The Jagged Empire of Daqin

With the jade pendant and silver seal as evidence, Li Qi confirmed that Du Changjing set himself on fire and died, and immediately wrote a letter to the imperial court, revealing the whole story of the battle...

What no one knows is that in a certain dry well in Huang'an City, a man was huddled under the dry well wearing a red underwear. in grief.

Du Changjing lost his loved ones in a row, and suffered the severe setback of being beheaded all over his family. He felt sad, suddenly lost his mind, and lost his concentration. The past experiences were played backwards in his mind, recalling the smile of his loving mother, the kindness of his brothers and uncles. Kindness, and the strong and unyielding figure of his father.

In just two short months, everything was wiped out, everything seemed like a dream, so many sad things happened in one night...

Time passed slowly, and the days passed. After the Ever Victorious Army was annihilated by the Huang Ping'an Army, the Queen Mother Party of the Qin Empire, headed by Queen Mother Min, handed over the letter of credence to the court of the Jin Empire. Hedong, Huainan, and Wujin were cut off from the Jin Empire, hoping to maintain the good relations between Qin and Jin.

Because this incident was caused by Du Yi, Qin Min did not resist the court's cession of the land, thinking that the Qin Empire was really unreasonable to the world, and the cession of the land should be done, so the people vented their anger and anger on Du Yi. There are countless people who curse Duyi.

The Jin people also extinguished their anger because of the Qin Empire's cession of land for compensation, and the conflict between the two countries quickly disappeared, and the friendship between Qin and Jin returned to its original state...

In the middle hall of Xianyang Palace, Yingchang stood under the territory map of the Great Qin Empire with his hands behind his back, looking at the territory map expressionlessly. Ever since he learned that the Qin Empire cut two counties and one pass to compensate the Jin Empire, Yingchang's heart seemed to be abused. The knife was stabbed twice hard, and blood was dripping from my heart.

Huainan in the east of the river is lost, the border of Shangyang County has become the border of the country, and the inner pass of Yangguan has also become a border pass. Xianyang is less than two hundred miles away from the territory of the Jin Empire. This distance, what is the difference with others putting a knife at the throat the difference.

tread... tread...

There was a sound of light footsteps, and Ying Chang quickly showed his timid appearance, and immediately turned around to see several court ladies coming. This kind of court ladies were still holding wooden trays in their hands, and the wooden trays contained delicious dishes.

It's time for lunch.

"The old man wants to see the queen mother!"

"Teacher, the Empress Dowager is with you on urgent matters, please forgive me!"

At the same time, outside Ganquan Palace, Qiu Yisheng leaned on a big wooden crutch and talked with a maid. Hearing what the maid said, Qiu Yisheng frowned slightly, and looked at the closed palace door with deep eyes.

"Forget it, I'm waiting here!" Qiu Yisheng nodded expressionlessly, and then the court lady immediately moved a chair and put it behind Qiu Yisheng.

After a while, the door of the palace finally opened, and Qiu Yisheng opened his eyes when he heard the movement, and saw Li Sanfang walking from the palace with a smile on his face, "Teacher, the Queen Mother is here!" Li Sanfang The editor salutes.

Qiu Yisheng nodded, got up from the chair, and walked slowly into the Oasis Palace. At this time, Empress Dowager Min was sitting on the golden chair with flushed cheeks, with a relaxed and enjoyable expression. Seeing that Qiu Yisheng had arrived, Empress Dowager Min couldn't help but He smiled and said, "I don't know what's the matter with Taifu, but he is in a hurry to meet Ai's family?"

Chapter 28 The Queen Mother's Plan!

Qiu Yisheng walked to the center of the hall, bowed to Empress Dowager Min, and then took a look at the hall. Empress Dowager Min immediately understood, and waved gently: "You all go down!"

"As ordered!"

All the maids and eunuchs saluted, and soon left Ganquan Palace, including Li Sanfang.

Seeing that the people had finished walking, Qiu Yisheng said: "Queen Mother, this old man feels that it is necessary to clean up the voices of opposition from the court, especially the Yang family army who controls the southwest border pass!"

