"Spare your life! Spare your life, Your Majesty!!"
Ge kneeled in front of Hu Tu and just begged for mercy.
His initial progress was very smooth, and everything was developing according to Chen Ping's plan. Hu Tu exchanged letters with the King of Tang, and the relationship became increasingly cordial. Envoys from Chang'an came several times to represent Han Ting.
A lot of gifts came, and the King of Tang even said that he would prepare a generous gift for Hu Tu in his own name. At that time, Hu Tu was looking forward to it so much, so what exactly was the generous gift?
Soon, the king of Tang let Hu Tu know what a generous gift was.
When Hu Tu was completely unprepared, the Tang people launched a violent attack, which made the Hu Tu army flee. Hu Tu didn't even react, and he almost fell victim to the Tang people. Countless cattle, sheep, herdsmen, and weapons
, including the gifts originally given by the Han court, were all snatched away by the Tang people.
Protector is really confused, why is this?
We obviously had such a good chat, why did you suddenly send troops to attack me? Didn't you say we wanted to unite? Everyone said that the King of Tang was cruel, was he really so cruel that he even wanted to kill his allies?
In that confusion, Hu Tu first sent people to question the king of Tang, and at the same time captured all the Han envoys including Ge.
He felt that he had been fooled. It was a lie that King Tang wanted to unite, but it was true that he took advantage of his unpreparedness to eliminate him!
When Ge was brought to Hu Tu in front of Hu Tu, he cried loudly and hurriedly begged for mercy.
"Your Majesty, I am really here to make friends with you! Your Majesty also said that you want to come and see you..."
"I see... Prince Tang wants to see my head, right? Did he ask you to take off my head and let him see it?!"
Ge was about to cry but had no tears. He didn't know how to explain it. This time, the king did something unkind. They had already agreed to join forces. What did the sudden attack mean? It would be better to give him up when he was captured.
Kill him. He is still here talking about alliance, and he has already launched troops. This is a huge effort to take his own life.
"Your Majesty, I am telling the truth. What's more, when you asked me to calculate the gift, I calculated that this generous gift would be detrimental to you... I was right!"
Hu Tu's face turned dark and he immediately ordered, "Come here, drag this guy down and kill him!"
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I am also injured. Look, if I was the one inside, would those Tang people shoot me as well? This can prove that I am innocent!"
Ge quickly showed the wounds on his body.
The counselor beside Hutu frowned, tugged on Hutu's sleeves, and whispered: "Your Majesty, there is no reason to kill witches."
Hu Tu gritted his teeth and stared angrily at Ge in front of him. Ge hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, this must be a private decision of the Tang people. My King Tang is in Chang'an, and there are many rebels in the Tang Dynasty. This must be their own decision."
Ah, if the King of Tang comes to attack, he should contact us and let us be prepared to respond internally, and he will not kill us together..."
Seeing that Hu Tu was a little moved, Ge shouted again: "Your Majesty, I know that you are a wise king. You keep your promise. This is what my Tang Dynasty King did wrong. He is not kind and rude.
The ministers under his command are all barbarians who don’t know etiquette. Please don’t argue with them! Spare my life!”
"Because of some misunderstanding, you are going to kill me. So what is the difference between you and the King of Tang? Your Majesty is also educated, so be calm, Your Majesty!"
Hutu frowned. He knew that King Tang was not very polite. When his father wrote to him, he told him the truth and was kind and friendly, but the boy replied to the letter and said that he wanted to join his father...
While he was meditating, the adviser ordered General Ge to be taken out.
"Your Majesty... let's wait a little longer... This attack is completely unreasonable. What's more, after this attack, without the help of others, we will no longer have the ability to fight against Jizhu and the others...
.”
"Do you still think they have the intention to unite? That Tang King is so barbaric! He can't communicate and is crazy, just like my brother! Maybe he will attack again tomorrow!"
The counselor shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, there is no rush. It is better to wait a few more days to see what Tang Guo means."
After the adviser persuaded him for a long time, Hu Tu reluctantly accepted. He sat on the bed and rubbed his forehead. This ally was too unreliable.
The counselor walked out of the tent, raised his head, narrowed his eyes, and left quickly.
But at this moment, the several Han envoys who were locked in the sheepfold sighed helplessly and started chatting in low voices.
"Witch...how do they decide to execute us?"
"You haven't said anything yet...How about I tell you a fortune?"
