Chapter 411 The swirling undercurrent under the water
An Eastern-style feudal dynasty on earth, when the powerful, merchants, and wealthy gentry still maintain the cohesion of the Northern Han Dynasty, if it allows it to develop naturally, it should not be destroyed.
Just like the Ming Dynasty during the Wanli period.
However, under the influence of huge external forces, the foundation of the Northern Han Dynasty has been shaken, and the edifice of the country is crumbling.
In mid-March, Peiping received a reply from the King of Zhongshan, sternly rejecting the Northern Han's request to withdraw troops from its border. He also made a big deal in the reply, threatening to increase the number of troops if the Northern Han did not let Prince Zuo Ding return to the army.
Border. All we need is a challenger to declare war!
In late March, the envoys from the Northern Han Dynasty who rushed to Beijing to "reprimand the King of Tang" returned. Before they even reached Beijing, the King of Tang sent troops and horses to escort them back as if they were prisoners.
After the envoy delivered the extremely overbearing scolding letter from the King of Tang, he drew his sword and cut his own throat. As a dignified envoy of a country, he was humiliated by the prisoners. Not only did he lose his face, but also the dignity of the Northern Han Dynasty.
He was trampled hard under his feet.
This man was a fierce man. When the Tang army imprisoned the envoy, he was the first to draw his sword to resist, but was injured and executed. He returned to Beiping City, handed over his credentials and committed suicide. It is not difficult to understand.
At the end of March, Zhongshan's army in Hezhou was disrupted and was mercilessly crushed by the surrounding Han army. For more than a month, the Northern Han Dynasty had received too much humiliation. Whether it was the domestic people or the frontier troops, everyone was filled with indignation.
The Zhongshan Army, and even the Tang King, turned from friendly to strong hostility!
Under the guidance of the imperial court, the soldiers and civilians roughly defined the relationship between the Tang king and the Great Zhou. The Tang king was the Tang king, and the Great Zhou was the Great Zhou.
As for this information that was meant to be kept secret, why was it spread to every corner of the people? With four grasshoppers here, what kind of information could really be kept?
Time has entered April, and amidst the anger of the whole country, it has entered early summer.
The weather that was either cloudy or sunny for several consecutive days was really depressing. Shi Yiqing's mood was just like the weather, becoming moody. It was early that morning. Just because the smell of spices was a little wrong, he suspected that it was...
Huang Men, who was in charge of the spices, ignored him and pretended to be inferior, so he became furious and summoned Huang Men, who was in charge of the incense used in the entire inner court, and made him kneel in the courtyard for several hours.
Among the nobles in the capital, Shi Yiqing's life is not very luxurious. The life style of the chamberlain is decided by the king and the concubines. If the king likes to be frugal, but the chamberlain lives a fastidious, picky and luxurious life, it will be very dangerous.
Yes. Your head will fall off soon.
In the Northern Han Dynasty, there was no such thing as the monopoly of eunuchs, but there were also factions among the eunuchs. They were intrigued by each other, and their relationship was not as close as it appeared on the surface. If something were to fall into the hands of others, the consequences would be disastrous.
However, eunuchs all have one problem that they cannot get rid of no matter how hard they try. That is urine leakage, and the smell of urine will accompany them for life.
The little eunuch had no conditions, so the big eunuchs tried their best to cover it up with spices. However, the spices could not violate taboos, nor could they make the fragrance fragrant, let alone irritate the master's nose and mouth, so there was a lot of effort involved.
How to mix a good fragrance to cover up the odor on your body just right, otherwise when the fragrance is mixed with the smell of urine, the smell will be even worse, especially when you sweat.
On the surface, Shi Yiqing can't live too extravagantly, but the only place where he can use his energy is when it comes to spices, and he is particularly sensitive in this regard.
You can smell the spices mixed with it just by taking a breath. All of his spices are formulated by himself and are the finest ingredients in the palace. You are Zhan Shi. He is the number one eunuch in the palace.
This privilege is still available.
Therefore, all year round, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, Shi Yiqing will carefully hang up the sachets with his own hands every morning. As long as he smells that unique fragrance, he can feel a whole-body joy.
However, recently, Shi Yiqing suddenly felt that there was something wrong with the scent of the sachet, and he couldn't tell why! In the past, no matter what was wrong with the sachet, he could easily tell it when he smelled it.
But this time, he could only feel the abnormal fragrance, and had no idea what impurities were in it!
This made him wonder whether he was suffering from a delusion due to being too nervous recently. So he did not attack immediately, but endured it for a while to make sure, but until now he has found nothing, and the situation in the palace is getting more and more tense.
, King Han's health was getting worse and worse. This morning, he could no longer hold back and finally vented the anger in his heart.
Shi Yiqing felt that everything was not normal recently, and this was not the only thing that annoyed him. For example, although the Crown Princess was always nice to him, it was absolutely certain that she trusted her own people more, Dong Gong.
of one's own people.
Shi Yiqing is a self-aware person. It is too common for emperors and courtiers, especially servants, to be like this. Once the king dies, the princess, the newly minted queen mother, will definitely hang herself up as a memorial tablet.
They can support each other for one or two years. When mother and son take full control of the palace in one or two years, their good days will be over.
