The Rise of the Marquis

Chapter 63: The West Does Not Brighten The East Is Bright

"Your Majesty." Dongfang Dian greeted him respectfully, and took the dark purple smooth and warm mink fur cloak from the Mingguang guard behind him, and put it on for the emperor himself: "The night wind is a bit strong."

His Majesty looked at the ferocious peach groves in the distance, and said abruptly, "Did you guess it?"

Dongfang Dian suddenly looked at His Majesty suspiciously, looking at a loss.

After a while, the night wind gradually became stronger, and the dim lights on the other side became much dimmer. There were no boats on the Weishui that was shimmering and bright as day, and no one dared to sail here. In order not to disturb the Supreme Being of the Qing Dynasty, the royal family also acquiesced in such a ban.

Because when the first emperor was there, there was a prince who ignored the warning and sailed the boat with his power, and then suddenly sank in the Wei River for no reason. Although there was no evidence, people said that it was done by astrologers.

The royal family did not punish him, but only said that the prince died of playing in the water. Since then, no one has dared to sail on the Wei River in front of the astronomical platform.

Unless there is the permission of the emperor and important events, the Tongzhi Astrologer will allow sailing.

His Majesty walked very quickly: "Hmph, it's useless to raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while, but when things come to an end, it's of no use at all."

"Your Majesty is saying that they can't do anything?" Dongfang Dian asked in a low voice half a step behind.

"If it weren't for the admonitions of the great ancestors, I would have demolished their broken towers." His Majesty's face was cold: "The power and courtesy have been added to me for more than a hundred years. I don't want to raise a bunch of useless waste." A chariot pulled by a horse.

Dongfang Dian got on his horse with all the soldiers, and followed His Majesty through the large peach forest that covered the sky and the sun. The thumping of the horse's hooves along the way overwhelmed the moaning of the forest in the night wind.

He knew in his heart that His Majesty was really angry, and in the past, the emperor would not dare to be so strong against the astrologer, but now His Majesty is different. He was a hero since he was a child, and he seized power from the prime minister when he was young. The aliens went to the south to destroy the Baiyue Kingdom and the Min Kingdom, opened up Yizhou County, destroyed the Zangcang Kingdom and the Yelang Kingdom, and sent troops to the southwest to control Xiliang.

The continuous victories in the war made the emperor more and more powerful, and the subjects worshiped him. Gradually, the prime ministers of the foreign courts were left idle, and they held great power. son.

However, Dongfang Dian also understands that His Majesty will not really do anything to the Astrologer, because the Astrologer is closely related to the Han Empire.

It is said that after Emperor Gaozu gathered a crowd to revolt, he met a giant white python with horns blocking the road and fought. He fought all the way, from day to night, from the mountainside to the mountain stream and valley. When he was exhausted, it was very dangerous. In the meantime, the entire valley was illuminated and the night was illuminated like day. The giant white snake with long horns died suddenly in the starlight, and Emperor Gaozu was able to escape.

Since then, Emperor Gaozu has been obsessed with this matter. When the country was founded, it was named "Han" with the meaning of Star Han, and Han itself means the Milky Way in the sky.

The high tower of the Astrologer stood on the banks of the Wei River as early as the Qin Empire. As for how many years it has gone through, it is impossible to test. It is only known that after Emperor Gaozu led the army to enter the Guanzhong from Wuguan, he saw it at a glance. Guan Hui is like the stars scattered in the valley to save him from danger.

Later, in order to borrow the power of the warlocks to defeat the princes and rule the world, and because Emperor Gaozu thought that it might be the supreme being who was called by the warlocks who saved him, he made an alliance with the warlocks in the tower to worship the stars on the banks of the Weishui River. Alliance".

In the covenant, Emperor Gaozu gave the astrologer extremely high courtesy, and enshrined it with royal treatment, ensuring that the warlocks in the tower would not be disturbed by worldly matters.

But correspondingly, the astrologers must train new warlocks for the Han Empire and let them follow the army to fight.

Since then, warlocks have become an indispensable part of the army of the Han Empire, and made great contributions in the subsequent pacification of the world and the southern and northern wars.

Because of this, unless it is necessary to overthrow Emperor Gaozu's covenant to turn against the astrologer, then it will inevitably be denounced by thousands of people and cast aside by the world, because Emperor Gaozu's talent is rough, and although his style is not elegant, and even a bit unsightly, he is prestigious. Even after more than a hundred years after his death, no one dared to overthrow his covenant.

In addition, His Majesty should know better than anyone else what terrifying power the warlocks needed for the Han Empire to conquer the north and south.

It wasn't until Luan and the chariot walked out of the oppressive and cold ferocious peach forest that His Majesty raised the curtain of the car to let him go forward, and then said as he advanced, "Let the army retreat to Bashu, and then launch an attack after the foggy moon, what do you say?" look."

Dongfang Dian lowered his head and thought for a while, frowned slightly, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, if you can't break the witchcraft of the Dian Kingdom, it will be a waste of money to march. There is no way to occupy the capital, and the people of Yunnan will continue to resist.

Marching in the southwest, the mountains are high, the roads are far away, the slopes are steep and the ravines are deep, and the cost of transporting one hu of grain to the north can only be transported for two buckets in the mountains of Dian, so it is difficult to support the army's attack for a long time.If we can't directly attack Kunming with one hit, I'm afraid it will be bad for us. "

His Majesty didn't speak, but his deep breathing could be heard even from a distance.

Dongfang Dian knew why. Many years ago, His Majesty was drunk because of the great victory over the Huns in the north. He said loudly at the banquet: "The great Han is the world, and the territory of China is tens of thousands of miles wide. People from afar will pass Jiuzhong translation See you, countries with different customs will be included in the territory of China, and the mighty virtue of the emperor will spread all over the world!"

That is the greatest wish in His Majesty's heart, for which countless blood has been shed in the world.

Seeing that His Majesty has been silent, Dongfang Dian knew that His Majesty would not be reconciled. If the Kingdom of Dian was captured, the Han Empire would be able to expand thousands of miles in the southwest.

"By the way, Your Majesty, there is news from the east. The princess took Wang Jian, the son of Yanghou, the capital of the Zhao Kingdom, as the general, and led an army to defeat Mu Sheng's army, one of the six ministers of the Zhao Kingdom, in a river valley, and captured more than ten thousand people. has marched west.

Her Majesty the Princess is strategizing and coordinating with a discerning eye and knowledgeable talents, which is really His Majesty's demeanor. "

"Hmph, the princes of the Zhao Kingdom? Children's fights." His Majesty's voice came from the carriage: "I will send a captain to lead the army eastward and they will be wiped out."

"Compared with Your Majesty's territory, this may be the case. However, Her Royal Highness controls Heyang. If Heyin and Maling are taken down, it will almost be the territory of my Han Dynasty. If the army advances eastward, it can be used as the rear. The princess must be thinking about these things. Right." Dongfang Dianlian said: "After all, the princess is of royal blood, shed the same blood as His Majesty the Emperor Gaozu, and she has the same vision and ambition in the world."

"Small fights."

There was silence in the carriage for a while, and then a voice came out: "Since those old guys at the astrologer can't do anything about the Dian people, let them send more people to the east gate, so that they won't be useless!"

Dongfang Dian's eyes lit up, he cupped his hands and said, "No!"

(End of this chapter)