The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 136
Tu Zhen had already heard about this from his father, so he didn't panic. Instead, he comforted the Supreme Emperor, "Before Father died, he told me how to deal with King Nan'an. Grandfather, don't worry."

Unexpectedly, the Supreme Emperor shook his head and said, "I'm just afraid that you listened to your father's idea."

Tu Zhen was a little puzzled, "Father's method is very good. Let Nan'an Palace fight with the surrounding small countries, which can consume his family's strength. After they both lose, the imperial court will send a large army to clean up the mess. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

The Supreme Emperor asked with a wry smile, "Do you know why your grandfather has been suppressing your father for so many years?"

"Grandson doesn't know." Tu Zhen said he didn't know, but he said in his heart, isn't it because you are afraid that your father will affect your status?
The Supreme Emperor didn't care whether Tuzhen really didn't know or if he didn't know, he said, "Your father trusts civil servants too much. In his eyes, those noble generals are moths of the country, and he can't wait to uproot them. He only thinks that warriors I love the chaos of the country, but I never thought about what would happen if I let the literati hold the conference?"

Seeing Tu Zhen's expression of bewilderment, he continued to explain, "Once the literati become big, the king will be emptied, and the country will be reduced to fat in the eyes of small foreign countries around you. You say I dare to give you the military power Father?"

Tu Zhen wanted to speak up to defend his father, but when the words came to his mouth, he remembered the titles of the noble concubines that his father had conferred on him before, so he had to ask sincerely, "Please also ask the grandfather to teach me I."

"Remember, if a country wants to have long-term stability and deter neighboring small countries, it must pay equal attention to civil and military affairs. It must not be dominated by one family. As a qualified emperor, it does not depend on how much martial arts and martial arts you have, the most important thing is that you can master the balance Your father trusts the literati too much, but he has forgotten that since ancient times when the dynasty changed, the literati were the ones who betrayed the fastest. But the nobles are different. Their glory and wealth come from our royal family. Their country was lost, and they didn’t end well.” After taking a sip of water, he continued,

"Your father's idea is good, but when that day comes, I guess he has already wiped out the nobles of the court. If you think about it carefully, in this way, those generals will not be willing to give their lives to him when they are sad. ? Even if he solves the Nan'an Palace, so what, if the small country in the south cannot be quickly pacified by then, once the war becomes anxious or defeated, what will you tell grandfather?"

Tu Zhen was startled, and replied, "I'm afraid I will lose my majesty, and the alien races around me will be ready to move, and there will be a lot of trouble from now on."

If Mu Xu were here, he would definitely tell Tu Zhen that you have come to the truth.In the original book, after the death of the Supreme Emperor, Emperor Jiading didn't just use this method. What happened?In the end, the King of Nan'an didn't clean up. Instead, a majestic big country made peace with a small country like Qianxiang Country.

Seeing his grandson, the supreme emperor came to his senses immediately, and suddenly felt Lao Huai to comfort him, "you can figure out the problem, but your father insists on going his own way. I have said it many times, but he agrees with his mouth, but he doesn't think so in his heart. So the emperor Grandfather has always been unwilling to hand over the military power to him, thinking about it in his heart, he still hates me for some reason!"

Tu Zhen wanted to say a few words of comfort to his grandfather, but he waved his hand to signal that he didn't want to say more, and just nodded to Dai Quan.Dai Quan understood, and immediately took out a box from the hidden compartment under the dragon couch, and handed it to Tu Zhen respectfully.

"This is it?" Tu Zhen looked at his grandfather, only to see him nodding slightly, "Yes, this is the tiger talisman that controls the Beijing camp and the Nine Frontier Army. Today, the emperor's grandfather will give it to you. You must not let the ancestors Zong is disappointed, and wants to pass on the legacy of our apprentice family."

"Yes, grandson will definitely live up to the expectations of the emperor's grandfather." Tu Zhen embraced the box, knelt down and kowtowed earnestly, assuring with a serious face.

"Okay, you go, the grandpa is going to rest, if you don't understand anything, you can come and ask me anytime."

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On the first day of December, it was the day when the new emperor was enthroned. It was only five o'clock in the morning, and Mu Xu and his son had already woken up and put on their new court clothes.After getting ready, the father and son took a carriage and headed towards the palace.Because it was still dark, there were still two lanterns hanging in front of the carriage.

If you can pull the angle of view to the sky and look down, you will find that the entire capital is full of lights, and their trajectories are also the same, all facing the direction of the imperial palace in the center of the city.If you zoom in the angle of view again, you will find that the owners guided by these lanterns are either riding a horse, or riding a sedan chair, or riding a carriage like Mu Xu and his son.

