Volume 2: The Heart Has a Thousand Knots Chapter 42: Swallowing Southern Liang, Destroying Western Chu, and Fixing Qiankun
Northern Qi is the undisputed strongest country today, this country that has always had simple folk customs, both men and women are good at horse warfare, has created one legend after another in this land of rise and fall for thousands of years, Zhongli, this surname was born in a very humble and very small place, at first, those countries that divided one side did not put it in their eyes, and also sent a barbarian title to Zhongli a line, at that time, no one thought that it was these barbarians, and then in the next thirty years, horses stepped on the rivers and lakes, and seized the Central Plains, Destroy a hundred countries, unify the world, set the capital Xiaorong, and the country will last for three hundred years.
It's just when Nai was unlucky, and gave birth to the last emperor named Zhongli Soul.
This person is lustful, even if there are three thousand beauties, but he still keeps searching for beautiful women in the people, originally, these women entered the palace is also regarded as the glory of the ancestors, but under the rule of this person, once a woman enters the palace, then her family will definitely be uprooted, at that time there was a nursery rhyme to say this matter is incisive.
You are beautiful and beautiful, you are not arrogant, the emperor of the heavenly family secretly looks, it is not easy to hide, you can't hide, your appearance is very good, take advantage of your youth, the unlucky house quickly escapes, pretty woman, escape, escape, flee to the mountains for me to pick.
This person is okay with torture, for example, he thought of a method called food punishment, it sounds nothing terrible, but if you dig deeper, I'm afraid that I won't be able to sleep for a few days, how to do it, it's very simple, chop off your hands and feet to cook soup, and then let the prisoner who has become a human stick eat it by yourself, this is still the lightest, as for some others, even the history books are secretive, which is vicious, which can be seen.
This person loves to listen to good words, has been in power for more than ten years, and has made the court a miasma, those virtuous and talented ministers, if they are not careful, they will die, and those treacherous courtiers who can talk are one by one to climb higher, and in the end, the scholars have all practiced their ability to say good things one by one, as for those so-called sage books, it is a fart, you think, you have worked hard for half a lifetime to learn knowledge, but in the end you were cut off your head, this is not worth it, even if you are lucky not to die, it is impossible to have any great success in your life.
A qualified emperor is thinking about how to govern the country well, but this one, thinking about how to play, today in the palace to build a stargazing platform, tomorrow outside the palace to build a wine pool, the day after tomorrow to think about building a beast camp, the emperor is extravagant, the people must suffer, heavy taxes and servitude, absurd decrees, the people are forced to die, can only be reversed, so in the next few decades, the world is in chaos again, the once great unified country, directly split into three, Qi Liang Chen, and later Chen became Chu, But no matter what, after all, it is not in Great Qi, but in Northern Qi.
Today's Xiaorong is also the fourth day of the first lunar month, and the streets and alleys in the city, people come and go, but there is no difference from the Xichu side, but the air is not as good as that side, and it is a little dry. For them, these few days are also big days, originally they were called barbarians, because no one was educated, but in those three hundred years of rule, the customs of various ethnic groups have long been integrated, even if they have been separated for a hundred years, these things engraved in the bones cannot be changed, so the customs are naturally the same as those in the Central Plains, and they are also celebrating the New Year.
The people are celebrating the New Year, and the atmosphere is peaceful, but above the palace hall, the atmosphere at this time is particularly solemn.
The eloquence of this generation of emperors is generally known, in the rivers and lakes, he is the first in the world, known as the overlord, in the court, the emperor in the history of the Northern Qi Dynasty is most expected to revive the prosperity of the Great Qi is not weak, just ascended the throne, it makes the court completely unified, basically one and the same, which is much faster than the speed of those emperors in history.
Since he is so eloquent, then the revival of Daqi is a bend that he can't bypass, he has been on the throne for ten years, no matter how the folk rumors spread, their emperor has never said a word, almost everyone is waiting for him to mention this thing that is destined to be mentioned, until just now, he finally said this sentence.
Swallow the Southern Liang, destroy the Western Chu, and set the Qiankun.
is just nine words, but the weight is not small, which means that the mountains and rivers are broken, which means that millions of people will become famous or die because of this, the bones are exposed, and the blood is flowing like a river, how many joys and sorrows are there, even those ordinary people who have no knowledge can come up with one or two, not to mention these old foxes in the court.
Zhongli Baichuan, with a square face, deep eyes, and bronzed skin, he was already born with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and under the background of a golden dragon robe, he looked more and more majestic and domineering.
Looking at the change in his eyes in the court, the man nodded with satisfaction, in fact, in the fifth year of his accession to the throne, he had this thought, at that time, the Northern Qi was improving in all aspects, financial strength, military strength, and manpower had reached the commanding heights, as long as he wanted, he could fight at any time, but he was silent, no one knew, those folk rumors, in fact, all originated from him, he just wanted to see this court, will the heart be dispersed? Will he feel that he is incompetent as an emperor? Will there be those who think they are smart and jump out?
