Devil’s Advent

"I urge you all to turn out your heart, lungs and intestines to dry, wash, and tidy up! I am now more and more aware that my troubles are not with the outside, not with the barbarians, but with you. It's in this house!"

"The minister is guilty, and the minister is dead!"

Above the main hall, from Zaifu to ordinary civil and military officials, all knelt on the ground.

Yanhuang Ji Runhao sat on the dragon chair and looked down at a crowd of civil and military officials kneeling down. In his heart, he didn't have the slightest sense of accomplishment as the Ninth Five-Year Supreme.

This location, that house;

This location belongs to that one again;

And this position has always belonged to someone else.

His court, his civil and military affairs are not arranged according to what he thinks, but are inherent to the great powers in the past hundred years.

Occasionally repeated, occasionally strife,

It's nothing more than this one going down to that one,

Official position, this important weapon of the country, is like a stall in a vegetable market.

My grandfather sold vegetables here, and my father also sold vegetables here, so I should also sell vegetables here!

Even if I can't even distinguish the dishes, I still want to occupy this stall.

Farmer uncles bragging among themselves that the emperor can eat ten oily pancakes in the morning is a joke;

However, there is really no essential difference between the court hall of the Emperor Yan and the market that the old farmer goes to every day.

Although Ji Runhao has promoted many ministers from poor families after succeeding to the throne, they are still far from being successful. Compared with the powerful clans, they are far behind.

However, at any rate, everyone is still pursuing a sense of ritual.

The one on the dragon chair got angry,

Those who should kneel under the dragon chair should kneel immediately,

Everyone calmly apologize,

Finish the play for today.

Of course, there is a reason for the emperor to be angry today. In recent years, the conflict between the imperial court and the Zhenbei Houfu has become almost white-hot.

But with the issuance of the Edict of Guilt, this originally turbulent situation is being broken, and soon, this antagonistic relationship between the center and the local powerful vassals will be brought to light.

And once it is put on the table, there is no way to continue to reconcile it.

The Edict of Guilt is the letter of war issued by the Emperor Yan to the Zhenbeihou Mansion.

So,

these two days,

The court ministers quickly mobilized to put pressure on the emperor on behalf of their respective families.

It is said that the Zhenbeihou Mansion is the pillar of the northern border of the empire that cannot be easily moved;

It is said that the 300,000 Zhenbei Army is the foundation of Dayan's survival;

There are those who say that the move of cutting down the feudal clan shakes the foundation of the country;

In short,

Because of the emperor's edict of guilt, the ministers had to stand up immediately and became conservatives who opposed the reduction of the vassal.

But only Ji Runhao knows,

these people,

At the beginning, they were all willing to see themselves attacking the Zhenbei Hou Mansion.

Aristocratic families, if one excludes whether the population is prosperous or not, then the Beihou Mansion in Beifeng County Town is the first family of Dayan!

It is normal for the emperor to cut down the vassal, and the ministers and the families behind them can also understand;

After all, as long as the emperor is not stupid, he will definitely cut down the vassal. Centralization of power and self-respect are the lifelong pursuit of every emperor.

Since it was going to be chipped, the emperor was going to gnaw on the hardest bone in Zhenbeihou Mansion. This was naturally the thing everyone was most happy to see.

Because it is hard, and because it is not easy to chew, then the emperor, you can grind it slowly by yourself.

But it's different now, the emperor is determined to tear off that fig leaf!

Once the Zhenbeihou Mansion is completely cornered,

Is the 300,000 Zhenbei Army easy to deal with?

Beifeng County is such a big place, and it borders the desert, so there is really not much oil and water.

But once the 300,000 cavalry were released, would the six counties of Lesha, Tiancheng, Xiahu, Sanshi, Huwei, and Yinlang be able to escape?

The foundation of the elites is not in the court, but in the court, they are just their spokespersons, and their foundation is in the local area.

And once the local swordsmen are together, who knows who you are?

At that time, without the suppression of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, the barbarians will follow suit again, well, the Great Yan Kingdom will be completely smashed into a pot of porridge.

Although the Qian State outside is not up to date, and the Jin State is also in turmoil, this does not mean that the emperor of the Qian State and the big clans of the Jin State are really willing to give up this good situation and do nothing while the Yan State is in chaos.

In short,

Don't fight, don't fight!

"The soldiers and horses of the Zhenbei Army's six towns, three of them, have already moved out.

One town is stationed in Tongcheng at the junction of Beifeng County and Lesha County; one town is stationed in Liangcheng at the junction of Beifeng County and Sanshi County; one town is stationed in Bingcheng at the junction of Beifeng County and Xiahu County.

