Chapter 54 The fickle Xia Emperor
Imperial Palace Study Room.
The lights were brightly lit, the red candles were burning brightly, and the tears of the candles slipped quietly on the candlesticks, forming various mysterious patterns that attracted attention.
After Emperor Xia approved the last memorial, he stood up, opened the door, and looked at the goose-feather-like snow outside.
"Why......"
I couldn't help but let out a faint sigh.
There was a hint of anxiety on his threatening face, and he murmured irritably: "In March of previous years, the ice and snow had melted, the temperature had warmed, the grass was growing, and the orioles were flying. It was the time for farmers to sow."
"But this year, why does it keep snowing and the temperature not rising?"
Emperor Xia was worried and raised his eyes to ask the sky: "God, how many people of Daxia do you have to freeze to death before you give up?"
"If you continue to have heavy snowfall like this, what will happen to my crops in Daxia this year?"
"If there is no sowing in spring, there will be no harvest in autumn. Are you going to exterminate my people in Great Xia?"
Slowly.
Emperor Xia's face became increasingly angry: "Since I sat on this dragon throne, I have been conscientiously governing the world. I consider myself to be more diligent than the emperors of the pre-Qin Dynasty, but why...my people still don't have enough to eat.
,Aren’t you dressed warmly?”
He raised his finger to the sky and roared: "Tell me, why?"
"Did I really do a bad job?"
"You want me to issue an edict of sin?"
"Do you want me to admit to the world... that it was my fault that made God angry and caused this blizzard in the world to continue?"
"Tell you, it's impossible!"
"I'm not wrong!"
"I won this throne based on my strength and dignity!"
at this time.
Around Emperor Xia.
All the eunuchs, maids, and guards were so frightened that they fell to their knees and did not dare to raise their heads. They wished they could cover their ears and pretend they did not hear.
Only the historian was writing quickly, recording the words and deeds of Emperor Xia.
The so-called sinner edict is a kind of oral edict or document used by the emperor to reflect on himself or review his own faults and mistakes when problems arise in the court, the country suffers natural disasters, and the political power is in danger.
I hope that through this way of self-blame, God can see the emperor's sincerity and get God's help.
This method is used by all countries in this continent.
at this time.
After Emperor Xia finished shouting, he seemed to feel a lot better: "Old man, what do those old guys from Qin Tian Prison say?"
"When will this blizzard stop?"
The Qin Tian Jian was an institution in the Great Xia court responsible for observing astronomical phenomena and calculating solar terms and calendars.
The old eunuch quickly replied: "Returning to your majesty, the Qintian eunuch said that there is a strange phenomenon this day. It is not only our country of Great Xia that has encountered a cold spring, but other empires on this continent are also like us, under the crazy raging snowstorm.
"
Emperor Xia felt much better this time: "Let them sacrifice to the gods of heaven and earth and pray to God to stop the blizzard."
"yes!"
"Old man, I heard something is being spread outside... The snowstorms in Daxia have been non-stop this year. Is it because I have failed in my moral conduct and have been punished by God?"
A cold light flashed in the eyes of the old eunuch: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have sent the elite of the Imperial City Department to investigate the matter, and some clues have been obtained. Within three days, the person behind the scenes who spread the rumors will be caught!"
Emperor Xia couldn't help but become interested: "What clues did you find?"
The old eunuch replied with a somewhat solemn look: "The Zongheng School, which was hidden in the former Qin Dynasty, was born!"
"This matter is very likely to have something to do with them!"
A chill flashed in Emperor Xia's eyes, and he said thoughtfully: "As the old saying goes, if it comes out vertically and horizontally, the world will be in chaos and all life will be in ruins."
"In the prosperous times, the Zongheng School usually secluded itself from the world, practicing knowledge and martial arts behind closed doors, and did not care about worldly matters."
"But once there is chaos in the world, they are like local dogs that smell dog shit, like sharks that smell blood in the sea, and they start sending their disciples into the world to make the world more chaotic."
"Then, they can prove to the world that the knowledge of the Zongheng School is the most useful knowledge in the world!"
"If you are ambitious, you will be punished!"
"Old thing, do you think so?"
