Shortly after Chen State declared war on the Western Regions, the Western Regions, Grasslands, Chu State, and Houliang all declared war on Chen State at the same time. Within a very short period of time, Chen State fell into a situation where it was besieged on all sides.
There is no doubt that the cause of this series of events was Chen Guo's attitude towards the Western Regions.
There is a marriage between Chu State and the Western Regions, so it is not surprising that Chu State would support the Western Regions.
But since when did the grassland and Houliang establish such a close relationship with the Western Regions that they would not hesitate to declare war with Chen State for the sake of the Western Regions?
No matter what the reason is, there is one fact that the people and officials of Chen State are well aware of.
That is, Chen State has a little difficulty in dealing with the Western Regions, and it will definitely not be able to withstand the siege of the four countries. If the armies of the four countries cross the border, Chen State will be completely destroyed in less than a month.
Their Chen country has reached the point of life and death.
And all this is because today's emperor, regardless of the advice of the court officials and the opposition of the people, forcibly launched troops in the Western Regions.
It was the people who suffered from the country's subjugation. This directly led to the fact that before the court could come up with any countermeasures, the people had already exploded. The people spontaneously organized themselves and signed the Ten Thousand People's Letter, requesting His Majesty to withdraw the order to attack the Western Regions and negotiate peace with the four countries.
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Negotiating peace is the general trend, and Chen Guo has no choice but to bow his head. If he does not bow his head, it will be the end of the country.
The public discussion about this goes far beyond peace talks. There are even voices calling for His Majesty to abdicate in favor of someone more worthy. Your Majesty, without his order, the Chen State would not have fallen into a situation where everyone in the world was the enemy.
Maintain the temple.
Chen Huang had been sitting on the chair for a day and a night, his face was haggard and his eyes were dull.
What was placed on the table was the Book of Ten Thousand People, which was submitted by the people of the capital, asking him to order the withdrawal of the troops. The tens of feet long silk was densely printed with the fingerprints of hundreds of thousands of people.
Outside Yangshen Temple, hundreds of officials knelt on the ground and jointly petitioned him to withdraw his order to attack the Western Regions.
In the hall, Wei Jian slowly walked over, carrying a bowl of soup, and said comfortingly: "Your Majesty, eat something, you haven't eaten for a whole day."
"My son rebelled against me, my ministers rebelled against me, and now even my true subjects must rebel against me..." Emperor Chen did not look at the soup, but withdrew his eyes from the Book of Ten Thousand People, and asked in a low voice: "Could it be that I
Is it really wrong?"
Wei Jian put down the soup, was silent for a moment, and then said, "Yes, Your Majesty is wrong."
Chen Huang raised his head and looked at Wei Jian slowly. This was the first time he heard such words from Wei Jian in the past decades.
This was the first time he didn't follow his lead.
"Even you think I'm wrong?" Emperor Chen asked in a hoarse voice: "Emperors are supposed to be ruthless. What's wrong with me doing this?"
Wei Jian lowered his head and asked in a low voice: "If your Majesty is not wrong, then what fault does His Highness King Huai have? If your Majesty is not wrong, why do you often dream of the Queen and Concubine Yang, and ask for their forgiveness in your dreams?
If the fight for the throne should be ruthless, then what's wrong with those officials kneeling outside? Isn't the current King Run the same as His Majesty more than 20 years ago?"
Wei Jian looked at him and said, "If Your Majesty didn't feel that he was at fault, how could he have lived so hard for so many years and been awakened by nightmares every night?"
Emperor Chen lowered his head for a long time before sighing and saying: "Brother, they want to kill me, and my father protects them. I don't regret using those methods to deal with them. The only thing I regret is that I am sorry for Rou'er and Xuan'er.
They are innocent, I failed them..."
"I, I was really wrong..."
He sat on the chair with a gloomy expression. After a long time, he slowly raised his head and said, "Let Wang Xiang and others come in..."
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After the atmosphere in the capital was extremely depressed for two days, news finally came out from the palace.
A notice with His Majesty's jade seal was posted at the entrance of the palace. Every piece of news on the notice was earth-shattering.
Nearly a month after declaring war on the Western Regions, His Majesty finally changed his mind and sent envoys to the Western Regions to negotiate peace. At the same time, the envoys to Chu, the grasslands, and Houliang were also preparing to leave.
In addition, the edict establishing Run Wang Zhao Yuan as the crown prince was finally issued today. After today, the young crown prince will supervise the country's administration and take charge of state affairs in place of His Majesty, who is ill.
The people in the capital breathed a long sigh of relief. For them, there was not much difference whether King Zhong became emperor or King Run became emperor. As long as the four countries could withdraw their troops and stop invading Chen State, they would be satisfied.
Of course, those with a discerning eye know that in this game between His Majesty and King Run and his officials, His Majesty finally took a step back.
Although he is still the emperor in name, he no longer performs the duties of the emperor. The sentence that the prince supervises the country's administration and is in charge of state affairs explains everything.
His Majesty's actions before establishing the crown prince almost plunged Chen Guo into eternal disaster, which is enough to show that he is no longer suitable to sit in that position. Although King Run is young, there are many capable ministers in the court. With their assistance, Chen Guo's
The situation will surely improve slowly.
The letters of credence for the peace talks were hurriedly sent to Wanzhou, Shengzhou, Fengzhou and other places. When news came from the front that the countries were withdrawing their troops, the stone in everyone's heart finally fell.
At this time, Tang Ning was standing at the gate of Runzhou City, holding a letter in her hand, and the expression on her face was particularly wonderful.
After leaving the capital, they took a detour to Jiangnan and did not arrive in Runzhou until today. It was not until this moment that Tangning received the news from the capital.
He just knew that after he left, Emperor Chen announced to send troops to the Western Regions. After the news spread, the Chen State was taken seriously, and the Western Regions, Chu State, and Houliang made dumplings...
No matter how powerful the Chen State was, it could not withstand the siege of the four kingdoms. Under pressure, Chen Huang sent envoys to negotiate peace, appointed Zhao Yuan as the crown prince, and retreated behind the scenes, no longer taking care of the affairs of the court. From then on, the Chen State's court struggle became official.
At an end, King Huai's ultimate goal was achieved, the Fang family also achieved their own goals, and the series of disputes in the capital were finally settled.
After reading the secret letter in Tang Ning's hand, Fang Xinyue looked up at him and asked with a confused expression: "Brother Tang Ning, are dad and uncle... are they traitors?"
Tangning didn't give her an answer. Everyone had a different answer to this question.
As for whether they were traitors or loyal, we can only leave it to future generations to judge.
A few years later, with Tang Yaoyao's efforts, Runzhou has become the back garden of the Tang family. The Tang family has long become a business giant in Jiangnan. Tang Ning found the big shopkeeper in charge of the Runzhou store and asked him about his parents.
's whereabouts.
"Two months ago, the master and his wife left Jiangnan." After the big shopkeeper told him the news, he took out a letter from the box, handed it to Tang Ning, and said respectfully: "Before I left, the master left something for the young master.
I dropped a letter."
"They left?" Tangning was startled when she heard this. If the two of them had already left Jiangnan, didn't they come here in vain?
He opened the letter and saw that there was only a piece of paper in the envelope with one line written on it.
"The world is so big, let's go see it."
Tang Ning was stunned for a while, and then a wry smile appeared on her face. It seemed that they didn't want anyone to disturb their world. This trip to Jiangnan was destined to be in vain.
At this moment, the big shopkeeper looked at him and asked with a smile: "Miss Tang Shui is still in Runzhou. Do you want to see her, sir?"
