I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 145 Empress Dowager Dou: I Can't Trust the Emperor
"Switch to this new prescription, take one dose in the morning, noon, and evening, and within ten days, it will be effective."

"—It's just the prime minister, but you must remember: never get angry again;"

"If not, if the medicine stone is really going to be useless, then it will be me, I'm afraid, there is no other way..."

Huang Sheng's worried confession caused Shen Tujia to smile wryly and nod his head, and Quan presumed to agree.

But in fact, with Shen Tujia's violent temper, no matter what happens, I'm afraid it will still be...

"Did you hear me?!"

In the quiet hall, suddenly there was an extremely abrupt light heck, causing everyone to turn their heads hurriedly;
On the imperial couch, Empress Dowager Dou pretended to be annoyed and turned sideways, angrily said to the emperor: "How many times have the imperial physician said that the prime minister should not get angry!"

"--It's good for the emperor, seeing Tian'er change his ways to get angry with the prime minister!"

"If you really want to get angry with the prime minister, who else can you count on for this ancestral temple and the community?!"

A slight reprimand made everyone in the hall turn their heads quickly, as if they were afraid that they would see the scene of the emperor being reprimanded by the empress dowager.

On the other hand, Tianzi Qi raised his head with a stiff smile, and finally reacted after seeing the urging in Empress Dowager Dou's eyes: Empress Dowager Dou was pretending to reprimand Tian Ziqi, but in fact, she was creating opportunities for Tianzi Qi to perform... ··

"What the mother taught me is..."

Realizing this, Tianzi Qi quickly put on a shameful smile, turned sideways, and gave Shentujia a little bow.

Then, he turned around humbly, and promised Queen Dowager Dou: "From now on, my son will never provoke the Prime Minister to be angry..."

Seeing that Tian Ziqi felt her painstaking efforts, Empress Dowager Dou nodded slowly, but she still had an expression of lingering anger on her face, and gave Tian Ziqi a light look.

Seeing this, Shen Tujia couldn't sit still, hurriedly stood up, and bowed slightly to the empress dowager Dou and the emperor Qi.

"My queen, please don't say that."

"—The subject's temperament, the subject himself knows it well."

"In the early years, I often killed on the battlefield, and developed a bad habit of being impatient and angry at every turn;"

"At this age, I have been prime minister for so many years, but I still haven't corrected myself."

"Because of such a temper, I have done many disrespectful things to His Majesty, which has made me feel very ashamed;"

"If the Empress Dowager still blames Your Majesty like this, then I will really lose face and continue to live in this world..."

Saying this with a wry smile, Shentu Jia's face was only filled with a bitter smile.

But it also provoked Empress Dowager Dou, Emperor Qi, mother and son on the imperial couch to feel more and more guilty because of Shen Tujia's 'sensible' reaction.

As the saying goes: a poor family shows a filial son, and a difficult country shows a loyal minister.

Without this rebellion, Empress Dowager Dou and Tianzi Qi would never have even felt how lucky it is to have a veteran like Shen Tujia in the court;
What kind of peace of mind is it for the ruling and opposition parties, as well as the East and West Palaces...

"In the future, please don't think about the prime minister anymore..."

Lowering her voice, she explained to Tian Zi Qi beside her, Empress Dowager Dou gave Tian Zi Qi a warning look;
After Tianzi Qi also nodded with a wry smile, Empress Dowager Dou sighed a little, and signaled Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng brothers beside him to sit down again with Shen Tujia.

After Shen Tujia sat back in his seat, Huang Sheng also changed the prescription, and then explained to Liu Sheng what to eat and what to avoid, and retreated from the side door when he came, Empress Dowager Dou took a deep breath and talked about the things she really cared about.

"It has been two full months since Liu Bi and Liu Wu raised their troops today;"

"The troops that should be sent to counter the rebellion have basically arrived in Kanto."

"What does the prime minister think will be the outcome of this war?"

Seeing Empress Dowager Dou asking about serious matters, Shen Tujia couldn't help but sit up a little bit straighter, and there was subconsciously a trace of solemnity that only appeared when talking about state affairs, between his brows.

