Chapter 497
"Sisi, where is my snuff bottle?"
Ji Chengjue asked while wearing his official uniform belt.
Dayan, the prince will enjoy the title of the prince without any accidents, and he has his own set of python robes to prepare for, but throughout the ages, all aspiring princes prefer to wear official uniforms compared to python robes, which means that they have errands in the court , which means that he is not a pure idle rice worm prince.
The sixth prince has always been responsible for the errands of the household department. Adding the title of minister as a prince will look too ugly and break the rules of the game. Therefore, as the prince and the actual controller of the household department, Ji Chengjue usually goes to court and The clothes worn in the yamen are actually sixth-rank official uniforms, but some specific styles have been deliberately removed, almost like a white board.
But Ji Laoliu really likes this dress, it is comfortable and comfortable to wear.
This is the same as Uncle Zheng's dislike of wearing golden armor. The brighter and more eye-catching clothes, the more comfortable they will be. The same is true for boa robes.
Ji Laoliu felt that the dragon robe should be uncomfortable to wear.
"Husband still needs to bring a snuff bottle today?"
Today is the day when the Third Prince mourns.
Because the third prince died in order to save him, His Majesty decreed that it should be issued as a national mourning.
"Take it, why not take it?"
"here."
He Sisi handed over her husband's favorite chalcedony bergamot snuff bottle.
Ji Chengjue pulled out the plug, took a breath into his nose, closed his eyes, then opened them slowly, and let out a long breath of relief.
The focus of the snuff bottle is never inside, but outside. It is not for use, but for playing and showing off.
Ji Laoliu got into Eunuch Zhang's carriage. In the carriage, today's breakfast and two pieces of white cloth were prepared.
After tying the white cloth around his arms and forehead, Ji Chengjue leaned back slightly against the car wall.
When the carriage crossed the street, a smell of meat wafted over, the smell of fried dumplings.
"Zhang Banban, buy two fried dumplings and try it."
"Okay, master."
Eunuch Zhang stopped the carriage, bought two fried dumplings and delivered them over.
Ji Laoliu ate with great relish, and he just finished eating when the carriage arrived at the gate of the palace.
when getting off,
Eunuch Zhang anxiously reminded:
"Master, mouth, oil."
Ji Laoliu smiled, wiped his mouth with the sleeve of his official robe, and then flicked the sleeve back, looking at the majestic palace gate in front of him, his eyes narrowed slowly.
All the ministers who came to the court today tied white cloths. It stands to reason that the prince's funeral should not be so grand, at least, it would not affect the civil and military officials in Yanjing.
In the past, when a noble person in the palace or the royal family passed away, the big guys would be banned from drinking and banqueting for at least two days.
"Third brother, third brother..."
With the support of the two eunuchs beside him, the fourth prince walked towards the palace gate while howling.
His carriage was parked farther than usual, so the walking distance was much longer than usual.
Ji Chengjue followed the sound and turned to look over, then stood there, facing his fourth brother.
"Third brother, third brother..."
The fourth prince Ji Chengfeng staggered over,
Then,
He saw his sixth brother,
Just look at him, look at him, look at him, look at him...
Ji Chengfeng suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
He didn't know where this emotion came from, but it really appeared in his heart.
"Fourth brother."
"Well, sixth brother."
"pass."
"..." Ji Chengfeng.
The break-up meal, in fact, has already been eaten.
The feeling of parting was also in the wine that night.
After the incident, it's not that Ji Chengfeng didn't think about whether the death of the third child was tricky, no, to be precise, how could the death of the third child be not tricky!
He had gotten some rumors from the Ministry of War a long time ago that his father intended to start another war;
Then,
The third child was released,
Then,
The third child was rescued and died.
Such a coincidence?
How is it such a coincidence?
At the same time, he also recalled that night, the second night after the third child came out of the Huxin Pavilion, the brothers gathered together to drink and "clean up the dust" for the third child;
The prince did not come, but only sent wine;
It stands to reason that according to the prince's usual habits, he would not give up this opportunity to show his benevolence, righteousness, brotherhood and respect.
