In ancient China, the practice of kneeling for thousands of years seemed to be very commonplace, especially the prostration of the emperor was regarded as natural and commonplace, but at some times, this ritual still has a special meaning.

The elder brother became the emperor, and the king of Tan should give him a big gift when he needed it, but everyone knows that today's gift is of great significance. This kneeling is permanent, and kneeling down is equivalent to being willing to be a little shorter than the other party, and there is almost no hope when you think about it again.

The courtiers of all factions who witnessed it were in different moods, but the most complicated and peculiar mood present was the emperor, who suddenly felt that the situation in front of him was very funny and worth playing.

It only took a flash of thought for him to understand Yuan Ying's thoughts. In this duel, they really fought for insight and grasp of the other party's psychology, but the person who saw through the other party's psychology and guessed the other party's intentions was not only him, but also Yuan Ying.

He would not have killed Yuan Ying after this victory, which can be inferred from the fact that he had not shown any harsh attitude before, and from the words that deliberately attributed things to "family affairs", of course, it was determined by his nature of being cold on the outside and hot on the inside.

Yuan Ying had insight into this, and it was because he grasped his nature that he had the courage to choose to retreat to the next best.

This blatant show of weakness, on the surface, is a feat of self-sacrifice at the expense of taking into account the overall situation, but in fact, it is a loss of pawn and car protection knowing that the future is not in danger. Not only did it avoid the fall of the country and the doom of the same fate, but it also reversed his image in the eyes of honest courtiers, and maybe it could pave the way for a comeback in the future.

The overall situation is not impossible, but understanding the current affairs is probably the main consideration of Yuan Ying.

The emperor smiled bitterly in his heart, the two of them were really brothers, only they could grasp each other's mentality and personality so accurately, and have such timely insight.

At this time, Liu Zhengming and the other three old ministers also knelt down and said in unison: "The ministers are guilty. ”

Many of the members of the Tan Party were weak in their knees, and they also wanted to kneel down and plead guilty, or they hesitated, or were stopped by their colleagues without a trace.

"The three of you, please." As the emperor spoke, he stretched out his hand to King Tan, personally took his arm to help him stand up, and then turned to the courtiers and said, "I have already made it clear that this is a family matter, so I beg you to treat it as a family matter." Although my two brothers were born in the royal family, after all, they are also mortals, and they also have seven emotions and six desires, and they will also be young and vigorous, and it should be understandable that they will be impulsive and do some ridiculous things because of their affection. ”

The courtiers looked at each other and didn't understand what they meant, but they didn't understand, but they couldn't believe it. What kind of family matter, colluding with the courtiers to force the imperial brother to abdicate, and gathering the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp to prepare to force the palace, can this be regarded as a family matter? What about the crooks?

What does it mean to turn big things into small things and small things into nothing, and don't care about this brother who is trying to rebel at all? How is this possible!

Some people are even already muttering, is there still any handle in the hands of the third prince today, so they don't dare to pursue it more?

And the person who knew that this was possible, and was sure that the emperor was so intended, was King Tan himself.

As long as there is room for it, the second brother will not kill himself, which he has long known. And from the tone and words of the second brother, it can be inferred that the second brother has a plan to calm things down.

Although King Tan didn't understand the reason, he clearly understood this information.

This time it was a huge loss, but it was always hard to fight and burn all the jade. No matter how difficult it will be to think about the backhand in the future, it is always the wisest choice to stay with the green mountains. Of course, he Bai Yuanying is a person who understands current affairs, and it is impossible for him to do stupid things that harm others and are not beneficial to himself.

As for the unfathomable second brother's considerations, it must be about to be revealed.

The emperor's courtiers glanced at it lightly and said, "No matter what, your Qing family is also out of the great righteousness of maintaining the orthodoxy of the Heavenly Dao to do this today, and I will not pursue it." ”

The ministers were even more confused when they heard this, but no matter how they didn't understand, the members of the Tan Party involved in the incident, such as the commander of the Beijing camp, were indeed greatly relieved. Even the three princes knelt down and pleaded guilty, can they not worry about their own heads? As for whether he can really ignore it today, he can't care about it at the moment, anyway, it's always good to have a chance to turn around for a while.

