the emperor very worried. Oala harassed the northern border of Daming. The Liao King's territory was the first to face the attack. Facing the emperor's wrath, his face was covered with sweat, but he couldn't say a word.

The prince stood in front of the group of officials, looked at the kneeling and silent King Liao, and then at the gloomy father. He had written his own policy to deal with Oara, and after considering how to speak, King Ning stepped out of the line, "Your Majesty, since Wala did not respect my Ming Dynasty, and disturbed me wantonly. I begged the emperor to give him both kindness and power. First, use a large army to dampen his spirit, and then let the envoys go to negotiate. Last year, Wala suffered from extreme cold and snowstorms, countless livestock died of freezing, and there was no food to feed them. Only then can I invade my Ming Dynasty, and if my Ming Dynasty uses both softness and toughness, the frontiers will be safe." The prince watched King Ning talking eloquently in the Jinluan Hall, and his thoughts could not help but wander. Great luck.

The whole court discussed civil and military affairs for a long time, but only King Ning was responsible for what he said. The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, and said to King Liao, "Hurry up and go back to your domain, prepare your army and horses to meet the enemy, what are you doing here!" King Liao was anxious Hastily bowed his head to thank him, and left the palace.

King Ning did not stand back among the ministers, but was still in the center of the main hall, kneeling on one knee towards the emperor's throne. He was dressed in fine clothes, and every move he made reflected silver and white light on the precious cloth, "Since the emperor sent the king of Liao to fight against foreign enemies , I am willing to ask the emperor to allow my ministers to hand over taxes to the imperial court for military supplies, and they are also descendants of the Zhu surname of the Ming Dynasty, so I hope to do my best."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone sighed, and King Zheng was the first to react, "I am also a descendant of the surname Zhu, and I am willing to do my best for the country." How could King Ning take all the good things.

King Gu Fu had no choice but to bite the bullet and declare, "I am also willing to hand over... one year's tax to the court." One year's tax from Jiangnan can feed the court for two years. This is not a small contribution, and the emperor seems to be very satisfied.

Because of King Ning's few words, the court got countless money.The emperor motioned for him to get up, but King Ning did not refuse, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" He got up and glanced at King Zheng beside him, then at the Minister of the Ministry of War and the Minister of the Ministry of War, King Zheng locked his eyes on King Ning, and then suddenly Going out, "Your Majesty, my minister is not talented. In addition to owning a little vassal land granted by the Emperor, I also have some military horses. If the Ministry of War does not give up, I can also fight against Oala for my Ming Dynasty."

The ministers were amazed that King Zheng was willing to send money and troops to help the court. This was really the first anecdotal event of the year, and they discussed it.

The emperor was very satisfied and pleased, and immediately praised King Zheng greatly. The court finally made a decision. The four kings who occupied half of the country donated their land, money, army and horses with different ideas. Today, according to the imperial court's call-up order, they will march northward step by step to fight.

King Liao led his personal guards to go out of the city and return to the feudal domain. King Zheng, King Gu and King Han came to visit. The four sat in the living room and waved away all outsiders.

"Wala has been shrunk for several years, why did he suddenly come here this year to find trouble, this king is really unlucky," King Liao shook his head angrily.

"I'm afraid it was provoked by someone?" King Han made a random guess.

"Who can it be?" King Liao filled the guests with fine wine.

"Whoever benefits will be the one?" King Han drank a cup, and King Liao immediately rolled his eyes.

"In today's court, you and I have lost both money and troops, which is really taking advantage of the emperor and the court." King Gu complained, "Could it be that the emperor knows about our..." those wealth that are exploited.

"It's not just the imperial court, I'm afraid there is also King Ning." Zheng Wang was angry in his heart, "It was clearly provoked by him alone, maybe it was a good show he sang in collusion with the emperor. Look at how close he and the prince are. .”

"Then you knew it was a trap, and you promised to contribute money and effort." Han Wang was puzzled.

"Can you escape today's situation? If you hesitate a little and don't show your loyalty, the emperor will attack you next. Have you forgotten King Yu and King Chen who were just abolished?" King Zheng raised his eyebrows.

"Aren't we the weak king of Yu and King Chen who are allowed to be slaughtered by the court, is the court capable of dealing with all of us?" King Gu was very disdainful.

"Nowadays, the crown prince is in charge of all major affairs in the imperial court. The emperor is just pointing out from the sidelines. The prince has not shown his sharpness, so don't be careless. And King Ning, the emperor is very dependent on him now. Once the crown prince ascends the throne in the future, I am afraid that he will continue to treat him preferentially to borrow strength. Suppress us. If there is a chance, King Ning must not be let go." King Zheng is not a fool, otherwise the court would not have the best of the four kings. Will be willing to be a cowardly conservative.

