The Red Mansions

Chapter 1235 Emperor Chongping: The cabinet drafted a decree to appoint Duke Wei as the general to fight against rebellion...

  Daming Palace, Hanyuan Hall

  The expressions of all the civil servants in the palace were ugly, and some of the imperial censors had a lump in their throats and could not help but follow the shouts of the inner prisoner.

  Because he had almost been "expelled" from Hanyuan Palace just now, and now he was quickly invited back without much effort. It was like a black comedy that no one could explain, and it was extremely absurd.

  Jia Zheng and Qin Ye, who were originally worried in the palace, regained their lightness on their faces.

  Although he knew that there was trouble in Shandong and that Jia Heng was still going to lead the army on an expedition, from the verbal and written criticism just now to his grand return to the scene, he still felt a little excited.

  At this moment, all the officials in the palace had complicated expressions. Even Han Huang, the chief minister of the cabinet, raised his eyes to look at the young man. His elegant and fair face had complicated expressions, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion in his heart.

  It can be said that the current Duke of Wei, Jia Heng, is the pillar of the Han Dynasty, supporting the purple golden beam of the sea. He is inseparable from any important military and state affairs.

  In fact, it's not like I haven't thought about letting others lead the troops on the expedition. The incident of Nan'an County King is not far away, and the anniversary of the death of Liu Fang and others has not yet passed.

  Moreover, Baoling Hou Shi Nai, an old marquis, lost his life to his opponent, which made the ministers in the palace pay more attention to the affairs of Shandong.

  It can be said that today's Han Dynasty has formed a psychological dependence on Jia Heng in his heart.

  Foreign affairs are undecided and we are looking for the Duke of Wei!
  Immediately, a young man wearing a black and red woven python suit, tall and tall, quickly entered the palace. Under the complex gazes of all the civil servants in the palace, he cupped his hands towards Emperor Chongping and said, "I have seen your Majesty. Long live the Holy One! Long live the Holy One!”

  The old figure of Emperor Chongping leaned forward behind the imperial case, looking at the young man in python suit with complicated eyes, and said urgently: "Zi Yu is alive, does Zi Yu know what happened in Shandong? Baolinghou Shi Nai is a traitor The king of Chu was assassinated by others. According to what the king of Chu said, more than half of the Eighteen Guards in Shandong were in chaos and hijacked the government and county offices. The situation in the city of Jinan Prefecture is also unclear. Does Ziyu have a plan to deal with it? "

  In fact, according to the work of the White Lotus Sect in Shandong, there will only be more spies in Jinan City, and it is only a matter of time before the city is destroyed.

  In other words, the White Lotus Sect not only has followers, but also some remnants of the deposed prince and King Zhao, hiding in the guardhouse, even though some are loyal to the court.

  And Hauge and Chen Yuan united the entire White Lotus Sect to launch various guards in Shandong and began to attack the prefectural and county cities. In addition, Li Yanqing led the troops to help secretly. It can be said that except for the Denglai Navy, led by the prince Mu Sheng of Dongping County, By holding on to Denglaiwei's water stronghold, it is only a matter of time before the entire Shandong Province falls to the enemy.

  Although Emperor Chongping could not see the reason behind it, he saw that all the local guards responded and acted counterintuitively.

  After some inquiries from Emperor Chongping, the cabinet ministers below, such as Han Huang and others, all looked at the young man in the python suit with complicated eyes, expecting something.

  Well, speaking of it, it’s a bit embarrassing.

  Some thin-skinned young officials looked ashamed.

  Jia Heng frowned and looked confused, and asked: "The King of Chu and Baoling Hou Shi Nai have many soldiers and horses around them. It is said that they should not be assassinated."

  Baoling Hou Shi Nai was assassinated, and the four major families of King Jia Shi and Xue were united, which can be regarded as the damage to the power of the four major families headed by him.

  However, Shi Nai was not the only one who followed his lead.

  This may sound a bit cold.

