After the silence, there was an explosion in Haoran Palace. The courtiers roared wildly, and some tried to rush out, but were knocked to the ground one by one by the Jinyi School. The emperor squinted his eyes and looked at everything in front of him, with a rare redness on his face due to excitement and pride.
Who in the wolf-like Jinyi School cares about the glamorous and distinguished backgrounds of the adults? After a while, the angry roars of the adults turned into shrill wails. In the end, they didn¡¯t even have the strength to howl. No more. More than a hundred courtiers were beaten to the ground by the villains, panting like dogs under the summer sun.
Su Buwei glanced at the emperor, and his palms were actually sweaty.
The surprise on Jin Shixiong¡¯s face, who had just come to his senses, had not yet dissipated, and his heart was in turmoil. He cautiously took a step back, as if he didn't want to be hurt by the murderous aura emanating from the emperor who seemed to be dying but was still aloof. This skinny Supreme One still looked sternly as he looked around.
It was only then that he truly understood the meaning of the word supreme.
After the chaos in the hall calmed down, the emperor stretched out his hand to signal Su Buwei to help him up. Su Buwei hurried over and helped the emperor slowly walk down the nine steps. The emperor smiled and looked at the courtiers lying on the ground, with the pride in his eyes like a child who had just cheated a piece of candy.
"Since the beginning of my ascension to the throne, I have known what is the biggest cancer in the Sui Dynasty."
He said as he walked: "But I know that you are a cancer and a pillar of the empire. I once thought that by relying on my own ability, you would put away all your other thoughts and concentrate on doing things for the Sui Dynasty. At the beginning, I I even thought that I had achieved this. I admit that I did not expect that the disadvantages accumulated over a hundred years in the Sui Dynasty would be so great!"
"I have been thinking that the Sui Dynasty cannot do without you, and I cannot do without you, so as long as it does not touch the foundation of the country, I don't care about anything. If the Sui Dynasty is a great palace, then the common people are that every city brick is solid Land, you people are pillars. You think this hall will collapse if you leave it, but you have forgotten that it is nothing without bricks and land and only a few pillars. You can't even stand up! Don't take yourself too seriously! , especially when I don¡¯t have long to live.¡±
He stood in front of a courtier whose face was covered with blood, and pointed at the blood on his face: "Your ancestors also shed a lot of blood when they followed Emperor Taizu to found the country, but it is not so disgusting and shameful. He was born in a poor family, and because of his merits, The Yang family has given your family what it deserves. A hundred years later, you people have become the same as those famous families with hundreds of thousands of years of history. None of you really care about this empire or my Yang family. Loyalty, you are only loyal to your own family.¡±
"If my days weren't short, I would still endure it."
The emperor continued to walk forward, looking at each of the knocked-down courtiers: "I started thinking about this matter when I was in Chang'an, but I never could make up my mind about it. It's not that I can't bear to leave you, but I can't bear to do it with my own hands in Sui Dynasty. This empire was stripped of its flesh. Later, when the battle went smoothly, your praises became louder, and my heart grew colder. The Yang family had nothing to do with you, but you were preparing to join the new master from the beginning. . Today you are my ministers, but tomorrow you may turn around and bow to others"
"I originally wanted to give you another chance, but don't go to this step unless I have to. After all, this is something that will shake the country. If you are not careful, half of the Sui Dynasty will collapse. But now I understand, it will hurt your bones even if you are cut out. , but there will always be a time to recover. As long as the prince is young and the queen is helpless, she will become a puppet at your mercy. In fact, you will always be the winner no matter how hard this battle is fought. If the thief wins, you will turn around. Welcome. If the Sui Dynasty wins, you will be able to control Chao Gang What a perfect plan."
"But it's already come to this moment, what else am I afraid of? It's perfect I'll just split it open with one knife."
