Empress Dou choked up and said: "I was a heavenly wife at the age of six, and it has been twenty-two years since then, but he abandoned me and left......"

He reluctantly wiped away the tears from his face and said to him, "Call the courtiers in." ”

After a slight pause, he said, "Brother Kang, don't live up to your imperial brother's friendship, what he didn't do, you have to do it for him." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated and responded: "Yes." ”

Seeing this, Empress Dou couldn't help but say, "I know what you are thinking about, but the general is my father after all, and I also have the blood of the Dou family in my body. ”

"But," she said with tears in her eyes, "I have only been in the Dou family for six years, but I have been a woman of the Mu family for twenty-two years!" In order to seize power, the general sent a six-year-old girl into the palace, did he take care of me? I have nothing to do, and he sent his two younger sisters into the palace, so how could he have cared about the love of flesh and blood? It's just a daughter to pave the way for her children and grandchildren. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent.

Queen Dou continued: "I am a woman of the Mu family, not a daughter of the Dou family, one of them; In order to preserve a trace of the Dou family's bloodline, this is the second. There has never been a shortage of relatives and ministers in this dynasty, but the Mu family has not rested, how many can get their wish? Not a single one! Emperor Daxing can't dispose of them, and there is a new monarch who succeeds to the throne, and the new monarch who succeeds can't dispose of them, and there is the next son of heaven! Changing the dynasty is easier said than easy to do! ”

Speaking of this, she smiled sadly: "My mother gave birth to several children, but only two daughters survived. I am the elder, and the noble Dou is the youngest. If it is done, my half-brother will be able to ride the wind, and what are we sisters in this life? If it doesn't work out, the Dou family is full of doors, and my mother's life is nothing. ”

Empress Dou entered the palace at the age of six, she was still young, and when she grew up, her memories of her time at home were infinitely close to nothing, and she could only mechanically accept the impressions she had acquired as an adult.

His father was in power, calling for wind and rain in the court, and his mother, Mrs. Liang, was gentle and peaceful, like a statue in a temple, and there were no waves in leisure.

The relationship between husband and wife is faint and rarely spoken.

The father lives more often in the concubine's place or the main house, and the mother almost has to settle down in the nunnery of the house.

But she had heard that they had had a good time in the past.

Anyway, during the rebellion, her mother sent her brother to her mother's house, and she accompanied her husband to supervise the army on the front line, she held the poison in her hand, and if something happened to her husband, she would not survive.

But people's hearts are fickle.

Queen Dou's only and deepest memory of the Dou family is a fragrance and a gorgeous skirt.

At that time, her brother had already died of illness, and her father decided to send her to the palace at the age of six, and her mother took her by the hand, knelt before him, abandoned her dignity, and begged him to change his mind.

The father impatiently pushed her to the ground and walked in front of them, pulling Mrs. Gilan by the sleeve.

She knelt beside her in a daze, and the beautiful hem of Madame Lan's dress swept over her hand propped up on the ground, leaving a lingering fragrance that she would never forget.

After entering the palace, she learned that it was the spice that Canaan tributed to, worth a thousand gold, and only the queen mother and queen in the palace had it.

At the time of the wedding, she smelled the smell in the Jiaofang Palace, and for some reason, suddenly her throat surged, and she lay on the bed and almost vomited out all her internal organs.

Tianzi, who was a year older than her, was beside her, looking at her worriedly: "Sister, are you not feeling well?" ”

He stroked her back again and gave her a smooth breath: "I'll give you a few snorts!" ”

After that, Empress Dou never used any spices.

She thought that the days would pass like this, but she was so delusional.

When he was twenty years old, his father sent his daughter to the palace again.

This time, the Dou family sent in two daughters at one time.

The older one was named a nobleman, the younger sister of Empress Dou's compatriots, and was fifteen years old.

The younger one was named Jieyu, the only daughter of Mrs. Lan, at the age of eleven.

If his father only sent Dou Guiren into the palace, maybe Queen Dou would not be so desperate.

She may be angry, she may be unhappy, she may feel sorry for her sister, but she will feel that her father is still a "human being" and has some remaining human touch.

Even if that touch of humanity is for Mrs. Lan, who has been favored for several years.

But he's not anymore.

Now he is a monster who is completely controlled by power.

It's just not a "person".

……

When the news of the death of the Son of Heaven came out, Weiyang Palace burst into tears.

Even the great general Dou Jing couldn't cry and lamented.

It's just that the Son of Heaven has passed away, and the country cannot be without a king for a day, and the top priority is to make the emperor's younger brother ascend the throne first.

The attendants took the mourning clothes that had been prepared long ago and distributed them to the ministers outside the palace, and Shangshu ordered Pan Huixuan to ask for the six seals of the Son of Heaven, and someone else to take the newly made dragon robe crown and present it to the new emperor.

The general Dou Jing entered the front hall to see the imperial brother, his eyes swept over his face, and he arched his hand: "I heard that the imperial brother has not yet reached the crown, so he has not taken the word?" ”

Hearing the words left and right, there is no change of color.

Empress Dou was on the side, and changed color and said: "The general is cautious!" It has always been the respect of the elders for the sake of the teacher, how can there be a reason for the subordinates to do this for the king?! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at her, and said resignedly: "The general is an old minister of the Three Dynasties, how can he not respect the word elder?" ”

He said again: "Please also ask the general to take care of it for me!" ”

Dou Jing saw that the successor was so deferential, and his heart was happy, but it was really in vain for his kindness, and he no longer looked at the eldest daughter who was angry and corrupt, and said with a pleasant face: "Just choose the word Yuan Jing, how about it?" ”

Queen Dou was furious: "Dou Jinger dares?!" ”

He also looked at it with his eyes, hoping that Zhu Yuanzhang would be able to rise up and resist.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed secretly in his heart, and said in his heart, sister-in-law, with your upright temper, how could you pull your father down.

