The famine is coming to an end, and the situation has finally been brought under control by the hard work of the Dao Sect for nearly half a year, and the epidemic in the south has gradually decreased with the help of Shi Zhaozhao. The reputation of the Taoist sect among the people is growing. During this period, the emperor also tried to send doctors and distribute relief food, but it always backfired. In recent years, enemy countries have always come to invade, and the national treasury has been emptied of the demands for peace in large and small wars, and even if they want to distribute food, they are not enough. Even when local officials received the edict from above, they did nothing, except for engaging in formalism and making superficial statements to cope with the inspections from above. Inaction by officials often only makes the situation worse and overwhelms an already struggling population. As a result, the people's complaints against the imperial court became more and more serious. There are many cynical and talented writers in Kyoto who have complained about this. One of the anonymous poems, "Fat Fu", was widely circulated, and every word was full of blood and tears, satirizing the corruption of the imperial court, the incompetence of officials, and the hardship of the people.

The emperor has had a headache these days, except for the early dynasty, he almost stayed in the Heart Nourishing Palace. Closed the door and did not summon anyone, no matter who came to ask for a meeting, they were sent back by Gao Qi.

The emperor sat behind the table, looking at the somewhat wrinkled "Fat Fu" on the table, his eyes were full of exhaustion, and he rubbed his temples. Light smoke slowly rose from the incense burner on the side, and the heavy fragrance of the heart could not soothe his boredom. Picking up the teacup and looking at the books piled up into a small mountain, he put down the teacup and sighed heavily. Most of them are impeachment recitals from the officials, and the content is similar, accusing the prince of embezzling disaster relief funds, and the prince's party looting the people's fat and ointment, demanding heavy punishment.

It is not that there have been no officials who impeached the prince before, but there are especially many after this natural disaster. The prince also doesn't know how to restrain himself, how can this natural disaster be so serious, how can he be so blatant, and he doesn't know how to deal with the traces and leave a handle for others!

"Your Majesty, let's rest for a while." Gao Qi pondered for a long time before daring to persuade that the emperor had lost some weight in the past few days, and he had no appetite for food, but his temper was very stable - almost no good temper.

"Gao Qi, aren't I a Ming Jun?" He turned his head and asked in a low voice whether he was happy or sad, and he couldn't hear any emotion, Gao Qi only felt a cold neck, a little trembling, he fixed his mind and said cautiously, "The old slave only knows that His Majesty has always been benevolent and kind to us slaves, let alone the people." ”

He secretly observed the emperor's expression with his peripheral vision, and the emperor's frowning brow seemed to stretch a little, but there was still a sense of inquiry in his eyes.

"If Your Majesty is not benevolent, how can he send people to distribute food and help the victims, but it's just ......" Gao Qi said lightly, his palms sweated nervously, and he was interrupted by the emperor just about to continue, "Just what?" ”

"It's just that the enemy country has been committing crimes for many years, disturbing the people's livelihood." He chose a more clever way of saying that he did not mention the crown prince or the corruption of officials, and chose the emperor cleanly.

"Hmm" The emperor just whispered, looking at the pile of twists and turns, he didn't know what he was thinking, and then muttered, "Xiling Kingdom is indeed hateful, but now Fuguang is too powerful, if it weren't for the fact that he can fight and balance Xiling, I don't have to keep him." ”

Gao Qi didn't dare to say more, and stood in place in silence. But in his heart, he was secretly slandering. Fuguang is the child of King Yun, who went to the battlefield to kill the enemy at the age of thirteen, starting from a school inspector and has been the current general. Since His Majesty had the crown prince, he has murderous intentions towards King Yun and King Li. In order to prevent them from killing the crown prince, they pretended to alienate the prince and got close to King Li to sow discord between the two kings, causing them to kill each other. After King Yun died, he left the young Fuguang, and the emperor didn't want to keep him, but at this time he had already sat on the position of general. Xiling Kingdom is constantly attacking, and the generals that can be used by the imperial court are all old or killed in the battle between the two kings, and only Fuguang can use the only remaining generals. The emperor could only keep him first. Who knows that in recent years, Fuguang's strength in the court has been intertwined, even if he wants to get rid of it, it is very tricky, and it is estimated that the emperor is also suspicious of the impeachment of the official this time, and there is the hand of General Fuguang.

