In the first year of Tianqi, Lu Deqing took over a shabby empire from the old emperor who had waited for several years before his death. He was only thirty years old but had been fighting among various princes for more than ten years. He looked at With the country devastated, he didn't know where to start with the start of the first year.
How can you be at a loss? It should be because behind the upright and bright plaque, the name in the box is not his, the legitimate Prince Lu Deqing. In the few days when the old emperor's time was short, he may have listened to the slander of the ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who were lobbying for the eighth prince, or he may have been born out of the emperor's fear and uneasiness that the prince might usurp the throne. The day before, he ordered someone to change the name in the box to the name of the eighth prince. At that time, Lu Deqing, as the eldest prince of the current dynasty and also His Royal Highness, had been fighting with the left prime minister, the right prime minister, and the princes younger than him. He had been fighting openly and secretly for more than ten years. Even if he felt exhausted, His tight nerves did not allow him to do anything at this time.
As a prince, he must have an acquaintance close to the old emperor as an internal agent. The internal agent replaced the secret edict in the box behind the plaque that was supposed to be the eighth prince's name with the original secret edict for the succession to the crown prince. As for the supervisors of Si Tianjian, when the old emperor passed away, he also knew that his destiny had gone with him. No one knows whether the Supervisor has seen the secret edict stored in Si Tianjian. The Old Supervisor may have seen it or he has never seen it. It is more likely that the Old Supervisor, as a person who uploaded and issued instructions, Hell, maybe he never needed that secret edict to tell him anything.
After Lu Deqing ascended the throne, he was named Emperor Ming. The eighth prince was brought up again because of a mistake he made in frontier tactics in his early years. Although everyone in the court was quite controversial about this move, the eighth prince was also under house arrest in the fiefdom in accordance with the law. . However, within a few months, the eighth prince hanged himself in the mansion. Lu Deqing's imperial power intimidated the various factions in the court and began to willingly assist the new emperor who finally came to power.
When the old emperor was still in power, despite his continuous wars, he did not achieve any special achievements in the great cause of expanding the territory. Instead, the entire country had its foundation destroyed due to years of militarism, and the people were in dire straits. The local government has been unable to collect taxes for a long time, let alone the fact that the treasury is empty for everyone to see. Lu Deqing's thinking was different from that of his father, the old emperor, who only wanted to dominate the world. His mind was very flexible, otherwise he would not have been the crown prince for more than ten years without incident. Not long after taking the throne, Lu Deqing issued an edict to all border generals, requiring that border disputes should be based on peace negotiations and border peace should be the goal. Except for the soldiers who stayed behind, the rest could return to their hometowns to work in agriculture. At the same time, a secret edict was issued to He Qun, the leader of the Anhe Guard, the prince's bodyguard at the time. Part of the Anhe Guard led by He Qun would continue to stay with Emperor Ming to guard him, while the other part would become the Anhe Guard. The secret spies - "whistle", scattered one by one into the world that he, the Ming Emperor, could not control overtly or covertly.
In the first year of Yuan Qi, there were constant disputes in the world as usual, but the people in the world never seemed to care about who the current emperor was. The most concerning and biggest issue at that time was the various martial arts factions that were encircling and suppressing the demon sect. All failed. The Demon Sect is located on the edge of the Western Border and has always been a self-sufficient place. It can be said that although this land is on Emperor Ming's territorial map, it is not within the jurisdiction of Emperor Ming. The Demon Realm, the territory of the Demon Cult, is actually more like a paradise. Martial arts practitioners guard the city of the Demon Realm full-time. Some grow rice, weave cloth, raise fish, and there are even many merchants inside. Of course, not everything can be self-sufficient, which is why merchants in the Demon Realm exist. According to people who have worked with merchants from the Demon Realm, they are generous and never bargain, which shows the prosperity of the economy in the Demon Realm. However, this prosperity has nothing to do with the territorial map or Lu Deqing. Lu Deqing's ultimate goal is to dismantle the Demonic Cult, confiscate the entire Demonic Cult's property, return the Demonic Domain to the territory map, and allow all places on the territory map to be assigned to local taxation to replenish the national treasury for his unsatisfactory father.
The whistles of the Anhe Guard will become Lu Deqing's eyes and ears in such a large arena, and from now on the court will also be aware of the trends in the arena.
