Chapter 0009 The emperor is in a dilemma, Meng Xiang is cunning and cunning

Half a year ago...

Princess Chang'an, wearing a special princess court dress, holding a poster, and two sword-wielding female servants, hurriedly strode towards the palace. When passing by the palace gate, he unloaded his weapon and changed into palace clothes.

When the princess heard that the Ministry of War had joined forces with Jing Zhaoyin, she suddenly posted a notice, saying that from now on, women can join the army. Call on the world to know martial arts, strong women, enthusiastically sign up.

Hearing the news, the streets and alleys were in an uproar.

Then rumors spread that the vitality of the beam was exhausted.

Street nursery rhymes sing: "Yin will rise, yang will dip; It is a good plan to send females instead of males, but it is actually a strategy to destroy the country and destroy the nation. ”

As soon as Princess Zhao Ya of Chang'an heard it, she knew that the nursery rhyme had been changed to "Chinese Zheng Yu", "The moon will rise, and the day will dip; The arc of the Ji suit, the real death of the Zhou State. ”

Zhao Ya couldn't sit still at home and came to see the emperor.

"Brother Huang, did the three auxiliary ministers force you to issue this decree?" Princess Chang'an looked anxious.

"Hmph." Emperor Zhao Ce snorted lightly and said angrily: "It's not that the three ministers are forcing me together, it's just that Meng Xiang has to ask me to give him 10,000 soldiers and horses." But the queen mother said that she would rather Xiangzhou be defeated than move the twelve guards of Kyoto. I was caught in the middle, in a dilemma, and then I said to Meng Xiang, if it doesn't work, you will go to recruit troops. However, he said that after years of war in Daliang, there was a shortage of soldiers, and there was no way to recruit soldiers at all, unless the only man was recruited into the army, but in that case, the country's labor force would be greatly damaged, and the land would be barren, just like killing chickens and burning eggs and burning forests to hunt. I said, then expand the age limit. He also said that even the old children were recruited into the army, not even a woman. I was angry and said, then you will go and recruit women as soldiers! ”

Speaking of this, the young emperor suddenly stopped talking, his neck was stiffened, and his cheeks were bulging.

Princess Mu Ran said in a tentative tone: "This matter is so solid?" ”

"I just assume he can't do that." The Young Emperor looked embarrassed.

"Brother Huang, you have Tianxian in your mouth, you have a word, and when you open the golden mouth above the court, you still play and fight as usual?" The princess smiled bitterly and said, "If you want me to see, Meng Xiang is also old and confused, and he really issued this decree." Or ......" Princess Chang'an stopped talking, and changed her words: "But the imperial brother doesn't have to worry too much, I went to ask the Ministry of War, and none of the official documents sent by the Ministry of War were orders for forced conscription, so that the recruitment centers and recruit training camps below would not recruit women to join the army." ”

"In that case, why are you still coming to me?" The Young Emperor looked a little disgraced, "You're here to see my jokes?" ”

"How so?" Princess Chang'an smiled and said, "I'm here to help you find a way to make up for the impact of public opinion caused by this incident." ”

"Hmph, what is there to be afraid of public opinion?"

"Oh, don't be underestimated." The princess persuaded with a bitter face: "The so-called crowd is golden, the nursery rhymes of the children on the street seem to be inconspicuous, but in fact they are shown by the people, if they are allowed to develop without control, sooner or later they will shake the hearts of the people, and even shake the hearts of the army, then it will be troublesome." ”

The young emperor looked a little upset, rubbed his forehead and said, "Actually, you don't have to worry about it, the queen mother has already gone to find Meng Xiang, it is estimated that they can negotiate between them." ”

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Prime Minister's House.

A peachwood sword against the old man's stomach.

"Grandpa, Xiao Tao heard that women can also be soldiers in the future, and Xiao Tao will also be a soldier, like the fifth uncle, go into battle to kill the enemy."

After that, he also put a move in the second style of "Mulan Sword" "lunge front finger".

"Hah!"

The eight-year-old little girl, with a princess bun on her head and a peachwood sword, waved it indiscriminately in front of the powerful Prime Minister Liang.

