Chapter 720: The spoils are divided, and the new king’s ambition
Dayan’s prime minister,
is dead;
was killed in a way of killing a chicken.
A cut is made on the neck, and the curvature of the head and body is forcibly opened, so that the neck is always in the tension stage;
All that was missing was that there was not another bowl underneath to catch the blood for consumption.
You said that if you live for two more years, it will be better for Dayan, I believe it;
You said that in two years, you will commit suicide in the mourning hall of Litian City in white clothes, I believe it;
You said Tian Wujing didn’t kill you because you were useful to the country, and I believe it;
I believe it, I believe it all.
But,
what’s the point?
If I don’t kill you today,
I will respond,
If I kill you today,
I'm comfortable.
Comfort, that’s it, it’s all over, you still have to worry about your damn world plans!
Do you know how I felt when I entered the back house of Jingnan Hou Mansion in Litian City and saw Lao Tian’s white hair sitting on the threshold of the mourning hall?
Every time I go back to my hometown in the past few years, I see that I can only play alone in the house every day, playing with magic pills and those monster beasts, living a childhood life like a prisoner, Lao Tzu, what does it feel like?
Righteousness in the world,
Feelings of family and country,
Sacrifice one's life for righteousness,
If you are willing to do it, just do it;
I used to be a grandson, no matter whether it is pretending or real, after all, it is Grandson;
Now that I am up, I have the ability to make a deal and kill you. Do you still want me to wait?
Sorry,
I really can’t wait.
"Master Prime Minister, please open your eyes and take a look. Look, the sun is so good today."
Zheng Houye let go of his hand,
Zhao Jiulang's body fell on the eaves.
"I thought you would give him another two years. The Prime Minister almost convinced me just now."
Zheng Fan smiled, bent down, and stretched out his hand to Zhao Jiulang Wiping the blood on the white lining, he said:
“Why are you waiting?”
The Sword Master nodded and said, “When you draw the sword, I am actually quite happy.”
“Really? Haha.”
Lord Zheng stretched his waist.
"Li Liangshen, are you going to take him back?"
"Do you know what he did? Did the blind man tell you?"
"Say Passed."
"Well, to be honest, that The crazy woman is actually quite nice to me. In fact, she and I don't have any direct differences. The only difference is probably when she summoned me when I was a civilian husband. She didn't see my talent and future potential at a glance. No one recommends me a pillow seat.
She missed a great opportunity. "
If the seven demon kings follow him into the Li family, then she, Li Qian, can really prepare to go to Mu Yitianxia now.
" Haha, this is to praise myself. , completely shameless. "
"Yes, you have a feud with me, Shatuo Queshi, but with Ji Chengjue, the new king, that is the real hatred.
On Ji Laoliu's wedding day, she actually dared to let Li Liangshen and the seventh uncle beside her assassinate him.
Alas,
On the wedding night, Ji Laoliu's life hung by a thread the whole night. ”
“It’s almost the same as this time. "
What the Sword Master meant was that it was almost the same as killing Zhao Jiulang at this time.
Because Ji Chengjue never expected that the woman would be so crazy that she sent someone to kill him that night. People went to assassinate him.
When people go crazy, they really don't follow logic.
The same goes for Zhao Jiulang. He did not expect that on the night when the new king just ascended the throne, Dayan Pingxihou would directly go out and assassinate him in the street.
Thousands of calculations,
It is also an algorithm based on a rule.
When that person doesn’t follow the rules at all, you can’t calculate it at all. .
Ji Chengjue and Zhao Jiulang are both extremely smart and thoughtful people, but the more these people are, the easier it is for them to suffer big losses in this seemingly absurd situation.
At this moment,
The Sword Master somewhat understood Zheng Fan’s measures to ensure his own safety at all times, because he had learned too much from his past mistakes.
"The new king wants to borrow my hand to kill him."
Because he knows that there is a sword master beside me.
"You dare to use him?" Sword Master asked.
“I keep my sword maid, why are I afraid of Li Liangshen? In fact, I understand him. He and I are both soldiers. In this season, every soldier in Dayan is eager to make contributions.
He is the same.
He is not afraid of death, but he is afraid of dying as a coward.
Besides,
Now, I am really the only one who can protect him. Otherwise, if we let him leave now, or separate from him, the masters under Wei Zhonghe and Lu Bing will definitely pounce on him immediately and suffocate him in the capital. "
"Does this count as cutting off one's arm? "The Sword Master asked.
For a third-grade swordsman general to die at the hands of one of his own, it's a bit of a loss no matter how you look at it.
