As the Taichu Dynasty and the Qinghe Kingdom formed an alliance, the Qinghe Kingdom sent a large number of masters to the territory of Taichu. In order to facilitate management, the Taichu court established the Qingyan Hall, and all the masters from the Qinghe Dynasty who came to Taichu were incorporated into the Qingyan Hall. At the same time, Qingyan was also given the power Hall masters have many privileges.
In the past two months, Emperor Taichu Li Boqian had been hanging out with Zao Ji, the envoy of Qinghe, almost every day. At first, he secretly went to Qixing Palace for private meetings, but later he legitimately arranged Zao Ji into the harem without any care. Many concubines and ministers opposed it.
No one could notice that when Li Boqian and Zaoji were in a fight, his eyes had a faint purple light, and his whole figure seemed to have lost his soul, while nine lavender tails appeared behind Zaoji, reflecting the She was even more charming, but Li Boqian didn't notice and worked hard.
Since the two countries formed an alliance, Li Boqian's character has become even more arrogant, violent and moody. In two months, more than a dozen officials were punished for their remarks in court, and two were even sentenced to death. This made all civil and military officials People are panicking.
The emperor was even more arbitrary in handling government affairs, especially when it came to matters related to the Qing Dynasty. He was extremely partial to the Qing Dynasty people. Prime Minister Liu Zhiyong argued hard in the court and was scolded by the emperor many times. This may be because of the old prime minister. Prestige did not punish Liu Zhiyong, but the relationship between the two was extremely tense.
A month ago, the border conflicts between Taichu and Dongxia continued, and the relationship between the two countries was very tense. Dongxia brazenly sent 50,000 troops to capture a small border town belonging to the Taichu Dynasty, and clamored that if the Taichu Dynasty did not come up with 100,000 taels of gold to redeem it, He continued to increase his troops and went deep into Kaiyuan City to capture Emperor Taichu alive.
Li Boqian was furious after hearing the news. His Majesty the Emperor was about to transfer Marshal Lin Chuhe, who was stationed on the western front at this time, to the south to teach the Dongxia people a lesson.
However, before he issued the decree, the head of Qingyan Hall, Longyan Division, met with His Majesty the Emperor and said that Taichu did not need to use a single soldier. He could defeat the 50,000-strong army by leading a hundred Qingyan Hall worshipers. Li Boqian readily agreed. , he could just take a look at Qinghe Ren's capabilities.
As a result, Qing He worshiped and defeated 50,000 Dongxia soldiers and killed 5,000 enemy soldiers. The Dongxia people were defeated and fled.
According to the accompanying experts sent by the emperor, Qinghe and his worshipers summoned countless powerful lights and shadows to assist in this battle, and the Dongxia soldiers collapsed at the first touch, without any resistance.
Li Boqian was overjoyed and more confident in the Qinghe people's fighting power.
On the morning when Huang Xin got the body of the dragon, the officials looked at the emperor with a murderous look on his face with trepidation. Everyone had a vague feeling that something big was about to happen.
"My beloved sirs, I have something important to announce." Li Boqian spoke majestically. All civil and military officials were quietly waiting for the emperor's words, and the sound of needles dropping could be heard in the court hall.
"Now a large number of Qinghe masters have arrived, and they defeated the Eastern Xia Army a few days ago, showing great strength. However, if our Taichu Dynasty wants to regain its former glory, it will not be enough just to have the help of the Qinghe Kingdom. I have decided that from now on Increase the number of troops by 500,000 to strengthen the power of our Taichu army."
Li Boqian said with great pride, as if he had now unified the world.
"Your Majesty, you must not do this." Liu Zhiyong hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down and said.
"Liu Aiqing, what do you think is wrong?" Li Boqian narrowed his eyes slightly, with a hint of anger in his tone.
However, Liu Zhiyong seemed not to hear the emperor's dissatisfaction and continued: "Your Majesty, now that I live in Yingzhou in Taichu, the people's lives are not rich now. Now my military strength in Taichu has put a lot of pressure on the people. If we increase the number of troops, Five hundred thousand, the people will not be able to afford it.”
"Half a million recruits need to be supported by at least 20 million people, and these half a million people are young and strong. Without these labors, the people may not even have food to eat. Your Majesty, please think twice."
Liu Zhiyong said excitedly, the old prime minister's wrinkled face was now covered with clouds.
"I will naturally pay attention to what Aiqing said. From tomorrow on, Junji Temple will be in charge of the reinforcement of troops. If there is nothing else to do, withdraw from the court!" Li Boqian ignored Liu Zhiyong's words and stood up to leave.
"Your Majesty, you can't. If your Majesty insists on having his own way, there will be chaos in Taichu!" Liu Zhiyong kowtowed repeatedly and said in anger.
Li Boqian was furious when he heard this, stood up, pointed at the old prime minister, glared and said: "Liu Zhiyong, you old man, not only disobeyed me but also cursed my Taichu Dynasty. I have tolerated you for a long time. Today you have committed the following crime and deceived the public with your evil words. Come on." People, pull them out and chop them down!"
The soldiers of the Yulin Army who were on duty outside the door did not dare to neglect. They ran up to the main hall and were about to fight the old prime minister. At this time, Liu Zhiyong seemed to have exhausted all his strength, crawling on the ground and letting the soldiers fight him. stand up.
At this time, there was only a thud, and an official knelt down. Then, officials knelt down one after another. Not only the civil officials, but also the generals in the palace also knelt down. Even the trusted officials of His Majesty the Emperor also knelt down as the Prime Minister. plead.
"Your Majesty, the old prime minister has worked hard and achieved great results. You must not kill him."
"Your Majesty, please have mercy. The Prime Minister was just in a moment of impatience and made a mistake in his words. The crime will not lead to death."
