What am I thinking when I'm cheating on the male supporting role [Transmigration Book]

Han Jiao played tricks, he knew that the decision to remind Xu Ge was in the hands of Xu Ge, which would make King Yan very unhappy, so he deliberately reminded him like this.

To run a school for the natives in the Sichuan-Guizhou area, you only need to allocate tens of thousands of taels of silver. Even if the teachers are stronger, the maximum is 10,000+ taels. This is much less than the military expenditure spent on guarding Sichuan and Guizhou every year.

Although Mr. Xu Ge is not a good official who wholeheartedly serves the people, he will not intentionally oppose the common people. He is a high-ranking official who follows the principle of "both public and private". Adopted.

But this old guy said bad things about Han Jiao behind his back to sow dissension. If he didn't take revenge on a gentleman, Han Jiao finally met with King Yan alone. old.

But the degree of stabbing still needs to be grasped. After all, King Yan is a strong boy now. If he is too upset, he will be finished if he kicks Xu Ge away.

Han Jiao consoled perfunctorily, "Xu Ge's experience is far superior to that of a humble minister. No matter what decision he makes, he always thinks about His Highness's safety."

King Yan snorted coldly, still looking dissatisfied: "Old Xu Ge's experience is that one thing more is worse than one thing less. Everything is done in accordance with the ancestral system. If something goes wrong, no one can blame him. He just wants to waste time with the father. So that I can ascend to the position of crown prince without merit or demerit."

Han Jiao was speechless for a while, although he disagreed with Xu Ge's kind administrative attitude, but after listening to King Yan's words, he actually understood Xu Ge's difficulties.

Isn't it just for the sake of not seeking merit but seeking no faults?

The position of crown prince cannot always be vacant. In the previous dynasties, King Yan should have been crowned prince before he was an adult. However, the ancestral system of Da Chu has a requirement that is different from other dynasties-the heir needs to have military exploits. Only then can he be crowned prince.

The Taizu of Chu took back the country from the foreign tribes, and the Han Dynasty before the foreign tribes took over, because they did not pay attention to military strength and were far ahead in economic strength, they were wiped out by the foreign tribes. Regulations: Before the crown prince is appointed, he needs to establish military merits.

Regardless of military merits, big or small, the purpose is to alert the kings of all dynasties to attach importance to military strength.

In the generation of King Yan, this ancestral system has become a formality.

In theory, military exploits are not difficult to achieve. Although the Tartars in the north are more difficult to fight, the Japanese pirates in the south have been hanged and beaten by the Chu army. King Yan wanted to make military exploits, so he went to the army of famous generals in the southeast coastal area and watched the battle.

The problem is that the emperor handed over the frontier defense to Mr. Li Ge, and the generals who fought against the southern and northern captives were all from Li Ge. Who knows if he will let the army of King Yan fight?

Therefore, Xu Ge has been fighting for the issue of border military power with all his strength, and he has to install the generals in a safe manner so that King Yan can go through this cutscene.

However, the current emperor of Dachu is a master of political power, and it is impossible for him to pave the way for the King Yan Party.

Not to mention that Han Jiao knew that the old emperor wanted to pass on the throne to Xie Duo, even if the emperor really wanted to pass on the throne to his eldest son, King Yan, it was impossible for him to completely indulge the power of the prince right now.

The relationship between the father and son of the Tian family has always been delicate. The emperor had to support one faction to fight the other faction when dealing with the civil servant group, and had to arrange for the eunuch group to fight the civil officials for him. How could he allow the "replacement emperor" to grow without restraint?

Li Yuan, Wu Zetian, and Zhao Kuangyin have a lot of lessons learned from the past. Even if the eldest son is the emperor's favorite baby, Xie Duo, he will probably be beaten often, let alone King Yan, who has political disagreements with the emperor.

Therefore, at the current stage, Elder Xu Ge did not dare to advance rashly. He wanted to procrastinate for a while, and wait for the emperor's hostility towards King Yan to weaken before he planned to make meritorious deeds.

But Han Jiao knew that Xu Ge could never wait for this day. He underestimated the emperor's disapproval of King Yan. Only when King Duan and King Ling completely gave up the position of crown prince could the emperor give up.

The distinction between concubine and concubine is much stricter than the distinction between elder and younger. The queen has only these three sons, two of whom abstain from power, so the crown prince can only be given to King Yan.

Han Jiao's current plan is to make King Duan abstain from power, and then avoid the blackening of the big boss, killing two birds with one stone.

"Mr. Xu Ge has his reasons for doing this." Han Jiao decided to start his own plan, and first tested King Yan's attitude towards King Duan: "The old man has been competing with Mr. Li Ge all the time. After all, he is resisting for you. King Duan's ambition."