The result is very good, these people are very smart, he feels that the time is ripe, so when he went to court for the first time after this year, he finally mentioned it, and no one spoke as expected, for an emperor, if you want to know your mind, you only need to look at it, and you will know everything, and he can think of the result with his eyes closed, and for now, he needs someone to break the peace to stand up.
"Your Majesty." Someone finally spoke, Zhongli Baichuan looked at his elegant-looking younger brother with a look of approval, but the next sentence made him squint: "The minister thinks this move is inappropriate."
"Oh, King Wuyang, I don't know what you think is appropriate, let's hear it?"
"The minister thinks that if I fight for many years, my Qi country is in danger, not the world is unified, the people can live and work in peace and contentment, Your Majesty, think about it, this year after year of war losses, how many ordinary people will suffer, it is better to develop with peace of mind, maintain the existing three-thirds of the world, so that the people under the rule can live a prosperous life, as for the unification of the world and the like, since the people can not be rich, then what is the use of unifying the world?"
"Zhongli Fuli, are you questioning me?" Zhongli Baichuan didn't seem to be angry, but the weight of these words could be heard by everyone, Zhongli replied, this is all called by name, and it still doesn't explain the problem?
As the king of Wuyang, Zhongli Fuli is different from Zhongli Baichuan, his face is gentle, compared to the prince, he is actually more like a Confucian student, he knelt lower: "Your Majesty is angry, the minister is just suggesting, and there is no intention to question it."
Zhongli Baichuan ignored it, he just turned his head, but looked at a woman with half-squinted eyes.
"What does the eldest princess think?"
The woman looked no more than twenty years old, and she looked quite heroic, and when she heard this, the woman slowly opened her eyes, her eyes were like glass, and they were blue-eyed.
"Father thinks it's okay, I don't have an opinion."
It is rare for a princess to go to court, not to mention that there are a few who dare to talk to the emperor like this, but this one just dares, this is not because he is spoiled by his father, but this person named Zhongli does have this strength.
Although the Northern Qi has not fought in recent years, it does not mean that there is no friction with others, especially with the Southern Liang, there are countless large and small conflicts, it is the woman in front of her, who won three cities in a small battle with the Southern Liang, that time, the war between the two countries was about to break out, and later the Southern Liang gave soft, and claimed that the three cities were given to the Northern Qi.
Later, there was a conflict, and it was this woman who forced Nanliang to cut another city, such a feat made the prestige of the eldest princess of the Northern Qi Dynasty shocking the world, and she was allowed by Zhongli Baichuan to participate in politics in the court, and gave her the title of General Pingliang.
Pingliang Pingliang, the name shows how much Zhongli Baichuan expects from her, so Zhongli Baichuan did not have the slightest dissatisfaction with this sentence, he laughed: "I think it's okay."
"Father is wise." Zhongli bent down and shouted at the right time.
"The emperor is wise." The eldest princess spoke, and the people behind naturally shouted wave after wave.
"Okay, eldest princess, I have ordered you to be the generalissimo of Pingliang, from now on, take me a million sons of Northern Qi and destroy Southern Liang first, do you have any objections?"
"Obey."
"Tuoba Hongyi, Guo Min, Chai Wen, Afaqi, Cai Shanhe, Chaotian Ling, you and the other six will follow the princess from now on and assist them wholeheartedly, if you let me know that you don't care because of her daughter's body, her crime should be punished, do you have any objections?"
"Obey."
In the next half an hour, Zhongli Baichuan called more than a dozen names one after another, those in charge of weapons, those in charge of grain and grass, and those in charge of war horses, all of them, only Zhongli Fuli, who was still kneeling on the ground, seemed to have been forgotten.
A court meeting related to the trend of the world for decades ended quietly on this extremely ordinary morning, and the Northern Qi Emperor Zhongli Baichuan did not rest after the next court, but went to the imperial mausoleum in a very low-key manner.
Burial Longling, this place that seems to be unlucky in name, buried hundreds of emperors of Northern Qi and even Great Qi, the scale is very large, looking from afar, the mountains stretch, like Wolong.
Zhongli Baichuan stood here, there was no one behind him, this mighty man who was still above the court just now, but he was in tears at this moment.
"Father, have you heard, Baichuan is about to fulfill your long-cherished wish, Baichuan Baichuan, the sea is tolerant of Baichuan, there is tolerance, father, the son knows what you mean, you can rest assured, the son will not live up to your expectations, the son will teach the world to see, I am Zhongli Baichuan, born to be the co-master of this heaven and earth, whether it is the rivers and lakes or the temple, as long as I am willing, no one will try to stop me."
The man wiped away a handful of tears, turned around and strode away, a golden qi lingering all over his body, a total of nine hundred and eighty-one, he rose against the wind, like an ancient demon god.
On this day, the Northern Qi Dynasty officially launched troops in Nanliang, and the world was shocked.
This year is the third year of Yuanjia in Northern Qi, the sixth year of Tianqi in Southern Liang, and the fourth year of Hongtai in Western Chu.