Reborn as King again

I never thought I was a wise king, especially compared to my father, emperor, and brother.

His father ruled the country with the power of the army, because when he was young, his father had personally conquered many times, and he returned victoriously every time, so when facing civil and military officials, his father always had a soldier's attitude. Be inflexible, do things vigorously and resolutely, and don't pay attention to human feelings.Internally, my father enforced strong soldiers to protect the country, forcing men to enlist in the army to strengthen the country's strength. Externally, my father fought everywhere and wanted to unify the Central Plains, so the people below all called my father the iron hoof emperor.

However, my elder brother governs the country with benevolence and righteousness. Although he has been in power for a short time, he has formed two different styles from his father. My elder brother has read a lot of books since he was a child and has his own views on state affairs. He has been supported by his father since he was 15 years old. Participate in political affairs, and always convince people with virtue.After ascending the throne, the emperor advocated recuperating, keeping a low profile, and began to establish good relations with other countries. He no longer led troops to attack when he was unhappy like his father, and won a good reputation for Datong in the powerful country of the Central Plains. The emperor is also known as the benevolent emperor. .

Later, when I became the throne, it became a nightmare for all the ministers.Because I am fundamentally different from my father, emperor, and brother. They are dedicated to the benefit of the country and the people, and want to make the country stronger and more prosperous, but I only know how to have fun and have fun.I often sneak out of the palace to play, and I still hang around Huajie and Liuxiang like when I was a prince.I spent a lot of money to build a cage in the palace, and held the captives of the subjugated country for my entertainment.Once, some ministers wrote to me, hoping that I could reflect on my words and deeds, after all, I am the king of a country.It's a pity that honest words are harsh. I was young back then, and all those ministers were dismissed by me. Later, a few old ministers who relied on the old and sold their elders made a big fuss with me, and I beheaded them directly, and a group of ministers who pleaded for them were also all dismissed by me. Pulled to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, if not for the Queen Mother's persuasion, more people would die.

In fact, after I was reborn, I had plans to change my mind, but I was afraid of death, and I couldn't follow the example of my father and emperor, and I was not as kind and patient as my elder brother. In the end, I still followed my old path and carried on with mediocrity to the end.So when the news of He Wenwu massacred the city came out, instead of blaming him, I let him do it.In the face of foreign captives, my methods were even more extreme. I often let them perform in front of the palace in front of outsiders. Those who refused to obey were like the lord of Yuan Kingdom, who was tortured so hard that he couldn't leave the man.I also took my sister-in-law as my own, and after playing with it for a few months, I left her in the cold palace, letting her catch the plague and die suddenly.Later, I was still obsessed with beauty, and I fell in love with a son who was as beautiful as a fairy but born in a lowly family. I insisted on overcoming objections and making him the empress. For this reason, another group of people left the court.Although my private affairs are relatively chaotic, I will still be able to finish the court affairs even if I hate them. I will care about the war ahead, and I will also take the natural and man-made disasters in the country to heart. It may not be as good as my father and brother, but It can also be considered as doing your best.

My methods are not softer than my father's, and they are even more completely different from my brother's benevolent and moral attitude.I don't know whether I am a faint king or a tyrant in the eyes of the ministers, but I am sure that I must not be a wise king. Just look at their performance in the court.

For example, Liu Hua, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, was sent to the Ministry of Punishment by me, and he was executed ten days later, and the ministers below did not dare to fart, so they could only shut their mouths and stand aside obediently.In fact, Liu Hua is considered a veteran of the three dynasties. He has no credit but hard work. He has half a foot in the coffin, but he is ruined by me like this.

Civil and military officials all know that my mother has always disliked members of the Liu family, so my mother complained to me that Liu Hua threatened her, which is exaggerated, and his son, Liu Deng, the deputy commander of the Yulin Army, I will not let go. The next candidate for the Imperial Army Commander is dedicated to protecting the emperor, so how could he have the intention of treason?It's all nonsense from my mother, but I just want to stand by my mother's side, just want to chop off the heads of Liu Hua and Liu Deng, and the dozens of imperial forest soldiers that Liu Deng brought into the He Mansion that night. Let them go, they will be punished by me and thrown into prison, and they will be beheaded together ten days later.The courtiers who have been with me to this day are all good people. Even if they knew that Liu Hua and Liu Deng would not die, they would not intercede for them.

