Chapter 243: The Young Emperor Leaves Beijing
'Grandma Fairy, save me!' ’
Li Mei's eyes shone with such a meaning.
Gu Qing couldn't bear to cover her eyes directly, waiting for Li Mei to be beaten into a pig's head by Li Rui, who was even more powerful than her.
Li Rui is now the boss of these Praetorian Guards, and after telling them to go a little farther, he went directly into the depths of the tent, and helped Chu Chengping, who was "pushed down" on the carpet, and pointed at his sister.
"Get on your knees!"
The heavenly family is cruel, and now the little emperor is still young, of course, he can play with his relatives unscrupulously. But the gossip is ruthless, do you want it to be rumored outside that Li Mei has served the king since he was a child (is there one?). The reputation of the Badger! He didn't want his sister to end up infamous in the future!
What's more, will Your Majesty ...... Your Majesty ......
It's really a joke to be teased like this!!
Li Mei stiffened her neck and stared at Chu Chengping behind her brother.
'If you don't save me, you'll die!' ’
Chu Chengping accurately received the meaning of kissing.
"Ahem. Li Rui, I'm just joking with my kiss. Chu Chengping tugged at Li Rui's shirt, "Don't blame your relatives, I want to play like this." ”
Li Rui turned his head in disbelief and looked at His Majesty, who had always been a good baby in his mind.
What did he say?
He asked a kiss to rip off his clothes and kiss him on the mouth?
Gu Qing covered both eyes.
Oh no, that's an excuse to look at directly.
Li Rui, who is already married, will definitely want to be crooked!
Sure enough, Li Rui almost sleepwalked back his sister, and when he got out of the tent, Li Mei was still struggling, and kept shouting "Grandma save me".
"Grandma must be angry when she sees you become like this!" Li Rui carried his sister on his shoulders.
"It's useless for you to shout and cut your throat!"
Poof!
Gu Qing couldn't help but laugh out loud.
If it weren't for knowing that Li Rui and Li Mei were brother and sister, this scene would really be like a joke about a bully young master robbing a delicate girl.
"Your Majesty □ unwell, so I won't practice martial arts today." Li Rui carried his sister out of the tent and gave orders to the Praetorian Guards and the Secret Guards.
"Drive back to the East Palace. I'll take her back first. ”
"Yes, General Lee."
The little emperor tidied up his clothes and was protected by the secret guards and the Praetorian Guards and returned to the East Palace.
"Aunt Fairy, what will happen to kissing?"
"Ah, I don't know how, maybe I'll be beaten up by fat?" Gu Qing thought of the Fang clan. She seems to be very strict in disciplining her children? But kissing this leather monkey has to run around, I'm afraid that the Fang clan won't be able to catch up, right?
Amitabha, I hope to run faster.
Although I haven't seen Li Mao get angry, it's terrible for people who don't get angry to start a fire.
Although the kiss was taken away by Li Rui, Gu Qing still began to teach Pingping other first-aid knowledge at night. How she bandages, how to stop bleeding in what position, and how to calmly face all kinds of unexpected situations.
Although she is a pediatrician, she has interned in all departments before being divided, and she has also spent half a year in the emergency room. In ancient times, there were many deficiencies due to medical conditions, but the technology of first aid was not limited by medical equipment.
The next day, a sad-faced kiss came to the East Palace.
Gu Qing looked left and right, and saw that her granddaughter didn't seem to have eaten fried meat with bamboo shoots, so she breathed a sigh of relief.
But Chu Chengping sensitively noticed that something was wrong with his kiss.
"What's wrong with you? Li Guogong and Duchess Guogong taught you a lesson? ”
"Nothing." Li Mei didn't say that her mother talked about the disadvantages of marrying into the royal family overnight, what Pingping would marry countless women in the future, what would she kneel down when she grew up and see Pingping, and what would be jealous of her family for the sake of court stability......
She was annoyed to listen to it, and she didn't want to think about it, so when she came today, her mood was a little wrong.