After pondering for a while to speak, Shen Tujia raised his head, but did not reply directly to Queen Mother Dou;
Instead, he looked at Chao Cuo, the internal historian who had countermeasures, and bowed his hands apologetically.

"When it comes to war, it is inevitable to talk about something related to the "Strategy to Reduce Fans";"

"I also hope that Nei Shi, don't take it personally..."

Hearing this, Chao Cuo stood up with a wry smile, and bowed his hands to Shen Tujia in return.

"The prime minister doesn't have to worry, just speak freely."

"If the prime minister wishes, I can avoid it;"

"But it's rare to have such an opportunity to hear the prime minister's teachings. I hope I can stay here and learn something from the prime minister..."

Chao Cuo made it clear, 'Don't save me face', Shentu Jia also smiled and cupped his hands again before turning sideways and looking up with a serious expression.

"In order to limit this war within a controllable range, His Majesty has made a lot of efforts long before the rebellion broke out."

Unobtrusively, he handed Tianzi Qi a rainbow fart. After Tianzi smiled a little shyly, he clenched his hand into a fist and coughed twice before his mouth. Then Shentujia continued without changing his expression: "His Majesty's efforts have basically achieved results."

"In order to limit the attack scope of the "Family Reduction Policy" to Liu Bi, King of Wu, and Liu Wu, King of Chu, before the outbreak of the rebellion, His Majesty promised many rewards to other clan princes."

"Although in the end, there were still four clans and princes from the Qi family who raised troops, but the act of the four kings of the Qi family being ungrateful and repaying their kindness with revenge has also lost the approval of the people of the world."

"As for the three kings of the Huainan family, because of His Majesty's reward, one of them firmly rejected Liu Bi;"

"Although one person was not so determined, he did not raise troops to respond to Liu Bi."

"Even the king of Huainan, who wanted to make trouble, was stopped by Zhang Shizhi, the former Ting Wei and now the Prime Minister of Huainan."

"——The Qi faction lost the hearts of the people, and the Huainan faction did not raise troops. These are all the efforts made by His Majesty before the outbreak of the rebellion, and the final results won..."

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Dou on the imperial couch only nodded thoughtfully.

But Tianzi Qi, who was beside Empress Dowager Dou, became a little stiff.

——Shen Tujia's words really put gold on Tian Ziqi's face...
Even the teacher, who was sitting upright and listening to Shen Tujia's reply, Chao Cuo gradually showed approval and shame at the same time.

Once upon a time, Chao Cuo also suggested to Tianzi Qi: Instead of forcing a family to rebel, it is better to force all the Kwantung princes to rebel together, and then eradicate them all at once, once and for all!
But later, when he saw Shentujia, the "Prime Minister" who was born as a warrior, he showed the sophisticated political skills in the process of "improving" "The Policy of Cutting Fans", Chao Cuo already realized: Compared with Shentujia There is still a big gap between this 'every man' and himself.

But now, when such a fiery person like Shen Tujia does not hesitate to attribute all the credit to the emperor Qi's "seeing thousands of miles clearly" and "preparing for a rainy day", Chao Cuo has no choice but to find out: even in the past, he himself led The proud "loyalty to the emperor Qi" looks so ridiculous in front of Shen Tujia at this moment...

Shentu Jia didn't pay much attention to the changes in the expressions of the people in the hall.

After stopping the conversation for a while, breathing smoothly, he continued: "Let's talk about this war again;"

"Because the Huainan faction did not raise troops, and His Majesty also took precautions at Wuguan in advance, so Liu Bi and Liu Wu's marching direction is only Hangu Pass."

"Except for Liu Bi and Liu Wu's Wu-Chu allied forces, the other clan princes are unable to cause chaos."

"——the four kings of the Qi family were held back by the other three clan princes who were grateful for His Majesty's kindness but did not raise their troops;"

"Now, His Majesty has sent General Luan Bu to Qidi to put down the rebellion."

"So it's nothing to worry about if it's all connected."

"—Yan, Dai, and Zhao in the north should shoulder the stability of the side wall, which should be the top priority."

"But Dai Wang Liu Deng is His Majesty's nephew, Yan Wang Liu Jia also did not raise troops because of His Majesty's kindness."

"With the cooperation of King Yan and King Dai, there will be no problems with the side wall, and the Huns will not be able to participate in this rebellion."