If this is the case, then he is likely to have a disobedient heart, and even want to rebel, no wonder the emperor is so jealous.

"Gao Qi," the emperor thought about it for a long time and decided to appease the people's emotions first, otherwise it would be a real headache if he was provoked to rebel casually.

Gao Qizheng was distracted, and when he heard the emperor call him, he hurriedly responded and said, "The slave is here." ”

"Inform the Ministry of Rites to prepare for the sacrifice to the heavens, and let the Dark Dragon Guard investigate the list of some corrupt officials." He commanded methodically, and then began to criticize and fold again.

"Whoa." Gao Qi bowed, and then withdrew from the Heart Cultivation Hall to go to the Ministry of Rites.

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Early in the morning, the sky is bright, as soon as the hour comes, the palace rings the Taihe bell, the emperor drives to the mound altar, the bell stops, the drum music starts, and the ceremony officially begins. At this time, the southeast of the mound altar burns calves, the southwest hangs the sky lantern, the smoke is misty, and the candle theater is red, giving people a very mysterious feeling.

The sacrificial rites look cumbersome, first the emperor invites the gods, welcomes the gods, and then has to perform the sacrifice ceremony in front of the ancestral tablet and then the ceremony, and then the first gift, and finally after a long wait, the sky is slightly white, a few rays of sunlight burst through the thin clouds to the earth, and the blessing has been read. At this time, suddenly the wind and clouds changed, the wind suddenly rose, the surrounding flags were blown to the east and west, the thunderclouds on the horizon rolled like the anger of the gods, and the thunder roared one after another, faintly destroying the world and destroying the earth.

The crowd in front of the altar suddenly panicked, and the scene was chaotic for a while, and everyone around them was exclaiming, but no one dared to step forward.

The dagger from nowhere was on the emperor's neck, the emperor's crown fell to the ground, his hair was a little messy, but he looked very angry, his mouth seemed to be saying something, the surrounding guards drew their swords to surround the prince, but the emperor's life was in danger at this time, so no one dared to rush forward, the officials were horrified, some still knelt on the ground, some stood up, some cowered and trembled in the corner, some rushed forward to confront the prince, the first to rush up was Chen Yu, he scolded the prince angrily, Reckless of human ethics and unfilial piety.

"Old horseman, the first one is to kill you, targeting this palace everywhere, and you dare to come forward today, this palace wants you to die today!" The prince roared angrily, and ordered the soldiers around him to come forward and behead him.

"Chen Yu, you are really bold enough, how are you sleek? I'm really not afraid of death! The prince sneered, and looked coldly at this old fellow who was targeting him everywhere, he changed his mind, and today he was going to watch him kneel, put away his old master's appearance, and watch him grovel.

"Loyal ministers are not afraid of death," he shouted loudly, as if to boost morale, raising the jade wat in his hand high, straightening his waist, the wind pulling the hem of his clothes but not his bones, like an unyielding pine and cypress, standing above the Temple of Heaven.

"Well, aren't you a loyal servant? Then kneel down for me and greet your next king!" His voice was deep and already quite imperial, but he still seemed a little impatient because he was not mature enough.

"The old minister only kneels to the saint today, not to kneel to conspire, rebel, thief, son!" He raised his eyebrows and shook his beard.

"Hmph, you're not kneeling?" He snorted coldly and motioned for the guards beside him to step forward, "Then Hongu will cut off your kneecaps and see how hard your bones are!?" ”

"Brother Huang, no!" King Rui rushed forward and knelt in front of the prince, tears raining down, "Brother Huang, stop it, don't make a mistake again!" ”

"Hmph, Brother Huang? I don't have a brother like you! But I was born of a cheap maid, and I am the eldest son born to the queen, who wants to talk about brothers and sisters with you, a mongrel? As he spoke, he became more and more excited, and the blue tendons on his forehead burst out, and he threw the scabbard over, hitting Zhaojing's forehead, and immediately blood poured into it.