King Yan smiled wryly when he heard the words: "King Duan's ambition... What kind of ambition does King Duan have? That is Li Ge's ambition."

Han Jiao's eyes lit up, and he continued to guide: "Does Prince Duan have no ambitions for the crown prince?"

"No, his ambition is also the ambition of becoming a royal gardener. When he was young, he wanted to do handicrafts, and when he grew up, he wanted to grow flowers and grass." After King Yan said this, he couldn't laugh or cry: "Ashamed, my seventh brother is obsessed with flowers and plants. Ninth Brother is obsessed with Cuju, but I am the only one who is dedicated to benefiting all the people, and Father and Emperor just look down on me."

Han Jiao: "..."

King Yan was quite clear about his situation.

"Since King Duan is obsessed with flowers and plants, he has no intention of competing for the heir." Han Jiao probed further: "Can we try to get him out of the shackles of King Duan's party?"

Yan Wang shook his head and sighed: "It is Mr. Li Ge who restrains him. Mr. Li is his teacher. He will listen to whatever he says."

Han Jiao immediately said: "You are his own brother, and you grew up with him. Could it be that the friendship between brothers is not as good as Li Ge, who has been with him for less than ten years?"

The smile on King Yan's face disappeared, he looked down at the tea bowl, and said in a deep voice: "In the emperor's house, there are many brothers who have turned against each other. Who should I talk about brotherhood with?"

Han Jiao could see that he was unhappy, so he continued the topic bravely, leading King Yan to recall his childhood friendship: "Have you not had any contact with the Seventh Prince in the palace before?"

In King Yan's dull eyes, a flash of light suddenly flashed, and the time when he secretly went to the eighth bureau to search for materials for the old seven came to his mind.

Once, Lao Qi wanted to manufacture a machine that required the precise combination of various gears with mortise and tenon joints, adding up to more than 700 scattered parts.

King Yan begged his grandpa to tell his grandma to let the craftsmen of the Eighth Bureau put down their official duties, and first helped Lao Qi polish the parts, and it took eight days to prepare the parts. The next assembly was even more laborious, but it could only be done by Lao Qi alone. .

Before Lao Qi made the finished product, he would not tell anyone what he wanted to make. After he got the parts, he began to assemble and continuously modify and calibrate.

"Your fingers are all callused." At that time, the young King Yan sat cross-legged next to Lao Qi watching him do handwork, his eyes were sore, but Lao Qi was not tired at all, as usual, doing Do not pay attention to others when doing handwork.

King Yan had no choice but to go with him.

Half a month later, in the evening, King Yan was reading a book in his bedroom when a monkey-like figure suddenly broke through the beaded curtain and rushed into his side hall. His face was full of excitement and he put a pair of wooden machinery and sliding rail assembly racks in the bedroom. On the Yaoqin in the corner.

"Old Seven?" King Yan put down his book and walked over, looking curiously at the pair of wooden machines, which looked like a pair of slender hands: "This is the new thing you want to make?"

Xie Xiu made a silent gesture, shook his hands excitedly, quickly turned the mechanism on the edge of the manipulator, and then raised his eyes to watch Brother Six's reaction impatiently.

He let go of his hand, and the gears in the mechanical hand rotated rapidly. As the bracket slid back and forth, the knuckles also began to pluck the strings nimbly, and unexpectedly played one of King Yan's favorite pieces of music!

Although the tone didn't have the sense of mellowness and agility when a real person played it, it was very similar to Xie Xiu's dumb temper. King Yan felt that it was the seventh brother who played the music for himself.

"You've wasted half a month of strength just to make these wooden hands?" The young King Yan didn't know how to be reserved, and criticized his silly brother unceremoniously: "You're not as good as the luthier in the music workshop, look at you, Your eyes are red, how long have you been tossing around without sleeping? Are you not tired?"

Xie Xiu looked at the wooden hands who were playing the Yaoqin, nodded happily, and shook his head again.

King Yan smiled: "What do you mean? Are you tired or not?"

Xie Xiu replied foolishly: "Sleep when you're tired. As soon as you lie down, think of how it played the piano for Sixth Brother, and you're not tired anymore. Continue to adjust without stopping."

King Yan felt distressed when he heard the words, raised his hand and twisted Lao Qi's ears, and taught him a lesson: "You little fool, don't make things for brother in the future."

Hearing this, Xie Xiu looked down at the wooden hand he made, and murmured nervously: "Sixth Brother doesn't like it! Sixth Brother doesn't like it! Sixth Brother doesn't like it!"

