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Chapter 1047 The Art of the Emperor
Autumn in Ningxing is more desolate and deserted than Chang'an.

When the autumn wind blows, it pours directly into people's necks. It's not too cold, but it always makes people feel uncomfortable.

"Is it time for new clothes?"

The servant outside the bedroom muttered.

There are more than ten servants lined up on both sides of the door of the bedroom, some of them are carrying copper basins, some are holding cloth towels.Xu Fu, the chief servant next to the emperor, stood outside the door, bowing slightly, as if the emperor was right in front of him.

When the morning sun illuminated the tiles slightly, the emperor's voice came from the bedroom, "Come here!"

Xu Fu pushed open the door of the bedroom, turned sideways, and the palace servants entered in a file.

The emperor sat back and looked a little tired.

The queen said softly: "I have nothing to do recently, or just rest for a few days."

The drooping flesh on both sides of the emperor's cheeks trembled, and he opened his eyes, "Lin Ya is just waiting for me to rest and dream of his sweet dreams!"

The queen sighed, "When this traitor dies, the world will be peaceful."

"If Lin Ya dies, there will be others. The emperor, only by holding on to power can the world be peaceful."

Two servants helped the emperor get out of bed.

The emperor stood up, and the two palace servants changed his clothes for him.

The queen stood behind him and helped him undress, "It all depends on this expedition!"

The emperor's movements froze for a moment, and the queen smiled and said, "I'm just asking."

The emperor shook his head, "I was thinking, Lin Ya devoted all her efforts to nurturing that nephew, but in the end it was all in vain. I only have one son, the queen..."

"Your Majesty!" When the prince was mentioned, the queen cheered up.

The emperor shook his head, "Forget it, is the prince up?"

Xu Fu said: "As I said earlier, His Highness is still sleeping."

"Let him get up." The emperor said flatly: "From today on, the crown prince and I will have the same routine."

The queen was taken aback, "Da Lang is only seven years old."

"When I was seven years old, I already learned how to survive in the palace, learned how to look at people, learned how to avoid danger."

The emperor put on his robe and turned to look at her, "I don't know how long I can live..."

"Your Majesty must be a hundred years old..." said the queen.

The emperor interrupted her with a wave of his hand, "In the history books, which emperor have you seen live to be a hundred years old? I will work hard to make the prince an adult. But before that, I have to plan ahead."

The prince was called, looking a little sleepy.

The queen coughed dryly, the prince raised his head, and the queen gave him a look of cheer.

"Prince!" The emperor frowned and looked at the prince, "The prince of a country should know the heavy responsibility on his shoulders."

"Yes!" The prince saluted.

The emperor beckoned, and Xu Fu asked someone to bring breakfast.

The family of three had breakfast, and while drinking tea, the emperor said to the prince, "What did you teach me recently?"

The prince's spirit has improved a lot, and his lacquer-like eyes look quite delicate, "I have taught the words of the sages, poetry and songs."

The emperor smiled, "Do you like it?"

The prince nodded, "I like it!"

The emperor took a sip of tea, "From today onwards, it's all stopped."

Prince: "..."

The emperor stretched out his hand, and two servants came to help him up.

The emperor walked up to the prince and held out his hand.

The prince hesitated for a moment, handed him his hand, got up, and followed him outside.

"What words from the sages, what poems and songs, are just entertainment for the emperor. From today on, you will follow me."

The queen followed behind, and saw the prince looking at the emperor curiously, and asked, "Then what should I learn?"

The emperor smiled and said: "The way of the emperor!"

The queen stopped on the steps, watching the father and son walking slowly, she could not help but burst into tears.

"How good would it be if it was always like this?"

There is some chaos in the palace today.

No one would have imagined that the emperor would bring the seven-year-old crown prince to observe the government. How to arrange the seats is a big problem.

When the emperor entered the palace, he saw that the officials were at a loss, frowned and said, "What's wrong?"

Xu Fu glanced at it and said softly, "Your Majesty, your Highness's seat..."

It stands to reason that there should be a ceremony before the prince observes the government, and the seats will be arranged after the ceremony.

But the emperor made a surprise attack, and these servants were paralyzed.

The emperor said lightly: "Follow me."

The prince looked at the officials, feeling a little uneasy, and hesitated for a while.

The emperor turned around, "Prince!"

He stretched out his hand, his eyes full of encouragement.

The crown prince stretched out his hand...and put it down.

The emperor smiled, "Come with me."

The father and son, one behind the other, walked from the middle to the front. The emperor sat down and pointed to a place below his right side, "The prince will sit here from now on."

This is the closest place to the throne.

The prince sat down.

The emperor looked at Lin Ya, smiled and said, "How does Lin Qing feel?"

Lin Ya smiled, "The crown prince looks like a dragon and a phoenix, so it can be seen that God blesses Daliao."

This was the first time that the prince seriously looked at Lin Ya, a traitor.

