The sun shone in the palace of Yan Kingdom, but it didn't bring the slightest warmth to the emperor, he looked at the figure of Murong Ke being carried out, and felt that it was not just an auxiliary minister who left him, but all things.

He couldn't help but think back to when he was a child, his father brought this uncle Wang, who was not actually related to him, with him.

Tell yourself that you will treat this Uncle Wang respectfully in the future.

At that time, he didn't know much about these things, he only felt that this Uncle Wang's face was really extremely handsome, and later it was this Uncle Wang who took him to the court.

As he grew up, the voices of the people around him gradually increased, and some people praised Murong Ke, saying that he was the living king of Luowen, and that he was the hope of the country.

Some people say that he is a powerful minister and has seized his power, and this kind of voice is increasing, especially his mother, who often speaks ill of his uncle.

The emperor was a little glad that his father had given him a more intelligent brain, and he could feel the kindness that Murong Ke exuded to him, so he responded to this kindness, and in the face of the dilemma, he was still able to make a more fair judgment.

In the case that the imperial power was not greatly affected.

The emergence and rise of Murong Chui is the root cause of the rift in the relationship between him and Murong Ke, and he inevitably begins to think about who is more important to Murong Ke between himself and Murong Ke.

The emperor really wants to be the more important person, but whether it is rational thinking or irrational thinking, there is only one answer to this answer, that is, Murong Chui is a person closer to Murong Ke.

This is the reason for Murong to divide Shaanxi and Guanxi.

So he subconsciously didn't stop the Queen Mother from letting Murong Ke swear Luoshui, but now he was going to suffer the consequences.

The great and supreme Roselle treats everyone fairly.

……

The warm sunlight shone on Murong Ke's body, and he didn't have the slightest feeling, this person who was highly praised by everyone in Yan Country and all other countries, at this moment, his eyes were full of confusion.

In the palace just now, the emperor listened very seriously to his last words, but this did not make Murong Ke any joy, because people in this world always do not do it when they know what is right.

Between the emperor and Murong Chui, what will happen in the future?

Will there be a shocking war, will this Yan country collapse directly now Murong Ke once thought about this question, and the final result was that it would.

But he didn't want a bitter war between the emperor and Murong Trai.

He hoped that the victory and defeat of Kanto and Kansai would remain in the next generation, and that the foundation of the Yan Kingdom would not be ruined, and if there was a day, he hoped that after the destruction of all the other countries, only the Yan Kingdom would remain.

As for his own death, he didn't feel anything, and who in this world could not die?

……

In the palace, the emperor saw that Murong Ke's voice and shadow were completely invisible, so he slowly turned around and returned to the palace, and then saw his mother again, the Empress Dowager of Yanguo.

The Empress Dowager Yan could feel the emperor's emotions, and was about to say something, when she opened her mouth just now, but she fell directly in front of the emperor's eyes.

The sky was spinning, the eyes were black, and there was blood flowing from the corners of the mouth, which was very terrifying.

The emperor, who was slightly dissatisfied with the queen mother, was suddenly shocked in place, this sudden change made all the eunuchs and palace ladies in the hall stunned, and then the emperor's roar, "Go and call the imperial doctor!" ”

The sound of hurried footsteps ran out, the emperor only felt chills all over his body, cold sweat, looking at the Queen Mother who fell to the ground and rushed over to help her up, the Queen Mother of Yan Guo had no sense at all, and her face changed from ruddy to pale almost in a short period of time.

This kind of strange thing made the emperor involuntarily think of those rumors, and he became more and more afraid, could this be the gods punishing him?

……

The news that the Empress Dowager of Yan Kingdom fainted in the palace and then died in just one day swept the entire Jicheng, and almost everyone was dumbfounded, when Murong Ke returned to Jicheng before, almost everyone thought that the struggle between Murong Ke and the Empress Dowager was probably the Empress Dowager to win.

Political struggle is quite simple, and the one who survives to the end will be the victor, and when there is no physical destruction of the other party, life is the greatest weapon.

But no one could have imagined that the Queen Mother would die in front of Murong Ke.

Murong Ke has reached this point, the Queen Mother was so normal a few days ago, at this time, rumors are naturally flying all over the sky.

One of the rumors is the most recognized by everyone, that is, Luo Shui's oath is actually two people, the Queen Mother forced Murong Ke to make this oath, then she herself is in this oath, she is not as good as Murong Ke and luck, as a result, Murong Ke was able to survive, but the Queen Mother died directly.

