The Red Mansions

Chapter 872 Xianning: Mister is really brave!

Taimiao
On the gray sky, pure white snowflakes are falling down like goose feathers, one after another, and sprinkled on the glazed tiles of the eaves. Swaying with the wind in the bitter wind and rain.

At this moment, amidst the wind and snow, the young man was wearing a black cloak and a black and red python suit inside, standing proudly in the wind and rain, as beautiful and tall as pines and cypresses, and as rich as jade.

Goose feather snow fell on the cloak piece by piece, and after a while, a thin layer of snowflakes appeared on the shoulders.

The clear eyes under the black eyebrows of Princess Xianning's Chun Shan narrowed down, and looked at the stern, slanted side face, the eyes were a little distracted for a moment, and there was an indescribable joy in her heart.

Since he is an aristocrat, he is used to seeing good-looking men, so he is naturally a face-controller.

Princess Xianning couldn't help feeling a sense of gratitude, she moved an umbrella she was holding towards her, and said softly, "Sir, umbrella."

Little princess: "???"

Did my cousin forget that she was still under the umbrella?
Jia Heng looked at Princess Xianning's clear eyebrows, and said softly, "Just hold on, I'm fine."

Emperor Chongping just sighed at Xuehua, and couldn't help but look at the young man in the python suit, who was talking to his own daughter.

Secretly said, they are really two small mouths with equal eyebrows.

At the beginning, because Ziyu already had a family, Concubine Rong objected, but the facts proved that the son-in-law he picked was indeed a capable minister and general who had never been seen since the founding of the Han Dynasty.

Perhaps as Yang Guochang said, this is Wei Huo, born of luck, to help him rejuvenate the great man.

In fact, what Emperor Chongping thought was not an exaggeration. Those who are able to fight well like Jia Heng are indeed one of the most famous generals since the founding of the Han Dynasty.

At the time of the founding of the country, there may have been some young people who became marquises from the merits of the dragon, but what was the environment at that time?
Li Chanyue pressed the embroidered spring knife on her waist, staring at the young man, her original gaze was a little sad, she thought to herself, Mr. Jia and his cousin are really right, she seems to be redundant.

Emperor Chongping stared at the young man, paused for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Ziyu, the Jurchen envoy, the false county king Shuotuo and the traitor Zhang Shang, have been detained by me in the posthouse. What do you think Ziyu should do with it?"

In this era, generally speaking, there is a practice of not beheading envoys, but as Princess Xianning said, if you don't recognize Jurchen as a country, you don't count as an envoy.

And the "three no's principles" mentioned by Jia Heng, no contact, no negotiation, and no compromise, also fundamentally denied the legitimacy of the Jurchen regime.

In fact, in the Warring States period where the rites collapsed and the music was broken, going on an envoy to the enemy country itself had a great risk of life, and every now and then it was a big boiled cauldron. .

Of course, Emperor Chongping didn't want to kill him directly, but he was obviously unwilling to put it back like this.

Jia Heng pondered and said: "Your Majesty, I thought that the Prince Jurchen would not be released back to Liaodong, so that he could be used by the enemy captives. Now he is not beheaded or killed, and he is guarding the post house with heavy soldiers to restrict freedom. Whenever the captives win a big victory, they will You can watch it."

Emperor Chongping: "???"

Han Huang frowned, and looked at the young man with a calm face in shock, feeling indescribable.

Every time there is a big victory, the Jurchen prince will watch the ceremony. Is this a monkey walk?

In other words, Jia Ziyu is so sure that he can win a big victory in every war against the captives?
Really...

how to say?That is, Jia's pretentious skills have reached the perfect level, and he can do it easily, which is undoubtedly the demeanor of forcing a king.

I thought Lu Bu was already invincible...

The king of Nan'an County frowned, his old face was covered with a layer of frost, and a sneer sounded in his heart.

