Taiping Order

Chapter 268 The Second Imperial

In the academy, the Mohist master and Gongyang Suwang were dumbfounded.

Seeing the boy running towards him almost pulling a bearded man, the man covered his face with shame and anxiously, but King Su and the giant recognized who the man was. Li Guan paused and bowed.

"I have met two palace masters."

"Pingyang comes here later, please ask the two seniors to say, don't wait for me."

Ji Zichang covered his face in shame.

Li Guanyi felt the school student in his hand, and seemed to be quite nervous. Looking back, he didn't find the main entrance. He realized that the main entrance would have to run for three or five minutes. This unshaven student was probably a little overwhelmed. Can't stay.

So he said offended.

Qin Wuhou took Ji Zichang.

He flipped straight out of the wall of the academy.

Gongyang Suwang: “…”

The Mohist master: “…”

King Su suddenly laughed out loud. He was not as rigid as many Confucian schools of thought, but would take different changes according to the current situation. The old man walked forward leisurely:

"Do not look at what is wrong, and do not speak what is wrong."

"I didn't see anything, old giant."

He looked at the Mo family giant, stretched out his hand, and said with a smile:

"The wind is blowing and the clouds are still long. Giant, why don't you and me have another game?"

Li Guanyi and Ji Zichang went over the wall directly. This is not a big deal for Li Guanyi, who was born among the people and had a very good relationship with Siming and Yaoguang, but it was framed at the level since he was born. For the king of Zhongzhou who is under the etiquette—

Under the eyes of the great Mohist genre, the leader of the Confucian school.

He was lifted up and overturned the wall.

What a matter of things, it is not etiquette!

How...that's great!

Stimulate!

Ji Zichang just felt his heart pounding, and he said, "You, you dare to climb over the wall in front of King Gongyang Su?!" Li Guan said, "Is there any law in the school that is not allowed to climb over the wall?"

Ji Zichang couldn't answer.

Li Guanyi said: "I know an elder with a high status in the academy. He likes to climb over the wall. Since the elders are like this, it is natural for a young student like you and me to do so."

Ji Zichang smiled bitterly: "I am worthy of being you, where are you?"

Li Guanyi replied, "Go and have some food." He took it out in his arms and found that there was actually not much money on him. Ji Zichang noticed his gaze and gaze and said, "What's wrong?"

Li Guanyi replied: "This, brother, maybe you have to choose an ordinary store."

"I don't have much money."

Ji Zichang was dumbfounded.

Jiangnan, a prosperous place!

The Eighteen Prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River are also the central water transportation area of ​​the whole world. You control the land of thousands of miles south of the Yangtze River. A dignified lord actually said that you have no money, but Ji Zichang has been an emperor for many years, and at least knows whether what people say is true.

This kid really has no money.

The king of Jiangnan has no money?

Ji Zichang suddenly burst into laughter, thinking that it was the most interesting and ridiculous thing in the world. He pointed to the jade pendant that never left his waist and said, "Don't scare me, this jade pendant is obviously a family of kings and princes. Something."

"Either texture or color is the best, and it is worth a thousand gold."

"If you don't have money, why don't you take this thing as a matter?"

Li Guan stroked the jade pendant with one hand and replied with a smile:

"Because of this thing, a thousand golds will not be exchanged."

This is the jade pendant given to him by the eldest lady Xue Shuangtao. How could it be replaced? Ji Zichang said, "Okay, since that's the case, then let's take the lead."

Li Guanyi discovered that this brother Chang Wen should not go out often. His understanding of this No. 1 Capital City is not as good as an outsider like him. Li Guanyi took him around for a while and went to a person who didn't look like he was. Expensive restaurant.

I ordered a few dishes.

Ji Zichang heard the dish Li Guanyi wanted and said, "Why don't you tell the truth in your population?"

Li Guanyi was dumbfounded: "What?"

Ji Zichang smiled and said, "The dishes you mentioned cost hundreds of taels no matter what, and you still say you don't have money?"

Li Guanyi replied, "What?"

He pointed to the menu he ordered and said, "The leeks in autumn are already elders. Fried eggs with autumn leeks, a stewed chicken, a vegetarian dish, and a hibiscus egg soup, two bowls and two mixed rice, these things , how many hundred taels are needed? ”

"Even if this thing is in Zhongzhou, it will only cost more than one yuan."

