Shen Yun could finally go to the military department to ask the reason for the incident.

After the arrival of the first Blood Banner soldier in Beijing on 15 May, a total of eight Blood Banner soldiers arrived in Beijing in five consecutive days. Rumors about the northwest are also spreading more and more, and some people even say that the Yue traitors have broken through Chang'an and are preparing to enter Luoyang eastward. For a time, the people in the imperial capital were panicked and uneasy.

In the past few days, Shen Yun and Fang Cheng have also been restless at home. When the sixth Blood Banner soldier arrived on May 19, Shen Yun wanted to go to the military headquarters, but because Yan Ruyue suddenly came to him that day, saying that Ruyu had left a letter to Fang Transcription, but the person was nowhere to be found. Fang Cheng tore open the letterhead with a trembling hand, and after reading it, his face was as earthy as the color of the earth, and he was silent for a long time.

Shen Yun had already guessed that Yan Ruyu must have been ordered to go to the northwest. Before, Shen Yunyou wanted to find Tu Tianjiao, and ran away to the Ethereal Residence, but Youwu didn't see him at all, and only let people say, "The person Bohai Hou is looking for, the slave family can't find it."

Shen Yun and Fang Cheng also expected this result, after the first Blood Banner soldier arrived in the imperial capital, the entire secret guard was estimated to be on alert at twelve o'clock, how could it be possible to appear at random again?!

Yan Ruyu disappeared, and Shen Yun could no longer hide her true identity from Ruyue. When Shen Yun told Ruyue that her sister was the Yulin Secret Guard, and now she had been sent to the northwest, Yan Ruyue was stupid, leaning on Shen Yun's arms and crying faintly.

Because of this incident, Shen Yun did not go to the military headquarters that day, but he did not expect that only one day later, two more blood flag soldiers arrived in Beijing. At this time, all the princes and nobles couldn't sit still, and they all left to inquire about what happened.

As some of the Senators of the Privy Council were allowed to go home to freshen up, some truths about the Northwest were also revealed. What Shen Yun heard was: The northwest did lose the battle, and Moshan was not lost, but there was a possibility of being counterattacked by the Yue clan's rebels at any time.

As for why there were eight blood banner soldiers in a row, it needs to be further confirmed.

However, before Shen Yun went to the military headquarters, the imperial court had already announced in detail the current situation in the northwest in the newspaper after the great court meeting on May 20.

On 27 April, the three corps of the empire marched out of Moshan to attack Qiyan and Uman. He was ambushed by 300,000 rebels of the Yue clan in the valley of the Tarim River, and a total of more than 60,000 people from the three legions were in danger (this is the news sent back by the first blood banner soldiers).

The three corps are the first army of Ganzhou, the first and second army of Suzhou, and the commander is Qin Wenguang, the commander of the first army of Ganzhou. The three legions were based on Luntai City and stationed for hundreds of miles to wait for reinforcements. On May 5, the east gate of Luntai was broken, the commander Qin Wenguang was killed, and Qi Man, the commander of the First Army Corps of Suzhou, took over the position of commander and commanded the whole army to prepare for a breakthrough (this is the news sent back by the second and third blood banner soldiers).

On the seventh day of the fifth month, the breakout battle began. But he didn't want the three gates of Luntai to be broken, the coach Qi Man died in battle, and the commander of the Second Army of Suzhou, Cha Spring, took over the position of commander (this is the news sent back by the fourth blood flag soldier).

On 10 May, the Imperial army broke through to the city of Bunin, and the commander Cha Gong was broken. was besieged and killed by the rebels of the Yue clan, so far. The Imperial army broke through successfully. Successfully retreated to Moshan and waited for reinforcements (this is the news sent back by the fifth Blood Banner Soldier).

The next three blood banner soldiers were all sent back by the defenders of Yumen Pass. However, the first five news are enough to shock people's hearts. The three legions, totaling more than 60,000 people, finally returned to Moshan only more than 30,000, and many of them were wounded. Moshan is almost defenseless. What's more, three managers in a row died. This shocked the military department and also deeply reflected on what caused the bad situation that even the commander could not preserve!

Just when the people of the imperial capital were glad that the Yue's rebels did not hit Chang'an, and hated the Yue's rebels even more deeply, on May 21. Emperor Liu Ju of the Han Dynasty suddenly issued a shocking edict, "The Edict of Guilt"!