"For the sake of the country and the country, please spare the prime minister."
Although the officials had different words, they all wanted to save the life of the old prime minister.
Seeing this situation, the soldiers of the Yulin Army were also in a dilemma, not knowing what to do.
Seeing this, Li Boqian's expression softened slightly and he sat back on the dragon chair.
"Yu Lin Army, let go of the Prime Minister and retreat."
"You all, please get up. Don't think that I won't punish you if the law doesn't punish everyone!" Li Boqian said sternly. Seeing that things were turning around, the ministers stood up one after another, fearing that the emperor would punish them.
"Liu Zhiyong, I can save you from death today. However, you are now old and no longer qualified for the position of prime minister. I allow you to retire and return to your hometown and leave the capital within three days." Li Boqian was no longer angry and said calmly.
The officials looked at each other and did not dare to say more words for fear of angering the emperor and causing disastrous consequences.
Liu Zhiyong smiled sadly, his face was ashen, he got up from the ground, knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily, and said in a hoarse voice: "Thank you, Lord!"
After saying this, the old man fell to the ground with a plop and fainted.
Seeing the miserable appearance of the old prime minister who was like the Dinghai Shenzhen in the early days, all the ministers' expressions were extremely sad, and they couldn't help but feel the sadness of the rabbit dying and the fox dying.
Li Boqian didn't care about the old man lying on the ground, but turned around and left without even looking at the former veteran of three dynasties.
After retiring from the court, several disciples of Liu Zhiyong took the old prime minister out of the palace. Others were afraid of harming Chi Yu, so they did not dare to come forward to help. As expected, these disciples were all dismissed from office not long after.
Three days later, in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Liu Zhiyong's family members had finished preparing their gifts and loaded onto the carriage. The few servants in the family had also been dispersed. Now that Liu Zhiyong had lost his salary, he had no money to support his servants.
Neither of Liu Zhiyong's two sons entered the court as officials. They just found a job in the Xinghe Sect's property in Kaiyuan City. Now that the Prime Minister has retired and returned to his hometown, they also left the capital together. The Xinghe Sect will naturally find a place in the hometown of Old Prime Minister Liu. Find another job for them, and with the care of Xinghe Sect, the old prime minister and his family will have no worries about food and drink.
Today is when the old prime minister leaves Beijing. The whole family has already got on the car. His eldest son went to ask his father to get in the car. I slowly walked out of the house holding my young grandson Huzi and looked at the house where he had lived for decades. I was stunned, and now even this house has been sold.
The old man seemed ten years older than a few days ago. His hair had all turned white overnight and his figure had become more stooped. Looking at his father's appearance, his eldest son had a sad look on his face.
No one saw that there were two figures, one large and one small, in the shadow somewhere in the courtyard. It was Huang Xin and Gu Xifeng who had rushed to the capital from Ningguan City.
Gu Xifeng had just entered the city when he was found by Huang Xin and brought here. Gu Xifeng naturally knew the old prime minister and was full of respect for this Taichu veteran and was also very indignant about his experience.
Their mission is to escort the old prime minister back to his hometown.
Although Emperor Taichu did not kill all the people and asked Liu Zhiyong to retire and return to his hometown, Chen Yaoguang, the leader of Xinghe Sect, felt that people like Li Boqian would not let the old prime minister go easily, but it was impossible to use the army to escort the old man, so the Seven Killing Camp became the best choice. choose.
Liu Zhiyong sighed lightly, and then walked out of the courtyard with his children and grandchildren. At this time, many people had gathered in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Everyone watched the old Prime Minister walk out of the house with a heavy heart.
"Old Prime Minister, have a good trip!" I don't know who shouted first, and then the people all shouted: "Old Prime Minister, have a good trip!"
Although the voice was very complicated, the feelings were very sincere. The people of Kaiyuan City were sincerely grateful to this old man who had worked hard for the Taichu Dynasty all his life.
The old man took a deep look at the people who came to see him off. His sad mood eased, but he did not speak. He just squeezed out a smile, nodded to everyone, and then boarded the carriage with the help of his son.
The motorcade left slowly with the people watching and blessing them, and the farewell team stretched far along the road.
Huang Xin and Gu Xifeng followed closely, and among the people who were seeing them off, there were dozens of people who shuttled through the crowd and chased after them. These people were all secret agents of the Seven Kills Camp and members of the peripheral organization Dark Star.
In the Taichu Palace, Li Boqian was sitting on the dragon chair in the Imperial Study Room. There were two people in front of him. A rather handsome middle-aged man was the head of Longyan Division of Qingyan Hall, and the other beautiful woman was Zaoji.
"Today, Liu Zhiyong left Beijing. I have been putting up with this old man for a long time. I order your Qingyan Hall to send out elites to get rid of all this old man's family. Don't leave a single person alive. I will order people to kill this old man." His death was disguised as a robbery by bandits, so be sure not to let anyone know."
"Your Majesty, don't worry. I, Qing Yan Tang, will do everything right and will definitely be able to complete the mission." Long Yansi said respectfully, but his Central Plains dialect was very unfamiliar and his accent was weird.
"Your Majesty, the First Lord promises to complete the mission." Zao Ji was afraid that Li Boqian didn't hear clearly, so she repeated Long Yansi's words.
"My beauty is still considerate, go ahead, you will be rewarded if you get things done." Li Boqian waved to Zaoji, Zaoji understood and sat down on his lap, his hand grabbed it dishonestly He grabbed the full thing on Hayashi's chest, which made Hayashi couldn't help but let out a low moan.
Long Yansi didn't seem to see or hear, so he took the order and left, leaving only the two of them lingering together in the room.
