Chapter 22 The Imperial Capital of the Han Dynasty

In the southwest of the mainland, the Xima Mountains extend to the southwest, forming a plateau area, stretching for thousands of miles, with peaks and peaks on the plateau, and ravines vertical and horizontal. At the edge of the plateau, where the terrain gradually flattens, there is a huge basin, a radius of thousands of miles, the center of the basin is like a pearl, there is a city towering, this is the capital of the Hanliu Empire known as the "Pearl of the Plateau", the Chengdu City, one of the five major cities in the mainland, has a population of about 15 million, ranking second in the mainland. Because the basin is slightly higher around it, it resists the fierce cold wind blowing from the peak of Raya Mountain, so the climate of Chengdu City is warm like spring all year round, which is suitable for living, so that everyone in the Han Empire can live in Chengdu City as a great pursuit, all kinds of dignitaries and eunuchs, celebrities and giants gather, and tall mansions abound in the city, these rich and powerful people bring the prosperity of the Chengdu City's economy, and also bring the luxury and erosion of Chengdu City.

There is an inner city in the center of the city, a huge rectangular complex, and outside is a circle of vermilion walls as high as 20 meters, on the city wall are battlements of arrows, bright yellow flags flutter in the wind, and the five-clawed ancestral dragon embroidered on the flag swings with the flag, as if it is meandering, and there are teams of soldiers wearing bright yellow armor, fully armed to patrol the city wall. Nine huge city gates are opened on the four sides of the city wall, two in the east and west and two in the north, and the city wall facing south has three city gates, and the gate in the middle of the south city wall is obviously wider than the other eight gates, and the gate plaque is inscribed with three golden characters of "Chaoyang Gate".

This inner city, which is the imperial palace of the Hanliu Empire, accounts for almost one-tenth of the entire Chengdu City, and is magnificent and magnificent, and is said to be the most magnificent imperial palace in the mainland.

At this time, in the huge palace**, an old woman wearing a phoenix crown and a dragon and phoenix robe sat in a large hall, she is now in charge of the entire Hanliu Empire The Empress Dowager Xiaoxian, at this time, the Empress Dowager frowned and looked sad. Just in the early dynasty, the generalissimo of the empire Ji Feng proposed a military reform, which was seconded by most of the courtiers, although she knew what was going on, and also angrily reprimanded Ji Feng above the court for his ill intentions, but this reform was still passed. This reform is like this: Emperor Hanliu [***] affairs and actions are all passed by the imperial high command and the imperial court council, and the two departments jointly issue orders before the army can be mobilized, but now the generalissimo Ji Feng thinks that the current situation is grim, the war is complex and changeable, and if the two departments are countersigned, it will affect the army's flexible surname and miss the fighter, so it is proposed that the military command can transfer the army according to the actual situation of the war in the future, but it must be filed with the council.

"What kind of record, is this unclear that the army is in his hands alone, bully me a lonely old woman don't understand. The Empress Dowager sighed and said quietly: "But fortunately, judging from the current situation, they should not have found Prince Anping and my little granddaughter. If Ji Feng didn't have these worries, how could I still let this old woman live. If you want to usurp the throne and are afraid of being infamy, hehe, Ji Feng, Ji Feng, I'm not afraid of your thief's wolf heart, let's just spend it like this, anyway, the mourning family has lived for many more years. Old man, where are you dead, come out to avenge your son and daughter-in-law, my poor emperor. The Queen Mother was playing with a huge gem in her hand, and her face was calm, but who knew the waves of the old man's house.

The past ten years of the Hanliu Empire can be described as eventful.

More than ten years ago, the old emperor Ji De, this generation of martial arts idiots, and the most powerful sword saint in the Hanliu Empire, suddenly announced that he would retreat and take care of Wuwu, no longer take care of the government, and pass on the throne to the crown prince Ji Fa, so he mysteriously disappeared and never appeared again, and no one knew where he went. Ji Fa succeeded to the throne for less than three years, during a hunt with the queen, both sides were stabbed, the queen died on the spot, Ji Fa was seriously injured and dying, and was rescued by the younger brother of the old emperor at that time, Prince Anping, who risked his life, and returned to Yanjing was already in a dying state. The next morning, the internal officials of the court announced that the emperor had set up an edict to pass the throne, and passed the throne to the princess Ji Ma, but the princess was still in infancy, not enough to take charge of the country, so the emperor's uncle Prince Anping was appointed as the supervisor of the country, temporarily in charge of the edict and the jade seal, and on the third day, the whole country was mourned, and the emperor Ji Fa died.

