Chapter 183: A Place Where Soldiers Must Fight
Qing Han was stunned, angry in his heart, but he behaved quite calmly and smiled: "Of course! Everything is under the orders of the Cloud King! I don't dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool, and my subordinates will retire! As soon as the words fell, he turned around and walked out of the Yunwang Mansion.
Wang Lin, who was hiding on the side, watched Qing Han leave, walked out, and stepped forward: "Lord Wang, do you think Qing Han's mother and son are reliable?" The subordinates feel that their hearts must be different! ”
Mu Yuan smiled faintly: "This king has never believed anyone, Qinghan's mother and son, it's just a use, as long as there is still use value, let's keep it first!" ”
"Lord Wangming!" I don't know what the prince plans to do next? Wang Lin asked again.
"Wait and see!" Mu Yuan said.
Yuecheng Station
Yuecheng has a superior geographical location, high terrain, Qinshui in the north, Yuhuatai in the south, and the Yangtze River in the west. It is not only an important economic town, but also a strategic place, and a place where soldiers must fight.
According to legend, Goujian, the king of Yue, once built a city here, so it was named Yuecheng.
In the post house north of Yuecheng, it is even quiet. It was day and night, and the sound of horses' hooves was heard in a hurry. Wang Shun was the petty official in charge of the reception at the Yuecheng Post Station, and he was very tired from the fatigue of the days.
Wang Shun dragged his heavy body to the door of the post station, and from a distance, there were three black shadows in the night, dismounting and shouting. He was shocked, so he asked loudly: "Who are you, what is the matter with arriving at Yuecheng Post Station so late?" ”
I only heard one of the people in that group of people say aloud: "We are the messenger sent by Lord Shen of Yuezhou Assassin Shi, 100,000 urgent, this recital needs to be sent to the capital urgently for 500 miles, and it will be handed over to the king of Han Yi in the current dynasty." ”
Wang Shun was shocked and hurriedly replied: "Okay! You dismount and rest at the inn, I'll arrange it right away! He glanced at the three men again, walked straight into the inn, and informed the messenger of the inn.
The messenger Liu Zheng, hearing the 100,000 anxious recital, did not say much more, took out two horses from the stable, and after the two sides handed over, he immediately mounted his horse and galloped north along the official road to meet the night.
The capital city of Los Angeles
Three days later, this piece of music successfully arrived in Luocheng, the capital of Bolian Kingdom, and was delivered to King Han Yi. He opened the fire paint seal, and at first glance, he was shocked, and suddenly realized that this matter was not trivial, and it was inevitable that it was evening.
Immediately ordered the people in the palace to prepare a sedan chair, and planned to go to the palace overnight to play the saint.
Since that day, Qing Mu, the lord of the Yi Wangfu, was unfortunately poisoned and saved, these days, the capital and the Yi Wangfu have been calm, and there has never been anything like an assassin. After Qing Mu recovered, he managed the Yi Wangfu in an orderly manner.
And Luo Xiulan and Qing Han's side, they missed the blow last time, and they thought that Qing Mu had nobles to help them every time, and there was no good way to take her for a while.
Afraid of being suspected, he hiberned down temporarily, kept his head in obscurity, waited for the opportunity to catch some good opportunity, and gave her a fatal blow.
Los Angeles was calm, so from the beginning of winter, half a year has passed in a blink of an eye, at this time the spring has arrived, the earth is bathed in warm sunshine, a hundred flowers are blooming, birds are singing and fragrant, a piece of vitality, there is no longer that winter bleakness.
However, this calm was broken by a concert in Yuecheng, an important town in the south, King Han Yi entered the palace overnight, and handed over the Tibetan to the hands of the saint, and the emperor looked at the trembling King Han Yi, and took the concert under the guidance of Duke De.
Hurriedly walked into the imperial study, slightly puzzled, and asked, "Liang Xiang, I don't know what's urgent?" I need to bother King Lao Yi to enter the palace overnight, so I really can't feel at ease! ”
King Han Yi shook his head, his face was gloomy, and he said: "Your Majesty, the old minister has an urgent report, but I am afraid that if this matter is not dealt with as soon as possible, it will cause a big disaster!" ”
The emperor looked at Liang Xiang, who had always been calm and unfazed, but now he was so flustered, he thought in his heart that it must be some earth-shattering event, so he asked Gonggong De to present the concerto.
