The news of the arrival of the East China Sea Kingdom shook the entire Luoyang City. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

With the arrival of more and more news, the truth finally became a little clearer, the king of England was sent away a long time ago, and the rumors at that time said that he disappeared with the Holy Army Division, everyone thought that he was hiding somewhere in Luoyang, even if he went to the East China Sea Kingdom, without the assistance of Shangguan Sheng, he couldn't make much trouble as a child, so the tracking was not very tight.

But Shangguan Sheng is still alive!

Cui Hong was furious, he was the one in charge of chasing the rebels, and immediately called the two generals who shot and cut off their heads. The two were completely confused, knelt on the ground and swore to the sky, claiming that they had indeed killed Shangguan Sheng at that time, and they also captured several of Shangguan Sheng's guards, who could testify.

Cui Hong personally interrogated, including the soldiers and prisoners who had seen Shangguan Sheng killed, each of whom was interrogated individually, and after two hours, he came to report the situation to the emperor.

"Shangguan Sheng of the East China Sea Kingdom must be a fake, and the King of England may be real." Cui Hong is very sure.

"Regardless of the truth or falsehood of Shangguan Sheng and King Ying, where did the rebels of the East China Sea Kingdom come from?" Han Ruzi is most concerned about this matter.

According to the news, the rebels of the East China Sea Kingdom are about to attack the neighboring Qi State, and they must have gathered an army, but the Su Wei rebels and the black-headed army have been defeated outside the city of Aocang, either killed or wounded or captured, and there are few escapees.

There must be an army in the East Sea waiting there.

"The army of Qi has long been defeated, the captives have been sent to the frontier, and the garrisons of the surrounding countries and counties are very few, and the total number of people is only a few thousand, how can it be ...... How could it be ......" Cui Hong was even more puzzled, it was he who led the troops to pacify the chaos, and in order to prevent further troubles, he deliberately transferred most of the troops in the Kanto region under the order of the Queen Mother.

"Your Majesty, without further ado, please allow me to immediately lead my troops to the East China Sea Kingdom and the Qi Kingdom to check the situation, there are not too many soldiers and horses, five thousand is enough." Cui Hong still does not believe that there will be a large number of rebels in the east.

Since he learned the news of the rebellion in the East China Sea, Han Ruzi has been busy, but he did not convene the ministers to discuss the matter, he knows very well that in the current situation, the officials will only find ways to shirk their responsibilities and fight back and forth, and in the end, he has to make his own decisions.

"I have already sent Chai Yue to lead the troops to set off."

Cui Hong fell prostrate to the ground, in front of this young emperor, he had never felt relaxed, only when he thought of his daughter, who was likely to be pregnant, he would be a little more steady.

"Your Majesty has already sent troops?"

"Well, but it's not enough, there will be a meeting of General Lao and the ministers, and more troops and horses will be sent to support General Chai, the rebellion of the East China Sea Country must have been prepared for a long time, and the enemy must not be underestimated."

"Yes. Rong Chen asked, does Your Majesty still want to personally conquer the East China Sea? ”

"Of course, my suggestion is to divide the troops into three routes, Chai Yue is the middle army, directly attack the rebels, choose to fight or not to fight according to the situation, General Fang is the right army, go to Qinan, he has served in Qi State, he is familiar with the situation there, the general and I lead the left army, and march from the north."

Cui Hong was taken aback, when he left the capital to pursue the rebels of Suwei, the emperor only sent 10,000 troops, and everyone felt that it was little, and now the East China Sea Kingdom is just raising a rebel army of unknown origin, but the emperor is like a great enemy, and he actually wants to divide his troops into three ways to attack.

Cui Hong has led troops for many years, although he is not a famous general who has won a hundred battles, he still has some ability, and reminded: "Your Majesty should convene the ministers to discuss first?" ”

"The ministers are all in the capital, and the accompanying officials are just reporting the news, and there is nothing to discuss. Please go and arrange it for the general, the more soldiers from all walks of life, the better. ”

Cui Hong couldn't directly refute the emperor's will, and kowtowed and retreated.

It was already dark, and the torturer Zhang Jing came to ask for a meeting, he had already heard the news of the rebellion in the Donghai Kingdom, so he was doubly cautious when he came to see the emperor, "Weichen has narrowed the scope to four lanes and twenty-six lanes, and he will start to search house by house at midnight tonight, and before noon tomorrow, he will be able to find the treasure seal." ”

"Hmm." Han Ruzi responded coldly, waved his hand and ordered Zhang Jing to retreat, without telling him that there were still guards secretly looking for the treasure seal.

He sat alone in the tent for a while, there were no ministers and generals, no eunuchs and guards, and the more critical the general situation in the world, the more he liked this lonely state.

"I am alone...... he muttered to himself in the dim light, trying to recall the vague scene: the elderly Emperor Wu sat alone on the throne, repeating the same sentence over and over again, but the expression on his face was uncertain, sometimes indescribable loneliness, sometimes high pride, and sometimes calmness to penetrate the world......

Liu Jie, the central supervisor, entered the account and said softly: "Your Majesty, the person has arrived." ”

Han Ruzi nodded, saying that he could bring this person in, no matter what, the emperor is not really alone, even if the entire court is unwilling to do things for him, the emperor is still the person who can get the most help in this world, at least one of them.

Qiao Wanfu, a small official in Aocang, entered the tent and found that there was only the emperor in the tent, not even a famous eunuch, so he couldn't help but be shocked, knelt down at the door, was already a little nervous, and now his whole body was trembling.

"Come in and speak." Han Ruzi smiled and said, Qiao Wanfu is a small official, not part of the ministers of the imperial court, under normal circumstances, he will never have the opportunity to face the saint in his life, and it is the "emperor" who makes him afraid and nervous, not the young man himself.

