The Mansion of King Qin

In the huge hall, twenty dancing girls in light saro skirts are flying with long sleeves and dancing.

Zhu Cunji, the king of Qin, is a fat man, and his face is still inherited from the Ming royal family's usual fair-skinned and upright, but his figure is a little unbelievable, although he is not as good as the legendary Fu Wang with 300 catties, but in Fang Yuan's opinion, at least 200 catties is the bottom line.

A person of this stature looks like a gentleman who is pampered on weekdays, and it is estimated that he is too lazy to walk on his feet, let alone go to the battlefield to command the sergeant to kill the enemy and improve morale.

Fang Yuan couldn't help but sigh secretly, Emperor Chongzhen in the capital was exhausted all day long, and his body was haggard, but these vassal kings were all broad-hearted and fat, and it seemed that this Ming dynasty had nothing to do with them.

These singers and dancing girls are all beautiful and moving, and at first glance they are carefully selected beauties, which are a few points higher than the dancing girls in the palace, which shows that this King of Qin is lazy with wine on weekdays.

Fang Yuan was secretly disappointed, comparing this King of Qin with the King of Zhou in Kaifeng was the biggest mistake, and it was strange that he could stop Li Zicheng's army with these few blows.

After the dance, King Qin laughed and applauded, and ordered the three outstanding dancing girls to go to serve Fang Yuan and Jing Jie.

A charming fragrant wind hit, and the two dancing girls sat on Fang Yuan's left and right with smiles on their faces, and one went to serve Jing Jie.

It would be too bad to refuse King Qin's kindness on this social occasion, so Fang Yuan was silent and let the two dancing girls sit on the left and right.

The two dancing girls saw his clear eyebrows and tall appearance, and he had more manly charm than the fat man of King Qin, and they smiled happily one by one, trying their best to please him.

Fang Yuan seemed to have a casual conversation with the two dancing girls, and from time to time he got up to drink a few glasses with King Qin.

He occasionally looked at Jing Jie out of the corner of his eye, but saw him communicating something in a serious voice with the dancing girl beside him.

Fang Yuan was very curious when he saw it, this Jing Jie never pretends to women on weekdays, but today he has changed sex, and he can chat with Mai Ji in full swing, what are they talking about?

After a round of wine, King Qin toasted Fang Yuan with a glass of wine again, and his eyes fell on the dancing girl beside Jing Jie, but when he saw that this dancing girl was secretly weeping, his face sank, and he said sharply, "Zhang Wen, drag this woman who is sceasing the scenery down!" ”

Zhang asked the order, and then commanded the palace guards to arrest people.

The dancing girl was so frightened that she hid behind Jing Jie, Jing Jie stopped the palace guards who came to arrest people, and said in a deep voice, "Who dares to touch her?" ”

Chang Shizhang looked at King Qin as if asking for help, and King Qin looked at Fang Yuan as if asking, Jing Jie was Fang Yuan's subordinate, so naturally he should make a statement.

Fang Yuan walked over and asked Jing Jie in a low voice, "Third child, do you want to take her away?" ”

Jing Jie is a reckless man in the military, but at this time he nodded a little shyly, "Yes, I hope the boss will be successful." ”

Fang Yuan turned around and returned to his seat, toasted King Qin with a wine glass, and said with a smile, "His Royal Highness King Qin, it's just a misunderstanding, let's continue." ”

King Qin saw that the distinguished guests didn't care, so he also took away his anger and ordered Zhang Wen to retreat.

Fang Yuan asked in a straight tone, "Your Highness invited me to come today, won't it just talk about Fengyue!" ”

King Qin laughed and said, "Fengyue, it was on the bed to talk, I invited Fang Jian Jun to come here to inquire about some news." Your Majesty, he transferred Sun Chuanting's elite, and ordered me to take full charge of the military affairs of Shaanxi, is this sincere, or is it a temptation? ”

Fang Yuan was secretly funny, the Ming Dynasty strictly ordered the vassal king not to interfere in local affairs after the Battle of Jingjing. This ancestral system has been implemented for nearly three hundred years, and Chongzhen suddenly issued such a holy decree to break the ancestral system, which made King Qin is second monk puzzled, and thought that Chongzhen came to test his loyalty, and if he didn't find out the details, where did he dare to accept it easily?

Fang Yuan Zhengrong said, "Your Royal Highness King Qin, please rest assured, Your Majesty's move is by no means a temptation, but a trust in His Royal Highness King Qin." If there is chaos today, His Majesty not only wants the state capitals to organize militias to fight against the rogues, but also worries that the powerful people in various places will sit big and the tail will not fall. And His Royal Highness King Qin is the bloodline of the royal family, and he is naturally a trustworthy candidate of His Majesty, so he is entrusted with important tasks. ”

King Qin and Chongzhen did not have too deep friendship, and Fang Yuan kept pouring ecstasy soup into King Qin, just to strengthen King Qin's determination to fight against the rogues Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

King Qin has rarely even gone out of the palace in these years, and when he suddenly appointed him with such a heavy burden, he was mixed with joy and sorrow, and hesitated and said, "But Your Majesty has transferred Sun Chuanting, and I have no soldiers, how can I resist the Liukou?" ”

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice, "Your Royal Highness King Qin, this is the heavy burden that Your Majesty has entrusted to you, and it is also the final decision. If His Royal Highness can afford it, Shaanxi is His Highness's territory, and His Royal Highness is the pillar of the Ming Dynasty; If His Royal Highness can't afford it, His Royal Highness should have heard about the ending of King Fu of Luoyang and King Xiang of Xiangyang. ”

Xiangwang Zhu Yiming was beheaded by Zhang Xianzhong, and Fuwang Zhu Changxun was boiled into Fulu soup by Li Zicheng.