"Anyway, as long as you stand firm, King Zheng, we will have the backbone to form an alliance and grow stronger. Otherwise, we will be wiped out by the court." The confrontation between the imperial courts is a foregone conclusion, but they just keep playing games. If there is a change in the balance between one side and the other side, then one side will be doomed.

"Correct!"

"Correct!"

Jin Yiwei Ji Rong reported to the prince in the East Palace, "The four kings were guests in the Liao Palace, and they left at midnight. Today, the Liao King has left to return to the fief to deal with the Oirat invasion."

"Where's King Zheng?" The prince was preparing the post.

"King Zheng is also preparing to go back to the fiefdom, and he should leave in a few days. King Yu and King Chen will also pay a visit to his residence in the past two days."

This copy of "Chunjiang Huayueye" is almost finished, only in the last two sentences, the prince hangs his elbow to hold the pen, and the black ink freely vents on the paper as he writes.

There is a government system in this dynasty, and the vassals are not allowed to leave the fief without the emperor's order. The vassals who have finished their pilgrimage on the first lunar month will leave the capital, but King Ning, King Zheng, King Gu, and King Han, because they have to pay taxes and military horses In order to serve the imperial court, I delayed my departure and stayed in Beijing.

The royal father is really amazing. The letters and books collected by Jin Yiwei from King Ning's mansion that day not only have a complete grasp of the situation of King Ning's Jiangxi feudal land, but also the family properties of King Zheng and other feudal princes collected by King Ning They accepted it together. In the past few days, Zheng Wang and others went to the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War to check the money, grain and horses.

Therefore, King Ning deserves to be King Ning. Using this trick to advance by retreating, he can show his loyalty, make his father invincible, and earn a good reputation. The amount of money that King Gu handed in these days is more than that of King Zheng. It will be twice as much, and it will alienate the alliance between the four kings.The prince finally finished copying the copybook, recalled it according to the fonts in his memory, and found that he still had a gap, but he was not in a hurry, rolled up the whole rice paper and inserted it into the vase next to the desk. At this moment, the emperor's personal eunuch Huang Sheng came to report in a hurry, "Your Highness, go to the emperor, the emperor is sick and vomits blood."

The prince hurriedly followed Huang Sheng to Qianqing Palace.

At the same time, King Ning's capable officer Shan Zhou returned to the mansion to report, "My lord, Walahasa has left the capital, and my subordinates personally watched him and his subordinates leave the pass."

King Ning had just returned from the school grounds of the Fuzhong, put aside the horsewhip in his hand, sat in the living room and drank tea, "Well, you did a good job."

Hasa, the sixth prince of Oala, met four years ago. Not long ago, he learned that he was in the middle of the capital, and King Ning sent his subordinate Dan Zhou to make contact. Beijing and China came to discuss trade and mutual market matters, but Hasa was determined to win the throne and had no intention of these literary matters.King Liao sits in the northern border of Daming. He is the only one among the vassals who has cavalry to defend the frontier against foreign attacks. His military strength should not be underestimated. King Zheng's army was united, so he revealed to Hasa the deployment of the Liao King's troops who did not know whether it was true or not. In a sneak attack on the Liao King's barracks, Ning Wang thought that it would be easy for the Liao King's troops to deal with sporadic attacks. Retiring from the battle allowed the Oirat army to obtain a large amount of food and grass, and made Daming face shame. The emperor was furious, blamed the Liao king, and ordered him to fight Oara himself in public. Although the situation was different from what King Ning expected, the result was the same, and it was still under control. , and one more harvest is that Hasa really thought that King Ning would help him, and the two had a deeper personal relationship. After all, doing "big things" together is the shortcut to promote alliances. This trick was also borrowed from the four kings.

Just as King Ning wanted to ask someone to refill the tea, the ground trembled suddenly, and he held the tilted teacup with his backhand, and looked up to see a gloomy dark cloud in the sky outside.

The emperor's condition worsened suddenly, and there was an earthquake in Mount Tai. There was also shaking in the capital, and there were rumors in the capital. When the emperor was established as the prince, he was almost abolished by the previous emperor. Returning to the current emperor, the crown prince at that time was also the current emperor to keep the position of the crown prince and successfully ascended the throne. Now the emperor is critically ill, and Mount Tai is shaking again, which indicates that the world may change again, and the position of the prince may not be in line with God's will.The hearts of the court are fluctuating. The emperor is unable to preside over the grand meeting this month, and the crown prince is in charge. The officials in the court are constantly arguing about various political affairs, making no decisions, and ending in vain.

