Because he has been feeling very tired recently and his sleep is not good, he will wake up at the slightest disturbance. In order to have a better rest, Emperor Xiao has moved out of Chengxian Palace to Fengyi Palace, which is in a relatively secluded location. Fengyi Palace is also very far from Qian'an Palace, the queen's residence, and it takes a full twenty minutes to walk. This was originally the place where Emperor Xiao's biological mother, Queen Jiade, died of illness. After Queen Jiade died of illness, it has been empty. Although It's a bit deserted but very peaceful.
Emperor Xiao originally only slept less than two hours a day, but since he coughed up blood again a few months ago, his energy has become even worse. But although he is often too sleepy to open his eyes, it is difficult to fall asleep, even if After struggling to fall asleep, the slightest movement will wake you up immediately, and don't expect to fall asleep again after waking up. The worse your health is, the less well rested you are, and the less well rested your body will be. The worse it gets, his body has now fallen into a vicious cycle and it is difficult to get out of it.
Li Dongchang tried his best but was still unable to find the cause. The cause of Emperor Xiao's coughing of blood could not be found. He could only prescribe prescriptions to calm the nerves, hoping to regulate Emperor Xiao's sleep first. With his body at this point, Emperor Xiao couldn't find the cause. On the contrary, he was not as open-minded as he was at the beginning. When his health showed some bad signs, he didn't care at all. He only wanted to create a grand career in his lifetime and let his sons and grandsons live forever from generation to generation. Gu. He is confident that as long as he is given fifteen years, and with the help of the ninth Liu Ling, he will be able to stabilize the Han Dynasty, and further expand the territory to build a large country, so that the descendants of the Liu family will have a prosperous future. Bandai.
His body was still strong before he ascended the throne. Perhaps it was because he was too frightened and traumatized on the day he ascended the throne. After he ascended the throne, his health deteriorated day by day. But he felt that he was still young. After being an emperor for fifteen years, he felt that he was still young. There is no problem for his son Liu Li to lay a solid foundation, so he doesn't mind working hard and forgetting to eat and sleep.
But things are different now. The foundation of the Han Dynasty has not been completely stabilized. The three superpowers have tightly surrounded the Han Dynasty in the southeast, northwest, and each side is watching covetously. His time is running out, and he has already seen how to expand the territory. Not anymore. He really couldn't bear to die without giving his son a solid foundation and a stable throne. So he began to force himself to cultivate his body. He stopped reviewing memorials day and night. He also began to pay more attention to his diet. Every day The working time does not exceed four hours, and the rest of the time is spent lying on the bed to rest or taking a walk in the quiet garden of Fengyi Palace.
But unfortunately, it was too late for him to take care of his body.
When Liu Ling led the Shura battalion to train troops in Xixia, Emperor Xiao knew clearly that he would never see the day when the Han Dynasty's fire dragon flag waved all over the world. And Liu Ling, his most trusted ninth brother, had There is military power in the country, and the prince is only seven years old. If a military general becomes the country, will the prince's future throne be secure? He has always believed that Lao Jiu will not be alienated from him, and the two brothers will definitely work together to create a glorious generation. But after his death, Lao Jiu will Will Jiu pair of princes also be loyal? Back then, Lao Jiu led 30,000 troops from the Gyeonggi camp into Taiyuan City, put the dragon robe on himself, and almost forced himself to be on the throne of the emperor. He died After that, the prince's power was weak. Even if Lao Jiu's loyalty remained unchanged, wouldn't the generals under his command come to Taiyuan City again and force the dragon robe to be draped on Lao Jiu!
When Emperor Xiao thought of this possibility, he couldn't sleep all night long. He was extremely conflicted in his heart, as if a sharp knife was constantly cutting into his heart, causing his flesh and blood to be blurred and bloody.
He didn't want to attack Lao Jiu from the bottom of his heart, but he "had to" step up the pace of seizing Lao Jiu's military power. In June, he first used the reason that he had multiple injuries after years of fighting and needed to rest and that it was not appropriate to lead troops.
