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Chapter 1: The Wave Without Wind

The emperor suddenly lost his composure at the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, his face showed depressedness, and he was determined to retreat, and he spoke without any slander. Although everyone thought that Your Majesty was saying drunken words, they all felt that it was not good. They did not dare to neglect them. Wang De immediately issued a ban order, strictly ordering the eunuch who was on duty that night, the palace maids should not reveal a word when they heard and saw them, and were not allowed to discuss privately. If there was any violation, they would be killed immediately.

But Zhao Mengjin felt that it was not appropriate and worried that there would be any change. The queen later sent someone to inform Lu Xiufu, Deng Guangjiang, Jiang Jin and other ministers to discuss. The few people rushed over quickly and saw that His Majesty was just drunk and sleeping, and he felt a little relieved. But after hearing Zhao Mengjin and Chen Renweng's story, he was very surprised and felt nervous.

The people present were all old men in court, following Your Majesty for more than ten years, and they were very clear about what happened back then. Thinking about His Majesty's great changes in the country and family destruction when he was young, embarking on a wandering escape road. He experienced life and death crises several times, and was only six years old when he was ordered to Kaifu in Qiongzhou. Thinking of a child who was isolated and helpless, leading thousands of elderly and weak soldiers on several broken boats, and heading to the barbaric land in vain, they all felt deeply desolate.

Zhao Mengjin and several other close friends knew best that although Ying Jieyan and three other masters assisted, the big idea was all the little emperor who made the decision, and he made hard plans, and he also built offensive and defensive weapons such as crossbows, dragon ships, and rocket launchers to defeat the Mongolian army and capture Guangzhou to plunder money and food, giving them the capital to manage Qiongzhou and reorganize the army, and also to have the subsequent story of losing the Mongolian Yuan pursuers, managing Qiongzhou, and ending the maritime dynasty.

At that time, when facing the little emperor who was full of wit, led by example, and carefully planned, everyone often forgot that he was still a child and regarded him as the backbone. When he encountered difficulties, he thought that his Majesty was there, and he felt that there was no problem that could not be solved. But everyone ignored how much hard work a child had to work in the face of many crises, which was far beyond ordinary people. Now, it has been more than ten years since he has achieved success and been named the king for retirement, but His Majesty is still working day and night. How can he not be tired?

Deng Guangjian was in a different mood at this time, and he felt a little regretful. He was just a scholar who was just a novice and was determined to defend the king and protect the country. He was a scholar who was angry. Now he thought that it would be of no use to the danger except for making some unrealistic advice. When he was asked to enter the Wei Palace as Yishan, he was still vaguely angry and thought it was a useless thing.

After entering the General's Mansion, Ying Jieyan and Jiang Yan were busy with affairs in the mansion for most of their time, and the task of teaching the young emperor was mostly on themselves. However, he gave Deng Guangjian the impression that he was naughty, had no interest in classics and history, and only liked to read those notes of unofficial history, fiddling with skills, and often questioned the words of the saints. At that time, he had always punished him severely, and it was common for him to copy books, and he didn't know how many times he had been beaten.

However, at that time, the young emperor was willing to accept his punishment, but he was still angry that he did not change his mind and still did his own way. Deng Guangjian now thought that the young emperor not only had to consider how to survive, how to train troops, how to plan and plan to reverse the situation, but also had to face the Mongolian Yuan and the chaotic court situation that wanted to eliminate the future.

Deng Guangxuan felt the complexity and difficulties when he gradually entered the officialdom and came into contact with practice. However, he forgot that these things should not be considered by a child or that he should bear. However, the situation forced the young emperor to shoulder the heavy responsibility of restoring the country. How could he have so much time and energy to learn those boring classics and history?

Recalling the helpless and pitiful look of the little emperor facing his coercion, Deng Guangjian felt a burst of pain and regret in his heart at this moment. If he hadn't been too strict back then, the little emperor would not have lived so hard, and even today he would not even want to do it.

After hearing this, Lu Xiufu couldn't calm down for a long time. When he first met the young emperor, he was still in the court and established, and at that time he would care about a prince with a humble mother who had no foundation in the court and the country. In addition, he was still young, so he did not attract his attention at all. Even if he was harassed by Zhang Shijie and maliciously framed by Chen Yizhong, he just pretended not to know in order to maintain the situation in the court.

The little emperor once again came into Lu Xiufu's sight. He had already opened a prefecture in Qiongzhou and repeatedly defeated the Yuan army. He stood firm in the Mongolian Yuan, but came alone to attend the funeral and inherit the throne. At that time, some court officials in the court had already proposed that in this crisis, they should choose an adult prince from the royal family to take on the important task of restoring the country as soon as possible, but not to establish another ignorant child emperor.

Although the court was full of disputes, it was finally because Empress Dowager Yang insisted on establishing the former emperor's parent-child as emperor, and Jiang Jin, who held some military power, made the young emperor succeed to the throne with controversy. But even Lu Xiufu only regarded him as a puppet, respectful on his face, and did not treat him as an emperor in his heart. Until the relocation of the court to Yamen, the young emperor turned the tide and personally led his army to defeat the Yuan army and killed the brothers Zhang Hongfan, which made him look at him with admiration.

