Chapter 108 is so punished
"..." In the enclosure, Gao Yanzong couldn't speak to Gao Wei for a long time and was very embarrassed.
As usual, spring hunting is a competition. The one who gets the most prey will receive a generous reward. In order to facilitate merit, everyone's arrows are marked.
Gao Yanzong left in a hurry just now and forgot about this. He finally showed his face and wanted to flatter him, but he even slapped the horse's leg and was exposed by His Majesty on the spot...
That boy Hulu Zhongdu was not a good guy. He stared at Gao Yanzong and said seriously: "It's amazing, Your Highness Ande, you're deceiving the king, you must know."
[This kid is a young man who learns to be as old as his father! Don’t think that your father is Huluguang and I dare not beat you up!]
Gao Yanzong lowered his head, and his eyes still glared at him fiercely.
Gao Yanzong is famous for his tyranny in the circle of honorary ministers. Few playboys in Manye City have never been beaten by Gao Yanzong.
Hulu Zhongdu's eldest and second brothers still gritted their teeth when they mentioned Gao Yanzong and were beaten out of the shadow of childhood.
No matter how much Hulu Zhong said, he was just a child. When he saw Gao Yanzong glaring at him, he was still a little scared and kept silent.
Gao Wei turned a blind eye to their small actions in private and looked at Gao Yanzong with a smile: "Zhong Du is right. Brother Wang, you are deceiving the king. You have to know... You can tell me what to do with you, what is better for me to do?"
At this point, Gao Yanzong could only admit that he was unlucky. He was depressed and did not dare to say it in front of the emperor.
By the way, isn’t it good for Your Majesty to accept flattery well? Why do you observe so carefully?
"...I know my mistake, I will punish you by Your Majesty!" There is always a sense of unwillingness. If Gao Wei's cheap father Gao Zhan, maybe someone would drag him down and whip him two hundred times.
But Gao Wei was not the late master or Gao Zhan. Gao Wei just smiled and said, "Then I will punish you to hunt ten more foxes for me. If I don't hunt, I will punish you for one year's salary!" His words changed again and said, "All the money, grain and taxes in the fief are paid, do you have any objections?"
Gao Yanzong gritted his teeth and said firmly: "I have no objection!" Gao Wei nodded with satisfaction as if he was very satisfied and looked back at Liu Taozhi.
Soon ten cages were lifted up, and inside were ten foxes of different fur colors.
Everyone who watched the movement here from afar was in an uproar again, thinking that a new round of competition was about to begin. When they were not sure about the situation, the eunuch brought the imperial guards up to clear the scene. So everyone retreated, watching the imperial guards put the cage in ten different directions, opened the cage, and the ten foxes ran wildly in different directions.
Xiao Luzi stepped forward to take Gao Wei's carving bow. Gao Wei clapped his hands and watched the wild fox flee under the sky. Now everyone has been cleared:
"If you have punishment, there will be rewards... If you can hunt all of these ten foxes before dark, then the knife on my waist will be given to you!"
Gao Wei untied his waist knife. This is a very simple long knife. Overall, the blade is slender and straight, but full and thick, with a copper ring at the end of the handle. You can feel how sharp the knife is through the scabbard.
This is the Han Ring Sword passed down from Emperor Xuan Gao Yang, and its value is immeasurable.
Sure enough, Gao Yanzong's eyes immediately became hot. He had seen Gao Yang wear this knife, which was one of Gao Yang's favorite weapons.
It may not be anything to others, but it is still commemorative for Gaoyan Sect. Gaoyan Sect is a person who values emotions.
His eyes looked at Gao Wei were complicated. As soon as he met Gao Wei's eyes that were smiling but were like an abyss, he lowered his head respectfully again, "I obey the order!"
Your Majesty has shown enough sincerity. So, no matter what Your Majesty wants to do in the end or what he wants to test, Gao Yanzong is also willing to refuse!
Gao Yanzong was very straightforward and took off his heavy armor, wearing only a thin short suit, lifted up his bow and arrow and got on the horse, and chased him straight ahead. He had to complete the task before dark to be considered a win.
In the awning where the ministers rested there, everyone was very interested in discussing when they heard about His Majesty’s punishment for King Ande:
"No one can defeat the Lanling King's formation battle. I wonder how His Highness Ande and his brother...who is better?"
"Lanling King should be better. Lanling King had already made great contributions in the Battle of Mangshan, and not long ago, he made great contributions. And King Ande has only one contribution to suppressing the rebellion. From my perspective, this question can be seen clearly without asking..." A man shook his head and smiled.
"No..." Someone immediately disagreed, "I heard that King Ande is amazingly powerful and brave. As for his reputation, he is just unable to display it because he is suppressed. In my opinion, King Ande is not inferior to King Lanling..."
"Brother, be careful...!" One person quickly pulled his sleeve, looked around, and then whispered to remind him.
The man suddenly woke up. He had just drunk high and did not pay attention to his proper speech. He actually said that King Ande was deliberately suppressed. So who was suppressed by King Ande and why was he suppressed? It was impossible to say it clearly. Everyone knew it.
Just because he had disrespectful to the late emperor, it was enough to prevent him from being favored by the late emperor and His Majesty. But after all, this is a royal matter. How dare their mere ministers argue? This is very disrespectful!
