Chapter 8 Ready to Fly, Section 9

"General......" The voice of the thief Cao Yi came in again,

"Lord Taifu Cai Yong, Lord Situ Cui Lie has already arrived outside the gate of the mansion......" Li Hong shook his head and smiled bitterly,

"It's almost dawn, I haven't even seen my wife and children......" Li Wei staggered to his feet, beat his numb legs a few times, and said apologetically: "Then you go and see the two ladies and children, and I will greet the two adults on your behalf." ”

"No, that's rude." Li Hong turned around and walked outside the house,

"It's going to be court later, you better rest here with me." Li Wei was extremely tired, and he didn't excuse himself, and fell asleep on the desk.

Cai Yong and Cui Lie first congratulated the general on his victory, and then briefly talked about the Liaodong rebellion. Cai Yong advocated putting aside the affairs of Liaodong first, concentrating on restoring the vitality of Hebei, and at the same time sending people to pacify the Zhuhu in northern Xinjiang and stabilize the frontier as much as possible.

Cui Lie advocated giving up Liaodong for the time being, concentrating on pacifying the world, and then going back to clean up the unruly brutes.

Li Hong laughed and teased Cui Lie and said: "Lord Cui, can there be people in the court today like Lord Zhuangjie Hou Fu, shouting 'Kill Da Situ, then the world will be safe'?" Cui Lie's face turned cold, and he said angrily, "What time is it?" If the imperial court has the strength to quell the rebellion in Liaodong, why not take advantage of the victory in Jizhou and go south and sweep the Central Plains after the victory in Jizhou? After winning a battle, you think you are great, this kind of person is the most stupid, and he is simply short-sighted. Cai Yong immediately coughed and warned Cui Lie to be careful when he spoke.

Li Hong knew the meaning of Cui Lie's words. His spearhead is directed at the eldest princess, and now it is the eldest princess who is the main advocate of sending troops to Liaodong.

"Now that the general is back, the affairs of Liaodong will be decided by the general, so let's not interfere too much." As soon as Cai Yong changed his words, he immediately talked about the situation in Jinyang and put forward the idea of revising the official system.

The revision of the official system requires the joint efforts of several auxiliary ministers, especially the support of Li Hong. Li Hong listened quietly and did not say anything.

Cui Lie complained a lot about Li Hong's return to Jinyang in the middle of the night, and after complaining a few words about Li Hong, he cautiously asked, "General, do you already have an idea about Jinyang?" What do you think? ”

"I agree to revise the bureaucratic system." Li Hong said happily. Cai Yong and Cui Lie looked at Li Hong in surprise.

Neither of them expected Li Hong to be so crisp.

"Since I'm back, don't do tomorrow's ceremony, it's too expensive, let's save some." Li Hong said with a smile,

"Wait for the time being. I haven't met the eldest princess yet, and I don't know what the eldest princess thinks about this matter. Once I've figured it out, we'll take a closer look. ”

"Good, good, great." Cui Lie said happily,

"Everything will be done according to the general's will."

"General, this matter ......" Cai Yong hesitated for a moment and asked slowly,

"You've made up your mind so quickly?"

"When I walked into Jinyang City, I had already decided." Li Hong said with a smile,

"After the victory in Jizhou, Hebei has been stabilized, and we are about to start the campaign to pacify the world, so the affairs of the imperial court must keep up with the pace, otherwise we may lose the opportunity to revive the Han Dynasty." Cai Yong and Cui Lie stood up excitedly and said a lot of praise.

After leaving the General's Mansion, Cui Lie looked at Li Hong, who was still standing outside the mansion gate, with a complicated expression. It has been fourteen years since Li Hong's name first appeared in the court.

I watched Li Hong come to this day step by step. Compared with Li Hong fourteen years ago, he has reached the peak at this time, both in terms of prestige, intelligence, and power.

I sometimes think that after the rise of the Han Dynasty, Li Hong will become the first general of the Han Dynasty like Wu Han, or will he go to the road of usurpation like Wang Mang?

