"Boom-" "Boom-" The sound of cannons continued to enter the Dengzhou Mansion.

The sunlight outside shines through the stained windows, the light and shadow are dappled and the cannon roars and shakes the doors and windows, but there is a quiet and dark atmosphere in the signing room. The generals, staff, and subordinates all looked at the top with trepidation, and behind the wide desk, Hou Huanyin had a gloomy face, which was far more ominous and terrifying to his subordinates than the sound of bombardment and artillery.

Every time the cannon sounded, some people trembled unconsciously, forcing themselves to suppress the fear in their hearts. The Han army is good at artillery warfare, and the water village guard Cai Zhigao responded to the mistake, did not immediately go to sea to meet the battle, as a result, the water division was blocked in the water village by the Han gunboats, the Han army continued to fire artillery bombardment for two days, the water village was already a mess, and the slightly larger warships were almost destroyed. Some of the remaining boats didn't help either. After the destruction of the Dengzhou Naval Division, the official army only defended the Han army and did not attack, and had no power to fight back. The Han army turned their guns on the city, and after a bombardment, there were ruins everywhere, and the flames in the collapsed houses caused a fire, and the people were busy rescuing their belongings, and the submarine fire team was busy demolishing the houses and extinguishing the embers. Shells whizzed overhead, cannonballs, screams, cries rang out, and the air was filled with the choking smell of suffocating smoke.

Since the Liao thieves invaded Jingdong Road, in addition to sticking to Jeju and Qizhou, Hou Huanyin pacified Hou Huanyin to concentrate all the soldiers and horses on Jingdong Road to Dengzhou Laizhou, with the idea of sticking to and waiting for help. Wherever the Liao army passed, the defenders were defeated, and there was a tragic scene of blood flowing everywhere. At the end of the village, corpses are piled up like a mountain, exuding a foul smell and turbidity. People fled with their families to a few isolated islands. Most of the landlords, gentry, and merchants from various states and counties flocked to Denglai and Denglai. Not only did the elk gather nearly 70,000 officers and troops here, but there was also a sea route to retreat. From the appeasement envoy to the Lord Hou, down to the ordinary businessmen, they all had this idea. However, the retreat that could have been counted on was suddenly choked by the Han army, which was far more frightening than the sound of artillery.

"Lord Hou, Lord Hou?" Staff member Zheng Longrong called in a low voice, "The Han army is dominant, do you want to appease it?" ”

"Pacify?" Hou Huanyin raised his head abruptly and sneered, "Then you say, how to appease?" ”

"This ......" Zheng Longrong was a Taiping scribe, and immediately hesitated, "The Han army just wants to enter the city." ”

"Han Ningshuang, this slut!" Hou Huanyin scolded very rarely, "This tigress, she is still like this outside the city, how can you and me have a foothold in the city!" He glared fiercely, so frightened that Zheng Longrong's three souls were gone, and he hurriedly knelt down to confess.

Hou Huanyin's face showed disgust, and he didn't look at him, turned his face to the other side, and asked, "Is there any news of Han Shizhong?" He should have climbed over here, right? As soon as he said that, Hou Huanyin felt a sense of remorse from the bottom of his heart. I regret that I shouldn't have let the main force of the Jingdong Road official army go to the southeast for the sake of the ambition of the center, and I also regret that I shouldn't have used the ambitious Han Shizhong as a general. After the imperial court recovered the Liangzhejiang Road and the Lianghuai Road, Han Shizhong was ordered to establish the Jiangnan camp based on the Henghai Navy. Hou Huanyin regarded his influence as extending to the southeast wealth, which was originally strongly supported. But when the Liao army invaded Jingdong Road in a big way, Han Shizhong was a little disobedient.

"Now the northwest wind is blowing on the sea," staff member Huang Yiming reminded in a low voice: "If the sailor goes north along the coast, it will be a little slow." ”

"Headwind?" Hou Huanyin's eyes lit up. "Does he have no legs? Can't abandon ship and land? ”

Huang Yiming's neck shrank slightly, and he didn't dare to persuade again, but he shook his head in his heart. Han Shizhong has a heavy army outside, if Hou is not sympathetic to politics, everyone will have no way out. Although the Han army's naval division is powerful, it may not be so easy to attack the city on land. To be fair, the northerly winds are strongest in winter, and it is not until May or June that the southerly winds are noticeable. The maritime merchants in the north set sail for the south in the first month and February, returned to the south in May to transport the cloth, grain and grass to the south, and returned to Dengzhou in August. Although there is a way to sail against the wind in a zigzag road, the speed is far from being comparable to that of a ship sailing downwind.

Hou Huanyin snorted, did not mention this section, and instructed the generals to guard the city with their hearts, and the civil officials to appease the people, especially to prevent the Han army from mixing in. The 70,000 elite officers and soldiers on Jingdong Road are all gathered in the narrow places of Dengzhou and Laizhou. Whether it is the Liao army or the Han army, it is not easy to defeat it. After everyone retreated, Hou Huanyin left Huang Yiming, but he didn't say a word, closed his eyes and groaned. Huang Yiming knew that the political suffocators were considering matters of great importance, so he didn't dare to disturb and waited cautiously.

"Repair the book Wu Zilong......" After a while, Hou Huanyin spoke, his voice so low that it seemed to come from hell.

"What, what?" Huang Yiming was taken aback. As far as he knew, in the Great Rites Meeting, the Prime Minister won a complete victory. Lu Yunsun advocated the return of government to His Majesty, but as a result, he became a loner, except for Chuzhou, all scholars and politicians opposed the return of government to His Majesty. Even Taizhou, Mingzhou and other Yanzhou counties, which have always served Lu Yunsun as their leader, finally parted ways with him and supported the etiquette of setting the reality of the hypocrisy in the Great Rites Discussion.

