Good news came from Kanto one after another, so that the entire Chang'an City was immersed in the joy of victory.

In just three months, the rebellion initiated by Liu Bi, the king of Wu, Liu Wu, the king of Chu, took the lead in responding, and Liu Ang, the king of Jiaoxi, Liu Xiongqu, the king of Jiaodong, Liu Xian, the king of Jiangchuan, Liu Piguang, the king of Jinan, and Liu Sui, the king of Zhao, vied to follow, and was basically quelled.

In Chang'an half a month ago, people were still talking about Taiwei Zhou Yafu, whether he was a timid and mediocre minister, or a traitor with great ambitions;

- What kind of thing is Zhou Yafu?!

And now, as long as Zhou Yafu is mentioned, people will give a thumbs up and praise from the bottom of their hearts: Zhou Taiwei Niu X!

Before, I was talking a little louder;

- What am I?!

When the rebellion was put down, the people were naturally full of joy and looked forward to a better life in the future.

Because victory means that those Guanzhong sons who go out with the army will triumph with martial arts and change the fate of the family in one fell swoop.

But the joy of celebrating with this whole world is a little incompatible: in the aristocratic settlement outside Weiyang Palace-Shangguanli, almost everyone has a look of sadness on their faces······

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"Teacher;"

"Teacher?"

"The prince is back······"

Therefore, Anhou Mansion, inner courtyard bedroom.

The bedroom, which was not big and full of shabby, was suddenly crowded just because of the influx of Liu Sheng, Liu Pengzu, the prince Shen Tu Contempt, the Son of Heaven, and an old lady doctor and a historian;

On the couch, Shen Tujia's eyes were closed, and his face was bloodless;

On the edge of the couch, the old lady lowered her eyebrows and shook her head, sighing non-stop;

In front of the couch, Hou Shizi Shen Tu knelt on the ground, weeping and speechless.

And after Liu Sheng's soft call, Shen Tujia, who was lying flat on the couch, finally slowly opened his eyes.

"The ······ of the Prince"

"Oh······"

"It's Mi'er back······"

The weak murmur provoked Shen Tu Jia to hurriedly kneel forward, stretched out his hand with tears in his eyes, held Shen Tu Jia's old hand all over the ravine, and put it on his face.

"Father!"

"Children are not filial······"

"—Child! Unfilial~"

There was a cry of sorrow, but Shen Tujia turned his head sideways and opened his eyelids, which were as heavy as ten thousand;

Staring at Shen Tu Jia beside him, after looking at it for a long time, Shen Tu Jia blinked and nodded lightly to the old man who was over fifty years old.

"Take care of my brother······"

"Take care of the clan ······"

"Want, to restrain the nephews... Strictly guard the door and ······"

In just a few numbers, Shen Tujia said it with great difficulty, and before he even had time to finish speaking, he closed his eyes again tiredly.

Seeing this situation, Hou Shizi Shen Tu contempt only lowered his head in grief, gently put his forehead on Shen Tujia's hand, knelt on the edge of the couch, and wept silently······

"Your Majesty?"

After a while, the old lady doctor sitting on the edge of the collapse quietly got up and walked to Tianziqi's side;

Softly said 'Your Majesty', the old lady doctor glanced at Shen Tujia again, and then cast his gaze on Tianzi Qi's face full of grief.

After a long time, the Son of Heaven Qicai let out a long sigh leisurely, endured all the unbearable in his heart, and slowly nodded to the old lady.

Instructed by the Son of Heaven, the old lady couldn't help but take a deep breath and returned to the edge of the couch full of embarrassment.

He took out a set of silver needles from the wooden box, carefully picked up a few of them, heated them on the oil lamp held by Liu Sheng, and stabbed them on several acupuncture points on the top of Shen Tujia's head, on the side of his ears, and on the back of his head.

Seeing the Imperial Doctor's actions, everyone in the bedroom also realized what was about to happen next.

——In a moment, the two brothers Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng were both on the side of the couch, close to Shen Tujia's head;

Hou Shizi Shen Tumao also gave up his position in front of the couch.

After a while, when the old lady doctor took out the silver needles from the acupuncture points on Shen Tujia's head, a table had already been placed in front of Shen Tujia's couch.

