Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 208
Under Gong Chengshu's instigation and manipulation, Liu Sheng became a skeptic with distorted psychology. He didn't trust any courtiers, only trusted eunuchs and court ladies, and appointed court ladies Lu Qiongxian and Huang Qiong as maids to participate in political affairs.However, Gong Chengshu was in charge of the king's order and specialized in government affairs. There were more than 1000 eunuchs in the palace, and the Southern Han Dynasty almost became a country of eunuchs.

After Liu Sheng's death, his son Liu Wei succeeded to the throne, who is now the emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty. Liu Wei succeeded at the age of 16, and the power in the court was still in the hands of Gong Chengshu.This Gong Chengshu lacked that man's thing, so he also hoped that the ministers in the court and the central government would be neither male nor female, neither fish nor fowl.Therefore, he told Liu Yu that once ministers have families, wives and children, they will have selfish desires and concerns, and will not wholeheartedly assist the emperor, and will not be loyal to the emperor and the Southern Han Dynasty. As an eunuch, he is alone and has no worries, so he will be loyal to the emperor with all his heart.

The 16-year-old Liu Wei was under the control of Gong Chengshu since he was a child. He was intentionally raised as a waste. For what it does.

With great power in his hands, Gong Chengshu killed or demoted the ministers of the court, and expelled them from the court one after another. The country's military and political power was all in the hands of eunuchs and court ladies. There were more than [-] eunuchs in the harem at one time, forming a huge and popular eunuch group.

All civil and military officials in the court who are physically normal are called "outsiders" by Gong Chengshu. Anyone who has some talent and wants to become an official in the court will be castrated. official.What's even more ironic is that the imperial court held a grand examination, and those who won the gold list and won the top prize in high school must be sentenced to military punishment first, and being the top prize means becoming a eunuch.This move naturally shut out a large number of talented people in the country.

This deformed regime presided over by abnormal people with abnormal psychology and physiology has become a unique "castrated" country in Chinese history.

As Liu Kui grew older, under the guidance of Gong Chengshu, his extravagance, cruelty and violence were even worse than those of his ancestors.

He basically didn't go to the court to govern, and hid in the harem all day long, feasting and having fun, or went on a tour, accompanied by fine wine, beautiful women, and silk, bamboo and shenghuang.There are countless beautiful women in the palace, and they are tired of playing with beautiful faces and gentle jade, just like eating delicacies from mountains and seas. This romantic emperor who has been surrounded and influenced by eunuchs and women and has become psychologically deformed has ingeniously brought a Persian girls are placed in the palace for their entertainment.

The girl in this period was fifteen or sixteen years old, and she was black and fat, her whole body was fleshy, like a very elastic and sensual ball.The original face, bulging breasts, round and soft waist, round arms, round and thick thighs, the whole body, everywhere is a combination of circles.Moreover, her skin was black and bright, swollen by plump muscles, as if wrapped in a thin layer of extremely smooth black satin, her light could be seen.

Liu Yan doted on this foreign woman very much, and affectionately called her "Mei Zhu".He takes the "fascinating pig" with him every day, and they must share the same chariot when they go out, share the same seat when they sit, and share the same bed when they lie down.He once let the "Mei Pig" strip naked in front of his subjects, and let the ministers admire the dark and shiny skin and the fat round body. He said very proudly: "I embrace the 'Mei Pig' at night. Warm as spring; even bamboo beds and straw mats are as soft as brocade."

Han Shenye also specifically told Zhao Kuangyin that apart from arrogance and extravagance, the current emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty also preferred torture and severe methods, and was bloodthirsty.

The emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty personally created tortures such as chopping, roasting, stuffing the nose, cutting off, dismembering, and steaming; he also set up a water prison, putting poisonous snakes into the pool, and then throwing people into them, so that tens of thousands of poisonous snakes were alive Stare, bite and devour people; sometimes throw people into boiling hot water, then fish them out, apply salt and wine on the scalded skin, and expose them to the hot sun, so that people will rot to death .

Once at a banquet at night, Liu Yu drank a few more glasses and was already drunk. However, taking advantage of the wine, he asked an actor to stand up and put a watermelon on his head. He wanted to try his sword.Liu Wei staggered from side to side, stood up staggeringly, held a sharp sword, and slashed at the watermelon on top of the actor's head. Everyone at the banquet either turned their heads away or closed their eyes tightly, and couldn't bear to watch.

But when they heard a "click", everyone opened their eyes and saw that the actor's head had been chopped off to the ground, and the blood in his neck was spurting out. Everyone trembled in fright, but Liu Yan was holding a blood sword and laughed loudly.But at this moment, Gong Chengshu came suddenly, and with a cold snort, Liu Yan was so frightened that he quickly fell silent and sat back obediently.

Zhao Kuangyin listened to these horrific descriptions, and confirmed with the news from Wu Desi that he, the founding emperor who had galloped on the battlefield all his life, killed countless people, and seen countless killing scenes, couldn't help but shudder.

After listening to Han Shenye's speech, Zhao Kuangyin said in horror and indignation: "Such an incompetent person in the clothes of a beast actually respects the south. How can the people of the Southern Han Dynasty be able to bear it? I should send troops to save the people of this side from the fire and water."

Zhao Kuangyin said this, but his heart was awe-inspiring, knowing that the real culprit that made the emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty so unbearable, and even turned into a complete lunatic, was Chen Jingyuan, the head teacher that day.

