"I'd really like to hear it," Juicong thought for a while, then said, "Do you need a few days off?"
"The iron should be struck while it's hot," Jiang Heng said. "There are some words that I'm afraid to forget. If Your Majesty doesn't think I'm long-winded..."
"Jie Gui, call the prince here." Juicong said to Jie Gui, who was waiting outside, and then to Zeng Rong: "Send an order to summon all the ministers to the court and move to Liuhua Hall. The 'speaking' they asked for came back. ."
When he heard these words, Jiang Heng knew that Juicong's means of repression must have been vigorous and resolute a few days ago, and with his trustworthiness, he dealt with the young minister.
"You go and change your clothes first." Juicong said to Jiang Heng with a kind face.
"Yes." Jiang Heng replied.
"See you later." Juicong said lightly.
In the main hall, there are a total of forty members of the Yong Kingdom's court, the three princes and nine ministers, civil and military officials and subordinates, and they are seated according to their seats.
Juicong Gao took the seat in front of Wang's case and sat in the posture of a warrior with his legs slightly apart, which was a very rude gesture, but Juicong had always been defiant, and no one had ever dared to persuade him.
Prince Taki came hurriedly and took his seat.
For one person, temporarily adding Liuhua Hall to discuss politics outside the spring and autumn equinox days, this is the highest treatment of the Yong Kingdom's political deliberation. Yes, it is still Juicong's father.
The Liuhua Hall was built after the Chaoyang Academy of the Ying Kingdom. Today, the two meetings in spring and autumn are chaired by the prince. The name is also "Eastern Palace", in order to find a way to make this country stronger. After Juicong ascended the throne, most of them only went through the motions, because it was too strict for scholars to drop their bookbags, and they sounded drowsy and had no great ideas.
But today he must take it seriously, open a political discussion for Jiang Heng, and try to understand his depth. Along the way, Jiang Heng's actions have all proved that he is capable.
"Jiang Heng is back," Juicong said, sitting on the throne. "As soon as I arrived in the capital, I drank water and food. I asked the solitary king to convene a political inquiry. Today, we will have a special session for him."
Prince Taki was sitting behind the desk, and Zeng Rong had already taken care of him. In the days when Jiang Heng was traveling, Zeng Rong got a secret letter from his father, and in front of the lord of the East Palace, he exaggerated Jiang Heng's noble actions of worrying about the country and the country. After staying in Luoyan for three days, it was time to see what he was capable of.
"Wang'er?" Juicong said.
"Jiang Qing ran and worked hard for me Dayong," said Prince Taki, "you should listen carefully."
He was on Jiang Heng's side, and he had a lot to say. He wanted to say it for a long time, but He Juicong didn't listen to him, because he was his son. In the eyes of his father, his son was always a child. As Zeng Rong often said, even if the husband and wife in the family have been together for a long time, his wife will gradually agree with his opinion, but it will lead to unreasonable quarrels.
The words of outsiders are often more useful than those of the closest people. Thinking of this, Prince Taki felt both helpless and sad.
But he will protect Jiang Heng no matter what, because although they rarely communicate, they have a very tacit understanding. Jiang Heng seems to be alone, but his intentions represent the entire East Palace. Chao Ju Cong issued his first belated provocation.
As far as this courage is concerned, Prince Taki seems to feel that Jiang Heng is doing what he has always done for himself.
The courtiers do not know how many are happy and how many are worried. The factions under the Zhou and Wei families have been worried, but Jiang Heng brought little evidence to see if Juicong will kill again after returning to the court, and the cars will crack and kill few people.
"Just please." Juicong was very polite, even if he was annoyed in his heart, he always respected scholars on the bright side. After all, he wanted to be a wise man, people would always die, and he didn't care about the name behind him.
In the Liuhua Hall, the voices of discussion gradually began to rise.
"Please come in, Jiang Qing." Prince Taki said loudly.
The discussion gradually stopped, and Jiang Heng walked in.
Compared with returning to court an hour ago, Jiang Heng changed into a slim black robe, his figure was like a jade tree facing the wind, but he was wearing a three-folded mask and stood in the Liuhua Hall.
The discussion resumed, and Juicong was greatly confused.
"Your Majesty is well, Your Royal Highness is well." Jiang Hengxian bowed to Juicong and Prince Taki, and clasped his fists to the courtiers.
Prince Taki tried his best to ease the atmosphere and smiled: "What is this? Where did the mask come from?"
"I'm a Feng Rong person." Jiang Heng said loudly.
Juicong frowned.
Jiang Heng took a few steps in the Liuhua Hall and said seriously: "I have lived on this land for thousands of years."
Juicong took the first position, and Guan Wei, who was sitting upright, had a serious face, withdrew his smile, and looked at Jiang Heng seriously.
