Liu Mingzhi saw Fuhai's somewhat absent-minded look and didn't take it seriously. He thought he was distracted because he failed to complete the task that Li Ye asked him to advise him to report to the regent.
"Since old man you are in a hurry to respond to the reply, I will not force you to keep him, and I will not send you far away."
"Your Majesty, please stay. Let's take our leave."
Fuhai's eyes were obscure and complicated, and he didn't dare to look at Liu Mingzhi anymore. He waved the whisk in his hand and greeted the group of accompanying young eunuchs behind him to walk downstairs.
The sound of horse hoofbeats was heard, and Liu Mingzhi opened the hanging window of the room and sighed quietly as he looked at Fuhai and a dozen of them disappearing on the street on horseback.
"You can't wait to confine me to your side so you can rest assured. It seems that the scene of the military parade in the past has become a nightmare in your heart."
Liu Mingzhi was very clear about the purpose of Li Ye summoning him back to Beijing to report on his work one after another.
However, after the unification of the world, the 300,000 new army and six guards will be under their command again.
At that time, if Li Ye wanted to change the court and eliminate vassals to concentrate imperial power, he would definitely be on the opposite side with himself, the leader among the vassal kings.
Once he disagrees with Li Ye's actions, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses at his disposal, he will inevitably become the biggest internal trouble after unifying the world.
With 300,000 cavalry out on an expedition, he only had the political power in his hands. At this time, it was the best time to deprive himself of his position as vassal king and call him back to the capital.
The position of regent seems to be more prestigious than the title of king, but one has the power of life and death within the fiefdom and controls supreme power, while the other is surrounded by enemies on all sides in the court, and every move is under the eyes of the emperor. Under the child.
In this comparison, I don't have to think carefully about which one is more suitable, the regent who oversees state affairs or the one-word king who oversees military and political affairs.
Especially when he was in court in the capital, he spent three days fishing and two days drying nets.
The regent who oversees the affairs of the country...hehe...is in name only.
Li Ye clearly wants to centralize power.
And he, the side-by-side king, became the number one stumbling block for Li Ye to start centralizing power.
This boy is indeed becoming more and more proficient in the imperial power.
He used the position of regent as an excuse to eliminate his own vassal status.
After he obeyed, he successfully achieved his goal. Even he obeyed the court's command. When the time comes, Prince Qing, Prince Yun and the other princes of the Li family will have almost no room to resist.
It is inevitable that Li Ye will cut down the vassals one by one and finally complete the centralization of power.
If he doesn't obey, if there is any trouble between the monarch and his ministers in the future, Li Ye will have all the upper hand.
Asking you, the side-by-side king, to return to the capital to report on your duties and serve as the regent in charge of the country's affairs is obviously a great favor, but you have repeatedly refused. It is obvious that you have the intention of supporting the army and self-respect, and you are suspected of being disloyal.
No matter what happens, Li Ye will be on the right side.
Especially since this was done without consulting the civil and military officials, directly bypassing the left and right prime ministers, and the six ministers directly issued the imperial edict into their own hands, it was even more of a conspiracy.
It was obvious that he wanted to learn from his grandfather Li Zheng and turn himself into a lonely minister above the court.
At that time, as the regent, he said that he was in charge of the country's affairs, but in fact it was just talk.
In order to balance the situation, Li Ye would not stand with him, but would turn his attention to other courtiers who wanted to go against him.
"Haha... drive away wolves and swallow tigers, support the traitor and restrain the loyal. It seems that you have mastered all the imperial power skills taught to you by your uncle."
Liu Mingzhi smiled bitterly with complicated eyes.
His most proud disciple used what he personally taught him against him.
This taste is really a mixed bag of flavors.
If he hadn't put Yan Yan and Yue'er's safety on him, he might have handed over his rights long ago.
Be a down-to-earth, idle prince who doesn't care about government affairs, and enjoy the rest of his life in peace and leisure.
But God accidentally made him and the Emperor Wanyan Wanyan of the Kingdom of Jin become husband and wife, and their bloodline continued.
Li Ye is now becoming more and more like a qualified emperor.
In order to ensure the stability of his country and avoid the restoration of the old clans of Jin and Tu, who can guarantee whether he will follow his words in the past and really not care about Wanyuan and Yue'er in the future.
What you say is true.
But it is true that the Tian family is ruthless.
I have assisted three generations of emperors, and I have learned more and more. I have become more and more aware of how unscrupulous and ruthless an emperor will be for his own country.
Let’s not talk about it from afar, let’s just talk about how many shameful things his father Li Zheng did for his own country.
Li Yugang, the Minggong of the Zongren Mansion, is still kept in the dark. He still thinks that the third child, Li Yunlong, is his son with his former lover, Concubine Jing, Deng Chan.
