Conquer the World

Chapter 70: The Dry Earth Cracks and the Seeds Are Crooked

The old lame squinted and waited for Fang Jie's answer, and there were some expectations in his eyes.He is more and more interested in this messy young man who looks like waste, because if he looks carefully in this young man, he can always find a lot of things that people like.

Fang Jie is an interesting person. When he should understand, he knows more than anyone else. When he should be confused, he is confused by everyone. He will not deliberately pretend to be an idiot to show his weakness. Idiots also don't look like it.Or maybe he does n’t think he ’s qualified yet.

Maybe someone likes to play like a pig and eat a tiger, but this teenager deeply understands that he is not a pig, so he doesn't look like a tiger.In this world, playing pigs and eating tigers is a game that can be played by talents with almost no taboos. Fang is not a strong man and does not have the cost of playing pigs and eating tigers.

Fang Xie pinched a piece of cooked meat into his mouth and pondered for a while to sort out the words in his heart.

"If we analyze it according to common sense, this matter is actually not difficult to guess."

He washed the meat in his mouth with a bite of northwestern roast, aftertaste the hotness of northwestern roast.

"That man was the only prince among the seven sons who had taken the heirs. He was the only prince who had never had a coveted heart for the chair. This is what the Sui people know, Just ask an old man by the roadside, he can tell the past clearly. "

"When His Majesty was still the fourth prince, he was not actually optimistic about the first emperor. At that time, the most promising person to take the Yuxi is the three princes. The third prince Yang Ji was a good friend and can quibble. There are also a lot of heroes who are willing to die for him. They are willing to squander their wealth and never use their privileges to help others. So in the court, among the people, Yang Ji ’s reputation has been very good and very high.

"Another hot prince who can compete with Yang Ji for the throne is the eldest son Yang Xiong. He was the eldest son of the Empress of the Forbidden City. The queen liked him very much at that time. There are descendants who support him, and his subordinates naturally assist him. The military has great prestige, so the eldest son of the emperor Yang Xiong is more confident than the vast network of Yang Ji to inherit the throne. "

"But this man Yang Xiong is very proud. With the support of the descendants, he is a bit unsure. So that the emperor gradually became more and more disgusted with the eldest son who did not lie to men and women in the background. Let Yang Xiong fall down completely. "

"Because of the emperor's aversion to Yang Xiong, the third prince Yang Ji became more outstanding."

Fang Jie took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "This story is known to the people of Fan Gu in the border town. But no one can tell how much of it is true and how much is false. The denial is that the Emperor Sui never concealed the election of the prince. He prefers his children to compete with their true abilities. Therefore, there are many stories spread, unlike the previous dynasty, everything It ’s all done in secret. "

The old lame smiled and said: "Most of these things are true, as you said just now. The biggest difference between the royal family of the Da Sui and the former royal family is that they will not be full of benevolence and morality, but they will do everything darkly. Ruthless things. The successive emperors of Da Sui chose the princes in an upright manner. They all chose the best heirs. The emperor even encouraged the princes to fight, but only to the truth.

Fang Jie nodded and said: "There is no doubt that no one was optimistic that the current emperor could sit on that chair. The first emperor was seriously ill, and he had not chosen who the prince was before his death. Yang Xiong, the eldest prince of the Chu Kingdom's negotiation and planning borders, learned that the first emperor was in critical condition, and took Jiashi 5,000 back from the starry night of Eastern Xinjiang. "

"At the time, the three princes had won the prize, and even some of the most favored veterans in front of the emperor's sickbed were standing on his side. It was learned that the prince returned from the army, and the three princes were also standing on the side of his majesty. His Majesty went straight to the Taiji Hall of the Forbidden City and took away the Tiaobing Tiger Rune. The Zuowuwei soldiers of the Tianzi Sixth Army went out of the city to intercept the great prince, and were caught up by the seventh prince Yang Qi halfway. No one knew that Yang Qi and His Majesty said What happened, but it was at that time that your majesty made up her mind. "

