Chapter 37: Return to the ship
Eight days have passed since the Ningwuguan incident.
The situation is getting worse and worse, and King Wu's heartfelt words are like adding fuel to the fire, pouring on the top of the heads of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces.
The time has reached late at night, the imperial study behind the Taiji Palace is still brightly lit, many high-ranking courtiers are waiting outside the imperial study, and the three princes and nine kings are standing in the imperial study, and sometimes they can hear the angry reprimand of Song Ji, the son of heaven:
"This Song Siming, how can I ever treat him badly? Heavy taxation...... It's not that I haven't seen the disaster in the south of the Yangtze River, and the disaster in Shu has exempted me from the New Year's Endowment, and then exempted the south of the Yangtze River, so that hundreds of thousands of soldiers can drink the northwest wind? In the huge south of the Yangtze River, the families of the rich and rival countries are innumerable, and how much money is needed for disaster relief rice and grain? I asked him to raise money, but he disobeyed the people and rebelled against the people, and in the end blamed me for paying too much tax. Xiaozong and the first emperor have been in power for decades, have you ever heard the old king Wu complain for half a sentence? ……”
Every sentence is true, but it is also impotent rage.
If you want to add sin, why should you do it?
King Wu impeached the Son of Heaven, King Wei and King Yu followed suit, and stood on the side of King Wu, accusing Song Ji of having problems in governing after succeeding to the throne.
Most of the courtiers are as clear as a mirror, but it is useless to know, no vassal king will admit these things, otherwise King Wu will not bother to find out these 'four major crimes' to be the name of the teacher.
Most of the three princes and nine kings are from the gate lord family, that is, the vested interests, and the interests are tied to the imperial power, and the chaos in the world is not in line with the interests of the gate lord family. And the change of imperial power, not to mention, once the son of heaven and a courtier, changed the emperor, the door valve clan behind the support will inevitably be reshuffled, when there is room for maneuver, the five families present 'Xiao Lu Cui Wang Li' and other small surnames must choose to maintain the current situation and stand on the side of Song Ji.
Dasi Nong Lu Cheng'an, is the helmsman of the Lu family in Jinling, like Xiao Chuyang, the family is suffering from disasters, although King Wu does not dare to touch Xiao Lu's two major valves, but the family's industries all over the south of the Yangtze River have been affected by the rebellion, and they can't be regarded as not seeing. And the north is fighting with the north Qi, as the saying goes, 'if you go outside, you must first settle inside', if the affairs in the south of the Yangtze River are not solved, Dayue, who has been recuperating for decades, may really be dragged down.
After the Son of Heaven finished scolding the three kings of the east, Lu Chengan stepped forward and said:
"The three kings of the east already have different intentions, so it is empty to ask for guilt. The war in Taiyuan is urgent, and the internal troubles should be quickly quelled at present. ”
The three princes and nine kings all nodded, using the princes of the three kings in the east as a threat, so that the three kings of the east admit their mistakes, and if you think about it, you will know that it is impossible. Now the three princes of the east are not rebelling, but for the people to 'speak up', impeaching Song Ji for tyranny and mediocrity, if Song Ji cuts down the sons of the three kings in the east, it will not be true that he is a tyrant.
It is even more impossible for Song Ji to 'prove his guilt' and admit his mistakes with the three kings of the east.
Song Ji had overkill in the 'Iron Eagle Deer Hunting', but the general direction was definitely correct, and there was something wrong with the cutting of the domain. How could it be possible to confess the guilt of the three kings, and put the stench basin on his head.
If you want to quickly quell this turmoil, the best way is to send troops to put down the Jiangnan rebellion, and then ignore the three kings in the east, and wait for the Northern Qi to go back and clean them up.
But in this situation, the soldiers and horses of the Liaoxi Protectorate will definitely not dare to move, and the King of Wei and the King of Yu have expressed their attitude, and it is good not to get in the way, let alone expect them to quell the rebellion.
There are more than 200,000 displaced people in the Jiangnan uprising, and under the secret promotion of King Wu, they are still growing rapidly, and they will definitely not be able to level without more than 100,000 elite soldiers, where to gather these 100,000 elite soldiers now?
Song Ji naturally knew that King Wu was falling into the well, and after venting his anger for a moment, he still sat back at the desk and said in a deep voice:
"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you propose?"
Taiwei Guan Hongzhuo thought for a while, bowed down and said:
"The border army originally used by the Liaoxi Protectorate to quell the rebellion can draw 50,000 to continue southward, but it is difficult to extinguish the thieves of the Jiangnan rebellion in time. The king of Chu assisted in the defense of northern Xinjiang, with more than 200,000 government soldiers, although the combat power was not of great use, but it should be no problem to exterminate the rebels who were mainly homeless. ”
The government soldiers are ordinary military households, they are for the people in peacetime, and they are soldiers in wartime, and the quality of the soldiers is very different from that of the professional soldiers of the Guanzhong Army and the Xiliang Army.