Zheng Fan shook his head and said:
"First of all, his Li Liangshen doesn't count as an arm. His arms must be at least as strong as mine now.
Secondly, a good gardener must be able to prune branches, and a good emperor must also be able to kill.
The stall left by the late emperor is large enough. Although it is the dead of winter in Dayan, the branches are lush and the new king can prune them as he likes. When spring comes next year, it will be lush again.
Okay,
Enter the palace,
Killing the emperor's prime minister must give the emperor some face, and it is appropriate to revive him. ”
Zheng Fan and Sword Master went down to the eaves,
At this time,
A Ming, who had been waiting down there for a long time, went up to the eaves again, took out the water bag, and received it next to Zhao Jiulang's body. got some blood.
After coming down, I met Xue San.
“You also drink the blood of ordinary people?”
Xue San knew that what A Ming liked was the blood of the strong.
“There are two kinds of wine, one is a real fine wine, which is true from the inside; the other is a wine whose reputation is greater than its inside.”
“I know that common people like to drink wine after drinking it. "
"Yes, ordinary people are also happy sometimes, aren't they?"
A Ming put the water bag away and said:
"After all, I just advanced. I want to be happy."
"..." Xue San.
"Okay, I'll go into the palace, you go back first."
Zheng Fan said to the demon kings.
"Lord, what should we do here?" A Ming asked, pointing around.
Carriage wreckage, corpse;
Zheng Fan waved his hand indifferently,
said:
“Leave it to the crow to clean up.”
………
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
Ji Chengjue slept soundly, and then he was woken up by Eunuch Wei.
I was not overly happy when I became the emperor. I didn’t dream about my father’s nightmare when I went to bed on the first night;
This sleep was very solid and comfortable. I haven’t slept like this in several years. So comfortable.
Standing up, stretching, looking at the light coming through the window, Ji Chengjue said:
"Oh, by the way, last night..."
"Your Majesty, Master Zaifu, is dead."
"Oh."
Ji Chengjue sighed , reached out and pinched his forehead gently.
Zhao Jiulang,
Still dead.
The instability in the court caused by Zaifu's death is second. The key is that Ji Chengjue knows that the implementation of the new law and the continuation of the New Deal require Zhao Jiulang's presence.
To be able to sit in the position of prime minister and assistant during his father's tenure, Zhao Jiulang has no great talent, it is an insult to the late emperor.
Dead, dead.
The surname is Zheng,
If I age prematurely, you will be responsible.
"Okay, wash up."
Eunuch Wei ordered two eunuchs and maids to come in to help His Majesty wash and change clothes.
While changing clothes,
Wei Zhonghe reported: "Your Majesty, Li Liangshen is not dead."
"Oh, not dead?"
"Yes."
"Didn't you say that the sword master's sword should be more powerful than Li Liangshen's?"
"In reply to His Majesty's words , This is indeed the case. The slave was watching the sword energy between them last night on the top of the palace. Although Li Liangshen is strong, the sword master is stronger."
The word "geng" here has a superimposed meaning. Much stronger than normal.
"Tsk, he's not dead."
Ji Chengjue was a little helpless. He really didn't like Li Liangshen.
Because Li Liangshen not only looked down upon the man named Zheng, but in fact, he also looked down upon himself.
Talented people are all proud of their talents;
But the man named Zheng is not more arrogant than anyone else?
But people know how to behave, so what kind of person are you, Li Liangshen?
At this time,
a young eunuch came in to report to Wei Zhonghe,
Wei Zhonghe reported back:
“Your Majesty, the Marquis of Pingxi invites you to see him, and he also brings Li Liangshen.”
"Hey, the one surnamed Zheng is doing this to give me face. Okay, tell the imperial kitchen to add an extra portion of my breakfast, and I will share it with the one surnamed Zheng."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Breakfast,
used in the imperial study room, because Ji Chengjue didn't move out of bed last night.
There is no common dining etiquette between monarchs and ministers,
It's a small table.
On the small table, there are porridge, pickles, eggs, fried dough sticks and meatloaf.
Ji Chengjue sat at one end and Zheng Fan sat at the other end.
Li Liangshen knelt at the door of the imperial study.
Eunuch Wei, stood in front of Li Liangshen. At the same time, there were many shadows wandering outside the imperial study to ensure that that would not happen. A matter of anger.
Compared with the situation here, it seemed very ordinary for the ministers and the emperor to have breakfast on equal terms inside.
Eunuch Wei has long been used to it. After all, he has been invited to sit on the dragon chair, let alone a breakfast?
"Are you comfortable?"
