It was late at night, Han Ruzi sat up quietly, listened attentively, and could vaguely hear Zhang Youcai's breathing and the slight snoring of loaches outside, he put on his indoor loafers, put on a coat, quietly pushed open the bedroom door, stood for a while, and tiptoed towards the main door. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

He gently pushed the door, and was about to exert force, when a cough suddenly sounded outside, Han Ruzi was startled, and then shook his head helplessly, simply stopped hiding it, and pushed the door out.

Pengcheng was heavily guarded, and there was a circle of guards standing under the corridor, and Han Ruzi didn't care about them, but a eunuch at the door.

Liu Jie, the central supervisor, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty doesn't sleep late at night, is it disturbed by something?" ”

Liu Jie, who was very experienced, guessed that the emperor might have to visit the female guards, and personally kept watch outside for most of the night.

"Assassins in town?"

"No, at present, Meng E is the only one."

"Meng E is not an assassin." Han Ruzi said with certainty.

Liu Jie sighed lightly, "Meng E may not be an assassin, but His Majesty trusts him so much, he still shouldn't be." ”

"I can't trust her?"

"Your Majesty can't trust anyone."

"Including you?"

"Including me."

Han Ruzi understood Liu Jie's personality, so he didn't get angry, but just felt strange, thought about it, and said, "Please come in and talk." ”

"It's not dawn yet, Your Majesty should rest more."

"Now that you're awake, it's useless to sleep again." Han Ruzi turned around and went back to the house, Liu Jie hesitated for a moment, and followed up.

Liu Jie personally supervised the eunuchs to arrange the room, very familiar with the furnishings, a few steps to the table, skillfully lit a candle, the copper wax table is a gift from the Luoyang Hou Mansion, the shape is three ladies raised hands holding a small disc, lifelike, quite exquisite, the candle is also a gift, after lighting a fragrance.

These things were available in the palace, but the emperor set off in too much hurry, and Liu Jie didn't have time to carry them, so he had to take some from Luoyang.

Zhang Youcai, who was sleeping, was woken up by the candlelight, looked up, and immediately sat up, ready to serve the emperor.

Han Ruzi waved his hand and let Zhang Youcai continue to sleep.

The loach rolled over, turned his back to the candlelight, and continued to sleep.

Han Ruzi sat down and motioned for Liu Jie to sit too, but the central supervisor strictly followed the rules and stood aside respectfully.

"The emperor can't trust anyone, isn't he really a loner?"

"Your Majesty, the emperor doesn't trust anyone, but he doesn't suspect anyone, if he doesn't believe it, he will be punished if he is guilty, he will be rewarded and acted on, it is clear at a glance, and he will never let outsiders guess."

Han Ruzi pondered for a long time, "Does Duke Liu still have the story of Emperor Wu?" ”

Liu Jie nodded, "Emperor Wu killed the heroes of the world in his later years, Your Majesty has heard of it, right?" ”

"The whole world knows it."

"The matter originated from a Mount Tai Feng Zen, that was a very large scale Feng Zen, prepared for more than half a year, the local government specially rebuilt the mountaineering road, the Su Guards surrounded Mount Tai, searched three times, to ensure that there were no idlers and beasts on the mountain. Emperor Wu walked up the mountain early in the morning and rested nine times on the way......"

Recalling the grand occasion of the year, Liu Jie was full of interest, and couldn't help but talk for a while, and then got to the point, "At midnight that night, Emperor Wu sent a tribute to the sky into the round altar at the top of Mount Tai, and then the entrance should have been blocked, burned with firewood, and then surrounded by stones. Everything was ready, but an accident happened, maybe it was a coincidence, maybe it was providence, maybe it was Emperor Wu's eyesight, and he saw that there was already a sacrificial text in the altar. ”

"Huh?" Han Ruzi was taken aback.

"The entrance to the altar is not wide or six or seven inches high, it was the middle of the night, there were only a few torches in the distance, and Emperor Wu could actually see a roll of paper inside...... "Liu Jie shook his head, "I can't explain why." ”

"What is written in the sacrificial text that was put in first?"

