For the meaning contained in the word 'Fengsui', Chinese civilization has never been unfamiliar.

The so-called beacon is called a beacon by raising a fire at night, and a smoke is called a beacon during the day;

But whether it is the beacon fire lit up at night or the thick black flint smoke rising into the sky during the day, in this era, it will always symbolize only one thing.

- War!

And most often, it was the northern nomads who launched a war of aggression against the agrarian civilization of the Central Plains!

Therefore, when Liu Qi, the son of the Han Dynasty, was in the palace of Shanglin Yuan and saw the beacon fire that was lit up and getting closer and closer, Tianzi Qi realized: What happened at the distant border.

Just two days later, when an 800-mile urgent military report was sent to Chang'an, the figure of Tianzi Qi had already returned to the main hall of the Xuanshu of Weiyang Palace.

It's just that for this sudden war, the Son of Heaven obviously has no psychological preparation······

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Weiyang Palace, Xuanshu Palace.

In the huge hall, only Tianzi Qi was pacing back and forth anxiously;

A military newspaper that had obviously just been opened was casually thrown on top of the imperial case by Tianziqi, lying crookedly;

Except for the Son of Heaven who was pacing back and forth, in the entire Xuanshu Palace, only the heads of the palace people could be seen.

And outside the temple······

"Generals, are you all outside the palace?"

A low voice of inquiry provoked the old eunuch on the side to hurriedly step forward.

"Yui;"

"All the generals and meritorious marquis in Chang'an have already arrived outside the hall at this moment, waiting for His Majesty to summon ······"

Hearing this, Tianzi Qi's face sank again, and he subconsciously raised his head: "Call the generals ······"

"Alas!"

As soon as he was halfway through his words, he saw that the Son of Heaven waved his hand irritably, signaled the eunuch to retreat, and continued to pace back and forth in the hall;

After a while, Tianzi Qi hurriedly turned around again: "Go and ······ that"

"Alas!"

"Go down, go down!"

After tossing back and forth several times, the old eunuch was a little confused, and a figure quietly walked into the hall, which finally made the Son of Heaven stop;

turned around and glanced at the visitor, but saw Tianzi Qi take a deep breath, force himself to hold the anger in his chest, and sat back on the couch indifferently.

Seeing this, the person who came only sighed slightly, followed lightly, and came to Tianzi Qi's side.

"It's all about this time······"

"Teacher, don't use "Cutting Domain" to block me again······"

After saying a word, he saw the Son of Heaven lying on the couch lightly, holding his forehead with his palm, rubbing it constantly, and not forgetting to use his other hand to point to the couch;

"That's the top priority right now······"

With the low and gloomy tone of the Son of Heaven, the military report on the imperial case was also gently picked up by Chao Cuo;

But what Chao Cuo didn't find was that at the same time as he picked up the military report, Tianzi Qi had already gotten up from the imperial couch, came to the edge of the imperial couch, and picked up the rather mythical Son of Heaven Chixiao Sword······

Qiang !!

A pleasant sword roar provoked Chao Mistake and hurriedly turned around!

But seeing that the Son of Heaven didn't know when, he had already pulled out the sword of the Son of Heaven from the sheath, and threw the scabbard aside casually······

"It's a tolerable ······"

Bang!!!

"—who can't bear it!!"

With the sound of artifacts falling to the ground, the palace lantern that lit dozens of candles on one side was cut off by the angry Son of Heaven, who swung out angrily with a sword!

And this sudden loud noise, as well as the candle wax scattered on all sides, did not make the palace people in the palace exclaim, but only buried their heads lower.

Seeing that Tianzi Qi waved out the Chixiao Sword in his hand angrily, and then held the sword with one hand, letting the candle wax stay along the blade of the sword and solidify it little by little, Chao Cuo had to quietly step forward.

leaned over and picked up the scabbard, and glanced at the palace people on the side of the hall;

When the palace people retreated, Chao Cuo stepped forward, held up the scabbard in his hand with both hands, and handed it to the Son of Heaven.

"But Your Majesty, I still have to endure ······"

"Your Majesty, you have to endure ······"

"—How to endure ?!!"

