Chapter 280: Veteran Heroes (Part II)
After the words fell, everyone was speechless, and a mighty soldier outside the hall walked into the hall with a golden axe that could be more than six feet long, standing next to the Tao. At the moment when the golden axe appeared, from the human emperor Xia Luqi to the civil and military officials, their eyes were all condensed, and the civil and military officials fell down one after another, and even Yu Qingwu, who didn't need to kneel in the face of Xia Lugui, knelt on one knee.
The golden axe is golden, the axe surface is carved with a human figure, and the axe handle is carved with an inscription, although it is not as spiritual as those powerful magic weapons, and there is no killing atmosphere, but it has an indescribable great might!
Yu Tao pointed to the golden axe, stared at Xia Luqi's eyes burning, and said: "Your Majesty wants the life of the old minister, please take Huang Yue as a punishment and die under Huang Yue, and the old minister can also see the previous emperors under the Yellow Spring!"
On the earth of the world, the human emperor seal represents the supreme power and status of the human emperor, but the human emperor seal has been used to suppress the luck of the human race, and it can not be easily moved, so when Emperor Yu established the Xia Dynasty, he ordered someone to create a golden axe, the axe surface engraved the scene when he controlled the water, and the axe handle engraved the imperial decree of the human emperor, and named it Huang Yue, which was used to replace the human emperor seal as a symbol of the human emperor.
Since Huang Yue replaced the seal of the human emperor and became the symbol of the human emperor, seeing Huang Yue is like seeing the human emperor, and the human emperors of all generations have also relied on Huang Yue to command the world and subdue the heroes. Until nearly a hundred years ago, the fifteenth Xia lord Emperor Gao was old, and his son Fa was underage, so Di Gao gave Huang Yue to the brilliant Taishi Tao, and let him be the regent of Huang Yue.
After a while, the emperor took back Huang Yue when he became an adult, and when he was old, his son Xia Luqi was only ten years old, so he followed his father and gave Huang Yue to Yu Tao again, so that Yu Tao continued to be regent. The reason why the ministers are in awe of Yu Tao is, firstly, because Yu Tao is a veteran of the three dynasties and has worked hard, and secondly, because he has been in charge of Huang Yue twice and ruled on behalf of the emperor. With Huang Yue by his side, even the emperor didn't dare to touch him, let alone the ministers.
At this time, Yu Tao took out Huang Yue, and said that he wanted Xia Luqi to behead him with Huang Yue, which was simply forcing Xia Luqi to come to his senses, not to live in yellow again, and to despise the sixteen emperors of Great Xia.
At the beginning, he was reprimanded like this by Yu Tao, Xia Luqi was angry in his heart, but at this time, when he saw Huang Yue, the supreme Huang Yue of Great Xia, the qi in his heart suddenly disappeared. He forced a smile to himself and said, "Where did the Taishi say, how could Lone want your life?"
When he was only the crown prince, he followed Yu Tao to fight abroad for several years, and then succeeded to the throne of the emperor, and was taught by Yu Tao for several years. Yu Tao is also equivalent to half a teacher to him, so even when he was angry before, he never thought of killing Yu Tao.
"Your Majesty does not take the life of the old minister, which means that Your Majesty still recognizes this Huang Yue, and there are still the teachings of the previous emperors in your heart. Yu Tao took a deep breath, as if he wanted to recover some strength, and only after half a sound did he continue: "The big mistake has been made, and it is useless to regret it." The top priority is to stabilize the hearts of all the people, and the old minister implores His Majesty to surrender his sins and confess his mistakes to the whole world, so as to restore the lost hearts of the people!" he propped himself up from his seat and knelt down.
"I beg your majesty to send down the edict of sin!"
"I beg your majesty to send down the edict of sin!"
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After the words fell, Huai Jian, Zhonggu and others bowed down one after another and echoed in loud voices, and the momentum was suspected of forcing the palace.
"Taishi, please get up quickly, you are sick, how can you kneel for a long time?" Seeing that Yu Tao actually knelt down, Xia Luqi on the high seat hurriedly went down to the hall to help Yu Tao up. However, He Tao raised his hand and refused, and said: "Your Majesty does not condemn himself, and the old minister will kneel and die in this Taihe Palace!"
"This ......" Xia Luqi hesitated for a while, the edict of guilt is not an ordinary edict, it must list all kinds of crimes to sue the world, this is tantamount to admitting his mistake to the whole world, he is a dignified and supreme person, how can he do this? But if he does not condemn himself, this old lady is bound to die in the Taihe Palace, and spreading it will not only chill the hearts of many ministers, but also chill the hearts of all the generals under his command!
When Xia Luqi hesitated, Yu Qingwu stood up and said to Yu Tao, who was kneeling in front of Xia Lugui: "The old lady's heart of worrying about the country and the people makes the younger generations admire, but even if Your Majesty is at fault, he should not condemn himself." Once this edict is lowered, it will inevitably damage the majesty of the emperor, and I hope that the Taishi will not embarrass His Majesty like this. ”
"Yes, yes, yes!" Over there, Zhao Liang, who was kneeling, also echoed, but he didn't dare to get up.
Yu Tao didn't even look at Zhao Liang, a pair of old eyes glared at Yu Qingwu with extremely sharp eyes, and sneered: "Is it detrimental to the majesty of the human emperor?
"This ......" Yu Qingwu was speechless, although it would chill the heart of Xia Luqi, who was the emperor of people, although it was indeed true. Don't say that it is a person's honor and disgrace, even if Xia Luqi has to lose his life, as long as he can save Great Xia, it will be worth it.
