"Your Majesty······"

"The Queen Mother sent someone to ask ······"

"-I said that I was in a panic in Chang'an!"

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"Your Majesty······"

"The Empress Dowager sent someone to ······"

"—I said! Stuffy in Chang'an!

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"Your Majesty, Princess Guantao······"

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Listening to the trembling and even faintly trembling words in his ears, Liu Sheng, who was lying flat on the couch, sat up in annoyance.

looked at Xia Que angrily, and the people in the small temple who saw it trembled a little, Liu Shengcai took a deep breath, and then slowly spit out·······

"Hiss ~~~~~~"

"Hoo ~~~~~~~~······"

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"Whoever sends someone here, tell the person who comes: I am upset, so I have only been staying in Shanglin for a few days."

"Let the imperial grandmother and queen mother not worry, and don't forget to tell your aunt: I am fine."

"If you come from the court, you will go back to Chang'an in person and ask Taohou in person for me."

"——Ask him how he became the prime minister!

！ ”

"I am a child emperor who is less than a year old and has not yet been in power, how can I not be separated from me inside and outside the government and the opposition?!

！

！ ”

A burst of unprovoked evil fire was vented on Xia Que by Liu Sheng without any worries, which only caused Xia Que to tremble again.

Listening to Liu Sheng's vulgar, even rude words, and even saying that he was the 'Emperor', Xia Que only felt that he couldn't stay for a moment in Lin Xinggong.

also happened to get Liu Sheng's order, and he needed to go outside the palace to reply to the two queen mothers, as well as the people sent by the eldest princess, Xia Que was stunned for a moment, and then fled and exited the palace.

In the palace dormitory, after he was the only one left, Liu Sheng sighed leisurely, and then fell back to the couch lightly.

The Xiongnu vanguard burned Ganquan Palace, which was already half a month ago.

Indeed, as Zhou Yafu said: from the beginning of the invasion at the end of the first spring of the first year of Liu Shengxin's first year, in the second month of spring, that is, on the fifteenth, the main force of the Xiongnu withdrew from the border wall and returned to the endless vast grassland.

As for the Han family's response, it was generally the same as in the past.

- Send firefighters: The Flying Fox Army rushed to the front line, which can be said to be rushing, but in fact, it is only to assist the local counties and counties, and the law and order situation that tends to be negative due to the war will be restored to the normal state as soon as possible;

- Dispatch imperial historians and supervisors to count battle damages, including damage to cities and roads, as well as casualties of the army and losses of the people;

- Send an envoy from the Son of Heaven to ask the border guards to write a report and bring it back to Chang'an for the court to divide the responsibility for the defeat.

If I have to say that this time, there is anything different from the past, that is, Liu Sheng, the innocent new monarch, ordered the treasury money to carry out post-war reconstruction of the four counties in the north that were poisoned by the war.

And after that day's court meeting, Liu Sheng, who felt powerless about it, and also felt humiliated and depressed about it, came to Shanglin Yuan alone.

At the beginning, the reaction inside and outside the government and the opposition was relatively calm, and most people thought that Liu Sheng was just a young man who had suffered a blow, so he wanted to go to Shanglin Yuan to play for a few days to relax;

After three or five days, it was found that Liu Sheng had not yet turned around, and some complaints began to appear inside and outside the government and the opposition, faintly accusing Liu Sheng of 'being crushed by this small blow, and there was a sign of collapse'.

But on the eighth, tenth, and twelfth days······

Full of calculations: Today is the fifteenth day of Liu Sheng's 'escape' to Shanglin Yuan, just half a month.

It was in these few days that the wind theory inside and outside the government and the opposition completely subsided, and no one mentioned that the Son of Heaven was stranded in Shanglin and did not return for half a month.

- Because the court and the court deeply understand: how much the sense of powerlessness in front of the Huns hits people's hearts.

Once upon a time, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen was also high-spirited, and even drove a personal expedition and wanted to have a fight with the Huns;

But when he was dying in his old age, Emperor Taizong, who was lying on the sickbed, held the hand of the then crown prince Qi and taught earnestly: If you are outside, you must first be inside.

At the beginning of his succession, Emperor Xianxiaojing was also full of ambition - as soon as he sat on the throne, he picked up his prince's family order and mistook it for internal history, and the first decree launched was directly the famous "Cutting Domain"!

Perhaps in the eyes of Tianzi Qi at that time, as long as the "Cutting Domain Policy" was implemented, the Kwantung region was stabilized, and the disadvantages of the princes and vassal kings being cut off, the progress bar of "defeating the Huns" could show that "the current progress is only 10%".

