Gao Wei froze on the spot.
He looked at Duan Shao in front of him in disbelief, his expression changed drastically.
He quickly looked at the guards on the left and right. These usually solid and reliable soldiers looked at the menacing Duan Shao with awe in their eyes and did not dare to step forward.
Duan Shao had been in Jinyang for many years, and no one among the noble soldiers in Jinyang, except Hu Luguang, dared to be rude to him.
Several generations of emperors had great trust in him and trusted him with the military power of Jinyang.
Every time he went on an expedition, he led Jinyang's elite to fight, and he was victorious every time.
Gao Wei asked them to kill someone, and they wouldn't even blink an eye, but if the target was Duan Shao, things might be a little different.
Gao Wei was unwilling to bow his head easily.
As he grew older, through random rewards in Jinyang, he really gathered a bunch of villains around him.
These people help him carry out various recreational activities.
Gao Wei has a wide range of hobbies. In addition to torturing hobbies such as using scorpions in wooden basins to catch people for bathing, peeling off faces and wearing them to scare their families, Gao Wei is particularly fond of interpretation activities.
He set up several projects in the palace, and no one else was allowed to enter these places.
There is a civilian village among them. Many people in this village were randomly arrested and thrown into the village.
In this village, everyone must play their role. Everyone has a fixed identity. No one can break the rules of the game. Anyone who dares to say or do something that is not in line with the player's identity will be killed immediately.
Show no mercy.
As for Gao Wei himself, he acted as a beggar and went begging for food along the road.
If the insider gives him food because of his identity, he will be killed. If he is excessively humiliated, he will also be killed. Anyway, he will die no matter what.
In addition to the civilian villages, there was also the military fortress project. He found people to play Liu Taozi and his generals, and built many cities in the palace. These cities were replicas of the main cities under Liu Taozi's command, but the scale was a bit smaller.
However, the height of the towers, gates, walls, etc. are all accurately reproduced one to one.
Gao Wei played the role of a general, leading his cavalry to conquer Liu Taozi again and again, and tortured and killed Liu Taozi in various ways.
There is also a market project, which is a replica of the two cities in the city. Here, everything can be bought and sold. Cushman will play the role of a merchant, accumulate wealth for himself, and engage in business wars with others.
In addition to her acting hobbies, Gao Wei also likes puppet theater, playing, and organizing large-scale events.
Anyone who can bring him joy in these areas will be greatly rewarded.
Therefore, those who could come up with all kinds of fun ways to please the emperor gathered around him, and each of them became a three-gong-level figure who was granted the title of king. Just looking at the official position, they could be one-on-one with Duan Shao.
And because these people have been strictly selected by Gaowei, it can be ensured that no benevolent and righteous gentlemen with high moral standards will be mixed among them. Basically, they are mainly scum and beasts, with occasionally a few villains who are greedy for life and afraid of death.
But when the emperor was threatened, these people did not have the courage to stand up and fight against Duan Shao.
The senior escorts in the distance all lowered their heads and pretended not to see anything.
Gao Wei has already tasted the taste of power and enjoyed the days of lawlessness. At this moment, facing the rope that may restrain him again, Gao Wei has a dark face, but is no longer willing to bow his head.
Duan Shao lowered his head and looked at the little emperor in front of him, and then at the twitching woman beside him.
Skinned alive.
Duan Shao's eyes became even colder.
"Someone is coming!"
As soon as Grand Sima gave the order, more than thirty people rushed in from outside the door. These were all the forbidden troops in the palace.
Duan Shao pointed at the little emperor in front of him, "Take His Majesty back to the palace and let him have a good rest for a few days and don't go out again."
The forbidden soldiers looked at each other with hesitation on their faces.
Although the little emperor is ridiculous, he treats these forbidden troops well. They have received more rewards than ever before. All kinds of rewards are given without asking, not to mention titles, official positions, money, beauties and the like.
No shortage.
Gao Wei saw the hesitation on their faces, and his eyes changed slightly.
"Da Sima!!"
Hearing an exclamation from outside the door, a man and a woman quickly ran into the hall. They were both startled when they saw the emperor and Duan Shao confronting each other.
These two people were Lu Lingxuan and her son Luo Tipo.
Lu Lingxuan hurriedly walked to Duan Shao. Unlike Duan Shao and Gao Yan who were exhausted, Lu Lingxuan looked even richer. She even wore an official uniform. After all, she was not just a woman now, she was also a member of the temple.
