093 “Drunken Bones (Guyan 1v1 High H)” Dead Advice

The maple leaves fall and the autumn wind disperses.

The branches of the trees were gradually filled with white snow, and the cold wind blew by, making people shiver.The cold winter swept through every corner of the palace, and the plum blossoms all over the palace were gradually showing their buds. Red and white plums stood proudly on the branches, adding a touch of color to this winter.

In the solemn court hall, the emperor leaned back on the dragon chair with a lazy expression. He looked down at the courtiers below and tapped his two fingers rhythmically on the dragon throne.”What do you think? You still don’t agree with me to increase taxes on the people?”

All the courtiers frowned, and then they all lifted up their robes and knelt down.”Your Majesty, think twice!”

The emperor paused with his fingertips, the laziness between his brows and eyes instantly disappeared, and his eyes hardened in an instant.”I, I have thought twice!” He slapped his palm angrily on the case. The ministers below couldn’t help but shrink, and then buried their heads even lower. Looking down from the top, they could only see a group of black gauze hats.”I want to establish a new emperor, but you are blocking it. Now I just want to increase taxes, and you are blocking it. Do you still think of me as the emperor?”

“Your Majesty, calm down—”

The ministers lowered their heads and cautiously looked at the people beside them. Seeing the timidity flashing in the other person’s eyes, they had no choice but to give up the idea of stepping forward to admonish them. They just kept silent and knelt down to wait for the brave man.

The newly promoted civil servant standing in the last row of Jiyu gradually clenched his fists. There was a look of dissatisfaction on his face and eyes, and his young and handsome face was full of anger.He looked around and saw that no one dared to speak out. Then he saw the arrogant emperor sitting on the dragon throne. He had no idea what the dire straits were outside the palace, and he couldn’t bear it anymore.

He stood up suddenly and bent his back, “Your Majesty! I have something to advise you!”

The ministers couldn’t help but turn around to see who had such courage.But the colleague who was also kneeling beside the civil servant was shocked. He quietly reached out a hand to tug on his robe and shook his head to indicate to him, but the other officer closed his eyes tightly, with a look of determination on his face.

When the emperor saw this stranger, he glanced at the color of his court uniform.Then he couldn’t help but look mocking. It turned out that he was just a ninth-grade civil servant, but he dared to act wild in front of him.”Say.”

“Your Majesty, I think it is… unwise to increase taxes on the people at this time.” As soon as these words came out, there was a dead silence in the palace, and you could hear a needle drop.”The life of the people outside is already difficult. If we increase taxes now, how will the people of Dasheng survive? I hope the emperor will show mercy and take back his life!”

“You are very courageous.” The emperor’s eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his lips curved slightly. It was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry.”Go on.”

The young civil servant entered the court for the first time and was not yet familiar with the emperor’s temperament. When the emperor asked him to continue speaking, he thought that the emperor had listened to his advice, and his face showed a little joy.”Your Majesty may not know something, but the people of Dasheng are becoming increasingly poor. In order to make profits, those businessmen are constantly raising prices. In the past, a bag of white rice cost only five yuan, but now it has increased to thirty yuan! It is difficult to eat a mouthful of white rice, let alone a mouthful of meat. The people can only eat a bowl of gruel every day. If the court continues to increase taxes, the people will not be able to make a living!”

Seeing that the emperor was silent, he naively thought that the emperor had heard these heartfelt words, which were even more heroic.”If taxes are increased, if things go on like this, what consequences will the emperor have in the future? The people will become thieves because they have no money and food, they will sell their girls as slaves for a grain of food, and they will even commit murder for money. By then, the lives of the people will be ruined, and how can the court be peaceful?”

He bent down again and begged for help.”My lord, please take back your order!”

The civil official’s words revealed what many courtiers dared not say.None of them knew that the civil servants were reasonable and truthful in every word, but with the emperor’s temperament, who would be willing to risk his life to say such things.At this moment, a brave man finally spoke out, and many courtiers changed their views on him a little, and even appreciated him quite a bit.

But at this time, they did not dare to take another look at the civil servant, they only harbored hope that the emperor could really take back his life because of his words.

The emperor straightened up slightly and stared at the young civil servant with a pair of hawk-like eyes.”According to Aiqing, you seem to be more suitable to sit on this dragon chair than me.” He touched the handle of the chair and made a mocking smile, “How about you sit on this dragon chair instead?”

The civil servant turned pale with fright and hurriedly knelt down, a chill running down his back.”I, that’s not what I mean, Your Majesty! It’s your job to eat the emperor’s salary and worry about the emperor to be loyal to the emperor. I have never had any different intentions. I only hope that the country ruled by the emperor will be forever stable and the world will be at peace!”

“Really?” The emperor stood up, walked down the steps step by step, and stood in front of the ministers.”I don’t think that increasing taxes by such a small amount will make my Dasheng people do such things. Are the things that Aiqing just mentioned not happening among the people now? What does this have to do with my increasing taxes?!”

“The treasury has been empty for a long time. Now that I want to establish a new queen, the things I use must be treasures. But the treasury is so empty. I want to increase taxes to replenish the treasury. Why not?!” The emperor has decided to issue the imperial edict of establishing the queen in public at the palace banquet on New Year’s Eve next month. He will marry Yu’er with the best betrothal gift, so that she can stand beside him in glory and enjoy all the glory in the world.”The new queen is also the mother of the country for the common people. Shouldn’t they contribute a little to the mother of the country?”

The civil servant raised his eyes in disbelief, his eyes slightly dull.It was hard for him to believe that the man in front of him was actually the emperor of a country. The so-called emperor didn’t understand the life of the people at all. The delicacies and wines used by the emperor in the palace every day, and everything he used came from the common people.He lived in extravagance every day, but have you ever thought about what kind of life the people of Dasheng are living now?