"Do you eat eggs made of gold or rice made of gold beans?"

Li Guanyi noticed that Ji Zichang's smile slowly solidified.

Something seemed to be torn apart.

The young king's expression turned pale, he was silent for a moment, as if he had understood something, and said, "How much does a chicken cost?"

Li Guanyi replied, "One or two, right?"

"Even in a place like Zhongzhou, more than ten cents is enough for a meal. If you have more than twenty cents, you can eat some meat."

Ji Zichang was silent for a long time and raised his fingers to press his eyebrows.

Li Guanyi thoughtfully and said, "Have you been suppressed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Royal Family of Zhongzhou? The so-called ten taels of silver for one egg, two green onions, five taels of silver for the fire."

"A plate of fried eggs that cost up to twenty cents can be sold for fifty taels."

"It's really outrageous."

Ji Zichang took a deep breath, and the emperor, who was always working diligently in the palace, was trembling with his palms. He gritted his teeth and said, "...The Ministry of Internal Affairs, I was consuming the salary of the court, but I actually deceived my superiors and subordinates. When I go back, Please refer to him!”

Li Guanyi said: "What's the use of just a small official in the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

Ji Zichang stopped.

Li Guanyi said: "A official from the Ministry of Internal Affairs is only a fourth-rank or even a fifth-rank official. How dare he deduct such a large amount of money? It must be handed over layer by layer, and stripped down layer by layer, which is one Just one or two cents of silver for a chicken."

Ji Zichang said, "So, where did the pharmacist think all the money went?"

Li Guanyi said, "Isn't this simple yet?"

The food was served, Li Guan took a bite and said, "You know what happened in the city recently. The sword maniac Murong Longtu invited all the masters in the world, the palace master of the academy, and the high-ranking ones. Legend of the Rivers and Lakes.”

"In theory, no one dares to cause trouble for such a thing."

"But when I came, I found that someone increased the tax on a city gate to five times the original amount, and took the opportunity to make money, and this one was the princess's son-in-law."

Ji Zichang's eyes drooped, with a gloomy atmosphere.

Li Guanyi asked for a pot of wine. When drinking, he naturally activated the talent instinct of Jianzheng in the dinner table and talked: "Actually, the problem is already very obvious. Don't mention my friends, even people like me, All can be seen clearly."

"Zhongzhou is only a radius of thousands of miles. When it comes to the prosperity of the land, it is not as rich as the Central Plains and Guanzhong. When it comes to commercial trade, it is not as rich as the Chen State; even the transportation of the property is not as good as the entire territory of the Eighteen Prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River with a similar area."

"So, why can there be so many royal relatives and nobles, and old families?"

Ji Zichang said, "Because there are worships from all nations."

Li Guanyi replied: "In the past, there were worships from all countries. When the princes were not able to take out gold and taxes, they even wanted to strip them of their titles. But now, who would make a country bigger than Chen State and Ying State? Part of the taxes are paid?”

"Three hundred years ago, Zhongzhou lost its power, and the blood of the royal relatives and nobles flowed all over the imperial road."

"Chen State, Ying State has separated from Zhongzhou and will only give some of the offerings, but compared with the past, it is pitifully small. However, under such circumstances, the great clans, clans, and even royal relatives and nobles in Zhongzhou are wasting extravagance and waste. There is no slight decrease in the pomp.”

"On the contrary, when Chen Yingguo disobeys himself, he will be more exaggerated and wasteful, and show his prestige. He clearly knows that the two countries no longer care about him, but he still has to hold on. There are everywhere in the world. Such a person.”

Ji Zichang's face was ashen.

He clenched his fists. Although it was a problem he had known before, because he had been in the palace all the time, he didn't know it was so severe. He raised his head and looked at Li Guanyi in front of him, who was holding a glass of wine. He looked outside calmly and calmly.

Then he withdrew his gaze and said, "So, Brother Chang Wen."

"The worship of the two countries has been reduced, and the desire of the great clan is unlimited."

"So where does the money in between come from?"

Ji Zichang slowly relaxed his fist and said softly, "…people."

Li Guanyi replied, "I'm wrong."

"I thought it was taken from the people, but later I realized that it was not just that. They were all wealthy families who had experienced a long time. They had witnessed the majesty of Emperor Chen Wu, who had won the hearts of the people three hundred years ago. .”

"Yes, taken from the emperor."

