Inside the nine halls, everyone was filled with awe.
Shen sandalwood is lingering, the bead curtain is rolled up high, and civil and military officials stand at the front of the white jade steps.
King Zhou was at the top, his face was dark and his brows were furrowed.
The ministers below looked at each other, as if they were nervous. For more than ten years since His Majesty has been on the throne, he has always said that he is the only one who is supreme.
But just the day before yesterday, he was actually threatened by the ministers in front of him, and his face was severely hit by Doctor Shen with a long knife. How could he let go of such anger in the face of a human emperor like King Zhou?
I am afraid that Doctor Shen and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, who I have long hated in my heart, are about to die.
Chen Qing, the imperial officer, stood up carefully and looked at King Zhou before speaking tremblingly.
"If there is a memorial, I will leave the office. If there is nothing to do, I will leave in the morning."
"Your Majesty, there is something wrong with the old minister."
Hearing the call from the imperial officer, Master Wen, who was on the left, bowed and left without hesitation. He then presented the ten strategies listed by Doctor Shen to King Zhou and immediately began to persuade him.
"Your Majesty, I heard that Yao was ordered to worry about the world for himself, but he did not always take pleasure in his position."
"Today, the political affairs of the country have undergone great changes, which are offensive to moral standards. Your Majesty favors those who are promiscuous and near sycophants, and punishes those who are unfaithful and cruel. This is a great change of heaven."
"Doctor Shen and his ministers have listed ten memorials. I hope that your majesty will repent of his past mistakes, practice benevolence and promote righteousness, stay away from villains, and approach gentlemen. I also ask for your majesty's approval to implement it."
After hearing Zhong finished speaking, he stood beside the dragon writing desk, polished the ink and handed the pen to King Zhou.
The old master is very anxious to secure the country. At this moment, he no longer cares about the courtesy of the monarch and his ministers. He only hopes that the world will not be in chaos and the Yin Shang Dynasty will not be scattered.
Facing Wen Zhong, King Zhou was speechless and his face was dull. His original actions were indeed deluded.
There is Fei Zhongyou who is messing with power, Daji who is bewitching the palace, and Chonghou Hu who is causing trouble in the world.
There are rebellions from two princes in the southeast. Xiqi is eyeing the tiger, and eight hundred princes are ready to make a move. Today they rebel against Yuan Futong, and tomorrow they rebel against King Ping Ling. There is war all over the world.
If it weren't for Shen Aiqing, she would have scolded him to wake him up and let him wake up in the end.
I am afraid that the situation of the Yin Shang Dynasty has been completely corrupted, and the building will collapse due to internal and external troubles.
King Zhou glanced at the ten strategies in front of him. Each strategy showed concern for the country and the people, and worked hard to revitalize the Yin and Shang Dynasties.
King Zhou's hand holding the pen was trembling. He wanted to follow the above strategy, and then drive his iron cavalry to sweep across the world and conquer the world.
However, no one will know his reasons.
Since he was a human emperor, how could a little demon fox be able to confuse him? How could he not know that standing behind Daji, even he, the human emperor, could not offend his existence.
Who can confuse the emperor without knowing it? Who can use his methods in front of a saint?
If you think about all this carefully, even King Zhou couldn't help but be frightened.
If internal troubles are not eliminated and external troubles continue, it is difficult to violate the destiny.
Alas, the more I think about it, the more headache I get.
King Zhou glanced at the Shi Ce in front of him, finally relaxed his brows, spoke silently, and made his own decision.
"One thing is to seal the deer platform. The deer platform costs unlimited money and food, and the work will not be destroyed. It would be a pity if it is closed now. We will discuss this later.
The second item, 'opening the way for speech', is accurate. Three items, 'Release the innocent palace maidens', are approved.
Five items, "After being demoted to the Soviet Union", Daji now has a quiet moral character and has not lost any moral character. How can she be relegated and demoted? Let’s discuss again.
Of the six cases, two of them, Fei and You, had always performed meritorious deeds but were not guilty. How could they be slanderous and sycophantic? How could they be killed immediately?
Ten things, if you blame yourself, you are the emperor alone. How can you plead guilty to all the people? This matter will not be discussed again.
Other than that, the following applies. "
After King Zhou finished speaking, he waited quietly for the old master's reply.
Now he has no choice but to return the advice of Dr. Shen and Grand Master Wen and ask Zhong Youhun to pay the premium.
Now that we know that someone is plotting against Yin Shang, they are cutting off the foundation of Chaoge.
Even if Fei Zhongyouhun is killed, such existence will not bring stability to the court, and I am afraid that he will come up with more sinister means to deal with this important minister of the court.
In this case, why would he touch Fei Zhongyouhun? It would be better to protect them. Firstly, he would maintain his foolish appearance, and secondly, he would know these two guys thoroughly and have absolute control over them.
