This prince is going to heaven

Chapter 401 Memories (Second Update)

"When my father passed away, the civil and military officials respected the photos and helped me ascend the throne, but at that time, they did not believe me. I was not safe as the emperor, and the emperor's uncle, King Xuanwu, held the military power in his hand. I have already developed a covetous heart, and all the generals in the court have already stood by his side, although I am uneasy, I am helpless."

"And the teacher was in the position of prime minister back then, and there were many disciples in the imperial court. If he hadn't taken the lead in supporting me in every possible way, I am afraid that the emperor would not be sitting today. But even so, the general situation in the imperial court gradually fell to the emperor. On Uncle's side, it was at that time that the teacher changed his previous style of doing things, and his methods suddenly became more ruthless."

"First, he stabilized most of the civil officials in the court, and then either persuaded them with loyalty, or promised them with great courtesy, and pulled all the generals who stood in the middle of the wavering under his command. With military power in his hands, his confidence was also strong. After getting up, in the court hall, in front of me and all civil and military officials, I personally killed several civil servants who refused to listen to him on trumped-up charges."

"The whole hall was stained red with blood, and all civil and military officials were frightened by the teacher's ruthless methods. Afterwards, he secretly sent people to assassinate the general who fell to the emperor's uncle. The emperor's uncle was more indecisive, and the teacher's ruthless Li's methods also slightly frightened him, and coupled with the hearts of the people in the world, I have never made mistakes since I became the throne, although the emperor is anxious, he can't find any reason to raise troops."

"In the end, the situation gradually became serious, and the emperor knew that he had become a thorn in the teacher's side. He had no choice but to raise troops, but at that time the general situation had already been decided, and the teacher ordered the current general Yang Zhong to take the Chifeng camp in Yanjing City to fight against the emperor's uncle. The subordinates fought hard, and after the victory, the teacher led the troops straight into the imperial uncle's mansion, and hundreds of people in the whole mansion were killed."

"After this battle, all the power of the court fell into the hands of the teacher, and all civil and military officials were defeated by him. How dare anyone stand up and sing against him."

Hearing this, Wen Ruyan felt a little bit of admiration for the former prime minister Si Yunwei. Whether he was loyal or treacherous, just because he was a literati who could do that already showed his ability. up.

Although what Zhou Tianzi said was very simple, the situation at that time was bound to be more difficult and dangerous than this. Even though King Xuanwu was indecisive, he still had military power in his hands, and he was definitely not stupid. During the process, he exerted all his energy to stabilize him. That situation was no different from walking on the high-altitude suspension cable, trembling and maintaining his balance.

Zhou Tianzi sighed, and continued: "In the six months since then, the teacher has started to act arbitrarily and control the government, which made all the civil and military officials dare not speak out. After half a year, the teacher increased the corvee tax again, which aroused the complaints of the people all over the world. .”

"At that time, I couldn't believe that the teacher would become like this, but all the power in the court was held in his hands. To put it bluntly, if he wanted to usurp the throne at that time, he could kick me from the dragon chair with just one kick. Next, but he didn't. Later, I couldn't bear the people in the world to bear such harsh taxes. I wanted to persuade the teacher, but the teacher refused. At that time, he looked like he was blinded by the power. People are complaining! In desperation, I began to cultivate my own power secretly without telling the teacher."

"I was walking on thin ice at the time, because I knew that the entire palace was covered with his eyeliner, but for some reason, the teacher turned a blind eye to my little tricks. On the contrary, when I was in trouble, he would always unintentionally help me."

"I didn't understand this at the time, and thought it was just a coincidence, but later I realized that I was wrong, really wrong!"

Speaking of this, Zhou Tianzi was already sighing, and Wen Ruyan probably guessed something from his current attitude after hearing so much from him, but he didn't open his mouth to speak.

As for the Honorable Lord, at this moment, he was also staring at Emperor Zhou with tears streaming down his face, waiting for his next words.

Although the former prime minister, Si Yunwei, was in power at the time, the Lord was only a teenager at that time, and she was a woman. In addition, Si Yunwei always deliberately kept it from her, so she was real about what happened back then. I don't know anything.

Seeing the blazing eyes of the lord and Wen Ruyan, Emperor Zhou sighed again, and then said: "In the end, my power is not small, I can even fight against him, and I have the confidence to speak, and at that time , the teacher invited me to his residence for a talk."

"I am the Son of Heaven. Although he is my teacher, he is just a courtier. If a courtier asks the Son of Heaven to go out of the palace to meet him, anyone will feel that this matter is treasonous, right? What's more, at that time, I have already sent him to the court. As a treacherous and evil person, I will inevitably have some biased thoughts about him in my heart."

Speaking of this, Zhou Tianzi paused, and then asked Wen Ruyan: "Ruyan, if you had encountered such a situation, what would you have thought?"

Wen Ruyan smiled wryly, and said: "I will naturally think that the Prime Minister has bad intentions. The power in my hands has grown, so he must be restless. If I invite my minister out of the palace this time, I'm afraid he will do something wrong!"

Zhou Tianzi nodded and said with a wry smile: "That's right, I thought so too at the time. If it were you, what would you do?"

Wen Ruyan thought for a while, and said: "If it's a minister, I will go out of the palace to see him, but before I go out of the palace, I will definitely arrange everything in advance, and send a large army to ambush outside the prime minister's mansion, and I can rush in at any time upon orders."

Zhou Tianzi smiled wryly again, and said, "That's right, I did the same at that time."

Wen Ruyan asked: "Then what did the former prime minister do?"

Emperor Zhou sighed, and said: "I thought the teacher would also set up an ambush in the prime minister's mansion, but when I went there, I found that there was no one in the prime minister's mansion except the teacher sitting in the gazebo."

Wen Ruyan was startled.

The lord next to him was already in tears, choked up and said: "No wonder my father dismissed all the servants that night and asked the housekeeper to take me away. It turned out that he had already seen that you were going to kill him that night."

Zhou Tianzi shook his head bitterly, and said: "At that time, I brought a few guards in and saw this situation, and I was so shocked that I couldn't be more shocked. The teacher also saw my doubts at the time, and respectfully gave me a gift in the gazebo. I gave a big gift, and then invited me to sit down for a while."

"I walked over in a daze, and as soon as I sat down, the teacher cut straight to the point and said with a smile, 'Does your majesty think that I invite you here tonight to do something wrong?', I clearly remember his expression at that time , with a smile on his face, calm and breezy."

The more Zhou Tianzi talked, the more sadness on his face became stronger, as if he was stuck in some kind of bad memory and couldn't get out.

Wen Ruyan sighed. Hearing this, in fact, Zhou Tianzi didn't need to tell him what happened next.

After a while, Zhou Tianzi went on to say: "I was shocked at the time, but before I could speak, the teacher asked with a smile if the guards could retire. He is just a dying person, and the whole prime minister's mansion is no match for him." Just one person, how can he pose a threat to me?"

"Of course I agree."

　This chapter is really difficult to write, a few strokes are too perfunctory, and many things can’t be explained, but there are too many nonsense written in detail. It took me nearly three hours to write these two thousand words, day!

　　
　
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