The old man, who was past his prime, lowered his body, rubbed his granddaughter's head, and said with a smile: "You believe everything outsiders say, and grandpa won't like you in the future." ”

"Wow wow! No, no, grandpa must like Little Peach! ”

The little girl screamed, punched and kicked. The lord of the gate valve who lives in the temple is a good-natured little old man in front of her.

"Hey, little ancestor, don't make trouble here." The nurse was so frightened that her back was cold, and she crawled over with a rolling belt, saluted Xiangye, and ran away with the girl in her arms.

"Oh, stay, stay, I'm just this one intimate, where are you going to hug it!" The old man with white hair and a face full of reluctance waved his hand to summon.

"Daddy, General Cen has been waiting in the outer hall for a long time." The fifth son, Meng Du, said a word when he saw the stitches, and his eyes were anxious when he spoke, for fear of seeing a strange look on his father's face.

As soon as he heard the words "General Cen", Meng Danqing's face suddenly sank, and the warm atmosphere that filled the room disappeared in an instant.

"What is he doing here?" Meng Danqing was dumbfounded: "You let him in?" ”

Meng Du hurriedly knelt down: "Daddy, General Cen is loyal to the Meng family, don't believe the villain's words!" ”

"What a brave and faithful." The old prime minister shook the sleeves of his robe, sat down, and said in a low voice: "Ignoring my order, he dared to cultivate the plank road in the open and secretly Chen Cang, and give over the three masters of the Flying Tiger that I had carefully cultivated." Three thousand ironclad cavalry, three thousand archers, four thousand ironclad infantry, the first main force of the Great Liang Dynasty, the backbone of my Meng family, was destroyed in one battle. If you want to train another Flying Tiger Third Division, ten years, you may not be able to create such sophisticated equipment, even if you have equipment, you can't find those wolf-like soldiers! Shu Han obtained those equipment, and as soon as the crown prince Liu Xun ascended the throne, he dared to send troops to Dali, otherwise, why did he dare to fight? Because of this incident, I didn't kill him Cen Shen's whole family, it was already for the sake of his father's love for me to block arrows in the past. ”

"Daddy, that's someone with ulterior motives, deliberately cheating my son and me! The Third Division of the Flying Tiger First Army is your hard work, and it is also your son's hard work! Meng Du said sadly.

"What evidence do you have?" Meng Danqing's face was gloomy.

"Yes, of course my son has proof. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to bring Cen Shen to you today. ”

"Oh? You say come and hear it. ”

"Originally, Cen Shen's strategy was foolproof, once he broke through the defense line of the bottle, he would inevitably go straight to Huanglong. But at this time, someone secretly gave our plan to Liu Xun, the prince of Shu Han at that time, so General Cen fell into the predicament of being attacked by the enemy on the front line. And I have already found out that the person who sold the news turned out to be Lin Chongyang, the general of Hanzhong. Meng Du lowered his voice and said mysteriously.

"Lin Chongyang?" Meng Danqing frowned: "Although he is the general of the Tang family, I still know a little about him, he doesn't look like a person who can do this kind of thing." …… Where did you get your messages from, and is it reliable? ”

Meng Du smiled sympathetically and said, "It was Lin Chongyang's house slave who told me. ”

"House slaves?" Meng Danqing's old eyes lit up.

Meng Du secretly rejoiced: "This slave was severely taught a lesson by Lin Chongyang because of the incident with Lin Chongyang's secret concubine, and then driven out of the house. As a result, when the kid left, he actually hid a letter in his pocket. This letter later fell into the hands of Cen Shen. ”

"Oh! Still have empirical evidence in hand? Then show me! ”

"Then I ask General Cen to come in and see you? …… He hadn't seen you in a long time and said he missed you. ”

After seeing the letter, Meng Danqing fell into deep thought, closed his eyes for a long time, and then opened his eyes and said: "The letter is vague, and this letter alone is not enough to bring down Lin Chongyang." And now that the situation is delicate, it is not the time for infighting, so this letter will be pressed on me first. ”

"Then General Cen's business..."Meng Du bowed, one leg trembling uncontrollably.