The Son of Heaven Qi sat in front of the desk, raised his head without squinting, and waited quietly for Shen Tujia to wake up;

On the side of Tianzi Qi, the historian had already prepared bamboo slips and brushes, his eyes looked directly at the blank bamboo slips in his hand, and his attention was completely focused on the next conversation between the monarch and the minister.

Everyone is ready to welcome this scene that will go down in history and be sung for future generations.

And Shen Tujia finally opened his eyes leisurely under the gaze of everyone who was sad and faintly with a little seriousness.

"Uh······"

A slightly weak murmur provoked Shen Tu's contempt on the side to pause for a moment;

Hurriedly stepped forward, gently helped Shen Tujia up, and sat up on the edge of the couch.

Then, Shen Tujia, who was rejuvenated on his face, only took a breath, and looked solemnly at Tianzi Qi, who was sitting in front of him and kneeling in front of the desk.

"There are still some things I want to say to Your Majesty;"

"-The prime minister can be blunt."

After a very brief opening remark, Shen Tujia, who had accelerated towards death, began to race against time to leave his last words.

"Now that the rebellion has been put down, Your Majesty should seize the opportunity to eradicate the problem of the clan princes in one fell swoop with the power of a great victory!"

"There are a few key ones;"

"——The sons of Tui'en mentioned by Jia Yi in "Public Security Policy" must become customized!"

"——The power of the princes and princes of the clan to appoint officials of the kingdom and above at the level of 2,000 stone and above must be deprived!"

"—Except for the princes in the frontier areas such as Yan and Dai, the number of the other princes' guards must be reduced to less than three thousand; Except for the princes' guards, the other armies should be controlled by the county lieutenants, and the princes and kings must not interfere! ”

"Moreover, the princes' king's guards must also be controlled by the princes' kings' lieutenants alone, and any official position in the princes' kings' guards must not be appointed by the princes and kings!"

"—especially the lieutenant!"

"In addition to the power of encouragement, the right to appoint and dismiss officials, and the power of soldiers, other powers must also be restricted to varying degrees."

"There is only one ultimate goal: through Jia Yi's "Tui En Ce", it will take three to five generations to decompose the current clan vassal states into Chehou feudal states."

"This goal is absolutely unshakable!"

"Whoever dares to point fingers at this target, His Majesty can directly put him to death without interrogation!!"

The words full of neutrality only attracted the Son of Heaven to nod again and again, and it also made the historians on the side write hard for a while;

And in the bedroom, looking at Shen Tujia, who was still lying on the couch and couldn't open his eyelids, at this moment, he was like a person who had nothing to do, explaining the future to Tianziqi, and everyone in the bedroom lowered their heads with tears.

- Shen Tujia, it's not that his condition is improving;

Instead, with the permission of the Son of Heaven, he was forcibly awakened by the imperial doctor, and at the cost of overdrawing his last vitality, he was exchanged for this precious moment of sobriety.

In the words of later generations, the current Shentu Jia is in a state of returning to the light······

"What the prime minister said, I will keep it firmly in my heart, and I dare not forget a word!"

"All the Prime Minister's proposals, I will accept them to the letter!"

After a short silence, the Son of Heaven Qiman spoke in a firm tone, and the people who were silent in grief were 'awakened' again;

But when he saw Shen Tujia sitting on the edge of the couch, he was visibly depressed in just a moment.

Xu Shi himself also felt that 'time is running out', and Shen Tujia's next speech speed was also significantly faster;

Halfway through speaking, he gasped even more.

"After solving the problem of the clan princes, there will be no more major problems in Kanto."

"But this rebellion consumed a lot of the goods, ordnance, grain and grass accumulated in the treasury;"

"If you want to fight a decisive battle with the Huns, you need Your Majesty to continue to endure humiliation, pay light taxes, and recuperate with the people."

"——At least another twenty years, re-accumulate enough strength before Your Majesty can send an army north to fight the Huns."

"If you are not prepared, the accumulation of the first emperor and your majesty over the past few decades will be in vain······"

Feeling the sound of Shen Tujia's gradually rapid breathing, Tianzi Qi only nodded hurriedly.

"Prime Minister rest assured."

"I understand."

