Chapter 290: Guard
Zhou Heng has been discussing political affairs with the ministers in the Qinzheng Palace, and the army of King Qin is about to arrive in the capital, but Gu Quan is so anxious that his mouth is bubbling and he says: "The army of King Qin is about 100,000 people, and there is not much grain in the granary. ”
All of a sudden, there are more than 100,000 mouths to eat, if they are surrounded for three months, there is no need to attack the city first, and there is no food, I am afraid that the soldiers of King Qin will mutiny. How good is that?
The ministers talked a lot, and they looked at Zhou Heng one by one, hoping that he would have an idea to solve the problem.
Zhou Heng said: "Has the grain storage in the Tongzhou granary been used?" ”
With a population of more than one million people in the capital, there is naturally more than one granary. It's just that most of the granaries are in the city, and only the Tongzhou granary is used as a backup granary, which is located outside the city. Now is an extraordinary period, if you use manpower to move grain out of the city, not to mention that the grain will be eaten a lot by the migrant workers who move the grain, it will take a lot of time to go back and forth, can Zeng Xian give them such a long time?
A minister said: "It's better to burn the Tongzhou granary with a fire, it's better than not moving it and leaving it to Zeng Xian." ”
"Exactly," Huo Mengli said: "Time is pressing, please also ask the prince to order the move south as soon as possible, if you don't leave at this time, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave again." ”
He had led cavalry, much faster than those of them who walked on two legs. What's more, if you move south, the people of the city will drag their families and mouths, and it would be good to be able to walk 20 miles a day.
Huo Mengli mentioned moving south again, and many ministers pricked up their ears. The first time he mentioned it, Zhou Heng did not reply on the grounds that he had to wait for Emperor An to return to Beijing, and Emperor An took the idea. At that time, Emperor An's life and death were unknown, and moving south was such a big thing. Indeed, the emperor has the right to decide. Now that the times are changing, Zhou Heng is about to ascend the throne, and it is up to him to decide whether to move south or not.
Zhou Heng's beautiful big eyes swept over the ministers present, his voice was as cold as ice, and he said, "If anyone dares to speak out about moving south, behead!" ”
He made up his mind, and the whole hall was silent.
The ministers were stunned for a while, and they all turned their heads sideways to look at Huo Mengli.
Huo Mengli's rectangular face turned red. These days, Zhou Heng has been preparing for war, and orders have been issued one by one. The whole people are mobilized. He should have thought that Zhou Heng was reluctant to move south. But only by moving south and holding half of the country can we have a chance to rise again. Stay here until the iron cavalry arrives. Is it served in one pot?
"Excuse me, Lord Wang. Why not move south? "Even if you are now enthroned as emperor. You have to explain this to me clearly, you can't let us follow you here and wait for death. Huo Mengli said angrily.
Zhou Heng said: "Has Master Huo ever read history?" ”
Is there such a humiliating thing? How can you be an official if you don't read history? How much more are they who are high above the temple? Huo Mengli was so angry that his chest kept rising and falling, and said, "Why does the prince ask such a question?" ”
You're not in that seat yet. Don't think we can't masturbate you and let you go back to being your idle prince. Huo Mengli said, glancing at several colleagues who had always been good friends.
Zhou Heng ignored him anymore, glanced at the ministers, and said, "After the former dynasty moved south and guarded half of the country, how about it?" ”
What else, after more than 50 years of hard work, it was destroyed. Then all parties divided and chaos for more than 30 years, until Taizu conquered the princes and established the Great Jia Dynasty. The ministers were silent.
Cui Zhenyi said: "The prince is right, we should fight to the death with Zeng Xian here. ”
Such a terrible thing as the royal conquest cannot be done again in any case.
Zhou Heng smiled slightly and said, "Not necessarily." However, at this time, morale was low, so it was not too late to hold the capital first, and then take revenge. ”
The Tatars are not extinguished, why sacrifice to the spirit of Emperor An, and why the hatred of the 200,000 elites of the snow?
Huo Mengli said angrily: "You can do whatever you say." ”
Zhou Heng made a decision, but Huo Mengli was ridiculed by his colleagues because of this, and was disliked by his colleagues for his timidity.
"The order is that the divisions of the Qin King from all over the country will pass through Tongzhou before entering Beijing, and carry grain into Beijing." Zhou Heng said and stood up: "That's all for today." ”
"According to the king's order." The ministers all admired the five-body casting. In this way, the rations of King Qin's division were solved, and the problem of grain entering Beijing from the granary of Tongzhou was also solved.
After sending Zhou Heng out of the Qinzheng Palace, several courtiers spoke around Cui Zhenyi, and Gu Quan gently stroked his palm and said: "I am quite assertive in my opinion, and it is not in vain for me to ask for it." ”
can be recorded in the history books by asking Limingjun to be an official, and it is not in vain to be an official.
Cui Zhenyi looked at Zhou Heng's disappeared back when he turned a corner, and arched his hand: "I hope you will support me a lot." ”
Everyone said, "That's nature." We should do our best to support the new emperor. ”
Huo Mengli passed by and pursed his lips. This is a relative who pretends to be a relative, Zhou Heng has not yet sat in that seat, and the Cui family has not yet become the queen. Maybe something will happen in the middle of the night.
Zhou Heng naturally didn't pay attention to Huo Mengli's dark heart. He hurried back to his house, just because he dealt with another night's political affairs last night and didn't go home, there were many things, and he hadn't told Cui Keyin yet. There's no way, these days, I'm really busy with my feet on the ground. Tomorrow is the day to worship heaven and earth and sects, and no matter what, we have to find time to talk about it.
Cui Keyin was about to deliver meals to Zhou Heng, and she was happy to wait carefully, how could she care about her all the time? Zhou Heng was busy and often didn't care about eating, so she had to discuss with Wang Zhongfang and draw up a recipe to ensure that each meal was matched with meat and vegetables, which could not only ensure nutrition, but also the amount of dishes was just right. I also learned to cook a few dishes that Zhou Heng loved to eat, and made them for him from time to time.
She walked in front, Lu Ying carried the food box and followed, Zilan and Mama Su were with her. As soon as the group came out of the Purple Smoke Pavilion, Pearl rushed over from outside and said, "Princess, the prince is back!" ”
The sun is still hanging on the eaves. Cui Keyin was overjoyed and said, "So early? ”
"No, I've already gotten out of the carriage and are heading this way." Pearl said diligently: "Don't you don't deal with government affairs tonight?" ”
Come to think of it, the prince has to rest early tonight, and he will have the spirit to sacrifice to the sky tomorrow.
Cui Keyin ordered to take the food box back, and greeted him himself, and the two met on the wall in front of the Hanging Flower Gate. As soon as Zhou Heng saw Cui Keyin, he smiled and said, "Dressed so beautifully, where are you going?" ”
Cui Keyin blushed, today she had a purple jade hairpin with pearl tassels on her head, which was given to her by Zhou Heng on her birthday, but she didn't expect Zhou Heng to see it when she was far away.
"Where's the dress? Isn't that true of everyday life? Cui Keyin said: "The prince came back early today. ”
Well, his little Yinyin has always been accustomed to duplicity. Zhou Heng didn't take it seriously, took Cui Keyin's hand, walked back together, and said: "I've been too busy these days, and I don't have time to say some things, so I specially put down political affairs today, let's have a good drink and talk." ”
"I'm going to get up early tomorrow, don't drink the wine, let's drink tea, there's your favorite big red robe." Cui Keyin said with a smile.
In the past three days, how could she not have waited for him to make his words clear. (To be continued.) )