Chapter 25 The Struggle between Civil and Military Forces

The Governor's Mansion at the North Gate was attacked, and Zhou Binglin, the steward of the Rebel Mansion, was killed.

On the same day, two events caused an uproar in Chaoge City.

Since the founding of the Great Xia, there have been local princes, three domain inspectors, three regions of the inspector, the song of the dragon and the tiger and the unicorn three armies guarded, the tiger camp has the captain, the door captain, the city deputy envoy four settings, the dragon camp has the capital unification, the propaganda system, the battalion deputy envoy four settings. The Qilin Guard is divided into one to nine ranks. The official position of the Governor is already the head of the Tiger Battalion, and he obeys the orders of the Taishi, and some people dare to cause chaos in the Governor's Mansion at the North Gate, which is already a great provocation to the military department.

The Taishi ordered the entire city to be blocked, and the armor-pierced Tiger Battalion army led its men and horses to search for the whereabouts of the Assassins.

The unicorn guards in the palace guard the main road, and the guards outside the main hall stand guards.

Emperor Youwu sat in a high position and summoned hundreds of civil and military officials overnight, and the eunuchs on the left and right still lowered their eyebrows as usual, as if they were blind and deaf.

"Your Majesty, thieves are rampant, I beg your Majesty to order, all those involved will be killed, there is no forgiveness, now the northern demon army has invaded the border pass, I am the foundation of the country, if this matter is not investigated, I am afraid that the people's hearts will change! "There are Wenchen words.

Emperor Youwu replied: "General Bei, I asked you to secretly investigate if there are clues, Steward Zhou is in charge of the Rebel Mansion, and there are Qilin Guards by his side, how can he be killed outside the city." ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen found out that the attack on the Governor's Mansion at the North Gate was done by the witch cultivators, and the paper people used were fire, and the demons of the Six Daoists in Southern Xinjiang made good use of witchcraft, called the 'Fire Spirit Technique', which can refine the paper people to channel spirits, instead of the witch cultivators to cast spells and spread the word, hiding infinite mysteries, and another witchcraft of the Six Daoist Sects'Jackdaw Technique', which is regarded as the two major thaumaturgy in southern Xinjiang. It is rumored that there are 12 flower envoys, seven elders, and strange poisonous mandala flowers. Legend has it that the mandala was born in the center of the six paths, seeing all the life and death, drinking this tea will forget the troubles of the world, the soul returns to the center of the six paths, there is no self in the world, and no longer born in the heaven and earth, but with the mandala flower to see the life and death of the world, year after year, there is no end. Bei Mingxuan paused, and there was a lot of discussion among the civil and military officials around him, especially the many people who were powerless among the civil officials, and they had never heard of the rumors about the mandala flower, and no one knew about witchcraft.

Bei Mingxuan continued: "And Wei Chen has checked the corpse of the master of the Jing family, and he has also seen the autopsy of the corpse in the past few days, and found that before the tea swordsman died, he had a mandala flower poison in his body, but the poison did not spread to the whole body, indicating that he dissolved the poison after being poisoned. The mandala flower poison can only be solved by the six Taoist sect masters, Zhenjun, and the twelve flowers. Therefore, the master of the Jing family who died in the alley was a believer in the Six Daoists, and he was one of the twelve flower envoys. The scourge of the Six Daoists in the south of Xinjiang has to be removed, and now the forces are penetrating the Eastern Territory, only afraid that there will be changes in the future, and they are willing to ask His Majesty to pass on the Jing family to come to the Song to explain the matter, and send Weichen to dispatch the Dragon Battalion soldiers and horses to garrison the Eastern Territory, in case there is a change, this incident can be seen that the Six Daoists are prepared, and their ambitions should not be underestimated. ”

The military attachés said in unison: "I implore Your Majesty to promise the general to go east, in case the forces of the Six Daoist Sects will cause disaster to the east, and the masters of the Jing family will secretly come to me to sing, and their hearts should be punished!"

Someone among the civil officials said: "Your Majesty can't, the soldiers and horses of the Dragon Battalion are responsible for defending the song, and they will go to the east to disturb the people, and they will be afraid that the children of the east will be cold, but I am afraid that the disaster in the south will not be settled, and the east will be chaotic again." In addition, the master of the Jing family secretly came to the court, and his meaning still needs to be studied in detail, if the Jing family is allowed to come to the court to ask for the crime, I am afraid that the Jing family will have hatred!"

"What the lord said is very true, now the Taishi is leading the troops to rectify the security in the city, and Weichen thinks that the emperor has set up a general and a division to assist His Majesty in handling the government, and everything should be discussed when the Taishi comes back. "There are also civil officials.