Li Ye is getting better and better now and looks more and more like a qualified emperor. He should be happy.
But I am becoming less and less afraid to gamble.
After he really gave away his power and unified the world, Li Ye turned against him and executed Wanyan and his daughter ruthlessly.
At that time, I have the desire to turn things upside down, but I no longer have the power to turn things around.
Liu Mingzhi turned the ring on his thumb in confusion, his heart a mess.
He knew that he would reach this point and had already made plans to reach this point, but when the situation really came to this point, Liu Mingzhi was still a little at a loss.
How did things end up like this?
well......
Ye'er, Ye'er.
You are the king of a country and the emperor of today.
As an emperor, it is only human nature for you to do this, and my uncle does not blame you.
If you want to blame it, blame it on the capricious will of God and the tricks of fortune.
It is human nature for you to value the country, and it is natural for my uncle to value family ties.
And the country you value, in my opinion, is nothing compared to the safety of my wife and children.
Your country is important.
Liu Mingzhi's daughter is more important.
"Your Majesty, the guard at the inn has given your food and drinks to the humble post. Do you want to eat now?"
The voice of Sun Mingfeng, one of the generals, came from outside the room, bringing Liu Mingzhi, who was wandering in the world, back to reality.
Liu Mingzhi took a breath and regained his composure, sitting on the chair before looking towards the door.
"come in!"
"yes!"
Sun Mingfeng held a tray in one hand, pushed open the door with the other and walked into the room steadily.
On the tray were four plates of exquisite side dishes and a pot of warm wine.
"Your Majesty, the commander of the post station asked the messenger to send a message to the general to bring it to you, so that you don't mind that the food is simple and simple. The place is not as good as the capital and the palace. If the care is not taken care of well, I hope you won't be like them."
Liu Mingzhi smiled and nodded: "I have lived for more than half my life, and I have never eaten delicacies from mountains and seas, birds and animals. I have been a soldier for so many years, and I have come here to eat dry pancakes."
As long as it can fill the stomach, there is no need to pay so much attention. "
Sun Mingfeng laughed innocently and placed the trays one by one: "To meet a person as unassuming as the prince, the chief officials of the various state capital stations along the way are considered to be burning incense."
After finishing speaking, Sun Mingfeng put the tray aside, groped for a while from his cuffs, took out a pair of silver chopsticks wrapped in silk cloth, and mixed the four exquisite dishes. After mixing them all together, he picked up three chopsticks and sent them to him. It tasted in my mouth.
After a while, Sun Mingfeng picked up the wine bottle and shook it, took out a teacup, poured a cup and drank it in one gulp.
After another while, Sun Mingfeng nodded to Liu Mingzhi with confidence this time.
"My lord, you can eat with confidence."
Liu Mingzhi looked helplessly at the cautious Sun Mingfeng: "You are too cautious, how dare some inn officials dare to poison my food and drinks.
Unless they don't want the whole family to live well.
Besides, if I ask you, a fourth-grade senior general, to test the poison on me, people will not know how to stab my spine if word spreads!
It’s not like you don’t know that there are poisonous poisons in my body, so don’t bother me so much in the future. "
"Just because the inn officials don't dare, it doesn't mean that thieves won't sneak into the kitchen and poison them secretly. As your personal soldiers, these are what you should do in your humble duty.
No matter how good I am, I am nothing compared to you, the king who is the pillar of the country.
It's better to be careful. If something goes wrong with you, your brothers will be deprived of their humble jobs. "
"If I say no, don't do it. If you don't obey my orders, I will transfer you somewhere else and let my brother, who has been through life and death, test the poison for me. I, Liu Mingzhi, don't have such a big arrogance."
"This..." Sun Mingfeng smiled bitterly and nodded: "It's okay not to test the poison, but in the future we have to arrange for brothers to keep an eye on the cooking in the kitchen. This is okay!"
"You just have to figure it out!"
"Okay, thank you for your understanding, brothers! If nothing happens, I'll leave first!"
"Wait, come here with your ears!"
"yes!"
After a break, Sun Mingfeng looked at Liu Mingzhi's serious eyes and nodded helplessly.
"As you command!"
"Remember it, go down and fill your stomach first!"
"Well! I will retire at the end!"
After Sun Mingfeng left, Liu Mingzhi poured a glass of wine and began to replenish his somewhat empty stomach.
When the food and wine were halfway down, Sun Mingfeng's voice came in again.
"Your Majesty, there is someone outside the inn who claims to be your old friend and comes to visit with a token."
"Old friend? Did you tell me your name? How does he look?"
"Wearing a bamboo hat and a black gauze covering her face, this person asked her humble position to hand over the token to you, saying that you will know her identity after seeing the token!"
Liu Mingzhi hesitated for a while and put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hand.
"Send it in!"
