The devil is coming

Chapter 81 My family has 30 soldiers
"I advise you to take out your heart, lungs, and intestines, dry them, wash them, and clean them up! It is becoming clearer to me now that the trouble on my mind is not 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, everyone from the prime minister to the ordinary civil and military officials knelt on the ground.
Emperor Yan Ji Runhao sat on the dragon chair and looked at the kneeling crowd of civil and military officials below. In his heart, he did not feel the sense of accomplishment at all as the Ninth Five-Year Plan.
This location, that home;
This location belongs to that family again;
And whose family has this position always belonged to?
His court, his civil and military affairs were not arranged according to what he thought, but were inherent to the various great clans in the past hundred years.
There are occasional back-and-forths, and occasional strife.
It's nothing more than getting down from this house and getting up from that house.
Official position, the most important asset of the country, is like a stall in the vegetable market.
My grandfather sold vegetables here, and my father also sold vegetables here, so of course I should sell vegetables here too!
Even if I can't even tell the dishes apart, I still want to occupy this stall.
Farmers in the fields brag among themselves that the emperor can eat ten oily pancakes in the morning. This is a joke;
But there is really no essential difference between the emperor's court of Yan and the market where the peasant old man went every day.
Although Ji Runhao has promoted many ministers from poor families since he succeeded 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 throne was angry,
Those who should kneel under the dragon chair should kneel down immediately.
Everyone calmly apologizes,
Finish the drama today.
Of course, there is a reason why the emperor is angry today. In recent years, the conflict between the imperial court and the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion has become almost intense.
But with the issuance of the sinner's edict, this originally turbulent situation is being broken. Soon, the antagonistic relationship between the central government and local powerful vassals will be brought to the surface.
And once it is placed on the table, there is no way to continue to reconcile it.
The Sinner's Edict was the letter of war issued by Emperor Yan to the Zhenbei Hou 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 Zhenbei Hou Mansion is the pillar of the northern frontier of the empire and cannot be lightly touched;
It is said that the 30 Zhenbei Army is the foundation of Dayan's survival;
There are those who say that the move to cut down vassal vassals will shake up the country's foundation;
Anyway,
Because of the emperor's edict, the ministers had to stand up immediately and became conservatives who opposed the reduction of the vassal state.
But only Ji Runhao knows,
these people,
At the beginning, everyone wanted to see him attack the Zhenbei Hou Mansion.
If the prosperity of aristocratic families is excluded, then the Beihou Mansion in Beifeng County is undoubtedly the number one aristocratic family in Dayan!
It is normal for the emperor to want to reduce vassal vassals, and the ministers and the noble families behind them can also understand;
After all, as long as the emperor is not stupid, he will definitely cut down the vassals. Centralization of power and supremacy are the lifelong pursuit of every emperor.
Since it is necessary to cut it, then the emperor goes to gnaw on the hardest bone of Zhenbeihou Mansion. This is naturally what everyone is most happy to see happen.
Because it is hard, because it is not easy to chew, then you, Emperor, can grind it slowly by yourself.
But things are different now. The emperor is determined to tear open that fig leaf!
Once the Zhenbei Hou Mansion is completely cornered,
Are the 30 Zhenbei Army easy to deal with?
Beifeng County is only such a big place, and it borders the desert, so there really isn't much oil and water.
But once the 30 cavalry are released, can the six counties of Lesha, Tiancheng, Xiahu, Sanshi, Huwei and Yinlang escape?
The foundation of the clan is not in the court. The court is only their spokesperson. Their foundation is in the place.
And once the local weapons come together, who knows who you are?
At that time, without the suppression of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, the barbarians will follow suit and come in again, and the Yan Kingdom will be completely reduced to a pot of porridge.
Although the Qian Kingdom outside was not up to par, and the Jin Kingdom was also in internal turmoil, this did not mean that the emperor of the Qian Kingdom and the wealthy families of the Jin Kingdom were really willing to give up this good situation and not do something while the Yan Kingdom was in chaos.
Anyway,
No war, no war!
"The Zhenbei Army has troops from six towns, three of which have already been deployed.
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; and one town is stationed in Fucheng at the junction of Beifeng County and Xiahu County.
I think you all should know what the Zhenbei Hou Mansion intends to do with this move.
