Zhao Kuangyin stood at the top of the city and stared blankly at the retreating figures of Feng Jiuxiao and his entourage, without saying a word for a long time.
Feng Jiuxiao's words had already stirred up waves in his heart!
Many past events suddenly came to mind. One year later, Emperor Liu Chengyou of the late Han Dynasty launched the Qianyou Rebellion and killed all the families of Yang Bin, Shi Hongzhao and other ministers of Gu Ming in one fell swoop. This was not the end of it. Guo Wei, who had a sworn relationship with Yang Bin at that time,
Although he was outside the capital, his son was held hostage in the capital, and he was also implicated! Liu Chengyou was bent on eradicating the roots, so naturally he "would rather kill a thousand than let go of one." Chai Rong was both the nephew of Guo Wei's wife and his childhood friend.
The adopted son, so even the son of Chai Rong (now called Guo Rong) was killed! In other words, all Guo Wei’s biological sons and biological grandsons were killed, and all his godsons were also killed!
For a time, there was a bloody storm, and everyone was in danger! Especially the Guo family was in danger of being exterminated!
Guo Wei was forced to have no choice but to rebel! Finally, he killed Liu Chengyou and established the Great Zhou Dynasty, and he became the founding emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty!
Because he, the emperor, was forced out and could not act accordingly, not only did no one say that he was treasonous, but he also won the support of the entire army and the sympathy of the people in the world. In addition, Emperor Taizu worked hard to govern and recuperate.
, political clarity can be said to be the return of the world!
It is a pity that the emperor only sat on the throne for four years, and Guo Wei passed away and was buried in the west! Since he had no children, the throne of the Zhou Dynasty was naturally passed to Guo Rong, who was both his nephew and adopted son.
Guo Rong, the current Emperor Shizong of the Zhou Dynasty!
Guo Rong's throne was inherited, and in a sense it was more legal and in line with heaven than Guo Wei!
Moreover, Emperor Sejong was a man of great talent and strategy, wise and powerful. He usually organized the army and trained soldiers, eliminated redundant and weak people, recruited exiles, and reduced taxes. This made the Zhou Dynasty's politics clear and the people prosperous. He can be called a wise and wise king! Who dares to rebel at this time? The whole world will fight for it!
What's more, he is still in his prime!
If there is no accident, no one will have the idea of "replacing" it in ten or twenty years. Because this hope is too slim!
Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help but sigh again: Emperor Shizong has always treated me well. I have been inspected in front of the palace, and I am in charge of the imperial army in front of the palace. I can't say that he is a very human minister, with all the power in the world, but he is definitely Zhao's life.
Peak! How can I, Zhao, who is upright and upright, do something that is contrary to the rules of the court and treasonous? But Mr. Feng’s words are so mind-blowing and don’t seem to be joking. Could it be that he is testing me?
When I think of the word "test", I can't help but feel stunned!
But he quickly regained his composure.
Judging from his many years of experience in life, there is no reason or need for an outsider like Mr. Feng to make fun of himself. Although he is in a high and powerful position, in the eyes of an outsider like Feng Jiuxiao, he has no reason to make fun of himself.
He's just a reckless man!
Master Feng: "While we were talking and laughing, I was already wiped out in ashes."
Moreover, it is impossible for Mr. Feng not to know about my relationship with Wei Qiansui, and he has no reason to plot against me!
If he was just joking, he didn't have to answer me, or just find a reason to stall me, what could I do? There was no reason or need for him to say such a shocking and treasonous thing without any scruples.
What he said! It can be seen from this that he is either very sure that I am "bearing the dragon's destiny", or he is just arrogant and doesn't take it seriously at all!
While he was thinking wildly, Prince Consort Li came over at this time, waved his hand in front of his eyes, and said with a smile: "General Zhao, what are you doing in your daze? Do you think you miss your sister-in-law? You feel a little lost after not seeing her for some days? Hahaha
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Zhao Kuangyin laughed dryly and said, "The Prince Consort is joking. I was thinking just now that Mr. Feng is really a strange person in this world! He has superb martial arts and extraordinary intelligence. I wonder what kind of earth-shattering deeds he will do in the future?"
When Prince Consort Li heard him talking about Feng Jiuxiao, he couldn't help but solemnly said: "Yes, Mr. Feng is indeed amazingly talented and handsome. He is indeed a dragon and a phoenix among men! I am really lucky to have such a person in Zhou Dynasty!"
Hearing what he said, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly felt relieved. There is more than just the Great Zhou Kingdom in the world today!
Today is a troubled time in the world. The Great Zhou Dynasty has not yet unified the world, and many local forces are still divided into one party.
