noffsinger Chapter 385 The Empress is Too Angry at Li Jize
Chapter 385 The Empress is Too Angry at Li Jize
Li Jize's eyelids twitched when he heard this, and he turned away with his hands behind his back. "She wasn't punished by me at all! She was punished by her own sister, and I just took the blame for her."
Ok?
The two elders were stunned when they heard this, then they realized what had happened...
Li Jin was so frightened that his eyes widened, looking as if he had seen a ghost.
"Rebellious son! You're getting more and more outrageous. How dare a subject criticize the emperor behind his back?"
In fact, from the perspective of the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues in ancient times, Li Jize was indeed a "rebel and traitor". The ancients said, "A son does not judge his father's faults, and a minister does not criticize his king's faults."
As a son, you cannot speak of your father's faults; as a subject, you cannot talk about the emperor behind his back.
Unfortunately, Li Jize did it all!
Li Jize glanced at Li Jin coldly and said, "General Li, since the empress is so kind, why don't you go across the river to ask her for money and ask her to recruit soldiers for you?"
After saying that, he waved his hand and walked away with a cold face.
Li Jin stood there with his head buzzing, unable to react. What was going on?
After a long time...
“Hey, you…you!”
"Brother Jin, calm down, calm down!"
"How can you be calm? Look at this rebellious son. He truly has no respect for his king or his father! He's been slandering His Majesty behind his back, imprisoned the princess, and now he's mocking me as his father!"
Huang Suqiu sighed and rolled her eyes at her husband's complaints, "But it was you who wronged him first!"
Ok?
After hearing this, Li Jin turned around and looked at his wife in disbelief.
Finally, he was so angry that he snorted coldly and threw his hands away, "A loving mother often spoils her son! It's you who spoiled him."
Huang Suqiu: “…”
Well! In the end, she was the one to blame anyway.
Women, life is so hard.
When you first get married, you are an outsider to your wife’s family, but you are still an outsider to your husband’s family.
I finally raised my son, but now he is stuck between father and son.
……
"What? Li Jize actually dared to put the princess under house arrest?"
In the Southern Qi court, the empress was furious after hearing the spy's report!
As I said before, in this feudal era, the princess is the monarch! After all, she represents the royal family. Even if Li Jize is the King of Qin, he cannot do such a thing.
What's more...
She just killed the envoy of Zuo Santong. What did the princess do wrong? Who gave Li Jize the courage to do this?
"Your Majesty, this Li Jize is becoming more and more outrageous!"
Eunuch Gao, standing aside, sensed his master's anger and followed her lead in complaining about Li Jize.
As a slave, you act according to your master's mood.
but……
Even though the empress was extremely upset, what could she do? Would she dare to issue an edict to rebuke Li Jize and ask him to release the princess? Would she dare to let the princess return?
dare not!
The war with Zuo Santong was raging, and if Li Jize got mad, that wouldn't be a good thing. She couldn't stand the thought of him turning against Da Qi, even if he bought some weapons and ammunition for Zuo Santong.
"The princess has indeed been spoiled by me and my father!"
Ok?
The Emperor's sudden words stunned Eunuch Gao. Why? The Master didn't want to reprimand Li Jize. Then his previous behavior was a bit of flattery.
but……
Your Majesty, is this okay? That's the princess. I'm afraid everyone in the world knows about Li Jize's actions. Although they may talk about it behind her back, your inaction will become the biggest joke in the world. You are the emperor!
So what if he was the emperor? He also had to take care of the government and the war!
"How's the situation over there with Gao Pan?"
Eunuch Gao is now the Chief Eunuch in Charge of Writing. This position is also known as the "Inner Prime Minister," meaning the Prime Minister within the palace! His purpose is to assist the Emperor in reviewing and processing memorials.
Because of this, when the empress asked him about the situation, he might know more about the court situation than the empress.
"Your Majesty! Gao Pan is still waiting for firearms, and... and..."
When he said this, he stammered and mumbled, which made the empress look unhappy.
"What's wrong? Tell me! Don't hesitate!"
"And a lot of land was lost?"
"Ok?"
Upon hearing this, the empress's eyes widened. She simply couldn't believe her ears.
"Did I hear correctly? It's good that Zuo Santong didn't clean his neck and wait. It's a blessing that I didn't swallow him whole. How can he counterattack? Besides, what on earth is Gao Pan doing? He can't supply gunpowder, he has no ability to attack, and he has no ability to defend the territory?"
"This……"
Facing the angry emperor, Eunuch Gao sighed helplessly and said, "According to the information from Gao Pan, it seems that firearms have appeared on Zuo Santong's side!"
"what?"
When the empress heard this, her eyes widened with disbelief.
"Where are the firearms at Zuo Santong? What? A matchlock rifle!"
"No...it's the same flintlock rifle as ours. It even has the same accuracy and power. And...it's also the same size!"
The point of this statement is very clear. In this day and age, firearms are no longer rare things and anyone can make them!
but……
In the era without machines, people generally rubbed things by hand, and even if there were craftsmen, they rubbed them by hand.
No matter how well or delicately you rub your hands, you will never be able to make the next firearm exactly the same.
However, the firearms produced in Qingzhou were all identical in size and model, so the eunuch's subtext was simply to tell her...
The firearm came from Qingzhou, probably from Li Jize!
boom!
The empress, enraged, raised her hand and slammed it hard on the table in front of her. Her pretty face turned ashen as she gritted her teeth and said, "Li Jize! How dare he play such a trick on me? This is my childhood sweetheart? My King of Qin? My... brother-in-law? On the one hand, he's profiting from the mineral resources of Great Qi, while on the other hand, he's secretly making money from Zuo Santong. What's the point of him playing with the lives of the people of Qi like this?"
The Empress was very angry. Although she had sent someone to assassinate Zuo Santong's envoy, it was a bit unkind. But putting aside the facts, is it really okay for Li Jize to buy weapons from both sides without any behavior or morality?
The war could have ended as soon as possible, but because of his behavior, the Qi army, which had finally occupied some land, was pushed back by Zuo Santong.
In this repetitive tug-of-war, more Qi people will be killed or injured, and the war will go on endlessly.
How could Li Jize be seeking wealth? He was killing people!
The eunuch Gao beside him sighed, "Your Majesty, he not only sells weapons and gunpowder to us and Zuo Santong..."