It has been snowing in the capital for several days.
When King An gets up every morning, he expects the snow to block the road and prevent him from getting to the palace. However, the reality is cruel. The capital is well-staffed every day. Whenever it snows, someone will go to clear the snow early. Especially the road to the palace is often busy.
Put it first.
He had no choice but to go to the palace yawning.
Fortunately, Yang Shu accompanied him, which comforted King An a little.
...
Guo Xu and Guo went out before dawn.
The emperor went to the palace, and three of the seven prime ministers left. His responsibilities suddenly became heavier.
However, contrary to Prince An, Prime Minister Guo does not feel that affairs are important at all. He only hopes that the more things he does, the better. Taking advantage of the absence of the other three, he can take over more government affairs. These will be capital in the future!
There was no morning court today, but Guo Xu was on duty. After going to the Si Yamen to arrange today's affairs, he went into the palace.
He entered the palace through Yongle Gate.
The guard at Yongle Gate today was an adjutant who had just arrived. He inquired very carefully. Guo Xu waited for a long time before he was able to enter the palace.
Guo Xu always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't explain it.
While walking towards Mingguang Hall, I looked around.
As he was walking, he suddenly stopped and asked his nephew: "Have you ever felt that there are very few guards in the Imperial City today?"
Nephew Guo touched his head: "It seems... we haven't met many of them on the road."
Guo Xu said, "Go and ask if there's anything wrong."
"yes."
After a while, the nephew came back and replied: "Uncle Six, I heard that the shacks in Nancheng have collapsed due to the heavy snowfall for days. The government office is short of manpower, and the guards have been temporarily transferred to help."
Guo Xu said oh.
He knew about Nancheng's affairs, but the specific affairs were beyond his control.
His intuition was still not very good. As he walked all the way to Mingguang Hall, he had already thought about the reason why it was not good.
After meeting King An and briefly talking about today's government affairs, he turned his attention to Yang Shu in the corner.
Yang Shu understood the idea, told King An, and went outside to enjoy the snow.
Not long after, Guo Xu also came out.
He looked around and lowered his voice: "Does Your Highness feel that something is not right in the Imperial City today?"
Yang Shu nodded: "There are a few people."
Guo Xudao: "Today is a good time."
The two looked at each other, understanding each other tacitly.
Finding that the second prince was restless, Yang Shu thought of a way to hint to Mr. Guo.
Mr. Guo has so many things in his belly, how can he not understand?
He called his nephew and said, "Go to the government office and tell Mr. Jiang. Tell him that the snow is too heavy and something may happen, and ask him to make preparations."
Nephew Guo was confused and asked, "Uncle Six, this matter is not your responsibility, right?"
Prime Minister Guo scolded: "Go if I tell you to, and stop talking nonsense."
"oh..."
"Remember, don't miss a word."
"I know." Nephew Guo repeated this sentence several times in his mind and hurried out of the palace.
Guo Xu looked at Yang Shu and asked softly: "Your Highness, would you like to find another place to rest?"
Yang Shu shook his head: "Prince An cannot leave anyone here."
Guo Xu was a little disappointed and couldn't help but try to persuade him again: "His Royal Highness, Prince An, is surrounded by many people to serve you. You are not missing one."
Yang Shu still shook his head.
Guo Xu sighed: "Forget it, I'm going to work."
He cupped his hands and went back to the duty room in the side hall.
Yang Shu stood there for a while, stamped his frozen feet, and entered the house.
He knew what Guo Xu meant.
This Prime Minister Guo has even less integrity than Mr. Fu. According to his opinion, indulging the second prince is the best result. The dead Prince An is much more lovely than the alive one and will not leave any trouble for them.
But this person didn't want to, so he had no choice but to let it go.
Think about it, this guy has such a temperament, and if you push him up with all your strength, he will always remember this feeling, and there will be no day when the rabbit dies and the dog dies.
King An saw Yang Shu coming in and hurriedly asked him for help: "Quick, quick, help me look at this, how should I approve it?"
Yang Shu rubbed his forehead, and while taking the memorial, he said: "I can only help you temporarily. Like this, what are you going to do in the future?"
King An sighed: "I'm worried too! To tell you the truth, I have no interest in being emperor. I can't figure out why the eldest brother and the second brother are fighting like that."
Yang Shu looked at him: "Why are you not interested? Didn't you always say before that others don't take you seriously? You won't do it anymore. What's wrong with that?"
"But I'm not confident that I can do it well." Wang An said with a grimace, "I listened to your advice and studied hard with my master. I finally understood some of it and thought I was quite talented. What happened?"
He flipped through the memorials on the table: "Look, several prime ministers are here to teach me, but I am always at a loss when looking at these memorials. I don't know whether the measures they mentioned are good or bad. There are some things in them.
What kind of hidden meanings are there that make me confused? But what about you? After listening to it, you can speak clearly and logically. I repeated it to the prime ministers according to what you said, and they praised me for understanding it well.
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King An babbled: "Why aren't you my brother? If so, this job would be great for you. It would be better for me to be a free king."
Yang Shu felt complicated and murmured: "It's my fault for being in love..."
"It's not your fault!" King An didn't know what he was thinking at all, so he poured out all his bitterness, "I'm not very smart, and I haven't been able to compare with my eldest and second brothers since I was a child. I know all this.
"
No. Yang Shu said in his heart, you are not bad at all.
Mingwei told him that in history, King An fled the capital after King Xin ascended the throne and had to raise a flag to rebel in order to survive.
King Xin acted in the opposite direction and excluded dissidents, which made heaven angry and people resentful and people panicky.
King An fought all the way back to the capital, killed him, and became emperor himself.
Although he was ridiculous later, in the first two years after he took the throne, he did pretty well, much better than King Xin.
It can be seen that he has potential, but he was forced to come out at the critical moment of life and death.
It was good now that King Xin was deprived of his title first. He ascended the throne without any effort and had no motivation to improve himself. In addition, there was someone standing next to him to compare with him, which made him feel even more inferior.
Yang Shu didn't know what to think.
He originally had some expectations, thinking that maybe he wouldn't have to go to that point.
Now it seems that such King An cannot afford the country.
"Forget it." He thought, this is fine, let's go all the way to the dark side.
For him, although power is not something intoxicating, it can't be said to be annoying either.
The rest of your life is so long, you should always find something to do.
"Come on, come on, help me take a look." King An pulled him, "What does this sentence mean? Why did Mr. Guo say that his heart can be punished?"
Yang Shu cheered up and helped him read the memorial: "How about you give it a share? This is a detail. Just understand it clearly and let them handle it on their own. This is a general decision-making, and you need to call someone to discuss it. Also,