Then he slipped to his knees for a second, and was as good as a stream: "I think these two words are very good!" ”

Dou Jing laughed, his pride was overflowing, and the laughter echoed in the hall, mixed with countless crying, like a fire in the dark night, which was particularly dazzling.

However, no one dared to stop Dou Jing's disrespectful behavior.

He glanced at Empress Dou, who was pale, and finally saluted and knelt down: "The Son of Heaven has passed away, and the country cannot be without a king for a day. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Accurate." ”

At that time, the wind outside the hall rose, the window was wide open, and his eyes swept over the red flags fluttering in the wind outside the hall, and then returned to the hall, and after falling on Dou Jing's body, he became calm.

Dou Jing got up, noticed the young man's gaze, and couldn't help but look over.

However, after looking at it for a few moments, he only saw the red flag waving in the wind.

Dou Jing didn't have the idea of not peeking into the heart of the Son of Heaven, so he smiled and said, "What is Your Majesty looking at?" ”

"Nothing." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and replied to him: "That flagpole is good." ”

……

"During the reign of Emperor Ruizong, the general Dou Jing relied on his status as the ruler of the country to run amok and act arrogantly, bribing the Huangmen to know that Emperor Ruizong was seriously ill, so he conspired to support King Baling as the heir."

"Emperor Ruizong saw Dou Jing's conspiracy, and took the lead in selecting the son of Prince Zhuang Mourning and Emperor Shizu as the emperor's younger brother.

"Emperor Shizu was eighteen years old at the time, broad and comfortable, broad-minded, and took the initiative to caress Dou Jing. Say to him, "I haven't reached the crown yet, so I haven't taken the word yet, so I took the name of the general and took the word Yuan Jing, what do you think?" ”

"Dou Jing turned his anger into joy at this time."

- "Old Changshu - Ruizong Benji" vernacular version

……

The etiquette of the imperial court, only the name and the instrument can not be dummy.

After the Son of Heaven made a big trip, someone soon came to change his clothes for Zhu Yuanzhang, and then he was dragged by the ceremonial officials to the Xuanshu Hall to succeed to the throne.

This is the heir of the Daxing Emperor Chrysostom Yuyan, and the candidate of the great general Dou Jingzhong, with two buffs, how dare the ministers make a mistake at this juncture?

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the top of the main hall, and saw the ministers bowing their heads, the mountain shouting long live, and the sound of bells and drums rang out throughout the hall.

Whether it was a puppet or a marionette, at least at this moment, from the ministers to the Li Shu, the whole world was prostrate at his feet.

This is the Son of Heaven.

Liu Bang saw the first emperor's travel honor guard from afar, and couldn't help but sigh: "The husband should be like this!" "The Son of Heaven!

……

After the new emperor ascended the throne, what happened next did not go very well.

It's not that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't go well, but General Dou didn't go well.

There's no way, there will be gains and losses.

For example, the Three Princes, the previous dynasty was "Da Sima, Da Situ, and Da Sikong," but the current dynasty was "Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong."

In addition, because of the practice of this dynasty, most of the three dukes were the officials of the high-ranking officials and the people of Deshao, and in fact they were not allowed to open a government or build a government, but they had a very high prestige and could be set an example for Shilin.

General Dou himself also held the post of Tai Lieutenant, but because the "Great General" had heavier powers, the people of the time did not call him Tai Lieutenant, and the three princes who were with him were Situ Shiyun and Sikong Geng Zhang.

Situ Shiyun is a contemporary leader of Shilin, a descendant of Confucianism, and he even once preserved the son of Daxing, so he can be called a contemporary saint-like figure.

During the reign of the Emperor Huang, his behavior was brutal, and the ministers sometimes had advice, but the Emperor did not listen, and when he held a palace banquet in Taiye Pond, he even ordered the young Daxing Tianzi - he was still a prince at that time - to be thrown into the water and drowned, laughing and saying to the ministers, "There are loyal people who can come to save my family."

Then he ordered the attendants to struggle and float in the water, and the emperor pressed down.

The ministers changed color, and no one dared to approach, only Shi Yun left the table and went to the Taiye Pool.

Seeing this, the Emperor was furious, took the wooden stick in the hands of the soldiers, and went forward to knock Shi Yun to the ground, breaking his leg.

The Desolate Emperor was touched by it, and in the end, he was in awe of Shi Yun's prestige, and finally pardoned them.

There is an old example of the desolate emperor here, although Dou Jing is a general and his power is tilted towards the government and the opposition, it is inevitable that he is a little afraid of Shi Yun.

Because he knew that this old man was indeed not afraid of death.

People are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death?

The desolate emperor is a desolate and unscrupulous king, and he has never killed this great sage, and now he is a minister, how can he kill the famous people at home because of Shi Yun's resignation?

Dou Jing could only endure it.

It's just that he didn't expect that the matter of catching the horse was still to come.

After the news of Situ Shiyun's resignation came out, Sikong Gengzhang also resigned!

directly asked people to send the official hat and the official mansion to General Dou's mansion.

Dou Jing: Ma De, another sixth!

But I really can't help it.

This is because this Sikong Gengzhang, who is nearly seventy years old, is, to a certain extent, even more difficult than Situ Shiyun.

If he can sit on the position of the third duke, his character and ability will inevitably be recognized by the ministers, and Dou Jing cannot kill him because of this.