Reincarnation of the powerful minister

Liao Wang died.

He died in the fiefdom of Xiangyang Mansion in Huguang, in his own palace main hall with carved beams and painted buildings.

The cause of death was a poison attack.When he died, he was dressed in a grand prince's crown suit, sitting neatly on a chair with angry eyes, and a long white silk hanging around his feet.

After the news spread like flying, the ruling and opposition parties were in an uproar.

There are even discussions about the death of the King of Liao in the market. Some say that he committed suicide in fear of crime, some say that he was assassinated by bandits, and some say that the King of Liao was killed on the spot by the imperial guards sent by the emperor to deter all the vassals. king.

The third argument occupies the vast majority - after all, poisonous wine and white silk are the old tricks used by the royal family. Taking people's lives without destroying their bodies and skins is the last way to save the clan's face.

Even Zhu Helin himself couldn't help but wonder, could it be that Wei Liangzi gave the Liao King to death on his own initiative in order to please him?

Wei Liangzi, who galloped back to the capital at starry night, knelt in front of the imperial court and kowtowed his head to swear, but he didn't cut his heart on the spot to show his innocence—that he had nothing to do with the death of King Liao. After the king was captured, he was secretly escorted back to Beijing, but as soon as he stepped into the gate of the main hall of the king's mansion, he saw a corpse sitting upright like a portrait.

"It wasn't you, so who did it?" the emperor asked.

Wei Liangzi immediately said: "It must be a group of chess players! The centipede is dead but not stiff. I heard that the Seven Killing Battalion, which was once destroyed by Jinghong's guards, is mobilizing in the dark again, and there is a dead man who has come back to life. The red-robed battalion leader is even more difficult to deal with than before, and many local guards, yamen and officers and soldiers have suffered."

The more he said, the more he felt that the emperor's face was wrong, and he added in a panic: "Or the assassins sent by the Wang's rebellious army to kill the clan and take revenge on the court!"

Zhu Helin lowered his head and stared at him, his gaze was as sharp as a sword: "According to what you said, these vassal kings are indeed facing persecution from the rebellious army and cults, and their lives are in danger! If I don't allow them to add more soldiers, or go to Beijing to escape It’s a disaster, it’s really hopeless, and the civil officials will criticize me, saying that I used a knife to kill someone!”

Wei Liangzi was in a dilemma, and he was so aggrieved that he was about to cry: "It's really not the fault of the humble minister, the emperor's lesson..."

Zhu Helin sneered, and stretched out his hand to pull him up: "I know it wasn't you who did it. The murderer was really well-intentioned. Not only did he kill a prince, he also pinned the blame on me."

Wei Liangzi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and got up, fighting for the loyal emperor: "The emperor can't take this blame! After all, the king of Liao is the uncle of the emperor. Even if he commits a serious crime, he can be punished after the crime is publicized in the name of the court. This is the so-called 'teacher is famous', and those defenders will not accuse the relegated emperor of harming his clan."

Zhu Helin said: "Of course I know. But in this situation, it is difficult to ride a tiger, and we can only choose the lesser of two evils." He walked back and forth a few steps, frowning, and said in a mocking tone, "Instead of recruiting soldiers for the vassal kings, As an excuse to enter Beijing, it is better to declare that King Liao was given to die by me! Anyway, when I was still the prince, I did the evil deeds of "bloodwashing the Kunning Palace and killing three hundred people in the palace". Head, let’s kill chickens and monkeys.”

Wei Liangzi himself stopped feeling aggrieved, and felt aggrieved for the emperor: "Once the words are released, I don't know how other clansmen, courtiers and literati in the world will scold the emperor!"

Zhu Helin sighed: "You can scold me if you scold me, which emperor will I not be scolded... But I can't be scolded for nothing, I have to take a back seat."

"Pull who?"

"My good uncle, Prince Yu Zhu Xujing."

Wei Liangzi: "..."

"Even if King Liao dies, it won't disrupt my plan. Go call Fu Baolai, and I will draw up an edict to announce the great achievements of King Yu. If King Yu didn't come forward, how would I know that King Liao hid the dragon privately?" Robes, secretly stockpiling dead soldiers, casting firearms, intending to kill the king and usurp the throne?"

Wei Liangzi looked at the emperor with his mouth open, showing shock and admiration.

"The king of Liao's rebellious intentions were revealed, so I had to take the initiative to attack, so as not to cause a military disaster and increase the casualties of the people. This is the decisiveness of the emperor, not the tyranny."

Wei Liangzi: That... makes sense.

"By the way, you go to Liao Palace again, and take the dragon robe in the corner... not the red one! Take the yellow one, put it secretly in the secret room of Liao Palace, and search it out with great fanfare, understand. ?”

Wei Liangzi kept nodding his head: "It's too clear, Your Majesty is wise!"

He bid farewell to the emperor, turned around and walked a few steps, and was stopped by the emperor again: "Wait! Just now you said that you didn't kill the Liao king and swore to me, what did you say? Xinyi, say it again."

Wei Liangzi repeated it in a straight voice.

Zhu Helin nodded: "Okay, I will remember."

Wei Liangzi thought for a while, then drew out the decorative knife at his waist: "Would it be a knife to prove your innocence?"

Zhu Helin glared at him: "No! Get out!"

Wei Liangzi obediently rolled away.

Two hours later, the expected person entered the palace.Fu Bao trotted all the way into the Fengxian Hall, and reported to Zhu Helin: "Your Majesty, Master Su knocked on his face! The servant girl asked him to wait outside the palace gate and enter the hall after the transmission, but he just said that without saying a word." All the way in, his face was ugly. The guards didn't dare to stop him because of the emperor's previous orders..."

Zhu Helin looked outside the palace gate and asked, "Where is he?"

