The first heavy snow fell in the winter of the second year of Zhengming, and heavy snow covered Taiping City. The snow-white world is quiet and pure, and the whistling north wind carries goose-featherlike snowflakes fluttering around, and it is impossible to distinguish which one rises from the ground and which one falls into the sky.

The people who waited for the wind and snow to walk on the street to beg for a living, only to blame the sudden heavy snow blocking the way out. There is still one month to go before the end of the year, which should be a good time for merchants to buy New Year's goods. A sudden heavy snowfall inevitably ruined the merchant's financial route.

This year, the Three Kingdoms War continues, and the people live a relatively compact life. In particular, the merchants who are engaged in trade business are even more miserable, and the goods sent to Dongwu and Nanchu need to be added by human lives, and the goods set early last year are far away. The war between the three kingdoms was in full swing at the border passes, and the most bitter thing was not the people who enjoyed tranquility, but the merchants who threw all their belongings.

The prohibitions of the imperial court came one after another, and the world of Liang, which had been peaceful for nearly twenty years, seemed to be a little turbulent. Repeated conscription has prevented many families from reuniting during the Chinese New Year, and the beneficiaries of the war have never been ordinary people.

The sky was slightly dark, and the emperor Xiao Yin, who was wearing a fur coat, left the palace in an ordinary carriage. Since the start of the army, the DPRK and China have been busy, and the months have not only been tense about the border war. Most of the court still stood on Xun Sizhan's side, hoping that His Majesty would give up the attack on the Eastern Wu campaign.

It's just that half of the treasury of the eight arsenals has been depleted in the hands of the first emperor, and if the Eastern Wu is captured at this time and continues to use troops to Southern Chu, it will only run a deficit in the treasury. has already had enough of this group of corrupt Confucians, and Xiao Yin never talks in the court. Until the day before yesterday, the good news came from Dongjing, Li Tingye led the Huizhou Navy Division to annihilate the Eastern Wu Navy Division, completely ending the situation of the immediate Liang.

Liu Ce led the Pingnan army all the way east, capturing several cities in a row. The annihilation of the elite of Eastern Wu in one fell swoop in the territory of Eastern Wu made Eastern Wu no longer able to resist the pace of the Pingnan army. The heavy snow that broke in, although the cold in Soochow has not yet reached the state of freezing in the sky.

In the good news, Li Shanhai led 30,000 Huizhou sailors to pull out the Huhe River checkpoint, and opened a water transportation route directly to the hinterland of Soochow in one fell swoop. The three-way army was under the city of Jian'an, and half of the Eastern Wu was under the control of the Great Liang. Xiao Yin was even more troubled at this time, and suddenly there were many places in half of the Eastern Wu world, and there were not a few officials who needed to be dispatched to govern. The customs of Dongwu are very different from those of the Great Liang, if you still use the set of the Liang officials, you may not be able to smoothly receive the thousands of miles of the world of Eastern Wu, improper governance will affect the pace of the army, and even lead to half of the world of Eastern Wu to raise troops to revolt.

The magnates in the court saw that half of the Eastern Wu had not yet decided on the official position, and there were even older ministers who were not willing to go to Eastern Wu for hard work. There has not been an accurate division of the territory of Pingding, especially Zhou Yingxiang, the secretary of the ministry, who worked hard all day long. In addition to dealing with the affairs of the imperial court, it is also necessary to call on the bureaucrats who come to the family.

The already lively court was even more lively, except for Xun Sizhan, a few humerus ministers insisted on their opinions, and liked that His Majesty the Emperor would be able to stop the truce after conquering Eastern Wu.

got out of the car against the wind and snow, tightened his clothes and looked up at the Taiping First Forbidden Land Heavenly Dungeon. The weather is cold and the ground is not as deep as the shade in the corridor

, there is Zhao Ping, who serves as a five-grade sword guard in front of him. He wears a long sword pinned to his waist and wears a fish and dragon suit.

When the prison warden saw Zhao Ping in the fish and dragon suit, he immediately led the way in person, and there were only two people who could be guarded by the fish and dragon guards in the world, one was His Majesty today, and the other was only the prince of the prince. The new emperor has been on the throne for less than two years, and he has not been crowned a prince, so this brocade-clothed prince is only His Majesty the current emperor.

