Reborn as King again

With the death of Deng Chengying and the relegation of He Wenliu, it is no secret in the court that Li Ji is dead. The He family, headed by He Wenyan, expressed strong dissatisfaction with this. He wrote a letter saying that I should not hide it. Li Ji had an accident, and He Wenliu interceded, hoping that I could spare him. After all, the pain of losing a child is almost heartbreaking, let alone He Wenliu lost one.

I have to say that He Wenyan is indeed a good brother. He couldn't figure out what I was thinking, so he didn't dare to ask me for instructions. Instead, he ran to ask the queen mother for a sign to enter the palace. He wanted to visit He Wenliu in the cold palace.In the past few years, my mother has eaten fast and recited Buddha, especially after returning from Nanshan, she has ignored the affairs of the imperial court and the harem. Everything is based on me, and I have completely lost the momentum I had when I was reborn. I will agree on the spot, but find someone to ask me what I mean.

Of course I will nod my head and agree to this. As my own brother, if I try to persuade He Wenliu, he should listen. I still say the same thing, as long as He Wenliu is willing to bow his head, I will forgive him.

But things backfired, and He Wenyan didn't expect that He Wenyan was also rejected.Why did the little eunuch leading the way in Wenyan report back, He Wenliu shut himself in the room without even opening the door for He Wenyan, no matter what He Wenyan said at the door, no matter how much he persuaded him, he remained silent, He Wenyan Standing at the door for a full two hours, he had to wait until it was dark and the palace gate should be closed before he had to leave.

I really don't know what is going on with He Wenliu and me, does he really not love me at all, he would rather hang in the cold palace like a living dead than come out to see me? !

This is the longest cold war between us. I can't guess how He Wenliu's mood is in the cold palace, but my mood is very bad, very bad.Because in this world, the only person who treats me sincerely without asking for anything in return also gave me up.

I don't want others to see that something is wrong with me, or to put it another way, I don't want outsiders to know how special He Wenliu is to me, so I can only vent through other methods, such as having fun, drafting, or fighting.

The so-called fun is nothing more than a private visit and a visit to the kiln.or think of some boring and fun tricks to play with my lovely captives, as for the draft, which emperor is not lustful, new beauties enter the palace, let the palace add more fresh faces, look at them Jumping around there can be regarded as a kind of entertainment.Regarding these matters, the ministers will not have much opinion, after all, it is not a big deal, except for fighting.

Due to the calculation of the time of the war with Zheng Guo, it lasted for 7 years. Although Datong won an absolute victory, the country did lose a lot of military and financial resources.Moreover, there is also the Ran Kingdom that has just been destroyed, the big merchants, their people and old ministers all need to be appeased. If the place of appeasement is not in place, it would be bad if they provoked an uprising.So what Datong needs most now is to recuperate.

But I don't want to be idle, I don't want to rest and recuperate, so let's go to war. In my lifetime, I must unify the Central Plains. Except for Zheng Guo, I don't pay attention to the other small countries at all. If they are not destroyed now, let alone when.

When I made this statement in the early court, He Wenyan was the first to stand up and object.I just think that He Wenyan is too upright and can’t turn a corner. It’s good to be loyal to the monarch, but I think he should consider his current situation more. How can there be a monarch who makes him loyal.

The current position of the He family is very embarrassing. The prince Li Ji they supported died unexpectedly, and He Wenliu was thrown into the cold palace by me. Under normal circumstances, the He family should keep a low profile. people face.

He Wenyan said: "Your Majesty, the national treasury is empty now, and I really don't have the ability to fight again. I believe that the most important thing to do now is to recuperate and expand the treasury. If we go to war now, if Zheng Guo sees this loophole and wants to If we send troops to Datong again, we will face the enemy."

"Let's recuperate, Zheng Guo also needs to recuperate? They won't send troops." They are all emperors, and I can tell exactly what Zheng Guo's emperor Ouyang Hai thinks.Ouyang Hai is about sixty years old. When he passed the prime of life, he no longer has the ambition to fight everywhere. Instead, he entrusts this task to his next generation. I think what Ouyang Hai needs most now is peace, to spend his old age peacefully, and then Then choose a new successor among those good and bad princes to take over his throne.

Ouyang Hai has quite a few sons, more than me anyway, for the sake of the throne, there will be major changes within the Zheng Kingdom, so how can we bother whether Datong fights or not.

"Even so, there is not enough silver in the national treasury to support the war." He Wenyan said anxiously: "Besides, marching and fighting will waste money and money. Not only will conscription be required, but taxation may also be increased. Your Majesty, how should ordinary people live like this?" ah!"

I shrugged my shoulders and said indifferently: "Then just increase the tax, and the people will understand." It's not like I haven't done harsh and heavy taxes in my previous life.

"Your Majesty!" He Wenyan still strongly objected, "Please think again!"

Before I could speak this time, Jia Fan stood up and interrupted He Wenyan, "Prime Minister He, calm down first, the emperor said that he intends to fight a war, and this battle may not be possible, why are you so anxious ah."

