"What do you think about the recent hot discussions in the country?"

After a slight beating, Shi Le frowned and looked at Cheng Yao, although he was dissatisfied with Cheng Yao, he could not completely ignore his views on the current situation. After all, Cheng Yao is not only an important minister who has followed him for a long time, but also the uncle of the prince, and many officials in the country who are in charge of political affairs are out of the door.

After Cheng Yao heard this question, even if he was in good spirits, part of the reason why he had been closed recently was that he didn't know how to respond to Shi Le's questions. In fact, what does he think and why do he need to ask again, in his opinion, the best solution is not to directly drop out of the king of Zhongshan in the past, escort him to the capital, and then go south with Shi Kan, the king of Pengcheng, as the general, and the army of the southern expedition will be withdrawn, and the previous situation will be restored to the front line of Huaishui.

After all, it is an indisputable fact that although the southerners can hold on, they are not able to go on the northern expedition at all, and it cannot pose a direct military threat to the kingdom.

But because Shile asked knowingly, he couldn't tell his true heart. After all, what matters to Schler at the moment is not what kind of advice he can propose, but what his attitude is.

After a little muttering, Cheng Yao still didn't dare to disobey the Lord too much, and instead said: "In ancient times, there was no definite battle to win. For example, the way of the Lord's achievements in the past may not necessarily be victorious, but he will be determined to be in the general strategy, unyielding, and unslackened in a hundred battles, and he will become the lord of China. Although the remnants of Jin are weak, the remnants may not be exhausted; In the case of Nanxiang, it is far away in China, although it lacks characters, but it is slightly better than the geographical advantage. The king of Zhongshan has a great merit in the Central Plains, and he does not have to work hard, but the tiger is in the waves, and he will not be able to enjoy the fish and shrimp. There is no strength, and the actual skills are not refined. Occasional or small setbacks are also common ......"

"When you say this, do you think that the remnant Jin has its own heaven and earth protection, and it will exist in the world for a long time, and no one can attack it?"

When Shi Le heard this, his expression was already a little displeased.

"The minister has no such intention, heaven and earth have their own choice, and this gentleman has seen it. Sima Zhengzong can't keep the national cause, let alone the distant descendants of the land. ”

Cheng Yao hurriedly defended himself: "What the minister is talking about is limited by the biochemistry of all things, and the miasma of Yitu River Ze is definitely not the hometown of the bias of national weapons, and there is no Wang Xing and the like in ancient times. Or if you can't bear to survive for a while, you will eventually be abandoned by heaven and earth! ”

After Shi Le heard this, his face improved slightly. In fact, Jiangdong's difficulty, he has already understood, in the early years of the Jin Dynasty hundreds of thousands of troops were defeated by him, at that time also had a strong ambition, that there is no opponent in the world, not to mention the remnants of Jiangdong in the eyes, leading troops to the south to prepare to sweep it away, but the result was repeated setbacks, after all, it was still fruitless, and finally followed the advice of the right Marquis Zhang Bin, based on Hebei, only to have today's royal industry.

Cheng Yao said this, but it is not unreasonable. But what made Shi Le dissatisfied was precisely because what he said was not unreasonable, and if he thought about it deeply, it would be tantamount to saying that his previous decision to go south was wrong.

"You and other ministers, for a long time in general affairs, after all, far away from the military. The king of Zhongshan is a great general in a hundred battles, even if there are small setbacks, he does not lose his calmness. Now that we understand the truth that all things are limited by biochemistry, there should be no more arguments about such things in the future. ”

After Cheng Yao heard this, his resentment couldn't help but be deeper, he had been closed for a long time, let alone arguing with others about this matter. When Shi Le said this, it was clear that he still blamed him for the current Kai Nei heat theory, thinking that he was secretly stirring up trouble! But at this time, of course, he didn't dare to show obvious resentment, but just bowed his head and said yes.

"Now that the sick body has recovered, and it is an eventful time in China, it will be Cao Ren later."

Recently, all kinds of troubles, coupled with his own poor spirit, Shi Le is indeed short of people around, especially Cheng Yao is really capable of handling government affairs. What makes people dissatisfied is that they have too many thoughts, and the queen's many precepts to Cheng Yao are exactly what Shi Le wants to say. The humble disciples, even if they have outstanding talents, if they don't follow the Ming Lord, can An be able to show up here? The people's desires are insufficient, it is really disgusting, and it is clear that you can be expected to assist the government with peace of mind, but there are too many hidden calculations, which makes people not be able to believe it.

When Cheng Yao heard this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and he was busy telling some of his recent plans for the current situation. Now that there is a strong opponent who can threaten his position, he naturally does not dare to hide something out of anger, and let Shi Le see clearly who is available when it comes to using things.

After listening to Cheng Yao's many suggestions, Shi Le's dissatisfaction with him was slightly alleviated, and then he gently encouraged him a few words, and then released the person.

After Cheng Yao left the palace, it was already late afternoon, and he was not in a very good mood. Although the atmosphere of the conversation in the second half of the course was acceptable, and Shi Le agreed with many of his suggestions, it did not gain much in the matter of his position, and even when he said that he would recall the crown prince back to Xiangguo, Shi Le vetoed it without thinking about it, obviously still worried that he would take advantage of the prince's momentum to make trouble in the current situation of internal disputes in Jin.

When he was about to retire, Shi Le said that the prince's mother, Concubine Cheng, was worried because of Cheng Yao's recent illness, and asked him to meet Concubine Cheng to comfort people.

