Chapter 171: The Source of War
When Emperor Yuan Shun heard Qi Yufeng say this, his body suddenly stiffened, and his movements couldn't help but stop.
I only heard Qi Yufeng say slowly: "Don't say that what you said is true or false, even if you are really Han, then Zhu Yuanzhang is really a Goryeo and a Semu person; But after all, he is fighting for the survival of the Han people, and what about you, what did you bring? ”
"Li Shimin also has Xianbei blood in the previous dynasty, but he was dedicated to the people and created the rule of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, even after seven or eight hundred years, you see the Han people now, who does not respect him as an emperor through the ages, who said that he is not orthodox?"
"Everywhere the Mongols went, there was conquest and slaughter, and if you look at the whole world from the East to the West, how many places are no longer groaning in pain under your rule? How many orphans and widows have shed tears of blood because of your greed? ”
"Although you have an inch of merit, you were relatively wise in the first few years of your reign, but you have enjoyed the country for more than 30 years, the domestic floods and droughts are frequent, and thieves are rising, but you believe in the kind of obscene monks of Jia Xizhen, wanton and absurd, tens of thousands of slackness, blasphemy, filthy virtues, unclear right and wrong, unfair rewards and punishments, absurdity and immorality, and harm to loyalty. Prices soared, and later, in order to rectify the floods, the forced labor was increased, and the levies were extorted, shouldn't he die? ”
Beads of sweat suddenly appeared on Emperor Yuan Shun's forehead, flowing down his cheeks, he was speechless for a long time, and it took a long time before he spoke: "I can't ...... either"
Although he drank a stomach full of water, the corners of his mouth were still very dry at this time, and he said helplessly: "The court is corrupt, the kings are not convinced, and the people's hearts are gone, I know every day that you beat me, I beat you, even if Taizu comes." I can't cure this situation! ”
When he said this, he said hatefully: "Back then, Polo Timur was very powerful. I befriended him, and if he wants to be an official, I will give him an official. I will give whoever he wants, and even marry his daughters to him. Who knew that this king kicked his nose in the face, I gave him a banquet and didn't come, he ate a full meal in the side hall, and then actually sent someone into the palace to ask me for a few concubines I usually love! It's really unbearable! ”
When Qi Yufeng heard this, he suddenly remembered a story back then, and immediately said slowly: "I heard that Genghis Khan's grandmother had seven sons. It was only because a group of children were digging grass roots in her territory to feed her hunger, and she was afraid of hurting the turf, so she ordered all these children to be executed. ”
"As a result, the tribe where the children belonged learned that they fought with Genghis Khan's grandmother's tribe, and one was defeated, but they were killed by the tribe to which the children belonged, killing her six sons, and only some of the weak women and Genghis Khan's father Hai escaped by chance."
When Emperor Yuan Shun heard this, he was a little inexplicable. Looking up at Qi Yufeng, this kind of nomadic struggle for food has been passed down from generation to generation, and it is not unusual in the life of the Mongols, when Genghis Khan's father died. His mother was abandoned and exiled by the whole tribe, and an old man in the tribe only quarreled with her relatives for a few words. He only persuaded the tribe not to do this, and was stabbed to death with a spear because of this.
In Mongolia, so to speak. Such barbaric cruelty, murder and arson are as common as eating and drinking. Even now, several courtiers and sons of Emperor Yuan Shun often kill and kill because of some trivial things.
He had doubts in his heart, but he saw Qi Yufeng and said: "You are now the same as them, you only know that the weak eat the strong, and there is no kindness and sympathy in your heart, a wolf is a wolf, ferocious and vicious, even if you enter the Central Plains flower world, put on human clothes, and live like a dog for nearly a hundred years, you still can't change." ”
"At that time, I don't know Genghis Khan's grandmother, did she think that one day she would be punished for doing evil? But I'm guessing you didn't think about it at all. In the face of power, you always think that you are the special one. ”
When Emperor Yuan Shun heard this, he lost his soul and muttered to himself: "Why am I not the special one, I traveled here from the later generations to be the emperor, I am rich all over the world, and the territory is incomparably vast; I am the emperor of the Mongols after the Zhao and Song dynasties, how come I am not the special one? ”
Qi Yufeng said: "History has given you a chance, but at first you knew that the imperial examination was restored, the Han people were activated, and the Zhao Prison was rehabilitated, but once you were frustrated, you knew that you were looking for pleasure, indulging in lust day and night, and the people had suffered disasters year after year, and they had already changed their cannibalism, but you still had to skin them, pull their tendons, and drink their blood!" ”
Emperor Yuan Shun was expressionless, just staring blankly ahead, and there was darkness in front of him.
