Wen Renzheng looked at Liu Mingzhi's face that gradually became sad, took off the dry tobacco bag from his waist and filled it with shredded tobacco, leaned over and lit the lantern in Liu Mingzhi's hand, and took a few puffs silently.
“You returned to the capital lightly and simply in the hope of taking the initiative to show your kindness and eliminate the gap between yourself and Li Ye.
What a pity, God doesn’t do what’s best!
Your proactive gesture of stabilizing the government and purging officials after entering the capital did not soothe Li Ye's panic. Instead, it intensified his sincere fear of your powerful uncle.
Because your unrivaled appearance in the court reminds him of your domineering figure who dominated the Northern Expedition when he first ascended the throne two years ago, overwhelming the civil and military forces of the court.
Your original intention is to show goodwill, to express your loyalty to the court, and to assist him with all your strength.
But in his opinion, you have dealt with Ren Wenyue and other rebellious officials and traitors who have taken the blame, but you are demonstrating against him.
As a result, the relationship between the two of you has really reached a point where it cannot be eased, and both of you are worried.
This makes me have to mention your remarks at Dangyang Academy again.
When you talk about the fear you feel from the bottom of your heart about historical events such as birds disappearing, good bows hiding, cunning rabbits dying, and lackeys cooking them up.
It was exactly what happened next that made you even more uneasy.
Li Ye is always worried that you will rebel like his imperial uncles, and you are also worried that if you listen to Li Ye's will and take the initiative to hand over power, Li Ye will kill you, Liang Gongzang's ruthless
Lift.
In this case, it is destined that things between you, the monarch and your ministers will be incompatible.
This is the fundamental reason why Li Ye wanted to take back your rights, but you refused with various excuses."
“Old man, since I have already seen clearly that the relationship between the emperor and the minister between me and Li Ye has become a fire and water, there is no possibility of easing it.
Why should I go into danger alone and wait until Li Ye comes to assassinate me?
With the morale of the millions of male divisions at that time, it was not enough to fight against the troops.
After all, at that time, whether it was the Six Guards of the New Army, the Six Guards of the Northern Border, or the soldiers and horses of the Western Regions, because of my previous action of killing them first and then marching out to fight, they had already assumed the identity of my soldiers and horses.
At this time, I will directly raise troops to rebel, even if the generals of the Six Guards in Northern Xinjiang do not want to respond.
But because he obeyed my order to go out to fight, he had quietly boarded the pirate ship.
At that time, I rebelled, and it was impossible for them not to follow me in rebellion.
The imperial court could not tolerate them. Perhaps because of the strong military strength of the boy, the generals made a temporary compromise decision in order to appease them.
But after they help the court put down the rebellion of King Yiyiyi, they will definitely be greeted by the court settling accounts.
I can see through things, how can Mr. Yun and others, veterans of several dynasties, not be able to see through things.
At that time, I could have rebelled directly, why should I wait until the Fengyundu assassination later, when the king forced the minister to rebel, and the minister had no choice but to rebel?"
Wen Renzheng's sharp eyes knocked the ashes out of the cigarette rod against the soles of his feet, and shook his head with a chuckle.
“Because your heart is too big.
You have never considered unifying the Great Dragon, the Three Kingdoms, and the unification of the world as your lifelong goal.
Since the end of the Autumn Period in the 26th year of Xuande's reign, after you entered the capital, you met Yan He, the emperor and his ministers, and presented you with the nautical map of the West.
Your heart will become as far-sighted as a Kunpeng.
To you, unifying the world is just an achievement that will last forever, but expanding your territory and looking to the West is a great achievement that will last forever.
If you take the initiative to rebel and follow the example of Wuming, you may succeed in seizing the throne.
But what happens after that? There will be endless troubles that will take up your whole life to solve.
At that time, people's hearts were complicated, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty could not work together. It was difficult for you to unify the world, but how could you talk about expanding your territory and looking forward to all the countries in the West?
So what if you unified the world with extraordinary means?
With an unknown division and an active rebellion, do you dare to send a large number of elite soldiers and horses to the western sea?
After all, if a large army goes out at that time, and you have no troops to rely on, a little manipulation by the Li clan, and a secret response from the officials, it will be enough for you, the bare emperor, to fall into a situation of eternal disaster.
