Chapter Ninety-Six: Shadows
The battle report of the victory of the Yuan army was reported to the capital like a stream, and the court heard the news, and the joys, sorrows, and sorrows of all kinds of people were really different.
Dadu Hama Mansion. Inside the study.
Xue Xue is anxiously discussing the military situation in the south with Hama.
"Brother, this is the sixth victory report of Yangzhou Road this month, it can be said above, Zhang Thief is now defeated repeatedly, and he has no heart to fight again, and now the begging for mercy has been sent twice in a row! Fortunately, the old thief did not answer, otherwise once he was surrendered, wouldn't he have been done, and he would have returned to Kyoto! ”
"If Tokhtar returns to Beijing, where will our brothers survive in the future?" Xue Xue is already a bit of a six-god masterless authentic.
"Don't panic! Not long after the Great War in the South began, Tokhtok was only a few small victories, where would he be able to get the full merit so quickly! Ha Ma reprimanded his younger brother a few words, and said: "Zhang Thief is cunning, has no faith, and is a repeated villain, even if he hands over the surrender letter, who dares to accept it easily?" ”
"No matter what, you must not accept the letter of the thief!" Xue Xue is in a hurry.
"Don't worry, there should already be a secret letter in the army, Dao Totuo didn't want to surrender, he wants to take the matter of Xuzhou as a precedent, and do it again! I have already sent a message to the generals to strengthen their intention of slaughtering the city. As long as Zhang Thief has no way back, he will definitely stick to the city, Gaoyou and Taizhou are big cities, the city is high and the bricks are thick, even if it is bombarded with stone cannons and artillery, I am afraid that it will take ten months. This army has been entrenched outside the city for a long time, but it has no size, and the transportation and supply of food and salary alone is enough to drag down these hundreds of thousands of horses. ”
"Brother is so calculating! As long as the thief has no hope of survival, he will inevitably defend the city, and see how the old thief responds? That being the case, we will entangle the available people and put more words to Zhang Thief to make him die. Xue Xue said happily: "If you get rid of your hard work and have no work, you will be heavily responsible by Your Majesty, and the position of this prime minister will definitely not be guaranteed!" ”
Ha Ma sneered and said, "It's not just the position of prime minister, this time we must try to make it never turn over!" ”
"Oh, what's the solution?" Xue Xue came to the spirit.
"The prince is old, earlier I had a story with the book of words and the ceremony of the suburban temple, but the old thief did not say a word, I have already told the queen about this, what do you expect the harem to do?"
"Brother, this trick is wonderful! As long as the prince and queen don't like the old thief, big things can be done! ”
"This time, the old thief was able to take command of the expedition, in fact, a large part of the reason is that His Majesty has thought about it and wants to keep him away from the Jingshi."
"Oh, why did Brother say that?"
This is still what my sister-in-law said. At the beginning, I didn't know who was troubled, but I dared to tell the old thief in detail about His Majesty's preferences in the palace. The old thief broke into the palace directly, regardless of the righteousness of the monarch and the ministers, and confronted the curse that His Majesty enjoyed the Heavenly Demon Dance, etc., which is the way of the king of the step and the king, and the way to destroy the country! His Majesty was naturally ashamed, so he moved the idea of transferring him out of Beijing. "The sister-in-law that Hama spoke of is Vultures Timur.
