Chapter 1407: Changle
Qi Ning was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "The minister lost his words, I implore the emperor!" Before he finished speaking, Long Tai had already raised his hand to stop him and said, "I haven't finished talking yet." ”
Qi Ning could only listen to it.
"I started studying when I was very young, because I am the crown prince and will sooner or later ascend to the throne and rule the country, so my father attaches great importance to my studies." The emperor said slowly: "I still remember that at that time, Xiao Shaozong was announced into the palace and read for me, and I knew that he was a member of the royal family, so I was called Shaozong's brother at that time." ”
Qi Ning nodded slightly, and didn't say much.
"I am in the palace, except for the little eunuch, only Xiao Shaozong accompanies me, so I have a deep affection for him, and I have always thought that he is my friend." Longtai sighed lightly, "But in retrospect, I may not have done what a friend should do, and many things were condescending and did not take his feelings into account, and I took them for granted. ”
Qi Ning knew that Xiao Shaozong could come to this day, and the environment when he was a child also had a great impact on Xiao Shaozong, and said softly: "When I was a child, I naturally couldn't think of it thoroughly. ”
"I blame him, but I don't hate him." Long Tai smiled bitterly: "At that time, the teacher told me that the Son of Heaven has no personal affairs and must devote himself to the country, so he will not have any friends, only monarchs and ministers." Looking at Qi Ning, he said, "When you entered the Jinyi Mansion, I got close to you, and I didn't really regard you as a friend. I was in a difficult situation at the time, and not many people were willing to help me, and you were a great help to me because of your name, so I had to reuse you. ”
"If you receive the emperor's favor, you can't repay your death!"
Long Tai shook his head and said: "I know your intentions at that time, I need you to help me sit on the throne, and you also need me to help you enjoy glory and wealth, so in my opinion, although you and I also have a righteous friendship, in the final analysis, it is just to use each other." I even thought that if the Sima clan became more powerful and I couldn't suppress it, you would probably walk away! ”
Qi Ning thought to himself that your guess was not wrong, just arrived in the capital, I really thought so.
"Bustling, all for profit, bustling, all for profit." Long Tai said calmly: "After Xiao Shaozong took control of me, I was already in despair, because I really couldn't think of anyone who could fight Xiao Shaozong, and I couldn't think of anyone who could sacrifice their lives to save me?" He smiled bitterly and said, "I won't hide it from you, after I was imprisoned, I have already given up, just waiting for Xiao Shaozong to take my head." That day, the prison was opened, and the girl said that she was on your orders and was trying her best to search for me, and I realized that there are still people in this world who are still thinking of me. ”
Qi Ning was also touched in his heart, and sighed lightly: "The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were only concealed by Xiao Shaozong, otherwise there will be many courtiers who are loyal to the emperor, and they will save the emperor at all costs." ”
Long Tai shook his head and said: "You are wrong, there may be people who are dissatisfied with Xiao Shaozong, but I really can't think of anyone else who gambles on his net worth and lives to come forward." Staring at Qi Ning, he said: "Xiao Shaozong controls the capital, holds soldiers and horses, fights with him, and dies for life." In fact, I already know that you have used the beggar gang to transfer your family out of Beijing, and you could have walked away, and even if you defected to Xiao Shaozong, I believe that Xiao Shaozong will be very happy. But you didn't leave, you stayed to turn things around and let me see the light of day again. Raising his hand and patting Qi Ning on the shoulder, he said with a smile: "I know that you didn't rely on the minister at that time
The son's loyalty will remain, but because he regards me as a friend. ”
Qi Ning hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Forgive the minister's courage, the minister can indeed go, but in the minister's heart, he has always regarded the emperor as a friend, since he is a friend, he must be righteous, if he leaves, it will be unkind and unjust." ”
Long Tai bowed his head and said: "I understand, so I named you the King of Yiheng, do you know what it means?" ”
"The emperor is asking his ministers to be righteous all the time!"
"You're only half right." Long Tai said: "Not only do you keep preaching righteousness, but also I want me to keep preaching righteousness." Word by word: "If you don't lose me, I will naturally not lose you!" ”
Qi Ning got up and arched his hand: "The minister must swear allegiance to the death, and always be a friend of the emperor." ”
"You remember today's words." Long Tai said: "No matter what happens in the future, no matter what changes, as long as you are righteous to me, I will never fail you." He also stood up and said solemnly: "I have long said to you that I want to create a peaceful and prosperous world for the people of the world, and you, no matter what happens in the future, must remember me and your mission, you and I are still young, so we have enough time to complete our dreams, I don't want any changes to hinder our ambitions!" ”
Qi Ning thought that in the emperor's words, he seemed to be worried about the future, so he could only say: "The emperor doesn't have to worry, you and I are the same kings and ministers, and we can create a peaceful and prosperous world." ”
Longtai's lips moved slightly, and he stopped talking, and there was even a trace of doubt in the depths of his eyes, but he finally smiled and said, "I believe in you." At this time, his eyes were full of determination.
