Walking into the inner hall, the hustle and bustle gradually disappeared behind him. Zhou Jun waved his hand, and all the chamberlains and maidservants retreated, leaving Fan Jinian alone.
Fan Jinian bowed and said to Zhou Jun: "Your Majesty, we are here. They are in the side hall."
Zhou Jun nodded and walked into the side hall. He saw a person kneeling beside the hall door and said, "Get up."
Kong You stood up from the ground and followed Zhou Jun to the side hall.
A desk, a pot of tea, and a chessboard.
Zhou Jun turned to look at Fan Jinian.
The latter was a little surprised. Your Majesty meant to talk to Kong You alone.
After Fan Jinian left, Zhou Jun came to the table and asked Kong You: "Bohong, take a look, do you still recognize this chess piece?"
Kong You looked down and saw that the chessboard was square and divided into sixty-four grids, with black and white chess pieces settled into the grids.
Kong You raised his hand to Zhou Jun and said: "Your Majesty, you remember this chess, it is Othello."
Zhou Jun smiled slightly: "Do you still remember the origin of this chess game?"
Kong You also laughed: "In the early years in Chang'an Imperial City, You invited His Majesty to play chess. His Majesty couldn't win for several days, and then he created his own method and won a game."
Zhou Jun gently touched the chess piece with his hand and said slowly: "Actually, in that game of Othello back then, you could obviously beat me."
When Kong You heard this, he remained silent.
Zhou Jun: "Othello is not complicated. When you saw the chessboard, you only used half a stick of incense to see the secret to winning. You saw that if you want to win in Othello, you must first seize the opportunity."
Four corners, you first tried to place the piece in the corner, but then gave up and moved the piece to the middle. At that time, I thought you were undecided, but when I thought about it later, I suddenly realized that you had already seen the path of this move, but it was
He lost to me on purpose."
Kong You didn't answer, but he acquiesced.
Zhou Jun put down the chess piece, shook his head and said: "When we were at Bachuan Villa, you could guess through clues that this was the second son of the Zhou family and not the other... Among so many people who came into contact with me, you were the first one.
"
Kong You continued to be silent.
Zhou Jun picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and asked: "Bo Hong, putting aside all the talk of ghosts and ghosts, when did you discover my true origin?"
Kong You's body trembled, he stood up from the seat, took a step back, knelt on his knees, put his forehead on the ground, and whispered: "You don't dare to say."
Zhou Jun: "If you say this, I will take it as your own... There is no one else here, just come here."
Kong You slowly raised his head: "You's whole family was implicated due to the palace incident. When you was young, you begged God to show mercy and save my family from misery. However, your parents and sisters died tragically, and even the graves of your ancestors were dug up by evil officials.
Kai. From that time on, you no longer believed in gods and Buddhas, only in the present world. You didn’t believe it when Your Majesty said that immortals would help you and open up your spiritual consciousness. Later, after analyzing several things, you slowly realized that it turned out that
Your Majesty is from the hereafter."
Zhou Jun: "Keep talking."
Kong You: "At first, what aroused You's suspicion was that the poems His Majesty casually said in his early years were famous poems that have been immortalized throughout the ages. If he were a literary master, that would be fine. However, the styles of these poems are different and their styles are also very different.
, rather than being said to be the work of one person, it is better to say that it is the work of different famous artists from many dynasties."
"However, no matter who asked, His Majesty refused to admit that he was the original author. At first, you thought that Your Majesty was being humble, but then he accidentally thought of a question. If Your Majesty is really not the author of these poems, then who are these authors?
who?"
"The author who can write such shocking poetry must be an unusual person, and his works cannot only have these few lines. However, you have looked through ancient books, but you can't find anything that corresponds to them in style, conception, and creative habits.
The author. One day, You suddenly thought, if these are not the works of predecessors, could they be the works of future generations?"
Hearing this, Zhou Jun smiled knowingly and asked: "Is that all?"