And the sixth child,
That night, he abnormally scolded the prince who didn't come,
call him cold-blooded,
called him cruel,
call him heartless,
In hindsight,
Ji Chengfeng suddenly realized, sixth son, is he really scolding the prince, or is he scolding?
The old fifth Ji Chengwen left Beijing with Uncle Hirano, and because he got up late, Uncle Hirano didn't wait for him, so he hurriedly chased him out of the city.
so,
Ji Chengfeng doesn't even have anyone who can talk now. Originally, when the fifth child was around, he wouldn't be so lonely.
Now that the old five were not here, he suddenly felt helpless and flustered.
And this feeling reached its peak when he saw Ji Chengjue with a calm face.
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You all guessed it,
Just being kept in the dark?
Reminiscent of the "useful" and "useless" words that Lao Wu said to himself before leaving Beijing, Ji Chengfeng suddenly felt that Lao Wu might have already guessed something.
This feeling of being completely isolated is really bad, and it is really hard for Ji Chengfeng, who has always been arrogant, to accept this kind of cognition that he is actually a low IQ.
But he had to press his own head and force himself to accept it.
actually,
Ji Chengfeng's tears today are not completely fake, he is really crying, not acting, and he didn't apply ginger.
However, she was not crying for the third child, but crying for herself.
just thought of,
Father killed one of his own sons, that is, Ji Chengfeng's kind;
And several others of the same kind could have predicted this result in advance, but he realized it later;
Both were born of the same father,
Why!
Ji Chengjue's eyes drooped slightly,
plain way;
"Ji family man, shed blood but not tears, promising."
It's very impolite for a younger brother to speak to an elder brother like this, but Ji Chengjue said it normally, and Ji Chengfeng listened to it normally.
He wiped his eyes,
Forcibly calm down.
Ji Chengjue bypassed Ji Chengfeng and walked to the official road outside the palace gate.
Ji Chengfeng turned his head curiously and looked behind him.
There,
A group of young officials came together. Unlike other ministers, these young officials were not wrapped with white cloths that symbolized sadness, but festive red cloths.
They were neither silent nor mourning, but there were still smiles on their faces.
They laughed and walked over together.
Ji Chengfeng recognized quite a few of them, most of them were officials with Jinshi background in recent years.
"Bold, how dare you be so presumptuous and rude!"
When going to court,
Outside the palace gate and inside the palace gate, there are eunuchs in charge of order. They hold leather whips and wave them when the palace gates are opened. At the same time, they are also responsible for maintaining order.
The latter, in the usual sense, is rarely taken into account, because officials who can go to court will care about their status and dare not lose their manners.
However, today is the day of the third prince's funeral. The officials who came earlier were all mourning, but this group of people came here dressed in dazzling red, laughing constantly.
The leader of this group of people is Hu Zhengfang, who has been promoted the fastest among these batches of Jinshi-born officials. He is already a servant of the household department at a young age. Here, there are factors of his own diligence, and naturally there is also the factor of Ji Chengjue. .
Hu Zhengfang faced the eunuch who scolded everyone in front of him,
laughed loudly:
"Dare to ask my father-in-law, why am I waiting for such presumptuous talk?"
"Today is His Majesty's decree to send out a national funeral for His Highness the Third Highness. Just when the whole country mourns together, how could you..."
"Step aside!"
Hu Zhengfang suddenly took a step forward, and his chest almost touched the father-in-law's body.
The father-in-law took two steps back subconsciously, and immediately realized that he had lost face, and immediately raised the whip in his hand.
at this time,
The father-in-law's hand was grabbed by a hand behind him, he turned his head angrily, and then looked stunned, because the one who grabbed his hand was none other than the Sixth Highness Ji Chengjue.
"Your Highness Sixth, you, you, you are..."
"After asking clearly, they are all the pillars of the country, and they will definitely not do unreasonable actions. If someone is wronged, nothing will be undone if the whip goes down."
When the father-in-law heard this, he was shocked.
Of course, he knew how much these officials with Jinshi backgrounds were usually in a group, and he also knew that in the next few years, the proportion of these officials with Jinshi backgrounds in the Great Yan Dynasty Hall would inevitably increase.
