Chapter 161: Sending You to the Sky (29)

Nan Huaijin lived in the Tianlao for three months.

He didn't suffer much. Shen Minghuan sent people to deliver things to him almost every day. The clerk guarding the prison door was also very polite to him. All his requests were met. He could even go to the door to bask in the sun occasionally.

Now the Tianlao has changed its appearance. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a residence that has been carefully decorated. But three months is still a bit too long. Nan Huaijin felt something was wrong.

He didn't complain about Shen Minghuan. Even if Shen Minghuan really threw him into the prison and let him live with snakes, insects, rats and ants, he would not complain at all.

It's just that based on his understanding of Shen Minghuan, that person has always been kind and soft-hearted. It stands to reason that he would not ignore him for such a long time.

Nan Huaijin was a little uneasy.

The guard brought a pile of documents, "Lord Nan, this is your official business today."

Recently, he has been delivering documents for Nan Huaijin, and he is very familiar with it. "Have you approved the documents on the table? I will take them away."

"Wait." Nan Huaijin took out a book from the pile he just brought, turned to the end, and saw familiar handwriting as expected: "Why are all the documents approved by your majesty?"

The guard didn't understand, he scratched his head: "It was your majesty's order, asking me to show your majesty the documents before bringing them to Lord Nan."

The emperor wanted to take away the work of his ministers, whether he was checking on him or really wanted to share the burden for his ministers, he, a small guard, didn't dare to ask.

Yongguo was tossed around by Shen Wei, and the treasury was empty and the four seas were in turmoil. Although Yanguo's people's livelihood was not affected, it was a big country after all, and Mr. Zhou still sent back a lot of news every day.

Now he is using troops against Jinguo again. It is the critical moment of unification. New cities are captured every few days.

Even if Nan Huaijin hadn't seen it, he could guess that Shen Minghuan must have had to deal with a lot of memorials recently. Although he had no official position, he basically took on the work of the prime minister. He should have shared the burden for Shen Minghuan, but how could he have become an additional burden for this person?

If he saw such an emperor in the history books, he would definitely praise him for being diligent and loving the people, but this was Shen Minghuan... Shen Minghuan couldn't be so diligent!

Nan Huaijin was very worried, but because there were outsiders present, he didn't dare to show it too obviously.

Although everyone knew that the young emperor of Yongguo was very weak, and some people had heard the imperial physician's assertion when Shen Minghuan was still a prince that he "would not live past the age of twenty", but the prince and the emperor were different after all.

It was normal for an unappreciated prince to die in the deep palace, but Shen Minghuan, who owned two countries, had the support of famous doctors and rare treasures all over the world.

Although Shen Minghuan looked weaker and had been sick more often, they could only sigh that "deep love does not bring longevity, and extreme wisdom will hurt", but how could they have expected that this person might actually have less than four years left to live?

Nan Huaijin's thoughts were in a mess, and his hands unconsciously flipped through the official documents. His eyes touched a string of numbers on it, and he suddenly remembered something and asked, "Has anything major happened outside recently? Why are there so many more expenditures in the court?"

Although he had been isolated from the outside world for three months, he could roughly know what had happened just by reading the official documents every day, so he would not miss the news. But recently there have been many more expenditures with unknown purposes and large amounts. If Shen Minghuan had not approved them, he would have asked someone to clarify them long ago.

The guard scratched his head again and said ashamedly, "I don't know."

Even though he delivered official documents every day, he didn't have the courage to open them. He didn't even know how much the court usually spent, so how could he know whether there were more recently and why there were more.

Nan Huaijin guessed that Shen Minghuan had locked him up here for three months and took over his official documents, perhaps because of this matter.

But he should not oppose any decision of Shen Minghuan, why did he hide it from him?

Unless...

Nan Huaijin tightened his hand holding the official documents, "I want to see His Majesty, please inform me."

"Ah?" The guard said bitterly: "Lord Nan, I can't make the decision on this matter. You can't go out without His Majesty's order."

The guard was very satisfied with his work. He only needed to move the official documents regularly, which was safe and easy. Today, he deeply realized that there is no free lunch in the world. What he enjoyed at the beginning will be returned sooner or later.

Nan Huaijin said calmly: "You just need to inform me. If His Majesty doesn't want to see me, I won't force it." No wonder.

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Shen Minghuan has been very diligent for a while these days.

Xie Zhifei is not here, Sui Qing is not here, and Nan Huaijin is locked up by him again. Only one doctor He can't stop him at all.

Logically speaking, Shen Minghuan's health will be better when the weather is good. It is summer now. After a year of conditioning by Doctor He, Shen Minghuan should be in the same physical condition as an ordinary person at least in summer.

But Doctor He didn't know that he had been deep into the melee scene three months ago, and even pulled Nan Huaijin to avoid an unexpected attack. That night, he went to the dungeon in the cold and stayed there for a while.

He clearly felt uncomfortable when he came back, but he held on without calling anyone, and then worked non-stop for three consecutive months.

So Doctor He was very surprised that this person's health didn't improve. After drinking so many medicines, he could only barely hold on to his condition and not deteriorate.

Doctor He could only think that there were too many things in the court recently, which made Shen Minghuan even busier.

