Finally, after more than half an hour, Shi Zitong was kneeling because his legs were numb and he could no longer stand up. King Xiang finally got tired of scolding and fell back on the chair with a plop, looking listless and even hopeless.
appearance.
King Xiang knew very well his usual attitude towards Brother Qing Wang. Once King Qing really came to power, it is conceivable that his good days would be over. One day, I am afraid that he would think
It wouldn't be easy to get a whole corpse.
Thinking that he might die or die miserably, Prince Xiang's face became frightened without realizing it. So much so that when another aide's voice sounded, he didn't hear what he was saying.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, now that things have come to this, it is no longer useful to blame Mr. Shi. Let's think about what we are going to do next." Zheng Qi spoke, and he had to speak. This was not because he wanted to help Shi Zitong.
In fact, he was helping himself. He was afraid that King Xiang would hold him accountable later.
After saying it several times, King Xiang finally came back from his fugue, stared at Zheng Qi and asked, "Mr. Zheng, do you have anything to teach me?"
"Your Highness, at this moment, the matter has reached an extremely critical stage. There is no chance that someone will take advantage of Your Majesty to see the King of Chongqing and bring up the matter of establishing a crown prince. In that case, it will be very detrimental to Your Highness, so this
When the time comes, we must find someone who can help His Highness speak up. Only by making His Highness the Crown Prince will this storm pass, and other people will see the reality clearly and fall under His Highness's wings again."
Zheng Qi said solemnly, and King Xiang couldn't help but nod. "Yes, yes, Mr. Zheng is right, but I don't know who is willing to speak for me at this time?"
Speaking of this, King Xiang seemed to have thought of something quickly. His eyes turned and fell on Shi Zitong, who was kneeling on the ground. "Will Zong Zheng intercede for me at this time?"
Shi Zitong, who originally thought he had been forgotten, was thanking Zheng Qi for his help. Suddenly he noticed that King Xiang's eyes were staring at him again. He quickly shook his head and said: "Your Highness, it's better that Zong Zheng doesn't speak at this time.
If I open my mouth, I'm afraid it will only have the opposite effect."
"Huh? Well, you are right." Although he was a little dissatisfied with Shi Zitong's answer, King Xiang had to admit that this was the truth. Judging from the tense relationship between his father and Zongzheng, if Zongzheng really dared to speak for
If you plead for mercy, you will only die faster.
"Oh my, what should I do?" Thinking that he would not end well if King Qing ascended the throne, King Xiang became anxious again and said angrily.
"Your Highness, don't be anxious. In fact, there is someone who can speak for Your Highness, and this person's words are still very important." Zheng Qi spoke again. He originally wanted to say something just now, but King Xiang didn't seem to take him seriously.
He turned around and asked Shi Zitong again, which made him feel a sense of loss, and he wanted to express himself well and emphasize his importance.
Zheng Qi spoke again, and he looked like he had a solution, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw. King Xiang asked anxiously, "Who is it? Mr. Zheng, please teach me."
How could Prince Xiang not see at this time that the real savior was Zheng Qi, not Shi Zitong, whom he had already scolded as a fool?
"King Qi." Without making King Xiang wait any longer, Zheng Qi gave the answer.
...
There were still three days before the Empress Dowager was buried, and King Qi finally arrived belatedly.
Regardless of whether King Qi wanted it or not, he finally came to Daliang City and entered the city with a thousand tall and powerful infantry. From this point of view, King Qi was indeed not very courageous.
When he was young, the King of Qi was still very hard-working. When he saw other people proclaiming themselves as vassal kings, he followed the general trend and occupied the four states and established himself as King of Qi. He had already done what he wanted at that time. Emperor Jing was preparing to send troops to attack him, but he was lucky. At that time, Emperor Qian Jing was already old and in poor health. His three sons were still watching the throne at his feet. He could not spare the energy to deal with King Qi. , which made him one of the largest feudal kings.
Many years have passed since the incident, and King Qi has grown old. At nearly sixty years old, he was forced to come to Daliang City due to circumstances.
Under the governance of Emperor Qianwen, the current Daqian is recuperating and its strength has greatly increased. Especially last year, it defeated the powerful King Jin and forced him to turn four states into one state. The current Emperor Qianwen can be said to have strong soldiers and horses. At this time, he took advantage of the death of the Empress Dowager to invite himself to Kyoto. In order not to be looked down upon by the world, and in order not to give Emperor Qianwen the opportunity to send troops for himself, King Qi thought about it again and again and decided to come.
King Qi was willing to come, not only because he wanted to bow his head to Emperor Qianwen, but also because he had already established a relationship with Zong Zheng of the Tang Dynasty through King Xiang's relationship. In addition, King Zhong and King Jin also came to Daliang this time. Let him have the courage to go to Daliang in person.