If he had been whipped down before, the majesty of the palace would have been protected, but his little life would probably have to be lost.
The father-in-law looked at Ji Chengjue with a touch of gratitude.
He actually didn't expect that the one who could really mobilize this group of Jinshi-born officials would be the Sixth Highness in front of him?
This is not a secret in the Great Yan Dynasty Hall. In the previous political battles in the court hall, many of these officials who were born as Jinshi served as the pawns of His Highness the Sixth Prince.
Ji Chengjue looked at Hu Zhengfang and said loudly:
"Give Gu an explanation."
immediately,
Below Hu Zhengfang,
Behind him, a group of officials wearing red belts bowed together and saluted.
Hu Zhengfang shouted:
"My Great Yan, how did my 800-year-old ancestor Sheji survive?
It is because of the ancestors and ancestors for generations that Yandi Erlang fought to the death with the barbarians and other countries, so that the ancestral temple has been protected until now;
My Dayan tradition,
But there are foreign enemies coming,
Those who died in battle mourned;
Mourners wear red belts;
Gao Ge said: You go first, you go slowly, you wait for me, you buy wine, you spread the table, and I will come soon! "
Hu Zhengfang looked around,
Pulling up the red belt on my body,
raise your arms high,
shouted:
"Today, Chu Nu's heart is not dead, and he sent assassins to commit great treason. Fortunately, His Majesty is so blessed, and fortunately, His Majesty the Third Highness is sincere and filial, and I, Great Yan, are safe and sound!
Of course,
Now that Chu Nu has drawn his saber,
My bloody man from Yandi,
Encore continues to sit idly by and do nothing?
The third highness will go first, the third highness will walk slowly, the third highness will wait for me, the third highness will set up wine, the third highness will spread the mat..."
next moment,
Behind Hu Zhengfang, all the young officials shouted in unison:
"I'll come soon!"
Such momentum really made the palace gates seem to tremble slightly.
This is Dayan's blood.
Ji Chengjue's gaze swept over them slowly,
a long time,
Ji Chengjue took off the white cloth from his body,
reach forward,
road:
"Is there still red silk?"
Hu Zhengfang got out of the way, and the people behind him also got out of the way. Over there, there were more than a dozen men waiting there pushing a cart full of red tapes.
Ji Chengjue took a step forward, stepped forward, took out a red ribbon, and wrapped it around himself.
immediately,
Ji Chengjue pointed to the row of ministers waiting outside the palace gate.
road:
"Distribute it, and all the consequences will be borne by Gu. Today, the national funeral will be held!"
All the officials who came from Jinshi laughed and began to distribute red ribbons,
More than half of the ministers had already been infected by this generous atmosphere, and they took off their white cloths and put on red belts without hesitation.
Dayan,
No matter how the finances are, how the treasury is,
You can't deny that,
Dayan is now the veritable largest country in the East!
Over the past 800 years, the Dayan iron cavalry has cultivated a self-confident backbone for the oriental barbarians;
And since the current Holy Majesty ascended the throne, the smooth victories in foreign wars have brought the sense of honor and pride of the people of Great Swallow to a peak.
so the people,
Naturally, these officials are even more so!
In fact, the easiest way to become an official in the court and leave a name for Bo Qingshi is... the main battle.
There are also some ministers who obviously know about it, it's not that simple.
Some high-level adults had already obtained the news in advance to start the national war, and then the third prince was assassinated like this, and the assassinated third prince had just been released from the Huxin Pavilion not long ago.
real,
Is it such a coincidence?
But when Zhao Jiulang took the red belt from Ji Chengjue and put it on, outside the palace gate, all the ministers put on red belts.
The agitation of Jinshi officials,
The prince's push to fuel the flames,
Coupled with the final word of the Zaifu,
There was no second choice for the ministers outside the palace gate.
Either willingly or with some hesitation, they all put on red silk, and a national funeral became "festive" in an instant.
Everyone was laughing and talking, and some were even singing Yandi folk songs. Although it was a little forced, it also created a hilarious atmosphere.
Ji Chengfeng stood silently behind Ji Chengjue, he knew that everything in front of him was arranged by himself, his sixth younger brother.