He was afraid for a while and secretly thanked that everyone was talking about it, and no one noticed his words. Or, even if he heard it, everyone would selectively ignore it. If it spread, he would have to be labeled as a divisive clan, and he could not afford the charge.
Zhao Yanshen, Zheng Yu and others obviously thought more. Zheng Yu smiled a little intriguingly, "It seems that Your Majesty wants to promote King Ande..."
This seemed to them that it was actually simple. You can't promote your ministers for no reason? King Ande made His Majesty happy on the spring hunting. His Majesty gave him some real power with a stroke of his pen, which was also a reason to get promoted and make money.
"But Your Highness Ande is of a different lineage than Your Majesty. On Emperor Wenxiang, there is already a Lanling King who has gained great use... Will it be inappropriate to promote King Ande again..." Some cabinet ministers were also worried.
Zhao Yanshen glanced over there with a deep look, stroked his beard and said lightly: "After all, they are from Emperor Shenwu Gao, Wenxiang, Wenxuan, and Wucheng, they are all born from Emperor Shenwu and Empress Wuming, with the same roots and roots. Since Your Majesty has this courage, why can't you use the royal family? Your Majesty must have his own plans in his heart, don't worry so much..."
"Your Majesty is so courageous..." Zheng Yu said in agreement, his eyes turned to Zhao Yanshen. It could be seen that Zhao Yanshen did not have much confidence in saying this.
The mutual struggle between the royal family has almost been integrated into his bloodline. Emperor Shenwu has so many descendants, many of them are outstanding. Don’t Zhao Yanshen know how many were killed in the power struggle?
Not to mention literary and military success, just take the recent example. Didn’t the King of Langya Gao Yan also violently suppressed by His Majesty during the banquet in the Sui Palace? Gao Yan was fine. The Empress Dowager begged for mercy with her life, and finally changed His Majesty to let go, but was stripped of the gold book and jade certificate and became an abolished commoner. From now on, he could only spend the rest of his life in that small royal palace.
Zheng Yu remembered it very clearly that he had just entered the court less than a month. Nearly 5,000 people died that night. The battle between Xidaying and Beidaying was affected, and even the East Camp was affected. The royal family rebelled was unusual and involved a lot. Although His Majesty was kind-hearted and only pursued the first crime, more than 20 nobles were still killed.
A few days ago, I heard that King Wenjian of Boling Gao Ji said wildly after drinking, saying, "Wu Cheng is dead, and the throne should be my." That night, Your Majesty gave Gao Ji forty, surrendered to the prince, and took away his fief. Now, Gao Ji had spies from Yiluansi in front of the palace every day, and he was following him.
Although Your Majesty himself may not take this seriously, he still needs to pay attention to the impact of this matter. Jinyi has controlled the rumors and reduced Gao Ji's guilt to one level. This is obviously something His Majesty did to maintain the royal decent.
Unlike other princes, Gao Ji is the authentic Shenwu legitimate son, and his mother is Gao Cheng, Gao Yang, Gao Yan and Gao Zhan.
The throne of the Gao family, no matter what the reason is, is generally brother and brother. As the sixth son of Gao Ji, after Wu Cheng's death, he will inevitably have any thoughts on the throne.
Your Majesty is so proud that he may not take this uncle seriously. But Gao Ji is the legitimate son of Shenwu and Empress Wuming, and the most noble prince in Gao Qi's royal family, and he is still a threat to the throne.
Gao Ji had no military power, no regime, and no such queen mother as the influential figure on His Majesty came to save him. It was originally a must-have death...
At least in the eyes of Zheng Yu and a large number of court officials who heard the news, Gao Ji should have been executed directly, but His Majesty did not.
If someone is interested, you can connect the recent government orders issued by Your Majesty, and then think of the royal princes such as Rencheng, Lanling, and Zhao County Princes have been reused one after another, so you can guess your Majesty’s intentions...
Your Majesty is going to reuse the royal family!
The most important reason why he did not kill Gao Ji was not only because he was the legitimate son of Shenwu, but perhaps his Majesty did not want to be disappointed in the hearts of the royal princes.
To value the capable people in the royal family and take them for their own use, Your Majesty will change the impression of cruelty and bloodthirsty, and to comfort them as much as possible instead of killing them at any time.
Now King Ande Gao Yanzong has also entered His Majesty's eyes. He doesn't know what powers His Majesty wants to assign to King Ande. But it can be foreseeable that in the future, in addition to the ministers and aristocratic families, the kings will also become the main contestants in the power field.
Zheng Yu felt as if he had caught something, but he seemed to have figured out nothing...
Only when several forces are suppressing each other can Your Majesty be as stable as Mount Tai...
After all, Your Majesty has never had absolute trust in either party...
Zheng Yu sighed in a complicated mood. This is the emperor...
As soon as the sun set in the sky, Gao Yanzong came back from a horse, panting, and threw his prey on the ground. The eunuch stepped forward and counted ten, with different fur colors, and there were no more.
Gao Yanzong wiped sweat from his forehead and reached out to take the knife, but the eunuch pressed Gao Yanzong's arm.
Gao Yanzong looked at him dissatisfiedly.
So he smiled kindly at Gao Yanzong, made way out, and raised his hand and said, "Your Highness King Ande... Your Majesty is invited..."
Chapter completed!