Chapter Twenty-Four: The Historian's Swan Song
After everyone left, only Li Jun and his three henchmen were left in the hall, Li Jun rubbed his forehead and said, "Is there any good way for the three of you?" ”
Sima Da and Li Lin are both the main battle faction, so their suggestion Li Jun was automatically blocked, at this time it is really impossible to fight, the main force of the north and south battalions came back from Lingnan, it is estimated that they will not be able to go to the battlefield without resting for a few months, the first emperor is a mallet, let the northerners go to Lingnan to fight, I really don't know what he thinks?
Seeing Zhang Zhi pondering there, Li Jun asked, "Zhang Zhi, do you have a way?" ”
"Your Majesty, the minister did think of a clue, I don't know if I should say it?" Zhang Zhi replied hesitantly.
"It's all burning eyebrows, if there's anything you can't say, hurry up."
"Your Majesty, now our military strength is not enough, but General Gao Zhe has been guarding Liaozhou for many years, and the minister feels that there is no problem in holding Liaozhou, but it will be difficult to win, and the treasury does not have much money and food, so it is the next policy, and the opinions of Weichen are similar to those of the Prime Minister, and it is also a delay in time." Zhang Zhi replied.
Li Jun was furious: "What, do you also want to joke about the princess's reputation?" ”
"Your Majesty, the minister didn't mean that, the minister said that His Majesty dragged the envoy of Beijin, and then sent a messenger all the way to Beijin, so he said, ......" Zhang Zhi suddenly got stuck when he said this.
"Say what?" Li Jun asked impatiently.
"Let's just say that Your Majesty is going to marry the princess of Beijin as a concubine, so that it is also a relationship between the two families, and the minister feels that the people of Beijin will agree, and then they will recall the envoy of Hejin." Zhang Zhi replied in a low voice.
"Bold, Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, how can you marry the daughter of a barbarian and ruin your bloodline?" Sima Da was the first to jump out and scold.
Zhang Zhi immediately knelt down and pleaded: "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty of death." ”
Li Jun waved his hand and said: "What Zhang Aiqing said, I feel that I can give it a try, but who is going to persuade her on the Queen Mother's side?" ”
Zhang Zhi smiled and pointed to Sima Da next to him and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Sima is the Taishi Ling, and his credibility is much higher than that of the ministers, and the ministers believe that Lord Sima will persuade the Queen Mother." ”
Li Jun laughed and said, "Okay, it's decided, Sima Da, if you can't convince the Queen Mother, you don't have to come back." ”
"No, the minister obeys." Sima Da said with a bitter face.
Sima Da went to Changle Palace in a dashing manner, and when Sima Da explained his intention, Empress Dowager Wei said angrily: "What is your intention? actually wanted to let a barbarian daughter enter the palace, but the palace did not allow it. ”
"Then is the Queen Mother willing to let the princess go to Beijin and kiss?" Sima Da asked rhetorically.
Empress Dowager Wei gritted her teeth and said: "It is the duty of the royal daughter to sacrifice for the country, if there is really no good way, then let her go, no matter what, the royal reputation cannot be lost." ”
Seeing the appearance of Empress Dowager Wei, the historical things that Sima Da had thought about were suddenly held back, and at this time, Wei Wuji broke in with Li Moyue, and Wei Wuji immediately knelt down and said: "Sister, no, Moyue is still young, in the bitter cold land of Liaodong, you are doing this to kill her." ”
Li Moyue hugged the Empress Dowager Wei with a pale face and said: "Queen Mother, Moyue don't go to Liaodong, Moyue will be obedient and obedient in the future, don't make the Queen Mother angry, please don't drive me away, okay?" ”
Empress Dowager Wei hugged Li Moyue and cried out with a "wow": "My poor child, the queen mother is reluctant, but for the sake of Datang, for your imperial brother, Moyue, you must be obedient." ”
When Li Moyue heard this, her heart was like ashes, she took out a dagger in her arms, pushed away the Empress Dowager Wei, and said coldly: "Queen Mother, if you force your daughter again, then your daughter will die in front of you." ”
Empress Dowager Wei said in horror: "Mo Yue put down the knife, be good." ”
Wei Wuji ran over and said to Empress Dowager Wei: "Sister, do you really want to force Moyue to death?" ”
Empress Dowager Wei hesitated for a long time before she said slowly: "Mo Yue, be good, the queen mother won't force you." ”
As soon as Empress Dowager Wei relented, everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief, and Sima Da arched his hand and said, "Empress Dowager Qi, the minister has resigned." ”
Empress Dowager Wei hugged Li Moyue and said tiredly: "Go, tell the emperor, and say that the palace agrees." ”
"Niangniang understands righteousness and admires it." After saying that, Sima Da left.