King Qin was taken aback when he heard that he might repeat the fate of the second king, and the wine glass in his hand also fell on the table, and said in a panic, "Fang Jian Jun, the thief and the big west thief are strong enemies that Yang Sichang and Sun Chuanting can't help, do you want to save me?!" ”

Fang Yuan was both angry and funny about his incompetence, if he didn't expect him to be able to resist Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, for two years, he wouldn't have bothered to go to this waste prince at all, "Your Highness, I have three strategies for this trip to give to Your Highness." ”

King Qin hurriedly stepped off the king's chair, came to Fang Yuan's eyes, and humbly asked, "Fang Jianjun, say it quickly!" Say it! ”

Fang Yuan said unhurriedly, "First, life is far more important than money, I don't know how much money the Qin Wangfu has, but I also ask His Royal Highness to at least follow the example of King Zhou, take out at least half of the family wealth for military expenses, recruit soldiers, and encourage meritorious soldiers; The taxes of the whole Shaanxi should be reduced by at least half, and the gentry must not be allowed to arbitrarily apportionment taxes to the common people, otherwise as soon as the thieves arrive, the common people will really support the thieves with knives and guns to vote, and it will be too late for His Highness to regret it. ”

"Okay, the tax will be halved, the tax will not be apportioned, and the money of the palace will be taken out for the army."

King Qin is a waste material prince who has never been in contact with any major military and political affairs, and when he heard it, he nodded again and again, and asked Chang Shizhang to write it down, and then asked, "What about the other two?" ”

Fang Yuan said, "Second, all rogues are paper tigers, and there is nothing to be afraid of. Yang Ge Lao and Governor Sun have all beaten thieves and hid in the mountains, His Royal Highness must remember not to be in trouble before the rogue arrives, and he must go to the military camp from time to time to walk around, encourage the morale of the army, and strengthen the determination and fighting spirit to resist the rogue bandits. ”

King Qin nodded again, and Ling Zhangwen wrote it down.

Fang Yuan continued, "Third, His Highness must despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically. Tongguan is an important gateway to Guanzhong, and it is necessary to build more military forts on the front line of Tongguan and Xi'an, and establish a Jintang defense line comparable to the Ningjin defense line. ”

"In short, nine words, digging deep trenches, building high walls, and piling up cannons. The pile of cannons is that His Royal Highness spent money to purchase at least ten Hongyi cannons, hundreds of small and medium-sized cannons, all of which were piled up in Tongguan and the city of Xi'an; Digging deep trenches and building high walls is to consolidate the city's defenses, and if the thieves attack, they will directly bombard them with artillery. ”

This is what Fang Yuan can think of, it is completely in line with the IQ of this King of Qin, the most foolish defensive play, this is how Yuan Chonghuan repelled the Manchu invasion, and then he was called a famous general. Other things such as field battles, dividing troops out of the city to harass, cutting off grain roads, etc., said that I am afraid that Zhu Cunji, the king of Qin, will not be able to do it, so I will save some saliva.

When King Qin heard that he wanted to buy Hongyi cannons, small and medium-sized artillery, he said with a sad face, "This, this, how much does it cost?" ”

Fang Yuan Zhengrong said, "Your Highness needs to take out at least 100,000 taels of silver, and I will contact the Francophone for Your Highness to transport the Hongyi cannon and other artillery to Your Majesty." ”

"100,000 taels of silver?"

Zhu Cun, the king of Qin, was greatly shocked, and said painfully, "So much silver? ”

Fang Yuan's face sank and said, "Your Highness forgot the first one so quickly? ”

King Qin hurriedly patted his forehead, thinking about it, it was still important to save his life, and made the greatest determination, "Okay, okay, I'll give, I'll give, 100,000 taels of silver, I will carry it and hand it over to the Fang Prison Army, and the matter of buying cannons will be the Labor Supervision Army." ”

Fang Yuan secretly smiled helplessly, how many of these three Qin Wang, the waste prince, could do, he was very sure, but he could only help here. If King Qin forgets it in the blink of an eye, it will be a self-defeating death, and he will have nothing to do with others.

Fang Yuan had already said all the things that he should have said, so he got up and said, "Your Highness, I won't bother you today. ”

Zhu Cunji kept him again and again and said, "Fang Jianjun, I am still going to keep you in the mansion for a few more days, and leave so soon?" ”

Fang Yuan hurriedly said, "I still have urgent military affairs to see Governor Sun, and I will understand His Highness's wishes." ”

He glanced at Jing Jie, as well as the beautiful dancing girl beside him, and pointed to the dancing girl and said, "I ask His Highness for a beauty, Your Highness will not be stingy!" ”

Zhu Cun was extremely busy and said, "What is Fang Jianjun polite to me?" How can one be enough? I'll send ten to the pavilion, and Fang Jianjun will take them back to the capital! ”

Fang Yuan excused himself again and again, he originally wanted to remind Zhu Cunji to be less concerned with women, but after thinking about it, it was estimated that what he said was in vain, so he stopped.

He only asked Zhu Cunji for the dancing girl that Jing Jie fancied, and then left the Qin Palace.