CHAPTER XVI
In the center of the Great Song Dynasty, where the world's best spiritual veins converge, there is a magnificent and majestic palace complex.
This is the Imperial City of the Great Song Dynasty, which symbolizes the highest power representative of the Great Song Dynasty.
These palaces have obviously existed for a long time, and although the ancestral emperor regularly renovates the palaces every once in a while, the lines on the earth have been stained with mottled traces, which are traces that the great monks cannot erase, they are the carvings of time, and they are also the memories of time.
Just like this country.
It has a long history and an amazing cultural heritage, and it exudes its vigorous vitality all the time.
The efforts of each generation of the country are the beautiful pictures left on it, making it more beautiful and more charming. It is the efforts and sacrifices of generations that have built a solid foundation for it, and it will stand tall no matter how big the disaster is.
Deep in the Imperial City.
There is an ordinary house standing in a sea of flowers. If it weren't for the plaque of the house, which reads "Zhixin Pavilion" in three vigorous and powerful characters, you might think that this is the residence of the gardener in the palace.
This is the absolute center of the country, the place where the country's ancestors retreated and rested on a daily basis.
Inside the Confidant Pavilion.
The huge Bagua altar occupies the center of the room, and the huge bookshelves around it are lined up in a circle against the wall.
Everything else is no different from ordinary people, a simple chair and a simple table.
On the chair, an old man wearing a cyan robe was sitting.
The skin is saggy, the complexion is dull, and there are some age spots on the skin.
But who would have thought that this old man was the Dinghai Divine Needle of this country, a living fossil that has lived for more than 2,000 years.
There was no one else in the room, this was the rule he set for the palace people.
Simply flipping through the important tasks handed over by the officials in the early court, he even trembled a little when he even flipped through the paper with his hands.
"Old ancestor, Zhao Muqi of the clan palace asks to see."
At this moment, an old voice sounded from outside the door, shattering his silence.
It was a radiant old man, who was the ancestor of Duanwang's Mansion and the owner of the Zongqin Mansion.
"Enter~"
No nonsense, the old man closed the book.
Looking at the person in front of him in a daze, he didn't have any expression: "What are you here for?" ”
As he spoke, he stood up tremblingly in his chair.
Old Ancestor Duan Wang hurriedly bent down and bowed: "Old Ancestor, please take back your fate, otherwise Shi Yun will inevitably be angry with Zhao Qingyi and affect his cultivation." ”
This old man is the Emperor Zaipei, who has ruled the Great Song Empire for more than 2,000 years, that is, His Majesty the Ancestral Emperor.
"That beast has committed a heinous sin, I just let him go to the land of the dead to pioneer the wilderness, what's the problem?"
During the early dynasty, Jiang Yichao, who was originally in retreat, surprised everyone, including Emperor Zaipei, and put on court clothes to participate in the early dynasty.
What also surprised everyone was that he was holding a person tightly in his hand when he was in the court. A noble nobleman who is unwilling to offend even a third-grade official.
Duan Wang's second son, Zhao Qingyi.
In the main hall, Jiang Yichao listed dozens of heinous crimes committed by Zhao Qingyi, all of which were difficult to write, and they were something that normal people could never think of.
At that time, Jiang Yichao clearly realized that the clan palace would not do anything to Zhao Qingyi because of the results of Duan Wangfu and his party, and the entire Great Song Dynasty did not have a judicial body that could judge Zhao Qingyi, and there was only one person who could judge him in this country.
That is the only master of this country, the Dinghai Shenzhu of the Great Song Dynasty, the only monarch of Jiang Yichao who swore allegiance, the Emperor Zaipei, the ancestor of the Song Dynasty.
After a simple look at Zhao Qingyi's crime, Emperor Zaipei announced it directly.
"Zhao Qingyi, the second son of Duanwangfu, cultivated cults, kidnapped girls, and intended to rebel, only these three crimes are already the crime of raiding the family and destroying the door, but his father Duanwang has made contributions to the Great Song Dynasty conscientiously and conscientiously in his life, and has made indelible contributions to the improvement of the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty, so he was spared from death and sent to the land of death to pioneer."
"Duan Wang Zhao Shiyun has no way to teach his son, which led to a tragedy, and he openly killed people in front of the door, which is lawlessness and careless of human life, so he was deprived of his control of Xiaoyao Lou for three years, and these three years let him introspect in the house."
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There are so many officials implicated in the case that even those who were not directly involved in the case have been convicted of lax governance.
"I know the intentions of my ancestors, but Shi Yun, as the quasi-pillar of the country, if he is depressed because of this incident, in the end he will only lose the Great Song Dynasty."
"Smack."
The book fell.
All of a sudden, the situation became tense.
Originally, Emperor Zaipei was expressionless, and he treated Duanwang's ancestor like an ordinary person, but now Emperor Zaipei threw the important task in his hand on the ground, which means that he has lost patience.
Then, the old ancestor of Duanwang knelt on the ground without saying a word, and his face became pale.
"I didn't sentence him to death, nor did I deprive King Duan of his power, what else do you want from me?" Emperor Zaipei said with a smile, "Otherwise, you will kill the old man and me in this place now, and let your family's Duan King ascend the throne." By the way, don't use a sword or cut off my head when you kill me, the best thing to do is ....."
Before Emperor Zaipei finished speaking, the kneeling Duanwang Old Ancestor kowtowed violently: "The minister definitely has no such intention." ”
He knocked very hard, with a sense of rhythm, and smashed the floor of Emperor Zaipei by relying on the cultivation of the Tribulation Period.
"You guys are really ridiculous, the little ones who practice evil skills and ignore people's lives, the big ones kill people in front of the house without asking about it, and the old ones come to me to perform this big drama for me." Emperor Zaipei trembled with anger, "Maybe you have already decided that King Duan is the ancestor of the Great Song Dynasty, and my old guy is useless, right." ”
The old ancestor of King Duan immediately kowtowed and froze there.
Seeing this, Emperor Zaipei also smiled slightly, "Yesterday, when I went down to the court, Jiang Yichao found me and I specifically discussed the matter of succession to the throne, although I also thought that the possibility of this throne being King Duan was not small, but after experiencing this incident, I saw the flaws of King Duan, and it was indeed time to consider King Chu." ”
"I have long heard that the King of Chu is open-minded, and he is even more sympathetic to his subordinates, and he has also created good profits for our Great Song Dynasty by virtue of invention and foreign trade, and you said that I will transfer the management rights of Xiaoyao Building to the King of Chu, what can he do in these three years."
"It's all up to the ancestors." The old ancestor of King Duan replied very interestingly, "The ability of the King of Chu is obvious to the people of the Song Dynasty, and I believe that under his management, Xiaoyao Tower will inevitably operate in an orderly manner." ”
"Since you say so, then let the matter be settled! Tomorrow, the King of Chu will take over the management of Xiaoyao Tower for three years, and if he makes any moves to benefit the Great Song Dynasty in these three years, he will be considered to take over Xiaoyao Tower permanently. ”
Hearing this, the old ancestor of Duanwang was immediately dumbfounded, the Xiaoyao Building that his descendants had built with great difficulty was snatched away so easily, and he would not even come back in the future.
"Your Majesty, what should I do with Yun at that time?"
Emperor Zaipei frowned, "King Duan? If you don't know how to reflect after three years, then what should you do, but he shouldn't get involved in the matter of inheritance. ”
Although he is a king with outstanding talents, a mistake is a mistake, and merit and demerit cannot be offset.
If he dares to ignore the law today, tomorrow he will cause indelible damage.
The Great Song Dynasty does not need an uncontrollable monarch.