Devil’s Advent

He Ji's pork shop didn't open this month, and the lard bibimbap shop run by He's daughter-in-law also stopped for a few days.

Ever since the news that the emperor was seriously ill and that King Pingxi was appointed as the regent of Dayan to support his orphans spread to the people, the old He family stopped killing pigs.

If you don't kill pigs, you will naturally have no pork to sell, let alone your own lard.

Not only that,

Old He Tou, He Chu, and his grandson He Fu, the three men in the family, did not do other things all day long. They invited a statue of the Medicine King Bodhisattva to hang at home, and the three of them began to eat fast and pray for blessings.

In fact, the old Yan people have a lot of affection for the Ji family;

The royal family of Dayan, whether it was leading the Yan people to fight bloody battles in the past, or commanding the Yan army to expand the territory when the first emperor, regardless of these constant dramas inside the royal family but not known to the bottom, at least in the eyes of the people of Yan Among them, their emperor, the royal family surnamed Ji, has always been the sky above their heads.

But... Bihe doesn't think that's the case, does she?

To know,

She is the only one whose family name is Ji.

Today, Grandpa Bihe is here.

knock on the door,

The granddaughter opened the door.

Walk into the yard to see the layout, and then see my grandson-in-law kneeling there with his father, my great-grandson lying next to the two fathers and sleeping, there are altars for offerings in the yard, and the hanging statue of Medicine King Bodhisattva burns in front of him. Fragrant.

This is……

The old Guangtou didn't know, so he went to the shop to find someone and found that the shop was closed. He thought there was something wrong at home, but who knew it had been closed for so long, so he had to come and see for himself.

After all, he is a senior, and he usually drinks some wine and chats with Old He Tou outside. The two brothers are fine, they are quite at ease anyway, but if he enters someone's house, he will be a step behind Old He Tou. He is old, so he is not willing to come to the door unless it is really necessary.

They said they wanted to pray for His Majesty. Bihe replied.

Forehead……

The old broad-headed bit his lips, and tears immediately dripped down.

Crack!

He slapped the two of them loudly across the face, startling Bihe beside him.

Granddaughter, your husband's family may be from a butcher, but you know more about etiquette than Gaomen Guidi. Grandpa, I have lived like a dog at my age.

The greatly moved old Guangtou also knelt there and joined the praying team.

He belongs to the clan, which is different from his granddaughter. When the granddaughter grew up, she only had the name of the clan. When Lao Guangtou was young, the family still had a certain clan atmosphere;

Furthermore, his eldest son is an official outside, and his youngest son is also Bihe's father. The more he worked as an errand in the palace in the past two years, the better.

Old He Tou and He Chu turned their heads to look at Old Guangtou who was kneeling on one side, they had no energy left to speak;

No matter how short the children of the butcher's family are, as long as the business is still alive, it is impossible to stop eating meat. Therefore, after eating fast for so long, both father and father showed obvious vegetable color on their faces.

But what can be done about this, who knows that the body of his son-in-law (sister-in-law) will collapse all at once;

That's all they can do

up.

Compared with ordinary people's homes, the real high-level figures can do a lot.

But because King Pingxi was named the Regent, which is comparable to Dinghaishenzhen, and it stands here, this also makes most people have to cast a slap in the face.

There are movements, but they are very restrained.

Dayan is just at the beginning of a new round of changes, and the collision of power centers is just around the corner. No matter how pure a minister is, it's hard to just sit there and do nothing.

Someone is for the next position, to cater to the reign of the regent king;

Someone, for the sake of the prince's next safety, to survive the turbulent period after His Majesty's death;

Some people, out of the consideration of the Ji family, hoped that the regent's tentacles could be reduced as much as possible in the changing situation, and some soft rules should be established in advance;

For myself, for the country, and for the Ji family, there are all;

Those who are really going straight to die are actually very few, and they basically move their bodies within the scope allowed by the rules.

But none of this really makes sense,

A new round of cleaning has actually begun.

During this month, whether you do it or not, whether you do it out of line or your duty, whether you are sensible or impulsive, it doesn't count.

Not every emperor can have a sensitive period when he is about to death. Most of the emperors have a vacuum of power before their death. Ordinarily, otherwise there would be no all-out war between the princelings and the Liuye Party.