As for the king forcing his ministers to rebel, it was Li Ye who was unjust to you, the loyal and loyal king, so you acted unkindly and raised troops to rebel. Not only did your brother become famous, but you also gained great righteousness.
Those soldiers and horses of the Six Guards in Northern Xinjiang who have accumulated your prestige for a long time will feel the same sorrow for the death of the rabbit and the fox.
Although you may have to stop your rebellion because of military orders, you will not feel disgusted with your rebellion in your heart.
After you succeed in your great cause, they will not have too strong thoughts about restoring the previous dynasty.
At that time, if you show kindness and kindness, you can easily and quickly secure the throne you have captured.
You have hundreds of thousands of elite border troops in your hands. Eighty percent of the civil and military officials in the DPRK who do not recognize you are unwilling to go all out and want to go all out to restore the former DPRK, but they have no troops and no power. They have nothing.
If his heart is weak but his strength is insufficient, what's the use!
The general trend is irreversible and cannot be changed!
Yes or no?”
Liu Mingzhi closed his eyes with a painful expression, lifted the wine bottle and drank the remaining wine in one gulp.
"Um!"
“The most important thing is that actually at this time you still hold on to a slim hope and don’t want to get into a fight with Li Ye.
The reason is nothing more than Yan He and Li Baiyu's kindness to you in the past.
There was also the third princess Li Yan, the wife of Fu Zhengping, who calmed down. After you had a premonition that Li Ye had murderous intentions towards you, you still had no hesitation and returned to the capital with only three thousand soldiers and horses, intending to preside over what Li Ye meant.
post-establishment matters.
Even though you knew that this was most likely a trap set by Li Ye specifically for you, you still obeyed his will.
Because this decree is in agreement with you, hmm, because this decree was given by the Queen Mother Chen Jie.
You hold on to your last hope and accept the order to enter Beijing.
But there is no possibility of easing the situation between you and Li Ye, who are incompatible with each other and do not understand each other.
Because you are suspicious of each other and it is impossible for you to give in for the other side.
He is doing it for his ancestors’ inheritance and the Li family, while you are doing it for your own family and life, your wife, children, and children.
This situation where you, the emperor and your minister, both had their own reasons for having no choice but to do so, also led to the subsequent Fengyundu assassination.
Your refusal to hand over power made Li Ye think that you were disloyal. Li Ye pressed forward step by step and made you think that he wanted to kill you.
Subsequently, under Li Ye's gradual coercion, all the previous momentum turned into the king forcing the ministers to rebel, and the ministers had no choice but to rebel.
Actually, you have never thought about rebelling. Everything is just for self-protection, right?
I want to hear the truth!"
Liu Mingzhi raised his hand and rubbed his cheeks that were stiff due to the cold wind. He silently tied the bottomed wine gourd around his waist. He raised his hand to take the wine gourd in Wen Renzheng's hand and drank from it.
"Old man, whether you believe it or not, Liu Mingzhi wants to say that I, Liu Mingzhi, can say with a clear conscience that although I am constantly building momentum and strengthening my rights, everything I do is to have enough
He had the strength to protect himself and never thought of rebellion.
Everything I have done is so that even if one day I become a powerful person and cannot be tolerated by the emperor of the day, I will still be capable enough to protect my family, my wife, my children, and my children.
Liu Mingzhi is afraid of death, but he is not afraid of death. But I have dozens of wives and children, so why should I be guilty?
He actually wanted to follow me and suffer the risk of annihilation.
Father, my brother and I are all very kind to me. Even though Li Ye did some deeds that chilled me for the sake of the throne, as long as he was not ruthless and wanted to get rid of the boy and the rest, I still never thought of taking the initiative to rebel.
I do not deny anything you said, including looking forward to the West.
For the sake of Dalong Jiangshan, I am even determined to pacify the Jin Kingdom. Even if I use the wider territory of the Western Ocean to compensate my daughter Luoyue in the future, I have never thought of taking the initiative to seize the Wanli Jiangshan from Li Ye.
But as you just said, old man, Li Ye can't tolerate me.