I think you should all be clear about what the Zhenbei Hou Mansion intends to do with this move.

This is forcing the palace against me, this is coercing me to retreat, this is holding a knife in front of my eyes, and asking me, are you afraid or not! "

Ji Runhao stood up from the dragon chair,

Continue to say loudly:

"My big Yan, the difficulties of establishing a country and defending a country are unprecedented!

Among the successive emperors of my Great Yan, there are very few who have not personally conquered, and there are even three kings who died in battle!

I know what you are worried about, and I also understand what you are worried about, but now, it is no longer the time to cover your eyes and pretend nothing happened.

Tomorrow, once the iron cavalry of the Northern Army in the town of 150,000 goes south, how long can the three counties of Lesha, Sanshi, and Xiahu hold on?

If he really dared to be a little more presumptuous in Zhenbeihoufu, leaving the desert barbarians alone, and even directly borrowing troops from the barbarian royal court, then hundreds of thousands of cavalry would be able to drive straight in, and it wouldn't take long to kill Tiancheng County.

You can kill to the foot of the capital!

You are now persuading me to take a step back, but have you ever thought about it, if I do, what will happen to the Zhenbeihou Mansion if he does not?

Have you ever thought,

It is my emperor who is easy to talk, and my Ji family is easy to talk,

Or is it better for the cavalry swordsmen of the Zhenbeihou Mansion to speak better? "

The ministers below all dared not speak, and could only bury their heads a little lower, and a little lower.

"That's all for what I said, yesterday I ordered the eldest prince Ji Wujiang to lead the soldiers of Tiancheng County to the Shishan Camp;

The garrisons of Huwei County and Yinlang County also received my order yesterday and began to dispatch to the capital, and the imperial guards in Beijing have also ordered to prepare for war.

I will give you half a month,

within half a month,

I want to see your attitude!

For hundreds of years, the successive emperors of my Ji family have set out to fight with the forbidden army as the main force, supplemented by various tribes and tribes. After going through hardships, they have protected my Great Yan Guozuo until now;

I don't want to hear the rest of the words of persuasion, I have made up my mind;

As long as Fanna suppresses the northern army, no matter how dare to make any changes,

Look straight at the conspiracy! "

finished speaking,

Ji Runhao waved his hand and turned around,

"Retire!"

…………

"Your Majesty, the Second Highness is waiting in the Hall of Mental Cultivation."

"You send someone to tell him later, let him pay more attention to the matter of the forbidden army, and don't come to me to ask for instructions, he is not a child anymore."

"The slave obeys the order."

"Change."

"Where does Your Majesty want to leave the palace, the slave will arrange it."

"West Garden."

…………

The West Garden was built during the reign of the first emperor.

When the first emperor was old, he felt that it was inconvenient to live in the capital, so he ordered an envoy to go to Qianguo, saying that he was very envious of the Jiangnan gardens in Qianguo.

In order to maintain diplomatic relations, Emperor Qian ordered his Minister of Industry to lead a group of skilled craftsmen to Yan State to help Yan State build this West Garden.

Even the Qian State side used this as propaganda, saying that the barbarians of the Yan people loved the culture of the State of Qian, and the emperor of the State of Qian was kind and sent someone to build a garden for them, which made the people of Yan very happy, all of them had never seen the world bumpkin.

It's just that most of the people in the Qian Kingdom don't know that there was an extra sum of money that the Qian Kingdom gave to the Yan Kingdom, which was the funds for repairing gardens.

The first emperor died in this West Garden, but Ji Runhao didn't like the small bridges and flowing water in the West Garden, and basically never lived there.

However, when the guest from the north entered the capital, Ji Runhao ordered him to stay in the West Garden.

When Ji Runhao and Wei Zhonghe first walked into the front courtyard of the West Garden, they smelled the aroma of wine and meat.

yard,

A man over fifty with gray temples was sitting at the stone table,

At its feet, there are five large jars of wine, and on the table, there are more than ten plates of hard vegetables, ranging from chicken, duck, fish to pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep, everything that one expects to find.

After seeing this scene, Ji Runhao took off his cloak and threw it to Wei Zhonghe who was next to him, while he turned up his cuffs and walked in.

At the same time scolded:

"You guys have a good appetite."

Zhenbei Hou saw Ji Runhao coming,

smiled,

didn't get up either,

Sitting like that, he said directly:

"It's been a long time in the Hou's mansion where there is no soup and no water. I can't get enough of this wine and meat. Besides, the dishes in Beidi are also rough. How can it compare to the craftsmanship of the imperial chef at the restaurant in the capital?"

talking,

Zhenbeihou personally tore off a duck leg and handed it directly to Ji Runhao.