"As for King Zhao, although he wanted to rebel, he was besieged in Handan by Qu Zhouhou and Gong Zifei sent by His Majesty;"

"Before the rebellion ends, King Zhao will not be able to leave Handan City at all; after the rebellion ends, King Zhao will also die in the palace..."

Having said that, Shentu Jia finally heaved a sigh of relief, and the serious expression on his face also showed a slight tendency to ease.

And Shentujia's next words pointed directly at the Wu-Chu Rebellion this time, which was finally limited by the advance preparations of Emperor Qi and Shentujia.

"There will be no problems with Yan, Dai, and Zhao in the north, and the Huns will not be able to go south;"

"The Qi faction in the east and the Huainan faction in the south, regardless of whether they raise troops or not, are trapped in their respective fiefdoms."

"So in fact, this time the rebellion was just a battle between Liu Bi and Liu Wu's Wu Chu army, King Liang's Liang State army, and Chaotang's Guanzhong army in Suiyang City."

"For Liu Bi and Liu Wu's rebels, only by breaking through Suiyang, Xingyang, and Luoyang successively, and appearing outside Hangu Pass, will this rebellion cause chaos in the world."

"But the actual situation right now is that even Suiyang, the capital of Liang, has already become a fortified city that can never be broken through manpower from the outside..."

At the end, Shentu Jiacai finally wiped away the stern look on his face, raised his head, and smiled slightly at Empress Dowager Dou who was on the imperial couch.

"So, to the Queen Mother's question, the minister's answer is: the worst result is that Liu Bi and Liu Wu can escape, instead of dying under the city of Suiyang;"

"The result of the war is already doomed..."

Hearing Shentu Jia's words, especially the inexplicably relaxed tone that did not make people feel "arrogant" at all, several people in the hall all secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Especially Empress Dowager Dou took a deep breath visible to the naked eye, obviously calming down from a long time of worry.

"Yes~"

"Wuguan, Xingyang, Zhao Guo, Qi Guo, Liang Guo, the emperor has sent troops;"

"Just for the soldiers fighting, the court sent nearly 60 people!"

"Coupled with the fact that the emperor is planning for a rainy day and the prime minister is on the sidelines to assist him, forgive him Liu Bi, and there will be nothing wrong with it."

"It's Suiyang..."

She sighed with lingering fear, and subconsciously mentioned Sui Yang, and the Empress Dowager Dou's brows could not help but a little bit of worry welling up.

"Since Liu Bi and Liu Wu have no other options, they will definitely mobilize all the troops to storm Suiyang."

"As for King Liang, he is at the head of Suiyang City, resisting the attack of the rebels..."

Hearing Empress Dowager Dou's murmur full of worry, Tianzi Qi, who was sitting beside Empress Dowager Dou, thought for a while, then tentatively said, "If Empress Dowager is really worried..."

"Um······"

"The general's 10,000+ army is already in Xingyang;"

"Although the Taiwei's main force detours from Wuguan, it has already set off and will arrive in Suiyang soon."

"If mother is really worried, can I send another army from Hangu Guandong to support King Liang?"

As soon as this remark came out, Empress Dowager Dou's eyes lit up slightly!
After thinking about it for a while, he subconsciously cast his probing gaze on Shen Tujia in the east seat.

Sensing Empress Dowager Dou's eyes of "asking for instructions" and "requesting", Shen Tujia couldn't help but froze;
After Tianzi Qi, intentionally or unintentionally, gave a "don't agree" look, Shen Tujia sighed, and shook his head slowly at Queen Mother Dou.

"The Empress Dowager;"

"I'm afraid the court can no longer send troops to the Kanto..."

After speaking in a low tone, Shen Tujia ignored Queen Mother Dou at all, and with eyes that dimmed again, he sighed: "Just now, the Queen Mother also said;"

"—In order to quell this rebellion, His Majesty has sent a total of more than 60 troops to Wuguan, Xingyang, Zhao, Qi, and Liang!"

"In order to deliver food and grass to the more than 60 troops, the prime minister's government recruited civilians from Guanzhong, probably more than twice the number of troops."

"This is about 200 million people..."

