Section IX

The 'Spring' Festival is approaching, and the snow is falling, shrouding the entire city of Beijing in a plain white world. The continuous low temperature for many months has caused a thick layer of ice to form a thick layer of ice in most of the sea in the Zhongnanhai area, and the 1st Brigade of the Guards Army, which is responsible for guarding the palace, has to pick up the heavy snow and cut the ice every day to maintain normal vigilance and order.

According to the tradition of the Chinese royal legal system, the opening and closing of the 'door' of the Han Palace's palace is carried out in accordance with the Forbidden City, and it is closed and opened at a fixed time every day.

So although Li Fu is in a high position, he can only honestly wait outside the mansion.

The morning light was twilight, the heavy snow that had been falling all night finally stopped, the inner palace 'attendant' guard shouted for a while, and the thick big 'door' finally opened, Li Fu hurriedly stepped forward and handed over the waist card, and smiled at the guarding 'door' and 'attendant' guard, "Please report to Your Highness, Li Fu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, has urgent government affairs." ”

The 'squire' guard nodded, but handed Li Fu's waist card to the little yellow 'door' next to him, the eunuch glanced at Li Fu, pulled a male duck voice, and sneered, "Shang Shuye is really early!" I'm afraid our prince hasn't gotten up yet?! ”

Li Fu shook his head helplessly, took out a silver ticket from his arms, attached it to the waist card, and said with a wry smile, "Hard work!" Please be accommodating......"

The eunuch nodded, and made a "please" gesture to Li Fu sideways, which meant that he was waiting in the warm room of the 'attendant' guard at the entrance of the 'door', but he carried the silver ticket and hurried towards the depths of the palace.

For some reason, the relationship between Li Fu and the inner court is not good, and he himself is not very favored by Lin Feng in the Han Dynasty, and there are not many opportunities to even meet alone, although Zhongnanhai has come a lot, but most of them are following Li Guangdi, Zhou Peigong and other bosses, and the monarchs and ministers only act as a nod or shake their heads when they talk, so in the eyes of these 'attendants' and eunuchs, he is not heavy, not wide-ranging, and belongs to the category that does not need to give face, so it is natural to collect some tips.

This is only limited to officials like Li Fu, who dares to reach out to them if Li Guangdi, Zhou Peigong or Chen Menglei and others come in? One is wrong, several bosses glared at each other and said, "Bold minions, drag them out and fight." Although theoretically the prime minister and the chief of the general staff have no right to punish the eunuchs of the royal palace, if it is really hot, if it is really hot, it will be killed if it is killed, is the king of Han still embarrassed to find a minister for this trivial matter? !

Of course, this probability must be very small, because no matter how favored the courtiers are, it is always a very taboo thing to tamper with the people around the king, which is both subtle and sensitive, but having said that, which eunuch and 'squire' guard dare to casually gamble on the mood of the ministers with their heads?!

About half an hour later, the eunuch in charge of the report finally turned around, stood at the entrance of the 'door', and shouted loudly to Li Fu, "The prince commanded: tell Li Aiqing to come in quickly!" ”

Unlike the kings of previous dynasties, since Lin Feng got married, his reputation in terms of 'women' and 'sex' is indeed quite good. In fact, there have been some very interesting and cruel little things that have happened here. For example, when the Han palace system was first established the year before last, a certain eunuch leader in the palace glanced at an opportunity, half-jokingly and half-seriously suggested to Lin Feng in the 'flower' garden: Regarding the 'waiting' bed system of the previous dynasty, should the prince still keep it?!

Maybe it was because he drank too much or had a cold, the king of Han didn't want to think about it, and immediately "Longyan Dayue", immediately rewarded him with fifty taels of silver, and told the eunuch to immediately prepare the code system, but only one night later, this poor fellow was found filled in a well and died inexplicably.

Since this incident, no one has dared to mention this matter to King Han. And within a radius of fifty miles, eunuchs, palace 'women', including the Langzhong warriors on duty, it is best not to appear in the speech, such as "'waiting' bed", "turning over the brand" and other words, otherwise, be careful will be unlucky, so in recent years, except for special circumstances, Lin Feng generally lives with his wife Ake, and their son Lin Xuan often sleeps next to him, a family of three, and the most ordinary people in Beijing are no different.

