Chapter 44: All Living Beings, Cattle and Sheep
Life, it's all the same!
Emperor Jianwu looked at the sonorous and powerful Su Mingyuan, and suddenly remembered the Yiwang Mansion Courtyard fifty years ago.
The young man knelt before the old man and argued with him, should he raise an army?
The old man thought that when the puppet dynasty swept the world and killed the family gatekeepers, then the army could continue the life of the great cadres for 500 years.
The young man could not see the crowd rolling, and mustered up the courage to refute it with all his might.
Looking at it now, the old man has a point, it is better to govern after the break, and the youth is not wrong, and millions of people have died in the south.
"If I were to choose again, wouldn't it be different?"
Emperor Jianwu asked himself, when he was young, he still had blood, and now even if 10 million people die, as long as he can ensure the stability of the country, he will not hesitate to wield a knife.
"Get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Su Mingyuan thought that he would definitely die, so he was not polite, got up and stood in the hall, his waist straight and looked up at His Majesty.
Emperor Jianwu asked, "According to the investigation of the Zhenfu Division, you did not participate in the bewitchment of the prince to make the warlock curse me?" ”
"The minister just punctured the prince's illusions."
Su Mingyuan knew that the East Palace was a leaky wall, and the prince had secret agent records when he got up at night: "The curse case is just a natural result, without this, there will also be witchcraft cases and evil laws." ”
"The fundamental reason is that the prince is not sure that he can live past His Majesty."
The bewitching Donggong case has begun, and there is no need for Su Mingyuan to operate at all, and the Southern Family itself will jump out to promote and expand.
I can't wait to behead all the princes and his party and send Queen Cui's son to the throne, that is, the real royal family and the family share the world.
"Hehe, some people shout long live every day, but I don't like it before I am 100 years old."
Emperor Jianwu laughed at himself, and said indifferently: "I don't want to change the prince, but I can't hand over Daqian to an unloyal and unfilial person!" ”
"Su Aiqing, I am waiting here, you can live if the prince rebels, but you have to do one thing for me."
"If the prince hadn't rebelled, Su Aiqing would have decided on his own, and nothing happened tonight!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Su Mingyuan could guess what he was going to do, if he didn't do it, he would die, and if he did, he would have to break his bones and scatter ashes.
"Minister, never give up!"
Emperor Jianwu was surprised: "Su Aiqing is so sure that the prince will rebel?" ”
Su Mingyuan replied: "Before the minister left the East Palace, tell the prince that His Majesty summoned the minister to ask about the crime, and if he does not return at the same time, the evidence of the crime is conclusive." ”
Emperor Jianwu glanced at the moment, it was already time to send someone to appease the prince.
"What if the prince is cowardly and doesn't dare to rebel?"
"It is up to man to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen."
Su Mingyuan said in a deep voice: "If the prince does not rebel, the ministers congratulate Your Majesty, and the dynasty can be passed on in peace!" ”
The voice did not fall.
There was a commotion outside, and an attendant crawled into the hall and shouted in a sharp voice.
"Your Majesty, the prince led his troops to break into the palace gate......"
……
Prime Minister's Office.
Den.
It was pitch black and there were no candles.
Prime Minister Zhou sat behind his desk, the moonlight shining down from the window, half black and half white.
"Xiangye, the prince is really the opposite!"
A figure appeared in the corner, as if he had been standing there for a long time, and as if he had entered through the wall.
"Do it when you know you can't do it, fool! cough cough cough ......"
Zhou Chengxiang's eyes flashed with helplessness, sighing that the prince was stupid, and sighing that the family was short-sighted.
Since the outbreak of the warlock case, the big and small families in the south are eager to abolish the crown prince immediately and push the second prince to live in the East Palace.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that His Majesty would never be like this.
It's just that the old guy who is powerful and charming, and who has exhausted his organs on weekdays, has also lost his mind in front of the dream of "the family and the royal family share the world".
Prime Minister Zhou Cheng's repeated persuasion could not stop the chickens from flying and the dogs from jumping.
He is just the leader of the family, but he is not the master, and he can't stop the raging trend.
"Palm lamp."
The lights were turned on, and Prime Minister Zhou Cheng began to write a recital, recommending the fourth prince as the crown prince.
The fourth prince is mean and unkind by nature, and he is often bullied by the second and third princes when he is young, and he has a grudge against the family, and he must not be allowed to ascend the throne.
