Chapter 211
After only a cup of tea, the noisy camp tent returned to calm again, and Yuan Hongxuan, who returned to the tent, had a very unsightly face, and only smiled helplessly at Miao Zhi, without explaining anything. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Miaozhi was also very interested and didn't ask anything, this was originally the entanglement between Pan Yiqian and Yuan Hongxuan, or let him deal with it himself.
Losing the most natural and solid barrier of Shengtong City, the more than a dozen cities behind Shengtong City were immediately exposed to Yuan Hongxuan's hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses.
As the old saying goes: husband fights, courage also. One blow of strength, then decline, three and exhaustion. He did his best to make money, so he restrained it. Yuan Hongxuan did not stay in Shengtong City, waved his army up, took advantage of the victory to pursue, and marched towards Dusk City with an absolutely sharp offensive.
A fortress like Shengtong City can't stop Yuan Hongxuan's soldiers and horses, and there are six or seven big cities in the east that have no barriers, and what means can they stop. It's just that the time of resistance is different, and in the end, it will be included in the Flying Eagle Army led by Yuan Hongxuan.
Twilight, the Imperial Palace.
In the rest of the month, Yuan Hongxuan's black iron cavalry passed all the way and occupied three big cities, and the officials of the court and China were anxious like ants on the hot pot. Before the time of the early dynasty arrived, a large number of people were already chatting feverly in the 'Jiuqing' room, if it weren't for a few little eunuchs on the side who kept reminding them, I was afraid that even the roof would have been lifted.
The bell of the early dynasty finally rang, the ministers dressed up, and entered the Jinluan hall one after another, for three days in a row, their majesty was absent, every day the chief eunuch took the pleats they played, or issued some edicts and hastily went down, today the big guy just entered the hall, and stretched his neck one by one, wanting to see if he could see the figure of Yuan Hongyi from behind the huge screen.
lived up to expectations and disappeared for many days, Yuan Hongyi finally climbed the high bearing platform in bright yellow. Everyone knelt down in unison and shouted, "Long live the emperor, long live, long live." ”
"Your Majesty, because of the war, the people are all idle and busy running away, and I am afraid that the grain this autumn will not be paid. Moreover, the sharp rise in food prices has caused serious disasters in many areas, with food shortages and people mostly feeding on tree bark and grass roots. Your Majesty, what should I do now? ”
As soon as the minister who spoke was closed, the head of the household department stood up with a stride, "Your Majesty, the minister and several other adults of the household department have just finished hand-picking the treasury yesterday, and there are only nine million taels of silver left in the treasury. ”
Hubu Shangshu was about to say something more, but Tao Guogong, who had the deepest seniority and the longest official in the court, interrupted his words, and by the way, he also gave Hubu Shangshu countless eye knives.
"Your Majesty, although the treasury is empty, but now the people are in dire straits, and their lives are already worried, how can they hand over the country's silver and grain." His steps were a little trembling, his voice was hoarse, and he arched his hand towards Yuan Hongyi on the seat and said: "What Lord Fang Cai Qu said, the people in some famine places use grass book skins to feed their stomachs, you don't know, there have been absurd scenes of people eating people in some hard-hit areas!" This time, if we still insist on going our own way, only knowing that we will fill the treasury without caring whether the people live or die, the Eastern Yuan will perish sooner or later! Emperor....... ”
As soon as Tao Guogong's words came out, all the people, including Yuan Hongyi, were shocked. Where there are people who eat people! What a disgusting and cruel spectacle it must have been! Some officials just imagined a rough picture, and they couldn't help but roll in their stomachs, and a sense of nausea rose, and it was even more difficult to imagine what it would be like to make people's scalps tingle if they ate it.
Yuan Hongyi on the seat always had a black face, the corners of his mouth pursed, in the past few months since he became the emperor, he felt unprecedented fatigue and anxiety, as if his body had been hollowed out by trivial government affairs. Even though he asked the palace maid to massage himself every day and apply cold compresses with ice packs, deep dark circles could still be seen on his soft cheeks.
The courtiers in the hall began to discuss and accuse each other like cannons, but Yuan Hongyi rubbed his aching forehead with a tired face.
"Don't make any noise, since the people can't eat enough, then this year's taxes will be exempted! Also, how much grain is left in the treasury, let's distribute it to the victims! I'm tired! ”
"Your Majesty, don't ......!"
"Your Majesty, you can't ......!"
When some officials heard Yuan Hongyi say this, they all came out anxiously to stop them. The emperor distributed all the grain in the treasury to the victims, so what did the emperor eat with them? Doesn't this indirectly tell them that there will be no food in their food this year? Maybe, even the silver will be lost! How can this be?
But before they could finish speaking, the sharp eunuch's voice choked all their arguments back into their stomachs, "Retreat to the ......!" ”
"Congratulations to the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!" Tao Guogong took a deep look at the bright yellow figure that disappeared in front of the hall with his eyes full of vicissitudes, and finally sighed slowly.
As soon as Yuan Hongyi entered Heqing Palace, before he could change his court clothes, a little palace maid ran in anxiously, with a layer of fine beads of sweat on her forehead.
"Your Majesty, go and take a look! As soon as the Queen Mother opened her eyes today, she began to beat and scold the people in the Yanxi Palace, at this time, I am afraid that several people have died inside! ”
The little palace maid was wearing the clothes of an inferior palace maid, and when she saw Yuan Hongyi talking, her head kept kowtowing on the ground with a "bang", and she saw blood in a few clicks.
"What did you say?" Since Yuan Hongyi imprisoned Shen Yueyan for the edict, Liu'er has not stayed in Yanxi Palace any longer, Yuan Hongyi also understands her distress, and she was transferred to Heqing Palace as an errand and became the aunt in charge of taking care of his daily life.
Hearing the little palace maid say this, the two immediately panicked and hurried to the Yanxi Palace where Shen Yueyan was.
In the future, the Yanxi Palace has changed greatly, and there are miserable white plains hanging everywhere on the beams and eaves, and even the guards at the door have a whitewashed cloth belt tied around their waists.
After crossing the high threshold, before going inside, you can hear the miserable screams of the waves in the hall, which makes people feel numb and frightened when they listen to it.
Several people did not stop, and immediately entered the inner hall, and the scene in the hall made them even more stunned.
The huge hall is still full of black and white intersecting cloths, and huge white paper flowers can be seen everywhere on the cloths.
What the hell is going on here?
Has anyone died? (To be continued.) )