"As for the entire Guanzhong, there are only more than 1000 million people and more than 500 million males over the age of 20."

"Sending nearly half of the males to Kanto has already had a great impact on the spring plowing in Guanzhong this year."

"If you send troops again, I'm afraid that in autumn, the fields in Guanzhong won't be able to grow enough corn..."

Hearing Shentujia's words, Emperor Qizi secretly heaved a sigh of relief, but also frowned worriedly because of Shentujia's words that "the spring plowing has been greatly affected";

On the contrary, Chao Cuo, the teacher, finally found a chance to express himself, followed Shen Tujia's words, and took over the conversation.

"What the prime minister said is true..."

"More than 60 troops and millions of people transporting food;"

"It's just the food for the army, which consumes millions of stones a month."

"Every month this battle is fought, the Shaofu will cost tens of millions, or even tens of millions."

"Ah~"

"—The savings of the Shaofu were saved by the first emperor for more than 20 years, and they were saved for a decisive battle against the Huns."

"However, this rebellion will delay the late emperor's wish to 'decisively fight the Huns' for more than ten years, even decades..."

After Chao Cuo agreed, saying, "Shen Tujia is right," Empress Dowager Dou's expression finally changed slightly.

When she heard Shen Tujia say: There are only about 500 million men in Guanzhong, and more than 200 million men have already been dispatched. If more dispatches are made, it will affect the spring plowing. In fact, Empress Dowager Dou was quite indifferent.

——200 million have been sent out, so what if we send hundreds of thousands more?

Anyway, spring plowing has already been affected, and it wouldn't be a big deal if it was affected a little more.

Furthermore, sending these 10 more people might bring the war to an early end and reduce the cost of the court in the war!
But when Chao Cuo pointed out precisely: the rebellion had already been saved by the late emperor, and a part of the military expenses used for the decisive battle with the Huns had been spent, which would delay the last wish of the late emperor to "expell the barbarians from the north", Empress Dowager Dou , but couldn't pretend he didn't hear.

The reason is simple: the main reason why Queen Mother Dou is "Queen Dou", not "Old Woman Dou", "Liu Dou Shi", or "Mother Liu", is that Queen Mother Dou is the wife of the first emperor.

It is because of the former emperor that the Dou family can have the honor of the "Queen Dowager";
Therefore, Empress Dowager Dou absolutely had to care about everything related to the late emperor.

Especially in matters related to the "last wish of the first emperor" and "last will", all Empress Dowager Dou can do is to unconditionally defend the late emperor and support the late emperor unconditionally.

"Prime Minister, Internal History, what they say makes sense..."

"It's really inappropriate to send troops again..."

"If it spreads out, I'm afraid someone will say: I am a blind old woman, for the safety of King Liang, I don't even care about the life and death of the people in Guanzhong;"

"You said that I did not hesitate to destroy the spring plowing in Guanzhong for the sake of my son..."

Seeing that Empress Dowager Dou was finally relieved, Tianzi Qi finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

What I thought in my heart was 'fortunately no more troops were sent', but on his lips, Tian Ziqi did not forget to ask softly: "If the mother is really worried, or else, the son-in-law will send an edict to the general and the captain. ?”

"Just say, we must do our best to support Liang Wang and Sui Yang?"

But when Empress Dowager Dou heard the words, she shook her head sadly, fumbled for a dove stick, and got up from the imperial couch.

While walking towards the apse, he said, "No need..."

Hearing this, the Son of Heaven was delighted again;
But behind him, there was a meaningful whisper from Queen Mother Dou.

"I'll do it myself..."

"The emperor always beats around the bush when he speaks. I'm afraid the general and the captain won't understand..."

"The edict I sent, the Taiwei and the General, will not think about it..."

It seemed to be whispering, it seemed to be a warning, and there was also a faint distrustful voice, which only caused Tianzi Qi's face to freeze!
Looking at each other with Shen Tujia and Chao Cuo in the hall, the three monarchs and ministers just shook their heads and smiled at the same time;
Under the guidance of Tianzi Qi, they bowed in unison in the direction where Empress Dowager Dou left.

"Congratulations to the Queen Mother..."

"Congratulations to the queen..."

(End of this chapter)