Yu Gong finally stood up.

In the face of the current situation where the bandits have landed and Yangzhou is full of flames, the quarrel in the court has changed direction, and what new policies, whatever the domain, and what frontier have been put on hold.

Yangzhou, the nearest big city in Jianye, the bandits have already hit there, maybe they will come to Jianye tomorrow, and it will be only a few hundred miles west along the river, so it will be okay.

Whether it is defense or defense, how to fight, how to fight, for a whole afternoon, I don't know how many courtiers are involved, you agree with me and I don't agree, you want to do this, I want to do that, and the court is fighting again.

Yu Gong knew that he could not let this situation continue, and in the evening, Yu Gong asked to see the saint.

Yu Gong, a native of Fancheng, Jingzhou, named Rui, the word Zuotian, was born in Guanning for 14 years, and Youning for 21 years. Because it is a hard pebble in the river, although the outside is washed by the water and the edges and corners become smooth, but the heart still insists on its own essence, so it is also respected by outsiders as the old man of sand and stone.

On the eve of Yu Rui's birth, it is said that his mother had a dream in which a white elk came to his bed with a lingzhi in its mouth, and the elk's whole body shone with golden light, which Yu's mother thought was a blessing from heaven. Yu Rui's talented father named his son Rui, representing auspiciousness from the sky, hoping that his son would be prosperous and auspicious in the future.

Yu Rui is a brilliant young man, and it is rare to win the reputation of a prodigy in Fancheng, a place where there are many talents. But Yu Rui was not only here, he was a student in the township examination at the age of fourteen, and he was lifted at the age of nineteen, becoming the youngest person in Jingzhou at that time. It is precisely because of his limelight and fame that Yu Rui was sought after by many at that time, and he was even more cynical, hoping to change the social environment at that time in one fell swoop. Three years later, he went so far as to criticize the government and government at that time in the examination papers, not only directly saying that hundreds of officials were corrupt, but also denouncing the laxity of border guards and local land endowments.

His theory of the examination policy caused an uproar at once, and the main examination of the examination and many deputy examiners discussed one after another, criticizing him for being good at discussing the government and politics, being young and frivolous, and suggesting that he be disqualified from the examination and never be hired.

Fortunately, his strategy was favored by the prince at that time, that is, the later Emperor Shaoning, and he said a lot of good things for him.

Three years later, Yu Rui retook the exam, and somehow, he became decent, won the seventh place in the second class that year, was selected as a Jishi, began to study the state of Chaozhang, and gradually matured politically.

After Emperor Shaoning ascended the throne, Yu Rui became a lecturer and a scholar, and became a political staff officer of Emperor Shaoning, and came up with many valuable strategies and policies, which played a very positive role in promoting the governance of Emperor Shaoning. A few years later, he was promoted by Emperor Shaoning to the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, and was named a scholar of Donglin Pavilion, becoming the youngest member of the first rank at that time.

In the twenty-first year of Shaoning, Yu Rui was appointed by Emperor Shaoning as the crown prince and the prince, responsible for teaching the then Emperor Xining, and his position was also promoted to the Ministry of Rites, a scholar of the Qilin Pavilion, and became a member of the cabinet.

In the third year of Xining, he became the first scholar of the cabinet and the auxiliary minister, also known as the first assistant.

That is, from that time, Yu Rui played with Emperor Xining and proposed the implementation of the new policy. At the same time, the government of officials was rectified, and all officials were given a small examination every three years and a major examination every five years.

In the afternoon of the same day, after the emperor summoned Yu Rui alone for an hour, Emperor Xining summoned a number of important ministers in the court to discuss the robbery of the Yangzhou bandits.

Including Xu Fang, a scholar of Qilin Pavilion, the head of the Hanlin Academy, Zhu Fantao, a scholar of Donglin Pavilion, Huang Zhengqiang, a scholar of the Ministry of Officials, Li Shuming, a scholar of the Ministry of War, Zhao Tu, the king of Zhou Jun, Zhao Tu, the general of the Janissaries, Zhang Yu, the general of the British Gong and the Duwei, and Yu Rui, the first assistant, a total of seven people.

Li Shuming, secretary of the Ministry of War, spoke first, "Long live Qiyu, the minister believes that the Yangzhou bandit disaster is only a special case; judging from the situation in previous years, most of the bandit landings were between May and October, and most of the locations were between Hangzhou and Zhangzhou, and there were sometimes sporadic bandits ashore and looted in the waters near Qingzhou. The landing of such a large-scale pirate in Yangzhou this time should have made the encirclement and suppression of General Peng in Zhangzhou in the early stage make the pirates have nowhere to stand. Yangzhou, which has only arrived at the end of the road, should have reached the verge of extinction for the bandits, so we can't mess up our own positions at this time, or according to General Peng's strategy, besiege the bandits on land and annihilate them in one fell swoop. ”

"Lord Li, General Peng's strategy is good, but we must see that Yangzhou is different from Zhangzhou after all, and this time the bandits in Yangzhou are obviously organized to rob and kill people on a large scale. Not only did they rob in the countryside, but they went so far as to attack the county seat and the state capital, what is this, rebellion, where are the simple bandits, we must not take it lightly, let it go, and now we must immediately send troops to Yangzhou to wipe out the landing bandits. "British Gong Zhang Yu is worthy of being a fierce general, and he can see at a glance the root of this bandit incident, and it is organized once, which is the most critical.