Ji Runhao didn't dislike it, he reached out to take it, and took a big bite after sitting down.

Zhenbei Hou got up, poured a glass of wine into the wine bowl in front of Ji Runhao, and asked at the same time:

"Are you swearing?"

Hearing this, Ji Runhao didn't care that he still had duck meat in his mouth, holding the duck leg in one hand and pointing at Zhenbeihou with the other,

scolded:

"These bastards, I just came down to court, and someone sent you a letter?"

"Isn't that right, you have to send the letter as early as possible, and you have to show goodwill as soon as possible. You deliberately use the soldiers of the city defense battalion to garrison the West Garden instead of the imperial army, isn't it just to make it easier for them to deliver the letter to me.

There is also a large box of letters in my latrine, from various stores, all of which are made of good paper. Hey, I was thinking about wiping it for a long time, so I can smell more books.

If you have to think about it, go to my hut and pick it up, there are still a lot of unused ones. "

Ji Runhao swallowed the duck meat in his mouth, picked up the wine bowl and took a big sip,

road:

"I don't look at it, I think it stinks, it stinks!"

"Well, there's really no need to read it, anyway, in the end, you'll have to throw it into the latrine."

After eating duck legs,

Ji Runhao picked up the chopsticks, brought a plate of fish in front of him, and ate it by himself.

Not to be outdone, Zhenbeihou picked up a pot of elbows and put them in front of him, gnawed and cursed:

"If the people of the Qian Kingdom see your eating appearance, they might say that the emperor of the Yan Kingdom is too poor to even afford food!"

"Damn, eating with you is delicious!"

"Hahaha, yes, when we were young we fought over a chicken leg, whoever won would eat it, the taste of that chicken leg is really fucking delicious;

Now, I still can't forget it. "

"I really went crazy at the beginning, and I actually compared who eats more with you."

"Hahahaha, who told you to be stupid? I grew up in the north and ate the same food as the big soldiers. When I entered your palace, my eyes would light up green just looking at the food. How dare you still follow me?" I compare my appetite, hahaha!"

"Come on, take one."

"Okay, let's go."

The emperor and Zhenbei Hou held up the wine bowls together and touched the bowls.

Marquis Zhenbei pressed down the mouth of the bowl, and the emperor also pressed down the mouth of the bowl, making a bang.

And drank it all down,

Together, they wiped their mouths with their cuffs in an ugly manner.

"Shu Lan's fiftieth birthday, I couldn't let you stay by Shu Lan's side. When I see Shu Lan later, she might scold me."

"Hey, Shu Lan is virtuous, she will understand."

"Of course I know she is virtuous!"

After drinking two bowls of wine, Ji Runhao's mood was obviously a little high, and he continued:

"If you hadn't been shameless at the time, how could Shu Lan have followed you to the north for most of her life?"

"Get out! Shulan is right with me. In my life, Shulan is the only woman. What about you?"

"I was spreading branches and leaves for the future of the royal family. I had no choice but to..."

"Okay, don't make yourself so great and so helpless.

"..." Ji Runhao.

"Ahhhh!"

Ji Runhao called out,

He picked up the wine jar and began to pour himself wine.

Then, he slapped the wine jar on the table,

Pointing at Zhenbeihou and cursing:

"You bastard, you deliberately stab Shulan in front of me every time!"

"I said, Ji Runhao, don't piss on the horse and wrong people. Who the hell brought up Shulan first this time?"

"It's you, it's you, it's you!"

"..." Zhenbeihou.

"However, girl Qian, she looks exactly like Shu Lan. She is exactly the same as Shu Lan when she was young."

Zhenbeihou got up immediately,

Pointing at Ji Runhao,

scolded:

"Don't be ashamed, is there any father-in-law you say that about your daughter-in-law?"

"Hey, girl Qian is my daughter-in-law. My son wants to marry your daughter. I'm happy, I'm happy. From now on, girl Qian's children will follow my surname Ji, not Li!"

"Don't think that I don't know about your royal family's bad habits. Throughout the ages, there are still very few?"

"Damn it, I won't let you take advantage of me, don't you want me to call you father!"

"What are you calling me?"

"..." Ji Runhao.

Ji Runhao refrained from speaking.

Zhenbeihou sat down with some disappointment.

"To be honest, I really don't want my girl to marry into the royal family."

"As long as Girl Qian gives birth to the emperor's grandson, I will make him the emperor's grandson. If I live long enough to reach the age of the emperor's grandson, I can directly let the emperor's grandson succeed me!"