But Shen Minghuan is an emperor after all, so even if he is dissatisfied, he can't stop it. He also feels sorry for the fact that this person has been taking medicine a little too frequently recently, and he is scratching his head and thinking about how to change the medicine to make it easier to drink.

I lost a lot of hair because of this.

Shen Minghuan summoned several core ministers to talk.

He took a sip of water, trying to dilute the bitter taste in his mouth, "Chen Aiqing, how are the preparations for the capital relocation that I mentioned last time?"

The large amount of expenditure that surprised Nan Huaijin was spent on this.

The relocation of the capital he mentioned at this time was different from the relocation of the capital proposed by Shen Wei in order to escape.

Successful news came one after another from the front line. The ministers would be overjoyed and excited at first, rejoicing until they could not sleep at night for the unification that was almost completed in these three hundred years, but now they can calmly face the reality that will come soon.

They are people who have seen troubled times with their own eyes. Just over a year ago, they were still fearful that war would burn into their homes and Yong Kingdom would be annexed by Yan Jin. However, in less than two years, half of the land in Kyushu was free from war.

No matter who has seen the changes in Yong and Yan in just one year, they will not have the slightest doubt about the final ownership of this world.

Besides, they are the courtiers who have the most contact with Shen Minghuan. They know very well how powerful this person is. No matter how difficult things are in their eyes, their Majesty will always handle them calmly.

This kind of Yun Danfengqing revealed from the bones unknowingly infected the entire court. They felt from the bottom of their hearts: Even if we don't have much ability, our Majesty is omnipotent. Rounding it off, we, the Yong Kingdom, are omnipotent. Since my country is so powerful, what else do we have to fear?

Isn't it just that the capital was moved before the war was won? We'll win once we move over.

Ah, Jin State was able to last for three months. They are really amazing.

"It's almost ready."

Chen Yushi reported the progress to Shen Minghuan in an orderly manner, and the minister next to him occasionally added a few words.

Chen Yushi paused after speaking, "Your Majesty, do you really want to choose Jindu as your capital?"

Jin State is still struggling to support itself. They have regarded the other country's capital as their own, which cannot but be called arrogance.

But Chen Yushi asked this not out of conscience, but because he really disliked Jindu.

After the three countries merged, in order to better manage the territory that had grown many times larger, it became inevitable to move the capital. Chen Yushi and others initially chose the capital of the previous dynasty. Being in the middle of the territory and being defended from all directions is both noble and safe, and it can also spread the king's will to all corners of the country more quickly and conveniently.

After all, if the map is expanded and the boundaries of Dayong are re-examined in the future, Jindu can definitely be called a "border land".

Shen Minghuan nodded slightly: "I have made up my mind."

"The world is so big that there is not just one Kyushu. If there is an invasion by a foreign enemy, the so-called border is the gate of the country. The Kyushu is one, and no inch can be lost. Civil strife is nothing. If it is invaded by a foreign enemy - then all the members of the royal family will still die. Bar."

It was supposed to be a cruel and impassioned passage, but Shen Minghuan's eyes were filled with disgust.

He doesn't seem to think that "if you want to hurt my people, you have to step over our corpses" is a very touching thing. He only feels that future generations are incompetent.

The excited ministers were forced to calm down under this look, but they still moved unconsciously and sat unsteadily.

They already know that there are other countries in the world, and there are other races far away that are different from theirs in appearance, culture, and folk customs. They have also read the pages of history books soaked in blood. But so what? The long river of history is vast, and Kyushu will eventually stretch on forever.

If future generations of emperors still want wealth and glory, they will do whatever it takes to make Dayong so powerful that no one dares to bully him. Otherwise, the gates of the country will be trampled and the capital will fall. Even if they can save their lives, they will be infamous for thousands of years.

Shen Minghuan continued: "Furthermore, I have stayed in the State of Yan for a period of time, and now Mr. Zhou Yan is in charge. In the spring, the people have resumed farming. In the State of Yong, I have all the wise ministers who love the people like sons. It’s a prosperous state, but Jin is not.”

The State of Yan can be regarded as the smoothest transition of power. Although the Yong State invaded Yongdu, the border troops did not participate. Yuwenshan advanced with great success, and the impact was limited.

But Jin State was a real confrontation between the two armies, and it had one year less development time than Yan Yong. If Jiuzhou was a school, then Jinguo would probably be the worst student now.

The ministers, who were called wise ministers, smiled modestly and implicitly, and put forward their opinions one after another as if they were given blood.

"If Your Majesty personally takes charge of Jindu, he will be able to stabilize the people's hearts as quickly as possible. I have a plan..."

"If Jindu becomes the capital of the country, it can also attract a group of civilians and businessmen to settle here. In this way..."

Chen Yushi thought hard: "Since the capital is Jin, this name is somewhat inappropriate."

The noisy ministers paused for a moment, then looked at each other, and started a new round of heated debate on the issue of "what should the name of the new country be changed to?". No one was convinced by the other, and their faces turned red.

If Emperor Jin, who was far away in Jindu Palace, could see this scene, he would probably close his eyes and die without waiting for Yu Wenshan to call.