East Shengguo, Tai'an City, Taihe Palace.

Gold is the main color of this hall, but the four words of gold and brilliance are far from enough to describe its magnificence.

The floor of the main hall is paved with 4,718 golden bricks two feet square, and nine hundred and eighty-one pitch-black pillars of three people hugging each other support this hall, and a golden dragon with a length of nine zhang hovers over every nine pillars.

If you look closely, you can see that each golden dragon is adorned with night pearls the size of fists, making this hall, even if it does not need daylight, it is still as bright as day.

In the middle of the dome of the main hall, nine huge dragon heads opened their eyes angrily, and their hideous mouths rushed at the huge and incomparable night pearl above the dome, ready to pounce.

Speaking of the nine dragons and one pearl in the main hall, it is a bit exquisite.

This is the Kowloon Water Bureau, according to legend, at the beginning of the founding of Dongsheng, every year of disasters, Emperor Taizu invited a group of monks in Wanlong Temple to recite the scriptures, in order to ask for the blessing of God, the monk recited the scriptures of 7749 days, and Taizu shed tears for 7749 days.

But, no, it's useless!

Taizu looked sadly at the increasing number of casualties reported by the states and counties every day, these are all his people!

In the end, Emperor Taizu, who had no choice, ignored the opposition of the whole country, and personally went to the territory of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, on the Taiheng Mountain, on the top of the towering mountain, in front of the statue of Taishang Xianjun, and knelt hard for seven days and seven nights.

Just when Emperor Taizu was about to be unable to hold on, he suddenly heard the sound of immortals coming from the sky, and exploded in the ears of Emperor Taizu, "If you are evil, it is useless to burn incense;

After returning home from the mountain, Taizu immediately ordered people to repair this hall, gave the name Tai'an, set up the Kowloon Water Distribution Bureau in the palace, the town of Bafang Antai, since then, Dongsheng domestic wind and rain are smooth, there are few disasters.

At this moment, in the Taihe Palace, hundreds of civil and military officials stood in columns, all of them bent down and bowed their heads solemnly.

Just because on the nine-level golden steps, in front of the two large screens carved with cloud dragon patterns, on the luxurious chair with nine golden dragons coiled, there are nine colorful reels on the head, a total of black and gold crowns, so that people can't see the face of the person - Dongsheng Emperor Cao Yi!

If you want to say that the crown on Cao Yi's head, there is an interesting story that everyone in Dongsheng Country knows, Cao Yi, who was originally the son of Dongsheng, should be the number of twelve, and nine colorful reels - just the prince's specifications.

But on the day Cao Yi ascended the throne, when the chief administrator of Ouchi brought him a crown tied with twelve colorful reels, Cao Yi took the crown and tore off three of them, and said: "If there are three points today, like me, the 'Son of Heaven', there are two more in the world, this crown, I have no face to take it, and after I have leveled the world and swept the Western Chu and Northern Zhou, it will be the day to re-wear these twelve reels of the crown!"

Whether it is posturing or pretending, at least, in the decades since Cao Yi succeeded to the throne, he has achieved half of this ambition.

"Your Majesty, Jiang Xin is grateful to His Majesty for his kindness, gave him the honor of being the general of the town army, and ordered him to guard the border pass for my Dongsheng Town.

There are ten charges of Jiang Xin, the general of the town army, one of the crimes: dereliction of duty, as a border guard but not in the barracks, when the Northern Zhou army rushed to the pass, he was still lingering with his wife in the mansion;

The second crime: His Majesty was incompetent, and my 400,000 border troops were actually rushed into the pass by 50,000 captives, resulting in the death of 100,000 soldiers of our border army on the spot, which almost caused a catastrophe, all because of Jiang Xin's indulgence on weekdays;

The third crime: colluding with the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the 50,000 captives have been imprisoned in my Dongsheng territory, just waiting for the reinforcements to arrive, they can be wiped out in an instant, but Jiang Xin opened the city gate privately, this behavior is tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain;

Crime 4: Embezzling food and salaries ......"

The sudden rebuke in the main hall interrupted Cao Yi's contemplation.

The person who spoke was Lu Wannian in the imperial history, the so-called imperial history, which is often said by the people, and enjoyed the right to listen to the wind and play, this Lu Wannian was originally the middle of the imperial history, and he should be a lonely minister, but Cao Yi, who is in the control of the entire Dongsheng, knows that he is the disciple of Prime Minister Zhuge Yu.