King Zheng even delayed handing over the money, staying openly in Beijing and not returning to the vassal, taking the opportunity to constantly insert his own forces in the court, let Zheng Wang "set an example", King Gu and King Han also stood on the sidelines in Beijing to stir up the situation, not only In this way, they also mobilized some of their own soldiers to the capital and stationed outside the city under the pretext that the emperor in Beijing was critically ill and needed to maintain law and order in the capital.The crown prince was incapable of dealing with the situation while waiting for the illness. Fortunately, there were Bu Bu and several cabinet officials who loyally protected the lord and stabilized the court for him, so that he still had people to rely on in the turbulent wind.

Since King Zheng and the others were not righteous, King Ning was also kept in the capital by the emperor and the prince tacitly. He watched the situation in the palace and did nothing else.

On this day, King Jingfan went to the palace to pay his respects to the emperor. Since the beginning of spring, the emperor's illness has improved, and he has been able to sit up and handle political affairs independently. The king waited together, the prince heard the movement behind him, looked back, and couldn't take his eyes off, King Ning walked over gracefully, saw a few people outside the hall, with no disturbance on their faces, just saluted the prince, "See Your Highness the Prince. "After speaking, he lowered his head and did not respond to the prince's gaze.

That night went on for many days, and the crown prince was no longer emotionally agitated at that time, but just lingering and lingering for a long time. Now that he saw King Ning at close range, he suppressed many emotions in front of others, "Uncle, please get up." He said After reaching out to help King Ning up, King Ning flung his sleeves slightly to avoid getting up.

In King Zheng's eyes, this scene was still harmonious between the monarch and his subjects. He glanced at King Ning with bad eyes, and there was still a threatening smile on his face.

King Ning sensed King Zheng's contempt, "Your Highness, the emperor's body should be fine." King Ning's plans will not be all in vain, he looked at Zhu Houzhao and said with concern, but his eyes were very sharp.

The prince immediately understood what King Ning was referring to, "Father is fine, the ones who are in the palace at the moment are King Yu and King Chen." The prince answered very well, and King Zheng and the others must know who was there.

It turned out that it was the two scapegoats who were killed by the emperor to make an example of others. The corners of King Ning's mouth moved slightly, and he looked back at King Zheng's hostility. King Zheng puffed up his chest and turned to face the palace gate.

Not long after, the palace door opened from the inside, and King Yu and King Chen came out with tear-stained faces and haggard faces. They were unprepared, and when they saw King Ning at the door, they immediately turned pale, and their eyes were full of hatred , the emperor excused them to provoke King Ning, and the vassal land was reduced and abolished. Now there are only a few small counties to make ends meet, full of resentment and can't vent to the court, but can only hate King Ning to the bone. King Ning looked at these two wretches, and then took another look King Zheng, King Han, and King Gu quickly put away their expressions of gloating, and followed the prince into the palace. King Ning put his hands behind his back, ignored the anger behind him, and entered the emperor's bedroom .

The crown prince brought medicinal food to the emperor, and the four vassals knelt down in front of the couch, asking about their condition.

The emperor's face looked good, and his voice was calm and powerful. He slowly took a sip of the medicinal drink and said to the four of them, "During the time I'm not feeling well, the crown prince and the government have to trouble you."

The four had different ideas, and no one answered first.

"King Ning, you and the Ministry of War led the city's defenders and strengthened the city's defenses. Thank you." The emperor's voice was calm, as if he was talking about an ordinary family matter.

King Zheng, King Han, and King Gu each ordered thousands of soldiers to station outside the capital without authorization. In name, they were handing over their troops and helping to maintain law and order in the capital. Daying reorganized its troops and garrisoned the capital, stabilizing the situation in the city, and all the people in the city praised King Ning for his righteous deeds.

"The emperor's award." King Ning replied immediately, and King Zheng was a little guilty.

Standing beside the emperor, the prince looked at the four loyal kings lined up side by side. The four of them had different shapes and appearances.

"It's spring, this year's spring plowing hall and the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, I want to invite the crown prince to go on my behalf, and I will accompany you at that time, so that the officials can understand my intentions." The emperor glanced at several people, as if he could penetrate people's hearts .The prince went to the outskirts, the emperor in the palace was sick and the city was empty, how could he tolerate the vassal kings with soldiers sitting in the city, and not one, but four.

"Yes!" The four of them clasped their hands in unison, "I will obey the order."

After the emperor's summons, the four kings left and came in after they didn't understand, and accompanied the emperor with the prince. Only at this moment could the emperor show a relaxed smile. Maybe there is not much time left for him. He wants to do more for the prince. plan.