Lord of Rebirth

The enthronement ceremony was not grand, and because the first emperor died in the same year, and Pingyang King passed away in the capital in the middle, it was not a happy event. Now that the crown prince is enthroned, the Golden Luan Hall is not decorated so splendidly.

In the early morning, the prime minister read out the edict, the prince and the princes went to the Huguo Temple to sacrifice to heaven, and then returned to the Golden Luan Hall. Behind him, all the civil and military officials paid homage. After being crowned, he was supported on the dragon chair to announce the completion of the ceremony.

The ceremonies and music in the hall stopped, and all the officials came forward to congratulate, and the princes also led their subordinates to celebrate.

After the pilgrimage, go to the front of the palace to offer sacrifices.

Even the prince and his party, who just came to celebrate, felt that there were quite a lot of things to do.

Just two days after he ascended the throne, the emperor issued an imperial decree.

It is about dealing with the imperial decree of the previous four kings of Bashu.

Similar to what Su Tu told them, the three kings were convicted of treason and sentenced to death.And King Yue Jun was deceived by others because of his innate stupidity, and he was not guilty of death, but he still abolished his status as a prince and demoted him to a commoner.

Such a punishment did not cause any ripples, and the prime minister also approved it.

As for the tax exemption promised to the people of Bashu, the crown prince... the current emperor has not forgotten it, and found a reason to implement it like this.And because the new emperor ascended the throne, he also announced the tax exemption for the whole country, which is not cheap for the people of Bashu, and the people of other countries have not been forgotten.

Lu Jufeng then said that the emperor did not act stupidly, he did not forget to repay his kindness, nor did he offend others, and he also took advantage of those princes for nothing.

Shen Xi laughed and said, "Among you vain princes, there seems to be our King Fufeng."

Lu Jufeng said calmly, "My lord doesn't care about taxes for a year or so."

Just as he was talking, the palace slave announced that King Fufeng had arrived.

When the two of them heard this, they quickly jumped up from their seats.

Shen Xi was even faster, rushing directly to the door, and saw Sun Moyao standing there with his hands behind his back, his eyes kept glancing into the room.As soon as he saw Shen Xi coming out, Sun Moyao immediately showed a smile on his face.

"See Your Majesty."

Both of them clasped their hands together.

On weekdays, she could always see her, but she couldn't get close enough to talk, which made Shen Xi feel a little uncomfortable all over.

Just about to welcome the prince into the house, Sun Moyao stretched out his hand and said, "Don't worry, I'll pick you up to meet the crown prince... Ah, Your Majesty."

"Huh?" Lu Jufeng asked strangely, "I'll trouble you, my lord, to come in person..."

As soon as the words fell, he knew the reason.

Bringing private goods, it's true that the prince wants to see Shen Xi!

Shen Xi didn't think too much, he asked the prince: "The emperor wants to summon us?"

Sun Moyao led him forward, "Indeed."

I could guess before, but now I can't figure out the holy will, I can only obey the call and enter the palace to meet the emperor.

At this time, the emperor had retired from the early court, and they came to the imperial study room, where they saw Sun Muchen, who had become the emperor.

After changing the dragon robe, he naturally looks like an emperor.Standing behind the lord, Shen Xi looked at Sun Muchen twice more, he had the demeanor of the former emperor, only younger.

When Sun Muchen saw them coming, he made them wait a little longer and raised his head after approving the memorial in his hand.

"Your brother sees the emperor." Sun Moyao cupped his hands.

Sun Muchen waved at them, "There are no outsiders, so there is no need to be too polite. Back in the military camp, when you entered and exited my main camp, there were not so many rules."

Shen Xi sneaked a smile, but quickly sank again.

But Sun Moyao thought to himself, he still doesn't want to come to see your crown prince, he just wants to bring someone back to Liangzhou.

Sun Muchen said: "I came to you this time to talk about the affairs of Pingyang County."

Sun Moyao said with a smile: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten things so quickly? I was granted the title of Fufeng County."

"I know that." Sun Muchen glanced at him, "This is the memorial that was sent urgently before. It is said that King Pingyang passed away suddenly before, and now Pingyang County is in chaos, and the army has formed its own faction. The local officials can no longer control this group of people, and they almost want to make trouble in your Fufeng County."

When Chuchu heard about this, Sun Moyao thought to himself, how could there be such a mob in Pingyang County?Hearing it again, it actually happened in Fufeng County, how could he bear it?

But before Sun Moyao could speak, Lu Jufeng cupped his hands first, and said, "May I ask the emperor, since King Pingyang has passed away, Pingyang County should now be managed by the imperial court. What does the emperor mean by asking this?"

Sun Muchen stood up, "I want to hand over Pingyang County to Fufeng King."

Unexpectedly, after becoming the emperor, Sun Muchen became so direct.

Shen Xi was taken aback, he looked at Sun Muchen, and at the same time, the emperor also looked at him, he quickly lowered his eyes, constantly thinking about why the emperor thought so much.

Sun Moyao took a step forward, and said: "Your Majesty, absolutely not. There has never been a prince who governed two counties, and this precedent may not be possible."

This simply made him offend all the other princes in one go!Does the emperor really hate him that much?