The young man is arrogant and frivolous, he just won a victory, how dare he make such a big deal?Sun Tzu has a saying in the art of war that arrogant soldiers are bound to be defeated, and when they are defeated, if they speak wildly today, they will probably be ridiculed by the world.

Emperor Chongping showed joy in the details under his pine eyebrows, nodded and said: "Ziyu's words are very much in line with my wishes."

Young people should have such vigorous vigor, such as Hou Huo Qubing, the champion of the Han Dynasty, with the courage to move forward.

Of course, Jia Heng's consecutive big victories in the past basically followed his words, and he earned his reputation with every victory.

At the beginning of the year, during the chaos in Henan, he personally told Emperor Chongping that the chaos in the Central Plains could be quelled overnight, and the final facts also confirmed what Jia Heng said.

Princess Xianning's beautiful and beautiful face did not know whether it was because of the cold weather or other reasons, she was flushed with rouge, she pursed her pink lips and looked at the young man, her eyes sparkled with brilliance under her beautiful eyebrows.

Sir, you are so brave!
Li Chanyue also glanced at Jia Heng, the starry eyes under the willow eyebrows were soft and bright, as if they had printed an indelible clear shadow.

Jia Heng said softly: "My lord, it's getting late, I will send you back."

Emperor Chongping nodded, looked at the group of ministers, and said: "Today, all the ministers have been tired for a day, so let's all go back and rest."

"Thank you, my lord." All the ministers watching the ceremony behind thanked each other. Now that the temperature had dropped, it was already freezing.

While speaking, the ministers left the front gate of the Taimiao with complicated thoughts, and a group of officials got into the sedan chairs and carriages in twos and threes. On the long street, the wind and snow became tighter, the world was vast, and the city walls, streets and houses were already covered with heavy snow.

And as time passed, this offering of captives at the Taimiao also left an indelible impression on the officials, civilians and gentry in Shenjing.

Jia Heng also helped Emperor Chongping get into the carriage. He was sitting on the shaft of the chariot, holding the reins in one hand, while Princess Xianning and Li Chanyue rode on the horses, and followed a group of guards to the palace.

Emperor Chongping opened the curtain on the imperial chariot, and said: "Ziyu, I entrust you with full power to deal with Jurchen, and you need to come up with a policy for dealing with it."

Jia Heng said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have been busy dealing with this matter recently. Jurchen wants to wipe out the Chahar Mongols and prepare for a full-scale southern invasion. I have recently sent secret spies and investigators to Chahar Mongols to respond at any time. The enemy can’t succeed suddenly, and the Jurchen may also attack the West in two directions, and the officials and Li Dashi will cooperate to prevent the Jurchen from going south to wreak havoc on the Han land.”

Emperor Chongping nodded, and said: "It's good that Ziyu has a comprehensive plan. When you enter the palace, you and Chanyue Xianning and the others will have dinner together in Kunning Palace."

The peace talks were over, and the Jurchen envoys were detained. The Jurchen will definitely not let it go, and it will be menacing next year, and it needs to be dealt with as soon as possible.

Jia Heng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

After he got the Marquis of Yongning earlier, the protagonist of this big victory has been turned into the emperor, and now the emperor has also finished, and he has passed his addiction to the show.

At this moment, as the carriage rolled over the shallow white snow on the bluestone road, making creaking and creaking sounds, the houses on both sides of the street gradually hung up lanterns.

And Jia Heng drove the carriage pulled by six horses slowly into the gate of the palace. At this moment, the thick twilight was slowly pressing down from the sky and sprinkled on the majestic palace gate. Lanterns swayed with the wind in the cold wind, showing bright and different lights and shadows on the white snow on the city wall.

Palace Garden, Kunning Palace
The hall is already brightly lit and festooned with lanterns and festoons. In the inner hall, maids and inner eunuchs stand under the beams and pillars with their hands down, waiting quietly for orders.

