269 ??The Dragon Scale Collapses and Falls to the Nine Heavens
Qingsi was extremely low-key. When Zhao Lingrui was in Jinling, he didn't know that the number one counselor in the Jin Palace was Qingsi.
Come to think of it, except for people like Yu Wang and Yan Weiyu who were very familiar with the "competition between the two kings" in the past, the rest of them didn't know Qingsi's identity.
Princess Zhao Lingrui met Qingsi.
I don’t know what they talked about that day.
But I only know that after that day, Princess Zhao Lingrui changed her attitude towards Qingsi, and she was very optimistic about Qingsi, just like a sister.
This scene fell in the eyes of Zhang Chunhua, Yi Qiuyue, Jiang Yueling, Yan Weiyu and other ladies, and they were also extremely puzzled.
The same is true for Yan Wulu.
At that time, he heard that the princess had brought people to find Qingsi, so he immediately set off to Qingsi Palace, hoping to protect the two of them from getting hurt... No, the main thing was to keep Qingsi from getting hurt.
result……
I saw a picture of my sister and my sister having a lot of fun.
Somewhat weird.
Yan Wulu felt a little guilty.
If Zhao Lingrui or Jiang Yueling and other wives really started to quarrel with him, he would not be able to bear it and would find it difficult to end it.
But now...it's pretty good.
When Yan Wulu was getting along with Qingsi in private, he asked her what she and the princess had talked about that day.
Qingsi just smiled and said: "The princess is a good princess who understands the general situation. She doesn't need Qingsi to talk to her."
When Yan Wulu heard about it, he felt that Zhao Lingrui, the former "Female Overlord of Jinling" who was unruly, domineering and willful, knew the general situation?
These words really don't go together.
Yan Wulu knew that Qingsi wanted to hide it.
But since the other party didn't want to say anything, he didn't ask further.
…
The king of Zhenbei married again.
Yanbei City looked like a happy place.
But there is only one difference...
King Zhenbei once built a fairy temple near Yanbei.
It was given to Yun Qingzhi to live in.
In the past few years, Yun Qingzhi has been living here and studying the methods of cultivation.
At the same time, it is also about self-denial and cessation of desires.
Over the years, including the princess, the King of Zhenbei has only had four wives, and has never been blessed with another woman.
Yun Qingzhi originally thought that the other party and the others were in harmony with each other and got along harmoniously.
I shouldn't have had this abnormal love.
Unexpectedly, news suddenly came - King Zhenbei had married again, and he married two people at once!
Yun Qingzhi's silver-white hair was disheveled, and she couldn't understand at all...
"Damn bastard!"
"...Since you have already married two more, why, why don't you marry me!"
"...I am no worse than them!"
Yun Qingzhi roared in a low voice.
But then he suddenly woke up again.
"He is the son of Senior Sister. How could I do this? How could I... Oh! Damn it."
…
Zhang, the head of the Star Palace, is playing with the young prince and princesses today.
Suddenly I saw a strange movement in the sky.
Zhang left quickly and informed King Zhenbei——
"The dragon's scales collapsed and fell to the sky."
"...Although the old Emperor Daqian came back from the dead and his life span was extended by Yan Fei, his dragon energy has been exhausted. If he loses his deer, the whole world will chase him away."
"...This world will soon change hands."
The king of Zhenbei heard about it.
I have made a decision in my heart.
After three years of planning, it’s time to take action.
But before that, he had to go to Jinling to meet someone.
…
Jinling.
late at night.
Wang Zhaomin, dressed in a gorgeous and spacious Daqianxiang uniform, stepped out of the carriage.
Several servants immediately came forward to build a ladder for him.
Wang Zhaomin's face was already seven points drunk.
After several years of luxurious living, his figure has become mellow, and he is no longer the skinny and skinny person he used to be.
Wang Zhaomin shook his head, thinking that it had been a long time since he had been as happy as he was tonight.
Under the service of a group of servants, he walked into the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Wang Zhaomin stayed in the study for a while.
There is a large number of documents on the desk in the study room. Naturally, these cannot be memorials to the Emperor Qian Dynasty.
Wang Zhaomin had no interest in that kind of thing.
These documents were all Wang Zhaomin's cronies. They dug deep into the ground from all over the prefectures and counties and tried their best to squeeze out the people's support. Only then did they collect the filial piety gift list for Wang Zhaomin's fortieth birthday.
Wang Zhaomin also gave it a special name - "Birthday Guide".
However, it seems that a "birthday card" worth one hundred thousand guan was robbed by a group of thieves when passing through Huangnigang, Shandong.
When Wang Zhaomin heard about it, he was very angry!
The reason why he was angry was not that his birthday card was taken away by thieves, but mainly because—someone who didn’t know who was short-sighted gave him a birthday card with only a mere 100,000 guan!
Send away beggars?!
I am the Prime Minister of Daqian!
