I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 113 Timely Rain Liu Sheng

The Chinese civilization has never been unfamiliar with the meaning contained in the word 'beacon'.

The so-called Fengsui, the fire at night is called Feng, and the smoke during the day is called Sui;
But whether it is the beacon fire that lights up at night, or the thick black smoke that soars into the sky during the day, in this era, it always symbolizes only one thing.

--war!
And in most cases, it is the northern nomads who launched the war of aggression against the farming civilization of the Central Plains!

Therefore, when Emperor Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty was in the Shanglinyuan Palace and saw the beacon fire that was lit up in order and getting closer and closer, Emperor Qi realized: What happened at the distant border.

Just two days later, when an urgent report of eight hundred miles was sent to Chang'an, the figure of Tianzi Qi had already returned to the main hall of the Xuanshi of Weiyang Palace.

It's just that for this sudden war, Tianzi Qi obviously didn't have the slightest mental preparation...

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Weiyang Palace, Xuanshi Palace.

In the huge palace room, only Tianzi Qi paced back and forth anxiously;

A military newspaper that had obviously just been unsealed was casually thrown by the emperor on the imperial case, lying crookedly;

Except for Tianzi Qi who was pacing back and forth, in the entire Xuanshi Hall, only the heads of the palace people could be seen deep below.

And outside the temple...
"Generals, are you outside the hall?"

A low voice of inquiry provoked the old eunuch at the side to rush forward.

"only;"

"All the generals and marquises in Chang'an have already arrived outside the palace at this moment, waiting for His Majesty to summon you..."

Hearing this, Tianzi Qi's face sank again, and he raised his head subconsciously: "Call the generals..."

"Ugh!"

Just halfway through speaking, Tian Zi Qi waved his hands in agitation, signaling the eunuch to retreat, and continued to pace back and forth in the hall;

After a while, Tianzi Qi hurriedly turned around again: "Go and get that..."

"Ugh!"

"Go down!"

After tossing back and forth several times like this, the old eunuch was a little confused, and a figure quietly walked in outside the hall, finally making the emperor stop;
Turning around, he cast a glance at the visitor, only to see Tianzi Qi took a deep breath, forced himself to suppress the anger in his chest, and sat back on the imperial couch indifferently.

Seeing this, the visitor only sighed a little, followed up lightly, and came to Tianzi Qi's side.

"It's about time..."

"Teacher, don't use the "Strategy to Reduce Fans" to make things difficult for me..."

Said a word in a deep voice, and saw Tianzi Qi lying lightly on one side of the couch, pressing the whole palm of his forehead, rubbing it constantly, and not forgetting to point to the imperial couch with the other hand;

"This is the top priority right now..."

Following Tianzi Qi's low and gloomy tone, Chao Cuo gently picked up the military report on the imperial case;

But what Chao Cuo didn't realize was that at the same time he was picking up the military report, Emperor Qi had already got up from the imperial couch, came to the side of the imperial couch, and picked up the mythical Emperor Chixiao Sword. ·····

Clang! ! !
A melodious sword cry made Chao Cuo turn around quickly!

However, at some point, Tianzi Qi had already pulled out the Chixiao Tianzi sword from its sheath, and then threw the scabbard aside...

"It's tolerable..."

boom! ! !
"—Who can't bear it!!!"

Accompanied by the sound of objects falling to the ground, a palace lantern with dozens of candles was lit on one side, and then the furious emperor Qi Qi chopped it off with a sword swung in anger!
However, the sudden loud noise and the scattered candle wax did not make the people in the palace exclaim in alarm, they just buried their heads lower.

Seeing Tianzi Qi swinging the Scarlet Heaven Sword in anger, and then holding the sword with one hand, letting the candle wax stay along the edge of the sword and solidify little by little, Chao Cuo had no choice but to step forward quietly.

Leaning down to pick up the scabbard, he winked at the palace servants at the side of the hall;

After the palace people retreated, Chao Cuo stepped forward, held up the scabbard in his hands with both hands, and handed it to Tianzi Qi.

"But Your Majesty, I still have to endure..."

