The Kang Palace is lively every day, and it is warm at midnight in early spring. Prince Kang is instructing his servants to prepare a banquet. Today is the day when the King of Pingnan meets him.

The emperor has basically made it clear to him that he cannot neglect in this situation.

He can be the Prince of Xiaoyao safely in the battle for the throne, and has his own tricks. He does not just act crazy and stay away from the court.

Just as he ordered these things, the housekeeper came in.

When King Kang saw the housekeeper, he guessed something, and his face became bad, "Are you talking about it?"

The housekeeper nodded, looking embarrassed: "Prince, this..."

"Tell me, the account is deficit again."

The butler nodded.

King Kang covered his head, "Don't tell me, I don't want to listen."

"But, I've said everything..."

"Then you might as well go out!"

"Your Majesty, you can't leave this alone..." The housekeeper spread his hands, looking aggrieved.

"Forget it, I will find a way." King Kang said impatiently.

The butler nodded and hurriedly stepped down.

This is the case with the so-called "simple" that every family has hard to recite. Outsiders think that he has a lot of children and grandchildren and a lot of wives and concubines. He should enjoy all the blessings of all the people.

But there are many children, wives and concubines, and there are many servants serving them, including carriages, horses, clothes, mansions, courtyards, firewood, rice, oil, salt, rouge, water, etc....

Everything is money!

I feel a headache whenever I think of him. The court has indeed given me a lot of offerings, and I can also receive some rent in the south.

But offerings are just for ordinary royal descendants, which is not enough to spend money on children who are generous. If you want to have a high offering, you must have a status. Among the dozens of children in the royal palace, only Li Qi is capable, and is loved by the emperor and empress, and is named Princess Yongming. The other children are not very capable.

He rubbed his brows when he was leaving the housekeeper. Every time he was in deficit, he either borrowed some by asking relatives and friends, or asked the emperor for some.

But now the imperial court is sending troops and spending money like water, so he is embarrassed to ask the emperor for it.

And relatives and friends...hehe, actually he already owe a lot, but he is Prince Kang, so it is hard for others to come to the royal palace to collect debts.

King Kang stood up, called the servants from outside the house, and said, "Go and call the princess over."

"Okay master." The servant hurriedly went and called someone.

King Kang closed his eyes and thought while drinking tea, not knowing what he was thinking.

......

After a while, Mingdong's beautiful daughter came in like a breeze, and she was always so unique and attractive.

"Father, why did you tell me?" She was polite and brisk.

King Kang laughed loudly and asked his daughter to sit down. The more he saw her like this, the more uncomfortable he felt. Sometimes he couldn't bear it and wanted his daughter to choose and choose by himself.

"Yongming, Dad wants to tell you something." King Kang hesitated and spoke in a little sad.

Princess Yongming picked up the teacup himself and drank in a sip: "Father, just say it if you have something to do. What else can you say to your daughter?"

Prince Kang sighed, "Oh, you were still young before, and my father didn't want to tell you, but in a blink of an eye, you became a big girl. It's nineteen this year, so there are some things that my father has to tell you..."

"Father, just say whatever difficulties you have. I am also a member of the Kang Prince's Mansion, so I should share my worries for my father..." Seeing that my father suddenly became so serious, Princess Yongming also said seriously.

Prince Kang whispered: "I had the emperor back then. There were five legitimate princes in our generation, but the only ones who survived to this day were the current emperor..."

Princess Yongming was shocked.

Prince Kang made a booing move: "This is the case with the royal ruthlessness. To be honest, Daddy just stood in the right position at the beginning.

But now I am old, and big and small problems follow. It’s okay if I have me all day, but your many brothers and sisters are still there for the time being. I’m afraid that one day I will go, and from then on, Prince Kang’s mansion will be helpless..."

"The father will definitely live a hundred years old."

"Hahaha, my silly daughter, of course my father also wants it, but time is unforgiving, and some things must be decided in the past few years. The biggest of them is the future of the royal palace. The Kang Mansion, your many brothers and sisters, and you, where to go..." Prince Kang said softly.

He said, shook his head: "You were praised and loved by the Queen and the Emperor, and you were also named Princess Yongming. Among your many brothers and sisters, you are the most promising.

My father was proud and happy at that time, but he was still a little worried."

Princess Yongming leaned over and gently laid on her father's thigh: "Father..."

"I'm happy and proud that my daughter has a promising future, but I'm worried about the title of a princess. The burden of the prince's mansion will fall on your shoulders in the future..."

"Father, my daughter is not afraid." Princess Yongming said.

"Haha, of course Dad knows that you are not afraid. When did my daughter be afraid of it? It's just... I just can't bear to let you suffer aggrievance." Prince Kang said.

"The emperor asked me to speak, and it was basically confirmed that the prince went to Jiangzhou to give way to King Pingnan. This time the army went north, and the emperor also left the King Pingnan who had always been good at fighting with him, so that he could learn and think more.

Now the overall situation is settled. If the emperor had not wanted to fight a war, he would have been deposed as the prince would have been deposed."

"The Father means..."

"Once one emperor and another minister, if you want to follow us to protect our future future in Prince Kang's mansion, you must please Prince Pingnan." Prince Kang said.