"His Majesty took the elite soldiers of Zuo Wuwei to intercept the eldest prince halfway and detained the eldest prince on the grounds that he would bring the soldiers back to Beijing against the order of the emperor. Then he immediately took the soldiers back to the imperial capital. The prince took two hundred and sixty slaves, guarding a gate and kept fighting until his majesty returned with his soldiers. In that war, two hundred and sixty slaves survived only 19 people. The seven princes were seriously injured in thirteen places, Three of them are transparent. "

"Your Majesty led the soldiers straight into the Taiji Temple, trapping all the courtiers. Old Nayan Su Wei asked who would inherit the throne before the Emperor Xian's sickbed. At that time, His Majesty took the armor into the door. The Emperor Xian glanced at the three emperors and then looked at His Majesty, Then reach out to your majesty. "

"Although those old ministers are more willing to let the three princes succeed, the first emperor's death cannot be violated. So His Majesty ascended the throne, and the three princes were demoted to the princes, and they were assigned to Ning'an Tower. The grand prince was demoted to stay in southern Xinjiang. Xinshui City can't make a step. Luo Yao has been guarding in southern Xinjiang, and may not have the mission to monitor the great prince. "

"The Seventh Prince Yang Qi ... is the owner of the Red Sleeve, right?"

After saying this, Fang Xie glanced at the lame man.

The old lame sighed: "These things are definitely not something that an old man on the roadside can say ... Solution, how do you know?"

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Fang Jie knew all these things that Li Xiaozong had mentioned to him.In the border town of Fan Gu, there is only one person who can sit down with Li Xiaozong to drink, chat and speak freely.Although Li Xiaozong is only a child of Li Jiashu, it is not too difficult to know these inside stories.At that time, the seven sons were so busy, which family could stay out of the matter?

In fact, to put it bluntly, the prince won the heir, the fight is still the strength behind him.

The reason why Li Xiaozong knows this detail is because General Zuo Zuowei General Li Chao was one of the few people who stood beside the fourth prince Yang Yi.

If this is not the case, it is also difficult for Li Chao to take the Li family into the ranks of a first-class family by virtue of his military achievements.

His Majesty has always been a character who repays gratitude and has revenge.

When Li Xiaozong talked about this with Fang Jie, he did not expect that one day he would become a foe with Fang Jie.At that time, he also wanted to train Fang Jie to his own heart.Li Xiaozong is a man with big ambitions, and although Fang Jie is young, he definitely has the ability to make him tempted.

So this is no longer a secret, he can still seem to trust the other party's solution.

Fang Jie explained the old lame, and then said with a smile: "Speaking of that, at that time, your majesty can become the person chosen by the first emperor at the last moment, and the greatest credit goes to the seventh prince Yang Qi. It is uncontroversial. If it is not Yang Qi Thousands of miles ran to death and the two war horses caught up with His Majesty. If it were not for him to take the slave to guard the city gate, His Majesty ... not His Majesty. "

His voice was so low that he dared not let others hear it.

This kind of thing, the nonsense is heard by someone who knows whether it will cause any trouble?

The old lame shouted: "After your majesty ascended the throne, the first thing was to make the seven princes loyal to the prince, ranking first among all the princes and ministers. Salou was three times the other princes, and the fief was ten times the other princes. You can have three thousand soldiers who are completely obedient to the loyal prince. This grand grace is the only one in the 100th year of the Great Sui Dynasty. Even the nineteen slaves who survived the war and defended the city gates were all sealed up. Title! Descendants of the heirs, never serve in military service forever, do not pay taxes! "

He paused and continued: "But no one thought that on the third day after His Majesty's ascension to the throne, the loyal prince resigned from all military posts, did not enter the DPRK to participate in politics, did not return to his own territory, but opened in Chang'an City. A song and dance line called Red Sleeves. The emperor made seven orders to let him enter the dynasty, but he resisted the disrespect. The queen even personally persuaded him to persuade the queen to drink a glass, the queen toasted 16 glasses, he even drank Sixteen glasses, half drunk and half awake, just refused to go to the temple again. "

Fang Jie said with emotion: "There is no one with great wisdom in this world."