On the day of the first emperor's lifetime, the court felt the threat of Li Hong, who knew that it was not Li Hong who caused trouble to the Han in the end, but Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo pushed the Han to the abyss of defeat, what about Li Hong? Where will Li Hong push Dahan? If Li Hong wants to usurp now, it is really easy.

Compared with eight years ago, Li Hong's threat to Dahan is no longer stoppable. Starting from the first emperor, to Zhang Wen and his own ministers to Northern Xinjiang, to the eldest princess in charge, everyone pinned their hopes on Li Hong for the revival of the Han Dynasty.

But all the people are also trying to restrain Li Hong, and they all want to minimize Li Hong's threat to the Han. Li Hong is also human, he also feels threatened, and he also has to fight hard to survive.

Will this increasingly acute contradiction collide violently and eventually lead to the complete subversion of the Great Han? Cui Lie withdrew his gaze, leaned heavily on the back of the carriage, and let out a long sigh.

Li Hong's loyalty to the Han and his determination to save the Han can be felt by the government and the opposition, but things in this world are not things that you can do well if you have loyalty and determination.

With the victory of the Jizhou War and the stability of Hebei, Li Hong's threat to the Han Sheji became more and more fierce, so fierce that everyone from the eldest princess to the ministers of the central government, everyone was panicked, and everyone had a feeling of imminent disaster.

Part of this threat came from Li Hong himself, but more from Li Hong's subordinates, the civil and military officials of Northern Xinjiang who were very loyal to Li Hong.

The fundamental reason why the government and the opposition have this feeling is the decline of imperial power. In the past two years, the most widely circulated is the Yuan dynasty

"Words of the Latitude" and

"Five virtues always say", and what Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers have done in recent years has just added a lot of weight to this rumor.

Cao Cao's rebuilding of the imperial system is even more rebellious, what is his purpose? Do you really want to revive the big man? With Cao Cao's current strength, I'm afraid even he can't believe that he can revive the Great Han, right?

The Yuan brothers are the strongest, but they first refused to recognize the imperial system, and when Emperor Xiaoxian died, they were reluctant to rebuild the imperial system.

Cao Cao rebuilt the imperial system with not strong strength, dealt a heavy blow to the prestige of the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and reduced the imperial power to the extreme.

At this time, if there is another state and county official who does not measure his own strength to build the imperial system and trample on the imperial power, the days of the Han Dynasty falling apart will be numbered.

However, as long as Li Hong is here, Northern Xinjiang is there, and Hebei is there, the Han still has hope for Zhongxing, but if Li Hong or many of Li Hong's subordinates try to rebel, then the Han will disappear overnight.

Therefore, today, when the imperial power is gradually declining, and today, when Hebei's strength is getting stronger and stronger, it has become a top priority to restrict Li Hong's power and split Li Hong's subordinates.

After Emperor Xiaoxian arrived in Jinyang to rebuild the imperial court, Zhang Wen and Cui Lie and others had a premonition that this threat was approaching, so they began planning to split the northern frontier very early.

In their view, with the growth of Emperor Xiaoxian and the gradual development of Hebei, the division of northern Xinjiang was inevitable.

However, the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, because Emperor Xiaoxian lacked an understanding of national politics, and because of the eldest princess's impatience and desire to revive Sheji, which finally led to the death of Emperor Xiaoxian and the sharp decline of imperial power, which led to the outbreak of the war in Hebei.

Far from being weakened and divided, Li Hong and his power in northern Xinjiang became stronger. Under the circumstances of this situation, the hidden danger of social collapse inevitably came, and it came very early and very violently.

After the victory in Jizhou, Li Hong's prestige increased even more, and the strength of Northern Xinjiang became stronger, and at this moment, the fall of imperial power will push Li Hong to what position?

With the continuation of time, Li Hong will sweep across the Central Plains and pacify the world, and at that time, even Li Hong himself may not be able to stop the replacement of the imperial system and the change of dynasty.

The eldest princess obviously saw this threat, so after she learned that the Northern Xinjiang Army had launched a counterattack on all fronts, she immediately took the opportunity of Hebei's financial endowment to be exhausted to persuade Xu Rong and other Northern Xinjiang officials to act impatiently.

