The Red Mansions

Chapter 550 Emperor Chongping: All parties are guilty, and I am guilty

Xihe Palace
Seeing several cabinet ministers and Xu Lu coming to the front hall to appease the ministers, Jia Heng turned to look at Yongchang Prince Consort and Nanyang Consort Consort with worried faces, cupped his hands and said, "Boss Consorts, please lead the feudal lord and the princes." His Royal Highness the King of Wei invites you to the side hall to meet you."

He doesn't know what's going on with the emperor's body now.

It shouldn't be a stroke, the emperor was probably sick from overwork, coupled with his rage, he fainted for a while, and he was still breathing just now, so he didn't need any first aid.

At this time, a young man with the appearance of a county king in the clan changed his face drastically, and said loudly, "Jia Ziyu, what do you mean? We also want to kneel before the Holy Majesty and pray for blessings, and we are not going anywhere!"

As soon as this remark came out, all the clans were ready to move, and they started to make noises.

Jia Heng said in a cold voice: "Now the dragon is not healthy and needs rest, but you still dare to make a noise and make a fuss. Come, someone, quickly take this tusk down and fork it out!"

Immediately, several guards of the Jinyi Mansion with big arms and round waists dragged the royal family of the county out of the hall.

The other vassal clans looked at each other with a chill in their hearts.

Jia Heng said, looking at the teardrops in his eyelashes, looked at Empress Song of Emperor Chongping with concern, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the Holy Majesty is in a coma and needs to recuperate. All the vassals are making noise here, which is not beneficial to the situation of the Holy Majesty." , please calm down a little bit.”

It's not good for him to blindly suppress the suzerain vassal, or in other words, it is not a good thing to have too many conflicts at this time.

At this time, Empress Song was holding a towel to help Emperor Chongping wipe the blood from the corners of his mouth. The beautiful eyes under the willow eyebrows were full of anxiety and concern. Hearing this, she pulled herself together, first looked at the vassals, and then raised her eyes to look at The two sons-in-law said softly: "I'm sorry, two sons-in-law, lead the clan to the side hall, don't make noise in the hall."

As he spoke, he glanced at King Wei who was helping, hesitated for a while, and said, "King Wei, you also go over."

Wei Wang Chen Ran paused for a moment, cupped his hands and said: "Mother, father is still in a coma, and my son is heartbroken, how to leave?"

Empress Song raised Liu Yemei's eyebrows, her phoenix eyes stood upside down, and said coquettishly, "It's not over yet!"

The King of Wei was stunned for a moment, and replied, "I obey."

Empress Song turned to the female officer at the side and said in a low voice, "Lead Princess Wei to the side hall of the West Chamber first."

At this moment, because the edict of the Ministry of Rites to confer the title of Princess Wei has not yet been issued, but after the officials watched the ceremony, the identity of Princess Wei has been confirmed and cannot be shaken, otherwise it will damage the face of the Tian family.

It's just that such an incident occurred in the grand ceremony of Wei Wang's concubine concubine, which undoubtedly cast a gray cloud on this wedding that should have been joyous.

The female officer responded quickly, and went towards the side hall with the nanny and maid who supported Yan Yiliu, the daughter of Nan'an County King.

At this moment, the faces of the two kings of Qi and Chu were gloomy and frozen like ice, but they just didn't say a word. After hearing the name of King Wei, they breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as King Wei doesn't stay here, they don't have to worry too much.

At this time, you must not act rashly, otherwise, in the eyes of the officials, you will become ignorant, and once the father wakes up, there will be no good fruit to eat!
Prince Qi Chen Cheng's face was pale, with a weeping voice, he cupped his hands and said: "I will obey my mother's order and go to the side hall to pray for my father."

When he got up, tears were streaming down his face.

Seeing this, the King of Chu also choked up and said, "I would like to obey the Queen Mother's order and go to the side hall to pray for the Holy One."

The two sons-in-law, Yongchang and Nanyang, under the escort of the guards of the Jinyi Mansion, led the clan vassal to the Erpian Hall in the east.