And Jiang Xinqi is Cao Yi's younger brother, the Han King Cao Guang's party.

The world knows that the Prime Minister of Dongsheng and Cao Guang, the king of the Han Dynasty, have a lot of suspicions, whether it is really or pretending, in short, the two factions do not quarrel a few times every time they go back to the court, I am afraid that even Cao Yi himself will feel that this early dynasty is boring.

Cao Yi looked down at the old man standing at the head of the left, Zhuge Yu, who was extremely tall, white-haired but not old-fashioned, at this time, he was standing in his position on the ground, quietly listening to Lu Zhongcheng's subdued and frustrated rebuke, which made it difficult to see the slightest clue from the face full of vertical and horizontal faces.

After all, he is a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and the city in his chest is naturally as deep as the sea.

Cao Yi smiled in a low voice, and slowly shifted his head to the middle, where there was an old general dressed in white and carrying thorns-Jiang Xin, at this moment, Jiang Xin listened to the accusation of Lu Zhongcheng's righteous words, knowing that some of the charges were far from the facts, but he never refuted a word, just knelt quietly in the hall with an expressionless face - before the first golden step, at the feet of Emperor Dongsheng.

Cao Yi's gaze stayed on Jiang Xin for a long time before he slowly moved away, and then turned his head to look to the right - where stood his younger brother, Cao Guang, the pot-bellied Han King.

You must know that Jiang Xinqi is an official to the general of the town army, commanding 400,000 border troops, but he is not a person who is attracted at will, and the reason why he became the Han King Party is actually because he gave birth to a good daughter-Han Princess Jiang Li.

Jiang Li and King Han met in the streets, at first they didn't know each other's identities, Cao Guang liked her beauty, Jiang Li appreciated his talent, and after a private life, the two confided the truth to each other.

When Jiang Xin looked at his beloved daughter's increasingly swollen waist and abdomen, and learned that the real murderer was the King of Han, although he was furious, he had to reluctantly accept the reality.

Fortunately, although the King of Han is quite ruthless to the enemy, he is a lover himself, regardless of whether it is hindered by Jiang Xin's face, the King of Han after the big marriage, favored Jiang Li alone, and even the two beautiful concubines who were admitted into the house before were also killed by his own hands, but fortunately, Jiang Li's stomach was also angry, and he was married for ten years and gave birth to two sons for the old Cao family.

If it is said that when Jiang Li stepped into the Han Palace, Jiang Xin was not considered the Han King Party, in the past ten years, the existence of those two grandsons, no matter how helpless Jiang Xin was, has become a deeply branded mark of the Han King Party on his body.

"King Han, what is your opinion?"

Finally, Lu Zhongcheng's lengthy speech, which was like an old woman's footcloth, ended, Cao Yi nodded slowly and methodically, and asked King Han.

When the king of Han heard this, he came out of the crowd, saluted the high dragon chair, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minister also has ten charges here!" However, the minister did not sue Jiang Xin, the general of the town army, but the prime minister Zhuge Yu! Zhuge Yu and his people formed a party and ran a private ......."

"Heh, do you want to save Zhao from Wei Wei?"

The corners of Cao Yi's mouth curled slightly, and he waved his hand to interrupt: "Okay, okay, don't gag me, what we are talking about today is that Jiang Xin, the general of the town army, left his post without permission and did not defend the border pass for me, causing the death of nearly 100,000 border army soldiers, and then letting go of 50,000 broken captives and the little prince of the Northern Zhou Dynasty......

After a pause, the corners of his mouth raised a touch of ridicule, and he asked again: "You, what is your opinion?"

King Han's lowered head tilted to the left, and he glanced at the figure beside him who was still as tall as a pine and cypress even if he was kneeling, and his heart swelled with reluctance, and he gritted his teeth fiercely, and said, "Minister...... No comments!"

"Oh?

Cao Yi laughed loudly, and the entire Jinluan Hall was filled with his laughter.

The design of this hall is like this, the high dragon chair is too far from the ground, if you want the ministers standing below to hear the holy voice of the person on the chair, the voice of the dragon chair is too low.