Behind him stood Cen Shen, sweating on his forehead.

Meng Danqing raised his eyes and looked at Cen Shen, and suddenly smiled and said, "Since it is not General Cen's fault, then it is natural to lift the punishment against him." Tomorrow, let the squire of the military department come to my prime minister's mansion, and I will give General Cen a dispatch order to go to Xiangzhou with the token. ”

"To Xiangzhou?" Meng Du was puzzled: "Be a deputy to Huo Zizhen?" ”

"Huo Zizhen is your eldest brother's subordinate, if I send him to Huo Zizhen's hands, how long do you think he will live?" Meng Danqing's face softened slightly, and said, "Family and everything is prosperous, fifth brother, I hope there will be no more conflicts between you and your eldest brother." I don't have much time, and the Meng family will have to rely on the two of you for support in the future. If you can't get on good terms before I die, I won't be able to turn a blind eye. ”

"Oh, Daddy, what do you say, you will live a long life, a long life, a long life!"

Meng Danqing sneered, "Don't fake with me, I know your thoughts, don't you just want to rebuild the third division." Don't worry, I guess Qi Dongyang won't last long, but as long as he persists for another three months, it will be another year of New Year, and another batch of sixteen-year-old boys will grow up, and they can be recruited. When the time comes, Daddy will win you a lot of people, not to mention a division, even the strength of an army. ”

"Oh..., so that's what Daddy thinks..."Meng Du's eyes rolled.

"What do you mean?" Meng Danqing frowned.

"Hehe, I thought that this time the emperor promulgated the imperial list for recruiting female soldiers, and we could ......"

Meng Danqing was so angry that he slapped the table, "Nonsense! I'm fighting for power with the Queen Mother, can't you see this? Do you really think you can take a woman to war? When the time comes, it's no wonder that the people don't poke your backbone! ”

The royal list for recruiting female soldiers was taken down after only being posted for less than a month.

But how could the people have thought that this was the result of the power struggle between the queen mother and the prime minister, and the rules of the major recruitment offices still show that women can sign up for the army.

What is admirable is that there are really women who carry luggage rolls and knives and spears to join the army, they are not because they can't eat, or they are oppressed by anything to join the army, they are often some good daughters of Shenzhou who are full of blood, outstanding figures, and martial arts.

The phrase "women don't let them have eyebrows" spread all over the martial arts for a while, and they said that they wanted to be the big beam Mulan.

It seems that the power of example is endless.

"Daddy! I want to join the army! ”

"Get out of the way!"

Hu Dagui was so angry with his daughter that his nostrils were smoking, and the villagers said that Hu Dagui was a shrewd person, but when facing the third daughter Hu Orchid, he felt that his head was big for a while.

After scolding, he said bitterly: "Your mother died early, and there are some things that my father shouldn't have said, but now he can't say it." The army is full of men, what are you going to do? Do you think you can kill the enemy with two swords? You're thinking too much about the battlefield. You think you can always win the battle, you know, once you lose, the man can be a prisoner at the worst, but what about you women? If you can't escape, you have to kill yourself and not fall into the hands of the enemy, do you understand? ”

"I understand! You see, I'm ready, this knife is always on my body. ”

"You put the knife down for me!"

"Are you letting me join the army? If you don't let me, I'll die to show you! ”

My father's fear was not only defeat in the war, but a girl ran to the barracks, and what kind of people were there?

Up and down, a group of singles, a pile of dry firewood, like a wolf and a tiger.

"As far as Tang Hu and Chen Leopard's physique are concerned, they want to bully you, where are you going?" Hu Dagui said with a bitter face.

"They dare to touch me?" The three girls glared.

"Hey girl, usually in Zhuangzi, people let you, are you still serious?"

The daughter stopped talking.

Hu Dagui thought that his daughter had listened to it, and for a while he felt that his eloquence was good, and it was too condescending to be the head of a pavilion.

But if one was not careful, his daughter disappeared, leaving a letter with a typo on it, and told him: The girl must join the army, and she wants her ancestor in the light (the ancestor can't write, and she has a grave).