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In the first month of the twenty-fifth year of Hongde's reign, Zhao Hongrun, the twenty-three-year-old Zhao Hongrun, was driven out of the house by his son's mother Mi Jiang because he made his eldest son "Zhao Wei" cry in Shangshui County.
He walked to the courtyard with his head bored.
In the courtyard, two staff members, Jie Ziyu and Wen Qi, were playing chess. When they turned their heads and saw their highness coming forward with an embarrassed look on their faces, they both secretly laughed.
"Your Highness made the Crown Prince cry again?" Jie Ziyu asked with a smile while playing chess.
Zhao Hongrun sat prickly at the stone table, stroking the short beard on his chin, and said angrily: "That little kid may be born with a different horoscope for me, why does he cry every time he sees me?... Chu Chu doesn't
cry."
The "Chu Chu" in his mouth refers to the daughter born to Miss Su, who is Zhao Hongrun's eldest daughter, a few months older than his eldest son Zhao Wei.
Hearing this, Wen Qi took a sip of his drink and said calmly: "I think as long as Your Highness doesn't pinch the Young Crown Prince's face, the Young Crown Prince won't cry when he sees His Highness."
"..." Zhao Hongrun's face froze, his eyes wandered, he coughed and changed the topic: "Speaking of this game of chess... who wins and who loses?"
Jie Ziyu looked at Wen Qi with a smile, and the latter had no choice but to push the chessboard and said helplessly: "Okay, admit defeat."
After that, he accepted his bet and began to pack up the chess pieces.
Seeing this, Jie Ziyu took a sip from the tea cup next to him, turned to Zhao Hongrun and said: "Your Highness, the attitude of Daliang recently seems to be inconsistent with the promise King Yong made to Your Highness..."
"King Yong..." There was a trace of reminiscence in Zhao Hongrun's eyes.
Today's King Yong Hongyu is no longer the King Yong who "it was difficult for the king to get out of Daliang" in the past. Not only has he become the prince of the prison country, he has the three guards of the army, the imperial guards and the Langwei firmly in his hands.
The Dredging Army, as well as the Fenxing Army that was transferred back to Daliang last year, including the Chenggao Army that was transferred back to Daliang from Chenggao Pass in the same period, were also taken over by Zongwei of King Yong Hongyu.
After that, the three armies of the Junshui Army, the Fenxing Army, and the Chenggao Army were ordered to be dispersed by Yong Wang Hongyu and mixed into the imperial guards. Today, the Daliang Jingji Guards are the "Daliang Imperial Guards."
, the establishment number is 200,000, but the actual number is about 110,000 to 20,000.
As for the three retired generals "Baili Ba", "Xu Yin" and "Zhu Hai", King Yong's honors were all awarded to marquises (marquises). On the one hand, they enjoyed enshrined treatment in the "Shangjiang Mansion" and on the other hand, they
"Daliang Military School" serves as a teacher, teaching the officers in the military school to arrange troops and train soldiers.
This "Daliang Military School" was first opened by Zhao Hongrun, but after he left Daliang, Yongwang Hongyu took over this military school that specialized in training officers and generals. Now this military school is under the control of the Ministry of War.
Over the past year, Yong Wang Hongyu has trained many generals who can lead soldiers.
Similarly, there are also the Smelting Bureau, the Military Casting Bureau, etc. After Yong Wang Hongyu took control of Daliang, he ordered the Imperial Guard to take over these departments without even saying hello to Zhao Hongrun.
When Zhao Hongrun, who lived in Shangshui, learned of this, the Smelting Bureau and the Military Casting Bureau had already changed their surname to King Yong.
This incident made Zhao Hongrun feel very unhappy. He felt that he had been fooled. At the same time, he also vaguely felt that King Yong Hongyu had gradually changed. He was no longer the tolerant and generous brother Wang before, but more like a
dictator.
