History of Yongwu

Chapter 262 Undercurrent

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The sound of the horse's hooves was crisp and eager, and it rushed into the capital in an instant, and the horse galloped a long way. Suddenly, the man on the horse stopped suddenly, as if thinking of something, he turned the horse's head and galloped in another direction.

Ever since the young emperor decreed that the King of Jin would set up a council member, the important affairs of the court would not be reported to the prime minister's mansion, and the soldiers who had just been summoned almost ran to the wrong place.

The Prince Jin Mansion has been expanded again, half of which is for the officials of the Prince Jin Mansion to handle official business, and half for the King Jin to live in. Although it is not comparable to the Jin Palace and the Imperial Palace, it does not give in too much.

The soldiers got off their horses and straightened their clothes before rushing in.

Qin Yu sat cross-legged on the couch, and in front of him was a plate of walnuts. He had just picked it up when a voice behind him said, "Your Majesty, Lord Zhao please see me."

"This king just came back from the front." Qin Yu sighed and stood up, "Little Fuzi, peel the walnuts!"

"Yes"

Alas... It's good to have someone to serve you!Qin Yu smiled and walked out of the room.

council hall

Qin Yu looked at the memorial in his hand, smiled, shook the memorial and said to Zhao Zhiping, "Isn't this a good thing!"

"Indeed." Zhao Zhiping also had a hint of a smile, and then said, "Let General Li go and arrest Sun Po, the governor of Xinyang County?"

"Don't let Li Han go." Qin Yu shook his head, and said with a sly smile, "Submit the official document and let Tingwei Mansion arrest people."

Zhao Zhiping nodded knowingly, cupped his hands and said, "My lord is holy."

"Look at Wenhou Mansion." Qin Yu's expression was indifferent.

"Yes"

Qin Yu ordered a few words casually, and after Zhao Zhiping left, several ministers came, and he stayed in the council hall until dinner time before returning to the back garden.

The place where he lives has not changed, and the pine forest is still empty and slightly gloomy. After the Xuetang courtyard was demolished, the sycamore tree he planted grew very well.

There was no one in the entire Prince Jin Mansion except the servants who served him. The backyard of the Prince Jin Mansion at night was extremely quiet and quiet. Maybe it was because he was getting older, but Qin Yu felt very good instead.

Staying in the study until midnight, Qin Yu took a walk alone, a few cicadas clinging to the tree, their chirping sounded with a hint of sadness, he listened to it for a while, and felt a little desolate, shaking his head, he laughed at himself as being ridiculous.

"My lord, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days," Xiao Fuzi suddenly said behind him.

"Mid-Autumn Festival?" Qin Yu was taken aback for a moment, then turned to look at him and said, "Has this king been back for so long?"

"Yes" Xiao Fuzi smiled, bowed and said, "My lord takes care of everything every day, and forgets the time"

"Yes! I forgot." Qin Yu nodded.The palace, government affairs, I have been away for so long, but I am still no stranger.

Qin Yu recalled that day, he was respectfully invited to sit in the Golden Palace, and after the court was over, he returned to Jinwang Mansion in a carriage. He watched the streets and alleys of the capital and people coming and going from the window of the car, and he was not at all unfamiliar. and alienation.

At that time, Qin Yu suddenly realized that he had never been away from all of this, and that his previous experience was just a dream of his own spirit. Maybe he had always understood that he belonged here somehow.

"Prince" Zhao Zhiping came in a hurry, stood in front of him and said, "The guard of Xinyang County has defected to the State of Zhao"

So fast!Qin Yu suddenly recovered from his contemplation, and immediately said, "Let the Tingwei Mansion hunt down immediately."

"Weichen has passed the order, but now should we call Prime Minister Li and Grand Master Wang to discuss?"

Qin Yu squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "No, let the Tingwei Mansion handle this matter first, and I will tell them when the matter gets bigger."

A few days later, the Hall of Peace

Since Emperor Shaodi ascended the throne, there has been turmoil in the various countries, and there have been speeches before the court, so the Mid-Autumn Festival should be celebrated vigorously to show the majesty of the court.

In the main hall, Nangong Yuliang was sitting on the throne, and the young emperor was sitting on his lap, holding the tassels of the colored balls in his hand and pulling them, completely indifferent to everything in the hall.

"Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager" Qin Yu sat down at the head, held up a cup and said, "May your majesty be forever."

"Jiangshan Yonggu" all the ministers echoed.

Nangong Yuliang picked up the cup, took a sip, and said, "Thank you King Jin"

"I dare not." Qin Yu bowed.

Watching this scene, Yan Shijun also raised his cup and said, "Your Majesty respects His Royal Highness King Jin."

"This king also respects Marquis Wen"

"My lord has worked hard for the country, let us be ashamed"

"The top relies on the trust of His Majesty and the Queen Mother, and the bottom relies on the support of everyone. I dare not take credit for it." Qin Yu smiled flawlessly.

hypocritical!Yan Shijun hated his perfect and confident appearance very much. Just as he was about to speak again, footsteps suddenly came from outside the hall, very anxious.

"See Your Majesty, See the Queen Mother" Although the soldier who reported the letter said so, his eyes were looking at King Jin.

Qin Yu held the wine glass and did not make a sound. Nangong Yuliang on the throne glanced at him, frowned slightly and asked, "What's the matter?"

"The guards of Yiyang and the guards of Zhucheng in Xinyang County defected to Zhao State"

"What!" Wang Qianhe was amazed, pointing to the soldiers on the ground and asked, "Why didn't you play earlier?"

"The incident happened in a hurry, and the Yiyang Order just learned about it, and immediately reported it to Beijing."

"Gu Lei" Qin Yu finally opened his mouth, looked at Ting Wei and said, "How did the investigation on the defection of the Xinyang County Guard go?"

Gu Lei got up immediately, he was just transferred back from East County two months ago to "return to the lord", he bowed and saluted, "Sun Bo, the governor of Xinyang County, has fled to Zhao country, and his humble and incompetent position failed to stop him"

"Xinyang Governor?" Xu Han muttered.

"Master?" Qin Yu looked at Xu Han.

Xu Han came back to his senses, stood up and said, "My lord, the governor of Xinyang has defected, why did the lower officials not know about it?"

"Before, there was a censor who impeached the king of Xinyang County for embezzling military pay and withholding military rations. The king asked the Tingwei Mansion to investigate, but Sun Bo ran away soon. In a hurry, the king had to let Sun Bo be hunted down. He forgot to tell I'm the prime minister," Qin Yu replied.

Xu Han was dissatisfied in his heart, but he didn't say much. The purpose of the king of Jin's opening of the mansion was to empty the prime minister's mansion and hold the power of the court in his hands. It was useless to argue.

After thinking about it for a while, he then said, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, I believe that Sun Bo's defection is related to the defection of the generals, and it should be dealt with by the Prime Minister's Office in one place."

"The minister seconded the proposal" Wang Qianhe saluted.

King Jin was still sitting there without making a sound, and everyone looked at him unanimously. Seeing that he was still calm, Nangong Yuliang asked, "What does King Jin think?"

"Back to the Queen Mother" Qin Yu stood up, bowed and said, "I think what the Prime Minister said is reasonable"

Nangong Yuliang felt weird for a while, but the three ministers agreed, he couldn't say anything more, he just nodded and said, "Then the Prime Minister's Office will investigate this matter thoroughly."

"Zunzhi" Xu Han saluted, but before he got up, he heard the king of Jin say again, "Xinyang will defect, if the court secrets are leaked to Zhao Guo, I am afraid that Xinyang, Anjun and other places will be lost. General Zuo went to Xinyang to clean up military discipline"

I see!Yan Shijun was startled. The real purpose of the King of Jin was to get Beiying into his pocket. Yuehong had been stuffed into Beiying by him a long time ago, and the guard of Tianshun was replaced by Wu Guangyuan. Even Lu Yang's light car school Weiying is also in charge of Luo Ping, a close friend of King Jin.

"I think it's wrong." Yan Shijun hurriedly stood up.

"What's wrong?" Qin Yu looked at him.

"Xu..."

"This king thinks it's very appropriate." Qin Yu interrupted without looking at him, looked at Xu Han and Wang Qian and asked, "What do Xiangye and Taishi think?"

"It's not wrong," Wang Qianhe replied.

Yan Shijun hadn't straightened up yet, and he was clenching his teeth. He was the imperial lieutenant, but the assistant ministers didn't have him, and he was not allowed to say a word in the court. King Jin didn't look down on him at all.

