Chapter 153: Nanjing (41)
Hearing this, Ma Luan was also very happy, and it was also his long-cherished wish to repay the country with force. It's just that at that time, the children of the family, of course, had to study if they could study.
Looking at the scholars of the Restoration Society, the relatives of the national prince are not in their eyes, isn't it just the name of a student?
Like Ma Luan, where can he be seen by the people of Donglin Restoration Society!
Now that I have a background, I am happy.
At that moment, Ma Luan bowed down and agreed: "Yes, don't worry, father, my son must be like this...... The son is determined to be a marquis, and he really doesn't want to be a bookworm looking for chapters and sentences, Daddy is now saying that he has fulfilled his son, how can his son destroy his future! ”
"If only you understood! Also," Ma Shiying said slowly: "If you want to make friends with the military attache around the prince, the guard office is actually the prince's team, and if you want to have great achievements in the future, you have to grasp the joint!" ”
Seeing that his son was still puzzled, Ma Shiying shook his head and said, "It's inevitable." After tonight, the guards, the East Palace, the forbidden army, and the prince can all intervene in it, and just one guard office will have at least 30,000 soldiers in the future. Since you have ambitions in the field, from now on, you should not have other ideas. ”
There are some things that are inconvenient to say to his son, at this moment, the only thing Ma Shiying is fortunate that he did not go to the banquet at the invitation of Liu Kongzhao tonight, otherwise, it will be too late to regret it!
Tonight, I don't know how many ministers have not slept at night, and everyone must be watching and thinking.
The prince's sitting on the throne seems to be inevitable after tonight.
In this current situation, everything still depends on the strength in hand. Troops and horses were also dispatched from the guards to cooperate, coupled with the performance of the military attaches of the East Palace, and the strength of the prince to stay in Huai'an...... At present, even if the Generalissimo's Mansion cannot control the soldiers and horses of the whole country, the Nanjing and Huaiyang areas are also ready to start.
The strength in hand, coupled with the general trend, is the key.
Liu Kongzhao is vicious and cunning, Ma Shiying also knows him well, the two actually have the intention of forming an alliance, although Liu is evil, Ma Shiying is sure that he can restrain him. After all, these lords have been in Nanjing for a long time, and the situation outside is not clear, like this time, they have done stupid things that kill themselves!
But before that, I'm afraid Ma Shiying himself couldn't have imagined that the people around the prince reacted so quickly and responded so appropriately!
"Of course, it depends on the aftermath!"
Although he said this with his son, how much change will such a big chaos bring to people's hearts, although the chaos is calmed, what kind of situation will the crown prince achieve, and what will be the next move of the crown prince after Nanjing.
Marshals along the river, how to appease?
Ma Shiying also has a headache when he thinks about many major political matters...... The crown prince is only a young man under sixteen, what good governance can he have, and return to heaven with one hand?
"It's difficult......" In the night, the chief military minister is also full of worries...... Under the big tomorrow, it's really full of holes.................. When the sky was light, Liu Ru finally came out of the side door that had been closed for a long time, surrounded by several family members.
The night of chaos finally subsided in the second half of the night, and the horse team seemed to go back to the barracks on the side of the guard office and the generalissimo's palace, only a small number of soldiers were still patrolling, and in the palace, the whispers and laughter of soldiers could be heard outside the walls, with a thick accent from the Beijing division and the Tianjin area.
For the southerners, they couldn't understand what the northerners were saying, but occasionally there were a few screams, or the sound of fighting, and then there was a laugh, or the sound of carrying things...... Qian Qianyi had already gone to sleep, and the Minister of War must face the saint early tomorrow morning to explain the matter...... God knows what the emperor will say!
Liu Ru was worried about the safety of Mao Xiang and his sisters, and after coaxing the old man Qian to sleep, he got up with his surname, tied his hair with a scarf, changed into men's clothes, and wore a sword...... It was only in the middle of the night that the family refused to open the door until the sky was light, and only a few strong men also opened the door with swords or sticks.
First, he sent someone to inquire, and after a while, someone reported that Mao Xiang arrived at home in the middle of the night, and in the chaos, he lost contact with Dong Xiaowan, and now Mao Xiang has gone out again, but this time, he doesn't know where to go.
After hearing about it, Liu Ru was naturally even more uneasy.
When the rebellion first started, it was polite and didn't go too far. Later, it was dispersed, the Donggong soldiers and guards seemed to kill people when they saw them, and they were not welcome, and the scattered soldiers seemed to have weapons, so there was also resistance, and movement could be heard in the courtyard of the deep house in the Qian Mansion, who knows what happened later!
Moreover, she is not only Dong Xiaowan's sister, but also Li Xiangjun and others, I don't know if she has been affected!
At that moment, Liu Ru bit her lip, and for a while, she was at a loss, not knowing what to do.
In front of her, a group of soldiers from the guard office were passing by with halberds, all tall soldiers, all in iron armor, and the officers led by them were wearing small gray cloaks...... If Liu Ru knew a little about the military system, he would know that this was the officers and soldiers of Yulin Town under the Guards, the core officers, all of whom were the military attachés of the East Palace and Tianjin Fubiao, plus the family of the family of Xun Qi who fled together to enrich it.
