Su Buwei looked back at Zhuge Zhan, and whispered that he should not go anywhere, and just waited for His Majesty to come back. Then he looked at the emperor, his heart twitched involuntarily. The emperor seemed to have aged twenty years in an instant, and all the hair on his temples quietly turned white. When he walked out, his steps were a little messy, and his shoulders were still shaking slightly.
"His Majesty."
Su Buwei let out a cry, and when the emperor turned his head, his eyes were hollow.
"What's up?"
he asks.
But Su Buwei could tell that the emperor's actions were completely subconscious. His Majesty's thoughts are all on the Northwest battlefield, all on the 700,000 troops that have been completely lost. That was the backbone of the Sui army, with 700,000 horses, enough to plow and level the land in the north, east, and south of the Sui Dynasty, but when it reached the west, it sounded so easy and simple. That's 700,000 lives, holding hands can go all the way from Chang'an City to Gyeonggi Province.
Feeling the emperor's sadness and anger, Su Buwei realized that his body was also shaking.
He held the bronze mirror and walked in front of the emperor. The emperor looked at himself in the bronze mirror and was stunned for a moment. He raised his hand and slowly gathered the white hair hanging from the temples and stuffed it into the crown, his once extremely stable hands were shaking non-stop. But his actions are so serious and meticulous.
Su Buwei felt that his heart was about to break, he had never seen such an aging emperor. He was a lucky man, and soon after he entered the palace, he followed Wu Peisheng around the imperial study. Wu Peisheng was his master, and he had the honor to witness the majesty of two generations of emperors.
After Wu Peisheng died, he became the person who stood beside the emperor. If the first emperor valued Wu Peisheng's ability to handle government affairs, it was Wu Peisheng's keen insight. Then what His Majesty values is Su Buwei's loyalty. Although Wu Peisheng is an eunuch who holds a pen, he has never stood by the emperor's side like Su Buwei. It is precisely because the emperor gave him this trust that he can empathize with the emperor's sorrow.
He put the bronze mirror back, and wanted to reach out to help the emperor go out. But after reaching out, it stopped in mid-air, not daring to touch the emperor.
As if sensing his intentions, the emperor shook his head slightly at him.
"I'm fine...send someone to inform Dean Zhou and tell him that the day has come. After the next court, General Zong Lianghu, Minister of the Ministry of War, Yang Shunhui, General of Zuoweiwei, and Xu Xiaogong, General of Youzuowei, please come to Dongnuang Pavilion to discuss matters."
"Here."
Su Buwei responded, and found that his voice was also trembling.
"Your Majesty, is the ceremony of dispatching troops tomorrow delayed?"
After hesitating for a long time, he still asked.
The emperor was silent for a while, then shook his head: "Since the matter in the northwest is irreversible, let's deal with the matter in the capital first. Only now do I realize that I think too highly of myself and others. It’s a bit lower. I always think that everything is in my eyes, and no one can hide it from me. Da Sui is too big... There are too many people in Da Sui. It’s so big that my eyes can see it , so much that my eyes can't see through."
"The matter in the northwest cannot be revealed, at least until after the ceremony of dispatching troops tomorrow. Those rebellious officials and thieves have already given me a blow in the northwest, letting me know that not everything is tightly held in my hands. In any case, The capital can no longer slip out of my hand."
He paused and continued: "Also, ask Luo Weiran to come to see me. The people from the Northwest Love Yarn haven't sent any news back to Chang'an City... Hou Wenji obviously betrayed me a long time ago. I let him go to the Northwest, It turned out that you sent a good helper to those rebellious officials and thieves. From today onwards, you will take over the affairs of the Qingya. Let Luo Weiran lead someone to investigate, and don’t keep any of Hou Wenji’s cronies and followers. Don’t do it now. The ceremony will be dispatched tomorrow. Move before."
"Here."
Su Buwei bowed his head in response: "I'm just afraid that the servant can't cope with such a big stall."
"You lead it first, and I will find a suitable person later."
The emperor smiled, his face full of bitterness: "I remember talking about this topic with you back then, whether Luo Weiran was more loyal to me, or Hou Wenji was more loyal... At that time, you said that you couldn't see clearly, and I laughed at you." You. I said that although Luo Weiran was sent by the old seven, after all, he came from a reckless background and a wild mind. Hou Wenji came from a noble family and was promoted by me personally. He is more loyal than Luo Weiran. Although I have been suspicious of him since the past few days, but I think there is nothing wrong with him just being greedy for money..."
