After the silence, Haoran Hall immediately exploded. The courtiers were yelling wildly, some tried to rush out but were thrown to the ground side by side by Jinyi School. The emperor squinted his eyes and looked at everything in front of him, his face flushed a little because of excitement and pride.
At this time, Jinyi School, who is like a wolf like a tiger, cares about the glamorous background of those adults, with punches to the flesh. After a while, the angry roars of those adults turned into mournful wailing, and even the strength of howling was lost in the end. No more, more than a hundred courtiers were beaten to the ground by the villains, panting like dogs exposed to the summer sun.
Su Buwei glanced at the emperor, his palms were actually covered with sweat.
But Jin Shixiong, who just came to him suddenly, still had the shock on his face, and his heart was overwhelmed. He took a step back cautiously, as if he didn't want to be hurt by the murderous aura emanating from the emperor who seemed to be on the verge of dying but was still high above him. This emaciated supreme still stared at him with disdain.
Only at this time did he really understand the meaning of the word supreme.
After the chaos in the hall calmed down, the emperor stretched out his hand to signal Su Buwei to help him up. Su Buwei hurried over and helped the emperor walk down the nine steps slowly. The emperor smiled and looked at the courtiers lying on the ground, the complacency in his eyes was like that of a child who just cheated into a piece of candy.
"From the beginning of my ascension to the throne, I knew what the biggest cancer in the Sui Dynasty was."
He said as he walked: "But I know that you are a cancer and the pillars of the empire. I once thought that relying on my own ability to let you put away all your other thoughts and let Da Sui do things wholeheartedly. At the beginning, I I even thought I had achieved this. I admit that I never thought that the evils accumulated in the Sui Dynasty for a hundred years would turn out to be so serious!"
"I've been thinking, Da Sui cannot do without you, and I can't do without you, so as long as it doesn't touch the foundation of the country, I don't bother to care about anything. If Da Sui is a big palace, then the people are every brick of the city is solid The land, you people are the pillars. You think that this hall will collapse without you, but you forget that there are no bricks, no earth, and only a few pillars? You can’t even stand! Don’t take yourself too seriously , especially when I don't have much time left to live."
He stopped in front of a courtier whose face was covered with blood, and pointed to the blood on his face: "Your ancestors shed blood when they followed Emperor Taizu to found the country, but it's not so disgusting and embarrassing. He came from a poor family, because of merit, The Yang family gave your family what it deserves. After a hundred years, you people have become the same faces as those famous families with hundreds of thousands of years of history. None of you are serious about this empire or my Yang family. Loyalty, you are only loyal to your own family."
"If it weren't for my short days, I would still endure it."
The emperor continued to walk forward, looking at every courtier who was overthrown: "I have been thinking about this since I was in Chang'an, but I have never been able to calm down. This empire plucked flesh. Later, when I went west, the smoother the battle, the louder your praises were, the colder I felt. The Yang family has never done you any wrong, but you have been preparing to take refuge in your new master from the very beginning. .Today you are my ministers, tomorrow you may turn around and bow to others three times and nine times..."
"I wanted to give you another chance, but don't go to this step unless it is absolutely necessary. After all, this is something that shakes the country's system. If you are not careful, half of the country will collapse. But now I understand, even if it hurts to the bone marrow if you gouged out , but there will always be time to heal. Keep you, the prince is young, the queen is helpless, and will be reduced to a puppet at your mercy. In fact, you are the winners of this battle. The thief wins, and you turn your heads Welcome. If Sui wins, you will be able to control Chao Gang... What a perfect plan, seamless."
"But it has come to this point, what are I afraid of? The clothes are seamless... I will split it open with one knife."
