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In the 29th year of the Apocalypse, Xia, the northern border war lasted for three years. The general Zheng Zhongjin used his troops to drive the Qiang people out of the grassland for hundreds of miles, beheading more than [-] Qiang soldiers and taking more than [-] prisoners. After that, The vitality of the Qiang people was severely injured, and the royal family of the Qiang people fled in all directions, and the northern border was safe from then on.

Emperor Jing Yuan received the last good news from the northern border, and ordered Zheng Zhongjin to lead the army to triumph.

At this time, the Apocalypse Dynasty has long since lost its glory three years ago, the treasury is empty, and the people have no money in their homes.Everyone in the world lamented that Emperor Jingyuan was tyrannical and aggressive. In the past three years, Zheng Zhongjin needed all the military pay, food, weapons, and horses he needed on the front line of the northern border. In exchange for one after another opposing officials.

The three-year battle of hundreds of thousands of troops is enough to exhaust the financial resources of this big country. Although Zheng Zhongjin brought good news three years later, these are not enough to comfort the world.

It’s just that the returning general didn’t know about this. Over the years, the only letters sent to and from the northern border were battle reports, and the rest of the letters were controlled by Emperor Jing Yuan. The person who writes the book can be issued at the slightest, and the head will fall to the ground if it is serious.

Zheng Zhongjin returned triumphantly for seven days, and these words that were blocked by Emperor Jing Yuan came like a flood under a broken dam. Only then did Zheng Zhongjin know what was behind his name of God of War.

At the celebration banquet, the military officials looked happy, the civilian officials looked slumped, Zheng Zhongjin sat on the dragon chair, his face under the imperial crown was much paler and haggard than it was three years ago, but the eyes that looked at Zheng Zhongjin were very bright, like a dark night of the stars.

Liu Zhi held the binaural cup in his hand and held it far away in the direction of Zheng Zhongjin. Zheng Zhongjin got up and faced him, holding the wine cup in both hands, facing each other respectfully. Liu Zhi smiled at him and drank the wine in the cup in one gulp.

Those who are happy at this celebration banquet are willing to stay longer, while those who hate it leave early. Liu Zhi sat for a long time, he was happy, but when it was dark, he got up and left. Zheng Zhongjin kept his eyes on him, seeing him leave Go, he lifted his heel up.

Someone was following behind him, Liu Zhi knew it, but he didn't stop walking, walking with his hands behind his back by the lakeside of the Imperial Garden. In the summer evening, the breeze blew across the water, bringing up slight ripples, passing by the body, very refreshing, as if he was drunk. It took away a few minutes and made Qingming wake up.

"Your Majesty." Zheng Zhongjin stopped Liu Zhi, stepped forward quickly, lifted the general's court clothes, knelt down in front of him, and saluted.

Liu Zhi didn't move, he accepted Zheng Zhongjin's gift.

The gift of the monarch and his ministers.

This is Liu Zhi's first monarch and minister gift after he ascended the throne.

"General, please get up." Liu Zhi smiled as he stared at the black crown on the man's head, his eyes were very similar to the lake beside him, clear and full of softness.

Zheng Zhongjin got up, and his gaze unexpectedly collided with the pair of soft peach blossom eyes, and his empty heart was suddenly filled slowly.

"One farewell for three years, how is Zhongjin doing?"

"Very good, sir." Zheng Zhongjin smiled.

"That's good," Liu Zhi waved his hand, Li Ziyu went out with the waiters around him, and stood far away from Liu Zhi and Zheng Zhongjin, unable to hear what His Majesty and the General said.

"But as far as I know, Your Majesty has not been good these years." The palace man walked away, and Zheng Zhongjin said guiltily: "I don't know that the three-year battle has made Your Majesty bear the infamy of tyranny and belligerence, and I don't know that Daqi has paid so much for it." Waiting for the price, the merits of the minister are obtained by His Majesty who gave up his reputation, minister, guilty."

"You are not guilty," Liu Zhi smiled: "Zhongjin, you should know that with me, everyone in the world is guilty, but you are not guilty. I once said..."