"Now that I think about it, I've been confused all this time. I know that there are quite a few eyeliners of those rebellious officials in the Ouchi Guards Office. The love affairs of the Ouchi Guards Office have long been no longer as pure as they were when the country was founded. But I have never doubted them. Loyal to me, but now, the one who stabbed me in the back is someone I never doubted."
He was silent for a while and ordered: "Everything will be as usual tomorrow, not only as usual, but also in a more magnificent way... Go and tell Fang Jie, didn't he want to let the red sleeves recruit those singing and dancing parties to perform at the expedition ceremony? That's what it is." Bigger, let the common people see that Chang'an City is still singing and dancing."
"Slave servant will send someone there."
"Let Fang Jie get away, I asked him to investigate Lao Liu, just to let Lao Liu's mind focus on him... Lao Liu is suspicious by nature, he puts all his attention on Fang Jie, and my people will investigate It's more relaxed. In fact, Fang Jie is just an obvious cover arranged by me, but the more he does this, the more he will think wildly. I never thought that Fang Jie would find out everything, he is still too young... "
"Fang Jie..."
Su Buwei was stunned for a moment, then suddenly fell to his knees: "This servant has something to hide from His Majesty."
The emperor was startled, and looked at Su Buwei: "Even you have something to hide from me?"
"Your Majesty... the servant is guilty... This morning, Chen Xiaoru came back with a letter from a pigeon, saying that in order to force those people to reveal their flaws, Fang Xie planned to pretend to be Wu Yiyi to escape from Chang'an City and lure them to take action. Chen Xiaoru said that Fang Jie also wanted to make Prince Yi's The purpose is more clearly exposed, so I plan to go all out."
"Um?"
The emperor frowned, and then sighed: "It turns out that the person I suspected was a loyal man who is not afraid of death. Send someone to watch him. If Fang Jie doesn't die today, I will ask him to do an important thing tomorrow... Yes. It's time, if I can be ruthless and goug out all these tumors before using troops to the Northwest, perhaps such a thing will not happen in the Northwest. I thought that the sixth child was going to the Northwest, and now I understand... Li Yuanshan and Lao Liu are not of one mind at all."
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Prince Yi's Mansion.
Upstairs on board.
With a snap, Prince Yi, who was copying a famous landscape painting, froze and dropped the pen from his hand. The ink-soaked pen fell on the drawing paper, like an ink chrysanthemum being opened. He suddenly raised his head to look at Qin Liuqi who was standing in front of him with an extremely ugly expression, his eyes were full of surprise and disbelief.
"You...you say it again!"
He raised his finger and pointed at Qin Liuqi and shouted loudly.
Qin Liuqi's body trembled, and he lowered his head and said in a sad and indignant tone: "Hou Wenji came back from the Northwest Flying Pigeon, and the imperial court's 700,000 troops were all gone... Li Yuanshan first sent troops pretending to be Mongolian Yuan cavalry to kill you from behind. The leading general Wei colluded with the Mongolian Yuan cavalry to slaughter the whole army of the right leader Wei in Zhengdong's line of defense. Then he led his men and horses to pretend to be defeated and retreated to the central army, and suddenly launched an attack on Xu Junwang's central army camp... in Mongolia With the cooperation of 300,000 cavalrymen from the Yuan Dynasty, King Xujun's central army was defeated. King Xujun, Mou Liangbi, and General Zuo Xiaowei Jin Shixiong are still alive or dead."
"Then the Mongolian Yuan cavalry divided into three groups and encircled the troops of General Pei Huan, the leader of the left army. After a few days of bloody battle, the entire army of the leader of the left army was wiped out, and the general Pei Huan died in battle. Li Yuanshan colluded with the Mongolian people and had already crossed the Qinggorge of Langru Mountain. The governors of the Three Northwest Territories, Yuan Chongwu, Yang Shanchen, and Wu Peizhi sent county soldiers to block the roads and news, and the people did not know that the army had been defeated. The secret letter said that Yuan Chongwu and the others were going to unfurl the flag on the side of the Qing emperor, first control the Northwest Three Realms, and then march into Chang'an... "
Crash!