"My daughter knows." Princess Yongming nodded: "I won't give him a look in the future, but his entourage is really hateful. He is a disciple and is still an unscientific warrior, and he dares to defame me!"

"Ahem, that's the confidant of King Pingnan, so I have to take more responsibility."

"Hmph, at worst, I can't just scold him in person." Princess Yongming said.

Prince Kang felt relieved and said, "The King of Pingnan will come later. I will take you to accompany you at that time, so no one is allowed to look down."

"I can hold back when I know my father."

"Especially Nadizhi, the father knows that you hate him."

"I understand. I won't have any experience with the rough warrior..."

......

Li Xingzhou rode Mei Xue, Di Zhi followed, and there were four guards behind him who helped bring things.

"Prince, I will wait outside with a few brothers later, and wait for the prince to come out." Di Zhi suddenly said on a horse.

"Why?"

Di Zhi hesitated for a moment and bowed his hands and said seriously: "Your Majesty, my subordinates are just minor officials, and they are still... rude warriors, and they can't show their presence. Waiting outside is to respect Prince Kang's mansion, and they are very kind."

"Haha, no matter how you say it, you are the deputy commander of the new army and the fourth-rank general of the court. How could you not be able to see you?" Li Xingzhou rejected his request.

Di Zhi looked embarrassed and lowered his head and said, "Prince, fourth-rank...that's also a warrior...

Most of the nobles in the court do not like martial artists. Today, the prince and Prince Kang must have something to discuss. If they are bad because of their subordinates’ unhappiness, wouldn’t they lose the big ones for the small, and I would be uneasy.”

He said, bowing his hand and saying gratefully: "Everyone knows how the prince treats his brothers. He has never divided people by civil and military, nor by grass-roots. His subordinates and brothers are very grateful, but...

But the prince, not everyone in the world is as open-minded and broad-minded as the prince, and is not prejudiced.

If you are in the prince's palace or army, your subordinates will follow the prince's teachings, hold your head up and never underestimate yourself, but this time you have something to ask for... "

Li Xingzhou actually understood in his heart and said, "You are worried about Princess Yongming's attitude."

Di Zhi did not answer, and he accused him: "Prince, there is only one princess in Prince Kang's mansion. This shows that Prince Kang's love is over. If he dislikes the princess, it will be a big deal."

In fact, there were separations of civil and military affairs throughout the years, but it is rare to make warriors inferior to literati from the central system in terms of the central system, and not many in later generations.

The highest military officers of Jing State were the first-rank generals, while those with civil servants were the first-rank generals, including the chief officials, the crown prince's grand tutor, the crown prince's grand tutor, and the crown prince's grand guru.

And the first rank of the top ranks are also the same as the subordinates of the Secretariat, Taishi, Taifu, Taibao, Shaoshi, Shaofu, Shaobao.

However, there is only one official position in the first-rank military affairs department, the Privy Councilor.

Moreover, the Privy Councilor was a civil servant for a long time. Until this dynasty, a tomb, Daoyu was released, and his military achievements were so great that if he was not a Privy Councilor, everyone in the world would find it inappropriate that the military man temporarily regained the highest position of military officers.

But as soon as Zhong Daoyu retreated, the next Privy Councilor was originally preparing for He Zhao or Yu Cheng'an. In other words, the highest military official position was once again held by civil servants, and there were three yamen to divide the troops.

This kind of emphasis on culture and over military affairs is without trace, with a far-reaching impact.

Back then, the Song Dynasty was awarded four hundred literary examinations and two martial examinations every year, but now the Jing Dynasty is not that serious, dozens of literary examinations and martial examinations...one person.

Well, from a proportional perspective, it is indeed more important than "big gift".

Therefore, from top to bottom, Jing State actually reveals the atmosphere of literary joy and martial arts, especially the noble family.

Like his sister-in-law Princess Yongming's disgust towards Di Zhi, Li Xingzhou could feel that some of it was because Di Zhi was indeed careless of her under his command, and some of it was the disgust towards the rough warrior engraved in his bones.

If Di Zhi was a literati, he apologized to Princess Yongming politely and said a few words like "I have no intention of being abrupt, I hope the girl will forgive me" and would have been forgiven long ago.

The keen Di Zhi also noticed it, but he didn't say it. Even if he led troops to rescue the emperor when he was assassinated, even if he bravely killed the enemy in the south and saved the people from water and fire, this prejudice would not be reduced.

This prejudice is very fatal.

One of the big reasons why "big gifts" were so powerful and so strong was that the Song Dynasty actually produced many stars, but the Song Dynasty was the most different from the Tang Dynasty and the Han Dynasty.

The biggest difference is that if you look at the Tang and Han dynasties, there are many military generals who can be good at fighting and be appointed as marquis and generals, and many of them can be good at beginning and end well, and they are at the highest position.

But if you look at the history of "big gifts", you will find a very shocking fact that most of the famous generals in the Song Dynasty were handed over to their own hands!

Among them is the emperor's concern.

There are also systems in which civil officials are born above military generals, resulting in civil officials being in court and military generals being outside. Military generals are disobedient and killed; military generals are too much credit for fear of robbing their own power and killed; military generals are too powerful and afraid of being unable to control them? killed!
To be continued...