The First Great Ancestor of the Five Dynasties

Chapter 411 Mr. Xue has a good tongue

"Xuan, Xue Juzheng, the envoy of the Great Zhou Dynasty, is here to see you!~"

Outside the magnificent Tai Chi Hall, sixteen majestic inner court guards shouted in unison with great energy, and their reputation spread throughout the Xingtang Palace.

Zhu Xiu and Xue Juzheng were arranging their clothes, and under the guidance of an eunuch, they crossed the high threshold and entered the hall.

Both sides of the main hall were filled with officials of Jiangning's fifth rank and above. Most of them were officials from the capital, and there were also local officials who came to Beijing from other places to report on their duties. When there was a court meeting, all those who were in the capital and above were required to take leave, and were not allowed to take leave without reason.

Xue Ju was in front and Zhu Xiu was behind. With their heads high and chests high, and their steps steady and powerful, they entered the palace under the attention of countless Jiangnan officials.

Zhu Xiu's identity was rather embarrassing. He was neither an envoy appointed by the Great Zhou nor an official of the Tang Dynasty. Not long ago he had committed the sensational hijacking of the prince, so he was simply not included in the roll call. Anyway, I don't know how to introduce him.

Although the Jujingyuan incident has been characterized by the Tang Dynasty court as an accident or misunderstanding, and there was no hijacking, it was just a matter of passion between young people, and it was a pure farce.

But the paper can't contain the fire, and relevant gossip is still flying all over the sky.

The officials in Jiangnan stared with wide eyes, wanting to see what kind of person he was who dared to cause a farce in Jiangning by breaking into the Forbidden Garden and kidnapping the prince.

Zhu Xiu smiled back, which disappointed these Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrats.

He turned out to be just a young man with a fair face and no beard. Apart from his handsome appearance and tall and straight figure, there was nothing special about him.

"It is rumored that this boy is Mr. Siyou who wrote "Snow Fu"?"

"Not only the poems on snow, but also the poems on sentient beings were also composed by this boy."

"Hey, don't you know this? Are there more poems written by this son?
"Farewell to a Friend" given to Xu Shangshu, and "Partridge Sky·Colorful Sleeves Holding the Jade Bell attentively" sung by the young and old hustlers in Wangfu Street were all written by this son!
This son also has a song called "Lime Song", which is said to have been composed when he was in Cangzhou and was regarded as a motto of encouragement by countless scholars! "

"There are also 'Some of my little Caozhou county officials, every branch and leaf is always about love', 'Essentially wishing to express the inner affairs, but ashamed to see the Altair and Vega' are all rare and good poems! This guy is a great talent!"

"Ahem~ Chen Yuan sent you to be wrong, how could you bring a love poem to the court for recitation? It's really insulting to the gentleman"

"Hey~ Mr. Li, you are serious! Since it is a good poem, what is the difference between love and non-love? Why not let us discuss it together?"

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Li Jing didn't know if he had gone to the hut on the way. When Zhu Xiu and Xue Juzheng entered the palace, there was no one on the golden dragon throne.

So when Zhu and Xiu entered the palace, mutterings could be heard from the crowds of officials on both sides.

After a short while, Li Jing returned to the throne and sat down with the help of the eunuch, and the hall gradually became quiet.

Li Jing seemed to have a lower body injury. He twisted his buttocks unnaturally, coughed dryly and said, "Is the person below you the envoy of Zhou?"

Xue Juzheng held a letter of credence above his head with both hands, bowed deeply, and said loudly: "Xue Juzheng, the special envoy of the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty and the minister of the Procuratorate and Criminal Department, is here to see His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Jing waved his hand, and a eunuch took the Chinese book from Xue Ju's hand and presented it to the emperor.

Li Jing flipped through it casually, and found that the Chinese writing contained only polite words and had no practical value.

"Hehe, Envoy Zhou has worked hard here, I wonder if the emperor of your country is still in good health?" Li Jing greeted.

Xue Juzheng cupped his hands and said: "My lord Sheng'an, thank you very much for asking Emperor Tang! When you came, my lord also told you to greet Emperor Tang in person."

"Haha, good! Thank you Emperor Zhou." Li Jing smiled.

Prime Minister Song Qiqiu, dressed in a wide purple robe, stood up with a wat tablet in hand and said with a smile: "The Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty is already at an age when he is about to know his destiny. He has fought all the way from Yedu to Kaifeng and has been exhausted from the army. The officials of our court and the people of Jiangnan are all worried. Lord Zhou’s body can’t bear it!”

Song Qiqiu's words were obviously to exploit Guo Wei's age, and also to implicitly mock him for raising troops to rebel.

Standing behind Xue Juzheng's side, Zhu Xiu clearly saw that when Song Qiqiu said these words, Xue Juzheng's slightly bowed waist was straight as a pine, and he looked sideways at Song Qiqiu, his eyes flashing sharply!