However, although the combat effectiveness of the army of the king of Chu is not as good as that of the border army, it is better to change a batch to go to the border every two years to experience training, no matter how bad it is, it is better than the homeless people wielding hoes, as long as they are willing to go, it should not be a big problem to suppress the rebellion.
Song Ji tapped his fingers on the table and thought for a moment.
At this time, Song Ji didn't want to use the soldiers and horses of the vassal king, for fear that the king of Chu would also come out to make a moth. However, if Jiangnan drags on for too long, the problem will be more serious, and we have to see what attitude King Chu has.
"However, the king of Chu was ordered to immediately lead his army to Jiangnan to quell the rebellion."
"No."
The three princes and nine kings all bowed, and after making a decision, they bowed down and withdrew from the imperial study......
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The next afternoon.
Fenglingdu Town, pedestrians and businessmen are shoulder to shoulder, but the big archway in the middle of the 'Ghost Gate Pass' is depressed, and there are no Jianghu people who drill the archway.
Xu Buling rode a wind-chasing horse, and when he walked through the small square with Ning Qingye, he glanced over his head and said:
"Early in the night, have you ever passed the ghost gate?"
Ning Qingye rode a white wind-chasing horse, wearing a hood on his head, and his back was as straight as ever, but he didn't look energetic.
Last night, he was taken advantage of by Xu Buling, and he also gave up on himself and ripped off his belly pocket so that Xu Buling could see enough, the original intention was to be angry with Xu Buling, but he was half angry with himself.
That's it, Xu Buling still hugged her and rubbed her ears and said that he wanted to marry her. Ning Qingye was at a loss for emotional problems, and was hurt by his father's irresponsible things when he was a child, where could he have any ideas, he didn't sleep well last night, and he didn't speak since he got up in the morning.
Hearing Xu Buling's inquiry, Ning Qingye didn't want to answer, so he drove his horse to speed up and walked in front, and said calmly:
"You are not allowed to tell them about yesterday. I'll ask Master later, and if Master agrees, I'll settle accounts with you. ”
Xu Buling rode a horse, led another one, and walked to him at a faster speed:
"If Master doesn't agree, what will you do?"
No promise......
Ning Qingye's body stiffened slightly, and he wanted to say, 'How could Master not agree', but he felt that something was wrong with this, and finally snorted coldly:
"If you don't agree, you are inferior to me, I will break off your kindness, if you do it to me again, I will not care about your kindness."
Xu Buling smiled: "Okay, a word is a decision." Don't say I'm not responsible. ”
"You ......"
Ning Qingye clenched his fists, did not answer again, and walked quickly to the ferry port of Fenglingdu Town.
Located on the ferry port of the Yellow River Bay, the boats are endless, the building boats of the Suwangfu are parked in them, the pedals are on the shore, and from time to time there are maids and messengers running up and down.
It was already dark, and the lights on both floors of the building and ship were on, and you could see from afar on the deck, three girls, Manzhi, Chuchu, and Yufu, gathered together, holding a telescope and scanning the banks of the Yellow River.
On the first floor of the shipbuilding, in the window of Ning Yuhe's room, Zhongli Jiujiu and Ning Yuhe were sitting on both sides of the window, holding their arms face to face, and they didn't know what they were talking about, but judging from that expression, they must be ridiculing each other.
Xu Buling knows the two eldest daughters-in-law best, just by looking at his expression, he knows that Yuhe is saying:
"You dead mother-in-law, you go to Ling'er by yourself, you deserve it."
Jiu Jiu said: "You said that you are a master, and you will give it to your apprentice everywhere, but you have to press me, what do you say you want?" What should I do if I am addicted......"
Xu Buling looked at it from a distance, feeling a little funny, maybe it was because he saw him come back with Qingye, and the two rivals immediately stopped arguing and disappeared into the window.
On the second floor of the ship, Aunt Lu stood at the window like Wangfu Shi, and she didn't know how long she had been looking. After seeing him, Wen Run's cheeks were full of surprise, and he hurriedly ran back to the house and pulled Xiang'er out. Xiang'er was probably sleeping in a beauty sleep, and she was still wearing a green mask on her face, and after glancing at the window, she quickly hid back, probably washing her face and dressing up.
Xu Buling showed a heartfelt smile on his face, breathed a sigh of relief, and walked quickly to the edge of the building boat.
Ning Qingye was a little distracted, and he didn't pay attention to so many small details on the ship, and after turning over and dismounting, he led his big white horse to the deck.
Xu Buling thought that Qingye would go back to the room directly without saying a word, but he never thought that Ning Qingye walked a few steps and saw Manzhi and them running over happily, and the first sentence was:
"Manzhi, I picked up a wind-chasing horse in Taiyuan, what do you see?"
Full of eyes!
Chu Chu and Yufu were all dazzled when they saw the majestic white wind-chasing horse, but Chu Chu had the white camel in his heart, and Yufu couldn't ride a horse, so he wasn't too envious.
And when the full branch swept over, the little eyebrows suddenly wrinkled, and they all cried greedily......