All the powerful people in the city ran to the Longchang Gate in Dongcheng to welcome Prince Wu back. At this time, everyone understood that Prince Wu was abnormal when he came back, and everyone knew that he had to pretend to be confused.

I can guess something is wrong with my butt. Prince Wu retreated from Suzhou, and who will stop Brother Li, who claims to have more than 2 million troops?

Who is stupid who can still live in the officialdom of Dachu?

Naturally, everyone guessed that Prince Wu came back, and he must have returned to Beijing without orders, but without permission.

His Majesty still wants to welcome him out of the city in person, and the meaning of this is obvious.

That is, the Great Chu still cannot live without Prince Wu, and His Majesty cannot live without Prince Wu.

Outside Longchang Gate, the emperor saw Prince Wu's team coming from afar and ran towards the team.

When he ran, all the civil and military officials and the gentry and gentry had to follow him. Suddenly, the scene suddenly became lively and chaotic.

Prince Wu was only with some personal soldiers. When he saw that his Majesty was greeting him personally, Prince Wu quickly dismounted.

Before he could kneel down, the emperor had already supported him: "Uncle Wang, I miss you so much, Uncle Wang."

When he said this, the emperor's eyes were filled with tears.

At this moment, Prince Wu's worry was swept away, only Yixin's guilt and full of heartache.

I haven't seen you for a long time. Prince Wu is already old. His Majesty is so young, but his face is still vicissitudes.

"Your Majesty, I am guilty."

Prince Wu wanted to worship again, so the emperor pulled him up again.

"Of course Uncle Wang is guilty!"

The emperor said loudly: "I have sent people to invite Uncle Wang back several times, but Uncle Wang insisted on suppressing the robbers before returning to Beijing. Now Uncle Wang has been triumphantly, but I still want to blame you. Uncle Wang, you really... are too ignorant to take care of yourself. Look at your dust and your head is covered in white hair. I feel sorry for you."

As the emperor spoke, tears couldn't stop flowing down.

He held Prince Wu's hand and said, "Uncle Wang defeated the big thief Li Brother Hu this time, but I don't know how else I can thank Uncle Wang, I..."

The emperor let go of Prince Wu's hand, took two steps back, and leaned over with his fists: "I thank you for the emperor for the thousands of people of the Great Chu."

Prince Wu's face changed color so much that his face changed, and he quickly fell to the ground: "I am ashamed."

"Uncle Wang is worthy of his guilt."

The emperor helped Prince Wu up again: "It's me...it's me that I feel ashamed, it's me that I'm sorry for Uncle Wang."

Prince Wu was crying at this moment.

He actually understood that His Majesty had to have such a scene, but he could also see that His Majesty was indeed sincere.

He led his team to fight against Brother Li's millions of troops, without food, no support, and no hope. If someone else led his troops, he might have been defeated long ago.

The emperor said he was ashamed, but indeed he was ashamed.

"Let's go home."

The emperor held Prince Wu's hand: "Uncle Wang followed me home!"

In the crowd, Gui Yuanshu looked at Prince Wu and then the ragged clothes of the person who was accompanying Prince Wu, and then knew how Prince Wu could return with great victory.

Prince Wu's army did not dare to approach the capital, but instead stationed in a distance, which was enough to show that he was in a mess and did not dare to be seen.

At this time, the soldiers under Prince Wu had no armor on their bodies, their clothes were torn, their faces were pale and thin. If they were seen by the people in this way, who would think that Da Chu could hold on?

That is the world's sharp Zuo Wu Guard.

Guiyuan Shu looked at Li Shang, who was standing in front of the ministers again, and also saw Huang Wei'an next to Li Shang.

He pondered for a moment and turned and left.

How could Li Shang not know Prince Wu’s embarrassment, how could he not know the embarrassment of Zuo Wuwei?

He lowered his voice and said to his subordinates: "Go and organize the manpower immediately. No matter how you use it, organize the team to send the war uniforms and armor from the treasury to Zuowuwei Camp. I don't care if I use it, squeeze out the food, grass and supplies and send them together."

This was heard by Prince Wu who was passing by him, so Prince Wu couldn't help but look at him with gratitude.

He seemed familiar with this young man, and seemed to have some impression, but he couldn't remember it clearly. Looking at his second-grade purple robe official uniform, Prince Wu understood that this was a newcomer who was activated by His Majesty.

The young man has such a mind and such arrangement, and Prince Wu also thinks this person is of great use.

Where can the abnormal strength of Dachu be shown?

War arsenal.

There is no money or food, but there are too many weapons and armor in the arsenal, but is this worthy of pride?

Only the adults of the Ministry of War know the filthiness.

