The news that the port of Poyang County had been attacked reached Jiankang City, and the bamboo tube letter down the Yangtze River arrived the next day.

Nan Chen's court became a mess for a while, how to deal with the affairs of the port of Poyang County was noisy yesterday, and today there was a war letter, Chen Shubao had to urgently convene a court meeting to discuss the matter.

Obviously, Chen Shubao is also panicking now.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what is the best way to break the enemy?"

"Your Majesty, Xiliang wants to crusade against Xiao Yan and the two, these two are generals, not my ministers of Da Chen, if they can exchange their lives for the stability and prosperity of our Da Chen, they should be abandoned."

"Stupid opinion, there are such stupid people in my Dachen court, the war book said that they were going to crusade against Xiao Yan, so you stupidly believed it, they used all the muskets of the Northern Sui, the weapons of the Northern Sui, don't tell me that you can't see that the Northern Sui is behind this, or that you are the spy of the Northern Sui."

"You...... You, you are spewing blood, we will wait for the front to discuss the matter, express our opinions, naturally you can express your own opinions, you are vicious, do not meet your wishes, pour dirty water on me, and ask Your Majesty to be clear. ”

"Your Majesty, you must not give in, otherwise I am afraid that the foreign enemy will be repeated, again and again, and you will have to make every inch."

"Your Majesty, at the moment, the Sui army is strong and has the advantage of firearms, our army can negotiate with Xiao Yan and the two of them in exchange for negotiating with the Sui Dynasty to let them trade some of our firearms, not to fight, but also to have firearms, after studying and imitating, we will have the weapons of the Sui Dynasty to confront us."

"Give them Xiao Yan, will the other party really give us firearms?"

……

……

There was already a lot of noise in the court, and Chen Shubao, as the emperor, slapped the table and shouted: "Enough, don't say it again, I let you come, I didn't let you quarrel!" ”

The courtiers were silent.

Chen Shubao's tone was a little slower: "It's war or peace, now I'm just talking about this one thing." ”

As soon as these words came out, Nan Chen's generals were dejected, the emperor obviously had the heart to retreat when he asked, after all, the other party had already started to attack my port, you are here to ask whether it is war or peace, should it not be directly fought back, can you say it again?

If he is replaced by the first emperor, even if the first emperor is merciful, if the north dares to fight, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, he will definitely fight back.

Shang Shufu said: "Your Majesty, Xiliang has sent a war letter, and now many people on both sides of the Yangtze River have received this war letter, and for a while, the people are talking about it, and it will definitely become more and more exaggerated with false rumors, and Your Majesty should send people to collect these war letters now, so as not to spread them." ”

Hearing this, Uncle Chen said to the eunuch: "Go quickly, let people search along the two sides of the strait, put away all these bamboo war books, if anyone dares to hide privately, it will be punished as treason." ”

Yuan Xian continued: "Your Majesty, once the emperor Yang Jian of the Northern Sui Dynasty said when he retired that he would not attack the country of mourning, and sent an envoy to mourn, the gentleman said that it was difficult to chase the horse, at this time before the three years of mourning of the first emperor, His Majesty can send a messenger to give gifts to Emperor Yang Jian, and thank the Sui Emperor for not attacking during the mourning period. ”

Chen Shubao was furious when he heard this: "Isn't this a slap in the face of thieves? ”

"No, this matter should remind the emperor of the Northern Sui what he once said, of course, it does mean to show goodwill, in order to promote further peace talks."

As soon as these words came out, the generals were unhappy: "Yuan Xiang said a few words, and I asked for peace with the Northern Sui?" If you surrender without a fight, you will inevitably increase the morale of others and destroy your own prestige. ”

"Dare to ask the general, did you fight the firearms that won the Northern Sui?"

"Firearms, firearms, there are a few people in the hall who have seen firearms, and they are so frightened that they lose their hearts, Your Majesty, the last general is willing to lead the troops to attack Xiliang, and he will die on the battlefield."