As for Daji, although King Zhou knew she was a monster, he couldn't bear to hurt her at all. Maybe he was really in love with her or refused to admit defeat.
In short, Daji was extremely complicated in his heart.
As for the last item, King Zhou did not take his own face too seriously. He had long since lost his reputation.
The reason for the rejection was, of course, that he was prepared to ask for a lot of money and pay back the money on the ground. If he agreed directly to everything, how could he bargain and show off his acting skills?
After hearing what King Zhou had said, Wen Zhong gradually frowned. Today, the old master did not dare to let Doctor Shen go to court. He was afraid that the two would become tense when they met.
He also highly praised the ten policies written by Shen Xin, but he did not expect that King Zhou only agreed to six of them, so he could not help but let him start to argue with his arguments.
I only heard the Grand Master shouting in response: "Your Majesty, Lutai has done great work. It has wasted people and money, and the people are deeply resentful. I sealed it to eliminate the hidden hatred of the people in the world."
"The Queen admonishes Her Majesty to make cannons and burn the grasshopper basins for cruel punishment. The gods are angry and the ghosts are resentful, and the souls are humbled and have no appeal. If you beg to be demoted to the Soviet Union quickly, the gods will be happy and the ghosts will be happy, and the souls will be in peace, so the resentment in the sky will disappear."
"If Fei Zhong and You Hun are killed, the government will be clean, there will be no slander in the country, and there will be no danger of confusion and chaos in the sacred heart. Then the government will be self-cleaning without expecting it to be."
"By judging oneself for the crime, it can calm the hearts of the people, restore justice to the world, and show justice in the sea. I hope your Majesty will implement it quickly. Fortunately, there will be no hesitation or indecision to interfere with the affairs of the country. It will be a great misfortune for me!"
Wen Zhong bowed deeply and gave painstaking advice. He was so brave and loyal that he cared about the country and the people. How pitiful the heaven is.
King Zhou smiled slightly in his heart, but pretended to be helpless on his face. He couldn't help but sigh deeply, with struggle in his eyes.
Finally, he glanced at the officials below, and after a long while he said:
"I have approved the seven pieces that the Grand Master has played, and sealed the deer platform to eliminate the hatred of the people."
"It's just that these last three things can't be discussed until they are settled."
Upon seeing this, the Grand Master continued to report: "Your Majesty, please don't ignore the trivial matters of these three matters. These three matters are related to the source of the chaos. Your Majesty must not ignore it and must not let it go lightly."
After hearing this, King Zhou was happy in his heart, but his face was silent. Now that he had not been scolded for a day, he felt a little uncomfortable.
It's a pity that the Taishi's scolding was far inferior to that of Dr. Shen, and it was not satisfying enough. King Zhou looked down and did not see Dr. Shen's figure, and he felt a little regretful...
He could only watch helplessly as Master Wen spoke again:
"The Imperial Master's memorial is all right. These three matters should be carried out by Gu Ju, and we will discuss them later.
Although Fei and You offended Shenqing, their crimes were unproven and they were demoted and fined. "
"If you blame yourself, you will announce it to the world. Although I am an emperor, I can do this in the face of the Grand Master."
After King Zhou finished speaking, his expression gradually became lonely, and he fell down on the chair without any energy.
His eyes were empty, as if everything had been drained away.
Hearing that the Grand Master was showing conscientiousness when he saw King Zhou repeating his humiliation, he gradually became unbearable and thought to himself: "Although I have been loyal to the country and made you fear your ministers, I will be guilty of deceiving you first."
Freezing three feet of ice did not occur in a day, and accumulating soil into a mountain did not occur in a short period of time. There is no need to push it too far now.
Wen Zhong pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head when facing the current King Zhou.
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The next day, early morning.
It was just dawn and there were not many people outside the Meridian Gate.
Everyone has not yet woken up from the shock of the past few days. Everyone does not think about food and food, and they are not in the mood to sleep. They are worried about the future fate of the Yin Shang Dynasty.
But just as everyone was lamenting, an unprecedented announcement was posted outside the Meridian Gate.
No one paid attention to it at first, but when they saw the content of the announcement, it suddenly caused a sensation among countless people.
They were so excited and excited that they couldn't help crying, and they couldn't help running around telling each other.
Immediately afterwards, the shocking news spread throughout the city in an instant.
Countless people walked to the Meridian Gate, surrounded the front three levels inside and three levels outside, and began to discuss the edict.
"Your Majesty actually issued an edict to offend yourself and plead guilty to all the people?"
The people who knew how to read began to read the above words slowly and loudly, appearing unbelievable.
"Quick, tell me if this is true or not. Are we dreaming?"
"How I wish this was true."
