Chapter 98: Each in his own place, each in his own role
"Report, 100,000 urgent!"
As soon as there was an urgent report, the scout who was responsible for transmitting the emergency military information hurriedly walked into the court and knelt in the center of the main hall.
The little emperor on the throne couldn't help but turn pale slightly when he heard the scout's report.
It is no wonder that the little emperor will be so alarmed, since the little emperor ascended the throne as the emperor, the frontier is relatively peaceful and has not seen much military activity, although there are local bandits and bandits in the interior, but they have been suppressed and quelled by the local feudal town governors, the overall situation of the Northern Wei Dynasty is also relatively stable and stable, and the people have been able to temporarily recuperate.
But now that the scouts have suddenly reported an emergency military situation, isn't there a military disaster on the frontier?
"What's going on, tell me quickly!"
The little emperor was a little flustered and hurriedly asked.
"Your Majesty, there is a group of bandits in Yong'an Temple, offending the Empress Dowager Feng Jia, Yong'an Temple's protector Yu Linwei issued a red flame warning, the situation is urgent, and I ask the court to send troops to support!"
The little emperor couldn't help but turn pale when he heard this, and sat on the throne as if he had forgotten his words, while the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all looked frightened and unbelievable.
It was still Zuo Prime Minister Gao Qin's experience, and he made a decision in the face of danger, and hurriedly asked:
"Who is the leader?"
"According to the report, there are more than 500 thieves and bandits, all of whom are reckless thieves in the rivers and lakes, and I don't know who is the leader."
As soon as the scout's voice fell, the court began to talk about it.
"Five hundred, how could there be so many thieves in the capital?"
"Yes, isn't there a photo post and a check?"
"There will be such a big omission, it seems that something big is going to happen in the DPRK!"
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Listening to the discussions of the Manchu Dynasty, the officials in charge of the household registration inspection were bloodless and drenched in cold sweat, among which the Hubu Shangshu was the most frightened, and almost fainted on the spot.
"Your Majesty, the only way to do this is to gather the Imperial Forest Army, point out the generals, and quickly send troops to Yong'an Temple to rescue the Empress Dowager Feng Jia."
Gao Qin, the prime minister of Zuo, immediately gave a countermeasure, and all of them took protecting the safety of the empress dowager as the first priority.
"What Gao Aiqing said is very true, then I immediately issued an edict to let the Imperial Forest Army lead Gao Wei, and gather the Royal Forest Army to go to Yong'an Temple to rescue the driver!"
"Majesty and slow."
Before the little emperor gave the edict, Dugu, the governor of Xiangzhou, who had been sitting upright, got up with the support of the internal supervisor, and slowly stood up.
"The old minister thinks that General Gao should not leave the imperial city at this time, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army is in charge of the protection of His Majesty and the safety of the imperial city.
The little emperor frowned, and couldn't help asking:
"So, what does the old general mean?"
"The old minister is willing to lead the troops to rescue the driver on behalf of General Gao, don't look at the old minister's age, but his body is still strong, just a few bandits, what can I do?
As soon as he finished speaking, Dugu Xue kept coughing on top of this hall, as if he was about to cough out his lungs.
The little emperor was suddenly in trouble.
is the so-called: the wind knows the grass, and the board knows the sincerity.
The more people who are willing to stand up in times of crisis, the more trustworthy they are for the emperor.
This Dugu can disregard his own safety and stand up at this time of crisis, so what is it if a courtier is not a loyal minister?
It's just that the chamberlain once came to report, saying that the old general Dugu has occasionally felt cold in the past few days, and it seems to be getting more and more intense, and now the palace is coughing like this, even if he is loyal and brave, but he can't withstand the ruthlessness of several months!
"The old general is loyal and brave, I am deeply grateful, but the old general's body ......"
Dugu knew that the little emperor hesitated in his heart, and hurriedly knelt down and bowed again and again, and said:
"How can it be child's play to rescue the Empress Dowager's phoenix, the old minister knows that he is already old and old, but there is still a group of sons and daughters under the knees of the old minister, the Dugu family has been favored by the country for generations, and the court is in trouble, how can the Dugu family be alone? The old minister is willing to lead the sons and daughters to fight to the death for the country to repay the emperor's kindness!"
As soon as the old general said "willing to fight to the death for the country", he ushered in an endless stream of praise from the Manchu civil and military forces.
In ancient times, the death of civil ministers and the death of military generals were the most straightforward standard for measuring whether civil ministers and military generals were loyal to their duties.
The emperors of the past dynasties will praise and appease this kind of dead admonition and military generals in the dead war, such as supervising the imperial history to directly reprimand the emperor's administrative gains and losses, and it will inevitably offend the Son of Heaven between words, which is a crime of great disrespect, and should be beheaded according to the law, but the imperial court has given the supervision of the imperial history to supervise the hundred officials and impeach the lawless.