I only heard the emperor continue: "However, the Qing family is dedicated to the public, in addition to maintaining the righteousness, they should also do their best for official business." If a major event is delayed, I am afraid that this public heart can only be regarded as a good intention to do a bad thing. ”

The ministers were even more puzzled, delaying the big thing, what big thing?

At this moment, I only heard a powerful footstep outside the temple door, and a person strode into the main hall, bowed down and bowed at the same time, and said in a majestic tone: "Weichen Qiu Yu knocked to see my emperor Long live long live!" ”

In the middle of the debate that came and went, many people had speculated about why Lord Qiu, the most hardcore subordinate in the world, was not alone, and when they saw him appear, they could all see that there must be another incident happening, and they all waited with bated breath.

The emperor spit out four words concisely: "Excuse me, say it." ”

Qiu Yu got up and said: "Qi Shengshang, Weichen has just received an urgent report from the Liaodong border pass, and as expected, the army of Rongdi has been assembled on the border of Baekje, and two other groups of people and horses are advancing from the north, and there will be peace soon, and the number will be no less than 200,000 at that time." The enemy's intention to move troops against our Dayan has been revealed! ”

Hearing this, the audience was shocked.

Jinyiwei's spies are all over the country, especially in Liaodong and Northwest, which are prone to military intelligence. Compared with the efficiency of a series of yamen such as border guards and military departments to transmit military information, it is often the Jinyi Wei secret agents who can deliver first-hand military information to the emperor earlier, faster and more accurately.

With the military officials still completely unaware, Qiu Yu had already submitted the specific military report sent back from the border pass, which was not unusual. It's just that the timing of this military report is too delicate, and all the civil and military ministers in the audience were surprised and unspeakable, and they almost couldn't come back to their senses.

The so-called "as expected" means that the saint has long been concerned about the military situation, and has long expected that the opponent will gather troops to attack south.

It is no wonder that in the face of such a big stroke of the three princes, he does not intend to pursue it today, it turns out that the invasion of foreign enemies is imminent, so he tries to calm down the internal strife as much as possible, avoid internal friction and reduce combat strength, and affect the meaning of the war situation.

For a while, the ministers had mixed feelings, Liu Zhengming, Cong Zhen, and Fang Jiuyue were all ashamed and embarrassed, no matter how hard they were, they really heard that the foreign enemy was attacking, and now they are bothering to prepare for war, but they are helping others to dismantle the stage, or helping an unsuccessful playboy to dismantle the stage, they are still very ashamed.

Tan Wang's henchmen breathed a sigh of relief, listening to Lord Qiu's meaning, this time the foreign enemy invasion was very big, and the shape was very critical, so that Jinshang did not dare to strictly investigate today's disobedience, so that he was really expected to pass the test for the time being, and he didn't have to worry about turning his face and retaliating today.

At the same time, the courtiers of all factions were more or less admired for their vision of anticipating the enemy's opportunities and their open-mindedness to take the overall situation into account.

In such a comparison, it seems that the three princes who are jealous and make waves for the sake of fighting for the wind are unbearable.

King Tan looked indifferent, his eyes lowered, and he did not show any reaction to this news. It seems that there are too many lice and it is not itchy, anyway, if you want to be reduced to the image of an ignorant younger brother, you won't care so much.

In fact, at this moment, King Tan's heart was full of funny self-deprecation, looking at this meaning, the second brother didn't seem to take this ultimate showdown with himself seriously at all, not only did he win the battle a long time ago, but he had already planned what arrangements to make after the victory. It's as easy as planning what to eat for dinner.

He finally began to really admire the second brother, he had always looked down on the second brother before, but now he realized that he was almost a naïve and ignorant child in front of the second brother. Military intelligence, the second brother only holds the Jinyi Guard, a yamen to ensure loyalty, which seems not to be afraid, but he can grasp the news at home and abroad more clearly than him, so as to ensure that he is strategizing, which is really clever.