This kind of speculation has a nose and an eye, and it is also very much in line with the world's imagination of the gods, so almost everyone thinks it is the truth.

Many people in Jicheng secretly clapped their hands and applauded, which was really unpleasant.

Murong Ke's henchmen were already a little desperate, as soon as Murong Ke died, even if they were protected by the emperor, many people were afraid that they would be demoted, after all, the emperor sometimes couldn't disobey the queen mother's will.

But who would have thought that the old witch of the Queen Mother would also die, and now in the Yan Kingdom, no one can stop the emperor, if it is a simple emperor in power, then everyone will return to the same starting line.

……

Murong Ke was lying on the bed, and when he heard the news of the death of the Queen Mother, he said with some regret: "The country has lost a virtuous queen, and I ask Your Majesty to mourn and change." ”

When the envoy left, Murong Ke's weak body couldn't help but laugh.

There was a lot of happiness in his voice, the Queen Mother died, leaving Murong Chui and the Emperor two people who had been taught by him, as long as the two of them kept their senses, they could still make Yan Guo not fight.

What he was most worried about was that the Queen Mother would guide the emperor and Murong Chui to hostility, he was a little happy in his heart, and even his complexion was much better, and he could loudly ask the servants to prepare a full meal for him.

His wife walked in with food, calling Murong Ke's name, but there was no response, and she immediately stood in place, tears raining down.

……

The news of Murong Ke's death reached the palace, the emperor was silent, in one day, he lost his mother and Murong Ke like his father in succession, who else in this world is sadder than him?

But the person has passed away, and the aftermath has to be dealt with, especially Murong Ke's nickname, which is quite crucial, related to Murong Ke's posthumous name.

Under the supervision of the emperor, basically the selection of the nickname is quite fair, and no one has any problems in this regard, but it is basically the case, and there is still room for operation in the nickname.

A person's merits and mistakes are sometimes impossible to show so clearly, and there is room for ambiguity, and the same is true for nicknames.

Murong Ke's merits to Yan Guo are quite large, and he can give any nickname, if the emperor does not give this kind of nickname to Wenwu at this time, it will form a trend of thought in politics, and the emperor is not satisfied with Murong Ke.

After the recommendation of the ministers, the emperor finally approved, and Murong Ke got the nickname of "Wen", which can be called "Taiyuan Wen King" in the history books, which can be regarded as the emperor's recognition of Murong Ke Xiaowen King.

After assessing the nickname, the emperor ordered someone to send the nickname to Guanzhong, "so that the people of the entire Yan Kingdom will know about this matter and know that my humerus minister has died." ”

Sent to Guanzhong to let Murong Ke know that he gave Murong Ke's posthumous name, which was considered a move to ease relations, and he still remembered what Murong Ke said on his deathbed.

As long as he doesn't force Murong Trai to rebel, then Murong Trai will not rebel.

He believed in Murong Ke's judgment, so he made this gesture of goodwill.

……

Murong Chui received the letter from Jicheng, dressed in filial piety clothes, and almost fainted to death in grief.

When he was born, Murong Chengguang died not long after, from childhood to adulthood, it was basically Murong Ke who brought him up, and also taught him various military techniques, etc., and finally Murong Ke took him to the battlefield.

He heard that in the early Han Dynasty, there was a champion Hou Huo who was sick and was favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so when attacking the Xiongnu, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty always handed over the best soldiers to him.

When he was under Murong Ke, he was the same, he was able to make all kinds of contributions so smoothly, Murong Ke dealt with all kinds of problems for him, he only needed to command the battle, at least half of the credit should belong to Murong Ke.

People often say that the beloved son of his parents is far-reaching, Murong Ke almost taught him everything, and gave him too much help, Murong Chui is not a foolish and loyal, but if he is grateful and reciprocates, Murong Ke treats him like this, then he can't have other ideas.

In the face of the emperor's overtures, he said in a deep voice: "Please also ask the envoy to return to Your Majesty, the minister will be in Guanzhong, for the town of Dayan to guard the west, if Your Majesty gives an order, the minister is willing to charge for Your Majesty, whether it is Shuzhong or Heluo, the minister is willing to lead the crowd to charge." ”

It's actually very simple.