Qi Yufeng looked at him for a long time, and was about to speak, but he heard Emperor Yuan Shun say: "But after all, I have the blood of the Han people, Zhu Yuanzhang is a mongrel, sooner or later the two of you will fight each other in this world, why do you still want to defend him, instead of helping me?" The people of the world, that is inexhaustible. ”
Qi Yufeng sneered: "Erfeng Erlu, the people are fat and the people are ointment." The people are easy to abuse, and the heavens are difficult to deceive. I don't care who he is, as long as he is worthy of the Han people, I will not be his enemy; As long as I am sorry for the tens of millions of people of my Celestial Empire, this Heavenly Sword will behead him. ”
Emperor Yuan Shun raised his head, looked at Qi Yufeng with pleading eyes, and said: "In this world, we can't go back, only I understand what you mean, I'm old, I don't have any ambitions, I just ask you to let me continue to live." In the end, tears flowed down my face, and I couldn't help but cry.
When Qi Yufeng heard his sentence "We can't go back", he couldn't help but move in his heart, and said with his sword: "Or, I'll send you back?" ”
When Emperor Yuan Shun heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he reflected it, and immediately overjoyed the past, got up with a wipe of his face and said, "Can you really go back?" ”
Qi Yufeng nodded and said solemnly: "Seriously." ”
When Emperor Yuan Shun heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, his hands and feet were excited and there was nowhere to put them, he trembled, walked around the pavilion for a long time, and suddenly raised his head again, looking at Qi Yufeng with a sad look.
Qi Yufeng already knew his intentions, and even deliberately asked, "Ready?" ”
Emperor Yuan Shun shook his head and said, "No...... I...... I don't want to go. He touched the carved railings and paintings, looked at the rippling lake and towering buildings in front of him, shook his head and said, "These are all mine, and the world is all mine." Why do you want to snatch it...... I've lived here all my life, and I'm used to a life of fine clothes and food. There's no going back. You know what, if you go back over there. I can't even get through the door here, I can't even get a look, but now, I'm the owner of this place. ”
When Qi Yufeng heard this, he said in his heart that this guy was still a new popular soul, and immediately he said coldly: "If you don't want to leave, you can also get out, this is China, it is the China of the Han people." It's not the world of your Tartars. ”
Emperor Yuan Shun looked up at the sky in the north, shook his head and sighed: "It's too bitter on the desert, I can't live like that anymore." ”
Qi Yufeng smiled: "I don't want to, I don't want to, what do you want to do?" ”
Emperor Yuan Shun turned his head, bent his waist, and prayed: "I don't have a few years to live, I will give you the throne, I just ask you to let me be in this palace." Leave a few houses so that I and my concubines can live well. ”
Qi Yufeng said in a deep voice: "Do you understand? This Han-Mongolian battle lasted for more than 100 years, and how many people with lofty ideals died for this Han people. How many people threw their heads and spilled their blood, do you think this is the establishment of the Republic of China? As long as you poke a few tiles down the roof with a bamboo pole, the uprising will be considered a success. The former governor took off his official robe and changed into clothes. As soon as he turned around, he became a governor and governor? ”
"This is not politics, it is not trading, this is war, this is hatred, even if you are willing to be Puyi, I am not willing to be a revolutionary party."
When Emperor Yuan Shun heard this, his blood immediately cooled, and he asked in a hoarse voice: "So, you have to kill me?" ”
Qi Yufeng picked up the water glass, raised it in front of him, and nodded, "Not bad." ”
The two raised their glasses and took one last sip of coffee.
Emperor Yuan Shun knew that Qi Yufeng's martial arts were superb, and few people in the world could stop him, such martial arts people, today the two of them were only within easy reach, if Qi Yufeng said that he wanted to kill him, he would have to die.
Qi Yufeng drank it and said to Emperor Yuan Shun: "But for the sake of our fate, I promise you a dignified death, after March, I will bring a large army to attack Dadu, whether you want to be Puyi or Chongzhen, you choose yourself." ”
With that, the figure flashed and disappeared into the night sky.
