The trees in the distant mountains are sparse, the chill of early 'spring' penetrates the mullioned windows, and the noise of the market can be faintly heard. But Chen Dong didn't have time to take care of these little things, he had been reviewing the folds for an hour in a row, and felt a little tired, so he drank ginseng tea, closed his eyes slightly, and 'rubbed' the thumbs of both hands and pressed the temples', but his mind could not rest, and the major events in the folds emerged one by one.

Under the pressure of the southeast prefecture and county, the Prime Minister's Mansion urgently ordered the Heng Navy and the Han Army to go south to exterminate the Great Food Pirates, however, yesterday received a 400-mile urgent delivery from the Heng Navy, Han Shizhong said on the table, the Heng Navy Naval Division has set off, however, the big war ships in the Heng Navy are all sand boat styles built in the northern shipyard, the bottom of the ship is flat, the draft is shallow, the driving is stable, both can sail, and can go up the river, but everything has its advantages and disadvantages, the speed of the sand boat is slow, and it is difficult to break the deep water big 'wave'. It is said that although the Great Naval Eater warship is smaller, it has a sharp bottom and fast speed, which is suitable for deep sea big 'waves', so the Henghai Navy can only cruise in the coastal sea to expel the Great Eating Pirates.

Denglai's Han army said on the table that because the Marquis of Wuchang had helped the Han children of Liaodong fight, only the Marquis of Wuchang served in the army. The Han'er are all northerners, either worried about leaving their hometowns and adapting to the water and soil, or they are afraid that the general of the army will be too strict. The Song Dynasty wanted the Han army to send troops to help suppress, if Zhao Xingde was used as the commander, the Han army would rejoice, if other people were used, the generals might not be willing to obey the order, but it would ruin the great event of exterminating the pirates.

"Prime Minister, Ezhou Governor Chai Gu asks to see you!"

"Okay," Chen Dong opened his eyes and nodded, "Let him in." Thinking about what the Ezhou prefect wanted to see, Lin Zhengan, the staff of the Ministry of War, came straight to the signing room without passing the message, bowed down and said: "Chen Xianggong, the big thing is not good, the Lisheng suddenly gathered in the city to make trouble, and the outside of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Punishment were all surrounded. The students are still inciting the people to rush into the ya'men and beat the officials. Coupled with the fact that the idle men in the market took advantage of the fire to rob, the city was already in a big 'chaos'. ”

"Is that so?" Chen Dong's face became grim, and he asked sharply, "What do they want to do?" ”

"Your Excellency," Lin Zhen said, "The Ministry of Duties has just found out that the students want to expel the adults on the grounds of the joint impeachment of 100 state scholars and politicians, and let the Ministry of Rites reconvene the scholars and politicians to elect the prime minister." "He had a guilty look on his face.

Lin Zhengan was originally a cabinet 'gate' who supervised the movement of soldiers and horses on the Guangnan East Road, and after the establishment of Ezhou, the Ministry of War established a new staff department, and Chen Dong appointed him as the division of the division, which was very important. Since the abolition of eunuchs in the imperial court, the Imperial City Division has also been abolished. Although the Ministry Division replaced the responsibility of the Imperial City Division to serve the news of the Beijing Division, however, the focus of the military department's monitoring was still the movement in the army, and most of the subordinates recruited by Lin Zhengan were also old people from the Jinwei Mansion, and they did not dare to send people to 'mix' into the Qingliu of the Li Society, nor did they understand the movements of Wu Zilong, Shi Tingjian and other core figures who made trouble. Lin Zhengan also hurriedly sent someone to find out the news when there was a disturbance in the city.

