On this day, three fast horses entered Chang'an.
What the first fast horse reported was: There was a fierce fighting between the Lu family in Wuyuan and the Yan family in Yunzhong. The two families summoned a total of 6,000 young men to occupy the two counties. They opened arsenals privately and fought fiercely. Yunzhong was equipped with weapons. The general led 10,000 soldiers and horses to persuade them to make peace, but they were dispersed by the combined forces of the two families. They were in a state of embarrassment! An urgent report from Muzhou Mu was sent to Chang'an for eight hundred miles, asking for countermeasures.
What the second fast horse reported was: The Duan clan of Le Ling became so angry that, under the leadership of the clan leader Duan Ruijin, they slaughtered all the men in the Wang family of my wife in one night. After that, more than a thousand members of the clan went south to Liuzhou to prepare. Lu Ling's family, the Lu clan, was asked for an 'explanation'. Duan Ruijin also served as the governor of Linzi County, but no one dared to move. Linzi Armed Forces General Liu Junning came to support urgently, but the Linzi Armed Forces Headquarters marched slowly, less than forty miles away. After seven days of walking, several upright officials had no choice but to report to Chang'an and request His Majesty's decree.
The report of the third fast horse is: The Yuchi family of Xiandeng County and the four small families of Xiandeng County are fighting back and forth. Today you will remove me as a village chief, and the next day I will remove you as a centurion. There is mutual agreement. Win or lose. But just ten days ago, the county magistrate of Xiandeng County cut off the food and supplies of Xiandeng Armed Forces. It was spring and there was no food left in the fields. The common people were angry, and Xiandeng Armed Forces General Wei Chisong actually surrounded Xiandeng County on the spot. , surrounded but not attacked, this fast horse was still sent out by the small family who was in charge of one army of soldiers and horses. Hearing the fast horse's message, Yuchisong's attack on the city was imminent.
One stone stirred up a thousand waves. As soon as the news came, the government and the public were in an uproar. Some officials who were closely related to the family seized the opportunity and wrote anonymously, asking the emperor to give up profits, give up power, or kill me, Lu. Ling has calmed down the "people's grievances". In short, they all want to make concessions for peace!
snort! A son is not a son, a minister is not a minister, and he only wants to cause ups and downs with hundreds of thousands of horses?
Do they think that the twelve inner guards of the Emperor who are directly under His Majesty are vegetarians?
Faced with the fierce public sentiment, His Majesty did not respond immediately. Instead, he immediately summoned three of the five princes and ten ministers to go to Weiyang Palace to discuss matters.
After hearing about this, I stood in front of the door of Yulin Zhonglang's house, the corners of my mouth slightly raised, and I felt a little happy.
I remember that the old man in the palace once said that when Your Majesty first succeeded to the throne, none of the Five Dukes and Twelve Ministers obeyed the king's orders, either violated the king's orders or acted arbitrarily. In the blink of an eye, Your Majesty had summoned the Three Dukes and Ten Ministers to serve him. Our Majesty is really not that simple!
After the dispersion of the dynasty, I did not receive any punishment documents or condemnation orders. Instead, I received an inexplicable order. I went to the top floor of the Wencheng Hall of Zongzheng Mansion, took the secret slip of No. 7 and Nineteen Storehouses and handed it to His Majesty.
I felt a little unusual, but this matter should be done for the duties of internal security. I only thought about it for a moment and immediately took the order!
Zongzheng Mansion, as the residence of Zong Zheng, one of the twelve ministers of the dynasty, is located on the southeast side of the palace periphery. Zongzheng Mansion is in charge of the affairs of the royal family. Zongzheng records the relationships of the emperor, princes, kings, relatives, men and women, and other in-laws and concubines. During the lifetime of Emperor Shenwu, he established four major halls in Zongzheng Mansion: Wentong, Wencheng, Wutong, and Wubei, which housed rare books and secrets from all over the world. If someone is destined to study in the building for several years, they will definitely benefit a lot.
Shen Qiong, the current head of the Wencheng Hall of Zongzheng Mansion, is His Majesty's second master.
Shen Qiong deeply understood the essence of calling wind and rain in the Thirty-Six Methods of Taoism Tiangang. The late emperor once commented that he "had tasted the west wind and rain in the world, and could teach the west wind to return sooner or later." As for why His Majesty's closest people have been guarding the Wencheng Hall for so many years, it's not my place to ask!
His Majesty did not give me an imperial edict or a customs clearance warrant, but only sent a messenger to summon me. I was convinced of this, so I immediately ordered a few people and went straight to Wencheng Hall.