Of course, no emperor would be willing to use his own beng as a pit, and this pit is not used as a trap to lure people into it, but to stand next to the roll call, and you will be you, saying that you are in the pit where you have to jump yourself;

Do not jump?

OK,

Then let your whole family enter the pit with you.

This period is too sensitive, so sensitive that whether it is to the current people or to history books, the emperor and the court can have sufficient reasons to explain it.

Worthless in the folk customs, and then worthy in the history, as the authority of the emperor in the world, you can do it in a real sense...to act recklessly.

During this period of time, Lu Bing transformed into the living king of Hades, the prison was opened, and the fans began to break into the door to arrest officials and put them in prison. The same scene was repeated in various parts of Dayan.

The secret agent, who has been criticized for being inferior to the Silver Armor Guard and Phoenix Nest Internal Guard, finally showed his ferocious fangs this time, although it was internal.

...

in the back garden,

The blind man made tea and handed the cup to the Lord.

My lord, do you know that these days, the capital is very lively.

I know. Zheng Fan nodded.

There are some things that subordinates shouldn't have said.

If someone else said this in front of me, I would probably reply: Then don't say it. Since you are blind, you can say it.

Thank you, Lord.

The blind man straightened his cuffs,

road;

When the emperor first came to the throne, everything was focused on maintaining stability, trying to make his dragon chair as stable as possible, and at the same time, he began to implement his new policies.

Although the battle caused by Liangdi almost disrupted the rhythm in the middle, but because of your coming out of the mountain, the Lord, the situation finally calmed down.

Now, the emperor has been on the throne for more than two years and almost three years. In fact, looking ahead, apart from you, the Lord, Jindong, and Dayan, there is no other force that dares to form a group to resist the will of the emperor;

But the emperor was still not satisfied. The storm caused by Lu Bing this time was a party struggle started by the emperor himself.

If he wants to install his favorite officials, he needs to vacate a lot of positions, he needs to implement his will, and he needs the entire country to be in his hands, like his fingers.

A normal emperor can sit on the Diaoyutai by himself, watch the party struggles and fights below, and act as a referee by himself, and he can already be called a very powerful emperor.

But ours is obviously not enough, he has to be the referee, and he has to play the next game.

This is the unity of the parties, and this circle belongs to the emperor himself. He not only wants to be the emperor on top, but also has to be his own prime minister.

Zheng Fan stretched out his hand and gently turned the edge of the teacup,

road:

Is there any problem with these? For future wars, this is the only way for Yan to accumulate enough power in the next few years.

In fact, recuperation, especially for a country, has always been a false proposition, because there is also an efficiency involved.

A capable bureaucratic system can move resources to where they are most needed to achieve results. On the contrary, it is like a ditch that has been in disrepair. No matter how much water comes in, it can be dissipated midway.

Jindong has developed from a piece of white land to now being able to take out more than 100,000 cavalry alone to fight against Chu State with one place. The system built by Blind Man and Siniang from Shengle City has made great contributions.

Now, Ji Chengjue also wants to improve and evolve the efficiency of the state machinery on this basis, and Zheng Fan knows this.

What the subordinate wants to tell you, the master, is not about the general plan, because the subordinate is clear, and the master, you actually understand these things very well.

Then what do you want to say?

The capital city is the land of Dayan Longan. Why is Lu Bing able to act so recklessly, with great fanfare, without any backlash?

Because I'm here.

Yes, but not only, because from the outside world, the emperor may have passed away. Lu Bing is not listening to the emperor's orders, but to... Your lord, the regent of Dayan, Eliminating dissidents.

Zheng Fan frowned slightly.

My lord took Tiantian to pay homage to the Tian family's ancestral grave a while ago. As a family member, I naturally know that your worship, my lord, must be a real worship. of perfection.

But every move of the superior, even if it is a true temperament, but in the eyes of the people below, it is also a political signal, just like the emperor offering sacrifices to heaven.

King Jingnan once did not hesitate to destroy the whole family to promote the destruction of the Dayan clan.

What is the regent going to worship at this time to express?

Those who follow me prosper and those who oppose me perish,

I will follow the example of King Jingnan, and I will destroy anyone who stands in my way, at all costs...everything.

