I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 258 Retire!

For Zhou Yafu's arrival, Liu Sheng was not too surprised.

As early as when Tian Ziqi wanted to take him to Shanglinyuan for no reason, Liu Sheng had expected that Zhou Yafu would also come to Shanglinyuan to find Tianziqi.

——If this is not the case, Tianzi Qi should not come to Shanglin Garden in this midsummer, but should go to Ganquan Palace to soak in the hot spring.

As for Zhou Yafu, or the reason why Tianzi Qi did this, it is actually easy to understand: it is very necessary for Zhou Yafu to talk to Tianzi Qi alone;
Since it is a separate talk, where to talk is a very critical issue.

There are many people in Chang'an, and Zhou Yafu is a dignified prime minister;

If the two monarchs and ministers meet in Chang'an, especially in Weiyang Palace, if there is a quarrel or dispute, it will always be a bit unpleasant to hear it.

But when the two monarchs and ministers met in Shanglin Garden—the Royal Forest Garden hundreds of miles away from Chang'an, they didn't have these scruples.

Whether Zhou Yafu is subdued or stubborn, it will not spread far or reach the ears of many people.

No matter what happens, there is always room for Tianzi Qi to 'whitewash the peace'.

Obviously: Zhou Yafu has long been mentally prepared for this...

"Your Majesty, please back away from the left and right sides."

"I have something to say, I want to talk to His Majesty alone."

Guided by Chun Tuo, he walked into the palace, just bowed his hands to the emperor, and before he opened his mouth to salute, and before the emperor got up to return the salute, Zhou Yafu said in a low voice;
When Tianzi Qi raised his head in a little astonishment, he saw Zhou Yafu's undisguised disgust gaze, which just stayed unbiasedly at the side of the imperial couch - Liu Sheng who was sitting upright.

Sensing Zhou Yafu's tone of voice and the disgust in his gaze, Liu Sheng's face was only cloudy for a while;
After a while, Tianzi Qi also recovered from the brief astonishment, and said something in a deep voice, which made Liu Sheng restless for a while, neither leaving nor staying...

"Stay back;"

"The prince stays."

With a word of indifference, the emperor Qi also expressed his attitude: anyone can avoid today's meeting between the emperor and his ministers, except Liu Sheng.

Sensing the firmness in Tianzi Qi's tone, Zhou Yafu hesitated for a moment, then bowed his head silently, accepting this reality helplessly.

But after Zhou Yafu lowered his head, Tian Ziqi's eyebrows suddenly showed a touch of sigh and emotion...

"I remember that when Emperor Taizong Xiaowen was still alive, he always praised Tiaohou;"

"In less than ten years, Tiaohou successively served as the governor of Hanoi, the captain of Xiliu, and then transferred to the rank of lieutenant and Taiwei."

"It's only been nine short years since Marquis Tiao became the Marquis."

"The second son of Marquis Jiang, who was once under the shadow of his father, was able to become the governor of Hanoi. Now he is the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and he is also the two nobles of Marquis Jiang and Marquis Tiao. The food city is close to [-] households... ··”

"—My family's kindness to Marquis Tiao can't be called not generous, favored, or not prosperous?"

"Ok?"

Feeling full of melancholy, Zhou Yafu's complexion tightened again. The manuscript that had been written a long time ago was blocked by an unknown and strange force, and he couldn't say anything.

But I saw Tian Ziqi slowly getting up from the couch, shaking his head and laughing, walked two steps aside, and then said leisurely: "My Han family has served as prime ministers, except Feng Wen Zhonghou-Xiao He Xiao Xiangguo, Pingyang Yihou-Cao Shen Except for Prime Minister Cao and the other two, they have all experienced a lot of experience."

"—Anguo Wuhou-Prime Minister of the Wangling King, since the time when Emperor Taizu Gao retired to his residence, he has been with Emperor Taizu Gao, but it was not until the sixth year of Emperor Xiaohui that he was able to serve as Han Chancellor;"

"Qu Nixian Hou-Chen Ping and Prime Minister Chen, from the third year of Emperor Taizu Gao's concubine, until more than 20 years later, he was worshiped as the prime minister by the Empress Dowager Lu;"

"Yingyin Yihou-Guanying Guanying, Beipinghou-Zhang Cangzhang, Gu Anzhenwuhou-Shentu Jiashentu and so on, each of them was the founding father of the country, but it was not until the late emperor that they served successively. The duties of the prime minister."

"The father of Marquis Tiao, the Prime Minister of Zhou, Marquis of Jiang, was also born in Feng Peiyuan, but he didn't become the prime minister until the first emperor entered Chang'an on his behalf..."

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"Like Tiaohou, who was not born as a founding father and did not make great contributions to the country, but who was promoted from county guard to prime minister in less than ten years, my Han family has never had one before;"

"—Even in the future, it is very likely that there will be no more."

