Chapter 40: Rumors (Ask for Recommendations, Ask for Collections)
Chunfeng Building is the most famous green building in the capital, and the Spirit Dance Girl is the most popular girl in Chunfeng Building. Since three years ago, the beautiful and talented spirit dance girl www.biquge.info first appeared in the Chunfeng Building in the capital, and won the reputation of the first Oiran in the Qinglou in the capital.
In the gossip that the people of the capital talk about, the rumors about the spirit dance girl can be from early morning to evening.
It is rumored that the little son of the Hubu Shangshu family smiled at the Nanzhu and the Boling Dance Girl.
It is rumored that the brother-in-law of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites asked the spirit dance girl to see him with a thousand taels of gold.
It is rumored that the prince of the Dingguo family sent a box of mutton fat and white jade in exchange for a glass of wine poured by the Lingwu girl herself.
It is rumored that Lord Qin, the leader of the forbidden army, divorced all the yellow-faced women in the family in order to marry the Lingwu girl as his wife.
It is rumored that even the current third prince, His Royal Highness King Xin, is also the guest of the Spirit Dance Girl.
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All kinds of rumors have made the popularity of the Spirit Dancing Girl in the Qinglou Chu Pavilion in the capital like the sky, unmatched.
The Chunfeng Building at noon is the most deserted time of the day, and most of the girls in the building are still asleep. In the drunken pavilion where the spirit dance girl lived, the old bustard Li mother in the Chunfeng Building was respectfully handing a note to the spirit dance girl.
"Girl, the news from the Lord from the northern frontier."
After only a few glances, the Dancing Maiden got up and picked up the fire fold and lit the note. "Reply to the north, and the Spirit Dance will not disappoint the Lord."
A few days later, some gossip about northern Xinjiang quietly spread among the people of the capital.
"You know, right? I heard that the pension money for the dead soldiers in northern Xinjiang has not been issued by the imperial court? ”
"Not only is the money of the dead not being sold, but the money of the living is also stuck?"
"What do you mean by this?"
"I heard that the household department has cut off the grain and grass on the front line, General Li Xiao, they are hungry and fighting with the barbarians, and I don't know when the barbarians will come in."
"I also heard that General Li Xiao captured the second prince of the barbarian tribe alive, and the court didn't care?"
"Could it be that the imperial court wants to let that barbarian go, so didn't the dead soldiers on my frontier die in vain?"
"Isn't it? And I also heard that even this victory at Valenburg was not rewarded with a penny of silver? ”
"What's wrong with the adults in the imperial court, our Emperor doesn't care."
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In the imperial study, Emperor Ziqing looked at the news collected by the imperial court spies, and was so angry that he smashed three cups.
"Rubbish, it's all rubbish!" Emperor Qing, who was over fifty years old, had a blue face, and his roar was even more hideous.
"Your Majesty, don't be angry, don't be angry with the dragon body." Seeing this, the big eunuch Fuxi hurriedly waved his hand to let the little eunuch in the study clean up the fragments of the teacup, and personally served a cup of tea, and hurriedly comforted him.
"How do you let me calm my anger and see what kind of waste I have raised? I don't know where these news came from, but in just two days, it was all over the city, and now, even those students who are about to spring next year are making trouble with the people, how do you let me explain to the people of the world? Emperor Qing took the teacup, only took one sip, and fell down again.
"Someone, pass on Meng Shoufu, all the elders, and the six Shangshu to come to see me immediately."
At the gate of the palace, several court dignitaries who arrived in a hurry glanced at each other, but they all had bitter faces.
"Meng Shoufu, look at this matter today, what should I do?"
The military department of the royalist faction was the most anxious, and when he saw Meng Shoufu coming over, he hurriedly asked.
Meng Shoufu saw that Chen Ge Lao and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu and a few others next to him looked gloating, so he didn't speak, just glanced at the military department Shangshu and walked straight to the imperial study.
"Adults, please, the Holy One is waiting for you?" Fuxi sang a salute and went in first.
