Chapter 51: Rebellion
Or the imperial dining room is at ease, here Sun Xiangfu has the highest official rank, everyone looks at themselves with admiration, Sun Xiangfu is secretly cool, directing a kitchen worker in the imperial dining room to make tofu.
The resources of Da Nei are abundant, not comparable to Sun Xiangfu's family, in less than two hours, a large pot of bean curd was baked, Luo Tian was very intimate and let people use food boxes to serve it, and sent a copy to the masters of the harem, look at how conscious this chef is.
Draining tofu, pressing dried tofu, picking tofu skin, worked for most of the day, and finally when it was dark, Sun Xiangfu said that all the food raw materials were made.
Fierce fire, lard, tofu dogwood and peppercorns, under a few stir-fries, a plate of fragrant mapo tofu out of the pot, and then fried bacon with dried tofu, fried meat with bean skin, loach arch tofu soup, three dishes and one soup are all alive, and the imperial meal in the palace is still a separate meal system, so Sun Xiangfu only needs to make a few more portions of four dishes.
Soon, the fragrant dishes arrived in front of Li Shimin, the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui, and Luo Khotan reported the names of the dishes to the four according to the name of Sun Xiangfu, and they could be eaten.
Of course, this also means that Sun Xiangfu's task today has been completed, and when it was dark for a long time, Li Shimin gave him a sign to be exempted from curfew, and he was sent out of the palace.
The carriage walked on the streets of Chang'an in the dark of night for the first time, it was too quiet, and there was not a single pedestrian.
"Uncle De, have you eaten in the afternoon?"
"I went to Dongshi and bought a few Hu cakes to eat."
Because he didn't know when Sun Xiangfu left the palace, Uncle De and Liu San, the groom who sent him here, had been waiting on the streets outside the imperial city for most of the day.
"Take some cooked jerky from the imperial dining room, nibble on a few pieces, and be full."
As he spoke, Sun Xiangfu also grabbed a handful in his hand, opened the door curtain, and handed it to Liu San outside, but unexpectedly saw that not far in front of his car, there were actually several carriages moving, but behind those carriages were not carriages for pulling people, but piled up with goods, covered and tied with linen.
"Uncle De, at this hour, there are still people who can walk on the streets of Chang'an?" It was cold, Sun Xiangfu took a look and put down the door curtain.
"No, I can't! Curfew signs are generally not distributed casually by the emperor. After that, Uncle De, who was chewing on the jerky, opened the curtain and looked out, and said, "It seems to be going in the same direction as us." ”
"Going to Hibiscus Garden?" Sun Xiangfu was stunned when he heard this, he couldn't imagine that in this cold day, in addition to himself, there was also that powerful person who would go to the Furong Garden in the corner of Chang'an to live.
After a while, there was a night patrol Wuhou in front of the road, check the road signs, Sun Xiangfu let Liu San stop the car far away, not far behind to watch, it is now winter snow weather, there is a layer of snow water on the ground to melt the condensed ice, Sun Xiangfu suddenly found that the ice was actually run over by the ruts in front, the wooden wheels of this period are very hard, but to run through the ice on the road in Chang'an in late October, I am afraid that it is a little difficult, it seems that the car in front of it is a heavy object.
"Iron?" Sun Xiangfu can only think of this at present.
"Uncle De, you said that if these people carry a large number of iron tools to the direction of Furong Garden at night, is there something wrong?" Sun Xiangfu tried to ponder for a while.
"Transporting ironware to Hibiscus Garden at night?"
Uncle De was stunned, and suddenly shouted, "It's not good, I'm afraid that something big is going to happen, there are more than 2,000 Turkic captives in Furong Garden at this time, if the people and vehicles in front of them are carrying weapons, I'm afraid that someone wants to provoke those Turks to rebel." ”
After all, Uncle De is an old Jianghu, and he has experienced many wars and political turmoil with Qin Qiong, and he thought of the key point at once, but it was a sentence that scared Sun Xiangfu's cold sweat out.
"Liu San, quickly turn the horse's head, go to the Yiguo Mansion, and tell Yigong about this, he is the general of the Left Guard, and he has the right to transfer troops at night."
Liu San is also a shrewd person, seeing that Sun Xiangfu was so nervous, he beat the horse fast, and Sun Xiangfu himself got out of the carriage, sat on his side, and held up the curfew crossing sign, and the night patrol Wuhou along the way did not stop the inquiry.
After a while, the carriage arrived at the Qin Mansion in Jing'anfang, Sun Xiangfu hurriedly knocked on the door to ask for a meeting, three or two sentences, and informed Qin Qiong of his findings and worries, Qin Qiong was also very nervous, these days the Turkic captives froze to death a lot, and the backlash was very great, if they were instigated and took weapons to attack the imperial city, although it would definitely not be able to be defeated, but it would also cause panic and political turmoil in the city, in case they killed the residential area, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Someone, take my iron armor."
Qin Qiong is accustomed to the army, and the three hundred guards in the family are all veterans of a hundred battles, and within half an hour, three hundred people took their weapons and rode on their own war horses and ran towards Furong Garden, while Sun Xiangfu was sent by Qin Qiong to the imperial city to inform His Majesty.
"I hope I guessed wrong, a false alarm, Turkic barbarians, don't mess around, my wife and younger brothers and sisters are still in Hibiscus Garden." Sun Xiangfu muttered nervously, asking Liu San to quickly hit the horse to the imperial city.
