Chapter 173 Li Yang mistaken the country
ps: The plots of these two chapters may make everyone feel water, but there is no way. This is a very meaningful plot. Even if the historical content of the two thousand years can be omitted, the matter of talking about history with Qin Shihuang cannot be omitted. Only in this way can Qin Shihuang know the sufferings suffered by the Chinese nation over the past two thousand years and the oppression brought by foreign races. Only by letting Qin Shihuang become familiar with the direction of history and empathize with him can he truly become a pair of good friends with the protagonist, and then unify the tone of governing the country, unify ideals, ambitions, and fully implement the reform and opening-up policy. If the plot of exposing his time-traveling identity is not set, the ideals of the monarch and ministers will be different, and it will be difficult to make comprehensive reforms later. Moreover, the protagonist pretends to be an ancient person and develops silently. I guess everyone has been tired of reading it. This book is just a different path, alternative.
Return to the book!
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Li Yang's speech was very serious and wonderful. Just like a storyteller, he told the historical stories in a wonderful way, especially the history of the Three Kingdoms, which was even more suspicious of replacing Luo Guanzhong. The exciting storylines are ups and downs and thrilling, which always make Ying Zheng listen with relish.
This lecture talks about darkness.
The emperor did not listen to it enough, so he ordered Liu Xi to hold the lanterns, deliver food, and then continued to talk.
This talk lasted overnight until dawn, and Li Yang had just finished the history of the Three Kingdoms.
Of course, Li Yang not only talked about the historical development of the Three Kingdoms, but also talked about the deep suffering caused to the Chinese nation by the Han Dynasty and the three kingdoms in the late Han Dynasty. The people of the world lived in poverty and their population decreased sharply.
For example, Emperor Wu of Han reigned for more than 50 years and attacked the Huns several times, wasted the country, the population was halved, and 50% of the people died.
There was a melee in the late Western Han Dynasty, with a national population of 59.59 million. After the melee in the late Western Han Dynasty, by 57 AD, the population was 21 million, with a loss of 65%.
The three kingdoms fought fiercely, with a total population of 50.07 million. After the Yellow Turban Uprising and the Melee between the Three Kingdoms, the national population dropped sharply to 1.4 million after the Battle of Red Cliff, and by 221 AD, the population dropped to 900,000, losing 98.3%.
In the Battle of Red Cliff in 208 AD, Cao Cao said that the people who survived the great turmoil of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty were only 1% of the original population! It was not until 265 AD that after decades of rest, the population of the Three Kingdoms increased to 7.67 million.
Speaking of these sufferings of the Chinese nation, Li Yang couldn't help but feel sad and sighed: "When the Three Kingdoms battles, people's heads were hung in front of the horse, women were carried behind the car, white bones were exposed in the wild, and there was no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, and more than one hundred people were born, and the thoughts were broken! Your Majesty, these were the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty!"
When Ying Zheng heard these sensational population data, he felt a little sad and heartbroken.
He said sadly: "Years of war have caused the people to suffer, and the bones are everywhere, and the world is suffering! I am governing the six kingdoms to end the war and restore peace to all the people in the world. However, my life span cannot be compared with the sky, otherwise why would future generations suffer this? Alas! What, what can I do!"
"Your Majesty has the people in the world, and I admire them very much." Li Yang bowed deeply, and for nothing else, he was so sad and angry about his words for the people in the world, which deserve respect.
Ying Zheng waved his hand: "You don't need to flatter me anymore, come on, continue talking..."
Li Yang looked outside the hall and saw that the sun was already shining brightly. He couldn't help but say, "Don't your Majesty need to go on a morning court?"
Ying Zheng: "The history you mentioned is much more important than the morning court, so I can take it as a warning. Let me continue talking!"
Li Yang nodded, so he continued to talk...
At the same time, Qilin Palace.
At this time, the Qilin Palace was in chaos. The civil and military officials had been waiting for a long time, but they had never seen the emperor visit the court. This was a situation that had never happened before.
You know, even if Ying Zheng was seriously ill, he was still dragging his sick body and coming to the court early without delaying even one morning court.
Today, it’s already midnight, and there’s no sign of the emperor. Even Liu Xi hasn’t seen it. Could it be…what happened?
Everyone was talking and all were surprised.
Moreover, what is even more strange is that the Prime Minister of the Central Committee has not been in court for a long time today, as if he had made an appointment with the emperor to "strike" together.
"Feng Xiang, Li Xiang, this... the emperor has never come to the court. Could it be that something happened, right?"
Everyone gathered around Feng Quji and Li Si and asked.
Feng Quji and Li Si were also confused and didn't understand what was going on today.
Finally, Li Si had no choice but to say, "Everyone should be calm first. Maybe Your Majesty was delayed due to the matter. Let's wait for Your Majesty to come to the court first!"
After appeased everyone, Li Si asked his son and said, "Li You, aren't you with the Prime Minister of the Central Committee? Why didn't the Prime Minister come to court today?"
Li You said: "I don't know this either. Yesterday afternoon, the Prime Minister of the Central Committee was summoned to Zhangtai Palace by His Majesty, and he has never returned to his house since then."
"Oh? I haven't returned home yet?" Li Si said in surprise.