Jia Fan's analysis is quite correct, this battle may not necessarily be won.Because small countries always exist depending on big countries. Except for the small countries that pay tribute to Datong or Zheng every year, there are still two small countries that are neutral. If they attack any of these two small countries, they will go three ways. , the first fought hard to resist, the second surrendered to Datong, and the third took refuge in Zheng Guo.

These three paths are obvious. Only by surrendering to Datong can the losses be minimized.

"As soon as the news of the war spreads, the common people will mourn and complain." How could He Wenyan not understand what Jia Fan said? Preparation is essential, this is all about exploiting people's fat and anointment, "Your Majesty, our war with Zheng has just ended, everything needs to be recuperated, it's really not the time to send troops."

This is the reason why I didn't like He Wenyan in my previous and present lives. He is too straightforward. Even if it is for the good of the country and the emperor, he has taken the face of the most powerful person in the world. To put it bluntly, he is a loyal minister, but not a virtuous minister. " Prime Minister He, didn't you hear what Prime Minister Jia said just now, the battle may not be won, why do you have to be righteous and impassioned?"

"emperor……"

"Okay," I waved my hand, too lazy to argue with He Wenyan, "I said I would send troops, so I would send troops. Don't say any more, what else is there? If not, let's go to court."

After the morning court, I went to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to pay my respects to my mother.The queen mother was chanting scriptures in the small Buddhist hall of the Compassionate Peace Palace, and I waited for her at the door, so as not to let the eunuchs disturb her.

About half an hour later, the queen mother left the Buddhist hall and saw me with a surprised face when she went out, "Why is the emperor waiting here? Didn't you send someone to call Aijia?"

"Seeing how pious my mother is, it would be bad to disturb the Bodhisattva." I smiled and stepped forward to support her.

The queen mother stretched out her hand generously, allowing me to support her, "Has the emperor eaten breakfast? If not, why don't you order vegetarian food with Aijia."

"Yes." It just so happened that I came to find my mother for a purpose.

From the three families at the beginning to the Liu family promoted in the past few years, the four major families in the court have always restricted each other and maintained a superficial balance.But I'm tired of it, and I don't want to let this balance continue. These four families are all veterans of the three dynasties. Relying on their own merits, I am really afraid that they will shock me as the master. The court should have some new blood.

After helping his mother, he went to the side hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace, where the eunuchs in charge of meals had already prepared the vegetarian dishes.I supported the queen mother to sit down, the queen mother glanced at me, showed a loving smile, picked a vegetarian bag from my plate, and said: "Your Majesty, you have to go to the Three Treasures Hall for everything, and I came here to mourn my family today." I'm being courteous here, is something wrong?"

"It's still the empress, you understand me." I curled my lips, and deliberately complained to the empress by taking advantage of He Wenyan's anti-tune with me in the early days, "It's not all that He Wenyan, I wonder why he has such a temper back then. If you can bear it, how can you promote him to be the prime minister?!"

The queen mother laughed out loud when she heard the words, "Why do the Ai family think it's wrong? It turns out that Prime Minister He said something that made the emperor unhappy." , what your imperial brother liked was Prime Minister He's temperament of speaking out and daring to speak out, you can listen calmly and think about it more, it will be good for you."

"I'm not the emperor, I can't be the emperor of the emperor." The emperor He Wenyan wants to help is probably the emperor, but even if I kill me now and let me live again, I can't cultivate like the emperor. , "In order to fulfill my father's last wish, there is nothing wrong with wanting to unify the Central Plains. Now is a good time to send troops to fight, but what Wenyan told me to rest and recuperate. Let's recuperate. Don't other small countries cultivate themselves? Do we have to wait until Will they attack after they become a powerful country?"

After I said it briefly, the queen mother understood the reason why I was angry with He Wenyan. She smiled and said, "What Prime Minister He said is also reasonable. It is more difficult to maintain a business than to start a business. It is not harmful to be steady. Why don't you think about him?" suggestion?"

Hearing what my mother said, I was a little unhappy, "My queen, are you speaking for Prime Minister He? I wanted to complain to you, why are you still helping him?"

"Ai's family is helping the manager instead of helping the relatives." The queen mother was a little helpless, "You are so old, why are you still acting like a child? Listening to the opinions of the ministers, there is no harm."

"Anyway, I don't like He Wenyan, and I don't like the He family either." I snorted coldly and said, "The He family has been in court for so many years, so it's time to stop."

How could the queen mother fail to understand the meaning of my words? She was silent for a while, and then suddenly asked: "My lord, it's not because of Concubine Wen that you deliberately made things difficult for the He family? You... son and daughter's personal relationship with the country Big things can’t be compared.”

"Why?" No matter whether I have a cold war with He Wenliu or not, the He family will not last long. However, it is indeed a good idea to use He Wenliu as a cover. "I just think that the power of the He family is a bit too great."