In the sixteenth year of the Han Dynasty, Liu Yingxin was on the eighth day of October in the fourth year of the new year, outside the gate of the north of Pyongyang.

Looking at the city of Pyongyang, which had already opened his door to himself and looked at it, he couldn't see an upright figure, Zhou Bo couldn't help but turn his head sideways in surprise.

Seeing Li Ji on the side, he also looked at Zhou Bo with doubts at the moment, as if he couldn't believe it at all: Pyongyang City was 'beaten' like this······

"Wei Man······"

"You've already led your troops to flee south?"

was full of surprise, and finally provoked Zhou Bo to sigh indifferently, and shook his head with a stiff smile.

"Definitely."

"According to the private soldiers of Wei Man captured by a certain department, when my army left the valley in the east, Wei Man had already requisitioned the army and went south to capture Zhenfan and Mahantu."

"Only Today ······"

As he spoke, Zhou Bo couldn't help but raise his head and look not far away, which may not even be a city in the Central Plains, at most it can only be regarded as the Pyongyang city wall of the county seat, and let out a long sigh leisurely.

"Pyongyang is broken without a fight, Weiman's retreat is at an end, and the moon is not far away."

"Zhenfan, Ma and Han Zhubu, it is not possible for Wei Man to go down in three or five days."

"And when the city of Pyongyang is broken, the people of North Korea will spread the word and go south, and the Wei Manchu army will be in great turmoil; On the contrary, the Zhenban and Mahan tribes should be full of fighting spirit······"

In his tone, he still said in disbelief, Zhou Bo finally smiled, turned sideways, and bowed his hand to Li Ji beside him.

"Something is here, and first congratulate Liche in his strong years, and win this merit of destroying the country?"

Hearing Zhou Bo's words, Li Ji still didn't seem to be able to recover from the shock of 'breaking through the defense of the Korean country without a fight', and only blinked his eyes dullly.

"The ······ of the Destruction of the Country"

At this moment, Liji's mind can be described as a blank.

Before the army was launched, Li Ji had already deduced with his father Li Shang: after crossing the water and setting foot on the Korean Peninsula, what kind of obstacles would be encountered by the main forces of the Han army;

When they arrived near Pyongyang, what would Wei Manchu do, how should the Han army encircle the city of Pyongyang, and what should be the breakthrough point to try to capture Pyongyang as soon as possible.

In order to ensure that Li's trip is foolproof, the Qu Zhouhou family can also be said to be a family force, and the private soldiers composed of the children of the Li family alone have gathered no less than 100 people!

Before leaving, Quzhou Hou Liji even used his own connections to piece together a pro-soldier guard team of more than 700 people for Liji!

- Not responsible for participating in the battle, only responsible for sending Liji back to the guard death squad west of the water when necessary!

Even so, before Li Ji set off, he prepared for the worst, settled his wife and children separately, and left a suicide note for his father Li Shang.

With such determination to set foot on the battlefield and set foot on the Korean Peninsula east of the Hunshui, Liji can be said to be walking on thin ice, not daring to be the slightest sloppiness, leading the southern route army to follow the steps, and not daring to underestimate the enemy at all!

When they arrived hundreds of miles northwest of Pyongyang, Riji even ordered: The whole army has entered the highest state of combat readiness, and the scouts and light and dark checkpoints must reach a radius of 20 miles around the camp!

In this way, he cautiously approached Pyongyang step by step, approaching the target little by little, like a cheetah approaching its prey, not daring to be careless for a moment······

Then, the city of Pyongyang was self-defeating.

After the Qi-Chu waterway coalition army 'descended from the sky' and appeared on the coastline only 70 miles from Pyongyang, and successfully landed, such a national war related to the survival of the Korean community was declared to be over in such a dramatic form.

- Pyongyang City, take the initiative to open the door and surrender······

- Just a year ago, Wei Manchu Korea, who had sent envoys to ask for ministers, and then sought refuge from the Huns, was declared dead before this playful 'war' broke out······

"That's not right!"

"And Wei Man!"

Between thoughts, Li Ji only suddenly let out a sound almost, and then looked at Zhou Bo beside him solemnly.

"Please show me too!"

"Now that the city of Pyongyang is broken, the thieves are nowhere to be found, what should I do with my army?"

bowed to Zhou Bo with a serious face, and a touch of excitement that should have appeared long ago finally welled up on Li Ji's face.

- The merit of destroying the country!

——Since Emperor Taizu Gao established the Han Zuo, the only one in the Han family who has won the 'merit of destroying the country' is Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin!

Although in the end, Han Xin's fate was not good, but this did not affect the lofty position occupied by the words 'Destruction of the Country' in the hearts of every Han soldier!

