Originally, in the early autumn of the second year of Liyang Xiangfu, all the civil and military officials in the Dachu Temple wished to be crowned the world, but just three months later, there was an atmosphere of mourning. Whether it's sad or not, Cao Changqing still hasn't shown signs of taking over the military power from Xie Xizhen. I'm afraid the court has already become a mess. But for Jiang Si, the empress who sits on the dragon chair and wears the dragon robe, it makes no difference whether she looks at a group of radiant courtiers or a group of frowning officials. She even has some unknown sarcasm. Jiangshang defeated the strong with the weak and wiped out the entire army of the Guangling navy of the vassal king Zhao Yi. Later, he successfully attacked the food and grass of the southern Xinjiang army. The orthodox tone of "no queen", even though His Majesty the Emperor of Chu is a woman, he still needs a "queen" to conform to the etiquette system, doesn't he? Therefore, Song Maolin, who was also known as the Great Chu Shuangbi with Xie Xizhen, and the eldest grandson of the Song clan who was known as the "Northern Xu and Southern Song" together with the Xinliang King, had the highest voice. Perhaps Song Maolin was so outstanding that even the old grand master Sun Xiji hinted that Cao Changqing, who was far away from the court, might as well agree to this marriage. Not only would it be beneficial to the stability of the Jiang family in Dachu, but the young His Majesty would not be considered a "low" At once".
However, as Wu Chongxuan, the number one general in southern Xinjiang, parted ways with the vassal king Zhao Bing, and returned to Guangling Road as the Minister of the Liyang Military Department and the General Zhengnan, Lu Shengxiang finally showed his fangs, and walked through Tai'an City. Once Song Li snatched all the military power from Guangling King Zhao Yi, especially when Chen Zhibao and Shu elites were thrown into the battlefield. The fanaticism at hand has poured a basin of cold water on the head, and most of the officials and nobles are like eggplants beaten by frost. At this time, Cao Changqing, who had previously intended to sharpen the young generals of Dachu, finally withdrew from the Guangling River Navy and returned to the capital of Dachu as the commander of Dachu and concurrently served as Shang Shuling. You must know that when Jiang Si became the emperor, Cao Changqing was still The official status of the commander of the Great Chu Navy is even half a rank lower than the three veteran generals, only the same as that of Xie Xizhen, the disciple who served as the main general of the Eastern Front, but from the second rank. Without Cao Changqing in the Divine Phoenix City, people would be in constant panic. With Cao Changqing in the Divine Phoenix City, even if he did not lead a single soldier, the dark clouds over the capital of Great Chu immediately dispersed and the sky was seen again.
In fact, everyone knows well that the new Dachu would not be able to restore the country without Jiang Si, but if Cao Changqing hadn't been running around before, it might be a sad situation of powerlessness and no desire to restore the country.
After retiring from the court today, Cao Changqing, who did not have time to attend the early court, returned to the palace, put on a brand new court uniform, walked through the corridors under the guidance of the eunuchs and eunuchs, and waited quietly outside the imperial study for His Majesty to wait for an audience, following the rules of the monarch and his ministers in everything present. The old eunuch, the supervisor of ceremonies, was uneasy. In the past, His Majesty the Emperor, who had already known about Cao Changqing's arrival in the capital, should have greeted him outside the capital, not to mention meeting him in the imperial study. This means that His Majesty is very likely to have a heart-to-heart relationship with His Majesty Shang Shuling, who used to respect him like his elders. This is by no means a blessing for the country. The expressionless Cao Changqing waited at the bottom of the steps, smiling wryly in his heart. Of course, he knew why His Majesty wanted to hang himself out, and was angry, and very angry, because the old grand master strongly recommended Song Maolin at that time, and he did not agree but did not refuse. How could she Can you not be angry? If he didn't cut Cao Changqing with the Great Liang Dragon and Sparrow Sword, he would have given himself a lot of face for his uncle.