In the past, Cao Mengde once said: "If I say this alone now, I would be arrogant and want others to talk about it, so I won't keep it secret. If there is no one in the country, I don't know how many people will be called emperors and how many will be called kings!" He said
It means that if there were no one in the world, how many people would be kings and hegemons, all because of Cao, how many disputes would be missing in the world? Starting from the annihilation of the Yellow Turban bandits, Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shu, Lu Bu were eliminated, Zhang Xiu was surrendered, and Liu Bei was expelled.
"Jing Hui points south, Liu Cong restrains his hands", forcing Yuan Shao, Gongsun Du, Sun Ce, Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu, Ma Teng, etc. to either surrender, run away, or die.
Hero?", strategize and win thousands of miles! The capable minister in governing the world, the lord in troubled times, talking about heroes, discussing heroes, who is the great hero? "Only Cao and the envoy Juner" should be changed to "Only I am Cao Mengde!" Liu Bei and
Together, Sun Quan and Cao Cao are not equal to each other, so why do they dare to be called heroes?
Be like Cao Mengde!
Today's world is divided into feudal vassals and towns. How similar is it to the late Han Dynasty?
Who will be Cao Mengde today?
Zhao Kuangyin looked at the rolling yellow sand on the horizon from a distance, clenched his fists, and had a vague thought in his mind: In the past, although Cao Mengde conquered all directions, he could only conquer three parts of the world, and was only one step away from unifying the eight wastelands, but it was a pity that he had taken advantage of the Sima clan.
I, Zhao Kuangyin, will conquer the world and dominate the world in my lifetime! What's the harm in being a general who protects the country? Cao Mengde will only be the prime minister throughout his life! Why not leave a name in history! Even if I, Zhao Kuangyin, cannot become Cao Mengde, I will become Bai Qi in the future.
He is a figure like Wang Jian! He "defeated the powerful Chu in the south and conquered Yan and Zhao in the north", "anticipated the enemy's rebellion, produced endless surprises and shocked the world", "hunted the six kingdoms to unite the world"!
Moreover, Feng Jiuxiao only said that she had dragon energy in her body, but did not say that she must be the Nine-Five Supreme!
Cao Mengde coerced the emperor to order the princes, but he never proclaimed himself emperor throughout his life. He could do something but not do anything, and he was a man who did not do anything!
Today there are as many people claiming to be "carrying the spirit of a dragon" as there are crucian carp crossing the river! The Northern Han, Hou Shu, Nanping, Southern Tang, Wu Yue, Min Chu, and Southern Han are divided into one corner and bring disaster to the other. Who is the master of the seven kingdoms?
Is he destined to be the real dragon emperor? From this point of view, isn't it true that the real dragon is overrun? Coupled with the Khitan, which has been eyeing the Central Plains, and the surrounding countries such as Goryeo, Persia, and Fusang, whose ambitions are constantly expanding, what will happen to their kings?
Is it a real dragon? Regardless of whether it is true or not, the painful lessons of the five years of chaos in China are still vivid in my mind! I have to guard against it!
When the Central Plains is unified, the world will be at peace, and all nations will come to congratulate you!
Once the Central Plains is torn apart and the heroes are competing for the throne, these alien tribes will take advantage of the situation and invade! They will burn, kill, loot, and do anything!
Nine out of ten rooms are empty, and people die thousands of miles away from hunger!
Displaced, families destroyed!
Zhao Kuangyin was thinking wildly in his mind. He suddenly hit the city wall with his fist and blurted out: "Absolutely not!"
Consort Li was startled and said: "What?"
Zhao Kuangyin then remembered that Li Consort was beside him, and smiled: "It's nothing. I suddenly thought that the world is still unified, but there are worries about the separation of heroes inside, and the danger of powerful enemies outside. I don't know what the strength of that person named Lian is.
Wrong, he actually wants to be the emperor, he is very ambitious! He wants to rebel, but that is absolutely not possible!"
Li Prince Consort sighed: "The Lian family has always been a powerful family. Emperors of all dynasties have valued these high-ranking officials. When Liu Zhiyuan became emperor, he relied on the power of the Lian family. The Taizu of this dynasty also relied on many Lian family members during the rebellion.
The strength of the Lian family is strong, and the soldiers and horses are strong. It would be strange not to rebel!"
Zhao Kuangyin fell into deep thought again.
He remembered that in the past, a crazy Taoist had chatted with him about the general trend of the world.
The general trend of the world is nothing more than "divided for a long time, they will unite, and united for a long time, they will divide." However, he said solemnly and humorously that from the end of the Tang Dynasty to the present, the world's situation can be summarized as "five special favorites"!
First, Jiedushi especially likes to rebel!
Second, soldiers especially like to defect!
Third, civil servants especially like to persuade people to join!
Fourth, the prime minister especially likes to exercise power!
Fifth, the Khitans especially like to cause trouble!
Just one word: chaos!
The powerful families and powerful military commanders have always been a double-edged sword that the emperor has to face! He not only relies on their strength for his own use, but also has to suppress them at all times to prevent them from losing their power!