At this moment, Li Ji finally reacted: I'm afraid that he was really like Zhou Bo said, and he accidentally set up this 'merit of destroying the country'.

Although it was won without a fight, although it was not obtained alone, in any case, the credit of a 'handsome master and conquering the country' has already been eaten by Liji!

And the only variable that may make this credit come to naught and force Li Ji to 'eat and vomit' is the thief who is now missing and missing: Wei Man!

Therefore, in Liji's mouth, although he asked, 'Please ask the captain to indicate the next move of the army', the meaning of the words is extremely simple.

- Please give the order of the Captain Tai and allow our troops to pursue south and search for Wei Man!

In Li Shang's opinion, it is unlikely that Zhou Bo will not give himself this face.

But what was a little unexpected was that when he heard his words, Zhou Bo's face suddenly showed a hint of hesitation.

"Could it be?"

"Yu Wei is full of thieves, and the captain has other plans?"

barely maintained a steady tone, and asked such a question with a deep meaning, and there was already a trace of dissatisfaction between Li Ji's eyebrows.

In Li Ji's view, Zhou Bo's face clearly doesn't want to give himself this face······

"No, no."

"Shizi, I misunderstood so-and-so."

It seemed to be perfunctory, and it was clearly not a fake politeness, Zhou Bo looked at Li Ji's gaze, and it became more and more profound.

After Li Ji was stared at by this gaze, Zhou Bo finally took a deep breath, and then stepped forward solemnly, facing Li Ji.

"Don't dare to hide it from the world."

"——When he was about to set out on the expedition, His Majesty summoned a certain independent meeting to the Xuan Room to give a secret edict to each other."

"Your Majesty once said: Only when the city of Pyongyang is under the city can this secret edict be dismantled, and then act in accordance with the edict."

With a grim expression, Zhou Bo took another deep breath, and probed around without a trace, before taking another step forward, mysteriously put his hand into his arms, and took out a wooden box.

Almost at the moment when he saw the wooden box, especially the eight characters 'Ordered by the sky, both long and healthy' reflected on the mud, Li Ji just jumped back, and immediately bowed his hand deeply to the wooden box.

After Li Ji saluted the wooden box and straightened up with solemnity, he saw that Zhou Bo's face was full of sadness.

"Alas······"

"This secret edict should not be known to outsiders, even if it is riding, it should not be known."

"Then ······"

Speaking with distress, Zhou Bo didn't forget to turn his head sideways again, making sure that there was no one around, so he held the wooden box with one hand and covered the other hand on the side of Liji's ear.

"However, this secret edict, the queen mother and the prime minister don't know ······"

"According to His Majesty, on the edict, only the seal of the Son of Heaven is obtained, but the Queen Mother's phoenix seal and the seal ······are not seen."

"Even Shiqu Pavilion, there has never been a backup of the edict·········"

With just a few words, Li Ji's face changed dramatically!

His eyes widened in horror, and he switched his gaze back and forth between Zhou Bo and the wooden box several times, Li Jicai wrinkled his nose in horror, and pointed his finger at the wooden box in horror.

"None······ No phoenix seal, phase seal, and no backup file? ”

asked in disbelief, and when Zhou Bo nodded bitterly, the look of horror on Li Ji's face deepened.

"This!"

Subconsciously exclaimed, causing Zhou Bo to hurriedly grab Li Ji's sleeve, and finally let Li Ji come back to his senses, forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart, and lowered his trembling voice as much as possible.

"The seal and seal are not in order, and there is no preparation ······"

"This edict is like a letter! It's an edict!! ”

Li Ji's shocked tone made Zhou Bo even more flustered, and he couldn't wait to throw the wooden box in his hand back to the muddy water hundreds of miles away!

But thinking about it, in fact, Zhou Bo could only hold the wooden box carefully, and he didn't dare to have the slightest disrespect for this hot potato.

"That's right!"

"Emperor Taizu Gao has a system: all the edicts of the Son of Heaven should be used in the national seal, the Houfeng seal, and the Han Xiangyin, and they are divided into the Xiangfu and Shiqu Pavilion to keep a file to prove that it is true;"

"I also know this edict, but if you follow it, you will not escape the risk of overkill!"

"However, this is a secret edict given by His Majesty, if you don't obey it, you will not obey it for the sake of resistance······

Seeing Zhou Bo talking, he was as anxious as a horse on a hot pot, pacing back and forth anxiously in this area of only two or three steps, and it took a lot of effort for Li Ji to finally stabilize his mind.

After calming down, he looked deeply at the wooden box that was used for the mud seal of the Han Dynasty, and then lowered his head and pondered, and Li Ji's brows couldn't help but bring the same sad color as Zhou Bo.

