The door of Chen Ping's house slowly opened, and a carriage drove out. As soon as the carriage walked out of the mansion, it stopped. Chen Ping, who was in the car, raised his head and saw several figures blocking the car.
"Zhang Buyi...what are you doing here?"
Chen Ping was not polite at all to this powerful third prince and called him by his first name. If he were an ordinary person, he would be panicked when he saw the imperial censor blocking the door. However, Chen Ping's expression was very calm. He looked up and down at Zhang Buyu in front of him.
Different from the hot weather in Bashu, Chang'an was still relatively cold in the early morning. Zhang Buyi's face was a little red and he was rubbing his hands. It looked like he had been waiting here for a while.
"Mr. Chen...I came here specifically to visit you."
Zhang Buyue grinned and looked very respectful.
Chen Ping stretched out his hand and asked Zhang Buyi to get on his carriage, and then they rushed towards the palace together. Zhang Buyi lost his usual arrogance and said with a smile: "Mr. Chen, you are so tired. You have to work so early."
It’s really hard work to go to the palace and lead everyone to review the memorials..."
"Okay... tell me, what do you want from me?"
"It's nothing important... I just came here for the emperor's abdication."
Chen Ping was stunned, nodded, and asked: "Did your father tell you?"
"Yes... Your Majesty's trip to Bashu this time is actually because the Queen Mother wants to enthrone Her Majesty, right?"
"There are also reasons for this."
"Then did the Queen Mother explain this matter to you?"
"Explained."
"Very good!!!"
Zhang Buji clapped his hands, his face full of excitement, "Your Majesty should have ascended the throne a long time ago. Your Majesty has been in power for several years, and the Han Dynasty has been prosperous and strong, but the world thinks it is the credit of others, and is grateful to others... Those who have truly done practical things
Your Majesty, you are feared and slandered by others, how can there be such a reason?"
"If it weren't for Your Majesty, they would still be hungry now!"
"Your Majesty is kind and righteous, and is willing to bear a bad name, but as a minister, I cannot let your Majesty suffer any injustice! I have drafted "The Theory of One Hundred Merits of Ascension to the Throne" for your Majesty. When the time comes, I will let everyone in the world read it.
Let everyone in the world know about your majesty’s merits. If anyone dares not to know, I will do it with my own hands!”
"I am also planning to include your majesty's merits and virtues in the imperial examination. In future imperial examinations, you will have to recite your majesty's merits and virtues. Those who cannot recite a hundred items will not be eligible for official positions!"
Hearing Zhang Bujie talking about his great ideals, Chen Ping's face immediately became complicated. The Queen Mother really found the wrong person. What was she looking for? She just called this guy over without giving any orders.
, he can handle it all.
Zhang Buyi talked for a long time and then asked: "What are Mr. Chen going to do next?"
Chen Ping looked at him suspiciously and asked, "The king kept you here just to stop me, right?"
"Yes! Yes!"
"Then if you do this, wouldn't it be disloyal to the king?"
Zhang Bujie said seriously: "Your Majesty is willing to bear infamy for the sake of the Han Dynasty. Naturally, I am willing to bear any infamy for your Majesty's sake. What if others say that I am disloyal? In Chang'an, only those who are the most traitorous are traitors.
But it is rare to see people as loyal and kind as Mr. Chen and I... In the eyes of these traitors, anyone who does not join in their evil deeds is evil!"
Chen Ping shook his head, "I actually sent you to prevent the emperor from abdicating...should I let Liu Jing support the powerful next?"
Zhang Bujie laughed again, "Your Majesty asked me to stay. Obviously, he has no objection to the throne... He just doesn't want to ascend the throne so early... Otherwise, he should let Zhao Ping be responsible for this matter.
Let me follow him to Bashu. Chen Hou should understand the king's thoughts."
"The Queen Mother intends to put the king on the throne... However, all the ministers may not agree... It is easier for the princes and kings to talk, but the main problem still comes from people like Zhou Chang."
"Of course, we must also pay attention to what we do and do not hurt the emperor. Even if we treat Zhou Chang Zhaoping, we must not be too harsh... This matter is still quite troublesome."
Zhang Buyu laughed and said, "Marquis Chen, let me take care of this matter. I can make them unable to object anymore!"
At this moment, Chen Ping's carriage arrived at the entrance of the palace. Zhang Buyi jumped out of the car. Chen Ping didn't say anything to Zhang Buyi. He half-closed his eyes and entered the palace. After seeing him off, Zhang Buyi couldn't help but think.