That Hu Zhengfang was originally the sixth brother's official confidant.
If it was the past, Ji Chengfeng felt that he would definitely be impassioned. Although he had a bad relationship with the third child since he was a child, to be precise, the third child was actually not close to his brothers because of his temper.
But if so, we are brothers after all;
Moreover, Ji Chengfeng, like the eldest prince, has more military background, so he is naturally willing to take the initiative to seek war in order to gain the opportunity to lead troops to practice.
but now,
But right now,
Ji Chengfeng couldn't get excited.
He suddenly felt that the sixth younger brother in front of him was like a vulture, his brother's body was right in front of him, instead of grieving, he was gnawing on his brother's flesh.
Ji Chengfeng was scared,
before,
he doesn't think
He naively thought that he was not bad, and he had a chance to fight for that position.
Even after the downfall of Sanshi Deng's family, Ji Chengfeng still has confidence that he can lie dormant and wait for his own opportunity.
But at this time,
He found that the gap between himself and the younger brother in front of him was really too big.
The ruthlessness of the royal father, using his own son as an excuse to start the war, has already made Ji Chengfeng feel extremely terrified;
But this younger brother of his seems to be the same person as his father, even if it is a blood relative, as long as it is valuable, he will squeeze it out as much as possible.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Three blows of the whip,
The gate of the palace opened.
A group of ministers dressed in red silk stepped into the palace gate.
On the surface of the white bricks in the palace, there is a dazzling red flowing.
Ji Chengfeng followed Ji Chengjue's pace subconsciously, and then he saw the prince standing there.
The prince, still thin, stood there, as if he was waiting for his two brothers.
No,
To be precise,
He was waiting for the sixth child, which had nothing to do with him.
Ji Chengjue walked up to the prince and saluted.
The prince stood there without responding, but said indifferently;
"Great."
"Also." Ji Chengjue said, "Now, at Xizhimen, the common people should start to gather."
The people of Chu sent an assassin in an attempt to assassinate His Majesty, but the third prince sacrificed his life to save him and died under the sword of the assassin.
The ruthlessness of the Chu people and the pure filial piety of the three princes, with these as the theme, the students in teahouses, markets, and Guozijian schools took the initiative to spread the word, making this incident known to everyone in Yanjing.
And the anger belonging to the Yan people was also ignited in an instant.
Yan people are so proud.
Their iron cavalry suppressed the barbarians for a hundred years, so that the little princes of the barbarian royal court have to stay low and call themselves juniors;
Their wars defeated Gan Ren, and tens of thousands of cavalry traveled all the way south, drinking horses by the Bian River, making Shangjing not only prosperous, but also full of soldiers and irons;
The knights of the Three Jin Dynasties who once thought they were the strongest cavalry in the world were directly defeated by the iron cavalry of the Yan people; the savages who ran amok were also driven out!
Looking down at the riverside in Yupan City, the blood of the Qingluan Army of 40,000 Chu people is poured out, and it is the joyful spirit of the Yan people!
Yan State, the Yan State court, the people of Yan State,
are used to going from one victory to another,
The inertia of victory is like a wheel,
If invincible,
Who hates war?
"You've done well," said the prince.
The prince knew that in the capital, the big shopkeeper behind many industries was the sixth younger brother in front of him.
"Father made a good arrangement. The coffin will be suspended for ten days, just to find out the murderer."
Ten days,
It is enough to blow a gust of wind back and forth several times.
In fact, it wasn't just the people under Ji Chengjue's own property who attacked, but also the people from the Secret Service Division.
At this time, another group of people came out from outside the palace gate. They were dressed in ancestral armor, led by Da Zongzheng, entered the palace from another palace gate, and gathered here.
They are the clan and nobles.
Some clans and nobles could no longer carry swords, or they simply didn't serve in the army or the court, and they even didn't even come to court meetings on weekdays.
But today, they all took out the armor and weapons worn by their ancestors and enshrined in the family ancestral hall for many years.
certainly,
The imperial clan and honorable team, in terms of momentum, is solemn and stirring, but in terms of feeling, it seems to be the end of life.