"What is the sin?" Chen Dong was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "This matter is not under the care of the staff. ”

He furrowed his brows and listened to the movement outside, at first he bowed his head to act as an official document, and he didn't care much about the noise outside the Prime Minister's Mansion, but now he heard that the noise was indeed much louder than usual. At this time, the sound of hurried footsteps sounded, and Chai Gu, the prefect of Ezhou, Deng Su, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Wen Xunzhi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Liu Shi, the 'waiter' of the Ministry of War, came to the signing room. Before Chai Gu could speak, Deng Su preemptively said: "Shaoyang, quickly mobilize the forbidden army to quell the 'chaos'." ”

Chen Dong's face was slightly pale, Deng Su looked left and right, and said: "Wu Zilong is trying to see the dagger, this is a desperate gamble." ”

The people who made trouble outside were all the students, and they were led by the 'radical' scholars in the Society, and the essence of it was the struggle between the two parties within the Society. And Chen Dong, Wen Xunzhi, Liu Shi and others are all from the Li Society, and they are usually deliberately tolerant of scholars. The situation outside was critical, and after Deng Suxian shouted, Wen Xunzhi and Liu Shi were silent at the same time, unwilling to echo for a while. The Great Song Dynasty has always emphasized literature and suppressed martial arts, and if the forbidden army is mobilized to quell the 'chaos', it is tantamount to giving people a handle, and everyone is leisurely, and if they are not careful, they will be sinners who have been stinking for thousands of years.

"Shaoyang!" Seeing that Chen Dong was still hesitating, Deng Su said again, "Make a decision now!" Those people outside are in a daze, if you hesitate for a moment, they will 'bewitch' more people, and when the time comes, not only will the prime minister's government and the various ministries 'gate' not be able to keep it, but this Ezhou city will also suffer a catastrophe," his face was grim, and he said more and more loudly, "If this matter is succeeded by Wu Zilong, where will the prestige of the imperial court exist?" Henan, Jingdong, and the southeast coast, how many people are waiting to see success or failure? Looking at the world, the battle for turbidity is in full swing; The states and counties do their own thing, and the generals support their own troops. In such a situation, how can we bear the loss of the prestige of the imperial court? Wu Zilong set this evil example, and it was immediately a civil war! The Great Song Dynasty fell apart only in the blink of an eye! ”

Deng Su was a little alarmist, but Wen Xunzhi and Liu Shi both had a 'pale' face, obviously it was not completely impossible.

"That's it!" Chen Dong shouted, he looked at the few people in the room, was silent for a moment, his eyes turned cold, he exhaled heavily, and said to Liu Shi, the 'waiter' of the military department: "Speed up the southeast camp and prohibit the army from entering the city to quell the 'chaos'." Liu Shi immediately agreed, and was about to turn around and go out, when Chen Dong stopped him and advised: "Tell Wang Gui to restrain the forbidden army, just restore order in the city, and try not to kill or injure the people of the city." ”

Deng Su frowned slightly, held back and didn't speak, and watched Liu Shi, the 'waiter' of the military department, go out. Now that the outside has become a 'chaos', he groaned: "Shaoyang, in order to prevent trouble, before order is restored in the city, we must immediately gather the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion, as well as the 'attendant' guards and horses of Ouchi, and strictly guard the 'door' in various places. "Ezhou's palace and Xiangfu occupy a small area, and the corresponding 'servant' guards and horses are also few, no more than the Bianliang Palace, where tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are stationed in the palace, but Deng Su estimates that there are about 1,800 forbidden troops, and before Wang Gui mobilizes the army to quell the 'chaos', he can only rely on these people.

Liu Shi received the Jun decree, and saw that the envoy of the Xia Kingdom was still sitting in the 'flower' hall, and was about to make a detour to avoid it, but Feng Yanlun stood up and blocked the way.

"Liu's 'waiter' Lang, the envoy has been waiting for a long time, when will the prime minister summon him?" Feng Yanlun was waiting with Liu Shi in the 'flower' hall just now, the scribe invited Liu Shi in first, and now Liu Shi has come out to see the prime minister, and there is no summons inside, Feng Yanlun is waiting for a lot, no matter what, if the envoy of a country is not so slow. If he didn't care about this flick of his sleeves, the two countries would probably not stop fighting, and he would really have to turn around and leave.

