Drinking can quickly test a person's character. Some people make trouble after drinking, some talk too much, some are silent after drinking, some cry bitterly after drinking, and some even run away after drinking.

Obviously, today's Holy Emperor is the type who talks a lot after drinking.

"Son, do you know how hard it has been to be a father these past few years?"

It’s over! According to Wang Pingquan’s understanding of people who drink alcohol, the emperor is about to start complaining.

"I remember it was the second year of the dynasty. Your grandfather worked hard to conquer the world. Before the throne was firmly established, his generals led troops to rebel."

Then the emperor began to narrate the history of this country...

In the first year of the dynasty, the country finally ended nearly ten years of war. Wang Biquan's grandfather, Wang Jin, was supported as king by his subordinates after defeating his biggest competitor at the time, established the dynasty, and became the founding emperor.

As a result, the Central Plains ended the situation of separatism among the heroes.

I thought that the country and its people would no longer have to suffer from war, but Pingnan General Hou Dachang, one of the four heroes who founded the country, plotted to start a rebellion the following year. As one of the four generals, Hou Dachang had 200,000 The army may march north at any time and take the capital directly.

Emperor Taizu, who had received the news in advance, was so worried that his head turned gray all night.

He was hesitant, and at this time he no longer knew who he could trust. In the end, his second son, Wang Biquan's father, took the initiative to take on the important task and led an army of 150,000 men alone to attack Hou Dachang in the south.

This battle lasted for half a year. After half a year of fierce fighting, both sides suffered nearly 100,000 casualties. In the end, Wang Biquan's father won this tragic war with difficulty.

"There are two hundred thousand soldiers, every one of them is not a brother who has fought side by side. We all survived that war-torn era together, but we didn't expect that in the end we would die at the hands of our own people, in a struggle for power."

The emperor with red eyes said these words with a trembling voice. He had woken up countless times late at night, and he can still clearly remember the scene at that time.

"That battle was won. But none of us felt the joy of victory at all. On that battlefield littered with corpses, many of the survivors cried. One of them even committed suicide on the spot after the war. I recognized him. He also had a brother who was also a soldier, but during that war, they had to fight each other, and in the end he killed his own brother! He didn't know how to explain it to his old mother, and finally chose to commit suicide .

His old mother lost two sons in one day. We could only tell her afterwards that her sons died fighting for the country, and she received a large pension. But what's the use? No amount of money can buy back her two sons and her eyes that were blinded by crying!"

The emperor still slowly recounted the past word for word.

"Since then, I have been tired of the struggle for power. The other two brothers were fighting for the succession of the throne, but I was not interested at all. I walked into this world alone, met some people and understood Some things. I regard myself as a chivalrous man. I have traveled far and wide, seen too many people's sufferings, and have taken action against injustices, but I gradually realized that I cannot punish all injustices."

The emperor raised his head and drank another bowl of wine, while Wang Pingquan filled it up for him silently.

"That year I traveled to Border Pass, where there was a beautiful border town with simple folk customs, and the sunset there was also very beautiful."

The emperor looked reminiscing, and the corners of his mouth raised inadvertently. It was obviously a good memory for him.

"I live in a farmer's house. There are four members of the farmer's family, including a son and a daughter. The daughter is very well-behaved and the son is very naughty.

I thought I would settle down in this border town and live a comfortable life, but God seemed to be dissatisfied with people. On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, it snowed heavily, and a thick layer accumulated on the ground. The children were building snowmen outside the house, and the adults were at home.

I was busy preparing for the Spring Festival when suddenly there was the rumble of hoofbeats and the neighing of horses outside the house, followed by the cry of a child. When I rushed out of the house, I found that there was already a fire outside.

Early in the winter that year, the Hu people's food was frozen to death before it was ripe. Without food and grass, they began to harass the border, burn, kill and loot. The nearest border garrison was twenty miles away. Even though I was holding a long

Sword, he fought hard to kill, but he could only watch helplessly as they chased down the common people one by one and set the houses on fire.

They have no humanity at all. Not only will they slowly insert knives into people's chests, tear open women's clothes and humiliate them, but even children will not be spared and they will be picked to death by the gun.

All I could do was try my best to kill these invaders, but in the end I found that they could not be killed all."

At this point, the emperor had already burst into tears. Regret appeared on his face. Wang Biquan could not imagine how desperate he was at that time.

"I hated them for being cold-blooded, and I also hated myself for being useless. In the end, I couldn't protect the family of four. When I was exhausted and about to be cut into pieces, reinforcements finally arrived. I survived, but that village

Almost all the people were dead. Looking at the corpses everywhere, smelling the smell of burning human flesh in the air, I choked and coughed, but I didn't cover my mouth and nose. I had to remember this smell, remember this

What a shame, remember what they did back then!”.

The emperor had not spoken so many words for a long time. The maids and eunuchs had already retreated. At this time, the father and son were the only ones left in the room.

"Afterwards, I personally buried the four members of their family and returned to Kyoto resolutely.

As soon as I returned to Beijing, I went to find my father and told him about my experience. I told him that I wanted to be the emperor, that I wanted to change this unfair world, and that I wanted to prevent these foreign races from invading our Central Plains for generations to come.

