readx;?readx; Chapter 431 Emperor Zhaowu

Qin Lei didn't know that before he set off for the mission, in the Cining Palace in the middle capital, two of the most noble people in Great Qin had a fierce dispute......

Still in that simple Zen room, the Empress Dowager Wenzhuang of Great Qin and Emperor Zhaowu of Great Qin sat opposite each other, and the two were talking with serious expressions, but the content of the conversation was the crown prince who had been detained by the Chu State. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 At this time, the old queen mother didn't know that Qin Lei was also going south.

But just the fact that the crown prince was detained by Nan Chu was enough to make the old queen mother angry, only to see her eyelids drooping, and her voice was low: "Why are you doing this? ”

Emperor Zhaowu's always pale face actually had a little flush, and his hands were clenched and released several times on his knees, obviously suppressing the excitement in his heart, and after listening to the question of the Empress Dowager Wenzhuang, he actually asked: "Why can't I do this?" ”

The Empress Dowager Wenzhuang glanced at her strange son and said slowly: "Tiger poison still doesn't eat children...... Besides, the crown prince is not at fault. "The alienation in the voice is audible to anyone.

Emperor Zhaowu's face tightened, and he said calmly for a long time: "The queen mother has been in power all her life, so she should naturally know that things in this world are difficult to tell from right and wrong. As he spoke, he narrowed his eyes and said word by word: "Since I gave birth to him and raised him, and gave him half a lifetime of glory, now ...... It's time for him to do his job. ”

The old queen mother was silent for a long time, and then suddenly said: "It's for Qin Li......" said and flicked the Buddhist beads in her hand, and said to herself: "I'm old, and my mind is slow." ”

Emperor Zhaowu was silent for a while, and finally nodded slowly: "This is necessary," said and sighed lightly: "This is also no choice, who let the crown prince have only one......"

The old queen mother looked at him with an inexplicable expression, and said softly: "So you want Qin Ting to get out of the way?" ”

"There's a pact between me and the Boss, and now I'm going to fulfill it." Emperor Zhaowu bowed his head and said: "The moment of decisive battle is coming, I need the Long Xiang army, otherwise I will not be able to form an absolute advantage." "He still hasn't said half of the sentence: 'Actually, I still need the Jingshan Army......

"The crown prince is the prince, and he is unknown." The Queen Mother still did not give up the last glimmer of hope: "How can it be easily changed." ”

Emperor Zhaowu said slightly proudly: "In a short period of time, I will not set up another prince, I believe that if I do this, the boss should be satisfied." "First set up the second child as the crown prince, so as to show the hundred officials that he was incompatible with the Li family, and effectively curbed the wall-riding faction from moving closer to the Li family...... As it turned out, all the wall-riding factions eventually came under Wen Yanbo's banner......

At the same time, he secretly ordered the eldest prince to break with the family, so that his grievances were infinitely thrown into the arms of Taiwei Li. The eldest prince really won Li Hun's trust, and the year before last, he told Emperor Zhaowu through secret channels that he had completely mastered the Long Xiang army.

Even the upcoming military exercise was designed by him a few years ago, imagine what would happen if one of the opposing troops suddenly defected during the military exercise? Except for the inevitable defeat, it is undoubtedly the inevitable defeat.

and then use the momentum of the great victory to force Li Hun to go into the field, and he can solve the last major problem without blood. If Li Hun is stubborn, then just destroy him!

At that time, there are five forbidden armies on his side, plus a Jingshan army, and Li Hun only has three armies, and the two sides have a two-to-one ratio of troops, so such a big advantage can't be transformed into a victory? At least that's what he thinks.

His Majesty the Emperor, who does not like to ride horses and cannot fight, obviously thinks about war too simply. But at least now, everything is going according to his ideas, how does this make him unhappy?

"You shouldn't do this," Empress Dowager Wenzhuang obviously disagreed with her son's idea, and frowned slightly: "Their conflict was provoked by you, and now you want to send one of them into the tiger's mouth...... As a father, you can't be like that...... Cold-blooded. After hesitating, the old lady still said the last two words.

Hearing this, Emperor Zhaowu suddenly became angry, his eyes narrowed rarely, and even the feces in his eyes were clearly visible: "Why am I so cold-blooded? That's because I have a more cold-blooded queen mother! As he spoke, he clenched his fists tightly, gritted his teeth and said, "What qualifications do you have to accuse me?" At the beginning, my fifth brother and I were your flesh and blood, why did you blindly favor him? Even his son! ”

In the past, whenever this issue was mentioned, the Empress Dowager Wenzhuang was reluctant to say more. But this time, she also changed color, and whispered: "That child is also your son!" Don't forget the poisonous oath you swore before your ancestors! ”

The corners of Emperor Zhaowu's mouth twitched, and he smiled bitterly: "If you hadn't forced me with the throne, how would I recognize his son?" The scenes of the past appeared in front of him, and as soon as he remembered those unbearable past, his thin hands couldn't help but tremble, so he had to tuck them into his sleeves, take a deep breath and say, "Queen Mother...... Do you remember that nest of thrushes? ”