Her impatience is still the same, and she is extremely unconfident in the face of Li Hong's strength, she actually gambles with imperial power, and she even uses Li Hong's favor and trust in her to deceive Xu Rong, these officials in Northern Xinjiang.

If Li Hong does not give up the military and political power of the six prefectures and four counties, the imperial power will be dealt a blow, and the forces in the northern Xinjiang will also suffer a heavy setback.

The eldest princess figured out Li Hong's character and hit it with one blow, which not only consolidated and strengthened the imperial power, but also split the northern forces without a trace.

Now Li Hong is forced by the situation, not only to hand over the military and political power of the six states and four counties, but also to help the eldest princess resist the counterattack of the ministers of the court and the rich lords.

But will Li Hong give up power easily? At this moment, it is still far from the period of pacifying the world, and the stability of Hebei will have a direct bearing on the success or failure of the Zhongxing of the Han Dynasty and the life and death of more than 10 million people in Hebei and more than 100,000 soldiers in northern Xinjiang.

No matter from which point he started, Li Hong did not dare to hand over power rashly. Therefore, Li Hong will definitely fight back.

Li Hong's means of counterattacking were very simple, taking away the imperial power, ruling himself, and beginning to usurp. Cai Yong, Cui Lie, Liu He and other ministers tried their best to save the outcome that might become a fact, and finally had no choice but to choose a way, under the pretext of checking and balancing the imperial power, modifying the official system, pushing the general to the position of prime minister, and continuing to let the general control the military and political power.

Although this will make the general's power even more inflated, it is better to create a powerful minister than to create a rebel who destroys the society.

Moreover, with the continuation of time, the civil and military officials of northern Xinjiang will enter the court one after another, and the contradictions between various forces in northern Xinjiang will rapidly expand in the court, and then split and confront, and eventually form a force to restrain and resist Li Hong.

In the past, Dong Zhuo resolutely refused to allow his subordinates to enter the court, and he held power alone, and finally perished.

Li Hong learned the lesson of Dong Zhuo's defeat and spared no effort to push his subordinates into the court, hoping to maintain his power by sharing power, but this method has a huge drawback, once there is infighting, the defeat will be faster.

In addition, by revising the official system, all the power of the prime minister was taken back, so that many ministers who were born into the wealthy could take advantage of the opportunity of constantly revising the national policy to make up for their losses and even reap greater benefits.

Li Hong has governed Hebei for so many years, although the gate valve tycoons once suffered some losses, but later Li Hong compensated them through various methods.

The gate valve tycoons would rather let Li Hong control the power now, because Li Hong can let them get more and more guaranteed benefits, and the eldest princess is far more powerful than the first emperor, she not only wants to squeeze the money of the gate valve tycoons in this life, but also squeezes the money of their children and grandchildren, which is too crazy.

"What are you thinking?" Cai Yong saw Cui Lie sitting there with his eyes closed, looking worried, and asked with concern,

"If you're too tired, don't go early." Cui Lie woke up from his contemplation, he stretched out his skinny hands, rubbed his eyes, and asked in a low voice, "You say, why did the general agree so happily?" ”

"That's because he has another solution." Cai Yong said without hesitation,

The general agreed to change the official system, but did not agree to the post of prime minister. For him, it doesn't matter if he is prime minister or not, what he wants is the army. He became the prime minister, what should the army do? Who will command the army? Cui Lie sighed,

"So, he still wants to be the Great Sima General?"

"If he is willing to be a 'Huo Guang' and wholeheartedly assist the Son of Heaven in the prosperity of the Han, it will not be the blessing of the Han." Cai Yong's brows stretched, and a smile appeared on his face,

"I still know him as a person. If he wanted to usurp the throne, he would not have attacked Chang'an to rescue Emperor Xiaoxian. ”

"Do 'Huo Guang'?" Cui Lie touched his gray beard,

"Will the eldest princess give in?"

"The eldest princess's actions have already hurt the general." Cai Yong shook his head regretfully,

"According to common sense, after the general returned to Jinyang, the first thing he did was to enter the palace to meet the eldest princess, but this time he ......" Cui Lie sat there without saying a word, silently thinking about his thoughts.

