Episode 284. It’s hard to come to my senses when I’m drunk with power (1)
“Heh heh, so to speak. I’ve worked hard for Your Majesty and my servants, so today I’ll make you drink good wine until your nose goes crooked.”
“First, I’ll wash up and eat.”
“Okay, wash up. I’ll tell you to prepare a big table for drinking.”
“yes.”
After taking a bath, the painter went to where Jojo was waiting.
‘uh?’
The fireman’s eyes widened when he saw the food prepared in Daejeon.
More than a hundred kinds of food were prepared, and enough musicians and gisaengs were gathered and waiting for the event in the imperial palace.
‘The scale has become enormous! It will be a burden for people.’
“Welcome.”
“yes. It’s almost like a party.”
“I didn’t even know I would be dressed up like this. But what can I do? The subordinates have set it up like this, so you can’t tell them to return it, can they?”
“Other people are calling. No matter how you look at it, there are too many for only my older brother and me to eat.”
“I plan to call you after I talk to you first. Come here first and fill your hungry stomach first.”
‘Are you going to start with that? Well, if it’s a hawk that needs to be hit anyway, it’s better to be hit first.’
The painter saw Jojo’s true intentions hidden behind his smile, so he gathered his heart and went and sat down next to him.
“You have worked hard for Your Majesty and his servants, so take a drink first.”
“I congratulate you once again that your brother has become Mupyeonghu. Please have a drink.”
After pouring drinks into each other’s glasses, drinking and eating snacks, Jojo opened his mouth.
“I heard from Zhongsangshi that he said gossip about me along with Pyehwa? If you have so many complaints, why don’t you do it directly to me instead of behind me?”
Jojo rushes in, but the fireman calmly pours into Jojo’s empty glass and shows his empty glass.
Jojo poured a drink into the painter’s glass and waited for an answer.
After pouring the alcohol into his mouth at once, the painter let out a gasp, took a snack, and opened his mouth.
“Brother, the reason I went to the emperor was to treat you, not to gossip about you.”
“But what I hear is gossip.”
“It happened because I was trying to free His Majesty’s heart. It’s just gossiping, isn’t it a big deal?”
“what?”
“It’s not that you don’t know that my older brother treats Your Majesty well, but from His Majesty’s point of view, what would you do? You will be very sorry.”
“I am different from the crowd of Dong Zhuo and Li Zhu.”
“Because it was different, I even gossiped about it. If it was the same, would I have done it?”
“…..”
“I checked my pulse today and it seems that His Majesty will only live a few more years. The pain of heartache was so great that the heart veins were slashed as if they had been cut with a knife.”
“What do you mean?”
“My body is weak and it is already difficult to treat. In particular, the heart area was severely damaged.
“Are you offended enough to say that it was a joke?”
“yes. To put it a bit excessively, living is not living. Because my heart is already dead. When the body dies, the mind dies, and when the mind dies, the body dies. Your Majesty’s heart is already dead, so no matter how good the decoction and acupuncture are, you won’t be able to live long. Even if you take it for a very long time, five years is probably the limit.”
“I knew His Majesty was heartbroken…but I never thought it would be that much.”
“The only thing I did to gossip about you was to listen to the grumblings of the dying. His function as a man has already ended, and it is difficult to see his descendants. One more drink, please.”
The narrator was speechless, but Jojo’s eyes widened.
“You can’t see Hu Husa?”
“yes. So please treat the emperor as a pitiful person and treat him well. It’s a bird with broken wings anyway, so shouldn’t it be plucked out?”
“What are you talking about pulling your hair out? There is no other servant who served the emperor as well as I did.”
“I’m not saying my brother can’t. I’m under your brother’s shadow anyway, so please let me be a little more free. Wouldn’t the emperor be happy with that and make your brother’s son his heir?”
stop.
Jojo, who had been listening to the fireman’s words, paused for a moment. And after the time when he should have taken five breaths, he lifted the bottle from the bottle and drank it down.
The painter took a snack and looked at Jojo indifferently.
bang.
After a while, Jojo put down the bottle he was drinking on the table and let out a long breath.
“Whoa~. Hessara of the emperor… you wake up my spirit.”
“Brother, am I your brother’s sister?”
“Of course not! Why do you say that?”
“Then this younger brother will raise a bitter remark to his older brother.”
When the painter straightened up, Jojo also sat up straight.
“When I saw him today, he looked a little drunk with power. To be honest, it is because I am the younger brother, but from the perspective of others, what is the difference between you and Dong Tak, Lee Gak Kwak?”
“what?”
Jojo’s face, which had been improving for a moment, contorted again.
“It is said that you are doing good to Your Majesty, but in the end, that is your brother’s idea, not Your Majesty’s.”
“Huh! That’s ridiculous!”
“If it’s my older brother’s strength, I’ll be able to dethrone the emperor and make him the emperor.”
“…..”
“But if that happens, you will be attacked by numerous feudal lords. And no matter how great your brother is, you won’t be able to endure it.”
“I guess so.”