A grey-haired courtier spat bloody spittle, and was pinned to the ground by Jinyi School's boots on his back. He raised his head with difficulty, looked at the emperor and roared with all his strength: "Yang Yi! You should know how big a mistake you have made... When Emperor Taizu founded the country, in the battle of Jiayu Mountain, Taizu only had 40,000 soldiers. In the previous dynasty, Zheng Guo gathered an army of 600,000. At that time, many generals and staff under Taizu’s command secretly communicated with Zheng Guo. Finding a basket full of letters, throwing them all into the fire pit and burning them in front of my subordinates, how courageous it is! In exchange for the death of my subordinates, all the people will return to their hearts!"
Hearing this sentence, the emperor couldn't help but sneered and said, "It's precisely because of this that you are becoming more and more rampant! If I were changed, I would have done the same at that time, but if the emperor Taizu was in my current situation, it would be too much. The ancestors will kill you too. You people have forgotten that the knife will always be in the hands of the royal family in just over a hundred years."
Another courtier begged: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty is merciful. I know that I was wrong. I swear that I dare not disagree again. Please forgive me!"
The emperor knelt down in front of him slowly, took out a handkerchief and wiped the blood from the corner of the subject's mouth: "I am the emperor, you are the subjects, it stands to reason... how can a father not forgive the mistakes of the children?"
Hearing this sentence, the courtier who begged for mercy immediately felt a glimmer of hope.
"But you are not filial, what's the use of keeping it? The crow feeds back, the lamb kneels and suckles, but you are always waiting to dig my foundation."
The emperor threw the handkerchief beside him, stood up, and waved to Su Buwei: "Let's do it in the Haoran Palace built by Li Yuanshan. I have beheaded more than 30,000 people in Chang'an City, but I have never gone there. Pass the execution ground. Today I will treat this as a practice ground and watch the murder with my own eyes."
Su Buwei helped him back to the high steps, and after sitting down, the emperor glanced sideways at Jin Shixiong: "You are the great general of the imperial court, and when you go to and fro on the battlefield, you wade in pools of blood and jump over mountains of corpses. trembling?"
Jin Shixiong knelt down with a plop: "I... am afraid of His Majesty's heavenly power."
The emperor was silent, and slowly pressed his hand down: "It's rare, there are still people who know the terrifying power of Heaven."
As his gestures were pressed down, those Jinyi schools slammed down the horizontal knives in their hands, and the sound of wailing and the sound of the knives shredding bones intertwined, turning Haoran Hall into Hell Yama Hall.
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The corpses were all put into sacks and thrown out. The emperor had someone lift up the bluestones in the corridor outside the hall, dug a hole, threw the corpses in and buried them, and then paved the bluestones. These once prominent courtiers were buried under the road, and it is unknown how many people will step on them in the future.
Haoran Palace is controlled by Jinyi School, and no one outside knows that so many people have died.
"His Majesty."
Su Buwei took the blanket and covered the emperor's lap, then took the freshly brewed medicine and handed it to him. The emperor frowned and shook his head: "Su Buwei, Su Buwei... why don't you understand what I'm thinking, I don't even want to read the memorial anymore, do you still want to drink this bitter soup?"
"Your Majesty..."
Su Buwei opened his mouth, and the emperor stopped him: "Let me live as I please for a while, I don't read the memorials, I don't take the medicine, I want to live the rest of the days comfortably. It's rare to relax and be lazy, People say that stealing is half a day's leisure, so I will steal a few more days. If you continue to control me, I will send you to Chang'an City."
Su Buwei smiled wryly, and suddenly felt that the emperor was a bit childish.
"Gao Kaitai."
The emperor said to Gao Kaitai who was kneeling on the side: "Is everything done?"
General Gao Kaitai immediately replied: "Return to Your Majesty, it's already done. Two hundred thousand soldiers have been ordered to deploy defenses in the Qinchuan area to ensure the army's retreat. Even if Luo Yao's left front guard goes around behind the army and wants to It is also difficult to step over. I swear to protect His Majesty to the death, and never let those rebels get close to His Majesty."
"No need."
