Chapter 289: Cage-Breaking Blade
"I finally didn't make a mistake."
Chen Yu retracted her gaze and saw Bai Yu flapping his wings in a tantrum.
Xie Tingzhou raised his hand, took Bai Yu and weighed him on his arm, saying, "It has become quite heavy. From today on, cut off its white meat and let Bai Yu go out hunting on his own."
When it is hot, Baiyu becomes lazy and doesn't like to go out hunting, so the birds become fat.
Chang stayed under the eaves and responded.
Xie Tingzhou blew a whistle, and Bai Yu, who had just suffered an unexpected disaster, spread his wings and flew into the sky, but was burned back under the eaves by the scorching sun, staring at Xie Tingzhou with an unhappy look.
They stopped in Weizhou, and Shen Zhao would soon take Xiao Chuan and Chang Heng to Luzhou to attack Xuanping Hou.
Chen Yu said: "The baggage must go first. It will cost tens of thousands of military pay to mobilize troops once."
Xie Tingzhou stood beside Shen Yu and said, "Fortunately, spring farming in all states is going well. If there is no drought, this year should be a bumper year. We should spend what we should."
"There's still no news from Chihe, what do you think?" Chen Yu turned her head and looked at him.
Xie Tingzhou lowered his eyes and looked into her eyes. "No news is good news. The most anxious people right now should be those people in Shengjing."
"Have you discussed this with the gentlemen?"
"Yes." Xie Tingzhou said, "There is still one thing missing."
Chen Yu: “What?”
"The blade that breaks the cage." Xie Tingzhou held her and looked into the distance, "I want all the talents in the world to gather together to help you and me break the cage together."
What Xie Tingzhou needs most right now is no longer soldiers, he needs talents.
Wherever the iron hoof has stepped, there is a lot of waste to be rebuilt, and it needs the right people to govern.
The initial decline of the Great Zhou began with the corruption of the lowest-level officials. They cannot repeat the same mistake and must entrust the livelihoods of the people in several states to the right hands.
However, although Xie Tingzhou has brought benefits to the people and is popular among the people, he is ultimately trying to usurp the throne. Most of those who come to him for help are greedy for profit, and there are very few who can be used.
Military generals hold swords in their hands, but the pens in the hands of scholars are also murderous blades, one kills the body, the other kills the heart.
Xie Tingzhou needed to stir up trouble among the literati so that he could stand on an equal footing with the emperor of the Great Zhou.
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The screams outside the hall lasted for a long time, and finally there was silence.
When Queen Chu arrived, the palace maids were cleaning up the blood. Water was poured on the ground, and the blood spread along the flow of the water, all the way to the feet of Queen Chu.
"Please spare my life, Queen." The palace servant immediately
Kneeling on the ground.
Queen Chu took two steps back, asked the nanny to cover the little prince's eyes, and asked, "What happened?"
Li Zhaonian had always been a gentle person and had never beaten his servants to death. He didn't know why he did that today.
The palace maid knelt on the ground, not daring to say a word.
Since Li Zhaonian fell ill, Queen Chu had become much more haggard. Since Li Zhaonian did not enter the harem, the little prince became his only heir.
But it is an indisputable fact that Li Zhaonian distanced himself from her.
Seeing that the palace maid did not answer, Queen Chu understood that all the people in Xuanhui Palace were Li Zhaonian and Li Jifeng's people, and they were completely on guard against her.
The eunuch reported outside the door that the Queen had arrived, but there was no response from inside. The eunuch smiled at the Queen and reported again after a while.
This was not the first time that Queen Chu was stopped outside the door. She had not seen Li Zhaonian for a long time, so she brought the little prince here today.
Queen Chu knelt down at the entrance of the palace holding the little prince in her arms and said softly, "Call me father."
The little prince was still in swaddling clothes at this time last year, but now he can walk.
But his voice was so babyish, his pronunciation was unclear, and he just babbled. In fact, it was impossible to hear what he was saying.
Li Zhaonian opened his eyes and heard the little prince babbling outside. He finally softened his heart and turned his head to say something to the person next to him.
After the palace maid opened the door, Queen Chu was about to go in, but she was stunned when she saw the person behind the palace maid.
"Prince."
Li Jifeng nodded, "I have met the Emperor's sister-in-law. The Emperor wants to see the little prince. The Emperor's sister-in-law will hand the child over to the palace maid."
The little prince was afraid of strangers and kept crying and holding on to the nanny, refusing to let go. Queen Chu then scolded him, saying that was his father.
The palace doors were closed, but the crying of the little prince could still be heard.
Queen Chu felt disappointed, but she remained dignified.
She regretted her decision. She knew that Li Zhaonian probably knew that she was the one who poisoned him, so he kept his distance from her.
She was left behind perhaps because the prince was still young, or perhaps because of pressure from his in-laws. In short, the love between the husband and wife in the palace had long since disappeared along with the cup of poisoned wine.
Li Jifeng nodded slightly and walked down the stairs. Queen Chu hurriedly said, "Prince."
Li Jifeng stopped and looked up.
Queen Chu asked, "I wonder why Your Majesty is so angry today."
Li Jifeng smiled and said, "Someone must have touched his
Ni Lin, just beat to death a few palace servants who were gossiping. You must know that no matter how gentle a person is, he will fight back when he is forced into a desperate situation. "
Li Jifeng shook his sleeves and left.
The court has been in an uproar these days because Shengjing is not peaceful, with students causing trouble and even fighting from time to time.
Li Jifeng walked into Liangyuan in his casual clothes. This was an elegant gathering of scholars, but today it was a little too noisy.
When Li Jifeng came in, he saw Jiang Lianzhi leaning against the railing, "Do you mind sharing a seat?"
Jiang Lianzhi turned around and said, "Please."
The two of them had a tacit understanding and neither of them revealed the other's identity.
Li Jifeng sat down and turned to look at the crowd: "Brother Jiang cares about people's livelihood, come and see what's going on in Beijing these days."
"Just watching the fun." Jiang Lianzhi poured a cup of tea, "Please have some tea."
All the people present were scholars and intellectuals, but they were arguing fiercely.
"The evil ambitions of Xie Tingzhou and Shen Yu are now clear. They want to destroy the century-old foundation of our Great Zhou. This is simply intolerable."
"What is Heaven's will?" a student asked indignantly, "How can Heaven's will save the country? You are clinging to your old ways and are complacent. In fact, you are not striving for progress. You are simply pedantic!"
"What you call advancement is plotting to usurp the throne."
"What I mean by progress is to save the country and the people, which is better than you talking nonsense here."
The two of them quarreled until their faces turned red and they moved closer and closer, with spit flying on each other's faces, but neither of them was willing to back down and they had to fight to see who would win.
"You are a scholar, but your words are extremely vulgar."
"You are a scholar, but your words make no sense."
"You! You are so vulgar that you are unworthy of being a scholar."
"you……"
Seeing that the two were about to start fighting, the others quickly pulled them apart.
"I don't think you can come to any conclusion by arguing, so why not listen to me?" The man was wearing a robe that had been washed to a gray color, and his words and actions showed a certain dignity.
"Instead of arguing here, why not think about what you can do for the salvation of the world you talk about? You are all knowledgeable people, and you must not have studied hard just to show off your ability to speak."
Everyone quieted down.
A student said: "When the previous emperor was in power, everything was peaceful and stable. Now the country is divided into four parts, which is really a disaster for all the people."
"You only saw the prosperity and peace in Shengjing during the reign of the previous emperor, but you didn't see the starving people everywhere."
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