Chapter 3 Ripples Rise
The spring night in March is the time when it is warm and cold. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
During the conversation, the two people on the Huxin Pavilion were drunk and sorrowful, and between pushing the cup and changing the lamp, they had asked the next person to change three pots.
The Jin people are very fond of alcohol, there are seven sages of the bamboo forest as an example, drinking and talking freely in the forest, the elegance is extreme, and the descendants praise and emulate. The nobles of the family socialized with each other, and they could not afford to drink. A person who is good at writing must drink, Xie Quan is a literati and ink writer, and he naturally advocates drinking, and although Wang Shi'an is a general and a martial artist, he is not a reckless and rough person, although his literary talent is not as good as Xie Quan, the prime minister of Situ, but he also has a good literary quality. For Wang Shi'an, wine is not only a thing of elegance and elegance, but also a manifestation of the pride of the general.
Wang Shi'an drank an amazing amount of alcohol when he was young, Badou was not drunk, often Xie Quan was drunk, Wang Shi'an took care of him, and the two had a deep friendship, and the word "neck" may not be able to be summarized thoroughly.
"Sir, sir—" A panicked voice shouted from the other side of the lake, shattering the silence of the lake.
The two of them followed the prestige, and a slave trotted all the way along the nine-curved water corridor towards the pavilion.
Xie Quan sneered at the slave slightly, "What's the matter?"
Before the servant could make up his mind, he hurriedly said, "Master, someone from the palace is here...... Life...... The two lords of Xie and Wang were ordered to enter the palace quickly to discuss political affairs. ”
King Xie and the two couldn't think much about it when they heard the news, and immediately got up and rushed towards the palace, the maidservant had already taken the cinnabar Wujin official uniform that the two of them wore when they entered the court, and the carriages and horses outside the door had been prepared for the two of them at the fastest speed. I heard about the fight between the Xianbei tribes of Beiyan before, and the emperor's urgent call may be related to this matter.
Su Zhi, who was guarding Fu Xuan and taking a nap, and Fu Xuan, who was dazed and asleep after taking medicine, were also awakened by the bustling sound outside the door. Fu Xuan asked Su Zhi how many days it was, and Su Zhi replied three times. The two tacitly knew that something big would happen this night.
When King Xie and the others arrived in the palace, several important courtiers of Yipin had already gathered in the palace. The lights in the Taiji Hall are bright, not at all like the scene of the three watches, just like the warm scene of the court discussion. Outside the palace, a palm of the car lamp from far and near, in front of the palace gate after a short stop, then all flowed to one place, the heads of the courtiers who came in a hurry coiled with a cloud of sweat after the mist, although it was a north wind day, but also sweated one by one.
When the ministers saw that King Xie, who had the highest position in the court, was coming, they all stood up and saluted. After the two hurriedly returned the salute, they walked quickly to the familiar Zuo General Li, who was in front of him and returned to the court from the north.
Wang Shiquan asked in a low voice: "The emperor is in a hurry, what is the matter?"
Lord Li's deeply locked brows finally relaxed a little at this moment, and when he saw King Xie and the others, he seemed to have seen a savior, and hurriedly saluted and reported: "My lord, the situation is not good! The Murong Department of the Xianbei clan sneaked up at night and occupied the city of our Jinbian, burning and looting the Jin people in the city. ”
"The Murong Department has always been at peace with my Great Jin, and only chased deer in the Mongolian Plateau, why did he suddenly come this time?"
"It seems to be because of a dead concubine...... Master Li said in a hidden voice.
"Concubine?"
"I heard that it was the Murong Department of the Xianbei clan who forced the palace, and the palace gave a peerless beauty to death, and the beauty died a heroic death. The king of the Huns had coveted this beauty for a long time in the early years and could not get it, and now that this beauty is dead, how can he give up on the Murong Ministry, so he sent troops to exterminate the Murong Ministry, and the Murong Department did not expect that this death would anger the overlord of the Mongolian Plateau, and he was also overwhelmed, and the soldiers and horses were not enough food and grass, so they had to come to the Jindi city to rob it. ”
Wang Shiquan secretly sighed to himself, how innocent is this beauty, and several wars and conquests have been set off behind her, affecting hundreds of thousands of people to change their fate.
"How can this be true...... Xie Quanzheng sighed, interrupting the conversation of the three of them with a shout, Xie Wang and the two turned around, and Sima Xi, the king of Nanling, was swaggering through the bustling crowd towards the two.
"Xie Qing, Wang Qing, don't come unharmed. ”
Sima Xi is dressed in a wide-sleeved shirt with mountain dragon pattern and gold tattoos, with a lacquered sarong crown, his eyes are like an eagle, and his beard is slightly frosty and floats without wind, which is a royal prince's style. Although he has exceeded the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, he is in good spirits, which is not to be underestimated.
When General Li saw that King Nanling was coming, he hurriedly closed his voice and retreated.