"Idiot in front of you, this is true! Didn't you see the Imperial Army beside you?"
The people began to discuss outside the Meridian Gate. They may not understand the specific meaning or the changes in the court, but they all understand one thing.
That is, His Majesty admitted that Chonghou Hu was a treacherous minister, admitted his own stupidity, and of course, the most important point, pardoned Doctor Shen's innocence.
"Your Majesty admitted his mistake. Doctor Shen is not guilty, and Chonghou Hu deserves his punishment."
Gu Shan
"Doctor Shen is truly a sage in the world. If he hadn't been around, how could anyone have given everyone justice? How could anyone have eradicated the traitor Chonghou Hu."
In the eyes of the common people, they are not concerned about the world situation or the rebellion in the southeast.
What they have always cared about is just having clothes to wear, food to eat, and someone willing to treat them as human beings and uphold justice in the world.
No one can forget Doctor Shen, who served the country and the people. It was he who killed the tiger of Chonghou, and it was he who wrote ten strategies to make His Majesty repent.
"Your Majesty is now asking all the people to apologize, and it is all the fault of Dr. Shen. If it were not for the fact that he went bankrupt to provide relief to the victims,
If he hadn't raised his sword to the sky to kill the Chong thief, I'm afraid countless people would have died in Chao Ge, and I'm afraid countless people would have become the wronged souls of the North. "
Excited voices rose to the sky, and people in the crowd kept saying thank you in the distance.
…
Different from Chaoge's joy, Xiqi at this moment is gloomy and gloomy.
At the beginning, Ji Chang mobilized an army of 100,000 to march to Beichong. He thought that he would win the battle and was very high-spirited.
Wherever he went, the people ate pots of pulp to welcome the king's master.
But who would have thought that they would be defeated.
The army of 100,000 people was first robbed by Doctor Shen's hundreds of cavalry, and the army's rations were burned, and most of them were defeated.
When he finally regained his fighting spirit, gathered the remaining soldiers, and prepared to attack Beichong again, he unexpectedly met Wen Zhong again on the road.
Since then, the army has been destroyed, and very few people have escaped back to Xiqi. It can be said that every family wears mourning and cries every night.
Although Ji Chang was escorted back to Xiqi by Qingjiao, Jiang Ziya and other ministers, he was lying in the palace. Whenever he closed his eyes, he thought of the countless Xiqi soldiers. His heart was dull, and he gradually became sick and became more and more heavy.
He was unwilling to accept that things would end like this.
Over the years, Ji Chang has endured the humiliation and endured the burden. Even if his parents and children died in front of him, he did not reveal any flaws.
What for?
Of course it’s the ambitions in my heart.
Only by purging thousands of miles, conquering all the wastelands, and unifying the world can one become a hero of the world.
Nowadays, the Yin and Shang Dynasties are experiencing wars in all directions, wars in the southeast, and beacons in the North Sea. King Zhou is even more merciful, engaging in debauchery and debauchery, killing his wife and children, making the world in chaos and the people living in dire straits.
At this time, it was his great opportunity for Xiqi.
When the phoenix sings in Xiqi, the weather is right, and the fortune of the Yin and Shang Dynasties is eroded little by little. As long as Beichong is captured, King Zhou will betray his relatives and alienate them, and they will never be able to turn around.
Ji Chang attacked Beichong not only as a test, but also to fulfill his ambition.
At his age, he already knew his destiny, not to mention that Ji Chang was well versed in numerology and knew that he only had a few more years to live.
If you don't fight for it, you will have no chance in this life and will leave endless regrets.
But he has practiced benevolence and righteousness throughout his life. Once this reputation spreads, he will have to bear responsibility.
And every time Ji Chang closed his eyes at midnight, he could see those countless innocent souls, and they asked himself why he didn't take them back to his hometown? And why is the northern land stained with blood?
Ji Chang was silent. He sighed and finally said in a deep voice.
"The lonely general will die soon."
Then he summoned all the ministers to the palace.
When Jiang Ziya heard that Ji Chang was seriously ill, he came over at night and entered the inner hall. He hurriedly fell in front of the dragon bed and shouted:
"Old minister Jiang Shang came to the inner hall on orders to ask my lord to take care of himself and not to worry."
Ji Chang shook his head, held Jiang Ziya's hand, and said seriously:
"Gu Nai is proficient in numerology, how can he not know the number of heaven?"
"Time is running out now."
Jiang Ziya was about to say something, but was stopped by Ji Chang:
"Being the prime minister alone is like a fish in water. The sun is shining brightly in Xiqi. The people live in peace and the government is transparent. It is all the result of the prime minister."
"In the battle of Beichong, I acted alone and was complacent, which led to my defeat. Now I am regretful and sick, and I will die soon."
