Chapter 9: Struggle and Enlightenment
At this time, Chen Xuanyuan was in a very bad mood, sitting on the throne of Zhaoyang Palace, looking at the two people arguing below with a gloomy face.
The ministers, headed by the right prime minister Su Jingming, advocated attacking the Tang Dynasty and fighting the main battle. The ministers, headed by Prime Minister Li Mingguang, advocated peace.
"Your Majesty, if I negotiate peace again this time, I am afraid that my Dachen Jiangshan Society will be in danger, and I implore Your Majesty to think twice" Su Jingming looked at the hesitant emperor and said a little hoarsely
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Su's words are wrong, I Da Chen discussed how to deal with the country, I Da Chen has a history of more than 400 years from Taizong here, how to say that it can be destroyed, Prime Minister Su can not be alarmist." Left Prime Minister Li Mingguang retorted sharply
"Besides, now my Dachen national strength can't support us to march into the army to resist the Tang Dynasty, and the minister thinks that instead of working hard and losing money to resist the Tang Dynasty, it is better to negotiate peace, and wait for my Dachen to prosper, and then a Datang Dynasty will not be a problem" Li Mingguang said loudly in the ceremony, like a rooster who wins.
"You..." Su Jingming looked at Li Mingguang angrily, trembling his body,
plopped, tremblingly knelt on the main hall, "Your Majesty, isn't this a joke about my Da Chen's Jiangshan Sheji, my Da Chen can get to the point where he is weak now, it is all caused by blind tolerance, if peace is discussed again, wouldn't it make all the dynasties in the world laugh shamefully, and let all the dynasties think that my Da Chen is easy to bully, and then I will be in danger, Your Majesty"
"Ministers seconded" and Da Chen, who supported Su Jingming, knelt down and expressed his determination.
Seeing this posture, Li Mingguang hurriedly bowed his hand to Chen Xuanyuan above, "Your Majesty, this matter must not be allowed, if you annoy the Tang Dynasty, my Da Chen Ke will really be in danger."
He turned his head to Su Jingming, who was kneeling next to him, and said, "What does Prime Minister Su mean when I blindly tolerate it, I want to say that the first emperor is not, you are so bold, you dare to talk about the first emperor," and said to Chen Xuanyuan, who was seated, "I implore Your Majesty to cure Prime Minister Su for the crime of bullying the king."
The people who supported Li Mingguang hurriedly knelt on the main hall
"You..." Su Jingming had really never seen such a shameless person, and he trembled and pointed at Li Mingguang speechless.
Chen Xuanyuan, who was seated, listened to Li Mingguang's words, his eyes flickered slightly, and he silently returned to normal, looked at Su Jingming, who was a little sad and indignant, and said to the Manchu Dynasty's civil and martial arts, "I think what Prime Minister Li said makes sense, how can I say that it will be extinguished, and after this peace, I will be able to return to the majesty of the past."
Before Chen Xuanyuan finished speaking, he heard Su Jingming below say loudly, "Please think twice, Your Majesty."
"Please think twice, Your Majesty," the ministers who supported Su Jingming also shouted
"I have made up my mind, there is no need to say more, I will not participate in this peace meeting when I see that Prime Minister Su is old and frail, let's recuperate at home for a while, this matter will be handed over to Prime Minister Li to be fully responsible, be sure to appease the Tang Dynasty and buy time for my Dachen revival, okay, Li Aiqing"
"The minister obeys orders" Lin Mingguang's face was full of pride
"Okay, then retreat," he said, getting up and walking to the apse.
After listening to the emperor's words, Su Jingming's whole person collapsed on the main hall, looking up at Chen Xuan's distant back, the whole person seemed to be much older, and muttered in his mouth, "Old, old"
"Dad, how is this good" Su Huan, who was the head of the household, watched the emperor leave, and hurriedly asked his father.
Picking up Su Jingming, who was spread on the ground, and looking at his father's old face, Su Huan was very sad.
"Yes, Lord Su, how can it be that Your Majesty doesn't listen to persuasion," the minister who supported Su Jingming also asked
Su Jingming looked at the eager minister and his son, and sighed, "Let them go, old, useless, let them go"
"Huan'er, let's go back" Su Jingming, supported by Su Huan, slowly left Zhaoyang Palace.
