Chapter 90: Candlelight Night Talk
Suifeng secretly knows in his heart, I am afraid that the next thing is to blatantly win over himself. After weighing it a little, Sui Feng still said: "Back to Your Highness, everything is fine with Sui Feng in the Fujiwara family." If you want to talk about your wishes, Suifeng's only wish is to return to the Central Plains as soon as possible, and Datang still has a lot of things that Suifeng can't rest assured. ”
The emperor played this game of picking grass and finding snakes with himself, and simply said it all as he could, but instead put him in an army to see how he should face it.
Sure enough, as soon as he heard that Sui Feng cut to the topic so directly, saying that he was going to return to the Tang Dynasty, the emperor's face changed first.
After a while, he returned to his previous smiling appearance, and said: "It's no wonder that the people of the Heavenly Empire have extremely heavy homeland plots, and it is natural for Mr. to want to return to his hometown." It's just that I wonder if Mr. just lived in the Fujiwara family or has a position?"
Seeing that he had asked the point, Sui Feng did not hide it, and said directly: "Now I am a samurai of the staff of the Fujiwara family." ”
"The staff samurai... "So," the emperor groaned, "sir, I don't know what this samurai means, do you?"
"I really don't know. When Sui Feng saw the emperor's reaction like this, he was even more convinced that what Sasaki said to him at that time was probably the truth.
"The depth of the samurai is unique to Fuso. It is important that once the allegiance is lifelong and cannot be changed, otherwise it will be punished very severely, and it will be despised by the people of the whole country. Yes, since Mr. has become a samurai of the Fujiwara family, although Mr. is not Japanese, the rules of Fuso do not restrict Mr., but if Mr. wants to return to Japan, the Fujiwara family will lose such a right-hand man, I am afraid that it will ......"
The emperor said half of his words, but the meaning of his words could not be clearer.
Although Sasaki had already followed the wind to tell him about this situation before, he still pretended to be the first time he learned about it, and asked with some urgency: "I'm afraid of what, will the Fujiwara family take any measures?"
The emperor pretended to groan again, and Sui Feng couldn't help but sneer in his heart, this so-called emperor is not very old, but he is a complete old fox. There was a trace of hesitation on the emperor's face, as if he was fighting some kind of thought, and for a moment he seemed to have made some difficult decision, and looked at Sui Feng and said: "These ancient families have some special means that can make powerful samurai obey their words, sir, although martial arts are all over the sky, I am afraid that they may not be able to parry in front of these people." ”
These were obviously what he deliberately wanted to say to Suifeng, but he pretended to be some secret. Unmoved by the wind, no matter what tricks he has, he will plan first.
He frowned, and said a little coldly: "Doesn't that mean that I am really going to be subject to the Fujiwara family for the rest of my life? Could it be that His Highness means to let me escape now?"
The emperor was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "No, no, no, it must be a piece of cake to escape from the Fujiwara family with Mr.'s martial arts." It's just that all the envoys to the Central Plains are nominally under my orders, but now you also know that although I am nominally the king of Japan, I have lost great power, and these rebellious ministers and thieves all regard me as a puppet!
Naturally, Suifeng didn't know this, but he was just deliberately probing his reaction to prevent him from being blackmailed so smoothly.
But having said that, this issue still has to be involved. If he hadn't preemptively stated his intention of returning to Japan just now, I am afraid that if he wanted to return to Japan, he would have to accept the emperor's woo first, and then he would be caught between the Fujiwara family and the emperor, and it would be even more difficult to get out. Now it seems that the two of them are making a deal, and all they have to do is bargain.
"Then in the opinion of His Highness, then how can I return to the country smoothly?" Sui Feng paused and pushed the question again. ...,
The emperor did not answer, silently picked up the teapot in front of him, made another cup, and handed it to Suifeng. "Let's have a cup of tea first. ”
Sui Feng took it, and he was not afraid that he would be poisoned, so he took a sip directly. After a careful taste, a fragrance lingered in the mouth, and a hot breath rushed up, rolling up a wisp of tea fragrance into the nose. It's as if the entire mouth and nose have been washed by the spring rain, "It's really good tea." ”
The Emperor smiled slightly, "This is the authentic Anxi Tieguanyin, or Mr. Takahashi of the Fujiwara family brought it to me." After I drank it, I drank all kinds of tea from Fuso, and it was like a cow drinking. ”
After laughing, he sighed again. His expression also became solemn, "Don't say anything else, you see that his Fujiwara family has occupied this Guan Bai position for decades, and I don't know how long he will continue to occupy this position." Looking at the officials of the Manchu Dynasty, how many of them are not from major families? Where is it my turn to speak to the emperor? Even the tea purchased from Middle Earth, I can't be the master, I can only watch them give me some as alms! Why, I, the lord of Fuso and the king of Japan, even have to look at their faces when I take a sip of tea?"
Later, his expression was full of excitement, and there was a crisp sound of "bang". The celadon tea cup in his hand was smashed by him, and he was indeed angry to the extreme.
The queen next to her, hearing the emperor's words, also sighed lightly, her eyes closed a little tighter, and the speed of chanting the scriptures was a little faster.
