marquis of jingan

Chapter 494
In the Deqing Palace, Bo Changning met His Majesty the Emperor smoothly.

His Majesty the Emperor also treated him very kindly, calling him uncle one by one.

After all, this is his mother's younger brother, the uncle he can't kiss any more.

However, Sun Yanchang, the uncle of the country, was a little apprehensive at the moment. After exchanging pleasantries with the emperor, he looked up at the young man who had just grown up in front of him.

This is the child he has held since he was a child...

It seems that something is not the same.

became very strange.

After Changning Bo submissively said a few clichés to the emperor, he lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, Zhou Langzhong from the Ministry of War suddenly came to the minister's house today and asked Yuanliang Yuanfu from the minister's house if he would like to go to the Huaihe Navy Zhongzuo Qianhu..."

"This issue…"

"Oh."

The emperor moved a chair and sat in front of his uncle. He looked at the middle-aged man with a slightly frightened expression in front of him, and smiled, "So that's what happened."

"Uncle doesn't know."

The emperor looked at Uncle Guo and sighed slightly: "Uncle should know that the Huaihe Navy has been controlled by the Zhao family for generations. Although the Zhao family is loyal to me, I always want to treat the Huaihe Navy more in my heart." limit."

"After all, it has been two years since I ascended the throne."

The emperor's tone was sincere, and he said softly: "Therefore, I thought about sending some of my own people to the Huaihe Navy to help me keep an eye on the Huaihe Navy."

"If you want to talk about your own people..."

The emperor sighed slightly, and pretended to be heartbroken: "Uncle, you know that everyone in the world can trust you if you were born in the royal family, except for brothers with the same surname. Brothers, just a few cousins ​​from the mother's side."

"So, I immediately thought of my two cousins."

The emperor looked sincerely, and said softly: "So I discussed it with the prime ministers of Zhongshu earlier. The prime ministers thought that we should consult the opinions of my uncle's family on this matter, so the Ministry of War sent people to my uncle's house today."

"How about it?"

He smiled and asked, "Uncle, have you considered it?"

Sun Yanchang's lips were a little dry.

He looked up at the emperor, his lips moved, but he couldn't speak, he could only swallow.

"Um…"

Seeing this, the emperor sighed slightly: "I also know that participating in the Huaihe Navy and fighting against the Qi people is a very dangerous thing. We are our own family, and I will not force my two cousins ​​to go to the Huaihe Navy." Teacher, as long as uncle refuses, I will immediately notify the Ministry of War and ask them to find some other people who can be used."

Uncle Chang Ning looked embarrassed, and he lowered his head slightly to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, if you can contribute to the imperial court, the grandson's family has received the emperor's favor, so it is naturally duty-bound. There are only two dogs in the family who have never joined the army or been in the imperial court. It is their honor to do things for His Majesty, but..."

Sun Yanchang sighed: "I'm afraid that His Majesty's plan will be ruined..."

Hearing this, His Majesty the Emperor sneered slightly in his heart.

If you go to the Huaihe Navy, you are afraid of ruining my affairs, but if you go to fight against the Japanese army, you are not worried about ruining my affairs?

But on the surface, he still had a friendly face, and said with a smile: "It's okay, the two cousins ​​don't want to go, just pretend that I never mentioned it."

The meaning of the emperor is very simple.

The Sun family wants power and status from the Queen Mother, and the court can give them to them, but the Sun family must have the courage to ask for it.

Today, the Sun family nodded and agreed that they are willing to send two younger generations to the Huaihe Navy for training. They don't need to stay in the Huaihe Navy for a long time, as long as they stay there for two or three years and are safe and can learn something, the emperor will reuse them in the future.

But if you don't even dare to go to the Huaihe Navy to be a thousand households, and you only want to gain benefits in some positions where it is easy to get credit, then I'm sorry.

Don't blame the emperor for not giving face to his uncle.