This is forcing me to go to the palace, this is forcing me to retreat, this is waving a knife in front of my eyes, and asking me, are you afraid? "
Ji Runhao stood up from the dragon chair,
He continued loudly:
“We, the Great Yan, have never had the difficulty of establishing a country and the difficulty of defending it!
Among the emperors of the Yan dynasty, there are very few who did not go to war personally, and there were even three emperors who died in battle!
I know what you are worried about, and I also know what you are worried about, but right now, it is no longer the time to cover your eyes and pretend nothing happened.
Tomorrow, once the 15 Zhenbei Army cavalry move south, how long can the three counties of Lesha, Sanshi and Xiahu hold on?
If the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion really dares to be more bold and leave the desert barbarians alone, or even directly borrow troops from the barbarian royal court, then hundreds of thousands of cavalry can march straight in and kill Tiancheng County in no time.
You can kill him at the foot of the capital!
You are now persuading me to take a step back, but have you ever thought about what would happen if I retreated and the Zhenbei Hou Mansion did not retreat?
Have you ever thought about it?
It is I, the emperor, who is easy to talk to, and it is my Ji family who is easy to talk to.
Or are the cavalry and swordsmen of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion better to talk to? "
The ministers below all dared not speak, so they could only lower their heads lower and lower.
"That's all for what I said. Yesterday, I ordered the eldest prince Ji Wujiang to lead the troops of Tiancheng County to the Shishan Camp;
The garrisons of Huwei County and Yinlang County also received my order yesterday and began to mobilize to the capital, and the Imperial Guards in Beijing have also been ordered to prepare for war.
I give you half a month,
Within half a month,
I want to see your attitude!
For hundreds of years, the emperors of our Ji family have always used the imperial army as the main force when going on expeditions, supplemented by tribes of various ethnic groups. After going through many hardships, they have been able to protect our great Yan Kingdom Zuo to this day;
I don’t want to hear the rest of the words of persuasion anymore, I have made up my mind;
As long as Fan Na Zhenbei Army dares to make any changes,
Look directly at the conspiracy! "
finished,
Ji Runhao waved and turned around,
"Retreat!"
…………
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness is waiting at Yangxin Hall."
"Send someone to tell him later and ask him to pay more attention to the Imperial Army and stop coming to me to ask for instructions. He is no longer a child."
"The slave obeys the order."
"Change."
"Where Your Majesty is going to leave the palace, I will arrange it for you."
"West Garden."
…………
The West Garden was built during the reign of the late emperor.
When the late emperor was old, he lamented the inconvenience of living in the capital, so he sent an envoy to Qianguo, saying that he envied Qianguo's Jiangnan gardens.
In order to maintain diplomatic relations, Emperor Qian ordered his Minister of Industry to lead a group of skilled craftsmen to the State of Yan and help the State of Yan build the West Garden.
The Qian State even used this as propaganda, saying that the barbarians of the Yan people loved the culture of the Qian State, and that the emperor of the Qian State was kind and sent people to build a garden for them. This made the Yan people extremely happy, and every one of them had never seen the world. bumpkin.
However, most people in the Qian Kingdom did not know that there was an extra amount of money in the annual tribute given by the Qian Kingdom to the Yan Kingdom, which was the money to build the garden.
The late 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 just walked into the front hall of the West Garden, they smelled the aroma of wine and meat.
yard,
A man over fifty with white temples was sitting at the stone table.
At his feet, there were five large jars of wine, and on the table, there were more than ten plates of hard vegetables, ranging from chicken, duck, fish, to pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep.
After seeing this, Ji Runhao took off his cloak and threw it to Wei Zhonghe next to him. He turned over his sleeves and walked inside.
At the same time he cursed:
"You guys have a good appetite."
When the Marquis of Zhenbei saw Ji Runhao coming, he
smiled,
Didn't get up either,
He just sat like that and said directly:
"It's true that I have been living in the Marquis Mansion for too long with clear soup and water. I can't get enough of the wine and meat. Besides, the food in the North is also rough. How can it compare with the skills of the imperial chefs in the restaurants in the capital?"
said,
Zhenbeihou personally tore off a duck leg and handed it directly to Ji Runhao.
Ji Runhao didn't dislike it, reached out to take it, and took a big bite after sitting down.
Zhenbei Hou stood up, poured a glass of wine into the wine bowl in front of Ji Runhao, and asked at the same time:
"Did you curse?"