"I am a good man, and I am a great unification. Since the pro-government, the discipline and law and the administration of personnel have not been able to look up to the ancestors of the law, and they have not been able to appease the people, resulting in chaos in the government and party disputes, and this crime is also ...... There is no sin in the world, the sin is in me, I have known it, when I take responsibility for myself, it is to wait for the world's celebrities, gather the martial soul of the Han Dynasty, and look up to the people of Lishu, and fulfill my responsibility...... Send envoys to China and foreign countries, and know about them. ”

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The emperor issued an edict to sin himself, which did not happen unheard of in the history of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty before the Holy Ancestor can be said to have created a precedent for emperors to sin themselves. As for the pre-Han Dynasty, King Yu, King Tang, King Cheng of Zhou, and Duke Mu of Qin all issued similar edicts. But these are not important, the important thing is that in the five hundred years since the Han Shengzu, no emperor has ever issued an edict to punish himself.

Perhaps modern people can't understand the feeling of the people of the Han Dynasty after the emperor issued an edict. Imagine how your parents feel when they scold you at you for being wrong, saying that you are not a thing. Isn't it a little heartache? This is just that modern family education is not as good as the feeling of ancient times, if it is placed in ancient times, once parents do this, children can only express their filial piety by "wailing to death". This is a true story recorded in the history books.

In the Great Han Empire of Emperor Jun's father, as the father of all Han people, he was forced to issue an edict by the Yue clan traitors, as a citizen, how do you feel? And what to do?

It can be explained clearly by a dialogue in the Confucian classic Analects.

Zixia asked Confucius: "What is the enmity of parents?" ”

The master said: "Sleep, the pillow is not dry, and the world is also the same." When encountering the courts, do not fight against the army. ”

Translated into meaning, Zixia asked Confucius, "What should I do with the enemy who killed my parents?" ”

Confucius replied: "Sleep on the meadow, hold a shield as a pillow, do not do anything as an official, and resolutely cannot live under the same sky as the enemy, either he dies or you die." Whether it is in the market or in the court, as long as you meet an enemy, you must immediately kill him - if there is a guy on him, he will copy the guy, and if there is no guy, he will drag a brick on the side of the road, and even if he is barehanded, he will pounce on him and bite him to death! ”

Of course, the literal translation of Confucius's last sentence "Fight without fighting against the army" should be "If you meet an enemy and you don't have a weapon by your side, don't wait to go home and get your weapon again, but immediately go forward to fight—even if you strip naked in the bathhouse, you have to raise your fist." ”

It can be seen from this that the ancients were fierce.

The education of the Han Empire today is Confucianism, which has not yet been castrated, and what the empire encourages is "cowardice and self-fighting, but brave public war". The emperor was humiliated alone. It is equivalent to the humiliation of all Han people. "The lord is worried about the humiliation of the ministers" and "the lord humiliates the ministers to death", this is the integrity that the Han people pay attention to.

Of course, it is not yet to the point of death, but the hatred of all the Han people for the Yue traitor is bulging all at once.

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Shen Yun and Fang Cheng read the newspaper together. After reading it, the reactions of the two were completely different.

Shen Yun held his chin and groaned silently. Fang Cheng, who had always been calm, jumped up from his seat, threw the mansion to the ground, pointed at the sky and scolded angrily: "The traitor insulted me too much, and in this life, I don't share the sky with the rebel thief of the Yue clan!" ”

Looking at Fang Cheng's appearance, Shen Yun could imagine that there must be a scene of gritting teeth and ghosts crying wolves everywhere in the imperial capital now.

Shen Yun guessed right, on the afternoon of the emperor's edict. The procession, mainly composed of imperial students, reached the square in front of the imperial city, and at first it was only a few dozen people, and later it was hundreds, thousands!

By the time the lights are turned on at night, more than 10,000 people have gathered in the Imperial City Square, filling the square to the brim. Standing at the head of the line was the Imperial University. They held up their huge banners one after another, and the banners in between:

"Swear to kill the rebels of the Yue Clan!"

"The heroic spirit of the Great Han is immortal. Please, the western expedition to the big moon. Capture and kill the rebels of the Yue Clan! ”

"My emperor issued an edict to sin himself, where is the big Han eagle dog?"

"The wings of the big man, such as Lin Zhisheng, seek to fight in the northwest and swear to kill the rebels!"

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Later, even the Guards came to the square. Shouting for battle. And the desire of the people of the imperial capital to fight was also completely ignited after the arrival of people in the army. Wave after wave of battle almost knocked down the walls of the tall imperial city.

"Kill! Kill!! Kill!!! ”

A uniform sound pierced the night sky and reached the sky.

