When King Zhongshun entered the palace, he was just in time for Lu Song to come out of the east study.

Seeing that Lu Song, whose face was slightly gloomy, seemed to be thinking about something, and he didn't notice himself when he saw that he was about to pass by, King Zhongshun couldn't help but cough dryly.

"Ah, Lu Song has seen the prince." Lu Song woke up and hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted.

"Just came out of the imperial brother? How is the royal brother feeling today? "King Zhongshun and Lu Song have always had a good relationship in private, but King Zhongshun also knows that it is best for this relationship to remain in its current state.

As Lu Song, who is in charge of the power of the Dragon Forbidden Captain, even if it is himself, it is not appropriate to have too close a relationship with him, although the imperial brother trusts him, but the loyal king knows that the throne that is contaminated with power can no longer tolerate anything else, if he can't grasp a boundary, then no matter how intimate the relationship is, it may be the same as the blade.

Lu Song smiled bitterly and shook his head, "After the prince goes, maybe the emperor will be in a much better mood." ”

The heart of the King of Loyalty sank.

The royal brother has not been in good health for half a year, and even his temper is a little irritable, a few days ago, King Shou and King Fu went to visit the bedridden royal brother respectively, and they were both reprimanded.

King Fu even threw away a cup of medicine, almost breaking his head, so scared that King Fu couldn't sleep in the house, and even took Concubine Su to wait beside Emperor Yonglong for a few days, in case someone took the opportunity to slander his son.

"What's wrong?" King Zhongshun couldn't help but ask.

Lu Song shook his head, but subconsciously glanced around, it was not a secret, this prince would know as soon as he went, so Lu Song didn't plan to hide it from the other party: "Several things have made the emperor not very satisfied, the lion in Liaodong is a big mouth, I am afraid that there are some differences between the cabinet and the emperor on the palace test questions, and the spring drought in Shaanxi is getting more and more serious, the news from the Shaanxi political envoy is very bad, and Annan is attacking southern Xinjiang,......"

King Zhongshun was taken aback, "The situation is so bad? Has the cabinet come up with a countermeasure? ”

"It's not ,......," Lu Song sighed, "The prince went to see the emperor, and you will know?" The emperor has been in a bad mood these days? The countermeasures taken by the cabinet are all stable, but it is difficult to solve the problem? Or is it too tight and demanding? It's too late. ”

Hearing this, King Zhongshun regretted entering the palace at this time? But he has already walked to the door of the east study, and it is naturally impossible for King Zhongshun to go back? And the more the royal brother is upset? The more you can show your own role, the better.

Therefore, after saying goodbye to Lu Song, King Zhongshun still made up his mind and went to the east study to ask for a meeting.

The chamberlain led the king of Zhongshun outside the study, after the report? And the king of loyalty entered calmly.

Emperor Yonglong's complexion doesn't look very good? But it wasn't that Lu Song was in a bad mood, but that there was still a touch of sickness, which made King Zhongshun couldn't help but say: "Brother Huang, court affairs are important, but your body needs to be taken care of, right?" Now this Great Zhou Dynasty can leave anyone, but only you. ”

"Huh? Lao Jiu, I'm afraid that many people will feel uncomfortable in their hearts. "Emperor Yonglong's eyelids teased? Then he lowered his eyelids and flipped through the folds on the desk? "I see a lot of people wishing I had been bedridden? Some people hope that the government will do it according to their minds? Others are counting on me to simply die and think differently. ”

King Zhongshun was taken aback.

In the past, although the imperial brother also vaguely revealed such meanings, but he has never vented his inner dissatisfaction so bluntly and explicitly, of course, this may also be an emotional outburst when facing himself alone, the two brothers grew up from childhood to adulthood, and the elder brother has always been humble and moderate in front of outsiders, and only occasionally released in front of himself.

"Brother Huang is serious, the people in the cabinet have always been old-fashioned, but if there is no brother emperor as their backbone, they will not be able to come up with a truly practical strategy,......" King Zhongshun is not good at this topic, but he can't refuse to answer, so he can only stubbornly say, "As for the boss, it's just some small skills of carving insects, inserting bids and selling heads." ”

Amused by King Zhongshun's last words, Emperor Yonglong laughed, "Lao Jiu, I didn't expect you to be able to use some flattering words to make me happy, this is really rare, have you met Lu Song?" It's not that exaggerated, such troubles, I won't face them that day? Looking at this chair, my eyes were red, but I was sitting on pins and needles, and I couldn't sleep on a pillow, Lao Jiu, you said that if I continued to be my leisurely and peaceful loyal and filial king, how could I be so troubled? Look at the gray hair on my temples, which is increasing day by day, and as this emperor, I will be reduced by at least twenty years! ”

King Zhongshun hurriedly shook his head, "The emperor must not say such unlucky words, the spirit of the emperor dragon horse will be ,...... for thousands of years."

