The Empress Dowager has a lot of words to say, but she feels that her energy is leaving her body bit by bit, the white mist in front of her eyes is dangling, and her mind is blank, and it is extremely difficult to speak, but in the depths of her heart, there is a strong and clear voice that keeps ringing: "The soldiers are fierce and dangerous, and the lives are ruined, but you must not act rashly." ”

After a while, she took a deep breath and said slowly: "Child, in the past nine years, I have been in power, and I haven't told you about the analysis, it's grandma's mistake." I always thought that I still had many years to live, and when you were older, I would enlighten you, and it would be easier for you to understand, how do you know...... Who knows......"

She coughed a few times dryly, and said: "We have a lot of food, that's good, but the Tang Dynasty is weak." Not as brave as the Turks. What's more, once a war is fought, the army and the people are ruined, I don't know how many people will die, how many houses will be burned, and I don't know how many families in the world will be ruined and their wives will be separated. For the monarch to always have a word of 'benevolence' in his chest, not to mention the unpredictable number of victories and defeats, even if there is really a certainty of victory, this battle is still not good. ”

Li Xu said: "Our Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures have been occupied by outsiders, and we have to pay him a tribute of gold and silk every year, which is both like a vassal and a vassal state, and the child is the son of the Tang Dynasty, how can we swallow this breath?

The more he spoke, the louder he said: "Back then, Wei Qiansui changed the law and created the law of protecting armor and horses, not to make the country rich and strong, and to wash away the shame of his ancestors over the years. For the children and grandchildren, they can hate their ancestors for their ancestors, and they are filial piety. The father and the emperor have worked hard all his life, and the child must inherit his father's legacy. This ambition is not successful, there is such a chair. Suddenly, he drew his sword from his waist and split a chair beside him in two.

The Empress Dowager couldn't help but be taken aback when she saw this kid suddenly pull out her sword and cut the chair, and thought vaguely: "Why did he bring a sword? Is he here to kill me? Is I not allowed to listen to the government? This kid is so bold and reckless." I abolished him. ”

Although she has a loving nature, she has been in power for a long time, and when she encounters a threat to power, she immediately thinks of eliminating the enemy, even if it is her closest relatives, and she does not forgive, and in an instant, she forgets that she has run out of oil, and in the blink of an eye she will die forever.

Li Xu was full of thoughts about how to break the formation and kill the enemy and recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, and imagined that he would sit on a high-headed horse, lead a million male soldiers, and break through Shangjing, and the wolf lord Shi Qi Muda would surrender. He raised his sword and said proudly: "The major affairs of the country are all mistaken in the hands of ordinary timid and fearful corrupt people. They call themselves gentlemen, but in fact, they are all greedy for life and afraid of death, selfish villains, I ...... I have to punish them severely. ”

The Empress Dowager suddenly came to her senses and said in her heart: "This kid is the current emperor, he has his own ideas, and I can't ask him to listen to me anymore." I'm an old woman who is dying, he's a young and strong emperor, he's an emperor, he's an emperor. ”

She raised her voice as best she could, and said, "Son." Grandma is very happy that you have this ambition. ”

Li Xu was overjoyed, returned the sword into the sheath, and said, "Grandma, I'm right, isn't it?"

The Empress Dowager said: "Do you know what is the perfect strategy and the chance of victory?"

Li Xu frowned and said: "Selecting generals to train troops, storing grain on horses, and fighting with fans on the battlefield, there is a way to win, but there is no reason to win." ”

The Empress Dowager said: "You also know that there is no reason to win in the gladiatorial arena. But our Datang can surrender without a fight. ”

Li Xu said: "Rest with the people and promulgate benevolent government, that is, soldiers who can surrender without a fight, isn't it? Grandma, this is the pedantic view of Prime Minister Sima Cheng and their scholars, what is the big deal?"

