Reborn as King again

After Li Ji was imprisoned in Dali Temple, in the next few months, the state of Zheng was officially included in the territory of Datong. I heard good news from officials sent abroad that the city that originally belonged to the state of Zheng had completely surrendered. , and the 40 rebels who were trapped in Huaiyang City before belonged entirely to our Datong army.Most of the officials over there expressed obedience, and only a few insisted on being consistent and beheaded by me.

"King Rui" first colluded with Zheng Guo, and then launched a war. Even if he finally chooses to surrender, he will be punished with death. in the cell.On the second day after my execution, "King Rui" hanged himself in his cell.As for the officials who rebelled with the "King Rui", they were all beheaded by me. The Jia family, who was bought off before, was doomed this time, and the nine clans were directly punished.

In this regard, Huainan, the original land of feudal lords, was taken back again this time.

Regarding the identity of the new Emperor Zheng Guo, as long as people with discerning eyes look at Li Ji's appearance, they will not doubt it too much, and not everyone is like me playing tricks, so find someone very similar to replace King Rui.

Datong's territory is getting bigger and bigger. After swallowing Zheng Guo, those small countries that had bowed their heads to Zheng Guo immediately sent envoys to express their willingness to pay tribute to Datong year after year. Involved and killed.

But this is not the same as the unification of the Central Plains I imagined in my mind. I think the so-called unification of the Central Plains means that I am the only emperor on the Central Plains, and there are no subordinate small countries. In China, there are still many forces that Datong cannot digest. If we intensify our pursuit at this time and destroy the small countries affiliated to Zheng State, they might be forced to jump over the wall and form an alliance.

But I don't want to wait any longer, I don't want to take a step back, and temporarily accept the surrender of the small subsidiary countries. When they let go of their guard, I will directly express my position, either surrender and keep them well-fed, or wait for my Datong's iron hoof to trample on it.

During the time when Li Ji was detained in Dali Temple, I didn't go to see He Wenliu, and He Wenliu didn't come to see me either. We started another cold war without warning.I don't want to see He Wenliu, but I have already made the biggest concession to him. I didn't kill Li Ji on the spot. He Wenliu should be more difficult to face than me, sandwiched between me and Li Ji.

The more it was like this, the less persecuted I was, on the contrary I was very open-minded, and sent Wanfu to Qingluan Hall to spread the message that if He Wenliu missed Li Ji, he could visit Dali Temple.I just put Li Ji under house arrest, and I will definitely not torture him.

When all the dust settled and Zheng Guo was completely recovered, and I was sure that Li Ji would not have the possibility of making a comeback, I went to Dali Temple to have a good chat with him in private.

I haven't seen him in just a few months, but Li Ji's stature seems to have changed again. Except for his eyes, he really looks more and more like me.

Dali Temple didn't make things difficult for Li Ji, and Li Ji himself was not a person who would collapse when encountering setbacks, so he didn't look depressed at all.

Li Ji was wearing a bracelet and anklet, which made it very inconvenient for him to move around. He was locked up alone in a fairly spacious cell.When the door of the cell was opened, Li Ji saw me walk in, his face turned pale, and he didn't welcome me at all.

"What are you doing here? Did you decide to kill me?" Li Ji asked coldly.

I didn't answer his question first, but over-tested, and told the guards who came in together, "Go out, I want to talk to him alone."

"Your Majesty..." The guard guarding the prisoner at Dali Temple dissuaded him, "This...is not right..."

"There's nothing wrong with it," I waved my hand at them and said, "Get out!"

The guards had no choice but to obey orders and leave.I glanced at Wanfu, Wanfu understood, and followed me out, leaving me and Li Ji alone in the cell.

Li Ji frowned slightly, "I have nothing to talk to you about."

"I want to continue the previous topic." I turned a deaf ear to Li Ji's words and asked, "You said you were Dan'er? What's going on?"

Li Ji trembled slightly, he glanced at me, pretending to be indifferent, "I'm out of my mind, just talking nonsense."

Last time I pushed Li Ji into a hurry, which made him show his feelings. When He Wenliu came to visit Li Ji, when he talked about this matter, Li Ji also said that he had lost his mind, and forgot what he said at the beginning.

Li Ji doesn't want to talk about it anymore, and I won't force him either. Seeing how he gritted his teeth and hated me, I knew he had suffered a lot in his previous life.

"You'd better kill me," Li Ji sneered, "As long as I live, I will be a threat to you."

"Hehe, but you are just a trivial threat to me." I slowly walked to a half-new chair and sat down. "I said before that you are just a clown who jumps on the bridge."

"You..." Li Ji originally wanted to yell, but he held back, and said bitterly: "Whatever you say, kill me if you have the ability!"