Qiao Wanfu got up and took a few steps forward, and immediately knelt down again, keeping a distance of seven or eight steps from the emperor, not daring to get any closer.

Han Ruzi stared at Qiao Wanfu, thinking that a person like Wang Jianhuo could become a famous hero in the world, and perhaps there were also capable people among his unattractive officials.

"You said that no matter whether Shangguan Sheng lives or dies, there is still chaos in the eastern realm of Great Chu."

"Yes, Wechen said it." Qiao Wanfu's voice trembled slightly, sometimes it was a sin to be too accurate in his predictions, "But Weichen didn't expect it to happen so early. ”

"Tell me why you think it's going to be like this."

"As Wei Chen said before, Qi is rich in products......"

"No, no, keep it simple, no more than three sentences." Han Ruzi had learned this person's verbosity and didn't want to hear him start from the beginning.

"Uh......" Qiao Wanfu was stunned for a while, pondered repeatedly, and finally said: "There are many ships and ships from Qilu that the ship has pressed water, but when it returns, most of them are empty, so Weichen said that there must be a mess." ”

"Well, I can say a few more words."

"Wechen has served in Aocang for many years, and what he has seen with his own eyes, coupled with the previous records, found that there are a lot of grains and rare treasures transported from east to west, but there is not much to transport when he returns, so he concludes: the capital needs the eastern countries, but the eastern countries do not need the capital so much, and among the countries, the Qi country is the most."

"But for more than 120 years of Great Chu Dingding, the Qi State has only rebelled once."

"Your Majesty, if you recall the history of the country, you will find that among the princes, the king of Qi is the most frequent, and it is very rare to last for more than two generations, and the new emperor ascends the throne, as long as he has time, he will replace his close brother or prince as the king of Qi, and the least fortunate is to install a prince near the country of Qi."

"For example, the King of the East Sea." Han Ruzi suddenly realized that his father Emperor Huan also did this, and named his youngest son the king of the East China Sea, in fact, he wanted to use the power of the Cui family to fight against the king of Qi, but he didn't have time to let the king of the East China Sea take over the country, "No one has ever told me that I should do this." ”

"Weichen didn't dare to guess, but he just felt that if he waited for a while, when His Majesty had a prince and should be crowned king, there would always be ministers who proposed to be sealed in the east."

Han Ruzi roughly understood that the eastern countries were relatively independent, and once the relationship with the imperial court was cold, it was possible to rebel, "This rebellion took place in the Donghai Kingdom, and there is an army, can you guess the origin of this army?" ”

Qiao Wanfu replied: "There may be more than one source of the rebels, and Weichen can only guess one. Since last year's imperial court ...... Since the pause, there have been very few ships coming from the east, and more than 100,000 shipwrights have nothing to do for more than half a year, but they are afraid that they will be easily seduced. ”

Han Ruzi was taken aback, "I am also responsible for this matter, it was I who ordered to open warehouses and release grain to help the displaced people, and the capital was not seriously affected, so there is no need to transport more grain for the time being." ”

Qiao Wanfu kowtowed, "Wei Chen doesn't choose what to say, and he deserves death." ”

"You're not wrong, what I want to hear is the truth." Han Ruzi really felt that it was so difficult to govern the world, and it was obviously done out of good intentions, but it could bring a series of evil consequences.

"The most important reason is that there are people who want to cause rebellion, take advantage of His Majesty's good governance, and provoke rebellion."

"Flat." Han Ruzi said, and his impression of Qiao Wanfu became very good.

Qiao Wanfu kowtowed and thanked him, and after getting up, he was not so nervous, and even took the initiative to say: "Although the Qi Kingdom and the East China Sea Kingdom have the convenience of rebellion, they do not have the strength to rebel, Your Majesty does not need to worry too much." ”

"Well, tell me about it."

"The country of Qi is rich, its people are easy to be complacent, according to what the ministers see, most of the people of Qi do not want to move west, go west by boat, all with a face of Qi, go down the river to the east, everyone is overjoyed, Weichen is to know that although the country of Qi has a heart of rebellion, but there is no ambition, the soldiers love their hometown, not to be afraid."

Han Ruzi laughed, "Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years." ”

Qiao Wanfu knelt down again, and even called him "panic".

Han Ruzi asked someone to send Qiao Wanfu away, and then went to a nearby tent to participate in the discussion of the ministers, Qiao Wanfu's analysis was "far water", if you want to save the "near fire", you have to rely on the army, but after listening to his words, Han Ruzi is indeed more confident, and this is enough.

General Cui Hong is rare to be resolute and resolute, just after a while, he has already formulated a rough plan, the military generals will lead the troops, and the civilian officials will arrange the supply of grain and grass, and an army will be sent to support Chai Yue early tomorrow morning at the latest, and Fang Daye on the south road can also set off around noon, only the army on the north road needs the emperor to make a decision.

"Two days later, we'll leave early in the morning." Han Ruzi said that noon the day after tomorrow is the time when he and the ugly king's "gamble" will be clear, and if he solves some things, he will be able to leave Luoyang.

He had to explain to his ministers why he had to divide his troops into three ways, "I don't believe that there are so many coincidental things in the world, just now came the news that the northern Xiongnu have the intention of going south, and there is a rebellion in the East China Sea Kingdom, and there may be a connection between the two. The army of the middle road lured the enemy, the army of the south road attacked, and the army of the north road was on guard against the Xiongnu. ”

There was a reason why the emperor did not say, and he became more and more convinced of Yang Feng's speculation: the imperial court may really have a powerful enemy, who has been hiding in the shadows, occasionally showing grandeur, and has been ignored, and this time, it seems to have a whole head exposed. (To be continued.) )