A courtier with gray hair spat out blood-stained spit, and was pushed to the ground by the Jinyi School's boots on his back. He raised his head with difficulty, looked at the emperor and roared with all his strength: "Yang Yi! You should know how big a mistake you have made When Emperor Taizu founded the country, in the battle of Jiayu Mountain, Taizu only had 40,000 soldiers. In the previous dynasty, Zheng Guo gathered an army of 600,000 people. At that time, many generals and staff under Taizu secretly exchanged letters with Zheng Guo. Later, Taizu defeated the enemy army and swept away 600,000 bandits with 40,000 elite troops Emperor Taizu was in charge of Zheng Junshuai I found a basketful of letters in the account and burned them all in the fire pit in front of my subordinates. How courageous it was to finally get my subordinates to die and all the people to return home!"
Hearing these words, the emperor couldn't help but sneered: "It is precisely because of this that you are becoming more and more arrogant! If it were my place,I would have done that in the past, but if Emperor Taizu were in my current situation, Taizu would also kill you. You people, in just over a hundred years, have forgotten that the knife will always be in the hands of the royal family. "
Another minister begged: "Your Majesty Your Majesty is kind, I know I was wrong, I swear, I dare not have any other intentions, please forgive me!"
The emperor slowly knelt down in front of him, took out his handkerchief and wiped the blood from the corner of the minister's mouth: "I am the emperor, and you are the ministers. Logically speaking How can a father not forgive his children's mistakes? "
Hearing these words, the courtiers who begged for mercy immediately felt a glimmer of hope.
"But if you are unfilial, what's the use of keeping it? The crow feeds you back, the lamb kneels to breastfeed, but you are always waiting to dig up my inheritance."
The emperor threw the handkerchief beside him, stood up, and waved to Su Buwei: "Let's do it in the Haoran Palace built by Li Yuanshan. I chopped off more than 30,000 heads in Chang'an City, but I have never been there. Passing the execution ground. Today I will treat this place as the execution ground and watch the killing with my own eyes."
Su Buwei helped him walk back to the high steps. After sitting down, the emperor turned his head and glanced at Jin Shixiong: "You are the general of the imperial court. You go back and forth on the battlefield with gold and iron horses. You have waded in many pools of blood and jumped over many mountains of corpses. Why?" Will you tremble?"
Jin Shixiong knelt down with a plop: "Iare afraid of His Majesty's power."
The emperor was silent, and slowly pressed his hand down: "It's rare that there are still people who know the terrifying power of God."
As his gesture was suppressed, the swordsmen in the royal uniforms violently chopped off the swords in their hands. The wailing sound and the sound of the knife chopping bones were intertwined, turning the Haoran Palace into the hell of Yama.
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The corpses were put into sacks and thrown out. The emperor asked people to lift up the bluestones of the corridor outside the main hall, dig a pit, throw the corpses in and bury them, and then spread the bluestones. These once-prominent courtiers were buried under the road, and there is no telling how many people will step on them in the future.
The Haoran Palace is controlled by the Jinyi School, so many people have died and no one outside knows about it.
"Your Majesty"
Su Buwei took the blanket and covered the emperor's legs, then took the medicine he had just boiled and handed it to him. The emperor frowned and shook his head: "Su Buwei, Su Buweiwhy don't you understand my thoughts? I don't even want to read the memorial anymore. Do you still want to drink this painful medicine?"
"Your Majesty"
Su Buwei opened his mouth, but the emperor stopped him: "Let me live as I please for a while. I won't read the memorials and won't take any medicine. I want to live the rest of my life comfortably. It's rare to relax and be lazy. People say that if you steal for half a day, I will steal for a few more days. If you continue to interfere with me, I will send you to Chang'an City."
Su Buwei smiled bitterly, suddenly feeling that the emperor was a little childish.
"Gao Kaitai"
The emperor said to Gao Kaitai who was kneeling aside: "Has everything been done?"