"Only when I spare a person, or when I'm not interested in him, will I kill him to give him a good time." I looked at Li Ji and asked coldly, "Do you think you have the qualifications?"

"If you don't kill me, I will escape one day, and I will never let you go!" Li Ji shouted without fear of death.

"Will you not let me go?" I raised my eyebrows and smiled contemptuously, "It depends on whether you have the ability. Do you think that you are great after being the emperor for a few days? You are too young."

Li Ji looked at me silently.

I went on to say: "Don't you have any doubts? Why does 'King Rui' want to rebel as soon as he is provoked by you? Why does he keep discussing with you when he is planning a rebellion, and let you know everything about the rebellion?" detail?"

"You..." Li Ji was stunned for a moment, and suddenly reacted to something, his face became stiff.

"That's because he wants to make you let go of your guard and make you feel that his rebellion is inevitable, so he will borrow troops from you." I sneered and said, "Don't be so surprised, are you only reacting now?"

"You...You and King Rui..." Li Ji wobbled, took a few steps back, and sat on the straw mat.

"'Rui Wang' is my man." I directly pointed this out to him, "Actually, the real Rui Wang has been taken down by me long ago, and the 'Rui Wang' you recruited was sent by me to Huainan to deal with Huainan. It’s just a stand-in for an official, so when the false King Rui told me that someone was wooing him, I became vigilant, and when Shen’er told me that I saw a person who looked very similar to Concubine Wen, I was always on guard against you .”

"This..." Li Ji's face was full of astonishment, and he was already speechless, "But..."

"Ji'er," I said coldly, "Maybe you can harden your heart when you face someone you hate, but when you face other people who have nothing to do with you, you become soft-hearted and easy to trust others." You are not made to be an emperor, because you are not cruel enough, kindness to others is cruelty to yourself, and you are a loser from the beginning..."

"Loser? Hehehe..." Li Ji smiled distortedly. He raised his head, looked at me and said, "You said it too early, I haven't lost yet, I haven't lost!"

"Aren't you going to admit defeat?" I rubbed my temples and said, "I know you are young and vigorous, and you won't give up easily."

"What? You want to torture me? Just like treating your captive?" Li Ji asked back.

"I'm not that insane, I won't torture and kill my son." After talking for a long time, I stood up, walked to the door, and finally said, "I remember that more than ten years ago, my punishment for you was to go to the cloud. Since you don’t want to be a feudal king, then you can go to Yuncheng to be a coolie until you die of exhaustion.”

I ignored Li Ji's reaction and left directly.

After returning to the imperial palace from Dali Temple, a young eunuch stood guard at the gate as soon as he returned to Qianlong Palace. Wanfu asked the reason and said he was from Qingluan Temple, so I let him in.

As soon as the little eunuch entered the door, after saying hello, he knelt on the ground and reported to me: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Seventeenth Prince has not even gone to the Taiyuan Academy these days, and is hiding in the dormitory every day to lose his temper. Would you like to go and see?" look?"

I was still wondering, I just left the palace today to meet Li Ji at the Dali Temple, and as soon as I got back, He Wenliu received the news.

Thinking about it, after Zhen'er was gone, I almost devoted all my doting to Li Jue. In the past few months, because of Li Ji's affairs, I started a cold war with He Wenliu, but I left Li Jue aside.

"I see." I stood up and said, "Let's go to Qingluan Hall."

It's early summer now, and the entire Qingluan Hall is as usual, with peonies all over the courtyard, but the busy figure of He Wenliu among the flowers is missing in the courtyard.

"Where is Concubine Wen?" I asked Little Lvzi who came to welcome her.

Xiaoluzi replied: "His Royal Highness the Seventeenth Prince is making a fuss, and Concubine Wen is coaxing him."

As I said that, Xiaoluzi led the way, and I came to the door of Li Jue's bedroom. I had just reached the door, and before I went in, I heard a burst of crying inside.

"Don't eat, don't eat! I want to see my father!" This should be Li Jue.

Immediately afterwards, there was a clanging, clanging, and the sound of plates and dishes breaking.

"Jue'er! Don't be disobedient!"

Hearing this tone, He Wenliu was annoyed and scolding someone.

But the next moment I heard Li Jue crying loudly, "I hate it! The concubine mother is a bad person! I won't eat it! I want my father, I want to see my father!"

I heard that there is a lot of trouble inside, so I'd better go in and have a look.

Without waiting for the announcement from the little eunuch outside the door, I walked in.When I entered the room, I saw the chairs were crumbling.

Walking towards the side of the room, I saw He Wenliu sitting beside Li Jue's bed. The floor under the bed was a mess, with some food spilled upside down. He Wenliu probably wanted to persuade Li Jue to eat.

At this moment, Li Jue was covering his head with the brocade quilt, moaning, and could not come out despite He Wenliu's dragging.