The matter of Du Yi reminded Qiu Yisheng that although the government of the Great Qin Dynasty is now held in the hands of the Queen Mother, there is no shortage of ministers who are loyal to Qin in the court. People like Du Yi, there are no more and no less in the Great Qin Dynasty, the most dangerous It is the Yang family army. The Yang family army has a strength of [-] and controls the southwest border. If the same thing happened to the Changsheng army happened to the Yang family army, the consequences will definitely be more serious than the Changsheng army, so we have to guard against it!

Empress Dowager Min frowned slightly, and said with a worried expression: "The Ai family understands the meaning of the Taifu, but now that the case of Du Yi has just ended, and if another general is killed, Qin Min may be suspicious. The Ai family means that after a few days In the next year, wait until Du Yi's matter is completely calm, and then deal with them!"

"As long as the evidence is solid, I'm not afraid that you won't be able to stop Youyou's mouth!" Qiu Yisheng said with a firm expression.

"Could it be that the Taifu has a plan?" Empress Dowager Min's eyes lit up. She didn't want to destroy the Yang family and hold the military and political power of the Qin Empire tightly in her hands. Can't plan.

"If the old man's guess is right, it will be the little emperor's birthday in two months' time. The Empress Dowager will use the excuse of the little emperor's birthday banquet to summon the three tigers of the Yang family to Beijing for the banquet. As soon as they enter Xianyang, they will be wild beasts in prison and become our swordsmen." fish!" Qiu Yisheng said confidently.

Empress Dowager Min narrowed her eyes, thinking that this plan was good, but she already had doubts in her heart, so she couldn't help asking, "What if the three tigers of the Yang family don't come?"

"Whether they come or not is in our hands!" Qiu Yisheng said.

"Oh? Why?" Queen Mother Min couldn't understand.

"If they don't come, we will send people to publicize this matter, and everyone will know about it. At that time, some people will think that the three tigers of the Yang family are disrespectful to His Majesty, or that they have ghosts in their hearts and dare not enter Beijing. As long as we control public opinion , we won half the battle, and then we will find a reason to get rid of them, it will be very simple." Qiu Yisheng said with a smile, very satisfied with his plan.

"Okay, we will do as the Grand Tutor said!" Empress Dowager Min nodded in satisfaction.

After a period of time, Empress Dowager Min sent two real eunuchs to two passes in the southwest to deliver an order, ordering Yang Cheng, Yang Hu, and Yang Long to return to Xianyang to attend His Majesty's birthday banquet.

At night, in the bedroom of Xianyang Palace, Ying Chang sat cross-legged next to the iron cage, his small face wrinkled into a ball. Bai Qi in the cage saw Ying Chang's expression, and he couldn't help asking in doubt: "What's wrong with you? Is it because of the land cession?" about?"

Yingchang shook his head, and said with a sad tone: "The matter of the land cession is over, I won't worry about it. What I am worried about is that today the Queen Mother suddenly wants to hold a birthday banquet for me, and she also sent people to the two passes in the southwest. Inform the three tigers of the Yang family to return to Xianyang for the banquet."

"Are you worried that the queen mother is here for the three tigers of the Yang family?" Bai Qi asked.

"Well, it's not impossible!" Ying Chang said solemnly.

"Achang, I think you should live your life well now, don't think about it so much, the more you think about it, the more annoying you will be, and it won't do anything good. Listen to Ah Qi's advice, these things are waiting for you I'm thinking about it when I grow up!" Bai Qi's tone was full of pity, as if he couldn't bear to win the daily distress.

"Ha!" Ying Chang couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly, and said helplessly and sadly: "I think so too, but I am the emperor of the Great Qin Empire, and I have a heavy burden on me, which ordinary people can't understand. It is my right arm and right arm, and now the left arm is chopped off, and the right arm seems to be broken, so how can I sit idly by!"

Bai Qi fell silent, and after a little silence, he sighed softly: "It's a pity that I'm in a cage and can't help you, Ah Chang, do you think I'm useless?"

"How could it be, you are my best brother!" Yingchang's small face was full of determination, and his sparkling eyes were full of affection.

Bai Qi smiled, the scales on the corners of his mouth shrank, showing a chilling evil smile.