"Your Majesty likes to play with a few women, what's the matter? As for how His Majesty likes to play, what is it like to be a courtier pointing fingers next to him! At the beginning, the Great Khan rode to destroy countless countries, how many queens, princesses, and princesses were not all slaves under our crotch, and let us call and play with them, and now some people in the court are just nothing to do, especially those Han people, who have nothing to talk about! ”
"These Han people are still useful, you still have to pay attention to your words and deeds on weekdays, don't be arrogant, fall into the mouth of the truth, the incorruptible visit to the division is not all people such as us, the last court meeting, there were a lot of supervision of the imperial history to the old thief! If you have the chance, you should be close to your colleagues. Also, I heard that Yidu Road is not quiet now, and those local officials are really useless, I heard that some officials and Han gentry in Yidu Road are attached to you, you don't just collect money, if these people are not useful, get rid of the relationship with them as soon as possible! ”
"Speaking of Your Majesty's preferences, there are many such men and women who dislike the Han officials in the court, and there are more and more people who come in to persuade and play the chapters, and it seems that it is time to strengthen the palace ban, so as not to spread everything in the palace to the outside. And the women who will be offered in the future should not go to those who have a foundation, and now it is the first thing to make friends with the prince, I have heard that the prince has been tired of playing a child, and has admonished His Majesty several times, which has made the saint unhappy, and the old Sha and others, you should not go around, so as not to provoke criticism! ”
"Brother is taught." Xue Xue replied with some disapproval. The two brothers have similar personalities, Xue Xue is more flamboyant, and their reputation in the Jingshi circle is really not worth mentioning.
"In the past, for the sake of my brother's advancement, I wanted to contact the old thief to make friends with the Qi family, but now that I have torn my face with the old thief, and there is a treasure book and a suburban temple ceremony, it is really the old thief's own sin, which is unforgivable!" Ha Ma brushed his beard, and his two eyes narrowed so that only a slit remained.
"If you want to bring down the old thief, without Your Majesty's Holy Judgment, everything will come to naught. And if the old thief really wins a big victory in the southern expedition, after returning to Beijing, where will you and I still live! Brother, although you have planned in many ways, but there are many old thieves in the middle of the court, and if they are stiff and do not die, there will always be a counterattack. It's better to break off with him completely. Xue Xue frowned.
Hama walked back and forth in the room a few times, and muttered: "The old thief has been in a high position for a long time, and he has been in a row with his henchmen inside and outside, and he is intertwined. ”
"Fortunately, the Asu Army and other departments were almost wiped out in Xuzhou that year, and most of the generals of the new army were not their henchmen, thanks to the fact that this thief has been obsessed with political affairs in recent years, and he has neglected to take care of it in the guards, giving me the opportunity to wait. In my opinion, the old thief's southern expedition did not fail to use this opportunity to win over the commanders of various departments. ”
Ha Ma paused, and continued.
"As for those civil officials, imperial historians and others, most of them are Han people, they don't have the ability, they will be noisy, and they will not make His Majesty happy, a few years ago, the new policy was promulgated, and the money was handed over indiscriminately, which made the people's grievances boiling, and the palace also knew about it, if it weren't for His Majesty's love, he would have already severely reprimanded him, speaking of which, you can try to go to the wine Lu Sicheng to make more encompass, and he will take the lead, write to the saints, understand his crimes, and punish his actions. He must be made to be a black man with His Majesty. ”
"What Brother said is that I will go to Lord Lu tomorrow."
"No, you don't go in person. Although Lu Sicheng is pedantic, he has a righteous heart and is quite hopeful in the court, but he doesn't like you and my brother. Go find someone he trusts and talk to him, and it will be a success! Hama immediately corrected.
"That being the case, I simply went to provoke Shang Shuchengzun and others from the Ministry of Works, anyway, they have always looked at the old thief unpleasantly, and when he built the Yellow River, he did not oppose it." Xue Xue suggested.
"That's right! Everyone only said that the old thief had made immortal achievements in repairing the river, but they didn't know that the corpses of the head of the countryside were hundreds of miles, and there were more than 10,000 displaced people. ”
"Brother Haojiao learned that if the old thief had a disobedient heart and told His Majesty the news, I wonder what Your Majesty would think?" Xue Xue suddenly spoke.
"Do you have a credential?"
"The old thief is meticulous, how can he leave a handle? But even if we don't have this foundation, we can make it for Your Majesty, as long as Your Majesty approves it, that is the evidence! It's really not good, you can follow the example of the old thief to get rid of Boyan! Xue Xue said categorically.