"Ah, this, the official doesn't know," Liu Shi had to arch his hand, "There is a noble envoy." ”

There was a dispute over orthodoxy in Song and Xia, and if it was an ordinary time, the number of etiquette could not be lost. But at this moment, Liu Shi didn't stop, bypassed Feng Yanlun, and walked straight towards the small 'door' on the east side through the 'flower' hall. Feng Yanlun looked at his back dumbfounded, frowned, and sneered: "What's wrong?" The dignified 'squire' of the military department, this situation is like an arrow in the buttocks. ”

Tens of thousands of people gathered outside, and the Suzaku Street, where the main 'gate' of the Prime Minister's Mansion was located, had already blocked the water, and Liu Shi didn't dare to go through the big 'gate', so he only took four guards out of the small 'gate' on the east side of the Prime Minister's Mansion. In order to prevent accidents, Liu Shi changed the official uniform of the 'squire' Lang in the ordinary forbidden army robe, and the five of them all rode fast horses, bypassing the Zhuque Street from the pomegranate alley on the east side of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Look, my lord, there's a fire!" One of the guards pointed to the smoke rising from an alley ahead.

The tongue of fire spat out from a smashed shop, and the smoke rose straight into the sky, and the neighbors all fled in panic, calling for help, and the cries of 'women' and children were faintly heard not far away. As far as the eye could see, most of the shops were smashed open, and the ground was a mess, scattered with clothes, utensils, copper coins and other things, obviously traces of looting.

Xicao Street is one of the most prosperous grass markets in Ezhou, many merchants and poor people live in it, the household registration is dense, a large number of bamboo, silk cloth and other flammable things are piled up in the courtyard of the shops, only last year, a fire accidentally burned more than 500 homes, burned more than 1,000 people. When the fire broke out, there was also a water dragon team to fight the fire, but at the moment such a 'chaos' situation, the water dragon team did not know where it was, and the people near the burning houses were just panicked and busy rescuing the most valuable belongings from the house.

"Damn it, it's better than a brute!" Liu Shi scolded in a low voice, "Go to the southeast camp first!" ”

The camp commander tent of the southeast camp is located outside the 'gate' of Wuchang. Liu Shi took the guards to the horse and whipped quickly, galloped to the outside of the Yuan' gate, the vicinity of the military camp was quiet, Liu Shi directly showed the waist card of the military department, led the horse into the Yuan' gate, and saw the officer guarding the 'door' glared at the eyeballs, and said sharply: "Where is the deployment of Lord Wang?" Quickly take the official to meet him. Liu Shi, the 'waiter' of the Officers and Soldiers Department, has 100,000 urgent matters. ”

"Du, my lord?" The officer guarding the 'door' ate this drink and was a little at a loss, "You want to see Wang Dashuai?" ”

"This official is here on the orders of the Prime Minister," Liu Shi said impatiently, "Quickly take this official to see the royal capital to deploy." ”

"Yes, yes, no, but, Wang, Lord Wang," the officer guarding the 'door' had seen Lord 'Waiter' speak so violently, and stammered, "But Lord Wang is sick and cannot act as an agent for military affairs, nor can he meet with your lords." Liu Shi saw that his eyes were flickering, and his words were obviously not true, his heart was on fire, and he shouted: "Lord Wang really suffers from a bad disease? Bullying an official in the army is a crime of killing the head? ”

"The last general will not dare to deceive," said the officer, almost crying, "every sentence is true." Lord Wang was suffering from a serious disease, and he was recuperating from his illness, and no one could see him. ”

"What about the lieutenant? Where is the rule? What about the commanders of the armies? Liu Shi frowned and asked, "You quickly find them all in the handsome tent." He was suspicious in his heart, and looked around vigilantly, and the soldiers all looked panicked and suspicious, obviously not knowing what was happening, and they didn't look like they were going to mutiny or rebel. Seeing this, the guards also took steps to protect Liu Shi in the middle, but at this time, they were in the southeast camp, if they really wanted to do it, these four people would not be enough to stuff their teeth.

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