Devil’s Advent

The emperor of Dayan just finished a set of Tai Chi, sat down cross-legged and practiced breathing for a while, and then went to take a bath refreshed.

Since the "treatment" five years ago, the emperor has cherished his body extremely.

Of course, with the final cleansing of the officialdom five years ago and the smooth operation of the cabinet system, Ji Laoliu can be said to have completed the harmony of "power collection" and "decentralization".

State affairs are entrusted to the cabinet to free themselves from the busy papers as much as possible, but the power that belongs to the emperor is still firmly in their hands.

The emperor walked into the cabinet at dusk, and on the external plaque, it read "Qingzheng Palace".

All elders stood up and saluted the emperor, the emperor nodded slightly to signal the elders to sit down, and then signaled Wei Zhonghe to order a group of eunuchs to give the tremella soup to the elders.

The first seat in the Qingzheng Hall is a dragon chair, which can only be sat on when the emperor comes. At this time, the prince is sitting at a table under the dragon chair.

The emperor's obvious "health preservation and decentralization", compared with the diligence and painstaking efforts of the late emperor when he was in power, and even compared with the conscientious work of the emperor during the two or three years when he first took the throne, there is really too much "looseness";

It stands to reason that you elders should have a lot of complaints about this, at least, you have to persuade and advise, Your Majesty, we can't be so idle.

Although, the emperor has been taking the lead in the general direction and control of the New Deal, the annual results submitted by the Ministry of Households are also in accordance with the expected increase, and they will only exceed the target and never have a deficit;

But, at least you are doing face-saving work, do you still want to leave a good reputation of diligence in the history books?

The most important thing is that the emperor's level of governing the country, especially the people's livelihood and economy, is far beyond that of ordinary ministers. In front of the emperor, the minister of household affairs is like a buddy who has just joined the store facing an old shopkeeper. Therefore, the emperor is the "mascot". "The words undoubtedly made the big guy's work a lot more cumbersome all of a sudden.

However, how to deal with these elders, the emperor also has a lot of experience, he knows what these ministers want;

Rebellion...they really don't have that in mind;

If you have achieved this step as an official, what you want is to leave a name in history, and it is best to be able to enjoy the Taimiao with you.

Therefore, the emperor placed his eldest son, the current prince, in the Qingzheng Hall.

The prince is here, and at the beginning he was doing the work of a "little eunuch", serving tea and water;

But you can always ask, the big guys in disguise have become emperor teachers, and the one who trains and trains is the future emperor of Dayan;

Just like the sword master gave Longyuan to the prince regent's princess without hesitation, people in Jianghu attach great importance to inheritance, and so do the elders.

They hope that their political philosophy can be instilled in the prince, so that their thoughts can continue to illuminate the entire Dayan in the future.

So,

The emperor "laxed" in government affairs, and the elders in the court saw that the emperor had thrown the prince over...be patient.

Seeing my father coming,

The prince who had to bear the "heavy burden" because he was too sensible since he was a child,

Can't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

He sorted out some of the notebooks in hand, and took the initiative to walk towards his father.

The emperor sat down and began to review the papers.

The atmosphere of the Qingzheng Hall once again returned to solemnity.

About half an hour later, the emperor "cleaned up" the papers in front of him, and motioned for the crown prince to take them down and distribute them.

Rubbing his wrists, the emperor wanted to yawn subconsciously, and then looked at the elders sitting below, the emperor covered it up with his hands a little.

Many times, people will deliberately tighten their strings to get busy, not because they like this tense feeling, but because they know in their hearts that once they relax, they will only keep making excuses for themselves, and then they will lose a thousand miles.

After just this moment of effort, the emperor already felt tired.

There were five people in the cabinet at the beginning, and it was expanded again and again. Now, there are nearly fifteen cabinet elders sitting in the Qingzheng Palace. However, the inner circle, that is, those who make up their minds to sit on the pear flower wood chair, only five, and the other ten This one, in fact, is more like a cabinet elder who is a thug, but no matter what, he has joined the cabinet;

Boil slowly, mix slowly, and there is always hope to sit on a chair.