As Zhou Bo said: According to the rules set by Emperor Taizu Gao Liu Bang, all edicts of the Son of Heaven must have the jade seal of the Son of Heaven, the seal of the prime minister, and the phoenix seal of the Queen Mother, and in triplicate, and there are records in the Prime Minister's Mansion and Shiqu Pavilion to prove their legitimacy.

Of course, the item of 'Queen Mother's Phoenix Seal' was proposed by Liu Ying, who was the crown prince at the time, when Liu Bang was dying, and it was added as a condition.

Under such regulations, an edict of the Son of Heaven, as long as it cannot be backed up in one of the places between the Prime Minister and Shiqu Pavilion, it can be directly judged as an edict!

If there is an edict of the Son of Heaven, Shiqu Pavilion has a backup, but the Prime Minister does not, the prime minister can write a letter to make it clear: this edict is not known to the ministers;

In this way, the Son of Heaven who was 'asked by the prime minister' has only two options to consider: Or, admit that this is an edict, sentence the holder of the edict according to law, and invalidate all the contents of the edict!

Or, it is to give in to the prime minister and explain: Oh, this edict is indeed me, but I forgot to send the backup to the prime minister, and the prime minister is not surprised······

In this case, if the prime minister has a good temper, he can laugh it off and say, 'It's okay, just pay attention next time';

But if the prime minister has a bad temper, and it happens that the Son of Heaven is young and the Lord Shaoguo is suspicious, then he can be completely stubborn and scold the Son of Heaven!

- What are you doing as an emperor!

- Are all the rules of the ancestors on the sidelines!

- This still makes me how to be a prime minister!

If the situation really develops to the point where 'the Son of Heaven and the Prime Minister are not compatible', then there are only two possibilities for the final result.

Either abolish the emperor and set up another one, or resign and worship another; That is, the two must go one.

From a practical point of view, the probability of the latter is basically infinitely close to 100%.

And this is also the origin of the monstrous power represented behind the word 'Han Xiang': formal edicts need to be sealed by the prime minister, and legal regulations need the prime minister's nod.

As long as the Son of Heaven does not intend to dismiss the prime minister, then whenever the prime minister says 'no', the Son of Heaven will not be able to forcibly promote it at all.

In other words: in any major matter related to the Zongmiao Society, the prime minister has the 'one-vote veto' like the five hooligans of later generations.

As for the moment, the problems encountered by Zhou Bo are much more complicated.

——This 'secret edict' in Zhou Bo's hand not only did not have a backup in the Prime Minister's Mansion, but even the Shiqu Pavilion of the Royal Archives did not have it!

This means that in the future, when someone uses this to attack Zhou Bo's 'pretentiousness', it is likely that such a strange scene will occur-

Cao Shen said: Eh, this edict, the minister has no backup here? Does Your Majesty know about this?

Liu Ying replied: I don't know, I don't have a backup here······

"Edict ······"

"Edict ·········"

With a grim expression, Li Ji's sad gaze finally involuntarily slowly moved up, from the wooden box, back to Zhou Bo's panicked face.

"Taiwei Zhou Bo, successively served as a tiger commander, a general, and was first named a mighty marquis;"

"The battle between Chu and Han, attacking Zhao Ben, defeating Zhangping, and encircling Zhanghan, repeatedly performed miraculous feats; In the battle of Chenggao, he stayed in the important place of Zhenguan, broke into Chenggao, and led his troops to capture the three counties of Quyi, Surabaya and Donghai, and got 22 counties······"

"In the sixth year of Emperor Taizu Gao, he was crowned Marquis of Jiang, and there were 8,180 households in Yi;"

"Houping Han Wang Xin, acting minister Chen Xuan, Yan Wang Lu Juan rebelled, and the official worshiped Taiwei ·········"

silently recited Zhou Bo's life history in his heart, and looked at the extremely 'dangerous' wooden box, and a touch of clarity finally slowly emerged on Li Ji's face.

"Taiwei's intention, do you want to make a certain witness, so that when the incident happens in the future, such and such a good word can be said on his behalf?"

Indifferently, seeing that Zhou Bo nodded again and again without accident, Li Ji shook his head meaningfully, and immediately let out a long sigh.

"Fei is unwilling to help."

"Only this secret edict, the captain must read it alone, but must do it."

"Some, forgive me······"

With a mixed face, Li Ji finally bowed to Zhou Bo decisively, and immediately turned around.

Stepping on his horse and letting out another lament, he beckoned his soldiers and walked towards the city of Pyongyang, which was not far away.

After taking a hundred and ten steps, Li Ji finally turned his head again and stared deeply at Zhou Bo's messy and stunned figure in the wind.

"Alas······"

"In the future, I should also pay attention."

"When the class teacher returns to the court, he will resign immediately············"

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