Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 4: The Heroic Soul Returns Home

Chapter 1: It is difficult to leap thousands of miles into Shudao

Section 5 Difficult Problems

In the beginning of November in the forty-seventh year of Wanli (the fourth year of the Later Jin Heavenly Mandate).

Liu Yunwei sat leisurely on the wall of the Chengping Pass, looking at the pedestrians coming in and out of the gate, feeling a rare leisure. Long Xiang Iron Cavalry has been stationed in this Jiping Pass for six days, as early as six days ago, Liu Yunwei had already sent out the good news that the homeless people had rioted to capture the Chengping Pass, and he led the army to recover the Guancheng, but until today the military department has not received any reply, and what is even more strange is that the governor of Henan has also not reacted at all.

"How could this governor of Henan be so unresponsive? Is there some kind of plan hatched to get revenge on me? Liu Yunwei pondered for a while and still didn't understand the essentials, so he stopped thinking about it, turned his head to look at the sky, and said to himself: "Today's weather is becoming more and more abnormal, it is already early autumn, the weather is still so hot, so if you go on year by year, what should the people do!" ”

At this moment, an iron cavalry soldier came to Liu Yunwei's side and said, "General Qiyu, the grain in the pass has been counted, except for the grain distributed to the displaced people a few days ago, our remaining grain can last for twelve days." ”

Liu Yunwei nodded and asked, "Won't you take it back at night?" ”

"Not yet, but I should be back later today."

As he was talking, Liu Yunwei suddenly saw that on the official road outside the gate, there was a fast horse who did not collect at night and rushed back. The iron cavalry soldier also saw it, and couldn't help but say a little strangely: "It's really strange, why did you come back so early at night?" ”

Liu Yunwei said: "There must be some news, let Ye Bushu come to see me immediately!" ”

"Yes!"

After a while, the Ye Bushu came to Liu Yunwei and said, "General, I have found some news: the military department has given an order to the garrison of Ziyang City, ordering him to send troops to garrison the Qiping Pass, and it is estimated that the order to us is about to arrive." ”

Liu Yunwei bowed his head and said: "Well, these are all expected things, and the actions of the military department are quite fast. By the way, is there any news from the governor of Henan? ”

At this time, the look of the night was a little strange, and he said: "General Hui, I heard that the governor of Henan seems to be sick, and now he is closed at home. However, it is reported that the Henan political envoy also sent people to treat us, so I don't know what they mean. ”

"Oh?" Liu Yunwei was also stunned after hearing this, but then laughed and said: "Haha, the guard of this Jiping Pass is a relative of the governor of Henan, and now that the matter has come to this point, his governor of Henan actually chose to protect himself at the first time, and I think his official fortune is here!" ”

"General, when are we going to go on our way?" The night did not close.

Liu Yunwei looked at the mountains behind him and said, "When Ziyang's men and horses arrive, we will set off immediately." ”

At the same time, the Jingshi, the Wanli Emperor's dormitory.

Fang Congzhe and Huang Jiashan were sitting in the side hall with serious expressions, both of them were closing their eyes and recuperating, as if they were waiting for someone. After a long while, a little eunuch walked over quickly, saluted the two of them and whispered: "Elder Fang Ge, Huang Shangshu, Your Majesty has not woken up yet, the imperial doctor said that the medicinal power has not yet passed, and the two adults had better wait a little longer." ”

Fang Congzhe asked worriedly: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." It's just that the old man asks one more thing, how is His Majesty's spirit these days? ”

When the little eunuch heard this, he looked unkind, but he shook his head slightly, and then bowed and left.

Fang Congzhe's face was very ugly when he saw this, and he glanced at Huang Jiashan behind him, and saw that he was also a little confused. Fang Congzhe sighed heavily, and said slowly: "Huang Shangshu, according to the old man, are we going to start preparing for His Majesty's death?" After all, now there are Jiannu raging outside, and there are homeless people flowing all over the place, in case Your Majesty really has any accidents, the court must not be chaotic! ”

Huang Jiashan nodded and said, "I understand what the elder means, and the military department will do a good job of dealing with it." It's just that on the side of the Tongzhou camp, the planning of the new army can't be stopped, that's Your Majesty's last wish! Mr. Xu had already returned to his hometown ten days ago, and Sun Yuanhua, who was in charge of affairs yesterday, also quit, and now the Tongzhou New Army Battalion is already leaderless! If we continue like this, there will be a big mess! ”

Fang Congzhe sat down, frowned and thought for a while, and asked, "Where did Liu Yunwei arrive?" Did the old general Liu Ting settle down? ”

Huang Jiashan sighed, shook his head, and said: "I just received good news from Liu Yunwei: he had just led his army to the Zhiping Pass on the border between Shaanxi and Sichuan, and he encountered a riot of local homeless people, and the city was taken by the homeless people, and Liu Yunwei was also blocked in Shaanxi. ”

"What!" Fang Congzhe was so shocked that he stood up directly, and hurriedly said, "Then Huang Shangshu didn't hurry up and deploy troops to suppress it!" ”

