Chapter 1: The Puppet Emperor
Nine Hidden Imperial Capital, inside the Imperial Palace.
Liu Xuan sat up in shock.
"Your Majesty, a slave deserves death for his crimes, and if he doesn't protect the emperor, he deserves to die."
As soon as I woke up, a sissy voice came from not far away, and in a blink of an eye, there were several eunuchs in gray long clothes kneeling not far away, shouting softly, and knocking to the ground with each shout, their faces were already covered with blood at this moment.
Seeing this scene, Liu Xuan was a little stunned, a memory that did not belong to him surged in his mind, and he shook his head vigorously, Liu Xuan was dumbfounded.
He just fell asleep, and as soon as he woke up, he ran away to this strange world.
Liu Xuan, the third emperor of the Nine Shadows Empire, ascended the throne yesterday, the sky was fused, the thunderclouds were rolling, and Liu Xuan fainted on the altar.
"Your Majesty, you finally woke up, you really frightened the concubines." On the side, a woman in a red palace dress had a worried look on her face, and her eyes were full of haze.
Liu Xuan looked at her, she was the daughter of Prime Minister Li De - Li Yuelian, Liu Xuan's first princess who had just started, that is, the current queen.
I have the impression that this woman is ruthless, and last month she killed two innocent maids for no reason.
And his current situation is that the former emperor of the Nine Shadows Empire died, the eldest prince died on the battlefield, and several princesses are waiting to be married, he is the only and smallest male bloodline in the empire, and he was caught up with the enthronement ceremony as soon as he became an adult.
External worries and internal troubles, it has only been two hundred years since the founding of the country, border wars have broken out, and internal traitors are in charge, even if he is not familiar with history books, he probably understands that this is an empire that is about to perish.
Thinking that he, a good citizen of China, had encountered such a crossing, he thought that he could at least wear a peaceful and prosperous world, but he didn't expect to wear it on a down-and-out puppet emperor who was about to be destroyed.
With a wry smile, Liu Xuan got up, and all the maids on both sides stepped forward to get dressed, glanced at the eunuch who was still bleeding, and frowned slightly, "You all get up." ”
"Emperor Xie, Emperor Xie" The eunuchs were busy thanking the eunuchs as if they were about to be amnestied.
"These dog minions should be dragged out and chopped." As soon as the eunuch got up, Li Yuelian, who was beside Liu Xuan, said coldly.
The eunuchs' whole body trembled, and they immediately knelt down again in fright.
Liu Xuan looked at the red-dressed woman in front of him, she looked quite classical and beautiful, why was her heart so vicious
Also, Liu Xuan was weak during his lifetime, and the power of Prime Minister Li De accounted for most of them, and Li Yuelian looked down on him before he entered, but it was just a marriage.
Rubbing his forehead in annoyance, Liu Xuan said lightly, "Forget it, it's just a few subordinates, it's okay now, you all get up." ”
"Your Majesty." The eunuchs thanked him again, but this time they did not get up.
Seeing this scene, Liu Xuan obviously felt a hint of pride at the corner of Li Yuelian's mouth beside him.
What a misfortune for the family
After arranging the imperial robe and wearing the crown, Liu Xuan walked towards the outside of the palace, just walked out of the gate, and after a pause, outside the palace gate, nearly a hundred figures wearing blue official uniforms and official hats bowed down and stood in it.
From the look on their faces, it was clear that they had been standing all night.
Seeing Liu Xuan come out, the ministers looked happy, and immediately bowed down and shouted, "Long live the emperor, long live, long live."
Liu Xuan looked at the hundreds of officials in amazement, and looked up, it was the first time he had this feeling.
"Your Majesty, it's time to go to court." Beside him, a little eunuch said softly.
Liu Xuan came back to his senses and nodded, "Let them go to the main hall." Bring something to eat. ”
After speaking, Liu Xuan turned around and walked towards the main hall, and the ministers hurriedly followed neatly towards the main hall
Taihe Palace, which is commonly known as the Jinluan Palace, Liu Xuan sits on the throne, and hundreds of officials under the hall gather, looking at it, it is very solemn.
"If you have something to do, please play, and if you have nothing to do, you will retreat." At this time, under the throne, the little eunuch, Gonggong Zhuang, shouted sharply.
The ministers began to talk in a whisper, looking left and right.
At this time, a middle-aged minister in the rear bowed down and stood up, "Yesterday, the emperor's enthronement ceremony, the sky fell on the sky, this is a bad omen, Weichen dared to implore the emperor to sacrifice to heaven for three days, in order to calm the heavens." ”
As soon as these words came out, all the ministers immediately began to discuss, and after a while, they bowed in unison and said, "I implore the emperor to sacrifice to heaven!" ”
On the throne, Liu Xuan was eating pastries, and when he heard this, his expression was stunned, the relationship between the heavenly disaster and the way of heaven is hairy, these people are really pedantic enough.