But Sun Muchen looked quite innocent, and said again: "It's just the jurisdiction, the county and prefecture levels will not change, and the jurisdiction of other territories is probably just a troublesome matter. If you really feel that you are not capable, then I will think about it."

Shen Xi suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, could it be that there are some difficulties in the imperial court now that the Emperor has no time to take care of the matter of Liangzhou Pingyang?"

As soon as this remark came out, even Sun Moyao was taken aback. He thought that the emperor had just ascended the throne not long ago, and there must be difficulties, but how could he raise it in front of the emperor.

Unexpectedly, Sun Muchen didn't mind at all. He frowned, walked towards them with his hands behind his back, and said, "There are indeed many difficulties, and I have another question to consider. Before, King Fufeng, you were in Jiuyuan County. Drive away the soldiers who invaded Beili?"

Unexpectedly, this little incident reached the ears of the emperor.

Sun Moyao nodded, "There is indeed such a thing."

"That's good." Sun Muchen said, "In addition, you led troops to help me go to Bashu to arrest the four traitorous kings. I have not forgotten this great achievement. Now that there is no army stationed in Jiuyuan County, I will consider dividing Pingyang County and Jiuyuan County. , and hand it over to you to manage together.”

After saying this, before the three of them were surprised, someone from the palace sent a word from outside, "Prime Minister Pei asks to see the emperor."

As soon as Sun Muchen heard these three words, he immediately showed disgust, as if he really didn't want to see him.

However, without waiting for the transmission, Pei Qingchang had already walked in.

With an offended expression on Sun Muchen's face, he said angrily to Pei Qing, who was saluting: "Well, Prime Minister, before the announcement, you came in by yourself first!"

"It's a humble minister's offense." Pei Qingchang didn't look up, but said: "But for the sake of the country of Nanshun, I can only offend like this."

"Pei Qingchang! You want to rebel too?!" Sun Muchen flicked his sleeves, "Do you think I want to split the country?!"

Pei Qing took a long look at the prince, "I don't dare to say such nonsense, but as far as I know, is it true that Liangzhou is really going to be divided into two parts in the north and the south, and three counties will be conferred on King Fufeng?"

When Sun Moyao heard this, he first became suspicious, and he said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, what do you mean by "dividing Liangzhou into north and south"?"

Sun Muchen got a headache when he heard that.Shaking his hands, he said, "When did I say that Liangzhou was going to be divided?!"

Pei Qing cupped his hands, "Although the emperor didn't say that, what the emperor is doing now is to divide Liangzhou into two parts."

Sun Muchen was naturally displeased, "I haven't done anything, but you have condemned me, are you the emperor or am I the emperor?!"

However, Pei Qingchang said: "As the prime minister, Qing Chang naturally thinks for the emperor and advises the emperor, especially before the emperor insists on going his own way and is about to make a mistake, it is the prime minister's duty to let the emperor stop the precipice and turn around in time."

"You don't need to teach the emperor here, it's your duty as a prime minister!!" Sun Muchen was even more annoyed.Listening to Pei Qingchang's words already made him feel uncomfortable enough, and this was said in front of King Fufeng and others, which made him unable to step down.

Pei Qing cupped his hands and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this is absolutely unacceptable. Presumably King Fufeng also disagrees with the Emperor's decision?"

Sun Moyao glanced at Pei Qingchang noncommittally, even if he didn't like Sun Muchen in his heart, he didn't want to stand with the prime minister.

Seeing that King Fufeng didn't respond, Sun Muchen said, "If the prime minister thinks this method is not good, then what do you think?"

"Naturally, the specifications are different, Fufeng King is still Fufeng King, and the other two counties are still..."

"You want to promote your disciples to become officials in Liangzhou? May I ask if they have soldiers and horses? Don't they have to ask me?!"

Hearing this, Shen Xi understood.

The prime minister wanted to arrange for his own people so that they could be promoted to help him in the future, but the emperor didn't want to let the prime minister's small plan start, so of course he pushed the trouble on Sun Moyao, and dragged him into the water by the way.

Before the prime minister could finish speaking, the emperor said, "I am the emperor, but I don't have any soldiers at my disposal. I haven't bothered about it yet. Today I thought that the matter in Liangzhou can be resolved without wasting troops. You As the prime minister, you want to add trouble to the emperor? Is this your "duty" as the prime minister?!!"

Being questioned like this, Pei Qingchang was still calm, cupped his hands and said: "But has your majesty thought about it? When the emperor was still the prince, he traveled thousands of miles to Bashu just to prevent the four kings from colluding and forming a country of their own. If all the land is allocated to King Fufeng, isn't that following the example of the Four Kings?"

Hearing this, Shen Xi also became angry. He walked up, cupped his hands to Pei Qingchang and said, "Master Prime Minister, do you mean that King Fufeng intends to become like the four kings of Bashu and want to split the territory?"

Pei Qingchang smiled lightly at Shen Xi, "I dare not say that."

"Your Majesty, in the view of the lower officials, it is not the best policy to let the prince directly manage the three counties." Shen Xi suddenly turned around and bowed his hands to the emperor, and said: "The lower officials have thought of a way, I wonder if you can tell me?"