Chapter 268: Antecedents and Consequences
Wang Jingxing did not answer the emperor's question, but first asked the emperor, "Can the minister invite Your Majesty to listen to the story?" ”
"Say it quickly."
"It all started with a bat, a bat was eaten by a cat, and the cat was poisoned in the palace. So the emperor asked the palace servants to clean all corners of the palace and drive away the bats.
Prince De confessed to the former emperor that the jade seal had been damaged by him, and he was willing to bear the punishment. The first emperor beat him to 20 boards, and named him a prince and fiefdom Longzhou. ”
"In the thirty-fifth year of Kaiping, the Longzhou River was gaping, and the flood was monstrous, flooding Longzhou and drowning 10,000 people. Prince De led the soldiers and the people to row the river, plug the gap, and save the people of Li from danger.
Prince De saved the people of Longzhou and saved the Liang State in danger, and the emperor wanted to reward Prince De, but he didn't know what to give. So he was rewarded with a bunch of cloth and farm tools, and in one of the boxes, it was stored - the heirloom jade seal. ”
"That's not how jokes and stories are made. The emperor, this person, bullying the king. If Prince De had obtained the jade seal in the thirty-fifth year of Kaiping, there would have been no subsequent rebellion. ”
Prime Minister Han Cheng stood up and refuted Wang Jingxing with righteous words.
"This matter is not until the end, and no one knows the truth. The emperor has promised the minister that he wants to listen to the minister tell a story, but Prime Minister Han is bent on obstructing it, is it because you are in the story? Wang Jingxing asked rhetorically.
The prince took the opportunity to say, "When the traitors were exterminated, Prime Minister Han Cheng was indeed among them." I am afraid that a lot of the treasures in the traitor's house have been looted. ”
Prime Minister Han immediately gave up his hand, looking affectionate and full of grievances, "Your Majesty, the crown prince and Wuhou have united to slander the ministers." The emperor should be the master of the ministers. ”
"Prime Minister Han, Wuhou hasn't finished speaking, why do you need to be in a hurry?" The crown prince and the prince stood up and said.
The crown prince and the emperor said: "At that time, Prince De, the fief of Longzhou, Longzhou ranked first in taxation every year, and the treasures accumulated by Prince De were like mountains. Why did King Qin lead his troops over, but he said that the treasury was empty and there was not much money? ”
"Doesn't the emperor want to know where the traitor Prince De's treasure went?"
Tobe told him every day that there was no money in the treasury and no money in the inner treasury, and that it would indeed be a good thing if he could find the treasure of King Toku.
After finding those treasures, I can eat and drink quietly for a while.
The emperor waved his hand and asked Prime Minister Han Cheng to step back, "Listen to what he has to say first." ”
"Your Majesty, this son calls the traitor a prince, and he must have a lot to do with it. The emperor must not believe him! Prime Minister Han said.
The emperor was also skeptical and asked, "Who are you and why do you know these things?" ”
Wang Jingxing raised his head and looked at everyone, his tone was very firm and unquestionable.
"Chen, the son of Prince De, Xiao, Jing, Xing."
The ministers were in an uproar.
The emperor stood up and pointed directly at Wang Jingxing. "Traitor."
The crown prince was even more surprised, he didn't know that his alliance partner was the son of Prince De.
If he had known that this son was the son of Prince De, he should have been arrested and dedicated to his father.
Wang Jingxing stepped forward and saluted the emperor, "If the emperor wants to know where the treasures in King De's mansion go, please listen." ”
The emperor wanted Wang Jingxing to die, but he was reluctant to give up the treasure, so he weighed one or two, and sat down again.
Wang Jingxing stood up straight and said to the emperor: "The minister is here today to seek justice for his father and let the world know that he is not a traitor. ”
"In Longzhou, he engaged in agricultural administration, repaired water conservancy, and made contributions to disaster relief. The emperor had already wanted to make him the crown prince, but he felt that the time had not yet come, so he gave the jade seal of the country to my father. I hope that my father will one day return to the dynasty as emperor.
