Devil’s Advent

"Good job, watch and reward!"

The emperor took out a silver coin from his pocket;

He is not an emperor who has not experienced the folks. To be precise, he has a more market-like aura than his own aura of a prince and an emperor. How could it be possible to go out and change into casual clothes without some money in his pocket.

This ingot of silver was about to throw away, but stopped.

He turned his head, looked at Eunuch Wei standing behind him, and asked;

"Is there any broken silver?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Eunuch Wei took out a handful of broken silver and a bunch of copper coins inside.

The emperor went out in micro-clothes and took the queen shopping, how could he, a slave, be unprepared?

"Um."

The emperor nodded in satisfaction, picked up one, hesitated for a moment, then took another one along, and threw the two together.

A storyteller's disciple, you can tell a good story, but you must be good at picking up rewards through a sieve;

Back then, Master Zheng Hou also liked to go to the teahouse to listen to books, and even teased the little six sons about the clever eyes and ears of this kind of disciple, which can be said to have been practiced.

Little Six asked him back, wouldn't he be included in the army?

Master Zheng Hou laughed and scolded, stupid or not, arrows are dodged on the battlefield, and this fellow instinctively goes up to the arrow!

Turning the sieve horizontally, turning the figure around, two pieces of broken silver slipped into it, and the inside was not spilled at all.

As soon as the footsteps stopped, the voice opened and dragged out a long sound:

"Thank you~ Grandpa reward!"

The emperor was satisfied.

clap hands,

He left the teahouse with his queen.

As the knights who reported the victory spread the news of the victory in East Jin, the entire street became a sea of ​​joy.

actually,

Yan people have different attitudes towards neighboring countries.

For the barbarians, it is a deep-rooted precaution. After all, the ancestors have fought for hundreds of years, but in the past hundred years, the barbarians have been beaten up by the Yan people so badly. , or the royal court was destroyed;

There are so many fears, so many fears, and how many deep hatreds are there among people nowadays. Leaving aside the hypocrisy and the so-called political correctness of Dayan, it is really not enough.

For savages, it is true that there is a savage king, but after all, even the savages are not comparable, and they are purely unspeakable things.

What are you doing...

A hundred years ago, the first Zhenbeihou 30,000 broke 500,000 and the origin of the name of Yinlang County had already declared that Qianguo was dead in Yan's heart.

Qianguo belongs to the category of pinching it as you want, and making it as you want.

On the contrary, to Chu people,

Tsk,

The defeat of Wangjiang for the first time made Yan people suffer;

Then the luthier from Chu assassinated the prince of the dynasty, which triggered a national war. The people of Yan and Jin were exhausted for that national war, and the people were almost dying.

Although the results of the battle were brilliant, Zhennan Pass was captured, and the capital of Chu Kingdom was burned by his own Prince Jingnan;

But how to say,

Yan people are spoiled,

After all the tribes in other countries around me were beaten down by my family, they were all beaten down, but those who can bring real difficulties to my family, and those who make me spend more effort, will inherit the greatest hatred from the Yan people. meaning.

why do you resist,

They are all defeated by us anyway, why do we have to spend so much effort?

This is the thinking of the Yan people,

A conceited way of thinking about problems that has been accompanied by foreign wars in the past few years, who has the strongest cavalry in the world, has King Jingnan, King Zhenbei, and now Pingxihou and other generations of military gods.

Unbelievable, but very real.

Therefore, if it is said that the king's court is flattened, it is for "the family sacrifice is never forgotten to tell Nai Weng" and to fulfill the last wish of the ancestors;

Then, another victory over Chu is really enough to make contemporary Yan people rejoice.

The most important thing is that, unlike last time when the whole country was involved, this time there was no forced labor and no tax increase.

The emperor walked on the street with a smile on his face, it can be said that he was really enjoying himself with the people.

Empress He also had a smile on her face,

Eunuch Wei's smile on the back is iconic, but in the bottom of his heart, he can't help but think carefully.