"Just now, you congratulated the general, saying that Lord Tian Chou wants to marry the daughter of the Zhen family in Jizhou, is it true?" Cai Yong suddenly thought of something, stretched out his hand and pushed Cui Lie, and asked with a smile,

"When did this happen?" Cui Lie

"Oh......"

"A few days ago, Lord Zhen Yan wrote to me and told me on purpose. I heard that it was the general's pro-mention, Zhong Xuan and Jia Xu as matchmakers. ”

"It seems that your Cui family's power is too big and too ostentatious......" Cai Yongle laughed.

"That's a good thing." Cui Lie said,

"I'm worried that our Cui Jiashu will make a big move. This time, the Jizhou Zhen family and Lord Tian Chou got married, and I have to prepare a generous gift. Speaking of which, this is all thanks to the general's thoughtfulness. ”

"The general is no longer the martial artist who didn't understand anything in the past." Cai Yong patted Cui Lie's arm,

"From this incident, it can be seen that the general's mind is becoming more and more meticulous, and he believes that the matter of Jinyang will definitely turn the crisis into safety." Cui Lie seemed to understand, he waved his hand and laughed easily,

"We're old, we won't live for a few days, let them make trouble." Li Hong walked into the bedroom lightly.

The wind and snow and light rain both threw themselves into Li Hong's spacious arms, crying with joy. The husband and wife warmed up for a while, said a few affectionate words, and then hugged each other and walked to the bed to watch the children.

Both daughters are three years old, beautiful and healthy. Looking at the children's red and tender little hands exposed outside the quilt, Li Hong was intoxicated, and the feeling of happiness and joy filled his body and mind.

"Do the kids still know me?"

"You've only been gone for half a year, and of course the kids know you." Fengxue smiled,

"You're not going to leave again, are you?" Li Hong didn't speak, he bent down to kiss the children's faces.

"Are you going to leave again?" Xiaoyu asked in a trembling voice,

"Didn't the battle just end?" Li Hong sat on the edge of the bed, looked at the two children affectionately, and apologized.

"I'm going to the desert soon." Feng Xue's smile froze, and he stayed there, the joy in his eyes vanished.

Xiaoyu hugged her delicate body painfully, looked at Li Hong and asked, "Are you going to fight?" ”

"It's not." Li Hong stood up and hugged Fengxue and kissed her gently on the face,

"I'm going to have a good talk with Kirby Bear. He has grown up and is the king of the desert. ”

"Do you really not fight?" The sound of the wind and snow is helpless and sad.

"I really don't fight, I swear to you." It's dawn. Li Hong woke up Li Wei, and the two got into the carriage and hurried to Jinyang Palace.

"See the two ladies and children?" Li Hong nodded and shook his head helplessly,

"The children have grown up, and I feel sorry to see them, I ......"

"When you become prime minister, it will be difficult for you to have time to go on a crusade." Li Wei smiled,

"Then you can spend time with the two children." Li Hong looked at him, frowned and asked, "You want me to be the prime minister so much?" Li Wei's eyes showed a hint of surprise.

"Zhong Yuan, what's going on in your head? In the past, when you were in the Western Xinjiang, you were bent on killing ** and reviving the Han Dynasty, but now you ......"

"Don't talk about the past." Li Wei interrupted Li Hong's words by shaking his hand repeatedly,

"You have to do it."

"Why?"

"Because I got a piece of news that the eldest princess has been thinking about revising the official system. However, the revision of the official system she considered was not to return the power of the prime minister to the foreign dynasty, but to concentrate more of the power of the prime minister in the middle of the DPRK, and then gradually incorporate the outer dynasty into the Chinese dynasty, so that the outer dynasty and the Chinese and the DPRK would become one. That is to say, in the future, the imperial power will override the relative power, and the so-called checks and balances between the imperial power and the relative power are simply empty words. ”

"Did your wife say that?" Li Hong thought that Xiao Lan had been by the eldest princess's side, and immediately made fun of Li Wei and said,

"Zhong Yuan, you dare to leak the secret affairs of the imperial court, I don't think you want to live."

