The Jagged Empire of Daqin

After the court dispersed, Empress Dowager Min passed on a decree, asking Wei Huai to take people to copy the Tang Mansion. Surprisingly, Wei Huai searched the Tang Mansion all over again, and the total amount of money was only ten taels. , so that the people in the city can't help but sigh, and some people even don't believe that the family of the second-rank minister of the dignified dynasty has less than ten taels of silver.

Although the people knew that Tang Zemin had always been clean and honest, they did not expect to be so clean...

Tonight, Empress Dowager Min invited Qiu Yisheng and Wei Huai into the Ganquan Palace for a drink, as if celebrating today's victory, or having a secret conversation.

In fact, Tang Zemin and Chang Zifei were just two annoying flies to Empress Dowager Min, and they couldn't do her any harm. Only Chang Zi was left to fly a fly, and he couldn't stand the strong wind and waves!

The death of Tang Zemin was a sad news for the Great Qin Empire and a sad...

At night, Ying often told Bai Qi what happened, confide in his heart, and then went to bed as usual.

Three quarters of ugly time!

The moon was dark and the wind was high, and the city was silent.

In Xianyang Palace, Ying Chang had already fallen asleep, and Bai Qi curled up into a ball and fell asleep. Suddenly, Bai Qi seemed to hear some trouble, and immediately woke up, and shouted at Ying Chang who was sleeping: "A Chang, Ah Chang!"

Yingchang lived in a crisis for a long time, slept very lightly, and woke up easily. When he heard Bai Qi's cry, Yingchang woke up on the spot, turned his head to look at Bai Qi in the iron cage, and his tone was full of doubts. Asked: "What's wrong?"

Bai Qi narrowed his eyes, his scaly ears squirmed slightly, as if he was listening to something, Bai Qi listened to the movement outside, and replied softly: "Someone has broken into the palace, he is a master, he is flying over the eaves and walls, not good , is coming this way!"

"what?"

Yingchang was slightly startled, and he believed Bai Qi's words, because Bai Qi's hearing was very good, and he could hear subtle voices a hundred steps away.

"Break into the palace in the middle of the night and come this way. This is obviously aimed at me. What should I do? Should I call someone?" Ying Chang was quite panicked. He was worried that it was an assassin who came to kill him. After all, Queen Mother Min has been doing evil outside for several years, almost all using her own name.

Bai Qi raised his hand to signal Ying Chang to be quiet, with a serious expression on his face, Ying Chang stopped talking, and looked out of the window quite nervously, after a few breaths, Bai Qi breathed a sigh of relief, "Don't panic, I didn't If you feel the killing intent, it means that he is not here to assassinate you, you should pretend to be asleep first, remember, you have to pretend to be natural, otherwise a master like him will easily detect you!"

"Pretending to be asleep?" Ying Chang was taken aback for a moment, and then he didn't think about it so much. He immediately followed what Bai Qi said, pretending to be naturally sleepy, acting or something, Ying Chang can say that he wants to be the second in the world. , no one dares to be the first.

Ying often pretends to be asleep, and Bai Qi also pretends to be asleep. They are both god-like acting skills. There is no way, they are all forced out by life.

After a while, the palace gate of Xianyang Palace was slowly pushed open, and the two maids and two eunuchs guarding the palace gate fainted to the ground. The man in black stepped over the threshold. The man in black was tall and straight, with sharp eyes and a plain long sword in his left hand.

Chapter 31 The first appearance!

The man in black walked into Xianyang Palace, then turned around and gently closed the palace door. After closing the palace door, the man in black walked cautiously towards the right hall. His steps were fast, but he didn't make a sound, as if a ghost was parading.

After the man in black walked into Yingchang's sleeping hall, he looked around the hall, as if to see if there was anything unusual. When the man in black saw Bai Qi in the iron cage, he couldn't help raising his brows, secretly marveling in his heart, what a worldly thing. There are no wonders, even this kind of humanoid scale beast.

It's really strange, how could this kind of strange beast be placed in His Majesty's bedroom?The man in black was full of doubts, not sure why he put this thing here.

Questions are questions, the man in black didn't dwell on this question, he had more important things to do.

The man in black walked cautiously towards the position of the dragon couch. When he saw Yingchang, an eight-year-old child sleeping on the couch, the man in black showed a complicated look in his eyes. Your Majesty, I hope you are a wise king, a holy king, Those who can help [-] ever-victorious soldiers to rehabilitate are not rebels, but warriors!

