The civil war is over, but it's only now that it's all about to begin.

In fact, the battle did not end completely after the fall of Shimin, Yue Jianghong held on for half an hour after that before he was knocked unconscious, and the elite of the Yue family's army, who was imprisoned in Luoyang far away from the battlefield, also escaped from prison at about the same time, bringing unnecessary casualties to peace, and finally causing 883 people to die in the entire civil war.

This number can be called "glorious" and "unharmed" for any civil war, but for Xinlan, who is bent on reducing casualties, in addition to feeling guilty and accepting criticism, she is left to keep doing things to make up for it, but fortunately, there are many people who help her.

Of course, opposition and doubts cannot be eliminated, but they must be made to understand that this is the propaganda work in the future. Regarding the word "propaganda", which is easily reminiscent of what the people of the world do, Xinlan does not intend to shy away from it.

"Even if it is banned, the facts will not change, and instead of making a fuss about it, we should think about how to prevent ourselves from repeating the mistakes of the past. ”

Therefore, moving forward firmly in introspection has become the future development route of the Great Song Dynasty.

For the "rebellious ministers and thieves" who had defected to the Shimin faction before, Xinlan adopted the method of demotion and transfer. This is a very gentle punishment, only a very small number of diehards stumbled to prison, but it was also exempted from capital crimes, as for the "settlement of accounts after the autumn" handed down since ancient times, most people felt that it would not appear in Xinlan's regime.

"In fact, both sides of the war are at fault. ”

Although Xinlan's words were not made public, they spread all over the world under her intentional laissez-faire, and people also found out in the following days that the heroes of the southern army who followed all the way were not obviously promoted to the rank of knight.

"If there is no reward for meritorious service, won't this chill the hearts of the soldiers?"

"Fart, kill your own family and get promoted and get rich?"

"It's all officials and officials who protect each other, and this round down, except for the emperor who has changed, nothing has changed, hehe. ”

The people are also divided into three factions, each with its own reason, but most of them are only talking about it, peace is better than anything else, and the truly learned can find that in this series of changes of demotion, many places have been vacated.

This is exactly the position that Xinlan uses to provide to the civilian elite, and the general public thinks that "the master is in the folk", in fact, the real master is cultivated by a large number of resources, and the level of the folk genius is really far from the talent from the aristocratic family, but just like the situation of adding points to the exams of the disadvantaged groups, it is also necessary to increase the education of ordinary people, tilt national resources, and provide them with more positions. However, the most important thing is to prevent the fraud of interests and the increasing decay of the mechanism, but this is the direction that must be worked on in the future, and there is no need to say much for the time being.

Although these are all plans for the future, the real big problem is that these are all proposed by Xinlan, and the real owner of the country is someone else.

Many people are very curious, what is Xinlan going to do next?

Don't say that it is impossible for Xinlan to replace her, in fact, her series of reform policies are far from the monarchy in the traditional sense, and it can even be said that the one who really represents the monarchy is the dead Sima Shimin.

Not long after the chaos in the country was initially calmed down, on January 1, 10088, Longji officially ascended the throne as emperor, and Xinlan and Liu Tian continued to serve as vice emperors and regents.

This is a bit subtle, if you want to usurp the throne, Xinlan, who is already one level higher than everyone else, pulled Liu Tian to the same level as herself, which is obviously to block herself. And it is inevitable that the Celestial Sphere World has always adopted a monarchy, that is, the emperor certifies that it can unite the strength of the people of the world to fight against the lawless strong, but the West is a little smarter and has adopted a constitutional system that retains the monarch but deprives the executive power, but the ideas of the Great Song Dynasty are obviously not so advanced now, or do they plan to transition first?

No matter how suspicious people were, the neutral system was always the quickest to react, and the Longi Emperor was immediately certified.

Of course, they will never know that both Xinlan and Liu Tian have returned the inalienable authority of the deputy emperor and quasi-emperor that Sima Di once left, and Longji did not regard this as an act of loyalty, but was more worried about another thing:

"Could it be that one day, His Royal Highness Xinlan and the teacher will leave me?"

According to what he knows about the two, compared to usurping the throne, the two are more like characters who will retire to the mountains and forests when he becomes an adult, which can certainly achieve a good name and return power to him, the best of both worlds, but he can't accept it.

They won in the end, but this is the credit of the two, it is the victory brought by the excellent skills of the two, the closer he observes, the more Longji feels that he is inferior to the two, or even inferior to the people, and he hopes to realize the dream of the imperial grandfather more than the power!

For this, two people are necessary.

"Hey, why did you admit defeat to the future so quickly? You're still just a little ghost, isn't it natural that you don't have enough skills?" Liu Tian smiled.

"But there are some things that are not hard work......