"General, I have an old and a young, and I recently added a younger son, so you can spare me." Li Wei arched his hand again and again, and said with a sad face.

Li Hong laughed,

"Xiao Lan can tell the purpose of the eldest princess?"

"It is said that this is a wish of Lord Zhang Wen Zhang before he died." Li Wei Zhengse said,

"The struggle for imperial power and relative power has continued for hundreds of years in this dynasty, and there is still no result. But starting from Emperor Guangwu's Zhongxing Han, imperial power has begun to gradually override the relative power. Master Zhang believes that as long as he is the emperor, he wants to take over the power of the lord. If this emperor is eloquent, then the imperial power is above the relative power, which is conducive to the prosperity of the society; On the contrary, if the emperor is mediocre and misberates the country, then the society will be as shaky as it is now, and even quickly defeated. Therefore, Lord Zhang told the eldest princess that it was only a matter of time before the imperial power overrode the prime minister's power, and the official system must be changed, so as not to fight endlessly between the monarch and the ministers for the prime minister's power. However, in order to prevent the faint monarch from abusing his power and causing chaos to the society, the prime minister must still have its independent status, so that even if the faint monarch misleads the country, the imperial court can continue to maintain good operation and maintain the survival of the society. Li Hong fell into deep thought.

"Zhong Yuan, what do you think of Lord Zhang Wen'......s suggestion?"

"This is a wish of Lord Zhang, just a beautiful wish." Li Wei scoffed,

"This dynasty has gone through 400 years since Emperor Gaozu, and how many ancestors have worked hard to improve the official system, even at the cost of sacrificing their lives, but what is the result? Emperor Xiaowu is great, right? But it's just a weighted scholar? Emperor Guangwu is great, right? But the power of the prime minister is divided into three. The eldest princess is a child, curious, but she has power in her hands, so she does whatever she wants, and plays with whatever is new. I think that if this continues, sooner or later we will have to finish playing the social system. Genius and idiot, in fact, are only a thin line. Li Hong looked at Li Wei in surprise and blurted out: "What is your kid's intention? "In the court, the position of the Son of Heaven is empty.

To the left of the throne of the Son of Heaven is the eldest princess. The eldest princess sat there with a cold expression, with a good demeanor, and from beginning to end, she didn't give the general a smile.

The general talked eloquently in the court. First, he explained the beginning and end of the Jizhou War, then speculated on the situation in the Central Plains and put forward the strategy of long-distance friendship and close attack, and then analyzed the situation in Liaodong and the situation in northern Xinjiang, and suggested that it should be used to suppress and appease at the same time.

"Your Highness, after General Lu Bu leads the northern army back to Jinyang, the minister will lead the Changshui battalion to the north to pacify Zhuhu. In the spring of next year, the minister will rush directly from the desert to Youzhou and lead the army to attack Liaodong. The ministers in the main hall were dumbfounded.

This great general is out on expeditions all year round, and he is not staying in Jinyang at all. Could it be that he left Jinyang's affairs alone?

The eldest princess's face turned angry, and her eyes looked at the general as if they were about to burst into flames. Taifu Cai Yong was very disappointed.

He originally thought that the general would stay in Jinyang at least until next spring, but who knew that he would rush over the Yin Mountain to rush to the desert before the snow fell.

According to the time calculation, he can only stay in Jinyang for five to ten days at most. What problems can be solved in such a short time?

"General, when will you come back?" Cai Yong asked tentatively.

"If the Liaodong counterinsurgency goes well, I will probably be able to return to Jinyang in a year." The ministers fainted. The eldest princess snorted angrily, left the ministers with sad faces, and walked away.

The eldest princess left, and the court meeting continued under the auspices of Taifu Cai Yong. The ministers knew that the general was coming back today, so they all prepared a recital, but the main content of the recital was almost all focused on the revision of the field system, the tax system, and the official system, and the reasons for the revision were varied, reasonable, and irrefutable, and the content of the revision was also wonderful.

finally dispersed, and Li Hong was invited to Shangshutai by Taifu Cai Yong and others, and continued to discuss with the three princes and nine qing, the princes and the scholars of Shangshutai.

