Ma Yuxiao said again: "Could it be that the order of the military department has become a dead letter? ”

Qin Er said: "Not really, in a hurry, it was not easy to gather forty or fifty thousand horses, but most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and they look wilted, and some people may not even be able to carry guns, let alone charge into battle, how can such an army have combat effectiveness at all?" What's even more ridiculous is that after the team is assembled, all the soldiers will go to the arsenal with the instructions of the military department to receive weapons, but the eunuch who manages the arsenal stretches out his hand to ask for bribes, and does not issue weapons without giving money, and says that this is a routine thing. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoBaidu search (飨) $ (cun) $ ( ) ( ) $ ( ) $ ( ) helpless, the soldiers had no choice but to scrape together a few hundred taels of silver to meet the requirements of the eunuchs. When the arsenal was opened, it was found empty, with almost nothing but some mutilated, rusty helmets, armor, and broken barrels without the tip of the gun, which made the generals feel both angry and ridiculous. ”

After a pause, Qin Er continued: "At this time when the enemy is pressing the border and the war is urgent, the most busy person is Ding Rukui, the secretary of the military department, who is not only responsible for sending troops and sending generals, but also responsible for protecting the safety of Kyoto and the emperor. But at this time, the emperor didn't know that he was being threatened by Meda, and he was still concentrating on cultivation for immortality in the West Garden. Ding Rukui went to Xiyuan several times to visit, the emperor was meditating on the exercises, pursuing the realm of feathering and ascending to immortals, Ding Rukui didn't dare to disturb when he saw this, so he had to support the situation alone, who knew that the situation was getting more and more urgent, Ding Rukui really couldn't stand it, so he had to dare to report to the emperor. ”

Ma Yuxiao seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and said with a little joy: "The emperor knows about this, he should be fine, right?" ”

Qin Er snorted coldly: "The emperor doesn't care about anything, what he values most is his own life, now that the war is coming, and his life is in danger, can he not be anxious and afraid?" So he hurriedly ordered all the ministers of civil and military affairs to go out, guard the nine gates, strictly protect them, and at the same time spread the soldiers of all prefectures and towns to enter the king of Jingqin, and he didn't care about the progress of the matter at all, just hastily issued a few holy decrees, and was busy cultivating immortal skills, and handed all this over to Yan Hao's traitor. ”

Although it was said that it was in the past, everyone felt that the matter seemed to be in the present, and they all seemed a little nervous, and their mood fluctuated as things developed. Ma Yuxiao didn't dare to have any hope, but he couldn't help but want to know how things would end, so he asked lazily: "What happened later?" ”

Qin Erdao: "I have plundered people's property in the villages near the capital, raped women, burned a large number of houses, and looted Tongzhou, Zhuozhou and other places and the suburbs of the capital.

The brutality of my answer aroused the righteous indignation of every conscientious official and citizen, and they asked the court to send troops to destroy the enemy soldiers, and Ding Rukui hurriedly asked Yan Song's traitor for instructions on whether to go to war. Yan Song's traitor gave him an idea: "If you fail in the border fortress, you can still hide the emperor, and if you fail in the suburbs of Beijing, it will be difficult to hide it, I dare not attack the capital easily, he has grabbed enough, and he is tired, so he will naturally withdraw his troops, we must not go to war, only a strong wall to defend the city is the best policy." When Ding Rukui's fool heard this, although Yan Song's traitorous words did not care about the life and death of the people, they were quite reasonable, because most of the soldiers and generals in the capital were rabble, and they really fought with me to answer, and they really had no certainty of winning, which was not good for themselves, so they listened to Yan Hao's 'advice' and ordered the generals to stick to the capital and not fight easily. Those generals were accustomed to pampering and pampering on weekdays, only looking for pleasure, all of them were full of brains, timid as mice, and cherished their lives more than everything, and when they saw the battle, their legs trembled, and at this time Ba had to fight. As soon as Ding Rukui's order came out, he immediately won a chorus of applause and praise, but he buried his own life. ”

Ma Yuxiao said with deep feelings: "The people have been ravaged by Hu Lu, and they are looking forward to their army coming to the rescue, but when they see those officers and soldiers standing still, they don't save them when they see death, and they hear that Ding Rukui is not allowed to fight, of course they have to blame Ding Rukui, and it is strange that he was not killed afterwards to vent his anger." ”

Qin Er said: "This is just one reason, and it is the most secondary reason. On that day, I responded to the army to force the capital, wantonly looting and destroying in the suburbs of Beijing, and the most serious victims should be the northwest suburbs of the capital, and many eunuchs' mansions are here, of course, they were inevitably looted and burned. When these eunuchs saw the loss of their private property, the resentment in their hearts can be imagined, and they couldn't settle accounts with those Hulu, so they counted the accounts on Ding Rukui. They ran to the emperor one after another to complain, scolding Ding Rukui for being greedy for life and afraid of death, and seeing that the Tatars and I were so scared that not only did they not dare to fight, but also ordered the generals not to fight, thus fueling the momentum of the emperor, causing the beacon to be full of fire, making the emperor bother to work and affecting his cultivation. ”

Ma Yuxiao said: "Could it be that the emperor only listened to the words of those eunuchs and killed the ministers indiscriminately?" ”

Qin Er sighed: "As the emperor, he naturally holds the power of life and death, and if he kills someone with only one sentence, he doesn't care if you are loyal or treacherous, meritorious or guilty, a minister or a commoner, otherwise why does everyone in the world want to be the emperor?" ”

Ma Yuxiao said a little angrily: "But the emperor is also involved in this matter, so he is not responsible?" ”

Qin Er said: "The emperor values his face more than anyone else, how can he bear this kind of shame and humiliation of being forced by the enemy army to Beijing Division?" Naturally, he wanted to find an excuse to be angry, find an opportunity to vent his anger, and find someone to bear the responsibility of the people pointing out, he listened to the complaints of the eunuchs, of course, he was in the middle of it, and immediately ordered Ding Rukui to be put on death row, ready to be punished severely.

Ma Yuxiao said: "Ding Rukui was originally under Yan Song's orders, can Yan Hao get out of it?" ”

Qin Er sneered: "If Yan Hao dares to act, he will not be a traitor." At that time, Yan Hao was very afraid that Ding Rukui would implicate herself, how could she dare to openly defend Ding Rukui? In order to protect himself, Yan Hao was bent on stabilizing Ding Rukui, and Kuanwei said: "Ding Shangshu doesn't have to worry, with me, you won't be able to lose your life, and I will definitely do my best to deal with this matter." Ding Rukui listened to Yan Song's promise again this time, and sure enough, he did not confess that it was Yan Hao's intention to order the troops not to move. But after Yan Song saw the emperor, he saw that the emperor was on fire, and he was determined to execute Ding Rukui, although he was powerful in the world, but at this time he was also so frightened that he couldn't help but shudder, and he didn't dare to say a word of intercession for Ding Rukui. Poor Ding Rukui was bent on praying for Yan Song to intercede for him and get the emperor's forgiveness, who knew that the holy decree came down and beheaded him immediately, and then he understood that Yan Song was in charge, but it was too late. ”