He looked up at Liang Xiang again, and said: "King Lao Yi doesn't need to panic, there is me, the sky can't fall!" ”
King Han Yi nodded slowly, there were no more words in his mouth, and he lowered his head gloomily.
The emperor opened the chapter, and at a glance, he was shocked, and his face changed color in an instant, only to see him write on the top: "Shen Feng bowed to the saint in the history of the assassination of Yuecheng, and now Yuecheng coincided with a great drought last year, the fields have no water, the people have no food, and hundreds of families are farming and a hundred families are mourning." ”
Yuecheng and the surrounding near sixteen cities are in this state, and now it is the spring ploughing season, but there is no idle field in the four seas, there are thousands of starvation on the road, it seems that this great drought has not passed, since the previous year, Yuecheng and the southern cities, the heavens do not seem to be beautiful, but the rain has not dropped.
At present, relying only on the power of the state government, it is no longer possible to continue the disaster relief, and it is hoped that the saint will make decisions as soon as possible, but it will change later, which may cause public resentment, and then lead to thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.
Hunger was everywhere, the people suffered, and the officials suffered. His Majesty speculated that if heavy rain fell this spring, he was afraid that there might be a locust plague in the summer, and hoped that His Majesty would do his best to save the people from fire and water and relieve the people from danger. ——- the guilty minister Yue Zhou assassinated Shen Feng and bowed.
King Han Yi looked at the saint who changed color in an instant, and his heart was terrified, so he stepped forward and knelt down: "Your Majesty, it was the old minister's negligence that caused such a disaster, the old minister is guilty, I hope the emperor will punish the crime of the minister!" ”
The emperor pondered for a long time and shook his head slowly: "Now that God can't get along with my people, what does it have to do with King Lao Yi!" This matter still needs to be discussed as soon as possible, otherwise it will be extremely unfavorable to our Bo Lianguo, and we will discuss it tomorrow early! "King Lao Yi go back and rest first!
King Han Yi got up and bowed again: "The old minister retires, the emperor takes care of the dragon body!" With that, he slowly turned and walked out of the study.
The emperor, whose face was ugly, looked up at Gonggong De after a while, and then: "Yide, you go down to inform the prince, King Yun, King Yi's mansion, King Youyi, etc., that you must enter the palace tomorrow morning, and now you need to speak widely and accept the opinions of people of insight." ”
After he finished speaking, he thought for a moment, and then said: "In addition, invite Qing Mu and Lun'er together, Qing Mu that ghost spirit spirit may come up with some ideas." ”
"Yes, the old slave retires, Your Majesty, you should rest early!" Father-in-law replied.
The emperor shook his head: "Now that my people are in dire straits, how can you let me sleep, okay, Yide, you go first, don't worry about me!" ”
Father-in-law De nodded, then turned around and walked out of the imperial study. He arranged for another little eunuch to inform the crown prince and King Yun. And he personally went to King Yi's mansion to inform King Qingyi, Qing Mu and Qing Lun.
The emperor was worried in the imperial study, and after thinking and meditating, there was no good plan for the time being, and he could only look forward to tomorrow morning, and there would be talented people to make valuable suggestions.
Qing Mu learned from his father that tomorrow the emperor asked her brother and sister to enter the palace with her father to participate in the early dynasty politics, and she was puzzled. Hurriedly rushed out of King Yi's mansion, caught up with Gonggong De and asked, "What is going on?" It's going to be so aggressive! ”
Father-in-law De looked embarrassed and shook his head: "The Sprinkle family doesn't dare to talk nonsense, Miss Qingmu, you will naturally know when you enter the palace tomorrow, don't be embarrassed by the Sprinkle family!" ”
Qing Mu looked at the deemed father-in-law, not like a joke at all, she thought about it for a long time, and her heart: What is the matter, I am afraid that this matter is not trivial, I am afraid that the emperor has encountered some difficulties.
