Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 678 Underground Palace
The character-killing man appeared in the alley, and soon found an extremely hidden entrance. After a little searching, he also got in.

After a stick of incense, the killer came out of a stinky water hole more than ten miles away from the alley.
At the same time, somewhere underground in Kaifeng City, Shiwa had regret and murderous intent on his face.

"Clan master! Seventeen of our brothers died, but the man was slightly injured, so we couldn't keep him. But the secret of the underground palace has never been revealed." An old beggar bowed to Shiwa.

Shiwa sighed, and said, "Pass in my order to speed up the excavation of the underground palace."

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In addition to the fact that the poison on His Majesty's body has not been cured, Shiwa is in the capital, and His Majesty's eyelids are lowered. In the inevitable coming court and the emperor's crazy revenge, he still has a lot of confidence to keep himself Most of the forces under his command.

The reason why Shiwa has this confidence is because Shiwa has a big hole card in his hand.

In fact, this hole card also came from a sentence Ye Chen told him inadvertently: "The city of Kaifeng is not only the alleys and alleys you see, there are also underground caves that criss-cross and extend in all directions. These caves and those The ubiquitous sewers and underground caves in the capital are connected, but they are different. Because under the city of Kaifeng, there is another city of Kaifeng buried under the flood of the Yellow River."

There are many sewers and caves under the city of Kaifeng. This is something that many people in Kyoto know. Even the people of Kaifeng call the people living in the sewers and caves the cave people.

In fact, these so-called cave people are nothing more than a group of beggars, who have nowhere to hide and have to go down to the cave gutter to avoid the cold winter.However, some of these beggars were vicious and vicious, and even regarded the cave as their own territory. Since then, they have used the cave as their base, committing all sorts of crimes including rape, looting and looting.

Five years ago, Zhao Guangyi, then governor of Kaifeng, mobilized thousands of civilians and ordered a tunnel to be dug. As a result, more than 30 corpses were found in that tunnel, and [-] corpses were found in the tunnel. There are many women, all of whom are from good families who disappeared in the capital. The oldest is the daughter of a censor Zhongcheng at the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty. The filthy burrow had three children, and not only died when they were born.

But this situation has changed since Ye Chen established the Huaxia Weifu two years ago and let Shiwa start to rectify the underground forces in the capital.Shiwa led people to kill all these utterly depraved and inhuman authentic people.Then they occupied the magpie's nest and occupied these caves, and according to what Ye Chen said, they began to secretly arrange for people to search for and excavate possible dungeons. Let him find a huge underground palace.

And the existence of this underground palace and underground tunnels extending in all directions is his greatest reliance.

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Zhao Pu's control over the Song Dynasty court and his influence over Zhao Dezhao were very strong. Seven days later, on the day of September No. The relevant documents of Zhongshu Zhengshitang have been sent to the northwest.

On the same day, the prime minister and the emperor of Song Dynasty each received a gift.

Zhao Pu got the evidence of corruption and bribery of more than 300 officials that he wanted, and began to secretly contact and discuss with these officials one by one. Coupled with his original control over the Song court, he quietly wove a picture that shrouded the entire country. The entire Great Song court has a large net.

Zhao Dezhao in the palace did not receive the antidote he dreamed of, but received a secret letter from Ye Chen.However, the appearance of this secret letter made Zhao Dezhao extremely furious, and because of this, he ordered the beheading of more than a dozen eunuchs, maids and guards guarding the imperial study.Because, the letter suddenly appeared in his imperial study, and it was written by Ye Chen more than 20 days ago, and the calculated time was just before Ye Chen left Kaifeng.

The first sentence of the letter was: The poison your majesty suffered from is actually not poisonous, or your majesty was not poisoned at all.It will not affect His Majesty's health, but it will cause a change in His Majesty's physique.Change one, Your Majesty is immune to all poisons from now on, ordinary poisons are no longer effective against Your Majesty.Change [-], His Majesty's blood becomes highly poisonous, and any living thing that touches it will die.

Zhao Dezhao was stunned for a long time after reading these words. His first reaction was that Ye Chen was lying to him, playing tricks on him, and won the fiefs of eight states without giving him an antidote.But when I think of these days, apart from my own blood, which has poisoned many death row prisoners, I don't seem to have any discomfort in my body.

"Could it be that what Yechen dog thief said is true? I am not poisoned... Yechen dog thief, no matter what, I will never let you go." Zhao Dezhao muttered to himself, but in the end he bit Gritting his teeth and roaring, the resentment on his face didn't weaken in the slightest because he wasn't poisoned at all.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhao Dezhao gradually regained his composure, and said, "Come here, send Qian Yi here."

