"Boom"
The cold rain fell from the sky and rushed to the ground.
Lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating both heaven and earth. Xie Chengdong held an umbrella and walked on the stone paved road towards the palace.
The rain hit the umbrella and splashed some water. As soon as I got close to the main hall, I smelled blood. Someone was killing people here. Xie Chengdong thought this way. It seemed that Xu Guang still refused and was killed.
Several soldiers carried seven or eight corpses out. Xu Guang's corpse was among them. Xie Chengdong only glanced at it before entering.
King Lu was sitting upright, and Eunuch Liao was beside him, looking angry and blushing as he seemed to be talking.
Xie Chengdong, seeing King Lu, said softly, "Hey", with surprise, he noticed the change.
A chamberlain stepped forward and took the umbrella from Xie Chengdong's hand, stepped aside, and then entered the main hall. Xie Chengdong smelled even stronger blood.
There was still a lot of blood on the ground, and several eunuchs were cleaning the ground with buckets.
"Thank you for coming."
Wang Lu was talking to Eunuch Liao. When she heard Xie Chengdong arrived, she raised her head and said with a smile: "Mr. Xie is here, sit down."
King Lu's expression looked unusual. Xie Chengdong was a little curious, and when he looked at it, he let out a light sigh. In Xie Chengdong's eyes, King Lu had changed greatly, and his luck was transpiring. It was very unusual, and he seemed to be blessed by heaven.
Xie Chengdong secretly wondered: "Hey, King Lu's aura is indeed different from the past. Could it be that he decided to start an uprising and there was such a big change?"
"The degree of speculation among the Hemen is extremely biased. Where does this extra energy come from?" Xie Chengdong secretly asked, but listened to King Lu ask: "Now that Gu has mastered the soldiers of the three prefectures, fifteen thousand people, but in his heart There is no bottom. Didn't the Marquis of Jibei have soldiers from the three palaces that day? He was about to raise an army to clear the king's side. I suddenly became uneasy. What can Mr. Xie teach me?"
King Lu said, took a sip of tea, and looked at Xie Chengdong.
Feeling the look in King Lu's eyes, Xie Chengdong only thought for a moment and laughed: "Your Majesty, you worry too much."
He cleared his throat and said: "Your Majesty, this is different. The Marquis of Jibei is a minister, and you are the king, with the right to pacify the world."
"And the prince still remembers that we have been slandering the prince among the people? We said that he seduced his father and concubine, and even raped his mother. This person was responsible for the queen's death." Xie Chengdong said while looking at the blood stains on the ground.
"This is a poisonous plan, Gu Ziran remembers it." King Lu couldn't help but look a little weird. He said that he was not the queen's son, but he was also a prince, and said, "But what does this have to do with now?"
"Haha!" Xie Chengdong laughed: "Your Majesty, with these foreshadowings in advance, some things will fall into place. This is naturally related. The prince must have a name when he raises the army. This name is - the prince, the mother, the queen, and the harem. When the matter was exposed, the emperor jumped over the wall and imprisoned the emperor. Now the prince is not only on the side of the emperor, but also mobilizes troops to help the emperor to save the emperor."
"Hiss!" Eunuch Liao, who was following King Lu, took a breath of cold air, with surprise in his eyes, as if Xie Chengdong had turned into a monster.
"The emperor's important ministers don't believe this, but what about others?"
"As long as the prince's march goes smoothly, even if it is false, it can become true." Xie Chengdong raised his head slightly, glanced at it, saw Eunuch Liao's surprise, and did not take it seriously, and said to King Lu: "Your Majesty, what do you think? "
King Lu leaned forward slightly and said, "I have thought of this too, but my father is still here, so just one decree can explain it."
Xie Chengdong saw the change in Prince Lu's expression and laughed: "Your Majesty, then we can say that this is the crown prince's edict."
"Your Majesty, this title does not matter whether it is true or false. In fact, except for those ignorant people, some people may doubt it, but most people do not believe it."
"But without this name, the prince's rebellion would be rebellion. There is no room for it."
"With this name, whether it is a county or a local garrison, as long as the prince wins, he will have reason to surrender, and the resistance will be much smaller."
"And even if everything fails, these officials will have an excuse - we are not rebels, we just mistrusted the prince."
King Lu stood up and paced around, her expression rising and falling. Many things seemed simple when she thought about them, but when she really wanted to do them, they became difficult.
At this moment, Eunuch Liao stood with his hands down, looking at King Lu, quietly waiting for King Lu's decision.
"Boom"
There was a thunder out of thin air outside the palace. Xie Chengdong couldn't help but frown. The rebellion should be done quickly rather than slowly. He stared at King Lu for a moment and saw clearly where King Lu was worried.
"Your Highness, the Emperor is not in good health and may not be able to appear in public, and the arrow has to be fired. If we kill Xu Guang, we have no way out."
"The most important thing is still here. Forgive me for being treasonous. The towns have been dissatisfied with the reduction of vassals for a long time. The key is that they have no pretext and status. Now this is actually to give them status."
"Once there is, some feudal towns may respond to the prince's call and attack the prince together."
"This is beneficial to the prince, but also disadvantageous. If the prince can succeed, he can take advantage of this to become a dragon. If not, he may also destroy the world." Xie Chengdong said: "So whether there are steps and status, whether to use this trick or not, it is completely This is a different matter, it affects the world's vitality and cannot be ignored."
"As for the specific choice, I leave it to the prince to make the decision."
