And the new emperor, who is called the Tiansha Lone Star by these people, has not even ushered in the first year of his ascension to the throne, and the year name has not had time to announce to the world, and Yangzhou, where Jiankang is located, has been besieged by rebels again.

On the border of Yuzhou and Xuzhou, which is adjacent to Yangzhou, the rebel garrison claims to have 500,000 soldiers, and they are eyeing Yangzhou and have been stealing from Jiankang for a long time.

With such a heavy army on the border, the pressure on the Southern Imperial Court can be imagined.

When the new emperor arrived here, he deeply realized how much pressure Emperor Huiyuan had when the Beidi soldiers and horses approached Gyeonggi!

It can be said that I can't sleep at night, I don't know the taste of food, I can't be in a panic all day long, my body is visibly emaciated, and the black hair on the top of my head is even more lost.

The new emperor felt that he didn't have to wait for next year, and his head was estimated to be bald before the end of the year.

Dai Yi, who once served Emperor Huiyuan, now has the grace of the new emperor and is still waiting for the new emperor in front of the palace.

Of course, most of the time the personal attendant is the personal eunuch of the new emperor himself since childhood, and Dai Yi is only assisting by the side.

At this time, he saw the little attendant helping the new emperor comb his hair, and a lot of green silk fell, and his heart twitched when he saw it, as if he had returned to the days when the Beidi soldiers and horses were approaching Gyeonggi, and he was waiting for Emperor Huiyuan.

It's so tormenting!

Damn!

"Slaves are courageous, please relax your heart, take care of your body, focus on the society of the country, and the people of the world, everything is possible with a good body!"

The new emperor naturally noticed the hair loss on the comb, and after listening to Dai Yi's words, he lowered his eyelids and didn't want to say anything.

The national capital is almost gone, what is the use of the body?

Is it used to hang yourself?

Or is it used to throw into the river to play?

My life is almost gone, can I get back the peace of Jiangshan Sheji?

He is about to become a sinner in Dayu!

As the New Year approaches, the atmosphere in the court becomes more and more tense, and everyone knows that when the snow melts at the beginning of spring after the year, it is the time for the two armies to fight a decisive battle.

After a harsh winter, the rebels' food and grass were almost consumed, and they could not let the war continue forever, and they would definitely find an opportunity to fight it out.

Since it was known that World War I was inevitable, the imperial court must have to make pre-war preparations.

It's just that the treasury is not much silver, and the imperial court's move to the south has almost exhausted the little silver left in the treasury.

After coming to Jiankang, the salaries of officials at all levels have been in arrears, and how can the new emperor get the money to fight in such a poor court?

The new emperor has not lived a single day since he ascended the throne, and he feels that he is miserable.

On this day, some courtiers proposed that there was a shortage of food and grass for war, and asked the new emperor to hand over the private treasury to help Dayu tide over this difficulty.

The new emperor, who was already in a bad mood, listened to their proposal, and instantly became angry: "Presumptuous! My private treasury is also something you can worry about? ”

The courtiers looked at him like a child who was playing a temper with them, and did not take him seriously at all.

"Your Majesty, the overall situation is important, you are rich in the world, how can you care about this little profit in front of you, as long as Dayu is stable, the whole world is not in your control!"

"It makes sense, the Yu country is stable, the first emperors will also feel relieved in the sky, for the sake of the Yu country, the emperor sacrificed some personal interests, but it is good for the community, good for the people of the world, why not?"

"Use the emperor's private treasury money to raise the soldiers and horses of the Gyeonggi military camp, and we will not flow into the fields of outsiders, what else do you have to hesitate about, Your Majesty?"

The new emperor was laughed at by them, and interrupted their nagging impatiently, "Since what you said is so righteous and awe-inspiring, why don't you donate together until you have enough food and grass for the spring army, what do you think?" After all, the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband! ”

When the courtiers heard this, they exchanged glances with each other, don't look young the new emperor, some things are really not easy to fool.

For example, this time he fooled him into digging out the silver, and it became more and more difficult to fool.

Hubu Shangshu stood up, "The emperor is reasonable, the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, for the sake of Dayu Sheji, for the people of the world, Weichen is willing to donate ten taels of silver to add a boost to the soldiers of the Beijing camp!" ”

Since someone has made a start.

The people behind have been extremely face-saving and agreed.

"Wechen is willing to donate five taels of silver!"

"Wechen is also willing to donate ten taels of silver!"

“.”

Some people are five taels, some people are ten taels, and once in the early dynasty, there are no less than two hundred officials in the palace.

Carefully calculated, an early dynasty can help the new emperor more than 1,600 taels, the number is not much, it is not much, it is a lot less, how to say it, it is always a piece of the mind of the hundred officials.