After the worried elderly eunuch bent over to cover the door, Cao Changqing stood still without making a sound. The imperial study room of the Dachu Palace was extremely spacious. How profound is the background of the Great Chu. In the early days of the restoration of the country, the royal style of the Yushufang was no longer inferior to that of the past. Cao Changqing looked up and saw the young woman wearing a yellow dragon robe, bowing her head and holding a pen to practice calligraphy on the tribute rice paper, instead of using the imperial pen "Millennium Green" which symbolizes the continuous state. Cao Changqing looked away a little, and saw the golden lacquer cup engraved with the four characters "Jin Ou Yonggu". According to the etiquette system, every year on the first day of the first month, the Emperor of Chu would open a pen at this open window, and use the pole "Millennium Green" Dip it into a cup full of Tusu wine, write down the auspicious words "Tianxia Taiping" and "National Longevity and Changchun", and present it to the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs. Before that, she had shown some embarrassment to him, saying that her handwriting was not beautiful, and quietly suggested that otherwise, she should ask Uncle Qidaizhao to write it for him. Of course Cao Changqing didn't nod, but just comforted her to keep writing, and write less pictures, and then only give it to a few people who know the basics, Mrs. Sun, so it won't be embarrassing. It was only then that she reluctantly agreed, but she was still a little unhappy. After Cao Changqing heard that she had been enthroned, she practiced calligraphy a lot this autumn and winter for the day of the Spring Festival. Anyway, she must be a hundred times more diligent than practicing swords. It is said that a small basket of papers has already been filled, and they are not discarded. They are just accumulated over time, and the maids and eunuchs are not allowed to move.
Cao Changqing looked behind the large table, looked at the slightly slender and thin bright golden eyes, his eyes were in a trance, and he seemed to remember a vague scene many years ago. Cao Changqing suddenly felt sad and even more guilty.
Empress Da Chu, who no one calls Jiang Ni now, looked away at Cao Changqing angrily, and said angrily, "I'm still angry, at least I need to write thirty characters to get rid of it, Uncle Qi Daizhao, just wait. "
Cao Changqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and moved a chair to sit near the window. The chair was tilted to face the window, so that he could see the scenery outside the window, and out of the corner of his eye, he could catch a glimpse of the little girl who wore a dragon robe and didn't look like an emperor. But even Cao Changqing could not have imagined that Jiang Si would sit on the dragon chair every day and accept the worship of civil and military officials, with an increasingly strong demeanor of a king. , even he, an old man who has been in the temples of the two dynasties for nearly a year, can't pick out the slightest flaws regardless of his female status. Her monarch and ministers are right, from the beginning
From being a little cautious at first to being proficient and wishful now, he is simply a born emperor. Sun Xiji laughed privately to his colleagues in the world, saying that His Majesty is extremely fast in sword practice, and the same is true of being the king of a country.
Meticulously wrote a dozen or so characters, and secretly glanced at Cao Changqing, who was sitting upright, Jiang Si curled her lips, probably realizing that it was inappropriate for her to compete with Uncle Chess, so she lightly put down her pen and snorted coldly, "It's finished!"
Cao Changqing held back his smile, and said softly, "There are still eleven words left, I'm not in a hurry."
Jiang Si stared and said, "Chess awaits uncle!"
Cao Changqing smiled and said: "Okay, I know that the matter of Song Maolin has made His Majesty angry. I came to Beijing this time to serve as a punching bag for His Majesty. After all, the old grand master is getting old, and His Majesty can't be as knowledgeable as him."
Jiang Si protested and picked up the brush again, and nodded, "If I hadn't become the emperor, I would have secretly beaten that guy named Song into a pig's head."
Cao Changqing couldn't help but said: "It's not good to learn from anyone. The king of Beiliang pulled out Jin Lanting's beard in Tai'an City, and it took half a month for the minister of rites to go to the Yamen to get a job."
Jiang Si put the pen on the pen holder heavily.
Cao Changqing hesitated for a moment, but still sighed, "Qingliangshan must have a Beiliang princess after the victory. In this matter, we can't blame him."
Jiang Si lightly knocked on the table with her fist, looked at each other angrily, then wrinkled her nose, and snorted coldly, "Blame me?!"
Cao Changqing smiled and quickly waved his hands: "Don't dare."
He sort of understood that Song Maolin was nothing at all, and the fact that the King of Beiliang married a concubine was the point of our Great Chu Emperor's anger. So he, Cao Changqing, actually brought Chi Yu to that kid surnamed Xu this time.
Cao Changqing smiled softly.
When men and women were young, he liked her, and she liked him too. There is no one who doesn't like the other, which is great.