Guanzhong borders Shuzhong and Heluo, both of which are the territory of the Liang State, Murong Chui was originally ready to attack these two lands in order to make the strength of Guanxi Xingtai more and more powerful, but the meaning of his words is also very clear, he will not be independent, as long as the emperor does not do anything, he will always be a courtier of Dayan.

Later, he will follow Murong Ke's last wish and not be the sinner who split the Yan Kingdom.

Murong Trai couldn't see that Wang Meng, Yang Cheng and the others under his command all had thoughtful eyes, avoiding Murong Trai's eyes, and sometimes, his subordinates would really push their own lords to go.

The emperor received this reply, although he was still a little dissatisfied in his heart, but these things were already expected by him.

He is the emperor, and owns the entire land east and north of the Yellow River, Murong Trai is not his opponent, one day in the future, when the Kanto is completely unified, Murong Trai or Murong Trai's son at that time can only come to Jicheng and truly submit to the emperor.

……

What happened in Yan Guo, Liang Guo has always paid attention to it, Murong Ke really died as expected, which made Xiao Yan overjoyed, the opponent who could defeat him, he didn't expect to really die like this.

On the one hand, he was overjoyed and wanted to start a war again and completely merge Qingzhou and Yanzhou into one, but on the other hand, he palpitated, it seemed that the oath of Luoshui could not be touched at all in the future, and the conditions for the launch of this oath were too harsh.

Almost only if it is contaminated, it will be lost, and this vow must not be made as a last resort.

Luo Xianzhi was a little emotional when he learned that Murong Ke had died, but Liang Guo got rid of a big enemy, which was a very gratifying thing.

Of course, he could guess that before Murong Ke died, he must have made some efforts to prevent a war from breaking out between Emperor Yan and Murong Chui.

But.

It was as if there was none.

There is a saying in the officialdom that the county official is not as good as the current management, the person is in the position, that is the king of heaven, once he leaves, he is worthless in an instant, and he can still exert influence, which is also a basis for other aspects.

An official position can still be like this, let alone life and death.

The so-called people go tea and cool, this is the reality of the world.

The short-term peace between Murong Chui and the emperor was maintained by virtue of Murong Ke, but as time increases, this trust will gradually fade, not to mention, Luo Xianzhi will take the initiative to use it.

For a person who is good at power struggles, it is simply too simple to sow the relationship between Murong Chui and the emperor to the point where it is difficult to maintain.

He casually had 10,000 ways in his mind, which could make Murong Chui and the Emperor of Yan Kingdom fight, and then completely divide Yan Kingdom into two factions, and even if a civil war broke out, it was uncertain.

But no matter what the outcome is, it will be the Liang State that will profit in the end, and who said that the southern expedition to the north will definitely fail.

Where in this world is there anything that must be strong?

Strong and weak are interchangeable.

Although Liang cannot become stronger, as long as it makes other countries more chaotic, it is equivalent to Liang becoming stronger, which is called the relativity theory of national strength.

When Luo Xianzhi was thinking about how to completely tear the Yan Kingdom apart, suddenly a retainer hurriedly ran in and said loudly: "Family master, the big thing is not good, Your Majesty and the crown prince have an accident." ”

Emperor, crown prince, something happened?

As soon as these three words came together, Luo Xianzhi suddenly felt bad, and hurriedly asked, "What happened?" ”

The retainer hurriedly said: "I heard that it was the crown prince who cursed His Majesty the Emperor and used those witches and other means, and then when His Majesty the Emperor went to dig it, he really dug it out." ”

Witchcraft?

Luo Xianzhi was stunned, he thought it would be that kind of political discord, but he didn't expect it to be this kind of disgust.

He immediately knew that this was really a very big thing, and it was very likely that Liang Guo would split it by himself before it was time to split Yan Kingdom, and he had to rush back to Jianye City immediately.

……

In Jianye City, the people haven't felt it yet, but those nobles and officials have roughly known what is going on through a lot of gossip.

The relationship between Xiao Yan and Xiao Tong has always been relatively harmonious, Xiao Tong's status as the prince is quite stable, Xiao Yan has never changed the idea of the prince, he is quite satisfied with his son, although when he was external, he has always said that he has no excellent son, but although Xiao Tong is not good at fighting, but Wenzhi is not bad.

Luo Xianzhi knew this very well, so he never paid attention to anything about the storage position, and Xiao Yan didn't think about abolishing the elder and the young, so there was no problem.

But no one expected that with the change of time, the problem would arise.

