Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 281 I'm sorry

Following the sound of orderly shouts, Liu Xie, dressed in bright yellow like the light of winter, wearing a crown made of twelve strings of beautiful jade, slowly walked up to the three-foot-high sealing platform.

This scene, in the eyes of everyone, should be engraved in the historical picture.In particular, the emperor's slightly immature and solemn expression is a model for all emperors of the Han Dynasty.

Of course, this is only for those who were infected by the atmosphere.For Liu Xie, the twelve strings of beautiful jade on his head really blocked his sight, so he had to look at the steps carefully and carefully from the corner of his eye.Moreover, this yellow robe was too exaggerated, it was too heavy and long, until he climbed to the high platform, the robe was still hanging from the top of the platform on the steps.

However, at the moment when he actually climbed onto the high platform, looking at the soldiers kneeling neatly in the densely packed half-moon formation, and seeing the scholar-bureaucrats talking loudly in the court hall, he could only bow down at his feet.He finally understood why the ancient emperors always liked to hold such celebrations.

On this high platform.On the left side, there are golden drums, silver gongs, colorful buildings, military reins and chariot shafts, while on the right side there are three animals, five grains, white jade, axes and swords.

Looking up Liu Xie, he seemed to be able to see the water of the Yellow River flying from the sky, the wind of the desert blowing from the sky, the fish from the East China Sea leaping over the Dragon Gate to congratulate him, and the camel bells outside the Western Regions ringing slowly... And these places where thoughts go, have all been and will certainly be their own land again!
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!" The golden drum sounded suddenly, and the sound was deep and powerful, stirring the cold, and seemed to be able to ignite the flames in people's hearts.Thoughts suddenly woke up from it and gathered in his heart, Liu Xie only felt waves of blood surging.

Therefore, Liu Xie stretched out his hand, trying not to let his agitated mood make his voice tremble: "Soldiers, stay flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" As Liu Xie opened his mouth, the sound of drums stopped suddenly, leaving only the fluttering flags flying in the air, and the sound of tens of thousands of soldiers shouting in unison and armor clinking as they stood up grandly.

At this moment, Liu Xiechang stood upright, and his face turned red slightly.But just as he was about to read today's imperial edict, Zhou Huan, who was under the stage, got up in a hurry, stepped forward and shouted: "Your Majesty, please sacrifice to heaven!"

Liu Xie's face was furious, and he glanced at Zhou Huan sharply.With just this glance, Zhou Huan felt a thorn in his back.

Zhou Huan thought to himself that he had the arrogance of a scholar-bureaucrat, and before he stepped forward, he also believed that he could be the one who turned the arrogant emperor back.Even, he doesn't mind abandoning his official position and wealth to fulfill his reputation in history.

However, when he really faced the young emperor, he realized how big a mistake he had made.Because, he alone has unintentionally provoked a dispute between the majesty of the emperor and the honor of scholar-bureaucrats.And this kind of dispute has long been a taboo since Situ Wangyun no longer appeared in the court!
Moreover, the outcome has long been decided!
Just now, the emperor's glance was fierce and full of killing intent.Especially in the more than half a year of conquest on the battlefield, he has given him a more intense sense of killing and decisiveness and the coldness of disregarding life.Zhou Huan only knew at that moment that the Son of Heaven had sentenced him to death for a moment in his heart.

To achieve this result, all he needed was a slight movement of his lips.

But what Zhou Huan didn't expect was that the emperor's slightly trembling lips were also flattened in an instant-this kind of performance made Zhou Huan even more uneasy.

After all, everyone knows that the scariest thing is not the moment when a tiger pounces on you, but the moment when you find yourself staring at the tiger's eyes.Similarly, this young, only 13-year-old boy, his most powerful side is not the moment when he shows his sharpness, but his forbearance like a brown bear sleeping in a cave.

The current situation is very clear, and the scholar-bureaucrats in the court will no longer get any benefits if they fight against the emperor.Take today’s grand ceremony as an example, the emperor showed his ability to control power and maneuver freely, which has almost reached its peak—he never fought hard with the scholar-bureaucrats in the court, but after several fiddles, the final victory The winner will always be this boy.

And I have already become an unlucky young bird...God knows if this moody emperor will bring up this old account against himself when he is in a bad mood one day? !

If the emperor had spoken just now, he might have died a worthy death.But now, Zhou Huan knew that he would not be able to do anything against the will of the emperor in the future, otherwise, the sword of the emperor hanging over his head would fall when he least expected it.

Thinking up to this point, Zhou Huan lost all courage.He looked around angrily at the courtiers who had vowed to advance and retreat with him just now, but now they were shrinking one by one, and there was a trace of embarrassment in the panic. In desperation, he no longer cared about anything With the face of a scholar-bureaucrat, Jizhong Shengzhi added a sentence to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty is the person to whom the destiny belongs, and you should first respect the heaven and accept the destiny."

