marquis of jingan

Chapter 998

The news that the third prince Qi Wang Zhao Li entered the council hall to supervise the country and observe the state affairs spread quickly throughout Yandu.

This is a message that is too clear to be clear.

Supervising the country and watching the government means supervising the government on behalf of the emperor.

This was an obvious signal sent by the emperor. The third prince, who was usually inconspicuous, immediately became the new king's most popular. Almost the next day, King Qi's mansion was full of people. I don't know how many people came to visit.

At this time, Zhou Yuanlang was still running around in Yandu City.

He was at the gate of King Qi's mansion, and he went to ask to see King Qi. He spent all the money he should have spent, and even gave gifts to the concierge.

But King Qi's Mansion is too popular now, and Zhou's family is obviously in decline. For three whole days, Zhou Yuanlang still couldn't get in.

The major general of the Zhou family had no choice but to go home. After thinking about it all night, he finally made up his mind and decided to burn the cold stove.

So, in the evening of this day, he found the fourth prince Zhao Kai's mansion, which was Prince Wei's mansion.

His Royal Highness King Wei suffered a lot in the Huaihe River in the past two years, especially after he brought Li Mu, the envoy of Nanchen, to Yandu for "peace talks". The original popular candidate for the emperor lost his family.

Now, His Majesty the Emperor is seriously ill, and the succession of the throne to the imperial court has reached the most critical moment, but the palace of Prince Wei is neglected.

King Wei's mother was from the wealthy Lang family, and the Zhou family and the Lang family were old, so the relationship between King Wei's mansion and the Zhou family was quite deep. Relying on this relationship, Zhou Yuanlang successfully entered the King Wei's mansion and found the man who was drinking and drinking. The king of Wei Zhao Kai of tea.

Zhou Yuanlang knelt on the ground respectfully, kowtowed and said: "Zhou Family, Zhou Yuanlang, pay homage to His Royal Highness King Wei."

At this moment, Zhao Kai's face was flushed from drinking, he looked up at Zhou Yuanlang who was kneeling on the ground, then breathed out a mouthful of alcohol, and said coldly: "What are you doing in this palace? Now, no one can save you Father, even the third brother might not succeed, let alone this king!"

Zhou Yuanlang knelt on the ground, lowered his head, and said, "Your Highness, I am not here to ask for help."

He looked up at Zhao Kai, and said in a low voice, "Your official, I'm here to help King Wei."

Zhao Kai smiled disdainfully, and said lazily, "How can you help?"

Zhou Yuanlang stood up by himself, moved closer, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, the situation in Yandu is uncertain, why should you be disheartened?"

"The third brother has already supervised the country."

King Wei closed his eyes and said, "Is the situation still undecided?"

Zhou Yuanlang shook his head slightly, looked up at Zhao Kai, and said in a low voice.

"Your Highness, the Emperor asked His Royal Highness King Qi to observe the government, not manage it!"

This is where Emperor Yongping's attitude is ambiguous.

What the emperor said was observing politics, not managing politics.

If it is about governance, all the government affairs in the meeting hall should be made by King Qi, who holds the power just like the emperor.

And Guanzheng means that the political affairs in the court are discussed and decided by the three prime ministers. The third prince only has the power to intervene, but not to make decisions.

Although at this juncture, it seems that there is not much difference, but it is the only opportunity that Zhou Yuanlang can seize.

He lowered his head slightly, and said softly: "Your Highness, if His Majesty lets His Royal Highness King Qi supervise the administration of the country, then the situation in Yandu will be settled at this time. His Royal Highness King Qi can already be in Yandu at this time." It won't take long to place confidantes in every key point, even if the emperor is still there, the capital of Yan has already changed hands."

Hearing this, Zhao Kai finally changed his face, and he shouted in a low voice, "Zhou Yuanlang, how dare you say such outrageous words!"

After saying this, Zhao Kai waved his hand and turned away from the screen.

Soon, only he and Zhou Yuanlang were left in the room.

He looked at Zhou Yuanlang, and said in a low voice: "Based on your words just now to alienate the flesh and blood of the Tian family, this king can immediately arrest you and question you!"

"But His Highness did not."

Zhou Yuanlang lowered his head and said, "Your Highness may wish to listen to me."

Zhao Kai was silent for a while, then closed his eyes.

"Say it."

Zhou Yuanlang lowered his head and said, "The emperor didn't let King Qi supervise the country's governance, which means that the emperor has not made up his mind."

"At this time, Your Highness has a great chance."

"And the key to opportunity is..."

Zhou Yuanlang said slowly: "How to solve the current situation where our Daqi is both enemies from the north and the south."