"Your Majesty, you have to endure..."

"—how can you bear it?!"

Before Chao Cuo could finish speaking, the emperor suddenly turned his head!

He gave Chao Cuo a fierce look, and then slowly looked away with overwhelming anger.

"To the robber!"

"To the greedy villain?!"

"—A living person cannot bear it!"

A few more angry shouts came out, and the anger in the emperor's chest was finally suppressed by force;
But it's not because the emperor has lost his temper, but because in front of Chao Cuo, he can only suppress the monstrous anger into his heart...
"Ah~"

Hearing Tianzi Qi's words, Chao Cuo couldn't help but nod his head in regret, and there was a touch of empathetic humiliation between his brows.

But in the end, like Tianzi Qi, Chao Cuo suppressed the lingering anger...

"The Xiongnu villain is a greedy robber~"

"But to Your Majesty, the northern barbarian Huns, in the end, are nothing more than skin problems;"

"Not, the disease of the lungs..."

"What is more frightening now is internal worries..."

"—Those clan princes with ulterior motives are staring at His Majesty, waiting for His Majesty to make a wrong move..."

Following Chao Cuo's deep and calm tone, Tianzi Qi couldn't help but look sideways again, and the anger on his face was forced to suppress a little.

But in those bright eyes that were burning with raging fire, it was not difficult for Chao Cuo to see that the emperor in front of him was still furious...

"I know!"

"If it weren't for this, I wish I could immediately summon the generals and mobilize all the soldiers in the pass to go to the Great Wall!"

"—Go and fight with his villainous military official!!!"

There was another roar, but it made Chao Cuo bow his head in a sigh;
After thinking for a while, he walked forward worriedly.

"Recently, when I think of those clan princes and ministers who are plotting with ulterior motives in secret rooms, it can be said that I can't sleep well all day;"

"—Of course, they must not sleep well either."

"But I can't sleep well, because I want to calm down the world, so I sleep late at night~"

"And they can't sleep well, but they are busy, how to let the country and society left by the great ancestor Gao fall into chaos..."

The worried voice finally made Tianzi Qi calm down completely;

But Chao Cuo's words are not over yet.

"Right now, the villains of the Xiongnu have once again destroyed the agreement reached between the late emperor and the Huns, and sent troops southward to invade the side wall of our Han family;"

"Even at my age, I wish I could leave immediately and join the ranks!"

"—I wish I could go to the Great Wall immediately to avenge the dead loyal ministers and the people on the side walls!"

"But your Majesty needs to know: Those clan princes, can only expect His Majesty to express anger like what I just said..."

"I'm counting on Your Majesty to mobilize the power of the entire court to wage a protracted war with the Xiongnu villains."

"Because only in this way, the court will be unable to get rid of the entanglement of the Xiongnu villains, and exhaust the power accumulated by the former Emperor Taizong over the years;"

"In the end, one of them will reap the benefits..."

In a heartbroken tone, he said that the scene that made Tianzi Qi gritted his teeth, Chao Cuo finally lowered his head again, and bowed deeply to Tianzi Qi.

At this time, Tianzi Qi was still standing where he was, standing beside the palace lantern that was cut off by him, still holding the Chixiao Tianzi Sword in his hand, and humiliation was already written on his brows...
"What does the teacher mean, that I will not be allowed to see the generals?"

"Could it be that I have to endure such humiliation and watch the Huns and robbers act recklessly on the border of my Han family?"

"Then take the property, food and rice that were looted from the people of my Han family, and even kidnap the people, and then go away?!"

Seeing signs of anger bursting out again on Tian Ziqi's face, Chao Cuo only sighed leisurely and walked forward slowly;

At this moment, Chao Cuo, who had already been completely different from a few years ago, finally showed a trace of the demeanor that a "Teacher of the Son of Heaven" should have.

"His Majesty······"

"The enmity between my Han family and the Huns has a long history..."

"In the beginning, it was Han Wangxin;"

"Received the kindness of Emperor Taizu Gao with a different surname, but surrendered to the Huns in his capital city Mayi."

