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The wind passed through the window softly, with a coolness, gently brushing his cheeks. Li Si woke up from a hangover and felt a splitting headache. He looked up at the window and saw the mist pouring in from the windows on all sides. It was early in the morning. , the cups and plates in the flower hall were all in a mess, and if it weren't for the drunken generals lying staggering around, last night's drinking would have been almost like a dream. "No, everyone is drunk to death. I don't know who went to put the yellow robe on the lord, whether he shouted long live, and most importantly, whether Zhong Yao greeted the lord and sent him into the back room." Li Si resisted the urge to sleep. After being drunk, he felt very uncomfortable. He got up from the ground and looked around, trying to find a sober person to ask. Unexpectedly, when he looked at the head of the flower hall, he was so frightened that he almost stumbled and fell to the ground, losing three souls. Qi Po, when he looked again, it was the Lord Chen De'an who was sitting firmly at the head of the flower hall, with a stern look on his face, looking at him with a smile but not a smile.
Li Si was startled when he was eating, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. He was drunk without a trace. With a thought in his mind, he immediately fell to the ground and said he was sorry. Chen De sneered and said, "What is General Li guilty of?" Li Si secretly cursed everyone. Actually, they all fell drunk before the Lord could even drink him down. He lowered his head and said, "It is disrespectful for General Li to lie drunk in the Lord's house." The crime." Chen De's face changed slightly, he stared at Li Si for a long time, sighed, and said: "Get up and speak, this is a trivial matter, you have great achievements, why don't you tell me?" Li Si was shocked again. , looked up again, and saw that the yellow robe that had been prepared for a long time was softly placed beside Chen De's chair within reach. He was frightened again, and quickly fell to the ground, kowtowed: " The last general and others did things without permission, all out of loyalty to the lord. The sun will tell us, please forgive me!" Chen De frowned, sighed, and said in a deep voice: "Stand up and speak, except for the parents of heaven and earth, Is the rule of not kneeling to others also abolished?"
Li Si heard that Chen De's tone did not mean too much blame, so he breathed a sigh of relief and stood respectfully aside. Chen De pointed to the generals scattered in the flower hall and said: "It's rare to have a night of drinking with all the brothers. The humidity in this flower hall is heavy." "The servants have already prepared the sobering potions. You are familiar with them, so go ahead and arrange to wake them all up." Li Si's heart suddenly suddenly felt again, and he hurriedly walked out of the flower hall, and arranged for the servants in the Jiedushi Mansion to pour the sobering and nourishing potions. After bursts of coughing were heard from the generals' mouths, the generals and captains woke up one after another.
The generals originally planned to get Chen De drunk, put on a yellow robe, and shout three long lives to him. Unexpectedly, everyone got a little drunk for no reason last night. In the end, they didn't know why. When they woke up, they saw the lord in command. , with a yellow robe hanging beside him, no one knew what he was like, and he wanted to ask, but it prevented Chen De from sitting on it, so he couldn't speak. He also felt a little awkward in his heart, and they all complained to Chen De, some of them called "Lord", There are also people called "Your Majesty".
Pu Hangu is an old captain. Last night, Chen De personally promoted him to the army commander and gave him a military bugle to keep him away from the cold. Many of his colleagues toasted him and congratulated him. He drank too much and got drunk too early. When he woke up, he was still in a daze. , seeing Zhang Zhongyao standing next to him with his head lowered, he shouted loudly: "General Zhang, Lao Pu had two too many drinks last night and was drunk to death. You put on the yellow robe of the lord, did you support me and shout long live together? This crowd You can't do this without Lao Pu!" Zhang Zhongyao was panicking and turned around to glare at him. Sensing Chen De's sharp eyes, he quickly stood still with the generals again, looking resigned, and shouted He was drunk too late and was drunk too late. When he woke up and saw this situation, he knew that something must be leaked. Heroes like Chen De could tolerate their subordinates playing tricks on them. What was hateful was that they didn¡¯t know who was responsible for this. Although Zhang Zhongyao, who supported the establishment of a major event and leaked it to his lord, lowered his head, he could not help but look at the generals present with his eyes, but he could not tell who was the leaker. What worries him even more is that if the lord knows about the drunken yellow robe's plan, does he also know that he has other plans afterwards. It is conceivable that this matter involves the personal morality and reputation of the lord, and how much thunder and anger it will arouse.
