Doctor Shangguan was suddenly slapped in the face by Mu Jian, and when he heard King Chu's words, he didn't care about the pain in his head, so he immediately picked up the Mu Jian on the ground and looked at it, and saw that it was what he did in the Song Kingdom, and he immediately stiffened.

Then, I was terrified.

How is this possible, since I left Shangqiu and returned to Huiji day and night, how could the intelligence of the Song Kingdom be transmitted to Huiji so quickly before me, so that it was preconceived and caused the goal of fait accompli to fail!

Thinking about it, Doctor Shangguan caught a glimpse of Chen Zhen on the side, and immediately hated it in his heart.

However, at a glance, the King of Chu's face was full of anger, and he could only kowtow again and again to ask for guilt: "The king, the minister is guilty... Guilty. ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he snorted coldly, and then directly ordered: "Spread the edict, Doctor Shangguan will be removed from all his official positions because of his private abolition of the public and misleading the country and the people, and he will be ordered to return to the fiefdom immediately to meditate on his own mistakes." ”

"The King..." Doctor Shangguan was terrified when he heard this.

Xiong Huai ignored the official doctor and continued to order: "Spread the edict, the widow has decided to set up Jiangdong County in Jiangdong, with 26 counties in Jiangdong under its jurisdiction, and Sima Tangwu will temporarily take the post of county guard, and take charge of all things in Jiangdong. ”

When Tang Wu heard this, he immediately responded: "The minister receives the order." ”

Xiong Huai nodded, then looked at Zhao Ju and said: "Zhu Guo, due to the incident in the Song State, the widow decided to lead 50,000 Chu troops to inspect Huaiyin Shou County, and Zhu Guo accompanied him to preside over the military. ”

Zhao Ju had already received an order from the King of Chu yesterday, and now as soon as he heard the official edict of the King of Chu, he immediately responded: "The minister receives the order." ”

Xiong Huai bowed slightly, then looked at the ministers and said, "Pass the edict, set off for Huaiyin in three days!" ”

"Yui."

Three days later, the king of Chu, who had been in Huiji for several months, finally left Huiji and returned north with 50,000 Chu troops.

Xionghuai went all the way north, passed Yuhang, passed Wucheng, passed through Yanling, all did not stop at all, and ten days later, the fleet arrived at the river.

At this time, Xiong Huai stood on the river, looked at the goose feather snowflakes that kept falling in the sky, spit out a long white mist, and exclaimed: "What a big snow, when I was in the meeting before, the goodness was not obvious, I don't want to, when I arrived at the river, it seems that the weather this year is unusually cold, and even the side of the river has such a big snow." ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai couldn't help but wrap the leather jacket on his body.

Zhao Ju and Chen Zhen, who were accompanying them on the side, nodded in unison, and then Zhao Ju echoed: "What the king said is that in previous years, heavy snowfall in the sky was often only in Huaishui, on the side of the river, and snowflakes were extremely rare. No, even the river has snowed heavily this year, and it's the first time I've seen it in decades. ”

Xiong Huai nodded, the temperature in this era is much higher than that in later generations, and Yingdu is in the north of the river, close to the river. But he has been in Yingdu for more than ten years, not to mention the south of the river, even in the north of the river, it is rare to see snowflakes, let alone such a big snow.

You must know that now bamboo is everywhere by the river, and rhinoceros elephants are everywhere in the Chu State, and this snow comes down to the south of the Yangtze River, just like the snow in Guangzhou in later generations, which is extremely rare.

At this time, Chen Zhen rubbed his cold hands and persuaded: "King, the weather is cold, and the wind is cold outside the cabin, so let's go into the cabin to avoid the cold!" ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he saw that Chen Zhen's face was not very good, so he immediately nodded.

After entering the cabin, a wave of hot air rushed in, instantly dispelling the cold around him.

Then, after Xiong Huai sat down, he looked at the charcoal stoves everywhere in the cabin, and not only frowned.

Seeing this, Zhao Ju, who shook his robe, immediately asked: "I don't know what worries the king has, is he worried that the heavy snow falling from the sky will make the king of Song think that he is protected by heaven and become more arrogant?" ”

"Alas!" Xiong Huai shook his head and said worriedly: "No, the widow went to inspect Huaishui this time, and he didn't plan to send troops to the Song Kingdom, but planned to use other methods to make the King of Song submit. Therefore, it is not a big deal that it snows heavily and cannot use troops.