Chu Chengping knew that it was really surprising that they followed the fairy aunt to learn to cross qi yesterday, and it was normal for Li Mei to be scolded after returning home. So he could only comfort Li Mei with kind words, but looked at Gu Qing, the initiator on the side, embarrassed.
As the days passed, Chu Chengping finally began to drive the southern tour, Li Mei was dressed as a young emperor and entered the car, and there was Chu Chengping dressed as a palace maid on the side.
Many ministers knew that Li Guogong's daughter also accompanied the driver to the south, and when they saw a fair-skinned palace maid entering the car, they knew in their hearts that this girl was probably the pearl of Li Guogong's palm. They faintly felt in their hearts that this pearl of Li Guogong's palm was afraid that he would be the queen candidate in the future, and at worst it should be a concubine and the like, some were happy in their hearts, and some were worried in their hearts, which was really a few joys and a few sorrows.
More than 20,000 cavalry were led by eight leaders of the Qiang people, all of whom were sent by the leading general Zhang Zhi and the general of the Janissary Guard, Li Rui. Li Jun of Honglu Temple, Wang Yiguan, Fan Yiguan and others, as interpreters for the communication between the Qi and the officials of Dachu, followed the journey.
The civil and military officials bid farewell to the young emperor and his party outside Chang'an City, and the mighty procession marched on the post road, and the Praetorian Guards opened the way at the front, and the honor guard was clear and neat.
As Li Mao said, the Qianren are burly and tall, more powerful than the Central Plains, and wearing the armor of Dachu, they look even more majestic, and they look like a heavenly soldier from a distance. The nomadic Quartet of the Qiang people has also obtained a variety of good horse breeds from the Quartet, and their mounts are long in galloping and have endurance, and now as Chu Chengping's escort team, it is indescribably shocking.
The roar of the horse's hooves on the ground sounded like the earth was roaring, and the civil and military officials wore bright red, purple and green official uniforms, respectfully surrounding the young emperor's chariot. Li Mao stayed in Beijing to preside over the overall situation, and did not go to Jiangnan, accompanied by Qi Shao and the erudite ministers who were responsible for teaching the young emperor's knowledge, and some ministers who had served as magistrates in Jiangnan.
These people are more than enough to cope with the journey along the way.
When he arrived in Shangluo County, where he was stationed for the first time, Gu Qing looked at the scenery along the road almost greedily.
Since she crossed into an old lady, she has never had the opportunity to go out like this. Although she crossed the Duchess of Chengguo, she was trapped in the backyard all day long, and she took pleasure in teaching children, and she didn't appreciate much market customs and human geography at all.
Although she still can't fully see the ancient style, there is such a line, which is enough to make her feel a lot of emotion.
She saw the rolling hills, the verdant plains, the towns and towns of merchants and department stores, and the people who rushed out to watch the royal car.
She saw scenes that she only saw in TV dramas. Pure water splashed the streets, leather whips whipped the ground, the Praetorian Guards were in full array, the armor of the Qiang army was distinct, the onlookers shouted long live, Li Mei who was sitting in the car had to open the window of the car and greet the people kneeling outside, showing the majesty of the emperor.
Chu Chengping, who was sitting in the car, squinted his eyes and listened to the cheers outside with satisfaction.
Being able to cheer for him shows that he may not be as wise as his father, but at least until now, the people still trust Da Chu, don't they?
"Pingping, the people outside are very excited." Li Mei looked at the people who were stopped by the guards and knelt down to greet them, "Grandma Fairy is also walking around outside. It's weird, it's just an ordinary street, what's there to see? ”
"I think it's good-looking......" Chu Chengping quietly leaned over the car window and glanced out.
There are so many people who agree with him, why is it not good-looking?
It's so hard to be an emperor, so hard that he sometimes wants to give up. But when he thought of his father and brother being murdered by adulterers for this position, he did not want to give up this position to anyone else.
This is the throne that has been sacrificed by so many people, and there is no other way to choose except to sit it well and sit steadily.
His father chose him, the ministers supported him, and the people loved him, so he could sit on the throne.
Chu Chengping thought of the third brother Chu Chenglie.
If the third brother sits here, will the people also shout long live?