As expected, Liu Ren, Liu Hua's elder brother, claimed that he would not be sick and would not go out at home, nor would he visit Liu Hua at the Ministry of Criminal Justice.Originally, the Liu family was committed to conspiring with the impeachment of Xiao Ba and He Wenwu to rebel, but now that such a big incident has happened to the Liu family, it is difficult to protect themselves, who cares about Xiao Ba's affairs.

However, the queen mother held on to the Liu family all the time. She felt that the death of Liu Hua was not enough. She wanted to pull Liu Ren off the horse, and hoped that the Liu family would perish.But I can't let Liu Ren die so quickly, I want to use him to embarrass King Rui, so no accident, Liu Hua bit his tongue in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and "suicide". Ten days later, Liu Deng and those who were with him The Yulin soldiers who made friends with He Mansion at night were dragged to the Meridian Gate and beheaded, which seriously injured the vitality of the Liu family.

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After the Liu family's incident, the court has become much quieter recently, and the ministers dare not make any big announcements, let alone the Xiaoba's rebellion that was so violent before.

A month later, Xiao Ba planned to leave and return to Ranguo to continue pestering He Wenwu. The queen mother didn't stop her this time, and she clearly felt that Xiao Ba had grown up these days with Xiao Ba.In the past, Xiao Ba was mischievous, loved to play, got into trouble everywhere, and always asked us elders to take care of him, but now Xiao Ba is much quieter, and he is more mature and steady in doing things. The mother thinks that it is the result of Xiao Ba going out to exercise, so The queen mother is also willing to let Xiao Ba spend more time outside.

Although Xiaoba became suspicious of King Rui, seeing that I didn't say much about King Rui, he knew that I had my own plans, so he didn't ask any more questions. He just made a secret decision in his heart that all future private letters about He Wenwu He must stop it first, and then hand it over to He Wenwu after he sees that there is no problem, so as to prevent He Wenwu from being really drawn to him in the future.

One day, I sent Xiao Ba to leave the capital, and we rode a carriage together to the gate of the capital. Xiao Ba also said softly: "Brother Huang, we must say goodbye after sending you thousands of miles away, so let's just say goodbye."

"Wait." I called him to stop, I still have something to explain to him, I looked at the towering walls of the capital, and asked Xiaoba: "Do you know what is the greatest wish of father and brother?"

Xiao Ba replied without knowing it: "Of course it is to unify the Central Plains."

"Since it's the wish of the father, emperor, and brother, shouldn't you contribute as a son and brother?" He took the bait.

"Eh..." Xiao Ba was depressed, why was he being tricked again, and said reluctantly: "What does the emperor want me to do?"

"Destroy Ran Country." I expressed my thoughts.

Xiao Ba looked embarrassed, pouted and said: "I'm not a general, and I don't know how to fight. How can I destroy it? Besides, hasn't the country already surrendered to our Datong? If you want to destroy him, you will have no name."

"Since we want to unify the Central Plains, we will destroy the country sooner or later. Moreover, foreign enemies do not necessarily have to invade a country. There are other ways." I looked at Xiaoba and pretended to be pitiful: "Since you can With so many things going on in Ran Country, can't we just destroy Ran Country directly for the wish of our father, emperor and brother?"

Xiaoba knows that disrupting the court and subverting the country are two different concepts. Everything he did before was just to allow He Wenwu to travel unimpeded in the country, and he never thought of destroying the country.But Xiao Ba couldn't stand my request now, so he had to agree: "Okay, let me try, or you will call me unfilial, give me three years." Even if it is a war, It may not be possible to conquer Ran Country in three years. I don't know how Xiao Ba plans, but I just want the result.

"Okay." I took out a yellow sealed memorial from my pocket and handed it to Xiao Ba: "There is one more thing, I will keep this for you."