Yu Qingwu didn't say anything, but Yu Tao continued with righteous words: "Although the old man has been in the northern Xinjiang all these years, thousands of miles away from the imperial capital, he also knows that since His Royal Highness entered the court, political affairs have deteriorated, and His Majesty has become more and more addicted to wine, and finally made many absurd behaviors. The old man wants to ask whether His Royal Highness is a disaster star in his own right, or if he has ulterior motives after entering the court, or is he ......"
"Enough!"
The more he spoke, the more unpleasant it became, and even in the end, he wanted to put the reason why the Great Summer was about to come to Yu Qingwu, Xia Luqi snorted lowly, shook his sleeve robe and turned around and said: "Approve your opinion, and send down the edict of yourself!"
When the words fell, he didn't give everyone another chance to speak, sat on the throne and waved his hand to summon the internal officials who drafted the edict, and drafted an edict against himself. It lists seven crimes, such as mutilating the loyal and good, working hard and hurting money, and indulging in alcohol, and the edict is sincere and touches the hearts of the people.
After listening to Xia Lugui's guilty edict, Yu Tao let Yu Qingwu go, and instead revised the edict with Xia Lugui. Most of the edicts are still the same, but in the end, the blame is put on the twelve officials who were killed outside the palace before, claiming that Xia Lugui was blinded by the ministers to commit these mistakes, which can be regarded as saving Xia Lugui's face to the greatest extent.
The condemned edict was immediately announced to the world, and within a few days it spread throughout the earth. Hearing that the emperor has the heart to change his mistakes, many people choose to believe it, but some think that this is just Xia Luqi's bitter trick. And most of the princes from all walks of life also summoned the imperial capital, claiming that His Majesty had declared.
Three days after the promulgation of the edict, Yu Tao went to the court again, this time his spearhead was directly aimed at Yu Qingwu, saying that Yu Qingwu was a young hero, and he had made a lot of contributions in the past few years, and his talent was quite extraordinary. And today, the most chaotic thing is the newly pacified northern Xinjiang, so the northern Xinjiang has become a place for Yu Qingwu to defend.
On the surface, Yu Qingwu's move was to hand over the 100,000 troops in northern Xinjiang to Sima Xia, who was supposed to be in charge of the military power, but in fact it was tantamount to sending Yu Qingwu to the frontier and away from the court! It is impossible for Yu Qingwu not to understand this, Xia Guansima has been the master since ancient times, and the Taishi is the master, and he can't find a reason to refute this decision of Yu Tao.
In addition, since Yan Tao asked him to defend Beiguan, it showed that he was on guard against him in his heart, and always thought that Xia Luqi would fall to this day, and he was inseparable from him, at this juncture, even if he had reason to refute, he couldn't speak.
Xia Luqi, who was forced to pass through the palace once three days ago, did not veto Yu Tao's decision, after all, although the border pass is hard, it can also let Yu Qingwu contact those strong generals who conquer the world in advance, which is beneficial for Yu Qingwu to take over the post of Taishi in the future.
Once it was decided to let Yu Qingwu go to Beiguan to defend it, Yu Tao said that he would strike while the iron was hot just in case, and let Yu Qingwu go out three days later, and there was no soldier. That night, in the inner courtyard of the palace, Xia Luqi dismissed all the palace maids and officials, and Yu Qingwu pushed the cup to change the lamp, during which most of the time Xia Lugui was complaining, saying that since Yu Tao returned to the court, he spent his days with clear soup and little water, and even Yu Xi did not dare to see it. In this regard, Yu Qingwu did not express an opinion. After that, Xia Lugui told Yu Qingwu to behave well in Beiguan, and after he died, he let him take over the position of Taishi.
After returning to the palace, Yu Qingwu ordered everyone not to get close to the Supreme Pavilion Shizhang, after entering the room, he stretched out his hand and waved in front of him, and a light curtain suddenly appeared under the lamplight, and a person appeared among them, who is it not Yi Yin, the prime minister of the Shang State?
"Your Highness, Xia Luxuan's edict was forced to be issued?" As soon as the Xuanguang Mirror and Yu Qingwu's Xuanguang Technique were connected, Yi Yin hurriedly asked.
Among the men and women rescued by Yu Qingwu back then, the female one was Yu Xi, and the male one was Yi Yin! Although Yi Yin was from an ordinary background, with the old madman who taught Yu Qingwu the skill of sleeping immortals for several years, he not only learned good cooking skills, but also learned to be full of economy and world governance. And the reason why he went to Yanzhou from the imperial capital to join Chengtang was Yu Qingwu's instructions, and he was the one who reported to Yu Qingwu that Cheng Tang was going to escape from Juntai that day.
Yu Qingwu nodded, and said in a deep voice: "That old immortal is worthy of being an old monster who has been crawling in the officialdom for more than a hundred years, and his methods are amazing, if he is allowed to stay in the imperial capital, I am afraid that our plan will be difficult to unfold." ”
"What does Your Highness mean?" Yi Yin's eyes lit up.
"He thought that by pushing this king to Beiguan, he would be able to change the world with his own strength, so this king took him to Beiguan with him, and wanted him to stay in Beiguan forever!" Yu Qingwu smiled coldly and said what he thought to Yi Yin.
Yi Yin was born with a ghost, and he was able to understand it by Yu Qingwu, and immediately said that it could be completed in as little as three days and half a month as long. Then he spoke: "Cheng Tang has returned to Yanzhou, I don't know what His Highness's plans are for this?"
"Let him live and perish!" Yu Qingwu said, and then withdrew the Xuanguang Technique. At this time, his mind was all on how to deal with Yan Tao, and the little soup was not in his eyes at all, even if he returned to Yanzhou, what could he do? As long as he got rid of Yan Tao, Daxia would be equal to half of it, and when the time came, he would not be able to do what he wanted.