That's right, the man in black is Du Changjing. Three years ago, he hid in a dry well and survived. After the Jin army retreated, he fled to the mountains next to Wujin to practice martial arts. After three years of hard work, he finally succeeded. Step to perfection!

If this speed is learned by martial arts practitioners, they will be extremely shocked. It only took three years to go from the peak to half-step perfection. No. 1 in ancient and modern times, but who knows how much he has paid to become strong?

He entered the palace this time to fulfill one of the missions his father entrusted to him, to let His Majesty know the cause and effect of that incident.

Du Changjing reached into his bosom, took out a rolled up imperial decree, and carefully placed it next to Yingchang's pillow. As soon as Yingchang woke up, he would see the imperial decree.

Du Changjing didn't dare to wake Yingchang, worried that Yingchang would be frightened and shouted. After all, it was rumored that the little emperor was as timid as a mouse. There are still quite a lot of masters in the field.

"Your Majesty" Du Changjing called softly, bowed down with a very respectful expression and made a big salute, then turned and left..

"Since General Du is here, why did he leave again? Don't you want to talk to me for a moment?"

A slightly immature voice sounded from behind Du Changjing. Hearing the words, Du Changjing turned pale with fright, his eyes suddenly stared, his eyes were full of horror, Du Changjing turned around slowly, and when he saw Ying Chang sitting on the dragon couch, Looking at himself with a half-smile, still holding the imperial decree in his hand, Du Changjing's body was trembling at this moment.

"Your Majesty...you..." Du Changjing was so startled that he couldn't speak smoothly, he didn't know whether he was surprised or frightened.

For Du Changjing, Yingchang's move is really incredible. An eight-year-old child can speak so sophisticatedly, as if he is an upright and mature man with great ambitions to swallow mountains and rivers.

"I know that General Du must have a lot of questions, so I give the general three chances to ask questions!" Ying Chang looked indifferent, with a smile in his tone.

"I...I..." Du Changjing was still in a daze, and didn't know what to say. What happened now was beyond his expectations, let alone that Ying Chang knew his identity.

After a while, Du Changjing digested everything that had happened, but he still looked at Yingchang with incredulity, not only incredulity, but also doubts.

"How did His Majesty know my identity?"

The corners of Ying Chang's mouth curled up, and he replied in a neutral tone: "There are always two types of people who break into the palace late at night, the first type is assassins, and the second type, those who have a clear purpose, have to enter the palace. , you sneaked into Xianyang Palace, instead of killing me, you gave me an imperial decree, which I glanced at just now, it was an imperial decree passed on to the old general Du Yi, and based on this, I deduce that you are Du Changjing!"

"Of course, you can't be sure of your identity based on this alone. There is another point. Ever since the Changsheng Army and Huang'an City were annihilated, the Jin Empire sent back the body of General Du Yi and your "corpse" , My queen mother, in order to frighten the officials, hung the corpses of your father and son at the Meridian Gate, and invited all the military officials and me to watch!"

"I saw the bodies of both of you father and son with my own eyes at that time. Except for the face of old general Du Yi, I could recognize your face. I couldn't recognize whether you were Du Changjing or not. The queen mother also doubted this. However, the Jin Empire is very sure that the corpse is yours, and she will be skeptical!"

"At first, I also thought you were dead, but now, I am [-]% sure that you are General Xiaoqi, Du Changjing. Although I have never met you, it does not hinder my guess!"

After Du Changjing heard these words, his brain was buzzing. It is really unbelievable. He is only eight years old, and he has already guessed his identity. He still speaks so old-fashionedly. ?

Du Changjing took off his face scarf and head scarf, revealing his white hair, then knelt down on one knee and saluted solemnly and respectfully: "Your Majesty's wisdom is like a monster, I will admire it in the end!"

Ying Chang could see Du Changjing's face and that white hair clearly. As a man, he couldn't help admiring. Du Changjing is really handsome, handsome and unrestrained. Yushu Linfeng was talking about him, but the white hair , why haven't I heard of...

However, it is not difficult to guess that in ancient times, Xiao Lang had gray hair overnight because of his love, the whole family in Duchangjing was beheaded, his father died in battle, and the entire Changsheng army was wiped out. It is a triple blow, so it is strange that his hair is not gray.