The biggest problem is that Xiao Yan is old, there are very few people who can look down on life and death, even those emperors who are eloquent and strategic, they are also worried that they will die, Xiao Yan is not a particularly eloquent emperor, it can only be said that he is better at fighting and can use people.

Of course, he was afraid of death, especially since he believed in Buddhism, and as he grew older, he became more and more convinced of those gods and ghosts.

Xiao Yan had some favorite concubines died, he asked the prince to find land for the favorite concubine to bury, because it was a matter sent by Xiao Yan, so Xiao Tong was very serious about choosing land, and later after a series of transactions, Xiao Tong got a piece of land, but some scholars said that this land was not good for Xiao Yan's great cause, so Xiao Yan changed a piece of land.

But Xiao Tong thought that spending so much money to buy a poor piece of land was someone who was enriching his own pockets and deceiving the emperor, but he didn't know what to do, so he could only listen to Xiao Yan's thoughts, Xiao Yan knew that Xiao Tong was unhappy, and he was also a little unhappy, thinking that Xiao Tong was not filial to him.

This is where it should have ended.

But no.

There were also Fang Shi and Xiao Tong who said that this land was not good for him, and some means must be used to seal this disadvantage, so Xiao Tong followed Fang Shi's advice and used some objects to suppress it, but he didn't know that this was a trap.

It can only be said that Xiao Yan and Xiao Tong are really worthy of being father and son, and they are almost the same in terms of believing in gods and ghosts, Xiao Tong is still excusable, after all, most people in this world, even if they don't believe in gods and ghosts, but for the theory of feng shui and the theory of luck, they would rather believe it.

But Xiao Yan, he actually believed that this kind of thing was done by the prince, which was outrageous.

……

Of course, Luo Xianzhi didn't know the details, but after listening to the general experience, he knew that someone must be framing the prince.

It's just too crude.

He hurriedly entered the palace, and then saw the angry Xiao Yan, after Xiao Yan saw Luo Xianzhi appear, he didn't wait to speak, Luo Xianzhi had already said first: "The minister also asks Your Majesty to calm his anger first." ”

Xiao Yan said angrily: "How can I calm my anger, I will give him the throne in the future, but he curses me, is this right?" ”

"Of course not."

Luo Xianzhi shook his head and said, "So the prince didn't curse you. ”

Xiao Yan said angrily: "Lingxiu, the evidence is conclusive, those weird things were buried by the rebel son himself, this is what he himself admitted, I don't want to see him again at all."

I called you back because I don't trust anyone else, there must be someone else behind this matter, you help me find out what happened.

If it's really a group of traitors, we must uproot them all. ”

The last reason left by Xiao Yan was that he did not kill the prince directly, but waited for Luo Xianzhi, whom he trusted, to come back to investigate the matter, which made Luo Xianzhi breathe a sigh of relief, at least not to the point of no return.

If you kill a prince, the turmoil caused to the country is unimaginable, and once the prince dies, what is the most important thing next?

Undoubtedly!

Of course, it is to choose a new prince to come out.

Who this prince chooses, where to choose, and what criteria to choose, there is a big problem all of a sudden, and among Xiao Yan's remaining sons, there is no particularly outstanding talent.

At that time, Liang Guo still wanted to fight north?

Still thinking of taking advantage of the civil strife in Yan to rob while the fire is on fire?

At that time, it was good that Liang Guo could keep himself.

Luo Xianzhi absolutely couldn't allow this kind of thing to happen that could destroy the efforts of two generations of himself and his father, so he hurried back, and when he heard what Xiao Yan said, Luo Xianzhi immediately said: "Your Majesty, you are the father of the crown prince, don't you know your son?"

The crown prince has a good reputation among the scholars of the Liang Kingdom, although he is not good at martial arts, he is outstanding in literature, benevolent and kind, and has always been very filial to His Majesty, and the father and son have always been relatively harmonious, how can the prince suddenly curse you?

Ministers have read history, and this kind of separation between the royal family and father and son has happened more than once in history, for those ulterior purposes, and most monarchs will fall for it.

It's because those monarchs are too worried about the loss of their power, but you don't have to worry, Your Majesty, you have never heard of the deposition of a monarch who has the power of the military after reading the history of thousands of years.

As for the art of disgust?

Do you really believe it?

The minister was born in Luo's family, and the minister can tell you very confidently that there may be gods in this world, but gods are gods, people are people, as a monarch, only upright, there is no aversion to the art of victory can hurt you.