Thinking of this, she asked, "Father-in-law, which lord reported to the emperor?" ”
It's not Lao Yi Wang yet...... As soon as the words came out, Father-in-law De instantly covered his mouth with his hand, his face changed slightly, and said: "Miss Qingmu, don't be embarrassed by the family, this matter really can't be said......"
Qing Mu nodded and smiled faintly, "Father-in-law De, Qing Mu knows, you go slowly, thank you." As she spoke, she turned around and walked straight towards King Yi's mansion. ”
Gonggong De looked at the expression on Qing Mu's face that changed in an instant, he was stunned in his heart, shook his head, and continued to return to the palace.
Qing Mu deliberately hid to the wall just now, and after Gonggong De walked away, she quietly walked to Zuo Yi Wangfu, at this time the moon was on the willow tree, it was already time, she walked alone on the road to Yi Wangfu, and she was guessing about tomorrow in her heart.
What is the big thing that the emperor's uncle has encountered, I heard my father say that not only the Yi Wangfu has my father, brother and myself to participate, but also the crown prince and King Yun will go together.
Now it seems that she can be sure that something big must have happened in the court now, but this news is reported to the emperor's uncle from the mouth of King Han Yi, the king of Lao Yi.
At that time, for more than half a year, Qing Mu had managed the Yiwang Mansion in an orderly manner, everything was in order, and life was too dull, which made her feel bored.
often dragged Hong Luo around the streets and alleys of Los Angeles, and occasionally went to the Blue House to find Qiao'er gossiping. Suddenly, I suddenly encountered such a secret event.
Curiosity suddenly rose, and when Qingmu had just had a conversation with Father-in-law De, he figured out what was going on.
Qing Mu went to King Yi's Mansion alone to inquire about the matter to King Liang Laoyi, she quietly walked into King Yi's mansion, and specially told her subordinates not to disturb King Yi, she walked into King Yi's courtyard alone, and at a glance, she saw that the room was brightly lit, just like Qing Day.
She was very puzzled in her heart, from the deliberate avoidance of Gonggong De just now, to the abnormality of King Yi's Mansion now, all this shows that this matter is not trivial.
Thinking of this, she stepped forward and knocked lightly on the door, and a few crisp sounds of "knock knock" entered the room. An old deep voice asked, "Who!" "Didn't you say you didn't see the guests?
Qing Mu gently pushed open the door and walked into the room with a smile, "Uncle Liang, as soon as Qing Mu arrived, are you going to drive me away?" ”
King Han Yi looked at Qing Mu, his complexion changed, he improved slightly, and smiled reluctantly, "Miss Qing Mu, why are you here?" Did King Qingyi ask you to come? ”
Qing Mu shook his head slowly, "King Lao Yi, it is Qing Mu who wants to come, today, Gonggong De informed his father that tomorrow morning will let his father, brother and I participate in the discussion of tomorrow morning." ”
It was natural for the emperor to let his father and brother participate in the discussion, but suddenly, let Qingmu also participate, because of the doubts in my heart, I came to solve the doubts of King Lao Yi overnight!
King Han Yi was stunned, looked up at her, and asked suspiciously, "Why did you come to your uncle?" Shouldn't this be asked to the emperor? ”
Qing Mu stepped forward with a smile and flattered: "Uncle, Qing Mu is not from Father-in-law De, I know that it was you who reported to the emperor's uncle, what is the matter?" Tell me, maybe Qingmu has a way! ”
King Han Yi couldn't stand the soft grinding and hard bubbles of this girl, and after a while, his mood was much better, and he smiled: "Well, in fact, this matter is nothing wrong with you, besides, you will also enter the palace together tomorrow." ”
He said, groaning for a moment, and then adding, "All right! "Uncle will tell you, but don't tell anyone just yet!"