Since the general is about to leave, many important matters must of course be agreed upon immediately. The general is one of the four auxiliary ministers of the DPRK and China, and his opinion is very important.

However, Li Hong adhered to his consistent principle and generally did not express his opinion on other matters except for military decisions.

At dusk, Li Hong said goodbye to the minister and hurried to the former Taifu Zhao Qi's mansion. After Zhao Qi Zhishi returned home, he recuperated with peace of mind and his health was much better.

Seeing Li Hong, Zhao Qi was very happy. Young and old walked hand in hand in the garden, chatting and laughing.

"You're leaving?" Zhao Qi was slightly surprised.

"What about Jinyang?"

"I had a ten-year covenant with the imperial court." Li Hong said with a smile,

"Ten years have not come. But after the battle of Jizhou, Hebei has been stabilized, and I should fulfill the promise of that year and return power to the imperial court. ”

"A ten-year covenant?" Zhao Qi smiled dumbly,

"After so many years, your official position and authority have been changed again and again, where is there any ten-year covenant?" Li Hong smiled but did not speak.

"What happens after you've handed over power?" Zhao Qi asked,

"I heard that the ministers of the court are going to recommend you as prime minister. Do you really want to be a prime minister? ”

"It's okay for me to be a general, but it's not okay to be a prime minister." Li Hong said honestly,

"I'm not going to do it." Zhao Qi laughed and patted Li Hong's thick shoulder very lovingly,

"People, you're still the same as before, good, good, good, good."

"Boss, how do you think the most appropriate way to deal with Jinyang's affairs?"

"What do you think?" Zhao Qi stroked his long silver-white beard and asked rhetorically.

"Before I conquer the Central Plains and recover Luoyang, the interests of all parties in the court must be taken into account, which is the only way to stabilize the court."

"Go on," Zhao Qi nodded,

"That's exactly the right idea."

"But I don't know where to put myself?" Li Hong shook his head regretfully,

"I can't give up military power, Zhongxing Han needs force, and nothing can be done without force. But I have to balance the interests of all parties, and what is my position to do all this? At present, it seems that I will not be able to do this, either by maintaining the status quo or by revising the official system according to the methods of the imperial court. Zhao Qi laughed,

"Zimin, it's very simple, you just need to integrate the current official system with the revised official system."

"It's that simple?" Li Hong asked in surprise.

"People, what position did Huo Guang of this dynasty occupy?"

"Great General Sima." Li Hong Huoran realized. When I returned to the General's Mansion, it was already dark.

Outside the mansion gate, Xiaoyu was anxiously waiting for Li Hong,

"The eldest princess is holding a banquet in the palace, and she wants to catch the wind and wash the dust for you." Li Hong remembered the scene in the court in the morning, and couldn't help but feel a little sorry in his heart.

The eldest princess has exhausted her efforts for the sake of the society, although there are some things that are not right, but she really shouldn't worry too much about her.

"What about Xiaoxue and the children?"

"They went first." Xiaoyu pulled him into the carriage and galloped towards the palace.

"When you came back last night, you didn't enter the palace?" Xiaoyu snuggled in Li Hong's arms and asked in a low voice.

Li Hong did not speak.

"Eldest Princess...... She ...... "Xiaoyu wanted to say something.

"How often do you go to the palace?" Li Hong immediately interrupted Xiaoyu's words. Xiaoyu nodded,

"Sometimes, the eldest princess even invited us to stay in the palace for a few days. The eldest princess was very fond of two children. Li Hong frowned.

Xiaoyu looked at Li Hong timidly, Sakura's lips twitched a few times, and she quietly lowered her head. The eldest princess of Yang'an hugged the toddler and accepted Li Hong's kneeling.

No, Hou Fu smiled and helped Li Hong up, and affectionately took Li Hong's arm and sat down together. The eldest princess was dressed in gorgeous costumes, radiant and radiant, and was whispering and laughing with Li Hong's two children, looking up at Li Hong from time to time, with affection between her eyebrows.