Yingchang got up from the ground, looked at the sky outside the window, as if he saw the bright starry sky thousands of miles away, his deep eyes were shining brightly, his gaze was extremely firm, his small hands clenched tightly, and a voice from his heart came out of his throat : "I have to act, otherwise time won't wait for me to become an adult!"

"Come on, you can do it!" Bai Qi in the cage clenched his fists to encourage him.

Yingchang had a confident smile on his face, but he didn't have any confidence in his heart. If he wants to seize power, the first step is to need soldiers. Win Chang died.

"Oh my god, my god, if someone else time travels to Goldfinger, why don't you give it to me!" Ying Chang sighed inwardly, feeling that God was too unfair.

If there is a golden finger, such as some kind of military system, the grass on the empress dowager's party's grave is three meters high, then they will be allowed to be presumptuous again and again.

Shengqin was on June [-]th, one month before Yingchang's fifth birthday banquet.

Nanguan, the Yang family army camp, and the commander's tent!

Seventeen captains and Yang Long gathered together in the tent, and Yang Cheng was sitting on the seat. At this time, Yang Cheng frowned, with a serious expression on his face. There was a rolled up golden silk imperial decree on the desk. Wei is full of worry.

Yang Cheng secretly took a deep breath, looked up at the crowd, "Do you have any opinions on His Majesty's birthday banquet?"

After the words fell, a captain named Fu Dong stepped forward, saluted with a solemn expression and replied: "General, the general feels different!"

"Tell me." Yang Cheng replied calmly.

"From the Queen Mother's decree calling General Chang Sheng back to Beijing, it can be seen that the Queen Mother is too suspicious. Now the Queen Mother wants to call the general back to Beijing for a banquet. It is by no means as simple as going to the banquet. The final proposal is to use the weight of the border to refuse to return to Beijing. Go to the banquet, after all, we didn't even go back to the late emperor's funeral!" Fu Dong said with a slight frown.

"Can this be the same? The funeral of the late emperor was because the late emperor had decreed that we should not return to Beijing without decree. Now that the queen mother has passed the imperial decree, if we do not return, what will the people of the world think of us?" Yang Cheng Said expressionlessly.

"Father, I think it's too dangerous to go back to Beijing. If the Queen Mother attacks us, what will we do with them?" Yang Long said worriedly.

Chapter 29 Knowing that it can't be done, but doing it!Three years in a flash!

"Okay, the old man already has an idea!" Yang Cheng said.

"I don't know what father's idea is?" The faces of Yang Long and many captains showed anticipation, and they all looked at Yang Cheng, who looked around the people in the account indifferently, and then said: "Go back to Beijing for the banquet! "

"What?" Everyone exclaimed in unison, their faces full of horror.

"Father, it's absolutely impossible. Didn't father listen to what we said just now?" Yang Long said anxiously.

"I implore the general to think twice!" All the captains bowed down and shouted together.

"Hey!"

Yang Chengcheng sighed, and there seemed to be more wrinkles on his face, only to hear Yang Cheng helplessly said: "Going to Xianyang, I don't know how dangerous it is, but as an important general of the Great Qin Dynasty, the head of the Yang family, today How can I not accept the decree, and besides, I feel very sorry for the late emperor who did not perform filial piety at the funeral, and at the same time the new emperor ascended the throne, and I have not seen him, out of love and reason, I should go to Beijing for the banquet!"

For Yang Cheng, as long as it does not harm Daqin's interests, he can accept any order, even if he knows that there is a fire pit ahead, he will jump into it without hesitation, perhaps, this is a pedantic person!

Next, everyone continued to beg Yang Cheng not to return to the capital, but Yang Cheng didn't listen at all, and drove them away, and then wrote a letter to Xiguan, and returned to Xianyang with two hundred cavalry the next day.

After Yang Hu received Yang Cheng's letter, he hesitated for a while, and returned to Xianyang with a hundred cavalry.

As soon as the three tigers of the Yang family returned to Xianyang, the Queen Mother did not act, but after Yingchang's birthday banquet, Queen Mother Min acted.

Since the Yang family controls [-] Yang family troops, Empress Dowager Min dared not kill them directly, so she chose confinement and punished Yang Cheng, Yang Long, and Yang Hu to face their mistakes at home on the grounds that Yang Cheng did not attend the funeral of the late emperor. Huai led three thousand Imperial Forest Army to surround Yang Mansion.