"No need...you already know the result even if you don't count me...by the way, have you ever made a lucky calculation once in your life?"
"Of course I have calculated it..."
"We thought you could only do evil calculations!"
Ge raised his head and couldn't help but sigh: "In today's world, there are beatings, you kill me, I kill you. The Huns raised dozens of sheep in the cold wind on the grassland, and they couldn't even starve to death."
If you take one bite, you will be treated like an animal... The Han people are so busy in the farmland that they are exhausted, and the food they grow is not enough to feed the family... In this world, what do you want me to do?
Is it a good fortune?"
.........
"Hehehehe, Father Zhong...this is all Wang Ling's own decision. It really has nothing to do with me."
"I will write a letter to reprimand the Prime Minister now. Let's keep in touch with the guards and let's put aside the past grudges and join hands again. Do you think it's okay?"
Chen Ping glanced at Liu Chang who was smiling stupidly, and then said: "If they come to attack the king, will the king be willing to ignore the past grudges?"
"Of course I am willing! I am a tolerant and generous virtuous king!"
"In the face of the righteousness of the world, I never care about personal grudges!"
Liu Chang said it with full assurance, but Chen Ping knew very well that if this happened to Liu Chang, Liu Chang would have to take people to pull out his skin now. However, Chen Ping didn't seem too worried.
, he stroked his beard and said seriously: "Your Majesty, you must control the army of the Tang Dynasty. It can no longer affect the overall situation. It is very stupid to ruin the overall situation because of some small interests!"
"Father Zhong is right! When I talk about this matter, I get very angry!"
"That Zhou Bo, in order to chop off a few more heads, even destroyed the Hu tribes who were close to me in the Tang Dynasty! Everyone in the Zhao Kingdom is minimizing interests and forgetting the overall situation, short-sighted villains, kings like Ruyi, Zhou Bo like this
You must be severely punished!"
Chen Ping immediately gave up the idea of talking to Liu Chang and began to enter a state of meditation with his eyes closed.
Liu Chang, accompanied by other ministers, walked towards the city and soon arrived at the palace. He said goodbye to the ministers who came to greet him, and Liu Chang walked into the palace alone.
Liu Chang walked quickly towards Changle Palace. When he was halfway there, he saw Liu Ying walking back angrily.
"Brother!!"
Liu Chang shouted, Liu Ying suddenly raised her head and looked at Liu Chang angrily.
"Shu Zi!"
Liu Ying looked quite angry, and when they saw Liu Ying's appearance, the attendants around them hurriedly lowered their heads and left the place in a hurry, leaving the two brothers alone. Liu Ying walked up to Liu Chang and said sadly: "
Why do you treat your elder brother like this? Do you know his physical condition? He is so sick!"
"Why have you become as heartless as my mother?!"
"How does eldest brother treat you on weekdays? Don't you know?"
"You punish evildoers, why do you punish your eldest brother as well?"
As soon as Liu Ying spoke like this, she couldn't stop. After hearing that Liu Chang issued an order to depose the King of Qi in Qi State, Liu Ying couldn't sit still. Deposing the King was a very serious punishment, not to mention the King of Qi.
She was seriously ill at the moment. Liu Ying simply couldn't understand why Liu Chang would do this and why he would be so ruthless.
Faced with Liu Ying's questioning, Liu Chang said nothing and just frowned.
"You executed so many people in Qi State, and you did not let go of your eldest brother or the Prime Minister. Prime Minister Cao was a loyal man, but you had him put into a prison car and taken back to Chang'an, and you also had him imprisoned in Tingwei. You
Do you know how many times the Queen and Cao Shu cried because of this incident? Do you know how many times I cried because of my eldest brother?!"
"Brother loves you so much...how could you do this?!"
"How can this be so!"
"Second brother."
Liu Chang looked into Liu Ying's eyes and said, "When I deal with the whole country, dozens of people cry, hundreds of people cry... If I don't deal with it... then hundreds of thousands of people cry, millions of people cry... Now
, The affairs of the temple are mine, and as long as I am here, we will never let such traitors run rampant in this place again."
Liu Ying took a deep look at Liu Chang, turned around and left.
Liu Chang didn't explain anymore and walked straight to Changle Palace.
For some reason, when Liu Chang walked to Changle Palace, his mood immediately calmed down. There was no anger or grievance. He quickly walked into the palace and saw his mother at a glance. She was helping An cut the flesh.