Also in the first year of Yuan Qi, Lu Deqing's eighth son and youngest child was born, the eighth prince Lu Qingyao. Everyone in the court and palace still had fresh memories of the previous eighth prince. The new eighth prince was like an unknown living mark. Few people would get close to him, and the eighth prince was rarely mentioned. Perhaps because he saw that the child was really handsome and really liked the eighth prince, or because he had some regrets about his former brothers, Lu Deqing cared more about this child than any other child but at the same time he cared less. He gave the eighth prince greater freedom. Lu Deqing specially ordered that the Eighth Prince's piano, chess, calligraphy and painting be taught by a gentleman from the Hanlin Academy, and that his martial arts be taught by He Qun. Although He Qun is not a member of the martial arts world, his superb martial arts skills are already well-known in the martial arts world. If placed on the martial arts ranking list, although he is not as good as the number one martial artist in the martial arts world, he can barely rank among the top ten.
In the second year of Yuan Qi, during the lottery ceremony for Lu Qingyao's first birthday, except for his mother and concubine, no other relatives or friends came to congratulate him, not even his biological father who avoided taboos because of the name of the eighth prince. The little eighth prince looked at the deserted surroundings as usual, his eyes still full of curiosity, as if he was used to it. After all, he was usually only accompanied by a few palace maids, including his mother-in-law and wet nurse. The mother-in-law and the palace people were all speculating on the eighth prince's choice to see if the lot he drew could change his life. However, to everyone's surprise, he drew a small sword. Under the guidance of his mother and concubine, he did not grab a book, pen or abacus like other little princes.
That little sword seemed to foreshadow Lu Qingyao's future, the first half of his life with the sword, and the second half of his life separated from the sword. The Eighth Prince's curious eyes stared at the small sword, a wooden sword that didn't even have the Eighth Prince's name engraved on it.
In the tenth year of Yuan Qi, Lu Qingyao had learned most of the Four Books and Five Classics under his teacher's guidance, and his poems and songs had become catchy. However, his talent in martial arts seemed to be much better than his talent in writing. He Qun's worry at this time is that in two or three years, he will have nothing to teach the Eighth Prince, because Lu Qingyao's martial arts talent is far superior to his, and some of his talents are even greater than his own. Out of reach.
In the thirteenth year of Yuan Qi, when the youth was at its peak, Lu Qingyao went to take part in the imperial examination under the pseudonym Lu Jian, and unexpectedly won the third prize in one fell swoop. And after the Tanhua parade that year, the young Tanhua disappeared from everyone's sight. In the chronicles of that year, there was no name of a new official named Lu Jian, and Lu Qingyao was punished by his father with a stick in the courtyard of the mansion for twenty years. This kind of behavior that disrupted the imperial court would eventually require a ban. The crime of time.
In the fifteenth year of Yuan Qi, Lu Qingyao was on lockdown. In addition to recuperating from his injuries, he could only study hard and practice hard during the days when he couldn't go out. He also listened to He Qun's suggestions. "Eighth Prince, there are no swordsmanship or mental skills that can be taught to the eighth prince. The eighth prince can refer to what he has learned before, and maybe he can realize his own swordsmanship and mental skills." By chance, Lu Qingyao was watching the Eighth Prince when everyone was talking about him. During the more than ten years when the prince's identity was kept secret, he met a long-lasting friend from the White Horse Temple next door to the imperial city - monk Wuliang. After learning some Buddhist teachings from monk Wuliang, Lu Qingyao created his own sword technique in just one or two years. He thought about giving it a name, and finally named the sword technique You Meng. This swordsmanship is mixed with some Buddhist teachings, and the gait is light and graceful. This swordsmanship demonstration looks like a sword dance, but in fact, every move can kill someone, and every move can suppress the opponent's next move. And Lu Qingyao’s self-created Heart Technique, called You Xin Jue, combines all the skills taught by He Qun in the past. Using this Heart Technique to learn other martial arts can help him improve his luck. The skills are easy to master without going too far.
It was also the fifteenth year of Yuan Qi. Lu Qingyao found an excuse to travel around the world and left the palace. Lu Deqing was very quick about him leaving the palace. After Lu Qingyao left the city, he changed his name to "Six Swordsmen", took the sword that had accompanied him in martial arts practice for many years, and a small mask, and began to travel around the world.
It wasn't because he was so energetic as a young man that year that everyone in Tanhua who traveled around the city had seen his handsome appearance. Lu Jian could no longer appear in the world, but the Six Musketeers who wore masks could start another legend. .
