Chapter Eighty-Six: Cheap Human Life
Daiko 276, late summer
The fierce king of Di called for a delay, and personally led an army of 250,000 to the south in three ways, and the Daguang government and the opposition were shaken. In the same month, Yang Ang, the prince of Daguang, staged a military coup d'Γ©tat in the imperial capital to seize the throne, but was defeated and killed.
At this point, the Daguang Dynasty, which has dominated the Central Plains for hundreds of years, ushered in a stormy dark age. The wheel of history will ruthlessly change every piece of land, every inch of mountains and rivers, and every person here.
Yang Ang's sudden rebellion undoubtedly had a huge impact on Diqing City, which had been lazy for countless years. There were nearly 5,000 people who directly participated in Yang Ang's rebellion, the court and the military camp were involved, and the rebels in front of the Hanyuan Palace were almost wiped out, and nearly 10,000 related people were arrested afterwards. Hundreds of people were taken to the downtown area to be beheaded, and countless others were sent into exile.
There were few beneficiaries of the rebellion, and even Yang Qi, the third prince of Yang Ang's rival, suffered heavy losses, and his forces were classified as key targets by Yang Ang, and many of Yang Qi's cronies died in the chaos.
If there is something that anyone has gained, it must be Yang Yi, a nine nerd. After an inexplicable rebellion, Yang Yi was inexplicably promoted from the fifth rank to the third rank squire, at least from the official position, it seems that he has entered the ranks of the court officials.
No one understood the Emperor's intentions, including Yang Yi, and he even suspected that the Emperor was now deliberately pulling him towards the center of the storm. But even if this is the case, Yang Yi has no choice, whether he is the emperor or his own Laozi, whatever he says is what he is. Yang Yi wanted to refuse, but he was not Zhuge Liang, and the emperor was not Liu Bei, so he had no chance to enjoy the thatched cottage three times, and he would die if he was beaten down three times.
But it's strange to think about it, he is a prince, if the emperor likes this son to take him with him to water, wouldn't it be good to arrange an emperor or something to train him, why do you have to do it for the official? In the final analysis, people in the royal family can play, for example, Yang Ang, the eldest prince, has already lost his life, and Yang Yi doesn't want to follow in his footsteps. Talking about the throne that looked resplendent but was actually stained with blood, Yang Yi cared more about the comfort of the people close to him.
Therefore, until the early morning of the court meeting just ended, Yang Yi refused the many officials who came to Daoxi, and rushed back to Zhonghua Yingxiu non-stop.
Back in Xiuzhuang, Yang Yi stubbornly called everyone except his mother, even Liu Wenzheng's seven-year-old son and Doubao's brother and sister. Regardless of the sleepy and continuous yawning, Yang Yi counted them several times one by one to make sure that there was no one missing, which was reassuring.
However, it can't be said that there are no less, because the "dumb woman" or the purple leaf fairy is gone. According to Hong Zhi's story, after Concubine Ning and the others went out of the palace to join them, the Purple Leaf Fairy escorted them back to China and left, leaving only one sentence for them to tell Yang Yi: borrow Yang Yi's Nine Heavens Order and use it.
No one can stop the Purple Leaf Fairy, or no one can stop it. According to Hong Zhi's words, it is impossible for the self with the highest martial arts skills, Tie Niu, and Monkey Jian'er together to keep her, and everyone does not know whether she is friend or foe.
Yang Yi smiled bitterly after hearing this: "Is this fucking called borrowing, isn't this just robbing!" β
However, Yang Yi didn't care too much, this Jiuxiao Order was originally given by his cheap master, maybe others would regard it as a treasure, but Yang Yi felt that it was a dispensable object, and when the monk asked him in the future, he asked him to find the Purple Leaf Fairy by himself.
This time, the turmoil in the capital was almost not affected, which was due to Yang Yi's precautions in advance. Although Concubine Ning was a little frightened, fortunately, she was not harmed by the protection of the guards arranged by Hong Zhi. Yang Yi asked Liu Wenzheng to take out some silver taels from the embroidery village to reward the dead and wounded guards who protected Concubine Ning. Of course, in this sensitive period, the silver still has to go through the Imperial City Division and be rewarded in the name of the Imperial City Division.
Yang Ang's rebellion was able to storm the palace in a short period of time, because the captain of Xicheng was also bought by Yang Ang in private. Therefore, the imperial court is now very shy about making good friends between courtiers and generals in the capital.
"Your Highness, I think you can ask Your Majesty to build a mansion, so that we don't have to rub our hands and feet like this." Hong Zhi proposed.
Yang Yi nodded, this is a good proposal. Not to mention the rest, he is not only a prince now, but also a military squire of the third grade of the imperial court. All day long, he took a group of guards to live in a shop like Embroidery Village, and he was happy to estimate that the imperial court would not be happy, it was too bad.
"In the past two days, I will invite my father, it shouldn't be a big problem, and the location of Lao Liu's mansion will be left to you. It's best to buy a ready-made mansion and remodel it a little to save trouble. β
"In addition, my mother will let her stay here for a few days to relax, I will tell my father that my mother is a little frightened and needs to recuperate for some time" Yang Yi thought for a while and said: "When the dumb woman leaves, there will be no one to take care of my mother, and Lao Liu will arrange some reliable maids to take care of my mother in the palace." β
Liu Wenzheng nodded in understanding.
Yang Yi looked at Hong Zhidao again: "Although there is no danger this time, it still reflects that our power is too thin, fortunately, Yang Ang's target is the palace, if he has the heart to divide his troops to deal with our princely brothers, then our life will not be so good." β
"Lao Hong, you start recruiting generals now, and when Lao Liu's side is done, you will immediately settle in. Remember, it's better to have less than to be overwhelmed, it must be elite and it must be reliable. β
Yang Yi suddenly thought of something, touched his nose and smiled: "It's a pity that Qi Jingshan, who owes me money, has already returned to Shuozhou, otherwise I would have liked to find him and ask for a few veterans of the Northern Army." β
It wasn't until everything was almost arranged that Yang Yi let everyone go back and continue to rest.
But Yang Yi couldn't sleep, holding the fat coffee, sipping melon seeds while staring at the burning oil lamp of "Zizi" in a daze, his mind was full of the mountain of corpses in the palace yesterday and the scene when Yang Ang died.
This is the first time that Yang Yi has truly experienced the cruelty of the era of cold weapons, as well as the bloody and ruthless side of the royal family.
In his previous life, Yang Yi always thought that what was shown in film and television dramas was something completely dramatic, and the concept was very vague, which made people doubt the authenticity of the matter.
Until today, Yang Yi didn't know that the things in film and television dramas were indeed deceptive, not too much but completely inferior. It may be possible to simulate the grandeur of war with high-tech filming and computer special effects, but it can never imitate the real feeling of death.
People are fragile, and in a cruel feudal society, human life is even less valuable, for example, if you go to walk around the street at this time, you will definitely be caught by the people of the city patrol department and cut off your head on the spot, and you won't even ask your name. There's no drama in it, it's just a real deal of one life with one sword.