Emperor Yuan Shun sighed and wanted to stand up, but found that his legs were numb, but he couldn't stand up, and several eunuchs in the distance saw Emperor Yuan Shun sitting here alone, so they hurriedly ran over, rubbed their legs, and beat their backs, and only after a long time did they help Emperor Yuan Shun up.
A eunuch was quick with his hands, supported Emperor Yuan Shun's right arm, and opened his mouth to ask: "Your Majesty, this anti-thief demon has entered the palm of our hands today, why don't you send that big man to fight him, who of them loses and who wins, it may not be?" ”
Emperor Yuan Shun shook his head and said: "That big man's martial arts have just begun, and his skills are not stable, now he needs to be given more time, and he will figure himself out and understand, so that it can come in handy, if he is let out like this, if he dies in a daze, wouldn't it be a pity." ”
The eunuch smiled and said: "The emperor is really kind-hearted, I don't know how caring an emperor like you is a slave." ”
Emperor Yuan Shun sighed and slowly walked towards the dormitory, he whispered to himself: "Although he wants to kill me, how can I be willing to kill him......"
Qi Yufeng ran back to the tunnel, and Yang Xiangqi told what he saw when he entered the palace today, he naturally omitted the section of Emperor Yuan Shun and his secrets, and said that observing this Emperor Yuan Shun is mediocre, likes and mud, has very little knowledge of the rivers and lakes, and drags and carries water for people, and is not excessive, so a case like Yunnan does not seem to be able to be done by him.
After Yang Xiangqi assassinated, the more she thought about it, the more afraid she became, and she also knew that there were also masters around the emperor, after all, there were also masters, and she would have to strengthen her precautions in the future, and she wanted to assassinate Emperor Yuan Shun, which would be even more difficult in the future.
Now after Qi Yufeng said that this Emperor Yuan Shun may not be a murderer, she was full of hatred, and naturally transferred to Zhao Zhichun.
After the two chatted, they were about to say goodbye, Yang Xiangqi heard that Qi Yufeng was going to personally lead the army and attack Dadu, she knew that this was the most important family and country event in a hundred years, and she couldn't help but feel this spirit, promising to break the oath of the Tomb Sect never to go out of the mountain, and would personally lead the people in the faction to aid the army of Xiliang.
Qi Yufeng still had a doubt in his heart, he knew that Yang Xiangqi was both civil and military, not like he was just a straw bag with a bookbag, and even asked: "Zhu Yuanzhang claims to be from Zhongli, Haozhou, why after he raised troops, Emperor Yuan Shun repeatedly sent people to find his roots, but he couldn't find it?" ”
He was worried in his heart, but he was still a little afraid that Emperor Yuan Shun's words might be true.
Yang Xiangqi has traveled all over the world and is extremely familiar with the geography of mountains and rivers. Immediately hearing this, he couldn't help but purse his lips and smiled: "When the Yuan Dynasty was first built. There are Zhao Mengfu and a literati who take refuge, but it is not vulgar and unliterate. At present, many Mongolian princes are proud of their illiteracy, and they have the custom of eating wine and meat with open chests and backs, believing that they are the real descendants of Genghis Khan. ”
"So it's really rare that he, a straw bale emperor and a group of straw bale ministers, can sit in the world for more than 30 years. The Zhongli of Haozhou is Fengyang, Anhui. But now the record of the "Geographical Chronicles" of the Yuan Dynasty is called Xuyi, Sizhou, that is, a place in northern Jiangsu, which belongs to the jurisdiction of Anfeng Road. ”
"Just because the imperial power is uncertain, many princes are fighting. Snatching the chassis from each other, the name of the place was changed three times a day, and the officials in the capital took the map to catch an Anhui person. As a result, I went to Jiangsu to find it, how could I find out? ”
When Qi Yufeng heard this, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded. I think it's unbelievable at this time. The heart said that at the moment, the Mongolian princes will be the land of the Central Plains. It's like dividing into patches of pastures, competing with each other. Once they got their hands on it, they changed their name and surname, and changed it to their own territory, and if this continued, wouldn't this ceremonial state become the territory of primitive barbarians in the future?