At this moment, I heard a report from outside: "Qi Qi Sheng, Dongqi Duan Shao and Shen Tuluo have arrived, and they are waiting for the emperor to summon them!" ”
Qi Ning's heart sank, but Longtai smiled at Qi Ning and ordered: "Xuan! He returned to the imperial desk and sat down, motioning for Qi Ning to sit down on the chair next to him.
Duan Shao and Shen Tu Luo entered the imperial study, they were both dressed in civilian clothes, Duan Shao's complexion was obviously not very good, but Shen Tu Luo was still a tiger.
Qi Ning suddenly understood why the emperor summoned these two people at this time, firstly, to meet the two of them in front of him, and secondly, it must be because he was by his side to protect them.
Long Tai was able to summon these two people, obviously to appease them, if there were guards inside and outside the imperial study, firstly, the emperor would appear timid, and secondly, it would naturally make the other party a little disgusted, and staying here by himself certainly made Longtai appear calm, and with his own martial arts, he was not afraid that Shen Tuluo would suddenly make a move.
Duan Shao and the others were stunned when they saw Qi Ning, but they still stepped forward, Duan Shao hesitated, and finally bowed to Longtai, and Shen Tuluo also bowed behind.
"I summoned you today, not for state affairs, but for family affairs." Long Tai raised his hand to signal the two to sit down, Duan Shao sat down opposite Qi Ning, but Shen Tuluo stood behind Duan Shao, he naturally used this to show the dignity of Duan Shao's identity.
Qi Ning sneered in his heart, secretly thinking that the capital of Qi had died, and now the life and death of the two were in the hands of Long Tai, and with a flick of his fingers, the two of them were about to be separated, and they were still putting up a shelf here at such a time, I really don't know what to say.
"The queen knows that you are in the capital, and she is worried about it." Longtai said: "I have promised the queen,
will be kind to you. ”
Duan Shao said: "Thank you." "Not much to say.
Shen Tuluo finally couldn't help but say: "You and I have become allies, but I can't imagine that we are treacherous, unexpectedly!" ”
Before he could finish speaking, Long Tai had already said, "Moying is your brother?" ”
Shen Tuluo was shocked, and Long Tai said lightly: "You and I have indeed formed an alliance, but Mo Ying has been making waves in my Chu country, and colluding with traitors to plot rebellion, what is going on?" Who broke the covenant first? ”
Shentu Luo was dumbfounded.
After the two of them came to the capital, although they have been cowering in the Huainan Palace, they have also known about Xiao Shaozong's rebellion in the past few days, and the two were arranged in the Huainan Palace by Mo Ying, even if they were fools, they also guessed that the relationship between Mo Ying and Xiao Shaozong was not ordinary, and they knew that Mo Ying was also involved in this rebellion.
Before, the two of them didn't know what Mo Ying's so-called means of turning the overall situation was, but now they have completely understood.
Once Xiao Shaozong really succeeds in usurping the throne this time, then of course there is an agreement with Moying, and Moying's conditions are likely to ask Xiao Shaozong to restore the Qi State.
It's a pity that everything disappeared with Xiao Shaozong's failure.
It is true that Mo Ying was involved in the rebellion, and the little emperor of Longtai obviously already knew that Mo Ying was involved in this matter, and even knew Mo Ying's true identity well.
"I will not pursue these old things today." Long Tai said: "Duan Shao, you are the queen's brother, I look at the queen's face today, and give you the title of Marquis of Changle, and if you are Shen Tuluo, I will give you the Marquis of Yong'an, I will let people prepare a mansion for you in the capital, I only hope that you can be loyal to me in the future." ”
Shen Tuluo clenched his hands into fists and immediately said, "I don't accept it!" ”
Qi Ning sneered in his heart, he was already smart, and he had already understood what the emperor meant at this time.
The world is undecided, although the Qi State has fallen, but there is a Han State in the north that is not easy to conquer, although the Qinhuai army took advantage of the situation to go north, but the throne of the enemy country has been settled, and there are famous generals such as Zhong Liao, the Chu State has gone through a turmoil, although it was quickly pacified, but after all, it still has a great impact on the front-line war, so if you want to pacify the northern country after this battle, the possibility is not great, it is nothing more than to occupy some territory and cities in the north, and prepare for the next decisive battle against the Han State.
In fact, after the Northwest and Qi successively fell into the hands of the Chu State, the situation of the balance between the north and the south has long disappeared, the south is strong and the north is weak, and if nothing else, it is only a matter of time before the north is pacified.
But the north still didn't take it down after all, the emperor pardoned Duan Shao's death crime, and also named him a marquis, although there are factors of the queen in it, but the most fundamental reason is to take precautions, as an example, to show the northerners.
Since Duan Shao was able to be a marquis, it was inevitable that in the process of conquering the north, there would inevitably be generals from the north who would take this as their mind and surrender to the state of Chu.
It's just that the emperor was not polite to Duan Shao, and bluntly said that it was because of the queen that he was named Hou, and he also named him Changle, and even let Shen Tuluo, the general of Qi State, wait for Duan Shao, which was of course an insult to Duan Shao, and the emperor obviously warned Duan Shao that he was no longer the prince of Eastern Qi, but just a prisoner of the Great Chu Empire.