Chen De saw that all the generals had sobered up from their drunkenness, occasionally making murmurs, and saw that the atmosphere in the flower hall was not right. He immediately stood with his head bowed like everyone else, waiting for himself to speak, and then coughed and glanced around in turn. The generals present said in a deep voice: "I had a banquet with my brothers last night, and De knows what they are thinking. De and you, all the brothers in our Anxi army, and the millions of people in the six states of Anxi are one. Since you are asking for orders for the army and the people, you are wearing a yellow robe, so there is no need to get drunk." After saying this, he stood up, picked up the bright yellow robe embroidered with a huge five-clawed golden dragon that was placed on the armrest of the seat, put it on his body, and casually tied the belt After tying it up, he looked around intently at the generals standing breathlessly below.
Li Si originally thought that Chen De was approachable, to a certain extent, too approachable and not as regal as the legendary emperor, but now he saw Chen De put on his yellow robe easily and stood in the flower hall, his appearance majestic and majestic. , looking down at the generals present, with every gesture, making no one dare to look up. This is the True Dragon Emperor. This sentence suddenly popped up in Li Si's mind. HeSecretly looking at Zhang Zhongyao and others beside him, they were still in a daze, frightened by Chen De's momentum at this time, so they knelt down and said: "We wish the lord to be the emperor, long live the emperor!" When he shouted, everyone around him was stunned. The generals suddenly realized this, and fell to their knees one after another, shouting "Long Live Long Live". Their voices gradually became more uniform, and everyone shouted together several times. It was not until Chen De made the generals flat that they stood up. When looking at Chen De again, the mentality of the generals was different. It seemed that after just this action, the original intention of following him turned into a heart of loyalty.
Chen De looked around at the generals, sighed in his heart without anyone noticing, and said in a deep voice: "You are loyal, I already know it. There is the powerful Liao Dynasty and Song Dynasty in the east of Anxi, and the powerful Persia in the west, and there are countless barbarians on both sides of the north and south. Polishing our minions all day long can be said to be a place of four wars. If the emperor's title is announced to the outside world, countries such as the Liao and Song Dynasties will regard us as a thorn in their side, leading to premature attacks, which will be detrimental to the great cause. From what I can see, in the next few years, we will We still need to keep a low profile, stabilize the people internally and train troops, consolidate the basic territory, and expand the territory externally. After a few years, I will be in Anxi with great momentum, and then officially select the name of the country and the capital, Jianyuan and proclaim the emperor. Do you think this is true? ?¡±
Chen De's strategy for establishing a country was also in line with the thoughts of generals such as Xingu, Xiao Jiu, Zhang Zhongyao, Li Si, and Yu Furengui. The generals supported him because they were worried that Chen De would not become emperor and Anxi would be annexed by the Liao and Song Dynasties. Now that Chen De was wearing a yellow robe and accepting the worship of the generals, he was about to proclaim himself emperor sooner or later, so they all said so. .
Chen De nodded and turned to ask Xin Gu: "General Xin, do you remember the appointment between me and the troops when we led the troops in Jinling?" The ten brothers of the society also said that they should share joys and sorrows and wealth with all the armies." Chen De nodded and took out a stack of white paper full of handwriting from his arms. He wrote it himself and then Huang Wen transcribed it. Copied proclamation of the oath of proclaiming himself emperor. Chen De handed the notice to Xingu to distribute to the generals, then looked around the generals and said solemnly: "It is precisely to 'share joys and sorrows, and share wealth and honor'. What is written on this paper is that when I ascend the throne and found the country a few years later, I will prepare You can take a copy back with you, the lieutenants, and sergeant Chu to formally swear an oath to the Tianmeng Alliance. In the past few years, you will go over the details with the lieutenants and colonels in the army and be sure not to leak it. If the treaty is inappropriate, Come and talk to me. We share joys and sorrows, wealth and honor. If you are virtuous, you should have arrows like this!" After saying that, he picked up a wolf tooth arrow next to him and broke it into two pieces.
