Chapter 316: The Old Place
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The moment she met Emperor Yan's gaze, the Empress Dowager's heart was completely cooled - knowing that her plan had failed, she was afraid that she was destined to drift away from her grandson in this life. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Emperor Yan didn't notice the change in the Empress Dowager's expression at the moment, he trembled and stretched out his hand to point at the Empress Dowager, and said, "You knew from the beginning, you know everything, but you refuse to stand on my side and think about it for my people!" ”
After gritting his teeth and saying this, Emperor Yan staggered to his feet, looked down at the Empress Dowager from top to bottom, sneered loudly, and said: "You have never supported me, I am the Ninth Five-Year Honor, I am in the prime of life, and I can be regarded as high-spirited." But you want to oppose me everywhere at this time, secretly supporting Yan Xiye, provoking me to not even have anyone to talk to, and once suspected that something was wrong with you, and you didn't even have the intention of governing the country.
"You hurt me, and now you want to harm me again?
"What do you mean not to let the Dongyuan people set foot half a step? Since you know what kind of calculation Dongyuan is making, do you still want to support that Xin Zi to enter Beijing? Even to involve the crown prince and let him fall into unkindness and injustice?
"Why are you so vicious, woman? If you want to kill the Yan family, can you keep the red-clothed demon you have in your heart?! ”
"Your Majesty!"
Emperor Yan was so red-faced that he shook out all the unbearable words, and in the end, even Empress Shen, who was kneeling on the side and supporting the Empress Dowager, couldn't listen to it anymore, and interrupted him loudly.
The emperor stopped talking, looked back and forth at the Empress Dowager, the Empress, and the Crown Prince, and finally laughed angrily, and said weakly: "You all have to fight against me, but you don't think that if the Dongyuan people really beat because of Xin Zi, how many innocent people in Xiyou will be implicated?" ”
The Empress Dowager shook her head when she heard this, looked at the emperor with only disappointment in her eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Emperor, why are you still so confused?!" Do you really think that Zhu Ciyi is going to send troops to attack Xiyou, will it be changed because you keep Xin Zi's little girl out?
"Even if you refuse to take in Xin Zi, Zhu Ciyi's ambition to unify the east and the west will not change for a day, he will not let you go, and he will not let go of Xiyou."
The Empress Dowager's voice was not loud, but the words she said pierced into the emperor's heart like an ice pick, causing the blood all over his body to coagulate.
This is undoubtedly a sore spot that has been pressing on the emperor's heart for so many years.
He didn't want to bring it up, and he didn't want anyone else to bring it up in front of him. In the face of the problem of Dongyuan's invasion, he has always been like an ostrich, plunging headlong into the sand, deceiving himself and his own people.
How Emperor Taizu broke away from the control of Dongyuan and traveled all the way to the west, and carved out a piece of his own land on this originally barren and barren land, Emperor Yan, as a descendant, only heard about it, but never experienced it personally. And Yan Ciyong's generation has long lost the courage of the founding fathers of the country. From the moment he was supported by the Empress Dowager on the throne, he has always lived in the shadow of the Dongyuan forces, and the country left by the first emperor in his eyes is a castle in the air with an unstable foundation and precariousness, and he stays in this building, walking on thin ice every day.
Yan Ciyong's policy of appeasement was not obvious in the early years when he was not in power. At that time, he was just a frank, pure-hearted, careful and steady young prince, and the Empress Dowager chose him among the short generals. But the Empress Dowager never expected that after Yan Ciyong was pushed to the position of God King by her step by step, as the power in her hands grew day by day, her vision and courage did not increase day by day as she expected, but the weak side of her nature was more and more magnified.
Therefore, when Zhu Ciyi pursued a radical policy and tried to accelerate the pace of attacking Xiyou, Emperor Yan did not think about how to strengthen the border defense and cultivate an army that could resist Dongyuan, but pinned his hopes on Zhu Yubao, who Zuo Qiyang secretly brought over from Dongyuan, as a hostage. After that, seeing that King Xin lost power, he didn't want to stabilize the morale of the army and recapture the lost border land to make his position clear, but he blindly dragged it out, looking lazy and passable. And now, a little girl like Xin Zi has scared him out, and he doesn't even have the guts to take it in......
He had never only thought about forbearance and compromise, but he never expected that such a regression would only lead Dongyuan to become more unscrupulous. And now that King Xin controls Dongyuan, the entire Dongyuan has long dared to have no objections to his position and policy, so it is only a matter of time before he annexes Xiyou......
Thinking of this, Emperor Yan became more and more frightened, and the Empress Dowager hated iron even more. Why did she look away and fall in love with Yan Ciyong?
After a brief period of self-blame, the Empress Dowager decided not to think about it again. A pawn that has already been settled cannot be reversed, and the facts that have passed cannot be changed. Only by focusing on every step in the future and re-arranging can we try our best to turn back the current situation.
The subtle changes between the Empress Dowager's eyebrows Emperor Yan didn't notice it, he only clenched his fists to himself, and after some struggle, he slowly spoke: "What will happen to Dongyuan's side in the future, no one can say. But now as long as Xin Zi is allowed to enter Beijing, Zhu Ciyi will definitely take advantage of the topic to break through the eastern defense line in one fell swoop and go straight to Xijing, which is an indisputable fact. Since the facts are here, as the king of a country, I have to think about my own people, and I cannot sit idly by. ”
The Empress Dowager's voice was not loud, but the words she said pierced into the emperor's heart like an ice pick, causing the blood all over his body to coagulate.
This is undoubtedly a sore spot that has been pressing on the emperor's heart for so many years.
He didn't want to bring it up, and he didn't want anyone else to bring it up in front of him. In the face of the problem of Dongyuan's invasion, he has always been like an ostrich, plunging headlong into the sand, deceiving himself and his own people.
How Emperor Taizu broke away from the control of Dongyuan and traveled all the way to the west, and carved out a piece of his own land on this originally barren and barren land, Emperor Yan, as a descendant, only heard about it, but never experienced it personally. And Yan Ciyong's generation has long lost the courage of the founding fathers of the country. From the moment he was supported by the Empress Dowager on the throne, he has always lived in the shadow of the Dongyuan forces, and the country left by the first emperor in his eyes is a castle in the air with an unstable foundation and precariousness, and he stays in this building, walking on thin ice every day. (To be continued.) )