Chapter VII
Today, on the first day of the fifth month of May, the whole Pingjing City is still in a lively atmosphere, without him, just because the first day of the fifth month is the day of Zheng Guoguo, Zheng Guo's celebration is the whole country, there will be the prince on patrol, Jingqiwei opens the way, Shenwu, Jinwu, Yulin, Huben, Longxiang will send people to participate in the escort, the people who know the prison will also follow the copper coins, one by one, hundreds of eunuchs carry a large frame, full, no way, the boss must have the boss's pomp, how to show my majesty on the country if it is not lively, How can you show arrogance if you don't throw money around, and how can you please the people? Ordinary people still like real things most, otherwise how can they be proud of foreigners? Besides, even if a copper coin is more than a penny, even if it is sprinkled with a hundred stones, fifteen thousand catties is only more than one million pieces, and it is less than two thousand taels of silver when converted, and Da Zheng is still short of this bit of silver? What could be a better deal?
The common people cheered around the imperial city, picking up more and picking up less were all jubilant, and there were few households in Pingjing City who were short of that penny but they were happy, and the people who scattered the money were all known to the prison and won the title of "the most lovely prison".
The team of the prince will go around the imperial city to show the emperor's grace, anyway, even if it is all scattered, so on the first day of the fifth month, the vicinity of the imperial city can be noisy, and Emperor Zheng will generally stand on the tower of Chengtianmen, smiling and waving, to show that he is happy with the people.
The fireworks in Pingjing City are full of sky, and even in the daytime, it can't hide the smell of this fireworks, but it becomes more and more soaring with the hustle and bustle of the crowd.
At this moment, the pressure corresponding to the cheering crowd is the most important is the Pingjing Order and the Nine Gate Commanders and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses are all commanding the three people, and the entire Pingjing City at this moment is expected to be unlucky if there is a public security incident or a disturbance by someone with a heart, and the three people are estimated to be unlucky, and they will be punished at the least, and they will lose their officials directly, and their lives will be gone, after all, the two hundred years since the founding of the Great Zheng Dynasty, and the three situations are not the first time. Therefore, Da Zheng's annual celebration is a pass for the people of these three yamen.
The officials of the Pingjing County Ya will be dispatched every year today, leaving only one county to catch the head, two catchers and a few miscellaneous servants. The public who goes out to the street to maintain law and order only on this day every year will put on leather armor, step on a short straight knife, sweating profusely and pretending to be fierce and evil, as for the five cities of the soldiers and horses and the nine gates are directly bright armor and fully armed, ten steps on the city wall, one post, five steps and one sentry.
General Long Xiangwei, the highest in the Praetorian Guard, will personally sit in the army in case of pity, after all, there are too many people who want Zheng Guo to do something.
Today's Zhang Xiyang rode a horse and wore a fish-scale armor, closely following the emperor's grandson Cao Ke, holding the reins in one hand and pressing the hilt of the knife in the other, observing the surroundings curiously, smiling, and there was no way not to smile.
It is also a good time to rush, and I encountered such a day within a few days of entering Beijing. Zhang Xiyang looked at the endless and surging crowd of people, and couldn't help but be shocked in his heart.
The crown prince Cao Yin was not feeling well and couldn't get out of bed, so today's emperor's eldest grandson is the protagonist, who is on a pure white BMW, wearing King Zhao's crown clothes, and waving to the crowd from time to time.
The crowd is still gathering, the father-in-law of the governor of the capital is roaring hard, and the eunuch behind him is raised with the tone of voice, the flying copper coins are still shining, and countless hands are raised in unison, as for the rear of the crowd, there is no need to be anxious, the people responsible for scattering the money are specially selected, the arm strength is not ordinary people, and they can be thrown far away, and they are still thrown far away with a small wooden shovel.
Even if it is smashed, it is not annoying, everyone says that it is good luck.
