Chapter 234: Red Face and Troubled Water
Yuwen Heng nodded in thanks, but he was not busy speaking, his eyes slipped left and right, Donglin Luoxi understood, and immediately ordered everyone to retreat, leaving only Tanglin Chenyang and one person to speak: "Prince Yuwen, please speak up"
Yu Wenheng nodded, and after a little hesitation, he said: "If the emperor wants to explain the meaning of the minister, he must start with a story first, and naturally the emperor may have heard of this story."
Since ancient times, the Lingyuan Continent has experienced the rise and fall of many dynasties, but until a thousand years ago, the entire continent was still ruled by a huge empire, called "Datong Empire", which means "the four seas return to one day, the world is Datong"
The Datong Empire is under the rule of the Murong clan, and the Lingyuan Continent has been leveling all over the world, although there are many small tribes in the border areas, they have always kept to themselves, and there has never been anything chaotic, and the war has been far away from this continent
However, as said in that famous work, the general trend of the world has always been divided into a long time, and a long time must be united, a thousand years ago, the Datong Empire passed into the hands of Murong Liao, this emperor who has always been pampered and pampered, there is not much way to govern the country, as a prince, he only cares about pleasure, and the first thing after ascending the throne is to hold a show girl election, this time he took a fancy to a woman named "Hua Jinse", and since then he has buried a huge hidden danger
Hua Jinse comes from a tribe called "Fish-Man Clan" in the southern part of the Lingyuan Continent, which is known for its abundance of beautiful women, and both men and women, young and old, are familiar with the nature of water, and spend all day in the sea with fish, and by collecting and selling deep-sea pearls and all kinds of precious fish and shellfish for their birthdays, they are also rich and happy
Hua Jinse was the daughter of the patriarch at that time, known as the first beauty of the Fish-Man Clan, from eight to eighty years old, just by her light glance, his heart would beat like a deer, and he was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night, not to mention that he could never resist the beautiful Murong Liao
Overjoyed, Murong Liao disregarded everyone's opposition, and actually stood up on the spot, and the queen mother, who made his maiden niece the queen, was half angry, but he was still indifferent
"** bitter short day rises, from now on, the king does not have an early court, Chenghuan feasts, no leisure, spring from the spring outing, night special night, harem beauties, three thousand beauties, three thousand pampered in one" These words are really suitable for Murong Liao and Hua Jinse, but his infatuation with Hua Jinse has been so hot that it is perverted, if it is not for the ancestral system, he would like to give her the throne
It is precisely because of the existence of Hua Jinse, the three thousand beauties in the harem have almost become decorations, and there are not many opportunities to see the emperor all year round, let alone the attendants, to put it mildly, it is only a few days when Hua Jinse is in the moon, and if Murong Liao is occasionally interested, he will summon other concubines to come over for the night
On the other hand, Murong Liao gave all the good things in the treasury to Hua Jinse, so it was not enough, he sent people to the people to search everywhere, all the treasures must be brought back to the queen, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military officials saw this, there was something to ask for, they actually went to Hua Jinse, and then through her to ask for the emperor's permission, often twice the result with half the effort, because for her request, Murong Liao never refused, and after a long time, the people actually "only knew that Jinse was not aware of the emperor", which is really a great irony
Hua Jinse is so favored in the harem, and naturally there are many complaints, and many ministers are also quite complaining, but Murong Liao is the emperor after all, even if he favors a woman, he has never made too many mistakes, and he is not too completely unconscious, not to mention that there are also many ministers who have benefited from Hua Jinse, so they tried their best to help her speak, and the situation was temporarily maintained in a delicate balance
If Murong Liao could realize the crisis at that time and restrain it a little, the consequences might not be so serious, but unfortunately, he seemed to be stunned, his mind was full of Hua Jinse, and he was only planning for her, seeing that her enjoyment in the world was extremely luxurious, and she could no longer go to the next level, he turned to think about everything after her death
After several days and nights of design and planning, Murong Liao actually decided to build an underground palace in the style of Hua Jinse's dormitory "Hidden Jade Palace", and continue to enjoy everything in the world after Hua Jinse's death
This underground palace is the same size as the Jade Palace, but the inside is made of civil wood, but the inside and outside are all plated with a layer of gold, not only that, the beds, tables, chairs, cups and plates, dishes, and various flowers and plants used for decoration in the palace are simply made of gold, which are inlaid with various colored gemstones, and roughly calculated, the amount of gold alone is staggering
In addition, Murong Liao also made a large number of gold, silver, jade, agate and other materials for Hua Jinse, as well as clothes made of gold and silver threads, decorated with various pearls and gemstones, filled dozens of boxes
In short, after the completion of such an underground palace, its total value is thousands of times or even more than that of the Jade Palace, because of this, the treasury was quickly emptied, in order not to delay the construction period, Murong Liao ordered to increase taxes in various places, and ordered officials from all over the country to collect rare treasures and send them to the capital...... And so on and so forth
Under heavy pressure, the people suffered and complained, and gradually evolved from small-scale protests to large-scale violent conflicts, which were quickly suppressed by the army, but began to ignite the flames of war
Murong Liao's sole favorite, Hua Jinse, had caused dissatisfaction from all sides, coupled with his tyrannical expropriation in order to build an underground palace, and gradually lost the support of the people, which finally led to endless uprisings in various places, and many people attacked the capital from all directions under the banner of "Demon Queen, Qing Jun's side".
