After a while, Tianzi Qi, who still had a little sadness on his face, but had already wiped away his tears, walked out of the main gate of the small courtyard.

Looking at Shen Tujia in front of him, supported by Liu Pengzu, the seventh child, the Son of Heaven wanted to speak, but he had to give up.

- In this situation, Tianzi Qi, I really don't know what else I can say to Shen Tujia······

The complicated expression is very similar to the future generations, a father who hid this person and worked the construction site was broken by his family on the spot.

There is apprehension, there is embarrassment;

There is bitterness, and there is helplessness······

Feeling this gradually strange aura, the veteran on the side had no choice but to turn around and quietly let the sergeants disperse to martial law twenty or thirty paces away;

Even the old man retreated silently into the distance, lest he hear something he shouldn't hear.

"Prime Minister······

"Uh, why is the prime minister here?"

After being silent for a long time, he finally squeezed out such a non-embarrassing question, and Tianzi Qi's face that could still see some tear stains couldn't help but feel a little cramped.

Seeing that Shen Tujia didn't answer, but kept looking at the street corner not far away, Liu Qi also reacted in hindsight;

"The old seven are here······"

"Little Nine ·········"

As soon as he reacted to Shen Tujia's side, there didn't seem to be Liu Sheng's figure, and at the corner of the street where Shen Tujia was looking forward to, two figures walked out.

"Slippery!"

"Forty-year-old old man, grinding and chirping all day long!"

- a drunken body with a wry smile on his face;

and Liu Sheng, who rolled up his sleeves and pushed down against Chao Mistake······

Seeing that Chao Cuo was also caught by Liu Sheng, Tianzi Qi finally took a deep breath and let out a long sigh helplessly.

Shaking his head and sighing, he turned around, raised his head towards Shen Tujia in front of him, and was about to speak, but saw Shen Tujia trembling and stretching out his hand, and slowly knelt down in front of Tianzi Qi with the support of Liu Pengzu.

The knees that couldn't stop trembling instantly sank into the mud after the rain;

But it didn't let Shen Tujia's attention take away from the bamboo slip in his hand, which had obviously been prepared a long time ago.

"The prime minister's late Anhou Shen Tujia, a hundred worships ······ death"

"I beg Your Majesty, Xu Chen, to beg for the bones to tell the old ·········"

a hoarse tone, an extremely slow pace of speech;

The rickety body is full of bitter faces.

Coupled with this sentence 'Xu Chen begs his bones to tell him old age', it only adds a bit of helplessness to the already extremely bitter face of the Son of Heaven.

Looking at Shen Tujia in front of him, who was kneeling on the ground, holding the resignation watch in his hand high above his head, and presenting it in front of him, Tianzi Qi only looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh.

"Prime Minister, why do you want to do this······

"Do you want me to lose the only two old ministers I can trust in the same day·······

"Prime Minister, why did you do this to me············

Speaking with vicissitudes of life, Tianzi Qi only shook his head again, still in the posture of holding his hands behind his back and looking up to the sky;

The tears that had just been wiped away also slipped from the corners of Tianziqi's eyes again, and finally settled on the earlobes, drooping.

"Don't you know, don't you want to do this?"

"Don't you know that I did it out of desperation?"

"Why do you want to return to your hometown again to express your dissatisfaction with me?"

"Could it be that I, really a monarch who is not worthy of service, really disappointed the prime minister so much, do I have to return to my hometown at the critical moment of life and death of this temple and society······

Tianzi Qi's grief-stricken questioning did not weaken the resolute look on Shen Tujia's face in the slightest;

Raising his head to himself, still maintaining the posture of 'kneeling and playing', Shen Tujia's gaze at Tianzi Qi was even more solemn.

"Chen, I'm old."

"It shouldn't be any longer."

"The position of prime minister should be left to a more suitable person."

As he spoke, Shen Tujia turned his head slightly and looked at Chao Zhuo, who was standing in front of Liu Sheng with a wry smile, not far away;

Then, he turned his head again and looked at the Tianzi Qi in front of him with great seriousness, still full of sorrow.

"According to the rules of successive prime ministers since Emperor Taizu Gao, after the ministers leave office, they can recommend a successor to His Majesty."