"Your Majesty, please order Xu Xiuhe to go to Xinyang." Qin Yu faced Nangong Yuliang and performed the ceremony.

Nangong Yuliang looked at his elder brother who was left hanging aside, then turned his eyes back to the palace, nodded and said, "This matter will be handled at King Jin's discretion."

"Thank you Queen Mother for your trust"

The banquet continued, but there was no peace in the hall just now, and there was an undercurrent. The officials looked at King Jin and several adults, feeling anxious, and only hoped that the banquet would end soon.

At midnight, the palace banquet was over, and Wang Qianhe was about to board the carriage in front of the palace gate to leave. Xu Han stood next to him and looked at the direction of King Jin's carriage and asked in a low voice, "Grand Master, what did King Jin do?"

"Wenhou!" Wang Qianhe replied in a low voice, glanced at him and left.

Xu Han paused for a moment, looked at Yan Shijun who was not far away, nodded and left here.

King Jin's Mansion

Qin Yu looked at Zhao Zhiping and laughed a little, "Sir, it's so late, why don't you rest yet?"

"The prince is working hard, and the minister can't sleep"

Hehe... Qin Yu shook his head helplessly, "The defection of the generals of Xinyang and Sun Po has been handed over to the Prime Minister's Office, sir, don't worry."

"My lord, the Prime Minister will understand..." Zhao Zhiping hesitated for a moment.

"Yes." Qin Yu interrupted him, picked up the teacup next to him and said nonchalantly, "Even if Xiangye doesn't understand, Taishi Wang will remind him."

Zhao Zhiping nodded, thought for a while and said, "I want my minister to treat Wen Hou..."

"Haha...Mr. is worrying too much"

"Ok?"

Qin Yu smiled, looked at him and said, "Sir, you value him too much. Yan Shijun has no foundation in Beijing, and his time in court is too short. He... Jindian's time as a minister is shorter."

Zhao Zhiping was stunned for a moment and then understood that although Yan Shijun was in a high position and the elder brother of the Queen Mother, he did not have any family and prestige in Gyeonggi, a place full of princes and grandchildren.

Wang Qianhe doesn't like him, Xu Han and Xiao's family look down on him, and it's not fair for anyone to be placed in the position of Sangong by such a person.

"Zhiping" Qin Yu asked him, "This king plans to let my uncle take over the post of Taiwei, what do you think?"

"This..." Zhao Zhiping hesitated and cupped his hands and said, "My lord, I suggest that from now on, there will be no post of Taiwei."

"No?"

"That's right, no matter who is in the hands of the prince, it is a restraint for the prince. It is better to go and not use it."

Heh... Qin Yu laughed, Mr. Zhao really is!

"It would be great if we could go to the Prime Minister's Mansion without having to," Qin Yu joked.

"Yes, it's just that the time has not come," Zhao Zhiping replied with a smile.

Indeed, the time has not come!Qin Yu didn't say any more, and said to him, "Sir, you can rest assured now, can you let the king rest?"

"Wei Chen Retires"

When Zhao Zhiping left, the mid-autumn moon had already slanted to the west, Qin Yu stretched himself, feeling exhausted.But when he got to the bedroom, he suddenly didn't feel sleepy, and just looked at the top of his head until dawn.

Changxindian

Nangong Yuliang was lying on the bed, unable to fall asleep looking at the moonlight on the ground. He had lived here for four months, but he was still not used to it. He didn't know how long it would take him to get used to it. Not used to it.

Everything happened too fast, he changed from empress to empress dowager, but sometimes he felt it was very long, like the dark night in Changxin Palace or the return of King Jin to the present...

King Jin!

He was thinking these two words in his heart. In the past, when he stood in the distance, he only thought that King Jin was very smart and cruel. Later, when he got too close, all he saw was gentleness like water.

Now that he is really standing in the Hall of Eternal Life like King Jin, he really understands what the word King Jin really means.

Jianye

The country of Wu was still warm and pleasant, Du Xuetang's carriage in front of the palace stopped slowly, got out of the carriage, he straightened his sleeves, the waiter saw him and immediately led him inside.

In the palace, Fu Yusi was waiting for him. Seeing him coming in, he stood up first, and joked with a smile, "Xuetang, how is Mingyue?"