The old eunuch quickly responded: "Your Majesty is right!"
"People from the Zongheng School are the troublemakers in the world. If they appear in our Great Xia Dynasty, there must be a conspiracy."
"Wait a minute, the old slave will come out of the palace in person, catch all the people in the Zongheng School, and eradicate them by their roots."
The murderous aura made the Imperial Study Room seem a bit colder.
"Hahaha......"
Emperor Xia laughed in relief: "Okay, if you take action personally, none of the disciples of the Zongheng School will be able to escape."
"But I want to live."
"Understand?"
The old eunuch was stunned for a moment, and a string of cold sweat broke out on his forehead: "Yes!"
"If you don't want to kill me, I will capture him alive and let His Majesty personally interrogate him."
The emperor's heart is indeed still unfathomable.
He will never let you guess his thoughts.
suddenly.
Emperor Xia changed the topic: "Old man, is there any news from Xiaojiu?"
This question made the old eunuch's expression change drastically.
"Plop..."
He knelt down again, with more cold sweat on his forehead: "Your Majesty, forgive me!"
"A lot of things happened over there with the Ninth Prince!"
"Because something happened to the spies of the Imperial City Department, the situation with the Ninth Prince has not been reported back for a long time!"
Emperor Xia frowned: "What happened to the spies sent by the Imperial City Department?"
The old eunuch said with a sad face: "This morning, the Imperial City Division sent a total of six groups of spies to follow the Ninth Prince's motorcade in all directions to ensure complete control of the Ninth Prince's information."
"However, these six batches of spies were all killed by unknown masters!"
Emperor Xia was furious: "Who did it?"
"Is this provoking the imperial court?"
"Who is it?"
The old eunuch's face gradually became solemn: "The bodies of these spies have been brought back. The old slave has checked the wounds and found that they were all killed with one sword, and they all died in the hands of a master of swordsmanship."
"The swordsmanship used by that master is something I have never seen before."
"oh?"
Emperor Xia raised his eyelids: "Could it be that another hidden school has emerged?"
The old eunuch was noncommittal and answered cautiously: "I haven't seen him and his sword, so I don't dare to make a decision easily."
"Now, the Imperial City Division has sent three major commanders to lead the team to monitor the Ninth Prince's motorcade again."
"If the person who killed my Imperial City spy shows up, it's time to take revenge!"
Emperor Xia frowned: "Where is Xiaojiu?"
"He killed the prince's soldiers at Taohuawu Fort last night. According to the prince's character, he will never give up. Has he already launched revenge?"
The old eunuch wiped the cold sweat on his forehead: "It must be revenge!"
Emperor Xia frowned deeply, and his voice became colder: "What do you mean should?"
"Old thing, what happened to Lao Jiu?"
The old eunuch gathered his thoughts and then broke the news: "Your Majesty, the bandits raised by the prince in Erlong Mountain were killed by the Ninth Prince and his men!"
"What?"
This surprised Emperor Xia!
The old eunuch continued: "Then, the Ninth Prince cut off the heads of all the bandits in Erlong Mountain and built a temple at the foot of the mountain, saying that this was the fate of the evil bandits in the world!"
"Then he also declared war on the world's evil bandits and left a note of surrender at the capital, vowing to kill all the world's evil bandits."
Emperor Xia asked in disbelief: "Does he have such courage?"
Old eunuch: "Yes!"
"He also piled Jingguan with the heads of criminals?"
"yes!"
"His men are all wounded soldiers. How can Lu Shu and Gao Fei, two third-rate warriors, be able to destroy the Erlong Mountain bandits and the prince's dead soldiers later?"
"Already destroyed!"
Emperor Xia's eyes were full of disbelief: "How on earth did he do it?"
The old eunuch couldn't help feeling suffocated in his chest, with a look of constipation on his face: "Your Majesty, the old slave is guilty because the spy was killed, so he didn't know the process of the Ninth Prince killing the bandit!"
"The Imperial City Division is really a bunch of trash!"
Emperor Xia waved his hand impatiently: "Don't be verbose, have you returned the rubbings of the payment documents that Xiaojiu sent?"