Wang Zhaomin was so angry that he even sent someone to severely demote the unfortunate guy. It was really a "demotion" in the sense of punching and kicking him, rather than a "demotion" in the sense of demoting an official.
As for the thieves...
Forget it, Wang Zhaomin couldn't find out who it was anyway, so he just sent it to the local county guard to find him.
"The local county guard is required to give the Prime Minister three days to catch the thief. If he cannot be found, he is the one who is harboring the thief! Let the Prime Minister take all 100,000 yuan from him!"
Wang Zhaomin recalled his heroic appearance when he gave the order.
The people around him who took the order at that time were all stunned by his majestic appearance. They froze on the spot, opening their mouths and being unable to speak for a long time.
"Hahaha……"
Wang Zhaomin giggled while holding a large pile of gift lists.
Come to think of it, the annual income of this Daqian is not as good as the birthday gift this Xiangxiang receives every year.
After simply packing up the gift list, Wang Zhaomin just wanted to take a look at the concubine he accepted today. She seemed to be a little beauty in her twenties and eighties.
Wang Zhaomin thought and rubbed his hands secretly.
He came to the concubine's room, called out "little beauty" in a coquettish voice, then slowly opened the wooden door and bowed in.
The room was dimly lit by candlelight.
Wang Zhaomin closed the door and thought to himself, "It seems that this little beauty is quite good at having fun. She is really interesting."
The wooden gate has just been closed.
Wang Zhaomin's expression suddenly changed. Even though he had no inner strength to speak of, at this moment he felt the pressure of an aura that was as real as a substance.
This extremely familiar aura oppression, this aura oppression like an overlord or an emperor...
In all these years, he, Wang Zhaomin, had only felt it from that one person.
Wang Zhaomin's legs trembled.
He slowly faced the main seat in the room, his legs softened, and he knelt down with a plop.
His mouth trembled and he murmured——
"King, your lord... you, why are you here?"
Wang Zhaomin lay prone on the ground.
He quietly raised his head and looked along his line of sight.
All he saw was a dark python robe with a dark background and golden dragon patterns embroidered on it.
Yan Wulu sat on the main seat with a cold expression.
"Master Wang, you have been living a very happy life recently."
Yan Wulu's words were clearly heartless and colorless, but they seemed to directly stir the last chord in Wang Zhaomin's heart.
Wang Zhaomin's Daqian phase was recommended to him by Yan Fei, the national teacher.
As for why Yan Fei, the national preceptor, recommended Wang Zhaomin, it was naturally inseparable from the methods and connections of King Zhenbei.
Of course Wang Zhaomin knew at this moment what the king in front of him was referring to.
He hurriedly declined -
"The king has misunderstood."
"...those birthday plans are not for me to celebrate my birthday, they are all... for military expenses of the Zhenbei Army!"
"...This little beauty is not my new concubine, but...a villain. I heard that the king loves beauties, so I specially collected them to give to the king!"
Wang Zhaomin spoke plausibly.
He kowtowed violently and said with tears streaming down his face: "Everything Wang Zhaomin does is for the sake of the Northland. He has absolutely no selfish motives. If he makes false claims, he will be struck by thunder from heaven!"
Just as Wang Zhaomin finished speaking, there was a "bang" outside the window, and there was thunder.
Wang Zhaomin was instantly petrified on the spot.
Yan Wulu didn't care at all about the person in front of him. He said directly——
"Master Wang... No, you should be called Wang Xiang now."
"I don't dare to let the king call me that! I mean... I should remember that everything is given by the king, and the king's order is heaven! The king said to go east, but I will never go west..."
Yan Wulu waved his hand slightly to signal him to stop talking.
Wang Zhaomin stopped talking instantly and knelt down obediently.
"Master Wang, I don't want to care about the money you made and the beauties you snatched."
Yan Wulu said.
Wang Zhaomin was about to praise his rainbow fart again, but suddenly he felt King Zhenbei's eyes telling him not to speak, and Wang Zhaomin was instantly silenced.
"...There are some people in Jinling who are my friends. Don't provoke them."
Wang Zhaomin nodded sharply.
He knew in his heart that he had already inquired about Qin Jing of the Qin family, Gu Beiju of the Gu family, Cen Qianhui of the Cen family, Xia Jingjing of the Jinyi Division, and even the Honored Prince Zhao Lingrui long before he became the Prime Minister of Daqian.
Anyway, he asked his subordinates to avoid anyone who had a friendly relationship with King Zhenbei.
Seeing him like this, King Zhenbei felt that the other party was quite sensible.
He stood up and walked slowly to where Wang Zhaomin was kneeling...
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty." Wang Zhaomin said with a flattering smile.
King Zhenbei lightly patted the dust on his Daqianxiang uniform.
He said something like "Winds, horses and cows have nothing to do with each other".
"This dress is a pity."
Wang Zhaomin didn't understand it when he first heard it.
King Zhenbei finished speaking for a while and remained silent.