Confinement is only the first step. The second step of Empress Dowager Min is to send her cronies to take over the defense at the two passes in the southwest, and control the Yang family army in her own hands. Resistance has to be accepted.

Out of the six generals in the Great Qin, five have already been lost, and the only one, Wei Huai, is the Empress Dowager. Now, Empress Dowager Min is truly in control of the military power of the entire Great Qin, and the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable to Ying Chang.

Fast forward three years, July [-]th in the third year of Shengqin!

Three years have passed, and Yingchang is eight years old. During these three years, the loyal and good ministers in the court died, and retired. No one dared to refute a word from Queen Mother Min, and the wind of corruption in the court roared. Come, Daqin is getting worse day by day.

Yang Cheng also died of depression a year ago. After Yang Cheng's death, Yang Long and Yang Hu's psychological defenses were destroyed in an instant, and his temperament changed drastically. Xiaoge drank heavily every night, and no longer cared about military affairs.

In the Qilin Hall, Ying Chang was wearing a black dragon robe, with his temples hanging down, and a golden hairpin on his head. He sat on the dragon chair and looked around at the officials. Behind the dragon chair, there was a translucent curtain. In the curtain, Empress Dowager Min sat upright. Inside, listen to the government behind the curtain!

"If there is something to do, let's go back to court!" Li Sanfang, the head of the palace standing next to Yingchang, shouted loudly!

"I have something to announce!"

In his sixties, Tang Zemin, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, slowly walked out of the official queue with a cane, holding a small bamboo board in his hand, which is also called a wat board.

Ying Chang couldn't help but feel relieved to see Tang Zemin. Today's court officials, only Tang Zemin and the official secretary Chang Zifei are imperial party members.

It is also a miracle that the two of them can survive to this day. This miracle is also the result of their prudence. Except for going out once in court, they dare not go out at all during the rest of the time, and they dare not talk to people casually. Empress Dowager Min seized the opportunity. Over the years, there were not a few ministers whose heads were beheaded because they said something they shouldn't have said. New officials were added to the court almost every three or four months.

The newly added officials have traitors and loyalties, but these loyalties will soon turn into traitors. In fact, most people have an ambition to serve the world, serve the country, honor their ancestors, and honor their ancestors when they enter the officialdom or the court, but because the weather in the court is dirty, Gradually lost mind, drifting with the tide.

"Play!" Empress Dowager Min's voice came from the curtain.

"Your Majesty and Empress Dowager, I am old and unable to do what I want. I implore Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, to allow this old minister to return to his hometown!" Tang Zemin bowed slightly and said in salute.

Chang Zifei, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, stared at Tang Zemin with an incredulous look on his face, as if asking again, Old Tang, did you just abandon me like this?What about fighting together?

What Chang Zifei didn't know was that Tang Zemin's heart was already dead, because he couldn't see hope, and people would do their best only when they hoped. I saw hope in my body, but I only saw Ying Chang who was as timid as a mouse.

If he is still young, he will last ten or eight years at most, but he is old, already sixty years old, and he has to walk with a cane.

"Is there another one missing?" Ying Chang was indifferent on the surface, but his heart was overwhelmed. There were only two loyal court officials left, and now there was one less.

"Oh?"

Empress Dowager Min's eyes lit up inside the curtain, and there was a gleam of joy in her eyes. She hated Tang Zemin and Chang Zifei for a day or two. Without revealing the slightest flaw, they would have been killed long ago.

"Since Tang Aiqing is old, the Ai family is not forced to stay, let's go!" Queen Mother Min said calmly.

"Thank you, Queen Mother!" Tang Zemin leaned down slightly, and then raised his head to take a deep look at Yingchang. Seeing Yingchang's timid and cowardly appearance, Tang Zemin felt helpless and pained, and wanted to scream at the sky and scold the old man. The sky is not fair, there is a sage king in the Great Jin Dynasty in the East, when will the Great Qin Dynasty in the West be a sage king?

"Forget it, the old man is too impatient!"

Tang Zemin secretly sighed again, feeling that he should not pin his hopes on an eight-year-old child, he is still so young, what does he know, maybe, this is fate, maybe after the rain, the Great Qin will rise like the sun!