Shizhong, the chief minister who advises the emperor.
She quickly stood between the emperor and Duan Shao, separating them.
Then he looked at his son and asked, "What are you still waiting for?"
"Didn't you hear the general's command?"
"Take His Majesty back to rest!"
Luo Tipo hurried forward and took the little emperor away from here. Duan Shao looked at the emperor in the distance coldly, but did not say anything to stop him.
After the emperor escaped smoothly, Lu Lingxuan breathed a sigh of relief.
She looked at Duan Shao helplessly, "Da Sima, I know why you are so angry."
"Your Majesty lost his father at a young age and had no teachers around him to teach him. He was in power at a young age and had many villains to rely on, which resulted in the current situation."
"I promise I will never do it again"
"This is not a problem in the future, but how to solve the current problem. The officialdom in the country is chaotic. In the Chinese Army alone, there are forty or fifty commanders. Everyone wants to take charge of things. The soldiers are miserable.
I don’t know who to listen to. The armies in Jinyang have not practiced for three months. If this continues, the army will be the first to be destroyed. The elite of Jinyang soldiers come from their years of training. If they don’t practice, they will
How can it be stronger than the local army?!"
"The other thing is this temple. There are so many officials. There are so many officials. It's good now. No one is doing anything. In a few days, I don't think anyone will be watching the city gate. Everyone will be there.
If you are a Shangguan, then who will handle the following matters?!"
"There are also many things that waste money in the palace. I won't go into details."
"The situation has reached this critical stage. Your Majesty is still going to such trouble. Do you want to force the generals in the country to rebel?!"
"I know that the emperor doesn't like me, and I also know that you don't like me. However, let me tell you the truth. The generals in the country are already very dissatisfied with many things. If this continues, I will not be able to suppress them.
, if they were allowed to rush into the palace, things would not be as simple as they are now."
Duan Shao spoke very seriously, word for word.
Lu Lingxuan listened to Duan Shao's words, and worry gradually appeared in her brows.
"Then what does Da Sima think we should do?"
"You are responsible for keeping an eye on the emperor and telling him not to come out. I will take care of these domestic matters. The titles that are randomly awarded must be reduced. There are also official positions. It cannot be so chaotic."
Lu Lingxuan lowered her head hurriedly, "Please rest assured, Grand Sima, I will definitely watch the emperor with all my strength and will not let him come out to cause trouble again."
Duan Shao didn't say anything, turned around and left from the main hall, and the soldiers just watched him go away.
Lu Lingxuan turned around and walked quickly towards the palace.
In terms of rewards, no one has received more rewards than Lu Lingxuan and her family members.
In order to better control the emperor, Lu Lingxuan found an extremely beautiful palace maid, made her his adopted daughter, and married her to Gao Wei.
While the emperor was having fun, Lu Lingxuan, mother and son, were frantically amassing money and strengthening themselves.
They actively recruit those available talents and bring them to make fortunes and promotions. There are fewer and fewer officials in the court who are not close to them, and more and more people are willing to obey their orders.
Everything is moving in a good direction.
However, the emperor's situation became the most unfavorable factor for Lu Lingxuan.
The emperor was getting more and more out of control.
When Lu Lingxuan walked to the door, she heard the emperor's roar.
The little emperor was furiously smashing the surrounding ornaments, his eyes were red with anger.
When he saw Lu Lingxuan walking in, his anger did not disappear. He walked angrily in front of Lu Lingxuan, "What did you tell him?! Are you going to rebel together?"
Lu Lingxuan looked at the little baby in front of her.
Gao Wei was raised by Lu Lingxuan. When he was still very young, he was a slightly introverted child who did not dare to refute loudly when he was bullied.
In order to better stimulate his ambition and use him to achieve his own goals, Lu Lingxuan conducted some training on him.
But now it seems that this cultivation effect is a bit too much.
The introverted and shy little boy in the past was completely dead. Now standing in front of Lu Lingxuan was a moody monster.
But this monster holds the highest power in the empire, more than ten thousand people.
Lu Lingxuan was in a good situation because of the monster in front of her, but the critical situation also came from this monster.
Lu Lingxuan can no longer make him obey completely as she did in the past. No one can do this now.
Lu Lingxuan's eyes turned red and she lowered her head to wipe her tears.