Without waiting for Chao Wrong's voice to fall, he saw the Son of Heaven suddenly turn his head sideways!

He glared at Chao Cuo with a fierce look, and then slowly looked away with monstrous anger.

"To the robbers!"

"To the insatiable thief?!"

"—Whoever is alive cannot bear it!"

A few more angry shouts, the anger in the chest of the Son of Heaven was finally forced to push down a little;

But this is not because the Son of Heaven has lost his anger, but in front of Chao Mistake, he can only suppress the monstrous anger into his heart······

"Alas~"

Hearing Tianzi Qi's words, Chao Cuo couldn't help but nod his head full of embarrassment, and between his eyebrows, there was a touch of empathetic humiliation.

But in the end, Chao Cuo was still the same as Tianzi Qi, and forced himself to suppress this lingering anger·····

"The Hun thief is an insatiable robber~"

"But for Your Majesty, the Northern Barbarian Huns, in the end, are just skin troubles;"

"No, it's a disease of the heart······"

"What is even more terrible now is the internal ······"

"——Those scheming clan princes are staring at Your Majesty, waiting for Your Majesty to make the wrong move······"

With Chao Cuo's low and gentle tone, Tianzi Qi couldn't help but look sideways again, and the anger on his face was forced down a little.

But in those bright eyes that were burning with a raging fire, it was not difficult to see that the Son of Heaven in front of him was still angry······

"I know!"

"If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have been able to summon the generals immediately, mobilize the soldiers in the whole pass, and go to the Great Wall!"

"—go and fight with his thief and retainer, and have a !!"

There was another roar, but it caused Chao to sigh and lower his head;

After a little thought, he stepped forward worriedly.

"Recently, when I think of those clan princes and ministers who are scheming and plotting in the secret room, it can be said that I can't sleep well all day;"

"—Of course, they won't sleep well either."

"But the minister doesn't sleep well, it's because of how to calm the world, and he sleeps all night~"

"And they can't sleep well, but they are busy, how to let the rivers and mountains and sheji left by Emperor Taizu Gao fall into chaos······"

The words full of worry finally made Tianzi Qi completely calm down;

But if you make a mistake, it's not over yet.

"Right now, the Hun thieves have once again destroyed the agreement reached with the Huns by the first emperor and the Huns, and they have waved their troops south to invade the border wall of my Han family;"

"Even at the age of the minister, he can't wait to hang up the seal immediately and devote himself to the army!"

"-I can't go to the Great Wall immediately to avenge the dead loyal ministers and righteous soldiers and the people on the border wall!"

"But Your Majesty must know: those princes and princes can expect Your Majesty to be angry and ······ as just said."

"Just count on Your Majesty to mobilize the power of the entire court to have a protracted war with the Hun thieves."

"Because only in this way will the court be unable to get rid of the entanglement of the Hun thieves and exhaust the power accumulated by Emperor Taizong for many years;"

"In the end, one of them will reap the benefits of the fisherman·········"

In a heart-wrenching tone, he said that this made the Son of Heaven Qi, and he couldn't help but grit his teeth, and finally lowered his head and bowed to the Son of Heaven.

At this time, Tianzi Qi was still standing in place, standing by the palace lamp that had been cut off by himself, still holding the Chixiao Tianzi Sword in his hand, but his eyebrows were already full of humiliation······

"What does the teacher mean that you won't let me see the generals?"

"Do you want me to endure such humiliation and watch the Hun robbers act recklessly on the border of my Han family?"

"Then take the property, grain and rice that were looted from the hands of the people of my Han family, and even kidnap the people, and then go away?!"

Seeing that above the face of the Son of Heaven, there were signs of anger again, but Chao Cuo only sighed leisurely and walked forward slowly;

At this moment, the internal history that has long been different from a few years ago has finally revealed a trace of the demeanor that the 'Son of Heaven Teacher' should have.

"Your Majesty······"

"The grudge between my Han family and the Huns can be said to have been around ······for a long time."

"Originally, it was Han Wangxin;"

"Received the kindness of Emperor Taizu Gao, but surrendered to the Huns in his own capital, Mayi."