Even if he didn't say that he was jealous, the second brother directly threw out the news that this foreign enemy was about to invade and that he was the only one in the government and the opposition who knew about the military situation, and he was not expected to backhand, leaving the ministers speechless? A group of people who bite the line of filial piety, can they really have the face to turn a blind eye to the army of foreign enemies who are about to knock on the barrier, and still insist on forcing the emperor to abdicate?

The second brother is really hidden!

The emperor paced in front of the spiritual throne and said: "There are two monarchs in the country, the sun and the moon are hanging, and the crisis is lurking, and the domestic people can see it clearly, and the foreigners can see it too." Is there a more appropriate time than the death of my father and the suspense of the throne? It would be strange if they did not come and take advantage of this opportunity to attack. ”

The three old ministers were even more ashamed, their ignorance almost became the auxiliary of foreign enemies. Today, they have made plans to force the emperor to abdicate the throne, if this is really successful, it will be unimaginable, wouldn't they become sinners who buried the Great Yan Dynasty? Even if they say that they are prepared this morning and will not let them succeed, it must also appear that they are too ignorant and too disregarding the overall situation.

With Liu Zhengming taking the lead, the three old ministers knelt down together again to ask for guilt, Liu Zhengming said: "The ministers are confused, listen to and believe partially, commit the crime of great disrespect, and beg the saint to surrender." ”

The emperor said: "Rong Di's heavy troops are pressing the border, and the border is urgent, which is the time when the monarch and ministers need to work together inside and outside to resist foreign aggression." The three Qing family members are all loyal ministers who are worried about the country and the people, if you really feel guilty, please do your duty more in the future and serve the country. ”

Without waiting for the three of them to reply, he turned his head to look at Wang Zhi, "Spread my will, Liu Zhengming, the imperial envoy of the promotion capital, take over as the secretary of the criminal department, and the Li Branch will give the Fang Jiuyue to the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and the official department will give Cong Zhen the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials." ”

The ministers bowed and stirred again. Whether it was instigated or not, the behavior of these three old ministers today is enough to be disrespectful, at least they should be dismissed and go home for disposal, but not only did they not pursue it, but they also promoted several levels in a row, so that the three of them took the three heavyweight positions left by the recent dismissal of the corrupt officials of the Tan Party.

The three old ministers were also surprised, and then bowed to Xie En together, Liu Zhengming was in tears again, and even Xie En's words were not good.

Today's showdown in the Imperial Palace seems to be about to end like this.

"When the foreign enemy presses the border, we must gather troops and horses and grain and grass to deal with it. I also ask all of you to perform your duties and do your best. After the emperor summed up his speech, he asked the courtiers to retreat.

There are only two people left in the huge imperial palace, the emperor and the king of Tan. The emperor looked at his father's spirit card on the spiritual throne and was silent for a long time.

If there really is a spirit in the sky, if the spirit of the father in the sky will really return to his hometown today, witnessing this change just now, how will his old man feel? Will it be sad that the two sons will inevitably fight for the throne, or will they be relieved that they can take care of the overall situation and quell the civil war and reluctantly reconcile?

"Yuan Ying, do you know where you lost?" The emperor turned to look at King Tan, his demeanor and tone were full of sincerity, "You lose the hearts of the people." After so many years, you have been held in the palm of your hand for too long, and you have forgotten that your dignity and dignity are the result of the love of others, not your own ability. In other words, what you should do is to be favorable, not to fight for power. If you lose, you will lose because you lose one thing and lose the other, and you will be confused about the severity and the severity. ”

King Tan stood silently, his face calm, neither as if he had listened to it, nor as if he was disapproving of it.

The emperor took a few steps to the side and continued: "The people around you may not be as tall or as smart as you, but they are all human beings, and they all want to be treated as individuals, so you never treat them as human beings. You think you are superior to others, and there is no one who cannot be sacrificed, no one can not be betrayed, let alone flesh and blood, and no one cannot be used, so how can you expect them to be loyal and love you and have no dissent? No matter how much the people who love you, when they see you doing this, they will eventually chill their hearts and abandon you one day. ”

The queen mother and the eldest princess would not believe that King Tan was fighting for the throne for women, and they would come to make this key testimony, all out of the intention of helping the emperor.

