The devil is coming

Chapter 986 Peaceful National Policy
The early morning sun shines into the courtyard of the palace;
The big girl climbed out of the small tent and rubbed her eyes.
Then, while yawning, he printed with both hands:
"Brother, I'm awake..."
Behind the big iron door, Zheng Lin, whose skin was still bruised and bruised, opened his eyes, looked at the ground, and printed a reply:
"Ah."
At this time, the maid came forward and brought toiletries.
The big girl started to wash up, and the maid helped her comb her hair;
Then, the breakfast was served. The breakfast in Wangfu always adheres to the tradition of being delicious and elegant but not extravagant. It is either a traditional morning tea or, like today, a bowl of steamed noodles.
The eldest girl added a lot of hot sauce to the noodles. She inherited this from her father.
After finishing a large bowl of noodles and drinking the soup, the girl patted her belly gently, sat on the ground, and made another seal with her hands:
"Brother, I've had breakfast..."
Behind the large iron gate, Zheng Lin blinked and subconsciously looked towards the coffin. In the end, he did not choose to walk over and could only respond with a seal:
"I also ate………"
time,
Pass slowly;
Wait until noon,
A new line appears:
"Brother, I've finished my lunch..."
Zheng Lin sighed and looked at the coffin again, but still didn't move. He printed his seal and responded:
"Me too………"
……
"Brother, I've finished dinner..."
Zheng Lin really didn't want to reply. He even believed that if he wasn't afraid of consuming too much energy, his silly sister would tell him in detail what she had just eaten, what it tasted like, and how good the new cook in the palace was.
But unfortunately, he had to reply, because if he didn't reply, people outside might feel that they were starving to death, and then they would definitely mobilize a large number of manpower to dig here.
Zheng Lin could only endure his helplessness.
Qiyin replied:
"Me too………"
Another two hours passed,
A new line appears:
"Brother, I've had my late night snack..."
Zheng Lin took his seal and replied: "Me too."
Then, he stood up and took the initiative to walk to the coffin.
A group of strong evil spirits,
Represents the love from grandpa,
Appeared in front of Zheng Lin.
Zheng Lin opened his mouth, swallowed the evil spirit into his mouth, and then turned over in advance, his fingers embedded in the gaps between the floor tiles, and his feet on the toes.
A painful tearing sensation hit his body, and the evil energy seemed to be impacting his blood vessels, muscles, and even his own nerves;
He gritted his teeth,
No matter how cold sweat continued to flow, no matter how his skin color turned dark blue again, he still remained silent.
The pain lasted for about half an hour;
Zheng Lin almost crawled to the big iron gate,
I found that a new line of words appeared:
"Brother, don't be afraid of the dark. Sister is lying next to you. Good night."
Zheng Lin had a smile on his face.
The seal said:
"Good night."
……
late at night;
Two hours later, a new line of words appeared. Because writing with sword energy, the person on the other side could sense the emergence of sword energy, and it was impossible to ignore the message.
Zheng Lin looked over,
The findings are:
"Brother, it's time for you to wake up and pee..."
"..." Zheng Lin.
Zheng Lin sighed,
Responded:
"it is good."
……
Two messengers returned to the palace.
One group of messengers went to chase the princess, and the other group of messengers came from the frontline commander's tent.
The first letter brought a reply from Siniang. To be precise, it was an "oral message".
The messenger repeated the original words seriously:
"Oh, he deserves to starve to death, leave him alone."
There is no need to stamp or apply paint. Upon hearing these words, Xiong Liqing was sure that these must be the original words from her sister.
With these words, Xiong Liqing finally felt more at ease;
Although his daughter has been guarding outside the iron gate, calling inside every two hours according to his instructions, and the prince inside has never complained about hunger again, and has always said that he has eaten.
At least it means that inside, it seems like you will never die of hunger.
Furthermore, Xiong Liqing knew that her sister did not seem to care much about her son, but she did not think that her sister would really watch her son starve to death;
Well, even if she could let it go, the prince would not agree.