"I am the Son of Heaven, and I can rely on the sky to control my power. Could it be that Zhou Qing's family still has objections to this?" Liu Xie took a step forward, his face unchanged, like an open-minded king who sincerely asks a virtuous minister for advice.

"Your son returns, please pray to your parents." Zhou Huan waited for Liu Xie to ask a question, and quickly patted him with an insignificant flattery.

Sure enough, Liu Xie's expression softened immediately.Zhou Huan's meaning is very obvious. Although he still insisted on letting Liu Xie sacrifice to heaven, the taste has changed.

Before, he somewhat thought of himself as the emperor's guardian and forced Liu Xie to act.But now, he is a caring retainer, reminding the master not to forget trivial matters.

This change in identity and tone immediately reversed the tense atmosphere just now.With a smile on his face, Liu Xie replied gratefully: "Zhou Qing's family is right."

The scholar-officials on one side were about to yell at Zhou Huan for his lack of character, but then they were stared back by Zhou Huan's cold eyes, and they remembered that they were the one who broke his promise and betrayed his teammates.At the same time, I also know that in the group of scholar-bureaucrats, after Zhao Qi, another member of the Jiuqing will rebel and become His Majesty's dogleg.

But Liu Xie didn't care about this, he took advantage of the victory to pursue, found Taichang Zhongfu in the audience, and asked with a smile: "The Zhongqing family is a big man Taichang, who controls the heaven and earth, gods, and ghosts. It’s just a matter of nature, so too often has its own rules and regulations, right?”

"The Son of Heaven's family affairs, how dare I say too much?" Zhong Fu saluted slightly, and very chicly bought another teammate.Because, in the planning of the scholar-bureaucrats, they turned out all the rituals of worshiping heaven in the pre-Qin and Spring and Autumn periods, so that the emperor must feel the power and shock of the ritual system.But just such a bland sentence from Zhong Fu instantly shattered those plans.

In other words, another member of the Jiuqing rebelled...

Such a result made Liu Xie very satisfied.However, when the cigarettes in the copper tripod began to linger, Liu Xie was completely dumbfounded when he faced a huge black ox head, a pot of lush grains, twelve pieces of white jade and nine black roosters.When his eyes were anxiously looking at Zhong Fu, hoping for his rescue, Zhong Fu mistakenly thought that Liu Xie still thought the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven was too cumbersome, so he took another step back in fright.

Helpless, Liu Xie could only sing a one-man show alone and perform on the spot.

The black bull's head is used to worship the sky. This Liu Xie understood that he stood in front of the bull's head, holding the sky with both hands, and said aloud: "The destiny is reincarnated, life is endless, encompassing the universe, and seeing everything in one's hands. Son of Heaven, I would like to offer this thing to the heavens, let the heavens open their eyes, congeal my divine state, bestow peace on Li Shu, and prosperity in the world!"

A pot of lush grains is used to sacrifice the earth. Liu Xie thought about it, took another handful of soil from the high platform, and enshrined it on the side of the grains: "The sky is dry, the earth is Kun, and all things prosper when they are Kun." , Ten thousand people are rich if they have food. I am the head of the people, and I return the five grains to the mother earth, hoping that the universe will produce yin and yang, reconcile the world, and bring blessings to all parties!"

The twelve white jades were for offering sacrifices to the river. Liu Xie didn't want to throw these twelve white jades into the river, so he said: "The river is the source of all blasphemy. The dragons are hidden and the clouds are made to rain. I am the Son of Heaven, the Prime Minister The rivers and mountains spread their virtues in all directions. The beautiful jade is the proof. If the river will be able to exhaust the sea in the future, spit out the sky, and chase the whales, so that the waves will have no ripples and the grains will be rich. How can I cherish the gift of the prison, and I will encourage the gods. .”

Putting down the beautiful jade, Liu Xie finally faced the nine black roosters, his eyes were facing eighteen small eyeballs flashing with hostility, and he felt that he could not write any more: "Mountains and rivers are mountains, and ancient times Gonggong smashed Buzhou Mountain , there is Nuwa mending the sky, and human beings are born. I..."

Liu Xie wanted to cry at this time, he really couldn't think of the relationship between the black rooster and the mountain. After he blushed, he could only growl angrily: "Rooster is an ominous thing. It disturbs the public order and destroys the family. I will take it as my replacement." The mountain god plucks its hair, eats its flesh, and works for the common people!"

I'm sorry, those holy mothers and sisters who are engaged in physical service and warming a lonely man in later generations, I, Liu Xie, can only think of these... I am really not Zhuge Liang, and I can't learn how he pretended to be a ghost when borrowing the east wind!

(End of this chapter)