"Well, is there anything else?" Liu Xuan said a few words in his heart, nodded, and said.
As soon as he heard that the emperor agreed so easily, the ministers seemed to have expected it, this puppet emperor was really weak and incompetent as rumored, and the Nine Shadows Empire fell on his head, and it was also the end.
The enthronement ceremony, the thunder suddenly fell, this is a bad omen, indicating that the Nine Shadows catastrophe is coming, the real emperors are talking about this matter, this Nine Shadows country is not far from destruction.
"Your Majesty." At this time, on the other side, a burly and sturdy middle-aged minister stood out, "The Western Daluo Kingdom has repeatedly violated our borders, burned, killed and looted, and in the past few months, the casualties have reached more than 100,000 people, and the loss of property is nearly a million. However, Wu Anping, the general of the border protector, was weak and incompetent, and retreated to the endoscope for nearly 100 miles. ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly burst into a fierce discussion.
"Wu Anping went out for several months, without any military achievements, led an army of 200,000, and retreated for 100 miles."
"That's why Da Luo is so arrogant, he should be cut from his official position and sentenced to a heavy sentence."
Listening to the discussion below, Liu Xuan put down the pastry, Wu Anping He knew that he had gone on the expedition a few months ago, and there had been no battle so far, and every time Da Luo came to harass, he led the army to retreat, from thirty miles, to fifty miles, and from fifty miles to one hundred miles now.
And from Wu Anping's battle report, there are only a few short sentences: Daluo enemy army, strong soldiers and strong horses, do not be the enemy, slow down.
Wu Anping is the general appointed by the emperor to protect the country, after the death of the emperor, he was at home, and he ignored the affairs of the court, and the officials of the Manchu Dynasty did not want to see him, and he was participated many times, but he was blocked by the emperor with one eye and one eye, and now he is on the throne, this Wu Anping's rotten stalk has been put on the agenda again
"The minister implores the emperor to issue a decree to recall him and dismiss him for investigation." As if the ministers had agreed, most of them bowed down and shouted.
Seeing everyone working together like this, it seemed that Liu Xuan would definitely agree.
That's right, Liu Xuan doesn't know about political affairs at all, he has just ascended the throne, and he has never participated in state affairs, in the face of these treacherous and cunning, pedantic ministers, if he was before, Liu Xuan really can't imagine what kind of miserable appearance it will be.
"Then," Liu Xuan pondered for a moment, "Who will talk about the strategy of retreating from the enemy." ”
Hearing that the emperor had evaded the minister's advice with such clever words, everyone fell silent.
A minister seemed to hesitate, his expression tightened slightly, and he stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, this Wu Anping retreated for hundreds of miles, which shows that he has no talent to lead the army. ”
As soon as these words came out, other ministers immediately bowed down and said, "The ministers and others seconded the proposal." ”
Liu Xuan frowned slightly, looked at the group of ministers, and fixed his eyes on a thin Confucian who was about forty or fifty years old at the head - Li De, the prime minister of the dynasty.
After a pause, Liu Xuan opened his mouth and asked, "Li Aiqing, can there be a strategy to retreat from the enemy." ”
Li De's face was pale, and he replied calmly, "Your Majesty, Weichen Baoju is enough to take this position." ”
Liu Xuan raised his eyebrows, this Li De is smart, and directly proposed the person who was promoted, enough to say this, anyone who listens to it will feel much more comfortable, paused, Liu Xuan asked, "Tell me about it." ”
Li De bowed and said, "Beizhou Taishou, Wei Qing, can be in this position." ”
Hearing this, everyone nodded, and Liu Xuan's mind was also quickly filtered: Wei Qing, who has served as the Taishou of Beizhou for more than three years, has been peaceful in the past three years, and the Yin Empire bordering the northern border has never had a big conflict.
But Liu Xuan also knew that Wei Qing was the person recommended by Li De to the emperor at the beginning, and now he wanted him to take over Wu Anping's position.
"What do you think?" After a moment of silence, Liu Xuan said lightly.
"The Great Yin in the north has rarely crossed the border in the past few years, Wei Qing has made great contributions, if he is recalled and sent to Xizhou and stationed at the border, he will definitely be able to win a big victory." One of the ministers immediately bowed and said.
The other ministers nodded their heads in agreement.
"In this case, let Wu Anping garrison Beizhou, seal Wei Qing as the general of Zhenyuan, and let him lead the army to set off on a certain day." Liu Xuan replied lightly.
"The Emperor Shengming!" Li De took the lead in bowing and shouting, and the other ministers echoed in unison