Ji Meng had already told Li Jun about what happened in Changle Palace, and Li Jun pondered for a long time and said, "Sima Da doesn't seem to be as pure as I imagined. ”
Ji Meng asked in a low voice beside him, "Your Majesty, do you want to use the brocade guard?" ”
"Don't be suspicious of employing people, don't use suspicious people, wait a while and see how Sima Da gives me an errand." Li Jun waved his hand.
"No."
When Sima Da came back, he saw that Li Jun had already prepared the tea, and he was not polite, so he grabbed it and drank it with a clatter, then wiped his mouth and said, "Your Majesty, fortunately I am not dishonored." ”
Li Jun said with a smile: "It's hard work, you really surprised me this time, I always thought that you just wanted to persuade the Queen Mother with your three-inch incorruptible tongue, but I didn't expect you to notify the Taiwei, it's really witty." ”
"Haha, thank you for the compliment."
"Simada, I ask you something, and you have to answer truthfully." Li Jun said seriously.
"Your Majesty, please speak."
"What's going on with you insulting the first emperor?"
Sima Da replied with a smile: "It's nothing, it's just that Weichen wrote some romances about the first emperor in the history books." ”
"Do you call it a simple description, I saw it, you even described all kinds of positions, say, what are your intentions? It's not what you look for in death. Li Jun scolded with a smile.
Sima Da tidied up his clothes and replied solemnly: "Your Majesty, the minister has written a history book, do you know this?" Li Jun nodded.
Sima Da continued: "Your Majesty, the minister and my father have discussed, if this history book of my Sima family wants to leave a name for future generations, there must be sacrifice, otherwise no one knows, that book is the hard work of five generations of my Sima family, and the minister must complete his mission. ”
"So you're ready to die." Li Jun asked.
Sima Da nodded, and Li Jun immediately scolded: "What if the first emperor killed you and burned your book?" ”
"My father has a copy there, and he'll pick it up."
"And what about your father, too?"
"And my brother, the minister thinks that killing three times is enough, even if the first emperor is mediocre, it is impossible to be inferior to Cui Zhu?"
"What if I kill your whole clan at once?" Li Jun asked viciously.
"Then there is me, is Your Majesty going to kill me?" Hua Shan appeared at some point, standing at the gate of the temple and shouting.
Li Jun was annoyed by these two bastards, and said with a smile: "You stinky man is blindly mixing something, come in, if you don't come in, my medicine will be cold." ”
Hua Shan still craned his neck and asked, "Your Majesty, what should you do if you haven't said anything about Sima Da?" ”
"Yo, you dare to threaten me, don't worry, although I want to cut you two now, but I am a little reluctant, this time I will spare you two, not an example."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Sima Da knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, during this time, Sima Da's conscience was very tormented, the emperor trusted him so much, and he approached the emperor but had other plans, Sima Da's heart has always been guilty and uneasy.
"Okay, don't cry, a big man looks disgusting, as long as you don't write my position on the bed into your book, I will definitely do what you wish, and make your Sima family's history book a swan song for historians."