A servant went to invite Qian Yi, the genius doctor in the palace, and Zhao Dezhao continued to read the contents of the letter.

The following content has nothing to do with detoxification. It is just a brief description of some things that Zhao Pu has done since His Majesty was poisoned. There is no exaggeration, no misinterpretation, and no comments. Including the deal between Ye Chen and Zhao Pu.

"Ye Chen, you bastard, you think you can provoke the relationship between me and the prime minister." Zhao Dezhao muttered to himself, wanting to tear up the letter, but in the end he let the confidant eunuch put it away.And there is an urge to tear Zhao Pu apart.

After Qian Yi arrived, he listened to what Zhao Dezhao said in Ye Chen's letter about detoxification, and was stunned for a moment. After checking Zhao Dezhao's body, he pondered for a while and said, "Judging from your majesty's body, there is indeed no poisoning. Signs. But I can't guarantee if His Majesty will be poisoned in the future."

Hearing this, Zhao Dezhao's expression became gloomy again. If it weren't for Qian Yi's miraculous medical skills, he would still have a lot to rely on in the future. He really wanted to order Qian Yi to be executed.

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From the day Ye Chen left Feng, he imagined what the country he would build would look like from time to time. The country he dreams or wants to build is naturally very good, even perfect.To put it simply, it can be described in 24 words—the king is kind and wise, the officials are virtuous and loyal, the army is strong and brave, and the people are rich and happy.

But when he arrived in the northwest, gradually began to control his territory, and cared about the people under his rule, he gradually realized that the country he wanted to build was far from reality, and even felt almost impossible.

For example, the king is benevolent, he now knows that he may have a 'benevolent' side, but what he does these days has nothing to do with 'compassion'.Too many people die these days by his order, or because of him.

These days, as he has gradually gained a certain understanding of the people under his rule and various ethnic minority tribes and cottages, he found that it is difficult for him to be a monarch like Tang Zong and Song Zu, because the people under his rule They are far less kind and obedient than the people of Song Dynasty.

Therefore, he needs to use heavy codes in troubled times and set harsh temporary laws, so that some things that he seems to be just small crimes and small mistakes have killed many people because of it.

In this process, of course, it is necessary to give both kindness and power. Simply put, it is necessary to give some benefits to the people.Only in this way did the people and pawns in the newly acquired five state cities return to their hearts a little bit or calm down a little bit.

In addition, like all kings in ancient and modern China and abroad, he needs all kinds of balance from his subordinates. He also needs to be very hypocritical when his heart is very dark.Most importantly, all founding kings must be ruthless at the beginning of the founding of the country.

If things go on like this, Ye Chen feels that the country he finally builds can only be the same template as Da Song, or even worse than Da Song.

If so, Ye Chen would naturally be very dissatisfied.

Losing confidence or slack would naturally not appear on Ye Chen. After thinking for a while about the countless problems that needed to be solved, Ye Chen had some ideas and decisions in his mind, and then listened to the most characteristic questions in the northwest outside the door and window. The howling wind and the soft breathing of Han Ke'er next to him took a long time to slowly fall asleep.

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The original residence of Li Guangrui in Xiazhou has become Ye Chen's temporary residence, and the Yamen of Wang Baoxing, the former magistrate of Xiazhou, has become Ye Chen's "little court".

At this time, in this government council hall, which is even larger than Kaifeng in Kyoto, Han Xizai said solemnly: "The chaos in the world begins with the chaos of people's hearts, and the chaos of people's hearts begins with the loss of orthodoxy. It started when the masters were confused and the ministers were chaotic, and the people did not have a living; when the people did not live, a fertile soil was born in troubled times. Since the end of Tang Dynasty, the troubled times of the Five Dynasties have been like this."

"And the fall of the emperor will inevitably lead to the dimness of the court, political disorder, and chaos in the world. The treacherous officials and villains will steal high positions. After taking power, they will wantonly destroy the state machine and order. The real talents who are dedicated to the country will be disheartened. The entire court is in chaos. All officials have forgotten to govern the country. They only know how to calculate their own interests in the dark. The nobles are getting more and more angry. Lost hope, began to have unreasonable thoughts, no one fought for the interests of the most vulnerable group in this country - the common people, so the common people were exploited layer by layer and could not survive, the army could not enjoy the treatment they deserved, and was corrupted, and then Degenerate. Therefore, this country is also on the verge of perishing. The demise of the Southern Tang Dynasty is a typical example. And the lower official is actually one of these treacherous officials."

(End of this chapter)