"I don't like it!" The young King Yan argued, "Brother doesn't want to see your red eyes and calluses on your hands."

Xie Xiu is a child who will not give up until he achieves his goal: "Sixth Brother likes it? It can lull Sixth Brother to sleep."

Only then did King Yan lower his head, carefully examine the pair of wooden hands playing the qin, and suddenly laughed: "This thing hangs on the qin, it's a bit scary, I'm so scared that I can't sleep."

Xie Xiu asked blankly, "Why?"

Yan Wang was amused by his younger brother's silly expression: "If you think it's Lao Qi playing music, it's not scary hahahahaha!"

Xie Xiu also laughed out loud.

"What are you laughing at, you little idiot? Brother is laughing at you, hahahaha!"

"Because Brother Six is ​​laughing hahahahahaha!"

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Dispelling the sad memories in his mind, King Yan replied in a hoarse voice: "I have never been in touch with him, and Lao Qi is not close to any brothers."

Han Jiao was taken aback for a moment, not knowing why King Yan lied.

Xie Jing said that King Yan was very protective and tolerant of Xie Xiu when he was a child, like a big brother, even when Xie Duo and Xie Xiu quarreled, King Yan always protected Xie Xiu.

Why does he now deliberately say that he has never been in contact with Xie Xiu?

Was it because he was afraid that Han Jiao would find out that he had beaten Xie Xiu?

To repair the rift between the two brothers, King Yan must be persuaded to cooperate fully, but judging from his current expression, he seems to be very resistant to Lao Qi.

"Brothers live in the palace, how can we have no contact with each other?" Han Jiao said, "When I was young, I occasionally had some quarrels, and it is common for the two brothers to have some temper tantrums. The minister and the young brother at home also have occasional temper tantrums."

King Yan nodded, obviously not wanting to continue talking about this matter.

Han Jiao didn't have many chances to meet King Yan recently, so he could only bite the bullet and continue: "Actually, I have heard from the Eighth Prince that you were the most protective of King Duan when you were a child, and even fought against other brothers for King Duan, so you were punished." The emperor punishes."

King Yan still stared at the teacup expressionlessly, but the noon when he was young came back to his mind...

The brothers were eating together, and the fourth child laughed at the seventh child who ate with his head buried in his nostrils, and even grabbed ribs and stuffed the seventh child's nose.

That was the first time King Yan made a move to his brother, and suddenly put his rice bowl on the fourth son's face.

"Don't listen to the old man's nonsense." King Yan denied in a deep voice, "What are you talking about? It's a disappointment."

"How could the eighth prince make fun of such a thing?" Han Jiao said anxiously: "Your Highness, I know that you have a close relationship with Prince Duan in the past, why are you a stranger now?"

King Yan suddenly showed anger: "How can I have a close relationship with Lao Qi! It's a joke! If there are no other important matters to discuss today, sir, please go back, this king should go back to the manor."

"Your Highness..." Han Jiao suddenly stood up, walked around the Eight Immortals table, and bowed deeply to the King of Yan: "You must understand what I mean by mentioning this matter. Instead of relying on Mr. Xu Ge to compete with Mr. Li Ge, why don't you draw your salary from the bottom of the pot and restore your relationship with him?" What about King Duan's friendship?"

King Yan seemed to have been emptied of his soul for a moment, and stared blankly at Han Jiao.

After a long time, he opened his mouth and said slowly: "Why don't you restore... my friendship with him? You should ask His Royal Highness Duan Wang this question, what's the use of asking me?" He laughed dryly, and suddenly growled: "I'm not Old Qi, that white-eyed wolf! How do I know why! Why!"

Han Jiao raised his head in shock, and found that there were tears in King Yan's eyes.

"You don't understand my seventh brother..." Yan Wang suppressed the grievance in his heart, and said in a hoarse voice: "That kid...that kid is not a thing at all, turning his face like a book, I...I put the second brother and the fourth brother together for him. Both elder brother and fifth elder brother have offended me to the core, and now... now he joins forces with second elder brother and the others to deal with me, just because..." King Yan was full of despair: "It's because I stopped him from picking up my mother's clothes."

"I really didn't hit him..." King Yan murmured with trembling lips, "They all said that I made him stupid, but I just pushed him to the ground...Father also said that I am not worthy of being an elder brother...They Said that I bullied my nurse's deceased brother...the second and fourth child could point at my nose and call me something wrong...the seventh child...is just a white-eyed wolf!"

The author has something to say: Iron-headed baby sixth: The little white-eyed wolf spent half a month doing those hands must be just to scare me to death!