Ji Chengjue peeled an egg with his own hands and placed it in the porridge bowl in front of Zheng Fan.
"Well, I feel comfortable." Mr. Zheng nodded.
"I'm going to have a headache next time."
"You are the emperor. If your life is too comfortable, will you feel good about it?"
"You don't get such an advantage. He was so good, I killed him for you, right? I pushed Li Liangshen over, but you brought him back alive?"
"......" Li Liangshen at the door.
Eunuch Wei moved his steps and moved from the side to directly in front of Li Liangshen.
"Haha, Your Majesty, I appreciate my talent. With such a good hand, even if I let him be the first to attack the city in the future, it would be better than just suffocating to death in the capital."
"Unkind. , surnamed Zheng, you are really not very good "Honest."
Zheng Fan picked up the egg that the emperor had peeled for himself and said:
"Isn't this chicken worth twenty taels of silver?" ”
"Haha, hahaha." Ji Chengjue pointed at Zheng Fan and laughed, "Okay, I've been injured by cornmeal buns, and I'm not a deep-seated emperor who doesn't know the sufferings of the people. They don't dare to fool me like a fool. ”
“Yes, no one is better than you I know how to settle the accounts."
"Well, since you said so, let's take advantage of this opportunity to settle the accounts first."
Ji Chengjue used chopsticks to put the porridge in the bowl. A line was drawn in it,
said:
"Ran Min, the garrison of Yupan City, has been transferred to Nanmen Pass by my father. I want to use this person to attack the small countries south of Nanmen Pass. I don't want to use any big war, at least, I want to use this person to conquer the small countries south of Nanmen Pass. Apply more influence to these wallflowers and smooth their hair < br>
This Yupan City will be given to you by the Pingxihou Mansion. You choose a person and a general to install it. "
Yupan City is assigned to the Pingxihou Mansion. This means that the entire east of Wangjiang River is the territory of Pingxihou Mansion.
It is equivalent to completely controlling half of the territory of the former Dacheng Kingdom from a legal and practical perspective.
"Xu Wenzu, I know that I am on good terms with you, so I will let him continue to be in Yingdu, but I cannot cede this Yingdu to you."
"Stingy."
"Huh, if we attack Chu again in the future, we can add to the territory we have conquered to make five. Select some to be directly included in your fiefdom, and some to implement the county system. The center, in short, will not let you suffer."
"Pfft...haha. ..."
Zheng Houye almost spit out the porridge in his mouth with laughter. He reached out and took the towel handed over by Ji Chengjue and wiped it before he stopped:
" Damn it, two to one plus five, why the fuck are you so funny?”
"Isn't that what it's like when doing business? It's up to you and I to do what you want. Everyone will make a profit, so Dayan will naturally make a profit too."
"Okay, okay, say what you want. Let's do it."
Zheng Houye knows that the benefits lie ahead, and the promise of the future and the delivery of Yupan City mean that what the emperor wants is behind.
“To the commander-in-chief of each department of the Jingnan Army, I will give you favors and rewards, and I will give you promotions, fortunes, and wives. I will give them generously.”
“You want to carve up Jingnan? Southern Army?”
What Zhao Jiulang said before his death is becoming a reality. No one is better at doing business than Your Majesty.
“Tsk, don’t speak so harshly. Contact the people you can contact. After all, Prince Nan is also in your home. Oh, by the way, after the war in the desert begins in triumph,< br>
I will confer Tian Tian with the title of Prince of Bao, what do you think?” Salute and kowtow to my godson?”
“You are a military meritorious prince. You know which one is more noble. Besides, how long has it been since you were granted the title of marquis? Even if your surname is Zheng, you want to be crowned the king. , wait two years, if you go to the snowy fields to kill a few chickens or go to the Chu State to chop a few ducks, I will naturally grant you the title of King of Pingxi, okay?
What I mean is,
No matter who is sitting on the throne now, even if it is a demented emperor, under the operation of the imperial court, he will inevitably consolidate the military power of the Jingnan Army.
I am afraid that you will be unhappy if I take action directly, so I will discuss it with you in advance and let you know.
There will definitely be people who will continue to lean towards you. That is your business. I don’t care. What I mean is that the court will definitely do what it needs to win over and divide.
Is it possible? ”
Lord Zheng lowered his head and took two mouthfuls of porridge.
“I am not in a hurry to establish Chuanye as the prince. After next spring or summer, I plan to send Chuanye to your Pingxihou Mansion and let him be playmates with Tiantian. Tiantian is still his brother. .”