  Emperor Chongping calmed down and said: "According to the report, the King of Chu and Baolinghou Shi Nai went to Jining Mansion to organize the garrison and the inventory of soldiers. Unexpectedly, they encountered a rebellion by the Jining Guards, with five or six thousand soldiers. They besieged the King of Chu and Marquis Baoling Shi Nai, and they were caught off guard. Marquis Baoling died for his country, while the King of Chu escaped from Jining Fucheng."

  This was due to preconceptions. I originally thought that the local guards were short of soldiers and low pay. Who knew that the Jining Guards was full of soldiers, and they suddenly ambushed the King of Chu.

  Jia Heng's eyes showed contemplation and he remained silent.

  At this moment, the whole hall could hear the sound of pindrops, and pairs of eyes with different expressions were looking at the young man, waiting for his words.

  Xie Zaiyi, who was on the train at the Military Aircraft Department, looked a little shocked. The entire court was watching the young man make his decision.

  Finally the young man asked: "Your Majesty, how long ago was this report?"

  Emperor Chongping said quickly: "According to the report, it has been five or six days since the Jining Guard fell."

  Jia Heng frowned and said, "I'm afraid that the situation in Shandong has been corrupted and the situation is critical."

  "Ziyu, how do you think you can quell the rebellion and calm the situation?" Emperor Chongping said anxiously, with a look of expectation in his calm eyes under his thin, slack eyebrows.

  Looking at the emperor's "strategic plan," Jia Heng looked calm, bowed his hands, and said: "Your Majesty, I thought that I could mobilize troops and horses from the Beijing camp to quickly go to Shandong to suppress the situation and stabilize the overall situation. We also mobilized naval forces from Denglai to coordinate the suppression and capture."

  After hearing this, Emperor Chongping asked: "Jia Ziyu, how many troops and horses can the [-]th Regiment of the Beijing Camp deploy?"

  Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "There are about [-] to [-] soldiers in the guard station in Shandong. If we add in the thieves and bandits who are holding the people hostage, there will be nearly [-] rebels. Our [-]th Regiment in Beijing has at least [-] cavalry. And then We mobilized soldiers from Henan to attack in two directions and put down the rebellion. Your Majesty and the ministers suspect that this is a rebellion that has been planned for a long time. They want to start an uprising in Shandong with the intention of disrupting our country, the Han Dynasty!"

  Seeing that the young man's thoughts were clear and his face was calm, especially everything about entering the army was arranged in an orderly manner. Emperor Chongping pondered for a moment and said loudly: "Ziyu thinks this is a long-planned chaos?"

  Jia Heng raised his head and said loudly: "It seems that the chaos caused by King Chu's inspection of the military camp, but the humble minister thought that he could get a guard to rebel. It is obvious that the traitor has been brewing for a long time! However, please do not be impatient, Your Majesty." Attacking the heart affects the dragon's body. Now the world is stable, the imperial court is powerful to all barbarians, and the Jingying Xiaorui is a warrior who can fight in a hundred battles, ready to fight! Whether it is the Jingying, the Denglai Navy, or the Hebei and Hebei official troops, all The chaos in Shandong can be suppressed in one area and will not spread to other provinces."

  First, he calmed down Emperor Chongping and then proposed a solution.

  When Emperor Chongping heard these words, especially the words "hurrying fire and attacking the heart", it was so pitiful that the emperor felt a trace of unspeakable emotion deep in his heart.

  He is really a good son-in-law and a good minister. Those criticisms just now were made without any resentment. When he got to the palace, he was still thinking about his dragon body?

  Such a son-in-law, such a good minister... it is not worthy of him to marry his daughter, niece, and niece to him.

  For a moment, Emperor Chongping's mood fluctuated, and those criticisms just now seemed a bit disgusting.

  Well, as for the "beating" hidden in my heart, of course it doesn't exist at all.

  After all, a daughter, a niece and a niece were all married.

  Precisely if Jia Heng took the opportunity to take advantage of it, it would make the emperor feel disgusted in his heart and the courtiers would feel disgusted.

  People are so strange.

  Emperor Chongping pondered for a moment and said loudly: "What Zi Yu said is not unreasonable. Shandong is just a province. There are many soldiers in the Hebei Economic Strategy and Pacification Department, and there are also many elites in the Beijing camp. We will never let these rebellious officials and traitors It will spread to other provinces, bring disaster to our country, the Han Dynasty, and affect our overall situation of ZTE!"