This remark made everyone present moved.
King Lu paused, raised his head, with some bloodshot eyes, and said: "Shan, just use this flag. Also, didn't the Marquis of Jibei say that he was following my order?"
"Then officially send someone to be the Duke of Ji and see if he accepts it." Once the decision was made, King Lu acted decisively, raised his head and said coldly.
"Great kindness!" Xie Chengdong applauded and said. Many people don't know the power of fame. Thinking back to the time when Han Xin was praised as "the unparalleled scholar of the country" by Xiao He, Liu Bang commented: "We must win in battle and capture in attack. I am not as good as Han Xin."
After pacifying Wei, he defeated Dai and Zhao in a last-ditch battle. Then he went north and surrendered to Yan. He led his troops to attack Linzi, annihilated all the dragons in Weishui, and led the 200,000 Chu troops to aid Qi. He surrounded and annihilated the Chu troops, forcing them to Xiang Yu committed suicide, but such a person could still remove his military power with a single decree, or even die.
There is no Han Xin in this world, but there are more than a dozen people who are similar to him.
After the Marquis of Jibei received this title, the world regarded him as a branch of King Lu. If he wanted to compete with King Lu in the future, he would naturally give up a song out of thin air.
This goes without saying.
Capital·Imperial Palace
In early summer, in the afternoon sky, the sun slants down, green trees and yellow tiles, white clouds and red walls, some birds fly over, leaving shadows, everywhere is full of life, green trees and green grass, one by one, the palace maids put on their clothes Thin clothes, while the eunuch was busy going back and forth.
sleeping hall
Several rows of guards were guarding the place, constantly patrolling and changing shifts, and there were several young eunuchs at the door who were listening to orders.
The prince led several ministers to receive the meal in the west hall. According to the ancient admonition, they ate without saying a word. During the process, they almost didn't say a word. Several eunuchs waited on them attentively, but no one had the intention to do so. They all took a few mouthfuls, even if Finished.
Then the prince took people to the outer pavilion. The bookshelves were scattered in an orderly manner, and there were many bright yellow curtains inside. There were maids and eunuchs standing in the corridors and corridors.
The prince ignored the outer cabinet and went into the bedroom to serve the emperor. The emperor lay on the bed, looking a little bad and coughing from time to time.
The prince waited carefully and said softly: "Father, Yuan'an County and Pinghu County have been pacified. The rebel army is impoverished and will be pacified soon. You can take care of yourself with peace of mind. The court and the ministers must still rely on you." Come host!”
Looking at His Majesty, who was getting old, the prince felt a little sad in his heart. He picked up some good news and said, but this was also the truth. He immediately explained the changes in Yingzhou's enemies and friends one by one in a clear and logical manner, and then leaned forward to wait. The emperor's will.
"Ahem!" The emperor stood up. The prince quickly helped him get up. The emperor sat up and said, "This news is not bad. I am getting old, my health is getting worse, and my energy is gradually declining. You are with me." If you deal with government affairs sideways, if there is a military situation in the future and I am not mentally strong, you can make the decision yourself, but you must discuss it with all the ministers and brainstorm ideas."
"Prince, although those heroes may not be pure ministers, they are all people who came from the forest of swords and spears. It will not hurt to listen to their opinions."
"Yes, I understand." The prince agreed.
The emperor thought for a while and suddenly said: "It's just that Pei Ziyun is a Taoist and cannot be reused. A Taoist is always an outsider. He practices witchcraft and can't go to court."
After hearing this, the prince paused, as if he didn't know the explanation. What he said became: "Yes, I understand."
The prince had doubts, but did not ask any more questions. Seeing this, the emperor knew his son's temperament and sighed: "Prince, I know that you are kind-hearted. If the Taoist is unable to do so, you can preach and talk about Zen in your spare time. There is no serious danger for entertainment, but these people have real skills, they are hard to hurt with axes, hard to be broken by fire and drowning, and they have all kinds of strange skills."
"Although the Dharma does not involve noble people, in many cases it is not just the spells, but also the human heart that cooperates with the calculations, making the master unknowingly fall into a trap."
"Just saying that this incident in Fulongting seems to be beneficial to both sides, but in fact there are many ghosts and ghosts in it. No wonder Taizu of the previous dynasty learned from it and executed more than a dozen Taoists as a warning to future generations." The emperor sighed deeply and said: " I conquered the world and read the secret records of the previous dynasties. I am afraid that although the previous dynasties have learned lessons, they still suffered a big loss in this regard."
"At the end of the previous dynasty, there was a plan to kill the Qianlong. The Taoist and ministers who presided over it were indeed dedicated to the public good, but there was a faint shadow of the Taoist in it."
"Although I killed the Qianlong later, I also killed off the last of the Heavenly Favorites of the previous dynasty. The end was very tragic."
"Taoists have strange skills, which are difficult to control. If you use the power again, it will be easier to cause trouble. I no longer have the strength to look closely at Pei Ziyun's military strategy, but I still feel that it is strange and unpredictable. For the prince It’s good for you to help me, but why do you have other ideas?”
"Can you control or even deal with it?"
The emperor stared at the prince, and saw that the prince was sweating coldly when he was asked, and wanted to say something else. He suddenly felt a palpitation in his heart, and gently leaned on the pillow: "Prince, think about these words of mine carefully. This is not just my understanding." , and it is a lesson learned by emperors of all ages, and there is no shortage of blood in it."
(End of chapter)