Some people may think that when His Majesty Li Chengtang's elder brother Li Chengyuan was in power, there was nothing to do in Chang'an City, not only was there nothing in Chang'an City, but Li Chengyuan never waged a war against the outside world in those years of his reign, promoted civilian officials, suppressed military generals, and intended to reduce the military power of the generals of the Four Frontiers, but because of this, there was a later incident in which the army of the Black Warrior Kingdom entered the territory of Daning.

The border army was ordered to focus on defense, and in order to reduce military spending, the number of border troops in northern Xinjiang was also reduced by about a quarter, and the number of recruits trained in the four warehouses of the four frontiers was also sharply reduced by more than half.

It seems that Li Chengyuan was good everywhere during his reign, but the hidden dangers after his reign erupted in a concentrated manner after Li Chengtang ascended to the pole...... The strategy of the northern frontier border army caused the black warriors to become more and more rampant, the border army was reduced by a quarter, the troops were insufficient, and the black warriors entered the territory of Daning, and the border army was unable to draw too many troops to support.

Especially after the old general retired to the Eastern Xinjiang Palace, a group of veteran generals also retired, and the forces in the northern Xinjiang were even more stretched.

The black warriors saw the opportunity to go south, which is why there was the battle of Feng Yantai.

In that battle, how many Da Ning Erlang were buried on the battlefield, many people said that Zhuang Yong was a god in that battle, but a few people knew the pain in his heart, if the troops were enough, why did he let so many soldiers die in the Fengyan platform in exchange for the time when the Tieliuli army arrived, and exchanged human lives for time, who was more painful than his heart.

Li Chengyuan handed over almost all the power of the court to Mu Zhaotong, which caused Mu Zhaotong's power to tilt towards the government and the opposition, and it took His Majesty 20 years to empty Mu Zhaotong's rights, otherwise, the cabinet is not the emperor but Mu Zhaotong.

Mr. Shen once said to Shen Leng that if he had killed Mu Xiaofeng more than ten years ago, he would have died a long time ago, and the power in Mu Zhaotong's hands at that time was so great that even His Majesty would be afraid of three points.

If it was placed twenty years ago, Mu Zhaotong's son was killed, not to mention what Mu Zhaotong did, the people in the army would also quickly send Shen Leng to Chang'an to apologize to Mu Zhaotong.

How much has Your Majesty done in the past 20 years?

said that after His Majesty ascended to the pole, everything was complicated, and that His Majesty had been reckless in the past 20 years, but if it was not so, how could he exchange for the current strength of Daning.

In Hachibu Alley.

When Mu Zhaotong sat at the desk and copied books, he thought about these things, and he regretted it a little...... When his power was in favor of the government and the opposition, His Majesty treated him like a father and brother, and at that time he should have understood that with His Majesty's state of mind and strategy, with His Majesty's vision and foresight, it was just a delaying tactic.

He glanced at the lady who was asleep on the side and sighed softly.

He calculated the time, today is the first day of the second lunar month, and His Royal Highness the Prince will come in casual clothes every fifteenth day of the new year, but today His Royal Highness the Prince has not yet arrived, it seems that something has happened in Chang'an City, and he thinks these things are very good, every single one is good.

The bachelor who was blinded by hatred was not terrible, but copying books in the Eight Alleys made him feel stable, and he returned to the original period, and it became more and more terrifying.

His Majesty has now taken everything from him, from his position of power, from his son, and from his glory.

Then he will let Li Chengtang's father and son turn against each other, there is the thorn in the prince's heart that the queen's death is pierced, he doesn't need to say anything at all, the hatred of the emperor in the prince's heart is so strong that it can't be dissolved.

Mu Zhaotong put down the pen and stretched his arms.

Although he lives here and has to copy books every day, which is hard enough for his age, he finds that he is enjoying his current life very much, no one pays attention to him all the time, and there is no pressure from above or below, when he was in the cabinet, he was worried about people's livelihood and state affairs, and now he only needs to quietly think about how to take revenge.

The emperor was still too merciful, and Mu Zhaotong asked the emperor in his heart more than once, why didn't you kill me?

He probably knew what was going on outside, because a lot of it was his idea.

At this time, the person who delivered the paper outside arrived, Mu Zhaotong didn't get up, the two people put down the two boxes of new paper, one of them made a look, and the other person immediately went to the door and waited.

The man took off his hat and bowed down: "The slave has seen the elder of the pavilion." ”

Mu Zhaotong still didn't look back, as if looking at the paper on the table in a daze.

"Why didn't the prince come?"

"Recently, there have been many events in Chang'an City, and His Royal Highness is worried that if he comes at this time, he will attract attention, so he specially ordered the slave maid to apologize to the elder."

Cao Anqing's voice was not low when he said this, so the person guarding outside could hear it clearly.

But he walked forward as he spoke, and when he arrived at Mu Zhaotong's side, he lowered his voice and said: "The prince has already done things according to the instructions of the elder of the pavilion, and his heart is becoming more and more extreme, as expected by the elder of the pavilion, the death of the queen hit him very hard, and he now hates His Majesty to the core." ”

Mu Zhaotong smiled: "What I lost, Li Chengtang also has to lose." ”

The smile was a little bitter.

Cao Anqing tried his best to keep his voice to the lowest: "Pavilion Elder Anxin, Tingwei Mansion, City Patrol Soldiers and Horses, Chang'an Mansion, and even the Forbidden Army and the Inner Guards have been mobilized by those Bohai people and Tianzi people, no one still has the energy to stare at this side of Babu Lane, and someone will come to pick up Pavilion Elder tonight." ”

Mu Zhaotong smiled: "Take it out tonight, you can't get out of the city tomorrow." ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince means that when he takes the elder pavilion to the East Palace, no one should have thought that the elder pavilion will be in the East Palace."