At this moment, on an Arhat bed, Empress Song was talking to Concubine Duanrong, while the eighth prince, Chen Ze, was sitting at the side bored.

"Xianning should be back now, the sky looks a little dark." The voice of the noble concubine Duanrong sounded as clear as a mountain spring, with a touch of crispness and melodiousness.

Empress Song smiled, the beauty's eyebrows curved, and she joked: "Sister, Xianning is not young anymore, don't always treat her like a child."

Concubine Duan Rong looked shy and angry, and said: "Sister, no matter how old she grows, it's all the flesh that fell from my body, she is getting more and more expensive now."

Since having a man, she has become less concerned about her as a mother, and now they have all moved out of the palace, and they don't know what to do.

At this time, the high-pitched voice of the prison guard outside the hall sounded: "Your Majesty has arrived."

The concubine and concubine who happened to be talking got up one after another, came out of the fragrant and pleasant warm pavilion, walked around a red sandalwood and phoenix-patterned marble screen, and stared at it.

"Father." The eighth prince, Chen Ze, who was beside Concubine Duanrong, stretched out his hand and called out.

Emperor Chongping looked at his youngest son, with some kindness in his eyes.

With a strict and serious temperament like Emperor Chongping, he always regarded himself as a strict father to the two kings of Wei and Liang, but when facing the youngest son, because he didn't have much expectations, he didn't give him a certain amount of loving attention.

Empress Song smiled and said softly, "I'm back."

"It's not a big deal, but I've been busy all day." Emperor Chongping said with a smile.

Concubine Duanrong couldn't help but look at her daughter, and then saw the scene that made the beauty stunned, and thought to herself, this Xianning really...does not avoid people.

It was clearly Princess Xianning who walked up to Jia Heng, stretched out her slender hands, and patted the snowflakes on Jia Heng's shoulders, the girl under her crown was full of concentration.

At this moment, all the maids and eunuchs lowered their heads and did not look at the two of them.

Jia Heng looked a little unnatural, looked at the pretty girl, winked, motioned the girl to calm down, and said softly: "Okay, I'm fine."

In fact, I can also understand some of Xianning's intentions, which are nothing more than declaring sovereignty and urging the marriage in front of the emperor and concubine.

The etiquette of this era is naturally much more tolerant towards the imperial family, and the rules are used to restrain ordinary people.

"Sir, take off the cloak, the cloak will be soaked when the snow melts." Princess Xianning said with a crooked brow and eyes filled with the youthful face, and her voice was as soft as a willow leaf stroking water.

While everyone was talking, they stepped into the brightly lit hall, and the heat sent by the earth dragon permeated the air. There was no coldness in the room, and the refreshing incense was mixed with the warmth.

The royal family naturally uses high-quality spices.

Emperor Chongping sat down and said, "Zitong, let the imperial dining room prepare meals, and bring a pot of imperial wine. I'll have a few drinks later."

"Your Majesty." When Empress Song heard the words, Yuyan tugged on Emperor Chongping's sleeve with a look of reproach, and her voice was charming and melodious, like a yellow oriole coming out of a valley, with a little bit of crispness from the misty and rainy water village in the south of the Yangtze River. It didn't look like she had given birth to two sons at all .

Jia Heng picked up the teacup, took a sip, and couldn't help but glance at Queen Song.

The beauty is majestic in a cloud bun, and her golden wings are swaying under the bright lights, with colorful brilliance, and the picturesque hibiscus jade face with pear cheeks is more than snow, under the straight and small Qiong nose, the two pink lips are slightly moist , at this moment, the soft and beautiful rhyme silently flowing from the corners of the brows and eyes in the angry eyes makes people's hearts throbbing inexplicably.

Emperor Chongping smiled and said, "Zitong, it's cold and cold, so it's okay to drink less."

Princess Xianning showed a worried look on her jade face, and persuaded: "Father, the imperial physician told you earlier that Father still puts the dragon body first."