When Li Fu came in, Lin Feng hadn't washed his face yet, yawned, and put on a bright yellow 'colored' cotton robe while beckoning to the minister, "I'm damn!" - Early in the morning, Aiqing doesn't sleep for a while?! ”

"Minister, Li Fu, the secretary of the ministry, knock to see my king, the king is a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

"Alright, alright," Lin Feng yawned greatly, and his spirit was stunned, "It's so fucking cold, Aiqing come over and bake the fire!" ”

After the salute was finished, Li Fu raised his head slightly, and at first glance he saw a big lump of next to Lin Feng's eyes, he hurriedly lowered his head and said respectfully, "Disturb the dragon body, the minister will die, the minister is here this time, there is indeed an urgent government matter!" ”

"Of course, of course!" Lin Feng nodded understandingly, thinking that he Li Fu was not an idiot, there was nothing important, of course he would not 'door' early in the morning, "Li Aiqing doesn't have to be polite, sit down first, sit down first-by the way, have you had breakfast?!" ”

Without waiting for Li Fu to answer, he said to himself, "It looks like I must have not eaten," and turned back to greet the eunuch, "Someone is coming, and I will also send one to Lord Li!" ”

Although this matter is small, but the face is indeed very large, since ancient times, accompanying meals has always been a sign of great honor. Li Fu was extremely moved in his heart, and thanked him, "Thank you for the reward, and the ministers are ...... five."

"Alright, alright! Sit down first, sit down," and when Li Fu sat on the opposite side of the stove, Lin Feng waved his hand, "What is the matter with Aiqing?!" ”

Li Fu bowed slightly, "Back to Your Highness, Your Highness still remembers the Zhungar mission that entered Beijing yesterday?!" ”

"Of course?!" Lin Feng was stunned, and then his 'spirit' perked up, "What's wrong?!" Didn't Aiqing say yesterday that she would let me meet you when you found out clearly?! ”

"Exactly, exactly!!" Li Fu smiled bitterly and said, "Back to the king, we found out last night, and all the officials were frightened, so the ministers rushed to see His Highness overnight!" ”

Lin Feng looked at Li Fu in surprise, in the past few years, with the rise of the national strength of the Han Dynasty, the circle of foreign 'friendship' has also been expanding, these officials of the Ministry of Rites can be said to be well-informed, Oriental and Western, red eyebrows, 'hair' and green eyes What monsters have never seen, what is "the entire Ministry of Rites is frightened", he was stunned and said, "What do you mean?!" ”

"Back to the king," Li Fu said with a wry smile, "we have deceived these envoysβ€”they are not Geldan's people at all!" ”

Lin Feng was stunned for a moment, then he was furious, slapped the table, and said angrily, "What words?!" It's actually a bunch of swaggering riffraff?! ”

"Not really!" Li Fu shook his head in denial, and arched his hand, "The king of Han was angry, and the minister was also surprised yesterday, but then he asked to understand - when he first came, he also called himself the envoy of the 'Zungar Khanate', but this 'Zungar Khanate' is not the other 'Zungar Khanate', and it is not the same as that Geldan!" ”

Lin Feng was very suspicious, and frowned, "What? Tell me about it! ”

"Yes!" Li Fu cheered up the 'spirit' and carefully explained, "Your Highness Qiqi, in fact, this so-called 'Junggar Khanate' is a branch of many tribes belonging to the 'Mongolian' ancient times, originally called 'Oirat' and 'Mongolian' - these guys are not savages, they are really not small, the Yuan Dynasty was called 'Han Yirati', the Ming Dynasty was called Warat, and in the pseudo-Qing Dynasty, it was also called Oirat, also known as Erut, Erut or West 'Meng' Gu, Moxi 'Meng' Gu, and now, this gang of 'Meng' people is divided into four large tribes, namely: Heshuote Department, The four tribes of the Dzungar tribe, the Duerbot tribe and the Turghut tribe!! ”