Seeing Chen De solemnly breaking his arrow and swearing an oath, all the generals were horrified and moved, only to hear the Lord say again: "While we are at it, take a look at my oath first. Do you want to make it?"
Since the generals followed Chen De, even those who were illiterate were able to read military orders to some extent. When they heard the words, they lowered their heads and looked at the emperor's oath in their hands. Chen De's oath did not include any content related to the national system such as the power arrangement of the Protector, Tribune and Prime Minister, but only focused on the personal and property related content of generals, captains and sergeants. For the generals, this is simply an enhanced version of the iron certificate, because the oath clearly states that if all current generals are not tried by jury in accordance with the law, and before the majority of the generals agree to remove a certain general from his position, the emperor will Current and retired generals are not allowed to be executed. Not only cannot they be executed, they cannot even be imprisoned, tortured, or have their property confiscated. According to the current size of the army, the future military commander will be able to kill only a few hundred people. Unless the crime is obvious, how can these more than a hundred people easily agree? Emperors jailed, tortured and killed their colleagues. The same goes for school lieutenants. The emperor cannot imprison, torture or execute school lieutenants without the approval of a jury of all school lieutenants. The emperor cannot also confiscate the school lieutenants' property. However, there are many school lieutenants and they are not as powerful as generals. That¡¯s all. What is touching and more tangible than the iron seal is that Chen De's oath clearly stated the procedural guarantee that generals and lieutenants would not be harmed by the imperial power. "If this oath is violated, the whole country will attack him."
"My lord is generous and kind, and I have nothing to repay you. I can only die with my heart and brains shattered." After reading the terms of the oath, Yu Furengui immediately said loudly. If Chen De hadn't stopped him, he would have almost knelt down and shouted "Long live the Lord". Likewise, Xingu looked at Chen De, who was wearing a yellow robe, with complicated eyes. He was still the man who got drunk and shouted, "If I become the emperor, please take my head away." Xingu secretly thought, while scanning the generals, he nodded and smiled at Chen De, "Although you asked me to take your head, I will not take it. According to this oath, it is better for you to take the position of emperor." If someone has evil intentions when they come to Longwangshu, they should be careful of the sharp blade of the Hussars.
Zhang Zhongyao and Li Si thought carefully about the intention behind this oath, and realized that Chen De was not only fulfilling his promise to be rich and powerful with all the armies. If there was a rebellion, the number of soldiers in an army would only be 5,000. If he wanted to unite with other armies, who would do it in the end? The emperor may not be able to give him an almost extremely generous alchemy certificate like Chen De. If the general plots rebellion out of selfish interests, who among the captains and sergeants will be willing to follow you? Moreover, according to this oath, the temptation of the emperor's position has been greatly reduced.
Zhang Zhongyao whispered to Li Si in a low voice: "My lord's self-denial and obedience, and his ambition to conquer the world without fighting are truly the actions of an unparalleled saint."Si Yi nodded with concern. The two of them looked at Chen De who was sitting in a high position. They both felt that a loyal minister must meet the Ming Lord. They almost forgot about the punishment that would follow Chen De. Chen De But he said: "Everyone has read the oath. If you have no idea for the time being, please go back and read the details carefully. During this time in Dunhuang, I will summon you from time to time. Zhong Yao and Li Si stayed to talk." The generals seemed to have been pardoned, and led them With excitement and pity on their faces, they walked past Zhang Zhongyao and Li Si. Everyone knew that it was Chen De who found out about the two men and wanted to reprimand them.
Zhang Zhongyao and Li Si watched the generals leave, wondering in their hearts, who had announced the secret invitation to the Lord? It seemed that everyone was similar, but no one was similar. The two of them suddenly looked at each other very quickly, and then lowered their heads at the same time.
Suddenly he heard Chen De sneer several times and said in a deep voice: "You are lying drunk on the knees of a beautiful woman, and you wake up to hold the power of the world. You two are really my good subordinates. You are so considerate for me!" General Zhang Li felt a sudden thought in his heart and thought secretly. Well, the dirty thing that was arranged was finally discovered by the Lord.
Author: This oath restricts the imperial power's restriction on generals and captains. The real restriction on them is the sergeant class who adheres to the recommendation system.
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