Yingchang jumped off the dragon couch, walked slowly to Du Changjing, stretched out a pair of small hands to lift Du Changjing's thick arms, Du Changjing couldn't help being moved, and endless hope arose in his heart, the eight-year-old Your Majesty knows how to bestow favors, and you will get it in the future. It seems that it is a wise choice for your father to let him live.

"Your Majesty, the [-] soldiers of the Ever Victorious Army have never knelt before His Majesty, let the last general kneel now, and pay homage to His Majesty on behalf of all the soldiers of the Ever Victorious Army!" Du Changjing said with a very respectful expression.

After hearing this sentence, Ying Chang was very satisfied with what Du Changjing said. Why?Because Yingchang is only eight years old, and he is not half as tall as Du Changjing. If Du Changjing is standing, Yingchang needs to look up to him. The topic of the army.

"The destruction of the Ever-Victorious Army made me lament endlessly. However, the government was controlled by my mother. I was powerless and could only look at the sky and cry. I hope that the generals will not blame me. Now I know the cause and effect. After regaining the imperial power in the future, I will definitely do it for you." The soldiers of the Changsheng Army have been rehabilitated, and the [-] soldiers and the Du family will be innocent!" Ying Chang's expression was firm, and his tone was filled with regret.

Chapter 32 Plan!

When Du Changjing heard the words, his eyes couldn't help getting moist. He lived in this world, didn't he just want to hear His Majesty's words?With this sentence, all the grievances suffered before are worthwhile, and the soldiers who died in battle will not die in vain.

The moved Du Changjing knelt down on the ground, kowtowed towards Yingchang, and said gratefully with trembling lips: "The last general is here to thank the emperor for the whole army. Don't worry, Your Majesty, the whole army of Changsheng Army knows This matter was done by the Demon Empress, and I will never blame His Majesty, I am afraid that Your Majesty will have a hard time in the palace!"

His Majesty is obviously a young sage, wise as a monster, but his reputation outside is in a mess. It can be seen how much His Majesty paid to keep the Demon Queen from being suspicious!

"Ha!" Ying Chang smiled wryly, "You're right. Since I ascended the throne, I've spent a year, and I haven't been able to be my true self for a single day. I've tried my best to play what my mother should look like, but fortunately you're here. Once you come, I have hope!"

"Your Majesty gives an order, even if the general is going up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​fire, he will never frown. Just give the order!" Du Changjing said solemnly.

"There must be Ling, but not now!" Yingchang walked back to the dragon couch, sat on it lightly, raised his hand to Du Changjingxu and said, "It's almost there, get up!"

"Of order!" Du Changjing replied, and then slowly got up.

"Your Majesty just asked the general three questions, and now the general will ask the second one. I wonder if it is okay?" Du Changjing asked solemnly.

"Of course!" Ying Chang replied indifferently.

"Looking at His Majesty's performance just now, His Majesty seems to know that the end will come, so he pretended to be asleep, so what the end wants to ask is how did His Majesty know that the end will come?" Du Changjing asked with doubts in his eyes.

"It's him!"

Ying Chang stretched out his finger to Bai Qi in the iron cage. Du Changjing looked in the direction and couldn't help being surprised, "He? Why is he covered with scales? And how did he know?"

"His name is Bai Qi, which is the name I gave him. Speaking of which, it is fate that he is here...Bai Qi has a very strong sense of hearing. Even the wind and the grass can't escape his ears, it is precisely because he heard your footsteps and didn't notice the murderous intent, that's why he let me pretend to be asleep, and then there will be the next scene!"

Yingchang talked a lot, including Bai Qi's origin.

After Du Changjing heard these words, he was shocked again. There are such strange things in the world, and he is a half-step master of perfection. Come on!

Bai Qi kept listening to the conversation between the two of them, but he didn't move a bit, curled up the whole time, as if he was sleeping.

"Are there any questions? Ask as soon as possible!" Ying Chang asked.

"There is no doubt about the final general!" Du Changjing quickly made an edit and saluted and replied.

"Okay!" Yingchang nodded, and then said: "Since you have no problem, then I will say it!"

"Just say it, Your Majesty!" Du Changjing replied respectfully.

"Are you clear about the current situation in Daqin?" Ying Chang asked blankly.

"call!"