Kong You shook his head and said: "Not only that, when we were drinking with Liu Zai in Bachuan Villa, His Majesty once said something - if there is a sudden change in the universe, the rise and fall of good and bad, the rise and fall of strength and weakness,
In the creation of Yin and Yang, it is growing rapidly. Can it change destiny and recreate the world? Hearing that sentence, You was surprised at first. Throughout the ages, no one has ever looked for variables in a fixed number. Your Majesty must have a profound meaning when he says this."
Zhou Jun: "Were you sure from then on?"
Kong You: "No, it was still just a matter of suspicion at that time. It was the conversation in the ancient temple of Jin in Boling City, Hebei Province that really confirmed the origin of His Majesty. In the ancient temple, His Majesty once told You that power has been
The emperor's seizure, if met with a wise king, can ensure prosperity for decades, but if met with a faint king, just one person can completely collapse the entire empire. If you want to make the empire long-term and stable, how to limit the emperor's power and how to return power to the people?
How to seek cooperation among multiple forces is the key to the continuation of the empire."
Zhou Jun recalled carefully that he and Kong You first discussed how to deal with the border residents, and later extended the discussion to the imperial government.
Kong You: "Let me ask you, is there any emperor in the world who has such a consciousness, demands to limit his power, and also wants to enlighten the people's wisdom and return power to the people? From then on, you fully understood that your majesty must have come from
Hereafter.”
Zhou Jun sighed: "Bo Hong, your intelligence really surprises me."
Kong You was silent for a moment, mustered up his courage, gritted his teeth and asked, "Your Majesty, you have a question about the Tang Dynasty."
Zhou Jun: "I know what you want to ask."
Kong You: "Your Majesty knows?"
Zhou Jun: "The rise of the Li and Tang Dynasties began in the fourteenth year of Daye of the Sui Dynasty (618), and lasted for 290 years. It fell in the fourth year of Tianyou (907). The last emperor was Li Zhu, Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty."
Kong You: "So, even in later generations, An Lushan's rebellion did not destroy the Tang Dynasty?"
Zhou Jun nodded: "An Lushan and Shi Siming rebelled successively, which is known as the Anshi Rebellion in history. Although it did not directly destroy the Tang Dynasty, it was the beginning of the decline of the Tang Dynasty. After that, eunuchs interfered in politics, land was annexed, vassal towns were established, and the clans were not loyal.
In the end, it triggered social unrest, causing the mob to revolt and overthrow Li Tang."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Kong You: "Li Tang lasted for nearly three hundred years... What about after this?"
Zhou Jun: "The Tang Dynasty fell, the feudal vassals and towns were busy trying to become independent, the Central Plains was torn apart, and people's hearts were completely in chaos. What followed was the darkest era in the entire history - the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms."
Zhou Jun started with Zhu Quanzhong forcing Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhu, to abdicate and change the country's name to Liang. He then talked about the Song, Liao, Xixia, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and finally talked about the founding of New China.
The monarch and his ministers sat at a table with each other, a pot of warm tea and a chessboard, chatting from night to morning, talking about thousands of years of history and the rise and fall of the empire.
The first ray of sunlight outside the window fell into the side hall through the window lattice. Although Kong You had not slept all night, his face was filled with excitement and joy, not tired at all.
Seeing the sky outside the window gradually getting brighter, he stood up and left his seat, knelt in front of Zhou Jun, kowtowed, and said: "When you were young, you did not believe in ghosts and gods because of the disaster at home. Now after hearing your majesty's experience, he began to
Slowly, I became a little shaken. Your Majesty came to this Tang Dynasty from later generations. He has his own destiny in the dark. This must be the way of heaven and the guidance of gods and Buddhas."
After talking all night, Zhou Jun revealed the secret that had been buried deep in his heart for a long time. He felt relaxed. After remembering something, he said to Kong You: "You should bury what I said tonight in your heart and don't mention it again. I
I have one more important thing to do when I come to you this time... After the first month, the capital will be moved to Chang'an. The court personnel need to be reorganized. I plan to order Feng Changqing to stay in Liangcheng, and you will shoulder the burden of Chang'an's right minister."
When Kong You heard this, he kowtowed again and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your appreciation."
Zhou Jun cast his gaze out the window, looked at the rising sun, and said slowly: "Now that the world is unified and the world is peaceful, it is time to fulfill the original dream in my heart."