Of course, this is not to say that Yongwang Hongyu is ignorant. In fact, under the governance of Yongwang Hongyu, the Liangjun area has become more and more prosperous. Bolangsha, Huangchi, Jujube, Xiaohuang and other cities around Daliang are in Daliang.
Driven by the government, it developed rapidly, and the imperial treasury became increasingly full.
The problem is only one thing - Yong Wang Hongyu did not treat the brothers as leniently as he promised back then.
In the general environment of "centralization of power in Daliang", Zhao Hongrun and others who were once crowned kings were more or less suppressed and restricted by Daliang. Among them, King Qing Hongxin and King Su Zhao Hongrun suffered the most -
—After Zhao Hongrun left Daliang, Yong Wang Hongyu officially issued an edict and sealed Qing Wang Hongxin to "Changyi, Song County".
"Are you satisfied?"
Wen Qi, who had finished packing the chess pieces, glanced sideways at Zhao Hongrun and asked with a half-smile.
"What?" Zhao Hongrun didn't seem to understand.
Wen Qi smiled and looked at Jie Zi. He dropped a chess piece on the chessboard in his right hand and said calmly: "For more than a year, everything in Shangshui City has been done by me and Jie Zi's virtuous brother.
Military affairs are handled by the clan guards and generals. Your Highness spends his days in this palace with nothing to do. I would like to ask Your Highness... are you satisfied? Are you satisfied?"
Zhao Hongrun frowned, glared at Wen Qi fiercely, and walked towards the study with a puff of sleeves.
Seeing this, Wen Qi smiled and said calmly: "It seems that he is not very satisfied."
"Inevitable." Jie Ziyu said with a smile.
A moment later, Zhao Hongrun came to the study room of his residence, and Wen Qi's question couldn't help but reappear in his mind.
Indeed, for more than a year, Wen Qi and Jie Ziyu have been helping to handle the affairs of Shangshui Yi. He can be said to have nothing to do in Shangshui Yi all day long, and he has a lot of time to accompany the female relatives in his house. Because of this,
Except for Qin Shaojun Ying Ying who temporarily returned to Qin, all the other daughters have achieved results: Mi Jiang gave birth to his eldest son Zhao Wei, Miss Su gave birth to his eldest daughter Chu Chu, as for the two daughters Ouna and Yang Yan Xing
, is also pregnant.
Logically speaking, this kind of life was exactly what Zhao Hongrun had dreamed of, but for some unknown reason, Zhao Hongrun felt an inexplicable sense of loss in his heart.
It's as if something has been lost, such as...rights.
It's not that Zhao Hongrun is greedy for power, it's just that his character is used to keeping things firmly in his hands, and now, Daliang's side has long been out of his control.
At this point, even he is not sure what Yong Wang Hongyu's next step will be, whether he will deprive him of the throne, or in other words, relieve him of military power - this feeling of worrying about gains and losses makes Zhao Hongrun feel very bad
.
While Zhao Hongrun was deep in thought, Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao walked in from the study, clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness, Zhao Hongjing is here to visit."
"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun nodded casually, and then his expression suddenly changed. He looked back at Wei Jiao and asked in shock, "Who are you talking about?"
"Zhao Hongjing, Yangdi King Zhao Hongjing... He is outside the mansion right now. Does Your Highness want to see him?"
Wei Jiao was not surprised that His Highness was shocked. After all, he was also shocked when he learned about this just now.
"..." Zhao Hongrun thought in confusion, nodded after a while, and said, "Bring him to this study."
"Yes!" Wei Jiao bowed and retreated.
After about half the time of burning incense, Wei Jiao led a man wearing a purple brocade robe to the study. Zhao Hongrun took a closer look. It was Zhao Hongjing who had been away for more than a year, or rather, the former King of Xiang, Hongjing.
Under the strange gaze of Zhao Hongrun, Zhao Hongjing stepped into the study and said with a smile: "Hongrun, your Prince Su's Mansion is more majestic than the one in Daliang. I am so envious of you."