He cursed: "This old dog, if you don't speak up, you just let me take care of it... If it succeeds, it's his fault, if it doesn't, it has nothing to do with him..."
Chen Ping could enter and leave the palace freely, but Zhang Buyi could not, even if he was the Third Duke. He could only wait respectfully at the entrance of the palace, waiting for all the ministers to arrive, and then go in together. Although the king is not here now, he can still go to court.
The meeting still needs to continue, and today's court meeting is mainly presided over by Sangong.
However, Zhang Buyi did not want to complete His Majesty's enthronement through court proceedings. He had a different idea.
While Zhang Buyi was waiting for the palace to open, the officials gradually arrived. Everyone was quite surprised to see Zhang Buyi standing here, but no one took the initiative to pay homage to the Third Duke. They just waited like this.
After a long wait, someone finally came to Zhang Buyi's side.
"No doubt about it..."
Duke Zhao frowned, looking very serious.
Zhang Buyi ignored him at all and just waited for the soldiers to open the palace gate.
"I know what you want to do... No doubt about it... You and I are both the King's sacrificers... We should do everything for the King... If you do this, you will completely ruin the King's reputation...
.In the eyes of future generations, he was a tyrannical king who sought to usurp the throne, imprisoned his brother, and forced him to give up the throne..."
"Haha...reputation? Do you think that if you don't do this, your Majesty will be regarded as the king of Yao and Shun by future generations?"
"Sima Xi and his ilk will not say a good word for our Majesty no matter what... He will be scolded no matter what. It is better to let His Majesty ascend the throne first and govern the Han Dynasty with integrity, so that the people of the world can see that this world
Prosperity, whose credit is it?"
"As long as you still think that you are His Majesty's servant, then don't stop me."
Zhao Ping shook his head, "What Sima Xi wrote is not history, what you are doing now is history... No matter how many false accusations are made, as long as the king does not force His Majesty to abdicate, he has not committed treason.
Sin... Under the current situation, the king has ascended the throne. If anything happens to His Majesty, the fault will be borne by the king..."
"Hahaha...."
Zhang Buyue grinned, "What I want to do is what people want, and you can't stop me."
Zhang Buyu showed such confidence, but Zhao Ping was a little uneasy and asked loudly: "Zhang Buyu! You traitor! What on earth do you want to do?!"
"You'll find out soon enough."
Zhang Buyu did not give a standard answer. At this moment, the palace door was opened, and Zhang Buyu and the officials walked in.
During the court meeting, Zhaoping never gave Zhang Buyi a chance to speak, and was always vigilant, for fear that he would cause trouble. However, Zhang Buyi was calm from beginning to end, without saying a word, and his attention seemed not to be here at all.
Zhao Ping was still looking around, but Zhou Chang shouted angrily: "Zhao Xiang! State affairs are the most important thing! We are discussing important matters, how can you not care?!"
As both ministers, Zhou Chang's status was obviously higher than that of Zhao Ping, so Zhao Ping could only bow and apologize.
What Zhou Chang was talking about in the court meeting today was still the matter of Chidao. Due to the lack of food in the national treasury, some of the follow-up food to repair Chidao could not be issued. Fortunately, there were still princes who came to lay the foundation, so Zhou Chang decided to give up the original comprehensive plan.
The repair plan is to first connect several important highways and raise boat taxes as subsequent expenses.
Zhou Chang also knew what was about to happen in the temple, but he was not as eager as Zhao Ping. He focused more on state affairs. In any case, he had to finish the important things first.
This is probably why Liu Chang reused him.
Zhou Chang would never neglect public affairs for personal reasons. After discussing several important matters, Zhou Chang stopped Zhang Buyi who was about to leave.
"If you don't want to see the future Han Dynasty, and even the future China, be forced by brothers to abdicate and constantly seek to usurp the throne, then give up your current ideas. The king wants to set a precedent for China. If he ascends the throne now,
From now on, the world will never be peaceful."
"In the future, people will have to worry about the future. What does it have to do with me?"
"I will never agree...and neither will the king."
Zhang Busuo smiled and shook his head, "No, you will agree."
After the court meeting, Zhang Buyi did not leave the palace.
The purpose of his coming to the palace was to meet someone.
Liu Ying looked at Zhang Buyi kneeling in front of her in surprise and was at a loss.
Zhang Buyi is the confidant of his eldest brother. He has no contact with Liu Ying at all on weekdays. How could he suddenly come to see him?
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I am here to tell you some good news."