Zheng Zhongjin frowned slightly when he heard Liu Zhi professing himself, he is a minister and Liu Zhi is an emperor, this should not be the case between them.

"Your Majesty," Zheng Zhongjin interrupted Liu Zhi: "The difference between the monarch and his subjects, your Majesty's behavior, the ministers are terrified."

Liu Zhi squinted at him, ignored his rotten remarks, and continued, "I once said, Zhizhi will try its best to do what Zhongjin wants for you. It's too big. As a mortal, Zhi can only keep you from being disturbed by deceptive words when you are in war, protect the needs of your three armies, and keep the Great Qi Dynasty behind you. Zhi can hardly do the rest. In the past three years , I’m tired of governance, and I can’t give Zhongjin a peaceful and prosperous life.”

"Your Majesty!" Zheng Zhongjin suddenly panicked. He raised his eyes and saw Liu Zhi's clear and firm eyes. He knew that he was going to say something that he couldn't bear, so he hurriedly refused: "Your Majesty is drunk. , I still have something to do in the army, so I will take my leave first..."

"Don't say it today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow," Liu Zhi said to stop him: "As long as Zhongjin is still in Beijing for a day, I will say what I want to say. Doesn't his expression change, could it be that Zhi is really ugly and terrifying than those, that Zhong Jin would run away every time he sees it?"

The fragility in those words caused Zheng Zhongjin to struggle in his heart, and stopped in his tracks.

"His Majesty……"

"After half a month, I will cede the throne to you."

"What!" Zheng Zhongjin's eyes widened, and he flatly refused: "No, Your Majesty!"

"The edict for the Zen throne was drawn up on the day I ascended the throne." Liu Zhi's smile remained undiminished, and his words were gentle, as if whispering between lovers: "I have never been greedy for the throne, and I even hate this position to the extreme. The emperor and the crown prince blocked Zhongjin's request, and I will not bother to take it. I have been sitting on the dragon chair for the past three years, and I am exhausted every day. The country is peaceful and the people are peaceful. coming."

"Your Majesty, the country is a very important matter. Don't mess around!" Zheng Zhongjin was in a hurry, kneeling on the ground with a plop, and tried to dissuade him: "How can the matter of abdication be messed up? Your Majesty has a strong strategy and military strategy. I believe that your Majesty will decide." If you can create a peaceful and prosperous world, I would like to accompany your Majesty, and do your best for His Majesty."

Liu Zhi sighed lightly: "That's not what I want, Zhongjin, do you really not know what I want?"

Zheng Zhongjin pursed his lips and didn't answer, he didn't know how to answer.

"If I don't take the Zen position, you may wish not to marry for the rest of your life, and be my queen, a couple for the rest of your life."

"Your Majesty knows," Zheng Zhongjin said with difficulty, "I am the only son of the Zheng family, my father placed too much hope on me, and the matter of the empress... is really humiliating... Your Majesty is the king of a country, let alone someone who has no successors." ..."

"Okay, you don't want to, and I don't want to humiliate you. In exchange, I will be the emperor, and I am willing to be your queen. Not only that, but you can also have children with women. In this way, the incense of the Zheng family can continue There are all the people, so, would you like it?"

"Impossible," Zheng Zhongjin moved his Adam's apple up and down, horrified in his heart: "Your Majesty, the Ninth Five-Year Honor, absolutely must not..."

Liu Zhi smiled wryly, and stopped looking at the man kneeling beside him: "Zheng Zhongjin, you don't understand me after all, you don't have me in your heart... Forget it, I don't force you to have anything to do with you, you and I can have nothing to do with you, but this is a great revelation." The emperor, only you can do it."

"No..." Zheng Zhongjin wanted to say that was not the case, and also wanted to say that he would not be the great emperor, but so what?He felt that the responsibilities of his family and country on his shoulders were about to overwhelm him, but Liu Zhi was still pressing him hard. What he said was not like this, but he couldn't prove it. If he said it, it was just empty words; As the emperor of Qi, if Liu Zhi insisted on imposing it, at worst, he would pay for it with his life. If the man is gone, Liu Zhi's mind will fade.