Isn’t this the case with every change of throne?
Compared with the general situation of the imperial court, the eunuchs are not worth mentioning.
However, Shi Yiqing was not yet fifty years old. He started as a young eunuch, became a master, became a godfather, and worked his way up to the position of Zhan Shi. He had tasted power for more than ten years. When he thought that power was about to leave his hands, he
My whole body just doesn't taste good.
After the courtiers retired, they could return to their hometowns to enjoy their old age, but when the chamberlains retired, they were detained in Enjizhuang like prisoners without relatives or friends, and finally contracted miasma and died miserably. It was too common for these people to be more or less
Everyone knows a little bit about the inside of the palace, and it is impossible to let everything out.
Only the new king showed a kind heart and allowed the former king to leave the palace and choose relatives and friends to support him. This was a great gift to the eunuch. But obviously, Shi Yiqing knew that he did not have such a big contribution to let the couple in the East Palace.
Mother and son are in mind. Waiting for their own fate, it seems that it is about to be determined...
Shi Yiqing shudders every time he thinks of this ending. But as the king approaches death day by day, this fear becomes more and more real. But even so, Shi Yiqing, who is so noble as Zhan Shi, is unable to resist. The fate of
The sword has already reached his neck, but Shi Yiqing can only wait for fate to dictate...
But Zhu Biao had a Western saying in his previous life, when God closes a door, he also opens a window for you. It was at this moment that Shi Yiqing received an overture from Ji Kun, and a path of his heart appeared in front of him.
Shi Yiqing embarked on that new road without looking back, but he did not take action immediately. He just quietly conveyed Ji Zhao's true condition to Ji Kun. Lian Ji Kun asked him to tell the king about Zhongshan General's northern invasion.
, he also acted in both positive and negative ways.
Most people [mostly eunuchs] who are used to being slaves and using the power of their masters to pretend to be powerful, if you let them deal with people other than their masters, they will most likely be arrogant, afraid to do anything, and even behind their backs.
They do some things that are not very beneficial to the master and deceive the master; but once the target is facing their master, then all courage and wisdom are often thrown out of the sky, and they will only feel weak at the knees.
If you are soft, your mouth will be involuntarily submissive.
This is the tragedy of servility.
Although Shi Yiqing has made up his mind to catch up with Ji Kun and others, he is unwilling to accept the King of Han. The East Palace is the East Palace, and the King of Han is the King of Han. As long as the King of Han is still alive, even if he is paralyzed by a stroke, unable to speak or turn his eyes, this possibility
Shi Yiqing was also afraid from the bottom of his heart and did not dare to do the thing that caused the death of the King of Han. He had been a slave all his life and never dared to disobey his superiors. All he did to Ji Zhao in his life was to flatter him, that kind of '
Just thinking about the things that make him angry will cause his subconscious resistance.
He even used the distinction between the East Palace and the King of Han to maintain a belief in his heart - I am still a loyal minister of the king, and I have not betrayed the king.
An urgent message was sent to Zhu Biao's desk - something happened in the Nangong family.
Zhu Biao frowned after reading the news, stood up after a while and sighed, "The country is really in trouble!" The Minister of Rites, representing the four princes, actually got involved with the Nangong clan. Isn't this trying to get the skin of a tiger?
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Zhu Biao wrote a letter and sent it back. Zhu Biao asked Zhu Ming to closely monitor every move of the Nangong family: first, the number of people, this can be seen from the daily purchases of the Nangong family; second, the flow of money, whether it has happened recently.
There is a large amount of money being exported to other places; third, the secret stronghold. It is impossible for the Nangong clan to arrange everyone into their own palace. There must be a place for them to stay in Beiping City. Every detail must be carefully investigated to find them out.
The King of Han's health never improved, and the confrontation between the Zhongshan Army and the Han Army in Luozhou and Yanzhou became more and more intense. Compared with before, with Zhu Biao's side, the only good news was that the East Palace successfully succeeded to the throne.
It's possible.
Ji Kun, Ji Feng and others, for the sake of the throne and seeking foreign aid, successively fell in love with the Zhongshan Kingdom and the King of Tang. Now the whole country is beating and scolding Zhongshan and the King of Tang. The actions of Ji Kun and the four people, although the soldiers and civilians at the bottom are still
We don’t know, but a large number of high-ranking officials and dignitaries and neutrals have already defected to the East Palace!
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A secluded courtyard in the west of Beiping City.
In the side room of the master bedroom, five young men dressed as servants were attentively reading the letters and newspapers on the table, and the details.
From time to time, some pieces of paper were thrown into the paper basket at his feet, while others were put into a small basket on the right. Cao Bingkun's eyes were filled with excitement. The capital was about to be in chaos, but Zhu Biao was
Standing opposite the organization!
How pitiful God! My blood revenge must be avenged!
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There is also a secluded courtyard in the south of Beiping City.
In a room, Yu Shaoan was leaning on a recliner with his legs raised high. He was turning over a thick pen in his hand and his eyes were solemn as never before.
At this time, outside the small courtyard, a young man wearing human-like clothes walked in and saw his face clearly. He was not Jiang Guangren, the so-called ‘Nancheng PHS’...