But in the end, the ambitious Son of Heaven Qi still fell at a time when the reduction of the feudal domain had not been completely completed, and the power of the princes and vassal kings had not been completely eradicated.

Then, Tianzi Qi, who was on the sickbed, also held the hand of the crown prince and taught earnestly: internal restlessness, and foreign wars must not be started······

As for the high-ranking officials and nobles who are active in the Han family court now, they were all freshly dressed and angry, and they wanted to lead troops to the north.

But so many years of precipitation, or the successive blows over the years, finally smoothed out the edges and corners of the teenager;

Or should it be said: growing up has made them understand what it means to be calm, but it has also made them lose their recklessness.

And now, Liu Sheng is going through all this.

——The transformation of enduring humiliation, forcing yourself to calm down, and making the right choice.

In fact, from the perspective of both inside and outside the government and the opposition, Liu Sheng has done it.

From that day, it can be seen that Liu Sheng does not need such a transformation - Liu Sheng himself has such calmness.

It's just that no matter how you say it, you're still just a teenager after all.

Broken teeth and blood swallowed in front of people, but when people come to the back, there are always times when they feel awkward and nauseous······

"Emperor Taizong, have you also experienced this······

"Even my father ······"

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"Hoo ~~~~~~······"

"Today's Han family is much stronger than in the past;"

"On the day of the decisive battle, it was more 'visible and touchable' than when Emperor Taizong and the first emperor were there;"

"Even so, I still can't accept it like this, let alone Emperor Taizong and Emperor Xian back then······"

"Alas······"

In the past, Liu Sheng has asked this question many times;

To be precise: after that day's court meeting, this question almost disappeared from Liu Sheng's mind for a moment.

But the more he thought about it, the more Liu Sheng felt a sense of depression and fire in his heart.

I want to talk to someone, but I really don't know who to talk to;

I want to ask someone, but I really don't know who I can get a satisfactory answer from anyone.

Perhaps for a moment, Liu Sheng, like his father and ancestors, and every emperor in the long history, finally realized what it means to be alone.

Alone, widowed······

"No ······"

"Nope."

"I, someone can say."

"Someone, can talk to me about this."

For a long time, Liu Sheng didn't know what to think of, or who he remembered, so he slowly sat up from the couch again.

He was stunned again, and finally stood up from the couch.

"Old man~"

"The court has left a useful courtier, and the treasury has left a silver that can be spent;"

"Even the person who talked to me, the old man, didn't forget to stay ······"

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It's still the old willow, it's still the old man;

Maybe Liu Sheng was wrong: in the barren fields, there are still the children who are bent over and picking up grass, chasing and playing from time to time.

Seeing Liu Sheng's figure appear outside the ridge, several old men were still the same as usual: as soon as they raised their hands, they each lay back leisurely under the roots of the tree.

I don't know why: seeing this scene in front of him, Liu Sheng only felt a sense of tranquility in his heart.

In the past half a month, I was distraught and impetuous, and at this moment I only disappeared and dissipated.

There was even a moment when Liu Sheng subconsciously turned sideways.

Only this time, there was no such majestic figure, and he took the young man to visit his old friends.

——This place, Liu Sheng is here for the fourth time today.

When I first came, it was Tianzi Qi who took Gongzi Sheng;

The second time, it was the Son of Heaven who took the crown prince to win.

The third time, it was the Son of Heaven who knew that his time was running out, and he brought the prince of the prison country, who had gradually matured, to say his final goodbye and entrust to several old friends.

And this time, only Tianzisheng came alone······

"This time, Your Majesty doesn't have to sit on the ridge anymore."

"Should you be like the first emperor, with us old guys, lying under the roots of this old tree?"

In a panic, the steps under my feet have already taken a long way;

As soon as I looked up, I saw the faces of those old men who seemed to never get old.

- Actually, they are just very old themselves, and there is really no room for 'older'.

The old man's kind and peaceful greeting sounded in his ears, and finally brought the young man's scattered mood back to his eyes.

Hearing this, he was slightly stunned, and after a long time, he shook his head with a smile, subconsciously lifted the hem of his robe, and sat down under the root of the tree.

"Whew~"

took a breath of turbidity, exhaling the boredom in his heart, even with the sultry breath of the dormitory, Liu Sheng's obviously immature face only instantly surged with a touch of vicissitudes that seemed to have gone through the ups and downs of the world, and inexplicably cool.

On Liu Sheng's body, when he saw this extremely familiar expression, several old men who were lying on their sides under the roots of the tree with a smile only turned their heads unnaturally, and wiped their tears······

"Father is very good to you."

"Emperor Taizong is also very kind to you."

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"When you were young, you followed Emperor Taizong and came to Chang'an from Daidi."