"You think you have the right to choose?" The softness in Liu Zhi's eyes slowly faded, and the coldness made him look unattainable: "Have you ever met a Zheng family member in the seven days since you returned to Beijing? Have you ever met Zhao Jixing?"

Zheng Zhongjin raised his head suddenly.

"Tomorrow. You shouldn't, I'll kill one of the Zhao family, one every day, and finally Zhao Jixing who has the same goals as you," Liu Zhi said casually: "After killing the nine families of the Zhao family, you shouldn't, I Then start killing the Zheng family, one a day, just like the Zhao family, and finally your father."

Zheng Zhongjin was surprised by Liu Zhi's ruthless methods, he gritted his teeth, his eyes were stubborn and unyielding.

"Don't think that I will stop thinking about you when you die. Zheng Zhongjin, believe it or not, when you die, more people will die. If you die, I want the whole Daqi to be buried with you. If you die, Not only will no one from the Zhao and Zheng families survive, but I will kill more people, all the loyal ministers in the world, and become a real tyrant. At that time, I will show the world what it means to be angry with the emperor and lay down millions of corpses. I will keep killing, keep killing, until someone turns against me, and until the dynasty is overthrown." Liu Zhi understood Zheng Zhongjin, he knew what he was afraid of, what he didn't want to see, but Liu Zhi didn't want to force him, if Liu Zhi Zheng Zhongjin never had the right to refuse.

Zheng Zhongjin stared at him intently, and asked word by word: "Your Majesty, do you do this to the Liu family? How can you meet them after a hundred years?"

"A hundred years later?" Liu Zhi laughed loudly: "You don't know how I got the throne, do you?"

Liu Zhi slowly squatted in front of Zheng Zhongjin, looking directly into Zheng Zhongjin's eyes with gloomy eyes: "I'm telling you now, I personally killed Liu Yan and Liu Ye, Zheng Zhongjin, I'm different from you, I don't obey what you guard. Dao, I’ve been in hell for a long time, you should be thankful that you still have a foothold in my heart, and I still have some scruples, but,” Liu Zhi stretched out his fingers and tapped Zheng Zhongjin’s chin lightly, One touch and leave: "I don't have much patience anymore, Zheng Zhongjin, I will give you three days to think about it. After three days, you come to the palace and tell me your decision. You have to remember that your answer is related to how many people die. People are related to the future of the Great Qi Dynasty."

After finishing speaking, Liu Zhi stood up, turned around, and was about to leave. He had just taken a step when he suddenly remembered something: "Don't try to make any crooked tricks to resist me, Zheng Zhongjin, you will be a wise king, but you will not be a strategist. Upright, but I am more sinister than you think."

One month later, Qin Tianjian watched the sky at night and said that Daqi's country was in decline, and only those who returned from the north would turn the stars into emperor stars to benefit the world and seek prosperity. These words sprung up like mushrooms in Daqi's territory within three months Everyone sang.Half a month later, Emperor Jingyuan claimed to return the star to the capital. The dragon body was unwell, and he felt ashamed of the common people in the world. He wished Zen to be located in the north. General Xing Zheng Zhongjin became a monk and helped turn the star into an emperor star. .

Ten days later, the Zen throne ceremony was held, and Zheng Zhongjin was proclaimed emperor, known as Emperor Kaiyuan in history.

After the grand ceremony, Emperor Jingyuan left the capital for Lingyun Temple, and Emperor Kaiyuan personally saw him off. Half a year later, Emperor Jingyuan disappeared from Lingyun Temple, and there has been no news since then.

In the tenth year of Kaiyuan, Emperor Kaiyuan appointed people on their merits and accepted advice widely, which made the emperor sages and ministers virtuous, the treasury gradually filled, and the signs of a prosperous age began to appear.

