Extra: A boy like a tiger (9) The blood-stained way(1/2)
——The Mid-Autumn Festival tomorrow, the extra chapter is gone.
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Jia Yu gasped and tried hard to look up ahead. The sweat in front of him blurted his vision, but he still saw Wang Zhongliang with a nervous look.
Admit your mistake.
Jia Yu knew that the emperor was waiting for him to bow his head, and then used the emperor's privilege to pardon him.
But he couldn't bow his head.
I am right, so I will not bow my head when facing the emperor. I am wrong, even if I am facing the peddlers and pawns, I should admit my mistake.
It’s not that Jia Yu didn’t know that as the eldest son of the Jia family, he should be more soft and learn to compromise. He would compromise, and he would not hesitate when he should compromise in family matters, business matters, and suffer losses.
But this is not business.
He stubbornly refused to link the friendship between brothers with business.
Wang Zhongliang looked at him and shook his head slightly. He had seen many young people. Those powerful and noble children were all human spirits. Before the emperor could be angry, he would bow his head and take the initiative to hand the steps to the emperor.
Jia Ping'an's personality... should be cunning in Wang Zhongliang's impression, so he can stir up the wind and rain in Chang'an City as a young man, and the sky rises straight up. But he is also strong, for example, for the sake of the queen, Jia Ping'an killed a person outside the imperial city with a knife.
But compared with Jia Yu and Jia Ping'an back then, he was like the difference between a little fox and an old fox.
The young man was still impulsive.
Wang Zhongliang nodded to the queen and turned around and went in.
The emperor is reading the memorial.
"Your Majesty, Jia Yu said that if someone offends me, I will offend him... He will not regret it."
Wang Zhongliang knew that the emperor would not be in a good mood, so his voice was very gentle.
"Young people are always full of energy and think they can hold the sky with one hand and stomp their feet to the ground." The emperor put down his memorial, picked up the teacup and took a look.
Three tea leaves floated lonely in the tea water.
The emperor frowned slightly, "Is this abandoning my kindness like a piece of clothing?"
Wang Zhongliang shivered and felt that Jia Yu was going to be unlucky. He would not die, but he was afraid that he could not escape the exile.
Then the queen would roar, and the battle between the emperor and the empress would last for a long time, and everyone in the palace would be in danger.
The emperor raised his eyes, and his eyes showed a look of memories, "That year... I and the queen had a tacit understanding. It seemed that the queen was in a desperate situation, but it was just a temporary solution. But those ministers stood in line. In an instant, the queen had lost all their hearts. Let me and the queen see the people's hearts clearly. But at this moment, Jia Ping'an blocked the outside of the imperial city with one knife, killing the man with one knife, shocking the government and the country... Today, I seemed to have seen that scene again, that scene..."
There was a little more sigh in the emperor's eyes.
This is an emotion that rarely appears in him.
"His Majesty."
Shen Qiu is here.
He walked into the hall without looking sideways, and the emperor asked lightly: "Who?"
Shen Qiu said: "Li Yuanqi is one of the leaders, and... Yu Xiang, Minister of War..."
The following was a series of names and official positions. The emperor listened calmly. After a long time, Shen Qiu finished reporting, the emperor whispered: "Go and ask Yu Xiang, ask him what they want to do."
Shen Qiu lowered his head, "Yes."
The emperor sat there for a long time, and Wang Zhongliang thought that Jia Yu was still outside, so he had to say something if he wanted to fight or kill him!
And the queen is outside, why don’t she come in?
Wang Zhongliang was puzzled.
"What are you waiting for?" the emperor asked suddenly.
Your Majesty saw that I was distracted?
Wang Zhongliang panicked and glanced at the old place, "Your Majesty, Jia Yu is still outside, by the way, the queen is here too."
There was anger in the emperor's eyes, "Let him get out!"
Let the queen get out?
Wang Zhongliang shivered, "I, I... dare not."
The queen can peel him.
The emperor immediately understood his concerns, and the anger in his eyes could almost burst out, and he angrily shouted: "Let Jia Yu get out!"
Wang Zhongliang was stunned, "Yes."
It would be better if it wasn't a queen!
Behind him, the emperor said quietly: "The young people know the responsibility, why don't those ministers understand? No, they understand, but they have been washed away by fame and fortune in the long officialdom."
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Ministry of War.
Wu Kui was getting angry, "Who said that Jia Yu killed someone? I really think it's innocent to spread rumors? Let me tell them that if I hear it, I will take it down."
Both ministers smiled, and Wu Kui sneered: "This matter is not simple, and someone from my Ministry of War has also been involved. Who is it?" He slowly looked at the two ministers, "Your Majesty is furious, and all the cavalry are dispatched. Whoever is involved in this matter comes out as soon as possible to get the crime, can still be exempted from death."