Since the elder sister said so confidently and no one came back, it meant that the prince's life should not be in danger inside.
second letter,
from the handsome tent;
But it did not come from my husband. When his husband was at war, he would indeed find time to write letters home to the women and children at home;
But this letter came from Shuai Zhang and was signed by Mr. Bei.
The content of the letter is very simple. In summary, it is:
"Madam, you can go home and take a look now."
Xiong Liqing took the letter and fell into deep thought;
a long time,
murmured:
"Can... go home?"
Xiong Liqing sent this letter,
Throw it into a basin of charcoal and watch it burn up.
……
"Drive!" "Drive!"
"Yu!!"
A group of knights marching was blocked by another group of knights.
"haven't seen you for a long time."
Among the people blocking the road, there was a man wearing a blue Chu-style robe with long hair on his temples. He looked a bit unusual when both sides were surrounded by black armor.
A man wearing a mask rode out with a sharp voice,
Road:
"We are not reunited as old friends. The only one who could stand with me back then was your father."
"In front of my father, you can only call yourself a slave."
The masked man deliberately dusted off the dust on his sleeves.
Road:
"It's a pity that Yan people don't have the habit of calling themselves slaves."
Qing Yi sighed and said:
"It's actually quite ridiculous that we are talking about this here now."
"Yes."
"I've prepared a pot of wine and two side dishes here to give you a break. Behind us is the military camp. According to the military regulations of Eastern Jin Dynasty, no drinking is allowed in the army unless authorized by the general's tent. The same goes for both superiors and subordinates.
Give me some face, General. "
"Okay, just give Master Qu some face."
……
It was the middle of winter, and the wind felt like it was carrying a knife.
Fortunately, the weather is nice today. The warm sunshine in winter is definitely the cheapest and warmest enjoyment in the world.
Nian Yao picked up the wine glass and took a sip.
then,
"puff!"
It was sour and spicy, filling my mouth and nose instantly, and I almost went to heaven.
"Hey, it seems that I have been living well these past few years, but I can't even drink the bean juice anymore."
Qu Peiluo picked up the wine glass and took a sip with a wonderful expression on his face, but he quickly drank it down again.
"Didn't you talk about wine?" Nian Yao asked.
"I mixed it with wine."
"Ah."
"I got it from the military doctor. Good liquor."
"Aren't you ruining things?"
"It doesn't count. That thing is used to treat wounds. Simply drinking it can easily kill someone."
Nian Yao put down his wine glass angrily and reached out to take down the food and wine. There were only two plates;
A plate of fried beans, a plate of dried tofu, and soy sauce...
"In Beijing, I heard a poem written by the Prince Regent, which is called boiling beans to burn the pods. The beans weep in the cauldron. In the end, they are originally from the same root, so there is no rush to fry each other."
Qu Peiluo was a little surprised. Apparently he had never heard of this poem, and it was written by his own prince. He smiled and said:
"Whenever the prince has time, he can go to Yanjing to compose poems."
"What came out from the royal study room is very popular in the capital."
"Since it is the prince's name, it is inevitable." Qu Peiluo smiled.
Both of them are not ordinary people, and they have also stood at extremely high heights;
As the prince of the largest and most powerful vassal town in Dayan, writing such a poem actually expresses his feelings;
Regardless of whether this is what the prince really wanted to express, it does not prevent the court from promoting this poem to a very high position.
After all, the one who is most afraid of rebellion in Eastern Jin Dynasty is the imperial court; the one who least hopes that Eastern Jin Dynasty will rebel is also the imperial court;
From the perspective of the imperial court, we naturally hope that everyone will be under the banner of Dayan and be brothers born from the same roots.
However, from here we can also see the change in the position of the imperial court. It is no longer a monarch and ministers in a pure sense. The imperial court, which represents the orthodoxy, and the emperor who represents the emperor, bend down, no, take the initiative to come over with a small bench. To be on an equal footing with you, to a certain extent, already speaks volumes.
Moreover, this situation will not subside, let alone dissipate. As the war between Yan and Chu comes to an end, the personal prestige of the regent, who almost single-handedly crippled Da Chu, will further increase.
This situation would be an almost unsolvable knot in any other dynasty.