"Pingping, what are you thinking?" Li Mei knocked Chu Chengping's forehead, "I'm thinking about it." ”
"I'm wondering, if it's the third brother sitting here, will the people cheer like this."
"......" Li Mei thought for a while, "No, because you are in Chang'an, he has hidden back in Jingnan." ”
"Didn't Taifu Qi say, 'The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies', you are doing what the emperor does, and he doesn't, so what the people should love is His Majesty the Emperor who will guard the country and will take risks to greet his mother, not just a random person sitting here."
"I'm sitting here for you now, but I know for myself who they're cheering for. You shouldn't be presumptuous! ”
As he spoke, the car stopped.
Xiao Li Mei stretched. I sat down all the way and my waist was broken.
"Let's go, Pingping." Li Mei's face was full of bright smiles as she hid behind Zhuyu.
"Go and see the subjects who come before you."
"No, ......" the young emperor's face also showed a happy smile.
"It is to meet our subjects."
Qiantang, Jiang's Wu Fort.
The so-called Wu Fort is a large building that resembles a castle. Originally, there was no Wu Fort in Jiangnan, but when Xihu invaded, the world was in turmoil, and Jiangnan occupied the last peaceful paradise in the Central Plains and became the place where many people fled. At that time, the society was in turmoil, and it was common for homeless people to rob the rich in groups, and in order to protect themselves, the big clans in Jiangnan began to erect one Wu fort after another.
The big Wubao is similar to a village, the rich and powerful families live together, surrounded by deep ditches and high walls, the internal houses are adjacent, and the four corners and the center are built with another tower and high-rise buildings. There are a large number of troops and soldiers stationed in Wubao, and there are farmland and water conservancy on the periphery to cultivate and raise fish, which has become the safe haven that the Gaomen clan in the south of the Yangtze River relies on the most.
The Jiang family is the largest family in the Qiantang area, and unlike the Lu family, which is based in the Jiangning area, the Jiang family does not rely entirely on manors and businesses to make profits, but more to train the children of the family to get involved in all walks of life and become an extremely large force. This is also the reason why Taizu, the founder of Great Chu, was so jealous of the Jiang family, and even did not hesitate to use high-ranking officials to recruit Jiang Daoqi to the court.
And now, this Jiang Daoqi is facing the most difficult hurdle in his life.
"What are you doing again. You have been fostered in my house for more than ten years, even if my house is an old minister of the former dynasty, now you have done your best. Jiang Daoqi calmly looked at the second son in front of him who had "died" like a passerby.
Now he is no longer Jiang Qing's soul, but Yin Siqi.
The alliance between the Jiang clan and the remnants of the Yin Dynasty ended with Jiang Daoqi marrying his daughter into the palace. Jiang made it clear that he would not get involved in the rebellion of the Yin Dynasty, and provided some grain, grass and wealth as a "breakup fee".
Since then, Jiang Qing's soul "died of illness". At that time, the remnants of the Yin Dynasty were trying to attack the city in the north, and the eldest son of the "prince" of the Yin Dynasty was also in a hurry to erect a man in the army, although the Jiang family obviously found a better way and was reluctant to take risks, but the Jiang family was powerful, but they really did not want to join them, the mountain was high and the emperor was far away, and they had no way at all.
Jiang Qingsoul restored his real name after faking his death, took his own people to the army in the north, and grabbed the heir's position with his younger brother.
Jiang Daoqi could never have imagined that this former royal family who had been in Jiangnan for more than ten years would now appear in the Jiang family's Wu Fort again, and proposed to "form an alliance" Such an unbelievable thing.
"Since my little sister didn't give birth to a son, the most important chip in your hand has no meaning. Zhang Nuo now has mastered the Xiaoqi camp, and the emperor also personally went down to the south of the Yangtze River to greet the Queen Mother, the Jiang family can be described as a bamboo basket for water, and as soon as the Queen Mother is welcomed back to Chang'an, you will completely become a laughing stock......"
Yin Siqi said a little happily about the fate of this "extremely smart" person.