With your current size, the Lord,

The loyalty of the cavalry in Eastern Jin, the reputation of the Great Yan Army God, the political aura of the first emperor who personally appointed the regent, and the label of King Jingnan...

It was enough to make the entire Dayan officialdom tremble.

The emperor avoided the key position of the head, especially after the cabinet was established. On the basis that the emperor has fully grasped it, it is equivalent to this snake, whose head has been stuck, and is still trembling with fright. How to graffiti on the scales is just based on one's mood.

Zheng Fan took another sip of tea.

My lord, you have been treated like a knife.

Is it.

In the name of your lord, you stand on the opposite side of the entire Yan State bureaucracy. In short, what you lose is the large group of people who might have been watching the show when they rebelled in the future.

The emperor is Ji Laoliu in front of you, my lord;

But the emperor, after all, is the emperor.

In comparison, it was too direct and too cruel for Real Madrid to step into the door first. This person's method can be described as extremely clever and artistic. After the matter is done, the infamy has nothing to do with him.

The blind man stood up,

road;

My subordinates are not saying this to provoke the relationship between you and the emperor, in fact, this subordinate does not think that the emperor intends to use you as a knife on purpose.

Just like sheep have to eat grass and fish have to swim in water, the emperor... this kind of creature, he does things based on a kind of instinct, a kind of reason, the better the emperor, the more real meaning The lonely on the road.

The lonely here is an adjective.

The subordinates also know that what you and the emperor are thinking now, the lord, is to unify the Xias; the subordinates believe that the emperor can do this, and after another three or four years, the war preparations of the Yan Kingdom will be completed. Should be able to save to a satisfactory degree.

but,

The subordinate also has a request.

Zheng Fan looked at the blind man;

The blind man laughed,

Actually, the master knows exactly what the subordinate's request is, because the subordinate knows that the master has never forgotten the basic rules that need to be paid attention to when making friends with creatures like the emperor.

I know.

Then the subordinate is finished.

The blind man bent down and bowed down.

If this is a game, the first half may be to unify the Xia, and the second half, if you get tired of playing, you still have a son, I can take your son and continue playing;

The premise is that

You can't beat the pot.

A while ago, Ji Laoliu took me to sit on the dragon chair and risked his life to have my skull cut off, the wind was a bit too noisy.

Went to the ancestral grave of the Tian family and looked at the graves;

relieve greasy.

talking,

Zheng Fan also stood up,

laughed:

In the end, many of those who scold Cao Mengde want to be Cao Mengde; those who admire King Jingnan, how many really want to be King Jingnan?

...

When Zheng Fan saw the emperor, the emperor had already put on a wig and was sitting in a wheelchair properly.

Going out? Zheng Fan asked.

It's boring. The emperor was playing with a snuff bottle in his hand.

You are not suitable to use this now. Zheng Fan reminded.

empty.

oh.

Surnamed Zheng, you are tired, push me out for a walk.

Zheng Fan came over and pushed the wheelchair.

Actually, there is really nothing comfortable about sitting in a wheelchair. Those who push the wheelchair can see better scenery. The wheelchair itself is the scenery, including the people on it.

Zheng Fan shook his head: That's not necessarily true.

You savor it carefully.

Zheng Fan closed his eyes, and after a while, he said, I still think it's too far away.

The emperor was a little puzzled at first, but then he came to his senses and scolded:

Damn it, you are pushing me, who are you comparing me with!

hehe.

Your surname is Zheng, you are too nasty.

It's not obscene, it's elegant. It's like sitting at the corner of a troubled street, wearing brocade clothes, sitting in front of a small stall and eating small wontons while listening to the hustle and bustle;

Pushing the emperor, he was thinking about the girls in the red curtains. This kind of contrast is not vulgar and elegant.

It's like in the picture of beauty drawn by Yuan Tuge for you?

You still remember?

I had someone copy it and brought it back to Beijing.

Is the waist no longer hurting? The legs are no longer sore? Is it a pity?

Hey, we are tired, and it's not that we have been purified. Even if we are purified, we can't say that we can't look at it.

Eunuch Wei who accompanied him showed a cooperative smile on his face.

The back garden is huge, and it is the core area of ​​the back garden that is really protected airtight. It is difficult to cover all the beautiful gardens around it, unless a large number of soldiers and horses are really mobilized to encircle this place into an army camp. What about the scenery?

