Chapter 36: The Autumn Wind Is Like a Knife: Warmth in the Deep Palace!
That day and night, Song Hong tossed and turned, never able to sleep. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
originally wanted to talk to his son to avoid repeating the mistakes of the previous Shenzong Song Shao and the deposed emperor Song Qian, who knows, although his son does not understand his hard work, he has never really understood his son.
From Song Hong's point of view, Shenzong's changes at that time were beneficial to the country, whether it was the most practical armor protection law that was born to deal with the large-scale invasion of barbarians, or the abolition of the class law in the army, all of them were mainly practical.
However, as soon as Shenzong died, Song Qian succeeded to the throne and immediately abolished the new law.
As a result, the practice of changing the order at a time has left the officials and the public at a loss, creating unnecessary chaos.
The sudden death of the Divine Sect has a lot of rumors for the common people, of course, it is limited to rumors, and no one dares to talk about it.
In view of the things that happened between Shenzong's father and son, Song Hong felt that it was necessary for him to communicate with the prince to a certain extent, but this communication made him begin to realize that perhaps for his son, the family and the country were not as good as the humiliation he suffered when he was rejected by Ning Jiang.
That humiliation, which continued to accumulate in his son's heart, had already turned into a dark side. For Song Hong, publicizing to the outside world that he wanted to give Baotong to Ning Jiang in marriage was just to counteract the rumors that came suddenly, but in fact, he didn't think about it at all. However, it was such rumors that evoked the past that the prince didn't want to think about at all, and further, caused anger in his heart.
"Your Majesty!" Beside him, the queen asked in a low voice, "It's raining heavily, but it's noisy and can't sleep." ”
"A little." The Son of Heaven looked at the sea of algae, "Baotong...... is a good child, because of the old lady's liking for her, we left her in Haojing, in fact, we didn't care about her. Anyway, it's always our daughter, tomorrow morning...... Go see her. ”
"Your Majesty has already decided to give Baotong to Ning Jiang in marriage?"
"Let's take a look again...... Look again! ”
That night, the rain and wind were raging, hitting the gorgeous eaves of the palace, and the spine swallowing beast made of yellow colored glass was lonely in the rain. Autumn is deep, the night is cold, and there is a night of insomnia. On the second day, the rain stopped, and more wind and rain poured into Lin'an.
"Tell me, what the hell is going on? Tell me about it? The thousand-mile rush of the recital fell down from the steps of His Majesty and fell in front of Lu Yuhao, who was lying at the bottom of the steps.
"Your Majesty, this is because the Weichen is not strict in governing the family, and I also ask Your Majesty to condemn the crime in order to determine the heart of the army!" Lu Yuhao replied in a panic, his head hanging even lower, "It's just that Your Majesty, what is the situation in Jinli County has not yet been clarified......
"What do you mean by not figuring it out? What your family is doing in Xizhou, do you think I don't know? I've been letting it go, hoping that you will give me a little restraint, but you, look at the good things you have done, look at the good things you have done for me! The Son of Heaven pointed to the bottom of the stairs, his fingers trembling.
The cause of the incident may not be too big. The merchant ship of the Lu family in Xizhou was placed in the inspection office in Jinli County by the Yamen of the Three Law Divisions, and a newly appointed patrol was seized, and the patrol took the sailors to inspect and found on the ship the military materials that had been resold to the north and the people who had been trafficked.
This kind of thing can be big or small, which of the big officials in the court is not a big business? Even if he is an honest and honest official, he knows the law and violates the law by relying on his name, and he can't manage it together.
To put it mildly, if the Son of Heaven wants an official to fall, such a thing, turned to the table, is all evidence of guilt, otherwise, it is all nothing.
If an official has reached a certain level of high position, but does not have the slightest sore feet, is highly respected, cherishes his wings, and has nothing to blame, I am afraid that even the Son of Heaven will inevitably mutter, thinking about what this person wants to do?
No matter what kind of patrol the arrest is, since the things have been searched, the people at the bottom of the Lu clan will throw out one of them to take the blame. Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, there will always be, anyway, things have appeared, do a good job, the Son of Heaven looks, at least knows that this courtier has not yet reached the point of controlling the government and the opposition, even if someone does not forgive, as long as the Son of Heaven still wants to use this person, in the end give a busy government affairs, the fault of not governing the family strictly, it will naturally be a big deal.