General Gao Kaitai immediately replied: "Your Majesty, it has been done. Two hundred thousand soldiers have been ordered to deploy to the Qinchuan area to ensure the army's retreat. Even if Luo Yao's left vanguard goes around behind the army, he wants to It¡¯s difficult to cross over. I swear to protect Your Majesty to the death and never let those traitors get close to Your Majesty.¡±
"No need"
The emperor smiled and said: "I asked you to retreat to Qinchuan with all the soldiers, not to prevent Luo Yao from raising troops to rebel, but to leave some experienced soldiers for the Sui Dynasty. The prince is young and cannot be without people around him. After I lead my army to pursue Li Yuanshan to the west, you can lead your troops back to Gyeonggi Province I have already sent Liu Enjing and Xu Xiaogong back to Chang'an City, because I am worried that there are people in the court who are still evil. "
"Once the news of my death in the northwest spreads back, there will always be some people who think that the young prince can be bullied into doing disgusting things. You, Xu Xiaogong, and Liu Enjing are my caretakers. Do your best. Although I am terminally ill, I am still alive. It is clear who is loyal to me and who is not loyal to me.¡±
Gao Kaitai lay on the ground, crying bitterly but unable to speak.
"There's nothing worth crying about."
The emperor smiled and said: "I will never be manipulated by others. The more they feel that I am weak now, I will show them what it means to be strong. After returning to Chang'an City, you only need to remember one thing I need to welcome the crown prince to the throne immediately without waiting for the news of my death to come back. How could I not know that Pei Yan was secretly colluding with Luo Yaoduo? It started to change. I didn't say anything about him, because I still needed him to paralyze Luo Yao. By the time you go back, Xu Xiaogong and Liu Enjing should have done everything in Chang'an City, and there is no need for Pei Yan. Keep it"
"Your Majesty, think twice"
Gao Kaitai kowtowed and begged.
¡°I always think about taking the Sui Dynasty to a bigger and stronger place, but God does not give me the time, and the disadvantages are accumulated over time. I have more than enough ambition but not enough power. The prince is smart, and although he is young, he has great ambitions and He can distinguish right from wrong, and after two or three years of experience, he will definitely be better than me. There are disadvantages and advantages to taking over the throne early, and he will know how to manage this empire better than me. I can trust you, and you must not let me down. "
Gao Kaitai had cut his forehead and was bleeding.
The emperor asked someone to help him up, and asked Su Buwei to get a secret order: "I have not only arranged for you, but also for others. When the time comes, all those who assisted the prince will go back. This time is when I die ¡Li Yuanshan thought he had an unparalleled plan, but how could I stumble on a stone twice? I followed what he wanted because I had to."
Gao Kaitai received the secret order and was so choked up that he could not speak. Jin Shixiong next to him also shed tears, and the two veterans felt that their hearts were almost broken.
"If nothing unexpected happens¡¡"
The emperor said calmly: "Li Yuanshan's ambush will arrange a decisive battle west of Xiangcheng. He thinks that the troops I can bring are less than 600,000. His rebels, plus Luo Yao's troops, plus the Meng Yuan people's With the strength of the army, I will be defeated after three rounds of encirclement. In fact, he thought wrongly. I only brought 400,000 brave men What I am sorry for are those people. They all followed me to the northwest with the dream of serving the country, but they didn't know that I came from the beginning. I knew from the beginning that they would not be able to go back"
The emperor paused and suddenly said to Su Buwei: "I want to drink."
Su Buwei was about to say that he couldn't drink, but the emperor glared at him: "You still want to control me?"
Su Buwei felt bitter in his heart, turned around to get the wine and poured the emperor a glass. The emperor took a sip first, then tilted his neck and drank the wine in one gulp. After drinking, he coughed violently. But it happened that the smile on his face became brighter and brighter.
"I haven't had a drink for a long time, I'm hungry."
He smiled apologetically at Su Buwei: "I know that the servants privately call you Su's old dog, saying that you will bite anyone I point at This name is vulgar, but I think it means a compliment. Su Old dogyou have to die with me."
Su Buwei knelt on the ground with tears streaming down his face: "Slave, I will always serve His Majesty."
The emperor laughed loudly and raised his fingers to the sky: "My enemies all thought they could plot against me and that they were sure of victory. They underestimated me Li Yuanshan, Luo Yao, I can see all the plots and plots clearly. . But no one can see where my arrangements are. I will scare their boss when the time comes. No I will scare them to death!"