This is normal,
In fact, Uncle Zheng is also honorable, but what is he doing?
Even if it is not peaceful, Ye Bobi, in fact, among the clan and nobles, those who can make progress are basically serving in the army, and those who stay in Yanjing City are indeed mostly old, weak, sick and disabled.
"Is this your second brother's handwriting?"
Ji Chengjue knew that because he used the salary and food of the clan and nobles, he had a very bad reputation among them, so they naturally took the initiative to move closer to the prince.
This is human instinct, but also the instinct of a group.
Of course, Ji Chengjue knew the consequences of what he did, but he still chose to do so.
Leaving aside the theory of public heart,
Serious officials don't look down on this group of "worms of the country". In addition, Ji Laoliu didn't issue that kind of silver coupons to the officials. Not good, Baiguan here, his impression can get bonus points instead.
The civil servants in Qianguo would take the initiative to touch porcelain nobles at every turn, just to find an opportunity to spit at them and call them "the moth of the country".
Although the ethos here in Dayan is not as exaggerated as in Qianguo, but after the horse stepped into the family, in the court, there are either new scholars or those from the head of Guizhou. Everyone and the noble clan are the opposite of natural class.
It is very cost-effective to push this group of pig teammates to the prince after being disgusted by this group of people who are not on the stage.
"Let the sixth brother laugh at you."
"Go to state affairs together."
The prince nodded,
Quietly said:
"The third child has already left."
The third child has already left, so it will be more valuable to let him go.
The third child has already left, and he can go. If we don't cooperate well with the father, if we are not obedient, the father will let us go with the third child.
To kill chickens to warn monkeys, people kill chickens anyway.
Where is the father?
At this time,
Emperor Yan, wearing the Emperor Sword at his waist, came out of the hall, and followed Wei Zhonghe by his side.
for a while,
The audience was silent.
Even Ji Chengjue and the crown prince immediately walked to their proper positions.
Emperor Yan stood on the imperial steps, his stern eyes scanned the audience, standing there alone, it was like a mountain lying in front of him, this was the majesty of the Son of Heaven.
"Everyone, what are you going to do?"
Hu Zhengfang didn't speak, because he was not qualified to speak at this moment.
at this time,
going forward,
It's Saisuke.
Zhao Jiulang walked down the imperial steps,
Take off your official hat, put it by your side,
immediately,
He himself knelt down slowly:
"Your Majesty, Chu Nu is too deceitful;
How is the third prince?
What is wrong with the imperial concubine Ming?
What's wrong with His Majesty?
Why is Dayan so innocent?
What is wrong with my 800-year-old Sheji ancestral temple?
now,
I ask your Majesty to issue an order to send troops to attack Chu! "
for a while,
Behind Zhao Jiulang,
Civil and military officials,
honorable clan,
All knelt down,
shouted in unison:
"Your Majesty, please issue an order to attack Chu!"
"Your Majesty, please issue an order to attack Chu!"
Thunder and thunder!
Emperor Yan opened his mouth and said;
"My big swallow is now, and the treasury is empty."
Ji Chengjue knelt down and said loudly:
"Father, how difficult it is for the ancestors to start a business, and how difficult it is for the ancestors to keep the business, there are countless sorrows now!
My ancestors gave me blood,
The ancestors gave me the spirit,
Bone and blood cannot be humiliated, the spirit cannot be corrupted,
Although the treasury is exhausted,
My big swallow is full of blood,
Since ancient times,
There is no shortage of generous people in Yandi!
The son-in-law is willing to lower his salary to make up for the front, but he wants to attack Chu, destroy its Yingdu, and destroy its ancestral temple!
Yandi man,
Go to the country together! "
rear,
The civil and military nobles of the Manchu Dynasty shouted in unison:
"The minister is willing to lower his salary to make up for the front, Yan Dierlang, let's go to the national calamity together!"
Emperor Yan clenched his fists tightly,
down the steps,
Kicked Ji Chengjue over with one kick,
Ji Chengjue was kicked down, hit his forehead on the steps, was cut, and bled, but immediately knelt back.