After Prince Anping supervised the country, he took the princess Jima with him, whether it was in the palace or back to the palace, not leaving an inch, so less than a month, late at night, the palace was suddenly fired, after the fire was extinguished, more than 300 people in the palace all died, no one survived, the prince and the princess disappeared, and they did not know where to go. However, according to the legend of the small people in the market, the night in the palace faintly shouted and shouted to kill, and there is a legend that the prince held the princess and fought with people, covered in blood, and finally used the royal secret treasure, a non-directional teleportation shaft handed down from ancient times, disappeared in a white light, when these legends finally spread to the palace, after the queen mother knew, the old queen mother would smile, because she knew that this is not a legend, this is a fact.

In another month, the generalissimo of the empire, Ji Sheng, died violently while inspecting the border passes, and Ji Fa, the general of Huwei who was in charge of the defense of Gyeonggi at that time, took over the handsome seal and became the new generalissimo of the empire.

Subsequently, the Empress Dowager Xiaoxian was in charge of the country, and the generalissimo Ji Feng began to collude with officials from various ministries, gradually showing his disobedience, and repeatedly made nonsense in the court, and the Empress Dowager endured it. Ten years have passed, although the generalissimo Ji Feng is in power and domineering, he has never taken the last step, and the situation of the Hanliu Empire has been maintained like this.

In the northeast of Chengdu City, there is a huge mansion, and the plaque on the gate is "Generalissimo's Mansion", which shows that the owner of this mansion is the generalissimo of the current empire. In the mansion, next to a quiet garden, an elegant study, at this time it was late, the stars were twinkling, the unknown insects in the garden were chirping softly, a candle in the study was squandering its life, and in front of the desk sat an old man of about sixty years old, dressed in a blue-gray silk robe, with long hair scattered and a stiff face, a hooked nose, and under the tightly locked eyebrows, a pair of eyes flashed with a gloomy light from time to time, reflecting the bright and flickering candlelight, which became more and more gloomy.

The old man is the current generalissimo of the Hanliu Empire, at this moment, the real ruler of the Hanliu Empire, staying quietly in his small study alone, and everyone who is familiar with the rules of the generalissimo's life knows that whenever the generalissimo wants to decide something important, he stays quietly in this study, and at this time, there is absolutely no one who does not want to be disturbed.

Yesterday, his younger brother, Ji Hua, told himself with magic transmission from the Pearl Empire that he had found the traces of Ji Ping, the prince of Anping, at that moment, the heart of the generalissimo of the empire "chuckled", and the fluctuating heart that had not been there for a long time became excited, "Is there finally news, hehe, let me see how this script is written: First of all, the corpses of Ji Ping and Ji Ma are going to come to Yanjing, and Ji Hua needs to make an impassioned statement, how to find Ji Ping in the Pearl Empire, Ji Ma, they are being imprisoned by the Pearl Empire, how Ji Hua tried all his best to rescue them, how the Pearl Empire hunted them down, how Ji Ping and Ji Ma were killed, it would be better if Ji Hua also suffered some decent injuries. Then the old woman died violently, and the internal officials announced that it was because of excessive sadness, and then the generalissimo of the empire issued an order to mourn and mourn the whole country, so that the people could see it, and they all knew that their queen mother, The prince and the princess are dead, and the subsequent plot is that the generalissimo of the empire held a court meeting, and the ministers proposed that the country should not be said to be without a king, then elect one, the direct line of the royal family is gone, isn't there still the generalissimo Ji Feng next to the royal family, the generalissimo and the old emperor Ji De are still cousins, so after the support of the ministers, the generalissimo resigned again and again, but the will of the ministers could not be violated, the generalissimo reluctantly took the throne temporarily, and then the generalissimo swore a blood oath in public, swearing to avenge the prince and princess of Anping, and sent troops to attack the Pearl Empire. Hahahaha, I'm so talented, this is called art, the art of usurpation! The old woman provokes me to be angry every day and asks me to kill her to usurp the throne, hmph, don't you want me to be infamous for eternity, I won't be stupid and stupid to be that eternal sinner. Ji De, Ji De, my cousin, this is how your grandfather seized the throne that should have been my grandfather, and I have taken it now. Even if you come back from retreat in the future, I have become a great trend, what about the strongest Sword Master, what can you do with me!

That's it, I'm going to rehearse this scene well, hahahaha. Ji Feng, who made the decision, casually extinguished the candle, opened the door of the study, and walked out.