Tokyo, the imperial city of Zichen Palace, Emperor Daojun sits in court.

There was not a trace of blood on his face, like a dead leaf in late autumn, haggard and gray.

After seeing it yesterday, Emperor Daojun summoned a group of important ministers of the court to discuss the matter, and as a result, the lid of Paiyun Pavilion was almost lifted, probably in the timing of sending troops and how many troops to send out, and who else was the main and who presided over the issue.

When he saw that they were fighting for power, they attacked each other, and drove everyone away in a fit of anger.

Emperor Daojun knew that the sooner the thieves were suppressed, the better, and Wang Qing's experience of the previous car was vivid, if he had not delayed at that time, he would have sent the western army to rehabilitate him as soon as possible, and the entire Huaixi would not have almost fallen into the hands of thieves.

The Gyeonggi Forbidden Army went out three times, although the beacon fire was finally quelled, but the losses were huge, and this Fang La was menacing, the momentum was far more fierce than Wang Qing, and the number of soldiers and horses was not comparable to Wang Qing, so it was necessary to destroy this gang of thieves as quickly as possible to avoid shaking the country's foundation and causing a catastrophe.

At this time, the ministers had finished congratulating, and Emperor Daojun coughed lightly: "The rebel Fang La in the south of the Yangtze River has fallen into more than a dozen cities, which is really a big trouble for the country. ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Guangjie, the imperial envoy of the left class, stepped forward and saluted: "The minister only returned from Jiangnan yesterday, and was about to report the thief's situation, and there were no less than 100,000 rebels from Fangla in the two Zhejiang and two rivers, and they were the head of the southeast Zhukou, and the rest were Quzhou Lingshan Zhu Yan and Wu Bang, Huzhou Gui'an Lu Xing'er, Suzhou Dakou Shisheng, Wuzhou Yiwu Fu Qiudao, Yuezhou Tanxian Qiu Daoren, Chuzhou Hongzai, Taizhou Xianju Lu Shinang, Wenzhou Chen Shishi, Yu Daweng, Jinyun Huo Chengfu, although these people are all headed by Fang La, but they each claim to be kings, and they are in their own situation, attacking the state and plundering the county, It is not under the command, but although there are many places captured, there are few that can be defended, only the thief leader Fang La is ambitious, self-proclaimed Emperor Shenggong, changed the Yuan Yongle, set up three courtyards and six departments, nine kings and four ministers, and hundreds of generals, the momentum is huge, and the official should send troops as soon as possible. ”

Zhao Ta listened clearly, knowing that these were the branch masters of the Mingjiao Jiangnan region, and the princes of one side were all the leaders of the Great Sect.

When Emperor Daojun heard this, his face was shocked, only to realize that in addition to Fang La, there were so many small groups of bandits, and he couldn't help but be even more sad: "Everyone, Aiqing, thieves are so rampant, what can I do?" ”

At this time, Cai Jing trembled and said: "Don't worry about the official family, there has been no war in the southeast for a long time, Wen Tian is martial, once he encounters the enemy, he panics and flees without a fight, so he loses the city and loses the land. ”

Emperor Daojun glanced at him, only did this, sighed and said: "The soldiers and horses of the Western Army are on the way here, and the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army has completed its inspection, but the southeast is urgent, and it is urgent. ”

Tong Guan came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, in the humble opinion of the ministers, the anti-thief Fang La is like a cancer in the heart, and if you don't get rid of it immediately, the danger will be deeper, so it is advisable to send troops to it immediately." ”

Emperor Daojun hesitated when he heard this, after all, the Western Army was still on the road at the moment, and he could only send the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army, but the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army was tired and tired from fighting Tianhu last year, and the soldiers were lost.

At this moment, suddenly there was an urgent report of the military situation outside the hall, which was originally under the door of Zhongshu, Wang Hao did not dare to hide it since he was reprimanded last time, even if it was sent urgently by the court, as long as he received it.

At this time, he personally ran to the palace gate, took the fold and returned to the palace, and Emperor Daojun hurriedly asked: "Aiqing, where is the urgent report?" ”

Wang Hao saw the address of the fold, his heart trembled, and he replied: "Your Majesty, it was Jiangnan who should be promoted by the Bureau. ”

Both of them originally planned to hide Fang La's affairs, but at this moment, Zhu Mian officially went on the show, which means that the affairs of western Zhejiang have been rotten and dare not hide it.