“From now on, it is important for my older brother to prepare and establish the justification. Since His Majesty cannot see the heir anyway, if His Majesty appoints your brother’s son as his heir and makes it widely publicized, wouldn’t it be difficult for the feudal lords to protest hastily? Of course, there will be no resistance at all, but it will be difficult to compare to when there is no justification.”
“Heh heh…. I only had my eyes open, but from what you said, I was half blind!”
“That’s why I’m asking Your Majesty to be nice to you. If you win His Majesty’s heart, you’ve already won half of the world.”
“I was petty. I was so intoxicated with power as if I was drunk.”
“A wise man knows how to enjoy himself when drunk, and a fool becomes a dog when drunk. You should know how to enjoy it when you’re at the level of an older brother. Should I be considered similar to someone like Dong Zhuo?”
“That’s right, you can’t compare yourself to Dong Zhuo. You should know how to enjoy it. I should enjoy it more today. Hello.”
“Yes, Mr. Mupyeonghu.”
“Go and bring the soldiers and generals. Today, thanks to my brother, I have opened my eyes, so I will throw a big party. Talk to Surana and tell them to prepare more food.”
“I take orders.”
The painter smiled bitterly at Jojo’s excitement.
The emperor was dying, but none of that seemed to enter his mind.
‘Once you get drunk with power, you can’t get out.’
He thought he had recovered, but he was already drunk.
* * *
The third day since he started treating the Emperor.
“Eosadaebu?”
The painter asked with a bewildered expression when the emperor suddenly offered to bestow the official position of Eosa Daebu.
“Yes, Master Eosa. How are you? Since you made Jim’s body this much better, shouldn’t he be given that level of government?”
The emperor was in a very good mood these days, as his body improved and Cao Cao’s attitude towards him had changed significantly.
“Your Majesty, I am in charge of the Yezhou Company, so I cannot stay in the imperial palace for long. Please reconsider.”
“When I told you that I would give you the rank of Eosa Daebu, Mupyeonghu also said that you would definitely refuse. That’s why I’m thinking of giving her the privilege of not having to be tied down to the imperial palace. In fact, my current situation is only able to hold government positions, but isn’t it very different from the time of the previous king?”
Thanks to the healer’s treatment over the past few days, the emperor has now accepted the reality and let go of the futile lingering feelings he had been trying to regain.
“Have you talked to Mupyeonghu?”
“Of course I did. When I told you that I was going to give you the position of Eosa Daebu, you said that you were thinking the same thing, and you really liked it. At the same time, he said that he might get it if he puts up a condition that is not tied.”
“If I’m not bound, it’s good for me… Then I’m afraid that the value of the eomyeong will decrease because of me.”
“done. already a scarecrow. In addition, it is not far from Yeonam-gun Office, where Jasabu is located, so Eosajungseung should come and go often. And you just have to enter Dalpo once or twice to treat him and become his horse partner.”
“I will obey Your Majesty’s orders.”
As the painter bowed his head deeply, the emperor smiled in satisfaction.
“You are the first person to whom I am making a government post according to my will.”
“Your last name is ruined.”
“I’d like to give you something more, but I can’t help it because I’ll be rather angry if I do.”
“Eosa Daebu alone is a place that is full of my heart.”
* * *
Hwabu met Cao Cao after the emperor’s treatment was over.
“Your Majesty must have said that he would give you a government official, did you hear?”
“Yes, I came to see Queen Moo-pyeong because of that.”
“You said you would accept it as long as you weren’t bound by the imperial palace, but didn’t you reject it?”
“I have decided to take the position.”
“Haha, good idea. Even if I think about it, there is no official position more suitable for you than Eosa Daebu.”
“Eosa Daebu is a middle-ranking official, but… the world is so chaotic that there is not much to do about practical things, right? In fact, that’s how I accepted it.”
“Why is there really nothing to do? Haven’t you seen countless officials in the imperial palace? If you are the head of the royal family, you should of course supervise them.”
“Most of the bureaucrats belong to Queen Mu Pyeong, so how can the magistrates keep an eye on them?”
“You are the one who oversees the company, and you are my agenda. Who dares to let go of the offense field?”
Cao Cao strained his eyes and looked at the great and small gods around him.
There weren’t as many bureaucrats as there were at the previous meeting, but there were roughly half of them.
If Jojo gave power to the fireman, the news would automatically reach other officials.
“Since Mupyeonghu is on my side, I will trust him and assume the middle position of Eosa Daebu.”
The painter bowed his head, then slightly raised his eyes to face Jojo.
“But shouldn’t you also give me real rights, not patterns?”
“Forfeit?”
There was a strange light in Jojo’s eyes.
“What is the meaning of a government official that is only given in words?”
“her! Why do you seem to be getting more and more shameless? Ha ha ha! yes it is good I will listen What do you want?”
“Please let me choose my subordinates.”
At the words of the fireman, Jojo paused for a moment.
In fact, with most of the officials in the imperial palace being Cao Cao’s people, the words of the painter could easily be regarded as impure.
But soon, Jojo laughed heartily.
“Haha I got it. Let you choose Eosajungseung, Eosaseung, and Sheeusa.”
“thank you.”
The painter bowed his head again.
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