As a general outside, no, it is a feudal town that has actually formed a feudal town and has the ability to fight against a country alone,

And the one who still has such a high popularity among the people,

After witnessing this with his own eyes, the emperor

How would you feel?

The storyteller from earlier raised his arms and called out,

Wei Zhonghe also saw the change in the Queen's gaze, obviously, even the Queen was worried about this.

It's just that they are close friends of the emperor, and Marquis Ping Xi, like them, belongs to the circle of "close people", so it is inconvenient or even impossible to talk too much about this kind of matter.

On the contrary, those ministers from the foreign courts were able to show their banners early and stand in line with the emperor.

wrong?

not bad.

Right?

uncertain.

The emperor took the queen and continued to walk around the streets. Since he came out once, he would naturally take the queen back to his natal home.

Everyone in the world knew that the Empress was from the common people, but they only knew that it was from the Lu family. Few people really knew where the Empress's family lived and did.

In front of the pork shop,

According to his wife Bihe's request, He Chu has raised the price of pork and is changing the price brand.

People have to celebrate when they have a happy event, and they are willing to spend money. For ordinary people, there is nothing more worthy of family happiness than going to cut some meat.

Seeing the victorious cavalry passing by, Bi He immediately sensed the business opportunity again;

"Yo, what's the matter, the price has increased since you just arrived?"

"hey-hey."

He Chu smiled embarrassedly. He is simple and honest, but he really doesn't feel ashamed to take advantage of such a cheap price. According to his father and son's temperament, when the country is happy, they are willing to give pork.

Although the father and father are embarrassed to call themselves relatives of the emperor, the uncle of the old He family is the emperor, and the grandson of the old He head is the prince. There is a festive event in Dayan, and the old He family should bleed, right?

But the father and father were cowardly, and were reprimanded by Bihe from top to bottom. Right now, Bihe already has it in her stomach, and the month is not too old, but this daughter-in-law has really controlled the old He's family to death of.

In this regard, the grandfather has no complaints;

The daughter-in-law is capable, can tidy up the house, manage a living, can read and write, and is very good at needlework. This is a daughter-in-law that is hard to find even with a lantern;

Be more powerful, let's be more powerful, let's be a housekeeper, old Hetou has nothing to say, and He Chu, this bastard, naturally has nothing to say.

"It's okay, I'll sell you at the previous price..."

He Chu raised his head, and what he saw was his brother-in-law.

He froze.

It's normal that he didn't recognize his brother-in-law's voice. After all, he didn't see him many times. After his brother-in-law became emperor, he took his father over to play for half a day.

Turning his eyes away again, he looked at the person standing next to his brother-in-law, whoever it was if he wasn't his own sister!

He Chu grinned and smiled happily, but when he thought of the identities of the two people in front of him, his knees softened again, his smile froze, and he swayed up and down, as if he was swinging.

"Brother, where is your wife?" He Sisi asked.

"I just vomited, so I asked her to go back to rest, and she told me to change the brand." He Chu immediately pointed his finger into the alley, "Dad, dad is over there."

Old He Tou went down every day, unless it was windy or rainy, or when the sun was good, he would sit there and have a drink with his old in-laws, Lao Guangtou.

Now, more people come to buy meat.

Empress He looked at her husband,

The emperor smiled,

road:

"Go and help."

"okay."

The queen rolled up her sleeves, walked to the bunk, picked up the knife, and chopped it on the cutting board.

"Brother, I will help you."

"I... you... this..."

Regarding the matter of the eldest son, Ji Chengjue feels a little guilty about his wife, but at this moment, he is willing to let his wife not stick to etiquette, relax, and relive the past life;

But the queen didn't understand her husband's mind, so she took the initiative to help her, and wanted to make herself happy for half a day, so as to offset the guilt in her husband's heart.

Husband and wife, this is how they stick together to live together.

In fact, Ji Chengjue asked the He family and his father if they wanted to live as relatives of the emperor, but the He family and his father firmly refused, and the old He Tou even expressed his desire to die.

It meant that he didn't understand the truth, but if they were really given the title of Viscount Rausch, he would have gone back and hanged himself that night.