When the new emperor saw this scene, he was so angry that he almost ascended to heaven on the spot, following in the footsteps of Emperor Huiyuan.

"Shut up! Shut up! The new emperor's face was pale, and he was really angry.

"This is your pattern as a courtier of Dayu? What an eye-opener for me! ”

"You all travel in a carriage purchased for a few hundred taels of silver, and the cheapest thing your family wears is also the high-grade Hangzhou silk, you are actually standing here today and crying with me, you are really not afraid that the people of the world will laugh off their big teeth!"

Courtier: "."

It was really a mistake, I knew that the new emperor would be so clever, and I knew the means of their travel when I stayed in the palace, and they should have changed to a simple carriage when they went out.

The new emperor was in the palace, so he naturally didn't know what kind of transportation the courtiers were taking today.

But when he fled to Jiankang, he saw the carriage of the court officials, so there was such an incident.

Hubu Shangshu spoke again: "Your Majesty, the carriage travel is to arrive at the yamen faster to deal with official business, if there is a problem with the carriage that is too bad, isn't it a delay?" ”

The new emperor was laughed angrily, "In this way, you are still dedicated to the public? ”

"The Emperor Shengming!"

The courtiers replied loudly.

Hehe!

The new emperor understood it, and the officials of the entire court played with him as a fool.

They treat him as a puppet, and those who want to control the entire court are the damned courtiers below!

"I really don't understand, the court treats you well, gives you glory and wealth, and gives you high-ranking officials, when the court is in trouble, why can't you get preferential treatment? Why don't you see you all in the same boat? ”

"At this point, your first thought is your own interests, and your conscience has been fed to the dogs?"

"Or do you all want to be ministers of the fallen country?"

The new emperor glared angrily at the people below who were bowing their heads, "If you want, I might as well fulfill you!" ”

"Daiyi!"

Dai Yi walked out from behind the hall, "The slave is here!" ”

The new emperor's eyes flashed with anger swept over the body of the Tobe Shangshu, "Go and tie up the Lord of the Tobe Shangshu, put him in prison, and try again the next day!" ”

The meaning of the top leader is very clear, that is, the head of the household department is done this time!

"Your Majesty." Tobe Shangshu was dumbfounded, he just wanted to find a sense of superiority, and he didn't think that he had gone too far.

Is this playing with fire?

The ministers were also dumbfounded!

Is it true that the emperor is here?

Dai Yi didn't care what the ministers under the righteous side thought, he didn't hesitate to immediately lead people forward and detain the household book.

At this time, Hubu Shangshu came back to his senses, "Your Majesty, why did you do this?" Weichen has violated Dayu's law? ”

Seeing this, the officials of the civil official group of the court came out one after another to persuade them, and some even claimed that the emperor was not bewitched by traitors and villains.

So much so that such a confused decision was made!

The courtiers of a country made something out of nothing, causing the new emperor to be furious!

"You wait for the leader to do not do the thing of loyalty to the king, you know the intrigue, and do not want to forge ahead, this is the act of the rebel. Should I let go of such a rebellious minister? ”

The ministers glanced at each other, knelt on the ground and saluted, "The emperor is angry!" ”

Hubu Shangshu was held and couldn't move, but he didn't forget to look distressed, and said: "Your Majesty, how can you be so irritable and obedient? Imprison Weichen for no reason, you are not afraid of chilling the hearts of all the gentlemen in the world? ”

"Can you still represent the world? Or do you have a series of people in the world? ”

As he spoke, the new emperor's eyes narrowed dangerously.

“.”

Tobe Shangshu shuddered all over.

If you admit this, I'm afraid you will be punished by the Nine Clans!

At this time, he wants to die, why did he want to be this bird just now?

Judging by the performance of the emperor today, he is a madman!

Arguing with a madman that he doesn't have enough heads to cut off.

The new emperor saw that the ministers below were shocked, and hurriedly instructed Dai Yi: "You take someone to copy the Hubu Shangshu Mansion, I want to see if his Shangshu Mansion is really poor and white, and he went out to the point where he only brought ten taels of silver!" ”

"If it's really poor, I'll let him go, if it's just the opposite, then I'm sorry, I'll sit in prison and exile my whole family to the Gobi Garrison!"

The courtiers were silent, and only then did they find out that the new emperor was quite evil, and it was better to kill him with a knife to make him happy!

The next day, during the same court meeting, Dai Yi presented the list of confiscated Shangshu Mansion to the new emperor.

500,000 taels of cash alone were confiscated, not counting antiques, calligraphy and paintings, as well as actual industries such as grange shops and houses.

If all of them are added up, the materials confiscated by Shangshu Mansion are equivalent to about one million taels of silver.

