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"To be honest, I think the bargaining chips in your hand are fake, and it is true that you are coercing me with the safety of all the people in the world." Gu Juefei put down his wine cup and laughed, looking at Xue Kuang with a bit of contempt in his eyes, "Putianzhi Next, there are all living beings, but they just want to find a place to live and live happily. Even those Huns, if they can live a good life, will not always be full to harass the border. In the past few years, But you are not the only one who has been in touch with Princess Lanqu. Back then, when she was a princess, she might have been willing to use it for you, but now she is Shanyu, and she must think about her people. With the disaster of war, the two countries suffered, how could it be easily launched ?"
"But you can't bet."
Xue Kuang easily broke through his predicament.
Gu Juefei poured wine for himself and him this time: "You are right, I can't afford to gamble, and I don't dare to gamble. I don't have anything for someone, just a heart of self-esteem and innocence. Can't compare to you, Xue Kuang, a majestic general, who trapped countless innocent people in Daxia in dire straits, seeking support from the war at the border, and set up troops to rebel. What will happen in the end?
The merits and demerits are empty...
Xue Kuang thought about it and gave birth to all kinds of sighs.
But he didn't regret it at all: "I've had enough of the days of 'people are swordsmen, I'm fish and meat'. The so-called royal family has inherited the destiny, what is so noble? My Xue family is loyal, in exchange for What? A sentence of high merit. All past merits are obliterated, conspiracy and tricks, open swords and dark arrows, killing to death. Thinking about it, you should understand me very well, seeing your relatives being forcibly killed by the high-altitude emperor with your own eyes. It's not a good feeling. You only experienced the pain of losing your father, but my father and brother both died at the hands of the faint-hearted emperor. This hatred is hard to disappear. You, Mr. Gu, who cut off the emperor's head with a knife because of your so-called 'personal hatred', and What's the difference between me? It's another day, the life of the master is high, and you Gu Juefei may not be able to escape."
"The difference between you and me is huge."
Gu Juefei was calm, and took the wine again.
"I have a bottom line, and you don't."
"The rise and fall of the world is nothing but the principle of winning the king and defeating the pirates. I, Xue Kuang, are not willing to be slaughtered by others, that is, that I am not willing to live under others, and that I am not willing to let me die! How do you know that if I become emperor, I will not A good emperor?" He also drank, and the spirits drove away the chill he couldn't bear due to his serious injuries, and added an indistinct arrogance to his voice. Zai, time is like a long river, a torrent rolls, how do you know if it's your fault or my fault?"
"You also know that there are thousands of years, and time is like a long river! You must know that in this torrent, you and I are just a tiny speck of dust in this endless history."
Gu Juefei couldn't help sneering, and there was a bit of scolding Fang Qiu in his words.
"You can't see things in the future, and I can't see them either. Gu someone is short-sighted, and he can't see the rise and fall of the past, but he can only see the mountains and rivers and people in front of him, one cent, one inch! As for you, Xue Kuang Right and wrong, merits and demerits, you must know in your own heart.β
clear and direct.
Gu Juefei and Xue Kuang are different people.
Gu Chengqian's death certainly made him mad and mad, but he was not like Xue Kuang, who sacrificed the lives of countless innocent people for his own unwillingness and ambition.
So today, sitting here, he can confront him in an upright manner, without any guilt, and with a clear conscience!
Xue Kuang listened without saying a word for a long time.
He picked up the jug and poured a glass for Gu Juefei, then poured a glass for himself, then shook his head and laughed, sighing: "What a pity!"
"It's a pity..." Gu Juefei was actually very tired, so he just picked up the glass of wine, played with his fingers, was silent for a long time, and smiled, "I don't care who is the emperor in this world. The Xue family was wronged back then. , If you could find me, I would have known you long ago, or if I have like-minded people. Even if I assist you as emperor, I don't know."
Maybe it's God and destiny.