"Okay, the fourth brother's words are just fooling outsiders, is it interesting for you and my brothers to say this?" Emperor Yonglong waved his hand indifferently, and a look of yearning flashed in his eagle eyes, "I also hope to live a few more years like my father, but everyone is different, so I have always cultivated my mind, except for court affairs, I basically have no other preferences......"

Only with this one-mother compatriot Emperor Yonglong can he throw away other fetters and say something that he can't say to others at will, which is also the reason why Emperor Yonglong cherishes the relationship between himself and this one-mother compatriot the most, of course, this brother has also helped himself a lot, but he is too greedy for money.

But if he is neither greedy for money nor good at manhood, I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to trust him.

Emperor Yonglong never believes in loyalty, if a person has no desire, it can only mean that this person has a big plan, even if it is the cabinet, Emperor Yonglong is also very clear in his heart what they want, either to leave a leopard to die and leave a name, so as to leave a mark in the history books, or to leave a rich political legacy for the descendants of the family or the children of students, inherit their governing philosophy, or to strive for more interests for their villagers, what they do is nothing more than these three.

Without these conspiracy desires, Emperor Yonglong would not be able to trust these people, although they have many problems.

In the face of the emperor's emotion, King Zhongshun could only remain silent, this topic was not something he could talk about.

Emperor Yonglong quickly withdrew his children's affection and regained his composure as an emperor, "Lu Song probably told you too, I thought it would be better this year, but I didn't expect it to be disappointing news repeatedly, the spring drought in Shaanxi is far beyond the tone, and the summer harvest in northern Shaanxi and even Gansu is afraid that there will be big problems again, and the Shaanxi political envoy has written to ask for a three-year tax exemption, and it is also necessary to transfer grain for relief, and the grain price in Yulin has tripled compared with October last year,......"

King Zhongshun's heart also trembled, this is really too bad news.

According to the usual practice, a warm winter and a spring drought will inevitably lead to a locust plague, and this year's harvest in Shaanxi is in danger.

And Shaanxi has always been an unstable place, especially in northern Shaanxi, which has always been full of bandits, Feng Tang can still be stable in Yulin, but now the governor of the nine sides has been replaced by Chen Jingxuan, although He Shixian, the chief soldier of Yulin, is also sophisticated, but he does not have the prestige of Feng Tang, and Hou Xiaoduan, the chief soldier of Guyuan, is a family of the prince of Xiuguo, but he is a useless good man, I am afraid that once there is a banditry, it will be difficult to control the situation.

"Brother Huang, Shaanxi is the key point in the northwest borderland, and it can't be chaotic, I'm afraid that this relief grain must be arranged and deployed in place as soon as possible, otherwise once there is a bandit, the cost will not be something that some grain can suppress."

King Zhongshun still sees this very clearly, the bandit rebellion in the thirteenth year of Guangyuan broke out in northern Shaanxi, and it took two years to suppress it, and the military expenditure exceeded five million taels, so that Emperor Guangyuan was also emaciated and depressed.

"Why don't I know this?" Emperor Yonglong's face became more and more gloomy and ugly, "But where does the food come from?" Henan is also affected by the impression of spring drought, Luoyang, Kaifeng, Zhengzhou grain prices have also risen nearly doubled, Shanxi itself is difficult to protect, Huguang this year looks like the wind and rain are smooth, but to transfer Huguang grain to Shaanxi, this transportation is a big problem, hey,......"

"Brother Huang, no matter what, this matter must be done in the front, Shaanxi must not be chaotic, otherwise the reputation won by the Great Zhou in Gansu, Ningxia and even Kaibian Tuo will be in vain." King Zhongshun said in a deep voice: "This is related to the future of the Great Zhou,......"

Emperor Yonglong was shocked, and Lao Jiu's reminder made him even more vigilant.

If Shaanxi is in chaos, it must be Gansu and Ningxia that will be affected, and the supply can't keep up, and if Gansu and Ningxia have to repeat the story of the previous year, it will really become a big joke.

"Lao Jiu, did you say that I was a little hasty in changing Feng Tang from the three sides to Liaodong?" This kind of thing can only be said in front of his own brother Emperor Yonglong, "I feel that Chen Jingxuan has softened a little, and he can't control the situation on the three sides. ”

"Brother Huang, Chen Jingxuan has been on Caoyun, he doesn't know much about the military affairs of the border areas, and the time he has served as the chief soldier of Jizhen is too short, fortunately, the Mongols who are mainly dealt with on the three sides, as long as the Tumut people do not have wind and waves, there is not a big problem, if there is really a bandit in northern Shaanxi, as long as the supply of grain and grass can keep up, I believe that Chen Jingxuan and He Shixian will still be able to suppress the scene." King Zhongshun knew what his imperial brother was worried about, "Chen Jingxuan is not easy to say, but He Shixian is also a frontier general, even if he is not as famous as Feng Tang, but his performance in quelling the rebellion in Ningxia is also remarkable, and the imperial brother does not need to worry too much." ”