The old man has always believed in the principle of keeping one's place and keeping one's own life. It was like this in front of the first emperor, and it was like this in front of my son-in-law. Now his family's life is prosperous, and it is because of "safety", he is content.

Therefore, the queen's mother's family has been living an ordinary life in the capital.

The father and the father are not afraid to tell the truth to their in-laws and daughter-in-law;

In Bihe's cognition, her sister-in-law should have married into a well-behaved family in the capital, but these days, it is normal to pay attention to the water splashed by a married girl. My uncle and uncle belonged to the kind who didn't have much contact with each other.

He and his father don't have to worry about talking in their dreams or talking nonsense when they drink too much.

Said he was a relative of the emperor,

Was Emperor Dayan his son-in-law or his brother-in-law?

Isn't this just standard nonsense, who would believe it!

The queen sells meat there,

Ji Chengjue took the initiative to walk into the alley,

Eunuch Wei naturally followed behind the emperor.

When Old Hetou saw his uncle coming, he got up subconsciously. Since he took the throne, the family members met less often, so he was occasionally invited to meet his grandson.

There is still trepidation and fear, but I have gotten used to it a little bit.

The old Guangtou belongs to the clan, but it is a relatively down-and-out clan, otherwise his son would not be stuck with the little money because of an accident at home, and finally caused his granddaughter to ask for a bride price;

There are also opportunities to enter the palace during festivals, but they are all ranked at the bottom. From a long distance, the emperor can only see a vague black spot, so they are all surnamed "Ji", but the old Guangtou does not. I recognize Ji Chengjue.

"Young master is here." Old He bowed his head slightly.

Those who know their identity can taste a kind of "neither humble nor overbearing" by looking at this appearance,

But do not know the identity,

Just like this old broadhead,

snorted,

road:

"Old Hetou, I'm not talking about you. There is no such thing as a Taishan who would get up when he sees my uncle. There is no such rule in the world."

immediately,

The old Guangtou squinted at Ji Chengjue again, seeing that the kid really accepted it so calmly, he said angrily:

"It doesn't matter what kind of business you do outside, you have to know the etiquette if you sit in the yamen or run a business, don't you really think of yourself as the Lord of Long Live?"

Ji Chengjue nodded and said, "You are right."

Seeing that Ji Chengjue didn't frown and didn't get angry, the old Guangtou didn't get angry anymore, he was just like this, he accepted death and practiced it.

Furthermore, the He family his granddaughter married into, and the uncle in front of him is the He family's uncle. In fact, they are far away from each other, so they are not considered relatives.

"sit."

The old wide head has a bit of "power and influence\

,"He took the initiative to turn back a wine glass and poured the wine.

Ji Chengjue took advantage of the situation and sat down, and Lao Hetou followed suit.

The old Guangtou didn't ask Ji Chengjue what he did or what his family was like. He had inquired about it. This uncle and the old He's family didn't care about him and didn't get close. He didn't have any contact with him during the day. It was his granddaughter and that kid He Chu. When they got married, they didn't come to the banquet in person. They were all in the city of Yanjing, and it wasn't all over the place.

He also has a temper, and only gets close to Old He Tou.

"By the way, where did I just say?"

"Forget, forget." Old He Tou said immediately.

"oh."

The old Guangtou patted his forehead and began to recall.

Old Hetou didn't dare to let old Guangtou recall it,

Previously, this old man was telling himself that the new emperor was more harsh on the clan than the previous emperor!

"Ah, we won the battle again, hahaha."

Old He Tou changed the topic.

The old Guangtou stopped thinking, just kept talking, nodded, and said:

"That's right, Lord Pingxi is the closed disciple of Lord Jingnan after all, and he made great military achievements early on. He was granted the title of Marquis of Military Merit, which is much more genuine than our uncle."

When the late emperor was around, the clans called the eldest prince His Highness;

The first emperor passed away, and His Highness the Sixth Highness took over the throne, so the clan will call the eldest prince "Master".

