Chapter 313: A Wave of Unsettled Waves (1)
The atmosphere of the meal was quite awkward, and as a former minister-to-minister, Jiang Gan's mood was quite complicated.
Two years ago, Bai Liyan was just a foreign minister in Jiang Qian's family, and two years later, he became his brother-in-law, King Xian and the former celebrity, the brave general of the three armies, and the huge changes came quickly, so fast that he was caught off guard.
After hurriedly ending breakfast, the two came to a place where no one was, and Bailiyan gave Jiang Qianluo a salute:
"It's good to be a young master."
"Hehe, General Wei is now soaring, and it is rare to remember the young master of this son."
Jiang Qian's words were unhappy, and Bai Liyan reluctantly smiled and said:
"Wei knows that the young master is angry with Wei for the rebellion below, but Wei does have an important matter to discuss with the young master today, and I hope that the young master will tell the truth regardless of his previous suspicions."
"Oh, General Wei actually has a time to beg for help."
"It doesn't matter if you ask someone or beg him, Wei only asks the young master, and the young master knows Qin Han."
"You ask him what he does!" Jiang Qian immediately became vigilant.
"It seems that Qin Han has been secretly planning for Jiang Gong, but is this the case?"
"What does this have to do with you!"
"Yu Wei has nothing to do with it, but the young master can know that Qin Han is the biggest hidden pile buried by the Black Turban rebels in Guangxin, this rebellion in Chenling is the plan of the Black Turban Army to attack the west, the rebels are on the way to get Guangxin at the moment, if the expectation is good, there will only be two or three days, and the rebels will be able to arrive in Guangxin City."
"What ......" is like a thunderbolt and five thunders on a sunny day, Jiang Qian's face froze, he was stunned for a moment, his mind was blank, and the shock and astonishment in his heart were turbulent and violent at this moment.
Jiang Gan's reaction was all expected, just imagine an old minister who has assisted his family for decades, and finally turned out to be a hidden stake lurking by the rebels, what a huge psychological blow.
"Young master, there is no doubt that Qin Han is a rebel in Guangxin, and the purpose of sneaking into Jiang Gong's side is to incite Jiang Gong to rebel. When Fengyangjun rebelled, it was also secretly planned by the Black Turban Army, and Gongsun Yue intended to indulge, in order to weaken the national strength of Xianguo and cooperate with the rebels to seize the Central Plains at a critical moment. ”
"How is this possible, how is this possible!" Jiang Qianli asked, glaring angrily at Baili Yan.
"Indeed, it is difficult to be convinced. Wei expected to be good, Qin Han and Jiang Gong have known each other for more than 20 years, and as far as we know so far, the Foolish Sect and the Xiong Lun Dao have been planning great changes in the Central Plains since more than ten years ago, and now it is likely to go back to 20 years ago, or even longer. And ......" Bailiyan wanted to speak and stopped, and the words came to her mouth and swallowed back.
"And what!"
"The king will soon know about this, even though Gongsun Yue doesn't know that Qin Han is the rebel internal response, but yesterday I asked Gongsun Yue about this matter, and Gongsun Yue didn't know either. Last night, the king was bound to interrogate him, so if the king knew that Qin Han was the rebel's internal response in Guangxin, how would King Xian feel. ”
"Since Gongsun Yue doesn't know, how can you conclude that Qin Han is Neiying!"
"The young master doesn't know about this matter, and he talks a lot."
Bai Liyan explained in detail the two things of exterminating the horse thief Huo Xing and assassinating the royal guest, clarifying the ins and outs, all the suspicions were finally pointed to Qin Han, but Jiang Min, the Duke of Guangxin, was kept in the dark from beginning to end, coupled with a series of events that have occurred in the past two years, it is enough to show the ulterior relationship between Qin Han and the Black Turban Army.