"—Emperor Taizu Gao was furious when he heard about it, and then he marched in person!"

"In the end, it ended up being surrounded by Bai Deng, who almost ruined the country..."

While talking, Chao Cuo stepped forward, with a distressed look on his face, which also became more and more sad as he stepped forward.

"That battle made Emperor Taizu Gao realize that if he can't stabilize the interior, he must never go to war with the Xiongnu."

"Therefore, after Emperor Gaozu ascended the throne, until his death, he was always on the road to put down princes with different surnames..."

"—After exhausting all his life's efforts, the hidden danger of princes with different surnames was finally eradicated by Taizu Gao himself;"

"However, as the clan vassal who replaced the princes with different surnames and helped the court govern the place, it has gradually become a new disaster..."

As Chao Cuo became more mournful and dignified, the expression on Tianzi Qi's face finally faded from anger;

Instead, there is a lingering resentment and a humiliation that never disappears in my heart...

"After the death of Emperor Taizu Gao, Empress Dowager Lu came to power;"

"Later, the Empress Dowager Lu made all Lu's sons and nephews kings and lords, which eventually led to the chaos of killing Lu, forcing the princes and ministers to unite internally and externally, so that my Han family's society was reluctantly allowed to die in the hands of the Lu family."

"But it was also after the Zhulu Rebellion that Emperor Taizong Xiaowen succeeded to the Datong, so that the clan princes in the Kanto no longer have the respect for the Supreme and Holy;"

"—At that time, the reason why the clan princes were willing to send troops was to punish Lu's rebels on the surface, but in fact, they themselves wanted to sit on the supreme position..."

At the end, Chao Cuo finally stood beside Tianzi Qi, lowered his head, looked at the Chixiao Tianzi sword that had been 'sealed' by candle wax, and couldn't help but sighed again.

"At the time of the first emperor, the Huns invaded the frontier;"

"—Emperor Taizong Xiaowen at that time was the same as His Majesty today!"

"Also with full of anger, I mobilized all the power I can mobilize, and arrived in Taiyuan."

"But before Emperor Taizong Xiaowen saw the face of the Xiongnu villains, news of the rebellion of Jibei King Liu Xingju came from Kanto, so Emperor Taizong had to turn around and go to Kanto to quell the rebellion... "

"That time, the court spent countless money, food, weapons, and even more painstaking effort;"

"In the end, because of King Jibei's rebellion, everything was in vain..."

Hearing this, Tianzi Qicai finally sighed bitterly and shook his head, looked down at the solidified drops of candle wax on the blade, and then smiled miserably.

"I remember;"

"Of course I remember..."

"—Since then, Father, I have never mentioned the Huns again, and I have never worn that armor or helmet again."

"Jia Yi's "Security Policy" was moved to the imperial court after the rebellion of King Liu Xingju of Jibei..."

Hearing the emperor's words, a gratified smile finally appeared on Chao Cuo's face.

Lowering his head, bending over slightly, using the hilt in his hand, he put the Akasaka Sword in Tianzi Qi's hand back into the scabbard.

When Tian Ziqi noticed his actions, Chao Cuo just straightened up and let out a long sigh leisurely.

"The "Strategy to Cut Fans" has not yet been implemented;"

"The hidden dangers of clan princes have not yet been eradicated."

"If you don't want the troops you sent out and the food and grass you sent out to go to waste because of the rebellion of a certain clan prince, Your Majesty, you must endure."

"—Now, it's not time for His Majesty to draw his sword..."

"Even if you draw your sword, you should never point the drawn sword to the north..."

As Chao Cuo's gentle tone came into his ears, Tianzi Qi finally took a deep breath and let it out full of sorrow;

Raising his hand, the Chixiao Tianzi sword that had been put into the scabbard, Liu Qi finally shook his head and sighed, and threw the sword to the palace servants beside him.

Putting his hands behind his back, he walked slowly to the imperial couch, and sat down with a wry smile. Tianzi Qi finally gave his own response.

"go;"

"Tell the generals to go back..."