Every man in the world has a wish, wishing to have a heart, and the white head will not be separated.
But compared to fearing that the beautiful woman will turn gray when she sees it in person, she is more afraid that the beauty will not turn white.
Cao Changqing was a little sad, questioning himself for the first time, was it wrong
I have already missed it, why let them miss it now
Liu Songtao, who converted to Buddhism, persuaded him with life and death, Confucian Yan Shenggong persuaded him with reason, and even the whole Central Plains was full of gunpowder smoke, but they did not persuade him, the great Chu Cao Changqing, to "let go".
Jiang Si asked cautiously, "Uncle Qi Daizhao, are you angry?"
Cao Changqing restrained his thoughts, shook his head and said softly, "Even if Uncle Qi Daizhao is angry with the whole world, even Da Chu, he won't be angry with His Majesty."
Jiang Si sighed old-fashionedly, "Although I feel sorry for my parents for saying this, but I think, if mother can get to know Uncle Qi Daizhao earlier..."
Cao Changqing, known as "one stone in the world dominates the eight fights", "the most proud of the great Chu", "the green clothes come out early, the great Chu will not perish", Cao Guanzi, who has passed the Liyang Palace three times like a corridor, blushed and coughed for the first time A few times, quickly interrupting Jiang Si's next words, and then feigned anger: "Your Majesty!"
Jiang Si smiled narrowly and said, "My mother couldn't have met Uncle Qi Daizhao sooner, otherwise I wouldn't have Jiang Ni."
For some reason, she calls herself Jiang Ni, not the "Jiang Si" who is destined to be recorded in history regardless of the success or failure of the restoration of the country.
Cao Changqing turned into anger with a dark face and said, "Your Majesty, be careful that I deliberately forgot a sentence! Someone in Tai'an City asked me to bring this sentence to Your Majesty!"
Jiang Si hurriedly corrected her sitting posture, and said solemnly: "Uncle, the chess is waiting for you, the state affairs are important, you say it!"
Cao Changqing said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, I am a little thirsty."
The empress of Western Chu stood up at an astonishing speed, and ran to the door in a hurry. She didn't care about losing her majesty, she opened the door herself and said, "Bring a pot of Chunshen Lake tribute tea to Mr. Shang Shuling."
Not long after, Cao Changqing, who was in the presence of the old god, held the tea bowl with one hand and fanned the fragrance of tea with the tea lid with the other.
Cao Changqing closed his eyes and smelled the refreshing fragrance, as if he had completely forgotten that "serious thing".
Cao Changqing didn't even need to open his eyes to see, he knew that His Majesty the emperor was deliberately putting on a straight face, but pricked up his ears.
The corners of Cao Changqing's mouth curled up, and after taking a sip of tea, "Your Majesty, I lied to you. I just had a fight in Tai'an City, and I didn't hear anything."
Jiang Si snorted, pretending not to care.
Looking at the words on the rice paper on the table case, he was full of anger and murderous intent.
On the dense rice paper, there are actually only three words that have been turned over and over again.
Cao Changqing suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, I heard that someone is now suggesting three strategies. The best strategy is that the main force of our Western Chu army should go south? Do you not hesitate to seek skin with Yan Chi Wang Zhao Bing and the tiger, and join hands with Liyang to rule the river? The middle strategy is to expand the territory to the west. The worst strategy is to fight to the death with Lu Shengxiang's army?"
Jiang Si gave a absent-minded hum.
Cao Changqing sneered and said, "The pedantic scholar's talk on paper!"
Jiang Si raised her head, looked at Cao Changqing, and asked softly, "Uncle Qi Daizhao, when we went to Beimang together, except for the patriarch of the wealthy family of the Southern Dynasty who was a survivor of the Spring and Autumn Period, the old man who was obsessed with sex and obsession last met, isn't he the current Beimang?" Wang Sui, the head coach of the Mang Eastern Front?"
Cao Changqing nodded.
Jiang Si hesitated for a long time, and finally asked in a deep voice: "Then, did Uncle Qi Daizhao also secretly contact Gu Jiantang?!"
Cao Changqing was silent, but smiled.
My Majesty the Great Chu Emperor is by no means inferior to Liyang's new Emperor Zhao Zhuan.
Jiang Si lowered her head, bit her lip and said, "The ambitious Yanchi Wang Zhao Bing is not a good person, but people like Wang Suigu Jiantang are not much better."
