Chapter 10: Night Talk
Drinking alcohol can quickly test a person's character, some people make trouble after drinking, some people talk too much after drinking, some people are silent after drinking, some people cry bitterly after drinking, and even more people run away after drinking.
Obviously, today's saints belong to the kind of drunken talkers.
"Son, do you know how hard it has been to be a father all these years?"
Finished! According to the king's understanding of the drinker, the emperor is about to start complaining.
"I remember that it was the second year of the dynasty, your grandfather worked hard to conquer the world, and before the throne was secured, his generals led troops to rebel."
Then the emperor began to narrate the history of the country......
In the first year of the dynasty, the country finally ended nearly a decade of war. Wang Jin, the grandfather of Wang Quanquan, after defeating the biggest rival at the time, was supported as king by his subordinates, established a dynasty, and became the founding emperor.
As a result, the Central Plains ended the situation of separation.
thought that the country and its people would finally no longer have to suffer from war, but as one of the four heroes of the founding of the country, Hou Dachang, the general of Pingnan, plotted to prepare for a rebellion the following year. As one of the four major generals, Hou Dachang has an army of 200,000 and may move north at any time to take the Beijing division.
Emperor Taizu, who had received the news in advance, was worried and turned white overnight.
He hesitated, and at this point he no longer knew who to trust. In the end, it was his second son, Wang Quan's father, who took the initiative to take on the heavy responsibility and led an army of 150,000 alone to the south to defeat Hou Dachang.
The battle lasted for half a year, and after half a year of fierce fighting, nearly 100,000 casualties were killed and wounded on both sides, and in the end, Wang Quan's father won the tragic war with difficulty.
"200,000 soldiers, who is not a brother who has fought side by side, everyone lived and died together from that war era, but I didn't expect to die in the end in the hands of their own people, in the struggle for power."
The red-eyed Emperor uttered this in a trilled voice, having been awakened countless nights and still vividly remembering the scene.
"That battle, won. But none of us had the slightest joy of victory, and many of those who survived cried on that corpse-strewn battlefield, and one of them committed suicide on the spot after the war. I knew him, and he had a brother who was also a soldier, but in that war, they had to fight each other, and in the end he killed his own brother! He didn't know how to explain it to his old mother, and finally chose to cut himself off.
His elderly mother lost two sons in one day. Afterwards, we could only tell her that her son had died fighting for her country, and that she had received a large pension. But what's the use, no amount of money can get back her two sons and her crying blind eyes! ”
The emperor still slowly recounted the past word by word.
"Since then, I have been tired of the struggle for power, and the other two brothers have torn their faces for the succession to the throne, but I have not been interested in the slightest, and I have walked into this world alone, and I have met some people and understood some things. I think of myself as a chivalrous man, I have traveled far and wide, I have seen too many people's suffering, and I have also taken action against injustice, but I have gradually realized that I cannot punish all injustice. ”
The emperor raised his head and drank another bowl of wine, and the royal authority silently poured it for him.
"That year, I traveled to the border pass, where there is a beautiful border town, the people are simple, and the sunset there is also very beautiful."
The emperor showed a look of remembrance, and the corners of his mouth were inadvertently raised, obviously a good memory for him.
"I live in a farming family, which has a family of four, with children and daughters, the daughter is very well-behaved and the son is very naughty.
I thought that I would settle down in this border town and live comfortably for the rest of my life, but the heavens seemed to be unfavorable, and on the twentieth day of the lunar month, it snowed heavily, and a thick layer was accumulated on the ground. Children were building snowmen outside the house, and adults were busy preparing for the Spring Festival, when the rumbling of horses' hooves and the neighing of horses suddenly sounded outside, followed by the cries of children.
In the early winter of that year, the Hu people's grain was frozen to death before it was ripe. When there was no food and grass, they began to harass the border, burning, killing and looting, and the nearest border garrison was twenty miles away.
Not only did they slowly plunge knives into the chests of the people, tearing apart the clothes of the women, but they also did not spare the children, and they were killed by the guns.
All I could do was kill these invaders as hard as I could, only to find out in the end that they couldn't finish killing. ”
Speaking of this, the emperor had long been unable to weep. Remorse and reluctance appeared on his face, and Wang Quanquan could not imagine how desperate he was at that time.
"I hate them for being cold-blooded, and I hate myself for being useless, and in the end I couldn't protect that family of four. When I was exhausted and about to be dismembered, reinforcements finally arrived, and I survived, but almost all the people in that village were dead, looking at the corpses everywhere, smelling the smell of burnt human flesh in the air, and coughing people who choked, but I didn't cover my mouth and nose, I had to remember the smell, the shame, the shame, and what they did that day! ”。
The emperor hadn't said so much for a long time, and the palace maids and eunuchs had already withdrawn, leaving the father and son in the house at this time.
"Afterwards, I buried the family of four with my own hands and resolutely returned to Kyoto.
When I returned to Beijing, I found my father and told me my experience. I told him that I wanted to be the emperor, that I wanted to change this unjust world, and that these aliens would not dare to invade my Central Plains for generations.