Huang Jiashan hurriedly said: "Don't panic, don't be impatient, then Liu Yunwei has already defeated the homeless, and now the Wolfing Pass has been recovered." It's just that before the arrival of the new defenders, Liu Yunwei can only temporarily garrison at Jiping Pass, and he can't continue to hurry. ”

Hearing this, Fang Congzhe put his mind at ease and sighed: "This Liu Yunwei doesn't know if it's good luck or bad luck, how many things have he encountered along the way, he could have rushed to Sichuan in a month, but now he has been walking for a few months?" I just rushed to the edge of Sichuan, and if I drag it on, it will be winter! However, Liu Yunwei is also a brave general, and he has made many achievements along the way. ”

Huang Jiashan glanced at Fang Congzhe and said, "Elder Ge, now let's discuss an emergency plan, before Liu Yunwei arrives in Tongzhou, who will preside over the affairs of the Tongzhou camp?" When Your Majesty wakes up, we can't even have a candidate for Your Majesty's reference, right? ”

Fang Congzhe shook his head, and thought about it without saying a word, Huang Jiashan sighed heavily when he saw this, and said: "If it really doesn't work, it is better to transfer the main army of the Hanwei battalion to the north first, and select one of the several generals under Liu Yunwei to temporarily take charge of the affairs of the Tongzhou battalion." This difficult problem of presiding over the battalion of the new army must be concluded today! ”

Fang Congzhe still shook his head and asked, "Several of Liu Yunwei's subordinates are now all Qianguan bodies, and they are all at the same level as each other, who do you let preside?" Is it flat and flat? ”

"Then promote one." Huang Jiashan said without thinking.

"Who to promote? He Liu Yunwei is still a guerrilla general, did you promote one of his subordinates to a guerrilla general out of thin air? Fang Congzhe looked at Huang Jiashan playfully.

Huang Jiashan snorted and asked, "Then if it is according to the meaning of the elder pavilion, will the Tongzhou camp maintain the status quo?" ”

"The old man didn't say that." Fang Congzhe thought for a while and said: "The old man thinks that we might as well let Li Linbin go to Tongzhou for emergency relief, he is a member of the military department who happens to handle this errand, and Li Linbin has been an envoy to Jiannu, and his qualifications are also sufficient." ”

"But Li Linbin hasn't brought any soldiers, what can he do when he goes to Tongzhou?" Huang Jiashan said with some annoyance: "What does Ge Lao mean by this? ”

Fang Congzhe smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "Since Huang Shangshu doesn't agree, forget it, it's just a matter of this candidate, and the old man has no other ideas." ”

At this moment, the little eunuch who had come before walked in and said, "Two adults, Your Majesty has woken up, let the two adults go over now." ”

Fang Congzhe and Huang Jiashan glanced at each other, sighed, and followed the little eunuch to face the saint.

A moment later, the two met Emperor Wanli, who was already terminally ill.

"Your Majesty, you have to take care of the dragon's body!" As soon as Fang Congzhe entered the house, he knelt down and cried bitterly. And Huang Jiashan also knelt on the side, unable to stop crying, unable to say a word.

Emperor Wanli, who had a sallow face, smiled bitterly and said in a low voice: "The two Aiqing should get up, let's pick some important things to talk about, I'm afraid my time is running out." ”

Fang Congzhe and Huang Jiashan were just about to persuade Emperor Wanli to be relieved, but they were stopped by Emperor Wanli: "Say, there is something." ”

Huang Jiashan had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty, Mr. Xu has returned to his hometown, and just yesterday, Mr. Xu's student Sun Yuanhua also resigned from the affairs of the Tongzhou camp for some reason and went to Shandong alone. Now there is no one in charge of the affairs of the Tongzhou battalion, so the ministers want to ask His Majesty for instructions on who will take over. ”

"Do you have the right person?" Emperor Wanli asked weakly.

Fang Congzhe and Huang Jiashan couldn't help but be very embarrassed, and whispered together: "The ministers are incompetent, and there is no suitable candidate for the time being." ”

Emperor Wanli closed his eyes and didn't speak for a long time, and the room was silent for a while.

"The decree is that Tongzhou is located on the flank of the Beijing Division, and has always been the arm of the Beijing Division and the source of the canal, so it should be heavily guarded, so the garrison was added to guard the town, protect the Beijing Division, and manage the affairs of the new army of the Tongzhou battalion; Liu Yunwei, a guerrilla general of Jianchangwei in Sichuan, made outstanding military achievements and was loyal to the country, and now he was promoted to garrison and transferred to Tongzhou to take up a post. ”

After Emperor Wanli finished speaking, his breath couldn't keep up, and he couldn't stop panting, and his face instantly turned from sallow to pale.

Fang Congzhe and Huang Jiashan were shocked when they saw this, and hurriedly called the imperial doctor, and after working for a while, Emperor Wanli's face improved.

At this time, Huang Jiashan said in a low voice: "But Your Majesty, Liu Yunwei has not rushed to his hometown now, and the old general Liu Ting has not returned to his roots." ”

"The country is like this, and it can only be wronged by the old general." After speaking, Emperor Wanli actually shed two lines of tears.