Sui Feng looked at his face as if he was about to spark, and knew that he was really angry to the extreme, and he was not cheating. I can't help but think of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, who was coerced by Cao Apu in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and those puppet emperors after that, I am afraid that they are also so angry and unwilling, right? Fortunately, in today's prosperous times, Xuanzong does have the ability to rule the world, and after the Kaiyuan Dynasty, the national strength is even more prosperous. The various swords that Sui Feng saw in the martial arts conference before were just the swords of ordinary sergeants in the Tang Army, but in Fusang, it was the heirloom of a great family, so it can be said that there was a world of difference.
"It is only natural that His Highness will calm his anger first, and he will be in a high position and not in power. This matter is not uncommon in the history of the Central Plains, and it is better for His Highness to forbear it first. Sui Feng took another sip and said lightly.
The Emperor's expression was calm, as if he had calmed down all of his monstrous anger in an instant. He sighed and said, "I don't know how to forbear, now, I don't have to decide the position of emperor. If he Fujiwara Boichi doesn't like me one day, he can easily replace him with a member of the royal family!" he said, clenching his already clenched fists.
I was stunned by the wind, but I didn't know that the emperor's power was already so precarious. After waiting for a few more moments, the emperor's mood calmed down a little, and asked tentatively, "In that case, how can Your Highness help me?"
"Help you?" the emperor heard Suifeng ask, turned his head, pounced suddenly, grabbed Suifeng's shoulders and said, "If you can kill the leaders of these families, I can help you return to the country smoothly, what do you think?"
Killed the leaders of those families? Shocked by the wind, not to mention that there are dozens of various families in the Fusang government and the opposition, if he really killed all of them, I don't know how many people he would offend. Looking at the emperor in front of him, his eyes were very wide, full of red, and the whites of his eyes were covered with a little bloodshot, Suifeng had never seen such fanatical eyes, where was he still like the majestic and elegant Fuso lord before?
"Your Highness, are you joking with me? Not to mention that your strength is limited, you will kill them all, have you ever thought about what changes will happen to the National Assembly?" said with a cold voice, pushing away the emperor who was holding him.
The Emperor seemed to know that he was a little out of shape, and coughed dryly, "What will change? It's just that all the power that should have belonged to me will be retaken back by me." Since it is a bit difficult to kill all the masters of those families, it is better to kill the people of Fujiwara and Taira families, and as for the rest of the families, they really don't need to be in a hurry at this time, they can start slowly. ”...,
Sui Feng sighed secretly in his heart, the lord of Fusang in front of him had already been carried away by his ambition. Yaoyao said: "Your Highness, if you insist on such an idea, please forgive Suifeng for not being able to do what you want." ”
"Weishenme?" the Emperor was shocked when he heard Sui Feng say this, as if he had woken up from his own imagination. "You know, now that I am the only one who can help you, do you naively think that those people from the Fujiwara family will let you go so easily? Maybe you just went back today, and they have arranged a way to deal with you!"
"I know. "Suifeng is still calm.
"You know you're not going to help me?" said the Emperor, as if he was a little anxious.
"I don't know if Your Highness has ever heard an ancient saying in the Central Plains: 'A hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen'. Even the little insects and ants are like this, let alone a big family like the Fujiwara family that has been entrenched for hundreds of years? Even if they kill their family master, they will still choose a new family master, and will they all kill them one by one? Your Highness is here to sincerely worship the Buddha, have you ever thought that how many people will die because of such a sword and soldier? Even if you kill them, will these families listen to your dispatch? Have these Highnesses thought about it?"
As soon as Suifeng said this, the emperor was full of excitement, as if he had been drunk and had been poured a scoop of cold water from head to toe, and he suddenly came to his senses. Slowly turned his head and looked at Sui Feng in a daze, "Then in the opinion of Mr., won't I never be able to take back the real power?"
Sui Feng was stunned, and he stopped talking.
"Please also ask Mr. to give me advice, as long as Mr.'s method is effective, I hereby swear to send Mr. back home safely. The Emperor's heart, which had been a little cold, became eager again when he heard Suifeng say this.
Sui Feng hesitated, thought for a moment, and then said slowly: "If Your Highness really wants to regain his power and regain control of a country, the first thing is to have his own lineage. And at the beginning, you must not let the aristocratic family know, and then you must take back the official positions controlled by the major families in the court and the opposition little by little, at first start from the official positions that have no real power and are in a low position, you must not be impatient and greedy, when your shili is big enough to a certain extent, even if they know it, it doesn't matter. At that time, even if he can't monopolize power, at least restoring His Highness to the throne of king will no longer be a problem. ”
In Suifeng's view, these words are just sparse and ordinary, just some of his insights from reading history books since he was a child. But in the emperor's opinion, every word is golden and jade, and that look, holding his breath and concentrating, I don't know how serious it is.
Although Suifeng said this, his heart was full of sighs, even if he really did what he said little by little, he didn't know how long it would take to have real power, and his idea of returning to the country was like a bubble if he wanted to rely on the emperor's leave.