Sir, I can do it!

In the 33rd year of Beiyan's founding, Emperor Wanyanzhe of Beiyan was terminally ill, and there was no cure for it.After Wan Yanhong's return, the already tense competition for the reserve position fell into unprecedented chaos.

On the outside, there is Beidi staring at each other, while on the inside, there is a struggle for the prince to win the heir.Wanyanzhe could only lie on the bed and watch them fight.He used to be the overlord of the northern land, but now he has become the object of his sons pulling each other.They never cared about his life or death, but they wanted to let him live, and live to admit that the person who finally succeeded in seizing the throne would become Beiyan's next emperor.

During the few days when Wei Xi arrived in Beiyan, he watched their infighting with cold eyes.

Shen Qingping said: "There are no eggs under the overturned nest. If they are so wasted in internal fighting, they will either be annexed by Beidi or Qi. I understand the truth. But these people are not stupid when it comes to calculating gains and losses. , why did Dudu act stupidly on this matter?"

Wei Xi scoffed, "Because they are idiots who only care about their immediate interests."

Shen Qingping frowned and said: "Second Master, did you notice that Wanyan Min's attitude seems to be not quite right. Will he go back on his word?"

Wei Xi shook his head: "Probably not, he still has to rely on the power of Yushan to help him seize the throne. But we are in Yanzhou, and we are restrained by others, so we should be careful. No matter what his ideas are, we must control Yanzhou." In view of the situation in the state, we must ensure the strength of the northern border when Beidi invades, and we must not let father and brother bear the danger."

The court of Qi State was still in the midst of a great funeral, Li Huai stopped the court for a few days, and today he had some energy and began to deal with political affairs.Mingde, who was just serving him closely, found that Li Huai was more gloomy and uncertain than before.He had to put all his energy into serving him, for fear that if he made a wrong step, his old fate would be over.

Lu Ding was reporting recent state affairs to Li Huai, and the eldest prince Li Kui was listening attentively.

"...The salt carts that were snatched from Huaizhong are enough for the country to survive this period of time. It's just that Huaizhong is now occupied by Han Qing, and I'm afraid it will be much more difficult for Qi to dispatch salt in the future."

Li Huai squinted his eyes and asked, "Do the courtiers have anything to say about this?"

Lu Ding said: "There are those who are the main fighters, and there are also those who are the main peacers."

"What does Prime Minister Lu think?"

Lu Ding glanced at Li Huai's gloomy face, and said, "The morale of the Weinan victory is at its peak, so if you work hard, you will not lose your dignity."

Li Huai frowned slightly.

When Li Kui saw this, he hesitated for a while, and still stepped forward and replied: "President Lu is reasonable, but my minister thinks that the most important thing is to stabilize the domestic situation. The war in Beiyan is imminent, and this is the top priority. As for Huaizhong... The country has just taken back Weinan. Although Weinan's small salt farm is not as good as Huaizhong, it is not impossible to support several prefectures. In addition, there are still my Feng's salt farm and Xiwan salt farm for dispatch. Moreover, even if Huaizhong is not taken by Han Qing The dispatch of salt in Huaizhong is also under the control of the three nobles, and the imperial court cannot intervene. And the big salt merchants from all over the country have always been doing business with the three nobles in Huaizhong, and the imperial court is only responsible for supervision."

"Since Han Qing occupied Huaizhong in the name of King Xianqi, if he cut off the supply and demand of salt in Qi State, wouldn't it be against the original intention of King Xianqi to put the people first. That's why I think that as long as we increase the The monitoring efforts of the big salt merchants ensure the basic supply of salt in all parts of the country, and the situation is naturally stable."

Li Huai looked at him expressionlessly, and said coldly: "So you are the master? Do you trust Han Qing so much? Do you trust that traitor of Qi who rebelled at this time?"

Li Kui hurriedly knelt down on the ground, and respectfully replied: "This is not the case, I think that the matter in Huaizhong can be slowed down for a while, and it will not be too late to attack Huaizhong after the Beiyan problem is resolved..."

Lu Ding said with a smile at this time: "Don't be angry, Your Majesty. His Royal Highness has only just taken over the political affairs, and it is human nature to fail to consider some things thoroughly."

He turned his head to look at the First Prince again, and said, "Has Your Highness ever considered Dongyue?"

Li Kui frowned, and said: "There is General Fei Yun in Dongguan, even if Fei Yun takes refuge in Han Qing, he will definitely not join hands with Dongyue. Besides Huaizhong is a piece of fat, Dongyue has always been thinking about Huaizhong. In the end, the problem of Zhonghua will become the same as that of Beiyan. So we don’t have to rush to take back Huaizhong, we can wait and see what happens. If Dongyue and Huaizhong start to fight, Qi will be able to reap the benefits.”

However, Lu Ding shook his head and said, "Your Highness is taking it for granted. People's hearts are the most complicated thing in this world. Han Qing can ignore the people of Qi State in order to avenge his personal revenge, so how can he believe that he will not abandon Huaizhong in order to return to Shengjing?" How about cooperating with East Vietnam? At that time, the tiger is still alive, and the wolf is coming again. We must think of the worst in everything, so as to better deal with emergencies.”

"What's more, sending troops to Huaizhong does not necessarily mean going to war with Han Qing. Sometimes deterring the enemy is also a necessary measure. If the Huaizhong issue is ignored, nobles from all over the country will think that the imperial court is weak and follow suit. That is not worth the candle."