But after all, as the Son of Heaven, every time he goes to court, he roars like a shrew on the street, what kind of system does it become? Therefore, when the craftsman built this great hall, he spent a lot of thought on this sound.

The magnificent furnishings in the hall are just for seeing!

The person on the dragon chair, as long as he uses the normal tone, after almost turning in the hall, it will produce the effect of amplification, and at the same time make the holy sound seem to come from all directions, adding to the majesty of the Son of Heaven.

When King Han heard the laughter that filled his ears, his head, which was already lowered, fell a little lower, and a subtle look flashed in his eyes.

Cao Yi, who had laughed for a long time, finally felt that it was a boring thing for no one to echo him, so he accepted the laughter and teased at the King of Han below: "Second brother, I heard that you love your younger brother and sister very much, and after marrying your younger brother and sister, you have never taken a concubine, Jiang Xin is the biological father of your younger brother and sister, but your father-in-law, but the maternal grandfather of my two nephews, the second brother is really willing to him...... To die?"

Cao Yi did not call him a lonely widow this time, nor did he call Cao Guang the "King of Han", but called him a brother, as if the elder brother of an ordinary family was playing with his younger brother, but the words that could be said were full of blood.

has lived together for more than ten years, and the monarchs and ministers have been in the same hall for decades, how can Cao Guang not know the ruthlessness of this brother, he is forcing himself to bow his head!

"What do you still want me to do! I won't fight with you for the throne! I won't fight with you in the world! I just want to be a prince!

Cao Guang roared silently, his heart was so depressed but he didn't dare to say anything, trembling at the fat on his chin, he glanced at the scars on Jiang Xin's back that were cut by thorns and the large blood stains under him, knelt on the ground with a plop, and grabbed the ground with his head: "Big brother! Second brother is also at fault! Jiang Xin, as my father-in-law, is a relative of Emperor Dongsheng, but I have not fulfilled the responsibility of supervision, please punish me together!"

This kneeling has taken away Cao Guang's dignity as a prince, and this kneeling has made the hall silent.

Cao Yi looked at the second brother who was throwing himself to the ground below, and pulled the corners of his mouth contemptuously, without a trace of fluctuation in his eyes, let alone say anything, so he let him kneel all the time.

"Your Majesty!"

Cao Dou, the king of Shu, who had been standing behind the King of Han and watching the changes, stood up, bowed his head and arched his hand: "After all, Jiang Xin has guarded the country for my Dongsheng for ten years, and the border is bitter and cold, and there is no merit and hard work.

Cao Yi's eyes kept staring at the left side of the head, I don't know if he was looking at Cao Guang or Cao Dou, or both, after a long time, Cao Yi sighed: "Jiang Xin, you, do you have anything to say?"

When Jiang Xin heard this, he slammed his head on the ground and shouted: "The criminal minister does not dare to have the slightest delusion, let His Majesty fall!"

"Well, good attitude. ”

Cao Yi smiled and nodded, glanced at Zhuge Yu, who seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep, and then closed his eyes silently, as if thinking about what to do with Jiang Xin.

In the main hall, there was once again an oppressive silence, only the occasional sweat dripping from the neck of King Han and the blood dripping from Jiang Xin's back smashed on the gold bricks, making a ticking sound, as if knocking on everyone's hearts.

Cao Yi is a wise monarch after all, but he will not let His Royal Highness's ministers suffer for too long, and after a long sigh of relief, he said: "Jiang Xin obeys the order! Jiang Xin, the general of the town army, is very old, and he has made a big mistake this time, so he is ordered to step down from the post of the guard general of the northern border army......

Hearing this, Zhuge Yu, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating his mind, opened his eyes, and in those narrow Danfeng eyes, there were four colors!

Sure enough, Cao Yi hadn't finished reading it, paused, and continued: "I remember that he has guarded the country for Dongsheng for ten years, and it can be regarded as a high level of hard work...... From now on, Jiang Xin has been transferred to the post of secretary of the Ministry of War, as for Wang Chong, the former secretary of the Ministry of War, hasn't he always told me that he wants to return to his hometown to retire, I, yes!"

After Cao Yi finished speaking, Wang Shangshu, who suddenly suffered from an unwarranted disaster, came out of the crowd with a swing, threw himself to the ground with a snort, and shouted in a voice that was more than ten years younger than Jiang Xin: "Wang Chong, thank you Lord Longen!"

............