Indeed, Prince Su's Mansion in Shangshui County was built by the Chu aristocrats of the Wei region headed by the Yangyu clan in order to please Zhao Hongrun. It was directly rebuilt on the basis of the old city in Shangshui County. It occupies the same area as the Su Mansion in Daliang.
It was several times the size of the palace, so much so that when they first moved to this palace, the ladies in the palace often got lost while visiting the gardens.
"You...it's actually you?"
After taking a deep look at Zhao Hongjing, Zhao Hongrun said with a strange expression: "There are rumors outside that you were killed by bandits in Yangzhai..."
"Hahahaha." Zhao Hongjing laughed, and then pointedly said: "The thieves in Yangzhai? Do you mean the soldiers with the title of "Forbidden Guards"?" After that, he looked around the study, and then
I found a chair and sat down.
Zhao Hongrun ordered Wei Jiao, the imperial guard chief, to prepare tea, and then frowned and asked Zhao Hongjing, "Did the imperial guard attack you?"
"Hmph!" Zhao Hongjing said lightly: "Hongrun, you and I have never dealt with each other before, but do you think that as a brother, you can't even deal with those bandits in Yangzhai? ... He is just a defeated general of yours, and he is not.
The entire Ling tribe is just some stragglers, but our brother, the Second Prince, was very active and sent 10,000 guards to Yangdi to help me suppress the bandits. This suppression almost killed me.
His head was chopped off... Hahaha, I have been on guard against him for a long time."
Zhao Hongrun looked at Zhao Hongjing thoughtfully. Although he was not very clear about the quelling the chaos that happened in Yangzhai last year, he could roughly guess some of the situation from Zhao Hongjing's words.
After all, the Zhao Hongjing in front of him and Yong Wang Hongyu, who is now in charge of Daliang, have the hatred of killing his mother - how can Yong Wang Hongyu make Zhao Hongjing's life easier when he is in charge of power?
"Why did you come to see me today?" Zhao Hongrun asked calmly.
"Hongrun asked knowingly." Zhao Hongjing smiled, then the smile on his face disappeared, and he said seriously: "Hongrun, at present, King Yong is still just the prince of the country. You and I are already struggling like this. In the future,
If he cultivates the climate, how can you and I still be alive?"
"What do you want to do?" Zhao Hongrun raised a somewhat sarcastic smile on his lips.
Perhaps noticing the sarcastic look on Zhao Hongrun's face, Zhao Hongjing smiled brightly, changed the subject and said, "I heard that in the second half of last year, King Yong took away the Smelting Bureau and the Weapon Casting Bureau from you without saying a word?
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"..." Zhao Hongrun's heart sank when he heard this, and he said calmly: "So what? The Smelting Bureau and the Weapon Casting Bureau are important weapons of the country, so they must be returned to the imperial court."
"It sounds like you don't mean what you say." Zhao Hongjing smiled and shook his head, and then asked Zhao Hongrun meaningfully: "Hongrun, do you really think that after King Yong succeeds to the throne, he will treat me and other brothers well?... Ha.
, he took your Smelting Bureau and Weapon Casting Bureau today, and tomorrow he will take your Shangshui Army and Yanling Army, or even more simply, he will take our brothers... and kill them!"
Just as he was talking, Zong Wei Zhongzhao walked in from the study. After glancing at Zhao Hongjing, he said to Zhao Hongrun: "Your Highness, this is a letter sent by King Yong."
Zhao Hongrun frowned, took the letter, opened it and read it.
On the side, Zhao Hongjing saw this scene, picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and said lightly: "It is easy to go to Daliang now, but it is difficult to come back."
"..." Zhao Hongrun glanced at Zhao Hongjing and said nothing.
Because the main idea of this letter from King Yong Hongyu was indeed to invite him to return to Daliang to discuss important matters.