Blade of Wind

After that, I started to get busy with the spring festival.

Originally, I thought it would be better to avoid these ceremonies that have no practical significance at all.On the one hand, it is to save money. On the other hand, I am really afraid of trouble. The red tape of various procedures in the festival makes people want to die.

But Yuexi was very insistent on this point.It is said that it is precisely because it is an eventful autumn that it is even more necessary to worship the Emperor of Heaven and pray for a year of good weather and peace for the country and the people.Now that our economy is tight, we can keep it simple, but we must not do without.

I didn't really care about the Emperor of Heaven or something, but Ao also echoed, saying: "Because so many things have happened, it is necessary to give the people a spiritual support and gather a kind of centripetal force. Now, it is presided over by the king himself. The Spring Festival is perfect."

In fact, it is the same reason to say to Yang that it is precisely because of defeat that he has to create a hero.

So I didn't say anything more.

Yuexi was very cautious about this matter, and the day before the Spring Festival, she came to me to confirm all the big and small things about the Spring Festival.

To my surprise, this ceremony first worshiped the Taimiao, then worshiped Lumu, and then went down the mountain to symbolically go around the fields.Although the process was lengthy, they were all inside the Falcon Palace, and the farthest was outside Pusu City, so there was no danger.Yuexi was actually outside the guard of honor, and asked Mo Yekong to bring [-] elite imperial troops along for protection.

"These troops are enough to fight the war." I said, "Is this necessary?"

Yuexi pondered for a while before saying: "This is the first public ceremony of the lord after he ascended the throne, we must make sure that everything is safe. Fortunately, the palace said that if the people who gathered to watch the ceremony caused confusion during the parade, we must You have enough people to get the situation under control quickly."

When he said that, I remembered Aao's worries about those who were arranged to leave the palace before, so I couldn't help asking: "Do you also think that someone will take the opportunity to cause trouble?"

He was silent for a while, then nodded, and said: "My lord's recent series of measures...whether it is practicing strict frugality, using businessmen to advise, or reducing idle personnel in the harem, there are many voices of dissatisfaction, and it is inevitable that there will be one or two. A lunatic who is greedy for profit and acts recklessly. It was because of the negligence of the ministers that there was a rebellion by the Forbidden Army. This time, naturally, we should be more cautious."

"That is to say, I'm still acting too hastily, right?" I paused, looked up at him, frowned, and said, "Since Mr. Zukazai has this kind of consideration, why didn't you stop me?"

In fact, instead of persuading and reminding him, he is trying his best to promote it, right?

Yuexi bowed her head, saluted before saying: "With the current situation of Fangguo, the lord's various decisions, I think there is nothing wrong with it. Besides...Fangguo is the country of the lord, and the lord is Fang The master of the country. It should be up to the master to decide the direction of the country's development, and it is the duty of a humble minister to assist the master to achieve the goal of the master. As a minister, it is against the law to manipulate the political situation of the country at will. Providence."

Hearing his words, I couldn't help being stunned.He stared at the man in front of him with wide eyes, trying to read something from his expression.

But nothing.

If he is not too good at acting, it really comes from the heart.

There is nothing strange about saying these words here, but it was said by the man who led the army to kill the lord... I couldn't understand this man even more, so I simply asked: "Then why did you kill Zhongtar back then? "

Yuexi was silent for a long time, but in the end he just bowed down and said in a low voice: "That is a sin that I can't make up for in my life."

I sighed and said, "Get up first."

He stood up as he said.

I pointed to the stool next to me and said, "Please sit down."

This time he just stood there with his head bowed and didn't follow through.

I didn't bother to invite again, so I smiled and said, "You know I'm a fetal fruit, and I don't know much about Fangguo's situation before, but I always think it's a bit strange. As a minister, when the Lord makes mistakes, I don't go in Admonish to stop, but when the situation is irretrievable, simply mobilize troops to kill the king. Knowing that the policy above is wrong, but still implement it, and then push all the responsibility on the king. Anyway, the king is the one who lost his way, and the one who deserves to die is also the king. With such a minister, isn't it a little pitiful to be the master?"

There was a trace of pain in Yuexi's eyes, and he didn't refute me, but said softly: "Yes. This minister was heavily used by the late king, but he failed to dissuade him before he made a big mistake and lost the way of heaven. This is my negligence. And after that, leading troops to kill the king is even more treasonous. Please forgive me, Lord."

I waved my hand and said, "You don't have to say anything like convicting you again and again, I don't want to accuse you today."

Yue Xi said: "I am not hypocritical, I know that I have committed a serious crime, not to mention... If I am not punished for such a crime of disregarding righteousness and defying the heavens, I am afraid that some people will always have inappropriate thoughts..."

Although he didn't explicitly say what the inappropriate idea was, I could guess it, not to mention that I had thought of it two days ago.

In the world of the Twelve Kingdoms, there were few people who rebelled before, because everyone knew that even if the lord was killed, it was not necessarily his turn to do it in this kind of government where the unicorn chooses the king. willing to do.

But there is a person who kills the king, the queen, and the master, and is still in a high position without any injuries. Naturally, some people think, "Since others can do it, why can't I do it?"

Anyway, this kind of idiot without self-knowledge is not uncommon in any world or time and space.

He standing here is a clear counter-evidence and inducement.Thinking about it, Yuexi is also very clear.

But since I didn't convict him when I first came to the throne, and neither did the Imperial Army when they rebelled, so I can't even find a reason to convict me at this time, right?

What's more, Yuexi has a huge root system and is highly respected. If I convict him somehow, I'm afraid that not only will he lose his prestige, but he may even cause another rebellion.

I waved my hand again, smiled, and said: "Master Zukazai, please don't test me. For no reason, you want me to go through the old accounts of 20 years ago to liquidate the old officials. You should know better than me whether you can deter Xiao Xiao. "

Yuexi hurriedly said: "My lord, please don't misunderstand me, I have absolutely no intention of testing my lord, it's just..."

"I said that I didn't ask you about this matter because I wanted to settle accounts with you. What I said just now was not aimed at you. After all, I don't know what happened back then. It doesn’t mean that as long as the courtiers work hard, there will be results. Probably if I insist on going my own way, you can’t do anything about it.” I interrupted him, and simply asked my doubts all the time, and said, “I even understand that you were thinking of the people of the world back then. I just don’t understand, the one who lost his way is the king, killing Zhongta is enough, why should he kill Fenglin together? Qilin is obviously innocent, isn’t it?”