When Ji Runhao heard this, he didn't care that there was still duck meat in his mouth. He held the duck leg in one hand and pointed at Zhenbei Hou with the other hand.
scolded:
"These beasts, I just went to court and someone sent you a message?"
"Isn't that right? This message must be sent as early as possible, and this show of goodwill must be sent as early as possible. You deliberately used soldiers from 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 send me the message?
There is also a large box of letters in my toilet, which is available in every house, and they are all made of good paper. Hey, I have been thinking about whether after wiping them for a long time, I can get a more scholarly smell down there.
If you want to see it, go to my hut and pick it up yourself. There are a lot of unused ones. "
Ji Runhao swallowed the duck meat in his mouth, then picked up the wine bowl and took a big sip.
Road:
"I don't want to look at it. I find it smelly! I can't smell it!"
"Oh, there is really no need to watch it. Anyway, in the end, you will be thrown into a trap."
After eating the duck legs,
Ji Runhao picked up the chopsticks, brought a plate of fish in front of him, and started eating by himself.
Not to be outdone, the Marquis of Zhenbei picked up a basin of elbows and placed it in front of him, chewing on it while cursing:
"If the people of the Qian Kingdom see your eating habits, they might say that the Emperor of the Yan Kingdom is so poor that he can't even afford to eat when he goes back!"
"Mom, eating with you will be delicious!"
"Hahaha, yes. When we were young, we fought over a chicken drumstick. Whoever won would eat it. The taste of the drumstick was so damn delicious;
Now, I still can't forget it. "
"I was really crazy back then, and I actually competed with you to see who could eat more."
"Hahahaha, who calls you stupid? I grew up in the north and ate the same food as the big-headed soldiers. Now that I have entered your palace, my eyes will light up green when I look at the food. You still follow me?" I’m competing for food, hahaha!”
"Come on, take one."
"Okay, let's go."
The emperor and the Marquis of Zhenbei picked up the wine bowls and touched one.
The Marquis of Zhenbei pressed down the mouth of the bowl, and the emperor also pressed down the mouth of the bowl, and banged it flushly.
Then he drank it all in one gulp,
At the same time, they wiped their mouths with their sleeves in a very nondescript manner.
"It's Shu Lan's 50th birthday. I can't let you stay with Shu Lan. When I see Shu Lan in the future, she may scold me."
"Hey, Shulan Xianhui, you will understand."
"Of course I know she is virtuous!"
After two large bowls of wine, Ji Runhao's mood was obviously a little high and he continued:
"If you hadn't been so shameless back then, how could Shu Lan have followed you in the north and lived in the wind and sand for most of his life?"
"Go away! Shulan is right with me. In my life, I am the only woman who is Shulan. What about you?"
"I did it for the sake of the future of the royal family. I had no choice but to..."
"Well, well, don't talk about yourself being so great and helpless.
"..." Ji Runhao.
"Ahhhh!"
Ji Runhao shouted,
He picked up the wine jar and started pouring himself wine.
Then, he slapped the wine jar on the table.
Pointing at Zhenbeihou, he cursed:
"You bastard, you deliberately stab Shu Lan in front of me every time!"
"I said, Ji Runhao, don't just drink some horse urine and accuse someone unjustly. Who the hell brought up Shu Lan first this time?"
"It's you, it's you, it's you!"
"..." Zhenbei Hou.
"But, girl Qian, she looks exactly like Shu Lan. She is exactly the same as Shu Lan when she was young."
The Marquis of Zhenbei stood up immediately.
Pointing at Ji Runhao,
scolded:
"What a shameless thing, is there any father-in-law who talks about his daughter-in-law like you do?"
"Bah, Qian Yatou is my daughter-in-law. My son wants to marry your daughter. I am happy. I am happy. From now on, Qian Yatou's children will have my surname Ji, not Li!"
"Don't think that I don't know about the bad habits of your royal family. Throughout the ages, are they still rare?"
"Damn it, I won't let you take advantage of me. You don't want me to call you daddy!"
"What did you call me?"
"..." Ji Runhao.
Ji Runhao held back his words.
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 Qian Yatou gives birth to a grandson, I will make him the grandson of the emperor. If I live long enough to live until the grandson of the emperor comes of age, I can directly let the grandson of the emperor 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 family will be bullied by Qian Yatou."
"..." Ji Runhao.