Cao Changqing stood up, walked to the window, and said slowly: "The literati ruled the country, so the Great Chu had a flourishing age for hundreds of years and became the orthodox in the Central Plains. But in troubled times, it is so difficult for scholars to save the country. I, a scholar of Great Chu, can't understand this truth. I, Cao Changqing, am also a scholar, so I can’t explain this truth in person. But no matter what, I can do one thing, which is to let the three emperors of Liyang understand that without Xu Xiao, you, like the Zhao family, can’t save the country as a scholar!”
Cao Changqing lowered his voice, "But what I, Cao Changqing, really want to tell the world is still not this."
After a long time, Cao Changqing turned around, looked at her, and said with a smile: "In the turbulent spring and autumn years in the early years, there were countless deceptive prophecies and songs circulating in the world, one of which was about your mother...that is our Queen Dachu...so Uncle Qi Daizhao knows , you were willing to leave Beiliang because you were afraid..."
Jiang Si turned her head and said viciously, "No!"
The imperial study room was silent.
Jiang Si suddenly noticed that Uncle Qi Daizhao was standing on the other side of the table at some time, and hurriedly stretched out his hands to cover the stack of rice paper, blushing and said: "Don't look at it, don't look at it!"
Cao Changqing stretched his neck on purpose to investigate, and asked curiously, "It doesn't seem like the word bastard."
Jiang Si blurted out: "Of course not, who wants to write that he is a bastard! I don't even bother to scold him!"
Cao Changqing smiled and said nothing.
The young empress in a dragon robe just insisted on blocking Cao Changqing's view.
Cao Changqing asked with a smile: "'Stab you to death', Uncle Zhao is only waiting for chess in the imperial study room, Your Majesty, this makes me feel like I'm walking on thin ice."
Jiang Si simply bent down and lay on the rice paper on the table, and raised her head, "I misread it, I misread it, Uncle Chess Zhao, your eyesight is not working well, please don't turn on the light to study in the future!"
Cao Changqing covered the teacup, leaned forward, and rubbed the silly girl's head with the remaining free hand, "Uncle Qi Daizhao is old, not only his eyesight is bad, but his memory is not good, now I finally remember that sentence, That person said it when he was in Tai'an City, roughly meaning that soon he will bring Beiliang iron cavalry to Guangling Road to pick you up. If you don't agree, he will grab you and carry you back in a sack Xu Fengnian is too lazy to care about Liyang West Chu world and so on."
She was dumbfounded and just blinked.
Cao Changqing smiled and said, "I didn't lie to you this time, it's true, absolutely true."
She still blinked.
Cao Changqing seemed to be muttering to himself, pretending to be a little annoyed, "No matter how I look at it, since I beat him in Tai'an City and Deng Tai'a and failed to win, it is obvious that I can't stop it. Uncle Daizhao is not a real god, what can I do? Well, how do you say it?"
When Jiang Si smiled, she had two dimples, one for the country and the other for the city. She replied subconsciously with a smile: "Cucumber salad is delicious!"
Cao Changqing said softly: "The first emperor was a wise gentleman, but he was not a good husband. I, Cao Changqing, are even worse. I'm just a bastard who is stupid in studying. But that young man in Beiliang is worse than us. Your Majesty, when the time comes, please give me some advice." One sword is enough, but don't really stab him to death, you will regret it."
Giving up seems to be far more serious than being sad, but in fact being sad is not as easy as giving up.
Jiang Si was about to cry.
If you hear the last words of your relatives and elders.
Cao Changqing gently put down the teacup.
let go.
…
In the battle between the two countries, just like before when Great Chu and Liyang faced each other with armies on the west wall, now Beiliang and Beimang have 300,000 cavalry facing off with millions of troops.
But one day not long after, it will be three years for Liyang's Xiangfu and two years for Xichu's Shenxi.
At that time, Gu Jiantang stood alone in the tent, silent all night, and finally he could only say a word to himself: Cao Changqing missed me for twenty years.
And Wang Sui, who was on the border of Beimang, drank alone and laughed loudly: "Relieve the qi and relieve the qi! This is the true romance of my generation's infatuation!"
On that day, outside Taian City.
There is Cao Changqing of Western Chu.
Siege the city alone.