, cut the meat into pieces
The meat was sliced into pieces, and there were two bowls beside it. One of them was filled with salt water, and the other was filled with meat. Empress Lu soaked the meat in the bowl with salt water. Liu An opened his mouth wide and waited. Empress Lu put the meat in it.
The meat was put in his mouth and he began to chew it.
It's so delicious, you don't even have to eat meat yourself.
Liu Chang did not speak, but Empress Lu turned her head intuitively and saw Liu Chang.
"Your father is back."
Liu An, who was enjoying the good meat, heard this and jumped up suddenly. Liu Chang opened his arms and lowered his body, ready to welcome him. However, Liu An got up and just picked up the meat in front of him and hid cautiously.
Behind Queen Lu, she stuffed a lot of meat into her mouth, staring at Liu Changmeng like a squirrel.
Liu Chang suddenly became furious and said, "You are such a bastard! Will I still steal your meat to eat?"
"Mom, look at him!!"
Liu Chang immediately complained.
"If you didn't snatch his meat on weekdays, would he be like this?"
Empress Lu was obviously unfair, and she immediately spoke up for her grandson. Liu Chang had no choice but to mutter something, and sat next to Empress Lu, "Sit further away! Block the light!"
"oh..."
Liu Chang leaned on the ground and moved his buttocks a few times.
"Have you been okay this whole journey? Have you gone to see the ministers of the Tang Dynasty? How are they?"
"Everything is fine..."
Seeing that Liu Chang in front of her was a little depressed, Empress Lu asked: "Did you meet him when you came here?"
"No."
"Ha... what he said is like a barking dog. You don't know how to govern the country, and you don't allow others to govern it. What kind of king are you? You are stupid. He has come to persuade me several times, asking me to restore my status as King of Qi.
Let me dispel your thoughts..."
Queen Lu's eyes became more and more terrifying, "Not like my father, nor like my mother."
Empress Lu's disappointment and dissatisfaction with Liu Ying had reached a peak. In history, when faced with the news of the death of her only biological son, "the Empress Dowager cried and couldn't stop crying". She just cried a few times and did not care for him at all.
Weeping, it was not until Chen Ping asked Lu Chan and Lu Lu to be the general to control the Northern and Southern armies that "the Queen Mother is happy, but her crying is sad."
Liu Chang scratched his head and said: "Brother is just soft-hearted... No matter which one of us is in trouble, he will be like this."
"Just do it...there are many traitors in the court who are watching you...just leave the affairs in the palace to me."
"Mom, it's okay... just stay with An and leave the other things to me."
For some reason, Liu Chang suddenly understood his mother a little more. At first, he didn't understand why his mother wanted to kill people at every turn, regardless of personal relationships. But when he started to manage the government, he found that some
Things must be done.
The incident in Qi State has just begun. At this time, we can only attack with all our strength to make everyone understand that no matter what kind of wealthy family they are, no matter how close they are to the princes, kings and prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty, they cannot violate such a red line, and similar things
It will be much less, at least, it will no longer be carried out openly like Qi State.
Liu Chang only wanted to kill Sijun and others at first, until he discovered that Sijun's confidence actually came from his relationship with the King of Qi. He believed that he was close to the King of Qi and would not be ruthless... Therefore, he took action to break the
He convinced countless Sijuns in the world and told them solemnly: I will kill anyone without mercy.
"Chang...you have done a good job. You can get close to them, but you must not indulge them."
"Um."
After chatting with his mother for a while, Liu Chang stopped thinking about those things.
"Ann, come here!"
"Have you ever read a book these days?"
"Read it!"
"What have you read?"
Liu An recalled seriously, and just as he was about to speak, Liu Chang quickly took action, snatched the bowl of meat from his hand, poured it into his mouth as if drinking it, and ate it cleanly in just a few mouthfuls. Liu An was stunned.
He looked at him, then looked down at the bowl in his hand, and suddenly he burst into tears.
Liu Chang laughed loudly, "Hahaha, I told you to avoid me!"
Empress Lu was furious and wanted to get the stick, but Liu Chang immediately ran away.
When Liu Chang swaggered back to Houde Hall, Cao Shu and Fan Qing were waiting for him. Fan Qing seemed to have gotten over the shadow of his father's death, and hurriedly took Liu Chang's hand and began to ask him about interesting things on the road.