Today, there are two factions in the court, except for the emperor, the family and the prince. In the family, whether it is from the official rank or the size of the family, all respect the two families of Xie Wang as the head, Wang Xie family power leans towards the government and the opposition, the name of the five continents, the family extends to assist the Jin emperors of the past dynasties, and the princes here, Nanling King Sima Xi is the uncle of the current Jin Emperor, divided in the Nanling Kingdom, inherited the royal family, one call and one hundred responses, Sima Xi holds many important positions in the court.
Emperor Sima Yi of the Jin Dynasty ascended the throne at a young age, and was afraid that Wang Xie's power was getting stronger and stronger, so he relied heavily on this uncle to balance Wang Xie's power. The two parties have been fighting each other for a long time. Although General Li worshiped the Wang's family just now and had a big tree to rely on, he had to be afraid of Sima Xi's power and stayed away from the leaders of Sima Xi's faction.
"Don't come unharmed, Lord Wang. Xie Quan said calmly.
"This king heard that the son of the Xie family has encountered an accident?" Sima Xi said with a joke, and he had a lively look.
Xie Quan was not angry, and said: "There is Lord Lao worried, and the dog is fine." ”
"Xie Da Situ still looks like this, and he hasn't changed at all over the years. ”
"For many years, thanks to the care of the prince, I dare not slack off. ”
"Gongzi Xie is really lucky this time. I wonder if there will be such luck next time?"
Wang Shi'an, who was listening from the sidelines, couldn't help it at this time, and asked sharply: "Sima Xi, what do you mean by this? The war in the north is tight, but you are mocking and joking here!"
"How dare you. Sima Xi smiled contemptuously and said, "Compared with Gongzi Xie, Wang Da Sima should still think about how to return to the emperor later." ”
When he was young, the courtiers above the third rank in Jianye were all counted. Emperor Sima Yi walked to the Taiji Hall in a gorgeous robe and civilian clothes. The ministers quickly stood in their positions, and the hall was silent for a moment, except for the sound of kneeling down. In recent years, the Xiongnu, Turkic, Mongolian and Xianbei ethnic groups have been chasing wolves, coveting the Central Plains, and the vassal kings of the Central Plains have divided their own territories, and they have internal and external troubles, and the young emperor's forehead oozed a slight bead of sweat, which condensed the beard and hair between his sideburns.
Emperor Jin raised his hand to signal the ministers to get up, and said in a shocking voice: "I also know the matter, and the ministers should also know a thing or two before, and the people who are here today are all my loyal ministers of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the ministers said, how should I deal with Jin?"
"According to this king, this Xianbei barbarian regards me as nothing. Sima Xi came out in response and shouted: "If you don't give such barbarians some harshness, they will think that we are so easy to bully the Jin people!"
The minister thought that this matter was quite strange. Wang Shi'an said, "Although the Murong tribe of the Xianbei tribe continues to expand in the Mongolian Plateau, the leaders of the past dynasties and my Great Jin have always not interfered with each other. ”
Sima Xi raised his eyebrows, snorted lightly, and jokingly said: "How much ability does this king have to be a big Sima, it turns out that he is also a timid mouse." A mere Xianbei clan made Da Sima so frightened that he didn't dare to send troops, which was really ridiculous and generous. ”
Wang Shi'an was tepid, saluted the emperor, and said solemnly: "The words of the minister are not to send troops, but to judge the situation and find out the facts, not only to recover the lost city, but also not to be a 'knife' pretended by others." ”
Xie Quan immediately saluted and said, "The minister seconded the proposal." Before the Jin Dynasty, it had only experienced the melee of the feudal kings and lords, and the central government had been affected, so if they dared to send troops to attack Xianbei, they would be afraid of being attacked by the enemy. ”
"War, it is necessary to fight, how can the land conquered by the ancestors be given away, but Wang Xie Erqing's concerns are also quite reasonable. Wang Qing, how many soldiers are enough to recover the lost city here?"
"In the opinion of the minister, 100,000 is enough. ”
"It's just that the Beifu army stationed in Jianye is only more than 100,000, if you send 100,000 to the border fortress...... It's not ......."
General Li said: "The minister heard that there are 120,000 troops of General Zhang Jie stationed in the border fortress in the Xing'an Mountains, if 70,000 advance troops are requisitioned to him, and the Beifu army sends 30,000 troops to respond, and returns to his hometown after the success, what does the emperor want?"
"Very wonderful!" the emperor high-fived and said, "This General Zhang Jie dares to be loyal, I can trust it! It's just that on the side of the Beifu Army, someone also needs to lead the troops to suppress the formation." Zhong Qing said, who can trust this battle?"
General Li took a step forward with his head held high, and said in a voice like Hong Zhong: "The minister is not talented, and he is willing to work for the stability of the Great Jin Quartet!"