The minister believes that someone must be framing the prince, and someone must be deliberately trying to separate His Majesty and the prince. ”

Luo Xianzhi's such a large exhortation made Xiao Yan hesitate a little, and his trust in Luo Xianzhi was still quite high, "Is it really as Lingxiu said?" But why didn't the rebel speak?

Could he really be wrong? ”

Luo Xianzhi knew that Xiao Yan had been a little shaken, judging from Xiao Yan's heart, he never wanted this to happen, Luo Xianzhi said again: "Your Majesty, if you really want to blame the crown prince for this crime now, then the society of the Liang Kingdom will definitely be shaken."

At that time, starting from the minister's father, so many years of hard work have been in vain, how can you complete the great cause of the unification of the world by the Liang State?

If the so-called art of aversion to victory can change the fate of a country, it is too child's play.

Every monarch is not something that can be changed because he is tired of winning, and the minister will go to talk to the prince.

The minister guessed that someone was deliberately planning behind those monks, and His Majesty should please calm his anger. ”

Xiao Yan calmed down and sighed: "Lingxiu, this matter will be handed over to you, alas, if I don't call you back, I may have to make a big mistake." ”

Luo Xianzhi hurriedly left the emperor's palace and went to the East Palace, where the guards were extremely strict, all of them were heavily armed armor soldiers, and it seemed that Xiao Yan sent someone to imprison Xiao Tong here.

For this matter, Xiao Yan was able to restrain himself from killing Xiao Tong, in fact, it was quite difficult, many cold-blooded kings didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one at all, and they could kill their sons just because of slander.

After Luo Xianzhi entered the palace, he saw the pale prince, the crown prince Xiao Tong was originally a literati, after experiencing this incident, he only felt extremely ashamed and angry, he never thought that the trust between himself and his father would be so fragile.

"His Royal Highness the Prince."

Seeing Luo Xianzhi walk in, Xiao Tong returned the salute and said miserably: "County Prince, did your father ask you to kill Gu?" ”

Luo Xianzhi shook his head and said, "Your Highness is Your Majesty's son, how could Your Majesty kill you?" ”

Paternity?

Xiao Tong sneered miserably, "Because of the slander of the traitor, Lone is imprisoned here, life and death are not up to others, is this family affection?" ”

Luo Xianzhi said seriously: "Haven't Your Highness heard that the Heavenly Family has no family affection?" Your Majesty can pay attention to it, this is already quite difficult, Your Highness must change this mentality, and see Your Majesty's love for you.

His Majesty asked the minister to come in order to investigate this matter, and the minister believed that His Highness was completely unaware of it, and did not want to harm His Majesty, and after the persuasion of the minister, His Majesty now also thinks that His Highness is innocent.

But in this matter, there must be someone who is not innocent, and the people who His Majesty spoke to, the ministers have been taken away, and those who instruct His Highness?

If the minister wants to take these people away, and then see who is behind the scenes, he can only say that his heart can be punished. ”

Listening to Luo Xianzhi's words, Xiao Tong probably knew what Luo Xianzhi was going to do, he didn't directly say the name of that person, but asked: "County Prince, why do you trust me so much, I remember that you don't have any friendship with me, it's not worth defending me so much, and even defending it in front of my father, my father must have been very angry at that time." ”

Luo Xianzhi said softly: "The minister still has some knowledge of people, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not that kind of person.

And.

Even if the minister is wrong, but the prince is the foundation of the country, especially the prince, you are the person who cannot be lacking, you must be innocent, no matter what the facts are. ”

If these words rang in Xiao Tong's ears like a big drum, he felt that he had once again met the first important minister of the Great Liang in front of him, and the shock brought to him by this kind of courtier was indescribable.

Regardless of the facts, there is only one result!

This is contrary to what Xiao Tong has learned, but these things sound so correct, especially after Xiao Tong has experienced this incident.

He felt more and more that his previous views might not be so correct, and some changes had occurred in his heart, and he felt deeply ashamed of it.

"Jun Gong, please leave this matter to you, you are really my Liang's Dinghai Shen Needle, just like the first Jun Gong, no wonder my father will trust you."

Xiao Tong bowed deeply and used an unprecedented etiquette to worship Luo Xianzhi.

Luo Xianzhi stood.

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Meat eaters despise, can not seek far, it is true that the world is reasonable, things are like things, thinking about people is like foolishness, for the same as this, the great cause will be accomplished. ——"Essays on Governance"

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