Chapter 68: In a Dream

Qin Sixteen had a dream, a long dream, in which he became the crown prince of Sheng Xinguo, a handsome young man named Li Wei.

That year, the Liang State invaded the border again, and Li Wei took the initiative to ask Ying to go to the frontier town to guard the country, and the old emperor was very happy and agreed to the request of the eldest son.

In the next three years, the battle between Sheng Xin and Liang fell into a stalemate, and the protracted war between large and small countries was attrition, and Sheng Xin's national strength declined sharply.

The war on the border was ineffective, the young and strong in the country were conscripted to the front, the old and weak, women and children were overwhelmed, the farmland was desolate, and famine was everywhere.

As the crown prince, Li Wei has been on the front line for a long time, and he is very worried about the state of the country, although there are some words that the old emperor did not say, but Li Wei knows that if this stalemate continues, the Shengxin Kingdom will be destroyed.

The collision between countries is enough to overwhelm all individuals, even if you are a royal family, or even as an emperor, you have to submit to this rolling trend.

Another year passed, early spring. Before the war ended, all the young and strong people in the country had gathered on the border, and famine and plague began to rage in Shengxin's country.

The Sheng Xin soldiers who fought bravely with the enemy on the front line did not know at this time that most of their parents, wives and children at home had fainted from hunger and fainted.

But Li Wei knew, and the generals around him also knew, but they couldn't say that they couldn't let these only strong men in the country return to their hometowns, restart spring ploughing, support their parents, and reunite with their wives and children.

In the fifth year, another spring, Li Wei led a group of light cavalry deep into the enemy's territory, set a fire, and burned down the granary of a small city in the territory of the Liang army, temporarily delaying the large-scale attack of the Liang army.

The long-lost victory did play a role in inspiring the morale of the army, and at the celebration banquet that night, the generals kept exchanging glasses with Li Wei, and under the paralysis of alcohol, the soldiers on the front line forgot the pain for a long time and let go of their families.

A few days later, the regrouped Liang army stepped into the border of Sheng Xin with overwhelming momentum, and under the ravages of iron hooves, Sheng Xin's border army retreated one after another.

"Your Highness, drink less wine and eat some food!" the guard stood on the side with a rice basket, looked at the haggard Li Wei, and persuaded softly.

Ignoring his own guards, Li Wei picked up the wine jug, poured the muddy wine into his mouth again, exhaled a belch, and said drunkly: "Distribute the food to the soldiers, leave me alone." ”

"Yes...... However, Your Highness, you have not eaten for two days, so eat a little more. The guard's hand holding the basket tightened, and he tried to squeeze a smile on his face, and admonished again.

"Gollum, Gollum. Li Wei stopped speaking and swallowed the turbid wine in his hand.

I can't get drunk, I can't get drunk no matter how I drink it, what's going on with this wine, it's mixed with soil, it's hard to drink, it stinks, and I can't get drunk......

It wasn't until the guards walked out of the big tent that Li Wei put down the wine jug, raised his shaking head, and looked out of the tent with hazy eyes.

Li Wei didn't look at the food in the rice basket, but he knew that there were only a few pieces of clear soup made with moldy white buns and some wild vegetables. It's not that Li Wei dislikes the bad food, he can even drink the wine with mud, how can he be picky about the food.

He knew that this was the best food in the army right now, and even he had to eat this, so what would the soldiers under his command eat? Do they eat soil and tree roots?

After a few days of sleeplessness, Li Wei fell, and after falling to the ground, he finally showed a long-lost smile on his face, because he felt that he was finally drunk.

When Li Wei woke up again, it was already half a month later, he was lying in his bedroom, and when he opened his eyes, he heard the maid's warbler exclaim.

"Your Majesty is awake!"

"Go find the Imperial Doctor. ”

"Hurry up and inform General Zuo and Prime Minister. ”

“......”

Li Wei's head was groggy, his limbs were shaking weakly, and he tried to struggle to stand up, but he found that he couldn't exert his strength. smiled bitterly, and just lay down and listened to the chaotic shouting around him, waiting quietly.

It wasn't until she heard a heavy step and hurriedly approached the inner room that the flustered maid remembered that she wanted to help up His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and hurriedly surrounded Li Wei and gently helped him up.

"Your Majesty, are you awake?" General Zuo Han Wei stood on the side of the bed, gave a military salute, and said respectfully.

"Your Majesty?" Li Wei noticed that whether it was the flustered maid or the Sheng Xinzuo general in front of him, he addressed himself as His Majesty, not His Royal Highness in the past.

"The first emperor is gone!" Han Wei fell to his knees and said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Li Wei's heart was shocked, and he instantly felt that the world was spinning, his stomach was tumbling, and a mouthful of blood spurted out with a "wow".

"Your Majesty! What about the imperial doctor, call the imperial doctor!" Seeing this, Li Wei hurriedly stepped forward and gently stroked Li Wei's back, his face full of shame.

Li Wei's vomiting of blood and Han Wei's heavy drinking made the maids in the house even more flustered, and they rushed out of the house, reacting half a beat slower, and the maids who couldn't get out of the house could only stand on the side tremblingly, waiting for orders.

They have lived in the palace for a long time, but they know very well in their hearts that every time the imperial power is handed over, the most people die are not those royal grandchildren and relatives, but their maids, and the little eunuchs, because they know too many secrets.

Raising his right hand weakly, Li Wei pressed Han Wei's shoulder, stared at his eyes, and asked, "Father, what's going on, what's going on with the war on the border?"

"Your Majesty doesn't need to worry, Liang has already withdrawn from the army, this is the first emperor's edict, and he specially instructed the old minister to hand it over to His Majesty. A gray-haired and elegant scribe, surrounded by several attendants, walked into the room with his waist bent over, and said loudly.

The old man who came belatedly was the first important minister in the Sheng Xin Dynasty, Zhan Wensheng, the prime minister of the dynasty.

Li Wei was about to respond, but he heard General Zuo Han Wei snort coldly: "Lord Zhan, Your Majesty has not woken up long ago, and he is still weak, so don't bother Your Majesty with political affairs at this time, let the imperial doctor come in and have a look first!"

Zhan Wensheng looked serious, shook his head and said: "The emperor's posthumous photo is not a trivial matter, since Your Majesty has woken up, you should read it for the first time, and I will let the imperial doctor treat Your Majesty later." ”

"What a rotten man, do you believe that I will kick you out now?" Glaring at Zhan Wensheng, Han Wei shouted angrily.

After fighting on the border for five years, his temper has also come up, and he has never had a good impression of these civil officials in the DPRK and China who can only dance and write.

Li Wei accompanied these sergeants, fought bloody battles on the border, and even personally led troops behind enemy lines several times, Han Wei admired him very much.

Now that Li Wei's body is sick, Zhan Wensheng is still holding the set of etiquette of the father and son of the monarch and the minister, standing in front of him and chattering, Han Wei will not be polite to him, and as the leader of the military, he also has the confidence not to be polite to the other party!