Prince Yi swept everything on the table to the ground: "Li Yuanshan! Yuan Chongwu! Gu really underestimated you! From the very beginning... from the very beginning Li Yuanshan had a different heart!"
"My lord..."
Qin Liuqi said eagerly: "These are not the most worrying things. Hou Wenji's secret letter said that Li Yuanshan colluded with the Meng Yuan people and signed a contract with the Meng Yuan people. Meng Yuan helped Li Yuanshan send troops to attack Chang'an, but the Northwest The three realms must be ceded to Meng Yuan. And Li Yuanshan actually dedicated the secret that was of great use to the prince to the people of Meng Yuan. The most shameful thing is... Hou Wenji said that Li Yuanshan overthrew Yuan Chongwu's banner of the Qing Dynasty. Instead, we want to use the banner of abolishing the faint king and welcoming you as the emperor."
"ah!"
Prince Yi exclaimed in fright, and almost couldn't stand upright.
"What a vicious scheme!"
"He didn't dare to fight against the flag, so he sent troops in the name of Gu... Gu now understands that Li Yuanshan's calculations are so deep! If Gu went to the northwest, he would force Gu to march into Chang'an. If Gu didn't go to the northwest, he would still With such a banner, let the people of the world think that it was Gu and not Li Yuanshan who colluded with the Mengyuan people! If the fourth brother killed Gu because of this, he would probably raise the white flag and raise troops to avenge Gu! The secret in the Northwest, What kind of secret is it at this time? How many weapons and armors have been forged from the iron mine accidentally discovered in the past few years, and now they have become gifts from Li Yuanshan to the Mengyuan people! Li Yuanshan is an idiot! Once the Mengyuan people have iron Mine, what else can Da Sui use to compete with the Mengyuan people?!"
"Gu always thought that Li Yuanshan was just a clown, but now he realizes that this person has such great intentions! Turning his family into a country... Haha... Even someone like Li Yuanshan wants to turn his family into a country!"
"My lord... we must think of a way now."
Qin Liuqi asked eagerly, "Do you want to postpone tomorrow's matter?"
Prince Yi was stunned, then gritted his teeth and said, "Delay? If you delay any longer, you will surely die! When Li Yuanshan occupies all the three northwestern routes, plus the Mongolian cavalry, he will have enough strength to attack Chang'an There are three guards in the northwest, the left and right leading guards and the left Xiaowei. It is because Li Yuanshan dare not rebel. Now he plans to join forces with the Mongolian people to eliminate these three guards in one fell swoop. There is no natural moat in the northwest. Those county soldiers Not to mention being controlled by Yuan Chongwu and others, even if there is no control, it will not be able to stop the coalition forces of Meng Yuan and Li Yuanshan... Once the news spreads to Chang'an under the banner of welcoming Ligu as the emperor, do you think the emperor will look at the empress dowager's face Let go of Gu?"
"That… "
Qin Liuqi hesitated and said, "According to the plan tomorrow?"
Prince Yi nodded vigorously: "Send someone into the palace and tell the Queen Mother to be ready. After tomorrow's orphan succeeds, the Queen Mother will immediately issue an order to establish the orphan as emperor. Use the last emperor's edict we made to silence those foolish and loyal people, plus The Empress Dowager should be able to stabilize the situation in Chang'an City as soon as possible. As long as Chang'an is stable, after sitting alone on the throne, I will immediately order the world to crusade against the rebels!"
"Here!"
Qin Liuqi responded: "This subordinate will do it now."
"etc!"
Prince Yi was silent for a while and then ordered: "Let those courtiers do what they want today, kill Wu Yiyi, Fang Jie, and them all, and don't keep any of them. There is no need to test anything. As long as Wu Yiyi and Fang Jie are dead, those courtiers will be killed." The courtiers will work for Gu with peace of mind, and now Gu can use them more than before. After tomorrow, they will be the first courtiers to kneel to Gu! Let the Snake Guards go too, and no more troubles can happen because of Wu Yidao .”
"They are all dead today, the emperor will definitely send someone to investigate. It is good for tomorrow's affairs to disperse the people in the Ouchi guards. The emperor cannot cancel tomorrow's dispatch of troops because of today's incident, but will be more confused. There are courtiers standing On Gu's side, there is a general standing on Gu's side, and the Queen Mother... and... "
Prince Yi's eyes froze: "Fourth brother will be surprised by tomorrow's splendor!"