Although Liu Guangsheng is only a scholar and does not even have a reputation for raising people, he is very strategic in his chest, as if he is a Confucian general. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info This can't help but make Emperor Yuan He sigh in his heart, if he goes well in the imperial examination, he will raise people all the way and get into the Jinshi examination, will there be no such disaster now?

On this day, Concubine Xian finished reciting the scriptures, came out of the small Buddha hall in the east wing of the main hall of the Chengqian Palace, and sat with Xuanhui to drink tea. Since the rebels in the northwest rose up and killed the prince of Cheng'en to sacrifice the flag, Concubine Xian ordered someone to invite a Guanyin Bodhisattva from Bao'en Temple to come back, enshrine it in the small Buddha hall, and chant the scriptures and burn incense and pray every day. After the death of Chengguo Gong and the Queen Mother, she spent more time in front of the Bodhisattva.

Pei Shizi finally avoided this disaster, avenged his father's murder, and held the soldiers of the Chengguo Mansion in the palm of his hand. It's just that I don't know what happened to his family in Jinling, his father died, and he couldn't even go back for the funeral. Concubine Xian pinched the lid on the teacup and said sadly.

Xuanhui didn't make a sound. Yesterday's battle report came, the northwest rebels attacked the Fengfu, and although He Nandu commanded the envoy to surrender the city, he used a stupid trick. He recruited people in the city and nearby prefectures and counties, and dug the Yellow River overnight in an attempt to drown the rebels. However, since the beginning of summer this year, there has been a lot of rain in southern and northern Zhili, and the water level of the Yellow River is very high. Under this excavation, the muddy yellow river swept the surrounding prefectures and counties, and the eighteen counties and four scattered prefectures under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture were all flooded.

But what makes people desperate is that the rebels sent a small group of sergeants in order to make a feint to find out the truth in the city. Liu Guangsheng now has more than 700,000 people under his command, and of course he doesn't care about this loss. But the Great Zhou side has turned more than 20 states and counties into hard-hit areas, and what is even more terrible than this is the loss of people's hearts. When the people felt that the court could not provide them with protection, the change of the people's hearts and minds was only a matter of moments.

What the nobles of the capital did not expect was that the breach of the Yellow River prompted Liu Guangsheng to reconsider where the rebels should go, and his new target was directed at the capital.

Originally, Liu Guangsheng's plan was to take Kaifeng Mansion, a fortress located in the Central Plains, and then move south to seize the financial and tax center of the Great Zhou Dynasty - Jiangnan. He had already sent someone to contact Wang Jintang, hoping that he could make it convenient for the rebels to pass through Huguang. As a result, the Yellow River burst, and it was impossible for an army of 600,000 to pass through this moat quickly and conveniently.

At the same time, more and more people came to Liu Guangsheng, and the problem of food and salary gave him a headache. If the Northern Expedition is carried out and the capital is captured, the palace itself is a treasure house, and there are countless dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital, and the problem of food and salary will naturally be solved.

Recently, some courtiers have proposed to move the capital, suggesting that Emperor Yuan He take the sea route from Tianjin to Jinling. It is the place where the Chengguo Mansion has been operating for a hundred years, and the spirit of Shilin is prosperous, and the people are at ease, and there will be no idea of changing the court.

Emperor Yuanhe sat in the Fengxian Hall all night, looking at the tablets of the gods of the ancestors and ancestors, thinking about the northwest that had been lost, and still sticking to the capital with all his heart.

He turned all the cowardice in his heart into anger, dismissed and imprisoned those who proposed to move the capital, and made it clear that there would be no mercy for those who shook people's hearts.

At this moment, some people proposed to transfer the Liaodong Army back to the capital to prevent the rebels from coming to the city. Emperor Yuan He was in a dilemma, although the Great Zhou had made an alliance with Haixi, but in the past, Haixi did not go south to plunder in spite of the agreement.

At this time, the Great Zhou was already in danger, if Tian Dengwen was withdrawn, and Haixi came to attack, the capital would not be able to be protected under the attack of the two phases.

Moreover, there are three battalions in the capital, which may not be lost to the rabble of the northwest rebels. Thinking of this, Emperor Yuanhe ordered the capital to start a curfew, the three battalions stepped up their drills, the guards at each city gate tripled, and sent the eunuch Gao Quande, the head of the Qianqing Palace, to be the supervisor of the three battalions.

In the past few days, there has been no report of the loss of the city in the north and south of the river, and Emperor Yuan He breathed a sigh of relief. After dinner, he went to Chengqian Palace to see Concubine Xian, and Concubine Xian talked about Hejing: "Now that the situation is unstable, she is alone in Nanyuan, and she is probably afraid." Take her back! It's a matter of the harem, and I shouldn't bother you at this time. But the concubine and the concubine are on the board together, and all those who are mentioned by the concubine must be rejected. If the child is delayed because of this battle of will, how can it be good! ”

Emperor Yuanhe was about to speak, when Gao Quande's crying voice came from outside: "Holy Lord, the slave is incompetent, he has failed your entrustment and has come to ask you for his guilt!" ”

Emperor Yuanhe frowned and said, "If you have anything to say, I'll talk about it tomorrow morning!" ”

There was almost one bad news a day before, and Emperor Yuan He's heart was almost unbearable. Now that it is just better, Gao Quande is here again, which makes him upset.

Concubine Xian hurriedly said: "You sent him to supervise the army, don't let the three battalions make any mistakes." Your Majesty, you better call him in and ask! ”

Emperor Yuanhe's heart sank, and an ominous premonition arose.

Jingyun opened the curtain to let Gao Quande in, and as soon as he came in, he saw Emperor Yuan He sitting on the big kang by the window, so he threw himself over and knelt on the ground, crying in his mouth: "Holy Lord, the slave only figured out today that there are nearly 150,000 people on the roster of the three major battalions, and half of the empty salaries are eaten here!" ”

Emperor Yuan He seemed to have been hit the head, and the sharp metal sound in his ears did not stop. He closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths before he steadied himself. "Tell me clearly, what the hell is going on?"

Gao Quande prostrate on the ground and said anxiously: "Since the slave received the order to supervise the army, Fu En, the commander of the three battalions, has been following the slave. But whenever the slave said that he wanted to go to the training ground to have a look, he would push back. Today, the minions themselves went quietly, and there were 100,000 people on the roster of the five military camps, but the minions were roughly calculated, and there were only 60,000 people when they were full. The same is true for the 3,000 battalion and the Shenji battalion, with a maximum of 20,000 people on both sides! And most of the firearms in the Shenji Battalion have not been properly maintained for many years, and some of the muzzles are rusty! ”

When Concubine Xian heard this, her heart sank uncontrollably, and she only thought of one thought: Da Zhou is afraid that it will be over! She turned her head to look at Emperor Yuan He, only to see that he wanted to take a sip of tea, but his hand shook the tea bowl so loudly. Concubine Xian felt even more desperate, she stepped forward and took the tea bowl from the emperor's hand, fed him a sip, and then said calmly: "The Holy One might as well go and invite the ministers of the cabinet, the military department, the governor's office of the five armies, and the commanders of the three battalions to discuss countermeasures." After all, the skin does not exist, and the hair will be attached, and it is the time to use them. ”

Emperor Yuanhe came to his senses at this time, and ordered in a loud voice: "Go quickly, and call the ministers, the military department secretary, the governor of the five armies, and the three battalions of people above the battalion officer to the Qianqing Palace!" (To be continued.) )