  It has to be said that Jia Heng's words also made the ministers in the palace, who were originally worried, secretly breathe a sigh of relief. For example, Xu Lu, the censor of Zuodu, slowly relaxed his frown.

  Denglai Navy still has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses guarding the port. If we add the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp, Shandong will be in some chaos, but it should not be long before the rebellion can be calmed down and things can be restored.

  Although Jia Heng, the Duke of Wei, was lustful and had bad personal ethics, his ability to march and fight and stabilize the country was beyond the reach of those in the government and the public.

  After some "emotional massage" by Jia Heng, the anxiety in Emperor Chongping's heart gradually dissipated a lot. Under his thin and loose eyebrows, his cold eyes paused for a moment and said in a deep voice: "The cabinet has drafted a decree, with Duke Wei as the official The rebellious general holds the emperor's sword, is given the power to act expediently, and leads the troops to Shandong to quell the rebellion!"

  When Han Huang heard this, his heart was shocked, and he raised his hands and said yes.

  People like Xu Lu, Yao Yu and others in the palace, and even the former cabinet minister Zhao Mo, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

  No matter what, with the power of Duke Jia Heng, it is only a matter of time to suppress the rebels and calm the situation in Shandong.

  As for everything else, let’s take a step first and take a look.

  The censors among the courtiers had different expressions, and there was a hint of worry in their eyes.

  Lu Li clenched the ivory wat tablet in his hand, feeling resentful in his heart.

  Wait! There will always be a time when nothing happens in the world, and then we will settle the accounts later in the year.

  After Jia Heng bowed to receive the imperial edict, he didn't say much. He cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the military situation is as urgent as a spark. I don't want to worry about you anymore. I also hope that your Majesty will not care about one region or one place. There are hundreds of millions of people in all the nine states in the world." Li Shu, if you have a peaceful mind, how can you allow rebellious ministers and traitors to cause trouble!"

  At this moment, the ministers looked at the young man wearing a python suit and walked firmly outside, feeling a little shocked.

  At this moment, in the blue sky, golden and red rays of light shone on the young man's shoulders. For some reason, some officials felt an inexplicable emotion.

  Don't they become clowns again?

  Emperor Chongping was silent for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate have retried the case of Suzhou Zhi Changjin. If the relevant criminals are indeed wronged, they will be sorted out."

  In fact, Emperor Chongping did not want to overturn this kind of case, because although King Zhongshun took the biggest blame, Emperor Chongping, as the initiator of the unjust case, also had to bear a large part of the responsibility.

  Previously, when Emperor Chongping said that Dali Temple would review the case, he actually did not necessarily mean it with much solemnity. It was more to give Jia Heng some face.

  The previous face was undoubtedly taken away by me at this moment, so that I would not become a buffoon like the officials who had just made so many remarks.

  With a solemn expression on his face, Jia Heng quickly left the Hanyuan Hall of the Daming Palace and walked toward the palace gate along the clear jade steps of the palace.

  This time he did not intend to take Xie Zaiyi with him to Shandong to quell the chaos. In other words, he wanted to keep a guard against possible chaos in Beijing. I always feel that this is just a combo by Chen Yuan and others.

  Jia Heng left the palace and met Chen Xiao who had been waiting for a while.

  Chen Xiao obviously also learned about the Shandong Rebellion at this moment. He looked worried and said in a clear voice: "What do you say?"

  Jia Heng's face was expressionless and he lowered his voice and said: "The palace asked me to lead troops to Shandong to quell the chaos."

  He could actually feel the chill from the beating just now, or it might be a preview of some situation in the future.

  He did not want to experience such a scene again when the civil servants were criticizing each other with words and writings, while the emperor was sitting on his golden throne, holding the constitution in his mouth, and taking life and death at his hands.

  The Emperor actually had some other ideas.

  Chen Xiao's crystal-clear jade face was as white as jade, and under her curved eyebrows, her clear and clear eyes showed concern, and she whispered: "Then how many troops are you planning to mobilize recently?"