After all, Cao Ju was old, and he watched at the Chengtian Gate for a while, and when the emperor's eldest grandson passed, he also drove back to the palace, but Cao Yishan, the commander of the Nine Gates who was in charge of the security of the Nine Gates, felt that there was cold air coming from behind.
A small group of sergeants in front of him planted a red back flag on their backs, and hung the certificate of the commander of the Huizhou Weidu and the customs defense token of the Huizhou Assassin History on their waists.
"Ben will warn you, today is the day of celebration for the founding of the country, and you must understand what you are talking about." Although Cao Yishan's tone was quite fierce, he couldn't help but hear the trill.
The sergeant at the head was dressed in a long fashion, at first glance, he was dusty, tired, his helmet was hanging obliquely on his head, and the dozen sergeants behind him were a little erratic on the horses, and most of the horses sitting down were panting and didn't even bother to planing their hooves, and there were two or three signs of foaming at the mouth, which was still a spare horse by his side, which showed urgency.
"General, how dare the little one have half a lie, if the military situation is urgent, if you don't report it, the small one can't afford to bear the crime!"
Cao Yishan felt that his head was confused, and it was still correct to check it again, he knew very well that how could such news be mixed here, unless someone thought that his head was too much and wanted to lose a few, Cao Yishan could think of what the emperor of the Purple Pole Hall would be in if he received such news today.
However, the Red Feather Army reported that those who dared to obstruct it would be beheaded, and those who were serious would be killed.
Thinking about it, he shook his head, Cao Yishan felt that his fate was so unfair, and he had worked hard to climb to the position of the commander of the Nine Gates, and he had not even been able to do it for a year, what was this called.
"You will follow the book, and the rest of the people will be brought into the duty room to rest, and you must not leak a little news, otherwise you will die."
"The general can rest assured, the matter is big and small, and he will not dare to disturb the center of the city."
"Okay, follow the book."
At this moment, there is a whole team of more than 100 people at the city gate, looking at these dozen people is also a little curious but not too much to think, after all, on a happy day, standing at the city gate can clearly hear the joy of the city.
"Fang Kezhu."
The team Zhengfang Zhu immediately stood up: "The mark is here." ”
"Take these brothers to find a separate room on duty to rest, prepare some tea and food, no one is allowed to approach without the general's order, and those who violate the order will be killed!"
"Yes." The sergeants at the gate didn't know, and some were still guessing in their hearts, but Cao Yishan also had a mind when he saw that the red flag was still a small group of people, and he came up alone, so the sergeant at the city gate didn't know.
Soon Li Jiutang, the eldest lord of the Ministry of War, received the news, and hurriedly didn't even sit in a sedan chair, and stumbled into the Ministry of War on a big green donkey.
Master Li waved his hand casually and asked directly, "What about the military newspaper?" Bring! ”
Pei An, the left waiter, immediately handed it over, and Li Jiutang copied it with his big hand, ten lines at a glance, and he still couldn't believe it after reading it in a hurry.
"Yasukuni is lonely overseas, all islands, and the total of the total is only the land of my Dazheng Sanzhou, and in November last year, I heard that the five major princes of Yasukuni were fighting in the wilderness, how long has it been, and I actually dared to send troops to attack my Huizhou, and I really picked such a day when I was really a big Zheng is muddy?"
Master Li's angry beard is about to blow up, to say that the previous Zheng Guo's military department is Li Jiutang's grievance, when others were appointed as the military department secretary, they all opened up the territory, and no matter how bad it was to win a battle, they taught the disobedient little brother, but in their own hands, it was either a rebellion here today or a frontier guard who was beaten tomorrow, and he simply greeted him left and right according to his face, and he was not merciless at all.
"My lord, now is not the time to be angry, Jingren has offended my Tianwei for no reason, and he has already captured one county and six counties, what should I do." The right attendant asked.