Empress Dowager Wenzhuang suddenly realized that some danger had befallen Qin Lei's head, and her eyes suddenly became obscure, but she still said lightly: "What thrush?" ”

Seeing that the old queen mother was obviously not in the mood, she reminisced about the watery years with herself. Emperor Zhaowu was slightly disappointed and said: "Yes, you were busy fighting for the wind and jealousy, you must not remember, but I remember it very clearly," said and looked out the window, as if looking for the thrush in his memory: "I was six years old that year, we were still living in Changxin Palace, when there was a big willow tree outside my bedroom, there was a pair of thrushes on the tree, in the spring they made a nest on the branch to lay eggs, chirping every day, in and out of pairs, very happy." At that time, my greatest joy was to watch this family live happily and look forward to the birth of the little thrush as soon as possible. ”

The Empress Dowager Wenzhuang didn't make a sound, but listened to her son continue: "Then one day, a bigger bird came, and this bird called 'cuckoo cuckoo', I thought it was going to steal the bird's eggs, and wanted to go out to drive away the bad bird, but you stopped me. ”

Under the chatter of Emperor Zhaowu, Wen Zhuang finally remembered the old past that had been forgotten in the corners, and nodded: "That's a cuckoo bird, it's just about to lay an egg." ”

Emperor Zhaowu smiled nervously: "Yes, it does only need to lay an egg, although in order not to be discovered, it also took one of the thrush's eggs." But I believed it, and I thought my queen mother would never lie to me, so I didn't intervene. ”

Later, the pair of thrushes came back, and sure enough, they didn't find anything abnormal, and they were still happily in and out of pairs, waiting for the child's birth. I naively thought that there were still so many eggs anyway, and it wouldn't affect their happy life......" When he said this, he stared at the old queen mother with gloomy eyes, and his voice became cold: "But what about the result? That egg became the source of the family's tragic fate...... It was born before other birds, and it must be their brother-in-law, but do you know what the first thing this brother did when he was born? ”

"In order to reduce the number of competitors, he even pushed the other birds' eggs out of the nest and made terrible cries for food." Emperor Zhaowu has been completely immersed in his own world, and his expression is like that little cuckoo that only needs to eat: "That pair of thrushes may be the first time to be a father, I don't know that this ugly monster is someone else's child, and when I heard the call, I happily went out to catch insects to feed it, this thing eats amazingly, one will top the food of four or five small birds, eat more naturally and grow faster, and if you have the strength, you will work harder to push those younger brothers and sisters out of the nest." ”

As a result, there was only one egg left in the nest, and it didn't take long for it to be as big as its adoptive parents. And although the poor adoptive parents felt that something was wrong, they couldn't ruthlessly leave their righteous son who had been raised since childhood, and still worked hard to catch insects to feed him. It wasn't until the whole spring passed, and the guy was several times the age of his adoptive parents, that he left contentedly and never came back. And the poor pair of thrushes, who were busy with all their work, ended up losing all their children and gaining nothing! After saying a long paragraph, Emperor Zhaowu's voice also became hoarse: "Queen Mother, I am such a thrush!" But I don't want to be fooled by you again......"

"So you have to ......" Empress Dowager Wenzhuang closed her eyes, her voice tired and sad.

As if he was very willing to see this scene, Emperor Zhaowu spread his hands and said, "I want to push that cuckoo down before it overtakes me!" ”

The Empress Dowager Wenzhuang trembled, her white hair hung down weakly from her forehead, and her back was slightly bent, as if she had exhausted all her strength. Her voice came from the Nine Shadows Yellow Spring: "Who swore to the heavens that he would 'treat him as his own and never do harm' in this life and this life?" Is a man of his word worthy of being an emperor? Aren't you afraid of being damned?! ”

"I didn't break my oath! How dare I break my promise to my Heavenly Father? Emperor Zhaowu nervously laughed loudly and said, "Did I harm him?" No! I first sent my own son, the crown prince, to the state of Chu, and then sent him over, isn't this 'as if it were my own'? Isn't it what he should do for him to go and welcome back the crown prince, share his worries for his father, and solve problems for his brother? Even if Nan Chu really detained him, who could say that I had harmed him?! So I didn't break my oath! No one can say that I didn't come. The smugness on his face was palpable, and he seemed to be very satisfied with the idea of killing two birds with one stone.

"Shameless!" Hearing that Qin Lei was also going to Chu State, the old queen mother finally couldn't suppress her anger, and looked at him with a disgusted look, this was the first time she had expressed her likes and dislikes to him so clearly. Although she always knew that he was selfish, she never thought that he was so selfish that she thought that the whole world owed him.

There was no doubt that she was ashamed of this son, so she had been silently tolerating his offense. But this time, the Empress Dowager Wenzhuang no longer held back, her white hair opened slightly, and her cloudy eyes suddenly became clear, like two sharp arrows, piercing Emperor Zhaowu's heart, and roared in a lionesse-like voice: "Even if the mourning family couldn't stand you back then, how did you get the throne?" Did it fall from the sky? ”

Emperor Zhaowu couldn't answer this question, and said with a slight annoyance: "Now it's Qin Yutian, not me and the fifth brother!" "The so-called 'truth', for some people, is like a night pot, pull it over when you can use it, and throw it away far away if you don't need it, and you don't know what it is.