Xiao Yin came to the prison for the first time, and his body trembled when he looked at the deep yin qi. If it weren't for the succession, maybe it would be you who would be locked up here. All the way to the cold word room, he stopped and asked the warden to retreat with the cell boss.

The guards led by Zhao Ping lined up to close the corridor, and Xiao Yi walked into the dark corridor with heavy steps. The pace is very calm, and there is an inexplicable depression between the cold words, which makes people breathless. Xiao Yin quietly looked at Xiao Kun, the king of Qi who was looking out the window with his sleeves folded, his figure slightly rickety. The body is much thinner than remembered, and under the thin prison clothes is a generation of princes who used to be under one person and above ten thousand people.

The cold wind blowing from time to time outside the window made Xiao Kun shiver. Stretching out his arm and rubbing it deeply, he said in a low voice, "You're here." ”

Xiao Yin approached step by step, and the last time they met was outside the Taihe Palace. If it weren't for Liu Zhiming and the desperate defense of the Royal Forest Army, the current position might have been changed. Providence makes people, and no one can say whether it is right or wrong.

Approaching the cell, Xiao Yin was not in a hurry to laugh at the general of the defeated army, and imprisoned Brother Wang, who was more than one person in the prison. said: "Brother Wang is so elegant, this year's wind and snow are indeed a little bigger than last year's. Before I left the palace, the heavy snow had covered the soles of my feet, and if I stood on top of Hongshan, Taiping City would definitely be a different scenery. ”

Xiao Kun, the king of Qi, slowly turned around and looked at the young emperor in a blue robe. He continued to put his arms together like cuffs and said, "It's a pity, this king can't see this scene." "A year has already exhausted the ambitious King of Qi.

Xiao Yin stepped forward and said directly: "Brother Wang's news in the prison is different, I canonized Liu Ce as the marshal of Pingnan this year to raise troops to attack Wu. Recently, there has been good news, it has hit Jian'an City, and it is just around the corner to smash Huanglong. ”

I saw Xiao Kun sneering: "Liu Ce is far better than his uncle in terms of attack, and he has been governed by his father for twenty years. Today's Liang is far from being comparable to the Liang of twenty years ago, and it is not difficult for Liu Ce's Jing Tao Wei to win a small Dongwu. His Majesty the Emperor wants to say that what your father did not do, you did it, and you did it. ”

Obviously, the King of Qi is denying the merits of Emperor Xiao Yin, as if it is not your Xiao Yin's merits that Daliang can attack Eastern Wu and achieve such a victory, but the accumulation of the previous emperor's life. You Xiao Yin is just borrowing the east wind, and you can't do anything.

He waved his hand and patted the water stains remaining on his body and said, "I don't deny that the army can advance eastward is the accumulation of my father's life. I just want to tell Brother Wang, I can do what you can do. According to the itinerary of the army, it will probably be able to reach the capital of Dongwu directly in the beginning of spring next year. Next, the army went south, with Liu Ce waving his troops to the west, and Chen Geng led the Southern Mirror troops to the south, pacifying the unification of the Southern Chu world in one fell swoop. ”

Xiao Kun

Since childhood, he has followed Lin Xie to read military books and has been working in Beijing for many years. He also led the army to destroy the disaster of the three grasslands, and studied Liu Ce's "Pingnan Shuyi". He lowered his body and painted with his hands, and simply drew the geographical pattern of Daliang, Eastern Wu, and Southern Chu.

lifted the dress and looked at a simple border map through the wooden poles, and Xiao Yin, who knew a little about the art of war, couldn't understand King Qi's intentions. King Qi pointed in the direction of Eastern Wu and said: "Liu Ce's "Pingnan Shu Yi" has been read by this king, and it is indeed the most suitable policy for unifying the Central Plains. But the current Liang is different from the Liang twelve years ago, if this king is the king, he will definitely use the fastest speed to defeat Nanchu first. In the interval when Nanchu did not catch his breath, he directly waved his troops eastward to fight Dongwu by surprise. When Nan Chu reacted, I am afraid that at that time, the entire Nan Chu would have become a country within a country. ”

The overall situation has been decided, and the King of Qi just expressed his opinion, and before Xiao Yin could talk, the King of Qi pointed out a place in the territory of Dongwu and said: "This is Jian'an City, and Jian'an City has the most difficult reputation in the world. Now that Soochow is located in the south, there is no heavy snowfall, and if you want to capture Jian'an City as quickly as possible, you must first dredge the Huhe River. Once the Huhe River is opened, the girder can go directly to Jian'an City along the Huhe River. The loss of Jian'an City, which is in danger of the Huhe River, will undoubtedly reduce the loss by half, as long as half of Jian'an City is broken, Dongwu is already in the hands of Daliang. ”

King Qi's words moved Xiao Yin, and Liu Ce's approach was like this. watched King Qi correspond his thoughts to Liu Ce's imaginary practices one by one. There is no right or wrong between the two, but Liu Ce's strategic deployment has been implemented successively. Xiao Kun, the king of Qi, was only in his heart, and he never practiced it.

