The Child Emperor

Nan Zhijin went to see the emperor and said directly after salute: Your Majesty wants Wei Chen to speculate on the minister's response?

Yeah. Han Ruzi needed a strategist-like figure by his side. It used to be Yang Feng, then Zhao Ruosu, and now Nan Zhijin.

There is no need to speculate. Within ten days, Your Majesty will receive a large number of memorials for guilt and resignation. Your Majesty can experience the difficulties of not having a court.

I also expected it, so I hope you can send a message to the ministers: I will not give in this time.

Your Majesty has overestimated Wei Chen's ability. When Wei Chen thought about His Majesty's mind before, why did Wei Chen disobey His Majesty? It was nothing more than trying his best to meet His Majesty's needs, causing His Majesty to ignore certain matters.

Follow the trend. Han Ruzi immediately thought of the word.

Exactly, follow the trend. Nan Zhijin didn't know the origin of the word, His Majesty wants to move against the trend, Weichen can only provide a little prediction, and the other can't do it, even if Weichen tells the ministers It's useless to swear to God, they will only believe their own expectations, not the rhetoric of Wei Chen.

Then guess again, is the minister's resignation sincere?

No one wants to lose the official position, but when there is no way to go, this is the only way to do it. The court is bound to be in chaos at this moment. His Majesty is far away from the capital and can do whatever he wants, but it also gives the ministers room to move around. They can draw in and force them at will. , temptation, the ministers will unite.

Even so, I will not back down. Han Ruzi said coldly.

Let the ministers fight, and His Majesty will rule in the middle, isn't that bad? After Prime Minister Zhuo took office, he has already offended many people by promoting the descendants of the aristocratic family. Zuo Cha Censor Feng Ju's desire to compete for the prime minister has not completely disappeared, and many young scholars have Support the right patrol censor Qu Zixi, these are all ready-made cracks in the DPRK, just because Your Majesty is pressing too hard, the cracks have not expanded, but have become smaller and smaller.

Nan Zhijin was still the emperor who wanted to govern the court in a more traditional way.

The question now is not whether I can control the court, but whether the court can control the world. I am deeply touched by this tour. The farther away from the capital, the weaker the influence of the court will be. On the contrary, the people sent by the imperial court were either kept in the dark, or they were bought off long ago.

Nan Zhijin was silent for a moment. It was even more difficult to assist an emperor with a completely different idea. There was only one way to make the emperor make some concessions, and that was to make the emperor feel more difficult.

The ministers' resignation is only the first step.

What's next? Will the accompanying officials follow in the footsteps of the minister of the capital?

Probably not, as long as the officials under His Majesty's eyes will protect themselves, just as Wei Chen said just now, His Majesty is far away from the capital, and he is free, and he also gives the minister courage.

Han Ruzi laughed, Go ahead, what will the minister's second step be?

The military is unstable.

Han Ruzi was silent for a while, this was indeed what he was most worried about, Why is the law unstable?

Your Majesty transferred the South, North and Suwei Army from the capital in advance. This is a good move, but most of the generals in the army are descendants of aristocratic families. Your Majesty intends to take back private slaves. These people's families will be the most affected. They are likely to do something about it.”

rebellion?

Nan Zhijin shook his head, Several armies are scattered all over the place, none of them have a clear advantage, and they are jealous of each other, so they shouldn't go to the stage of treason. The most important thing is that they can't find a well-respected person to replace His Majesty. Yiwei Based on the experience of the ministers, it is more common for generals in the army to report an illness, claiming that he has an old illness and that he can no longer lead troops.

Wenchen sued, military general ill. Han Ruzi couldn't help sneering.

Exactly, although the tricks are old, very few emperors in the past dynasties can deal with these two tricks. They are nothing more than arresting a few to vent their anger for the leader, but at that time they could only choose to back down.

Anything else? Just these two tricks? Han Ruzi asked.

Nan Zhijin glanced at the emperor and replied: There is one more move. For the ministers in Beijing, this move is not fundamental, but it can protect their safety. Your Majesty is far away from the capital, and if you lose the geographical advantage, you will also lose people. If there is no accident, the Queen Mother will be drawn over by the ministers this time, and after the ministers accuse them of guilt and illness, the Queen Mother's intercession will come.

The queen mother will intercede for the minister?

The Empress Dowager will intercede for Da Chu, and I hope that Your Majesty will focus on the country and society, and will not go his own way. The Empress Dowager will also intercede for herself, and I hope Your Majesty... Nan Zhijin didn't say any more.

Of course, the queen mother wanted to mention the mother-child relationship.

Han Ruzi was silent again. The minister's response was more precise and steady with each move. He only had a firm will and had no mature counterattack plan.

Nan Zhijin bowed and said: If Your Majesty feels embarrassed, there is still room for manoeuvre: punish the Yan family normally, withdraw the imperial edict of 'borrowing slaves to open up wasteland', change it to encourage wasteland development, and integrate it with the original plan of the court, and then Continue to patrol, refer to the East China Sea, and solve problems one by one, instead of swallowing all the dates like now.

Prime Minister Zhuo Ruhe has been promoting land reclamation, suffering from a lack of population, the progress is relatively slow, only Yunmengze is slightly better.

Nan Zhijin wanted to squeeze the emperor's will into the prime minister's strategy to reduce resistance.