Jia Heng turned his head to look at Liu Fang, Shi Guangzhu and others who were kneeling on the ground in fright. Their eyes were cold. It's not the time to settle accounts with them.

At this moment, Xia Shouzhong, the eunuch of the Liugongdu, opened the beaded curtain of the back hall and said anxiously: "The empress, the imperial concubine, the eldest princess of Jinyang, the princess of Xianning, and the princess of Nanyang, all of them came to visit your majesty when they heard that your majesty fainted. .”

Concubine Duanrong asked the female officials to order the wives to wait in the stands, and then did not stay any longer, and anxiously led the royal family's daughters and concubines over to visit Emperor Chongping.

Empress Song's snowy face was covered with tears, and she said sadly: "Let them all wait in the West Palace first, Your Majesty needs to rest at this moment."

If so, if all the concubines from the harem came over, there would be another commotion, and all the ministers were kneeling in the Xihe Palace.

After about a while, Jia Heng looked at Imperial Physician Li who had withdrawn the needle, and asked urgently, "How is it, Imperial Physician?"

Empress Song also cast a pair of beautiful eyes that were full of water, and said, "Why did your majesty faint?"

"Your majesty has given the needle." Doctor Li frowned, sighed, and said, "Your majesty has spent a long time in night and day, reviewing memorabilia, and his heart is full of fire. , palpitations for a while, and then vomiting blood, empress, Your Majesty needs to take good care of his body in the future."

Hearing this, Jia Heng felt somewhat enlightened.

To put it bluntly, staying up late for a long time leads to lack of sleep. At this time, it is easy to get angry. In addition, after listening to the battle report, the heart palpitations for a while, and finally vomiting blood and fainting, it is possible that Emperor Chongping also had some hypoglycemia.

And just after Doctor Li finished speaking, Emperor Chongping opened his heavy eyelids with a few violent coughs, only to feel that the consciousness in front of him gradually became clear, and the surrounding sounds gradually became clearer.

"The Holy One is awake!"

"The Holy One is awake!"

Accompanied by the shouts of joy one after another from around, the civil and military officials who were kneeling inside and outside the palace were all shocked, with mixed joy and sorrow.

Those who are happy, the world really can't stand such a toss, and those who are worried, I'm afraid that the emperor who is furious will send off all his officials later.

Emperor Chongping woke up faintly at this moment, the emperor's face was like gold paper, his expression was haggard, his eyes gradually focused, and seeing the approaching Empress Song, who had red and swollen eye circles and rainy pear blossoms, called out: "Zitong..."

"Your Majesty, my concubine is here." Empress Song called tremblingly, weeping uncontrollably.

Emperor Chongping suddenly asked, "Where is Zi Yu?"

All the ministers were shocked, the first one asked Queen Song after waking up, and the second one asked Jia Heng?

"The minister is here." Jia Heng quickly approached and answered with cupped hands.

Emperor Chongping took a deep breath, and said to Empress Song and Dai Quan in a low voice, "Help me up."

Then, with the support of the two people, he got up, Emperor Chongping's face was ashen at the moment, he was staring at the bowed boy in the python suit, his eyes were complicated, and he was speechless for a while.

Say what?

If he had listened to the young man in front of him earlier, perhaps Henan would not have ended up in a situation where the government of a province was broken and the civil chaos was hard to control!
I think that since Taizong, there has never been such a thing, and Liaodong has fallen... Now there are hundreds of thousands of bandits, Henan is corrupt, and Luoyang is also in danger.

At this moment, Yang Guochang, Han Huang, Zhao Mo, Xu Lu and other important court officials in the hall, heard that the emperor woke up, also entered the hall from outside the hall, knelt on the ground together, and looked up at Emperor Chongping.

"Ziyu..."

Emperor Chongping was in a daze, suppressed the thoughts in his heart, muttered, and called out again.