Chen Jingyuan is the real dangerous person.He also thought of the mysterious force that he had always regarded as a worry in his heart. At the beginning of the founding of the country, if he hadn't decisively made a clean break with it, he would not have relied heavily on this force, or even weakened part of it.Otherwise, they might end up like the emperors of the Southern Han Dynasty, becoming puppets.

"I have this insight and ability, but my descendants may not have this ability. If these thieves are not eliminated, our Zhao family may not be able to secure a stable position." Zhao Kuangyin's eyes flickered coldly, but his heart was already full of murderous intent.

"However, this matter cannot be rushed. The most important thing at present is to crusade against the Southern Han Dynasty and punish the people. However, Lingnan is far away from the Central Plains. It is only half a year after our army conquered the Northern Han Dynasty. Take a rest." After careful consideration, Zhao Kuangyin decided to treat the Southern Han with courtesy first and then soldiers, and asked people to persuade them to surrender first, and then waited for an opportunity to dispatch a large army, trying to take back the Southern Han with less fighting.

Zhao Kuangyin summoned Zhao Pu, Cao Bin and other important ministers of the two governments and Zhao Guangyi into the palace. After some discussions, he believed that the relationship between Southern Tang and Southern Han had always been relatively close, like that between Kunzhong and Li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Be respectful and bow your head.

So Zhao Kuangyin immediately sent a message to Li Yu, the leader of the Southern Tang Dynasty, to ask him to come forward and persuade him to surrender to the Southern Han Dynasty.At the same time, Zhao Kuangyin did not relax his preparations to regain the Southern Han Dynasty by force.He appointed You Buque as the transshipment envoy of Jinghu Lake, fully stockpiled grain, grass and offensive equipment in Jinghu area, and prepared to send troops to take back the Southern Han Dynasty by force if the persuasion failed.

The twelfth lunar month of the second year of Kaibao in Kaifeng alternates between wind, snow and sunshine.

A heavy snowfall two days ago even crushed hundreds of civilian houses in and outside the city, but today, the sky is clear again, and the snow-capped mountains reflect dazzling sunlight.

In front of the gate of Xiangfuhou's Mansion, Han Ke'er clasped his hands, warm white mist escaped from between his fingers, he was wearing a scarlet cloak, and a whole fox fur collar was wrapped around his neck.Her raised face was flushed with cold, and the tip of her upturned nose was red.Shui'er is wearing thin clothes, her small hands are exposed to the sky and earth, but she doesn't feel the cold, which is in stark contrast to Han Ke'er.

Han Ke'er's body had fully grown a few years ago. In the past few months, after being nourished by Ye Chen, it is even more coveted like a ripe peach.

However, he is a typical southern girl, with a petite figure and a fully grown body, which still looks slender. Standing with Shui'er, who is only 14 years old after the new year, but is no less tall than her, far away Looking at it from a distance, you can't even tell who is big and who is small.

It's strange to say that in the past three or four months, Ye Chen and Han Ke'er have had sex, but Han Ke'er's stomach has grown up, which makes Han Ke'er naturally frown, and Yu Qingyan is also secretly relieved. tone.

Ye Chen was also puzzled. He asked Yu Qingyan to examine Han Keer carefully, and it turned out that Han Keer was healthy and had no problems.Obviously, it may be his own problem.After thinking about this issue these days, Ye Chen faintly felt that half a year ago, the mutation that happened to him in the deserted temple outside the border city of Yongle made his strength and physique stronger and stronger. It also caused some problems in terms of physical energy.

Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, all large houses were surrounded by high walls. After the founding of the Song Dynasty, this habit remained unchanged.Ye Mansion is naturally no exception, even the gate is about ten feet high.A servant of the Ye family was about to hang peach charms engraved with the two door gods, Shentu and Yulei, on the two doors, but he couldn't reach the position with his feet, so he could only step on a square stool with peach charms hanging on them, and I want to turn around and ask Han Keer and Shuier who are watching below: "Madam, Miss Shuier, have you read it correctly?"

"A little bit off, and a little bit to the left."

It will be Chinese New Year in a few days, and the Ye family is also a dignified family in Kaifeng, so it is natural that it will be very lively when it starts to organize the new year.What's more, this is Ye Chen's first New Year's Eve since he became the Marquis of Xiangfu.It must be to worship the ancestors and have a banquet. There are too many people talking, and the scene is a bit chaotic, but with Ma Gangzi's assignment, there is no joke left.

Of course, Han Ke'er and Shui'er didn't need to worry about things like hanging Shentu and peach charms, but the two women, one big and one small, like to do these things by themselves, and no one else can stop them.Ye Chen, the only one who can make the two daughters obey, is happy to see this.

Ye Chen ignored the noise outside and concentrated on his books in the study.Yu Qingyan, one left and one right, while holding the pen, while grinding the ink.At the same time, he also corrected Ye Chen's mistakes.It is said to be corrected, but in fact, except for the first ten days or so, Yu Qingyan has no mistakes to correct at all.

For the past month or so, Ye Chen has privately asked Yu Qingyan to teach him traditional Chinese characters, and practice calligraphy by the way.Today, Ye Chen has finally learned all the characters. Although the brush characters are far from the calligraphy masters of the world, they can be regarded as capable.

(End of this chapter)