Ha Ma was stunned, saw that the doors and windows were closed, and there was no one else in the room, muttered for a while, and whispered: "This matter is important, you must not act recklessly, and look at the movement of the DPRK and China." ”
The more the brothers talked, the happier they became, listing the shortcomings and opponents of the government over the years, speculating, who can help, who can be divided, how to impeach, who is the leader, who seconds the proposal, etc., this night is actually talking about the rooster to announce the dawn, and the star is bright.
When the gate of the magnificent capital was opened one after another, a fast horse suddenly came out of the city, and the rider whipped his horse quickly, all the way to the south, and the sound of horses' hooves raised dust and smoke all the way.
This is also the first Timur yesterday to discuss the situation of the court, as soon as the morning dawned, he ordered his henchmen to rush to Gaoyou with a secret letter to inform his brother of the internal movement of the court.
From Dadu to Gaoyou, all the way is not less than thousands of miles, galloping day and night, both people and horses can not bear it at all, so Timur also borrowed the station along the way, and then borrowed the boats on the canal halfway, using stagecoaches, resting people and horses, galloping along the canal avenue, it is estimated that the letter can be delivered in four days.
Seeing that October is coming to an end, it is still very hot during the day. Fortunately, it had rained heavily the day before yesterday, which washed away a lot of the heat of the month, and the ditches outside the city were basically full of rainwater, and the large and small ponds and depressions were rippling, and the insects in the fields chirped all night. If there are a few more heavy rains, it is estimated that next year's crops will hardly need to be watered.
Yu Zhilong walked back from outside the city, looking at the rainwater accumulated in the ditch outside the city and thinking silently.
These days can be said to be busy, Liu Zhengfeng since the flag, took out a large amount of seized rice and grain for recruitment, in order to have a bite to eat, hungry people are willing to do anything.
Rice grain is placed on the street, as long as you join the army of King Shuntian, you can eat enough, the news came out, not only all kinds of people from the four towns and eight neighbors outside the city came with their families, it was the neighboring county government, there were also many people who came to vote, in just a few days, the number of people who came to vote has been nearly 10,000, the number of people not only made Yu Zhilong dumbfounded, but also Xie Lin, Zhao Shi and others were surprised and speechless.
Fortunately, the county treasury is full, enough for these people for nearly a year.
Of course, the people who come here are not only for a simple meal, but also for the abolition of all kinds of craftsmen, slaves, and military registrations, and are expected to get a share of the land and cattle and sheep in Linqu.
Since the text and proclamation were widely distributed by Xie Lin, Zhao Shi and others, the power of propaganda has become greater and greater, and the people everywhere who have heard the news have spread to each other, and the news has spread as quickly as if it had grown wings. Not only did it come to the surprise of Zhilong, Liu Zhengfeng and others, but even Gu Kai, Yu Bo, Tan Ziqi and others also began to panic.
In the daytime, I saw a group of ragged people, helping the old and the young, running to Linqu from everywhere, and then Yidu Road issued a blockade order, and a large group of poor people were blocked at the boundaries of the counties and townships, and there was no forgiveness for daring to cross the border! The bodies of violators are hung all over the checkpoints.
But at night, there are still many Qiantou who quietly detour, avoid the checkpoint, and enter Linqu.
Liu Zhengfeng, Liu Qi, Qin Zhanshan and others smiled from ear to ear, the team changed to fight for a long time, suffered a lot of damage, and has not been able to get an effective supplement from the people, the team is becoming smaller and smaller day by day, and the strength is naturally declining, and the leaders of each family are anxious and have no choice. Now with this great opportunity, everyone is overjoyed. Looking at the lively scene of people shouting and neighing outside the city, several big leaders finally had the feeling that everyone was looking forward to, and the situation was heroic, and they raised their eyebrows.
In just a few days, countless shacks and nests were quickly erected in the fields outside the city, and men, women, and children gathered outside the city, like ant colonies, growing in size day by day.
In addition to the old and young, women and children, most of these people are powerful men.
With so many people coming to defect, how to distribute the defecting soldiers was an unpleasant one in Linqu City.
Unconsciously, it has been nearly a hundred chapters, and now the rest of the manuscript in his hand is being changed, and the Linqu War will start soon, dear friends, do you have anything to say?
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