"Brother Huang just said that the younger brother wanted to provoke the younger brother on purpose, so that people in the world would misunderstand that the younger brother is a foolish king who does not care about brotherhood and kills his subjects in vain? Forgive me for speaking bluntly, Brother Huang. As early as thirty-four years ago, you I don't care about brotherhood anymore," Zhong Zhiling said calmly, turning his face to Zhong Zhiheng again. While looking at Zhong Zhiheng's trembling lips, Zhong Zhiling continued. "As for whether he was a fool who killed his subjects in vain. Brother Huang, didn't Brother Huang consider this issue at the time of the 20-year case thirteen years ago?"
"You..." Zhong Zhiheng just felt that he couldn't bring himself to speak up. He suddenly grabbed Zhong Zhiling's front, then gritted his teeth and said, "Do you think I really dare not kill you?!"
"Brother Huang is the Son of Heaven. How dare you say it?" Zhong Zhiling approached Zhong Zhiheng. Looking at Zhong Zhiheng without blinking, "Isn't even the crown prince and the emperor's elder brother who can be abolished and killed whenever he wants? What's more, the younger brother?"
"What? Are you distressed?" Zhong Zhiheng sneered. "That's why I hurried from Mobei to the capital. Is it just to help him raise the teacher?"
"My heart hurts." Zhong Zhiling stretched out his hand to push Zhong Zhiheng away, and turned his head away. After a while, he said silently. "I feel sorry for why my brother has become what he is today."
Zhong Zhiheng was startled, he didn't expect Zhong Zhiling to say this at all, and he didn't react for a while. The two were silent, listening to the sound of footsteps coming from outside, and then watched Zhao Ruhai come in with a tray, and served tea to them respectfully, in front of Zhong Zhiheng was Mengdingshihua, and in front of Zhong Zhiling was Taiping Hou Kui.
"Eunuch Zhao," Zhong Zhiling called to stop Zhao Ruhai who was about to retreat, "please go to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and tell the Queen Mother that my king's lunch is at the emperor's brother's place, so let's not go there."
"Yes, I obey." Zhao Ruhai immediately agreed, then bowed and retreated.
"Brother Huang, there are two reasons for my brother to come to Beijing this time." After taking a sip of tea, Zhong Zhiling put the tea cup in his hand on the small table and looked at Zhong Zhiheng, "One is to celebrate the mother's birthday. I'm afraid there will be a big disturbance in Nanjiang, and after thinking about it, I think it's better to come to the capital in person to report to the emperor."
As soon as Zhong Zhiheng heard that he mentioned Nanjiang, he felt a "thump" in his heart. He had already sensed that something was wrong in Nanjiang, so he sent Dai Jingfeng to investigate in person, but he hasn't heard anything yet. How would Zhong Zhiling know? Instead, he mentioned Southern Xinjiang as soon as he opened his mouth.
When Zhong Zhiheng also put down his teacup, he looked at Zhong Zhiling: "Say it."
"Brother Qi, my younger brother has been stationed in Mobei all year round, but the jurisdiction extends from Mobei to Qinghai, so it can be considered that there is an intersection with southern Xinjiang. Moyao, in early May, someone reported to my younger brother, saying It's because people from southern Xinjiang frequently made trouble in Qinghai. It wasn't a big deal at first. There are many foreign tribes in southern Xinjiang, and the friction is very frequent. However, some people from southern Xinjiang who don't have long-sighted eyes actually came up with the idea of food and grass for the army. , so the younger brother asked his subordinates to check it out, and within a few days, the younger brother got some amazing news." Having said that, Zhong Zhiling took a sip of his tea, and looked at Zhong Zhiheng with a solemn expression, " Brother Huang, guess what, the people from Nanjiang who caused chaos in Qinghai were actually prisoners of war who escaped from the Nanjiang camp. Hearing that, he immediately thought of executing the matter directly, but later, in order to save his life, the prisoner in South Xinjiang actually revealed a shocking secret with his younger brother."
Zhong Zhiheng frowned: "Is it related to Xu Chengjin?"
"That's right," Zhong Zhiling nodded, and continued, "I don't know how General Xu wrote the battle report to the court, but from the mouths of the prisoners, I know that this time the southern Xinjiang camp has a total of Seventeen small tribes have been wiped out, and now those small tribes have been drawn into the control area of the Southern Xinjiang camp. Among them, 60,000 young and middle-aged people are forced to wear the uniforms of the soldiers of the Southern Xinjiang camp. He was brought to the capital together by his younger brother, and now he is outside the palace, and can be summoned by the emperor at any time."
Zhong Zhiheng clenched his fists silently, while gritting his teeth, he said: "Swallowing eleven tribes without telling the court, not only expanded the position, but also expanded the force! Good! Very good!"