There is another very important reason for the expansion. The government affairs are too tiring, and the elders often need to work overloaded, so it is easy to fall ill. Continue to work hard for Dayan, some...may never get up after falling ill;

Therefore, the number of people in the cabinet must be large to facilitate filling.

Power is a poison, it can not only make the emperor work hard, but also make the courtiers continue to enjoy this state while suffering bloodshot eyes.

"Everyone, you can take a rest and go to the banquet with me later."

Today, the banquet held in the palace has the same scale as when the regent was appointed five years ago.

The elders in the pavilion knew the priority of the matter, no one had any objection, they got up separately, and went to the eunuch who was in charge of serving them to clean their faces and change their robes.

On both sides of the Qingzheng Hall, there are separate bedrooms, which are convenient for the elders to take a nap and continue to work, and save the trouble of going back and forth from the palace. Many elders only go out of the palace and return to the mansion once every half a month;

There is a saying outside, that is, look at the adults who joined the cabinet, even if they are generally not young, but thinking that Yao Zizhan of Qianguo can continue to have a younger son and daughter, but Dayan who joined the cabinet Pavilion elders, once you enter the pavilion, there will be no more children in the family. There is no time to crush the begonias for a tree of pear blossoms.

The eunuchs brought formal clothes for the elders from the dormitory. After everyone dressed, the emperor walked in front, the prince followed behind, and behind them, there were a total of fifteen elders in three rows.

Leaving aside the palace in eastern Jin,

this line,

It is already regarded as Dayan's real power core team.

The scale of the banquet was very grand, not only the palace nobles of the Yan Kingdom, but also the hostesses of the Thirteen Departments of the Desert...or called, the little prince.

If the entire desert is divided in half, the one that can really closely intersect with the Yan State is actually the eastern desert, while the western desert is more closely connected with the west.

In comparison, the eastern desert has the largest population, more tribes, and stronger power. The royal court of the barbarians also stood in this area.

Since the two kings of the north and the south crushed the royal court together, the barbarians in the desert began to split. Over the past few years, it can be said that their brains have been blown out.

The Emperor Dayan even canonized thirteen tribes as "Kings" in one go, a title that is not costly and beneficial, directly catching up with the first prince when he was in the snowy field and went to "official prostitutes" with a big seal of radish.

The decline of the barbarians and the rise of the Yan Kingdom have become an irreversible trend. In addition, the emperor borrowed from the methods used by the Pingxi Palace to deal with the snowfields, and made improvements according to local conditions. penetration there.

Thirteen barbarian "little princes" congratulated Emperor Dayan together and sent blessings.

The theme of today's banquet is a royal festival of the Yan Kingdom. When the late emperor is held, the emperor should lead the clan to recall bitterness and sweetness. The most typical thing is to let the princes sit there and eat unpalatable corn bread;

But this time, the emperor made a big deal of it.

The emperor got up, stood at the top of the banquet, and had a drink with them.

After sitting down, the emperor tidied up his cuffs and thought of the letter he received from Eastern Jin a while ago, expressing his concerns about the current Yan State's policy of detaining the desert.

Once the barrier between Yan and barbarians is gradually broken as the barbarians completely become dogs, in the future, in future generations, it is likely that the barbarians will use another method, and even pretend to be the Yan people themselves, to re-emerge in the territory of Yan... atavistic.

Looking at the group of barbarian princes dancing for him in front of him,

The emperor smiled slightly,

It's not that he hadn't thought of this reminder, but it was still the words he had talked with the person surnamed Zheng.

As long as the descendants of future generations do not live up to their expectations, even if they do not cause troubles on the barbarians, they will also cause troubles in other areas. I can't get rid of all the current cats and dogs in advance, can I?

Even if you are clean, but after waiting for a year, won't you be born again when the spring breeze blows?

After the dance of the barbarian little princes, all parties in the Yan Kingdom came up to send their blessings. In fact, the Yan people themselves did not understand why everyone should celebrate this festival that should be the "clan" together, let alone what to congratulate, but to praise His Majesty the Emperor Greatness, it is never wrong to praise Dayan for its prosperity.

