Babasong's face changed, and he felt a chill down his back. He knelt down quickly and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have always been loyal to you and I dare not have the slightest dissent. Please understand clearly. What I just said is true. It's just out of a sincere heart that I want to preserve your loyalty and make the heroes of the world come to vote. Although Hei Yan is arrogant and rude, he really has no rebellious intentions. He has always been such a person. You should clear."
Tuoba Gui said bitterly: "Don't I know Hei Yan better than you? Before you came to seek refuge with me, he was already my brother of life and death. I know his temper best. But it's because of this that I He must be killed, and I must do it myself, and he must be killed in front of everyone in the world. Only in this way can the Wei Dynasty be stable and the people can obey, do you understand?"
Ba Ba Song sighed: "I am stupid and don't understand your majesty's thoughts. Please make it clear. In my opinion, Hei Shan has been your life and death brother for many years. He has defended your majesty with his life several times. This is something no one in the Wei Dynasty can do." I don’t know. Protecting my brother out of loyalty this time is also a righteous act. If I kill him because of this, I am afraid that heroes in the world will misunderstand Your Majesty and stop coming to join him."
Tuoba Gui sneered and said: "Yes, he is my brother of life and death. When I was alone and was chased by Liu Xian, he left his family and career to follow me for the sake of loyalty. Just like today, for It is also an act of loyalty that a few Han friends would not hesitate to fight against me. This kind of loyalty is so touching that if it were me, I would wish I could die on Heishan's behalf."
A hint of joy flashed across Babasong's face: "Then Your Majesty thinks so, isn't it..."
Tuoba Gui suddenly said sternly: "But if this happens, the people of Hebei will only recognize people like Hei Shu as their eldest brother, follow him, and regard me as a tyrannical lord like Liu Xian. If Hei Shu After starting this way, countless people will follow suit. Hebei itself is the land of Yanzhao before the Han people. It emphasizes knights, values righteousness over life, and is generous and tragic. It is very similar to the character of our grassland people. We worship heroes and ignore power. Back then, I was alone and had to fight against the powerful Liu Xian of the Dugu tribe. What I needed were heroes like this to join me. But now that I am the emperor of the Wei Dynasty, I own the north and the grasslands, and I have become such a powerful monarch. How can I still do it? Can we allow such a heroic man to take the lead against me?"
Ba Ba Song's Adam's apple moved and said: "But, Your Majesty, Hei Shan is really just acting out of loyalty. He doesn't have lofty goals like you. Without your ambition, even if you let him go, he will fulfill his righteousness." Your reputation will not damage your image, but it will leave you with a good reputation as someone who cherishes heroes and cares about old friendships!"
Tuoba Gui sneered and said: "Reputation? I have listened to the nonsense of these Han Confucian scholars before. I want to maintain a reputation for benevolence and righteousness, so I indulge in Hebei so much. I will not station a large army in Hebei, nor will I follow the practices on the grassland. I send troops to collect taxes every year, not to mention beating the newly attached tribes of servants from time to time to make them obey my orders. But what did I get in exchange for my benevolence? What I got in exchange was the people of Hebei, who all defected from the county like Qinghe. , in their eyes, I and the soldiers of the Wei Dynasty are foreign invaders, not their emperor. Today, there are big brothers like Hei Shu taking the lead in fighting against me, but tomorrow, there will be a hundred, a thousand of all kinds. Such a big brother may be from a Han family or a powerful Hu, who came to lead them against the Wei court in the name of protecting them."
Ba Ba Song was dumbfounded and began to sweat on his head. He murmured: "This, is this really okay? Don't they know His Majesty's methods and the military might of the Wei Dynasty?"
Tuoba Gui's eyes flashed coldly: "Think about our past on the grassland. After the Dugu tribe was destroyed, the Helan tribe began to make moves based on the fact that they were my uncle. They took advantage of the opportunity to go to Yinshan, I protected several tribes that were enemies of us, and even secretly colluded with Liu Weichen, and finally eliminated them for me. It was because I showed no mercy in attacking tribes with different intentions, even my own mother's tribe, that I won the hearts of everyone on the grassland. It is true that Hei Yan did not intend to be my enemy, but there is a saying among the Han people that a sage does not care about his deeds but his heart. His behavior encouraged the atmosphere of confrontation with me and the Wei Dynasty. A folk hero dared to challenge the emperor. If he has reached this stage, he must die. His death must be a symbol that I am true to my word and my military orders are as strong as a mountain, forever frightening the people in the Wei Dynasty, whether it is the grassland or the Central Plains!"
Ba Ba Song gritted his teeth and said, "Heishan is a rough man. He doesn't understand these principles. He acted impulsively and became your Majesty's enemy. Please go and persuade him now. Let's discuss our interests with him. Let him confess to you in public tomorrow." Your Majesty pleads guilty, you can punish him, whip him, or even make him a slave, as long as you spare his life..."
Tuobagui waved his hand and said coldly: "Asong, I know you are also a person who misses old relationships, but it's too late to say this now. Although Heilong is loyal, he is by no means brainless as you say. He was an impulsive person. In fact, he had already planned the outcome when he came to the army to ask for his arrest and escorted him to Pingcheng. Moreover, with his reputation in the army, it was impossible to say that no one knew him, and those at the lower level The military officer must have accepted his request and deliberately concealed his identity for him just to see me like this today!"
Babasong opened his eyes wide: "You mean, he came here to deliberately seek death?"
Tuoba Gui gritted his teeth: "Yes, this is his purpose, just like the Han people's admonishment. What he really wants to do is not to protect those Han people, but as he said before, I completely gave up on the Central Plains and returned to the grassland as I swore, because he felt that the grassland people were not suitable to survive in the Central Plains, and it was only right to rob and return to the grassland. If he could use his own death to force me to take back my life and return to the grassland, he would Become a hero for the prairie people to pass down from generation to generation. This is what he wants!"
Ba Ba Song suddenly stamped his foot and said angrily: "This fool, can't he remonstrate properly? In this way?"
Tuoba Gui sneered and said: "Maybe he thinks that I am a ruthless person who can only use my brothers and cannot share wealth and wealth. Over the years, I have killed some clan members and generals, so he thinks that I am really as outsiders say. My brain is damaged after taking too many medicines, so I thought of this as a remonstrance. Humph, I worked so hard to get millions of people from our grassland to move into the Central Plains, in order to achieve what the great Khans of the past dynasties wanted to do but failed to do. , unified the world, established the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty, how could they give up because of his one or two words? Tomorrow, Hei Shan must die, under my giant sword, in order to send off my best warriors and brothers. , all 20,000 prisoners will be buried with them! And this is the last thing I do for my good brother Heishan!"