"Young master, everyone knows that the horse thief Huo Xing secretly built strong crossbows, but the final whereabouts of these strong crossbows are unknown. Now it seems that in the end, it all fell into the hands of the rebels. And people such as Qin Han and Huo Xing are all over the Central Plains, and in the past 20 years, they have secretly built war weapons, which can be used by hundreds of thousands of people, plus the rebels who plundered and mutined this time, it is not difficult to gather millions of heavily armed rebels in a short period of time.
Young master, do you know how much grain and grass Gongsun Yue sent to the rebels during his reign of more than ten years? ”
"How much?"
"Fifty million stones."
Bai Liyan was heartbroken, and Jiang Qian was shocked when he heard the news:
"What, so many!"
"Yes, it's just Gongsun Yue alone, if there is no huge wealth like Qin Han secretly operating, how can Gongsun Yue do it alone, this is not counting the grain and grass that is transported out of Xianguo through other channels, it can be seen that the strength of the rebel army is far above any country in the Central Plains."
Bai Liyan was glad that King Xian had adopted the advice of protracted war at the beginning, if he regarded the rebels as ordinary grass bandits and thieves, the consequences of a rash decisive battle would be unimaginable.
"Young master, Qin Han secretly instigated Jiang Gong's matter for a long time, King Xian has not yet sorted out the chaos of the mutiny at the moment, the danger of Guangxin hangs above his head like a sharp sword, and King Xian still has to rely on Jiang Gong's soldiers and horses to stabilize Beihai County at the moment.
The young master should take advantage of this moment to inform Jiang Gong and Luo Songting to move troops back to Guangxin as soon as possible to stabilize the situation before the rebels arrive in Guangxin. ”
"You take it seriously!"
Jiang Qian's heart was full of suspicion, and there was no doubt behind this sentence.
"Young Master, is it still necessary for Wei to deceive the Young Master at this moment? The young master is Wei's brother-in-law! ”
Jiang Qian was stunned, and suddenly remembered that his father Jiang Min had married his sister Jiang Rong to Bailiyan.
"You ......" Jiang Qian paused, and then said: "If you deceive me, you will not be able to share the sky in this life." ”
Bai Liyan shook her head and sighed:
"Young master, you have a strong personality and a competitive heart, Luo Songting is because he knows your temperament, so after persuading you is useless, he rarely persuades you again. The young master should do it himself, competitiveness is not a bad thing, but if it is too prosperous, it is stubborn and self-serving, Wei resigned. ”
Looking at Bailiyan's back gradually leaving, Jiang Gan's face was red and white for a while, his heart seemed to be drained, and his anger couldn't be burned.
"Damn!" In the end, he complained and clenched his fists, but a sense of powerlessness came to his heart, and Jiang Qian suddenly found that he was preached by Bai Liyan in person, and he couldn't hate it at all.
On the way to the front yard, Bai Liyan met Wu Deng who was doing nothing.
"Wu Deng has met General Wei."
"Excuse me, do you have a place to go?"
"The subordinates were thinking about this matter, and they were worried that their lives would be difficult to protect if the court pursued them, so they didn't dare to return to the camp for a long time."
"Most of the mutinous soldiers will be dealt with leniently, and the generals will be strict, you are a centurion, and most of them will be demoted to a soldier and distributed to the front line. In this way, there is a serious shortage of the forward battalion of this general, you will be stationed in the legation for the time being, and after the general will face the king, I will transfer you and others to my forward battalion, you see how it is. ”
"Thank you, General!"
"Alright, go get me a carriage, I'm going to enter the palace."
"No."
Yesterday, I talked to Ye Xin about the handling of the rebels, and Bai Liyan suggested that the big things should be turned into small things, and they should be dealt with lightly. Most of the military attachés below the level of the capital are coerced by their superiors, and only a few are really willing to obey the thieves.
The rest of the soldiers were for food, and most of them were coerced into doing so. For these people, who account for the vast majority, there is no need to delve into their mistakes, and they can continue to be used after disrupting the establishment and joining the Yongxing River army.
As for the military attachés above the capital level, depending on the severity of the situation, they were severely punished, and several of the leaders were asked to be convicted and killed afterwards to set an example.