Next,

It was envoys from Qian State, Chu State, Prince Cheng's Mansion, Prince Jin's Mansion, etc., as well as envoys from all the small kingdoms of Xia, who sent congratulatory messages one after another.

The emperor was very face-saving. Although he didn't end up being "close to the people", they all raised their glasses in response.

The envoys of the Qian Kingdom were sitting at the table, and there was a young man surnamed Shi Kai, who was shaking the jug on his desk, and an official of the mission beside him asked with a smile:

"Where does this wine from the Yan Kingdom taste as good as my dried peach blossom brew?"

Shi Kai shook his head and said: "Didn't you notice that there is only half a jug of this wine?"

Although this kind of banquet held in the palace is mainly about political themes, and eating and drinking are just for fun, but even the jug on the envoy's table is only half full, which is unavoidably strange.

"Tch, people from Yan, they are always picking and searching, it's a barbarian's habit."

Shi Kai pursed his lips and said:

"Before returning to China, I need to check the prices of drinks in Yanrenfang."

"Well, why?"

Shi Kai poured the rest of the wine in the jug into the wine glass,

Then slowly put down the jug in front of him:

"For a banquet of this size, the wine jugs of the guests are only half full, and the dignity of a country can be ignored..."

Shi Kai drank the wine in the cup in one gulp,

road;

"I guess, Yan Ren, maybe alcohol is banned."

...

In the second half of the banquet, the emperor left early.

Wei Zhonghe supported the emperor and walked towards the harem. Up to now, the emperor's harem still has only one empress and one noble concubine.

During these five years, the queen gave birth to a son for the emperor, and the concubine gave birth to a princess.

The harmony of the harem left the courtiers speechless.

What a conscientious empress, what she likes to do every day is to grow vegetables, spin yarn and weave cloth in the palace, and she gave birth to three princes for Dayan by the way;

What a noble concubine who knows how to be courteous, she gave birth to a princess, but never a prince.

Three princes, two princesses, and heirs are actually not enough for the emperor, but... it is enough.

Especially on the basis that Guoben had established early on, the elders of the pavilion were unwilling to use this to persuade the emperor;

They will naturally support the crown prince, just like when the late emperor was there, no matter how powerful the Liu Ye party is, the crown prince has always had supporters;

Because many ministers don't think about Conglong and Xingjin, and they are not even familiar with the prince. What they protect is this stable system.

If you really want to persuade the draft to recruit people in the harem, if some kind of alluring woman is brought in and triggers a big drama in the harem, why bother?

Wei Zhonghe knew that His Majesty had drunk too much and was really a little drunk, so he planned to send the emperor to the empress.

Normally, under such circumstances, the empress would also call the imperial concubine, and the two of them would serve the hungover emperor together.

But the emperor suddenly said:

"Go to Taimiao."

"Here."

Wei Zhonghe waved his hand immediately, and the eunuchs behind immediately lifted the chariot up for the emperor to sit on.

immediately,

A group of people went to the strict temple in the middle of the night.

The Taimiao is a place of worship, solemn and sacred, even when the emperor needs to hold some activities here, he has to bathe, change clothes and fast in advance.

But if the emperor wanted to come here on a whim, no one would dare to stop him.

Wei Zhonghe helped the emperor up the steps of the Taimiao, and then the emperor stretched out his hand and pushed Wei Zhonghe away. He opened the gate of the Taimiao with both hands in his own stature, and staggered into it.

The ever-burning lamps of the Taimiao will not be extinguished. There is an altar in the middle and candles on both sides.

Wei Zhonghe stood at the door, hesitated for a moment, closed the gate of the Taimiao, turned around, and faced the outside.

inside,

The emperor moved along one side and began to move step by step.

In front of him are portraits of the ancestors of the Ji family.

The portrait of the first Yanhou is the most simple, because he is not wearing a dragon robe, but a Daxia official uniform, riding a wild animal, carrying a bow and arrow, and holding a long knife, extremely heroic.

He is the founder of Yandi and the leader of Yanmin.