Compared with the Marquis of the First Prince and the Marquis of Ping Xi, he really has water, which even the First Prince himself admits.

The consensus of the ruling and opposition parties,

Even if you don't exaggerate any military exploits of Qianguo, you have to shrink by half based on the facts. Only this half is for face.

"Killed a Zhu Kingdom and captured a great general alive, tsk tsk." Old Guangtou took a sip of his wine, picked up a piece of dry tea and threw it into his mouth, and continued while chewing, "In the Qian Kingdom, it is equivalent to Marquis Pingxi killed two other trilateral governors, hehe, two copies of the feat of being a Marquis."

Ji Chengjue reminded: "I also captured alive a younger brother of the regent of Chu, ranking eighth."

"Oh, is that so? You are well-informed about the news, but ah, if you capture the clan alive, it's just a way to get a lottery, but it's really useless. Just talk about me, I'm also a clan, and it's useful if I'm captured alive what?

What happened to the regent's younger brother? Today's masters are only masters, and the rest are not as good as a general soldier if they are really lost.

When King Jingnan invaded Yingdu, a lot of the princes of Chu State were burned to death. Oh, the clan of Chu State, even the princes, are worthless. "

Ji Chengjue echoed, "You're right."

The battle between Yan and Chu has been fought several times in the past few years. What the big guys value is actually the more pragmatic side.

When Lord Zheng Hou killed King Fu, it was because the war had just started, so it seemed that he had contributed a lot, but in fact, everyone knew that the vassal king of Qian Kingdom was raised as a pig pen.

The old broad head continued on this topic:

"The Marquis of Pingxi has made another great contribution. Next, it depends on whether our Majesty has the heart of the former emperor."

Old Hetou stared at him, anxious in his heart, and immediately said:

"Why maybe not, why not, Your Majesty and the late emperor are the same, the same."

But the old Guangtou got excited, shook his head and said, "No, no."

Ji Chengjue asked, "Why?"

"Although the first emperor was harsh on the clan, it was a real talent and strategy. King Jingnan, King Zhenbei, and other dynasties in other countries, if one came out, they would have to fight to the death;

But our former emperor is not, and it is precisely because of his capacity to accommodate others that we have created the current appearance of Dayan!

Our Majesty and this Marquis of Pingxi... just..."

Ji Chengjue asked: "I heard that His Majesty and Ping Xihou Ye have known each other very close, and the relationship between the two can be said to be... brothers and sisters."

"whispering sound!"

The old man waved his hands disdainfully,

road:

"Since ancient times, sharing adversity is easy, sharing wealth is difficult.

Besides, they were brothers holding hands back then, but now, they are monarchs and ministers, and there are differences between monarchs and ministers. If there are more rules, the human touch will naturally become less, and there will be no closeness left. "

"The previous emperor could accommodate two princes, why can't Your Majesty accommodate one Lord Pingxi?"

"King Jingnan was born in Tian's family, King Zhenbei was born in Li's family, they are all families of hundreds or even hundreds of years, and Lord Pingxi was born in Qianshou.

This is different. "

"Oh? All the clans have been overthrown, why is it that the Yan Kingdom now judges people by their origins?"

"No, it's not, it's not about people's origins, here, there is meaning, a rich family, a lifetime of glory, just because they are at your fingertips, so you don't care about it very much, and you don't value it very much.

But starting at the end of the day, suddenly taking advantage of the wind, the high position that other people's families can achieve through the efforts of several generations and hundreds of years, has already been obtained, and people's hearts are easy to be dissatisfied. "

Ji Chengjue shook his head, and said, "Why do I feel that those who get rich suddenly regard wealth as their destiny, value it more and be reluctant to part with it?"

"Of course, such people are the majority."

"That……"

"But Lord Pingxi is now my Lord of Great Yan Military Merit, yet he still takes the initiative to start the war..."

"It was the Chu people who provoked first."

"Come on, this is to fool people." Old Guangtou took a sip of his wine and continued proudly, "Chu people even burned their country, so where is it? Impatiently wanting to take revenge on me, Dayan? Was he from Chu kicked in the head by a donkey!"