"Your Majesty." Jia Heng suddenly lifted his robe, knelt down, bowed his head, and when he raised his head, tears flickered in his eyes, and said: "My lord, please don't worry too much about the Henan matter. You need to take care of the dragon's body, although the minister is stupid, straightforward and vulgar, you can say a frivolous remark, even though Henan is rebellious, the minister claims to be able to calmly suppress it, but the Holy One fainted to the ground because of the military incident, but the minister was burning like hell , It’s hard to make it powerful! Thanks to the wise eyes of the sage, I was promoted to be a military assistant minister and in charge of the privy. Now that Henan has changed, the situation is corrupt, and it is all the fault of the minister! I also hope that the sage does not need to worry. Although the rebel army is powerful for a while, the minister is not There is no countermeasure at all, the Jingying has mobilized cavalry, and all the military supplies are ready, and we can go out of Jingdong to Luoyang for reinforcements at any time."

All the ministers below heard the boy's confession, their complexions changed, and their hearts were inexplicably shocked.

Is this to take the initiative?
No, where does this put them in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty?

They were fooled by the thieves, as if nothing happened to them, but the old Jia Heng, who had the foresight, wanted to take the initiative.

No matter how thick-skinned he is, he still feels like a thorn in his back.

Jia Heng is actually helpless at the moment.

Only in this way can this field be saved. Who let Emperor Chongping lose such a big face, and then vomit blood and faint in anxiety?

Now it's okay to say that he is unpredictable, he is unpredictable, he has foresight, but what about afterward?

It's all about laying mines for yourself. Are you smarter than the emperor?The emperor was so ashamed that he vomited blood and fainted, which broke your ability.

Of course, it's not that all of this will happen, but a hidden danger.

The only remedy is to stop whitewashing the emperor, but try to downplay the impact of this matter, and take the initiative to think of a strategy for the emperor, not too publicized.

The most stupid way is to yell: "If the emperor listened to me in the past, he should never have such a defeat!"

This kind of argument, the emperor and the officials can whisper in secret, but I must not think so.

Of course, he took the initiative to take over, not really taking over the crime.

What is his crime?
Foresight is known to all the world, so no one can let him take the blame, but this is a kind of political responsibility, and Zaifu has a heart.

Let the emperor step down now, even if you think about it in the future, you won't feel any discomfort.

Emperor Chongping looked at the young man who knelt down to plead guilty, and was silent for a moment. Aside from guilt, he felt a strong shock.

"Everything in Henan is rebellious, and the ministers are able to suppress it calmly, but he fainted, but his body was on fire, and his strength was hard to use..."

That's right, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, if anyone wants to have an accident with him the most, I'm afraid it's Ziyu, except for Zhen, no one can make him fulfill his life ambitions.

And the latter words are clearly helping him to take responsibility...

At this time, the minds of the officials were somewhat complicated, and they were mostly relieved about the situation in Henan.

Although Jia Heng said the "frivolous" words calmly and suppressed, but because he had just observed the chaos before it happened, it was almost the power of ghosts and gods, even political opponents did not think it was frivolous words.

Emperor Chongping closed his eyes slightly, and murmured: "Henan, Luoyang..."

"My lord, Luoyang will not be lost." Jia Heng said firmly.

At this time, Shi Jie knelt down, walked a few steps on his knees, bowed his head solemnly, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister leads the army and the secretaries, and cannot investigate the chaos in Henan in advance. The colleagues have the police, and the minister is dull and ignorant. You can stop it. The current situation , the minister is responsible for dereliction of duty."

The three ministers in the cabinet couldn't stand in a daze anymore, and they all kowtowed to plead guilty.

At this moment, Liu Fang and the others, who had been frightened to the ground and knelt on the ground, opened their mouths after hearing this, but they dared not speak for fear of becoming the target of fire from the officials in the palace at this moment.

However, Emperor Chongping was deathly silent, not saying a word.

Jia Heng knew that Emperor Chongping still had a difficult hurdle in his heart, that is, he shared the military report with all the ministers, but none of the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty saw it.