With a few guards, Bai Liyan took a carriage to Zhentai Gate, and after walking out for about a quarter of an hour, he bumped into Tang Zhao and others head-on outside the curtain.
"Stop!" Bai Liyan stopped the groom, and then picked up the curtain and shouted to Tang Zhao: "Brother Tang Zhao!" ”
Tang Zhao subconsciously turned around and saw Bai Liyan sitting in the car, he was surprised and delighted:
"General Wei, you are!"
"I didn't die in the catastrophe, and I was lucky enough to put down the rebellion. Brother Tang Zhao, where is this going? ”
"Alas......" Tang Zhao sighed: "Don't say it, go down and hand over the post to ask to see King Xian, King Xian is gone, this is to go back to the envoy to return to the envoy." ”
"Oh......"
At the beginning of the Gongsun Yue rebellion, Wei Chiguang urgently summoned the royal guests in the city of Chenling to guard outside the pavilion, and hung out the banner of the royal guests, and the rebels did not dare to provoke, so they did not suffer any major losses.
As for the rebellion, Yuke has always taken a neutral position, and the two do not help each other. Generally, no one dares to provoke, Gongsun Yue naturally does not want to intensify the conflict, and it should be an inevitable measure to strictly order the ministry not to attack the royal guest.
At present, there has just been a great change in Chenling, but the envoy Wei Chiguang is still in Chenling and does not leave, Bailiyan is very confused, Xianguo has become like this, is it possible that you still want silk and cane sugar?
"Brother Tang, with all due respect to Wei, you don't have to think about silk and sucrose, there is a great change in Chenling, and the loss is incalculable.
"This ......"
"Okay, Wei is going to enter the palace to face the king, Brother Tang will do it himself."
When the words fell, Bai Liyan immediately asked the groom to continue to drive the car, and he had a little more thoughts about Yuke in his heart.
When he came to Zhentai Gate, half of the forbidden army in the inner palace, half of Ye Xin's men and horses were guarding outside the palace, not to mention more than 500 people gathered. King Xian issued a royal decree in the second half of the night last night, officials of all sizes were waiting for the arrival of the palace, and they were not allowed to leave the palace, and the military attachés had to strictly check their identities when they entered and exited, and the guards were all left outside the palace and were not allowed to enter.
Bailiyan is familiar with Ye Xin's subordinates, and most of the centurion knows him, even so, the forbidden army still acts according to the rules, and only after checking the tooth card is allowed to enter the palace.
After Gongsun Yue surrendered yesterday, several battles broke out in the city one after another, and Ye Xin transferred troops to suppress them, and they were basically cleared in the first half of the night.
King Xian rushed to court in the Guangyuan Hall in the second half of the night, first deposed Luan Chong's city government Sima, and then copied Jiang Yan's mansion.
Although he fought to the end, it is undeniable that more than 13,400,000 of the more than 20,000 people under his command participated in the rebellion, and the defenders suffered heavy losses.
The court meeting urgently decided that Ye Xin was temporarily in charge of the post of Sima of the city government, and Zhao Xun temporarily served as the big Sima without any suspense, and the phase was suspended. The whole city entered martial law and curfew, the mourning period of the queen mother was canceled, and the coffin was transported out of the palace to be temporarily placed in the royal tomb.
Hundreds of large and small officials were crowded in groups outside the Guangyuan Palace, during which there were constantly patrols of the forbidden army shuttling by, and there were still bright red blood stains on the ground that had not been washed away, which was extremely crowded. After being released last night, all the officials in the column stayed in the palace for another night, waiting for the summons and the departure one by one.
The first to open the knife was Gongsun Yue's family, who was dismissed and investigated more than 60 people at one time, degraded a doctor, and three middle doctors were concubines, and they had no property, and then Jiang Yan and other Queen Mother's party members, Luan Chong needless to say, has been dismissed, and other people have been dismissed, and Jiang Yanfu has not been merciless.
With the exception of a very small number of city defense officials, all officials were placed under house arrest in the palace, awaiting final disposition.