"From the county guard to the captain;"

"From lieutenant to captain;"

"And now the prime minister..."

"Any one of these four promotions cannot be accomplished within ten years by ordinary people."

"But Tiao Hou completed these four promotions in less than ten years;"

"From a concubine who has no official, no title, no power and no power, to the prime minister who is now shunned by all officials and has the best etiquette, the famous Tiaohou and Jianghou who are famous all over the world and go down in history."

"——Such a kindness, such a favor, such a precious fortune that no one has ever seen before, and no one will come after~"

"Tiaohou, aren't you satisfied?"

Speaking of this, Tianzi Qi, who was pacing back and forth in front of the imperial couch, stopped with a melancholy expression on his face;

Put your hands behind your back and turn your body slightly sideways;
Looking at Zhou Yafu, there was only a burst of unspeakable sorrow and melancholy...

"When the first emperor was about to go on his grand tour, he explained many things to me~"

"—The first emperor said: Wei Wan is a kind person, treat him generously;"

"I also said that Prime Minister Shentu is a very principled person. If you encounter problems, you should discuss with him more."

"As for Marquis Tiao, the first emperor told me: Marquis Tiao, Zhou Yafu, values ​​his face very much."

"No matter what, you must give Tiaohou enough face..."

At the end, Emperor Qi finally turned around with a wry smile, shaking his head, and sat down on the imperial couch again.

At the same time when he sat down, Tianzi Qiyou let out a long sigh, and looked at Zhou Yafu with self-deprecating eyes.

"In the past few years, has something happened to me that I didn't save enough face for Marquis Tiao?"

"From the death of the first emperor to the present, in more than four years, if there is even one thing, even for a moment, I didn't save enough face and dignity for Tiao Hou?"

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"Where's Tiaohou?"

"——As the emperor, I have saved enough face and dignity for Tiaohou;"

"As a subject, Marquis Tiao has ever saved face and dignity for me?"

"Is there even a moment when I left enough for my 'jun' to have the majesty and dignity that a 'jun' should have..."

The melancholy and sighing tone only caused Zhou Yafu to stagnate for a while. Before he came, he had prepared a package of speeches in his heart, but at this moment, he couldn't even utter a single sentence from his bearded mouth.

But on the imperial couch, Tian Ziqi's complaints are still not over...

"It has been nearly a year since I became the prime minister, and the number of times Tiaohou went to the prime minister's mansion to handle government affairs is only five fingers;"

"My own job, Tiaohou dismisses it, but it is a matter of enshrining the crown prince, so that Tiaohou can 'sleep at night', and he can't forget it..."

"——The government affairs of the Prime Minister's government are cumbersome, and some ministers and government affairs are incomprehensible, and there is chaos inside and outside the government and the field;"

"Even so, I didn't forget to save face and dignity for Marquis Tiao, and let the doctor Yu Shi and the internal historian share the official duties that Marquis Tiao should be responsible for..."

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"The crown prince has been established, and the owner of the Jiaofang has changed, but Tiaohou is still chattering endlessly, and he is unwilling to give up;"

"In order to have a heart-to-heart conversation with Marquis Tiao, I am a majestic son of heaven, but I dare not call Marquis Tiao to meet you at Weiyang in the palace."

"In order to meet Marquis Tiao, I came to Shanglin Garden on purpose to wait for Marquis Tiao."

"As a result, Tiao Hou just entered this palace, and he didn't even care about the etiquette of the emperor and his ministers. He asked me to back away when he opened his mouth..."

At the end, Tianzi Qi let out a sigh with mixed feelings, and then lowered his head slightly;

After groping around his waist for a while, he untied the Chuanguo jade seal carved from Heshibi, and put it on the imperial case in front of him with a bitter face.

"This seal is very heavy..."

"Hanging on my waist, I wish I could bend and break my back;"

"Now that I have untied the seal, I still don't feel that the burden on my shoulders has been lightened."

"—I, I'm tired..."

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"Tiaohou, what do you want from me?"

"——What should I do, so that Tiaohou can act like a courtier and lighten the weight of this seal, this temple and the country for me;"

"Instead of doing everything possible, I also want to increase the burden on my shoulders;"

"If you want me to live a few more years..."

Tian Ziqi's low and mournful tone made the entire palace shrouded in an inexplicably sad and depressing atmosphere.

On the imperial couch, Emperor Qi was full of sorrow, looking at Zhou Yafu, there was only a burst of endless sorrow and self-mockery;
On the side of the imperial couch, Liu Sheng was still sitting upright, but from time to time, he cast his disgusted eyes on Zhou Yafu who was kneeling in the hall without any scruples;

And under the mournful and disgusted eyes of the father and son, Zhou Yafu finally had no choice but to brace himself, took out a roll of obviously old bamboo slips from his arms, and put his hands in front of his chest.