"No one knows, Emperor Wu didn't let anyone see it, but he said a word, 'Does anyone still want to seal an altar on the emperor's head?' Therefore, I guess that the sacrificial text probably compares the emperor to Mount Tai, and considers himself to be a round altar on the top of Mount Tai, and thinks that he is even higher than the emperor. ”

"What an arrogant guy, is it the work of a local hero?"

"That sacrifice is obviously not settled, because Emperor Wu took revenge on all the heroes in the world, not to track down a single person."

Han Ruzi solved a doubt in his heart, and couldn't help asking, "Has Gong Liu ever thought about the sacrificial text that was put in first...... In fact, it was arranged by Emperor Wu? ”

Liu Jie smiled, "Your Majesty has begun to disbelieve, but you must also learn not to doubt." If the sacrificial document was arranged by Emperor Wu, he should leave the sacrificial document and hand it over to Yousi, and order them to investigate it strictly. But Emperor Wu was so angry that he tore up the sacrificial text on the spot, and afterwards transferred a large number of eunuchs and guards, investigated their backgrounds one by one, and executed those related to Haoxia. Therefore, I prefer to believe that there is indeed an extra sacrificial text, and it can be discovered by Emperor Wu, which is really too coincidental to be coincidental. ”

Han Ruzi was silent for a while, "Emperor Wu killed the heroes of the world just because of a little suspicion, and Liu Gong hopes that I will do the same?" ”

Liu Jieshen bowed, "Emperor Wu often said, on benevolence and righteousness, the emperor is not as good as a saint, on eloquence, the emperor is not as good as a lobbyist, on force, the emperor is not as good as a general, on intelligence, the emperor is not as good as a minister, and the emperor can live above all the people, one is by relying on the merits of his ancestors, and the other is by decision. The major affairs of the world are decided by the emperor alone, either if he does not believe it or not, or he makes a decision on the spot, and he must not be ambiguous and make the world suspicious. No matter what the reason, Emperor Wu decided to kill the heroes, and he would not be merciful. Emperor Wu hoped that he would not only inherit the merits of his ancestors, but also lay a foundation for future generations. ”

Liu Jie obviously regarded Emperor Wu as a model for the emperor and admired him to the extreme, and in the end, his voice trembled slightly.

"Eternal inheritance." Han Ruzi smiled, he also admired Emperor Wu, but he had other ideas about how to be the emperor, "Does Da Chu seem to have the appearance of an eternal foundation?" ”

Liu Jiezheng said: "Da Chu has internal and external troubles, but once Your Majesty ascends the throne, there are soldiers and generals under his command, grain in the warehouse, horses in the stable, the will is promulgated, the world responds, the ministers may be cunning and cowardly, but they are also obedient and obedient, and they do not add trouble to Your Majesty." Your Majesty imagines what it would be like if there were a few more ministers in the court who love to take care of things. ”

Han Ruzi didn't squeak, if the ministers of the DPRK and China dared to think and do, he might be the real emperor from the beginning, or he might fall victim to the struggles of all parties, and the most important thing is that whoever becomes the emperor will become the puppet of the minister because of his young age.

"Emperor Wu left a sharp weapon, which may have a little rust, Your Majesty only needs to wipe it from time to time, and it will eventually reveal the appearance of the sword of the Son of Heaven, sweeping the world and being indestructible."

Han Ruzi's heart was pounding, but his face was silent, "Wanshi Foundation...... When it is broken, it is broken...... Liu Gong step down. ”

Liu Jie quietly exited the room.

Han Ruzi sat for a while, stretched out his hand to extinguish the candle, the surroundings suddenly darkened, he couldn't see his five fingers, the loach snoring continued, Zhang Youcai stumbled and wanted to get up again, Han Ruzi said softly: "You sleep, I'll sit for a while." ”

Zhang Youcai was silent.

There was the sound of the piano outside, which was impassioned and generous, obviously instructed by Liu Jie.

Han Ruzi heard a little bit of the piano, but he was not deeply touched, far inferior to the "empty music song" that sounded very bland to outsiders.

It didn't take long for the sky to light up and the sound of the piano stopped, Zhang Youcai immediately got out of bed, woke up the loach, and served the emperor to dress and wash together.