What worries the widow is that this year's winter is too cold, and the people on both sides of the river suddenly encounter such weather, and they seem to be unprepared, and they are afraid that there will be deaths and injuries. ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai pulled the thick leather jacket on his body and said: "The widow is the king of Chu State, wearing a heavy leather jacket, and there are six charcoal stoves burning around him, and he still feels cold. Not to mention the ordinary people who wore sackcloth and thin quilts, and rarely prepared winter supplies at home. ”

Zhaoju Chen Zhen glanced at each other, and then saluted together: "The king is benevolent." ”

Xiong Huai waved his hand, and then spoke: "Now even the side of the river is snowing heavily, let alone Chen Cai's side. ”

As he spoke, he groaned for a while, looked at Chen Zhen and said, "Xianqing, pass on the edict, open up the mountains and forests of various countries, and allow people everywhere to freely cut trees for heating." In addition, it was inconvenient for the people in the city to cut wood, so the artisan battalions in the city were ordered to suspend the making of utensils, and the charcoal used to make utensils was given priority to the lonely and widowed people in the city.

Spread the edict to the county governors in various places, and organize the people of the counties to go out of the city to cut down trees in order to survive the harsh winter. ”

When Chen Zhen heard this, he immediately nodded and responded: "Only." ”

Not long after Chen Zhen left, Doctor Sanlu hurriedly walked in again, and before he could reach Xiong Huai, he hurriedly said: "King, Zuo sent an urgent report from Yingdu. ”

"Huh?" Xiong Huai was startled, took the wooden slip presented by the Qu Agency, opened it and looked at it, and immediately frowned.

Seeing this, Zhao Ju immediately asked, "King, what happened to Yingdu?" ”

Xiong Huai sighed: "Zuo disciples came to report, Yingdu has been snowing heavily for three days in a row, due to insufficient preparation, and the number of people in the city, Yingdu charcoal is exhausted, there is still a great shortage, and those cities near Yingdu have also suffered snow disasters. Zuo asked the widow to open the Yunmeng Garden near Yingdu, and let the people of the surrounding cities cut wood for warmth. ”

When Zhao Ju heard this, he immediately frowned.

Yunmeng Garden is extraordinary, it is the most gorgeous Zhanghua Palace of Chu State, Zhanghua Palace is nearly 40 miles in size with the palace, its luxury degree is more than the palace of Yingdu, among which Zhanghuatai is known as the first station in the world, it is more than 200 years ago that Chu State took the power of the whole country and spent several years to build.

And the king of Chu Ling, who built the Zhanghua Palace, was on the throne for eleven years, in the process of leading the army to attack the state of Xu, when the good news came, he suddenly heard the turmoil in the country, and then the army left the king of Chu Ling and scattered, leaving only the king of Chu Ling himself to stay abroad, and committed suicide in despair in the midst of the rebellion and the separation of relatives, hunger and cold.

Thinking of the luxury of Zhanghua Palace, if the people cut down the trees in the forest garden, the beauty of Zhanghua Palace would be half gone.

Thinking about it, Zhao Ju said with a heartache on his face: "King, this matter..."

Xiong Huai raised his hand when he heard this, and interrupted: "Zhuguo doesn't need to say much, if the left disciple still has a way, he won't write a book to ask the widow to open Yunmeng." If some trees are more important than the people of the widows, cut them down. As long as the people can be saved, let alone the trees, even if the Zhanghua Palace is demolished, why not. ”

When Zhao Ju heard this, he was moved and said: "The king is benevolent and righteous, this is the blessing of the people." ”

At this time, Xiong Huai sighed and said, "The widow is not heartache for Yunmeng Garden, but for Ling Yin." ”

"Ling Yin?" Zhao Ju was stunned.

Xiong Huai said worriedly: "Zuo's letter said that on the second day of the heavy snowfall, Ling Yin suffered from a cold on the way back to his home after dealing with the state affairs, and was already sick in bed. ”

"What?" Zhao Ju was shocked, and then said in disbelief: "King, Ling Yin is seriously ill, and there is no one in the country to preside over the overall situation, please stop going north and return to Yingdu immediately." ”

Xiong Huai hesitated, shook his head and said: "It's not proper, the widow still has to go to Huaishui now, as for the country, although Ling Yin can't be a director, isn't there still a left-hand disciple?" ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai said unswervingly: "Continue to Huaiyin in the north." ”