Emperor Youwu laughed and said: "I am the Son of Heaven! There are courtiers such as the Son of Heaven in the world! The Northern General has just talked about the Six Daoist Sects, and since it has been ascertained that the Camellia Ke is the Flower Envoy of the Six Daoist Sects, then the attack on the Governor's Mansion at the North Gate is also the result of the Six Daoist demons!"

"Back to Your Majesty, exactly. Bei Mingxuan replied, "If nothing else, the death of the Great Steward of Zhou is also related to the Six Daoism, Wei Chen found out that the Great Steward of Zhou had visited the Taishi before his death, and when the Taishi transferred the army to the North Gate Governor's Mansion, the Great Steward of Zhou was killed in the alley outside the Taishi's Mansion, but the cause of death has yet to be traced, and the apparent cause of death was killed by the assassin Ranjian Sword, but these assassins were dead soldiers in the Taishi's mansion. Wechen believes that everything should be blamed for the Six Daoisms. ”

Emperor Youwu straightened up and said, "The Six Dao Sects are so rampant, they are too deceitful! My mountains and rivers do not allow them to be presumptuous! General Bei, if I let you lead the army to pacify the Six Dao Sects in Southern Xinjiang, I don't know if you are willing." As you Aiqing said, the current situation is not suitable for garrisoning the eastern territory, so I will listen to what you Aiqing said. ”

Bei Mingxuan replied: "The minister will not fail in his mission." ”

"Your Majesty can't! Now that the war in the north is tight, if we use troops against the south again, I am afraid that we will not be able to win the war for a long time, and the morale of the army will be unstable, and the north will inevitably be affected by it! Now the urgency of delay should first calm the war in the north, and the north can only march to war without worry, otherwise, the north and the south will be affected, and if there is an accident in the east and west, then our Great Xia Kingdom will be in danger, and Your Majesty's thousands of miles of mountains and rivers will not be able to withstand such turmoil. "There are also civil officials who try to stop it.

The rest of the civil servants said in unison: "Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

"There is Changning Pass in the north to defend, but it cannot be defended, and there is no need to be afraid in a year or two, and if the six Taoist sects in southern Xinjiang are not removed, it will inevitably endanger Chaoge! If you want the northern army to have no worries, you must first get rid of the southern tumor, turn to the whole army, and go all out to fight in the north! The demon army has been dormant in the northern land for more than 100 years, and has been trying to occupy our Great Xia mountains and rivers, and its strength is strong, and if you want to win, you need to think in the long run. A military attache came out to say, and his words were quite mocking of Wenchen.

The rest of the military attachés said in unison: "Please Your Majesty Holy Judge! If the thieves in southern Xinjiang are not eliminated, they will inevitably be in danger! We are willing to bury the bones of the horses in the south and die without complaint!"

"The demon army in the north has not retreated! How can there be any reason to use troops against the south again! You are going to kill me in Great Xia!" said a civilian official angrily.

The rest of the civil officials said in unison: "Your Majesty is wise! You must know that the war at the border is tight, and you must not use troops again, for fear that the people will not be able to make a living, and your Majesty will be scolded by all the people!"

Emperor Youwu pressed his hand to the Demon Slaying Sword, slowly got up, walked towards the civil official, and said, "I want to drive you to conquer you and say no, I want to go out to travel, you also say no, now there are six Taoist thieves in southern Xinjiang who kill my good people and kill my innocent people, and I want the northern general to exterminate them, and you also say no! I want to know, who of you has the courage to take over the demon slaying in my hands except for one mouth!" Since ancient times, you have been useless scholars, you have read all the books, read through the history books, and can reason for three days and three nights, most of which are just conjectures! You want stability in the north, but have you ever thought that if the Chaoge garrison goes north and the Six Daoists take advantage of the situation to cause chaochao, who else can defend my Chaoge City! Since ancient times, you must first settle the inside before you go outside, but you want me to calm the war in the north first, and then calm the chaos in southern Xinjiang. The Six Daoist Sects are now becoming more and more powerful, if I wait another year or two, I am afraid that they will be full-fledged, and if they try to use them again, they will die nine out of ten!

The Taishi is not in the court, the civil officials have no leader, and the general, who is always friendly with the Taishi on weekdays, suddenly showed his edge, and a group of civilian officials looked at each other.

Emperor Youwu sneered in his heart, his eyes showed murderous intent, if he could, he really hoped that there would be a civil official who could give him a desperate advice, and then he could cut off their heads.

In the eleventh year of Emperor Youwu, at the beginning of April, the north gate of Daxia was attacked, with more than 100 casualties, and it was traced to the demons of the Six Daoist Sects, and Zhou Binglin, the chief steward of the Betrayal Listening Mansion, was killed, the assassin is unknown, and some people believe that it was also committed by the Six Daoists. The emperor was furious and ordered the general Bei Mingxuan to lead 50,000 soldiers and horses of the second battalion in the southeast of the dragon camp to the south to quell the chaos.