"Oh? What's the good news?"
"Your Majesty is weak. Although he has the appearance of a sage, he is not good enough to govern the country. After the death of Emperor Gao, there was great chaos and rebellion. It was all thanks to the power of the king of Tang Dynasty that it was difficult to save him. Only the Qing Dynasty and Xia Baosui
The ancestral temple... In the past, Emperor Yao and his zen were located in Yu and Shun, and Shun also ordered Yu. The destiny of heaven is not always the same, but it can only lead to virtue..."
Zhang Buyi's words frightened the soldiers in the palace. These powerful soldiers who came to serve the emperor under the orders of the Queen Mother were pale at the moment, their legs were trembling, and they wanted to cover their ears.
, but didn’t dare, looking at Zhang Buyi with eyes full of fear.
But Liu Ying nodded and said with deep approval: "What you said makes sense!"
"The King of Tang is benevolent and refuses to accept the order. Your Majesty is the king's elder brother. Why don't you let him accept it? There are many complaints from the ministers, because they don't know the king's strength. Why doesn't your majesty let him receive it? When the king ascends the throne, your majesty can rest in peace.
In the old days, I can rest in peace and recuperate, have children, wives and concubines to serve me, and enjoy the happiness of heaven. The current king of Tang is the direct descendant of Emperor Gao and the son of the Queen Mother. Your Majesty gave it to him, and he lives up to the legacy of Emperor Gao... He can enjoy the ancestral temple.
"
Liu Ying asked: "Did your mother tell you this?"
"No...this is all what I think, and even if it is not known to others, if Your Majesty can make a decision, the Queen Mother will definitely have a great change in Your Majesty's opinion."
Liu Ying didn't care about his current position. He had been impatiently waiting for Liu Changlai to rebel, but he was still a little worried at the moment. He frowned and sighed.
Zhang Buyi immediately frowned and asked, "Is it possible that Your Majesty is reluctant to give up?"
Liu Ying shook her head hurriedly and said: "I am worried that my eldest brother will not accept it. In fact, I have said this several times before, but he himself is unwilling. What do you think we should do? How can we let it happen?
Does he accept it?"
Zhang Buyi hurriedly changed his expression and looked at Liu Ying with a smile, it turned out that she was one of his own.
He said: "This time the king is going to Bashu, we can summon the temple ministers and make them agree first. They dare not disobey His Majesty's order. If they don't obey, Your Majesty will threaten them with death and force them to agree... Wait until the king comes back.
When the time comes, His Majesty will personally go to greet..."
Zhang Buji slowly stated his plan, and Liu Ying listened attentively, nodding from time to time.
"Okay! Let's do it! Hahaha, in this way, we won't be afraid that this guy won't agree! He has to do it even if he does it, and he has to do it even if he doesn't!"
"Yes, this vertical..."
Zhang Buyu said a word subconsciously, covered his mouth suddenly, hit himself on the mouth again, and then said: "In this case, the king will have no room to resist!"
Liu Ying was very happy. He hurriedly asked Zhang Buyu to sit next to him, lowered his voice, and said in the tone of a villain: "But when the time comes, how will we control him? He is so brave, who can give him
Wearing a yellow robe, who can let him sit in the upper position?"
"Your Majesty, don't worry! Let's get your Majesty drunk first!"
Zhang Buyi narrowed his eyes and said sinisterly: "Prepare fifty brave soldiers and let them wait for the signal. We will break the cup as a signal. When the time comes, the soldiers will come out in a rush..."
Soon, gloomy and sinister laughter came from the new hall.
.......
Wuwei County, Guzang County.
Luan Bu panted and looked at the army outside the city, wiped the blood on his forehead, leaned his whole body against the wall, gasping for air.
Faced with the endless harassment tactics of the Huns, Zhou Bo decided to fight to decide the outcome. Therefore, he divided the army in Hexi into six groups. First, he used the tactic of feigning defeat to trick the Huns into going deeper. Then the armies of each group blocked all the ways out.
Each unit was commanded by county guards, and they had extremely strong combat capabilities. Zhou Bo was encroaching step by step, constantly clenching his fists, and wanted to crush all the Huns to death.
The Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty also sent troops to guard the north, Longxi and other places, using Hexi as a pocket to wrap up the cavalry and cut off all their supplies. The reason why Zhou Bo dared to formulate such a crazy strategy was because Hexi had a small population.
The city is small and has not experienced large-scale development. It is not afraid of suffering huge damage. It will hurt the Huns first.