"It's not a sight." Du Xuetang smiled and saluted.

Fu Yusi helped him up, and pulled him to sit down, "Hehe... called you back in a hurry, thank you for your hard work"

"Don't dare, I don't know what the military division is doing?"

"You should have guessed it! Your old rival... King Jin is back"

opponent?Du Xuetang smiled subconsciously. He also heard about the return of the Jin Dynasty in Mingyue, and Fu Yusi called him back, so he indeed guessed some clues.

"What are you laughing at?" Fu Yusi looked at him strangely

Du Xuetang came back to his senses, and said with a normal expression, "I'm not the opponent of King Jin"

"You are humble." Fu Yusi smiled and continued, "I will call you back and let you be in charge of King Jin's affairs. Now that King Jin is back in Beijing, you are still from the capital, so you should be more handy."

"The next official takes orders"

"Hehe... Recently, the generals of Xinyang defected to Zhao State, and the court asked the prime minister to investigate the matter thoroughly." Fu Yusi poured two cups of tea, picked it up, looked at him and said, "The king of Jin also asked for an order to transfer Xu Xiuhe away." Beiying, let the deputy general Yue Hong lead the Beiying temporarily."

Du Xuetang also picked up the teacup, thanked Fu Yusi, thought for a while and said, "King Jin didn't really want to hold Beiying. In the current situation, King Jin's main intention is not to make changes in Beiying."

"where?"

"In the world, in the country of Wu" Du Xuetang put down his teacup and talked freely.

"In today's world, there will be a battle between the king of Jin and the state of Wu sooner or later. The state of Wu is united as one, but the court of the king of Jin is not. Therefore, the king of Jin is now anxious to stabilize the hearts of the people in the court, so that when the army goes out, Wang Qianhe and others in the court What kind of action did the elders secretly do, so the king of Jin must take advantage of Xinyang to implicate the court, so that he can hold all the power in his own hands."

"Haha... Xuetang, your words have surpassed most famous people in the world. Now you not only see through the hearts of the people, but also see the general trend of the world." Fu Yusi smiled a little relieved.

When he first arrived in the Wu Kingdom, Du Xuetang was still a fledgling scholar, with more than enough intelligence but little experience, but now he can spy on people's hearts in the general situation of the world, which made him feel more at ease.

"Military division praised it absurdly." Du Xuetang felt a little embarrassed.

"I have confirmed that King Jin's move is to deal with Yan Shijun, and Yan Shijun is not the opponent of King Jin, so... you should help him"

Only by keeping the king of Jin busy fighting with the court ministers, can the state of Wu have enough time and opportunity.

"I understand." Du Xuetang got up and saluted.

"Well, you're tired too, let's go home and rest first." Fu Yusi got up and saw her off.

water town, guest station

Du Xuetang didn't go back to the house to rest, he came here by boat for some reason, the door of the private room on the second floor was open, Du Xuetang was holding a wine glass, and glanced casually downstairs.

At the door, a person wearing a bamboo hat and a lotus-colored gown led a little girl, greeted the guy at the door, and then went up to the second floor.

Lin Wanfeng walked forward casually, and suddenly felt a gaze looking at him, he looked over subconsciously, there was only one person drinking lightly at the square table in the room, at the moment he was looking at the street outside the window, with his back turned to him, he shook Shaking his head, he led Qianqian into his private room.

Didn't you take him with you?Du Xuetang muttered something in his heart, dropped the money, turned and went downstairs.

Lin Wanfeng leaned against the window and looked at the corner of the street. Just now that figure passed by again, he subconsciously took another look, and then sat back.

"How is it possible to be so dignified"

"Who is Brother Xiaofeng talking about?" Qianqian sat opposite him and asked.

"Ah?" Lin Wanfeng came back to his senses and realized that he had spoken, frowned, looked at Qianqian and said, "I didn't say anything."

"Brother Xiaofeng is missing Dad"

"Nonsense" Lin Wanfeng patted the table "He's not your father, remember that"

"Oh..." Xue Qianqian clasped the cup, and Brother Xiaofeng began to say something wrong again.

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New Year's Day has passed, and it seems insincere to say happy New Year's Day to readers at this time, so... Let me wish you an early New Year!

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