General Li has been on the battlefield several times, and he has also made great achievements. The emperor said happily, "It's just that it's difficult for you to return from the border and go again." ”
"The eldest husband sacrifices his life for the country, what is it to be tired!" General Li was ambitious and proud, and the scar on his forehead showed off his seniority in the light of the lamp.
Wang Shi'an said: "The border is lost to the city, the minister has the crime of negligence, the minister is not talented, I would like to recommend the child Wang Suzhi as the accompanying general, and the generals together with the generals to regain the lost land, and redeem the crime of the minister's negligence." ”
"Wang Suzhi, I have heard that Wang Xie is the son of the second family, one Xie Fuxuan, one Wang Suzhi, the literary and intelligent and proud, in Jianye has the reputation of 'Fusu Gongzi', and now it is the year of the weak crown, and it should also make contributions to the country. Xie Quan, what do you think?"
"Thank you for the emperor's appreciation, but Xiao'er was injured last night, and I am afraid that I can't take on this big responsibility. With that, Xie Quan glanced at Sima Xi with his spare eyes, who was looking up and stroking his beard, and the smug expression on his face jumped.
"The minister has an objection!"
Everyone followed the prestige, only to see Sun Yuan get up suddenly, and shouted with a rainbow: "The minister has objections!" Wang Da Sima Gongzi Fang is over the year of the weak crown, and the experience of fighting horses is still shallow, this trip is extremely dangerous, and the minister recommended the minister's righteous son, Sun Li, the general of Xichuan, to go to suppress the Hu Barbarians in the north to protect the livelihood of the people of the Great Jin Dynasty. ”
The prince sent his ministers to echo and said: "The prince of the Wang family is talented and intelligent, but now, although he has lost a small city this time, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no more variables when he recovers it." Wang Gongzi is young, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with, if this battle is lost, it will damage the prestige of my Great Jin Dynasty. "General Xichuan Sun has assisted the emperor in the northern and southern wars since the previous dynasty, and the civil and martial arts are all superior, for the sake of safety, General Sun is invited to accompany the commander!"
"Although General Sun is in charge of the conquest, he lacks strategy. Wang Gongzi conforms to the orthodoxy of Wang Da Sima, is a talented person, and has experienced many battlefields with the generals. "Three years ago, in the battle of Jinshan, it was all thanks to the wisdom and courage of Wang Gongzi and our military to win a small victory. Wang Gongzi is a natural military general, and he knows the affairs of the north well, so there is no need to be afraid of this barbaric incursion!" Hearing that the party leader had the upper hand, the courtiers of Wang Xie's faction rose up to argue.
After saying that, the ministers of the family sent bowed down and bowed down together, petitioning and shouting: "I implore the emperor to allow Wang Suzhi to accompany the commander!"
Seeing this, the princely faction also knelt down and said in unison: "I implore the emperor to accompany General Sun to the commander!"
The Taiji Hall was silent for a while.
The figures of the two factions did not move, but the two fierce auras had already shown a tense momentum in the main hall. A pair of scheming eyes are like sharp knives searching for the ministers of the opposing party. The arrow is on the verge of a touch. Everyone held their breath and stared, it was not accidental that the court argued like this, but this time it was particularly intense, the assassination of the son of the Xie family tonight undoubtedly pushed the contradiction between the two factions to the forefront, although the people of Vanity Fair did not show it in front of the emperor, but their hearts had already knocked down the abacus next year.
"Well, no need to argue. All of your words have a point. General Sun Li has made great achievements, and the son of the Wang family is not a thing in the pool. General Zhang of the Ling'an Army also has a lot of experience, and I am completely relieved that they will take Wang Gongzi with them. Feng, Wang Suzhi is a five-grade little general. This time, he sent three generals, Li and Sun, accompanied by Wang Suzhi, the son of Wang Da Sima, and 30,000 Beifu troops to set off to the north to support the Ling'an army three days later. ”
When the court came out, the sky was already slightly white, and the east was soaked in a halo. The tense night finally passed, and the darkness faded into brightness like this day.
After saying goodbye to the ministers, Xie Quan and Wang Shi'an walked side by side on the blue brick path from the palace. Xie Quan showed a little tiredness, sighed, and said: "Shi'an, I know that you want to investigate the loss of the city, but now that Sima Xi relies on the monarch's power and is bold, it is too risky to send Su Zhi on this trip." ”
Wang Shi'an said suddenly: "When I got the military report, I had doubts, and Sun Yuan strongly opposed Xiao'er accompanying me, and I already had some answers in my heart. I know it's a dangerous trip, but there's no better way. ”
The two of them had already arrived at the gate of the palace while talking, and the carriages of the two mansions were already waiting outside the palace gate.
The two of them just sat in their respective cars, and then heard a small guy outside the car report that there was a small guy outside the car, Xie An lifted the curtain to find out who it was, and then let him in and sit with him, and the little guy whispered: "My lord, the assassin's whereabouts are clear." ”