Emperor Daojun's face turned black when he heard this, he didn't think that the chaos in Jiangnan was caused by flowers and stones, after all, the things of flowers and stones were not food and money, and the thieves rebelled to kill Zhu Mian, but it was Xiang Zhuang who danced the sword, intended for Pei Gong, and came to him, a great Song official, but Zhu Mian had been concealing the military situation and not reporting it, but it made him angry.

Wang Hao wanted to present a recital, but Emperor Daojun only said: "What is the matter of the Qing family." ”

Wang Hao hurriedly looked at it, and the next moment he knelt on the ground with a sound of "plopping", and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, Hangzhou is lost, Chen Jian is martyred, Zhao Ting is nowhere to be found, the number of thieves has reached more than 200,000, and they have been setting fire to the city for several days, burning, killing and looting......

As soon as this remark came out, the two classes of courtiers suddenly gasped, Hangzhou is an important town in the south of the Yangtze River, once lost, the entire western Zhejiang will inevitably be unprotected.

Emperor Daojun's eyes widened, he leaned forward, and opened his mouth, but he didn't spit out half a word.

Tong Guan hurriedly went out of work again at this time: "Your Majesty, please also send troops to quell the thieves quickly." ”

It took a long time for Emperor Daojun to say, "Where is the Western Army now?" ”

Tong Guan said: "Xihe, Qinfeng, Huanqing, Jingyuan, and Yanyan, the Fifth Route Army will arrive in two or three days, and the Hedong Army will arrive at the latest tomorrow afternoon." ”

Emperor Daojun listened, calmed down a little, and thought: "Spread my will, Zhu Mian embezzled and harmed the people, led chaos in the southeast, and dismissed as a concubine, Zhao Ting retreated in battle, regarded as a rebellion, arrested and questioned, and the rest of the officials who were in battle or surrendered or escaped were guilty of the same crime, and Jiangnan should be punished...... Cut! ”

Tong Guan was stunned, knowing the mind of Emperor Daojun, such a major event, involving the world, there must be someone who comes out to apologize, now that Chen Jian in western Zhejiang is dead, he is martyrdom, not only can he not ask for guilt, but also treat his heirs well, so Zhu Mian is going to come out to top the bag, but he is just degraded to the common people, is it too light?

"The official is wise!" The Manchu civil and military shouted in unison.

Emperor Daojun pondered for a moment, and his eyes fell on Zhao Ta: "King Qin listens to the order!" ”

Zhao Ta walked out of the class, only to hear Emperor Daojun say: "King Qin, I have sealed your two Huai Xuanfu envoys, set up 30,000 soldiers and horses to guard the pro-army division, and have the power of the two Huai military administrations, and go south to beg for thieves!" ”

Zhao Ta was ordered to return to work.

Emperor Daojun looked at Zhao Kai again, Zhao Kai came out of the ranks, and Emperor Daojun said: "King Yun, I have sealed your Liangjiang Xuanfu system as an envoy, and 30,000 military horses in front of the palace, and the military and political power of the two rivers, and go south to beg for thieves!" ”

Zhao Kai hurriedly took the order to return to work.

At this time, Tong Guan was still standing outside the class, and Emperor Daojun looked at him and said, "Tong Aiqing! ”

Tong Guan said: "Weichen is here!" ”

Emperor Daojun nodded: "This time, you will lead the Western Army, I will entitle you to the two Zhejiang Xuanfu envoys, lead the Western Army to the fifth road, the Hedong Road, go south to ask for thieves, and on the day of triumph, I will have my own reward!" ”

Tong Guan knelt on the ground with a "plop", bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen dares not to exhaust his strength to repay Your Majesty!" ”

Emperor Daojun nodded and ordered him to get up and go back to work, and then muttered for a long time:

Feng Liu Yanqing, the deputy envoy of Xuanfu of the two Zhejiang, and the elite soldiers of the Western Army and the Hedong Army were all in control.

Xin Xingzong, Yang Weizhong, and the deputy commander of the Xihe Army.

Liu Zhen, Jingyuan military command.

Yang Keshi, Zhao Ming, Huanqingbing's deputy commander.

Huang Di, Yan Yanbing's command.

Wang Lian, Ma Gongzhi, and Qin Fengbing ruled the deputy ruler.

Yijing, Hedong soldiers.

These people are all generals of the Western Army, and they are still on the road at the moment, but Emperor Daojun has issued an edict, and someone immediately sent an edict to welcome them.