It's a pity that this matter was known to a eunuch in the palace, and this eunuch's name is Qin Gong, and he is good friends with Concubine Shu. That night, he passed the news to Concubine Shu, and the concubine secretly passed the news to King Qin, who was still the prince. ”
Qin Gong is a person, all the ministers know that he is the palm seal eunuch in front of the emperor. It's just that this palm print eunuch was on the throne for forty years in Kaiping.
"After Qin Gong became a palm seal eunuch, he often spoke ill of Prince De behind the emperor, and intercepted the letters sent by the emperor to Longzhou."
"Ridiculous, a eunuch, to dare to do such things." Prime Minister Han didn't believe it.
Wang Jingxing sneered and said to the emperor: "After the death of the first emperor, Qin Gong asked for an order to guard the emperor's mausoleum, and soon after he went, news came that Qin Gong died. In fact, Qin Gong was not dead, he colluded with General Han who guarded the imperial mausoleum, and used a similar corpse to hide from the world, making the world think he was dead. ”
"Your Majesty, Qin Gong is outside the palace, do you want to spread the word about his confrontation?"
"Biography."
Wang Jingxing said to Gonggong Huan, who was running out: "Boxing Gonggong, tell the people outside to just shout Qin Gong outside the city gate." Someone must send Qin Gong out for you. ”
Ring the father-in-law's head and trotted out.
Wang Jingxing continued: "Take advantage of the time of the successor, let the minister continue. ”
"Concubine Shu writes well, and the font is similar to the emperor's font, so she imitated the emperor's handwriting and wrote many secret letters to my father. In the secret letter, she asked my father to open iron mines and make iron tools in the tone of the emperor. ”
"You are so bold, slandering the concubine, and causing trouble. Don't you want to put all your sins on the king's head. King Qin said, "It was this king who led the troops over back then, and you want to kill me to avenge your father?" ”
Wang Jingxing stepped forward, faced King Qin, and said angrily in King Qin's face: "Those letters are still there, do you dare to call the concubine out to confront him?" ”
King Qin was frightened back by the angry Wang Jingxing, and Wang Jingxing said loudly: "King Qin's heart is empty. ”
Before King Qin could speak, Wang Jingxing took the lead and said, "Your Majesty, please listen to the ministers and continue to reply." ”
"The Emperor's ......"
"King Qin, shut up." The emperor shouted.
Wang Jingxing said: "The concubine first said that she would open iron mines and make farm tools for the benefit of the people. Later, I let my father contact the military camp and taught him to build weapons for Longzhou University. This is the crime of my father making weapons privately. ”
According to the crime, Prince De, under the alias Wang Cheng, colluded with Xu Hai, a military general of the Great Wei, with the intention of rebellion. Before I was in front of the battle, I arrested Xu Hai and interrogated him personally. Xu Hai actually said that he didn't know who Wang Cheng was.
The minister asked him if he could collude with Prince De, and he said that he had never met with Prince De, let alone exchanged letters. Dare to ask where the crime of rebellion comes from? ”
"In the forty-second year of Kaiping, the emperor was seriously ill and issued an edict asking my father to return to Beijing. The concubine couldn't wait, so she asked Prime Minister Han Cheng to tell the emperor that Prince De opened an iron mine, made weapons privately, and conspired with Xu Hai to conquer Kyoto. ”
"The emperor didn't believe it, so he sent someone to investigate. When my father learned of this, he knew that he was being used, and he kept writing to talk to the emperor, but unfortunately he never reached the emperor directly.
In the thirty-third year of Kaiping, the first emperor asked King Qin to arrest my father and enter Beijing. It was obviously captured, but it was said to be killed. My father took his guards from Jinzhou to Beijing to meet the emperor, but who knew that King Qin set up an ambush first. My father had to retreat to Longzhou, close the city gates, and talk to the emperor. ”
"Longzhou City, as the southern gate guarding Kyoto, is impregnable, and King Qin only has 20,000 soldiers and horses, how can he capture it?"
Wang Jingxing was sad and faced King Qin, "My father is merciful, and he doesn't want the people of Longzhou to suffer with him, so he just wants to go back to Beijing and state to the emperor." So he discussed with King Qin, not to hurt the people of Longzhou, he was willing to enter Beijing to see the emperor.
My father opened the gates of the city and invited King Qin in. Who knew that King Qin repented and threatened my father to resist to the death, intending to escape to Wei with his treasure. ”
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