Chapter eight hundred and ninety sixth sleep restless
Liu Mingzhi waited until the last official left the Qinzheng Hall, then withdrew his gaze, turned around and walked towards the back hall with an elusive expression.
"Brother, I have kept you waiting for a long time. You still have to work hard in Northern Xinjiang... Aunt... Aunt, why did you enter the palace too?"
Liu Mingzhi, who had already arranged for Song Qing to be invited to the palace, started talking before he entered the back hall. However, when he entered the back hall, he discovered that Song Qing was not the only one, but there was also someone he had no choice but to avoid.
An inferior woman.
Aunt Liu Ying.
"See Your Majesty!"
"No...no gifts!"
"Xiao Mingming, we haven't seen you for such a long time. Do you miss your sister?"
Liu Mingzhi saw Liu Ying coming up and wanted to kill him with a hug, and hurriedly dodged away.
"Auntie, pay attention to your identity, pay attention to your identity."
Liu Ying looked at Liu Mingzhi's attempt to avoid being killed in her embrace, she rolled her eyes at Young Master Liu and stamped her lotus feet on the ground.
"Okay, once you become the emperor, you won't recognize your poor relatives. You really have no conscience. My sister is so sad."
Liu Mingzhi directly chose to ignore Liu Ying's "contrived" behavior.
He knew very well how his evil aunt was, and if he ignored such a trivial matter as not letting her hug him, she would no longer be his aunt Liu Ying.
Liu Ying looked at Young Master Liu who ignored her and poured tea for Song Qing. If it had been left in the past, Niwai would have gone up and criticized him verbally. But today, with Song Qing present, Liu Ying did not do anything excessive and silently found someone.
He sat down on the chair, picked up the tea cup and stretched it towards Young Master Liu.
"Hey, sister is thirsty!"
Liu Mingzhi shook his head helplessly, then picked up the pot and poured Liu Ying a cup of tea.
Sitting on the chair, looking at Song Qing who was holding tea on one side and looking a little reserved, Liu Mingzhi's expression also became slightly heavy.
"Brother, are you so reserved now that I've become the emperor?"
"Three... Your Majesty, there is a difference between the king and his ministers. The king is the king and the ministers are the ministers. The ministers must not exceed the rules. This is their duty."
Liu Mingzhi picked up the tea and took a sip, sighing faintly.
“It’s true that I proclaimed myself emperor, but when I become emperor, I don’t want to be a loner with no sense of brotherhood and with relatives and friends staying at a distance.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be too boring to be an emperor?
Compared to Your Majesty, I am still used to hearing you call me third brother.
In my heart, you will always be my good big brother.
I treat you as an eldest brother, I am your brother. The eldest brother who has been very protective of me and my second brother since I can remember should not be like this...
It’s not that there is any difference between the king and his ministers now!
I already had some regrets, but your behavior now will only make me regret my rebellious behavior even more.
Brother!"
Song Qing held the teacup in his hand and hesitantly raised his eyes to glance at Liu Mingzhi, who was staring at him with sad eyes.
"I...my...third...third brother."
Liu Mingzhi raised his head and drank all the tea in the cup, then extended the empty cup to Song Qing.
"Brothers toast to eldest brother with tea instead of wine. Public is public and private is private. In public affairs, you and I are kings and ministers. In private, you and I will always be brothers.
After all, without your behind-the-scenes help, big brother, my attack on the capital would not have been so fast.
Your affectionate brotherhood will be engraved in my heart for the rest of my life and will never be forgotten!"
Song Qing looked at Liu Mingzhi's sincere eyes, hesitantly drank all the wine in his glass, and looked at Liu Mingzhi solemnly.
"Third brother!"
"Hey! Big brother!"
"Third brother!"
"Brother!"
"Okay, okay, can you two grown men stop being so pretentious?"
Liu Ying, who was sitting aside drinking tea, suddenly said something, which made the two brothers startled for a moment, looked at each other and laughed.
The barrier between Liu Mingzhi as the king and Song Qing as the minister finally disappeared without a trace.
"Brother, farewell to Northern Xinjiang. We haven't seen each other for almost four months.
You know what I asked Cheng Kai to bring to you."
"I understand, it's just that my previous position was to be the commander of the Royal Guards, and it's not appropriate for me to be the commander of the Imperial Guards.
My father is already the Minister of the Ministry of War. If I take charge of the imperial army and the imperial bodyguards again, everything about the capital's army and horses will fall into the hands of our father and son. When the time comes, I'm afraid...