Zhu Wen destroyed the Tang Dynasty and destroyed the Liang Dynasty, Li Cunxu founded the Tang Dynasty and destroyed the Liang Dynasty, Shi Jingtang founded the Jin Dynasty and destroyed the Later Tang Dynasty. During this period, the Khitan interfered and destroyed the Later Jin Dynasty. Liu Zhiyuan established the Han Dynasty, and later forced Guo Wei to establish the Zhou Dynasty and destroy the Han Dynasty!
Rebellion among military generals is a common occurrence!
Once a military general becomes powerful, he will either become ambitious and want to rebel and become the emperor, or he will be forced to rebel by the emperor's suspicion!
Military generals hold military power and are born to violate taboos! It seems that they have to do the opposite, and they have to do the opposite even if they don't! This has almost become a nightmare curse that lingers in the minds of emperors and generals!
When you become a general, you want to rebel, but when you become an emperor, you are afraid of rebellion!
Compared with military commanders, civil servants are weak and have to rely on military commanders, so there are endless people who "persuade"!
However, once civil servants rise to the position of prime minister, "below one person and above ten thousand people", they begin to exercise power again!
Literary men who are powerless are all greedy for power, not to mention the Lian family, which has 300,000 troops. It would be strange not to do the opposite! Today it is the Lian family, tomorrow it may be the Zhang family, and the day after tomorrow it may be the Li family!
Zhao Kuangyin secretly thought: If I rule the world in the future, how can I reverse this endless, vicious cycle of chaos?
If rebellion among military generals becomes a common occurrence, then when will there be peace in the world?
He recalled that back then, Emperor Taizu was appointed as the Privy Envoy and was in charge of the military power of the country. Before he could secure his position, Li Shouzhen, the military governor of Hezhong, Zhao Siwan, the military governor of Yongxing, and Wang Jingchong, the military governor of Fengxiang, all rebelled with their troops one after another!
In just two months, three generals in a row rebelled!
In the first year of Qianyou's reign, Taizu led his troops to an expedition, built a barrier in the middle of the river, and divided his troops to besiege Li Shouzhen. After a long stalemate, all the food and grass in the city were exhausted. In the end, it fell in one fell swoop, and Li Shouzhen burned himself to death! So far, Zhao Siwan of Yongxing, and Wang Jingchong of Fengxiang have surrendered one after another!
Taizu took advantage of the situation and moved to the north, defeated the Khitans and returned!
It can be seen that suppressing rebellion is not difficult, as long as you have absolute strength!
But precisely because of this, it became clear that Guo Wei was too sharp and violated the taboo of the former Emperor Liu!
Therefore, the Liu family killed all the descendants of the Guo family to avoid future troubles! The generals did not rebel, but the emperor sharpened his sword and added fuel to the flames. Who wants to be a lamb to be slaughtered? It would be strange if he did not rebel!
Moreover, a policy of suppression is ultimately just a matter of making up for the situation and extinguishing the fire afterwards!
Once the war breaks out, there will inevitably be rivers of blood and mountains of bones!
The war is fierce and the people are suffering the most!
It is best to have an effective mechanism so that generals do not dare to counterattack, cannot counterattack, and do not want to counterattack!
Don't give them a chance!
While he was thinking about it, General Guo sent someone to ask him to come to the general's mansion to discuss military matters. Zhao Kuangyin had to interrupt his train of thought and meet with Consort Li, Zeng Yong, Big Wolf and others to discuss major military deployment matters.
Before Wei Qiansui left, he specifically stated that all troops and horses would be under the unified control of Zhao Kuangyin! Jingyang City currently has 20,000 heavy cavalry, 30,000 Luoyang tigers, and 30,000 spearmen!
Jingyang City began to strictly defend itself.
Feng Jiuxiao and Wei Qiansui rode side by side.
Wei Qiansui said: "The emperor already knows that you have done the most good in retaking Jingyang City this time!"
Feng Jiuxiao said calmly: "It's a small effort, but it doesn't matter!" It's not that he is pretending, but that he really doesn't take it to heart!
What really stuck in Feng Jiuxiao's mind was when Ying Dingtian rescued Liu Changfeng!
This is something he is ashamed of!
Since I started walking around the world, I have been defeated by Ying Dingtian twice in a row!
It would be a bit of a lie to say that I don’t hold a grudge against myself!
Wei Qiansui said sharply: "Seventy miles ahead is Lintong. Let's go there to get some tips. This area is relatively desolate."
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Lintong? Is it the Lintong where the terracotta warriors and horses of the ancestor dragon are buried?"
Wei Qiansui smiled and said: "Exactly! Don't you want to go and see?"
Feng Jiuxiao smiled and said: "I've been longing for it for a long time, I'm so honored!"