Until this time, Murong Liao was still immersed in his infatuation with Hua Jinse, and he couldn't extricate himself, angrily saying that those people were plotting against him, and he resolutely refused to admit that it had anything to do with Hua Jinse, not to mention that everything he did voluntarily for Hua Jinse, he just spoiled a woman, why not
Seeing that he was so obsessed, the ministers were all extremely disappointed, so they had to plan their own ways out, and the war soon intensified, until the moment when the soldiers came to the city, Murong Liao still thought that he had done nothing wrong, and it was those Diao people who were plotting against him
However, in any case, seeing that the city was about to be broken, and all the rebels had left, Murong Liao also knew that the general trend had gone, and he actually committed suicide by hanging the beam, and before he died, he wanted to send Hua Jinse away secretly, but Hua Jinse thought that the cause of everything today was her, so she also went with him
The rebel army rushed into the palace, and when they saw this scene, they were also a little embarrassed, so they buried the two together, and they went to the underworld to continue to be husband and wife, and Murong Liao worked hard to make the underground palace for Hua Jinse, but it finally didn't come in handy
Hua Jinse favored the harem alone for many years, and gave birth to several children for Murong Liao, and since the two died, the country could not become a country, and the princes and princesses became prisoners and were temporarily detained
After the situation in the palace was controlled, the three armies that rushed into the city at the same time sat together to discuss the future arrangements, according to the situation at the time, no matter which side could not stand alone, so the three parties hit it off, divided the Datong Empire into three, each according to the location of the base camp to ascend the throne as the emperor, Lingyuan Continent from the original rule of one country to Yulin, Tianlong, Mingfeng, three-legged stand is nearly a thousand years
Although it is not necessarily the fault of the red face sometimes, in the eyes of the world, it is not uncommon for the world to always be "innocent and guilty".
This history has been recorded in some classical texts, and Dongling Luo Xi is actually not unfamiliar, but there are still some surprises: "It turns out that the underground palace is true, and I thought it was just nonsense from the world."
"Naturally not," Yu Wenheng smiled, his eyes flickered slightly, "Although the underground palace has not been completed, Murong Liao has requisitioned countless craftsmen to complete ten ** on the day of the country's break, and all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry have been placed, including all the utensils, it can be said that only the final renovation is left."
Tanglin Luo Xi couldn't help but nodded, and a trace of greed quickly flashed in his eyes, "That is to say, that underground palace is actually a huge treasure"
"That's right," Yu Wenheng also nodded, "It's no exaggeration to say that all the things in the underground palace add up, and their total value is probably worth the sum of the treasury of the three countries."
As soon as these words came out, the greed in Dongling Luoxi's eyes became more obvious, but he deliberately twisted his beard quietly: "But even so, why did Prince Yuwen tell me this, it can't be because the location of the underground palace is within the territory of Yulin Kingdom."
Yu Wenheng smiled and shook his head: "The minister doesn't know, in fact, it's not just the minister, now a thousand years have passed, I'm afraid that no one knows the location of the underground palace, otherwise the treasure wouldn't have been taken away a long time ago, when Murong Liao built the palace, he was also afraid that future generations would covet the jewels inside, and there was a tomb robbery, so all the craftsmen were brought over after being unconscious."
"Oh," Tanglin Luo Xi couldn't help frowning, "When the city was broken, the palace was not completed, didn't those craftsmen run for their lives to avoid the war?"
"They didn't have that chance," Yu Wenheng picked the corner of his lips, "Seeing that the situation was not good, Murong Liao secretly ordered his subordinates to activate the mechanism when they entered the underground palace for construction, blocked the exit, and then let his henchmen poison the diet of the forbidden army supervising the construction to prevent them from revealing the location of the underground palace."
Even if there is no war, those people will not escape such an end, because only the dead can keep secrets forever
Tanglin Luo Xi suddenly said: "Even so, someone should always know the approximate location, such as which mountain, which city or which feng shui treasure land."
Yu Wenheng's smile turned into a wry smile: "The emperor's forgiveness is not that the minister refuses to say, but he really doesn't know, even if someone remembers the approximate location at the beginning, now thousands of years have passed, I am afraid that it will be traceless for a long time."