  After arriving in Shandong, she might confront her brothers in the church. What should she do then?
  Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "Sixty thousand cavalry troops went straight to Shandong Fucheng, and together with the official troops from Henan and Hebei, they attacked the rebel forces in Shandong."

  Chen Xiao's eyes flashed and he whispered: "That's fine, but..."

  After thinking for a while, he swallowed back the second half of his words. There was no need to rush to suppress the rebels. It would not be a bad idea to wait for changes in the capital.

  Jia Heng looked indifferent, took a deep breath, suppressed the thoughts in his heart, and said: "Xiaoxiao, let's go, follow me to the capital camp."

  As the couple talked, they left the palace and headed to the capital camp to mobilize their troops and generals.

  At this moment, as the courtiers left the Daming Palace, the entire Shenjing City was also discussing the chaos that occurred in Shandong.

  And the palace garden, Kunning Palace——

  Empress Song was sitting in the main hall, talking to Concubine Duanrong. The two were recounting interesting things in the palace. At this moment, Xia Shouzhong quickly entered the palace and said softly: "Your Majesty, something happened in the front hall."

  Empress Song's beautiful face changed slightly, she frowned and asked, "What happened?"

  Xia Shouzhong said: "Previously, the court officials impeached the Duke of Wei for taking the daughter of a prisoner as a concubine, and the daughter of the prisoner was a nun. Therefore, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate took the opportunity to launch an attack, and the Manchu Dynasty impeached the guard. Duke."

  Empress Song: "..."

  Concubine Duanrong: "???"

  The daughter of a prisoner, a nun? So much fun?

  Concubine Duanrong didn't know if she remembered the storybook she had read when she was young. Her face was filled with embarrassment and she asked, "What's going on?"

  Xia Shouzhong's face paused slightly, and he lowered his voice and said, "Madam, in the Cuicui nunnery in the home of Duke Wei Guo, there is a nun with hair who practices meditation. Her name is Miaoyu. She was originally the daughter of Suzhou weaver Chang Jin. When the Duke went south to the south of the Yangtze River, he moved the grave of Miaoyu's parents and let the imperial censor find out. Now that Shangshu is impeaching him, Your Majesty said that he wants Duke Wei to go home and reflect behind closed doors and prepare for Princess Le'an's wedding."

  Empress Song's crescent-shaped eyebrows also raised, and there seemed to be a hint of embarrassment in her beautiful eyes painted with rose-red eyeshadow.

  She had known for a long time that this little fox was a pervert, otherwise she wouldn't have done so many tricks to torment people, even nuns!

  Under the willow eyebrows of Duanrong Imperial Concubine, those beautiful and clear eyes moved slightly, scolding like a fairy mother, and said: "What's going on with Jia Ziyu? Does Xianning usually ignore her?"

  "Don't listen to those one-sided words and let people go and see what's going on." Empress Song's snow-like face paused slightly, and she felt some worries in her heart for some reason, and warned.

  Xia Shouzhong's fair face also showed dignity, and he said softly: "Empress, I have sent someone to watch the court meeting in Hanyuan Hall."

  At this moment, a plump young eunuch came over and said softly: "Your Majesty, Duke Wei has been summoned back by your Majesty again. He has already arrived in the palace."

  After hearing this, Queen Song's beautiful eyes flickered slightly under her willow eyebrows, and she said softly: "What's going on?"

  Concubine Duanrong was originally a little embarrassed, but now, under the willow leaves' slender eyebrows, there was also worry in her charming eyes.

  The eunuch said in a low voice: "Madam, something seems to have happened at the Shandong Guard Station. Your Majesty summoned the Duke of Guards to return to the palace to talk."

  Queen Song's snow-skinned and jade-faced face changed slightly, and her mind moved slightly.

  Which one is this?
  Concubine Duanrong clutched the handkerchief in her hand and asked worriedly: "What happened in Shandong?"

  The eunuch said: "The King of Chu and Marquis Baoling were assassinated. Marquis Baoling was assassinated. All the Shandong Guards rebelled. Your Majesty asked Duke Wei to go to the palace and lead the troops to put down the rebellion."