The corner of Wei Huai's mouth curled up, he glanced at Tang Zemin, and then sneered, "Master Tang, be careful all the way here!"

This sentence, anyone with a discerning eye can hear the full threat.

"Alas!" Chang Zifei couldn't help lamenting. Since ancient times, only a few of those who hold high positions can die well. With the current situation in the Great Qin Dynasty, Tang Zemin will undoubtedly die when he resigns, because he knows too much. What his hometown said, with his reputation, many villagers in his hometown would believe it.

Chapter 30 Assassin?

Words were spread to ten, ten to hundreds, and the Queen Mother's party would definitely be worried that "rumors" that would be unfavorable to them would be spread. In addition, the Queen Mother's party hated Tang Zemin so much that he would die if he resigned.

"Haha!" Tang Zemin laughed loudly, but was not intimidated by Wei Huai.

With this loud laugh, Empress Dowager Min, Wei Huai, and Qiu Yisheng all frowned, and the rest of the military officials even smelled a rush of rain.

"Prime Minister, since you made your words clear, I can't bear it anymore. If you raise your head, you will be stabbed, and if you shrink your head, you will be stabbed. You will die. I might as well die in pain!" Tang Zemin said with awe-inspiring face.

At this moment, Tang Zemin, who was sixty years old, seemed to have returned to the time when he was in high spirits 30 years ago. He straightened his back, looked at Ying Chang on the dragon chair with the momentum of a second-rank minister, and respectfully saluted: "Qi Your Majesty, Prime Minister Wei Huai and the Empress Dowager formed a clique for personal gain, framed 26 loyal ministers of our Great Qin, and imprisoned the father and son of Yang Cheng, a meritorious general, which seriously damaged the foundation of our Great Qin. I beg your Majesty to grant the death of the Prime Minister, the Queen Mother, and this Qiu Yisheng. , It’s not a good thing, he used to be the Taifu of the Jin Emperor, and now he is coming to Daqin to be the Taifu, his intentions are well known to the world, please Your Majesty order the death of the Empress Dowager Prime Minister!”

"presumptuous!"

With a roar and a "swipe", Wei Huai pulled out the sword from his waist and flashed in front of Tang Zemin at an extremely fast speed. While breathing, a line of blood appeared on Tang Zemin's throat, followed by a spurt of blood, and the scarlet blood spattered Wei Huai's whole body.

Boom!With a muffled sound, Tang Zemin's body was weak and he fell backwards.

dead!

"Ah!" Yingchang screamed with horror on his face, got up directly from the dragon chair, ran and crawled into the curtain, hugged Queen Mother Min, and cried, "Blood, there is blood, Empress, I'm afraid, I'm afraid!"

Empress Dowager Min gently held Yingchang in her arms, and patted Yingchang on the back comfortingly, "Don't be afraid, my son, your uncle is dealing with treacherous ministers for you. You have to remember in the future, all ministers who scold your mother , are all treacherous ministers, if one kills the other, you must not be merciful, you know?"

"I see..." Yingchang's voice was about the size of a mosquito, and it was so frightened that the voice became quieter.

Wu Baiguan looked at this scene, and he didn't slow down for a long time. After slowing down, Wu Baiguan subconsciously took two steps back, his face turned pale, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Wei Huai looked around the group of officials with killing intent in his eyes, and said coldly: "Tang Zemin spouted blood and talked nonsense. He deserves death. The truth has brought him to justice. Do you have any objections?"

After the words fell, all the officials bowed their heads under the pressure. Only Chang Zifei clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and his eyes were full of hatred. Wei Huai's attention was also on Chang Zifei. Seeing Chang Zifei's angry expression, he couldn't help sneering Said: "Don't you have any objections, sir? Do you also want to swear at Tang Zemin?"

Chang Zifei struggled inwardly, and finally replied blankly: "Don't dare!"

Chang Zifei still doesn't want to die now, he is young, and he can still fight hard, as long as there is still a glimmer of hope, he will persevere to the end, who knows who will have the last laugh?

"Haha!" Wei Huai smiled triumphantly, beckoned to several imperial guards outside the main hall, and dragged Tang Zemin's body out.

"Let's come here today, retreat!" Empress Dowager Min's cold voice came.