Well, Zhu Xiu actually felt the aura of fighting in his eyes.

"I joined the army in the court of His Majesty, and in the name of bravery, I was accepted by Li Jitao, then Zelu Jiedu, as a personal soldier. I have been a soldier for half my life, and have experienced countless vicious battles, and my military achievements are unmatched in the world!

To wipe out a mere unkind and unjust Liu Han court is nothing to our Majesty!My lord, your majesty, has a strong dragon body, and it is easy to control a strong horse and draw a strong bow!I don’t need to worry about Song Xianggong and all Jiangnan ministers. "

Xue Juzheng's voice was loud and clear, neither humble nor overbearing.

Prince Li Hongji first glared at Zhu Xiu fiercely, and then said sarcastically: "The Lord of Zhou was originally a Han official, and he raised an army to rebel and cause chaos. He used the power of powerful ministers to force the young Lord to abdicate, and he launched wars indiscriminately, causing the Central Plains to fall into war.

The Han emperor died in vain in Zhao Village on the outskirts of Kaifeng, and Liu Yun was secretly executed by Guo Chong and Feng Dao in Songzhou. The Lord of Zhou bullied orphans and widowed mothers, and also drove out all the Han clan members. His majestic appearance is frightening! "

There was a burst of whispers in the hall.

Zhu Xiu had a smile on her lips, her expression unchanged.

Today he is not the protagonist and it is not his turn to speak.

Xue Juzheng's eyes darkened, and he exuded an awe-inspiring aura, and said sonorously and forcefully:

"Your Majesty's words are ridiculous!

Emperor Yin listened to the slander of the traitors Li Ye, Nie Wenjin and others, launched the Guangzhengdian Incident, brutally killed Shi Hongzhao, Yang Bin, Wang Zhang and other senior officials of the country, and launched a massacre in Kaifeng, so that everyone in the government and the public was in danger!

The city of Kaifeng was bleeding like a river, and even the family members of our lord and majesty were unfortunately killed!

All kinds of evil deeds show that Emperor Yin was ignorant, tyrannical, and cruel, and his viciousness was even worse than that of Jie and Zhou!
Even in the midst of great grief over the murder of his family members, our Lord did not lose his mind.

The reason why Yedu raised troops was not to overthrow the Liu Han court, but to support the Qing emperor, eradicate Li Ye, Nie Wenjin and other traitorous officials, and restore peace to the court!

Unexpectedly, Guo Yunming kidnapped Emperor Yin and fled to Zhaocun. When he was desperate, he actually killed the emperor in an attempt to atone for his sins and survive.

Everyone in Kaifeng knows the right and wrong. What does the death of Emperor Yin have to do with my lord?
Empress Dowager Zhaosheng put the common people of the world first, wrote a book in her own hand, and ordered my lord to inherit the throne. How can she say that she is usurping the throne?
As for Xiangyin Duke Liu Yun, he fell ill when he passed through Songzhou and passed away soon after. Everyone in Songzhou knew this, so what does it have to do with my lord? "

Li Hongji sneered: "The death of Emperor Han and Liu Yun was not entirely fabricated by the Lord of Zhou."

Xue Juzheng said calmly: "Then I dare to ask His Highness the Prince, how did Emperor Yang Pu of Nanwu Rui die? Could you please His Highness the Prince to unlock the secrets of the palace and tell the world in detail?"

"You! Don't be so presumptuous!" Li Hongji jumped angrily.

On the imperial throne, Li Jing's expression changed.

Hundreds of officials in the main hall also changed their faces.

Zhu Xiu secretly laughed, Li Hongji, Li Hongji, he is really an ignorant idiot.

He clung to the cause of Emperor Yin's death and tried to use it to criticize the legitimacy of the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He was simply shooting himself in the foot.

It is equivalent to showing his weakness and handing the enemy a knife, allowing the enemy to stab him twice.

Nothing about changing dynasties can withstand scrutiny. It just needs to be morally justified.

The last emperor of Southern Wu, Yang Pu, abdicated the throne under the pressure of Li Min, and soon died.

Li Min announced to the public that Yang Pu had died of illness and ordered a mourning. Then he moved the Yang family members to Hailing (in the area of ​​Taizhou, Jiangsu Province) and sent troops to guard them.

Many members of the Yang clan survived, and they all moved to Hailing to live an isolated life.

As time passed, future generations could not find people with other surnames to marry, and they could only match among relatives.

When Li Min heard that a descendant of the Yang family had given birth to a strange baby, he sent someone to bring it to watch. He found it quite interesting and issued a decree to reward it.

This move completely crushed Yang's dignity and was deeply insulting.

When it comes to ruthless means, the Li family should be ranked first.

Zhu Xiu looked at the calm Xue Juzheng and couldn't help laughing in her heart: "Mr. Xue is so eloquent!"

(End of this chapter)