Chapter XVII: The whereabouts of the envoy are unknown
Although Guoshi Yan has been rehabilitated, the errand to greet the envoy has naturally been put on hold. At this time, everyone thought that this matter was the only one in the great cause, but the emperor made an unexpected decision.
He was going to rush to the front line to greet the envoys in person, and after this news was announced, the entire Houhai Kingdom was hotly discussing this matter. Without exception, there are opposing voices and approving voices, and there are still some wall grasses that maintain a wait-and-see attitude.
This time, the emperor Zhongzhong seemed to have made up his mind and insisted on going out to greet him himself. Because since the beginning of Guoshi Yan's rebellion, Zhongzhong has felt that his authority has been challenged, regardless of whether Guoshi Yan is really rebelling or not, but daring to create such a thing against the sky, as the emperor, he is a fool if he doesn't think so.
Therefore, everyone will plan and let the situation develop, and in the end, they will come forward to clean up the mess. In fact, even if there are no ministers to protect the country's face, the emperor will release the country's face at the right time. That's because Guo Shiyan has not yet had the ability to rebel, and the emperor naturally knows that the reason why Guo Shiyan is locked up is to suppress his forces, and whoever is willing to help him is naturally the group of people who oppose Guo Shiyan.
It's just that no one continued to suppress the result, which was somewhat unexpected by the emperor, but it also exposed another force, so the emperor couldn't pursue the matter, because letting one family dominate was the biggest danger for the emperor.
Since then, the emperor has made up his mind to welcome the envoys, because this matter is very important, to give his two sons, the emperor is not at ease, it is better to personally pick up this burden, although I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse, but at least his imperial power will not be threatened.
In this way, the emperor's procession set off in a mighty manner. The emperor asked him to discuss politics in advance on the grounds that the crown prince was not going abroad, and handed over the country to him to take care of temporarily, but he asked Guoshi Yan to accompany him. and took away the people in the great cause, especially his teacher Cangzhong Confucian, but left the general of Dedi to assist in the great cause.
The emperor's intention in doing this was obvious, to let two people who couldn't get along be together, so that no one would want to play tricks when he left.
Houhai is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and only the endless sandy beach is the only land leading to Middle-earth. Therefore, Houhai Country has been a paradise for hundreds of years, although it has now been discovered by the Land of Shenzhou and there is such a country, but people's curiosity seems to have long hoped that someone can discover this place, so that Houhai Country is no longer lonely. This is the reason why the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Turkey was quickly approved.
He was the emperor for the first time. Looking at the endless desert, he was ambitious, and his eyes showed the color of conquest. Thinking back to what he has done as an emperor for so many years, there is one thing that is admirable.
In the end, the emperor himself was handed down from his ancestors, and he was no different from Bai Xuan. He did not go through all the hardships to build a state, as his ancestors did, nor did he govern the country that he inherited from his father.
For countless days and nights he has been pondering this question, why is that? When the decree of Middle-earth finally reached him, he seemed to have found the answer, and that was the Heavenly Machine. Only the opportunity given by God allowed him to show his ambitions as an emperor, and the holy decree of Middle-earth clearly ignited the desire in his heart.
At the border, he forgot the previous rebellion of Guoshiyan and the two incompatible forces in the DPRK and China. He couldn't wait to see the envoys of Middle-earth as soon as possible, and step out of this birdcage-like Houhai Kingdom.
1 day, 2 days, 3 days...... It has been almost half a month since the day of greeting, and the emperor is anxious, and he ranks a large number of people every day to look for it, but there is still no news.
At this time, everyone wondered if all this was a joke played by God on themselves. No! We must not think like this, let alone lose hope. This is not a joke played by God, but a test of whether I, the emperor, can take on the heavy responsibility of opening a new chapter in the Houhai Kingdom.
So Emperor Zhongzhong personally led his men and horses to run out of the border of Houhai for 800 miles, but he couldn't see anyone alive or dead. When everyone was exhausted, the defense supply could not keep up, the thirsty to death, starvation, and countless people were ruthlessly sunburned to death, but even so, Zhongzhong still desperately continued to search, he believed that his sincerity would definitely move the heavens, so that he could find the traces of the envoy of Middle-earth, but God did not see his sincerity this time, because a news made Zhongzhong have to let him give up looking for the envoy of Middle-earth and return to China quickly.
At home, because General Dedi suggested sending heavy troops to the border to cheer for His Majesty the Emperor, he proposed that General Dedi be arrested on charges of conspiracy and wait for the emperor's arrival to be judged.