But it's too stupid, I'm stupid, and Manchu civil and military are also stupid, the key is the former...

Jia Heng thought for a while, then said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, once the Ministry of War received the military report, it would be a breach of duty to submit it to the Holy Majesty without waiting for screening, but now is a day of great joy, and they can claim credit without being checked, but it's okay... "

As I talked, I couldn't wash it anymore, so I could only choose to lighten it.

At this time, Dai Quan knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, it's my servant who didn't verify the details and reported it arbitrarily. It's my servant's fault. Please ask the Holy Majesty to blame me."

As he spoke, he kowtowed continuously, and blood flowed profusely.

Emperor Chongping waved his hand and said, "Dai Quan, get up."

Dai Quan kowtowed and thanked. At this moment, his forehead was bleeding profusely, but he didn't dare to wipe it off.

At this time, Empress Song took Emperor Chongping's hand and persuaded in a low voice: "Your Majesty."

"Wanfang is guilty, and I am guilty." At this moment, Emperor Chongping looked at the officials below and suddenly said.

"Holy."

All of a sudden, the officials in the palace were in an uproar, shouting one after another, because this is the emperor's own fault.

Of course, this does not mean that the officials are completely out of responsibility, not to mention other things, the memorial of the General Secretary to impeach Jia Heng is still there, and the previous appearance of the officials shouting and shouting has now become a complete joke. The previous cabinet and military aircraft were nailed to the pillar of shame.

What's more, the emperor admitted his mistake, and said, I was wrong, how should you courtiers deal with yourself?
"Ziyu, get up and answer." Emperor Chongping turned to look at Jia Heng with gentle eyes.

Jia Heng was stunned when he heard the words, bowed his head and said: "I, I... I dare not."

"Get up, I will listen to you explain the situation in Henan in detail later, how can you explain it while kneeling?" Emperor Chongping said.

Empress Song looked at the young man who was still kneeling, with kind eyes, and said softly: "Zi Yu, listen to your majesty, get up quickly."

Jia Heng had no choice but to kowtow and pay homage again: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Emperor Chongping looked at the young man opposite him quietly, and for a long while he looked at him, but he still couldn't restrain the complicated feeling in his heart.

Everything that happened in Henan was as expected, and it almost fit perfectly with the deduction, word for word, and he had arranged in advance.

Countless strategy, the ability of ghosts and gods.

"Ziyu, you have already expected the situation in Henan, but now you have a strategy, Luoyang..." At the end, her complexion turned pale, and she coughed hurriedly, while Empress Song stretched out her slender hand to caress the emperor's back back.

If Luoyang is also lost, the water transportation is cut off, and the capital of the country...

Jia Heng said: "Your Majesty, the situation in Henan has already been decided in my heart, but can you agree to one condition?"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongping looked at Jia Heng in surprise.

"Your Majesty must not go so far as to self-destruct like this. As the imperial physician said earlier, His Majesty was sick from overwork, and fainted because of a rush of fire. Now that there is chaos in Henan, I hope that Your Majesty will not worry too much." Before Emperor Chongping could inquire, Jia Heng's expression changed, and he cupped his hands.

Although there is a sense of sight similar to the suggestion of "rest more and not work too hard" to the leader, but because of his upright and unyielding appearance under the pressure of the officials just now, he does not have the slightest impression of flattery at the moment.

In fact, he didn't want Emperor Chongping to have a problem at this time.

On the other side, all the officials were shocked by the young man's words.

Even Xu Lu, the censor of Zuodu, didn't feel that these words were disgusting, but had indescribable sincerity.

As for Han Huang, he raised his head and stared at the boy in the boa robe, his eyes narrowed, and he didn't know what it was like.

After this incident, the young man's family will reach its peak, and the Military Aircraft Department will become Jia Heng's voice. If he succeeds in suppressing the rebellion in Henan, the Military Aircraft Department will even have the right to make decisions about the war, and its status can be equal to that of the cabinet!
Unless the boy lost the battle and made other big mistakes.