My father greatly appreciated my idea, but I still underestimated people's desires. My return was regarded as a thorn in the side by my brothers, who wanted to get rid of me and then hurry up. We are brothers! We once accompanied my father in the battle together, and we were born together.

We are brothers who have died together, but they value the throne more than anything else."

At this point, the emperor cried again. He covered his face. This time he cried even more painfully. Wang Biquan had already vaguely guessed the outcome.

"I didn't want to kill each other, but they did it anyway. I couldn't stand the soldiers killing each other anymore, and the country couldn't stand it, so I finally killed my two brothers with my own hands."

At this point, the emperor could no longer hold back and burst into tears, like a child, venting what had been weighing on his heart all these years. Wang Biquan finally understood that his father, whom he had been slandering all day long, actually paid so much.

He paid a heavy price to get his current throne.

The emperor was tired, so he lay on the table and continued to murmur:

"Not long after I ascended the throne, the late emperor passed away, leaving me with such a big mess. Years of wars and unstable public sentiment made this country on the verge of collapse. I worked hard for fear of destroying this country. Whenever I felt that I could not hold on,

When I can't stop, I can always think of those scenes with corpses everywhere."

The emperor is drunk. He has not been so drunk for a long time. Everyone wants to be an emperor, but is it so easy to be an emperor, especially a good emperor?

The emperor shook his wine jar, but it was already empty. He immediately threw it aside, took the jar from Wang Biquan's hand, and drank by himself.

Now that the chat box is open, it’s better to talk it out in one breath!

"I thought that becoming the emperor would change everything, but I didn't expect that only people's hearts could not be changed. I worked hard and thought hard for more than ten years to manage the country properly. When I looked back at the harem, I found that it was almost in ruins.

Now. Every day I handle government affairs in the court, watching all the civil and military officials follow the trend, fighting openly and secretly, and then I look back at the harem, and guess what? It’s even more fucking exciting!”

The emperor said a lot in one breath, and at the end he couldn't help but burst into laughter, tears of laughter came out, but there was no smile in his eyes. He stopped laughing after a while and continued to take a sip of wine.

The intrigues in the harem were becoming more lively than in the court. The concubines and princes all wanted to compete for favors, and there were many cases of fighting for favors and lives, and these kings were all aware of their power.

"I handed over the harem to the queen to handle the trivial matters in the palace. But the queen made the harem so messy. How many people died in the palace overtly and covertly, how could I not know? But I can only turn a blind eye to this.

The affairs of the world are enough to give me a headache, but I really can’t control these little tricks of theirs. No matter how high my status is, it will never be higher than the methods of a villain!"

Wang Biquan was silent. The emperor's words were heart-breaking. He seemed to know nothing about the harem, but in fact his heart was as clear as a mirror. But nothing could be changed. Should he kill again? He couldn't kill anymore...

The emperor looked at Wang Biquan. His expression softened a lot, and even contained a ray of kindness that was rarely seen in ordinary times. Wang Biquan suspected that he was dazzled.

"What makes a qualified emperor? I asked each of you this same question when you were young. Do you know how you all answered?"

Wang Pingquan shook his head.

"Some say to develop the national economy and make the country rich; some say to recruit wise men and let them serve the court; some say to develop the military so that foreigners will not dare to invade."

Wang Pingquan felt that everything made sense and kept nodding.

"Do you remember what you said?"

Without waiting for Wang Biquan's reply, the emperor gave the answer on his own:

"You said that the people of Li should be fed, clothed and protected from the war... I was shocked when I heard that. After all, you were only four years old at the time!"

Hearing this, Wang Quan was stunned. A four-year-old child could actually say such words. If he hadn't been plotted by a villain, given time, he might have become another wise ruler.

"My child, it was me who harmed you. If I hadn't doted on you, you wouldn't have incurred the villain's plot. But I can't help but dote on you, because you are so much like me when I was young. I thought you were stupid.

If you do it, you won't be remembered anymore, but I still underestimated their ruthlessness. All I can do now is to confer the crown prince as soon as possible so that they will never miss you."

It is really aggrieved to do this as an emperor, and he can only make concessions when his own heir is targeted. Compared with being aggrieved, the emperor blames himself more. In the final analysis, if he is not the only favorite, why would he be killed?

disaster.

The emperor put his hand on Wang Bangquan's head and rubbed the eighth prince's head lovingly.

Wang Biquan felt his father's warmth for the first time in a long time, and also felt his mood, and grinned.

"Father, your kidneys will get cold if you don't eat them."

"I just know how to eat! You are so unsure, it's time to find a real concubine to take care of you."

Wang Pingquan rolled his eyes after hearing this. Let's just chat. It's nothing to mention marriage. He's not serious. He thinks everyone is as serious as you!

Unfortunately, before Wang Biquan could say these words, the emperor was already snoring. He drank too much and talked too much, and fell asleep without realizing it. Wang Biquan moved the emperor to his bed, covered him with a quilt, and then

He continued to drink, his eyes flashed from time to time, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

When the first ray of sunlight finally shone into the house, Wang Binquan put down his wine glass, pushed open the door, stretched out to face the rising sun, and looked outside the house. Perhaps because the morning sun was a bit dazzling, he couldn't help but squint his eyes and murmur.

murmured:

"You are too old to kill anymore, so let me kill you next!"
Chapter completed!