"Therefore, the minister hopes that His Majesty will allow the minister to sue the old man;"

"——And after the minister leaves office, appoint Nei Shi Chao Cuo as the new prime minister!"

"The internal history is wrong, he is the old minister of His Majesty's palace, as early as the time of the first emperor, he has offered many good policies for governing the country."

"Now, Chao Cuo has also been doing a few years of internal history, proving himself and having the ability to be a prime minister."

"It is more beneficial for the Han family to be the prime minister by Chao Cuo, who only knows how to fight on the battlefield, but does not know how to govern the country and the people at all."

"With a prime minister like Chao Cuo by his side, His Majesty can also handle government affairs more easily and achieve his goals more smoothly······

Hearing Shen Tujia's mechanical words, Tianzi Qi only lowered his head slowly;

There were still tears in the corners of his eyes, but there was a bleak smile at the corners of his mouth that was more ugly than crying.

"Prime Minister, why is this so troublesome······"

As soon as these words came out, Shen Tujia's unfinished words came to an abrupt end;

Looking at Tianzi Qi's tearful and wry face, and when he looked at himself, his head was still shaking from side to side, Shen Tujia finally lowered his head slowly.

With a sad face, he looked at the scroll of ink in his hand, and thought about it for a long time.

In the end, Shen Tujia still raised his head and looked at the front of him with a determined expression, as if he was 'determined'.

"It's been almost ten years since the minister became the prime minister."

"What kind of person the minister is, Your Majesty, is very clear."

Saying this, Shen Tujia finally reached out and straightened up with Liu Pengzu's support.

With a slight sigh, Shen Tujia's eyes full of bitterness looked to the side, also with a bitter face.

"Your Majesty knows that the minister is a person who has a clear distinction between public and private."

"Regarding the wrong thing, the minister will not tell His Majesty: this is Yuan An's personal vendetta in the communiqué;"

"I won't remind Your Majesty of what an important position this teacher of teaching is in Your Majesty's heart."

"——In the past, no matter what kind of things happened, the ministers would only point out the pros and cons for His Majesty from the perspective of the temple and the society."

"And the same is true of Chao Mistake."

As he spoke, Shen Tujia lowered his head again, flipped the bamboo slip in his hand, and threw it to Liu Pengzu beside him.

Then, I saw Shen Tujia sigh a long sigh;

When Shen Tu Jia raised his head again and looked at the Son of Heaven, Shen Tu Jia's temperament only instantly exuded an extremely strong might!

It's not like the Son of Heaven, who can't help but want to bow down to the coercion;

It's a powerful contagion that makes people want to sit down and listen to what Shen Tujia has to say.

"Chao mistakenly died, for the temple and the community, there are advantages and disadvantages!"

"——The advantage lies in the traitorous kings such as Liu Wei and Liu Wu, who have raised the banner of 'punishing Chao wrong and Qianjun testing'."

"As long as Chao Cuo dies and the rebels do not retreat, this banner will be self-defeating;"

"The true colors and true purposes of Liu Bi, Liu Wu and other traitors will also be immediately revealed in front of the world."

"From now on, no one will help the rebels, and no one will ever think that Liu Bi is right."

"The hearts of the people in the world are towards Han, and if Liu Bi is abandoned by the world, there will never be the slightest possibility of success."

pointed out in a low tone that 'Chao Wrong Death' is beneficial to the central government of Chang'an, and he saw that Shen Tujia's face changed suddenly;

A moment ago, the face that was still full of bamboo on the chest immediately swelled with a lingering worry.

"But didn't Your Majesty take into account: Compared with this benefit, Chao Wrong's death will bring disadvantages to the temple and the community, but it is enough to make Your Majesty uneasy all night?"

"Even after a hundred years of Your Majesty, you will have no face to face Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Xiaowen of the first Taizong, and you can only have hair covering your face?"

"—Don't you hear: The Son of Heaven is angry, and the blood is drifting?"

"-Don't you hear: the power of the Son of Heaven is untouchable by ghosts and gods?"

"Liu Bi and Liu Wu are just the clan princes who were able to inherit the throne by virtue of the blood of their ancestors;"

"And Chao Cuo was carefully cultivated by Emperor Xiaowen of Emperor Taizong and left to His Majesty's appointed important ministers and henchmen of the humerus."