Therefore, the emperor never talks about life and death for such officials, even if he is a dumb and unscrupulous king, he will have many scruples about killing this kind of dead minister, which is not unrelated to the deep-rooted evaluation standard of the death of the civil servant and the death of the general.
Dugu Xue pleaded like this, the little emperor couldn't refuse lightly, looking at the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, he didn't know how to make a decision for a while.
"Majesty, the minister Gao Wei Qiyu Majesty. ”
Gao Wei, as the commander of the Imperial Forest Army and the personal guard of His Majesty the Emperor, will always serve by the side of the little emperor every day when he is on duty. On weekdays, he will not say a word when making decisions at the court meeting, and he has always kept his duty as a courtier, and never interfered in court politics.
But today he had to stand up and speak out.
Gao Wei knelt on one knee and clenched his fists and said:
"General Dugu is loyal to the country and is a model for my generation, and Gao Wei respects him very much. Since Weichen is the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, it is the duty of Weichen to protect the safety of the royal family and the imperial city, how dare Weichen not be an official, and fake his hands on others? The imperial city guards, with several deputy commanders of the Imperial Forest Army in charge, the emperor can rest assured. ”
"Hmph, does Commander Gao mean to put the safety of His Majesty the Emperor at risk?"
Gao Wei's intention to limit his authority and not let Dugu Zhi get involved in the Imperial Forest Army is very obvious, Dugu Xue is scheming, how can he not see Gao Wei's thoughts, sneered, and shook a shot, pointing out that Gao Wei is greedy for power and does not take the safety of His Majesty the emperor to heart, which is against the duty of a courtier.
The old general's words were serious, and Wei Chen just believed that the Imperial Forest Army trained by Wei Chen's men would definitely not be worse than any army. ”
Gao Wei's confident words are by no means false and unquestionable to everyone.
After speaking, Gao Wei met Dugu Hui's sharp eyes like a falcon that had been honed by the battlefield.
Dugu Xue saw this heroic young general at this time, the courage, courage and the eyes that radiated a proud light were really similar to what he looked like when he was young, they were all so high-spirited and arrogant!
Dugu Xue couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, Gao Qin was able to give birth to a child like this, it was really a blessing!
"For the sake of both, please also ask Your Majesty to go to Yong'an Temple to rescue the driver!"
"Weichen is responsible for this matter, and I ask Your Majesty to allow it, and Weichen will go to the rescue!"
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Dugu Hui and Gao Wei argued in court like this, and the court and the central government were inconsistent, and their opinions could not be unified at all.
The little emperor was also anxious, this public said that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law is reasonable, how to decide?
As soon as he heard that Yong'an Temple was besieged, he was in a state of anxiety, and he couldn't wait to rush to Yong'an Temple to relieve the siege.
It's just seeing the cart before the horse, how can it be reasonable!
This group of people usually fights for power and profit, but now 100,000 people are in a hurry, and people's lives are at stake, so they still don't distinguish between priority and priority, regardless of the overall situation!
When several horses heard that Yong'an Temple was in danger, their faces turned a little pale with fright, and they didn't know what to do for a while. And Mu Yan has an upright temperament, and he thinks that the second princess is safe, and he has long lost the patience to wait peacefully.
Ignoring the dissuasion of the third horse Ji Sui, he pushed Ji Sui away, rushed out of the ranks of the hundred officials, shouted, and said:
"Shut up, don't fight anymore!"
As soon as the words came out, Mu Yan regained a trace of his sanity a little, knowing that this shout was a loss of honor in front of the emperor, but he couldn't care so much now, and hurriedly knelt down and said:
"Your Majesty, please go to Yong'an Temple to save people immediately, and if you continue to argue like this, Yong'an Temple will be in danger!"
The words of the second attached Ma Muyan suddenly silenced the people in the hall, and the court was silent for a moment, and the silent atmosphere was a little terrifying, but it reminded everyone present what was the most important thing.
I was hidden in the ranks of the hundred officials, gasping for breath, my body couldn't stop shaking, and I stretched out my right hand and grabbed my left arm, as if this would calm myself down a little.
I had never been so scared and scared that I was trembling like I was now, I knew I should believe her, but I just couldn't suppress the deep and terrible fear in my heart, which was like a black hole.
At this time, I knew that I could not be afraid of death, but I was afraid of losing her, and I was afraid of death.
From the time when the scout reported that Yong'an Temple was in danger, my whole person was in a state of mental trance, people had already taken the time, and I just wanted to rush to her side immediately, even if I couldn't stop thousands of troops and horses for her, but as long as I was with her, what was there to be afraid of?
But reason told me that I couldn't leave the court, just because I had promised her to guard the court for her, but at this moment, I only felt that I was about to be driven crazy.
Looking at Dugu Hui's appearance of being a loyal minister, clenching his fists and causing his nails to squeeze into his palms and spill blood, I retracted a little calm.
This duel has just begun, Dugu Xue knelt down and begged to go to Yong'an Temple to rescue the driver, the purpose will never be so simple, let them go to the rescue, what is it if they don't send the wolf into the sheepfold?