In the same generation, two of the most amazing and talented people. In the past many years, they have heard each other's names for a long time, have met each other, but have never had a deep friendship.
Up to now, if you see the poor dagger, you will live and die.
Xue Kuang didn't say a word, just picked up the wine and touched him, raised his head and drank the wine from the glass.
Gu Juefei didn't speak anymore.
The two just sat facing each other, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, drinking one after the other.
A pot of wine, two people, drank for a long time.
The surrounding torches were extinguished, and only the distant palace lanterns still shone a little bit of light, but there was only a heavy darkness on the ruins.
Vaguely, Lu Jinxi seemed to hear Jian Luo's voice.
When the remnants of wine were exhausted, the night dawned, and the gradually clear light illuminated this magnificent palace again, there was only one person sitting on the ruins of the Taiji Hall.
The empty jug was crooked on the broken table, Gu Juefei blinked, raised his head, and let the gradually dazzling light from the horizon enter his eyes, without sadness or joy.
A pool of blood ran down his feet.
The general, who had spent half his life galloping on the battlefield for many years, unloaded his last splendor and fell on the ruins of the Golden Palace, with his curled sword lying beside him.
Lu Jinxi suddenly burst into tears.
Gu Juefei stood up staggeringly from above the ruins. Without looking at Xiao Tingzhi or Ji Heng, he just walked down the corridor, looked up at her, and reached out to her.
The smile is as old as ever, suave and gentle.
"Stop crying and take you home."
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Chapter 215 Xiao Tingzhi
The emperor's edict, announced to the world.
The fact that the false emperor Xiao Che committed treason in the past has been settled, and the culprit of the palace change that year, Princess Yongning, is also among the slaughtered. The new emperor Xiao Xun, that is, the seventh prince from the previous empress Weiqiang, ascended the throne on the 14th of the next month in the newly renovated Taiji Hall, and changed the year name to "Yongjia".
Because of the brotherhood of the royal family, the new emperor forgave Xiao Che's harem and moved it to Ganlu Temple; pardoned the death penalty of Princess Yongning's treason, and imprisoned the sect's mansion; Gu Juefei, a scholar of Baohe Palace, made great contributions to suppressing the rebellion. Fu Weibing was old and sick and begging for a break, and was promoted to the first assistant of the cabinet; in the past, he stood shoulder to shoulder with Wang Xuekuang, and made great achievements. However, in the past border wars, he actually used the war to support the troops, deplete the national treasury, and bring disaster to the people. , laying the foundation for the harmony of borders and customs, the merits and demerits were balanced, the title of the king was withdrawn, and the burial of the Dongling in the name of General Wuwei was left.
The rest of the heroes were Jiheng, Fang Shaoxing, and Liu Jin's family, each of whom was promoted to officials and titles. In the past, the vassals and generals who obeyed the false emperors in the past, but those who belonged to the new emperors will not be blamed for the past, and everything will be the same as before.
Another amnesty to the world, tax reduction, border trade.
Because of this turmoil of political change, the common people were not harmed, civil and military officials, and all the people of the world, each in their place, living and working in peace and contentment.
Later historians named this turmoil the "Zhengyuan Rebellion", because it started on the day of Zhengyuan and lasted for a very short time. In this very short period of time, the change of the dynasty has been completed, and the details are not without thrilling.
Among them, the two-day bloody battle between Beijing and China was the most.
Gu Juefei first lured Xue Kuang into the capital, and then brought people into the imperial city. He also made plans to gather 20,000 soldiers that Xue Kuang had dismissed in advance, and then arrived in the capital. Forbidden.
The plan is solid, and it is praised by historical writers, but it is mostly criticized by the market.
The reason is that Xue Kuang's reputation for the country and the people has spread far and wide for a long time, and a generation of famous generals died in loneliness.
There are even those who do not believe in the words of fighting to raise soldiers, and they firmly support Xue Kuang.
As a result, in the ten years after the Zhengyuan Rebellion, there have been various speculations about the contradiction between Xue and Gu.