"When you were young, you became your father's bodyguard again, and became the humerus and arm of the crown prince."

"I'm old, but I want to listen to me, a stinky boy who hasn't dried up, talking about what you have and what you don't ······ here."

"Hi ······"

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"I envy you~"

"The family is healthy, the children and grandchildren are full, and there is no need to worry about Raushzi's 'major events in the world';"

"You can lie under this old willow root every day and watch your children and grandchildren play in the fields to enjoy the joy of family······"

With Liu Sheng's melancholy voice, several old men also stopped their tears in order, or wiped away the tears on their faces.

forced out a smile, looked at each other and smiled, and then returned to the old day, the appearance of the clouds and the wind again.

Lying on his side under the roots of the tree, with his bent arms on his pillow, looking out at the field;

As far as the eye can see, it may be a child, it may be barren, and it may be nothing······

"Your Majesty said yes~"

"We old guys are really having a good time."

"But we know in our hearts: this comfortable day is not a ······ that fell from the sky and fell on our heads out of thin air."

"Your Majesty, you should be able to think of it, right?"

"Since back then, we followed Emperor Taizong Xiaowen and entered Beijing all the way from Daidi, then when Emperor Taizong was still the acting king, our old bones were also in Daibei and Yanmen, and fought with the Hun barbarians?"

"Hey ······"

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"If you haven't been in the army or on the side - if you haven't fought with the Huns with real swords and guns, and you haven't met the Huns with eye to eye and nose to nose, you will live to this age, and our old bones will definitely not understand this truth······"

"-The sorrow of this world~"

"-Then, it really makes the emperor worry ······"

"From the killing battle array, to the small ones where the farmers eat and wear—in this world, there is nothing that the emperor does not worry about and does not worry about."

"It is precisely because of the sorrow under the world that the sorrow of being the emperor is over, and the sorrow is gone, so that we can lie under the roots of the old tree like this, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter······"

The words that were slightly suspicious of transgression did not cause Liu Sheng's displeasure, and he looked thoughtful on the contrary, and lowered his head thoughtfully.

I saw the old man laugh, then sat up under the root of the tree, looked at Liu Sheng, the crown that had been stained with mud and dust, and smiled meaningfully.

"The first emperor once said to us old bones: A few boys in the family, only Your Majesty, can't do that thing that doesn't care about the lives of the people."

"Over the past few years, all the piles and pieces that Your Majesty has done, our old bones, are all in our eyes······"

"-The words of the first emperor, a few of our brothers, believe it."

"It's not because these words came from the mouth of the first emperor, but because His Majesty personally made this sentence fall from the bamboo slips and from the mouth of the first emperor to this field."

"Your Majesty, you really have the livelihood of our vulgar farmers in your eyes and heart······

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"Ha~"

"There are a few of our brothers, and it can be regarded as a lifetime of Rong Ma, although it is not well-informed, but after all, he has been by the side of Emperor Taizong and Emperor Xian for most of his life."

"Why Your Majesty is here today, a few of our brothers can probably guess."

"——If Your Majesty is distressed that the Queen Mother is in power and makes Your Majesty feel constrained, then a few of our old brothers have to say: sweet oranges, they all have to be picked after autumn, and if they are picked early, they will lose their teeth;"

"——If Your Majesty is worried about too many things to worry about inside and outside the government and the opposition, then our brothers will have to say more: Your Majesty is still in the prime of his strength, and it is much easier than Emperor Taizong and Emperor Xian back then."

"But if Your Majesty is here, it is because he is worried about the affairs of the Huns······"

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"Hey, what do you say······"

"-I still remember that when Emperor Taizong first heard the word 'harmony', he was so angry that he almost crushed his back molars!"

"Not to mention the first emperor - he has a strong temperament when he is young, and when he heard that Emperor Taizong allowed him to be friendly, he almost didn't fight with his biological adult······"

"Now, it's Your Majesty;"

"How to do, what to do, we old bones, can't and don't dare to give His Majesty ideas."

"I just want to tell Your Majesty: Emperor Xian, he must have expected this day."

"The first emperor must have thought that after a hundred years, the Huns would take advantage of the fire to rob, and my Han family master Shaoguo was suspicious and had no power to deal with it."

"But even so, the first emperor still established His Majesty."

"It is also possible that it is precisely because of this today that the first emperor established His Majesty, instead of several other princes······"

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"Your Majesty, you don't really need to think too much."

"The emperor, that has always been the lord whose heart is higher than the sky, I haven't heard of anyone in this world who can make the emperor bow his head."

"What Your Majesty does, follow your heart."

"Come to think of it, people all over the world also believe that after the first emperor personally selected Sheji, there is absolutely no mistake······