"-Emperor Taizu Gao was furious when he heard this, and then he drove the expedition himself!"

"In the end, he ended up in the siege of Baideng and almost ruined the society······"

As he spoke, Chao Cuo stepped forward, and the sad look on his face became more and more sad as he took more and more steps.

"That battle made Emperor Taizu Gao realize that if he couldn't stabilize the interior, he would definitely not be able to start a war with the Xiongnu."

"Therefore, after Emperor Taizu Gao ascended the throne, until his death, he always ran on the road to pacify the princes with different surnames······"

"——After exhausting his life's work, the hidden dangers of the princes with different surnames were finally eradicated by Emperor Taizu Gao himself;"

"However, as a clan prince who replaced the princes with different surnames and helped the court govern the local area, it gradually became a new scourge······

As Chao Cuo became more and more mournful and his tone became more and more solemn, the expression on the face of Tianzi Qi finally disappeared with anger;

In its place, there was a lingering resentment and humiliation that never disappeared from the heart······

"After the death of Emperor Taizu Gao, Empress Dowager Lu took power;"

"Later, the Empress Dowager Lu made all the nephews of Lu Zi as kings and marquises, which eventually led to the Zhulu Rebellion, forcing the princes and ministers to unite inside and outside, so that I could barely let my Han family and not die at the hands of the Lu family."

"But it was also after the Zhulu Rebellion that Emperor Xiaowen of the First Taizong entered the succession, so that the princes of the Kwantung clan no longer had the reverence for the supreme sacredness;"

"——At that time, the reason why the princes of the clan were willing to send troops was ostensibly to exterminate the Lu traitors, but in fact, they themselves also wanted to sit in that supreme position······"

In the end, Chao Cuo finally stood beside Tianzi Qi, lowered his head, looked at the Chixiao Tianzi Sword that had been 'sealed' by candle wax, and couldn't help but let out another sigh.

"When the first emperor was in power, the Xiongnu committed a border;"

"——Emperor Taizong Xiaowen at that time was also the same as His Majesty today!"

"With full of anger, I mobilized all the forces I could mobilize and arrived in Taiyuan."

"But before Emperor Taizong Xiaowen saw the face of the Xiongnu thieves, the news of the rebellion of Liu Xingju, the king of Jibei, came to Guandong, so that Emperor Taizong had to turn around and go to Guandong to quell the rebellion······"

"That time, the court spent countless money, food, weapons, and even more effort;"

"In the end, because of the rebellion of the king of Jibei, everything was in vain······"

Hearing this, Tianzi Qicai finally sighed bitterly and shook his head, looked down at the dripping candle wax solidified on the blade, and then smiled miserably.

"I remember;"

"Of course I remember······"

"Since then, my father, the Emperor has never mentioned the Huns, let alone worn that armor or armor again."

"Jia Yi's "Public Security Policy", that is, after the rebellion of Liu Xingju, the king of Jibei, was moved to the court's ······"

Hearing the words of the Son of Heaven, a smile of relief finally slowly appeared on his wrong face.

Lowered his head, bent down slightly, and used the hilt of the sword in his hand to put the Chixiao Sword in Tianzi Qi's hand back into the scabbard.

When Tianzi Qi noticed his actions, Chao Cuo only straightened up and let out a long sigh leisurely.

"The "Cutting Strategy" has not yet been implemented;"

"The hidden dangers of the clan princes have not been eradicated."

"If you don't want the army sent out and the grain and grass allocated out go to waste, because of the rebellion of a certain clan prince and prince, your majesty, you must endure."

"—Now, it's not time for Your Majesty to draw his sword······"

"Even if you draw your sword, you should never point it at the north·········"

As Chao Cuo's calm tone came into his ears, Tianzi Qi finally took a deep breath and spit it out with sorrow;

Raising his hand, the Chixiao Heavenly Son Sword that had been put into the scabbard, Liu Qi finally shook his head and sighed, and threw the sword to the palace people on the side.

Putting his hands behind his back, he slowly walked to the royal couch, and sat down with a wry smile.