"——It was three days ago that the Huns invaded the border;"

"Even if I send troops, it will take another seven days to set off, and another half a month to support the side wall."

"By that time, the Huns would have returned with a full load and fled..."

Speaking with a wry smile, Liu Qi did not forget to slowly raise his head and look at his teacher Chao Cuo beside him.

"Recently, teacher, please pay more attention to the report from Daiguo..."

"If nothing else happens, the Huns will send envoys to blackmail again..."

Hearing the sorrow and despair in Tianzi Qi's tone, Chao Cuo only walked forward with a warm smile, and knelt down on the banquet beside the imperial couch;

After the palace attendant left, after a while, he brought back the news that 'the generals have gone back', Chao Cuo took a deep breath and comforted his students.

"Your Majesty is still young;"

"There is still a chance to avenge today's humiliation."

"——As long as the hidden dangers of the clan and princes are eradicated, if your majesty wants to send troops to the north to fight the Huns, there is absolutely no reason to dissuade you."

"However, "Strategy to Cut Fans" cannot be dragged on no matter what..."

Hearing this, Tianzi Qi only shook his head with a wry smile, and then let out a long sigh.

"I, why don't you know..."

"Why don't I know that clan relatives and princes are the heart disease of my Han family?"

"Why don't you know that only by sweeping away the disadvantages of the clan princes, can you fight the Huns on the side wall without any worries?"

"However, the implementation of the "Strategy to Reduce Fans"..."

"It's even more difficult..."

With an exclamation full of sighs, Tianzi Qi's face immediately burst into a strange smile with a touch of sarcasm;

"In the beginning, it was Prime Minister Shen Tujia who tried to die with me, and never gave a nod to the "Strategy to Cut Fans"!"

"It was hard for Shentujia to shut up and stay at home obediently. Now, the queen mother has jumped out again..."

"——Shen Tujia, a courtier;"

"The courtier is disrespectful, and I can still find a way to deal with it."

"But the queen mother is my biological mother?"

"I am a son, how can I do it!"

In the middle of speaking, Tian Ziqi's voice stopped abruptly, and there was a hint of depression between his brows.

Chao Cuo obviously also guessed that the second half of Tianzi Qi's sentence was "could it be possible to dig the Taimiao again", so he also lowered his head in disappointment and said nothing.

I don't know how long it took before Chao Cuo tentatively raised his head again, half persuading, half expectantly saying: "The Empress Dowager, you should be able to handle the matter..."

"The Empress Dowager will not be too stubborn on such a major matter concerning the ancestral temple and the community..."

The lack of confidence in his voice didn't make Tianzi Qi feel less depressed;
I just got down on the side of the couch irritably, put my hand on my forehead, and slowly closed my eyes...

"His Majesty."

After a while, when Chao Cuo was about to retreat quietly, a salutation came from the gate of the palace, and the emperor Qi leisurely opened his eyes;

Then I saw the palace gatekeeper step forward a little, and bowed his hands heavily to the emperor above him.

"His Majesty;"

"Young Master Sheng is seeking an audience outside the hall."

"Looks like the Queen Mother, let Young Master Sheng bring the news..."

"--what news?!"

Before the palace gate guard finished speaking, he saw the emperor on the imperial couch sitting up straight, staring straight at the palace gate guard!

Frightened by Tian Ziqi's reaction, the palace guard couldn't help becoming a little nervous;

After a while, he relayed Liu Sheng's words to Emperor Qi verbatim.

"The Empress Dowager entrusted Young Master Sheng to convey to His Majesty: In the face of the national crisis, let's put aside the short-sighted matters of the parents..."

In just one sentence, Tian Ziqi immediately showed a smile, and his face, which was still full of sorrow just now, was ignited with raging fighting spirit!

And after the palace gate guard gave another report, the emperor showed his fighting spirit, and finally felt a little peace of mind.

"In addition to the Queen Mother's oral order, Young Master Sheng also invited the prime minister into the palace."

"Young Master Sheng said: Your Majesty may need the Prime Minister to be by his side at this moment, for the purpose of answering..."

(End of this chapter)