Du Changjing took a deep breath, bent slightly and wrote back: "When the general returned to Xianyang, he inquired about a lot of news on the way, such as the three tigers of the Yang family being imprisoned, Uncle Yang died of depression because of this, Brother Long Brother Hehu also changed his temperament drastically because of this!"

"The Yang family suffers from this catastrophe, and my heart is very painful. I can only watch the tiger general wither. Besides, all the loyal and brave men in the court were eliminated by the queen mother. Today, the prime minister is still in front of the ministers and my family. In front of you, Tang Zemin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, is killed, and now the situation in the court is that the Queen Mother's party and family dominate the government, control the military and political power of the empire, and the only one who is loyal to me is the Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, Chang Zifei!"

"This is no longer a simple foreign relative taking power. From the imperial decree you gave me, I can be sure that the Queen Mother is concerned about the mother country. If she wants to steal Qin from Jin, I must resist, otherwise the Great Qin will perish, and it will only be eight years later. The question of the year!" Ying Chang said with a slightly dignified look.

"I wonder how His Majesty is going to resist?" Du Changjing said impatiently.

If Yingchang takes back the power one day earlier, the [-] soldiers of the Changsheng Army and the Du family will be rehabilitated, and they will no longer be traitors in the eyes of the people!

"I want to launch a palace coup to wipe out the Queen Mother's party, but the prerequisite for launching a palace coup is to have soldiers and horses. You and I don't have a single soldier by our side right now. If Old General Yang is still serving in Nanguan, he can still be transferred from the Yang family's army." Send out an elite group to return to Beijing in secret, but now that the Yang family army has changed hands, I can only train soldiers myself!" Ying Chang said with a still dignified expression.

Du Changjing frowned slightly, and said in a hesitant tone: "It takes a lot of money to train soldiers. I wonder if Your Majesty has it? As long as you have money, you will have the confidence to train an elite team within a year. If you don't have money, you will have to rely on With martial arts, go to bet on darts to make money, and when you have enough money, come to recruit soldiers!"

"Betting on darts?" Yingchang smiled wryly. If he wanted to make money by betting on darts, when would he have to wait, when the day lily would be cold.

"I have a solution to the money matter. You go to Chang Zifei and tell him my plan, let him sell officials and nobles, and do his best to embezzle!" Ying Chang said expressionlessly.

The Ministry of Officials is the organ that manages officials. It is in charge of the system of ranking and selection, the method of examination and dismissal, the code of entrustment and reward, the law of the finalization of citizenship, the promotion, demotion and transfer of officials. Among the six ministries, the affairs of the Ministry are the one with the most oil and water.

"Selling officials and nobles?" Du Changjing was slightly taken aback, and said in disbelief, "Your Majesty, officials and nobles are the foundation of governing a country. If they are sold wantonly, wouldn't Daqin's situation be worse?"

Du Changjing has to admit that selling officials for corruption can indeed get a lot of money in a short period of time, but the price of doing so is too high, it is simply a policy of disordering the country. Thinking about it, the officials in the future will be those local tyrants who have not studied Landlord, Du Changjing couldn't help but shuddered.

"There is a price to be paid for everything you do. If Daqin doesn't pay the price of chaos today, it won't bring prosperity in the future!" Ying Chang said with a serious expression.

"Uh...Okay!" Du Changjing said helplessly, and then asked, "Does Your Majesty have a token?"

"No!" Ying Chang shook his head and replied.

"Without a token, how can Master Chang believe that this is His Majesty's intention? Or, Chang Zifei has been an upright official all his life, would he do such a thing?" Du Changjing said worriedly.

"Yes, he definitely will, but he definitely doesn't believe it was my order. You tell him when the time comes, and when he goes to court tomorrow, I will give him a few glances, and then he will believe it!" Ying Chang was confident. Said full.

Chapter 33 Chang Zifei!

Once Tang Zemin died, Chang Zifei became a loner, and all the officials in the court were his enemies. In this critical situation, he had no choice. As long as he knew it was his order, he would definitely follow his own wishes. manage!

"The general understands!" Du Changjing nodded and replied.

"You take the money he embezzled, and go to the people to collect orphans and train them to be dead soldiers. Whether I can succeed in the palace transformation depends on you, General!" Ying Chang said solemnly.

"The final general swears to die to fulfill His Majesty's will!" Du Changjing said with a firm expression.