Li Guanyi said: "It was only when I came here that I discovered that I had imposed heavy taxes in the name of the emperor, and then I did give tax expenses, but these were all fake accounts."

"Maybe the emperor is a good emperor, the ministers are capable ministers, and the people work diligently to farm, but everyone's life cannot be as good as they wish."

"In the channels between the emperor and the people, they exploited them layer by layer, like borers."

"When the anger of the people reaches its peak."

Li Guan slashed the chopsticks in his hand like a sword and said calmly:

"But it's just a change to another emperor."

This sentence fell into Ji Zichang's ears, like thunder.

He looked at Qin Wuhou holding chopsticks in front of him, like a sword.

The black hair on Qin Wuhou's temples rose slightly in the wind, but his expression was quiet.

At this time, Ji Zichang realized that what was in front of him was not the student and Taoist priest who had drunk alcohol with him before, or even carried him over the wall, where his eyes were still in the world.

He is the Qin Wuhou, who is not inferior to the founding kings.

Li Guanyi persuaded Ji Zichang to drink and said casually:

"The emperor was replaced to calm the public's anger, but the old man in the royal family still had practical interests and authority. Is the puppet? No."

"The emperor is just a huge shield used to protect their own interests from losses. The remaining power of the Red Emperor is just a slogan to collect wealth. From this perspective, there must be extremely cleverness among the royal family, and the situation is as clear as the fire. The top strategist.”

"If I guess it's good."

"Among the great emperors of Zhongzhou in all dynasties, there should be many emperors who are young and are still strong and even have the ability to base their internal strength at least three levels of heaven, but they start to vomit blood and suffer from illness and die inexplicably in their prime. ”

Hurry up!

Ji Zichang pressed his palm on the table, making the plates, bowls and chopsticks on the table rustling. His expression changed drastically, but he had to recognize the existence of the things that Li Guanyi said.

Li Guan said with apologies on his face and said, "Sorry."

"I have such a personality, I forgot my brother's position."

Ji Zichang opened his mouth.

The passion in his heart was suddenly extinguished at this moment. It was not that he did not work hard alone, but that with his vision and judgment, he actually understood that the emperor had become a common sacrifice for the Red Emperor family for 800 years.

The interests of the kings, princes and powerful people who have been accumulated over the past eight hundred years have turned into silk threads one by one, which seem to be gentle, but when they are added together, they are like ropes. The emperor is tied tightly to the royal family.

It also separates the palace and the people.

These problems are mixed, like a war horse that was madly driven by eight crazy horses, crazily pulling the chariot. He could no longer control himself and was powerless to turn things around. Only the innocent power of the outside world could tear apart such apart the situation.

What should I do to solve internal and external problems?

He looked at Li Guanyi in front of him with a quiet expression.

He suddenly sighed and smiled, "I really envy you, pharmacist." Li Guan raised his eyebrows.

Ji Zichang suddenly grabbed the wine pot on the table and poured wine for himself.

Then he raised his neck and did not like using the same food utensils as others since he was a child. At this moment, he went to drink one by one. In a moment, he felt a little drunk. Li Guanyi comforted him and said, "No need to do this."

Ji Zichang said, "You don't understand, don't understand."

Li Guanyi no longer refuted, but just drank with this strange student, with a table of dishes, and two people drank one jar after another. Ji Zichang did not use the magical power of "Red Dragon Shaking the Nine Provinces" in the fourth level of the Heavenly Realm. The drunkenness is so strong that the spirit is drunk.

When Li Guanyi helped the drunk student out of the restaurant, the sky was completely dark. Ji Zichang staggered. He patted Li Guanyi on the shoulder and said, "Pharmacist, you said your jade pendant, It was given to you by someone else."

"Ha, is it the girl in your heart?"

Li Guan paused.

Ji Zichang had already pushed him away, staggered forward, and whispered: "I, I have it, too. At that time, I had not become the head of the family. I was a girl of ordinary origin who liked to play the piano and chess."

"Later, later, at the age of seventeen, he died of serious illness."

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

Li Guanyi said, "You married the daughter of a noble family, right?"

Ji Zichang whispered, "Yes."

"Only by their power can we stand firm."

"but…"

He suddenly laughed at himself and said, "Forget it, it's a meaningless thing, don't worry about it, come on, drink, drink!" He shouted, raised his neck to drink, but found that there was no alcohol, and frowned.