"Too."

"That's right, in my opinion, Lord Pingxi's enterprising heart is still alive, and he's still not satisfied."

"If you are not satisfied, what should you do?"

"As I said before, this kind of person, in the end, will be the master of high achievements, and there is nothing to seal. Who can guarantee that one day Lord Pingxi will suddenly have an itchy ass and want to go to our majesty's dragon chair?" Sit up and see what it's like to sit on the dragon chair?"

Ji Chengjue nodded,

He,

I really sat down.

Old Hetou was in a cold sweat, if it wasn't for the unsuitable situation, he really wanted to get up and slap this old in-law, telling you to talk too much, telling you to talk too much!

Dayan's ethos is inherently rough, and its guard against and control of folk speech is not as strong as that of Gan Guo;

Of course, if you talk about other things, you will definitely have scruples;

But just as those ministers impeached Ping Xihou for being domineering almost openly before, in this matter, as long as the butt is on the emperor's side, it is naturally politically correct.

Beware of powerful officials and help the emperor to protect the stability of the country, is it wrong?

It's something else,

For example, Lord Pingxi robbed the women of the people by force, and scraped the ground three feet,

On the contrary, no one dared to speak out about these matters, because Marquis Pingxi was Marquis Pingxi after all, without the political commanding heights and the protection of the law, no one dared to single-handedly fight with a military marquis.

At the same time, the old Guangtou is still a clan, and the surname Ji is his own family in the true sense, so the risk is lower if he says these words.

Ji Chengjue asked with great interest;

"Then do you want our Majesty to be more broad-minded, or do you want to...prevent the erroneous things from happening?"

"well."

The old Guangtou reached out and rubbed his face vigorously, saying:

"Neither the former emperor nor His Majesty treated the clan very well. This is obvious, and I am not afraid to say it, but it is also because the clan is already in a terrible state.

For a hundred years, he has relied on the Li family to guard against barbarians;

Now, it is the Zheng family who defend against wild people and Chu people;

The only noodle that can be taken out in our clan, that is, the uncle, is still guarding against his mother's dry man, who is so tender that he can pinch water.

Lord Zhenbei is gone,

Prince Jingnan is said to be chasing the little barbarian prince to the west, but there has been no news for so long.

I, Dayan, have already lost two princes.

Fortunately, there is still a Marquis of Pingxi who can support the appearance. What the common people want is peace of mind. "

"Yes." Ji Chengjue affirmed.

"But in this world, where is there anything that can be truly down-to-earth? If the former emperor had been down-to-earth, would there be the current Dayan?"

"Um."

"Your Majesty should know it well."

"I'm confused." Ji Chengjue said, "I thought you knew what to do."

"Hey, I can only drink and talk nonsense. How can I really know what to do? That's something His Majesty should think about. Come on, let's go one more time."

Perhaps he deliberately wanted to show off in front of his son-in-law, Old He Tou,

After the old man drank another glass of wine, his face flushed, and he started talking again:

"Actually, a home is a home, a country is a country, a good home is not necessarily a good country, and a good country is not necessarily a safe home.

But I guess..."

"What do you think?"

"I'll just guess, I'm the clan."

"Yes, you just said that."

"Some things, you don't know, but I can often hear some nagging."

"You are well informed."

"well."

"Why are you sighing again?"

"There have been many examples of powerful ministers messing up the country throughout the ages, but our Dayan made a precedent when it was the first emperor, but it has come down steadily.

Do you know, what our Majesty said to all the officials and the subjects of the world on the day of ascension to the throne is to inherit the last wish of the late emperor and unify the Xia.

In fact, it will depend on His Majesty's decision. "

"Who to choose?"

"Of course it's Lord Pingxi."

"What did you say?"

"If you lightly add a nod to the title, reward some gold and silver, others will be grateful, but to Lord Pingxi, it's actually the same thing. This shows, our Majesty, please be safe."

"What about the other one?"

"If you want to reward and show your kindness, it means that our majesty's ambition is not inferior to the late emperor!"