Who knew that Lu Yuhao's nephew named Lu Anguo was used to being arrogant and domineering in the past, so he rushed directly to the inspection station to beat people, but the young man named Li Mao was so angry that he stabbed Lu Anguo in the chest with a knife and killed him. At this time, the Lu clan naturally refused to give up, not only asking Li Mao to pay for his life, but also planting all the stolen goods found on his own boat on Li Mao, accusing him of framing and deliberately killing people.
It's just that the people of the Lu clan have made thousands of calculations, but they haven't calculated it, and this Li Mao also has a background...... He was actually a personal disciple of Wu Liuxian Sect Master Wu Chong.
However, Wu Chong and Zhang Zhichi, the law enforcement real person of Longhu Mountain, led the entire water division together, nominally controlled by the imperial court, and subordinate to the Nanjian Xuanwei Division, but in fact, it was like the Red Turban Army, the Broken Grain Army, etc., and formed an army of its own. Most of the generals in the army are martial artists from the Daomen, and today's Daomen is far more influenced by the concept of "natural selection" in the "Nine Yin True Scripture" than others.
This incident immediately stabbed the hornet's nest, and the general of the sailor rushed directly to the prison in Jinli County to save people. The Lu people found that it was not good, and habitually continued to splash sewage, and the matter became bigger and bigger, and the generals of the water division rushed into the Lu family in anger, and found a large amount of evidence that the Lu family resold materials to the barbarian army, and the local state government wanted to suppress the matter, but added fuel to the fire, and in the large-scale chaos, the situation that led to the whole situation was completely irreparable...... An angry soldier, out of control, killed the Taishou who rushed to resolve the dispute, but was identified as colluding with the Lu family!
Finding that there was no way to retreat, the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division directly occupied the entire Jinli County and controlled the upper reaches of the Qianchao River. The local state soldiers in Xizhou were all panicked and did not dare to act rashly, and the local magistrates did not know what to do, and the 800-mile urgent document was played to the imperial court, while Wu Zhong and Zhang Zhichi asked the court for guilt, but on the other hand, they presented all the evidence of the Lu nationality that had been verified, secretly colluded with the enemy, resold military funds, abducted and trafficked people, etc., everything, and the evidence was conclusive.
"Look at the good things you do, look at the good things you do!" Song Hong was furious, and the folds in his hands were thrown down in an uncontrollable anger.
"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty, the minister is not strict in governing the family, neglecting discipline, the minister deserves to die!" Lu Yuhao kowtowed vigorously at the bottom of the stairs, "The minister's relatives really don't know about these things. The ministers were busy with the affairs of the court and the central government, and those bastards in the clan actually relied on the name of the ministers to do evil in the local area and commit such a serious crime. Always the ministers have no way to discipline them, the ministers confess their sins, and the ministers obey the law...... But Your Majesty, since ancient times, the soldiers who have held the name of the Qing monarch are not on the monarch's side, but on the ......"
Song Hong pointed sharply at the courtiers under His Majesty's steps, his fingers trembled, and he couldn't speak for a long time.
Half an hour later, the civil and military officials who had already learned the news quickly gathered together to discuss countermeasures. On the other hand, Song Hong, the Son of Heaven, summoned the Ciyue Fairy who was Cixinzhai in the side hall that no one paid attention to, and the Ciyue Fairy and Lu Yuhao took turns to say something to the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven's face was gloomy......
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With a bang, the fireworks soared to a high place and burst out, blooming with colorful brilliance.
For the two sisters who came to their side to set off fireworks in the daytime, Princess Baotong at this moment has a little wry smile.
Despite this, there is also some warmth, which slowly flows in her heart, which makes her mood somewhat better.
It rained all night last night, and the garden was full of flowers. Today's sky is cloudless, but there is not much sunlight in the water vapor that has not yet dissipated. The sky has a gray and dark feeling, and the autumn mood lingers, and the humidity seeps into every corner. The palace maid in the distance, while cleaning the fallen leaves, turned her head to look at the fireworks blooming in the heights.
In the afternoon, my father came here.
Since she ascended the throne, her father, who has not had much time to get along with her, would come to see her at this time, and Baotong at this moment was somewhat surprised. It was probably from the palace maid or the eunuch who heard something, and her father comforted her a few words.
"Yesterday, your imperial brother really went too far, don't take it to heart. He has a knot in his heart, at that time, you were still in the Haojing Imperial City, and there were some things that you might not know very well. Father and daughter walked together in the garden. The Son of Heaven took his hands and slowly said some of the things that had happened.