However, speaking of the secret agents in this palace can not distinguish the division of Anhui and Jiangsu, it is not surprising that after Zhu Yuanzhang set the capital of Nanjing, Anhui, Suzhou and Shanghai are located, that is, Zhili Province, after moving the capital to Beijing, it was changed to South Zhili Province, and the Qing Dynasty was named Jiangnan Province, the provincial capital Nanjing. At that time, the capital of Anhui Province was in Nanjing, while the capital of Jiangsu Province was in Suzhou. It is because the two places are interdependent and have deep roots.
Even in later generations, four-tenths of the people in Nanjing were from Anhui, and some people jokingly called Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province, "Huijing"
But Qi Yufeng recalled at this time that since Emperor Yuan Shun couldn't catch Zhu Yuanzhang, it was purely because he and his subordinates were incompetent and ignorant, but why did Qi Chengniang, who came from Smecta Kingdom, swear that he had seen Zhu Yuanzhang in Goryeo?
He knocked on his brain, and was puzzled for a while, so he asked Yang Xiangqi again.
Yang Xiangqi smiled: "This is not surprising, the Korean people have always been arrogant, but they are very inferior to the Central Plains people, as long as there is anything good, they have to cling to it, and everything is theirs." This Zhu Yuanzhang is a big disaster in the eyes of Emperor Yuan Shun, three or five years ago, you have not yet risen, everyone knows that this Zhu Yuanzhang may be the future lord of the world, she talks nonsense casually, but this is not uncommon. ”
When Qi Yufeng heard this, he patted his thigh and said, "By the way, the whole universe is our Smecta!" ”
Yang Xiangqi paused, and then frowned again: "But Qi Chengniang, this woman, has always been quite means, after the former queen lost power, Boyan was in power and wanted to make his niece Li Boyan suddenly the queen; She is a small Goryeo woman who has no status in the palace, but later she was able to unite with the prime minister to get off, kill Boyan, and become the queen herself, which is really difficult to deal with. ”
Qi Yufeng asked, "Is she colluding with the king of Goryeo, what does she want to do?" ”
Yang Xiangqi raised her eyes and glanced at Qi Yufeng and said: "Her current status and power are a hundred times more noble than that Goryeo king, why doesn't she go back to protect Meng Yuan and maintain a small Goryeo country?" ”
Qi Yufeng saw that Yang Xiangqi did not hide his contempt for the Koreans, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned, the two talked for a long time, but they couldn't guess the thoughts of this Qi Chengniang, so they could only give up.
Immediately the two of them rested for a day, the second night, taking advantage of the night, sneaked out of the city, rode on a fast horse, one went directly to the tomb of the living dead in Zhongnan Mountain, and the other went directly to Datong, Shanxi.
Qi Yufeng's previous "after March, attack the capital" is actually a paralyzing word, he and Wusanren and others have already agreed that in less than half a month, they will conquer the capital.
When it was time to separate, Qi Yufeng suddenly remembered something again, so he asked: "Then the Tartar Emperor said that he searched all the monk temples in the world, but he didn't find a temple called Huangjue Temple, so what's going on?" ”
Yang Xiangqi said with a smile: "Huang Jue, Huang Jue, although this Zhu Yuanzhang has always been a turtle with a shrunken head, but this surface kung fu is not bad, how can there be a temple with royal words in the world, this Zhu Yuanzhang is really worthy of a generation of traitors." ”
Qi Yufeng said strangely: "That is to say, this temple in his mouth actually does not exist at all?" ”
Yang Xiangqi said: "He was originally a member of your Ming Sect, why don't you even know this, his so-called temple of monks back then is a temple of Ming Sect, not a Buddhist temple." In the past few years, his relationship with Mingjiao has weakened, and he said that he became a monk back then, deliberately leaving off his relationship with Mingjiao. ”
"Ah......" Qi Yufeng heard that there was still this relationship, and he felt very speechless, only feeling that what was "Huangjue Temple", what was "monk" or "monk", and many small details were faked, obviously for Zhu Yuanzhang to openly rebel against Mingjiao in the future and fight for the lord of the world.
Such small details naturally can't deceive people who understand, but it is enough to fool the public, saying that Huangjue Temple is the place where the emperor awakens and will become a monk, leaving aside the origin of Mingjiao. (To be continued......)