"The turtle in the urn?"

Mu Zhaotong said with a smile: "The prince's mind is not bad, but he is a little naïve, he wants me to go to the East Palace, ask me for advice if I have something, and I have nothing to do to support the elderly, and if His Majesty will doubt it, he can also easily dispose of me, and when the time comes, I will be buried somewhere in the East Palace, or I will be buried in the lotus pond, or I will be disposed of casually, who knows?" ”

Cao Anqing asked, "What does that old man mean?" ”

"Come early tomorrow morning."

He looked at the thick stack of books in the window: "Tomorrow is the day to ship the books." ”

Cao Anqing's face changed: "...... in broad daylight"

"Just do what I say."

Mu Zhaotong said: "I asked the prince to take over the things that the queen prepared back then, let you persuade him to give up the herringbone department, and let him persuade him to let the Bohai people into Chang'an, these are good enough, and it is not in vain that I have taken care of you for so many years." ”

Cao Anqing lowered his head: "The slave maid can't forget the life-saving grace of the elder to my family." ”

"You've worked hard, too."

Mu Zhaotong said: "You have done almost all the things I gave you, the prince gave up the herringbone department, one of them is to protect him, and he can't let His Majesty find him so early, so simply play to the end, then the game becomes boring...... Second, it is to let the people of the Tianzi Department know that the prince is a thin and cool person, and it will be easier for me to use them in the future, and third, without the herringbone department, I will hollow out the people of the Tianzi department, the prince thinks that he has a lot of power in his hands, but when His Majesty wants to kill him, he has no power to fight back. ”

The corners of Mu Zhaotong's mouth hooked up a smile: "Father and son cannibalism, what a good drama, throughout the ages, ordinary people like to watch such a palace drama...... I originally wanted to take advantage of Li Xiaoran, but he really couldn't help himself, he was conceited and stubborn, and failure was doomed, but it was a pity that I had been planning for so many years. ”

Cao Anqing snorted: "When Daning destroyed South Vietnam, he captured Yang Yu from Southern Xinjiang to Chang'an Chengge, and he was already in contact with him, and obtained a lot of financial and material resources from South Vietnam, all of which were used to support Li Xiaoran, but he played a good chess game very badly. ”

Mu Zhaotong said: "Where is everything, although Yang Yu, the emperor of the fallen country of Nanyue, was stupid, but the country of Nanyue at that time was not so poor, and I was not really suppressed by His Majesty at that time, and I had no power to fight back." ”

This gray-haired old man, when he said these words, had the confidence and pride in his eyes more than twenty years ago.

"It's a pity that I woke up too late, when Your Majesty just entered the Weiyang Palace, I only felt in my heart that he couldn't do without me, just like his brother Li Chengyuan, don't you have to count on me everywhere? So I took him seriously at all, I didn't expect him to be such an eloquent person, and he wasn't in a hurry at all, if I were a pillar supporting the main hall, he didn't hit it directly, if it did, he and I would have been crushed to death by the collapsed hall. ”

"He just quietly dug up the masonry from under my pillar, year after year, slowly trying to pile up a new pillar from under my feet in another place, and when I woke up, even if I fell, it would have no effect, because with the new pillar, the hall was still stable."

Mu Zhaotong let out a long breath: "Only after I have calmed down these days have I discovered the terrible thing about our majesty, think about it, how naïve and ridiculous it was that I didn't treat him as an opponent at that time." ”

Mu Zhaotong glanced at Cao Anqing: "Fortunately, His Majesty's destruction of Nanyue gave me the opportunity, and the financial and material resources of Nanyue were not given to Li Xiaoran at all, and he only used one-fifth." ”

Cao Anqing asked: "Then I picked up the elder tomorrow morning, where are we going?" ”

"It's me leaving, not you."

Mu Zhaotong glanced at Cao Anqing: "You still have to stay with His Royal Highness the Prince, but you can rest assured, things are going according to my expectations, and when I am sure that the prince is useless, I will let you leave Chang'an." ”

Cao Anqing hurriedly said: "The slave doesn't worry about this, even if the slave and maid use this life to repay the elder pavilion, they don't have the slightest complaint." ”

"I know."

Mu Zhaotong sighed: "The most correct thing I did back then was to send you into the palace and let you get close to the prince." ”

He was silent for a while and then said: "After you go back, make arrangements, let the Bohai people be exposed in at least three places in the city, and the people of the Tingwei Mansion and the City Patrol Soldiers and Horses will do their best to arrest people, and let the people of the Tianzi Department move, and take advantage of the chaos to kill some people from the Tingwei Mansion, killing a thousand things before has annoyed Han Zhaozhi, and if one or two more deaths, Han Zhaozhi will become crazy." ”

"Tomorrow morning, my wife and I will leave Babu Lane, and after leaving the city, we will go to Fangcheng County to stop for the night, and then take the road south, Your Majesty will not think that I am going to Yunxiao City, which is his foundation."

Mu Zhaotong raised his hand and rubbed his temples: "Your Majesty, the rest of the minister's life will be used to let you experience the pain of losing a child." ”

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[I'm sorry everyone, I thought I could code words wholeheartedly today, but it turned out that there were more things in the days of the child's holiday, and now it's only updated, sorry.] 】