Yu Xiang took a sip of tea with a calm expression, stood up and said, "I have something to do, let's go first."
Well……
This is an extremely rude move.
Wu Kui narrowed his eyes and looked at him, "You should do it yourself."
Back at his own place, Yu Xiang found some letters and lit them in the payroll room.
The flames illuminated the smiling face.
There were rapid footsteps outside.
Yu Xiang found a short knife, pulled it out and looked at the blade, and then placed it at his feet.
Bang!
The door of the duty room was kicked open, and Shen Qiu's cold face was outside the door.
Yu Xiang calmly threw the last letter into the fire, and reached out to pick up the unburned paper scraps on the side, slowly threw them in, then raised his eyes and smiled: "It's coming a little later than I expected."
Shen Qiu glanced at the fire and knew it was too late. He said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty asks you, why is this? What are you trying to do?"
Flame licked Yu Xiang's fingers, and he moved his fingers away and gently rubbed his fingertips. He never felt the pain was so happy.
"The Tang Dynasty has been fighting since its founding, and this battle has come to this day."
Yu Xiang picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said calmly: "Goryeo has been destroyed, Liaodong is peaceful, and even the Khitan has disappeared. I have looked at it a lot in the Ministry of War, and the more I look at it, the more I feel scared. Dashi is a great power in the world, but he was defeated by Jia Ping'an in a battle. I still dare not look east..."
"Tubo also had a moment of arrogance. After Lu Dongzan's defeat, the Tang Dynasty took advantage of the situation to disrupt the Tubo situation, and the civil strife continued to this day... The prosperous era has come."
Shen Qiu asked coldly: "Isn't the prosperous era good? It's arousing your actions to rebel."
"Of course the prosperous era is good." Yu Xiang smiled, "But now schools are everywhere, and Jia Ping'an even patrolled the school everywhere in the name of traveling, clearing up local forces against the school. His Majesty also tacitly took action in the court and suppressed the impeachment of all the people."
There was a look of confusion in Shen Qiu's eyes, "Why is it not good for the school to let all the people in the world to study?"
"Hahahaha!" Yu Xiang couldn't help laughing and gasped, "This world! I and others have been watching coldly for years, watching the children of ordinary people wash their feet and go ashore and enter the court from the school. They seem to be energetic, but when they enter the officialdom, they spontaneously form cliques. Whenever they get the opportunity to be corruption, their gluttonous face makes people stunned..."
Corruption cases have occurred frequently in recent years, with the highest proportion of officials from ordinary origins.
"But Your Majesty has been attacking. Your Majesty said that you should set rules so that those people can know what can be done and what can't be done."
Chen Qiu spontaneously defended the emperor.
Yu Xiang shook his head contemptuously, "Those people have never seen wealth and honor, and they are ecstatic when they get power. How many people can withstand temptation? Power, money, fine wine and beauties. Look at those ugly officials, and you will know... Your Majesty is wrong."
There was a flame-like anger in his eyes, "It was originally the gentry and powerful people as the main corpses. These people were not short of money or wealth. They thought more about ambitions. The Tang Dynasty should have more aspiring officials, but what did Your Majesty do? He cut off the roots of the gentry with one knife!"
Chen Qiu said coldly: "We remember that your family and the gentry are relatives?"
"It's not anymore." Yu Xiang said disdainfully: "I won't speak for my own interests. You look down on me!"
Yu Xiang looked at Chen Qiu sadly, "If this continues, decades later, there will be countless officials and gentry who value selfishness. At that time, where will the Tang Dynasty go? Without the main trunk, the emperor alone can compete with those greedy officials and gentry? No, no!"
"So Your Majesty keeps the gentry and does not cut off the weeds." Chen Qiu said coldly: "Get up, let's give you decentness and follow."
Yu Xiang glanced at him and sighed, "I should leave. By the way, Your Majesty's response to this matter is quite extreme. I have thought about it. The injured chief Jia Hong, his surname is Jia..."
Chen Qiu nodded slightly.
Yu Xiang smiled bitterly, "Although I am dissatisfied with Duke Zhao, I admire his courage and his martial arts to expand territory for the Tang Dynasty. Shen Zhongguan, I would like to ask you for help, okay?"
Chen Qiu nodded, "You said."
Yu Xiang reached out and pressed it on the ground beside him and said softly: "Tell me that I have no intention..."
Chen Qiu's eyes shrank and he rushed in.
Yu Xiang's right hand rushed towards his lower abdomen.
His body was hunched over and slowly lay on the table. He tried hard to look up at the sunshine outside and said with difficulty: "Tell Your Majesty... I... I hope the Tang Dynasty... I will continue forever. As for the war against Tubo... I... I think that to stabilize the border, I should... take the initiative... to attack."
Bang!
To be continued...