"Killing your father and brother, plotting great rebellion, Lin Xunzhi, you are too hard to write, and the history books of future generations will record your atrocities, and you will be stinking for 1!!0,000 years." Chen Yu was escorted, and the attendant cut off his kneecap very neatly, Chen Yu always gritted his teeth and did not make a hobby.

Blood gushed from his knees into a large pool, staining his official robes red, his forehead was covered with dense beads of sweat, his lips were tightly closed, he was speechless in pain, and his eyes were still staring at the prince on the stage.

"Come on, my eyes have been gouged out too, I want to see how backbone you are?!" After that, he had to let the two attendants just gouge out his eyes, and until now, the emperor finally opened his mouth to stop it.

"Xun'er, do you know what you're doing?" The emperor had calmed down, he said unhurriedly, looking unflustered, as if the person who was being held by the knife to the neck was not him, "You have entered the East Palace, and after a hundred years, the throne will naturally be yours, are you sure you want to be so confused?" ”

"Hahahahaha Aren't you going to abolish me? "These days, whether it is inside or outside the palace, even a lowly palace servant dares to secretly speculate whether the emperor has moved the heart of abolishing the prince, if he doesn't start early, sooner or later he will be sent away with a fief like the crown prince Li Wang abolished by the emperor of the previous dynasty, and finally die in the fief, and never enter Beijing, so he doesn't want to live the kind of life that is trampled under his feet! has tasted the taste of power, and how can he let go easily.

"Father, don't you always say that your sons are brave and reckless, how about your sons' tricks this time?" As he spoke, he ordered his men to release a wisp of fireworks. The fireworks soared into the air, like an insignificant white line in the thick dark clouds, and soon dispersed with the wind.

In an instant, those soldiers and guards who were lying in ambush in the shadows poured out, flooding the surrounding areas, and the three layers of well-trained soldiers inside and outside were all around, and the silver sparkling armor added a depressing and dull color to today.

This posture, even if the king of heaven and Lao Tzu comes, he has to take off a layer of pants and leave, it seems that this time the prince really tried his best, and he was able to mobilize so many people, and this deployment is still very thorough.

"Xun'er, are you sure you want to do this?" The emperor closed his eyes, his heart ached, this was the last chance he gave the crown prince, if he was still obsessed, he could only bear the consequences.

"You forced me, Father, you forced my !!" He roared angrily, tears streaming down his face, as if he had been depressed for a long time, "Do you remember my mother? Supreme honor, grace continues, but in the end you are forced to die!! I watched her hang herself in front of my eyes, and she didn't blink an eye! That's, my, Queen Mother. With that, he wailed in pain. The emperor was also said to be a little moved, but the mother family of Empress Changsheng in the past gradually grew, especially her brothers, who were spoiled and spoiled, and installed many people in the court to hold power for a while.

In the court, half of the people are the minions of Changsheng's mother's family, which stirs up the miasma of the court. Changsheng is also a weak person, he can't restrain his mother's family, but connives and dotes, and he has no choice but to do it. The Emperor sighed softly, unwilling to defend himself. In these years, the crown prince has participated in politics, and he will not know how lawless Changsheng's mother family was back then, but he still can't understand the emperor's helplessness. With all this in mind, what else can the emperor say?

He cried and cried, calmed down, and continued, "Father, the favor of the emperor's family is innumerable. Only with military power in hand can it be relied on! His eyes were fierce, and he was momentarily excited that the dagger in his hand had cut a little blood on the emperor's neck.