"Isn't it possible that Your Majesty still doesn't know how I have treated His Majesty over the years?"
"Why is it now that Your Majesty suspects that I have colluded with outsiders to deal with His Majesty?"
Seeing Lu Lingxuan crying, the anger on Gao Wei's face gradually disappeared.
He shook his head, "It's not that I can't trust my eldest sister, it's just that during that period, I really bullied others. He was a minister, and I was the king. How could anyone in the world be a minister who would persecute the king? He clearly had anti-ambitions and wanted to
He wants to capture me and go to Liu Taozi! If we don't take action first, he will come and kill us!"
Lu Lingxuan looked at her son and asked her son to lead the rest of the people out the door.
She pulled the emperor and asked him to sit down first, and looked at him seriously, "Your Majesty, Duan Shao is the only domestic warrior who can fight with Liu Taozi. Liu Taozi is fighting Chen in the south this time. When he comes back
After that, we will definitely attack Jinyang. At this time, if we kill Duan Shao, who can stop Liu Taozi for His Majesty?"
"In addition, the current domestic situation is really chaotic. Your Majesty has awarded too many officials. There are many people in the same position. I don't know who should listen to whom. Everything has come to a standstill. No one is doing anything anymore. This is
It’s good for Liu Taozi, but bad for us.”
"There are many people around your Majesty. I suspect that they were sent by Liu Taozi to weaken our national power."
Lu Lingxuan used the tried-and-tested routine, Liu Taozi.
To say that the person Gao Wei hates the most right now is definitely Liu Taozi.
As he grew older, Gao Wei gradually became able to understand the situation. He would no longer foolishly think that he was the real king in charge of the world. He discovered his own situation and discovered that the country's power fell to Liu.
Peach in hand.
Sure enough, upon hearing Liu Taozi's name, Gao Wei immediately became more excited and almost broke his teeth.
"Then from the eldest sister's point of view, what should we do in the future?"
"I think it's better to listen to Duan Shao first. I heard from the generals in the country that the traitor generals under Liu Taozi's command are likely to invade Jinyang. At this time, we really can't kill the general easily. Let Duan Shao be used by us first.
, go and defeat Liu Taozi on Your Majesty's behalf, and it won't be too late for Your Majesty to deal with Duan Shao after Liu Taozi is defeated."
Gao Wei nodded slightly, "That's right."
"Then I can't play anymore?"
"No, Your Majesty will stay in the palace to rest for a while. When the domestic affairs are settled, Your Majesty can have fun as he wants."
Gao Wei let out a long sigh.
"All right."
"But you have to promise me that once I defeat Liu Taozi, I will kill Duan Shao!"
Lu Lingxuan laughed and nodded, "Okay, okay, I promise your majesty that once Liu Taozi is defeated, I will find a way to kill Duan Shao."
"But your Majesty must also promise me not to go out during this period, concentrate on your studies, and leave all major domestic affairs to the ministers."
"Okay, I promise you."
Lu Lingxuan was finally able to feel relieved. He told his son to take good care of the emperor and not let him go out. Then he went out to summon his subordinates to discuss important matters together.
Duan Shao found Situ Zhao Yanshen immediately.
Zhao Yanshen was still hiding in his house, doing nothing, and keeping an extremely low profile as before. But when Duan Shao came to him, he couldn't hide anymore. Duan Shao asked him to help him and eliminate the current chaos.
This first step is those meaningless rewards.
Although no one likes random rewards, everyone does not want their own random rewards to be removed. They hope to be able to remove others and keep their own.
This is a strange circle.
They were the ones who asked Duan Shao to rectify his rewards, but they were also the ones who hoped that Duan Shao would not take away his rewards.
Duan Shao did not cut it across the board, he first started with government affairs.
Only one person can be retained in each key position, and the rest depend on their identities.
If they are dancers, craftsmen, merchants, etc., then they will all be dismissed and the rewards given to them in the past will be withdrawn. If they are real officials, then they will be turned into deputies of the chief official, but they will be reduced by half a level. In one place, there will be only
A man walks his talk.
Zhao Yanshen sat in the room, facing the huge list of officials in front of him, feeling dizzy.
The hundreds of officials in the imperial court were suddenly turned into thousands of officials by Gao Wei.
It is not easy at all to get these people to their respective places.
Zhao Yanshen raised his head helplessly and looked straight ahead. Duan Shao was sitting in front of him with his eyes closed.