"What do you think it will be like in the end?"

The old wide head reached out and patted his forehead,

small voice;

"The prince has been sent to Jindong by His Majesty, what else can it be, probably, it is the latter."

Ji Chengjue smiled,

road:

"How can I show my kindness?"

The old Guangtou dipped his fingertips in the wine and wrote a word on the small table: Gong.

"Duke?" Ji Chengjue asked, "In the past, King Jingnan and King Zhenbei were directly crowned kings."

At the earliest, the titles of different surnames in Yan State were crowned with Marquis.

Old Guang shook his head and said, "Let's leave some room, besides, King Jingnan, the king of Zhenbei, has the power to destroy the country by following the dragon, Lord Pingxi, it's a little bit worse.

Leaving more steps can also make you more calm in the future. After making great achievements, it will not be too late to be crowned king. "

Ji Chengjue shook his head.

"You don't agree?" The old man was a little displeased.

Ji Chengjue stretched out his hand, also dipped in the wine, and wrote the word "Wang" on the table in a serious manner.

"I think, if you don't want to seal it, if you want to seal it, you can directly seal it as king."

The old Guangtou said disdainfully:

"You don't understand. It's refreshing to be crowned king directly, but what about in the future? Will your majesty be as short-sighted as you?"

"Maybe it is."

"Presumptuous, dare to insult His Majesty!"

The old broad-headed finger pointed at Ji Chengjue.

Old Hetou got up immediately, covered old Guangtou, and said:

"He drank too much, drank too much, he drank too much."

"I didn't drink too much, let me go... woo woo woo..."

Ji Chengjue sat on the chair, looked at the word he just wrote in front of him, and smiled.

...

A few days later, the Great Court Meeting,

With more and more news coming from the front line in the past few days, the court knew more about the details of that battle.

However, due to the distance and poor information, Zheng Houye's feat of castrating the general of Chu State in public has not yet been passed on.

Some time ago, the crowd impeached Lord Zheng's court angrily, but now it fell into silence.

The emperor's attitude was first established by the prince's entry into Eastern Jin, and then made the final express statement in a letter from the cabinet the day before.

And after the emperor started to take care of several elderly ministers begging for bones to return home, the atmosphere was well prepared.

at this time,

The ministers standing in the hall,

They fought, they struggled, they fought,

But what remains unchanged is that

They probably really survived the era of the late emperor's "dictatorship of the universe" and "supremacy of monarchy" with great difficulty, and they will be brought back to that era by the new monarch;

They managed to survive the curtain calls of two princes with different surnames, and they had to regain the fear of being dominated by a prince with a heavy hand by that Marquis of Pingxi.

Your Majesty, I have made up my mind.

In the future, Dayan's pattern will return to the pattern familiar to everyone.

Dayan, because the power of the vassal king is too strong, he is extremely unstable, and a rebellion that can really overthrow the court may break out at any time;

But in Dayan, because of the existence of this vassal king who is "one heart" with the emperor, the imperial power has been elevated beyond the destiny.

Everyone has to listen to the emperor, because the emperor has the ability to mobilize troops to rebel against himself!

Ji Chengjue sat on the dragon chair in the main hall,

He likes to see the expressions of his courtiers.

At the same time, more and more understanding,

When the emperor sat on this chair back then, he was so...comfortable.

If I hadn't sat on this dragon chair, I'm afraid I wouldn't have imagined my father's happiness.

Ji Chengjue stretched out his hand,

Pointing to Wei Zhonghe,

road:

"Wei Zhonghe, declare the decree."

"twitter."

Wei Zhonghe stepped forward,

Open the decree:

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor's edict said:

The son-in-law of Chengguo, the great general, the crown prince, Taifu Pingxihou, Zheng Fan,

The public is loyal to the country, has repeatedly made military exploits, served the country's wings, and protected the swallows of the sky; the name lives in the world, and the merits will last forever;

Now I obey God's will,

I conferred the title of Pingxi Hou Zheng Fan as my Great Swallow,

King Pingxi! "