Unparalleled Concubine

  Chapter 310 Once a boy

   They are two years apart.

   When the two of them were young, Li Zhijie, the Marquis of Pingnan, had not yet stationed troops in the southern border. At that time, although Li Zhijie was already a general star of the Dajin military, the Li family had not yet reached the point of befriending the prince.

   Until thirty years ago.

   More than 30 years ago, Li Zhijie broke through the gate of Nanshu and finally stationed troops in Nanshu. The Li family jumped up and became one of the most splendid generals in Dajin. Li Shen was also left in the capital to play the role of Li Chun today.

   Proton.

   At that time, Li Shen was ten years old, and the emperor of Chengde, Ji, was twelve years old.

Emperor Wu had only one son, the emperor of Chengde, and the other heirs died. Therefore, the emperor of Chengde was quite indulgent in his youth, and he could leave the palace at will and make trouble in the capital. The two met in the capital at that time and eventually became a pair of friends.

  When they were young, the two of them did all kinds of bad things together, broke into the prison in Jingzhao Mansion, stole Emperor Wu's wine, and went to Qinhuai River to peek at the oiran.

At that time, one of them was the crown prince and the other was the heir of the Marquis Mansion, both of whom had the best backgrounds, especially the emperor of Chengde, who was the only seed of Emperor Wu, and two naughty young people who made the bad things that they could do in their youth absurd. Everything is done.

   At that time, the emperor of Chengde thought that the two of them would eventually become a pair of monarchs and ministers, which would be passed down through the ages.

   Li Shen also thinks so.

   Until nineteen years ago, the emperor sat on the dragon chair.

   Fourteen years ago, Li Shenli succeeded as the Marquis of Pingnan.

  The two playmates from their teenage years drifted apart.

   Up to now, in the last period of Chengde Emperor's life, two former young people, in the Changle Palace, looked at each other with twinkling candlelight.

  The Emperor smiled, while Li Shen lowered his head.

   "Your Majesty... I really didn't want to kill you."

   Li Shen lowered his head silently, his voice trembling a little: "I haven't even thought about it, I just want to... let Ping Nanjun continue to exist, and let my father's hard work be preserved."

   "But I don't want to."

   The smile on the emperor's face subsided: "This is the difference between you and me."

  Li Shen lowered his head silently and stopped talking.

The emperor stood up, looked around the Changle Palace, and sighed: "I still remember when I was a teenager, I once took you to Changle Palace to steal the seal of the emperor, and was caught by the guards in the palace. You were beaten by your father, but you are safe and sound."

   This is the first time that the emperor of Chengde gave up the identity of "Zhen" and used the word "I".

   He continued: "At that time, I asked the royal father why I didn't punish you."

  The emperor looked back at Li Shen, and said with a smile: "Do you know what the emperor said?"

  The father of the emperor of Chengde was the greatest emperor in the history of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the emperor who led the Great Jin Dynasty to rule the world. To this day, when the people of Jin mention the three words Emperor Wu, all of them are full of admiration.

  Li Shen shook his head and said, "I don't know."

  The emperor said indifferently: "The emperor said that he cannot discipline his son for Li Zhijie. It is better that my son will become more and more talented in the future, and Li Zhijie's son will become less and less successful."

  The emperor sighed: "I have remembered this sentence for almost thirty years. Every time I think of it, it is like what the emperor said in my ear."

Having said that, the emperor glanced at Li Shen and continued: "Sometimes I just think, if you are really becoming less and less effective as the father and emperor said, it is not a bad thing, you are in the capital, I will give you a first-class title. No one will dare to bully you as a second-rank official, we will still be Jinling’s little overlords like we did when we were young.”

  Li Shen lowered his head, still not speaking.

   "What a pity."

The emperor shook his head: "Unfortunately, you have not become more and more ineffective, but you have become more powerful day by day. In the end, I have nothing to do with you. You have no reason to be in the capital, and you have even made the Pingnan Army's momentum in the southern border even worse. come bigger."