"—Even if I can live for another twenty years, I will definitely hand over this responsibility to the next generation of emperors;"

"If you don't make all preparations, I will never allow anyone to destroy the power that the first emperor has accumulated for the temple and the society."

As soon as Tianzi Qi's voice fell, Shen Tujia hurriedly nodded, and continued without a moment's delay: "After the minister, the most qualified person to become the prime minister should be the fault of the internal history; ”

"But Emperor Taizu Gao once set a rule: a person who is not a marquis of Che cannot become a prime minister."

"Therefore, after the minister, Your Majesty can let the Marquis Zhou Yafu be the prime minister, and then wait for the opportunity to release Chao Cuo and go to the army for training."

"When Neishi sets up a martial arts and gets the title of Marquis of Che, Zhou Yafu will definitely ask His Majesty to resign because he is impatient with government affairs."

"——Zhou Yafu is a very capable, but also very arrogant person."

"If you can, Your Majesty should try to be as patient and tolerant as possible with Zhou Yafu······"

After another hurried speech, the Son of Heaven nodded again, but Shen Tujia had already scattered some of his eyes;

As if drunk, his eyes shook for a moment, and then subconsciously stretched out his hand to hold the edge of the couch.

Using all his strength and maintaining a sitting position in front of him, Shen Tu Jiacai gasped and raised his head slightly towards the prince Shen Tu on the side, as well as the brothers Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng.

"The son of the minister, contempt;"

"Since I was a child, I didn't have any skills, that is, I couldn't go into battle to kill the enemy, and I didn't have a cure... The ability to govern the country and reassure the people. ”

"——I hope that Your Majesty can promise the minister: Don't give any official position or any right to the minister's son;

"All you need to do is allow the minister... The minister's family, in the minister's feudal country, live in peace·····"

"Even if anyone breaks the law, never, do not forgive·······

As he spoke, Shen Tujia's figure shook, and his eyes, which were still bright, shrugged down again at this moment;

It seems that for Shen Tujia at this moment, the words 'open your eyes' are enough for the old prime minister to use all his strength.

Seeing Shen Tujia in such a state, Tianzi Qi also turned his head sideways with grief and nodded lightly to the historian beside him.

When the historian stopped writing and retreated outside the bedroom with the scroll of dried bamboo slips, Shen Tujia, who could still sit on the edge of the couch, was already contemptuous of the people who had cried into tears, and lay down again.

"Alas~"

With a bitter sigh, Tianzi Qi stepped forward and sat on the wooden bench where the old lady was sitting before.

Raising his head with a complicated expression, looking at the old prime minister Shen Tujia who was wheezing hard in front of him, Tianziqi's extremely developed tear ducts rarely shed a few drops of heartfelt tears, and they were not mixed with the slightest hypocrisy.

"The old prime minister has done his best, and he has worked hard all his life for the sake of the temple and the community······"

"Even at this last moment, I still think about the stability of the temple and the ······ of the shrine."

"When I think of losing the prime minister, I feel like a knife ·········in my heart."

Speaking kung fu, Tianzi Qi's tone was also slightly choked;

Tearing down his eyes, Tianziqi even put his hand on his chest and pulled his chest with a distorted expression.

But seeing that on the couch, Shen Tujia turned his head weakly, swallowed and spat with great difficulty, and then tried his best to squeeze out a smile.

"Minister, I can't be by Your Majesty's side anymore······"

"In the future, Your Majesty must think twice about handling state affairs;"

"For the advice of the courtiers, it must be taken seriously."

"It is important to see what the person making the proposal is trying to achieve with it······

The whisper of a mosquito only caused the Son of Heaven to breathe a sigh of melancholy, and then nodded his head with tears;

Holding Shen Tujia's hand tightly in the palm of his hand, looking at Shen Tujia's gaze, he was full of reluctance.

"Without the Prime Minister, I, what should I do······"

"Jongmyo and Sheji, who should you count on······

The sad words provoked Shen Tujia to shake his head slightly, and with great effort, he raised his head to the side and looked at Liu Sheng and Liu Pengzu at the head of the bed.