Emperor Chongping stared at Princess Xianning and Jia Heng who was beside him, and said, "Xianning, you are going to open a mansion next year, and my father feels a little bit emotional, Dai Quan asked them to bring their daughter Hong."

My daughter, who was busy with state affairs in the past, didn't pay much attention to it, but now she has grown up gracefully. There is a girl in my family who has just grown up.

Princess Xianning's jade cheeks were slightly flushed with rouge, her tone was shy, and she said softly: "Father."

Daughter Red, folks only drink Daughter Red when their daughters are married. Is the father going to entrust her to the husband?

After hearing what Emperor Chongping said, Empress Song glanced at Jia Heng, facing the eyes that frantically averted, the beautiful eyes under her beautiful eyebrows froze for a moment, then turned to Emperor Chongping with a calm and graceful face, and said softly: "Then wait Your Majesty will have a drink or two later, don't drink too much."

Concubine Duanrong also persuaded softly, saying: "Your Majesty, take care of the dragon's body."

Emperor Chongping responded, looked at Jia Heng, and said, "Zi Yu, tell me about the firecracker."

Just now, Jia Heng had a teacup, his face was changed, and he said: "My lord, the firecracker is different from the firearms used in the Beijing camp. The Hongyi cannon has a longer range, but this thing has a disadvantage, that is, it is heavy and needs to be pulled by mules and horses. It is more mobile, and the combat area of ​​​​the Hongyi cannon is not limited to defending the city, and the firecrackers of the Hongyi are also more reliable than the firecrackers weaved by our military inspector."

He can use mules and horses to carry out the most preliminary mechanization. Of course, as he fights with Jurchen, the subsequent effects will definitely not be as strong as the first time.

Moreover, the Jurchen in parallel time and space also obtained many Hongyi cannons from the Ming Dynasty through confiscation.

"If we compete with the Jurchen in the grassland, can the firecrackers suppress the Jurchen's elite cavalry?" Emperor Chongping asked.

Jia Heng said softly: "If the firearms are improved, they can also restrain the Jurchen cavalry and archers. As for crushing them, there are still many difficulties in the current firearms manufacturing process."

Seeing Emperor Chongping's silence, Jia Heng said: "My lord, the strength of Jurchen has never been in being good at riding and shooting, but in being brave and not afraid of death. They have risen in the bitter cold land of white mountains and black waters, and they must do everything in order to survive. Jurchen At the beginning, the Eight Banners were only tens of thousands of people. They first took advantage of the fall of the Ming Dynasty to absorb the descendants of the remnants of the Central Plains Dynasty. Later, they stole Liaodong, defeated Mongolia, and absorbed the Han, Mongols, and Jurchen tribes. The population and national strength of the Jurchens are not as powerful as my big man, but every time they go out to fight, the whole people are soldiers, so the soldiers are so fierce that they are not afraid of death."

When Emperor Chongping heard the words, he thought about it, and said, "What Ziyu said is not bad."

Jia Hengdao: "In the history of Qing Dynasty, there are also similar games. For example, during the Jin and Song Dynasties, the former Song Dynasty suffered the shame of Jingkang. After crossing to the south, the upper class of the Jin Kingdom indulged in pleasure and indulged in pleasures. The Mongolian tribe grew rapidly, and then quickly swept across the north and south. , won the world."

When Emperor Chongping heard the words, he sighed, "If you indulge in pleasure, you will be drunk and dream of death."

Jia Heng said: "My lord, once our Central Plains dynasty is strong, it will be like Liu Han, Li Tang, the Huns, and the Turks. Although it was rampant in the early days, as long as the Central Plains dynasty works hard, once it recovers, it will always win a big victory with its huge size. , On the contrary, the national strength of the Central Plains dynasty was weak, the officials were corrupt, and internal and external troubles occurred, so the foreign races took advantage of the opportunity."

Emperor Chongping said with emotion: "The previous chaos in Henan was like this, and there was also corruption in the Hedao Yamen... What Ziyu said hits the time."