My goodwill was regarded as a demonstration by him. In order to fulfill the important task entrusted to me by my father and brother, I wanted to help him dominate the world. However, in his view, it was because I had a disobedient heart and wanted to support the army and stand on my own.
Old man, you know what I am like.
It is true that I dedicated the book of state affairs and the policy of governing the country to Li Ye, and it is also true that I did it to build momentum.
However, I definitely have no intention of plundering the seedlings, but I really want to help this kid, Li Ye, secure a stable position in the country as soon as possible.
My lazy temperament is not clear to others, but you understand it.
I just hope that one day the world will be unified as soon as possible. When I am an idle prince, I can travel around the mountains and rivers, and let Li Ye and my children go to the West as soon as possible. This Pandora's box has been opened by the boy himself!
It’s just that I didn’t expect that Li Ye only learned the techniques of governing the country, the strategies of governing the people, and the techniques of emperors, and he used all of them on my uncle and teacher.
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It is true that I am building momentum to protect myself, but what happens next is no longer something I can decide unilaterally.
I dare not delegate power, let alone hand it over.
I'm afraid that Li Ye can't use one of the imperial power skills I taught him, so I'll use it against me!"
Wen Renzheng looked at Liu Mingzhi's sorrowful and painful expression, sighed and nodded.
“You used the world as a chessboard and the Three Kingdoms as pawns to help the dragon unify the world, but in the end it became your own plan to seek the country.
It can only be said that things in the world are unpredictable, and Li Ye’s experience is destined to make him unable to be as magnanimous as his father, and continue the story of another generation of emperors and ministers with you, the pillar of the dragon."
Liu Mingzhi nodded with a sad expression: "Yes, if the emperor's brother Li Baiyu had been in power, perhaps today's situation would never have happened.
Unfortunately, as you just said, old man, everything in the world is unpredictable and fate has its way with people.
The fundamental reason for the untimely death of the emperor's brother was that my wife, Wu Yan, contributed to the situation behind the scenes, which led to the subsequent situation.
Many times, the boy can only lament that God’s will plays tricks on people, and he can’t help himself.”
“If I said that if Li Ye didn’t assassinate me at Fengyundu, would you rebel?”
"Won't!"
Wen Renzheng nodded happily when he heard the two words Liu Mingzhi blurted out without hesitation.
“Based on my understanding of you, I know that this must be your sincere words with a clear conscience.
But there are some things that cannot be changed without the human power of you and me.
For example, if you step on the seven stars, you will get your destiny.”
Liu Mingzhi was shocked and looked at Wen Renzheng in surprise: "You also know this?"
“It’s hard not to understand what your father Liu Zhi’an did on the palace wall.
In fact, I still can’t figure out what the so-called destiny is and what destiny is.
But you have never thought about the two books on governing the country that you taught him in Li Ye’s hand. Are the policies of governing the country still the original ones that you personally wrote?
Li Ye went from being a new king who was very respectful to you, relied on you in everything, and relied on you to what he became later. Have you never doubted anything?"
Liu Mingzhi nodded with a painful expression, and silently took out two books wrapped in light yellow silk cloth from his arms.
Under the illumination of the candles in the lantern, Liu Mingzhi handed the lantern to Wen Renzheng's hand, silently tore open the silk cloth, revealing the three large characters "Book of Zhen Guo".
After the two books were staggered, the three characters "State Governance" appeared in front of them again.
“After the situation stabilized, after the boy moved his family into the palace, he accidentally discovered these two crumpled books from the drawer of the imperial study room.
Some of the content above has indeed changed.
Other than the original Demon Queen Ren Qingrui, who else can do this?"
Liu Mingzhi put the two books away with a look of helplessness and put them in his arms.
“If you step on the seven stars, you will be destined by destiny.
Old man, you said that now that the overall situation has been decided, what can I do even if I know it well and have figured out the causes and consequences?
Nothing can be changed anymore. I can only say that God’s will is in the dark!”
Wen Renzheng slowly stopped, raised the flickering red lantern high, and looked at the slowly flowing river with deep snow on both sides of the bank, mist on the water.
“It was here that you rescued Shu’er from the river, so that she kept your return date for more than ten years and never got married.
However, the world has changed, and despite the ups and downs, she still did not escape the fateful agreement you made between you in the end, and finally got married to you.