The emperor smiled and said: "I asked you to retreat to Qinchuan with all the soldiers, not to prevent Luo Yao from rebelling, but to leave some experienced soldiers for the Sui Dynasty. ...After I lead the army to pursue Li Yuanshan to the west, you can lead the troops back to Gyeonggi-do... I have sent Liu Enjing and Xu Xiaogong back to Chang'an City before, just because I am worried that some people in the court will not die."
"Once the news of my death in the northwest spreads back, there will always be some people who think that the crown prince can be bullied to do some disgusting things when he is young. You, Xu Xiaogong, and Liu Enjing are my trustees. Work hard. Although I am dying, I am still alive. It is clear who is loyal to me and who has two hearts to me."
Gao Kaitai prostrated himself on the ground, weeping bitterly and unable to speak.
"Nothing to cry about."
The emperor laughed and said: "I have never been at the mercy of others. The more they feel that I am weak now, I will show them what is strong. After returning to Chang'an City, you only need to remember one thing. For this matter, immediately welcome the crown prince to the throne, without waiting for the news of my death to come back. Pei Yan secretly colluded with Luo Yaoduo, how could I not know about it? He used to be my confidant, and after knowing that I had a stubborn illness, he thought about it. Then things started to change. I don’t say whether to take him or not, it’s because he can be used to paralyze Luo Yao. When you go back, Xu Xiaogong and Liu Enjing should have finished everything in Chang’an City, and there is no need for Pei Yan to come back. keep..."
"Think twice, Your Majesty."
Gao Kaitai kowtowed and begged.
"I always want to lead Da Sui to become bigger and stronger, but God doesn't give it the right time, and the accumulated evils have been harming me for a long time. My heart is more than enough, but my strength is not enough. The prince is smart, although he is young, he has great ambitions and can distinguish right from wrong. After two or three years of experience, he will definitely be stronger than me. There are disadvantages and advantages to succeeding early, and he will know how to manage this empire better than me. I trust you, and you must not let me down."
Gao Kaitai had smashed his forehead, bleeding profusely.
The emperor asked someone to help him up, and asked Su Buwei to take a secret decree: "I have not only arranged for you, but also arranged for other people. When the time comes, all those who assist the prince will go back. This time is when I die... Li Yuanshan thought that he was unparalleled in calculation, but how could I stumble twice on the same rock? I followed his thoughts because I had to. "
Gao Kaitai received the secret order and was so choked up that he couldn't speak. Jin Shixiong next to him also cried, and the two veterans felt their hearts were about to break.
"If nothing unexpected happens… "
The emperor said indifferently: "Li Yuanshan's ambush will set up a decisive battle in the west of Xiangcheng. He thinks that I can bring less than 600,000 troops. His rebels, plus Luo Yao's troops, plus the Mengyuan people If we encircle three times, I will be defeated. In fact, he was wrong. I only brought 400,000 brave men... What I am sorry for is the people. I knew they couldn't go back..."
The emperor paused, and suddenly said to Su Buwei: "I want to drink."
Just as Su Buwei was about to say that he could not drink, the emperor glared at him: "You still want to take care of me?"
Su Buwei felt a pain in his heart, turned his head to fetch wine and poured a glass for the emperor. The emperor took a sip first, and then drank the wine with his neck raised. After drinking, he immediately coughed violently. But just like that, the smile on his face became brighter and brighter.
"I haven't had a drink for a long time, I'm hungry."
He smiled apologetically at Su Buwei: "I know that the servants call you an old dog Su in private, saying that you will bite whoever I point at... This name is vulgar, but I think it is a compliment. Old Su Dog... you are going to die with me."
Su Buwei knelt down on the ground, tears streaming down his face: "Servant, I will always serve His Majesty."
The emperor laughed loudly, and raised his finger to the sky: "My enemies all thought that they could plot against me, that they were sure to win, they underestimated me too much... Li Yuanshan, Luo Yao, whether they are conspiracy or conspiracy, I can see clearly. But no one can see where my arrangement is, and I will scare their boss when the time comes. No... I will scare them to death!"