Yuan Xian said unhurriedly: "If the rhetoric is useful, what are we still standing here discussing?" Once there is a war, there will be war everywhere, and it will burn the people, if you can not fight, it will naturally be the people's wish. ”

"What Yuan Xiang said is extremely true, and Weichen seconded it."

Weichen seconded.

It didn't take long for the entire court lord and faction to occupy the majority.

That's the effect of panic.

Yang Guang's tactics and giant artillery brought panic to the people of Nanchen, but who was more panicked? is an official, a gate lord clan, and a wealthy merchant squire.

Because in war they will lose even more.

What are the impoverished people afraid of? As long as it is not a foreign race such as a deep hatred or Turks, generally fighting, even if the soldiers enter the city, they are not willing to go to those poor places, and they will not come to kill you for no reason, after all, we are still the same kind of people.

Everyone is pressing on the biggest part of the house, why?

There are things to grab here, and no matter how bad it is, the women in this gate compound are always more delicate than those in the poor countryside.

So when I heard about the war, the people who panicked the most now were the rich people.

On this day, Nan Chen's court did not make a decision, Chen Shubao was tired and had to rest for a while, Yuan Xian took this opportunity to go home first, at this time, Yuan Xian's house, which was a scholar, was already crowded with guests, and even the banquet people did not necessarily come so much.

Because Yuan Xian is not only the scholar of Nan Chen, but also the head of the Yuan family in the four major grand families of the Southern Dynasty "Wang Xie Yuan Xiao".

"Yuan Xiang, how is the court meeting today?"

"Yuan Xiang is war and peace."

"Yuan Xiang, what if there is a real fight, my son has just been born, he is still in infancy, and the Sui army is fierce when the war starts, I am really afraid that we will be targeted."

……

The noisy sound made Yuan Xian's head go up, but they were all people from various families, so he waved his hand and said: "Everyone, everyone, there has been no result in the court today, but don't worry too much, our country is rich and strong, and the army is sufficient, even if it really fights, it is enough to resist the Northern Sui." ”

"Didn't you say that there was a firearm in the Sui Dynasty? It will breathe fire and thunder, it is blessed by the monks, how can we fight it. ”

"That's right, my cousin's nephew is Poyang County, and that's what he said in the letter."

Outrageous rumors appeared, Yuan Xian once again asked everyone to calm down first, and he didn't even have time to drink water when he got home.

At this time, the eunuch in the palace suddenly came to the door: "Yuan Xiang, Your Majesty has summoned you." ”

I wanted to go home and take a rest, but it seems that there is no time to rest at all, and the official uniform is just going to continue to enter the palace without taking off, and I have to be on call at any time at this time.

With Yuan Xian's departure, the panic of the prominent clans present was even worse, and the first priority for everyone with a lot of assets in the family now is to preserve the assets of the family and the wives and sons of the clan.

First of all, the wife and children and assets at home must be transferred out, and many people's thoughts are to move south, and if something goes wrong in Jiankang City, all the lives of the family will be lost, even if they don't leave, the money and children will have to go.

At this time, someone whispered: "It is said that Xiliang has set up a money village called Xiliang Money Village, and no one can touch the money stored in it." ”

"You're stupid, that's Xiliang's territory."

"The emperor of the Northern Sui Dynasty has issued a holy decree, and he will never interfere with this Xiliang Bank, can he still be untrustworthy when he is the emperor? Many people in the Sui Dynasty also saved money in it. ”

"How do you know so well?"

"I saved some money in the past, I took twenty percent of my own assets, no matter who wins or loses in the future, as long as the emperor of the Sui Dynasty doesn't slap himself in the face, this money is no problem, and the interest is more than our money bank."

"Do you have a way?"

"My nephew is on an errand at the king of Changsha, and he did it."

"Let me think about it."

On this day, the name of Xiliang Bank spread in Jiankang City.

(End of chapter)