King Zhou Jun also agrees with this, "Your Majesty, the British Duke is right, the pirates used to come in a piecemeal, but they were just attacks on one place and one city, and now this kind of gathering together and organizing an attack on the prefecture and county is very worrying." If one day, the bandits gathered a little more people, launched a little more hidden, and directly hit the capital, it would be terrible. "King Zhou Jun also felt the dangerous side, he really said it, the later bandits really invaded from the river and killed Jianye.

Xu Fang, a scholar of Qilin Pavilion, glanced at Yu Rui, knowing that Yu Rui should have discussed a countermeasure with the emperor, "Long live, the minister also thinks that there is something strange about the robbery of the bandits ashore, and the minister is worried that there are other people with ill intentions here, so he has to guard against it, and the minister agrees with the opinion of the British Duke and the king of Zhou County, and it is indeed necessary to send troops to go at present." Xu Fang knew that no matter what the situation was in the early stage, now he had to return to the urgent matter of banditry, cooperation was impossible, and harmony was needed.

In this case, everyone knows that the bandits have hit Yangzhou, and there is no way to retreat, so they can only eliminate the bandits first, so that they can live a good life, and besides, these ministers also have a lot of property distributed in Jianye, Yangzhou and other places.

The people who decided the Great Xia Dynasty can only sit together at present, and the situation of the Yangzhou bandits is indeed not optimistic, no matter how the previous dispute came about, it can only be put on hold now.

In the evening of the same day, the Holy Decree appointed Chu Lin, the deputy commander of Duwei, as the general of Zhenwei, and led 5,000 people of Duwei's right army to Yangzhou to quell the bandits. At the same time, it was ordered to newly set up three battalions of the Yangzhou Weizhong Army, and the Yangzhou Garrison Army was allowed to expand to ten battalions, urging the Yangzhou Patrol Envoy to form a militia as soon as possible, and several parties coordinated to annihilate the bandits.

Moreover, starting the next day, there is almost no noisy sound in the court, all the officials seem to have a tacit understanding, and no one mentions the previous issues, all the arrangements are being carried out in an orderly manner, and the cooperation between them is smoother.

As soon as the decree was completed, the court received shocking news from Zhou Gang, Zhou Gang was attacked by bandits yesterday evening, the entire county fell, the county committed suicide, and countless wealth and grain were robbed in the city.

Manchao was shocked!

Lu Ergongzi looked at the three hundred regiments in front of him who were struggling to advance, and his heart was also uneasy, although he had dealt with Yuan Rui a few times, he still couldn't see through this person.

At a young age, Zhang Chi has a way, and there is a faint taste of scheming, which feels very bad. He was also worried that if something went wrong, he didn't care, he was afraid that Yuan Rui's future would be ruined.

The news from Nan Molizheng's side, Lu Ergongzi also knew, and he was also glad that the officers and soldiers arrived in time, believing that with the deterrence of these guards, the pirates would be somewhat afraid.

However, the second son's heart was shocked, and the family who came back brought back a message, but he didn't write it on the letter, and now he actually said that the bandits were really killing innocents and robbing property in the countryside.

If it is according to the development of the situation, maybe it can really follow Yuan Rui's countermeasures in the future.

Looking at the current weather, he was also helpless, and he was deeply worried in his heart.

Roads are very difficult for pirates to navigate, and the same is true for officers and soldiers.

Most of the officers and troops are equipped with normal logistics, grain and grass in accordance with the prescribed marching mode, and their combat effectiveness in these harsh environments is really not as good as that of the bandits.

After walking for nearly two hours, it was almost evening, and the three hundred regiments plus fifty Lu family members finally arrived at Jijiazhuang.

A bunch of people entered the village, all paralyzed together, the militia group was in good physical condition, but the first line of troops showed that they lacked the endurance and skills formed by the long-term training of the soldiers, Lu Ergongzi smiled bitterly at Yuan Rui.

Yuan Rui was really happy to see these militia members, as long as there were people who could pick up arms, Jijiazhuang would not be afraid of bandits.

He didn't have such high expectations as Lu Ergongzi, and it was impossible for officers and soldiers like Wei Jun to come to Jijiazhuang to help defend.

Don't underestimate these regiments, although they can't march and fight, but these people are young and middle-aged, and there is no problem in taking a break and defending in Zhuangzi.

It seems that the move with the magistrate is the right one, and this time he has a few more points of certainty in dealing with the bandits.

It was only at this time that Yuan Rui was a little relieved, and since the early hours of the morning, he racked his brains, and he didn't know how many brain cells had died, so he planned a countermeasure that seemed more reliable, which was formed by borrowing a lot of historical methods.

Let's talk about Wang Zhixian again, send away the second son and Tuanding, he breathed a sigh of relief, Nan Mo's news confirmed a little, the Wei army defeated the bandits, and now they are chasing the bandits, and there are a lot of troops, the bandits should not be able to win, and they will not come to the county again.

Only then did he send 300 people out to see if he could help the officers and soldiers to suppress the bandits as much as possible and ensure the safety of the lives of the common people.

After a little lunch, Wang Zhixian was a little sleepy, he barely slept last night, and he was really tired. He had not fallen asleep for half an hour, and it was the most comfortable time to sleep, when a series of news came to wake him up from his sweet dreams.

Twenty miles along the official road along the river, five villages were murdered and robbed by bandits, 485 people were killed, 73 people were injured, and countless gold and silver property were robbed!!