"Now, Liu Wei and Liu Wu violated the oath made by themselves and their ancestors to Emperor Taizu Gao, and brazenly raised troops, wanting to usurp Liu's temple and Sheji!"

"Your Majesty, as the emperor and their monarch, not only will you punish them for this, but will let a henchman like Chao Cuo, a social important minister, wear court clothes and be punished outside the market as they hope?"

"If Your Majesty really does this, where is the prestige of the Han official?"

"Where is the prestige of the court?"

"Your Majesty, how can you be majestic······"

said this earnestly, and Shen Tujia's eyebrows were full of worry;

The eagerness in his eyes is even more eager to pick up Tianziqi's head and stuff his own head into it!

"Your Majesty, why don't you want to think about it;"

"Today, in order to quell the rebellion, Your Majesty can kill his teacher and the internal history of the imperial court outside the market."

"Then tomorrow, for what purpose will Your Majesty kill the other people in the court?"

"-Your Majesty's mistake in killing Chao will not even exchange for the rebels to retreat, it will only destroy their banner of righteousness!"

"This is enough for Your Majesty to kill your own teacher."

"Then from now on, who will dare to give advice to His Majesty?"

"Who else dares to plan for the temple and the society?"

"When the country has trouble, how can there be people around Your Majesty who can be trusted and appointed???

The earnest voice made the mistakes on the side a little moved.

The bitterness on his face before gradually turned into a touch of admiration.

——At this moment, Chao Cuo seemed to have vaguely touched something in the dark.

What it is, Chao Cuo can't say.

But Chao Cuo can clearly realize that this thing is the only difference between his own 'internal history' and Shen Tujia's 'prime minister'.

There is only one trace of difference, and it is a very crucial difference······

In front of Shen Tujia, hearing Shen Tujia's unabashed reminder, the face of the Son of Heaven Qiben was still full of vicissitudes, and some doubts quietly sprung up.

Previously, when he made up his mind to pay the price of 'cutting off his mistakes' in exchange for the rebels losing the banner of righteousness, Tianziqi of course also realized that his actions would definitely damage the Han court and even his own prestige.

It's just that when he realized this problem, Tianziqi only took it for granted: this is the price he should pay;

As for the other possible consequences of this move, Tianzi Qi did not think about it.

In other words, it is subconsciously forcing yourself not to think about it.

But at this moment, when Shen Tujia, who had just coughed and fainted yesterday and was carried home by the palace officials to recuperate, he was supported by his two sons and appeared outside the small courtyard where Tianzi Qi and Chao were saying goodbye;

When Shen Tujia ignored the mud on the ground, he resolutely knelt down in front of him, presented his resignation, and elected Chao Cuo as his successor;

And in the end, when he asked this sentence 'From now on, who else dares to serve His Majesty', Tianzi Qi finally found that he seemed to have ignored something.

It was this thing that was ignored by oneself that made what Tianzi Qi thought was a 'price that must be paid', and turned it into a stupid move with endless consequences······

Frowning and thinking, Tianzi Qi finally raised his head and swept his gaze from everyone present.

- Shen Tujia in front of him still had a sad look, with apprehensive, urgent, but expectant eyes, waiting for his reply;

Beside Shen Tujia, Liu Pengzu, who was supporting Shen Tujia, although he did not speak, his eyes also glanced at Tianzi Qi from time to time, and obviously agreed with Shen Tujia's opinion.

turned his head sideways, not far from him, he stopped talking and stopped, and his face was inexplicably a little ashamed;

And beside Chao Cuo······

"If I'm not mistaken;"

"-Katsu Gongzi, but he is very disgusted with internal history."

"Why didn't Sheng Gongzi celebrate the death of Neishi in Guangming Hall today, but appeared here?"

Looking at Liu Sheng's gaze at Chao Cuo, his gaze was obviously full of disdain and resentment, but he didn't forget to block behind Chao Cuo at all times, for fear that Chao Cuo would escape, Tianzi Qi only subconsciously asked a question;

When he reacted, Tianzi Qi couldn't help but be startled!

