This simple sentence made His Highness the Prince's eyes jump with fright.
He immediately looked at Shen Yi with wide eyes. After a long time, he swallowed and asked, "Uncle...uncle, did the emperor ask you to come here?"
Shen Yi shook his head, but did not deny it, but said lightly: "I can't say."
"It seems that His Highness is really trying to change the palace guards?"
Among Da Chen's imperial guards in Kyoto, almost a guard force was separated and stayed in the capital as the emperor's imperial guard.
These guards are usually served by the children of nobles, and the rest must go through strict screening. They are required to have clean family backgrounds and must not have criminal records within three generations.
This imperial guard is also the emperor's last layer of armor, and no one can touch it.
His Royal Highness the Prince took a deep breath, quickly pulled Shen Yi to sit down, and whispered: "Uncle, please listen to my explanation, this is what happened."
"Some time ago, two hundred-household camps of the Imperial Guard got into a fight over a quarrel, and eventually there was a fight with weapons. Not only did they injure more than a dozen people, but two others were seriously injured and almost died."
"But the number of guards cannot be small. When the matter is reported to me, I can only let the guards select people to be among the guards."
"Heaven and earth can be used as a guide."
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said in a panic: "I was not involved in the process of selecting the imperial guards from beginning to end. Several prime ministers were involved in this matter and they can also testify for me. Uncle..."
He lowered his head and said: "Even if my nephew is very brave, he would not dare to touch the inner court guards! Now my father is hiding from people. Only you can see my father. Please tell my father..."
"My nephew is really wronged!"
Mr. Shen looked at the prince up and down, and then chuckled softly: "Your Highness, there is no need to act stupid at this time. Your Highness should know better than me what the matter is like."
"How did the two hundred-household camps in the imperial guards fight?"
"Afterwards, who is responsible for selecting new generals of the Imperial Army...who is it?"
Shen Yi said silently: "If things are not abnormal, this incident will not alarm the adults of His Highness's family. Did the general of the Forbidden Army go to Sun's house for dinner?"
His Highness the Prince's face changed slightly: "Uncle, I really don't know this..."
"It would be even worse if Your Highness didn't know."
Mr. Shen put his hands on his sleeves and said softly: "That means that your Highness, sitting in this position, has completely lost control of the Sun family. They will even do such treasonous things in your name." matter."
"It is conceivable that one day, if they have any different intentions, His Highness will not be able to resist them and will only be coerced by them."
Mr. Shen put his hands on his sleeves, looked at the prince, and said with a smile: "Has your highness thought about how to reply?"
The prince looked up at Shen Yi and said nothing.
Shen Yi sighed slightly and said, "It seems that His Highness is aware of this matter."
His Royal Highness was almost crying.
After a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Uncle, let me tell you the truth..."
"A few days ago, they came to me and said that they wanted to place a few children of noble families into the imperial guards. I agreed without thinking about it..."
"This issue…"
He grimaced: "I didn't expect it would be such a big fuss."
Mr. Shen looked at him quietly and said nothing.
He is no longer a fledgling young man. Even twenty years ago, the prince's remarks could not be hidden from him.
Obviously, the whole story of this matter was not as told to the prince. Being able to touch the guards must have been discussed in detail by him and his "dog-headed military advisors".
If this matter is done quietly, then His Highness the Crown Prince will definitely continue to do it and slowly start to replace some of the lower-level generals of the Imperial Guard with his own people, thereby completing the control of the Imperial Guard.
And if it is discovered, then the current rhetoric sounds like it is just a small problem and there is nothing wrong with it.
Seeing Shen Yi looking at him with a half-smile but not a smile, His Royal Highness couldn't help but feel guilty. He lowered his head and said, "Uncle, I will go into the palace later and apologize to my father in person..."
Mr. Shen shook his head slightly and said softly: "Your Highness, since Your Majesty pretends not to know about this matter, then Your Highness must also pretend that His Majesty does not know."
"Once His Majesty finds out, things may not end well."
Shen Yi paused and continued: "Your Highness also knows that I am now in the capital, and I am just a jobber. I don't have any specific position. I have no right to take care of His Highness's affairs, let alone interfere with the imperial guards."