"Brother Prince, don't be impulsive!" King Rui below knelt beside the steps and cried and said, a few tears were hanging on his innocent and pure little face, which made people soften, "There must be some misunderstanding!" ”

"Shut up!" The prince looked down at the innocent little face dressed in sheepskin and disgusted, he was not a fool, his father would be deceived by him, but he wouldn't, he said viciously, "If I am abolished, there will only be a prince like you left in the palace, who will you appoint?!" ”

"If that's the case, Zhaojing is willing to go to the fiefdom by himself, if the imperial brother is not at ease, I can stay away and never come back." He wiped his tears, but he couldn't stop falling down, "You let go of your father first, let's discuss it well." ”

"Phew, what's it for?!" He turned his head to avoid being bewitched by him, then gritted his teeth and said, "There is no turning back from today's matter, I have made up my mind!" ”

"Idiot! What an idiot!! He closed his eyes, but he didn't expect that his beloved child would be such a visionless person.

Among the four princes, his favorite child is Xun'er. The emperor ascended the throne and had no heirs for more than ten years, so he could only pass on two children from the side branches, and became King Yun and King Li, who knew that the queen gave birth to the prince two years later. So, he tried to pave the way for him.

At that time, the emperor was infected with a vicious disease, and the court asked for the establishment of a prince, and among the princes, King Li and King Yun fought the most fiercely, so he set up the prince on the one hand to pacify the court, and on the other hand, it was also to let the two kings fight each other first, paving the way for his future. Although in order not to let him be involved in the fight, he deliberately alienated him in the past few years, but he also had a side attack many times in private, telling him that this throne would be hiss sooner or later, but he didn't expect him to be so decisive in doing things, even if he stopped now, he would block the news and deal with the ministers and soldiers present, the two of them could still be father and son, but I didn't expect him to insist on taking this road.

"This throne will only be left to you, if you stop now, there is still room to turn."

"Round? I'm not stupid, it's all now, I won't give up easily! ”

"I am your father, you ...... Don't care about the relationship between father and son at all? ”

"Father and son? If you don't care about the relationship between husband and wife, then I don't need to care about such a father. ”

The emperor closed his eyes in pain, sighed for a long time, and spoke again in a voice that seemed to be several years old, "Xun'er, many things, as the son of a country, it is inconvenient for me to explain it to you, but since you disregard the relationship between father and son so much, then I have nothing to say." He was heartbroken, angry that he couldn't carry it clearly, and lamented the alienation of his father and son. Even without this throne, he would not have considered a little father-son affection.

"In this case, my father will draft an edict on the throne, and the sons will crown you as the emperor, and you will live in the Taichang Palace." As he spoke, he motioned to Ah Cheng on the side to present the edict and the national seal in the sky. He wants to ascend to the throne, but he wants to sit in this position more justifiably.

"Brother Prince, I'll go to the fiefdom now, I'll leave tonight, you come down first." King Rui was teary-eyed and kowtowed, as if he felt that the fault was all on himself.

"Xun'er, this is the last time my father calls you like this." He closed his eyes and sighed, after all, he spoiled the child, lifted the pen and took advantage of his unpreparedness to block the dagger, and raised it forward, and the dagger could fall to the ground. Then the emperor turned around and knocked the prince out with one palm, but fortunately, Ah Cheng caught him.

The Emperor muttered in a low voice, "Sure enough, he is old and his strength is declining. Looking at his gray hair, he felt a sadness in his heart, the wind blew, and his bleak back image was rotten and decaying in the autumn wind, lonely and decaying.

"Old thing, if you don't plan this edict today, you have to draft it, I have five hundred forbidden troops and fifty secret guards, don't think about going out of anyone here today." The crown prince was annoyed and angry, and pulled out the sword of the guard next to him and pointed directly at the emperor, "If you are planning an edict, I can still guarantee you a peaceful old age." ”

Ah Cheng on the side suddenly knelt down, kowtowed suddenly, and the red blood on his forehead dripped down the stone steps, "His Royal Highness the Prince, stop it, it's still too late." ”

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System: A typhoon is coming! Departments in place.

Fuzhou: Zhenhai Building is in place

Zhangzhou: Dingfeng Zhu is in place

Quanzhou & Xiamen: The statue of Zheng Chenggong is in place

Putian: Mazu is in place

Company: Workers are in place

Author: Fancy typhoon prevention (one day off, one day in advance to live in the company to avoid typhoons, direct holidays, rain or shine to work)

Fujian: Estimate the size of the typhoon to see if the company is on holiday