The journey was smooth, and I entered the Zongzheng Mansion. I saw none of the guards, secret experts, or officials. I even skipped the routine enthronement ceremony before entering the palace. I murmured in my heart: Could it be that Your Majesty wants to go to the palace? Will I be executed secretly? That's it, it's useless to think too much, it will come when it comes, and it will die when it dies!
The Wencheng Pavilion, which has a total of nine floors, is silent. Except for the owner Shen Qiong and His Majesty, the eighth and ninth floors are not allowed to go there without His Majesty's order. And I am standing in the nine-story pavilion, looking out the window.
Outside the window, it was cloudless and the scenery was just right.
When I was a child, I always liked the phrase "people should be close to the people, but not to be insulted". I always felt that a person should be upright and an official should be upright. But when I grew up, I fell in love with Sun Zhongmou's official weighing and playing with people's hearts, which really went against the original intention. .
Above a high position, everything is like an ant. The higher you climb, the more you think and the less you do. There are more people weighing the pros and cons and less people fulfilling their true intentions. They also gradually forget that the people can "turn a spark into a torch and a stream of water into a sea." reason.
Looking back again, I was in a trance and seemed to have a realization: Could it be that my trip has deviated from His Majesty’s original intention?
After regaining my composure, I looked for cabinet No. 7 and found the nineteenth warehouse. I opened the file and took a look. It said that many years ago, a warrior in the martial arts realm of Da Qin practiced the wonderful body technique of shrinking and folding his bones. Hiding in a wine jar to assassinate the late emperor.
Why does Your Majesty want to see this old thing? Could it be that someone wants to repeat the same trick?
Just as I was about to turn around and leave, I caught a casual glance and saw that the No. 18 warehouse door placed on the 19th warehouse was clearly marked with the words "The Secret Case of Liu Quansheng's Heavenly Demon", which was shocking.
Curiosity got the better of me, and after making sure no one was around, I opened the small barn door against the rules!
After watching it, I was sweating profusely and the back of my clothes was soaked!
"finish watching?"
Suddenly, a deep voice suddenly came from behind me. I turned around and looked back. I took a closer look. The speaker was wearing a Confucian robe and a wide robe, with a yellow face, dry skin, and white hair at the temples. Behind him was a man in a gray shirt, gray hood, and gray robe. He took off his gray robe. Behind the hood, there is no doubt that he is His Majesty.
I hurriedly knelt down on one knee and was speechless in horror. Everything that could be kept in this room were earth-shattering secrets. Now that the biggest secret in His Majesty's heart is known to me, it seems that I am here for the rest of my life!
The old man standing in front of His Majesty stepped away slightly, looked sideways out of the window, and remained silent.
His Majesty took the file from me slowly and leisurely, put it back in the No. 18 warehouse, lifted me up, looked at me up and down, and sighed softly, and said seriously, " It is common for young people to make mistakes! But don’t go astray. Over the years, I have read your articles alone and found that you often have the art of hegemony and balance. If you use it to deal with other countries, it is quite desirable. If you use it to govern a country, It is not advisable to purge the court."
Having said this, His Majesty raised his thick eyebrows and stared at me, "What do you think is maneuvering? Is it a weighing of pros and cons? Is it playing with people's hearts? Is it a cunning technique? No, none of them. I think that maneuvering is a matter of debate and restraint. Being broad can be hidden, and being bright can be dark, which means that the damage is endless."
I lowered my head in shame, speechless and choked.
"Therefore, those who use the country will be kings when they are righteous, hegemony when they are trustworthy, and they will be destroyed when they are powerful. If all the officials in the world want to play with power, wouldn't they waste the lives of the world? The reason why I chose this bad strategy back then is that Because the family is easy to eliminate, but the people's heart is hard to come by! I hope you understand the principle that the people are the top priority, the country is second, and the king is the least important thing."
I was heartbroken, as if I understood something, but at the same time I didn’t seem to understand!
His Majesty took out a bag of sand fruits from his arms, handed a few to me, and said with a smile, "You can read this file as soon as you see it, but there is an unwritten rule here. Anyone who reads this file must guard the cabinet for ten years." Zai, are you willing?"
Now that things have come to this, what else can I say?
I raised my head slightly and saw a hint of helplessness in His Majesty's eyes!
I suddenly became enlightened, my eyes were red, and I nodded vigorously, sobbing, "I obey your Majesty's order."
Lure me here, lure me to explore the secrets, although His Majesty intends to persuade, but more importantly, he wants me to stay in this Wencheng Pavilion. After all, these days, there are too many people outside who want my life!
Chang'an Wencheng sharpens his pride, and a hundred years of world affairs enter the east gate!
Live here!
That’s fifteen years in the human world!