Mu Xu followed his father to the Shenwu Gate, and saw that a group of people had gathered here, including royal family members, nobles from all walks of life, civil and military officials, and even envoys from various vassal states.

As a vassal king, Mu Jing belonged to the honorable side, so after he got off the carriage, he took Mu Xu and walked towards the place where the nobles gathered.As soon as he arrived, those nobles surrounded him and saluted him.Of course, there are exceptions, such as Jin Sheng, Prince of Xining County, and Huo Huan, King of Nan'an County, they kept their identities and did not step forward.

Seeing how popular Mu Jing was, Huo Huan immediately snorted coldly, his expression very ugly.Jin Sheng smiled and persuaded, "Brother Huo, why do you have to get angry with Brother Mu because of some old grievances from when you were young! Don't forget, the four of us are supposed to watch over and help each other."

Huo Huan sneered, pointed at Shui Rong and said, "It's still four families, the Shui family has long since abandoned their darkness and turned to the light!"

"This..." Jin Sheng was also at a loss for words, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Fortunately, at this time, Mu Jing finished greeting those nobles and walked towards this side, only to relieve Jin Sheng's embarrassment.

Mu Xu stood with Shui Rong and Jia Lian to greet each other.And Shui Rong's face was very ugly at the moment, because he saw Nan'an Wang Huohuan pointing at him, although he didn't know what he said, but he thought it was definitely not a good thing, so he didn't go to say hello, but deliberately stayed where he was with Mu Xu The two gossip.

Seeing this, Mu Xu couldn't help laughing secretly, he didn't point it out, and just stood there and dealt with Shui Rong casually.After a while, Shui Rong's face recovered, and he asked Jia Lian, "Brother Jia Shi, I don't know what Baoyu has been up to lately. Official Qi also mentioned the day before yesterday that he hasn't been out recently. After Shi brother returns, take a message for me." Give it to him, and let him come to our house to play whenever he is free."

As soon as Jia Lian heard him talking about Baoyu, he felt dizzy. Ever since he found out that Lin's cousin was engaged, that bastard had been making a fuss at home for three days and five days.Later, I was beaten twice by my second uncle, but it stopped recently, and I am currently recuperating at home.Of course he couldn't tell the truth, especially when Mu Xu was by his side, so he had no choice but to prevaricate,
"It's not that the prince doesn't know that Baoyu has always been a rich and idle person, and he has nothing to do in the mansion all day long. When I go back today, I will definitely convey the words of the lord and let him go to the palace to pay a visit."

Shui Rong nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Mu Xu, and earnestly invited, "Mu Shidi has always been rare, so I wonder if you would like to come and participate in the literary conference together?"

Mu Xu was a little speechless, and thought to himself, what am I going to do, am I fighting bayonet with you, I am not a double plug.Dang even declined, "Brother Shui, it's not because I don't give you face, it's because I usually only like to wield knives and guns. I always keep a respectful distance from those literati things."

After hearing what he said, Shui Rong couldn't force it, so he shook his head regretfully.

After the water melted away, Mu Xu had time to ask Jia Lian, "Have your servants dealt with it yet?"

Jia Lian first glanced at Jia She, who was talking to Niu Jizong not far away, and then replied, "Not yet, but my father and I have already discussed it, and we plan to do it soon."

Mu Xu thought they were procrastinating, so he deliberately added to the fire, "Then you have to act quickly, lest they get the news in advance and transfer the money."

"How much money do they have?" Jia Lian was a little disdainful.As soon as he spoke, Mu Xu looked at him like a fool.He felt guilty, "Am I not right?"

Mu Xu complained, "You specialize in managing money in Xiuyiwei, haven't you ever settled your family's accounts? Even an outsider like me knows that all the servants in your family are very rich. Say they have no money? Let me ask you, how much money do you have now?"

"Where did I come from? In order to prepare a dowry for my second sister, I owed my mother-in-law [-] taels of silver. Now I can't even lift my head up in front of her." Jia Lian knew that Mu Xu understood her family's situation. So don't deliberately hide it.

"Then it's over. I don't dare to say anything about other people's families, but your family's manager Lai, I guess, has a net worth of at least five hundred thousand taels."

Jia Lian swallowed, and stammered, "This, this, this is too exaggerated? My father and I guessed that his family is only in the early [-]s."

Mu Xu didn't answer him, but waved to Feng Ziying who was in the distance. After Feng Ziying saw it, she greeted her father and came over here.

(End of this chapter)