"In the north, Ma Xiang has already negotiated a peace agreement with Tatar Khan. Tatar can be put aside for the time being. Now the only problem left is Shen Qi in the south."

"Whoever can solve Shen Qi for the imperial court and make the emperor feel at ease, the emperor will naturally have his heart towards whom."

"You said it lightly."

Zhao Kai sneered and said, "Your father made such a mess in the south, who has the ability to clean up this mess now?"

"Your Highness..."

Zhou Yuanlang looked up at Zhao Kai, and said softly: "At this time, you don't have to solve the problem, as long as the emperor sees that you have the tendency to solve the problem and the way to solve the problem."

After a pause, he said, "Because..."

"My subordinate said something that was not pleasant."

He gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "Because of the emperor, we may not see the day when the problem will be solved."

Hearing this, Zhao Kai suddenly changed color.

Breathing quickened.

Because Zhou Yuanlang's words were too bold, too rebellious!
You know, the person on the throne is the emperor of Daqi for more than 30 years!

From anyone's point of view, Emperor Yongping is an irreversible existence.

At this time, Zhou Yuanlang no longer regards him as an inviolable emperor, but as a dying old man who can be deceived!

How outrageous is this!
Zhou Yuanlang lowered his head, not daring to look at Zhao Kai's face, but continued: "Your Highness, the young heir of the emperor, at the beginning of his ascension, Daqi's national strength became stronger and stronger. In front of Daqi, the southerners can only tremble and bow their heads to be ministers." .”

"Nowadays, the southerners have already started to push their noses on their faces."

"Your Majesty, it is absolutely unacceptable to go to see the ancestors under such circumstances."

"At this time, at least there must be someone who can let him see the hope of solving the problem..."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yuanlang calmly took out a memorial book from his sleeve, and said, "Your Highness, this is the Ten Strategies for Pingnan written by your subordinates. Your Highness, please take a look. After you memorize it well, you can transcribe it later." One copy, for the Emperor..."

Zhao Kai was silent for a while, then reached out to take the document and opened the first page.

Pingnan Ten Strategies is very beautifully written, not only well organized, but also well written.

He looked at it carefully.

In this policy book, it is suggested that the emperor first go south and then go north.

The specific statement is that the first strategy is to publicize the old affairs of Yuan Du, the great general of the Southern Dynasty in Jiankang, so as to make the people of the Southern Dynasty panic and drive apart the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Dynasty.

The second strategy is to transfer the forbidden army to the south to drive away the Huai'an army to pacify the Huaihe River.

The third strategy is to build a new Daqi Navy to control the Huaihe River.

The fourth strategy is to rectify the Daqi army and rebuild the cavalry.

The fifth strategy is to lighten the difference between Zhu and Han, and only use talents...

There are ten memorials, all of which are reasonable.

By the time the tenth article was completed, Daqi could go south to herd horses and go north to sweep the enemy, making him invincible in the world.

This memorial is written at the end.

"After these ten strategies are completed, Daqi will restore the majesty of the ancestors, and the invincible world will not be far away..."

Not to mention others, even Zhao Kai felt a little excited when he saw this memorial.

He looked at Zhou Yuanlang silently, and said with emotion: "My father is mediocre, but I don't think Mr. Zhou is so talented."

Zhou Yuanlang lowered his head.

"His Royal Highness praises me, the lower officials have not learned as much as my father."

Zhao Kai said in a muffled voice: "If you say you are better than your father, you are better than your father. You Han people always like father and son."

After saying this, Zhao Kai looked at the document in his hand with a gloomy gaze.

"Other than that, what else can Young Master Zhou teach me?"

"Naturally there is."

Zhou Yuanlang lowered his head, and said calmly: "Your Highness, His Highness King Qi is in charge of the country, and there are many chaos in Daqi, and there are ominous omens."

"It would be best if there would be thunder and fire from the sky..."

Since the induction between heaven and man, imperial power has interacted with divine power. For example, auspiciousness from heaven or disaster from heaven will be associated with imperial power.

The so-called thunder and fire from the sky means that the thunder struck the temple and caused a fire.

It is best to burn this kind of fire in the palace, that would be extremely ominous.

Zhao Kai frowned, shook his head and said, "It's impossible to hide the truth from the Cleaning Department with these small tricks, your thinking is too simple."

"Your Highness, there is no need to keep these things from the Department of Cleanliness, on the contrary, I want to let the Department of Cleanliness see them."

He looked up at Zhao Kai, his voice was sonorous and powerful.

"Otherwise, how would the emperor know what His Highness means?"

"At this time, I am all ready."

Zhou Yuanlang took a deep breath and said, "We are short of a capable and capable new ruler!"

(End of this chapter)