The old Yan people are really bachelors in some things. For example, the "emperor" of the Ji family in the next few portraits didn't wear a dragon robe, because they hadn't proclaimed themselves emperor and established a country at that time.

However, it is said that in the Taimiao of Emperor Qianren Zhao's family, from the Emperor Taizu of Qianguo to above, the ancestors have conferred the title of emperor for many generations, and the portraits hung are all in dragon robes;

According to Qianren's narrative, their Zhao official family ancestor was one of the four lords.

Perhaps, it is precisely because of the injustice of the country that he is more guilty, so he needs these things to decorate himself. On the other hand, the Ji family who relied on their ancestors to fight for their country and society has nothing to taboo and cover up;

The appearance of the ancestors back then is the best proof of the hardships of starting a business, and it is also the glory of the Ji family.

After the founding of the country, the next portraits of the emperor were all dressed in dragon robes.

During this period, there is a long series of portraits of emperors, very young, which means that these emperors died much earlier, and did not live to old age to leave the image of their old age.

As for the portrait, it is naturally the appearance of the last healthy period of life. It is impossible for you to live to be 60 or 70 years old and draw a so-called handsome appearance of you at the age of 20 and hang it up.

This period of time was also the period when the Yan people and the barbarians fought the most fiercely. Several emperors died in battle on the battlefield.

Ji Chengjue continued to walk in, and then, he saw his grandfather.

He actually has very limited impressions of his grandfather, and it can even be said that he has almost no impressions.

But he still stopped in front of the portrait of grandpa for a long time,

It's not because I want to see Grandpa a few more times, but because I want to see the one below later.

but,

So many ancestors have seen it, and he cannot be left behind;

Ji Chengjue finally moved and stood in front of the last portrait.

This portrait is very new, and the person in the painting is also very vivid. Most importantly, because you are so familiar with him, when you see his portrait, you will supplement his image by yourself.

In the painting, he is sitting on the dragon chair, wearing a black dragon robe, and there still seems to be that look of disdain in his eyes.

Many times, Ji Chengjue felt that her father was not a human being, but a Pixiu. In the real sense, Pixiu was dressed in the skin of a divine beast, but in reality it was a ferocious beast.

Ji Chengjue leaned back, chose a support point in front of the table, and just stared at his father.

"Hic..."

The emperor burped.

After so many years, if you want to say how much you hate him, you really don't feel much now, but the image of the so-called loving father is naturally impossible.

Ji Chengjue tilted his head,

reach out,

Pointing to the late emperor in the portrait,

laughed:

"You, in this life, all you think about is the reputation of being an emperor through the ages, but unfortunately, you have no chance, no chance.

The roast duck in Quandelou Roast Duck Restaurant has always been famous.

But what the diners praise is the skill of the roast duck master. Who would have nothing to do to praise the guy who purchased the duck?

this dish,

You have the ingredients ready,

I will cook;

this world,

You are not integrated,

I will rule!

Thousands of years later,

The eternal emperor in the brilliant history can only be me, it is me...Ji Chengjue.

You will be too close to me,

Instead, I cover the light;

You have never been a serious father in your life,

Then I will let you be read in history books,

Let them have only one thought in their mind,

Ji Runhao?

Emperor Yanwu?

who is he?

oh,

It's my... father.

Hahahahaha..."

The emperor laughed,

He points his fingers in all directions,

shouted:

"When I live here, I make all of you... bleak!"

Drunk and exhausted from walking all the way in the Taimiao, the emperor lowered his body more and more, and finally leaned against the edge of the table, fell asleep and snored.

I don't know where the wind blows in;

candlestick,

Slightly swaying.

Right in front of him, the portrait of the late emperor fell off at this moment, slowly swaying...

covered the emperor.

hangover dream,

Always with dizziness and retching, but also confused and illogical, and even absurd;

For example,

Ji Chengjue was in a dream,

It seems that there are people around me,

One of the familiar voices sounded from beside him:

"hehe,

how?

Did you see that

This is the emperor I chose for Dayan!

this,

It's my Ji Runhao's,

son! "