And if the Sun family really didn't dare to go to the Huaihe Navy, they would have no face to ask the Queen Mother for anything in the future.

Even the Empress Dowager had no choice but to put her flags to rest on this matter, and she would send a message to the civil and military officials through this matter.

That is, starting today, the empress dowager officially "retired to the second line".

Although Sun Yanchang was not very smart, he was not stupid at all. He also heard that there seemed to be some hidden meaning behind the emperor's words, so he didn't dare to answer directly, but lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty... this matter is of great importance. I have a meeting for a while, and I have no way to make a decision. I want to go home and think about it for a day or two. After I have considered it, I will go to the palace to meet your majesty."

The emperor stood up with a smile, and said, "What uncle said is off the mark. We are all from our own family. There is no need to worry about this matter. Uncle can go back and think about it slowly. By the way, we can discuss it with the abbot."

Uncle Changning first got up and bowed to salute, and bid farewell to the emperor tremblingly.

The emperor smiled and said calmly, "Gao Ming, send one to my uncle on my behalf."

Eunuch Gao immediately walked up to Sun Yanchang, lowered his head slightly and smiled, "Please, Uncle Guo."

Sun Yanchang took a deep breath and left Deqing Palace accompanied by Eunuch Gao.

After a while, Gao Ming returned to Deqing Palace, stood behind His Majesty the Emperor, lowered his head slightly: "Your Majesty, Uncle Guo has left."

"Um…"

The emperor was reading a book, when he heard the words, he just hummed and didn't continue talking.

After hesitating for a while, Gao Ming asked, "Your Majesty, if the two sons of the Sun family are really willing to go north, then..."

"Then let them go, I didn't force them to go."

The emperor narrowed his eyes, and said lightly: "They are going on their own, and the queen mother knows about it, so it's hard to say anything to me."

"If my two cousins ​​can really stay in the Huaihe Navy, when I can use them in the future, I will naturally not treat them badly."

Gao Ming nodded, then lowered his head and asked: "Your Majesty... If the uncle and the father-in-law are going to see the empress dowager, will the slaves stop them?"

The emperor glanced back at Gao Ming, and frowned: "You want to block the Kunde Palace? You are so brave."

Gao Ming was taken aback by the emperor's unkind eyes, he quickly knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said, "I don't dare, I just think about it for your Majesty..."

"There's no need to stop them, it's their business that they are going to see the queen mother."

"Whether the queen mother will see them or not is the queen mother's business."

The emperor said lightly: "It's up to them to decide."

After saying this, the emperor put down the scroll in his hand and asked, "How is the preparation of my brother's marriage going?"

Hearing this, Gao Ming got up from the ground, lowered his head and said, "Go back to Your Majesty, the Zongfu and the Ministry of Rituals are almost ready, and the Sixth Ceremony has already been issued. We only need to wait for the auspicious day when we can marry Zhao's family." Daughter through the door."

"Um…"

The emperor nodded, and said lightly: "The first emperor's exams were not prosperous. I only have two brothers, and I can't bear to be separated. My second brother will leave the capital to be a feudal lord. Let him stay in Jiankang and spend more time with him." accompany me."

"You send a note to the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry."

"Let the Ministry of Rituals hurry up to prepare for the big wedding, as well as the matter of conferring the king, and let the Zongfu prepare a book for the new king."

"Let the Ministry of Industry hurry up to prepare for the construction of the palace, and it is best to finish it before the big wedding."

Because the emperor has two brothers, the Ministry of Industry has started preparing for the palace early, and it is already the finishing touch, and it should be over a year ago.

Speaking of this, the emperor paused, looked up at Gao Ming, and said lightly: "Also, the eunuchs and maids in the palace that should be equipped for the palace, you have to start preparing, don't let my brother be around, no one is waiting for you." .”

Eunuch Gao cautiously looked up at His Majesty the Emperor, then bowed his head deeply.

"Yes, the servant will do it immediately..."

(End of this chapter)