"Oh, I'm not worried about my girl being bullied in the palace."

"Then what are you worried about?"

"I'm worried that after you die, your old Ji's family will be bullied by Qian girl."

"..." Ji Runhao.

"Your second child is an honest man, he may not be that honest, but even if he is not honest, he is the most honest among your children.

Girl Qian, just like Shu Lan when she was young, was born intelligent and thoughtful;

But unlike her mother, she was brought by my side to kill barbarians since she was a child.

Just in case, I said just in case, in case there is such a day;

You are gone, your second child has ascended the throne, your second child is gone..."

"..." Ji Runhao.

"Tsk tsk, you princes and nobles of the Ji family, don't really be slaughtered by Qian girl. If this is the case, I feel a little sorry for you two drinking in the underworld."

Ji Runhao listened,

I'm not angry at all.

Directly said:

"The clan's gang of wine bags and rice bags, living is a waste of rice and food. I can't kill them, but Qian girl kills well, kills well!"

"You really see it well."

"Hehe, the second child I chose to be the future prince, I don't know what kind of virtue the second child is?

I chose Girl Qian to be the crown princess, but I didn't know that Girl Qian was..."

"What is it?"

"What kind of tutoring."

"What's wrong with my Li family's tutor!"

"I didn't say what's wrong, you just blow your beard and stare. Look, you are guilty first."

"I don't!"

"You have."

"I don't."

"You have it!"

"Okay, I have."

"That's right, you and I can live another ten or twenty years, isn't it a problem?

Wait for the two of us to do what we really need to do together,

to Dayan,

Give us Yan people,

Lay a big land,

Lay a great foundation for your children and grandchildren!

As long as the family is big and the business is big, don't be afraid of them making it!

Take another 10,000 steps back, even if Girl Qian really wants to be the rooster Sichen and be the queen of my Dayan, so be it!

The child in her womb is still my own grandson, so if she wants to be it, she will be it. In the end, she has had enough fun, she is old, she can't play anymore, she wants to rest, and she has to return the government to me grandson? "

Speaking of which,

Ji Runhao reached out and grabbed Zhenbeihou's hand,

Yanhuang's eye sockets were completely reddened,

"I really can look away from everything, really I can let go of everything.

The only thing I can't let go of is one thing!

hundreds of years,

Hundreds of years!

I am from Yan, and I have been fighting the entire East for hundreds of years!

If it weren't for the Yan people, who died in the desert generation after generation, relying on the waste of the Three Kingdoms, they would have been slaves to the barbarians!

But that's it, they still call me Yanren a barbarian!

do you know,

In their eyes,

I am a swallow,

and barbarians,

it's the same!

They are all barbarians, all uncivilized savages! "

Zhenbei Hou heard this, let Ji Runhao hold his hand, closed his eyes, nodded, and said:

"Yes Yes."

"I can't forget that a hundred years ago, the barbarian army went south to fight my Dayan!

The emperor of the Qian Kingdom dared to raise 500,000 troops to attack the empty rear of my Dayan! "

Hearing this, Zhenbeihou gritted his teeth.

His family, the lineage of the Marquis of Zhenbei, laid the foundation from the battle that defeated the 500,000 army of the Qian Kingdom!

"Liang Ting, do you still remember what we said when we were young?"

Zhenbei Hou nodded and replied:

"I remember."

…………

At that time,

two ten-year-old boys,

For a drumstick,

Just had a fight.

Ten-year-old Li Liangting is enjoying chicken legs,

Ten-year-old Ji Runhao looked enviously at the side with a bruised nose and swollen face;

Shaoqing,

Ji Runhao said:

"I heard from outsiders that the people of Qianguo call us Yanren Yanmanzi, just like we call us barbarians."

"Well, I heard that too."

"It's okay for them to call us barbarians; in the future, when I become emperor, I will let them see how terrifying real barbarians are;

I want their emperors and their princesses to be captured in the capital and locked up in a pigsty, where they can dance, sing, and compose poems for me!

I want to trample everything they think they are right under their feet! "

"Unfortunately, I can't be the emperor."

Li Liangting, who was ten years old and had just finished eating chicken legs, said without fear.

"Then you are really useless. If others call you a barbarian, you can't return it." Ji Runhao, who was ten years old and had just been beaten up, sarcastically.

The ten-year-old Li Liangting, who was still licking the corners of his mouth and savoring the delicious chicken legs, listened,

Unconvinced, he smashed his mouth,

Trying to figure out how I can fight back,

think about it,

Seems to have finally figured it out,

road:

"My family has 300,000 soldiers."