By relying on continuous victories in foreign wars, the military leaders have accumulated personal prestige while further consolidating and developing the power of the military group, achieving a common expansion of multiple degrees, and this expansion will inevitably squeeze the original authority of the central government. , thus achieving an inevitable cycle of backlash and fighting for the chicken cake atmosphere.
The blind man once said that in many cases, people like to blame the emperor's fear of threats to his throne for the so-called "killing the donkey" or "relatives hate and enemies are happy";
But in fact, the emperor is only a representative, and often becomes a representative passively. "Self-rescue" and "danger avoidance" are carried out out of the instinct of self-protection by the existence of the central court. Behavior.
The blind man also used Du Juan's incident as an example. There was a high probability that the late emperor really didn't know about it. Moreover, with his temper, it was impossible for the late emperor to make an act of "killing the donkey" at that time, because the previous one was The pattern of the Yan Dynasty in the era is not the political and military balance, but the relationship between the iron triangle;
King Jingnan's head turned gray overnight, but in the end he did not choose to directly raise troops to quell Jingnan. It was obvious that he had made a cognitive decision long ago.
And Zhao Jiulang kept saying that he pulled out the nails in advance to prepare for the future for the long-term stability of Dayan. In fact, he was right. To a certain extent, he succeeded.
But what he represents is the interest of the Yan court, not the will of the emperor, or even the interests of the royal family.
Everything is a double-edged sword. The threat of the feudal town to the central court is visible to the naked eye, but we cannot ignore how the three generations of emperors of the Yan Kingdom used the feudal town to whip the imperial court in reverse;
The old emperor regained the throne with the help of the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, the late emperor relied on the two vassals to control his power, and Ji Chengjue led his troops to the capital by calling him "Pingxi King", and completed several rounds of attacks on the court almost unscrupulously. of cleaning.
Without the ability to overturn the card table, even if you are the emperor, you cannot make all the chess pieces listen to you.
"It's just that this is just dancing on the tip of a knife." Qu Peiluo said with emotion, "I am a big Chu and I didn't jump over."
Nian Yao smiled nonchalantly and said,
Road:
"No, it's a slow jump."
Two old people from the Chu Kingdom, the three Douzhong brothers, lamented the changes in the Chu Kingdom;
What's funny is that what they are doing now and what they will do in the future is also "why rush each other".
"Your Majesty will not accept the request to surrender to the state of Yan." Qu Peiluo said, "It is impossible to choose to surrender to the state of Yan in name."
Nian Yao shook his head and said: "You may think it's impossible, and even the regent himself may think it's impossible, but I just think it's possible."
"Oh?"
"His Majesty the Emperor of Dayan asked me to come back, nominally to recruit old troops, but in fact, there is no difference between you, Qu Peiluo, and me, Nian Yao, doing this.
When Dachu is strong, it is useless for either of you or me to go;
When the Chu Dynasty declines, it doesn’t matter who you are.
My old subordinates were probably cleared out after my accident. Besides, I have been gone for so many years, so how many people are still dead-set on me?
The Emperor of Dayan is young,
But to be honest, I'm scared of him. "
Qu Peiluo teased: "Isn't it natural for the father-in-law to be afraid of his master?"
Nian Yao was not angry at this sarcasm, but instead said:
"The two balls below me are gone, and the ball in your heart is gone long ago. They are both eunuchs, and they still laugh at each other because they smell smelly in their crotch. Is that interesting?"
Qu Peiluo smiled "haha".
"I'm going to see the regent." Nian Yao said.
"You should know that if I can stop you here, it means that the prince doesn't want to see you at all."
"Military affairs."
Qu Peiluo pulled his long hair on his left temple and said:
"Nothing is as happy as the prince."
Nian Yao took a deep breath and let it out slowly.
"There is a chance. I, a slave, actually understand my master better than any of you. I am just lowering my national status to the outside world and calling him a minister to Yan. This way, the Yan people will no longer continue to be poor against Ying. Chasing and fighting makes the Yan people look elsewhere;
They can also use the intimidation of the Yan people to consolidate the domestic disintegration caused by the defeat in this war between the wizards and gods.