The footsteps of soldiers could be faintly heard outside the door.
"Da Sima, the rest"
"Do it now."
"I'll accompany you."
Duan Shao instantly opened his eyes and stared at Zhao Yanshen in front of him, "When His Majesty conferred the title, you, as the head of the temple, did not give any advice. Now it is up to you to clean up the mess."
Zhao Yanshen lowered his head again and began to implement the reduction plan again.
Duan Shao almost lived in Zhao Yanshen's house and watched him make corrections little by little.
Three or four days have passed like this, and the revised plan for the first article has appeared.
A summary of the current chaotic temple.
However, when Duan Shao sent someone to read out this order, he encountered great resistance.
Most of the ministers were unwilling to accept it.
Some people become officials by selling off their property. How can you seize real power with just one sentence? How can it be so easy?
Duan Shao directly dispatched troops and stationed them in various places in Jinyang. At this point, he no longer hesitated, and any opponents were immediately arrested and imprisoned.
Relying on Duan Shao's army, the order was finally slowly implemented.
The biggest problem is not the officials, but the army.
Gaowei's rewards have always been given regardless of who the recipient is. An ordinary guard may become a duke, with a title higher than that of his commander. Several generals may be appointed commanders of the same army at the same time.
Everyone wants command.
The situation on Lu Lingxuan's side seemed to be working out, and the emperor finally stopped running out to cause trouble every day.
"Da Sima, Your Majesty is currently studying hard. He has been very serious these days. He even wrote a poem a few days ago."
Lu Lingxuan smiled and led Duan Shao towards the palace.
Duan Shao was followed by two people, holding thick documents in their hands.
Duan Shao originally wanted to ask the Queen Mother to pass these documents and formally issue a dismissal order in the army, but the problem was that Lu Lingxuan tried her best to dissuade him.
Although her words were conferred by the emperor and it was inappropriate for the Queen Mother to be dismissed, Duan Shao knew the real reason. Lu Lingxuan did not like the Queen Mother to participate in government affairs again and did not want the Emperor to be left out.
After all, Lu Lingxuan still relied on the emperor to issue orders.
Duan Shao looked at her coldly, but he already had the idea of ​​dismissal in his heart.
Gao Wei is not worthy of being a king, or even a human being.
The more messes he dealt with, the more radical Duan Shao's views on him became.
Maybe he should change to someone else, like his younger brother. His younger brother is very good.
Lu Lingxuan walked aside and looked at Duan Shao in a flattering manner. The last thing she wanted was for Da Sima to have an extreme reaction at the moment.
When the two of them sat in the palace one after another, Gao Wei sat among several old scribes, holding a book in his hand and reading fascinatedly.
"His Majesty."
"Da Sima comes to play."
Only then did Gao Wei poke his head out, put down the book in his hand, and looked at Duan Shao.
"Da Sima is here."
He stood up in a hurry and bowed to Duan Shao, "In the past, I was ignorant, so I did many bad things. In the future, I will definitely study hard and don't dare to do it again."
Of course Duan Shao didn't dare to accept the gift, so he quickly stepped aside and paid his respects.
"These are documents that require His Majesty's order."
Duan Shao looked to his left and right, and saw someone holding a document and handing it to the emperor in front of him.
There were many of these things, and Gao Wei didn't even look at them, "Okay, just do what Da Sima said!"
"Come here, take the seal!"
Gao Wei shouted towards the door.
Soon, someone came quickly carrying the emperor's seal, and Lu Lingxuan was still laughing and telling Duan Shao about the books the emperor read.
The moment the Duanxi man passed by Duan Shao, he suddenly dropped the plate in his hand, drew out his short knife, and stabbed Duan Shao.
Gao Wei's eyes widened, looking at this scene expectantly.
Duan Shao dodged and the dagger pierced the air. Duan Shao, who was over fifty years old, didn't look weak at all. He reached out and grabbed the assassin's hand and pulled him forward. The assassin fell into his arms.
, Duan Shao easily knocked him to the ground.
Gao Wei was shocked.
He jumped up suddenly, "Kill!! Kill!!"
Several warriors rushed out from the left and right with a fierce momentum. Lu Lingxuan, who was standing next to Duan Shao, turned pale at this moment and screamed in fear.
The two people behind Duan Shao also dropped their documents and looked at these warriors with their bare hands.
Duan Shao's face became extremely cold.
Chapter completed!