Hearing his mother rarely call him by his nickname, Huang Qiong knew that this was her mother trying to persuade her to give in. My mother said so, so what can I do? After pondering for a long time, Huang Qiong finally sighed and nodded, giving in on this matter. Seeing Huang Qiong nod, her mother also breathed a sigh of relief. Although her mother was confident that she could suppress Huang Qiong's regression, she didn't want the father and son to be too rigid.
Although he nodded, Huang Qiong said somewhat angrily: "Mother, I am a little confused now, so I won't see him. Tell him, I still said the same thing, he is not Tang Xuanzong, and I am not Tang Suzong. , I can't do that kind of thing to trap my father. I have never thought about doing anything bad to him. He is my father, I will always remember this clearly."
"I don't have any ideas now to get through the current predicament together. This country is not what I wanted, it was forced on me by him. If he wants to go back, I will just give it back to him. I will do everything Nothing is done to target anyone. If he hadn't caught the secret guard and let the King of Shu go in disguise, which stabbed me in the heart, I wouldn't have done so many things."
"Mother, you know how important Sister Yao is to me. I don't want him to do anything to the King of Shu, I just feel unwilling to do so. Even if he captures the King of Shu and only imprisons him, I can make sense in my heart. King of Shu He has done so many evil things and killed two brothers, and yet he still protects me like this. He clearly ordered the North and South Towns to arrest him, but privately he was tight inside and loose at the outside. How can I trust him?"
"Please tell him not to blame me. The roots were planted by him, not by his son. I did this, firstly, for what he said was the country passed down by our ancestors through hundreds of battles. Since he asked me to be in charge, he should also In these troubled times, it is necessary to put the capable at the top and the mediocre at the bottom. To a certain extent, those who are in the prime position are even more hateful than those corrupt officials. I don’t care who is standing behind those people."
"At this time, I don't have much free time, so I have to think about who is standing behind me and who is standing behind me. Since we have reached the point where we can neither break nor stand, let's just break it all at once. Start a new stove and set up a new stage to cook. Besides, this The people of the world cannot afford to support so many mediocre officials. The second reason is to protect themselves. The matter of the King of Shu has left too much haze on his son. "
After the words fell, Huang Qiong said nothing more. He just took a deep look at his mother, sighed softly, stood up, turned around and left directly. After Huang Qiong left, the old man who originally went to the study came back from a corner outside. When her mother saw him coming in, she said in a normal tone: "You must have heard what he just said."
"Three feet of ice did not freeze in a day. Some things have accumulated until now, and you can't blame him for them all. Just like when you considered our mother and son, you repeatedly gave in on many things. Now he is also a husband, and he is also a A man who has lost his father has to consider ways to protect himself for the sake of his wife and children. I know and understand your thoughts, but he may not understand them all."
In response to Huang Qiong's mother's words, the old man was silent for a long time before saying: "Bingxue'er, I am indeed a little sorry for him about the King of Shu. But I definitely did not intentionally let go of the King of Shu. A King of Shu, even if there is another How can he build up such a huge power in just a few years with his scheming skills? Although he is a prince or a prince, how can I not know how much he will be given every year in the capital? "
"If there is no one behind him, where can he come from such a huge financial resources and painstakingly build such a big power? What kind of secret guards, what kind of secret pursuit, recruiting so many people, without a large amount of money, this is simply not possible. It's possible. Even if the Prince of Shu's palace is in a fiefdom, he can't do anything else for a year's income, and he can't be satisfied at all. How can he invest so much money and silk in this? "
"If the person behind him is not found out, I will have trouble sleeping and eating. If that person is not found out, no matter who I pass the throne to, I am afraid that this position will not be stable. And the real reason why that person works so hard to support the King of Shu What is it? If you don’t find out, there will be endless troubles. If you say that that person is following Lu Buwei’s precedent of so-called rare things, do you think I will believe it? "
"I played hard to catch the King of Shu just to find out who was behind him. Unfortunately, I didn't expect that there were many experts around that bastard. Nanzhen Fusi chased him all the way from Jingzhao to Hanzhong, but lost him in Hanzhong I found his traces. I originally thought he would return to Sichuan, but the people in Sichuan did not wait for him in the end. By the time I found out the final whereabouts of King Shu, it was too late."
"Indeed, I had some selfish motives at the beginning. I was worried that King Shu was really captured. Even if I imprisoned him, it would be difficult for him to escape the methods of your mother and son. Bingxue'er, it's not that I don't understand your methods. My selfish purpose is to save his life. If I really bring him back to the capital, Bingxue'er, can you spare his life? After all, this is her last son."
"Bingxue'er, the fifth child is still my son no matter what. In order to compensate you and Ah Jiu, haven't I done enough? I know the importance of Chen Yao to you mother and son. Therefore, although I have selfish thoughts, I want to save King Shu's life, but I have been working hard to compensate you mother and son. I have given this country to Ah Jiu to make up for it, isn't it enough to make up for him?"