Before they could see the gate of the imperial city, there was a shout of killing in the direction of Furong Garden, but they couldn't hear it at all after more than ten miles of travel, Qin Qiong's arrival was very timely, and it was only one step away from those Turks who were carrying knives to attack Sun Xiangfu's house.
Li Shimin had not slept at this time, and he was in the imperial city, where he was discussing with his eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui the importance of large-scale soybean planting and two-season planting in the southern region.
You must know that before Champa rice was introduced to Middle-earth, there was no crop in Middle-earth with a shorter growth cycle than soybeans, and even rice, in the south, was only planted once a year, because the growth cycle of traditional rice was very long.
In the south of the Yangtze River and Huainan, although the soybean yield is extremely high, because it cannot be used as the main ration, there are not many people who plant it, which is related to the government's restriction that everyone can only grow the main ration in the field.
"Your Majesty, Sun Xiamu is carrying the Yigong token, and there is a hurry."
Wang Deyong suddenly interjected, which made Li Shimin displeased, but when he thought about it, how could Sun Xiangfu's kid go and return, and still hold Qin Qiong's performance token? There must be something strange, so he said.
"Biography."
Sun Xiangfu hurriedly ran into the imperial study, and in a few words, he informed Li Shimin of his suspicion that someone had transported weapons to Furong Garden and plotted against the Turkic captives, Li Shimin, who was particularly sensitive to this aspect, naturally did not underestimate it, and after thinking about it carefully, he remembered that in addition to issuing a curfew pass token to Sun Xiangfu in the past few days, he did not issue a curfew pass token to others, such as Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other high-ranking officials, although they often discuss with Li Shimin in the palace at night, but their faces are better than tokens, No token is required at all.
"Urgent order, Dugu Mou led the flying cavalry to Furong Garden to check the situation, and in addition, Qianniu Wei strictly guarded the imperial city, and the left and right guards blocked the streets to prevent the rebellion from breaking into the residential area."
Before Li Shimin's order was issued, Chang He, the general of the guards on duty in the imperial city, hurriedly ran over and reported, "Your Majesty, a fire has been found in the east of the city." ”
"Oh no, it's a mess."
Sun Xiangfu's face was pale, and he sat on the ground, he was the chief worker of the restaurant, and those Turkic captives were afraid that they had already hated themselves, and the first time they got the weapons, they should have rushed to their mansions, but fortunately, today he went to the palace to offer food, and accidentally bumped into the vehicle transporting the weapons, and became suspicious, otherwise, he should have fallen to the ground at this moment.
"Look at your unproductive appearance, follow me to the city and have a look."
Li Shimin glanced at Sun Xiangfu who was sitting on the ground in disgust, and strode out of the hall, and Sun Xiangfu, who was anxious, had to get up and follow out.
The fire in the east of the city really started in the direction of Furong Garden, but after Li Shimin climbed the city wall, the fire was extinguished, Qin Qiong's mansion was closer to Furong Garden, and he led three hundred cavalry to go, it was expected that those Turks without horses and armor should not be his opponents, but I don't know if those Turks slaughtered their families, if it was really a family member who died in this chaos, Sun Xiangfu was afraid that he would be in pain.
Obviously, Li Shimin's angle of considering the problem was different from his, and his inquiring eyes swept over the faces of the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, and the three extremely smart ministers were also a little dazed, they couldn't imagine that at this moment when the Turks were defeated and the emperor's authority was flourishing, who would raise the flag and rebel so blindly, and moreover, he also put the bet on the unreliable Turks, this is the rhythm of not planning to rebel successfully!
In other words, after Qin Qiong rode a double blow and smashed the heads of the two Turks who were smashing the gate of Sun Mansion with one blow, those Turks instantly lost their fear, and the Turkic captives at the general level were not brought over to do coolies, so the organization of these Turks was very scattered, and with the arrival of three hundred Qin Mansion guards, there were no horses, and the Turks who were not strong in battle were immediately killed and dispersed.
However, at this time, it was dark night, Qin Qiong only had 300 people, and he didn't dare to beat the people too scattered, so after ordering Qin Hu to lead a hundred people to guard the gate of the Sun Mansion, Qin Qiong led 200 people to kill the scattered Turkic soldiers, and let them burn and loot in Furong Garden, the sin would be great, you know, most of the people who can have a mansion here are the top magnates in Chang'an.
After a while, there were Turkic rebels who attacked a house, robbed the horses in the house and set fire to the house, Qin Qiong was anxious, Pegasus crossed the wall, and smashed the heads of those rebels one by one, and then, where the fire started, they killed wherever they wanted, and then the Turks also became obedient, secretly grabbed some things, and fled by the night, not daring to set fire to the people again.
Half an hour later, Qin Qiong was still chasing and killing the scattered Turkic rebels, and the 1,000 flying cavalry led by Dugumou also arrived, and a large number of Turkic rebels were beheaded, and the situation was basically controlled.
After a while, the sound of neat footsteps rushed in, left and right, the most elite 20,000 infantry of the Tang Dynasty blocked the entire Furong Garden area, torches will be illuminated everywhere, and one by one the Turkic rebels were found out of the horns.
"Yanyun, stay alive, not only the Turks, but also the Han people here are not allowed to enter or leave, Your Majesty must know who instigated the rebellion."
The two generals were both experienced people, and after the situation was controlled, Qin Qiong handed over the scene to Dugumou, who was nicknamed the iron-masked general, and rode a fast horse to the imperial city to report to Li Shimin.