Zheng Fan, do you want to give me the title of Prince Regent? the emperor asked.

Don't worry about it. Zheng Fan smiled, If you don't keep it all, there will be no surprises.

brute.

Pay attention to your body and try to live longer. Although the tumor in your brain has been removed, you should do more health maintenance on weekdays. Without me, you will not live a long life.

Eunuch Wei on the side and Zhang Banban on the other side have long been numb to the children's words between the prince and the emperor.

I know, I want to live well. I used to complain about why my father rushed to do everything. Now it's my turn. To be honest, you let me prepare for the business just to pave the way for the next one, even if it's me I'm still reluctant to pave the way for my son to pass on his career, why?

Zheng Fan nodded and said, So, you have two sons now, take it easy in the future.

You, a man with four wives, are here to persuade a man with only two wives to take it easy?

We are different.

It's hard for you. Every time you talk to me, you have to wipe honey on your little mouth first.

It's necessary to have the etiquette that should be given.

At this time,

Pushing the wheelchair, Zheng Fan came to a small bridge and stopped.

There were people on the bridge, so naturally it couldn't be an assassin, but a group of cabinet ministers headed by Mr. Mao plus... the six ministers and other senior officials.

They should have received orders in advance and were called here;

Originally, they thought it was the regent who called them to discuss... the emperor's funeral;

result,

They saw the emperor sitting in a wheelchair, looking very good, and it was completely different from the big banquet!

Your servants will kowtow to my emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!

It can be said that tears filled everyone's eyes. After all, they were already mentally prepared to face the dark years of the Regent's rule.

Tears are true.

However, after all, they are all the real elites of a country, and they immediately thought of a question, if His Majesty's dragon body recovered, then who ordered Lu Bing to send out his followers these days to grab people?

The emperor put his hands on his knees,

Looking at his core courtiers in front of him,

smiled,

road:

I would like to apologize to all of you. I thought I couldn't make it through. Who knew that the regent invited a miracle doctor to cure me, and made my lovers worry.

I dare not wait!

The minister is in fear!

God bless Your Majesty, God bless Yan!

Originally, my illness got better, so I wanted to rest in the back garden for a while, but the regent told me that this fellow Lu Bing has been doing more and more things during this period of time. separated.

Wei Zhonghe.

The slave is here.

I passed on my decree, Lu Bing took power, and his crime is heinous. Immediately cut off all of Lu Bing's positions, and confiscated the Lu family. The ancestors of the Lu family will be resettled, and the rest of the Lu family will be imprisoned.

The slave obeys the order.

In addition, another decree will be sent to tell the officials in the capital and localities who have been transferred and imprisoned by the Secret Service Secretary that it is the regent who intercedes to save them from Lu Bing's black hands.

I thought they were frightened, so I agreed to stay at home for recuperation, and the salary was paid as usual, so that I could cultivate for three months. What happened to Lu Bing was my negligence, and I had to make up for them.

After three months of being unemployed at home, even if the officials were reinstated for three months, there would be no place for them in the yamen.

This is also the reason why many officials, even if their parents are dead, hope to get Duoqing and not return to their hometown Ding You;

When people leave, the tea must be cold. After leaving the place, it is too difficult to come back.

All the ministers said in unison;

Your Majesty is merciful!

Your Majesty is merciful!

Prince Regent, push me around again.

Zheng Fan pushed the emperor along the small river.

Aren't you moved? the emperor asked.

Ah.

If I don't say anything or do anything, all these accounts will have to be settled on your head. At that time, I will recover from my serious illness and stop the maddened regent in time.

Again,

Drive the regent back to Jindong, tsk tsk tsk, what a show.

In fact, I thought about doing this, but I felt that I was at a loss. The surname Zheng, you can do it this time, really plan to take the blame for me without saying anything?

Too lazy to say.

Fine.

The emperor extended his palm, five fingers;

then,

Then he bent down one of the fingers to make four.

At the beginning, before the emperor's death, he ordered Zhenbei King and Jingnan King to break the barbarian's centuries-old backbone.

four years,

four years,

Give me another four years.

Zheng Fan,

My brothers,

Let the whole Zhuxia change a color!

You come,

Choose a color, which one do you think looks better?

black.

The end of this volume.