Listening to the old man's explanation, the mother sighed softly and said: "Qiong'er said that you were indecisive, but I didn't agree with it at first. After all, you were very decisive back then. But now, I can't help but believe his comments. . If you let that person go, this is not just a matter of personal vendetta. Do you know how much bloodshed it will bring? He is willing to kill his brother and brother for the sake of this country."
"Don't even think about what more evil things he can do in the future. How many people in this world will lose their families and lives because of your benevolence. This country, which is already suffering from internal and external troubles, I don't know what will happen again. How many bloody things will happen. You are not qualified as a father, but now you are not qualified as an emperor. As for your compensation, are you compensating him? "
"Even if you are incompetent, you are still barely conscious in the country. As for your sons, if anyone else, if you don't destroy this country within ten years, I will be considered blind. . I know very well about the son I taught myself. His four sons are all here, and he may be the one who cleans up the mess that has been accumulated since the Li Zong Dynasty. "
"I just said that he is the man in the urn, and there are some things that he cannot see through. Now look, you are the real man in the urn, and you are the one who cannot see through it. If you really catch that man, you may be able to keep him. A life. Now you half let him go and half made a mistake, letting him run away. Not only will the consequences be endless, but you will also really push him into the abyss. Without any ties, can he really stop? "
At this point, the mother sighed softly. Without saying anything else, he turned around and went back to his room to rest. But the old man was sitting there, thinking about his mother's words, but his face instantly turned pale. When I entered the bedroom, I saw my mother's calm but somewhat downcast expression. The old man hesitated for a moment and then said: "Do you think he will take advantage of this opportunity to raise a large number of troops and march eastward?"
After the old man finished speaking, looking at the disbelief on his face, the mother smiled bitterly and said, "What do you think? You released a bad wolf, will he be satisfied just because he swallowed half of the Western Region? Don't forget, he originally Why did he kill his brother? Now that he is in the Western Region, he has become fat and strong, and now the court is facing internal and external troubles. Will he let this opportunity pass? "
"Also, have you really not found out the person behind him? You raided the Prince of Shu's Mansion in Chengdu and found nothing? I can tell that person. You have been king for more than 20 years. You I really can’t guess who in the world of Qi Dynasty has such financial resources? When that person arrived in Beijing, you had the best chance to detain that person and solve this problem. "
"But you hesitated again and again, and ultimately missed the best opportunity. Your long-term connivance has raised more than one evil wolf. It is true that the long-term abuses in the government are not caused by you alone. But it is also your repeated indecision that has caused today's evil wolves. It's my son's business. If I say you left him a mess, I'd be being polite. Your empire is not even a mess now."
"Qiong'er told me that the reason why he dared not mobilize the main force of the Xijing camp to participate in the war is because once the Xijing camp is mobilized, I am afraid that your good son will immediately go eastward. How do you want him to respond when the time comes? ? Now that the imperial court has little foundation, he doesn't even dare to recruit troops. If he hadn't arranged a few moves in Jiangnan in advance, I'm afraid the whole of Jiangnan would have been lost. So don't say it so confidently."
"You are not compensating him for the empire you have given him, but he is cleaning up the mess for you. And your kindness has let a bad wolf go, adding an element of uncertainty to the current crisis. variables. He is very smart, and there are some things you can't hide from him. But he just doesn't want to say those things. Because in his eyes, you are his father, not the emperor."
The mother's words made the old man's already pale face instantly become even paler. After all, he is not a stupid person. Huang Qiong's mother was slightly a little bit, but the old man immediately realized that he had really let go of a bad wolf. As for what the evil wolf did behind him, he sat on the edge of the bed. After a long time, the old man smiled bitterly and said, "Bingxue'er, one conversation with you is better than ten years of reading."
"I have spent all these years living like a dog. As the king of a country, I am not as clear-eyed about some things as my wife and son. At the beginning, I only thought about the love between father and son, and she only has one thing left. The benevolence of such a son really brought endless hidden dangers to this country. I was really confused at the beginning. Bingxue'er and Ah Jiu were right, I was too indecisive."
"You are right. I am unqualified both as an emperor and as a father. I am also aware of this, but I didn't expect that I would be so stupid. Bingxue'er, I It is really wrong, completely wrong. The funny thing is that I have always thought of myself as Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, but now that I have been the emperor for more than 20 years, it is nothing but a big joke."
Seeing the old man's uncomfortable look, after all, after so many years of relationship, he finally became a little soft-hearted. He stepped forward and gently saw that the emperor who once ruled the world for more than twenty years now looked decadent. In all the years she had known him, this was the first time that her husband had shown an extremely fragile look, and she held her husband in her arms. No matter how cold-tempered she was, she was still just a woman after all.
After sighing for a long time, the old man finally calmed down and finally said: "I am serious, it is impossible to make this big mistake with all the strength of the Nine Provinces. That's all, that's all, whatever he needs me to do, I will do it. That matter, originally I feel sorry for him and have buried such a huge hidden danger for him. I will safely serve as the tablet for him, and when he feels it is appropriate, I will pass it on to him."