Baotong's eyes widened in surprise, and it was only at this time that she knew that the original imperial brother had fallen in love with Ning Jiang's sister, but was rejected by Ning Jiang.
In fact, when the imperial brother said something like "I looked down on Prince Ben at the beginning, and now I still want to marry my sister", she was already a little puzzled.
Now that I think about it, the imperial brother once proposed that he was rejected, and the entire palace, except for her, is probably known to everyone. It's just that she is a princess after all, and no one will mention it in front of her.
"Actually, this matter is not just that your imperial brother has this knot in his heart, even that Ning Jiang, I'm afraid it may not really be let go...... Among them, I am also at fault. At that time, your imperial brother wanted to marry Ning Jiang's sister as his wife, and he came to mention it to his father, but at that time, Ning Jiang was just a cloth cloth, and your imperial brother was a prince at all, and the two parties couldn't talk about it at all, so I naturally didn't allow it. As a result, your brother ran to propose marriage on his own, promising to marry as a concubine first, and he will correct Ningjiang's sister in the future, although Ningjiang was clothed at that time, but he was arrogant, but how could he be willing to let his sister be a concubine for others? ”
The Son of Heaven sighed: "Now, your royal brother is the crown prince, and the crown princess has already been married." That Ningjiang is a talented person, and he has contributed to Sheji, I originally intended to let him enter the court, for my humerus, to assist me, and to help Shenzhou, I don't think that Ningjiang does not have this ambition, but your imperial brother's heart is ...... It's really narrower, and after a hundred years, he will inherit my country sooner or later. Even though Ning Jiang has the heart to enter the court, however, he was reused by Shenzong before, and after Emperor Shenzong died, he was immediately asked by the new emperor about the crime, and he remembered it vividly, will your brother be another Song Qian...... How could he have no scruples? ”
I never thought in advance that there would be such an inside story, and Baotong's eyes opened even wider.
The Son of Heaven continued: "Actually, last time, I sent Gan Qing to propose marriage to Ning Jiang, wanting to marry the red butterfly to Ning Jiang, hoping to resolve this knot, but unfortunately it didn't work out. This time, Ning Jiang came to Lin'an, and I am afraid that he still has the heart to serve the imperial court. But before the others arrived in Lin'an, there were rumors that I wanted to harm him. This rumor spread very quickly, and it was clearly deliberately spread by people with good intentions. I am determined to recover the lost land, set the Central Plains in the north, and use the talents of Ningjiang, if I can help the first emperor and Shenzong as I did, then why should the world be uncertain? Why is the community worried? ”
Said helplessly: "But although this is a good thing, but not everyone is happy to see it, the rumors that come out are clearly the deliberate distribution of the barbarian Hu infiltrating the Central Plains, sowing discord, and there are some scum in the rivers and lakes who have been bought by the barbarian army in secret, taking the opportunity to make trouble, what they are afraid of is that I will reuse Ningjiang, and the monarch and the minister will be single-minded." Although Ningjiang entered Lin'an, he never saw me in the future, and I am afraid that he was more or less affected by gossip. ”
Bao Tong said in a low voice: "Father's intentions, with the talent of Ning Gongzi, should know ......"
The Son of Heaven shook his head: "How can things be so simple? Ning Jiang has no contact with me in the past, how do you know who I am? It's normal to have worries in your heart, not to mention the festival with your royal brother ahead. I have the heart to marry you to him, just to show him that I love him. It's just that I didn't expect that before it was done, it caused a knot in your imperial brother's heart. Besides, I never asked you what you meant after all, and I don't know if you really want to marry Ning Jiang. ”
The girl lowered her head, a little embarrassed: "Daughter, daughter...... The daughters all listened to their father. Before I knew it, I blushed.
The Son of Heaven nodded, but said, "It's just that although I have this intention, it is not easy to get Ning Jiang to believe in me. I want you to meet him. First, I can use this to convey to him, let him know my determination to reuse him, and dispel his worries about entering the court. Second, after you see each other, if you are in love, I can marry in front of all officials. Ning Jiangzhi's concerns, first of all, lie in the heart of your imperial brother, after you marry him, he will be my son-in-law, I will never harm my son-in-law, right? In this way, he can also rest assured to help me and save the ...... of Huaxia."
In the depths of the palace, the autumn cold and dew are heavy, the blooming fireworks, the blushing girl, the eloquent Son of Heaven, in the coldness after the last warm current of autumn dissipates, weaving a trace of warm family affection, and then being blown by the north wind, blowing in all directions......