His thin face was fair, and his hands were moist, but he could see the coldness.The hand holding the wat board is slender and stable...

Nothing special.

Then the discussion began.

The emperor was listening, occasionally interrupting the words of his courtiers to give his own opinions.

Then discuss again until a resolution is reached.

The discussion was over, and the courtiers left.

"Is it normal?" the emperor asked with a smile.

The prince nodded, "Very boring."

The emperor chuckled, "If the emperor is majestic and has great power in his hands, then he should act arbitrarily today. If there are powerful ministers by his side, or if the courtiers are strong, then the emperor cannot make decisions at will, otherwise he will be refuted by the courtiers, and his majesty will be lost."

The prince seemed to understand but half understood.

"It's like... No one will rob you of food, so you can enjoy it however you want. If someone robs you, you have to figure out whether you can beat this person. If you fight hard, will the food be destroyed... There is no food Now, what else do you enjoy?"

The emperor spoke softly.

The hall was very quiet, Xu Fu stood there, holding the fly whisk in his hand, listening to the emperor's gentle words, he felt that this moment was frozen.

"His Majesty!"

A servant appeared outside the hall.

Xu Fu sighed, walked over and asked, "What's the matter?"

As soon as he asked a question, he saw Lin Ya and others who had gone and returned.

Great incident!
Xu Fu turned around, "Your Majesty..."

The emperor looked up and said to the prince: "Look, going back and returning is probably a big event. The big event that can make them lose their color is mostly related to Guozuo. The prince guesses..."

The crown prince shook his head, and the emperor smiled, "I forgot, you don't know about such things at all. Then I will tell you that this is probably caused by foreign enemies. The only thing that can change Lin Ya's color at the moment is Beijiang."

The prince asked curiously, "Father, who is in the northern border?"

The emperor's eyes were warm and full of memories, "That boy is called... Yang Xuan!"

Lin Ya and others came in.

"Your Majesty, Longhua Prefecture...is lost."

The emperor looked calm, "So, the hinterland of Daliao is exposed in front of Yang Xuan's horizontal knife? No wonder, I also felt the chill in the palace this morning."

The messenger who reported the letter knelt down, "Zhang Yi, the governor of Longhua Prefecture, defected to the enemy and assisted the northern army in persuading them to surrender, so that when our army arrived, the entire Longhua Prefecture fell."

"Prince." The emperor pointed to the messenger, "Listen carefully."

The crown prince nodded, and the messenger continued: "The two armies are fighting, and seeing that our army has the upper hand, just when the general was preparing for a decisive battle, Lin Jun led the army and rushed to attack our army's flank... so that the army retreated in anger."

"Lin Jun?" The emperor glanced at Lin Ya.

Lin Ya was shocked, but her face was still calm, "I don't have this nephew."

This is the meaning of giving up.

"Why did Lin Jun do it?"

"The governor of Chenzhou said that he was assassinated by Jin Yiwei, and Lin Jun led his army...to enter the guard."

The corner of the emperor's mouth was slightly raised, "Jin Yiwei is so capable? The Yingwei is ashamed. Thinking about it, Yang Xuan will be very happy. Lin Qing, what do you think?"

Lin Ya took a deep breath, "It must be Lin Ni's doing."

The emperor nodded, "Yang Xuan's temper..."

He thought of the young man back then, who used all kinds of tricks when facing him, "Chang'an called Yang Xuan Yang Ni, and he wanted to deal with him quickly. Under such circumstances, what is he going north for? To justify his name ? I don't think so."

Lin Ya couldn't escape the responsibility of being negligent in this matter. He glanced at the emperor and said, "I thought that with Li Tang Dayi in hand, Yang Xuan didn't dare to look south, so he had to go north to expand his power."

"This is a way!" The emperor looked at Lin Ya, "Longhua Prefecture is lost, and the trouble is not small. I think it should be taken back."

"Yes!" Lin Ya showed weakness today.

"Lin Qing is the main general!"

Taking advantage of Lin Jun's rebellion, which led to the failure of the army's southern expedition, the emperor launched an attack on Lin Ya.

When Lin Ya goes out to fight, she must bring her own direct descendants with her.

In the south, it was a difficult time for Lin Jun, as uncles and nephews fought each other, and all the losses were rebels.

Then attack Longhua Prefecture, Yang Xuan is not an easy person, Lin Ya has to make a gesture to show the world, so she must attack with all her strength...

This is a trick to kill with a knife!
The three forces converged, but when it was time to make a move, no one would hesitate.

Lin Ya's expression froze slightly.

The emperor said: "I dispatched [-] troops to go there!"

As the emperor, while consuming his opponents, he had to make a gesture - facing a common enemy, I will not spare any effort.

Let's consume together.

But you are more.

This is a conspiracy, but Lin Ya can't refuse.

"Sir, take orders!"

"I am waiting for Lin Qing's success in Ningxing!"