"Your Majesty, do you still remember this 'Secret Edict'?"

The deep voice only caused Tianzi Qi's expression to stagnate;
As for Liu Sheng on the side, in just a short moment, he cast his eyes full of anger on Zhou Yafu in the hall!
However, Zhou Yafu lowered his head and took a deep look at the "Secret Edict" in his hand;
After a while, the 'secret edict' was picked up by Chuntuo, and just as he was about to turn around and walk up the imperial steps, Zhou Yafu suddenly raised his hand, pointing his index finger at his back, and was about to present the 'secret edict' A spring dumpling for the emperor.

"Your Majesty, in the spring of the third year of the New Yuan Dynasty, King Liu Bi of Wu and King Liu Wu of Chu rebelled!"

"In the second month of spring, I will worship you as a Taiwei for your majesty, and lead the army of the imperial court to go out to quell the rebellion!"

"——In the spring and March, Gonggao Hou Han Tui led three thousand light cavalry to attack Huaisikou by surprise, and the Wu-Chu rebellion ended in one battle!"

"During Ji Xia, His Majesty sent this eunuch to travel thousands of miles to Kanto;"

"The secret edict was also handed over to the minister by this eunuch..."

Before Zhou Yafu opened his mouth to reveal the reason for this 'Secret Edict', Emperor Qi subconsciously stretched out his hand and took the bamboo slip presented by Chuntuo.

I was about to spread out the bamboo slips, but Zhou Yafu's angry 'reminder' came from my ear, which made the emperor stop his movements;
The action that originally wanted to spread the bamboo slips turned into gently throwing the bamboo slips in front of him;

The face that was full of melancholy and embarrassment just now sank in the blink of an eye...
"At that time, His Majesty said in this secret edict that the courtiers and officials asked to appoint a crown prince, but His Majesty was still a little undecided;"

However, Zhou Yafu straightened his waist, raised his head again, ignored Tianzi Qi's gloomy face, and pointed his hand at Chuntuo beside Tianzi Qi.

"At that time, it was this eunuch who told the minister with certainty: Your Majesty, you want to establish a crown prince."

"—and the one your majesty wants to establish is the eldest son of the emperor!"

"It is precisely because of this that the minister will risk the disapproval of the world, regardless of the fact that he still holds military power in his hands, and join hands with Wei Qihou to perform, asking His Majesty to establish a prince and crown prince as soon as possible, so as to secure the ancestral temple and the country..."

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"Your Majesty wants to establish a crown prince, and I have no choice but to follow him;"

"Your Majesty wants to establish the eldest son of the emperor, and I have no reason to refute."

"But in the end, His Majesty turned his back on what he said, and made the eldest son of the emperor the King of Linjiang, and instead made the ninth son of the emperor the Crown Prince..."

Saying so, Zhou Yafu also shook his head with a serious face, took a deep breath, and let out a short sigh.

"Your Majesty just said that the late Emperor and Your Majesty have shown great favor to his ministers;"

"——Emperor, Your Majesty's kindness and trust to my ministers, I will remember them in my heart, and I will never dare to forget them."

"But it is precisely because of this, my lord, that I cannot just sit back and watch Your Majesty carry out such reckless orders, abolish the elders in favor of the younger ones, and plant hidden dangers of eternal misfortune for the ancestral temple and the community left by Emperor Taizong Xiaowen."

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"Your Majesty may say that the mother of the ninth son of the emperor is already a queen, so the ninth son of the emperor is the eldest son of your majesty."

"But I don't need to tell you, His Majesty should also understand in his heart: Empress Jia is not His Majesty's original spouse."

"Your Majesty's original partner is the old Empress Bo who has already lived in the North Palace."

"——Since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, no matter the imperial family or ordinary people, the inheritance of the ancestral temple is nothing more than the four characters of 'establishing a descendant and establishing a long-term'."

"Your Majesty's original spouse, Empress Bo, has no children, so that means she has no sons;"

"According to the rule that there is a heir to establish a heir, and no heir to establish an elder, His Majesty should take the next best thing—since there is no heir, the eldest son of the concubine should be the heir."

"And His Majesty's eldest son is the current King of Linjiang..."

It's the old saying of "establishing the heir and establishing the head", which naturally made the faces of the emperor Qi on the imperial couch, and Liu Sheng and his son next to the imperial couch sink again;
However, Zhou Yafu took a deep breath, shook his head inexplicably and sighed bitterly for a while, and continued: "Your Majesty knows that this minister was not originally the deceased father—the son of the late Jiangwuhou Zhou Boss;"

"After the deceased father passed away, it was not the minister who inherited the title of Marquis Jiang, but the minister's direct brother."