"That kind of thing, when you thought about it when you worked hard all your life and were about to be buried in a coffin, it was just pure cowardice to say it now, I don't remember teaching you to be a coward. ”

Longji was speechless, and Xinlan also held his hand.

"We will definitely help you whenever you need it, just please don't forget that we can always let go. ”

"I'll never do that kind of thing. How could LONGi not understand what Xinlan's last sentence was about.

"No, that's not a bad thing, it's a reasonable greed of an emperor, if one day we will leave, it must be that you can already be on your own, but remember, it is more important to keep a humble heart, even us, we are very far from perfection. ”

The most regrettable thing in the world is not that there is no Ming Jun, but that Ming Jun becomes mediocre after old age, which in turn harms the country. Neither Xinlan nor Liu Tian thought that Longji was inferior to Shimin, but they were worried that he would become complacent.

"I'll remember!" Longi swore aloud.

He also knew that what he had promised now might deteriorate over time, but after following the two of them for so long, he was not without growth.

The emperor will fall because he stands at the top, lacks self-reflection, and is the result of his arbitrariness and unrepentance. If there is such a mirror, eternally neutral, never disappearing, constantly updated like the system, then he will never lose himself.

Is there such a mirror in the world?

LONGi already has a faint answer, but it is still hidden in his heart.

……

Yue Fei didn't go to see his father until a month and a half after the war ended.

At the end of the war, his two elder brothers resolutely refused a slight demotion, took the initiative to accept the punishment of being assigned to the frontier, and left their hometown.

"The family will leave it to you. ”

"Only in this way will our family not be blamed too much. ”

Yue Fei's correct stance really can't reverse the world's impression of Yue Jianghong's blind obedience to Sima Shimin, especially after Sima Shimin's more and more atrocities and conspiracies were exposed, the Yue family's reputation seemed to be stinky overnight, and the Yue family's army, which eventually caused more than 800 additional casualties, was sent to the northern border.

After this series of events, it is not difficult to understand Yue Jianghong's initiative to ask to be imprisoned in the prison.

But when he went to visit, Yue Fei realized that his thoughts were too naïve.

"As long as you are as solid as a rock, you can be safe no matter how the times change...... Hehe, I didn't expect to be put on a show by you in the end. ”

Yue Jianghong went to the prison without resisting again, but he didn't reflect either, to be precise, he reflected, but what he reflected on was the reason for the failure.

Judging from the whole battle, Yue Jianghong's "mercy of his subordinates" has reached the point of "anger and resentment" and "outrageous" The degree of heavy talent, there are people, and it was indeed the same at the beginning, but he thought about it, and then many places were a little unreasonable, several times, he had a murderous intent, but he quickly shifted the target, or the killing intent quickly fell silent, although everything was in his mind, but now Yue Jianghong, who had calmed down, found that there was a force hidden in his body that was imperceptible, but it was accumulated over time, and it affected his mind a little bit.

That was a sentence that Xie Xuanan failed to trigger when he fought him for the first time.

Knowing this, Yue Jianghong couldn't cry or laugh, and finally understood why Xie Xuanan came for the second time.

"It's really a shoddy trick that makes me mistakenly think that I have cleared all the hidden dangers in my body...... That's why I fell for his tricks. ”

Yue Jianghong didn't have much regret when he said this, but he didn't face Yue Fei, but said to himself to the air, anyone who saw it would think that he had been overhit and went crazy.

But Yue Fei remembered the various things that father and son broke up at the beginning, and understood that this was just that his father still firmly believed in his own rightness.

"Shut up. ”

Just before he could speak, Yue Jianghong glared at him.

"There is no absolute rightness, I know this very well, and it is because I am clear that I am here, because your correctness is only temporary, if you want to convince me, if you want me to look the other way, use facts and time to prove everything!"

"Then why don't you come with us?!" Yue Fei couldn't help but say, "His Royal Highness Xinlan's suppression is only temporary, as long as it ......"

"I've betrayed once, do you want me to betray again?"

"Is that kind of thing more important than your ideals?"

Serving the country with loyalty, this is Yue Jianghong's code of conduct, so Yue Feicai can't understand his approach.

No, maybe just don't want to understand -

"I'm here to achieve my dreams. ”

The trusted Eight Kings committed such a big mistake that even if people could understand it, they would not be able to tolerate and forgive him, and for the sake of the stability of the country, it was necessary for him to "sink".

"But you're my father!"

How can I let you stay here all the time! Yue Fei didn't say this, but Yue Jianghong must have understood. Even if they disagree to the point of fighting on the battlefield, their blood relationship and feelings cannot be changed.

However, in the end, this only attracted Yue Jianghong's ridicule.

"Superficial. ”

There was a little disappointment in that smile.