But he didn't know that from the moment he stepped into Daliang City, it was destined that he would never be able to leave here.
The King of Qi came, and the person responsible for welcoming him was his right servant She Bailigui. One was an important minister of the court, and the other was the vassal king with a heavy army. The two sides met very politely. Bailigui represented the arrival of the Emperor to King Qi. He expressed his gratitude and sincerely invited him to attend the burial ceremony of the Empress Dowager three days later.
Regarding the invitation of Emperor Baili Guidai, King Qi naturally agreed with a smile, and then stationed a thousand soldiers in the courtyard that had been arranged. It seemed that only under the protection of the soldiers could King Qi feel at ease. , can you find a sense of security.
At this time, on a street not far from the residence of King Qi, the Korean envoy Pu Defazheng took off his official clothes and changed into ordinary civilian clothes. Beside him, the deputy envoy Jin Dajiang was also changing his clothes. While asking in confusion, "Master Park, do we have to go to see Zeng Zhizhou? After all, he is just a Zhizhou. Even if we do, it should be him who comes to see you."
"Hey, Dajiang, you still don't understand the Han people. They take face very seriously. This time we gave them enough face, which is equivalent to leaving a good first impression. When we talk about other things next, it will be natural It will be much more convenient." Park Defa said with a proud face, and he was also full of hope for the next meeting.
Jin Dajiang really didn't understand this, and this answer did not reduce his doubts. "Sir, the other party is just a magistrate. Is it worthy of our powerful Goryeo to show them?"
"It's worth it, of course it's worth it. Dajiang, you don't know that Jizhou is not what it used to be. They are not in Jizhou under the leadership of King Zhong. It is synonymous with poverty and backwardness. But according to the news sent back by the spies we sent, Jizhou is developing very fast now, and it may not be long before it can catch up with the prosperity of Goryeo. Such an ally is worth our efforts to contact."
When Park Deok-fa said this, his face did not turn red or he was out of breath. What is a prosperous Korea? In fact, not only is Korea not rich now, it is also very poor. Especially Japan has been watching them for a long time and will send troops at every turn. Launching a robbery against them, the King of Goryeo was already suffering from a headache for this matter. For this reason, he called out to the rescue of King Zhong who was very close to them. But King Zhong's eyes were always on the throne in Daliang City. , just a little Gaoli, he didn't even bother to take a look.
Until Jizhou returned to Ji Wang Tang Ao, the Koreans seemed to have seen new hope and immediately sent people to find out more. The news they got was even more surprising to them. Not only was the fourth prince of the current dynasty not a fool, but on the contrary He is still very smart, a person with great ideas and motivation. Isn't this the best ally? As long as we can get along well with him, we can ask him to send troops to help Goryeo and defeat Japan. Only then can the country be safe, and then we can focus on Developing the economy means recuperating and recuperating, right?
This time Park Defa was sent by the King of Korea to attend the funeral of the Empress Dowager Daqian, which was an excellent opportunity to contact Jizhou forces. How could he let go of this to test King Ji Tang Ao's attitude towards the Koreans?
"Okay, Dajiang, change your clothes quickly and cheer up. Whether Goryeo will stand up again in the future depends on whether we can persuade the Lord Zhizhou of Jizhou today." Pu Defa said this. At that time, I was still a little excited. After all, the King of Goryeo and the patriarch Park Fengli entrusted him with such an important matter. This is a kind of trust and honor in itself, isn't it?
...
Three days came in a flash.
It seems that everyone knows the importance of this matter. The security in Daliang City has been surprisingly good these days. People from all forces are restraining their subordinates in order to get to this day safely. No matter in their hearts No one would express their thoughts before the Empress Dowager was buried, otherwise it would be disrespectful to the deceased, and would be looked down upon and looked down upon by all forces, and it would be a loss of justice.
Emperor Qianwen was dressed in a golden dragon and yellow robe. According to the rules set by the Ministry of Etiquette, he would cry profusely at one moment and kowtow at the other. He kept busy calling until nearly noon when the coffin of the Empress Dowager left Daliang City. Heading to the Tang Dynasty's Imperial Mausoleum more than ten miles away. At this point, the ceremony was completed, and it was time for Emperor Qianwen to entertain the ministers and representatives of various forces.
Perhaps because the atmosphere in the morning was too heavy, there were not many people drinking during the banquet at noon, making the atmosphere very depressing. The banquet that many people thought would be "lively" ended in a dull way.
Naturally, this would not be the real end. The reason why no one publicly challenged Emperor Qianwen at the banquet was not because they didn't want to, but because they thought they were not strong enough, or they just didn't want to be the standout.