Mamudos, who had been standing on the edge of the square and frowning, frowned deeply. Around him were ministers from all over the world. In the afternoon, they received an edict from the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. After all, the edict has the words "send envoys to China and foreign countries, and know them".

Contrary to Mamudos's frowning silence, the envoys of the other countries all showed frightened expressions, and the Han people's enthusiasm for war really frightened them. This is only because of the emperor's guilty edict, if it really touches the soul of the Han people, what kind of energy will these warlike Han people burst out?

Caliph Faisal was frightened and shouted to the people around him: "Don't provoke the Han Chinese! Tomorrow, I will hand over the credentials to Honglu Temple, indicating that my caliph absolutely supports the Han Dynasty in exterminating the traitors! By the way, tomorrow we must send the news here back to China, so that they must stop doing business with the Yueshi people. ”

After reading for a long time, Mamudos also returned to the legation, and after thinking about it behind closed doors, he also wrote a letter of rebuke to Yue. And wrote another message, transmitting what he saw tonight back to Rome, and cautiously added at the end: "The Han people have abnormal blood, and they regard the emperor as their father, and the people are united, and the Yue clan is afraid that it will not be long before the Yue clan dies." Please consider whether to suspend the aid to the Yueshi. ”

To say that the Yueshi people can succeed so quickly, it is impossible without the support of Rome. Mamudos even knew why the plague had broken out in the southern part of Otsuki Prefecture – it wasn't that the few plague sources that Mano had brought back from Fuso had ended up in the northwest. Mamudos even speculated that Yue's dispatch of troops to Xihai was also one of the plans that was connived at and tacitly approved by Rome. However, after seeing the hysterical madness of the Han people tonight, Mamudos also sent back cautious advice to the country.

This news is very important, Mamudos did not dare to rely on others to pass it on, but prepared to send his wife and daughter back to China, and let them go to the Senate in person to tell what they saw today - after tonight, the center of gravity of the Han Empire must be the northwest, and it is unwise to think of marrying the Han nobles at this time, and Mamudos can only reluctantly abandon this tempting idea.

Of course, in addition to the above reasons, there is also a more important point that Mamudos is not sure how deeply the Roman Empire will be involved in this rebellion that has not been seen in the Han Empire for 500 years. If in the end, Rome officially sent troops to the war, and it was on the side of the Yueshi people, then he, the minister, would be in danger. It is important to take precautions and send your wife and daughter back to Rome first.

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As the newspaper spread throughout the country, so did the waves of petitions from various states and counties. Countless students poured blood into the pupils, bit their fingers and wrote blood letters, demanding that the imperial court immediately increase troops to the northwest. Officials also wrote letters one after another, asking for a war against the Northwest Yue Clan.

At the same time, the wave of fundraising, which had been initiated at the time of the Holy Ancestors, was once again swept up. Led by the Ministry of Households. The Imperial Bank operates, and people at all levels can donate money and materials to the northwest this time.

The amount of savings in the Imperial Bank has increased by 40 billion in just half a year! Countless supplies, including clothing and food, and even gold and silver jewellery worn by women's families, were piled up at the Imperial Bank.

It is said that after the emperor's edict was issued, the busiest department was the household department. And if you want to talk about the busiest non-governmental organization, of course, you have to talk about the Yan family!

It is a huge amount of work to sort out so many materials and then transform them into military supplies. Fortunately, the Yan family had already had a plan to deal with these things, and after the first month of chaos, they finally eased up. The mountain of military quarters began to be transferred to the northwest.

By August 15, 1002, the Yan clan had delivered a total of 2.6 million military uniforms, 1.1 million sets of infantry armor, 980,000 sets of cavalry armor, and 400,000 weapons to 19 military quarterquarters in the northwest. Six million stones of grain and grass. At the same time, there are cotton pants, shoes and socks, arrowheads, gauze, alcohol and countless more.

In this trend, the wave of nobles joining the army also quietly rose. The Yueshi defeated three Imperial legions. In the eyes of ordinary people, this is a disgrace. But in the eyes of the aristocracy, it was an opportunity.

The battle of the Tarim River valley represented the rise of the Yue Clan, and at least in a short period of time, the empire was no longer able to be pacified, which gave countless noble children the opportunity to make achievements. Especially those noble children who cannot inherit the title, they are even more eager to make contributions to the battlefield.

In response to this trend, the Imperial Privy Council issued an order to expand the recruitment order on June 15. Within three months from the date of the decentralization of the enrollment expansion order, the country's top ten military academies and eighteen affiliated military camps were opened to the children of nobles. All children of the nobility between the ages of 16 and 25 can participate in the entrance examination, and those who have passed the examination can be enrolled! After entering the military academy, he is an official imperial soldier and has the opportunity to participate in the Northwest counterinsurgency!