"Oh?! I see, I see, I ...... so" Lin Feng pretended to nod his head, although he was born in liberal arts, and his score in history was not low in the college entrance examination, but if he talked about these earthy and special, what Han Yispicy or something, he only felt at a loss, you must know that in his time, there was no such thing at all. Even if he listened to Li Fu's detailed explanation at this time, he was half-incomprehensible, but of course he couldn't say that he was a layman at this time, so he put on a "relieved" face, nodded and said, "Listening to Aiqing's analysis, the widow understands!" ”

"My Wang is talented and intelligent, and the ins and outs of this generation of barbarians have naturally been known for a long time, and Weichen is just doing a little here......" Li Fu paused and chose a few words, "...... It's just a little tidying up, but in fact, in front of the king, what is the difficult thing? The minister's 'door' and 'get' axe can't help but laugh at the Fang family! ”

"That's, that's!" Lin Feng was extremely thick-skinned, smiled disappreciatively, nodded, and asked Li Fu, "But I've heard you say for a long time, who is this mission?!" ”

"King Qi Han, in fact, he is still from the Zhun Geer Department!" Li Fu seemed very patient, "This is a long story: in fact, this quasi-Gol Khanate was founded very early, before the puppet Qing Dynasty entered the customs, they built the capital in Bokseri (note: now Boxel Autonomous County), and made the court ritual code, called the "Oirat Code", in the Western Regions, it is also a hero, but the scenery is not long, after the death of the founding old Khan, several sons under his knees fought for the throne of the Khan, the national strength declined rapidly, and the last name was ' The prince of the Sangha defeated other opponents and won the throne, but within a few years of ascending the throne, he was suddenly assassinated, and then this Geldan hurried back from Tibet, taking advantage of the country's 'chaos' and 'chaos', and the dragons were leaderless, and ascended the throne as the king, calling himself 'Boshoktu Khan'......"

"Not bad, not bad!" Lin Feng looked a little impatient, "What does that have to do with this mission?!" ”

"Back to the king's words," Li Fu said very calmly and patiently, "Shicai Weichen said, this Geldan is taking advantage of the 'chaos' to seize the country, in fact, the position is not right, according to the orthodox statement, the position of the Great Khan of Zhungar should be inherited by the line of the Sangha Khan, so there are quite a few nobles in the country who are not convinced......" He pointed to the east of the palace with his backhand, "The Jungar mission that is now living in your hotel, their master is the eldest son of the Sang, and his name is ' In June of the previous year, this person was suspicious of Geldan, so he suddenly led more than 10,000 troops to escape from the Khan's court, recuperating in the area of the Bortala River, and always waiting for an opportunity to take revenge - last year, our army and Geldan would hunt Shanxi, break the enemy's army, Geldan was greatly injured, he took the opportunity to raise troops, and has now commanded tens of thousands of cavalry, after attacking Geerdan, now he has captured Turpan, Kucha, and even the Irtysh River, Ursu Lake and other large territories, the strength should not be underestimated! ”

"I see!! ......" Lin Feng's 'spirit' was greatly lifted, and he slammed the table, "They came to Beijing this time, did they want to find our alliance and eliminate Geldan together?!! ”

"King Mingjian!!" Li Fu bowed his hand and said respectfully, "That's right!" β€”β€”The ministers dared to neglect the major affairs of this country, so they rushed to the palace overnight to report it. ”

"What do I say?! Lao Tzu is now making a big fight in the northwest, and he Geldan doesn't let out a single fart, which is really confusing - haha! ......" Lin Feng laughed, "It turns out that he himself is also on fire in the backyard!" ”

Listening to King Han's mouth, Li Fu smiled and said nothing.

Lin Feng excitedly walked back and forth in the room a few times, suddenly stopped, turned to Li Fu and asked, "Have you told Jin Qing and Pei Gong about this?!" ”

"Don't dare!!" Li Fu shook his head and said, "This matter is very important, without the king's approval, how dare the ministers spit out a few words of 'dew'?!" Facing Lin Feng's gaze, he was calm and comfortable, and added, "When the minister came, he had already set up the 'gate' of the Imperial Procuratorate, and seconded a battalion of soldiers and horses to guard outside your hotel, and no one was allowed to enter or leave without permission!" ”

"Well done! Aiqing really has a hurry! Lin Feng beckoned to the 'door', "Li Ergou!" Li Ergou?! ……”

Li Ergou buckled the 'door' and entered, bowed down and said, "Here!" ”