"Nizi, do you know that Chu is a big country, and our Great Yan has been fighting for many years, and the people have long been exhausted. If there is another national war, how can you let my people survive?
The people are my people, I just lost a son today, but I don't want my people to have nothing to eat, and every family has nothing to eat! "
The prince knelt down and stepped forward,
kneel down,
Loudly said:
"Father, my son, please move your father, go to Xizhimen, and see the hearts of my people!"
Zhao Jiulang raised his head,
and shouted:
"Show me, Xizhimen!"
Wei Zhonghe showed panic on his face,
Why was my errand robbed?
Besides, Your Majesty, you haven't issued a decree yet, yet this prime minister dares to make an edict in front of the Holy Majesty!
But Eunuch Wei immediately showed generosity again,
Loudly:
"Show me, Xizhimen!"
"You are presumptuous, presumptuous!"
Hundreds of officials, civil and military officials, clansmen, nobles, and imperial guards surrounded Emperor Yan to Xizhimen.
When Yanhuang's Jinwu Dragon Banner was erected on the wall of Xizhimen Palace,
Outside Xizhimen, the people who couldn't see the edge of the crowd were boiling.
At first they just chanted loudly,
Some are shouting long live Your Majesty,
Some are shouting to kill Chu Nu,
Some were shouting to avenge the Third Highness,
in the end,
The shouts of countless people gradually merged into one place:
"Fa Chu!"
"Fa Chu!"
"Fa Chu!"
"Fa Chu!"
Under the city wall, there are piles of firewood.
A group of old men on crutches stood by the woodpile.
scene,
Quiet immediately.
"Chu Nu deceives people too much. Your Majesty pities my people and cannot bear to waste the country's power to attack Chu, but I think that the people of Yandi have always stood upright to the outside world. Even if I go down in the future, I dare to speak in front of my ancestors." Face your ancestors and say: descendants have never lost your reputation in the slightest!
This old man is already seventy, if he is thirty or forty years younger, this old man must put on armor and buy a horse, follow my Dayan Black Dragon Banner, and let that Chu Nu taste the sharpness of my Dayan saber!
If he was twenty years younger, the old man would definitely enter the camp of the peasants, deliver food and fodder for our Dayan soldiers, feed the horses and set up camps!
but old
It's too old,
This body bone can no longer do anything.
The only thing the old man can do now is,
Just walk into the fire, save the old man's food, and let the boys in front eat an extra bite, so that they will have the strength to kill the enemy!
Your Majesty, I am going,
His Majesty,
Fa Chu! "
the pyre is lit,
The old man walked straight into the fire.
immediately,
One by one, the old people knelt down and shouted three times to the Jin Wulong banner on the wall of Xizhimen Palace,
Subsequently,
Take the initiative to walk into the fire.
They don't want to be a burden to themselves!
On the wall of Xizhimen Palace, the prince turned his head to look at Ji Chengjue who was standing beside him.
Ji Chengjue shook his head slightly,
This is not arranged by him.
so,
This is really ten days later, these people in Yanjing City, these old men, spontaneously.
Because now not only the officials know that the treasury is empty, but the common people have also been released. The publicity is that because the treasury is empty, His Majesty cannot bear to continue to squeeze the power of the people and send troops to attack Chu.
Watching old people step into the fire one by one, screaming or laughing;
Under the banner of the Jinwu Dragon,
Emperor Yan clutched the walls of the palace tightly with both hands, his fingertips were already bleeding, tears streaming down his face.
at this time,
All the officials who boarded the palace wall together knelt down again:
"Your Majesty, please send troops to attack Chu!"
"Your Majesty, please send troops to attack Chu!"
Under the palace wall, the forbidden army knelt down:
"Your Majesty, please send troops to attack Chu!"
"Your Majesty, please send troops to attack Chu!"
outside the palace walls,
The people also knelt down:
"Fa Chu!"
"Fa Chu!"
"Fa Chu!"
Emperor Yan let out a roar,
Pull out the sword of the Son of Heaven,
hold high,
shouted:
"Tomorrow, I am determined to defeat Chu, and I will not turn back if I do not destroy Yingdu!"