My father was very appreciative of my ideas, but I still underestimated human desires. My return is regarded as a thorn in the side of my brother, and if you want to get rid of me quickly, we are brothers! The brothers who once accompanied their father and the king to charge into battle and lived and died together, but they valued the throne more than anything else. ”
Speaking of this, the emperor cried again, he covered his face, this time crying even more painfully, Wang Quanquan had already vaguely guessed the result.
"I didn't want to kill each other, but they did it anyway. I couldn't stand the soldiers killing each other any longer, and the country couldn't stand it, so I ended up killing my two brothers with my own hands. ”
Speaking of this, the emperor couldn't hold back any longer, and cried loudly, like a child, venting what had been pressed on his heart all these years. The royal authority finally understood that his father, who had been slandering all day long, had paid such a painful price to get the current throne.
The emperor was tired, lay down on the table, and continued to murmur:
"Not long after I ascended the throne, the first emperor died, throwing me such a big mess. Perennial wars, unstable people's hearts, this country is already far away, I am exhausted, for fear of ruining this country, whenever I feel that I can't hold on, I can always think of those scenes of corpses strewn all over the field. ”
The emperor is drunk, he hasn't been so drunk for a long time, everyone wants to be an emperor, but is the emperor so good, especially a good emperor.
The emperor shook his jar, but it was empty, and then he threw it aside, took the jar from the king's hand, and drank it himself.
Now that the conversation box is open, it's better to say it in one breath!
"I thought that being the emperor could change everything, but I didn't expect that it couldn't change people's hearts. I worked hard and exhausted, and it took more than ten years to finally govern the country in a decent way, and when I looked back at the harem, I found that it was almost rotten. I deal with government affairs in the court every day, watching the civil and military officials become more and more powerful one by one, fighting openly and secretly, and looking back at the harem, guess what? It's even more damn wonderful! ”
The emperor said a lot in one breath, and at the end he couldn't help laughing, and tears of laughter came out, but there was no smile in his eyes. He laughed for a moment before he stopped, and continued to take a sip of wine.
The harem is intrigued, much more lively than the court, and the concubines and princes are all thinking about competing for favor, and there are not a few things that compete for favor and fight for people's lives, and these kings know about it.
"I will hand over the harem to the queen to deal with the trivial matters in the palace. But the queen made the harem a miasma, how many people died in the palace openly and secretly, I don't know? But I can only turn a blind eye, the things in this world are enough for me to have a headache, and I really can't control their small actions. No matter how high the status is, it can't be higher than the villain's means after all! ”
The king's authority is silent, the emperor's words can be described as heart-wrenching, it seems that he doesn't know anything about the harem, but in fact, his heart is like a mirror, but he can't change anything, do you want to kill it again? I can't kill anymore......
The Emperor looked at the royal authority. His face also softened a lot, and even with a ray of kindness that was rarely seen on weekdays, Wang Quanquan suspected that he was dazzled.
"What makes a good emperor? I asked this same question when each of you were young, and you know how you all answered? ”
Wang Quan shook his head.
"Some say that developing the country's economy makes the country rich; Some say that the wise men should be recruited and let them serve the imperial court; Some said that they would develop the military so that foreign races would not dare to invade. ”
Wang Quanquan felt that it made sense when he heard it, and he couldn't stop nodding.
"Do you remember what you said at the time?"
Without waiting for the king's authority to reply, the emperor gave the answer to himself:
"You said that you want to let the people of Li be fed and clothed, and not suffer from the war...... I was shocked to hear it, after all, you were only four years old at the time! ”
Hearing this, Wang Quanquan was stunned, a four-year-old child could say such a thing, if it wasn't for the villain's plot, over time, maybe he would be a wise ruler of the world.
"Child, I hurt you, if I hadn't spoiled you, you wouldn't have caused the villain to plot. But I can't help but spoil you, because you're so much like me when I was younger. I thought you wouldn't be remembered if you were stupid, but I still underestimated their ruthlessness. All I can do now is to canonize the crown prince as soon as possible, so that they will never miss you. ”
It's really aggrieved enough to be an emperor to do this, and his heirs can only make concessions when they are targeted. Compared with grievances, the emperor is more self-blame, in the final analysis, if it is not the sole favor, how can it lead to death.
The emperor put his hand on the head of the royal authority and rubbed the head of the eighth prince dotingly.
Wang Quanquan felt his father's warmth for a long time, and also felt his mood, grinning.
"Father, if you don't eat your kidneys, it will be cold."
"You know how to eat! You don't have a qualitative character, it's time to find you a concubine to take care of you. ”
Wang Quanquan rolled his eyes when he heard this, chatted and chatted, nothing to mention marriage, he was not serious, he thought that he was so serious like you!
It's a pity that before Wang Quanquan said this, the emperor was already snoring, drinking too much, talking too much, and falling asleep unconsciously, Wang Quanquan moved the emperor to his bed, covered the quilt, and continued to drink, and from time to time there was a flash of light in his eyes, I don't know what he was thinking.
Finally, when the first rays of sunlight shone into the house, Wang Quanquan put down his glass, pushed open the door, stretched out against the rising sun, and looked out of the house, or because the morning sun was a little dazzling, he could not help but squint his eyes, and murmured:
"You're too old to kill, so leave it to me to kill next!"
The Emperor rolled over on the bed and continued to snore......