"Haha." The new emperor laughed with the list in his hands, regardless of his image, "This is what you call the pillars of the country?" Corrupt and bribed, unrepentant, how can such a poor character be blind, let him sit in this position for a few more months! ”

Everyone in the court was in danger, and the words of the new emperor were made public, and few people responded.

From this, it can be seen that the rule of the imperial court is really rotten to the bone.

With the 500,000 taels of silver in his hands, the new emperor immediately equipped the soldiers and horses of the Gyeonggi battalion to guard against the sudden attacks of the rebels in Yuzhou, Yanzhou and Qingzhou.

With the silver to equip the army, the courtiers were quiet again, and everyone was waiting to see how things would develop.

It's just that the New Year is approaching, and everyone's attention is quickly attracted by the purchase of New Year's goods.

The rebels occupying Yuzhou were really hard to endure, they didn't expect this year's winter to be so cold, so they didn't prepare too many warm clothes and food and grass!

The leader of the rebels, Qin Lang, was about to go bald.

Sitting in the lobby of the Yuzhou Mansion, he pointed to the position of Yangzhou on the map and said: "Yangzhou is already the best way for the imperial court to retreat, if it is the sea in front of it, to the west and north, and it is the capital of other states, if you still want to relocate, it is really a waste of life."

I think the Southern Imperial Court has reached the point where there is no way back, and now what can we do to avoid dragging him down in the future! ”

The staff stroked his beard, shook his head and said: "At present, we are seriously short of grain and grass, but there is still more than a month before the beginning of spring, and if the weather delays the start of spring, we will have to wait for almost two months." Two months is too hard, what are we going to do now? ”

Listening to his words, Qin Lang paid attention to it, food is the power of soldiers and horses, if there is no food, there is no need to talk about it.

"If we really can't hold on to the beginning of spring, then we will prepare in the next few days, brave the snow to sneak attack the small county town in Yangzhou near Yuzhou, I believe that the family will always have some industries in various places, and we can grab it."

——

It was about the end of the year, and it was also possible that the new emperor copied the Shangshu Mansion and copied the military salary.

In short, at the end of the year, Jiankang City lost its former malaise.

People come and go on the street, and everyone is busy buying New Year's goods, hoping to buy more and stock up at home while the merchants still have supplies.

Push it back, I'm afraid that the last bit of material will be sold.

The wife of the prince of the Marquis of Changping also took her daughter to the street at the end of the year, preparing to buy some fabrics to make a few clothes for the family, so that she could visit relatives and friends during the New Year.

It's just that the cloth from the major cloth farms in Jiankang City has been selling crazy these days.

"What's going on? Why is there such a little fabric left in the store? ”

Li Chengxian pointed to the fabric on the counter with a disgusted face, and spoke to the shopkeeper in a very impulsive tone, which shows that he has a bad temper on weekdays.

"I'm very sorry, the fabrics in the store have been selling crazy these days, and the inventory has almost been cleared, if you don't like it, Mrs. Shizi, maybe there will be no such fabrics in a few days."

The shopkeeper said apologies, but the expression on his face was full of smiles.

Li Chengxian looked at him like this, and he was very angry!

"These colors and colors are particularly old-fashioned, whoever likes to buy them buys, anyway, our Changping Marquis Mansion can't look down on this grade of fabric!"

was disgusted, a lady next to him waved her hand and pulled a pile of cloth on the counter into her range, "Shopkeeper, wrap these dozen pieces of cloth, Mrs. Ben wants it!" ”

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "It's still Mrs. who has vision!" ”

When the lady heard the compliment, she laughed: "I walked a few shops today, and the fabrics are not complete, but when I arrived here, I found that there were more than a dozen pieces of cloth of the same color, which I just bought back to make clothes for the little maids at home." ”

"Or Madame has a vision!" The shopkeeper really praised.

Li Chengxian listened to their words, and his expression was stunned, it seemed that the servants of the Hou Mansion had not prepared the fabric for the New Year!

The lady didn't say it, she didn't even think about it.

"Shopkeeper, do you still have this kind of fabric in your warehouse?"

When the shopkeeper heard this, he turned his head and saw that they hadn't left yet, so he said with a smile: "The substandard fabric in our shop has been sold out, I'm very sorry!" ”

"You"

"Okay, mother, since the shopkeeper said that there is no more, then forget it, it seems that there is nothing to shop on this street now, let's go back!"

Li Chengxian's daughter-to-be stopped her and prevented her from going crazy in public!

Li Chengxian only had time to glare at the shopkeeper before being dragged out of the shop by her daughter.

"Girl, where else do you want to go?"

"Let's go home, Jiankang's material reserves are not sufficient, and it is impossible to find something satisfactory if you go shopping."

(End of chapter)