"So I came here today just to chat with His Highness."
Mr. Shen lowered his head slightly and said: "Your Highness can understand that I gave him a warning. After I leave, your highness will just pretend that I have never been here."
Speaking of this, Mr. Shen leaned over and cupped his hands and said, "If His Highness feels that I bumped into His Highness today..."
He sighed and said: "That minister Shen Yi is willing to accept the punishment."
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hurriedly stood up and helped Shen Yi up.
At this moment, he somewhat understood the purpose of Shen Yi's visit today. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince lowered his head and said: "Uncle can come here, and my nephew is grateful to you before it's too late. How can there be any punishment..."
"You come up quickly."
His Highness the Crown Prince took Mr. Shen's arm and his eyes were a little red: "Uncle, my nephew is still young. He is suddenly in this position. He doesn't understand many things. Sometimes he has to rely on them. He is really not a nephew. Original intention.”
"You are the Crown Prince and Grand Master and the future Imperial Master. If you are willing to help with many things, my nephew will not need to rely on anyone..."
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Shen Yi shook his head and said: "Your Highness, His Majesty asked you to come to supervise the country, which is to test His Highness' ability. As long as His Majesty is here, no one in the court can shake His Highness. Who does Your Highness need to rely on?"
"At this time, Your Highness has to rely on himself."
"I can only rely on myself."
His Royal Highness the Prince was shocked, and then he bowed his head deeply: "Thank you uncle for your teaching..."
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After a while, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Shen Yi left the prison room together. The Crown Prince summoned several prime ministers, said he was not feeling well, bid farewell to Shen Yi and the several prime ministers, and returned to the East Palace.
When Mr. Shen was about to leave, he was grabbed by Zhang Jian. Mr. Zhang pulled Mr. Shen into his public room with a strange look on his face: "Sir, what did you say to the prince?"
Mr. Shen smiled and said: "Nothing, just some official business related to the border army. I reported to His Highness the Crown Prince."
"That's all bullshit!"
Zhang Xiang said angrily: "You can meet the emperor at any time. When did the military in the north need to report to His Highness the Crown Prince? Besides, you have never reported to Zhongshu about this military."
Speaking of this, Zhang Jian lowered his voice and said: "When the child left, his legs were not stable. He must have been frightened by you!"
Shen Yi had no choice but to smile bitterly: "Senior brother, what I said is that as a minister, how can I scare the crown prince?"
"How do I know?"
Zhang Jian rolled her eyes at Shen Yi: "Isn't that what I'm asking you?"
Mr. Shen stood up, patted Zhang Jian on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Senior Brother, An Xin, this matter has nothing to do with you or Zhongshu. It just depends on what we should do in the future."
After a pause, he said, "My coming here is actually a good thing for His Highness."
Speaking of this, Shen Yi did not continue.
In fact, there is a second half to this sentence.
If the prince listens to the advice.
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Taiyuan City, General Mansion.
In the study of General Xue Wei, there was a messenger from Datong who was half-kneeling in front of Xue Wei, lowered his head and said: "General, a secret report from outside the pass!"
Xue Wei stood up, stretched out his hand to take the document, opened it and read it once, then frowned and said, "Copy two copies and send them to Yanjing urgently, as usual."
Two copies, one for the court and one for Shen Yi.
The messenger soldier bowed his head respectfully: "I humbly obey my command!"
After the messenger left, Xue Wei returned to his seat, slightly lost in thought. After a while, he picked up a pen and wrote a document. Before the document was finished, his wife opened the door and left. Come in.
Seeing that General Xue seemed to have something wrong, the princess from Jiu Qi stood next to him and asked softly: "Husband, what's wrong?"
"There is an epidemic outside the customs."
General Xue whispered: "Cows and sheep are dying in droves."
After all, Princess Xianyou was born in the royal family. With just these words, she understood and frowned slightly.
"Then... there's going to be a war..."
Xue Wei said "hmm" and looked out the window.
At this time, the weather had entered autumn. He stood up, walked to the window, opened it, and looked into the distance.
"The Tatars will be the most terrifying in this kind of battle..."