Not long after he became a civil servant, Han Chuang studied hard to get a meritorious service, and then he got the position of civil servant where he is today.He was poor and lived on a long street.Every day when you go out, you can hear people complaining. People can fight for a bowl of gruel. There are especially many children begging on the street. They are all driven out of their families to beg to make a living. Some cruel parents even sell their daughters who have not yet reached the age of hair into a brothel, just for a bag of white rice mixed with sand.

The official career is dark. If the emperor collects 10% of the tax, the corrupt officials below will charge 30% of the tax from the people.If taxes are increased, the people will die.

The civil servant was trembling all over, and his ears seemed to be ringing again with the pitiful wails of the people kneeling down in front of him, begging him for some food.He gritted his teeth and looked at the emperor far ahead, feeling a sense of determination in his heart.He stood up with determination in his eyes, “Has the Emperor ever left the palace?”

When the emperor saw the man standing up suddenly and was about to roll his sleeves to convict him, he heard him say again: “If your emperor has ever been out of this palace, you will know how ridiculous it is to increase taxes!” The civil servants had already put life and death aside, and just wanted to say everything in their hearts, “You are the emperor, you don’t have to fight in all directions., Just in the Dragon Palace.How do you know what kind of life the people live outside the palace walls of gold bottles and jade tiles!Does the emperor know that your royal meal is enough for an ordinary family to eat for ten days!If the emperor wants to increase taxes, is he forcing the people to die?”

“Presumptuous!” the emperor shouted angrily, the veins on his forehead flickering and appearing, his face extremely ugly.He waved his sleeves and said, “Come here, drag this nonsense sycophant out and kill him without mercy!”

When the civil servant said this, he was no longer afraid of life and death. His face was calm, but a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his lips, “If you want me to die, if I don’t die, it is disloyal. However, in the future, I will destroy the prosperous country. I am not the minister of the country’s subjugation, but you are the king of the country’s subjugation!”

The emperor was even more furious. He snatched the sword from the guard beside him and pointed it straight at the officer’s throat, “Do you really think I don’t dare to kill you?!”

Each of the courtiers had a deathly expression on their face, and they tugged at the corners of their mouths, trying to say something, but in the end they all chose to protect themselves wisely and hung their heads dejectedly.The civil official’s words were like a blow to the heads of the courtiers present. If the Dasheng Dynasty continued to be ruled by the emperor in front of him, the country would be destroyed.

The emperors of the past were indulgent and debauched.Then he favored Concubine Chun exclusively, which was inappropriate, but after all he was much better than the emperor who had to bring concubines with him even in the morning.But they never thought that their emperor, the king of a country, would issue an order to establish a new queen just a few days after his aunt’s mother passed away, and would also increase taxes on the people. Can an emperor who has no people in his heart really lead Dasheng to glory?

The courtiers did not even dare to think about what kind of life they would live in the future.

The civil servant sneered and looked directly at the emperor.The colleague kneeling beside him was so anxious that he kept tugging at his robe to signal him to quickly beg for mercy and save his life first.But he was ignored by the civil officials. Although he had just entered the officialdom, he also understood the rules of officialdom and the ways of the world.He studied hard in the cold window, thinking that one day he could be like the light and lead the people to a prosperous age.

But the king in front of them is not someone who can give them a prosperous life.

“The common people are the foundation of a country. Without the common people, there is no home.” The civil servant suddenly grasped the hilt of his sword tightly. If he could use the blood of his death to splash in the Golden Palace to alert those courtiers who still have delusions, and see clearly whether the emperor in front of them is worthy of sitting on the dragon throne.“Without a home, there is no country——”

As soon as the civil official finished his sentence, he suddenly used his hand without hesitation and wiped his own neck with the emperor’s hand. Blood spattered everywhere, and even the emperor’s face and dragon robe were stained with his blood.The sharp knife immediately fell to the ground with a loud sound, which made Baiguan’s scalp numb even more when it fell in his ears.

They were far away and blocked by the emperor’s body. They couldn’t see the actual situation at all. They could only vaguely infer that the emperor had killed the civil servant.

The courtiers felt sad, as if there was a knife across their necks. As long as the emperor was slightly unhappy, the knife would ruthlessly wipe their necks.

The emperor took two steps back in disgust, and the chamberlain hurriedly stepped forward to wipe the blood stains on the emperor’s face.But the emperor pushed him away, turned around and walked out quickly, angrily yelling: “Damn sycophant, you dare to dirty my dragon robe. Are you cursing me!”

“Drag him out!” The emperor’s eyes were full of sternness, as if he wanted to use this person to establish his prestige, so that the courtiers would not dare to have any second thoughts about him.”Drag this sycophant’s body out and feed it to the dogs!”

By the time he finished speaking, the emperor had left the Jinluan Palace, leaving only a group of courtiers still stagnant in place.

They watched with their own eyes as the chamberlain dragged the civil servant’s body out the door. There were bloodstains on the Jinluan Palace, and the snow outside was also blood-red, which was shocking.The barking of wild dogs suddenly sounded outside, making people’s hearts tremble. Suddenly, they seemed to see their fate in the future.

In an instant, a chill ran down my spine.

The words and sentences written by the civil servant before his death appeared in his mind unconsciously. Those words seemed to be imprinted in his mind and could not be removed.

The courtiers’ eyes fell on the dragon chair intentionally or unintentionally.Perhaps, he shouldn’t be the one who should sit on the dragon throne.

The emperor never expected that during this morning court, the courtiers he thought were loyal would suddenly change their mentality and have second thoughts about him.