The Empress Dowager sighed and said slowly: "Sima Xianggong has excellent knowledge, how can you say that it is a scholar's pedantic opinion? You are the lord of a country, and you must read Sima Xianggong's "Famous History" at that time. For more than 1,000 years, the reason why each dynasty has risen, declined, failed, and died has been clearly remembered in that book. Our Datang land is rich, there are many people, far better than other countries ten times, as long as there is no war, in another ten or twenty years, we will be even richer. The Turks are brave and aggressive, as long as we strictly guard the border, their tribes will definitely kill each other, and they will be defeated again and again, and their vitality will be greatly damaged. The year before last, the rebellion of the king of Chu, the Turkic elite soldiers were sharp, and there were many casualties......"

Li Xu slapped his thigh and said, "Yes! At that time, the child thought that he should wave his army to the north and give him an internal and external attack. Alas, it's a pity that a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was missed. ”

The Empress Dowager said sharply: "You don't forget to start a war with the Turks, you ...... You...... You ......" suddenly sat up, stretched out his index finger with his right hand, and pointed at Li Xu.

Under the power of the Empress Dowager, Li Xu was so frightened that he took three steps back, staggered, almost fell, pressed the hilt of his sword, and his heart suddenly jumped, shouting: "Quick, you guys come quickly." ”

The eunuchs heard the emperor's call and immediately rushed into the palace. Li Xu said in a trembling voice: "She...... She...... Look at her, but what's the matter?" he was full of ambition to fight the Turks to the death, but as soon as a sickly old woman became powerful, he was terrified and helpless.

A eunuch walked up a few steps, stared at the Empress Dowager for a moment, and was bold, stretched out his hand to take a breath, and said: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is in control of Bintian." ”

Li Xu was overjoyed, laughed, and exclaimed: "Wonderful, wonderful! I am the emperor, I am the emperor!"

He has actually been the emperor for nine years, but in the past nine years, the emperor has been in name only, and the power is all in the hands of the empress dowager, until this moment, he is the real emperor.

Li Xu personally took charge of government affairs, and the first thing he did was to demote Su Wenzheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to be the prefect of Dingzhou. Su Wen's text is famous all over the world, and he has great expectations at that time. He is Wei Qiansui's sworn enemy and has always opposed the new law. During the Yuan You period, the Empress Dowager lowered the curtain to listen to the government, and reused Prime Minister Sima and the Su family brothers.

Now that the empress dowager is dead, the emperor will degrade Su Wenzheng, from the court to the people, everyone has a dark shadow in their hearts: "The emperor is going to do a new deal again, and he is going to harm the people again!" Of course, there are also people secretly rejoicing, and if the emperor implements a new policy, they will have the opportunity to be promoted and make a fortune.

At this time, the ruling government was all former ministers appointed by the empress dowager. Fan Zuyu, a bachelor of Hanlin Academy, played and said: "The first empress dowager took the grand duke as her heart, and dismissed Wei Chitose and Lu Huiqing's new law and implemented the old politics of the ancestors. Even the lord also discussed with the prime minister and said: 'The Southern Dynasty obeys the affairs of Renzong. But Yanjing stayed behind, so that the border officials were restrained and there was nothing to do. Your Majesty looks at the enemy country with such affection. Then the hearts of the people in the country can be known. Now that His Majesty has a thousand opportunities, the villain will want to be shaken, and those who are willing to wait and see. ”

"I hope that Your Majesty will remember the difficulties of your ancestors, the diligence of the first Empress Dowager, and the heartache, so as to listen to the villain as the ring of the bones, and guard the government of the heavens, when it is as strong as a golden stone, as heavy as a mountain, so that China and foreign countries are united in one heart, and return to the right, then the world is very fortunate!"

The more Li Xu looked at it, the more angry he became, threw the piece on the case, and said: "'Heartache, listen to the villain as the ring of the bones', these two sentences are good. But I don't know who is a gentleman and who is a villain?" said with blazing eyes and stared at Fan Zuyu.