This emperor, who was rare to be free, caught a glimpse of the wine pot on Li Guanyi's waist.

"Ha! You still have my wine here."

He didn't care about anything else, so he simply reached out and grabbed the wine pot. Li Guan suddenly ignored the wine pot. It was not until Ji Zichang took off the mouth of the wine pot that the Yaoguang magic was destroyed, and Li Guanyi realized that Oops.

What I got was not fruit wine, but a thousand days of drunkenness!

Ji Zichang tilted his neck and sipped his mouth. This guy seemed to be in great mood, so he just went to drink with a big mouthful, but he never thought that the whale fisherman had changed it with the formation, which could serve three dots and three liters of strong wine.

Ji Zichang drank in one breath and his body was shaking.

When I realized that it was wrong, I took the wine pot and said, "Is my wine so strong?"

Li Guanyi was dumbfounded.

no?

Are all students in Zhongzhou so scary?

Wen He can avoid Qianlijue, but the decadent bearded man he met on the roadside can even be drunk for so long. Ji Zichang threw the things in his hand and Li Guan grabbed it.

Under Ji Zichang's gaze of "It's your turn", Li Guanyi also smiled freely and drank wildly. Ji Zichang's favorability increased and he laughed and said, "Okay, okay!

Ji Zichang burped and said, "Let's go!"

He stretched out his hand to Li Guanyi and staggered, "Let's go!"

The two of them staggered all the way, but after drinking so much wine, they suddenly became thirsty again. Ji Zichang glanced around and saw a yard and said, "Pharmacist, pharmacist, look!"

"There are vegetables there, and the red ones, are they introduced from the Western Regions or the Northern Regions to quench their thirst."

Li Guanyi also drank a lot and said, "This is from someone else's."

Ji Zichang patted his chest, made a full ticket, and said with his tongue: "What other people's family's, I, I..." He pointed at his chest with a thumbs up, and said proudly: "It's my family! It's all my family." of!"

Li Guanyi, who was slightly drunk, said, "Then go get some?"

"good!"

The two of them climbed over the wall with great skill.

Then I picked red fruits and vegetables in the Western Regions in this yard.

"I picked more!"

"Laugh, joke, I..., I mean, if you really want to talk about it, it must be more important to have a good look, right?!"

"many?"

Ji Zichang said disdainfully: "My one is the biggest."

While the two guys were tidying up their clothes and squatting here and stomping on things crazy, a strange atmosphere gradually appeared. Qin Wuhou and Zhongzhou Emperor slowly raised their heads, and the two saw green eyes in the dark night. Light up.

Then I saw it clearly.

It's a dog.

Looking at them coldly, Li Guan raised his fingers to his lips, and Ji Zichang's scalp was numb: "Good, good dog, don't bark, don't bark..."

A series of barking sounds break the tranquility of the night.

Then there was a high old man's voice: "It's Tiansha!!"

"Where did the thief come from? He dared to steal my vegetables. He won't make money, bite!"

"Bite them to death!"

grass! !

Li Guan was furious. Isn’t this yours?

Turn your head away.

The man named [Chang Wen] has already climbed over the wall halfway, which is even more flexible than him.

Li Guan was furious, and then he was angry. In the anger of the people who had no martial arts, the dignified Qin Wuhou had to run away in a panic. Finally, he climbed over the wall with his fruit in his arms, shook his backhand, and a handful of copper coins landed on the table.

"We bought it!"

"Born!"

The old man cursed himself, Li Guanyi and Ji Zichang were sitting on the big wall, with a yard of fruits and vegetables on one side and a quiet road on the other side. The sky was a brilliant Milky Way. The two of them suddenly felt a little quiet. He looked at each other and laughed.

They climbed over the wall and ran away quickly. The dog chased them for two miles before being thrown away. Li Guan glanced at Ji Zichang: "Didn't you say it's yours?!"

Ji Zichang said, "I remembered it wrong."

All the kings under the world are the kings, and they belong to my family!

He looked at the sky, ate the fruit with Li Guan, and then got up: "My family tutor is very strict. See you next time, Pharmacist Li."

Li Guanyi said, "Aren't you the head of the family?"

Ji Zichang smiled and said, "The head of the family also has many things that cannot be controlled. I hope you can always do this. Today's affairs are clear."

"I'm a rare one, I've had a good time."

