Chapter 17: The first move
Since Kong Xiaocheng left the Confucian Sect and joined the dynasty at the age of 18, he has served the dynasty for more than 80 years. Now he has become the emperor's teacher and the prime minister of the dynasty. He is truly above ten thousand people.
In his 80-year ruling career, what Kong Xiaocheng was most proud of was not that he had assisted the former kings to settle the remaining seven major forces in the world, making the dynasty's authority to take charge of the people's livelihood in the world as stable as Mount Tai; nor that he entered the rebel camp alone, convinced the rebel leaders at that time, and then resolved the major crisis of the division between the north and the south; nor that he taught Zhao Xiaotang, a student who was not favored by everyone at that time, but now he was the 106th emperor of the dynasty.
What he proudest in his life is that he has been in charge of the dynasty for more than 50 years but has never made even a single mistake!
However, what Kong Xiaocheng never expected was that he was old and was about to be buried, but he committed a serious crime that would not lose at all if he had been killed ten times!
"Hurry up! Hurry up! Hurry up! Haven't you eaten yet? Damn! Hurry up!..." Kong Xiaocheng sat on the sedan chair of the four innate warriors, and even broke through the 346 palace gates of the Forbidden Palace. He was so anxious that he was almost vomiting blood. Now, his demeanor, momentum, etiquette, and Mount Tai collapsed without changing his expression. He was all going to the point of the demeanor.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! The big thing is wrong! The big thing is wrong!" As soon as Kong Xiaocheng arrived at the Phoenix Pavilion, he didn't care about tidying up his appearance. He was snarling with his hair disheveled and rushed in.
Zhao Xiaotang was playing kiss with the queen at this time, but his teacher actually rushed over, which made him very embarrassed.
However, Kong Xiaocheng was a person who was respectful as half-father and half-teacher as he was half-father, so Zhao Xiaotang was not angry at all. Instead, he smiled and joked at the teacher.
"Teacher, I have never seen you like this before. Hahaha, it's rare, this is really rare. Alan, I have something to discuss with the teacher, go and prepare some refreshments." Zhao Xiaotang smiled and ordered to his wife.
When the queen knew something big had happened, she left the place well and took away all the palace servants.
"Teacher, don't worry. I think it's probably because that thing was lost, right? It's nothing great. Come on, sit down and have a cup of tea to rest. Your old body is what I care about the most, and the rest... Humph, it's all nothing." Zhao Xiaotang turned his head and guessed what happened, which made the teacher feel so embarrassed. However, he was still as steady as Mount Tai to hold a bench to pour tea for the teacher himself.
"Woo! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Oh! I deserve to die! Oh! I have to bear the entrusted by the previous emperor! I lost that thing!" The old man was not in a good mood to rest now. When he knelt on the ground, Kong Xiaocheng howled and cried.
"Hey, why are you crying? Teacher, get up quickly, get up quickly." Zhao Xiaotang smiled bitterly and quickly stepped forward to help his teacher up.
After the master and apprentice sat opposite each other, Zhao Xiaotang waited for the teacher's mind to stabilize slightly. Then he asked casually while playing with the tea cup in his hand: "Teacher, you have not locked down the city at this time, right?"
"Reply to Your Majesty, no. I am afraid of alarming the snake, causing the other forces to find out the news of the lost holy key, so I did not order the city to be closed. But please rest assured. I immediately arranged all the secret guards of the dynasty to inquire in secret and set up a net of heaven and earth. I promise that I can recover the holy key!" After Kong Xiaocheng was the prime minister of the dynasty. After calming his mind, he explained the situation clearly in an orderly manner.
"Teacher, you were wrong. If you locked the city up immediately, you might have found the holy key, but if you maintain stability, you did not choose to lock down the city, this gives the thieves an opportunity to take advantage of it. Of course, I said you were wrong, it does not mean that you did not lock down the city, and there is nothing wrong with you if you don't lock down the city. I said you were wrong, it means that you valued the holy key too much, took too much into consideration the forces of the other seven factions, and underestimated our dynasty. This is Quancheng, here, what we two say is the Heavenly Tip." Zhao Xiaotang's eyes flashed with cold light, and he said as plain as water.
When Kong Xiaocheng heard this, he was so scared that he quickly threw away the teacup in his hand. He immediately knelt at Zhao Xiaotang's feet.
Just kidding, Zhao Xiaotang can say that the monarch and minister are on par, but does he dare to listen to Kong Xiaocheng? Do he dare to take it seriously? Do he dare to accept it openly?
Zhao Xiaotang looked at the white-haired teacher under his feet, and he felt very uncomfortable at this moment. What he said was really hypocritical. He was indeed sincerely grateful to the old man in front of him. After all, if it weren't for this old man, Zhao Xiaotang might have long since he had died, so how could he have been today?
However, the old man is no longer the teacher who taught himself sternly all day long, and if he makes a small mistake, he will punish his teacher severely; and he is no longer the son of the palace maid who lives in fear all day long, and is cautious and walking on thin ice, and can only be at ease by his teacher.
Zhao Xiaotang slowly tasted the tea, sighed helplessly in his heart, and then smiled and ordered the prime minister, "Teacher, the loss of the holy key has also given us a chance. First, we can use this to knock on the rats in the city so that they can understand who is the leader of Quancheng. Second, we can throw bricks and jade, so that the other factions can kill each other, and we will sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight and fish in the waters. Therefore, we ordered all nine gates to be sealed and searched for me from door to door. Some traitors will be killed; some illegal ones will be killed.
;There are slanderers, killers, and the rebels, kill them. If the secret guards spread the news, I don’t believe that I dare to throw away the heavy bait, but those bastards dare not bite the hook! If the holy key can be found, it is the best; but if it cannot be found, it doesn’t matter. Our current strength is enough to be comparable to the Buddhist teachings, and there is no need to threaten others with the holy key. Anyway, we can’t figure out what its name is, and whoever wants the other factions will want." After saying that, Zhao Xiaotang looked indifferent and tasted the tea leisurely.
After hearing his lord's words, Kong Xiaocheng knelt on the ground and quickly calculated the gains and losses. Generally speaking, he admired the students' plan, and he really admired his lord's great courage to give up and give up.
However, no matter how much he admires him, Kong Xiaocheng still attaches great importance to the holy key that implies a huge secret, and is reluctant to let go. Although he also understands that with the current strength of the dynasty, he can indeed not be afraid of anyone, and the effect of the holy key on the dynasty has reached an extreme.
But he still didn't want to give up the holy key so easily. After all, although it is no longer useful now, who knows what happens in the future? What if the dynasty needs it again one day? Wouldn't he be completely blind at that time?
And the most important thing is that he thought of the plan to protect the holy key. He was full of confidence in his protection plan at that time. He also patted his chest and assured the emperor that this plan was absolutely foolproof, but how about now?
He protected the Holy Key for a full 40 years and also played the seven major forces for a full 40 years. He made the seven major forces think that the holy key in the hand of the dynasty was the emperor's sword power that had been put into the treasure house of Quancheng. However, the real holy key had been blatantly thrown at the entrance of his own treasure house by him.
Chapter completed!