Emperor Chongping nodded, his eyes softened a bit, although he didn't respond directly, he said in a gentle voice: "I will pay attention to it in the future."

Jia Heng said in a low voice: "How can the country and society of the great Han be separated from the Holy Majesty? It cannot be destroyed any more. Earlier, the imperial physician said that the reason why the Holy Majesty fainted was due to long-term work on state affairs and he forgot to eat and sleep. The minister was worried about the chaos in Henan. The Holy Majesty was too worried. I still don't spare my body, please rest assured, my lord will do my best to put an end to the chaos in Henan!"

Hearing these words, Emperor Chongping felt that the deepest piece of ice in his heart melted, and when he looked at the young man in front of him, he felt an indescribable admiration on that stern face, and said in a low voice: "I listen to Ziyu. "

All the officials below were shocked.

I listen to Ziyu, this... holy family, don't you just obey what you say?
Jia Heng didn't dare, and then said: "My lord, don't worry, although Kaifeng is trapped by the enemy at the moment, Luoyang will not be lost. I will immediately go to Luoyang with [-] cavalry drawn from the army. Reinforcement, we will travel day and night, and we should be able to reach Luoyang tomorrow."

Speaking of this, he said loudly: "Liu Jixian."

"Yes." Liu Jixian answered with cupped fists.

"The people immediately sent an order to the Beijing camp to transfer the Siwei camp and the Fenwu and Yaowu camps to transfer the gods and cavalry. Shan Ming, the general of the Guoyong camp, was the main general, and the general Qu Guang and the guerrilla general Cai Quan were the two. Lieutenant general, go to Luoyang immediately for reinforcements, there must be no mistake." Jia Heng said in a deep voice.

At this moment, no one in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty said anything about not being able to deploy troops.

Emperor Chongping nodded, and felt relieved when he heard Jia Heng give the order.

At this time, Empress Song took a bowl of honey water from the hand of the court lady, and said softly: "Your Majesty, we haven't used lunch yet, let's drink some honey water."

However, Emperor Chongping waved his hand, indicating that there is no need for it. The military situation is on fire at this moment, how can he drink it.

But Jia Heng's face paused, and he cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, since morning till now, His Majesty hasn't touched a drop of water. There is a reason why he fainted earlier. Why don't you drink some honey water first, and then eat some porridge later. The minister also prepared the map so that he could explain the situation to the Holy Majesty."

Emperor Chongping was not too fat, he was even a little thin, so he must have had low blood sugar.

At this moment, Emperor Chongping met the concerned eyes, nodded, and then took the honey water, drank the honey water, took a few big gulps, and felt better, and his energy was much more energetic.

At this time, Empress Song looked at the young man with a grateful gaze, her bright eyes full of autumn water, and her thoughts were somewhat complicated.

At this time, the inner prisoner prepared the map and hung it on a raised screen. Jia Heng pointed to the map of Henan and explained: "My lord, my minister Xiao Lin and Xie Zaiyi, the general of the guard, transferred four brave battalion cavalry The soldiers first went to Nanyang Mansion for reinforcements, and then attacked Runing, waiting for an opportunity to cut off the enemy's way back. "

If you run behind the thieves' ass, you are exhausted and waiting for an opportunity to break them. Now, taking advantage of the thieves' victory in Kaifeng Mansion, the rear is empty, and it just cuts off their way back to Runing.

Emperor Chongping looked at the map and murmured: "If you don't save Kaifeng, save Runing Mansion first?"

Jia Heng explained: "Your Majesty, Kaifeng will save you, but Runing is in a hurry. It's even related to the overall situation of eradicating bandits, so we have to divide our troops into Runing."

Without waiting for Emperor Chongping to inquire, Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "As for Kaifeng, the minister will personally lead the remaining cavalrymen from the Beijing camp, join the cavalrymen heading to Luoyang Mansion, and wipe out the bandits!"

