About half an hour later, the four princes, Yong Wang Hongyu, Xiang Wang Hongjing, Qing Wang Hongxin and Su Wang Hongrun, were recruited by their father, Emperor Wei, in the Ganlu Palace, and they were scolded heavily.
In fact, Emperor Wei knew the whole story very clearly.
It was just that the increasingly expanding Lao Wu wanted to replace Lao Er, so he used the "Four Orders of Hedong" as a bait to lure the big nobles in the country to support him, in an attempt to use this huge power to force Lao Er and Lao Ba to surrender. Unexpectedly, Lao Ba
He quietly returned to Daliang, disturbed the banquet last night, and won over one group of people at the banquet and suppressed another group of people, successfully bringing the previously unified aristocratic camp to the brink of collapse.
If it was just that, Emperor Wei didn't mind. The problem was that the four dignified princes actually fought each other in full view of the public, and even threw dishes at each other. In the end, they were all covered in soup and in a state of embarrassment. It was like Ji Zhao.
The royal family was completely disgraced.
As for the culprit behind this incident...
Emperor Wei looked calmly at Zhao Hongrun, who was kneeling in front of him with an innocent look on his face - the son he had praised as "my tiger son" a few days ago was the culprit of last night's farce. If it weren't for
He was the first to slap the dish full of soup on Lao Wu's face, so that Lao Wu would not follow suit.
"Father, it was Hongrun who took action first!"
"Zhao Wu, you have to speak with your conscience...you were the one who made the first move yesterday."
"Nonsense! When did I take action?"
"Let me ask you, did you refer to me at that time?"
"I pointed it out, so what?"
"Then did you do it? Could it be that you pointed with your toes?"
"You are using strong words to make sense!"
"Father, I think that although Hongrun has overreacted, Hongxin is also inappropriate..."
"Zhao Hongyu! Don't confuse right and wrong!"
"When did I confuse right and wrong? Could it be that we didn't know that you, the guests at yesterday's banquet, had uneasy intentions. Do you dare to say that you have no intention of dealing with me and Hongrun?"
"I...I'm just a guest at the banquet! Brother Three Princes can testify."
"Well, the fifth brother..."
"Third brother, you'd better shut up."
"you……"
Seeing his four sons quarreling and blaming each other, the veins in Emperor Wei's forehead jumped.
"That's enough!" he yelled, snapping the case, "Isn't it embarrassing enough?!"
After hearing this, Yong Wang Hongyu, Xiang Wang Hongjing, Qing Wang Hongxin and Zhao Hongrun just stopped talking and sat upright one by one.
"Four members of the royal family, in public, in full view of everyone, instigated Zongwei to fight openly, and themselves..." As he said this, Emperor Wei pointed at the clothes of his four sons that were stained by the soup, and he was furious.
Word.
Standing nearby, the great eunuch Tong Xian saw Emperor Wei's face full of anger, and quickly advised him: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Your Highnesses are still young and acted on impulse..."
"Young?" Emperor Wei snorted coldly, glanced at the four sons kneeling in front of him, and said coldly: "Three of them have children under their knees. Even this bad boy is about to be weak. How can they be young and impulsive? It's obvious
It's about forming cliques for personal gain, and those who share the same party are against those who are different..."
When they heard the words "forming parties for selfish gain" and "agreeing with the same party to defeat those who are different", the expressions of Yong Wang Hongyu, Xiang Wang Hongjing and Qing Wang Hongxin all changed slightly.
To be fair, it is impossible for any prince not to form cliques. Didn't even Zhao Hongrun make friends with many officials from the Ministry of Industry in the court?
In this regard, the government and the public have always turned a blind eye and no one will speak out. However, this time Emperor Wei revealed the matter, which proves that the father is extremely dissatisfied with their brother's behavior today.
Under this situation, Yong Wang Hongyu, Xiang Wang Hongjing, and Qing Wang Hongxin could only admit their mistakes obediently. Even Zhao Hongrun remained silent after seeing the situation clearly.
After a long time, under the persuasion of the great eunuch Tong Xian, Emperor Wei finally calmed down his anger. He stared at his four sons for a long time and shouted angrily: "From now on until the end of this year, all of you will...
Please stay in your respective homes and not go out. If anyone causes any trouble again, don’t blame me for severe punishment!...Do you understand me?!"
"Yes, Father."
Yong Wang Hongyu, Xiang Wang Hongjing, Qing Wang Hongxin, and Zhao Hongrun responded honestly.
Seeing that his sons were sincere in admitting their mistakes, Emperor Wei gradually calmed down and said coldly: "King Yong will change his clothes and go to Chui Gong Hall to handle government affairs. You three, all go back to your respective palaces!"
"yes……"
The four princes responded sadly and walked out of the palace with their heads hanging down.
Just when Zhao Hongrun was about to step out of the palace, Emperor Wei said calmly from behind: "Hongrun, before you go back to your mansion, first go to Ningxiang Palace to pay your respects to your mother and concubine. Tong Xian, take him there."
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"As ordered." The great eunuch Tong Xian nodded and said.
Seeing this scene, Xiang Wang Hongjing and Qing Wang Hongxin looked back, not surprised, and left on their own.
But what they didn't expect was that the great eunuch Tong Xian led Zhao Hongrun around the courtyard of Ganlu Hall and then brought Zhao Hongrun back.
Zhao Hongrun was not surprised at all by this, because he had already guessed that his father must have something to say to him.
Just as Zhao Hongrun guessed, when he returned to the Manna Hall again, his father was drinking a cup of tea leisurely. There was no anger on his face, but a slight smile on his face, as if he had met
It seems like something good.