"Oh, when I was young, I still wanted to be a knight and wander around the world. I was unrestrained, but unfortunately I couldn't. There were so many rules!"

He waved his hand to Li Guan, then staggered away.

Li Guan raised his head, looked at the sky, sat on the tree, raised his neck to drink, the water line fell, and flew into the boy's throat, calm and free.

Ji Zichang's steps were quiet and his spine was slowly straightening. With the aura of the emperor of Zhongzhou in his body, it was a more magnificent existence similar to a magical technique. It was called Qilu and Dragon Vein. In this state Ji Zichang has a strong resistance to all kinds of negatives.

He returned to the palace and returned to the study in the side hall.

He thought that the old Yan Taibao should have gone back.

He pushed open the door of the side hall, and the white-haired old man stood there quietly, bowing calmly, "Your Majesty, you are back."

Ji Zichang looked at him and his heart was much warmer.

There are stolen ministers in the world, people who do things and do things for their own selfish desires, and people like the old man. Ji Zichang said, "Before the teacher, why didn't you tell me about the affairs of the people?"

Yan Taibao said in shock: "I, don't you get books every month?"

Ji Zichang remained silent. He suddenly knew everything. The emperor was trapped in a cage. Ji Zichang smiled freely. He changed into the emperor's regular clothes, his hair and beard were trimmed, and then came here calmly.

"Let the teacher wait for a long time."

Yan Taibao said, "Your Majesty, have you made a decision?"

Ji Zichang said, "Yes..."

"Please sit down by teacher."

After Yan Taibao sat down, Ji Zichang sat in front of the table in the imperial study room. The eternal light made of overseas giant whales illuminated the surroundings, which were clear and bright. Ji Zichang thought about what he saw today and what Li Guanyi said freely It was like a sharp blade that split the emperor and the people who were locked up layers.

But that was not the reason for him to make a decision.

Yan Taibao saw the calm, drunken emperor stretched out his hand and picked up the first imperial edict. This was a safe choice that would not make mistakes, but Yan Taibao seemed to be a little complicated.

Then he saw the emperor touching the imperial edict and stretching out his hand, but the imperial edict was extended into the stable flame of the eternal lamp. The flame suddenly spread toward it. Yan Taibao looked alarmed and stood up suddenly and said, "Your Majesty!!"

Ji Zichang's eyes stared at the burning first imperial edict.

The burning light of the flames reflected in his pupils. He thought about the three answers of Qin Wuhou today, but smiled faintly and said softly: "The third answer is to rise up Yu Yong, this is what you will do. Things are so enviable that the boy is enviable."

"But I'm different."

"For eight hundred years, the Red Emperor's world has been magnificent and domineering, but behind it is also a rotten atmosphere, and the coldness is mixed."

"I will no longer go to the so-called rise."

"I can't, nor do I want to."

The first imperial edict was burned in the flames, and in the end only the golden ashes fell, slowly turning into black, and the hidden flame fell into Ji Zichang's eyes.

He lowered his eyes, as if he could feel the invisible threads wrapped around his body as an emperor.

These silk threads come from aristocratic families, from history, from royal families and ancestors.

Ji Zichang stopped resisting.

He said calmly: "My birth, growth, growth, and ascend to the throne has been bathed in the might of the Red Emperor, and has already endured the favor of the Red Emperor. At this time, I have to cut off my relationship with them and pretend to be innocent. innocent."

"It's just a deception."

"The disaster is not as good as the family, and the benefits are not as good as the family."

"I am also one of the ends of the shadow that shrouds the world in your mouth."

Ji Zichang stretched out his hand, held the seal of the Red Emperor, and slowly lifted it up. At this time, Yan Taibao finally felt the hidden spirit of the disciple in front of him, the eternal lamp was shaking violently, Ji Zichang said to himself Calm:

"Have already received its glory."

"It should bear His filth."

"With the power of the Red Emperor and the filth of the Red Emperor, we will bear it together."

"It is the duty of the monarch."

"I will seize this so-called royal family, and then take these 800 years of complicated things, walk into the fire together, burn all the darkness of these 800 years. This is my right, and you should have Your path.”

"I can't do the hero you say."

"What a pity."

"We all have our own destiny."

He stretched out his hand, knocked on the seal, and slowly pressed down on the imperial edict.

[The order of Li Guan to control the great marshal of the world's troops].

(End of this chapter)