Then Emperor Daojun promised another reward:

Whoever captures or kills the thief chieftain will be given a reward of 10,000 horses of silk, 10,000 taels of money, 10,000 taels of silver, and 500 taels of gold.

Those who capture or kill thieves alive will be awarded the title of Wuyi Doctor, and will be rewarded with 5,000 horses of silk, 5,000 taels of money, 5,000 taels of silver, and 300 taels of gold.

If a well-known leader is captured or killed, the civilian official Feng Dunwulang will be rewarded with 1,000 horses of silk, 3,000 pieces of money, 1,000 taels of silver, and 100 taels of gold.

If there are officials of the imperial court, civil and military students, ministers, ministers, soldiers, etc., who capture or kill the thieves in the preceding paragraph, etc., they can be compared to moving to fill the official position, rewarding gold, silver, money, and silk, and if there are thieves among the party members who abandon the secret and surrender to the light, catch and kill the person in the preceding paragraph, etc., and send the thief leader or the head to the official for verification, they can be exempted from the death penalty, and they will not be held accountable for the past, and they will be rewarded according to the reward.

After arranging the three-way army, Emperor Daojun breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, this time the thieves were mainly from the western army, assisted by the king of Qin and the king of Yun, and the two kings only led the Gyeonggi forbidden army.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all knew the reason, this was because they didn't want the two princes to get too close to the generals of the Western Army, so they let Tong Guan lead the Western Army.

Emperor Daojun looked down and said: "Although Jiangnan is in a hurry, it is not advisable to send troops in a hasty panic, wait for the Western Army to arrive in three days, and set out with the Gyeonggi Army!" ”

Tong Guan couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he heard this, the soldiers were fast, and they should send troops immediately, but Emperor Daojun obviously refused to let the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army take the lead, and he still had to wait for the Western Army to set off together.

Then after a month or two, before the court dispersed, Emperor Daojun only felt dizzy and went to Zhilan Xiaozhu to rest.

Zhilan Xiaozhu is a study, after he arrived, a palace maid came to deliver tea, Emperor Daojun picked up the tea bowl, took a sip and stood up and walked around with his hands.

He was bored in his heart, so he looked at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, and looked at the "Three Hundred Miles of Jialing Rivers and Mountains" painted by Wu Daozi and Li Sixun, which was majestic and magnificent, the two had different brushstrokes, each extremely wonderful, and saw the benefits, Emperor Daojun nodded frequently, saw the disadvantages, and sighed.

Then came to the front of the "Hibiscus Brocade Chicken", which he made not long ago, whether Li Tang or Zhang Zeduan, they were full of praise when they saw it, and Emperor Daojun stopped for a long time in front of his own painting, stunned.

On that picture, a beautiful golden pheasant, landing on the hibiscus branch, the feathers are gorgeous and abundant, dragging the gorgeous long tail to look back, the butterflies on the side are dancing, the flowers and leaves, obsessed with flowers, the autumn chrysanthemum in the lower left corner is sparse, swaying and colorful, quite arrogant.

The more he looked, the more he was in a daze, confused and unowned, as if he didn't know what to do next.

At this time, Cai You asked to see him outside, and Emperor Daojun moved and asked people to summon him in to ask what was going on.

Cai You came in and saluted: "The official family, the minister saw that the official family was working hard day and night on state affairs, Fei Si was sad, and the special training offered some red and green geisha, and today they were waiting outside the palace to make a trick to relieve boredom." ”

Emperor Daojun asked people to come to see him, and after a while, Cai You led them to kneel down.

Emperor Daojun looked at Cai You and said, "I have been busy with state affairs for days, and I am mentally sleepy, and it is difficult for me to be loyal to Aiqing. ”

Cai Youlian called the courtier's duty, and then first called the two female artists sumo as a play, the two female artists were thin waist and arms, and went around in circles on the field to sumo, which was very ridiculous.

Emperor Daojun looked at it and suddenly looked at the dragon's face and was happy, opened his mouth to send a decree to reward the winner with a colored silk, the winner came to receive the reward and kowtowed to thank him, and the loser was full of shame and covered his face with his hand.

Then a boy dressed in green came up below, with upright facial features, fine skin and tender meat, and a beautiful young man.