The military power of Chen Yuanshan, the commander of the Shenfeng Battalion, was taken away. Chen Yuanshan was given a casual job as a doctor, Jin Ziguanglu, so that he could recuperate at home. Chen Yuanshan, who was only forty years old and as strong as an ox, had to recuperate there.
In September, Li Hao, a little-known figure, replaced Wang Banjin as the commander of the Shenzhan Battalion. The reason was surprisingly similar to the one given to Chen Yuanshan. Wang Banjin was old, mentally weak and sick, and was not suitable to serve as a god.
The emperor's grace allowed him to return home to retire. It is said that Li Hao, the deputy commander of the Black Qilin Army, has a position second only to Shengtu Yehu. But everyone knows that there is no fundamental power in the Black Qilin Army.
There is no such person. Li Hao's real surname is Su, and he is the nephew of the late General Su Hubao. He is also the cousin of Queen Su Jianli.
After Su Hubao's entire family was executed, only Su Hao was spared because he was a local official. Emperor Xiao could not transfer the Black Qilin Army, a general of his own army, so he could only choose the one he believed he could trust.
Su Jianli is his wife, and there is no one he trusts more than this person. So he loves the house more than anyone else, so he thought of the only man left in the Su family, Su Hao. Su Hao is just the magistrate of a small county.
, and had been serving in the local area and was not familiar to the officials in Taiyuan City. So Emperor Xiao gave him a new identity and changed his name to Li Hao, so that the county magistrate who had never commanded more than 200 people rose to become a county magistrate.
Emperor Xiao thought he was extremely smart when he recruited a general with a battalion of soldiers and horses. He thought that the Su family had gone through a great disaster, so he would give Su Hao a huge profit. Why was he worried that Su Hao would not be grateful and loyal?
In this way, the Shenzhan Camp, which was so powerful in the north and south of the Han Dynasty, fell into the hands of a person who did not understand the art of war, strategy, military training, and military affairs.
But Emperor Xiao was still worried. Zhaoxian was the commander of the Shenji Battalion, and Cheng Yihou was in charge of the supply camp. Both of them had a close relationship with Liu Ling. However, Emperor Xiao really couldn't think of anyone else who could take on the important task.
He originally wanted Pei Hao to be the commander of the Shenji Battalion, but Pei Hao still had the self-knowledge and did not dare to take up the post. So, Emperor Xiao made another self-righteous move. The army did not go out, but he actually
Pei Hao, the Minister of Military Aircraft Department, was sent to the Shenji Camp as a supervisor!
Now among the troops in Taiyuan City, the only ones left that have not moved are Cheng Yihou's supply camp, and then Liu Ling's 3,000-man Xiuluo camp cavalry. Cheng Yihou will move sooner or later, and Emperor Xiao knows that Hou Shen is very capable.
He was waiting for Shen to return from illness and let him serve as the minister of military aircraft and also the commander of the heavy supply camp. However, Emperor Xiao was very contradictory at this time. On the one hand, what he had done was extremely obvious, but on the other hand, he also felt that
He couldn't be too mean to Lao Jiu, so he temporarily gave up the idea of letting Dugu Ruizhi be the commander of Shura Camp.
What reassured Emperor Xiao was that Liu Ling ignored his actions and only went to the Shura Camp to train troops every day. He simply ignored the changes in people in the court. He did not know that it was because of his generous and loyal ninth brother that he
Or he was cold-hearted towards himself. But Emperor Xiao could no longer control so much. He had to do everything well for his son while he still "understood" it. Even if he couldn't expand the territory, he must give his son a solid foundation.
Jiye. As everyone knows, Emperor Xiao's continuous bastard tactics have touched the foundation of the Han Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, Prince Zhong went to the immortal world yesterday!"
Lang Qing, the commander of the Qilin Guard dressed in black, knelt in front of Emperor Xiao and said.