Fengxue and Xiaoyu whispered a few words, and the expression on their faces was a little uneasy.

"This is a family banquet, the general can be casual and not too restrained." When Fu Wan congratulated Li Hong by raising his glass, he leaned into his ear and whispered,

"Your Highness is very happy today, don't spoil the fun, let me suffer with you without a reason." Li Hong pretended to smile and whispered a few polite words,

"Are you okay?" Fu finished laughing a little reluctantly,

"General, thank you for your concern. In fact, from the moment I walked into this palace gate, my fate was already sealed. In the future, if I can get a good death, I will thank my ancestors for their yin virtue. Li Hong knew the pain in his heart, and he worked with him three times in a row.

"It's ridiculous that people in the world want to walk through this door." After Fu smiled bitterly, he said meaningfully: "Sadly, some people want to escape from this gate far away, but even if they escape to the edge of the sky, in the end they still can't escape. Li Hong's vest was cold, and a sip of wine choked on his throat.

During the banquet, the eldest princess didn't say much, although her face was full of smiles, but her two eyes were always staring at Li Hong, which made Li Hong a little weak.

The wine feast dispersed, and the eldest princess of Yang'an sat with Fengxue and Xiaoyu chatting together. After fu, I drank a little more, and I was drowsy.

The eldest princess invited Li Hong to take a walk in the garden.

"Last night, when you walked into Jinyang City, did you look up at the stars?" The eldest princess looked at the starry sky and asked in a coquettish voice.

Li Hong's eyes wandered away and he said vaguely

"Snort".

"I've been counting the stars in the sky here, waiting for you until dawn." Li Hong's heart trembled, and he involuntarily took a step back.

The eldest princess turned her face to look at Li Hong, with a look of resentment,

"Can I still wait for your gift?" Li Hong smiled lightly, and took out a delicate shell carved with talismans from his arms,

"The minister said that every time the minister returns from an expedition, he must bring a gift to His Highness. As long as the minister can come back alive. The eldest princess took the shell in surprise and looked at it again and again.

If this was not the palace, if there were no palace maids standing around, the eldest princess might have thrown herself into Li Hong's arms.

"Why are you leaving right away?" The eldest princess smiled like a flower and asked excitedly,

"Are you lying to me?" Li Hong shook his head,

"Your Highness, can you give way?"

"What about you? Are you going to be a prime minister? If you become prime minister, we will be opposed, what should I do? The eldest princess smiled.

"The outer dynasty is the prime minister, the imperial lieutenant, and the imperial historian, and the middle dynasty is the great general Sima," Li Hong said in a low voice.

"Your Highness is in charge of the Inner Dynasty. When the minister is not there, His Royal Highness supervises the middle court. This is the only way. His Royal Highness took a step back, the minister of the foreign court took a step back, and the minister did not have any loss, and the minister could still help His Highness justifiably. ”

"Emperor Xiaowu's plan to support orphans?" The eldest princess asked in surprise.

"The minister can be half a 'Huo Guang'." Li Hong bowed down and said, Although the minister does not have the ability of Lord Huo Guang, His Royal Highness does.

If His Royal Highness wants to do something, he will give orders to the minister, and then the minister will let the foreign court carry it out.

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"At that time, Emperor Xiaowu entrusted several ministers such as Huo Guang, Jin Riyan, Shangguan Ji, and Sang Hongyang for the stability of Sheji. Emperor Xiaowu asked the great Sima general Huo Guang to lead the Shangshutai and control part of the imperial power and the power of the prime minister, so as to balance the power struggle between the upper and lower levels of the court. Today, this method allows us to temporarily stabilize the imperial court and stabilize Hebei. After the ministers conquered the Central Plains and recovered Luoyang, His Highness could do whatever he wanted. But before that, the minister begged His Highness to work together with the ministers so that the ministers could calm the world in the shortest possible time. The eldest princess held the shell tightly in her palm, leaned into Li Hong quietly, and asked softly, "You told me, did you look at the stars last night?" "Jump to