In the 12th year of Kaiyuan, the ministers played, asking the emperor to choose a concubine and multiply his offspring to lay the foundation of Daqi. All the folds played were thrown in the court by Emperor Kaiyuan. On that day, Emperor Kaiyuan selected the prince as a distant relative of Emperor Jingyuan Three-year-old nephew, named Huan, Liu Siyong.

In the 25th year of Kaiyuan, the prosperity of Kaiyuan was established at the beginning, and the country was prosperous and the people were peaceful. There was no border disturbance outside and no worries of rebellion inside.

In the 27th year of Kaiyuan, Prince Liu Siyong married the Crown Princess and gave birth to a son the following year. The small royal family finally added a prince.

Emperor Kaiyuan reigned for the rest of his life without standing up, did not choose a concubine, and the harem was empty.

In the 30th year of Kaiyuan, Emperor Kaiyuan became the crown prince Liu Siyong. After the abdication ceremony, he took a few servants to Lingyun Temple to spend his old age until his death.

On the day Emperor Kaiyuan left the palace, Prime Minister Zhao Ji went to see him off, and the two said goodbye in a gazebo outside the city.

"The day he left, I was also here to see him off." Zheng Zhongjin, who was already full of hair, looked around and felt the same scenery as before: "But I didn't expect this farewell, and there will be no day to see each other again."

"I'm still looking for His Majesty Emperor Jingyuan. The Supreme Emperor will wait a little longer. Perhaps one day, I will be able to find it." Zhao Jixing comforted.

Zheng Zhongjin shook his head slowly: "He won't come back to see me. He said the day he left that he would have no regrets in his life, and he would never turn back. He is the one who keeps his word."

Zhao Jixing remained silent, not knowing how to comfort her.

"He lives so clearly. The more he understands, the more confused I become." Zheng Zhongjin's eyes fell on a thick acacia tree pulled by the entourage. This tree was originally in the residence of Prince Yong, and Zheng Zhongjin was enthroned. Two years later, he dug it and planted it behind the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Now that he was going to Lingyun Temple, he dug it out and went with him: "I didn't realize what a great thing he did for me until he disappeared. , he carried the name of cruelty and massacre, and killed the officials with complex roots in the court. All that was left for me were talents like you who only believed in the country of the common people. Even if no one sees him, he will also devote himself to the prosperity of the world."

"Your Majesty, His Majesty Emperor Jing Yuan is not for the prosperity of the world, but only for you," Zhao Jixing is also old, he is married and has children, after all, he is not as crazy as Liu Zhi, and in his heart, etiquette is more important than love: " Don't you understand yet?"

Zheng Zhongjin smiled wryly. He was tired. He has been working hard for 30 years, and he has been doing his best for this prosperous world every day. He is tired.

"That year when I returned to Beijing in the north, Liu Zhi asked me what I wanted, and I replied, the country is prosperous and the people are peaceful, and the world is peaceful and prosperous. He said, what I want, he will help me do it." Zheng Zhongjin said: "He said goodbye for thirty years, I couldn't find him anywhere in the world, so I thought, if I try my best to create a peaceful and prosperous world as he wished, he might want to come back and take a look at the peaceful and prosperous world he promised me at the beginning, but he won't Come back, if the world is peaceful, it would be good for him to be less difficult in this world, I have owed him a lot in this life, and there is probably only this that I can do for him."

Thousands of miles away from Daqi, in a small neighboring country, the already aged Liu Zhi heard everyone extolling the prosperity of Daqi, bowed his head and smiled, he knew that he finally gave him what he wanted.

Liu Zhi Xu Zheng Zhongjin's country is safe and prosperous, and Liu Zhi heard it from afar when he closed his eyes.

Emperor Kaiyuan lived in Lingyun Temple for three years, and passed away while leaning on the side of acacia tree. He raised his head, looked at the thick branch, and did not close his eyes for a long time.

Prime Minister Zhao Jixing followed the new emperor to Lingyun Temple, looked at Kaiyuan Emperor's expectant posture, and suddenly remembered that the encounter between him and him was the lifelong leap of that person into his arms.

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It's over~ Hey, is this ending a little unexpected?

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