Fu Bao replied: "I was in the court just now, I should go up the steps now. Your Majesty, this servant is looking at Mr. Su in a bad mood, do you want to stop him?"

Zhu Helin took a deep breath: "No need. If you stop him from going mad in public, let him go into the hall to talk."

After a while, Su Yan strode into the hall, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and knives were flying out of his eyes.

Zhu Helin was originally sitting in the back of the case in a dignified manner, but when he was hit by this gaze, he suddenly felt weak, and stood up while supporting the corner of the case, and said in a loud voice, "I didn't do it!"

Su Yan didn't say anything, just stared at him and sneered.

Zhu Helin immediately copied Wei Liangzi's previous set of words, pointing to the sky, swearing, 12 ice hearts are in the jade pot.

He was about to dry up his saliva, but Su Yan spat out bitterly: "I don't care who killed that old boy of King Liao! You are asking the emperor, did he not plan to give King Yu the right to choose at all? The king frame is burned on the pyre, and you want to drive me and him apart?"

Zhu Helin denied it flatly: "I didn't, I wasn't, don't blame me."

"Wrong fart! I just sent the letter to King Yu a few days ago, and today you are the first to declare his merits of exposing him. What did you think when you let King Yu see the letter?" It’s over his head, and he pretended to ask for opinions, Su Qinghe is hypocritical enough’, do you think so?”

Zhu Helin choked for a moment, feeling that something was wrong... the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong... Finally he came to his senses and slapped the table and shouted: "Okay, Su Qinghe, you have been undercover in Shanxi for two months, and you have become a rebellious boy—when did you Care about what King Yu thinks, how he treats you? What kind of posture is this now, to fight for the 'confidant'?!"

He bit the word "confidant" very hard, apparently satirizing King Yu's history of debauchery in the past, and also mocking Su Yan who confessed to a thief as his husband... no, he also ridiculed Su Yan, who repayed grievances with virtue.

Now Su Yan was furious, and he directly picked up the book in hand and threw it over: "I worked so hard for your old Zhu's family, but it turns out that I am a traitor! Fuck your sister!"

Not to be outdone, Zhu Helin tossed back the notebook: "You didn't favor Zhu Xujing? Then why do you feel sorry for him! Is he a scapegoat? Why don't you feel sorry for me for being a scapegoat!"

The two quarreled angrily, swearing at mothers and smashing things.The roaring and cracking sound came out through the closed palace door, making the servants at the bottom of the steps tremble and fall to the ground in fright.

Su Yan's voice became hoarse. Looking around, there was still a teapot intact, so he reached out to get it.Zhu Helin was also thirsty, and at the same time reached out his hand, and held it together with him.

The two stared at each other for a long while like fighting cocks, Su Yan broke his skills first with a chuckle.

Zhu Helin was stunned, and Su Yan took the opportunity to grab the teapot and poured it into his mouth.He wiped the water stains around his mouth with the back of his hand, and let out a sigh: "The quarrel is over, now I feel comfortable."

"I feel uncomfortable." Zhu Helin resentfully.

Su Yan put the teapot spout into his mouth: "That's right. It's Zhu Helin who growls and throws things at me, not little Zhu Jinkai."

While drinking the tea that Su Yan fed, Zhu Helin muttered inarticulately: "Obviously you want an emperor like father..."

Su Yan pulled out the spout and looked at him seriously: "You are wrong. I never thought of turning you into your father. No matter how hard you try to imitate, he is still him, and you are still you."

Zhu Helin was hurt and angry in his heart, and sneered: "So no matter how hard I try, it's useless, is that what you mean?"

Su Yan sighed softly, stretched out his fingertips to press the anger lines between the young emperor's eyebrows, and said softly, "It means, I like your real appearance more than who you look like." He put the empty teapot in Zhu Helin's hand Li Yishou, turned and left.

Walking to the entrance of the hall and returning, Su Yan bent down to pick up the scattered notebooks, put them on the imperial case, and patted the cover: "The deal is done, and I have nothing to pursue. The most urgent thing is how to control the situation, Eliminate the unfavorable factors brought about by the death of King Liao, and... let King Yu go out as soon as possible to reverse the decline of the frontier defense."

Zhu Helin pursed his lips and remained silent.

Su Yan said again: "Since you plan to use him, you must trust him and give him the authority he deserves. In addition, don't give him a miscellaneous army, because he has no time to train. I suggest that the four armies of Taiyuan, Ningxia, Yulin, and Guyuan be suppressed." The most elite cavalry troops were assembled and organized into the new Jingbei Army. In addition, the 'Night Not Accepted' was also handed over to him."

Zhu Helin pondered for a moment, and finally reluctantly said: "Let's do this first. But the imperial court will send two supervisors and deputy supervisors to supervise the entire battle. He must accept it and report the military situation to the imperial court at the middle and end of each month."

Su Yan also knew that it was the best result to allow the King of Yu to lead the army, and it was impossible to expect Zhu Helin to trust a prince with a heavy army like he trusted Su Qinghe.Moreover, the military supervision system is the practice of this dynasty, and it is not considered to have humiliated King Yu.

"I'll write another letter and try my best to persuade him to accept it." After Su Yan finished speaking, he glanced at Zhu Helin again, "This time, the emperor can't cut it first and play it later!"

Zhu Helin snorted unhappily: "I can kill whoever I want, do I need to play?"

Su Yan smiled: "That is, you are the emperor, so of course you can do whatever you want."

"If I really were the kind of emperor who could do whatever he wanted, I would have put you, a courtier who didn't know what to do or not—" Zhu Helin approached quickly, making a gesture of tearing Su Yan's belt and skirt.

Su Yan covered the front of his clothes, smiled embarrassingly, and fled away as if flying.