"Oh? Lao Jiu has also learned to have fun? Haha, not bad!"
Emperor Xiao smiled very happily. He felt that his ninth brother was really too considerate. He needed an idle prince who ignored military affairs, and Emperor Xiao worked hard to do this. Until now, Emperor Xiao
He also thinks that everything he does is natural, and Liu Ling, as the person he trusts most, should naturally support him.
"Not only that, King Zhong also ordered Hua Ling to kill a dandy boy who was causing trouble in the world of Xian Yuan. That man's name was Xie Kun. He was the only son of Xie Wancai, the largest businessman in Taiyuan City."
"Oh? Why? Jealous?"
Emperor Xiao asked with a smile.
Lang Qing raised his head and glanced at the increasingly haggard emperor, and replied truthfully: "Because that Xie Kun made a noise in front of the public, saying that your majesty... His majesty's throne was given to him by King Zhong. King Zhong asked Hua Ling in anger.
Beat that Xie Kun to death and let Yue Qilin seal him to the world of immortality."
Emperor Xiao was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Lang Qing meaningfully.
"Lang Qing, are you reminding me?"
Lang Qing trembled and lowered his head deeply: "Wei Chen doesn't dare!"
Emperor Xiao sighed and tried to sit upright.
"I know. In fact, you all think so in your hearts. You all think that I have gone too far, don't you?"
Without waiting for Lang Qing to explain, Emperor Xiao continued: "But I feel that I did nothing wrong! Do you know why? In fact, you all know! My health is getting worse day by day. The prince is only seven years old, only seven years old.
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Lang Qing kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty! Please be careful, this is not something that Wei Chen should know. Wei Chen only knows that Wei Chen is only loyal to Your Majesty. Whatever Your Majesty asks Lang Qing to do, Lang Qing will do it!"
Emperor Xiao was stunned for a moment, then smiled in relief.
"Lang Qing, you are very good! There is something you have to remember. After my death, who will you be loyal to?"
Lang Qing kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, the Spring and Autumn Period is at its peak..."
"Answer me!"
Emperor Xiao interrupted Lang Qing's words and almost roared.
"Prince!"
Lang Qing uttered two words heavily.
"Well! Very good, very good!"
Emperor Xiao breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "With you, Shengtu, Dugu, Li Hao, Lu Sen, Pei Hao and you guys here, I feel confident in my heart. My empire must be passed on to the prince.
, with you assisting the prince, I will feel at ease."
"By the way, you go over and take today's book and hand it to me. Prince Zhong killed someone. According to his temperament, he should tell me. Since I moved to Fengyi Palace, I can't see him often, but
He will definitely be able to write the notes."
From this sentence, it shows the huge conflict in Emperor Xiao's heart. He surprisingly trusts Liu Ling, but also surprisingly distrusts him.
Sure enough, Emperor Xiao found among a pile of memorials a memorial for Liu Ling to plead guilty. At the same time, he also saw no less than twenty memorials for the imperial censor to impeach Liu Ling, as well as memorials for General Hua Ling and General Zhao Er to resign, and even one of them
The memorial was written by Hou Shen, Minister of Military Aircraft Department, who was recovering at home. This memorial was sharp in words and strongly demanded that the loyal king be brought to justice to serve as a warning to others!
Emperor Xiao sighed, and his indifferent love for Liu Ling emerged again. He threw Hou Shen's note aside and said: "My younger brother, an important minister of the country, killed a
What happened to the scoundrels who deceived the public with their lies? Are they worthy of the censors’ mobilization of troops? Huh! A bunch of villains who are just afraid of the world being in chaos! Sooner or later I will have them all punished and sent back to their hometown to farm!”
"What did Prince Zhong do today?"
Emperor Xiao asked.
"Back to Your Majesty, Prince Zhong...went to the imperial mausoleum to sweep the tomb."
Emperor Xiao was stunned... and felt confused (to be continued)