Wu Zilong was also defeated, although he worked hard to compile the "Great Rite Law", there were many henchmen, and the trouble was also terrible, but because it was too extreme, there were too many enemies, this system was easily isolated, the Ministry of Rites proposed "people choose their own law", and compiled the "Gentleman's Law" to compete with the "Qingliu Law", which greatly offset the influence of Wu Zilong.

The most surprising thing is that Zhao Xingde, who was left behind in Tokyo, was investigated by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites, and determined that his impeachment was all about chasing after the wind, and then, it was rumored in the court that His Majesty's only sister, the sixteenth eldest princess, belonged to Zhao Xingde, and His Majesty might give marriage. It seems that the imperial court is planning to be like the Xia State detained Di Qing back then, and would rather let him idle than let him return to Xia. There are rumors outside, and His Majesty's move is to show goodwill to the ministers of Qingliu. Because of the relationship between the Xia Kingdom, Zhao Xingde has been relieved of his military power, and now after being made a marquis, the lord has become a relative of the emperor, which can be regarded as compensation for him by the imperial court. Although he is a courtier of Xia Guo, he is also a figure in the society, and he has a close friendship with Chen Dong and Cao Liangshi.

Behind all these things, there are the shadows of Chen Dong and Deng Su, and behind Deng Su is His Majesty. In the Great Rites Meeting, these two men joined forces, symbolizing the alliance of imperial power and relative power, which was enough to discourage anyone's will to resist. Huang Yiming thought to himself, Hou Huanyin once competed with Chen Dong for the phase, and at that time, at this time, he can only retreat. Who would have thought that he would want to join forces with Wu Zilong again, and the people he dealt with would be obvious.

"My lord thinks twice," Huang Yiming said with a worried face, "The power of the Prime Minister's Mansion is just like the sun in the sky!" ”

"It's okay," Hou Huanyin's eyes were slightly closed, unmoved, "Chen Shaoyang wants to trap the old man to death in a corner of Jingdong, why don't the old man put his life on the ground." In the past, the six kings of the Jin State attacked, Zhibo was the strongest, and he destroyed the Fan family and the Zhongxing family in a row, but because it was too strong, it attracted the jealousy of the three families of Han, Wei and Zhao, and was destroyed by the three families. Where blessings and misfortunes lurk, Chen Dong is not the wise man of today. He first advocated 'respecting the Son of Heaven and not obeying orders', and His Majesty hated him to the core. and grace and power, subduing the scholars and politicians, but the people's hearts may not be convinced. Plus this ambitious Wu Zilong is just right for me. He said slowly, his tone gradually becoming affirmative, as if he had persuaded himself while telling Huang Yiming.

"Wu Zilong is self-admiring, his words are almost absurd, and he has bewitched Confucianism to disturb the place for a long time, and the adults have joined forces with him, but I am afraid?"

"Afraid of what? Just over easy to fold. If he weren't Wu Zilong, I wouldn't be at ease. Hou Huanyin sneered, "He is a mad dog, I will help him bite Chen Dong back, if Wu Zilong is on the throne, he will inevitably move the people, and the court and the local area will be in a panic all day long. ”

"My lord," Huang Yiming suddenly realized: "I understand my humble position." ”

The most important thing is that the fundamental place of Jingdong Road may not be able to be saved, if the political sufficiency abandons the land and leaves, it is equivalent to giving Chen Dong a handle in vain, and maybe he will be thrown into the well and will never be able to turn over. Since this is the case, Hou Huanyin simply gave it a go and united with Wu Zilong to bring down Chen Dong. Wu Zilong's words and deeds are rebellious, his temperament is extreme, and it is impossible to stay in the top position for a long time. At that time, he will be the one who everyone expects to clean up the situation. Put it to death and then be born, go out of Jingdong Road and march into the center.

"Boom-" "Boom-" The sound of cannons kept coming, Hou Huanyin closed his eyes slightly, and muttered words in his mouth, he had already made up his mind, and he seemed to have put the situation of this soldier approaching the city out of the way. Although Jingdong Road hangs alone in the north, since the Liao army entered the Kou in a big way, the pigeon post between it and Ezhou was quickly established, so Hou Huanyin was also clear about every move of the Ezhou court. After all, today should be the day when the state and county schools and governments hold ceremonies to witness the oath of His Majesty and the ministers. A sneer appeared on Hou Huanyin's face, and gradually faded away......

Ezhou Huanghu Mountain, the palace Daqing Palace, the dragon on the six dragon pillars also looked back at the white jade platform, as if to see the grandeur of the ceremony. There are nine pairs of Rui beasts on the nine steps of the White Jade Terrace, which are the same as those in the Bianliang White Jade Palace. Under the golden dragon algae well, the long beak of the copper fairy crane spews out the aroma of dragon's brain.

Zhao Qi stood on the white jade platform, Prime Minister Chen Dong, and privy envoy Cao Di stood at the head of the civil and military classes respectively, and their bearing was like that. The civil and military officials in the center of the imperial court stood solemnly on both sides of the main hall, and more than 100 scholars and politicians stood neatly in the middle, and everyone held their breath, looked up at the hall, waiting for the auspicious time. When the auspicious time comes, the prime minister will read the Great Rite Law, and then the attendants outside the hall will present the fresh white horse blood on a copper plate, and His Majesty, all the ministers, and all the scholars will smear the white horse blood on their lips, and then read the oath with Chen Xiang to show that the oath of the Great Rite Law will be heard by heaven. This set of oath etiquette was compiled by the Ministry of Rites according to the "Zhou Rite", and many people practiced it several times at home before they became proficient.