Seeing Zhao Hongrun walk into the hall, Emperor Wei casually pointed to the seat next to him with a tea cup and said lightly: "Sit down."
Zhao Hongrun curled his lips secretly and said deliberately: "My son, just kneel down..."
Emperor Wei chuckled twice when he heard this and said casually: "Then just kneel down."
However, Zhao Hongrun just said it casually. Seeing that his father did not take the bait, he could not help but feel a little emotional. After sitting on his seat, he curled his lips and said: "Father, you are not honest... I have helped you solve a stubborn problem."
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When Emperor Wei heard this, he glanced sideways at Zhao Hongrun, and the expression on his face seemed to be a silent expression: I want your help?
In fact, father and son knew it well.
Just as Zhao Hongrun thought, Emperor Wei had long wanted to cure the big nobles in the country. However, in the past, Zhao Shen, King of Chengling, and Uncle Feng, Marquis of Yuanling, had the same attitude when facing pressure from the court, and often withstood the pressure from the court.
, coupled with the interference of the former clan, so that even though the Emperor of Wei was the king of Wei, he was unable to eradicate the fact that some of the country's big nobles formed factions and grew bigger.
Now, the camp of the great nobles in the country is on the verge of disintegration and split into two forces that are about to be on opposite sides. This is a very favorable situation for the imperial court and Emperor Wei.
Because of this, Emperor Wei seemed to have severely criticized his four sons, but he ignored the most fundamental fact - the farce last night was clearly initiated by Zhao Hongrun.
Why ignore it? The reason is that Emperor Wei not only did not think that Zhao Hongrun was at fault, but felt that he had done this extremely skillfully and successfully disrupted the camps of the great nobles in the country.
Of course, Emperor Wei still felt that it was quite embarrassing for this scoundrel to fight with his brother in public. It was unprecedented.
"What are your plans next?" Emperor Wei asked while sipping tea.
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun smiled slyly and asked deliberately: "What is your father asking about?"
Unexpectedly, Emperor Wei was not fooled. He sipped tea and said calmly: "By the way, I told your mother-in-law what you did yesterday. Your mother-in-law was very angry and asked her maid to find an old willow branch.
I don’t know what it is used for…”
"..." Zhao Hongrun's face twitched twice, and then, after coughing, he said seriously: "Father, next, I am going to do two big things."
"Say." Looking at his son's arrogant and respectful appearance, Emperor Wei felt amused.
"The first thing is to recommend the candidates for the "Four Orders of Hedong". I believe that my father has also received the secret letter sent by his ministers."
"Hmm." Emperor Wei nodded and said: "In the secret letter, you recommended 'Kou Zheng' as the Fenyin Order, Lintao Lord Wei Ji as the Fenyin Lieutenant, and recommended Zhao Laiyu's eldest son Zhao Wenlin as the Puban Order
, I can understand all three... However, you recommended Sima An’s deputy general ‘Wen Feng’ as Pu Ban Lieutenant, why did you suddenly think of this person?”
As he said that, he glanced at Zhao Hongrun and asked suspiciously: "Hongrun, are you planning to recommend Sima An as the governor of Hexi?"
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun looked at Emperor Wei in surprise. After all, he had never mentioned this matter to anyone. He didn't expect that his father would guess it.
Seeing his son's surprised expression, Emperor Wei felt very proud, but on the surface he pretended not to care and said nonchalantly: "I can guess, it's not surprising... Since you promised Chengling King Zhao Shen to garrison troops
Pi Shi, this means that you do not intend to block the domestic nobles from going to Hexi to make profits this time, but on the other hand, it also proves that you have a suitable candidate for Hexi Governor in mind, and this candidate can deter those nobles.
...Furthermore, this time there is a Korean army to attack Hexi on our behalf. We, the Wei Dynasty, can easily conquer Hexi, but it is difficult to defend Hexi. Therefore, the suitable candidate for the defender of Hexi must be a person who is good at fighting. Combining the two,
It is not difficult to deduce that Sima An...but is it necessary to move the Dangshan Army to Hexi?"
Seeing that the conversation had reached this point, Zhao Hongrun did not hide anything and said seriously: "It is necessary...Father, Hexi is just a springboard. What I really want is the entire Hetao land. If I were the great Wei
Once you get the land of the Hetao, you will no longer be short of war horses and cattle... The cavalry is the king on the battlefield. South Korea has more than ten or two hundred thousand cavalry, but what about our Wei Dynasty? All the cavalry in the country combined.
, can it be a full number of 20,000? Father, you should know how passive the Shangdang was in those few battles due to the lack of cavalry around my son."
After hearing this, Emperor Wei remained silent, frowning and thinking about his son's words.
After a long time, he asked in a low voice: "There will definitely be a battle between Wei and Han in the future, right?"
"Yes." Zhao Hongrun nodded and whispered: "South Korea uses the land of Hetao to lure our Wei Dynasty to attack Lin Hu, so that it can concentrate its forces to deal with Dong Hu. Whether we, the Wei Dynasty, take the lead in defeating Lin Hu, or South Korea
If we take the lead in defeating Donghu, the battle between Wei and Han will be inevitable. And when the time comes, what we, the Wei Dynasty, will face are the real elites of South Korea - the border guards."
About half an hour later, Zhao Hongrun left the Manlu Palace and headed to the Ningxiang Palace, while Emperor Wei was still sitting in the palace thinking about his son's words.
Emperor Wei quite approved of Zhao Hongrun's strategy, and his only concern was.
If the Dangshan army is transferred to Hexi in the future, what should Nangong of Song County do?
Emperor Wei firmly believed in one thing: As long as the time is right, Nangong Yao will rebel!