Chapter 219: Military Emergency
After the ancestor walked a long way, he stood down, waited for the emperor to come to his side, and said to Xiao Jiu's father: "You have heard what your son said, this matter is not just for you, who can decide when Lao Tzu, you don't blame Xiao Jiu, the money for the court over the years is already an astronomical amount, and I don't want to say anything else to you, in short, you have to think more, if you dare to touch Xiao Jiu, you can't get along with Xiao Jiu, then I won't be soft, you think about it yourself." β
The Emperor nodded, and came to Xiao Jiu's mother in contemplation. Seeing the queen, he said: "I was cleaned up by our little guy today, you said that this little guy made so much money without moving, and I heard the ancestor say that he has done a lot of things." You've always loved him, you should know something about him. β
The queen said: "You, who are fathers, don't even know what your son is doing, and you are really confused to get home." Because this Xiao Jiu left me at a very young age and wanted to live independently on his own, I don't know very well, but as far as I know, this little guy has started from scratch to now, I don't know how much money he has, but he must be richer than you, the emperor, to put it mildly, I'm afraid that the wealth of the whole country can be worth half of his money. This little fellow is only dedicated to the country, and you must not touch his crooked brains, or else," the emperor interrupted her, "or you will not agree, and I will know that you want to say so." β
The queen said: "You are wrong, it's not that I don't agree, but the people around you don't agree, you don't know the energy of the little guy at all, you'd better not mess with this little guy, even the old ancestor said, he saw that the little guy was angry and quickly avoided it, because he couldn't afford to provoke this little Hades, you don't mess with him, anyway, he is also busy for you, the monarch." As he spoke, he couldn't help but think of the letter from home. The matter of Xiao Jiu vaguely mentioned in the letter was difficult for even him to believe, but because his father repeatedly told him in his handwritten letter that only he knew the Tao and never said what he said, so he stopped saying it when it came to his mouth. I can't make up my mind in my heart, I don't know how the White Queen family was destroyed, my father just vaguely said that it was Xiao Jiu's arrangement.
At this time, my father was digesting the money and wealth that the queen had said, and he was surprised that he hadn't come back to his senses, thinking that he, a boy who was not yet seven years old, had so much money. It's hard to believe. The emperor also said that Xiao Jiu stopped supplying to the court because of the matter of the eldest sister, and when he asked the queen what he had ideas, the queen thought for a while and said, "You might as well leave it to Xiao Jiu to deal with." β
When the emperor heard this, he thought about it carefully, and couldn't help but praise the queen's clever methods. But he knew that this was the last time the queen saw Xiao Jiu's true face in Xiao Jiu's courtyard, and only then did he know that Xiao Jiu's ability to think about things and arrange things, so he said this.
Early the next morning. Before the emperor got up, and the queen had just gotten up and came into the courtyard, she heard a rush of footsteps, followed by the sound of inquiry.
When the queen heard this, she was looking for the emperor. He hurriedly opened the courtyard door and asked, "The emperor is here, is there any emergency?" He walked out of the courtyard.
Humanitarian: "Urgent military situation, urgent mail from the border pass." The soldiers of the two countries have crossed the border pass and marched towards the imperial city, and the border pass is being defended. The pass is still in our hands. The military situation is urgent, please ask the emperor to make up his mind immediately. As he spoke, he handed the military emergency report in his hand to the queen, and then waited for the queen to speak.
The queen said: "You immediately notify all the ministers, all report in the palace hall, and the emperor will also arrive immediately, you hurry up and inform." Let all the princes also go to report, no matter how big or small. The man said yes, turned and left to inform all the ministers. The queen hurriedly turned around and came to the room, and saw that the emperor had heard someone talking, and was hurriedly dressing up, muttering: "This is really an eventful time, the affairs at home have not been figured out, these guys have started to fight again, there are so many soldiers and generals on the border, even the opponent does not dare to touch it, and it is to let the tiger enter the door, it is really a nest." Saying that he couldn't take care of it anymore, he hurried away. When I came to the door, the sedan chair was already waiting, so I got on the sedan chair and rushed to the main hall.
Xiao Jiu was instructing the little girls to practice at this time, and when he heard someone say that all the princes should also go to the main hall to discuss matters, no one was missing, and he was grinning, and he heard the old ancestor say to go with me, and he was pulled by the old ancestor and rushed away in the direction of the ceremony. As soon as I arrived at the main hall, I saw that the general also hurried over, and as soon as I saw Xiao Jiu, he said: "Gongzi God, this time I am completely convinced." β
The old ancestor looked at the two of them in surprise, and the general said: "Yesterday, the prince said that the military report here will arrive either at night or early this morning, no, as expected." β
As he spoke, he had already walked into the main hall, and the ancestor wanted to ask for an understanding, but when he saw that there were already a lot of people standing in the hall, he endured it and didn't speak again. When the officer on duty in the hall saw the ancestor come in, he hurriedly stepped forward and led the ancestor to the seat behind the book case on the high platform, but the ancestor never let go of Xiao Jiu along the way, so Xiao Jiu was also pulled up by the ancestor on the high platform, and the ancestor saw that there was only one chair on the high platform, so he glared at the officer on duty, and the officer on duty shook his head helplessly, and went to move a chair and put it next to the ancestor. The old ancestor didn't care about the surprised eyes of the people, and pulled Xiao Jiu to sit on the chair. There is only the purpose of the Great General Dao Ancestor here, and he can't help but look at Xiao Jiu and want to laugh. This little guy is not something that the old ancestor can manipulate and fiddle with, and I'm afraid this old ancestor has also wasted his efforts.