Li You nodded: "Yes, I went to the Prime Minister's mansion for breakfast this morning, and I didn't see the Prime Minister. I heard that I didn't return overnight last night."
"So, is the Prime Minister still in Zhangtai Palace?" Everyone was stunned.
What national event can be negotiated for a day and a night?
"Is something really wrong?"
Everyone was in an uproar again.
Feng Quji thought for a while, and then said, "Sang Li, why don't you... send someone to ask the eldest son?"
Li Si nodded: "Yes, Li You go and invite the eldest son to come."
"Here!"
Li You immediately took the order and rushed to Fusu's mansion.
A quarter of an hour later, Fusu came to the Qilin Hall.
After everyone bowed and bowed, Feng Quji hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, do you know why Your Majesty has not arrived today?"
Fusu had heard Li You talk about this on the way here, so he replied: "The father should still discuss with the Grand Tutor in Zhangtai Palace."
"Oh? Can your highness know what is your Majesty discussing with the Prime Minister? Why did he delay even the morning court?" Everyone asked one after another.
"This, I don't know what to do in detail." Fusu shook his head.
He only knew something big should have happened yesterday, because he was almost killed by his father yesterday.
Now that I think of this, Fusu is still scared.
"Or... Your Highness goes to Zhangtai Palace to invite His Majesty?" Li Si said to Fusu.
Fusu nodded: "Okay, I'll go there!"
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After a while, Fusu came back, and Liu Xi was still following behind him, but the emperor was still missing.
Everyone became even more confused. It seemed that something big must have happened, otherwise the emperor would not have urged him to not come afterwards, but sent Liu Xi over.
Sure enough, as soon as Liu Xi arrived, he said to everyone: "Your Majesty said that it will not be early today, so the government affairs will be handled temporarily by Xiang Feng and Xiang Li. Please leave!"
Everyone was very curious about what important things the emperor was talking about today, so that he didn't even come to the morning court?
Feng Quji quickly asked, "Central Car Order, Your Majesty is still in Zhangtai Palace now?"
"Isn't that true?" Liu Xi nodded.
Feng Quji asked again: "Is there something important happening?"
Liu Xi said: "It's true that I'm not sure what Your Majesty is discussing with the Prime Minister in detail. I only know that Your Majesty has been talking to the Prime Minister in a long and sleepy manner. Since yesterday afternoon, I have been talking about it now, dinner and breakfast are all delivered by me."
"ah?"
Everyone was shocked.
Li Si asked, "Didn't CRRC Ling listen to a word?"
Liu Xi thought for a while and said, "When I went to deliver the meal, I listened to a few words. The Prime Minister seemed to be... telling a story!"
"storytelling?"
This time, everyone's chins were shocked.
"The Prime Minister is telling his Majesty a story?" Li Si couldn't believe it.
How can you ignore the government affairs when telling stories?
Liu Xi nodded: "Yes, it seems to be telling a book. I heard the Prime Minister telling the Three Kingdoms. Last night, I told a lot of stories about the Three Kingdoms, such as killing Hua Xiong with warm wine, visiting Hua Xiong three times, and the Battle of the Red Cliff. What's wrong with the Prime Minister telling it really is so exciting. If Your Majesty didn't let me stay in the hall, I would have wanted to hear the story of the Three Kingdoms."
Li Si: “…………”
Feng Quji: "…………”
Everyone: "…………”
The emperor did not attend court and was actually listening to Li Yang's storytelling. This...is too ridiculous!
At this moment, Feng Quji said, "Li Yang is in trouble, no, we must go to Zhangtai Palace for advice!"
Everyone nodded repeatedly: "Yes, we must give advice. How can we ignore the government because of listening to books? Li Yang is really too much!"
Just as everyone was yelling to go to Zhangtai Palace, Liu Xi said again: "You must not disturb Your Majesty's listening to the book now, because Your Majesty is getting angry at the moment."
"What does it mean?" Everyone was confused.
Liu Xi said: "Your Highness, the eldest prince, asked me to go to His Majesty's morning court. When I went in, His Majesty seemed to hear the story of the Prime Minister, and seemed to be empathetic. He was furious and seemed to be about to kill people."
"ah?"
Everyone was stunned.
Feng Quji said in surprise: "Dare you ask CRRC Ling what the story is, which will make Your Majesty murderous?"
Liu Xi said: "I don't know what the specific story is. I only heard the Prime Minister telling the Five Barbarians that invaded China. In short, Your Majesty is annoyed at this time. Don't make things boring. Let's do this for now, and come tomorrow."
Everyone nodded, and had to do so.
This was a day.
The next day, Qilin Palace.
All civil and military officials came to Qilin Hall early again, waiting for the morning court, but the result was...
It was noon on the sun, but the emperor still did not arrive.
Similarly, Li Yang was missing.
Everyone is stupid. I don’t know how to tell stories about the emperor and the Prime Minister, right?
This is the third day!
Everyone was confused. This is so fucking strange. Why do you have to tell a story for two days and two nights?
Still ask Fusu to go to Zhangtai Palace to invite His Majesty.
Only Liu Xi is still here.
Liu Xi still said: "Today's morning court will be cancelled, everyone will do their own jobs, come again tomorrow."
Chapter completed!