  As Queen Song listened, her eyes gradually fell into a trance, and her mind couldn't help but have wild thoughts.

  If the King of Chu died in Shandong, maybe he would be able to... without any effort...

  With this thought, Queen Song Yongli's beautiful face paused slightly, and she felt her heart beating wildly.

  When did she become so vicious? Well, it's all that little fox's fault, he must have led her astray.

  At this moment, the nun outside said: "Your Majesty is here."

  After hearing this, Empress Song quickly suppressed her random thoughts, walked a few steps quickly, pursed her pink lips, and asked with concern in her round voice: "Your Majesty."

  The middle-aged emperor came quickly, with a hint of unspeakable irritation on his majestic face.

  Although Jia Heng told Emperor Chongping not to worry, Emperor Chongping's temperament was originally one of overthinking. Now that there is such a big mess in Shandong, Emperor Chongping is worried about the impact on the New Deal.

  "Your Majesty, what's going on in the front hall?" Queen Song approached and said in a beady voice.

  "Something happened in Shandong. Seventy percent of the provincial guards rebelled. I never thought that the Shandong guards would rebel against the imperial court like this." Emperor Chongping looked worried and said in a low voice.

  Queen Song's charming and flowing phoenix eyes flashed, her heart moved slightly, and she said softly: "Your Majesty, what did Ziyu say?"

  That little fox is full of tricks, and he will definitely find a way.

  Emperor Chongping said: "Ziyu has already led the troops to put down the rebellion, and it should not affect the new policies being implemented in the provinces."

  Empress Song took Emperor Chongping's arm, a look of worry appeared on her fair-skinned face, and said comfortingly: "Your Majesty, don't worry. With Ziyu here, everything should be fine."

  In the past few days, she seemed to feel that the monthly letter did not come as usual, and she felt a little unsettled in her heart. It would be better if she got His Majesty drunk...

  There had been a period of time since Liren had been involved with Jia Heng in Luoyang. Because Liren had given birth to two children, she was naturally prepared for these things in advance so that she could deal with them as soon as possible.

  "I know that with Ziyu's ability, nothing major will happen, but the situation in a province is rotten, and it is at such a juncture." Emperor Chongping said, feeling dizzy for a while, and took a deep breath.

  Empress Song quickly supported Emperor Chongping's arm, sat on the soft mattress beside him, and ordered someone to serve ginseng tea.

  At this moment, Concubine Duanrong also hurriedly tried to persuade her, and then asked: "Your Majesty, what happened to Ziyu taking a nun as his concubine?"

  Emperor Chongping waved his hand and said softly: "Since ancient times, heroes have been saddened by beauty. Ziyu and the daughter of the Chang family should also be in love."

  Concubine Duanrong raised her eyebrows and said softly: "Xianning indulged him too much. Not to mention the previous daughter of King Meng and Xiaoer, this nun is really too shameful."

  "Ziyu said she was not a nun, but she was just cultivating with her hair. She should have taken refuge in a Buddhist temple." Emperor Chongping took the ginseng tea delivered by the eunuch, took a sip, and his face became rosier, and he said softly.

  In fact, this was also the reason why Emperor Chongping was in a hurry to inspect the East Palace. Occasionally he was not energetic enough and had to rely on ginseng tea to stay up.

  Concubine Duanrong said resentfully: "Your Majesty also indulges him."

  Emperor Chongping was silent for a moment and said: "Some people love money, some are lustful, and some are greedy for fame... Ziyu, a young man, admired Ai. When Xianning was with him, he also had the Qin family in his house. .”

  If you don't have any hobbies, it will be scary.

  Concubine Duanrong was speechless for a moment.

  When Empress Song listened to Emperor Chongping's words, a light blush appeared on her fair-skinned jade face for some unknown reason, and her beautiful eyes flickered, and she felt a little dazed.

  That little fox was not only lustful, he was so lustful that he even stole from the most noble queen in the world...

  Well, why is she thinking about all this in front of His Majesty?
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  (End of this chapter)