..."
Liu Mingzhi directly responded to Song Qing's hesitant words: "For the time being, Tong Yang, the former commander of the Forbidden Army, has not stated his position. The Forbidden Army cannot be leaderless, otherwise it will easily cause trouble again.
Letting you temporarily take charge of the post is also for the sake of my brother, so that I can sleep with him a little.
Otherwise, the 100,000-strong Imperial Army would fall into the hands of others.
Brother, I can’t sleep well every night!”
"This...then let me do it for now. After all, the current situation seems to be calm, but in fact there is a turbulent undercurrent!"
"The words hit the mark. You can also hear what Lao Jiang, the Minister of Revenue in front of the palace, said from behind.
About 50% of the officials in various state capitals are still in the wait-and-see stage as to whether I can secure my position in Shiwanlijiangshan. It will take time to make them truly apprehensive.
Not to mention these, the top priority is still the issue of Northern Xinjiang.
Because of the presence of the Six Guards Army of the New Army, the capital city has temporarily stabilized.
However, in the northern Xinjiang there are still General Yun and besides the 50,000 elite men under the command of Gan Lianghou outside the city, the remaining four guards with nearly 200,000 troops and the deputy commander of the Western Region Protectorate's less than 100,000 troops are located.
If we can't keep it under control, I'm afraid there will be more turmoil.
This is also the purpose why I called you here!"
Song Qing looked at Liu Mingzhi in surprise: "What can I do?"
"Now my former uncle Nangong Ye has persuaded me and is willing to surrender. My sister-in-law Wan Jiangdie is the daughter of your father-in-law, Wan Mingliang, King of North Vietnam, the General of the Tiger and Leopard Guard.
Uncle Nangong Ye has already convinced me, so the rest will be much easier to handle.
And the most suitable breakthrough point for the King of North Vietnam is you.
I need you and your sister-in-law to be my lobbyists, lobbyists to convince the King of North Vietnam that your father-in-law, Wan Mingliang, bow down.
After all, if I can stabilize the world without fighting, I still don't want to see my own people fighting among themselves.
As long as they are willing to bow their heads, I will not make any changes to their positions and official positions, and everything will continue as before.
I can tell the world this and give them a guarantee!
I wonder what big brother thinks?"
Song Qing was silent for a while and nodded hesitantly.
"I am willing to do the work of dogs and horses.
But, you also know that your sister-in-law is only the second daughter, and because of your raising an army, your sister-in-law and I are no longer together.
Although it was unsuccessful, your sister-in-law is still sulking at me.
I will do my best to convince your sister-in-law to come north with me.
It’s just that it’s hard to say whether your sister-in-law, the second daughter, and me, the son-in-law, can successfully lobby.
I will try my best, but you must also be prepared to fail.
After all, no one dares to report this kind of thing with 100% certainty."
"It doesn't matter. I've already prepared for the worst, but..."
Song Qing was a little stunned when he looked at Mr. Liu, whose expression suddenly became strange.
"Um?"
Liu Mingzhi took a peek at Liu Ying, who was sitting there drinking tea and looking extremely bored. He stood up and put his arm around Song Qing's shoulders and walked toward the door of the back hall.
After groping through his sleeves, Mr. Liu thrust a thousand-tael silver note into Song Qing's hand.
"Brother, this kind of persuasion is not as good as sleeping clothes. I have more wives and I know better than you.
You know better than me where to find the medicine, so buy some ginseng, bird's nest or something else to replenish the rest.
Thanks a lot!"
Song Qing finally felt relieved as he looked at the beaming and winking Young Master Liu.
The third brother is still the third brother before.
With a strange expression on his face, he quietly put the banknote into his sleeve, and Song Qing coughed twice.
"Then... I won't be polite!"
"We're out of town. When Liu Song comes back, I'll ask him to give you a large radish, a specialty of the Jin Kingdom. I've personally experienced the efficacy of that medicine.
After eating the big radish from the Kingdom of Jin, let alone the elder sister-in-law, even the younger sisters-in-law would be defeated obediently if they went into battle together.
I’m optimistic about you, don’t let me down!”
"Hmm...Ah...Uh-huh...Five..."
"Two!"
"Four!"
"Three!"
"Three!"
"Deal, but I want half a radish whisker!
After all, it is the imperial court that needs my kidney, so it doesn’t matter on the face of the emperor that you are so stingy.”
"Fuck...deal!"
After some haggling, the brothers finally settled on the deal for three and a half sticks.