, and Cao Shu looked a little serious, hesitant to speak.
Liu Chang did not brag about his experience in Qi State, but instead talked about Tang State, "I have been to so many places, but our Tang State is the best. How can I say that Tang State is a barbaric country and Qi State has a prosperous literary style?
fart!"
Liu Chang sat down and started chatting with the two of them.
Cao Shu didn't talk about her brother, only about Liu An.
While the three of them were chatting, a close servant came to report that the Prime Minister Zhou Chang had come to see him.
Liu Chang was stunned, then asked the two of them to go to Changle Palace to accompany their mother, and asked Zhou Chang to come in.
Zhou Chang paid a serious visit to Liu Chang with a straight face. Among the ministers in the court, Zhou Chang was probably the most outspoken one who disliked Liu Chang the most. He continued to stay in the position of Prime Minister because of
Worried about Liu Chang’s mischief, he asked, “Why is the Prime Minister here?”
"It's a matter for Qi State."
"Then the Prime Minister came a step too late. My brother has already told me...there is no need to mention this matter again."
"Your Majesty, have you found the king?"
"Yes, I found him and even scolded me. However, I didn't agree to him, and I won't agree to you. It's useless to say anything about this!"
Liu Chang used the ancestral sitting method, with a rogue look on his face. Zhou Chang was most familiar with this look, and he also knew the meaning of this expression: I won't listen to anything you say, and I won't change it.
Zhou Chang paid his respects again and walked out of Houde Hall. Liu Chang stretched and prepared to rest.
But Zhou Chang did not leave the palace, he came to Xuanshi Hall.
"His Majesty!!!"
Seeing Zhou Chang arriving, Liu Ying hurriedly stood up and helped him sit down, with a frustrated look on her face.
"Why are you here? Are you here to advise the chief?"
"Oh...he can't listen to anything anymore..."
Zhou Chang looked at him seriously and shook his head, "I am here to advise Your Majesty!"
"Um?"
"Your Majesty has always loved the people. I dare to ask Your Majesty, which one is more important, the common people in the world, or your Majesty's brother?!"
"This...Why did Prime Minister Zhou say this?"
"The King of Qi protected his favorites, seized the people's fertile land, forced them to become his own tenants, colluded with officials, and robbed merchants. The crime is unpardonable!!"
"I came here to persuade the King to exterminate the Qi Kingdom! I never thought that Your Majesty actually wanted to protect the King of Qi and dissuade the King!"
"Is this what a virtuous king does when he deposes his public official for private reasons?"
"I have always been opposed to the King of Tang's chaos in government, but your Majesty's actions today make me embarrassed to face the King of Tang again!"
"Your Majesty ignored the common people in the country and ignored the legacy left by Emperor Gao. Now it seems that it is a good thing for the Tang Dynasty King to be in power!"
Facing Zhou Chang's anger, Liu Ying was a little confused. If the person who came to reprimand him was someone else, his mother who doted on his eldest brother, or Chen Ping who was partial to his eldest brother, he would not be so surprised. But the person in front of him was so many.
He insulted his eldest brother for many times and often came to visit him to persuade him to be in charge of the government.
Zhou Chang pointed at Liu Ying and cursed loudly, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Your Majesty is fond of reading. In the end, the principles in the book are not as good as those of the Tang Dynasty king. What are you still reading in this book?!"
Liu Ying lowered her head, "King Qi is seriously ill...I couldn't think about it for a while..."
"The King of Qi is seriously ill, and your Majesty expresses his condolences... Could it be that the King of Tang would not be like this? The King of Tang loved his brother and even conspired against the King of Qi, but under state affairs, he could only bear the pain and punish him. At this time, Your Majesty would not
You go to offer condolences to fulfill your brother's duty, but you have to find it difficult to question... What is this principle?! From which book did your Majesty learn this principle?!"
Liu Ying stood up immediately and looked at Zhou Chang with shame.
"I'm going to Houde Hall now..."
Liu Chang was sleeping soundly. He turned over and was trapped under him.
Looking ahead in confusion, he vaguely saw two figures kneeling in front of him.
"Shu... Qing... come here... let me have a taste..."
"Eldest brother!!!"
Hearing the rough male voice, Liu Chang stood up abruptly and opened his eyes in shock.
Those kneeling in front of him were Liu Ying and Zhou Chang.