When Ping Nanjun was in the hands of the old marquis Li Zhijie, at most it could only be regarded as "respecting the pirates", but when it was in the hands of Li Shen, it was no longer as simple as raising the pirates, and Li Shen was already allied with the "corruptors". , and even to the point of accepting "bandits" for their own use. As the emperor said, the momentum of the Pingnan Army was more than double that of the Li Zhijie period.

  Li Shen, there is no such thing as a failure, but a very successful one, especially a perfect one.

   This led to an increasingly fierce conflict between him and the Son of Heaven.

Li Shen was silent for a long time, and finally lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, my late father once thought of disarming and returning to the fields, and handing the Pingnan Army into the hands of the imperial court, but Emperor Wu has the intention of hiding his bow, so Ye Sheng will be happy after disarming and returning to the capital. After a long period of silence, my father couldn't helplessly go to Beijing to die, but after a long time, he completely offended the court and never dared to think about it again."

   The emperor sneered: "Ye Sheng is still alive and well!"

  Li Shen raised his head and glanced at the Son of Heaven.

   "Your Majesty, ask yourself, if my father also returned to Beijing, would Ye Sheng be able to live? Would my father be able to live?"

  The emperor's face shook, and finally said in a muffled voice: "You can't guess the emperor!"

  Li Shen bowed his head and said, "I have also been exposed to the temper of the late emperor. The late emperor wanted to leave a clean country for His Majesty. If my father returned to Beijing, the best outcome would be the fate of Lord Ye Guogong now."

   Having said this, Li Shen laughed at himself.

   "So far, the army of Dajin is still the only one family, and my family, Li and Ye, have conquered the world for Dajin. In the end, it is probably Hou Gu's end!"

Hou Gu is the father of today's Yulin Wei Zuolang general Hou Jingde. Before his retirement, he was also a second-rank general. He was named a military marquis by the court due to his outstanding military exploits in the Battle of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. , and now he is just a general from the fifth rank.

   Hou Gu is Ye Sheng's right and left hand. The Hou family was suppressed like this, and it was inseparable from Emperor Wu's desire to weaken the branches and leaves of the Ye family.

   The emperor said angrily: "This is the reason why your Li family deliberately rebelled!"

  Li Shen got up, knelt down slowly, shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the Li family has never thought of rebelling, and today, it's nothing but survival."

  The emperor was emotional for a while, and felt a little dizzy. He sat back in his seat, took a few breaths, and looked at Li Shen coldly.

   "Do you think the current situation can last for a long time?"

   "If this goes on, as long as my Ji clan does not die, it is impossible to coexist with your Pingnan Army."

  The emperor's eyes were cold: "The next emperor will not be like me, thinking about some old incense affection."

   Li Shen knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the soldiers of the Pingnan Army are always innocent. If Your Majesty is willing not to hold the Pingnan Army accountable, the minister is willing to disband the Pingnan Army..."

  The emperor said coldly: "Impossible."

   What the two said today came from the bottom of their hearts. From Li Shen entering the Changle Palace to the present, neither of them has said a single lie.

  The emperor said coldly: "The Pingnan army must be dispersed. I disdain to deceive you. Even if I deceive you, you will not believe it."

Li Shen's voice was sincere: "Your Majesty, there are all living beings in the world who do not want to live. Ping Nanjun has done nothing wrong. It is only because of the thoughts of the heavenly family and some years of misunderstandings that they walk step by step. By now, they don't deserve to die."

   "If Your Majesty wants them to die, then there is nothing I can do."

   The emperor sneered: "But before I attack you, you will attack me."

   Li Shen bowed his head again and said, "When I was young, the minister and Your Majesty were called brothers. Your Majesty died because of the minister. The minister is willing to bury the emperor's mausoleum and guard it with His Majesty."

   (end of this chapter)