From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 1246

"Your Majesty, Zhou Yuan's men are not among our imperial guards!"

This sentence made Sima Yi feel cold all over, his scalp numb, and he looked at Zhou Yuan in horror.

He widened his eyes and trembled, "Who did you choose!"

Zhou Yuan chuckled and said, "Guess..."

"I'm a kid, and I'm guessing!"

He took a step forward and shouted, "Come on! Catch Zhou Yuan!"

Countless imperial guards rushed towards Zhou Yuan!

At the same time, screams rang out, and the masters of the Black Mountain Sect were attacked and fell on the spot.

A group of monks suddenly rose up and eliminated the guards around Sima Yi. The great protector had already printed a palm on Ziya's chest, and then overturned the people around him with another palm. As his internal force surged, he grabbed Sima Yi's neck.

"Stop it, old monk!"

With the blessing of his internal force, his voice resounded throughout the palace, and Sima Yi was directly lifted up by him for everyone to see.

Countless imperial guards all stopped.

At this moment, everyone was shocked.

The eldest prince Azati, the fourth prince Alim, and Ziya, who was spitting blood on the ground, all looked at the Dharma Protector in shock, their faces full of disbelief.

Zhou Yuan smiled softly and said, "Look, my people have shaved their heads and become monks."

"Sima Yi, who are you asking to protect you?"

After he finished speaking, he walked over slowly, took Sima Yi in his hands, and patted his face gently.

At this moment, Sima Yi's face was as pale as paper.

He looked at Zhou Yuan deeply, then at the Great Protector, and finally couldn't help laughing out loud: "Hahahaha good! Good! That's it!"

"It turns out that these monks from the snowy mountains are just a group of fickle villains."

The Great Protector said lightly: "You are wrong, our faith has always been firm, we will always seek benefits for the Snowland and the Tantric Buddhism, but Zhou Yuan promised more benefits, and he is obviously able to pay for those benefits."

Sima Yi said: "Old monk, did you hit the wooden fish into your head? Can Zhou Yuan be trusted? Ah? Will he fulfill his promise!"

"For the things you did, we in the Western Regions can't stand it. Do you think Zhou Yuan will tolerate it? He wants to grind you to ashes!"

The Great Protector smiled, a self-deprecating smile.

He looked at Sima Yi and said slowly: "Maybe you don't understand, if...if there is a better choice, we don't want to do those things."

"The current situation of U-Tsang has our reasons, but it is essentially because of poverty."

"Zhou Yuan is willing to fund us and work together to change this poverty and this situation."

Sima Yi looked at Zhou Yuan and said: "Did you promise?"

Zhou Yuan nodded and said: "I promise."

Sima Yi said: "Can you fulfill it?"

Zhou Yuan said: "Under the whole world, only I can fulfill it."

...

It was an afternoon, after the eldest prince Azati left, Zhou Yuan met Alim.

He talked to both princes, with different results.

But he did not leave directly, but came to the seriously injured Dharma Protector.

Zhou Yuan said slowly: "The Western Regions can hardly protect themselves, but you expect them to be enemies with the Great Jin and hold back the Great Jin's progress. You even expect them to cooperate with U-Tsang to resist the Great Jin together."

"You've taken the wrong path, Great Protector. You have been practicing hard for decades and have long forgotten the changes in the world and the heaven and earth."

The old monk said coldly: "If you want to kill me, just kill me. Why waste your words!"

Zhou Yuan shook his head and said: "If I wanted to kill you, I could have killed you on the first day I came to Yining. You have also seen Chenxi's cultivation. Killing you is not much more difficult than killing a dog."

"But why did I choose not to kill you? I think you can still be saved."

The old monk glanced at Chenxi and remained silent.

Zhou Yuan sighed and said, "If it was many years ago, from a rational point of view, I would agree with your understanding of the situation in U-Tsang and your expectation of independence."

"But now, even if I am kind enough to let the Jin Dynasty recognize you in U-Tsang, what can you do?"

"The world situation is mighty, and this flintlock gun in my hand is proof of it. When there are a thousand such musketeers, you can fight hard, but what if there are ten thousand? How many monks are enough to die?"

"I fought in the south, fighting the Portuguese and the Dutch. Naval battles, battleships bombarding each other, countless explosives flying, steel can't stand the destruction, let alone the human body? "

"You want to stop the rise of the Jin Dynasty, but have you ever thought that without the protection of the Jin Dynasty, you can't face these firearms at all?"

"What will happen to you then? Let me tell you, temples will be burned down, Buddha statues will be beheaded, and Buddha heads will be transported to foreign countries offshore, where they will be admired and traded as trophies by countless foreign races."

"All your scriptures and Buddhist instruments will be desecrated."

"What's more terrifying is that they also haveFaith, they regard you as heretics, they will definitely make you extinct!"

The Great Protector couldn't help but tremble when he heard this.

Zhou Yuan continued: "You all regard me Zhou Yuan as a devil, but which of the things I Zhou Yuan did was for my own selfish desires?"

"I can make the Miao village revitalized, let Dongfan Island enter a new era of civilization, and let the Jurchens return to the embrace of the Great Jin Dynasty and no longer be invaded by foreign races."

"With all the precedents, you don't believe that I can make the Snowland better?"

"You actually trust Yarkand, who joined forces with foreign races to invade the Great Jin Dynasty, and trust a Khan who can't protect himself?"

"Great Protector, are you confused?"

"Help me complete the recovery of the Western Regions, and I can promise that U-Tsang will continue to implement the Tusi system and will not restrict you from preaching in the Western Regions, Central Plains and other places."

"I want to bring changes to U-Tsang and improve the lives of the people there. At the same time, I will send your Mahayana into the most prosperous era. "

"My words! Absolutely count!"

The Great Protector raised his head, looked into Zhou Yuan's determined eyes, and a huge wave of emotions rose in his heart.

Therefore...

And today is here.

Zhou Yuan looked at Sima Yi and said, "The game is over. You abdicate and announce that Alim will take over, or I kill you and Alim will take control of the situation and take over the throne in order."

Sima Yi looked at Zhou Yuan and suddenly laughed, "Alim? Even if I pass the throne to him, he doesn't have the ability to take over the throne."

"The eldest brother won't be willing, and the fifth brother won't agree."

"Alim doesn't have any resources and can't rule everyone at all."

So, at this moment, the eldest prince Azati stood up.

He said slowly, "Father, I support my fourth brother to take over the throne."

Sima Yi's expression suddenly became extremely wonderful. He opened his mouth wide and said after a long time, "It turns out that Zhou Yuan convinced you, you are just acting. "

Azati said: "Father, I don't want to be a traditional ghost, I want to be the king of the prosperous era."

"If I don't agree, my best outcome will be house arrest for life."

Sima Yi was furious: "I know you have been leading the imperial guards for so many years and have completed part of the infiltration. At least if I die, they will listen to you."

"But the palace has been surrounded by the city defense camp, and Lao Wu will clean you all up."

Sima Yi raised his head and said slowly: "I will live or die, it's up to you, but this game of subverting the regime has just begun."