The daily routine of wearing a book and abusing literature to cultivate a scholar and Xiaoxianggong

Chapter 231
"My lord, please come in, the prince has been waiting for a long time."

As soon as he arrived at the door of the bedroom where the prince was resting, before he had time to knock on the door, the guard guarding the door respectfully said.

The light in the room was dimly on, looking around the door, the clothes worn by the guards were not the same as the guards in the Princess Mansion, they should have been brought back by the prince.

Pei Zhiqi nodded to the guard, stretched out his hand and gently opened the door.

After he entered the room, the guard closed the door from the outside.

"Come?" Wang Ye Zhucheng had already lay down, he patted the position next to him a few times, and said, "Come! Lie down! Let's have a chat."

"Okay..." Pei Zhiqi felt a little embarrassed, after thinking about it, he just took off his cotton cloak and lay down on it with his clothes on.

Because he found that the prince was not wearing pajamas, but sleeping with clothes.

After saying hello, there was nothing to say. Pei Zhiqi lay down next to the prince. The prince's eyes were tightly closed, as if he was resting.

I don't know if the prince is asleep, and if I should speak at this moment.

But I do have something to ask.

Pei Zhiqi hesitated for a while, and finally began to ask:
"Is your lord... going to leave early tomorrow morning?"

Pei Zhiqi's voice was not very loud, it was a volume that would not wake people up if they fell asleep.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, the prince laughed softly.

"That's right, I can't even wait until the morning, and I'm leaving soon."

"Is it a military emergency?"

Zhu Cheng let out a long sigh: "It is not only the military situation that is urgent, but also the speed of the soldiers."

After talking for a while, Zhu Cheng added: "Now everyone knows that I have returned to Beijing, and I have recognized a son I haven't seen for many years. It stands to reason that I will stay in the mansion for at least a while. If King Jin does something at this time , then it will be troublesome. The spring plowing in the southeast province has ended, and King Jin may do it at any time now, so I set off now, so that I can prevent him from catching me by surprise, and I can also make arrangements in advance and do it before him."

"My lord is very thoughtful." After saying this, Pei Zhiqi fell silent again.

He is not a person who is good at talking, and this kind of scene where relatives meet suddenly after years of separation makes him not know what to talk about.

If the lady is there, the atmosphere should be much better.

While thinking wildly, the prince spoke first.

"I came back this time mainly to see you, and I have to take care of Concubine Yan's affairs. But the military situation is urgent, and I have to leave before I have time to celebrate your high school champion. When I come back this time, I will definitely make up for you." .By the way, you haven't been crowned yet, have you?"

Pei Zhiqi shook his head: "Not yet."

Zhu Cheng smiled and said: "Well, the first thing I will do when I come back is to lead you to worship your ancestors first, and then crown you."

"it is good."

After saying these words, the two fell silent again.

"How are you doing these 20 years? Seeing that you are in good shape, you should have practiced martial arts?"

It was the prince who spoke first.

"I have a good life, my parents have taken good care of me, and my mother has always cared about me, and my life has always been smooth." Pei Zhiqi hurriedly replied: "After we got married, my wife insisted on letting me practice martial arts and gave me a gift box. Give me the sword, now that I think about it, she is really farsighted, not only let me strengthen my body, but also have self-defense skills, if it weren't for the lady, I'm afraid I would have..."

"Yes!" Zhu Cheng sighed: "She is indeed a strange woman, not only talented, but also has a good way of dealing with people. You are lucky to marry her."

Pei Zhiqi smiled softly, "It's true."

The conversation between the two is not always a passionate chat one sentence after another, and they stop after a few sentences.

"I will definitely give you an explanation about Concubine Yan, but..."

Before the prince finished speaking, Pei Zhiqi replied: "How to deal with the matter of Concubine Yan is up to the prince to decide. My mother and I only hope that we can live in peace in the future, and we don't have too much attachment to other things."

"You are really just like your mother, too smart and sensitive. Don't you tell me your grievances?"

Pei Zhiqi shook his head and smiled, "Time is precious, why not use it to do something more useful."

These words seemed to interest Zhu Cheng, and he asked, "Oh? What is more useful?"

Pei Zhiqi thought about it for a while, and then replied: "Let the family be in order, govern the country, and bring peace to the world."

Zhu Cheng laughed.

"Since you are so interested in governing the country and the world, let me ask you, if you were me, King Jin was about to raise troops, how would you respond?"

"I..." Pei Zhiqi replied: "I don't dare to try to figure out what the prince wants with my heart, I only have some ideas on paper."

"tell me the story."

"Now is the time of prosperity and peace. King Jin's army is an unjust army, unpopular with the people. It is so-called that it is difficult to fight alone. It is unlikely that you will fail to suppress the chaos with your majesty's troops, but..."

Pei Zhiqi sighed: "However, the difficulty of suppressing the chaos this time is not the suppression, but how to minimize the scope of the two sides' fighting and how to make the people suffer the least loss."

"Then, in your opinion, what should we do?"

"Well... just from a theoretical point of view, it can be divided into three parts at the same time: first, send special personnel to track King Jin's movements, so that he will not leave the capital after raising troops. At the same time, it would be even better to win the other leaders of King Jin's henchmen;

Second, send people to persuade the state capitals in the southeastern province. Although the soldiers in the state capitals are all within the scope of Concubine Yan's father, Governor Yan, most of the state officials should be wavering except for the few states where Governor Yan's power is deeply rooted. Not sure, after all treason is a serious crime of beheading, no one wants to take risks easily, as long as they can say that they will not send troops to help His Majesty, at least they can be silent and not respond when Governor Yan dispatches troops, it will be considered a great help;
Third, the Japanese pirates on the islands of Southeast Province must be dealt with on the coast, and they must not be allowed to land successfully, otherwise the garrison in the southeastern provincial capital will be flanked by Japanese pirates and other state forces dispatched by Governor Yan, and the provincial capital will be lost. Once the city is lost, it will be troublesome, because the terrain around Southeast Province is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the rebels use Southeast Province as their base and find foreign aid, it will become a big trouble; Encountered charcoal! "

After finishing speaking, Pei Zhiqi looked at the prince, and found that his eyes were piercing and he was listening very attentively.

"Is it finished? Is it only these three points?" Zhu Cheng asked.

Pei Zhiqi replied: "These three points need special arrangements. Naturally, there will be rebels in the capital, and Concubine Yan's grandfather, Minister of the Ministry of War, will definitely take action. But for such an important matter, I think His Majesty and the prince must have already arranged it." All right."

After hearing what Pei Zhiqi said, Zhu Cheng laughed out loud.

"Well, that's right. Now I kind of believe the saying 'a tiger's belly has no dog'. But one thing is, King Jin has already left the capital."

Pei Zhiqi was surprised: "What!? But the prince left Beijing without permission..."

Zhu Cheng made a "hush" motion: "Hush, this is a secret in the military. Although my people have changed around this house, I still have to be careful that there are ears on the wall: King Jin has already left Beijing, and there is a fake man in the mansion who pretends to be sick." Goods, His Majesty has never revealed it."

Pei Zhiqi sighed softly: "It's so...then..."

Zhu Cheng said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have arranged everything."

After that, Zhu Cheng sat up and stretched his waist: "It's almost time to rest, and I have a good chat with you. I'll call someone to bring some food in. After eating, I should leave."

"My lord..."

"Huh? Why, what else do you want to say? Just say it, and I'll leave after listening."

"My lord, I want to do my part to quell the rebellion this time."

(End of this chapter)