But why, when I look at Dugu Xi's appearance, I don't really want to go to Yong'an Temple to rescue the driver, so why is this?
Erfu Ma Muyan's petition made the court suddenly silent, but only a moment later, Na Dugu Yan coughed violently again, and this time the cough made the whole person twitch a little.
Mu Yan's words also reminded the little emperor that it was urgent to save people, glanced at Dugu Xu, who was coughing non-stop, and then looked at Gao Wei, the heroic general who bowed his head and asked for his life, and the little emperor decided on a suitable candidate in his heart.
There is a sentence that Gao Wei is not wrong, each in his own position, each performing his own duties, this is within the scope of the responsibilities of the Royal Forest Army, and, more importantly, the military town managers already have their own troops, how can they be allowed to get involved in the Royal Forest Army again?
For the first time, the little emperor took out the majesty of the emperor and asked:
"Gao Wei, are you sure that this rebellion will be quelled?"
"Wechen is willing to make a military order!"
"Okay, Gao Wei obeys the order, and you immediately order three hundred imperial forest troops to rush to Yong'an Temple to rescue the driver, and you must escort the imperial grandmother and several princesses back to the palace safely.
As soon as the little emperor finished speaking, Dugu Xue seemed to be unwilling, and said again:
"陛xià......"
"Eh, the old general's loyalty can be seen, and everyone in the DPRK and the Central Government knows it. It's just that the safety of the imperial grandmother is the first priority, and other matters will be discussed after the imperial grandmother Feng returns to Luan. ”
After receiving the little emperor's affirmative reply, Gao Wei immediately shook his spirits and said:
"Wechen obeys!"
Immediately, he stood up, took three steps back and immediately left the palace, went to the tent of the imperial forest barracks, and immediately sent troops to Yong'an Temple to rescue the driver.
"Your Majesty, Weichen also asked for a decree, and was willing to go to the rescue with General Gao. ”
Seeing that the little emperor had finally made a final decision, the second attached Ma Muyan hurriedly begged to go together, he didn't want to wait here, and he couldn't feel at ease for a moment without seeing the safety of the second princess with his own eyes.
"Alright, I'm going to play, go ahead!"
The little emperor did not blame the unreasonable behavior of the second attached Ma Muyan, knowing that he was also in trouble, and the little emperor was still grateful to Mu Yan, if it wasn't for Mu Yan's timely reminder, the little emperor would have almost made a big mistake.
"Thank you, thank you!"
A look of joy flashed on Mu Yan's face, and after thanking him, he immediately got up, and hurriedly left the main hall to chase Gao Wei.
Looking at Mu Yan's back as he left, I couldn't help but envy his straightforwardness and frankness, I can ignore the people I love like this, why can't I?
Damn it~
"Come on, quickly help the old general up. ”
The little emperor did not forget to care for Dugu, and immediately said:
"The old general is unwell, so it's better for me to come to the imperial doctor and treat the old general. ”
With the support of the chamberlain, Dugu stood up, saluted the little emperor respectfully, and said:
"Thank you for your concern, this cold disease is not in the way. The old minister, together with His Majesty and the Manchu Dynasty, waited for General Gao's triumphant return. ”
The little emperor nodded slightly.
Gao Qin, the prime minister of Zuo, also saw that today's Dugu Xue was a little weird, he knew that it was impossible to control the Royal Forest Army instead of Wei Er, but he insisted on leading the Royal Forest Army to Yong'an Temple to rescue the driver instead of Wei Er;
What is Dugu Shen planning?
Although Gao Qin was worried in his heart, as the little emperor said, now the safety of the empress dowager should be the first priority.
Standing up, he immediately replied:
"Your Majesty, Weichen Jian yì immediately sent scouts to investigate the military situation, and ordered to find out the origin of this group of bold bandits, wipe them out, and execute them according to the law, so as to set an example!"
"What Gao Aiqing said is very true, so he will play according to Qing, such a person who commits chaos must not be tolerated!"
"Wechen obeys!"
Gao Qin immediately went to inquire about the military situation in order to deal with the changes in Yong'an Temple.
In this way, the time of a stick of incense passed, and in the anxious and nervous waiting of the Manchu civil and military forces, everyone had different expressions on their faces, but they were all worried.
I finally waited for the scout to report, but what came up was not an urgent report from the Yong'an Temple, but a group of bandits in the imperial city. On the way, he met the Royal Forest Army and was in the midst of fierce fighting......
The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were shocked and frightened when they heard this.
The little emperor also looked incredulous, and said in a daze:
"What, how could this be?!"
Suddenly the hall became a pot of porridge, and Gao Qin couldn't help but be a little flustered, but only two people in the court still didn't change their faces, but the corners of their mouths rose, trying their best to hide the ecstasy in their hearts......
One of these two people is Dugu Xu, who is sitting upright and pretending to be sick, and the other is Xiao Yan, the right-hand minister of the city!
At this moment, I really understood, what are they going to do?
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