But after Lu Xiufu admitted that his status as emperor was still moved to Qiongzhou, he could be said to be full of wit. He used the reason for the bloody night in Quanzhou to break up Quanzhou, kill the Pu family, and robbed the wealthy families in Quanzhou and the treasury in the vassal state, solving the problem of the court's expenditure and preventing Xingchao from collapse. Then he recovered Zhuli, used the means of sea trade to accumulate wealth, sea salt smuggling and other means to solve the financial problems and ensure military expenditure.

All these methods made Lu Xiufu think that the little emperor was a genius and was the savior sent by God to save the Song Dynasty. Then the little emperor lost the Yuan army to attack Qiongzhou, and even Ali Hague was defeated and died in a deserted beach, making the Mongols dare not invade Qiongzhou again. But even so, the little emperor did not rush to restore the country, but kept a low profile for ten years before launching the battle to recover Jiangnan, conquering Lin'an in one fell swoop, and restoring the Song Dynasty...

"Prime Minister Lu, although Your Majesty is talking tonight, I always feel that something is wrong?" After a long silence, Jiang Jin suddenly said softly with his ears.

"Secretary Jiang thought something was wrong?" Lu Xiufu asked with a frown.

"Have you ever heard about Your Majesty's dream of immortals when he was young?" Jiang Zhen said.

"I heard of it!" Lu Xiufu nodded and said, "Xiang Liu once said that His Majesty dreamed of the guidance of the ancestor Chen Tuan on the epidemic ship, and was taught by Taizu, and left a few verses!"

"Walking on a dangerous road for thousands of miles, the willow flowers are bright again when you meet the seven stars, and there is a road when you have nowhere to go; Guan Bao also divides horses, and the river breaks water flows by itself; when earthworms descend on the dragon, China is full of sunlight." Jiang Zheng said after chanting, "Your Majesty mistakenly boarded the epidemic ship, which was a must-have death, but after meeting Liu Xiang, there was a turning point. Not only did he escape from death, but he also led to the opening of Qiongzhou. Liu and Liu were homophones. Can you explain this?"

"The seven-star arch should mean that we are traveling to the sea with Emperor Jingyan. It was a dead end, but after His Majesty opened the mansion, he brought another turning point!" Lu Xiufu nodded and explained to the next sentence.

"Guan Bao split the horses, which should mean that Chen Yizhong deviated from the dynasty in the name of exploring the attitude of cemetery, leading to the division of cemetery. Jiang Duan refers to my father drowned before he rescued Emperor Jing Yan. The water flows by itself, which means that the cemetery had to follow the flow after two major events, and had no place to return!" Jiang Zhen said.

"These verses now all have some meanings. And does the last sentence describe Your Majesty as a earthworm dormant under the mud? When he ascends the throne and inherits the throne, he will soar into the sky and turn around the world, chase away the Tartars, set the Central Plains, and reappear the prosperous scenes of the Han and Tang Dynasties!" The two of them also attracted everyone, and Deng Guangjian interpreted the last sentence.

"Well, what Deng Xiang said should be a correct explanation. After Your Majesty inherited the throne, he first restored Jiangnan, then recovered the two Huaihe Rivers, seized Sichuan, Shu and Dali. Now he wants to make another northern expedition. It seems that what Your Majesty does is in accordance with the will of heaven. He will win this battle, and the Central Plains is just around the corner!" Zhao Mengjin said.

"Old Ancestor Chen Tuan is a god in the sky. He revealed the secrets of heaven to His Majesty and taught his skills with the hands of Taizu. Deputy Envoy Jiang thought what was wrong?" Lu Xiufu asked.

"Your Majesty is the emperor. He obeys the will of heaven to save the Song Dynasty and save all people from water and fire. The four verses are also the secret of heaven. After the New Year, Your Majesty planned the Northern Expedition despite the opposition of the ministers, and was eager to recover the Central Plains. What is this for? Your Majesty was never drunk in the past. Today, on the full moon night, he not only got drunk, but also said those depressing words, and also cursed at the moon. Did Your Majesty have any premonition?" Jiang Zheng said with a desire to speak.

"What do you mean is that Your Majesty has sensed the secret of heaven and is something ominous?" Deng Guangjian said with a frown.

Deng Guangjian was shocked by his words. There were only four sentences of the verse, three sentences had been verified, and only the last sentence had not been verified. His Majesty's sudden complaint was something that had not happened in more than ten years. Does it mean that the little emperor has exhausted his mind and will leave the mortal world and return to heaven after the merits of the Central Plains of Destruction are complete.

Lu Xiufu's heart also caused a stir. All sages of dynasties said that the emperor was the son of heaven and the gods in the immortal class were sent to the human world to manage their people. And Your Majesty should do this, otherwise how could he explain the previous incident? Now that Your Majesty is going to launch the Northern Expedition, he should have felt that he had not had much time in the human world after his success, he would angrily insult the Moon God.

"God is jealous of talents, and God is unfair. Why do you treat me like this to the Song Dynasty?" Zhao Mengjin sighed in grief and anger.

"No matter what sign it is, whether it is the Emperor of Heaven or the God of God, as long as it is not good for Your Majesty, I will encounter ghosts and kill ghosts. If I meet gods and kill gods, no one can take Your Majesty away unless I die!" Ni Liang, who has always been stupid, suddenly stood up and snorted coldly.

"No, Your Majesty is only twenty years old, and in his prime, how could there be such an unrestrained disaster? Your Majesty is just drunk and drinking!" Chen Renweng murmured with sad face, looking at everyone, hoping that everyone can agree with their ideas.
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