The ministers shook their heads and sighed when they looked at the old back of Su Jingming, and then dispersed.
Or the sky also pity this weak Da Chen, in the afternoon, it rained again, but this time it was not big, the rain fell to the ground like silk, as if to cover the world with a thin veil, the drizzle is like silk but it makes people feel cold in the bottom of their hearts, I don't know whether this rain is cold, or people's hearts make this rain feel cold.
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Wangshou Pavilion is the highest place in the Imperial City of Dachen, and from here, you can see the entire imperial capital Linyang. It is said that this is a former emperor of Da Chen for a concubine built, the first emperor loved that concubine very much, but that concubine was cold by nature, did not like to smile, when he learned that this concubine liked to look into the distance, the first emperor built a pavilion to ask her to laugh.
When the emperor built the Wangshou Pavilion, the concubine did smile, and the emperor was very happy. Since then, the concubine went to Wangshou Pavilion every day to look at the imperial capital, but never smiled again, the following year the concubine fell ill and died, the emperor was extremely sad, and few people went to Wangshou Pavilion since then.
The rain was still falling, Mao Mao was annoying, Lin Qing was pulled out of Jingyi Hall by Tang Xiu, saying that it was a good place. Lin Qing saw that Tang Xiu was very interested, and thought that he should also go out for a walk, so he didn't say anything and let Tang Xiu pull him out.
When Lin Qing saw the three words Wangshou Pavilion for the first time, he was slightly surprised, in Su Jin's memory, there was a description of Wangshou Pavilion, and of course he knew why it was built.
I saw that this Wangshou Pavilion was built according to the palace wall, and there were many layers on top of each other, and the cornices were raised all around, and the tokens of prayer were hung. It is surrounded by pear blossoms, and the white pear blossoms make people feel cold in their hearts.
It is also built very high, so that people can not see the top at a glance, walked into the pavilion, found that there were only some cleaning eunuchs and palace maids, saw Lin Qing and Tang Xiu hurriedly saluted and said, "See Concubine Jing, Concubine Niangniang"
"Get up" Lin Qing saw Tang Xiu looking at the pavilion by himself, so he said to those eunuchs and palace maids.
The furnishings in the pavilion are a little simple, probably because they haven't been taken care of for a long time, so Lin Qing and Tang Xiu went straight to the top. As soon as he came to the top floor, Lin Qing's first feeling was that it was cold, the wind blew straight in along the window, and he could feel the rain in the air.
"Sister, it's so cool here," Tang Xiu said to Lin Qing while feeling the cool wind.
"Yes, it is said that it is not cold in high places, but it is true" Lin Qing slowly approached the window, wanting to take a look at the situation outside the window, to see if it was like a rumor, and he could see the entire Linyang.
The wind blew Lin Qing's snow-white skirt, and the hair in front of the sideburns blew slightly, hitting Lin Qing's face, which was soft and comfortable.
Lin Qing looked through the window, and the first thing that caught his eye was the drizzle in the sky, which fell scattered into Linyang City, like rain and dew laid by a fairy. Look at it as far as you can, you can see the whole scene of Linyang, there are small rivers, there are patches of peach blossoms, there are lively markets, and there are people who smoke from cooking, where it is extremely lively and happy, there is the world, and then look at the junction of the imperial city and Linyang City, a moat is like a moat across the palace and Linyang City.
"Wow, it's so beautiful, no wonder the concubine of the former emperor likes it" I don't know when Tang Xiu also came forward.
Lin Qing looked at the whole Lin'an from afar again, and her eyes were still the same scene, but it was not the same mood, she thought that she knew why the concubine of the former emperor liked this place and liked to look into the distance, because from here she could see the real world, and she could see her home and relatives in the world.
Maybe this is the only place where the border between earth and hell meets... Lin Qing suddenly felt a little sad in his heart, and he was a little sympathetic to the concubine of the former emperor. Tilting his head to look at Tang Xiu, who was standing up and sniffing the rain, with a satisfied smile on his face, he couldn't express it.
What comes to mind in an instant, oh, let it go, who knows what the future holds, why not enjoy the comfort and tranquility of the present?