Qing Mu listened to King Han Yi's words, nodded, and promised: "Uncle, don't worry, Qing Mu won't talk nonsense!" ”
King Han Yi raised his hand and stroked his beard, looked up at Qing Mu, and stared at her for a long time. Qing Mu was muttered in his heart when he saw it, and was surprised: "Uncle, what's wrong?" Is there anything wrong with Qing Mu's face? ”
After a long time, King Han Yi shook his head: "No, it's just that this matter is too heavy, there is a great drought in a hundred years in Yuecheng and the surrounding cities in Jiangnan, and now the people are living in dire straits!" ”
"When? Is it all true? Qing Mu was shocked and asked urgently.
King Han Yi nodded gloomily and whispered: "It's true, the five hundred miles of urgent official document from Lord Shen of Yuecheng Assassin Shi was only delivered to the Prime Minister today!" ”
Qing Mu felt heavy and comforted in a low voice: "Uncle, don't you need to worry, I'm afraid this matter can't be rushed, and now you need to take measures as soon as possible to prevent it from developing in a worse way!" ”
King Han Yi again: "Okay, Qingmu, you go back first!" Think about it yourself, and Uncle will also think about it overnight to see if there is a good plan, and discuss it again tomorrow morning! ”
"Hmmm! Uncle, you should rest early and pay more attention to your body! Qing Mu left first. Qing Mu said warmly, and after speaking, he turned around and left the room, and hurriedly returned to the general's mansion.
After Qing Mu returned to the general's mansion, he returned to his room early to rest, meditated all night, gradually felt tired, and fell asleep on the table.
Hong Luo came to see Qing Mu at night, and found that she was sleeping soundly on the table, and she was very distressed, so she walked in gently, and she fell asleep before walking out.
The next day, the sky had just dawned, and now that winter had passed, the weather should have been very warm, but now the wind was blowing, the snow was flying, and suddenly the temperature dropped a lot.
This may be a reflection of the danger that the whole country of Yujin is suffering, just as the hearts of everyone are heavy.
In the palace, above the court, hundreds of civil and military officials were lined up on both sides, and the ministers communicated with each other in low voices, and most of the officials had probably heard some rumors, but it was not clear now, and many people did not fully understand it.
"The emperor has arrived!" Suddenly, a loud shout sounded outside the main hall, and the ministers turned their heads one after another.
It had only been a few days, and the emperor's uncle was very haggard, his eyes were dull, as if he was full of confusion and helplessness.
The emperor walked in front, followed by a few father-in-law Dede and a few palace maids, followed into the main hall, and walked straight to the Jinluan Hall above the main hall.
Since the emperor entered the main hall, all the ministers have stopped talking about what they just said, and their eyes only followed the emperor and turned to the dragon chair on the solemn Jinluan Palace.
The emperor walked forward slowly, as if this section of the road was very far away, or the steps forward were too heavy, and every step seemed to weigh a thousand pounds on his feet.
When he passed by Qing Mu and Qing Lun, he looked at the two of them with an embarrassed faint smile, raised his head and continued to walk towards the dragon chair with great responsibility, for a long, long time, maybe just a moment, the emperor finally walked to the dragon chair and sat down.
The civil and military officials under the main hall bowed down and bowed down one after another: "See the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live!" ”
"Everyone, Aiqing, let's be even!" The emperor said slowly.
All the ministers replied one after another: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The emperor looked at the people in His Royal Highness, sighed, turned his head and said to Duke De: "Yide, read the 500 miles of Yuecheng Mansion last night to the public Aiqing!"
Father-in-law De was slightly startled, and replied: "Yes!" Emperor! He then stepped forward, opened the piece sent by him last night, and read it aloud, and after a while, the faces of all the officials in the audience changed color.
Qing Mu was also slightly surprised, he didn't expect that this matter would have such a big impact on Bo Lianguo, but he was afraid that if it was not handled properly, it would affect the foundation of the country.
Now, it is really an eventful autumn, just pacifying the foreign enemies on the frontier, and now there are years of famine in the country, and the most pitiful thing is the people who are living in dire straits.
I was afraid that I would have no food and clothing, thinking of the victims who starved to death because of lack of food, and the people who died of thirst because they had no water to drink, Qingmu's heart ached.
Just imagine, if it weren't for his own good luck, his father was the general of Bo Lianguo, and if he was an ordinary person, he would probably not be able to escape the tragic fate when he encountered this kind of natural and man-made disaster.