The old eunuch quickly took out a piece of paper from his sleeve: "Your Majesty, here is the payment document."
Emperor Xia immediately took it and opened it: "Old man, you still understand me!"
Then.
He took a closer look, and the divine light in his eyes burst out: "In the whole world, could it be the king's land? On the shore of the land, could it be the king's ministers... domineering!"
"This world belongs to me."
"If God does not punish him, the Prince of Huangzhou will send out troops to kill him. No matter how far away he is, he will be killed. No matter how strong he is, he will be killed..."
"Well said!"
“It’s so wonderful!”
"As expected of my son."
The old eunuch quickly lowered his head, and there were a few words in his heart that he did not dare to say: "It was you who drove the Ninth Prince out of the imperial capital, and it was you who allowed the Prince to kill him. It is you who suspects that the Ninth Prince is not your biological son!"
"Now, how are you sure he is your biological child?"
The old eunuch had a hard time holding back these slanderous words.
at this time.
Emperor Xia frowned: "Old man, in the whole world, could it be the land of the king? On the shore of the land, could it be the ministers of the king? Why have I never heard of these ancient sayings?"
"It shouldn't be!"
"Such a unique quote cannot remain unknown!"
"You are also well-read, have you heard of it?"
The old eunuch shook his head: "No!"
Because the person who said this is not on this continent.
at this time.
The old eunuch looked at Emperor Xia's frown and said tentatively: "Your Majesty, I guess this must have been said by the Ninth Prince himself."
Emperor Xia's eyes lit up: "What basis do you have?"
The old lady realized it!
"Because there are no such words in this world. For the first time, these words come from the mouth of the Ninth Prince, so naturally they are what he said!"
"It's just that the Ninth Prince doesn't like to be in the limelight or famous, so he takes the name of an ancient person."
Emperor Xia thought about Xia Tian's words and deeds in the palace, and couldn't help but believe it: "Since he was a child, this child likes to hide in the library and pretend to be stupid, and likes to hide his abilities and bide his time. It seems that he doesn't want to become famous in the world."
"In the whole world, is it the land of the king? On the shore of the land, is it the ministers of the king... The more I think about this sentence, the more interesting it becomes!"
"Old man, write this sentence down, hand it to the two prime ministers on the left and right, tell them it was written by Xiao Jiu, and ask them to present their opinions on it!"
"He doesn't want to be famous, but I want to help him make it famous."
Emperor Xia's eyes were filled with profound meaning: "I want the whole world to know that this is what my son said."
This sentence is kingly.
If it is imprinted in the hearts of the people of the world, it will have the effect of consolidating the royal power.
Therefore, this sentence is really the most wonderful words for the emperor.
As long as the prime ministers and prime ministers write about this, it will be talked about by scholars all over the world.
Then.
This sentence can spread all over the world naturally!
Let the people of the world know that everyone in the world belongs to the royal family.
It's all his.
Emperor Xia felt much better and murmured: "Xiaojiu, you are very good!"
"But how much more of your abilities have you hidden from me?"
"You have only wounded soldiers, but you are able to kill your prince brother's killers in Taohuawu Fort. You are resourceful!"
"You are brave enough to lead people to kill the evil bandits and the crown prince's dead men at Erlong Mountain, and to build a base in the capital to shock the hearts of the bandits in the world."
"You dare to declare war on the evil bandits in the world, seek justice for the good people in the world, uphold justice, and show mercy to my people. This is benevolence."
"You issued a notice to warn the world, and you often used golden sentences. It is polite to warn first and then kill!"
"You are really good!"
The more Emperor Xia spoke, the straighter his back became, and the more he spoke, the prouder he became.
The old eunuch saw this in his eyes and continued: "Your Majesty, the Ninth Prince is still doing another big thing!"
Emperor Xia's eyes flashed: "Tell me quickly, what did Jiu'er do again?"
The old eunuch couldn't help but be speechless!
It turns out that I always called Xiaojiu!
Now, I actually called Shangjiuer!
Has the emperor's mind changed again?
When Emperor Xia saw the old eunuch frightened, he couldn't help but kicked him: "Old man, tell me quickly!"
"What did Jiu'er do again?"
Chapter completed!