Zuo Lang Pei An immediately stood up and said: "Since I am telling the saint, mobilizing the army, how can I show my military might if the clown does not die." ”
Zhu Guo continued: "That's right, but what day is today?" What would happen if this military newspaper was thrown out and the people knew about it, in recent years, the countries have taken advantage of the frequent wars between us, and the people are already weak. When the household department heard about the war, they wanted to tear down our military department. ”
Without waiting for Pei An to refute the blessings, he continued to suppress his voice and said to Li Jiutang: "My lord, the Holy Dragon has been in poor health recently, and I have finally been happy these days, and today is the day when the founding of the country celebrates and the people are happy to show my great Zheng Guowang to the world, and this news still has to be stable." ”
Li Jiutang frowned, it is no secret that Zheng Guotianzi Cao Ju's body has been unstable for the past two years, and almost everyone in Pingjing City knows that the first month of this year was originally a prosperous and lively time, but as soon as he heard about the defeat in the southeast, he vomited blood and fainted.
"What do you mean?" Li Jiutang was really a little hesitant.
"Xiaguan means that we can push it back a little, and send it to the cabinet later, and the cabinet will have time to discuss, and we will take advantage of this to recruit the four Shilang Zhongren Wailang to discuss a charter overnight, even if it is a big fight, there is a plan, so that even if the saint recruits each other, it is estimated that it will pass today, and the adults also have countermeasures."
Li Jiutang pinched his well-maintained beard and glanced at the sergeant who reported the news, making Xiao Guochang stand uneasy.
"What do you think, Berning?"
Pei An said: "My lord, this matter can't be pushed back, if the Holy Lord blames it, I can't afford to wait, and the military situation can't be delayed, so why don't you send it to the palace if it is sent to the cabinet?" This is wisdom and not advisable. ”
After hearing this, Li Jiutang was shocked, and affirmed continuously: "Yes, yes, what Berning said is right, it can't be delayed, this official is out of proportion." He should immediately report to the palace and write to the cabinet at the same time, and the news should be tightly sealed. ”
"Commander Cao."
"The end will be."
"Have you ever leaked the news?"
Cao Yishan hurriedly replied: "Your Excellency, you can rest assured, there will be an explanation before you come, and someone will arrange tea and food, but if someone approaches to spy on the news, you will be killed immediately." ”
"Good, well done."
Li Jiutang, who had come to his senses, finally sat down in his seat, took up his pen and copied the military newspaper, and asked by the way: "I went to the Xuanwu Academy to ask, this official remembers that some time ago, many Yasukuni students in the Sihai Academy suddenly dropped out of school, go and verify." ”
"Before the adults came, the lower officials had already sent someone to ask, but there was such a matter, and the lower officials also learned that many Yasukuni businessmen in the trading company had withdrawn, and some of them were in a hurry and even sold their properties cheaply."
Hearing this, Li Jiutang stopped the pen in his hand and looked up and asked, "What else is there any news from Boning?" ”
"In a hurry, I only found out this, many people went to the left of the imperial city today, and it is not suitable for the army to mobilize the people, more news may have to wait, and there is no warning in advance from Jinyiwei, and the lower officials think that there must be something strange."
"Well, it's not easy to be true" Li Jiutang nodded and buried his pen again: "Judging from these two points alone, we can know that the ambition of the wolf son of Yasukuni has been planned for a long time, otherwise there would not be such a coincidence." ”
"My lord."
"Commander Cao."
"The end will be."
"Now you take someone to secretly check the situation in the city, prevent the Jing people from making careful moves, chaos, remember not to disturb the people, everything is based on stability, let Zhu Shilang take you to the Criminal Department to find Luo Shangshu, say hello and send someone over directly."
"The last will obey."
"Xiaguan will go here."
Li Jiutang quickly copied the military newspaper, blew the ink slightly, and read it again to make sure it was correct.
"It's really a storm, Berning, the cabinet is bothering you to go, and the Holy Lord can't delay there."
Pei An took the fold and saluted slightly, and his sigh was inaudible.