He originally had three things, but now he only has one thing. As long as he does this well, the things Du Yi entrusted to him will no longer be a problem.

"Go, be careful, by the way, how did you get into my bedroom?" Ying Chang asked.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the last general just stunned the eunuchs and maids, they won't notice, they will think that they are asleep!" Du Changjing replied solemnly.

Ying Chang nodded in satisfaction, Du Changjing saluted Ying Chang, then turned and left, not long after, he left Xianyang Palace without a sound..

"Ha ha!"

As soon as Du Changjing left, Ying Chang's suppressed joy immediately vented out. It can be said that Du Changjing's appearance was like dozing off and giving a pillow. As soon as he came, he could contact the outside of the palace. Go ahead, launch the palace change just around the corner!

"Achang, are you in a hurry? People's hearts are unpredictable. If Chang Zifei has a different heart, then everything will be lost."

Bai Qi raised his head, a look of worry flashed across his eyes.

The smile on Yingchang's face disappeared immediately, his expression was a little dignified, and his tone was a little helpless: "I understand what you said, but I don't have much time to wait, and there is no second way to choose. Furthermore, no matter what you do, there are risks, but my risk is very high!"

Whether it will be successful or not, Ying Chang has no idea. After all, there are many variables. For example, Chang Zifei has a different heart, or Du Changjing's whereabouts are exposed. These are all variables. The road to an emperor is often bumpy. There will be so many emperors who "died of illness" for no reason.

Bai Qi stopped talking and chose to remain silent...

Changfu is located in Xianyang Dongnan Street, which is the best location in Xianyang City, because next to this street is the Imperial Palace, the people who live in this street are either rich or expensive, and the homes of ministers are basically opened here .

Originally, the Chang Mansion was not on Dongnan Street, but on West Street. West Street was also known as Minmin Street. Chang Zifei was born in poverty, and his family had been farmers for generations. The Chang Mansion was a gift from the late emperor to Chang Zifei.

In the inner courtyard of the Chang Mansion, Chang Zifei sat alone on a stone bench in the courtyard, and the stone table next to him was filled with empty wine bottles. Chang Zifei smelled of alcohol, and his clothes and hair were messy. His face was flushed, and he drank glasses of strong wine with a sad expression, looking up at the bright starry sky from time to time!

"Old Tang, old Tang, you are really confused. Why did you resign? Don't you know that you will die if you resign? Even if you die of old age and illness, you must die in your position, you bastard, bastard , Just left like this, let me face the court like a battlefield alone, and we agreed to advance together, but you ran away, you wait, when I pass by, I have to pull out a few of your beards!"

"Xiandi, Xiandi, why did you leave so early? You still have great ambitions that have not yet been realized. Why did you leave? If you have a spirit in heaven, show your spirit and take the queen mother away. Why didn't you give the Queen Mother the death before you left, it wouldn't be good to let her be buried with you, what's the use of giving the eunuch to death, the power of foreign relatives is much stronger than the chaos of eunuchs, our Great Qin is almost gone!"

"This is all your fault. Let's see how you face the previous emperors and those soldiers who fought for the Great Qin. You are really confused, a fool!"

Chang Zifei's eyes were dim, showing his twilight, he kept talking nonsense and incoherently, he didn't look like a second-rank minister at all, like a down-and-out drunkard complaining, but this is also understandable, he is a dignified second-rank man of the Great Qin Dynasty. Minister Pin, with a heavy burden on his shoulders, has been expecting Daqin to be able to squeeze into the ranks of powerful countries, but now things have backfired. Not only has Daqin not become stronger, but it is on the verge of collapse, and there is no light of hope.

Chang Zifei saw Tang Zemin's death and the chaos in the court, and felt pain in his heart. The strong defense line in his heart was on the verge of collapse.

"Master Chang doesn't think about government affairs, but drinks and goes crazy here, it really loses his old style!"

A strong voice sounded from behind Chang Zifei. Chang Zifei, who was in grief, paused and turned around slowly. When he saw a man in black with a sword standing behind him, Chang Zifei let out a sad laugh. , "Is the queen mother so blatant now? She dared to send people into the government to assassinate the second-rank minister of the dynasty. It is really getting more and more rampant. It is a shame and a pity. It is my dereliction of duty that I cannot strengthen the empire in this life!"

After Chang Zifei finished speaking, he picked up the wine bottle and poured it into his mouth, trying to become a drunk.