The rest of the princes are generous, and the Zhou family still has a little way to live after ascending the throne.
……
Diligent Palace.
Brightly lit.
Emperor Jianwu was wearing a dragon robe, sitting on a dragon chair, looking at the prince who was tied up with flowers below.
The rebellion came and went quickly, and it took only two hours before and after.
The prince and the personal soldiers and private soldiers that the Marquis of Weiyuan relied on, the deputy commander of the Zhenfu Division, and even several gangs in the rivers and lakes could not hold the forbidden army to rush and kill twice.
The forbidden army is a blood-changing martial arts master, and several deputy generals are martial arts masters, and the three thousand forbidden troops under their command are all hardened, and they are scattered into birds and beasts after killing the rebels twice.
"Since the day I ascended the throne, I have made you the prince, and there has been no change for more than 40 years, why can't I wait for the rebellion?"
"Erchen has nothing to say, if you want to kill or chop, listen to it!"
Zhao Xin couldn't stand the pressure to rebel, he had long expected that he would fail, and he only hoped that in case of probability, he would simply break the jar now.
"It's a good listener."
Emperor Jianwu was extremely disappointed: "Stupid and stubborn, the throne will be passed on to you, it will definitely bring disaster to the country and the people, and the great Qianguo will be a hundred years less!" ”
Zhao Xin stiffened his neck, thinking that he was a qualified prince.
It's just that I was a little less lucky, I met a father who lived for a long time, I met an unreliable warlock, and I met a ...... Anyway, you're right!
"Su Aiqing come out."
Emperor Jianwu waved his hand, and Su Mingyuan, who was hiding behind the pillar, appeared, bowed to the prince, and said with an apologetic face.
"Your Highness, I'm sorry."
Zhao Xin comforted instead: "Su Qing, it is the will of heaven that we will fail, and it has nothing to do with you." ”
Wei Yuanhou, who was next to him with broken limbs, was not as simple as Zhao Xin, looking at Su Mingyuan, who was intact, his eyes were red and he scolded.
"Master Su, why did you betray the prince?"
"Everything is due to the grandfather of the Hou."
Su Mingyuan briefly talked about Miss Su and said: "When Master Hou is down, he must educate his son well, and don't bully people in the next life." ”
"Just a girl in the fence, a woman in the fence ......"
Wei Yuanhou was in disbelief, struggling to pounce on Su Mingyuan, eager to eat his flesh and eat his blood.
He couldn't figure it out, just because his son killed a sheep and slaughtered a cow, it led to the destruction of the nine clans, is there any reason in the world?
Emperor Jianwu waved his hand: "All of them will be sent to the heavenly prison, and the three divisions will be tried." ”
Zhao Xin didn't struggle, let the chamberlain take off his clothes, bowed to Emperor Jianwu three times and bowed nine times, and was escorted by the forbidden army to leave the Qinzheng Palace.
Walking out of the gate of the palace, Zhao Xin glanced back, probably never had a chance to come in again in this life.
Diligent Palace.
Emperor Jianwu ordered the servants to retreat, and Gonggong Lian Kang stood outside the palace gate, leaving only Su Mingyuan standing alone in the hall.
"Su Aiqing, I suddenly want to eat roasted whole sheep, but I have raised sheep for more than 40 years, and I have more or less some feelings, what kind of crime can make me feel better?"
Su Mingyuan pondered for a moment, then bowed down and replied: "Your Majesty killed the sheep with a knife, if the sheep is frightened, it means that it has the intention of rebellion, and it should be killed!" ”
Emperor Jianwu's eyes flashed with a different color, and he asked again: "Then what if the sheep doesn't resist?" ”
Su Mingyuan replied: "The sheep did not resist, which shows that he is grateful for His Majesty's kindness and voluntarily accepts death, and His Majesty does not need to feel guilty!" ”
The more Emperor Jianwu looked at Su Mingyuan, the more pleasing he became, but unfortunately he could only make a knife, and said with a smile.
"Good idea, be rewarded!"
"Su Aiqing has made a meritorious contribution to the rebellion, and has been promoted to the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and you will preside over the Spring Festival next year!"
The people are cattle and sheep in the eyes of Weiyuan Hou, and they can kill them if they want to, and the nobles of the family are not cattle and sheep in the eyes of Emperor Jianwu, and they can eat if they want.
If the monarch and the minister can't do it, then kill someone's head and roll around, Lang Lang Lang.