Concubine Cheng is in her thirties and is a beautiful woman, so she is favored by Lord Zhao and has raised several children, but she still has charm. At this time, he was sitting in the side hall waiting, and when Cheng Yao came in to ask for a visit, he got up and hurriedly greeted him, looked at Cheng Yao with concern, and then patted his chest and said: "Seeing that Brother Ah is healthy as usual, I feel a lot more at ease." Recently, whenever I want to go home and save hope, but the Lord is not in good shape, and I don't dare to be willful. ”

When facing his own sister-in-law, Cheng Yacai was finally a little relaxed, and only after sitting down did he say: "I don't have any bad diseases, it's just that my qi is stagnant and depressed, and I can't conceive freely, so I breed small troubles, and my sister doesn't need to worry." ”

Speaking of this, he saw how simple the palace was, so he couldn't help frowning and said: "Although I haven't invited you for a long time, I have also made people use it a lot, why is it still so simple to live in?" Even if you don't love to enjoy yourself, do you have to be so polite when you come to see the Lord every day? What's more, how you live and enjoy are all related to the prince, how can you be so humble to the times? ”

Cheng Yao knew that most of his family's honor was tied to Concubine Cheng and the crown prince, so he never dared to slack off. In addition, he also knows that his family is not a famous family, and most of the princesses who fall in love with Concubine Cheng are because of the woman's own beauty and amiability, as for the morality of women and the upbringing, it is really lacking and praiseworthy. Therefore, for Concubine Cheng's daily use, she also tried her best to provide the best, and she had to pay more attention to her own enjoyment.

After Concubine Cheng heard this, her face was a little unnatural, she was speechless, and there was no lack of grievances in her expression.

The female historian standing next to her had already spoken: "Lord Lang doesn't know, the queen summoned her wife a few days ago and reprimanded her sharply, saying that there are many flashy things in the lady's room, disturbing the spirit of the lord, which is really ......."

"Shut up!"

Concubine Cheng saw that her brother's face suddenly turned cold, and she hurriedly opened her mouth to stop the female history of her mother's family accompanying her into the palace, and then looked at Cheng Yao again, squeezing out an ugly smile on her face: "The queen abides by etiquette, and the supervision in the court is inevitably a little ......."

"She's just an ugly and despicable woman, and she knows what manners! If it weren't for the old love of the Lord, she would be just a wicked woman who was rejected by all men in heaven and earth......"

Cheng Yao couldn't bear it anymore, and the resentment accumulated in his heart against the queen suddenly poured out.

"Brother Shen Yan ......"

When Concubine Cheng heard this, her face changed greatly, and she first asked the palace people to guard the door so that outsiders would not hear it, and then she took Cheng Yao's hand and whispered: "Brother, don't be evil to the queen because of me!" As long as the mother's family can prosper and the prince is in a safe position, I don't have to mind the honor and disgrace of a woman...... Recently, the Lord has summoned the queen to discuss many things, and if the elder brother has any more words and evil words in this festival, it is really not a good thing, not only will he be harmed, but he will also affect the prince......"

When Cheng Yao heard this, he was already shocked in his heart, and he hurriedly closed his mouth and approached Concubine Cheng and whispered: "The crown prince's heir has been decided early, how can it be affected by the woman?" Have you heard any rumors? The stakes are high, don't hide it from me! ”

"Actually、Actually、ActuallyThere is nothing else,It's just、It's just that the queen has always been cold to the prince...... I also heard it from the sidelines, and I really dare not say for sure whether it is true or not. ”

"This wicked woman, this wicked woman......"

Cheng Yao's face turned blue suddenly after hearing this, and his mood was even worse to the extreme. Among the sons of the lord, the queen's eldest son, Shi Xing, died early, so the crown prince Shi Hong stood by his elders. However, Shi Hongzhi's establishment is not expected, at least some of the elders of the Qiang nationality are mostly dissatisfied because the prince was born to the Jin people. The queen was born in Tu Ge Hu, and she may have this idea herself, but she was silent about it at most before, but now she dares to reveal it, which suddenly makes Cheng Yao feel a full sense of crisis in her heart.

Shi Le led the king of Pengcheng, Shi Kan, to return to China, although the main intention should be to contain Shi Hu, the king of Zhongshan. But for Cheng Yao, it is by no means a good thing because he has a common enemy. In fact, the return of King Pengcheng only complicates the situation, although he was originally from Jin, but he was the adopted son of Shi Le, in other words, the queen was his mother-in-law. Once Shi Le is gone, if King Pengcheng wants to consolidate his power, he will undoubtedly need to move closer to the queen.

Therefore, Shi Le's introduction of King Pengcheng was not only to contain Shi Hu, but also to strengthen the queen's voice in the current situation. In this way, after a hundred years, the situation will be a relationship of mutual restraint between the three parties.

First of all, the first party is naturally the successor to the throne of the crown prince Shi Daya, assisted by Cheng Yao and other Jin Han scholars. The second convenience is Shihu, the king of Zhongshan, and behind him are many old men and generals who command the army. The return of King Pengcheng was a third-party force chosen by Shi Le to balance the situation, first increasing the queen's right to speak, making it difficult for Cheng Yao to monopolize political affairs and be subject to the queen. As for the adopted sons such as King Pengcheng, they were used as the power in the hands of the queen to restrain the king of Zhongshan.

But the stratagem can't be counted in the hearts of the people, even if Shi Le himself has no plans to change the heir, but he shouldn't have imagined that his wife is also a person who is unwilling to be lonely, and he didn't have the ability or can keep to himself before, but once he has the ability, how can he be willing to accept the situation arranged by others! Even if this foolish woman herself didn't have such a plan, similar to King Pengcheng and the like, didn't she have a similar intention?