This news made the emperor very disappointed in the great cause. Because even he, the emperor, didn't dare to offend the general, you just cleaned him up so hastily in your great cause, what if his subordinates rebelled, if there was a mistake in the ancestral industry, then he, the emperor, would become the biggest sinner in Houhai Kingdom, not in his great cause, because he let the great cause govern the government.
The crowd returned to the capital, and before they entered the city, they found that the soldiers at the gate of the city were heavily armoured, with swords rattling, and they were ready to fight.
As soon as the horses were served, they ordered their attendants to change their clothes.
"Changing clothes?"
The attendant looked at Zhongzhong suspiciously, and Zhongzhong's face showed anger, and said, "Take out the yellow robe for me!" ”
Only then did the attendants understand what it meant.
In this way, Zhongzhong put on his dragon robe for the first time in the wilderness, and the dragon bowl, vocal music, and honor guard were all indispensable, and asked everyone to take out the pomp and momentum.
First of all, a fat-headed eunuch walked to the city gate and shouted in a shrill voice, "The emperor returns to the city, quickly open the city gate......!" ”
After a while, there was no movement, and then when the eunuch was about to shout again, the city gate suddenly opened, led by the prince with a guard of honor in the great cause, holding the national seal, and said, "The son of the minister is late to ask the emperor to surrender!" ”
Looking at the panicked Da Ye, Zhong Zhong asked strangely, "What are you panicking about?" ”
I was at a loss in the great cause, and I didn't know how to say "Erchen, Erchen......"
"Speak quickly!"
Zhongzhong was furious and ordered him to hurry up.
At this time, Daye bowed his head and wept, saying, "The subordinates of the general of the land have rebelled, claiming that they want to use force to seek justice for the general of the land, this matter is the fault of the sons, please ask the father to kill the sons to stop the rebellion!" ”
As expected, General Dedi's subordinates still used force. Therefore, at the gate of the city, the general felt very abnormal, so he asked the attendants to change their clothes and change into dragon robes, so that the rebels would know that their emperor had returned, which played a deterrent role.
So Zhongzhong hurried back to the palace non-stop, at this time Zhongzhong saw two groups of people and horses fighting on the street, but as soon as they saw the emperor come back, the swords in their hands fell one after another, knelt on the ground, and greeted their emperor respectfully.
It's late at night. Sitting in the court, the officials looked at each other, but the sound of fighting outside the palace did not stop.
Zhongzhong showed the posture of being a king and asked, "Tell me what is going on outside?" ”
At this time, the huge court hall can be heard clearly even if an embroidery needle drops. But there was no sound at the moment.
The emperor was furious, and the sound of a dragon slap was deafening, and the ministers immediately knelt on the ground, panicking.
"What are you all eating, why can't you stop it in time, what's the use of me asking you people?"
The emperor scolded everyone, and the stone in everyone's hearts finally fell. Because from the emperor's tone, everyone heard that it was not one person's fault, but everyone's fault. Everyone's fault, then no one is afraid.
At this time, someone finally had the courage to report the ins and outs of the matter to the emperor. But the Emperor didn't seem to believe the man's words.
So he asked, "Where is the 'Lu Qi' in the imperial history of the city?" ”
The Imperial History of the City Patrol hurriedly walked out and said, "Weichen is here!" ”
"Isn't it what you just said?"
Lu Qi said, "It's true, the subordinates of the original general of the land have been killed in the prison many times to rescue the general, but the general is unwilling to go out, saying that he must wait for His Majesty to come back to administer justice to himself, and in the end, the general's subordinates are not, not not, so they put down the swords and guns in their hands after seeing Your Majesty you come back, but once they are away from Your Majesty's sight, they start to make trouble again, and the purpose is to leave a way for themselves to live!" ”
It turns out that the truth is really that simple. He wanted to send heavy troops to help him, but he was captured on the grounds of misdeeds in the great cause, and only then did he mutiny.
But is it really that simple? Is it really so confused in the great cause to take down the land with just such a trumped-up charge?
Wrong! With his previous experience in controlling his courtiers, the Emperor knew that the more seemingly simple things were, the greater the conspiracy. But fortunately, it has not yet reached the point of killing their own emperor, one of their purposes is already obvious, that is, to call their own emperor back, and now they are back, the enemy is in the dark, and they are in the light, and it is the best strategy to wait and see what happens!