"Let's take a look at a few Aiqing." Emperor Qing threw down the fold presented by the secret agent.
Meng Shoufu was the first to bend down and pick it up, looked at it, and handed it to the person next to him.
"Everyone, let's talk about it." Emperor Qing saw that several ministers did not speak, and his face became a little more gloomy.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that at this time, the source of these rumors should be extinguished, and it is best to clean up a few of the most fierce people who are clamoring, and the rumors will naturally be quelled." Xue Hai, the secretary of the military department, was born as a rough man and has always believed in simple and crude principles to solve problems.
"Catch? How many people is Lord Xue going to arrest? Now this matter has caused a storm in the city, and even the students of Guozijian have gone to the book to protest. "Xie Yan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, has always been the most disdainful of Xue Hai, who was born as a ruffian.
"So what do you say you should do?"
"At the beginning, the food appearance of your military department was too ugly, I said a long time ago, the grain and grass materials in northern Xinjiang cannot be broken, otherwise it will chill the hearts of people all over the world."
"If the household department doesn't take the money out, what can my military department do?"
"Lord Xue, this is not only my household's business, now the most fierce thing that the people are talking about is the matter of the barbarian prince Antonzan." Seeing that Xue Hai had pushed the responsibility to the household department, Hubu Shangshu quickly stood up.
"Enough, shut up! I'm not here for you to quarrel. Emperor Qing put down the teacup heavily. Meng Aiqing, you are the first assistant of the cabinet, and you also proposed to let the Li family father and son deal with Anton Zan's matter by themselves, and now you see how to end it. ”
"Your Majesty, this Anton Zan is not easy to deal with, and there is no way for the old minister to let Li Yuan's father and son deal with it by themselves." Meng Shoufu bowed, "Although Antonzan is the second prince, he is a very favored son of the barbarian Khan. According to the news from the north, Anton Zan's mother was the right khan concubine who was very favored by the barbarian Khan, and the barbarian tribe did not have a queen, but only two khan concubines. Although the barbarians respected Zuo, the concubine was not favored and had no sons. It can be seen from this that Antonzan's position among the barbarians is very important, otherwise he would not have commanded an army of 50,000 to come to Valenburg in person this time. ”
"According to what Meng Shoufu said, since Anton Zan is important, since we captured him alive, we should make good use of it, how can we let the Li family father and son deal with it themselves." Chen Ge didn't know the strangeness, but he deliberately raised the bar.
"This person can't be killed, and he can't be put back, don't let the Li family father and son deal with it by themselves, I don't know what Chen Ge Lao thinks?"
"Takami is no." Chen Ge Lao glanced at Meng Shoufu, turned to Emperor Qing and saluted, "Your Majesty, the old minister has an idea, I don't know if it's feasible?" ”
"Chen Aiqing, speak quickly."
The old minister proposed that Anton Zan be escorted into Beijing as a proton and put under house arrest. For the barbarians, it was said that they invited their second prince to come to the capital to study. When Antonzan came to the capital, we had good food and drink for him, and the army of the generalissimo of Zhenbei was stationed in the north, so that the barbarians had no reason to continue to send troops, and they could only fight with us. ”
"This plan is very good," Zhang Gelao of the royalist faction also agreed, and at the same time proposed, "Your Majesty, Li Yuan has made great contributions in the frontier this time, and he can be promoted to the title of Duke of Tang and his son Li Yuanche as the prince." can be ordered to let the prince of Tang Guo escort Anton Zan into Beijing together. I am afraid that Anton Zan has no acquaintances in our dynasty, I am afraid that he is only familiar with the prince of Tang Guo, who captured him alive, in order not to snub this prince of the barbarians, let the prince of Tang stay in the capital to entertain him. ”
As soon as Zhang Ge's old voice fell, several ministers of the family faction glanced at each other, this old fox could trap Li Yuan this time.
"What the two Aiqing said is very agreeable, so let's do it. Meng Aiqing, the cabinet will submit the decree as soon as possible. ”