"Go;"

"Tell the generals to go back······"

"-The Huns committed the border, it was already three days ago;"

"Even if I send troops, it will take another seven days to set out, and more than half a month before I can support the side wall."

"By that time, the Huns would have already returned with a full load and fled······"

With a wry smile on his face, Liu Qi did not forget to slowly raise his head and look at the teacher beside him.

"Recently, the teacher should pay more attention to the recital report from Daiguo······

"If nothing else, the Huns will send envoys to blackmail again······"

Hearing the sorrow and despair in the tone of Tianzi Qi, Chao Cuo only smiled and stepped forward and knelt down on the banquet next to the imperial couch;

After the palace people left, a moment later, they brought back the news that 'the generals have returned', and Chao Cuo took a deep breath and comforted his students.

"Your Majesty is still young;"

"There is still a chance to avenge today's humiliation."

"——As long as the hidden dangers of the clan princes are eradicated, and Your Majesty wants to raise troops to the north and fight a decisive battle with the Huns, the ministers will have no reason to dissuade them."

"But "Cutting the Domain", no matter what, it can't be delayed any longer······"

Hearing this, Tianzi Qi only smiled bitterly and shook his head, and then looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh.

"I don't know······"

"I don't know that the princes of the clan are the diseases of my Han family?"

"Don't you know, only by sweeping away the shortcomings of the clan relatives and princes, can you fight a decisive battle with the Huns on the side wall, and have no worries?"

"But the implementation of the "Cutting Domain" ······"

"It's harder than ·········"

There was a sigh full of embarrassment, and a slightly sarcastic smile immediately appeared on the face of the Son of Heaven;

"At the beginning, it was Prime Minister Shen Tujia, who desperately wanted to burn with my jade, and he would never nod his head on the matter of "Cutting the Domain"!"

"I finally made Shen Tujia shut up and stayed at home honestly, and now, the queen mother jumped out again······"

"—Shen Tujia, a courtier;"

"The courtiers are disrespectful, and I can still find a way to cure it."

"But the queen mother, but my biological mother?"

"I'm a son, can I still do it!"

Halfway through his words, Tianziqi's words stopped abruptly, and a touch of suffocation immediately swelled between his eyebrows.

Chao Cuo obviously guessed that the second half of Tianziqi's sentence was, 'Can you dig the Taimiao again?', so he also lowered his head in amazement and stopped talking.

I don't know how long it took, Chao Cuo tentatively raised his head again, and said with half persuasion and half expectation: "Queen Mother, you should be able to hold the weight ······"

"In this kind of major matter related to the temple and the society, the Queen Mother will not be too stubborn······"

The unconfident voice did not weaken the depression in Tianziqi's heart;

I only got down on the couch irritably, supported my forehead with my hands, and slowly closed my eyes······

"Your Majesty."

After a long while, when Chao Cuo was about to retreat quietly, a prayer came from the door of the temple, and the Son of Heaven opened his eyes leisurely;

I saw that the palace gate guard took a step forward and bowed his hand to the first son of heaven.

"Your Majesty;"

"Gongzi Sheng, he is asking to see him outside the palace."

"It seems that the queen mother brought the news ······ Gongzi Sheng"

"-What news?!"

Before the palace gatekeeper finished speaking, he saw the Son of Heaven on the royal couch sit up straight suddenly, staring directly at the palace gatekeeper!

was frightened by Tianzi Qi's reaction, and the palace guard couldn't help but be a little nervous;

After a while, Liu Sheng's words were relayed to Tianzi Qi word for word.

"The Queen Mother Tuo Gongzi Sheng told Her Majesty: The national disaster is at the head, and the short matter in the family is put aside······"

In just one sentence, it made Tianzi Qi immediately smile, and his face, which was still full of sorrow, also ignited a raging fighting spirit!

And after another performance from the palace gatekeeper, the fighting spirit on the face of the Son of Heaven finally brought a little peace of mind.

"In addition to the queen mother's message, Gongzi Sheng, also invited the prime minister into the palace."

"Gongzi Sheng said: Your Majesty may need the prime minister by your side at this moment, ready to answer the question······"

(End of chapter)