Of course, in order to avoid unrest in the hearts of the people, this recruitment direction was only for the nobles, not the common people. After all, the spring conscription has just ended, and the autumn conscription has not yet begun, and the temporary conscription at this time can easily cause panic among the people, and those who don't know think that the empire has lost the war again!

In the five hundred years of the empire, in addition to sixty-one dukes and one hundred and twenty-six marquises, there were two hundred and seventy counts, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four viscounts, and six thousand five hundred and twenty-one barons. These are orthodox aristocrats. In addition, there are more than 40,000 honorary nobles such as lords, hairpins, lords, and brigadiers. It seems that the number of nobles is very large, with 8,772 orthodox nobles and more than 40,000 honorary nobles, but these nobles are so insignificant when placed in the Han Empire, which has a population of 600 million and a territory of 34 million square kilometers.

Of course, it must be noted that both the orthodox and the honorary nobles have children, and after five hundred years of peace, the number of their children has simply increased by exponential numbers. The imperial title is fixed, there are only so many, except for the prince, the rest of the people have no right to inherit the title, and can only become commoners after becoming adults. But strictly speaking, they are still the children of the nobility.

Imperial military schools have always been rigorous and only open to universities or high schools from all over the world. This made it impossible for many children of the nobility to join the army. But this expansion order obviously gave the children of the nobility another chance. In just three months of enrollment, more than 40,000 qualified soldiers were recruited. However, these people cannot immediately enter the army, but must go through intensive training and go through the regular procedures of the army before they can enter the army at all levels.

These noble recruits are not in a hurry, and their respective parents have told them before they come that although the empire is now in turmoil, it will be at least next year to send troops to quell the rebellion, and the deployment of military supplies alone will continue until November, when it is already winter and not suitable for war. So we have to wait until the beginning of spring next year.

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That's for later, so let's not talk about it for now. Let's start with what happened on July 20th.

That day, Fang Cheng sat under the flower stand, looking at the already unbearable heat of the weather in a daze.

Shen Yun came back from the outside and shouted for Master Li to pour some water to drink, but when he saw Fang Cheng's appearance, he couldn't help but walk over, frowning and said, "Teng Yu, Ruyu has been gone for almost two months, why do you still look like this?" I know you're reluctant to be like a jade, but who made her a soldier?! You are like this, I feel uncomfortable, and the teacher is not happy! ”

At this time, the master came over with his hair in a bun and carrying water. Hearing Shen Yun's words, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "The concubine is not hard, it's just that Yulang is like this, and the concubine is worried about his body!" ”

"I'm fine, you don't have to worry about it!" Fang Cheng got up and looked at Master Li, and sighed, "Master, don't blame me, I just feel sorry for Ruyu." If only I had made up my mind earlier. If she went to Yanfu to propose her relatives earlier, maybe she wouldn't have to go to the northwest. There is chaos there, she has a daughter's family, and she has hypochondria, I really ......" Fang Cheng lowered his head. It's all in the air.

Master Li suddenly leaned his head lightly into Fang Cheng's arms and said in a low voice, "Yulang." The concubine has followed you. I know that you are a big man who values love and righteousness. Miss Ruyu is also infatuated with you, and it is not a man's task to let her go out alone and take risks, so it is better to ......"

"Wait!" Shen Yun suddenly said, "You want to whisper, can you wait until I'm not there?!" I can't stand you two! ”

Shen Yun drank the water in one gulp and walked out quickly. Master Li, who was left ashamed, transcribed his anger at the other party.

In this day and age. Public hugs are still rare. It was also Master Li's sudden emotion, and Shen Yun was not an outsider, so he did this on a whim.

Shen Yun went to the pharmacy outside, and Shen Zhan was settling accounts on the counter. Seeing him come out and hurriedly get out of the seat, he said, "Master Hou, the Yan family has been asking for too much money recently, are you going to write a letter to the eldest lady in person and ask her to speed up there?" ”

The eldest lady in Shen Zhan's mouth is Shen Yun's aunt Shen Silan. Now that the armament of the Han Dynasty has begun, all kinds of materials are needed, including medicines. Bohai Pharmacy alone naturally can't supply it, but the business is as much as it can do, and no one will think that they have a lot of business. A large part of the medicines that the Yan family wants will be purchased from the Bohai family, and the people responsible for docking are Shen Silan and Shen Zhan.