"We are the bravest warriors outside the Great Wall, and hunters who come and go like the wind." Jiang Heng said to the crowd, "We and the people of the Central Plains were friends rather than enemies. We know when this hatred started and gradually evolved into a bloody battle. "
"North and south of the Great Wall, the reason for the sudden war was because we were too many and too powerful," Jiang Heng said. "We threatened the south. So Yonghou said to Emperor Jin, 'If we don't fight them, sooner or later, one day, They will come to fight us'. That's how the war began, and Emperor Jin sent Yonghou to attack us."
"Marquis Yong occupied our land," Jiang Heng said earnestly behind the mask. "The north of the Great Wall fell overnight. The Feng Rong people became slaves of the Yong people. We were recruited into the army and began to fight for the Yong people."
A courtier said: "The world is such that the weak eat the strong, how can you allow others to sleep soundly by the side of the couch?"
"That's right." Jiang Heng said, "I admire our opponents. It's better to strike first, whenever and wherever. But this suffering has to come to an end!"
Jiang Heng turned towards Juicong: "I heard that even if there are nine tribes in the Central Plains, there are only three generations of father, son and grandson. It has been one hundred and nineteen years now, one hundred and nineteen years! When will we be able to solve the problem? The heavy shackles?"
"The land outside the Great Wall used to be our land," Jiang Heng said again, "now it's all in the Great Yong Pouch. They took our land and sold it to us. According to military merit, the men of our clan used We exchanged our lives for money, and we used this money to redeem our land from the Yong people at a high price. They embezzled our army salaries, exiled our wives and children, and cut off our trade routes. We lived in scattered villages between villages. , but never lost contact..."
At this moment, Geng Shu had changed into white clothes, and followed Princess Wu Ying to the side of the hall, next to Ju Cong, and sat down each.
The attendant put up the bead curtain, and the figure behind him came and sat up, while Jie Gui stood by.
Empress Dowager Jiang also arrived, and the royal family began to listen.
"... Secret agents are everywhere." Jiang Heng took a step forward and whispered, "but we didn't give up, sooner or later, we will get our own land and our hunting ground back. We don't need to talk to each other, the hatred is all within us. In my heart, the child knows from birth that we are only fighting for ourselves, there is no Yong Kingdom, and there is no Yong Jun, humiliation is temporary, and this endless bullying will eventually end."
"The Yong Army, who is known to be invincible," Jiang Heng said slowly, "is there any chance that they were forged by the blood of Feng Rong people? Feng Rong is a sharp blade. When the sword guides the direction, there will always be a day when it will hurt me... When the mountain falls, it is time for us to rise up and resist.”
The hall was silent.
"So, what do you want?" Juicong said coldly.
"I know." Jiang Heng immediately took off the first mask, revealing the second one underneath.
"Your Majesty is well, Your Royal Highness is well," Jiang Heng smiled behind the mask, "Hello everyone, I am a Lin Hu."
Geng Shu looked at Jiang Heng calmly, with a rare smile on his face.
"I understand," Jiang Heng said, "I really don't understand why I originally called him brother and sister, but all of this changed overnight?"
Ju Cong began to sit still. What he hated the most in his life was that people compared him to Ju Lang. In his life, in his thoughts, words, and deeds, he was trying to surpass his elder brother, the courtier. Respected the best of the world.
He died too early, and Ju Cong often thought to himself that saints also make mistakes, just because he left first and didn't live to make mistakes, the dead are better than the living, his brother is now the queen mother, The younger sister, as well as in the imperial court and the whole territory of Yong Kingdom, has become a near-perfect existence.
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How to treat Fengrong people, Ju Lang had a proposal before his death, and they must be gradually exempted from military service and restore domestic trade in Saibei. But Juicong needed people, he needed people who could take a sword and fight on the battlefield, so this proposal was shelved indefinitely.
And the "one night" mentioned by Jiang Heng is a hint of the difference between Juicang and Juicong after he ascended the throne.
"It's because you don't want to hand over the iron ore in Donglan Mountain."
This time, it was Juicong who answered in person.
As a matter of fact, at the beginning of the forced expropriation of Linhu's territory, some courtiers opposed it, and there were few who agreed with the move. In the end, he forcibly pushed everything forward. The young people are quite full of Juicong's actions, and the Fengrong people can be said to have a bad relationship with the Central Plains, but the Lin Hu people used to be Yong people's most staunch friends. .
"'Hand over the iron ore'," Jiang Hengjia said with a tone of voice, "I thought that according to the rules, I would buy it with money."
Lu Ji said coldly: "When the country is in power, what's the use when you have thousands of acres of fertile fields and thousands of mountains and mountains?"