The emperor smiled, and casually bestowed the titles on Lin Ya's two sons.

The prince looked at it in a daze.

Immediately the ministers withdrew.

"...Don't be anxious when you meet your opponent. It's like a cricket getting into your favorite vase. If you are eager and break the vase, is it worth it?"

"Not worth it."

"Yeah! That's called a mousetrap. But you can turn the vase upside down and let the crickets fall out..."

"Father, that vase..."

"That's not a vase."

"what is that?"

"It's Jiangshan!"

Xu Fu was shocked when he heard this.

Turn the country upside down and let the crickets fall out...

"I knew that Longhua Prefecture would not be able to keep it. Yingwei reported that Lin Jun was plotting against Chenzhou, but I pretended not to know..."

The emperor sat in front of the prince and whispered his plan.

The prince rested his chin on his hands and listened carefully.

"If I intervene, such as killing Lin Jun, then Lin Ya's group will remain stable internally. As for Longhua Prefecture, it is impossible to keep it. It is better to throw it out earlier, in exchange for a sense of crisis in Daliao. Prince, What's the use of a sense of crisis?"

The prince said: "Panic."

"That's right!" The emperor said with a smile: "In this way, everyone in the country is flustered. At such a time, I uphold the power of the emperor and act in the name of the overall situation, and Lin Ya has to bow her head.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, I can also integrate many forces in the court for my own use... General trends, many times do not fall from the sky, but you fight for them yourself. "

"Oh!" The prince nodded.

The emperor touched the top of his head, "It doesn't matter if you don't understand, just keep it in mind, in the years to come, there will be a time when you will understand these things."

The prince asked: "Then can't you kill Lin Ya?"

The emperor shook his head, "Kill him, and his subordinates will cause chaos. If the border of Daliao is not the Tang Dynasty, but the Southern Zhou Dynasty, then I will fight for several years and pay some price, and I will also kill him. But Datang is by his side...

Back then, the first emperor's personal conquest was to destroy the northern border. Afterwards, when I succeeded to the throne, I could attack Lin Ya.In the next few years, those rebellions were quelled one by one, so that the emperor was in power, and once again looked south into the Tang Dynasty..."

He didn't say anything about the overall situation.

"It's a pity that the first emperor fell short, but it doesn't matter, we father and son take our time."

The emperor smiled, "Does the prince know the majesty of the emperor?"

The prince shook his head.

The emperor said: "The emperor lives in the ninth heaven, and he can determine life and death. However, it must not be abused, otherwise, he will bear the name of a faint king, and sooner or later he will be rejected by the people of the world."

"Yes!" The prince was very obedient.

The emperor said happily: "Zhen, today I will let you see what the majesty of an emperor is."

The prince hummed and looked at the emperor curiously.

The emperor said in a deep voice, "Come here!"

Xu Fu stepped forward, "Your Majesty!"

"Pass Helian Hong!"

"Pass, He Lianhong!"

The sound spread outside like a relay.

There was a burst of reverberation.

The prince tilted his head and watched all this.

Immediately, the emperor taught him some emperor skills.

When He Lianhong with waist-length hair appeared in the hall, the prince became even more curious.

"I have seen His Majesty, I have seen... Your Highness!"

The emperor said: "The governor of Chenzhou, Zhang Yi, defected to the enemy. His crime is unforgivable. The Yingwei is looking for an opportunity to assassinate him."

"Yes!"

"Zhang Yi's family is in Ningxing, right?"

"Yes!"

The emperor stretched out his hand, held the prince's little hand, and said lightly:
"Clan Execution!"

……

When Zhang Yi's family was captured by Yingwei, a messenger from the north came.

"Your Majesty, the Shegu people have made a big move."

The emperor frowned, "The Shegu people are dispatched? Why?"

"They need tonic before winter."

Lin Ya and others are here.

"The Shegu people are almost out in force, and the local garrison is completely wiped out..."

The emperor's face changed slightly, "Where's Sun Hai?"

After three victories against the She Guren, Lin Jun was sent to Tanzhou for retirement, and then General Sun Hai took over.

Sun Hai led an army of [-], and stared at the Shegu people according to the emperor's instructions.

They don't move, you don't move!

The emperor focused on the northern border of the Tang Dynasty, so for the time being, the Shegu people mainly focused on appeasement.

The envoy went to the Shegu Ministry, and the Shegu people asked for money and food, and the amount was huge.

"The people of Shegu said that if there was no money and food, they would take it themselves, so they went out to the mountains and forests to plunder. Sun Xiangwen ordered the villain to report, and he will definitely go all out."

Lin Ya said: "Lin Jun led the [-] army to win three battles and three victories. Sun Hai is a general that His Majesty values. Thinking about it, this battle will not be bad."

The emperor squinted at him, "Lin Qing stays in Ningxing for now."

Lin Ya asked: "Then Nanzheng..."

"On hold!"

(End of this chapter)