"Good! Good! Good! After saying three good things in a row, the old queen mother roared: "Then talk about Qin Yutian!" At the beginning, you exchanged him without telling the mourning family and replaced your son to pledge Qi Guo, so it can be said that from the day he was born, he began to work for you! When he came back, he made great contributions to you with his wisdom, courage and hard work...... Whether it is to pacify the south, shock the court, or fight Wen Li alone and build a strong city, which is not to defend your imperial power! ”

The more the old queen mother spoke, the more angry she became, and finally smacked it in front of Emperor Zhaowu, stroked the scattered silver hair on her forehead, and sneered: "If there is no Yutian, do you think you can defeat the Wen Party and monopolize the dynasty?" Make your autumn dreams go! Without him, you would still be the wimply emperor who was overwhelmed by the two powerful ministers! Throwing the rosary to the ground, the old queen mother shouted: "How can you do this to him? ”

Emperor Zhaowu was speechless, and said softly for a long time: "He is not my son......"

"Nonsense!" The old queen mother said in a fierce voice: "Since the genealogy has been changed, then he is your son!" "In this era, whether the son is his own or not depends on how it is written on the genealogy. If an elder brother passes a son to a younger brother, he will make changes to the genealogy. After the change, the child was the younger brother's, and the relationship with the elder brother was theoretically severed.

All the excuses of Emperor Zhaowu were ruthlessly pierced by the old empress dowager, and finally tore off the veil of sanctimony, and said angrily: "Okay, I admit that he is my son!" But even if he is his own, I will still do this to him! ”

Feeling the old face hot for a while, Emperor Zhaowu got up irritably, paced around the hall with his hands in his hands, and said, "You only talk about his merits, but why don't you talk about his guilt?" ”

"What is Yutian's crime?" The old queen mother said stiffly: "I didn't see it!" ”

"You didn't see it, I'll tell you!" The long-standing anger finally broke out, and Emperor Zhaowu opened his teeth and claws: "He despises everything and is arrogant!" didn't pay attention to the laws of the imperial court at all, and even killed hundreds of forbidden troops on the street, chased and killed the court officials in the court, and when they arrived in the south, they acted recklessly, recruited party henchmen, cultivated forces, and excluded dissidents! Later, he openly accused the south of disobeying the orders of the imperial court, not paying taxes, not paying grain, not leviing, and not listening to the tune. has made the two southern provinces in fact ** outside the imperial court, faintly self-reliant! ”

Seeing that Empress Wenzhuang was grim, Emperor Zhaowu spat and said: "Then, he actually fornicated with foreign countries, evaded tariffs, and walked the road of smuggling!" Do you know that more than seventy percent of the foreign goods in the central capital are now transported into the central capital through his commercial car shop! What is the matter with this madman's crazy enrichment? What a picture! ”

The conversation turned into a criticism meeting, only to hear Emperor Zhaowu say sharply: "I know that I owe him something, so I can tolerate it, and endure it if I can, who would think that he would have to make inches, and it has developed to the point of setting fire to the city and besieging the mansion," he said with a meaningful glance at the Empress Dowager Wenzhuang, and sneered: "He dared to cut off the head of the prime minister of the dynasty and throw it into the moat...... If this kind of madman is not eradicated as soon as possible, he will definitely burn down this palace and cut off my head! ”

At the end, he said slightly proudly: "How good is this, sending him to Chu State will not hurt his life, nor will he break the relationship between father and son, and he can also be accompanied by his second brother...... It wasn't the first time he'd been imprisoned, anyway. ”

The Empress Dowager Wenzhuang kept her head slightly down, and after Emperor Zhaowu stopped talking and rested, she sneered and said: "If you want to add to the crime, there is no excuse, don't tell the mourning family that you didn't know these things before!" ”

Anyway, it has been said that this step has been reached, and Emperor Zhaowu no longer has Yaxing, who has to be a bitch and set up an archway, so he simply said straightforwardly: "Yes! It turns out that I didn't move him because he was still useful, and now I want to move him because he is about to lose his tail! So I can't let him make any more meritorious contributions, if I really let him win the military exercise and bring down Li Hundou, what's the point of getting the position of marshal of the forbidden army? It's just a younger and stronger Li Hun standing up! ”

Empress Dowager Wenzhuang suddenly giggled and said, "You're scared!" You already feel like you can't deal with Yutian, so you're conspiring again. An emperor who can only use intrigue and trickery is really afraid of real power! ”

"What if I'm afraid?" Emperor Zhaowu said without shame: "Can he still escape?" As long as he is gone, all the civil and military generals under him are all mine? ”

"Dreaming!" The Empress Dowager Wenzhuang couldn't help but scold angrily, but Emperor Zhaowu thought that she was just scolding.