"Whose country?" Jiang Heng turned his head and said, "A hundred years ago, we were allies, and the Yong people promised to protect us so that we wouldn't have to train soldiers. This is a mistake, if we didn't listen to it at the beginning. According to the Yong people, we will fall into such a situation today. Our wives and children are taken away like livestock, and our men can fight for the Yong people like the Feng Rong people, so they serve as laborers, or they are exterminated."
Behind the bead curtain, there was a very light sigh.
"Things have been done," Lu Ji said again, "so now you want to overturn the case for the Lin Hu people?"
"," Jiang Heng immediately said, "the case can't be overturned, and the old case can't be overturned. I've been thinking that we have become the best example, telling everyone in this land that your wife and children will be raped. Rob, you will lose your land, just because where you live, there is something that Yong Kingdom desperately needs. Before that, all the promises have become a waste of paper. When it is time to turn your face, you will naturally turn your face. If I can kill me today, I will naturally be able to kill you tomorrow. The question of time is that, in a world of great competition, in order to survive, even relatives and family members can be abandoned, and brothers can be turned against each other. What about the Linhu people? It is inevitable that the thousand-year inheritance will be exhausted."
"So what do you want?" Juicong's voice became gloomy.
"I know." Jiang Heng took off the second mask, revealing the third.
"I'm a Di person." Jiang Heng said sternly.
A more serious problem finally came. Wei Zhuo had been pretending to be sick these days, and now it was inevitable, so he coughed softly.
"I farm for Dayong," Jiang Heng said, "feeding nearly 60 percent of the country's population."
Prince Taki looked at Jiang Heng, finally made up his mind, gathered up his courage, and said, "Di Ren was originally innocent."
In an instant, all the courtiers were shocked, anger appeared on Juicong's face, and he took a deep breath.
Is your son at the mercy of Jiang Heng? ! But Jiang Heng never communicated privately with Donggong. Juicong knew what they said and did. How dare he publicly express his support for Jiang Heng on such occasions? !
When Shanze was in chaos in Haocheng, the Crown Prince Taki was still young and was still learning to handle government affairs. He did have a heart of sympathy, but he did not care about the interests of the Wei family, but he always knew what was right and what was wrong. .
Zeng Rong immediately understood, took the conversation, and sang with Jiang Heng: "It's wrong, but you should rebel, and rebellion is a capital crime."
"Have I rebelled?" Jiang Heng suddenly asked, "I understand that starting a war with King Yong is called a rebellion, but I started a war with King Yong?"
This is also the most ingenious part of Jiang Heng's arrangement. As soon as he said this, he immediately transferred the object of Di Ren's target and struggle from the royal family of the Ju family to the family of Gongqing and Wei.
"The government represents His Majesty," Jiang Heng said unceremoniously, "but His Majesty has been deceived! Some people have seized our land and enslaved our clansmen. The officials sent by His Majesty, instead of upholding justice for us, are in unison. We went to Luoyan, but the clan who sent the letter was assassinated on the road. After waiting for many days, it was Wang Jun's iron cavalry and shining blade. I just don't know if these people will die and become generals again. their record?"
Wei Zhuo's face darkened, but he did not refute.
"That's right," Jiang Heng said, "if we are not of our race, their hearts must be different. For hundreds of years, we and Yong people seem to have become one, but Yong people have never regarded us as their own people. This is Di People's fate cannot be changed. Just wait for the opportunity, I hope there is a chance. Zheng Guo sent someone to join us and want to help the Di people overthrow the Yong people. Of course, we did not agree. After all, it is our own business. Turn to foreign enemies for help."
Juicong only felt a burning pain on his face. No courtier ever dared to speak to him bluntly with these words. Today, Jiang Heng turned all his old grievances upside down mercilessly, warning him that sooner or later the foreigners would have to face him. Rebellion, murder is the end of the killing, and the stability brought by murder is only fear. Don't look at the fact that he has a heavy army in his hands now, once he is defeated, the country will set off a prairie fire, and he will be merciful.
This time he didn't even ask "what do you want", and looked at Jiang Heng with disgust. Although he repeatedly reminded himself that the identity of the young man in front of him was from Yong, no matter what he said, he was on his side. Wake him up. He has no selfishness.
But he just held back and wanted to kill him, or cut his tongue, as if to dispose of those who spoke, gag their mouths, and all the ills would vanish.
At this time, the courtiers all looked at him, wondering how Juicong would respond to Jiang Heng's merciless scolding.
The discussion grew louder.
Juicong took a deep breath and was suddenly a little tired. Just when he was about to say "The Lone King knows", Jiang Heng took off his last mask.
"I am a Yong person." Jiang Heng said.
For a moment, there was silence in the hall.