Zheng Fankai He said: "We are a generation apart. Tiantian is your uncle who passed down the inheritance. Tiantian and you are the same generation."
"Yes, yes, yes, we are uncles, okay?"
" I am Tiantian’s godfather.”
"Beast!"
"Haha." Zheng Fan nodded and said, "Okay, okay."
The emperor even talked about this,
They even wanted to send the "good saint grandson" appointed by the late emperor, his eldest son and the unconsecrated prince, as a hostage to the Pingxi Hou Mansion.
Next, the imperial court wanted to win over the former commander-in-chief of the Jingnan Army in Jin. Lord Zheng, it was really hard to say anything.
This is a transaction, a transaction on the surface.
Still,
Unless Zheng Fan rebels now, there is really no reason to stop him.
"Zheng, I am not worried about you. What I am most worried about is that it is inconvenient for you to reach out. I will throw a rat weapon here. When the time comes, these soldiers and horses will be given to me directly to Dayan in Jin. It is not good to form vassal towns one by one.
When there is a war in the future, you, Zheng Fan, will definitely be in charge, and they will still be under your command.
If you regret it and want to rebel, it's just a matter of words. But don't we still have feelings for each other now? We haven't separated yet, so we should first file away the family's property and manage it properly.
That’s what I mean, I’ll take it as your agreement. "
"Hmm. Zheng Fan nodded, but reminded, "King Jingnan will be back." "
"To tell you the truth, the person who wants King Jingnan to come back the most is me, not you. King Jingnan is more stable than you, in all aspects, you understand, right? ”
“Bang. ”
"Hey hey hey." Ji Chengjue picked up a fried dough stick and handed it over, "Here, eat some more. If you still feel a little uncomfortable, here you go to Prince Jin's Mansion.
< br>I am the emperor now, not when my father is here. You should be careful about what you do. Who dares to say anything to you? ”
"Ji Laoliu, can you stop having so much filth in your mind?"
"What's filth? When we first met, didn't we just go to the red tent together?
< br>In fact, the King of Jin, who has always been thoughtful, wishes he could call you Zheng Fan, “Father-in-Chief.”
"Eating breakfast, don't be disgusted."
"Okay, okay, oh, by the way, when Chuanye goes to your place next year, you have to treat him well."
"You are worried about you. Just yourself, don’t fall in love with your younger son for no reason and want to pass your position to your younger son in the future. I have to go to the trouble of raising an army to help Chuanye fight for the throne."
"Chengchengcheng, you surnamed Zheng can't expect me to do well, you are ruining the Tian family from the beginning to the end. It’s just a show.”
“No, it’s exciting.”
"You eat, you eat."
Ji Chengjue stood up, left the table, and walked to the door of the imperial study.
Li Liangshen is still kneeling there.
Wei Zhonghe stopped Ji Chengjue. No matter how close he was, he would have no time to block him. After all, the opponent was a third-level swordsman. Even if the big sword was not at his side, the sword energy on his fingertips could still kill him instantly at close range. Kill!
Ji Chengjue pushed Wei Zhonghe away,
He sat down directly in front of Li Liangshen.
“You wanted to kill me back then.”
Li Liangshen said nothing.
"I also wanted to send you away last night. It's a pity that you are still alive and have returned to me."
Li Liangshen knelt and continued to be silent.
"Oh, I am not really open-minded."
Ji Chengjue clapped his hands,
"But you wanted to kill me once, but you couldn't; I wanted to kill you once, but I couldn’t.
We,
this is even, right?”
At this time,
a young eunuch came to report:
"Your Majesty, the Fourth Highness has been summoned to see you."
Because the formal enthronement ceremony has not been held yet, so , the new titles among the brothers have not been decided yet, except for the second eldest brother, Min'an Bo, so the palace still calls the fourth prince... His Highness.
“Let him in.”
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After a while,
the fourth prince Ji Chengfeng came over and knelt down to salute:
"I pay homage to your Majesty, long live my emperor. Long live!”
“Fourth brother is here”
"Yes, I wonder if your Majesty has summoned me to do anything that I need to do?"
"Oh, that's the thing. Didn't Fourth Brother just tell me a while ago that the errand is too heavy and tiring.
That's it,
The responsibility of the soldiers under the fourth brother will be handed over to General Li from today,
Li Liangshen,
I think that you have made great achievements in defending the capital in the past few years, so I named you Dinghaibo, and took charge of all the garrison affairs of the imperial army and government offices in the inner city of Kyoto, and integrated them all.
Guard the Kyoto,
Guard the imperial city,
Guard... me! "(End of this chapter)