Chapter 7: Twenty Years Ago

About 20 years ago, the Southern Han Dynasty was in decline, Siyi harassed the border day by day, and natural disasters raged, after a few days of heavy rain, and then began to be exposed to the sun for more than two months, and the crops in the fields were already dying. One morning, when the people opened the doors and windows and went out to work, they suddenly found that the sky was getting redder and redder, and then with the sound of "buzzing", they saw locusts all over the sky rushing to their faces, and everywhere they went, the livestock, tree bark, and crops were all gnawed naked, and the insects were in a mess.

At that time, the reigning Emperor Xiaoming was not confused, but he still only knew that he was drinking and having fun in the fat powder pile, and several good ministers in the court were anxious to kneel at the palace gate every day and cry, but this master was addicted to the gentle township and could not hear it. However, although Emperor Xiaoming is mediocre, but her wife Empress Luo is a person who kills fruits, seeing that the Southern Han Dynasty created by the ancestors is in danger, and the emperor can not be counted on, Empress Luo immediately summoned several high-powered ministers of the dynasty to discuss several times, and finally everyone unanimously decided to depose Emperor Xiaoming, the eldest son of Empress Luo, the crown prince Jiyang as the emperor, and called Emperor Xuan.

As a result, the unlucky Emperor Xiaoming was the first emperor in history to be deposed by his wife and his subordinates.

Ji Yang, who was still the crown prince at the time, had just reached the age of the weak crown, but probably his personality and IQ followed his mother Empress Luo, and after he ascended the throne, he excluded the public opinion to use a few unknown young people at that time as generals to organize the army and protect the country. Another opening of the treasury earthquake, when Emperor Xuan went out in plainclothes to investigate the disaster, to the disaster area only to find that the country spent so much money and material resources to relieve the disaster, the people were still hungry all over the wilderness, and even appeared to eat the miserable situation, Emperor Xuan was angry, ordered to find some hungry people, and after careful questioning, he learned that the money and grain issued by the imperial court did not reach the disaster area at all, and the people here did not even drink a mouthful of thin porridge, which shows what the corruption of the officials at that time became.

After Emperor Xuan returned to the dynasty in anger, he first played the tragic situation of the disaster area to Empress Dowager Luo, and Empress Dowager Luo was also furious after hearing it, and almost broke a few cases: "How can such a bastard who has brought disaster to the country and the people stay!"

As a result, the equally unlucky old ministers of the former dynasty wanted to make some national fortunes according to the custom, but unexpectedly, they were disposed of one by one with their old masters.

In short, after Emperor Xuan and Empress Dowager Luo went through a series of measures to consolidate their power, the Southern Han Dynasty gradually became stronger again. Empress Dowager Luo is a rare enlightened mother, after the court is stable, she will let go to Emperor Xuan, and she will rest assured to take care of her life, Emperor Xuan is grateful for her mother's kindness, and married the daughter of the Luo family as the queen, and the Empress Dowager Luo's two younger brothers are a general in the military power, and one is a prince of Rongguo who plays a pivotal role in the imperial court. Since then, the Luo family has been prominent in the Southern Han Dynasty for a while.

When Emperor Xuan had just ascended the throne, due to the instability of the national border, there were no military generals in the court. When Emperor Xuan was still the crown prince, there were three close friends, all of whom were the children of some idle imperial relatives at that time, but they were divided into groups, these three were different from those other hereditary sons, and the prince Ji Yang at that time had a similar personality, full of revenge, and they were all good young people with the world in mind. Sure enough, after Jiyang ascended the throne, he appointed three people as generals and scattered to the border to fight the enemy army. These three people also lived up to expectations, recovering all the lost territory in only one year, and defeated some small border states to pay tribute to the southern Hannagong. Emperor Xuan was very happy, and the courtiers were also very happy, so the three of them were added all the way to the knighthood, and their power was overwhelming.

These three young men later became members of the Southern Han Dynasty: Chi Liye, the Duke of Yingguo, Jiang Mushang, the general of Xiangping, and Han Fang, the general of the Hussars.

The story begins with these three men......