Although the eldest princess has always defended the second brother more, she was far from being so clear about the third brother in the past. Not to mention the queen mother, how clear her previous position was, almost to the edge of helping King Tan deal with the emperor. Now the mother and daughter are doing their best to help the emperor, the reason is that they have seen King Tan's personality clearly and are cold to him.

Especially the Queen Mother, who has regarded him as her own for more than 20 years, and has poured far more affection into him than her son, but in the end she saw that she was not only used by him, but also had nothing to use

King Tan recruited so many large and small officials as party henchmen, but he lost to the support of the two relatives that the emperor had won. On the other hand, King Tan is also ruthless to his subordinates, Cui Zhen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Du Rong, the first assistant of the cabinet, who have been gradually eliminated by today, have not seen how King Tan protects and cares, and soon became his outcasts.

His style of using what is useful and discarding what is useless has long been clearly understood, and how many people can be loyal to him?

The emperor finally sighed: "Don't resent Zhuo Jin and the queen mother, they all agreed to help me after listening to my promise that they would not deal with you." ”

The wish of my mother and sister is to ensure that their two brothers are safe and sound. Helping the emperor suppress King Tan is the only means to achieve this goal. It's not that they will be willing to help the emperor kill King Tan.

After listening quietly, King Tan slowly showed a sarcastic smile on his lips: "Why does the second brother have to say so much? You and I know it, and I know it...... Lost in her hands. ”

If it weren't for her, how could the second brother adjust his strategy so quickly, if it weren't for her, how could he have deviated from the line and finally be taken care of? Since she entered the palace, she has led herself to regard her as the most favorable incision to deal with the second brother, but she can't imagine it, but she is also Xiao He and Xiao He is defeated.

The emperor didn't expect his words to touch him, and he repented, and when he saw that he really didn't eat oil and salt, there was no surprise or disappointment. Yuan Ying didn't choose to give it a go, he was relieved, but he didn't have any illusory and naïve expectations for reconciliation. What's more, he knows that the other party's motives are not pure.

To this day, they still need to continue to hold the shelf of brotherhood and brotherhood and unanimity in front of people, but they no longer have any scruples in private, and there is no need to leave any more leeway.

He walked slowly to him, looked at King Tan and said, "You'd better not fight her again, for the sake of the throne, I won't kill you, but for her, I will." ”

In the silent pool-like eyes of the King of the Pool, an awe-inspiring color finally flashed.

The so-called weakness is often both the most vulnerable and the most difficult to attack. Just like a person's eyes, it hurts terribly if you touch them, but if you want to attack someone's eyes, the other party must be able to dodge exceptionally neatly, and you can dodge in time by reflex alone.

The second brother doesn't mind exposing his weakness at all, and puts on a posture that any of you who has the guts will let the horse come over and touch her. It's really not angry and self-threatening, which makes people feel chilling - the second brother is always extra decisive when it comes to her.

King Tan unconsciously showed a wry smile. Is it true that today's psychology can't even analyze itself, is it angry? Unwilling? Fear? Convincing? It doesn't seem to be, and everything seems to have a little bit of it.

Losing is indeed losing, but not losing to the end. There seems to be hope for a comeback in the future, but it is also close to zero. This half-baked state is the most confusing and confusing, and it has not fallen. I can't die with my heart, and I can't see a way out.

That's it, let's be a brother and a brother! Who makes himself a descendant of the Bai family who puts the overall situation first?

"Wait," King Tan was about to start walking out, when the emperor suddenly stopped him again, "I have another thing to ask you, when did you come up with the idea of attacking me today on the grounds that the daughter of a criminal minister is delaying her father's illness?" ”

The premise of formulating this unfilial piety charge for him is that Qiwen's sleeping night coincides with the night of Emperor Taishang's driving, is that not a coincidence? !

King Tan slowly turned around and looked at the emperor. The two of them had the same sharp stabbing eyes as they met in one place, bursting with sparks almost like swords clashing.

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