Hearing this, the young general Sima Nan's face changed drastically. He could not afford to bear the charge of deceiving the emperor.
"My lord, your words are serious. We do not dare to overstep our authority in the slightest. We are just following the orders of the general to persuade you to keep your troops in Jinshui County and not to bring them into Gyeonggi County, so as not to cause panic among the people."
In the Feng Kingdom, there are three first-level official positions: left prime minister, right prime minister and general.
The left prime minister is responsible for military affairs, the right prime minister is responsible for government affairs, and the general is in charge of the national military power.
The power of the three can be said to be extremely great, and it is not an exaggeration to describe them as using their power to dominate the government and the public.
It's just that in the Feng Kingdom today, military power has long been in the hands of the kings and county guards, and the general is only an empty title, in name only.
Even the right minister and the left minister have little power. After all, the power of ministers is vested in the king, and the power of the king is granted by gods. God no longer protects the emperor, so that the emperor has no power. What power do the ministers have?
"Sima Luan's order? What is your relationship with him?"
King Pingxi asked calmly.
"The great general is still the uncle of the last general."
Sima Nan replied.
"Oh, it turns out he is a useless person."
King Pingxi raised his hand, pointed at Sima Nan, and said,
"We are the king's army that resists foreign enemies. We are heroic soldiers who protect our country and our country. We are soldiers who are respected and respected by the people. The soldiers and the people have been one family since ancient times. But you said that we will disturb the people and cause panic. What are your intentions?
I think you have evil intentions and want to provoke conflicts between the soldiers and the people, and want to cause civil strife in our country.
I will give you three breaths. If you don't get out of the way, I will behead you all for the crime of deceiving the emperor, falsely passing military orders, and causing trouble to the army and the people! "
The soldiers behind them pulled out their knives, pointed their weapons forward, and were ready to charge forward at the command.
King Ping Xi's tone was calm, as if he were having a simple chat, but the huge sense of oppression still made the young general Sima Nan break into a cold sweat.
He only brought two thousand people here, but in front of him were more than 20,000 elite troops. How could he muster the courage to resist?
Everyone knows that King Pingxi is a madman who is willing to fight without his life. He is brave and invincible on the battlefield and will not retreat until he fights to the death.
He really wants to kill me, he really will kill me...
Sima Nan no longer had the vigor and commanding demeanor that he had at the beginning, and he shouted with sweat profusely,
"Give Way!"
He didn't even have three breaths before he couldn't bear it anymore.
King Pingxi's sense of oppression is really too strong.
His soldiers were even worse than he was. The guards, who had never fought before, were so frightened that their legs trembled when they saw those murderous elite troops.
When have they ever had a weapon pointed at them?
The soldiers dispersed and ran to both sides of the official road. Fortunately, it was winter and there were no crops in the fields. Otherwise, they would have been charged with trampling on the farmland.
Seeing them getting out of the way, King Pingxi rode straight forward without even looking at the guards.
Nie Chen and others followed King Ping Xi and walked forward unhurriedly.
The Imperial Guards who came to intercept could only watch as more than 20,000 people passed by calmly. They no longer had the courage to intercept, only the joy of surviving the disaster and their trembling legs.
After walking through the range of these people, Nie Chen suddenly smiled.
King Pingxi glanced at him lightly and said,
"Just say what you want to say, and I'll hold it in my stomach until I suffocate you to death."
Nie Chen stretched out his thumb and said with a smile,
"Brother Chen is domineering."
The corners of King Pingxi's mouth couldn't help but twitch. This guy's bandit spirit has not changed.
"Domineering comes from status. He didn't dare to stop me, not because I have an army of 700,000, but because I am a king, a king with an army of 700,000. Do you understand?"
Nie Chen said honestly,
"I don't understand. I feel like your words are inconsistent."
"If I only have an army of 700,000, then I am a traitor and he will not respect me. If I am just a king, then I am just a prince and he will not be afraid of me.
However, because I am the king, I have the power to convict him, and because I have an army, I have the ability to execute him.
I can kill him legitimately without having to pay any price afterwards, so he is afraid of me, do you understand? "
Nie Chen nodded and said,
"I understand. Only by holding morality and law in your left hand and power and the butcher's knife in your right hand can you achieve lawlessness."
King Pingxi slowly opened his mouth and said,
"It's not lawlessness, but you are the law, you are heaven."
"I understand. Thank you Brother Chen for your teaching. I have learned from it."
Upon hearing this title, King Pingxi raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said,
"I can do this, but you can't, unless one day you also become the king.
Now, you are just a small county guard. The county guard is a civil servant and only has the jurisdiction of one county. Even if you have the title of General Weihu, you are just a general. I really don’t know you. Where do you get the power to appoint a general or lieutenant general? You don't even have such a high position yourself.
When you become king one day, you will have the power to do whatever you want. Doing this now is overstepping the bounds of truth and will follow the truth.
If one day you can control the emperor in your hands, that will be true freedom.
When the time comes, your words will be the truth, and your orders will be the emperor’s edict. "
When he said this, King Pingxi paused, and then continued,
"I heard that the Sixth Prince is with you and recognizes you as his teacher. He is not allowed to return to the capital without an edict?"
"Yes."
Nie Chen nodded.
This matter was known to everyone in the world. At that time, in order to prove his legitimacy and legitimacy, Nie Chen even sent people to spread it.
"Well, this is a good thing. Protect the Sixth Prince. It may be useful in the future. You can't give it to anyone who wants it."
"Well, Ouyang said the same thing."
Nie Chen suddenly smiled and said,
"Brother Chen, how did you become the king? Teach me, I also want to get a king's title, it sounds domineering."
"The king's title is created by oneself. There are hundreds of kings in the Feng Kingdom, but most of them are princes, princes, and members of the royal family. There are only four true military kings.
The royal titles of the three of them were acquired by their ancestors, and my royal title was acquired by myself.
It's not that you can conquer a large territory only after you have the title of king, but that after you conquer the territory, you have the qualifications to become a king, and then the court can only make you a king if it has no choice but to do so.
Maybe one day, you can conquer four or five counties and dominate the north of Feng Kingdom. I can naturally make you the king without you saying a word.
Even the reasons and merits must be found for you by the court. "
Nie Chen grinned and said,
"Okay, one day, I will also be crowned king, and we two brothers will go out together to defeat all the kings and unify the world, so that the Feng Kingdom can be unified again and there will be no more wars in the country."
King Pingxi did not smile, but said lightly,
"If there is such a day, maybe it will be the day when you and I turn against each other and meet each other in war."
"Will not."
"I hope so."