"Your second son is an honest person. He may not be that honest, but even if he is not honest, he is still the most honest among your children.
Girl Qian, just like Shu Lan when she was young, is naturally smart and has a clear mind;
But unlike her mother, she was taken by me to kill barbarians since she was a child.
Just in case, I say just in case, just in case one day;
You are gone, your second son has ascended the throne, your second son is gone again..."
"..." Ji Runhao.
"Tsk tsk, you princes and nobles of the Ji family, please don't be slaughtered to the last bit by girl Qian. If this is the case, we are drinking under the underworld, and I feel a little sorry for you."
Ji Runhao listened,
I'm not angry at all.
directly:
"The clan's gang of wine and rice bags are just a waste of rice and food. I can't kill them, but Qian girl kills them well, kills them well!"
"You are really open-minded."
"Haha, I chose the second child to be the future prince. I don't know what kind of virtue the second child has?
I chose Girl Qian to be the Crown Princess, but I don’t know what Girl Qian is..."
"What is it?"
"What kind of tutor?"
"What happened to my Li family tutor!"
"I didn't say what happened, so you just glared at me. Look, you feel guilty first."
"I do not have!"
"You have."
"I do not have."
"You have it!"
"Okay, I have."
"That's right. You and I can live another ten or twenty years. Isn't that a problem?
Wait until the two of us do what we really want to do together,
To Dayan,
Give us Yan people,
To lay down a large territory,
Lay a big inheritance for your children and grandchildren!
As long as your family has a big business, you won’t be afraid of what they did!
To take another ten thousand steps back, even if Qian girl really wants Si Chen and wants to be the queen of my Dayan, just be so!
The child in her belly is still my biological grandson. She can take it as her own. Finally, she has had enough fun. She is old and can’t play anymore. She wants to take a rest. Otherwise, she has to give her back to me. grandson? "
Speaking of which,
Ji Runhao reached out and grabbed Zhenbei Hou's hand.
Emperor Yan's eyes were completely red.
“I can really look past anything and let go of anything.
The only thing I can't let go of is one thing!
For hundreds of years,
Hundreds of years!
I, the Yan people, have been fighting barbarians in the entire East for hundreds of years!
If it weren't for us, the Yan people, dying in the desert generation after generation, relying on the trash of the Three Kingdoms, they would have become slaves to the barbarians!
But even so, they still call me Yan people barbarians!
do you know,
In their eyes,
I am from Yan,
and barbarians,
it's the same!
They are all barbarians, all uncivilized savages! "
When the Marquis of Zhenbei heard this, he 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 against me, Dayan!
The Emperor of the Qian Kingdom actually dared to raise 50 troops to sneak attack on our empty rear of Dayan! "
Hearing this, Zhenbei Hou also gritted his teeth.
His family, the Zhenbei Hou line, laid its foundation in the battle that defeated the 50-strong army of Qian Kingdom!
"Liang Ting, do you still remember what we said when we were children?"
Zhenbei Hou nodded and responded:
"I remember."
…………
At that time,
Two ten-year-old boys,
For a chicken leg,
There had just been a fight.
Ten-year-old Li Liangting is enjoying chicken drumsticks.
Ten-year-old Ji Runhao looked on with envy from the side with a bruised nose and a swollen face;
for a while,
Ji Runhao said:
"I heard from outsiders that the people of Qian country call us Yan people Yan barbarians, just like we call barbarians."
"Well, I heard that too."
"It's okay if they call us barbarians; in the future, when I become emperor, I want them to see how terrible real barbarians are.
I want their emperors and princesses to be brought to the capital, locked up in pigsties, and asked to dance, sing, and recite poems for me!
I want to trample everything they think they are right under my feet! "
"It's a pity that I can't be the emperor."
Li Liangting, who is ten years old and has just finished eating chicken drumsticks, said fearlessly.
"Then you are really useless. If someone calls you a barbarian, you can't even retaliate." Ji Runhao, who was ten years old and had just been beaten, said sarcastically.
Ten-year-old Li Liangting, who was still licking the oil at the corner of his mouth and savoring the deliciousness of the chicken drumsticks, heard this,
Somewhat unconvinced, he smacked his mouth.
Trying to think of some way to fight back,
think about it,
It seems that I finally thought of it,
Road:
"My family has 30 soldiers."
(End of this chapter)