She thought about it and secretly vowed that she would do her best to save the people from fire and water and share the worries of the emperor's uncle.
After the words of the father-in-law of De, all the ministers began to discuss, some asked each other, when was this matter, why there was no news at all, and some communicated with each other, how to deal with it now, and it was necessary to come up with a way as soon as possible, and remedy was the best policy.
Everyone talked loudly, and was awakened by a series of gentle coughs, looking up, the emperor looked at the ministers and sighed softly, and said loudly: "Zhong Aiqing, now that the people of my country are living in hardship and hardship, I don't know if there is a solution to it!" ”
The ministers bowed their heads and were silent, thinking about how to solve the urgent need at this time, when suddenly, a voice came out, "Father! ”
The emperor was slightly startled, and at a glance, it was King Yun, so he asked, "Yuan'er, do you have a good plan?" ”
Mu Yuan walked sideways to the middle and bowed, "Father, the son has some ideas, I don't know if I can solve the urgent task!" ”
The emperor smiled indifferently, "Yuan'er, it's okay for you to say, now I want to listen to the opinion of the listener Aiqing!" ”
"Yes! Father! Mu Yuan replied, and then, he lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and said loudly: "Now that the famine has come out, the most important thing at the moment is to immediately release grain for disaster relief, otherwise the country will be in civil strife." ”
As the saying goes, 'the people take food as the sky', if the people don't have enough to eat and don't have warm clothes, they are afraid that they will rise up and resist, and then they are afraid that the situation will be even worse! ”
All the ministers nodded one after another, "What King Yun said is that grain must be released immediately for disaster relief!" ”
King Youyi shook his head slowly and asked: "Now that the sixteen prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River have been affected by disasters at the same time, and the affected area is as much as thousands of miles, where can I prepare so much grain for a while." ”
Moreover, the most important thing at the moment is that regarding the problem of people's living water, people do not eat for three days, and they will not die of hunger, if they do not drink water for three days, I am afraid that no one will survive!
When Mu Yuan heard King Youyi say this, he couldn't argue, nodded, turned around and walked back to his place.
Mu Qi took a step out and said: "Father, the son and the minister feel that now we can take a two-pronged approach, on the one hand, now that the border is stable, the military rations raised by the state can be temporarily used for disaster relief, and secondly, mobilize the local people to dig ditches and drain ditches to solve the water source problem!" ”
When the emperor heard this, he nodded slowly, feeling that this method could also be done, so he said: "Zhong Aiqing, do you think this method is feasible for the prince?" ”
When the ministers heard that what the prince said was very reasonable, they all echoed it: "What the prince said is reasonable, and it will definitely be feasible in the eyes of Weichen!" ”
"No!" Qing Zhen said loudly.
Turned around and walked out, looked up at the emperor, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, if you rashly use military rations, if there is another disaster on the frontier, I am afraid that my Bolian army will have no power to fight back, and at that time, wouldn't it be even worse!" ”
When the ministers heard General Qing Zhen's words, they felt that what he said was also very reasonable, and they all shook their heads, they really couldn't think of what to do, and everyone fell silent again.
The emperor looked at everyone, "Old general, prince, you should retreat first!" ”
He lowered his head and thought about it, and said: "I know that you love Qing, worry about the country and the people, always put the country first, put the people first, and have a sincere heart, I understand very well, now, you love Qing, who has a better way?" ”
The hall was silent for a while, and the emperor looked at everyone anxiously, looked at them one by one, and suddenly saw Qing Mu winking at him.
Then he asked: "Qing Mu, you have something to say, you are my little Zhuge of Bo Lianguo, if you don't have a doctrine, I'm afraid that this crisis will not be good!" ”
Qing Mu smiled faintly, gently put her finger to her mouth, and motioned to the emperor not to say it yet, she lowered her head and thought for a long time.
Then he walked to the center of the main hall, "Uncle Emperor, I'm afraid that if Qing Mu leaves, he may offend the ministers, but Qing Mu still doesn't dare to say it!" ”