Every year, the Ministry of War will require the manufacture of weapons, armor and equipment, and do it regardless of whether it is needed or not.

This is one of the biggest sources of interests for the great men of the Ministry of War. Of course, the quantity cannot be small, the quality is...

No one checked anyway.

If the court allocated 5 million taels each year, all of which were used to make these things, with quality and quantity guaranteed, it might be 50,000 sets, from armor to weapons to protective gear.

If there is no quality requirement, it is still a quantity of 50,000 sets, will it still cost 5 million taels?

The Ministry of War received the grant, and the upper and lower levels of funds were deducted, but they still had to deduct it when they went to the martial arts workshop. It would be a good thing that the money to make these things was left with one million taels.

Such a great Chu would be strange if it was not declining.

Make leather armor, cut one layer of leather into three layers, and then talk about bows and arrows, you can even mess with reed poles to fool it, but it just looks like an arrow.

But those in the arsenal will hide, and every year they move the good quality things they have previously stored outward and transport the newly created things inside.

In this way, even if someone pretends to check, at least there is no problem in the scene.

However, the good things that were stored in the past were used up sooner or later, and those dregs were revealed sooner or later.

Not long after, Shiyuan Palace and Dongshu.

"Go and boil water for Uncle Wang!"

The emperor ordered the eunuch: "Clearn away all the dust for Uncle Wang."

Prince Wu was about to thank him, but the emperor took his hand and walked to the side and sat down: "Thank you for your hard work, sit down and talk first."

As soon as he waved his hand, Zhen Xiaodao immediately reacted and turned around and told the court officials to disperse. His Majesty wanted to chat with Prince Wu for a while.

There were only a few people left in the Dongshu room, including Li Shang and Huang Wei'an. They were all newcomers initiated by the emperor and now the pillars of the Great Chu court.

"His Majesty."

Seeing that most of the court officials retreated, Prince Wu stood up again to kowtow and apologize, but the emperor sighed: "Uncle Wang, I will feel very sad when you are like this."

Prince Wu had to give up, and for a moment, the scene became awkward.

Li Shang stood on one side, not daring to look directly at him. He glanced at the elderly martial god from time to time, and felt a sense of grief in his heart.

When he was studying at Chongwen Academy, Prince Wu had taught at Chongwen Academy many times. At that time, Prince Wu really looked like a god standing in the clouds.

Even though there were rebellions everywhere at that time, no one thought that Da Chu would be so soon.

At this time, Li Shang even smelled a decay from the old martial god, which made him even more worried.

How long can such an old man carry Da Chu?

So he had to think of Yuchi Guangming again, and he couldn't understand why his elder brother wanted to defect.

His Majesty cares so much and attaches great importance to his elder brother. He can see that His Majesty really regards Yuchi Guangming as the successor to Prince Wu.

Perhaps in terms of martial arts, there is still a big gap between Yuchi Guangming and Prince Wu, but in terms of his ability to lead troops, Yuchi Guangming is no less than his skills in training.

As long as you give Yuchi Guangming some time, it is definitely not a problem to become the new generation of martial gods in the Great Chu.

The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt.

The emperor told Prince Wu that there is no need to avoid Li Shang and the others, and what the situation is going on, please let Prince Wu say it clearly.

So Prince Wu said it carefully, and the face of each listener was getting heavier and heavier, like a dark cloud pressing on his head.

Li Shang and the others accompanied Prince Wu until late at night. During this period, the emperor even had to rub Prince Wu's backs personally. Prince Wu naturally did not dare to agree, but His Majesty's attitude was particularly clear, that is, no matter what, Prince Wu is still the most important minister of the Great Chu, and no one can reach it.

Late at night, Li Shang returned to his house in a carriage, got out of the car and looked back at the direction of the palace. He didn't know how to think about it, and was stunned for a long time.

After entering the door, I couldn't help but let out a long breath, but I couldn't exhale all my fatigue and my heart full of gloom.

"grown ups."

The manager hurried forward: "An old friend of the adults is waiting for the adults in the study in the middle of the night."

"Old friend?"

Li Shang frowned: "Where are old friends?"

The manager said: "It was said that my classmates from Chongwen Academy who left the capital early and would only visit him today."

Li Shang was relieved. He is now the number one civil servant in the dynasty. Although he does not have the position of prime minister, he already has the power of prime minister. Therefore, those who have nothing to do with the relationship in the past will have a relationship every day.

If he was really a former classmate, he heard that he had no value to His Majesty at this time, so it would be common sense to come over to find a future.

He ordered people to make tea, but his face changed drastically as soon as he entered the study door.

"You...you!"
To be continued...