For a long time, Wang Zhaomin felt that it was too bad to remain silent like this, so he tentatively opened his mouth and said——
"Your Majesty, there is no need to feel pity. It doesn't matter if these clothes get dirty. I have many more little ones."
Yan Wulu laughed inexplicably when he heard this.
"This Prime Minister's Mansion is very big, much more luxurious than the Qin Mansion back then."
"...I think back then, Prime Minister Qin was also a famous prime minister. Then came Zhang Zheng."
Zhenbei King Yan Wulu said.
He suddenly put a hand on Wang Zhaomin's shoulder and said with deep meaning: "...Master Wang, do your best. In the history books in the future, you will definitely be more famous than Prime Minister Qin and Prime Minister Zhang."
When Wang Zhaomin heard this, he was overjoyed for a moment.
He subconsciously believed that what he was doing now was preparing for the king to ascend to the throne.
From now on, I will definitely be the first contributor to the King’s ascension to the throne!
Naturally, he will be much more famous than a former prime minister!
"I will remember what the king said! Thank you very much for your cultivation!"
Perhaps it was this "praise" that greatly increased Wang Zhaomin's confidence.
He couldn't help but muster the courage to ask curiously and humbly——
"The villain is so bold. I wonder why the king came to look for the villain late at night?"
"I just came to Jinling to see old friends."
"... Of course, the other thing is to tell Mr. Wang that you can start promoting the reduction of vassalage."
After King Zhenbei finished speaking, he patted Wang Zhaomin on the shoulder and said no more.
A vortex of azure gold appears.
King Zhenbei disappeared immediately.
Wang Zhaomin froze on the spot for a long time.
In his heart, he was afraid of this elusive King of Zhenbei.
But then, he suddenly thought, "Could it be that the 'old friend' in the king's words... refers to me, Wang Zhaomin?!"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Wang Zhaomin stood up, akimbo and laughing.
However, it seemed that he was laughing too hard, and he couldn't help but gasp for breath, and he quickly slapped his chest and coughed.
Wang Zhaomin looked around in the room and found that his new little beauty was already fast asleep. He didn't know if she had been knocked unconscious.
Wang Zhaomin had just been frightened by Yan Wulu, the king of Zhenbei, and he instantly woke up from a drunken state, completely losing his temper.
He sighed and returned to his room dejectedly.
Before leaving the house, Wang Zhaomin suddenly remembered - Oops, he forgot to ask the king for the suppressive antidote of "Leopai Yijin Pills"!!!
…
The thirty-seventh year of Qianyuan.
August.
A severe drought coincides with a locust plague.
In places such as Hedong and Jiangnan, the seedlings withered and the rivers dried up.
Later, there was another heavy rain that lasted for dozens of days, causing rivers to burst their banks, causing millions of people to be displaced.
The court failed to provide disaster relief.
Moreover, most of the food and money provided for disaster relief were greedy by members of the royal party.
On the day of the autumn harvest, no grains were harvested.
Deaths from hunger litter the fields, and corpses lie on the roadside.
Suddenly, refugees were everywhere.
…
The thirty-seventh year of Qianyuan.
Early September.
Under the promotion of Daqian Prime Minister Wang Zhaomin, the "Tianfa Order" that had been dusty for several years has now been brought to the forefront again.
This time, the "Tweeting Order", under the leadership of Wang Zhaomin, is even more radical and paranoid than the one led by the old emperor Zhao Purui.
Accompanying the envoy of the "Tweening Order" were the axemen with swords and axes.
Da Qian didn't have any time to think about it with the three vassal kings, and he just wanted to start splitting the land and sealing the country.
Moreover, the additional conditions were so harsh that none of the three feudal princes could accept them.
Once you disobey, you will be punished with swords and axes.
This is not "extending favor" but "cutting down vassalage".
only……
It would be too ridiculous to kill the feudal king in his fiefdom with just a few swordsmen and axe-hands.
and.
The Daqian of today is no longer the Daqian of those days.
In a year of great disaster, people are in dire straits.
The old emperor was obsessed with alchemy and the pursuit of immortality, and had long since ceased to manage government affairs.
Above the court, the royal party is causing trouble and crowding out Qingliu.
The border troops are far away and have become one of the tools for members of the royal party to earn money.
Yan Fei, the national advisor, was building large-scale construction projects throughout the territory, making constant attacks and squeezing out blood.
The kings and ministers and their ilk made the Daqian Dynasty shrouded in a smoky atmosphere.
Over the course of several years, Daqian's armaments were depleted, and Wen Tian's martial arts became more active.
In order to refine the [Eternal Life Pill], a large number of exorbitant taxes and corvee labor were imposed, which made the people in Daqian furious and miserable.
This big job has already been completely rotten.
Come to think of it, if Zhao Lingfeng, the prison prince, had not tried his best to maintain it, the building would have collapsed long ago.
It may take decades of hard work for a dynasty to grow from birth to strength; but from strength to decline, it only takes one generation of tyrants and traitorous ministers.