I remember that the young man in front of me sorted out the messy military and government affairs for him in the study in the Hanyuan Hall.

Jia Heng said: "My lord, the chaos in Henan is caused by both natural disasters and man-made disasters."

Emperor Chongping nodded.

Jia Heng turned to the firecracker and said: "But it doesn't mean that the big man and the Jurchen will exchange peace talks for time to recuperate. The firecracker and the red cannon can shorten the time for the big man and the Jurchen to counterattack. From the overall point of view , After five years of accumulating national power, our dynasty used weapons to achieve partial victories on the battlefield against the captives, which boosted the morale of our great Han people. "

He felt that the emperor might be a little dazed by today's offering of prisoners at the Taimiao, and he began to have a little fantasy in his heart. He needed to pour cold water on the emperor.

Emperor Chongping's eyes moved slightly, he nodded in agreement and said, "It's the accumulation of small victories into big victories."

Jia Heng said: "Now the Jiangnan naval battle is only the first battle. As long as I follow the steps, time is on my side."

Emperor Chongping said: "Jurchen will definitely not give up next year, Ziyu should also deal with it well, yes, there are still waterways."

Jia Hengdao: "The Jiangnan navy has re-trained its troops to strictly protect the safety of the prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River. I speculate that Jurchen will probably send troops from Ji Town to contain our army, but the real strategic direction should be in Chahar Mongolia. It's an upright conspiracy."

Jurchen was sure that the Han court would not dare to go out to fight in the field, and intervened in the battle of Jurchen to unify Mongolia. However, Jurchen was not afraid of beating side drums in general. This was a psychological advantage established by fighting against the Han frontier army for decades.

Emperor Chongping said: "What Ziyu said is true. Next year we still need to reform the bureaucracy, promote sweet potato planting, alleviate the famine, and rectify the frontier army. We are not in a hurry to fight the Jurchen decisively. Now I, a big man, should hold on to the defensive position and fight steadily at every step."

Jia Heng clasped his hands and said, "The sage has learned from you, this minister also means the same."

Empress Song and Concubine Duanrong also listened to the conversation between the monarch and his ministers or maybe the Weng and his son-in-law, and looked at each other with joy.

Emperor Chongping said: "As Ziyu said earlier, the frontier army now maintains a huge armament, which consumes countless state funds every year and still needs to be rectified. However, at the beginning of the year, Nan'an County King and Baolinghou had already rectified."

Now he also has some doubts about how much the so-called rectification of the two has played. This Ziyu rectified the Beijing Camp, Jiangbei, and Jiangnan Camps, how many bloody storms he experienced, and the subsequent battles also proved that the rectification was very effective.

The King of Nan'an and Marquis Baoling did it so easily?

Jia Heng said: "Your Majesty, some of the frontier troops have long-standing illnesses, and the frontier generals have deep roots, so they should not act rashly. They need to be taken step by step."

Although the prestige of the central center is increasing, the frontier army is not an easy persimmon to handle. Once a mutiny is stirred up, it will easily become beyond reach.

Emperor Chongping nodded, and said with a smile: "Ziyu is mature enough to seek the country, these things need to be done step by step."

No wonder Ziyu wants to go to Taiyuan and Datong, it is indeed dense but not chaotic, and he hopes to be like Jiangnan, and play a triumphant song again.

In fact, today's offering of captives at the Taimiao gave the emperor a taste of the sweetness, and unconsciously raised the threshold and expectations.

Empress Song looked at the two of them with a smile, and said softly, "Your Majesty, dinner is ready."

At this moment, Princess Xianning, who was listening quietly to the side, also held the hand of the eighth prince Chen Ze, and said: "Father and sir are talking about official business, and we can't get in the way."

Emperor Chongping then ordered the palace servants to pass on the food.

　There are some things today that may not be able to be written in the second update.

　
(End of this chapter)