Han Ruzi called in Liu Jie, "The capital said that it would send four Xiongnu envoys to the army, you go and ask, if you have arrived, if the people have arrived, bring them to see me." ”

Liu Jie moved quickly, Han Ruzi had just eaten here, and he had already brought the Xiongnu envoy and left him outside, waiting for the emperor to summon him after eating.

Four Xiongnu envoys knelt on the ground, and one of them was none other than Jin Chunzhong.

"Jin Chunzhong, I heard that you are going back to the grassland?"

Among the four, Jin Chunzhong was the only one who could speak the original dialect and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, most of the envoys have already set out on their way back, and the four of us have been ordered to meet Your Majesty. ”

"Da Danyu doesn't want to negotiate peace?"

"Da Shan Yu's order is to wait until the beginning of spring, if Da Chu has no intention of peace talks, the envoy does not have to wait."

"The peace talks have not ended, Jin Chunzhong, I will send a messenger from Dachu later, you will go on the road together, return to the grassland together, and continue to negotiate."

"Your Majesty, I am a subject of Great Chu, and I am willing to stay, and I am not willing to return to the grassland." Jin Chunzhong had already expressed this intention, and he insisted on it at this time.

"After the peace talks are successful, you have your own choice, and now is not the time. Before noon, you will set out, and you must hurry up and not delay. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Jin Chunzhong could only kowtow and thank him.

In the early dynasties, the general Cui Hong expressed his common opinion with the generals: the former guard Meng E was very suspicious, even if he was not an assassin, he wanted to lure the Chu army away and reduce the pressure on the rebels, but the Huns had to be on guard, so he suggested that the war against the rebels should be started in advance, from ten days later to seven days later, once the city of Linzi was broken, half of the troops were immediately divided to the north, and the rest of the soldiers cleaned up the battlefield.

It's a very sound plan.

Han Ruzi agreed, and then he said: "The Xiongnu will be a big disaster in the end, but it is better to start a war sooner rather than later, I want to send an envoy to negotiate peace with Da Dan Yu to stabilize the situation, who is willing to go?" ”

No one squeaked, although this is an opportunity to show loyalty and curry favor with the emperor, but life is still more important, everyone understands that this is not a real peace talk, just used to deceive the Huns, in the future, Da Chu sent troops, and the first head of the envoy landed.

Han Ruzi waited for a while, and said to Liu Zeqin, the household servant: "Liu Shilang is my humerus, and it is necessary to send the Huns to Qing. ”

"Your Majesty......" Liu Zeqin knelt down, she didn't expect that she was so valued, but she really didn't want to go, with a crying voice in her voice.

Han Ruzi didn't give him a chance to object, "Set off before noon, you can go and choose the accompanying people now, and prepare a letter for me, just say that I will patrol the world, and soon lead the army to the border, and drink with Da Shan Yu on the grassland." ”

Liu Zeqin did not dare to oppose it in person, so she had to retreat and prepare to send an envoy to the Xiongnu.

Throughout the morning, people kept coming to persuade the emperor to take back his order, or to change a less important minister to the grassland, and even Zhang Youcai said a word, and was reprimanded by Han Ruzi and retreated.

Before noon, Liu Zeqin and four Xiongnu envoys bid farewell to the emperor and led fifty followers on the road in a hurry, and Han Ruzi sent 500 soldiers to see them off to a hundred miles away, supervising them to go north without stopping.

The envoy went away, Han Ruzi called the general Cui Hong and the central supervisor Liu Jie, dictated a holy decree, sent back to the capital urgently, and ordered the southern army to send 50,000 people, and all the Su guards who stayed in the capital to go to Shenxiong Pass, where they obeyed the dispatch of Zhang Yin, the Marquis of Piyuan, and sent them to different checkpoints, and the northern army also sent 50,000 people and went directly to Mayi City.

"The rebels can't stay, General Lao Da led the three-way Chu army to quell the chaos as soon as possible, I want to go to Mayi City in person, and never let the Huns go south."

Han Ruzi chose to believe Meng E, and he immediately took action. (To be continued.) )