Phoenix Wings (15)
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After the rebels entered the holy capital, they did not burn, kill, plunder and ravage the imperial city as expected, but took the people who were included in the sphere of influence under their wings, pacified and relieved, encouraged the merchants to open their doors, and resumed the circulation of goods in the market.
For the common people, as long as the taxes and miscellaneous taxes are not increased, and the rules and regulations are similar, then whoever sits in that position is the same, so it is quite easy for them to accept.
Since the Rui Wangfu was occupied by the rebels, no one has seen the Rui King Li Mu again, some rumors say that he was under house arrest in the palace, some say that he has already died under the rebel sword, and some people say that the Rui King is the master of the rebels at all, he has long planned to usurp the throne, and the inside should be combined with the outside, otherwise how can tens of thousands of horses easily attack the imperial city?
The palace was so well guarded by the Imperial Guards that not a single fly could fly into it. For example, today, the Shuo government and the opposition are divided into two factions in response to the rebels' entry into the city, one faction led by Pingyang Hou advocates strictly guarding the imperial palace to wait for reinforcements to arrive, and the other faction, represented by Du Xin, a cabinet scholar, advocates using all the imperial city forces to strangle the rebels in order to revitalize the national prestige of Tianshuo.
Since ascending the throne to rely on all forces to sit firmly on the throne of the emperor Li You can't help but panic, he was not liked by the first emperor when he was young, so he was not like the former prince who was taught by the Taifu Zheng, the emperor's technique, the strategy to deal with the national crisis, have not been deeply understood, he was only pushed to the throne under the planning of the queen mother and her henchmen, for the emperor in recent years, the queen mother Duanmu Xiong and others have stabilized the government for it, and over the years the country and the people have been in peace and quiet, he has lived easily and happily for these years, the only unsatisfactory thing is that the heirs withered, There are so many women in the harem who can't jump out of the egg.
This time the imperial city was trapped, the government and the opposition knew that it was the best policy to summon the northern army back to Beijing to rescue the party at this critical moment, but the emperor ordered Zhou Yu to go to southern Xinjiang for help, which was clearly afraid of the Zhou family, who did not know that the daughter of the Zhou family died in the harem power plot, the Zhou family had heavy troops, if the daughter was under the prince again, the Zhou family would definitely eliminate all kinds of resistance to support the prince, which the emperor and the queen mother did not want to see, so the daughter of the Zhou family died in the cold palace with Liujia, it is obvious.
This can explain the reason why the emperor would rather give up the northern army and ask for help from the unpredictable southern army, but he threw a mouse trap in case the Zhou family had outstanding military achievements and the tail was too big to fall.
Li You is so worried!
The government and the opposition were divided into two factions, and the main battle side became more and more powerful, and some ministers who originally stood on the side of Pingyang Hou advocated waiting for reinforcements turned against Li Youshe's decision to seek reinforcements from the north to the south, and the national disaster was at the head, as the king of a country, he was so small-bellied and had no room for people, knowing that the chances of the southern army sending troops to rescue the imperial city were slim, and knowing that the imperial city was already life and death, the first consideration was not to save the country from danger, but his own interests, such a king, such a chest, Tianshuo is worried!
The ministers were furious, and the main battle was getting louder and louder.
Everyone didn't know the inside story, but Duanmuxiong and Li You had another plan.
According to Duanmuxiong's thoughts, the 30,000 rebels were his hidden troops, but someone stole his token and pretended to pass on his orders, which means that they were being used by others, not with the intention of betraying him. Those are elite soldiers and horses, he can't watch the gains he has accumulated for years be destroyed, and it is imperative that he protect them and take them back.
And Li You, after knowing the relationship between the Queen Mother and Duanmu Xiong, fully trusted her, a man with military power endured for more than 20 years for the woman he loved and his son who couldn't be recognized, and he had no reason to doubt. So he naturally wants to stand on Duanmu Xiong's side, those rebels have also become glowing golden eggs in his eyes, if they can be incorporated into the Imperial Forest Army, the Holy Capital City will be impregnable.
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Thirty miles outside the suburbs of the west of the city, the cold moon hermitage, was originally a quiet place of Buddhism, because in recent years, there have been women who have lost their morality or made mistakes by the family to send here, nominally to pray for blessings here, but in fact they were imprisoned here by the family or husband's family, the ancient Buddha of the green lantern, and the life was buried here.
The number of Zen rooms in Lengyue Nunnery is increasing day by day, and most of the women who are abandoned here are young ladies or ladies of the family, and they will bring one or two maids to serve closely, and there are often maidservants who go down the mountain to purchase for the master, and there are often relatives or children of women who go up the mountain to visit, so there are often horse-drawn carriages back and forth on the mountain road leading to Lengyue Nunnery.
At this time, the sun is setting, the burning clouds in the sky reflect half of the sky, the mountains are full of green trees, the roadside is full of unknown flowers, and a horse-drawn carriage gallops on the narrow mountain road, from far to near, raising a cloud of dust.
"Coachman, hurry up." A white and slender hand lifted the curtain, and the brocade boy in the car poked his head out, looking at the mountainside, with a pair of bright eyes full of anxiety.
"Childe, this road is narrow and uneven, and it will overturn soon." The coachman did not look back, but raised the whip in his hand and landed lightly on the horse's tail.
The brocade-clothed boy in the carriage was Zhou Xian, the second son of the Zhou family, he opened his mouth, didn't speak again, put down the curtain, sat back in his seat, and his body swayed with the bumpy carriage.
Zhenyuan General's Mansion is located in the southeast of the imperial city, after the city was broken, the academy was closed after the rebels entered the city, Zhou Xian returned home from the academy, Zhou Yu told him not to leave the house before leaving Beijing, although he was worried about the safety of his eldest brother, but he also knew that he could not help, so he obediently stayed at home. At noon today, someone sent a letter to the door, he recognized the handwriting of his little sister Zhou Xiu, and asked him to go to Lengyue Nunnery to pick up their mother Chen and return to the general's mansion, and attached a jade plaque that could walk freely in the city.
He guessed that this jade plate should be given by King Rui, Zhou Xiu is the concubine of King Rui, and she is pregnant, so it is not surprising that she can get King Rui's help, but can King Rui's jade plate really walk freely in the imperial city?
He wasn't sure, but it was about his mother, so he had to give it a try.
But I didn't expect that along the way, whether it was a checkpoint set up by the Royal Forest Army or the rebels, the jade plate was released.
What's going on?
Was King Rui captured by the rebels? Or a rebel and a thief?
Although there are many doubts in my heart, I can't take care of a lot, and the most important thing is to take my mother back.
But he never imagined that he would be greeted by such a scene.
At this time, in the meditation room on the east side of Lengyue Nunnery, Chen sat on the futon in horror, tightly squeezing the Buddhist beads in his hand, one of them was torn off vigorously, and the black beads spread out and rolled in all directions.
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