Han Ruzi understood what he meant, and also understood that this was indeed a solution. After thinking for a while, he shook his head, I have made up my mind.

Han Ruzi must show his unshakable will to Nan Zhijin.

Nan Zhijin sighed, Since this is the case, Wei Chen has nothing to say, Wei Chen can only speculate on this step, but he can't think of a countermeasure. If Your Majesty can successfully overcome these three levels, let's talk about the future. Bar.

Thank you. Han Ruzi said these two words sincerely. The rare thing about Nan Zhijin was that he stood on the side of the minister and spoke, and the speculation was sharper, and therefore may be more accurate.

Han Ruzi had to figure out a way to deal with the minister's three tricks as soon as possible. After all, he was ill-considered, and he urgently needed another strategist. Nan Zhijin was unwilling to do it. Han Ruzi couldn't find any help for a while.

If Yang Feng is still there... Han Ruzi could only sigh. In the next few days, he would take turns to summon the accompanying advisors, hoping to find one or two available people. At the same time, he was also thinking deeply, often staying up until midnight before going to bed.

Before the resignation memorial of the minister of Beijing, Huang Pugong came back first.

Luan Kai's temperament is a little confused, but his memory is very accurate. He took the Dachu navy and successfully found the island where the pirates were hiding. Jin Chunzhong went to the island to negotiate and finally wanted to return to Huang Pugong, but a large number of navy prisoners were still detained on the island. However, the pirates still refused to surrender, waiting for Huang Pugong to fulfill his promise.

Give the pirates the name of the Great Chu Navy, and let them go to a distant place to attack the gods and ghosts Danyu. This is what Huang Pugong proposed to the pirates. Many people really take it seriously, and when they think of being able to use the name of Great Chu Going to loot overseas, my heart is full of excitement.

Han Ruzi didn't want to agree, how could it be given to the pirates with the name of the Great Chu Sovereign?

Huang Pugong was sent to the emperor's camp overnight. He was not accused by the defeated general, but was summoned immediately.

Han Ruzi got up and responded with a smile: General Huang has returned safely, I have made a worthwhile trip.

Huang Pugong, dressed in ordinary people's clothes, looked like a servant of the Yan family, and immediately knelt down, The general of the defeated army is not worth the trouble of your Majesty. Your Majesty is guilty.

These words are obviously not something that Huang Pugong can come up with. Even if he has these ideas, he can't say the words fu begging and surrendering crimes. The accompanying officials of the Ministry of Rites are playing a role. Even if they are dissatisfied with the emperor, they still perform their duties faithfully and ensure that the etiquette is not chaos.

The general was murdered by a traitor, what's the crime? General Huang is flat. Han Ruzi also responded according to li.

The monarch and minister chatted for a while, and the escorts left one after another. In the end, there were only seven or eight people left, including eunuchs, guards, generals, and two officials.

After all, Huang Pugong was a pirate, and all parties were not at ease to let him see the emperor alone.

Since General Huang is back, he will continue to serve as the general of the building ship and lead the navy. When does General Huang think he will be able to fight the pirates again?

Huang Pugong cupped his hands and said: The last general wrote in the letter that the pirates are inexhaustible, it is better to lead to the enemy country.

Han Ruzi frowned slightly, I thought it was just an expedient measure to rescue General Huang. Right now, the pirates are hesitant, and it is the best time to attack. It may be decided in one battle to rescue the captured Da Chu soldiers.

The last commander met several captive Western merchants on the island, and I heard from them that the waters of Dachu are connected with the West, and the army of the gods and ghosts Da Chanyu has conquered many ports, but they don't like to travel by boat, so they destroyed it. All ships are prohibited from passing through by merchants. The Admiral does feel that going west by sea might have a miraculous effect.

General Huang believes in a group of pirates? They will be doing their old jobs halfway through and looting everywhere. There are quite a few countries in the South Ocean that pay tribute to the Great Chu. How can the big dream lead to such a small country?

If Your Majesty believes in the last commander, the last commander will voluntarily lead the pirates westward, and only need an imperial decree to ask for supplies from the island countries along the way.

Han Ruzi was taken aback, When Da Chu is hiring people, I have high hopes for General Huang, why did General Huang want to leave?

Before the last general set off, I heard that General Deng of the Western Regions led the army to attack, and the last sentence he said was quite recognized by the last general: Why does Da Chu have to wait for the enemy to attack?

Han Ruzi still shook his head, a Deng Cui is enough to give people a headache, so far there is no text, and Huang Pugong must not be lost again.

General Huang has suffered for many days, let's go and rest first.

Huang Pugong knelt down and thanked him, His Majesty has both foresight and far-reaching strategies. If you only want to do nothing, no matter how much you think about it, it will be useless.

Everyone in the tent frowned, feeling that Huang Pugong couldn't speak, especially a minor official of the Ministry of Rites, deeply blamed himself, felt that it was all his own fault, and did not train Huang Pugong well.

However, Han Ruzi's heart was moved. After everyone left, he pondered for a long time by himself. He was not thinking about Huang Pugong, but the upcoming large number of resignation memorials.

Huang Pugong wanted to attack the gods and ghosts Danyu unexpectedly from the sea. Where is the undefended sea area on the court side?

Han Ruzi remembered a man who was in the camp and acted as one of the emperor's many advisors, who might be able to call in to help.