"Later, the elder brother of the minister lost his country due to a crime. The first Emperor Taizong thought of his deceased father, Mr. Zhou, and made contributions to the ancestral temple and the country, so he made the minister a marquis and succeeded my Zhou family."

"——If Your Majesty thinks that I shouldn't be a minister following my Zhou family's bloodline, then the minister can give up the title of Marquis Tiao;"

"If your Majesty thinks that the credit for quelling the Wu-Chu Rebellion is not enough to allow the minister to return to the Jianghou state, then the minister can also give up the title of Jianghou."

"—Your Majesty thinks that the minister's talent is not enough to be the prime minister, so the minister does not need to be the prime minister;"

"If Your Majesty really doesn't want to see the minister, then the minister can also give up all the officials and titles and return to his hometown for nothing..."

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"But even if you are demoted to white body, or even demoted to Chengdan, I still dare not live up to the trust of the late emperor, and dare not to live up to the entrustment of the late emperor before his death."

"—I once swore before the late emperor's bedside: as long as I survive, I will take care of the ancestral temple and community of the Han family for the late emperor;"

"So, no matter what your status is, I will definitely tell His Majesty: The one who stands up is not the emperor's ninth son, but the emperor's eldest son Rong!"

"I will never sit back and watch Your Majesty abolish the elders and establish the younger ones, let Qin II die, and the tragedy of 'the one who stands up is the son Fusu' will become the chief culprit in the ruin of my Han family!!!"

The sonorous and forceful words made Tianzi Qi, Liu Sheng and his son look tense again;
Zhou Yafu stood up solemnly, arranged his clothes meticulously, and randomly bowed his hands to the emperor Qi.

"Prime Minister Tiaohou-Chen Zhou Yafu, the Marquis of Jiang, I'm so ignorant!"

"Your Majesty, please abolish the nine sons of the emperor as the crown prince, and replace the eldest son of the emperor, Linjiang Wang Rong, as the crown prince of our Han family!!!"

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Quiet.

Zhou Yafu's resolute visit caused the huge palace to fall into a long, extreme silence.

——This is the reason why Tianzi Qi came to Shanglinyuan to meet Zhou Yafu in Shanglinyuan, which was far away from the center of the court and far away from the hustle and bustle of the Chang'an imperial capital.

But even if he had been mentally prepared for this, when the sentence "Please change the emperor's eldest son as the crown prince" from Zhou Yafu's mouth and passed into his ears, Tianzi Qi's heart sank.

With a gloomy face, he raised his head and stared at Zhou Yafu's decisive face for half a stick of incense;
After taking several deep breaths in a row, finally suppressing the anger in his heart, Tian Zi Qi finally stood up again from the step.

With a sullen face, put your hands behind your back;

Lowering his head, looking not far away, Zhou Yafu resolutely knelt down on the ground;

The long silence finally dissipated with the sudden sneer from the emperor...

"Ah······"

"Once upon a time, I and Tiaohou were also intimate and incomparably tacit understanding..."

"During the Battle of Suiyang during the Wu-Chu Rebellion, Tiaohou's feelings towards me were even more accurate;"

"Unexpected now..."

As he said so, he saw Tianzi Qi sneered and shook his head, then sighed a little, and then his face changed suddenly.

"I just want to ask: This prime minister, can Tiaohou still do it?"

"—I have already drawn up the glossary..."

"No need;"

"Leave the list, please keep it."

"I'm sure."

"I promise Tiaohou, resign from the post of prime minister..."

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"Come on!"

With a gloomy complexion, he said, "I'm sure", and looked deeply at Zhou Yafu's eyes, and Qi Qi, the emperor who completely gave up on saving the situation, only suddenly let out a cry!
After a while, several Lang officials entered the hall in response to the sound, but in front of the imperial couch, the emperor Qi stood with his hands behind his hands, proudly holding his head up.

"Send the edict!"

"Liu Rong, the king of Linjiang, destroys the ancestral hall and disrespects the ancestors!"

"The king of Linjiang is ordered to enter Chang'an immediately, and the lieutenant and Tingwei will handle the case!!!"

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"Send people back to Chang'an and report to the Queen Mother: Tiao Hou Zhou Yafu has been fighting for many years, and he is weak and sick, not enough to bear the weight of the prime minister!"

"He dismissed Hou Yafu's post as prime minister!"

"Worship the censor Tao Qing, Marquis of Kaifeng, as the chancellor, and move Nei Shi Chao Cuo as the censor!!!"

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"Zhou Tiaohou Zhou Yafu's request, allow him to leave Beijing for the country and return to his hometown to raise him;"

"Give a thousand pieces of gold, a hundred pieces of cloth, and a sword."

"Hou Yafu's son was a man, and he was banned by the guard..."

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