The Red Mansions

Chapter 929: Inspiration from the Mongolian War

Ningguo Mansion, Huifang Garden

When night fell, the men of Jia's mansion guessed crossword puzzles, drank wine, and returned to their residences with the help of their servants.

Lin Ruhai also temporarily rested overnight in the front yard of Ningguo Mansion.

On the Tianxiang Building, the lights are bright, hairpin skirts and jackets, beautiful eyes, and laughter are endless.

Under Sister Feng's lively atmosphere, Jia's mother never stopped laughing.

After several cases around, everyone looked at Sister Feng who was joking.

Jia Heng also went up to the attic, looked at Jia's mother, and said, "Old lady, are you calling me?"

Mother Jia smiled kindly and said, "Brother Heng, this year has not been easy, so I want to toast you with a glass of wine anyway."

This year, the young man in front of him became a first-class Marquis of Wu, helped Zheng'er to give birth to an official, and his grandfather, Lan Ge'er, who was in the south, was reactivated.

Jia Heng said: "The old lady really upset me."

Yuanyang helped Jia Heng pour a glass of wine at this time, Yadan's face was full of smiles, and said softly: "Master, drink first."

Jia Heng looked at the young girl, met that lustrous gaze, and nodded. He hadn't talked with Yuanyang for a while.

However, Yuanyang didn't have the temperament of being unable to live without a man, and she didn't think so much about serving her in front of Jiamu.

In fact, not only the mandarin ducks, but also Miaoyu, Baochai and Baoqin have not spoken for a long time.

Under the watchful eyes, Jia Heng raised the wine cup and said: "Then I wish the old lady Songhe Changchun and good health."

With a smile on her face, Jia Mu said, "Okay, okay."

Said, also had a drink.

Mrs. Wang looked at the young man, her hands hidden in her sleeves tightly clenched the Buddhist beads.

Jia Mu said: "Brother Heng, it's not easy for you to be busy with state affairs outside. Your wife and the others take care of the family's affairs properly, so don't worry too much about it."

Jia Heng nodded, then looked at the beauty sitting next to Mother Jia, and met her soft and beautiful eyes with a smile.

At this time, Sister Feng smiled and said: "Old lady, it will be dark after talking, let's go to the garden and put up lanterns."

Jia Mu said with a smile, "Let's go. I've been doing this for a long time, and I want to move my bones."

All the people said, helping Jia Mu to go to the Grand View Garden.

When the night fell, Sister Feng organized a group of golden hairpins to go to the Grand View Garden, preparing to put lanterns on Qinfang River. On the Fengyao Bridge, lanterns were hung, fiery red and yellow, and one by one along the Qinfang River. The river flows.

The fireworks shot towards the sky, colorful and gorgeous in the night sky.

After the Lantern Festival was over, all the golden hairpins returned to their residences. Because there were too many people, Jia Heng naturally did not stay alone with others under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Jia Heng didn't even live in the Grand View Garden, but left the Grand View Garden and went to the front yard of Ningguo Mansion. When he came to the inner study, he looked up and saw that the light was still on in the study, and projected a tall and beautiful figure on the window casement .

Jia Heng's expression froze, he lifted the curtain to enter the wing room, and looked at the girl who was deep in thought standing in front of a hanging map.

Jia Heng walked up to him and asked, "Xiaoxiao, why didn't you go to set off the lantern?"

Chen Xiao pointed to a volume of books on the case, and said, "Look at this, Liu Jixian asked me to deliver the urgent information delivered by the detective."

Jia Heng picked up the military newsletter, read it, and his face gradually became solemn, and said: "The Naiman and Aohan tribes are going to attack Ezhe's Sunite tribe in the near future."

"I'm afraid that the grassland has already started fighting at this moment, and the messenger has already informed E Zhe first, so that they can take precautions early, but it is probably not very useful. There is no opportunism to speak of when the two armies are fighting." Chen Xiao said.

Jia Heng frowned, and said, "What if Datong sends out cavalry first?"

"It's not enough for the frontier general to defend the city wall by himself, how dare he go out to fight easily, and then be taken advantage of by the enemy, losing his energy, it's not good." Chen Xiao snorted coldly and said.

Jia Heng was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice: "Then the troops will be dispatched tomorrow, and Qingqi will still be dispatched to the north. I will integrate the troops from Datong and Taiyuan, and then make further calculations."

He had guessed earlier that he would not stay at home for long, and sure enough something happened to the north side.

Chen Xiao said: "Those firecrackers haven't been completely built yet? How do you plan to transport them to the border?"

"More than twenty Hongyi cannons are almost enough. We need to use mules and horses to transport them to Datong. I have asked Cai Quan to take charge of this matter." Jia Heng looked at the map, looking back and forth between Taiyuan and Chang'an, and then looked again. A glance at the direction of Ping'an Prefecture.

Chen Xiaoqing's frosty face showed a thoughtful look, and his voice was as clear as gold and stone, and he said: "If we deploy the twelve battalions of cavalry, we can probably mobilize [-] to [-] elite cavalry. This is already the essence of the cavalry in the Beijing camp."

Jia Heng said: "The cavalry go first, followed by the infantry. Taiyuan and Datong still have a lot of troops. With the Beijing battalion as the leader, the cavalry can only go north. The changes in the grassland can only be blocked by Ezhe first. For a while."