Shen Yun said with a smile: "No, my aunt wrote back to me a few days ago, she knows that the empire is about to use troops on a large scale in the northwest, and this medicine is the key to ensuring the lives of the soldiers in front, she has stopped other businesses and made every effort to catch up with it, I believe it will be shipped over soon." ”

Shen Zhan smiled: "That's good, that's good." ”

Shen Yun saw that there was nothing going on, so he jokingly asked: "Uncle Zhan, the people in the imperial capital have been angry recently, so let's sell a lot of gunpowder, right?" ”

Speaking of this, Shen Zhan also smiled: "Not really." It's not enough that the rebels of the Yue clan have disturbed Dayue Prefecture, but they have also made the people of our imperial capital anxious, which is really damned...... A few days ago, gunpowder such as honeysuckle was about to be sold out. However, it has fallen quite a bit in recent days. ”

"Hmm." Shen Yun smiled and nodded.

Since that day of the parade, although the life of the people in the imperial capital is still as usual, the people still have that vigor in their speech and demeanor. When Shen Yun and Yan Ruyue went out to hang out, they listened to the most in the teahouse and restaurant, all they heard were jokes about the northwest. Among them, the distribution of the people of the Yue Clan, the difficulty of the journey, and even the vast desert area are also widely known. Of course, those who know about this are all merchants, and those who spread these are the cousins in those restaurants.

Because of these things, the marriage between Shen Yun and Yan Ruyue can only be delayed temporarily. After all, the Yan family is now the largest military supplier in the empire, and they are so busy all day long that they don't have time to pay attention to Yan Ruyue's marriage.

"Oh, by the way, Master Hou, what did the old lady write to you about some time ago, what did you think about?" Shen Zhan suddenly asked.

When Shen Yun heard this, he frowned and said, "I have already replied to my mother." ”

Shen Zhan was stunned for a moment, and then didn't speak again.

Shen Yuan wrote a letter to Shen Yun a few days ago, and the content in it was only one serious thing except to ask for warmth, that is, to let Shen He, who was just sixteen years old, go to apply for the Imperial Military Academy.

The Privy Council's order to expand enrollment has reached Bohai, and there is only one nobleman in the entire Bohai County, and many men of school age in the clan are actively applying for the examination. Even many young people who have just been discharged from the army also want to be re-admitted to the military academy, such as Shen Feng, who Shen Yun knew before, he was going to retire from the army this year, but he caught up with this incident, so he immediately wore a veteran uniform to apply for the Bohai Military Academy.

Shen Yun naturally supported the children of the clan to take the military academy, but Shen He could let him go, but Shen Yun was quite hesitant.

In the final analysis, Shen Yun feels good about this half-brother, and after Xiao Rang was transferred from Bohai to the imperial capital to serve as the secretary of Dali Temple, Xiao Qin was also very well-behaved in the Shen family. If Shen He, who had just graduated from high school, was asked to apply for the military academy at this time, Xiao Qin would feel that he was deliberately targeting her. Although Liang Gong is now busy with the war in the northwest and has no time to take care of his daughter, doing so has always made Shen Yun from modern times quite uncomfortable.

Although Shen Yuan's letter did not say it explicitly, it was revealed between the lines that this was a joint decision of Shen Fu, Shen Chong and Shen Silan, and they made it clear that they wanted to target Xiao's mother and son. They are so together, you can imagine how difficult the Xiao family's life in the Shen family is now.

After all, Shen Yun is not a person of this era, and he still sympathizes with them in his heart. Anyway, they don't pose a threat to themselves, so why bother to kill them all?!

So, in his reply to his mother, Shen Yun vetoed the decision to let Shen He go to the military academy, but let Shen He decide for himself, if he can be admitted to God University, of course, it is the best, if he can't pass the exam, even if it is in the local university in Bohai. In the letter, Shen Yun also euphemistically proposed that he hoped that his mother would treat Shen He well, after all, it was also his father's blood and blood, so he should not be too harsh. Shen Yun believed that the kind-hearted Shen Yuan would definitely listen to him. As for Shen Silan and other people who had been persecuted by Xiao Qin, Shen Yun couldn't say anything, so he could only ask his mother to take care of him.

When Shen Yun was thinking about these things, Fang Cheng suddenly ran out of the back hall and said to Shen Yun: "Yuan Rang, I have decided to apply for Zhaowu University!" In this way, you can go to the northwest to find Ruyu, what do you think? ”

"Bang?!" Shen Yun's jaw dropped directly in shock, and he was speechless for a while. (To be continued.) )

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