"The two sons, they are... They are all very outstanding clan relatives······"

"····· can receive His Majesty's gift"

"Becoming... The teacher of the two sons······"

"I'm from... The horseman who walked out of the ranks felt... It's a great pleasure ·········."

The increasingly weak tone only made everyone in the room cry, and even Chao Cuo, who had always bowed his head and remained silent, had a little red eyes for a while.

On Shen Tujia's side, when he heard Shen Tujia mention himself, the two brothers Liu Sheng and Liu Pengzu, who had already cried into tears, only stepped forward in a panic and knelt down beside the couch.

Looking at the two proud protégés, crying in front of their sickbed, Shen Tujia only managed to squeeze out a smile.

"I'm a puppet who only knows how to kill the enemy, but doesn't know how to govern the country······"

"My children and grandchildren will not have very capable people······"

"If in the future, any of my children and grandchildren will become officials or generals in the army, and ······"

"-I also hope that the two sons will take care of ······ a little"

"No... You don't have to be responsive······"

"I only need to look at the time when I disdain my children and grandchildren and commit heinous crimes, for the sake of me, the husband, and the past, the teacher-student friendship between me and the two sons······"

"For ······"

"······ for me"

"Keep one... Bloodline ·········"

In the end, Shen Tujia's weak voice was so low that Liu Sheng needed to lean over and put his ear in front of Shen Tujia's mouth to barely hear it;

After saying this last sentence, Shen Tujia finally couldn't resist the real tiredness that hit like a tide, and closed his eyes leisurely.

An instant ago, a low cry sounded in the sky above the Ancient Anhou Mansion.

——Whether it is Liu Sheng and Liu Pengzu brothers as students, or Shen Tu Contempt as a son;

Whether it is the emperor of heaven, or as a colleague, or even the mistake of a 'political enemy'.

Everyone bowed their heads in tears at this moment, offering their last respect to the old prime minister who was about to pass away.

On the couch, Shen Tujia's eyes were closed tightly and he began to murmur inexplicably······

"Contempt for ······"

"Dynasty ·········"

"Duty ············"

"North ······"

"North ······"

"Hun ·········"

"Hungarian ················"

After the last murmur, Shen Tujia, who was lying on the couch, exhaled a breath very slightly;

After exhaling this last breath, the old prime minister, who has worked hard all his life, finally ushered in his own end.

"Father!"

"Father~~~"

"Father······

"Teacher ·········"

"Prime Minister·············

After a flurry of wailing, in the bedroom, only kneeling and crying figures remained.

Hou Shizi Shen Tu was contemptuous, kneeling and kowtowing in front of the couch, crying incessantly;

Liu Sheng and Liu Pengzu, the two brothers, also knelt closely behind Shen Tu, wept to their teacher, and finally bowed their heads.

Even the Son of Heaven Qi solemnly arched his hand at this moment and offered his last respect to the old prime minister on the couch.

"Prime Minister, go all the way······"

——In the third year of the Son of Heaven, on the 17th day of the fourth month of the summer, the prime minister Anhou Shen Tujia died of illness.

On the 24th of April in the summer, there were divisions in the court: the prime minister's late An Hou Chenjia, the public was loyal to the country, worked hard, did his best, and died;

Fayun:

Gang Qi is straightforward and said martial arts - just without desire, strong and unyielding; Loyalty, right and straight.

Restraint and chaos are said to be martial arts - to recruit soldiers, so they can be determined.

The criminal people overcome the martial arts - the law is the right for the people, and they can be subdued.

Innocent and observant - innocent and stubborn.

If you worry about it, you will say that you are chaste - you can think about what is not right.

Unpretentious - calm and selfless.

The prime minister, Hou Chenjia, has clean sleeves, is not subject to private bribes, is upright and unyielding, and is the pillar of the country;

For eight years, the people will be happy, the officials will be clear, the loyal and upright will be used, and the traitors will be punished.

The courtiers and hundreds of officials discussed together, and they all with: Prime Minister An Hou Chenjia, said: Zhenwu.

The Son of Heaven wept and sighed, saying that the hundred officials: the loss of the Marquis of Anzhen Wuhou is the loss of the pillar stone of the temple, and the loss of the pillars of the society;

The world has lost its virtuous appearance, and I have also lost my humerus and arm······

(End of chapter)