"But his influence was too great. During the period of the first emperor, the loyal prince led the army several times and won many battles and won no one invincible. And ... he was the brother of the eldest prince. He can only pin his hopes on him. So ... it is inevitable that people will still be jealous, even if the decision he made already shows his attitude. "

Fang Xie said: "So I said that on the surface, Prince Faith left Changan ten years ago and disappeared, and Red Sleeves was expelled by His Royal Highness. How could this matter have nothing to do with His Majesty. If His Majesty is in love It ’s impossible to say anything about the red sleeves? "

Hearing this sentence, the old lame could not help but frowned slightly and asked, "You mean, this is just what it looks like?"

"As I have heard in recent years, although His Majesty is the gentlest person among the emperors of the great Sui Dynasty, he is by no means a brave person. If he wants to deal with the loyal prince, he will not be so naive with this trick that makes people disappear, Then immediately ca n’t wait to drive the loyal prince ’s estate out of the capital, do n’t you think it ’s too obvious? ”

Fang Jie thought of the scene where the Taoist priest in the red robe that he saw in the town outside the imperial city fell into one finger, and he was sure that he was right.How could an imperial emperor make such a low-level mistake?

"If he wants to get rid of the loyal prince, he will definitely get rid of the roots ... and, he will not use such a substandard method."

The old lame froze, thinking for a while and said: "The family of Prince Faith has been living well, and the fief has not moved. Every year, there are many rewards for His Majesty, although there is only a group of slaves left in the land of Prince Faith. I always thought , This is the emperor's guilt ... "

"Guilty?"

Fang Xie smiled and said: "How can someone who can do this kind of thing feel guilty?"

The old lame yelled, his face a little ugly.

Fang Xie pondered for a while and said: "In the beginning, the Red Sleeve was forced to leave the Imperial City, which was done by another prince. The emperor did not stop, maybe the emperor was too late to stop. The prince was pressed by the loyal prince, even The loyal prince did n’t go up to the government, did not participate in politics, and it was his turn, so after the disappearance of the prince loyal, he thought he had seized the opportunity. When the emperor thought about it again, it was too late, and to protect the face of his other brother Nor can the red-sleeve moves expelled from the Imperial Capital be invited back. "

After thinking carefully in his mind, he said, "Maybe this is the truth. The red-sleeved move was dismissed. It was just an idiot that an idiot prince did to show his loyalty in order to gain his superiority. He thought that the loyal prince was gone, the emperor. I will take the opportunity to get rid of the strength of the loyal prince. I did n’t expect ...

The old lame changed his face and hesitated and said, "It seems that ... the prince who drove the red sleeves out of the imperial capital had not used him for these years. Although he was still ranked as a prince, he was really a powerless idle person. "

"Everything, as long as you are willing to look at it carefully, you should be able to see clearly."

Fang Jie summed up a stinky fart.

When it comes to this, the wine is dry and the meat is finished, and the words are exhausted, just right.

"Ming'er you came to the backyard of Red Sleeve early in the morning. I pass you a knife."

The old lame got up and got drunk, so he walked a little shaky.

Fang Jie got up, was not drunk, and walked smoothly.

But the slightly drunk ones are really not drunk, and the ones who seem not drunk, are really drunk.

For that kind of knife, Fang Jie didn't just spend a lot of his brain. He was never a person who could drink alcohol, so a big wine gourd was empty.

Xi Meimei glanced at Fang Jie, who was far away, and at the old lame who was burping.

"Want to help him?"

She asked.

The old lame smiled and said: "Fate, to the temper ... He is a waste of uncultivation. Entering the martial arts school competition can't let anyone casually beat the pig head? Anyway, it came from Fan Gu. After losing a game and being beaten into disability, I also followed a shame ... a knife, I have n’t used it for a long time, and I should see it. "

"This gift is heavy."

Xi Mei said seriously.

The old lame waved his hand carelessly, leaning against the door frame and fell asleep soon.Mumbling underestimated a few words, the voice was very soft.I don't know if it's drunk or dreamy, but after all it's intriguing.

"The monsters in the dry earth and the soil must not be slanted, water more and sprinkle dung ... and be saved."