When the emperor arrived, he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw that the old ancestor actually pulled Xiao Jiu and sat on the high platform, but in a flash, he pretended not to see it, came to the platform below and sat down, and said to the officer on duty: "This is an urgent report on the military situation that arrived early this morning, you read it to everyone." As he spoke, he handed over the emergency report to the officer on duty.
Just when the officer on duty took over the urgent report, Xiao Jiu found his third uncle, the head of the Tieji family and the Shangtu family, his face faintly showed a burst of triumph, and he couldn't help but snort lightly, the old ancestor followed Xiao Jiu's snort, and at the same time discovered this abnormal situation, he couldn't help but sink his face, and began to think about things in his heart.
When the emperor asked the ministers what their opinions were after reading the emergency report, everyone looked at the general, and if it was a normal time, the general would have already stood up and volunteered to take on this responsibility. But today, the general seems to have changed someone, and he is also straight, expressionless, and silent. When everyone saw the general like this, everyone stopped speaking, and there was silence in the hall for a while. After seeing the third uncle muttering a few words to the fourth uncle, the fourth uncle said: "Judging from the current situation, the only way to deal with the enemy is to send the forbidden army, I don't know what the general wants." β
The general still didn't say a word, and simply ignored the fourth uncle's words, and the angry third and fourth uncles rolled their eyes. The Emperor asked, "General, how is your situation?" β
The general said: "Since the last war, no one has taken care of the disabled people, so we have to raise them ourselves, but we don't give me a staff, plus old soldiers, so now there are more than 100,000 people who can fight." After speaking, he still stood with a blank face.
The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were all taken aback, and there were only more than 100,000 people in the elite division of the country, and everyone shouted in disbelief. At this time, the general said: "A total of 180,000 soldiers were killed and wounded in these wars, which have been reported to the military department for the record at the end of the war, and it is well documented. There is no news of the report on the application of additional personnel, there is a case to be checked, and there is no reply to the report on the placement of disabled soldiers, and I have not seen a single point, so I have to maintain the status quo, what is surprising. β
Everyone looked at each other, and the emperor lowered his head even more. At this time, the third uncle said: "Now the situation is in crisis, even 100,000 people have to go to meet the enemy." After speaking, no one spoke, so he simply said desperately: "If you don't use the forbidden army, the imperial city will be in danger." β
At this time, the second uncle said: "Where did the grain and grass come from?" As soon as the words fell, I heard someone in the minister: "Isn't it already going to sign a marriage contract with the Gravity Family, let the Gravity Family pay the grain, grass and military salary first, and it will be solved soon." β
At this time, the eldest brother said: "The marriage contract has not been decided, how can it be such nonsense." While speaking, several officials stood up and said to the eldest brother: "How can the prince talk like this, this is at a critical juncture, and it is still like this, isn't this a joke with our lives, please ask the emperor to call the shots for everyone in this matter." β
The emperor opened his mouth, but when he remembered Xiao Jiu's matter, he closed his mouth again, looked at Xiao Jiu, and saw that Xiao Jiu was still naΓ―ve, so he couldn't help shaking his head and watching the prince and the minister in the audience quarrel. At this time, the head of the Shangtu family said: "The matter has come to this, let the gravity family pay the grain, grass and military salary first, and other things will be talked about later, whether to determine the candidate to lead the troops to the expedition now, this is a big matter." Let's see if there is a suitable candidate for the general. After speaking, looking at the general, everyone stopped arguing, and they all watched the general speak. After half a ring, the general asked: "At this time, I don't even know the number of opponents coming, how do you let me speak, how to send people." β
Everyone looked at the MID again, and then a weak voice said: "According to investigation, the number of people who came this time is 500,000. With this voice, everyone began to talk in horror at the same time. At this time, even the emperor felt that his end had come, and he asked weakly: "There is a candidate for the general, and I think it is difficult for anyone to pick up this burden." If not, rely on the Imperial City to hold on. When everyone was silent, the general said: "There are candidates, but it depends on how much power the emperor can give to use troops." β
This sound was not suppressed by the earth-shattering thunder, and everyone looked at the general in disbelief. The emperor said: "Could it be that the general wants to personally lead the troops there?" β
The general shook his head and said: "Everyone has seen the previous battles, and I think that in such a comparison of forces, I can't even do confrontation, I can't." But someone can, but only with a lot of power to be able to turn the tide. After speaking, he looked at the gloomy old face of the old ancestor, and when he saw the old ancestor nodding, he was relieved.
The emperor was out of idea for a while, turned his head to look at the old ancestor, who said incompetently, and then said: "There is no name for the marshal, but for the marshal." Any general can be appointed, any army can be mobilized, any official can be disposed of, life and death power can be given, and urgent matters can be dealt with. β
All the ministers looked at the ancestor, this also gave too much power, looking at this ancestor is indeed anxious, but this is not easy to accept, this is a difference of one to five. (To be continued......)