The male artist and the victorious female artist sumo, the two fought for more than ten rounds, the boy held the female artist's arms with both hands and lifted three times and fell, the female artist was as light as a swallow, the waist was flexible, and every time he landed, he immediately stood firm, the boy could not pounce on the female artist, he was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, the female artist took advantage of the momentum to lift the boy, three up and three down, and so on for the last fall, the female artist took the boy's heel was not stable, hugged the boy's waist with both hands, and pressed hard for a moment, the boy could not stand on his feet, fell to the ground on his back, and the female artist pressed on the boy.

Emperor Daojun couldn't stop laughing when he saw it, and tears flowed out, "Quickly take another colorful silk reward." ”

The female artist took the colorful silk, and the boy's face was as ashamed as a red cloth, and he was ashamed of himself.

Cai You saw the fire at this time, and immediately took off his long cotton robe, wore short clothes and narrow pants, and he looked for someone to paint vermilion on his mouth, smeared pastel on his face, and personally appeared on the stage and sumo wrestling with the female artist.

The female artist was not his opponent, so he beckoned indiscriminately, and the female artist came up together, trapping Cai You in the middle, and the group turned like a marquee, half fluttering and half playing, one by one tired and panting, drenched in sweat, and even more beautiful.

Emperor Daojun immediately danced with joy, and at this moment, he forgot about the major events in the south of the Yangtze River......

And said that Zhao Tasan returned to his home after the chao, and calculated for a moment in his heart, this Jiangnan expedition was mainly based on the Western Army, and Emperor Daojun fought the idea of preserving the strength of the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army, although he and Zhao Kai each led the way, but as long as they held Jiangbei and Jiangxi, they did not seek merit, but sought no fault.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with the arrangement of Emperor Daojun, as long as the two Huai and the two rivers are tightly strangled, and the south of Fujian is mountainous and inconvenient for the army to walk, then the two Zhejiang are a situation of catching turtles in an urn.

It's just a little bad, at this moment Hangzhou has fallen, Fang Laru has a vision, the next step is to attack Jiangning, the capital of Jiangnan East Road, once Jiangning is taken, and then Runzhou is taken, and Taiping Zhou is formed a confrontation with Jiangbei.

But these are not things to be considered in the moment, and they will have to be decided according to the changes in the situation, and no one knows what Fang La's ideas will be next.

Just a few days ago, after the Jiangnan incident, Zhao Ta had sent someone to send a letter to Huang Jue in Fujian, asking him to immediately lead the pirates and pirates, taking advantage of the chaos in the southeast, the eyes of the world were on the occasion of the two Zhejiang, quietly went to Guangzhou to exterminate the Pu clan, as long as the Hu people and the Pu clan were destroyed, then there would be countless gold and silver ships.

Zhao Ta thought for a moment, got up and went to the Broken Jade Tower again, this time the southern expedition was not as good as the last time to Ping Wang Qing, Wang Qing did not have as many military horses as Fang La, and there were not many masters.

Fang La's subordinates like Wang Lao Buddha and Chen Hoop Bucket are all grandmasters' strength, and according to Liyan Nazha, the martial arts of the Seven Buddhas of Seven Lives and Seven Deaths are also extremely high, and she has been observing for a long time, but she doesn't know which realm they are in.

In addition, there are Bao Daoyi, Shi Bao, Fang Jie, Deng Yuanjue, Chen Fan, Pang Wanchun, Wang Yin, Li Tianyan, Si Xingfang, Zheng Biao, etc., each of whom is a strong martial artist.

There are also great sect leaders in various places, Suzhou Shisheng, Yuezhou Qiu Daoren, Chuzhou Hongzai, and Xianju Lu Shinang, all of whom are not general, far from being comparable to Wang Qing's subordinates.

This time, he not only had to bring all the skilled generals in the Guards and Pro-Military Division, but even if it was some people from the Broken Jade Building, he had to pick up those who had the ability to take them away.

In addition to being prepared for what happened, he had other ideas that needed to be completed by those close to him.

After arranging the manpower in the Broken Jade Building, it was already late, and Zhao Ta asked Lei San to drive the carriage to Zhao Yuannu.

As soon as she entered the small courtyard, Zhao Yuannu greeted her and greeted her, seeing her jade and beautiful face, she was charming and charming, and said softly: "Lord Wang, how can you have time to come to the slave family?" ”

Zhao Ta glanced at her and said with a smile: "Clean up, and follow me down to Yangzhou in three days!" ”

(End of chapter)