"What is this?" Xiao Ba asked curiously after receiving the memorial.

"My will." I said.

"What?" Xiaoba was stunned for a moment, and asked with a serious expression: "You have already made Yi'er the crown prince, what do you want to do? Could it be that someone in the capital wants to harm you and Yi'er?"

"I'm just making a guarantee for Yi'er." I can only trust my little Ba in this kind of thing, and Xiao Ba will do it well according to my ideas, and I said: "I can't say anything to you now, you just need Remember, from now on, I will send letters to you every month. If there is no news from me for two consecutive months, you will ask He Wenwu to withdraw from Ran Kingdom with all his troops and return to the capital with you. , read out the content of the will, and protect the new emperor from ascending the throne."

"Brother..."

"You are my own younger brother," I interrupted Xiaoba, "I only trust you in this matter."

Xiao Ba understood that this matter was no small matter, he put the edict in his arms, said goodbye to me and left without asking any further questions.

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After sending Xiaoba away, I didn't go back to the palace directly, but went to Liu Guogong's mansion. Liu Ren had been feigning illness for a month and hadn't gone to court.

After arriving at Liu Guogong's mansion, Liu Guogong came out to greet him in person. Liu Guogong had a hard time in the mansion recently, and his half-white hair was greyed by him. Liu Ren belongs to the kind of fat and blessed sixtieth year Old man, but now Liu Ren has lost several rounds of weight, his face has lost a bit of flesh, and his cheekbones are raised high.

Liu Ren led me to the attic of his mansion where he received distinguished guests, and respectfully invited me to take a seat. He didn't know the purpose of my coming to his mansion today. Before I revealed the news to Liu Sha, Liu Ren pretended to be sick and could not go to the morning court. To draw a line with Liu Hua, Liu Ren followed suit.But now Liu Hua has been dead for more than 20 days, and Liu Ren has never received any news from me, so naturally he dare not go to court.

Liu Ren tremblingly offered me a cup of tea in person, I took it calmly, opened the lid of the cup, took a sip, looked at Liu Ren and asked, "Do you know why I let you go?"

Liu Ren immediately knelt on the ground when I asked him so casually: "I am afraid, please let the emperor express it."

"Concubine Liu is pregnant with a child now, maybe she will give birth to a prince in the future." I said, "If your Liu family falls now, what will you do to Concubine Liu who stays in the harem? In the future, Concubine Liu will give birth to a prince. How did the prince in the background get a foothold in the court? Liu Guogong, you are too thoughtless."

"It's the little minister who is obsessed with ghosts. He impeached the Eighth Prince and confronted the Queen Mother, and even allowed his own brother to threaten the Queen Mother with the matter of the Eighth Prince. I thank the emperor again for protecting my minister." Liu Ren said, and quickly kowtowed to me a few times .

I think Liu Ren should hate King Rui to death now. If it wasn’t for King Rui’s instigation to impeach the Eighth Prince, how could Liu Hua and Liu Deng die? But for a felony, Liu Ren had no choice but to be dumb and unable to speak out about his suffering from eating Coptis chinensis.

"Okay, I'm just telling you, I'll leave this matter alone." I asked the inner warden to help Liu Ren up: "You are Concubine Liu's grandfather, and the child Concubine Liu gave birth to is your great-grandson. He will rely on you to support him in the future."

"I understand, thank you, the emperor, for your suggestion."

Now that I've said this, Liu Ren should understand that although King Rui is his grandson, Liu Sha is his own granddaughter, and Liu Sha is still bearing children for me, the emperor.No matter how hard King Rui tried, he would not be able to become the emperor, unless he rebelled against him, and he would have to bear an eternal infamy, but if Liu Sha gave birth to a prince in the future, then this prince might justifiably ascend to the throne.Although I have established a crown prince now, the crown prince is not the Queen's own after all, and there may be some troubles in the future. Liu Ren used his brain a little and knew that he should not choose Rui Wang but Liu Sha's belly, the future prince.

The author has something to say: Zhou Ling wants to have a child, and Liu Sha wants to have a child. These are all plot needs. Don't forget that Concubine Wen also has children.