Zhou Bo, as a remnant of the old era, is still very strong. Among the founding generals, Zhou Bo is the only one who can get on the chariot and charge. No matter Han Xin, Guan Ying, Li Zuoche or Xia Houying, they can no longer pull the crossbow.
, but Zhou Bo can do it. He can take the lead in fighting, his body functions are still there, and he can even march quickly. In some aspects, he has surpassed the other famous generals and has become a unique existence. There is no way, who can make him young and strong?
.
With many years of combat experience and a body that is not completely weak, Zhou Bo has become the sharpest sword of the Han Dynasty.
Han Xin looked down upon him, but he had to admit that he could no longer use many of Zhou Bo's tactics. For example, Zhou Bo's splitting his troops to attack quickly, Han Xin's body probably couldn't handle it.
Zhou Bo's strategy was very successful. Even Jizhu's younger brother was besieged in Hexi and was unable to break out. Their supplies were cut off. The people in Hexi hid in the city and defended with all their strength, leaving no grain or grain for them.
, some Huns had already begun to kill horses for food. Several of the breakouts they organized were defeated by Zhou Bo, and one of their kings was even beheaded by Zhou Bo.
Zhou Bo was very majestic, but Luan Bu suffered a serious crime here.
As the center of Hexi and a storage place for grain, after Zhou Bo mobilized a large number of troops, Guzang became the city that the Huns wanted to conquer most. There were less than 4,000 soldiers in the city, so Luan Bu took these people with him.
He defended the city wall and repelled seventeen attacks by the Huns within half a month.
There was a serious shortage of soldiers, so a group of young people were temporarily recruited from the city.
There were piles of corpses under the city, and the corpses were already as high as the city wall. The soldiers on the wall were slumped on the ground, exhausted to the limit. The strong smell of blood kept hitting everyone, and everyone seemed to be used to it. Fortunately, the food was still there.
It was enough, mixed with blood and the haze of war. Everyone ate their food with great gulps. Luan Bu was also extremely tired, but he couldn't sit down. He leaned against the wall to steady his body.
"Hahaha, General, we don't have to worry about anyone trying to open the city gate now... Look, the city gate is blocked by corpses!"
The deputy general laughed and said.
Luan Bu just smiled softly.
Another guard general looked a little irritable, "Didn't the Taiwei ask us to guard for five days? It's already been sixteen days... Where are the Taiwei's reinforcements? Where are the Taiwei's people?"
"The lieutenant is probably still busy beheading people... The lieutenant will not let go of any head he sees."
"he...."
The guard wanted to curse a few words, but held back, "It doesn't matter how many heads we chop off, if we lose the city, he will have to go on the road with us."
Luan Bu shook his head, "Don't worry, the Taiwei will be here soon... With this battle, the title in the temple is probably not enough..."
Luan Bu comforted the soldiers under his command, but he himself did not know when Zhou Bo would come. He knew Zhou Bo. He was a staunch beheading sect. His eyes would light up red when he saw military achievements. On weekdays,
In combat, he doesn't care much about the life and death of his colleagues, he only cares about his own strategy.
Luan Bu felt his hand that was so sore that he couldn't lift it, and looked at the Huns gradually gathering in the distance, and couldn't help but lick his lips.
It seems that the only option is to die here.
However, food cannot be left to these enemies...
Luan Bu frowned, called someone over, and gave him some instructions in a low voice. The man's eyes widened, and when he saw Luan Bu's firm eyes, he nodded cautiously.
After giving all the instructions, Luan Bu helped himself straighten up with difficulty.
He looked at the sky again, it was still so blue.
It doesn't matter if I die in battle, I'm just afraid that the king will be stimulated... He insists on sending out the army... Sigh... That letter from the beginning...
Luan Bu was about to sigh when he suddenly heard the soldiers around him shouting.
"Lieutenant! Taiwei is here!!!"
Luan Bu raised his head and saw a group of Han cavalry appearing in the distance, attacking the unsuspecting Huns. The Huns were immediately in chaos. They were like awls, piercing directly into the heart of the enemy. Luan Bu's eyes widened.
, looked at it carefully, no, that is not Zhou Bo's army... that is...
"Luan Gong!!!"
"We're here to get you!!!"
ps: Due to family matters recently, the update is a little later than before. I hope everyone can understand.
It’s been a long time since I checked the average subscription. When I saw it today, the average subscription was 58,990. Unexpectedly, it was already close to 60,000... Thank you all for your support! This average subscription seems to have exceeded the number of sons-in-law?