The one who laughs last is the one who laughs last. "
"But do you think His Majesty will still have a last chance?"
When Nian Yao heard this question, he shrugged.
Road:
"At least Your Majesty can smile more."
"Ha ha ha ha………"
"Hahaha…………"
The two Chu people laughed loudly together.
"I'm going to see the prince and help me pass the message." Nian Yao said.
"I can help you introduce Mr. Bei."
"Also."
Qu Peiluo picked up the wine bowl again and took a big sip.
"How can you drink it?"
Qu Peiluo glanced at Nian Yao and said:
"After taking a big sip of this, you can find some sweetness in this day."
……
"It's been a hard journey, General."
"The end will not dare."
"sit."
"Mr. Xie."
Nian Yao sat down cross-legged in front of the blind man;
The blind man held a red date in his hand and put it in his mouth, while the other hand kept turning the folds.
The war is over, but things after the war are equally complicated.
However, no matter how busy you are, it’s still okay to take time out to meet someone properly, and you won’t be so “indifferent”;
Essentially, it was because the blind man believed that Nian Yao was not worthy of his attention.
If we put aside the pre-war period and Nian Yao came, his status would probably be much higher than it is now, and his usefulness would be much greater.
But now, in the Battle of the Witch God, the Chu people were severely beaten. On the battlefield on the Western Front, two boys, Chen Xianba and Tiantian, each led a cavalry force and chewed up Xie Zhuyang all over.
Although he failed to successfully intercept Xie Zhuyang, the main force of Xie Jiajun was basically accounted for.
Looking at the entire Chu State now, it is not that they cannot gather troops and horses, they can even raise a large army. However, an army of this level is really no different from the savage servants. On the snowy field, the palace's army can be chased by three thousand. Twenty thousand savage soldiers fled.
In the short term, the Chu people have lost the ability to create threats on the frontal battlefield.
Therefore, under the premise that the main contradiction has been resolved on the battlefield, the details can naturally be ignored.
"The general plans to go to see His Majesty the Emperor of Chu this time and persuade him to surrender."
The blind man was stunned for a moment, really stunned for a moment;
Nian Yao's first reaction was that Nian Yao felt that the war was over and that he had no chance to perform meritorious service and return to Beijing in exchange for income, so he had to take desperate risks to complete the almost impossible task;
But blind people are best at seeing people. Nian Yao is not the kind of person who easily goes to extremes when encountering problems. Such a person cannot sit in the position of a general.
"The Emperor of Chu has nothing to lose. Apart from the throne and this nominal country, why do you think he can choose to put down his remaining dignity at this time?" the blind man asked.
Nian Yao had a smile on his face.
Road:
"Sir, what you mean is that if you are no longer afraid of broken jars, what else will you care about, right?"
The blind man nodded and said, "Yes."
"In fact, when he set out from Yanjing, the general never expected that the regent could win so happily and that Chu could lose so completely.
But what I know clearly is that continuing to fight with the Chu State is not in the interests of Dayan today. Dayan still needs to consolidate and develop the newly occupied land and the newly admitted population, and then start saving for the war again, instead of In the depths of Daze, he and the Chu people engaged in guerrilla warfare and exhaustion.
In other words, from the perspective of ultimately unifying all the Xia, what Dayan needs now is the stability and stability of Chu State so that he can free his hands to do other things, such as... Qianguo.
A peace treaty is no longer enough.
It is best to come from His Majesty the State of Chu and the entire State of Chu, to surrender and bow in name.
If so,
So, in terms of history and justice, the legal occupation of the entire Chu State has actually been completed. "
"Pick the key points," the blind man reminded.
"Since the jar is broken, it doesn't matter. Then we can mend and repair his jar, and even pour a little more wine into it so that it can make some noise when it is shaken.
In the same way, if the conditions can be changed, I will finally feel that my old master may agree. "
"for example?"
"For example, let Chu surrender to the regent's palace in eastern Jin Dynasty instead of... Dayan."
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There is another chapter tonight.
(End of this chapter)