Li Huai glared at Li Kui, and said: "Since the founding of the country, Prime Minister Lu has assisted the king. Don't think that after reading some books, there will be a lot of truth. War is never a few words recorded in books. There are many things involved in it." The question is, do you have something to learn? In my opinion, although Mr. Yu is good at learning, he is a bit pedantic. Why don't you learn from Lu Xiang in the future. "

Lu Ding hurriedly said, "How dare you?"

Li Kui also hurriedly said: "Father, I know I was wrong. There are still many things I haven't learned thoroughly, and I will continue to study with Mr. Yu. Of course, I will also ask Mr. Lu for advice. I hope that Mr. Lu will not be too serious His Highness is stupid."

Li Huai's cold face eased a little, thinking that Mr. Yu is the teacher invited by Queen Wei, and he has indeed taught the princes well.He didn't say anything more.

After thinking for a while, he suddenly asked: "The salt cart in Huaizhong is about to arrive in Shengjing, why hasn't that boy Wei Zhao come back?"

Lu Ding said: "Huaizhong is very far away, and it will take seven or eight days to travel day and night. When they went there, they went fast, and they may have suffered a lot of crimes. When they came back, they inevitably slowed down, which is normal."

Li Huai snorted and said, "His elder sister has been away for many days, and he hasn't worshiped yet."

Li Kui said: "The news on the way is delayed, and the third son will mostly bypass the town to take the official road when returning to Beijing. I am afraid that he has not received the news of the Queen's death."

Li Huai waved his hand: "Forget it, I don't blame him. By the way, what does that old man Xie Hong have to say?"

Lu Ding said sadly: "Master Xie only cares about complaining, but refuses to say anything."

Li Huai threw the memorial in his hand on the case, and said coldly: "The Xie family colluded with Han Qing, the evidence is solid. Xie Hong sent Xie Tao back to Huaizhong early, and he is innocent unless the sun beats him. Out west."

He rubbed his brows: "Forget it. The matter is a foregone conclusion. Xie Hong made it clear that he wanted to sacrifice himself to protect the Xie family, so I will fulfill him. According to my order, all members of the Xie family in Beijing will be executed in three days."

Li Kui took a deep breath: "Father, the people of the Xie family in Beijing may not know about it. This matter was done by Xie Hong and the Huaizhong family. I think that those who don't know about the Xie family in Beijing can be punished lightly... "

Li Huai's heart was suddenly filled with an unknown fire, he scolded Li Kui for being a woman, he didn't know how to imitate others, and his words were sharp, Li Kui's face turned green and pale, and he didn't even know how he walked back to the palace of.

Concubine Feng Guifei learned in Qionghua Palace that Li Kui had contradicted the emperor in the Xuanming Palace, and was reprimanded by the emperor. She was frightened and ran to Li Kui's palace.

"Qi'er, what's wrong with you, why did you suddenly contradict your father?"

Li Qi moved his eyes, but did not speak.

Concubine Feng Gui pinched him: "You child, you are going to kill my mother and concubine in a hurry."

The mother and son confronted each other for a long time, Li Kui seemed to recover from the shock, then turned his head to look at Concubine Feng Gui, and said, "Mother Concubine, I feel that Father Emperor is not quite right."

Seeing that her son finally spoke, Concubine Feng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Your father has always had a gloomy temper, but he seldom loses temper in front of the princes."

Li Qi still shook his head: "That's not the case." He frowned, not knowing what to say.

"Anyway, it's wrong. It's not like I haven't seen my father get angry. But this time, he seems to be unable to control himself at all. His eyes are not right, and he seems to be a little dull. And the mother and concubine, the imperial doctor is treating the father, obviously I said that the father's body needs to be recuperated for a long time, but in just a few days, the father has started to govern."

"Your father has always been diligent about political affairs, and he is busy with state affairs recently, so he should be anxious."

"Mother and concubine, I heard my father said to Eunuch Ming that he wanted to be promoted to the position of Concubine Zheng in Xuanming Palace today. From the meaning of what Eunuch Ming said, it seems that Concubine Zheng has offered incense to the emperor again. Can the emperor It got better so quickly because of the fragrance."

"Qi'er thinks there's something wrong with Xiang?"

"Not impossible."

Concubine Feng Gui said: "The emperor's diet and daily life are taken care of by special personnel. Although Concubine Zheng's incense is useful, it has to go through multiple appraisals before it is presented to the emperor. Since none of the imperial physicians said that there is a problem with the incense, maybe it's Qi'er. Overthinking? The Zheng family is just a noble family, and Concubine Zheng has no prince by her side, so she has no reason to harm the emperor. By the way, how did you mess with your father today?"

Li Qi sighed: "First, because of the incident in Huaizhong, my son advocated not using troops temporarily, but Lu Xiang proposed to use troops against Huaizhong. Later, it was about Xie's family. The father wanted to destroy the entire Xie family, and my son persuaded me a little. I was scolded as a bloody sprinkler."

Concubine Feng Gui also sighed: "Since the empress left, your father's temper has become stronger and more stubborn."

Li Kui said, "Father is becoming more and more obsessed. He only wants to hear what he wants to hear, and he doesn't want to listen to those bad words. But honest words are harsh. Lu Xiang didn't know how to dissuade him, but he still let Father Do it. The courtiers say that Lu Xiang is a rare loyal and upright minister, but my son thinks that Lu Xiang has a deep heart and a flattery, which is not what it seems on the surface."

"Lu Xiang has always supported Qi'er with all his strength. If Qi'er thinks he is not good, we should sort out the relationship as soon as possible, and don't be influenced by him. The mother and concubine don't understand the things in the court, but there are some things that I have heard a lot. It is still clear in my heart. The master is weak and the minister is strong, and it is a sign of destruction."

Li Qi was also a little more solemn: "My son understands."