The guards of the three towns, the guards have been established as only a battalion system, but all of them are military attachés from the seventh rank to the third grade, and they are all the children of the honorable relatives and civil and military officials, and those who pass the riding and archery skills are selected to enrich them.
Coming down, it is the closest to the emperor in the Royal Forest Town, the palace guards in the palace, the palace gate guards, and the guards between the inner and outer courts, all of which are the responsibilities of the Royal Forest Town and a small number of Gongsheng Town.
The team of soldiers in front of him, of course, are all extremely elite, although they haven't slept all night, they are still in good spirits, and they can't see a little tiredness at all.
Although Liu Ru has changed into men's clothes, she is naturally beautiful, where can she easily hide it?
When such a large group of soldiers came, Ren is military attache who led the team also looked at her a few more times, and for a while, she almost even went to the wrong queue.
Seeing them like this, the people of the Qian Mansion were also very nervous...... There are still a few large pools of blood in front of him, and I don't know if it was from the people injured by the rebels, or the killings during the chaos last night? There are so many soldiers in front of them, not long after they are in Nanjing, people can't figure out their temper and surnames, and these soldiers are not allowed to go out of the barracks at leisure. However, it is also very fierce in management, and if you violate military discipline, you will definitely be severely punished, and in such a short period of time in Nanjing, the sound of thunderous military sticks can be heard in the barracks on any day. In this way, the soldiers naturally have a fierce spirit, and the people are also very afraid when they see it, and they can't get close.
However, the original officers and soldiers of the Beijing Battalion have lived in Nanjing City for many generations, and their neighbors are the same, and they don't see anyone looking up and looking down. In case of an incident, no one is afraid of them...... It's a joke, a group of scoundrels can beat away a large group of battalion soldiers, this kind of joke is not uncommon in Nanjing City.
Seeing the people of the Qian Mansion like this, the military attache who led the team smiled slightly, this person is also very young, and the person is even a little weak, although he is a northerner, but he is quite a bit of a northerner and a southerner, with an armor cloak on his body, and a general, but he walked according to the sword, and did not ride a horse, originally a very serious face, and under a smile, it made people feel much more cordial.
Liu Ru's heart moved, so he wanted to go forward and inquire if this military attache knew the whereabouts of the woman who was plundered last night.
Before he could do it, the general's face changed, his hand was raised, and the queue behind him immediately stopped. A moment later, Liu Ru heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves.
"It's Your Highness!"
When he ignored it, the young general smiled again, and there were about a hundred horsemen on the opposite side, most of whom were wearing bright red cloaks and silver chain mail...... At this time, even Liu Ru knew that it was the crown prince's personal guard who came over.
The guards are here, of course the prince is also there, and there are some accompanying officials or something, who are also clustered around the prince.
"Minister Qiu Yuanyi, knock on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
After this person signed up, Liu Ru was really shocked.
To be honest, in the hearts of Nanjing officialdom and the people, Qiu Yuanyi was also a unique figure before the crown prince came.
The emperor arrived in Nanjing in a hurry, and there were very few eunuchs and even fewer palace people, adding up to only two or three hundred people around the queens of the two palaces and the princes and princesses.
Such a small number of people, plus ministers such as Li Banghua and the Feng brothers, are not very numerous.
When he first arrived, his prestige was greatly damaged, and the lords and civil and military forces were separated, and the soldiers were not attached...... It can be said that the situation at that time was such a critical situation.
The crown prince left the ship and went ashore again to Huai'an, and it was this Qiu Yuanyi and his more than 2,000 soldiers and horses who were now scattered in the three towns of the guards to calm the hearts of the people inside and outside Nanjing.
Such a famous commander of the army, just walking on the street, Rao is Liu Ru is can be regarded as well-informed, and at this time, his eyes were wide open, and he looked surprised.
"Qiu Yuanyi?"
Zhu Cihong also didn't expect that a general suddenly came out of a team of foot soldiers. The general in front of him will be really useful in the future. He looked at Qiu Yuanyi and said with a little cry and laughter: "Why did you lead the crowd on foot?" ”
"The minister is to see if the shops and people's houses are damaged, and ask the soldiers to help if they can take a hand, and the loss is clear, so report it quickly, and the minister thinks, if the government has no silver, the minister still has a little money, and if it is seriously damaged, it is good to help."
After Qiu Yuan saluted, he stood quietly in front of Zhu Cihong's horse, calmly answering at this time, and his words were also calm and calm, and the words that came out of the mouth of the young general in front of him were very noble and selfless, but they were very convincing, and they did not intend to invite people's hearts or flatter in front of the Lord.
Zhu Cihong was also moved, and immediately said: "With me here, what money do you ask you to pay?" But if you're worried that the government won't have money, I'm afraid you're also worried, so let's do it, the money will be directly allocated by the Generalissimo's Office...... You just go and get it! ”
(To be continued)