In the past ten years, he has always felt the terribleness of this Jiang clan patriarch, so he never thought of living in the same house with him in the capital, but operating in Jiangnan with peace of mind. Although he left Jiangnan to compete with his younger brother in the north, it does not mean that he has given up Jiangnan.
In front of this "father", he could only feel his own stupidity and powerlessness. He is a descendant of the declining royal family, and he cannot appear in front of people justifiably, but can only live in this world in the nest of magpies.
But now it's different, they have laid down most of Youzhou, successfully restrained the vast majority of the soldiers and horses of Great Chu, burned Luoyang to force the foundation of Great Chu to shake, and even sent out treacherous soldiers to break the Xiahan Valley in Fenzhou, pointing directly to Chang'an, the imperial capital today.
He is a former prince who led an army of more than 100,000 people, and he is no longer a pitiful little man who appears in front of Jiang Daoqi.
So after hearing the news that "Little Sister" had given birth to a daughter, he almost immediately asked for help, plotted with his father's advisers, and returned to Jiangnan in disguise with his henchmen.
If this is done, he will be able to stand firm in front of his father's team and become the true heir.
In Yin Siqi's eyes, Da Chu is now crumbling, a milky little emperor leading a group of nouveau riche ministers with wine bags and rice bags, and they are also vainly trying to recover large areas of rivers and mountains.
As long as they contact the forces of the Quartet, they will attack together, and the earth-shaking situation is in front of them.
Now, it depends on how Jiang Daoqi chooses.
"After so many years, I thought you had been growing up in our family, how could you be smarter than them......" Jiang Daoqi is not a person who is ridiculed. Even if he fell into the hands of Jin Guogong now, Zhang Nuo was still polite to him, and he didn't dare to talk to him like Yin Siqi at all.
Because, he is the uncrowned king of Jiangnan.
"My most important bargaining chip is not the child in my daughter's womb, but the food that you and Da Chu need the most......" Jiang Daoqi smiled cruelly.
He knew that these people in the Yin Dynasty were facing the same problem as Da Chu.
Hu people rob everything, and kill people when they see them, but they are not so easy to control. There are few Han people in their ranks, and there are more Hu people, and once these Hu people taste the sweetness, they will be even more unrestrained.
The Hu people fed the war with war, the Great Chu was strong and cleared, and the Great Chu still had fields and land to cultivate, but the Yin Dynasty and these thieves could only have gold, silver and jewelry to do their work.
Maybe they also grabbed a lot of food, but for an army of hundreds of thousands, it was just a drop in the bucket.
If it was really so easy to destroy a country, Yin Tianyi would have done it a long time ago, why wait until today, wait until Chu Rui is sick and dying?
And Yin Siqi went south when he had the most advantage, and he was concerned about the future of such a "failed" Jiang clan patriarch, which just showed that there was also a problem on Yin's side.
Grain and grass, cotton clothes needed for the coming winter, weapons that are constantly wearing out, equipment needed for siege......
The Hu people are the Hu people, even if they can fight well, they can't change these.
Yin Siqi was stunned, he was still too young after all, Jiang Daoqi just smiled confidently, which made his heart go up and down. He seemed to be facing his father's face, more gloomy and sarcastic than ever, urging him in this way to achieve the goals he had always failed to achieve, asking him why he couldn't have been smarter.
He looked at Jiang Daoqi, who was looking directly at him, and his smile stiffened on his face.
After so many years of foster care in the Jiang family, even he sometimes had the illusion that he was really a member of this Wu Fort. However, at this moment, he completely came to his senses.
This Jiang family, from beginning to end, did not have such a master as him.
He doesn't always have to think about overpowering Jiang Daoqi, just like countless sons want to surpass their fathers, proving that he is no less capable than his father.
Now he is Yin Siqi, not Jiang Daoqi.
He is here to negotiate, not to provoke.
Seeing that Yin Siqi's expression gradually calmed down, Jiang Daoqi nodded with satisfaction.
"It seems that you know what kind of attitude to talk to your elders well." Jiang Daoqi looked at his "son" and said in a condescending tone:
"For the sake of serving my sick mother for so many years and coaxing her to be happy, tell me your intentions."