Until Xiao Kun said everything in his heart, Xiao Yinmao suddenly opened. The two brothers don't know how many years they haven't sat like this, and there is no contentious conversation. After saying what he thought in his heart, King Qi feasted happily, and he didn't feel the cold wind at all.

Xiao Yin said: "If Brother Wang doesn't compete with me for the throne, he will definitely be a general." ”

Without waiting for the words to fall, Xiao Kun said: "This king is determined to be the emperor, even if His Majesty the Emperor releases this king now, he must take a look at the supreme throne." But now it seems that your throne is not going well, and the court is a pool of muddy water, which is more cruel than the battlefield. ”

Just as Xiao Yin was about to speak, Xiao Kun suddenly asked: "After Liu Ce returns loudly, how should you deal with this powerful minister who pacifies the two countries, rules the world, and has high merits, how should Your Majesty deal with himself." Have you ever considered having Liu Zhixing in Nanjing, once Liu Ce sent troops to fight the river. Borrowing the land of Eastern Wu and Southern Chu, he established a country opposite Daliang. His subordinates are all soldiers of a hundred battles, and how should the beam respond. ”

Suddenly, Xiao Yin's face turned dark, and he had thought about this. At that time, the emperor did not pass the "Pingnan Shu Yi", but he did not have this concern, and Liu Ce pacified the northern Turkic tribes and made immortal contributions. To solve the disaster of the North Mirror in the past hundred years, it is not an exaggeration to be crowned king. It's just that at that time, Daliang already had a king with a different surname, and no more one was allowed. Received numerous rewards, but did not increase the title.

Especially when Liu Zhixing was still in Nanjing, Xiao Yin's heart moved. Liu Ce did not agree to the father and son to go on the expedition together, leaving Liu Zhiming in Taiping City. Alone

Liu Zhixing, who was at the border, had no choice, and Liu Zhixing made countless meritorious contributions in successive battles, if Liu Zhixing was recalled to Taiping at this time, it would inevitably chill the hearts of all the soldiers.

said: "I can trust Liu Ce, and I can trust Liu's loyalty." ”

It wasn't for Xiao Kun to discuss this matter, so he slowly got up and said, "I will have people send cotton clothes and quilts, hoping that Brother Wang can survive this winter." ”

Seeing that Xiao Yin was about to leave, King Qi clenched the wooden pole and said, "Your Majesty, the wife and children of this king." ”

Suddenly, Xiao Yin's heart vibrate, and he stopped and said: "Dead, you are still alive because I want you to see that I can also rule the world." Then he asked, "What would you do if the royal brother ascended the throne?" ”

He said calmly: "There is no forgiveness for killing, no one will be left." ”

Xiao Yin didn't look back and left the cold word room directly, and the words of the emperor before his death were still in his heart. Princess Qi took King Qi's three children away from the rivers and lakes, and she was not allowed to enter the scholars for the rest of her life. As for the King of Qi, Xiao Yin finally made up his mind in his heart, King Qi will not die for a day, and the party of King Qi in the court will still miss the old master after all.

Walking out of the prison and looking at the heavy snow, it was as if I saw the scene of the two meeting for the first time. At that time, the young man Xiao Kun asked, "You are the third brother of Xiao Yin." ”

Xiao Yin, who had just experienced the fight, raised his head timidly and looked at Xiao Kun timidly and nodded, and the older brother who had never met said to him: "Don't be afraid, the eldest brother will protect you in the future." ”

In prison, Xiao Kun, the king of Qi, looked out the window and smiled. If you didn't ascend to the throne, you should have thought that there would be such a day. But I have never regretted it, and if I come again, I will still choose to change the palace. Squeezed out a wry smile and said, "Big beam." ”

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