"It's a pity that my son Ji Fa is young and now has to entrust important matters to the Prime Minister."
When Jiang Ziya heard this, his face burst into tears, and he knelt down and said, "My lord, don't say any more. The battle in Beichong was all Ziya's fault. I hope my lord will take good care of himself and be respected in the world."
Ji Chang sighed and shook his head, not allowing Jiang Ziya to refuse, and even took Beichong's fault upon himself.
At this moment, Xiqi is in crisis, and the prime minister's prestige cannot and must not be lost.
Ji Chang looked past Jiang Ziya with firm eyes and slowly glanced around. When he saw Lao Huang, Lu Xiaobing and others nearby, he finally couldn't help but ask:
"What does the Prime Minister think of Doctor Shen?"
When Jiang Ziya heard this name, his eyes were slightly angry, but he still pondered for a moment and replied respectfully: "Doctor Shen is one of the most talented people in the world!"
Ji Chang nodded, deeply agreed, with unspeakable regret in his eyes: "There are two major regrets in going to Beichong alone. One is that many of our Xiqi soldiers were killed and died in a foreign country."
"Secondly, we cannot accept people like Doctor Shen who are outstanding in Xiqi to assist the world."
"Now that I have called you in, I have one thing to say: Don't let me down. What Doctor Shen does is to serve the country and the people with loyalty and righteousness."
"He is the sage of the world."
"If I are unfortunate enough to capture him after my death, I must not listen to my ministers' instigation and harm this sage. If the prime minister goes against his words, it will be difficult to see him in the dark."
After hearing this, Jiang Ziya's eyes welled up with tears, and he knelt down and worshiped: "I am favored by you, and I am in a good position, so I dare not disobey orders. If you disobey your words, it will be disloyal."
Ji Chang heard this and nodded, then turned to his side, holding Jiang Ziya in one hand and Ji Fa in the other, and said sadly:
"When a bird is about to die, its song is mournful; when a man is about to die, his words are also kind. I want to be the same as you, destroy the ignorant king, and rule the world together. Unfortunately, we are separated from each other in the middle. Prime Minister Fan, assist my son Ji Fa, and order Don’t take this as common advice. I hope the Prime Minister will teach you everything!”
Jiang Ziya fell to the ground and bowed: "May my lord cease his dragon body! I will do my best to repay your majesty for your kindness."
Ji Chang turned his gaze to Ji Fa and said more harshly: "After I die, my son will be young and afraid of listening to other people's words and being unkind to the people and uneasy about the country."
"Come here, and after Gu's death, you will worship Ziya as your sub-father. You will listen to your instructions morning and night. Now that you listen to the prime minister, you will also listen to Gu. Don't neglect it."
Ji Fa asked Ziya to turn up and worship him as his father. Ziya knelt in front of the bed and cried sadly: "I have received great kindness from my lord, but even though my liver, brain, and bones were shattered and I sacrificed my life, it is not enough to repay the country's kindness!"
Ji Fa also cried loudly, his eyes were red, and he held Ji Chang's hand and refused to let go.
"Father, I obey my orders, but I only hope that my father will live a long life and continue to lead Xiqi."
"My child is only willing to do the hard work of a dog and a horse under the tent!"
"snort!"
When Ji Chang heard this, he glared angrily, with stern eyes, looked at Ji Fa and lectured:
"A hero is a man who has great ambitions, a good plan, the opportunity to contain the universe, and the ambition to swallow up the heaven and the earth."
"How can you be timid because of temporary gains and losses?"
"When you are young, you must not slack off when you encounter setbacks. How can you become something great in the future?"
Ji Chang seemed to feel a little harsh after saying that. After the defeat of Beichong, what he and Ji Fa left behind was a dilapidated Xiqi.
This is his fault.
Ji Chang sighed immediately, said nothing for a long time, and finally warned:
"Fa'er, I'm not destined to be a father for a long time. Please listen carefully to what I'm saying now."
As a human being and as a king, you should be magnanimous in order to become a great weapon. The way you deal with things is also the art of adapting to circumstances. You should keep it in mind. "
Ji Fa cried again.
Ji Chang shouted when he saw this, and stretched out his hand to get closer to his son, his eyes full of regret.
"If you die before you leave the army and can no longer perform Bagua Youli to transform the people, is it possible that this is your destiny?"
After saying this, he died at the age of ninety-seven.
Ji Fa on the side held his father's hand, his eyes moist, and he found a note left with him in Ji Chang's hand. When he opened it, he saw several large characters written on it.
"Clean thousands of miles and conquer all the wastelands!"
"Win the hearts of the people and rule the world!"
Ji Fa stared at the note for a long time without saying anything, and tears suddenly filled his eyes. He knew that this was the last lesson his father left for him.
He holds this tightly in his hands.
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