- What does this bastard do, I ask?

After thinking about it for a long time, Tianzi Qicai finally understood why he asked Liu Sheng.

Because Liu Sheng is the person who wants to die the most among the people that Tianzi Qi knows!

And after Shen Tujia's painstaking persuasion, Tianziqi's wavering heart made Tianziqi subconsciously think of Liu Sheng.

"If even you, bastard, think that Chao Wrong doesn't deserve to die······"

"That's wrong, maybe it's really not a damn ·········"

Thinking like this, Tianzi Qi also raised his head slightly, and looked at Liu Sheng's gaze, and immediately brought some urging.

But seeing that Chao was behind him, when he heard Tianzi Qi's cold question, Liu Sheng only pouted angrily;

He glared at Chao Cuo in front of him viciously, and then said indignantly: "If you want to say that there are a hundred people in this world who want Chao Cuo to die, then ninety-nine of them must be people admired by Erchen." ”

"-The person left, that is, Erchen!"

"If there are ten people in the world who want to die by mistake, then these ten people must be my Liu clan relatives!"

"—Erchen, it must be one of these ten people!"

"If there is only one person in the world, there is only one person who wants to die ······ wrong"

"-Then this person will definitely be a son!!"

expressed himself without hesitation, and the monstrous anger of Chao Cuo, Liu Sheng's face couldn't help but sink a little more;

But when Liu Sheng turned his head away and moved his gaze from Chao Cuo to the direction of Tianzi Qi, Shen Tujia, and his brother Liu Pengzu not far away, the eyes that were red with hatred revealed a trace of clarity with great difficulty.

"But it's wrong, I can't die yet."

"-At least you can't die before Liu Bi!"

Liu Sheng's reluctant tone reached his ears, and finally provoked the Son of Heaven to relax, slowly turned sideways, and cast his increasingly puzzled gaze on Liu Sheng's face that was still a little unwilling.

saw Liu Sheng's gloomy face turned his head sideways, and then looked deeply at Chao Cuo beside him;

took a few deep breaths, barely calmed himself down, and then stepped forward a little and gave a perfunctory hand to Tianzi Qi.

"The son has only one question, he wants to ask his father."

"-Liu Bi and Liu Wu are all relatives and princes of my Han family;"

"And in the future, the sons will also be sealed by their father and the emperor to Kanto, and become the same clan princes as Liu Bi and Liu Wu."

"Now, Liu Bi and Liu Wu said: We are not plotting rebellion, we just want to kill Chao Cuo, so we raised troops;"

"And the father emperor is also planning to kill Chao Cuo as Liu Bi and Liu Wu said."

"Then what will my father do in the future?"

After a few words, Liu Sheng finally felt that the anger in his heart had calmed down a little;

Forcing himself not to look at Chao Cuo behind him, and taking a deep breath, Liu Sheng's tone, which was still full of anger, finally calmed down completely.

Turning sideways, he raised his hand and pointed at the corner of the street, where he was under martial law.

"Erchen and Zhonglang Jiangzhi have grudges, which is known to women and children in Chang'an."

"After that, if the son becomes a prince of the clan, can he also raise troops in his own feudal country like Liu Bi and Liu Wu, and then force his father to kill Zhidu?"

"——Erchen raised a banner of 'Zhu Zhidu, Qianjun Test', does the father want to be like today, and call Zhidu and also to the market to be punished?"

"If there are other clan relatives and princes, they also follow the same example, under the banner of 'Zhu Chaotang, Qianjun Test', and raise troops in the fiefdom to rebel, what should my father do?"

"In order to let the true face of the rebels be unreservedly displayed in front of the people of the world, does my father want to kill the entire court and shed a river of blood?"

"Do you want to be willing to cut off your right arm for the sake of a rebellious minister and thief who is disrespectful to his father and the emperor, and to do this kind of thing that hurts his relatives and makes his enemies happy?"

In the end, Liu Sheng was even more 'hating iron does not become steel', and there was a faint disdain in his gaze when he looked at Tianziqi!

"Father, haven't you read Mencius?"

"-Haven't you heard of the father, there is a saying: The one who started the culprit has no ??? aftermath"

(End of chapter)