When Jia Heng said this, he turned his gaze to Emperor Chongping, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, in the name of the Military Aircraft Department, please strictly order Lu Qi, the admiral of Shandong, to make soldiers and horses guard the headquarters, and strictly block the main road from Henan to Shandong." , Don’t move a single soldier rashly!”

At this time, when the kneeling ministers heard the words, someone asked in surprise, "Why don't the provinces dispatch troops to suppress it?"

Emperor Chongping also looked over, waiting for an explanation.

Jia Heng glanced at the minister, but saw that it was Yao Yu, the servant of the Ministry of Rites. He didn't pay much attention to it, but explained to Emperor Chongping: "My lord, since the bandits can use their previous tricks to confuse the public, they seem to be resourceful. Scholars plan for it, so don't ignore it! Since they dared to set up a counter-flag in Kaifeng, they clearly wanted to call on the bandits from all over the world to respond, and there are many bandits in Shandong who are entrenched in the mountains and forests, and they need to be suppressed by soldiers and horses. If there is a mistake, the situation in Shandong will become more corrupt, and this is why the thieves broke through the Kaifeng mansion first, they just want us to mess up."

When Emperor Chongping heard the words, he was startled and his eyes were deep.

The other ministers also felt awe-inspiring when they heard the words.

Jia Heng continued: "The harm of the bandits lies in the fact that they move around and come and go without a trace. Now the bandits are gathering in Kaifeng to create a big momentum. They are nothing more than trying to shake the world and call on all provinces to rebel. Therefore, I take advantage of the enemy bandits all the way in Kaifeng Prefecture. Rule Panhuan, go straight to the nest of Runing, prevent him from fleeing to Huainan, and disturb Xu Si! In addition, use Lu Qi to control Shandong, and prevent Shandong bandits from acting rashly, just like Kaifeng bandits engulfing the rebellious people to go north. I, Xingtai, Hebei, and Datong, Shanxi There are heavy troops from the imperial court guarding against the eastern captives."

Then, he pointed to several provinces and other places, paused, and said: "This is to play Go, spread out at four corners, and set up a net to wait. If the capitals of all provinces are suppressed and gather in Kaifeng, the officers and soldiers of all provinces will be defeated by bandits all the way. When their momentum grows, the provinces will surely shake, and at that time the northern land will be full of smoke, and the provinces will be in chaos."

There are many natural disasters in the north of Chen Han, there are many exiles, and there are many people who fall into the grass and become bandits. If the officers and soldiers are transferred away, the province will be prone to chaos, but if they don't move, there will be no troubles.

When Emperor Chongping heard the words, he seemed to have also thought of the scene of the smoldering wars in the northern provinces, and felt shuddering. He nodded and said: "What Ziyu said is exactly the same."

After hearing this explanation, all the officials in the palace did not have any opinions.

The previous deduction and judgment on the situation in Henan has proved that what Jia Heng said is true. On the other hand, none of the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty were right.
Jia Heng narrated again: "The ministers gathered elite soldiers to advance to Luoyang. After a short rest, they transferred the infantry of the Beijing camp and then attacked with Lu Qi's east and west. The rebellion of bandits and bandits was completely put down in Kaifeng Prefecture!"

His current strategy is to use both speed and urgency to fight steadily, but also to extinguish them quickly.

While laying out the layout to block the thieves from fleeing, at the same time extinguishing the bandit chaos with the momentum of thunder.

If all the provinces are eager to join forces to suppress, there is a high probability that the province's troops will be empty, and then the bandits will flee to other provinces, smash prefectures and counties in other provinces, and then be wiped out uncertainly.

Or, if another army is destroyed, the world will be shaken, and then more blasts will be carried out. At that time, the whole northern provinces will be in chaos. situation.

At that time, the longer it dragged on, the more violently the prestige of the center would be shaken.

Fortunately, the imperial court's Beijing battalion has enough troops and has just been reorganized, so it can just use troops from the north and the south.

(End of this chapter)