'Go!' Draw 'transfer a battalion of guards, change guards with the capital guards, and firmly guard your hotel for me! When Li Ergou was ordered to go out, he turned his head to Li Fu and said, "Li Aiqing, you are an old expert in the Ministry of Rites, you say that you see it, what should we do about this?!" ”

Li Fu was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a while, and then said cautiously, "Back to Your Highness, the minister thinks that this matter is not trivial, once the alliance is formed, it may be hundreds of thousands of sword soldiers - in the opinion of the minister, it is better for the king to invite Li Xiang and Zhou Sima to come over, and after everyone has discussed together, he can make a decision!" ”

"Nice, nice!!" Lin Feng nodded, and was about to order someone to summon Li Guangdi, Zhou Peigong and others into the palace to discuss, when a eunuch hurriedly arrived and kowtowed outside the 'door', "Lord Qiqi, General Zhou is here!" - General Zhou said that he also has an urgent military intelligence report! ”

"Huh! ...... "Lin Feng laughed out loud, today is really a coincidence. Everything bumped into each other, and he smiled at the moment, "Then call him in!" ”

After a while, Zhou Peigong hurried over, his face was extremely ugly, and when he saw Lin Feng, he didn't have time to salute, and blurted out, "Lord!" Northwest Zhang Anxi 800 miles meteor emergency: The 12th Infantry Army Ma Harrier was defeated, and was surrounded by Wang Ping Fan in Zitong Hekou Town!! ”

"What?!" Lin Feng was shocked.

Zhou Peigong barely calmed down, this time he saluted heavily, got up and added, "Lord Qiqi, after the Kejian Pavilion of the Ma Harrier Department a month ago, he led his troops to advance quickly, and when he arrived at Hekou Town, Zitong County, Zhou General Wang Pingfan's 30,000 troops were suddenly intercepted and killed halfway, and the 12th Army of our infantry was attacked before and after, and they couldn't care about each other, more than 18,000 troops, more than 4,000 killed, and 5 or 6,000 captured, and now there are less than 8,000 people left in Wang Fuchen's department, according to Hekou Town, they are waiting for help!! ……”

Lin Feng looked at Zhou Peigong blankly, and it took a while to come to his senses, and he was furious, and he shot the case, "What about him Daniel Zhang?!" Went to eat dry rice?! ……”

"Zhang Anxi pleaded guilty, and now he has led the Eighth Army and the Tenth Army of the Infantry under his command to go to Zitong to relieve the siege, but ...... But......" Zhou Peigong's face was full of bitterness, "...... However, the road in northern Sichuan was rugged, and Wang Fuchen's troops suffered heavy damage, and all the baggage and artillery became enemies, and the enemy general Wang Pingfan's tens of thousands of troops attacked in turn, I am afraid that ...... I'm afraid it won't support ......"

"I'll it!! ......" Lin Feng flew up and kicked over the desk in front of him, frightening Zhou Peigong, Li Fu and the eunuchs, palace 'women', and 'waiters' guards around him to kneel down together.

The battle of Chuan lasted more than half a year, and the empire 'pumped' the heavy army group to move westward to respond, and the food and salary cost more than 10 million? For the sake of this Sichuan, the Lin Han Empire has hardly done anything else for a year, and most of the other plans, as long as they cost money, have been stranded and postponed, and now they have suffered such a big setback, which really makes Lin Feng extremely angry.

In Lin Feng's mind, Wang Fuchen's death is nothing, and even if tens of thousands of his subordinates die, he doesn't care, what he can't accept is: The Han army has always been famous for its courage and invincibility - now a reorganized army, but it is going to be annihilated as a system, this kind of psychological and morale blow, it is too much to describe the ministry in any words.

Lin Feng hurriedly played in circles in the dormitory, and at this time, the eunuch who sent the morning gently buckled the 'door', and before he could speak, Lin Feng scolded him through his nose, "'Mix' things, get out of here!" ……”

He turned around, looked at Zhou Peigong steadily, and said word by word, "Give Daniel Zhang an edict immediately!" You have to reprimand him sternly - if you tell him, just say that I said it, and he must rescue the remnants of the Twelfth Army to Lao Tzu!! - Do you understand?! Now is the time! - Right now!! ……”