Chen Xiaodao: "Then tomorrow, I will tell the palace that this is a battle that will affect the fate of the country."

If the intervention in the Mongol War fails, then the Jurchen will travel thousands of miles beyond the Great Wall, and no one will be able to control it.

Jia Heng nodded and said, "I will mention this matter when I go to court tomorrow."

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In the 16th year of Chongping, the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the warm atmosphere of the New Year gradually faded away, and the Han Empire, like a clockwork machine, started to run again after a short rest.

Daming Palace, Hanyuan Hall

Today is the first court meeting after the festival. Emperor Chongping summoned all the ministers of the cabinet to discuss state affairs, mainly the ministers who met for the first time after the festival, to show that they are in good health and the country is safe.

The Chinese and military officials in the hall are lined up on the left and right, and at a glance, there is a dense crowd of officials in scarlet robes standing respectfully, and the atmosphere is solemn and solemn at this moment.

Then, a burst of shouts of long live sounded.

"The ministers have seen the Holy One, long live the Holy One, long live the Holy One." All the officials in the hall saluted in unison, and the voices were transmitted from the Hanyuan Hall to the white marble square outside.

Jia Heng was in the first row of the court class, holding an ivory jade wat, and bowed to the middle-aged emperor sitting on the golden chair.

Emperor Chongping looked down at the group of officials and said, "You are in peace."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." After thanking the ministers, they stood up respectfully.

After a little silence, Yao Yu, the newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of Officials, coughed, walked out of the train, and cupped his hands and said: "My lord, since last year, the Governor of Liangjiang, Shen Fang, was relegated for crimes. Now there are no ministers in Xinjiang, and the humble ministers are here to invite you." The ministers promoted worthy and straight ministers to raise millions of people in the two rivers on behalf of the emperor."

"Zunzuo." Emperor Chongping's face was indifferent, and only two words came out of his mouth.

The government's promotion of the governor of Liangjiang is obviously not something that can be negotiated in such a post-holiday dynasty, but whether the cabinet is ready to wait for someone who is far away, and then the official department will discuss with the cabinet and the department. It can't be decided suddenly.

At this time, one of the censors of Ke and Dao was holding a bamboo wat, and it was Deng Jin, who was given to the criminal division, and said: "Invitation to the sage, I thought that the head of the cabinet had been vacant for a long time, and the affairs of the six departments and one hundred divisions were in chaos. Take the head of the cabinet first, assist Ming Junying to rule the world, and lower the hearts of civil and military officials."

Emperor Chongping was sitting on the golden chair at the moment, his expression indifferent, he just glanced at Han Huang below, and didn't speak for a while.

Han Huang below is an old god, and sometimes blindly avoiding it is not a good strategy. Today is the temptation and showdown of the emperor.

As Deng Jin brought up the unresolved issue of the chief assistant of the cabinet to the criminal department, the department's officials came out to echo him.

The level of the first assistant is generally granted by special decree, and some are recommended by the court, but not many.

Just when the atmosphere in the hall was somewhat strange, Jia Heng's face was calm, and he suddenly stepped out of the crowd, and said loudly: "My lord, I have an urgent report on the military situation."

Seeing that Jia Heng followed closely behind to play, he was thinking about whether to discuss the cabinet of the chief minister and all the ministers and ministers today, with surprise on his face.

Facing the eyes of Emperor Chongping, Jia Heng cupped his hands and said: "The Naiman and Aohan tribes colluded with the Jurchen to rebel against the Great Khan of Chahar Mongolia and attack the Khan Court. Please send troops to Datong and Taiyuan immediately to prevent the Jurchen from annexing Battle of Mongolia."

As soon as this remark came out, all the ministers in the palace were in an uproar, discussing privately, and even the censor could not suppress it.

Grassland Mongolia has already fought?No, what does this have to do with Dahan?
In fact, many officials don't even know how many Otoks there are under Chahar Mongolia, and now they are confused, let alone travel thousands of miles to help Mongolia fight the Jurchens.

When Emperor Chongping heard the words, he was startled, his complexion changed slightly, and his eyes were serious.

At this time, the Minister of Military Aircraft and the Governor of the rear army, the King of Nan'an County, came out of the class first, and said in a voice like Hong Zhong: "Yongning Marquis, when did you send this military information? Why doesn't this old man know? Lord Shi, the Military Aircraft Department didn't deliver it, did you? "

Shi Jie took over the conversation from the side, and said, "Perhaps it's a secret performance, and it hasn't been delivered yet."

Not far away, the King of Chu, who was standing in the queue of the Ministry of War, glanced at the boy in the python suit, and then at the King of Nan'an.

It seems that the Wang family of Nan'an County is not in harmony with the Marquis of Yongning.

Behind the household servant Lin Ruhai, the storehouse servant Qijun Wang Chen Cheng had a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

Above this main hall, the people who offended the child went to sea.

Jia Heng cast a cold glance at Nan'an County King, and said in a deep voice: "Last night, it was reported from Jinyi Inspectorate that several Mongolian ministries have summoned all minions, together with Jurchen Bai, Xiangbai Two Banners, and servants, to attack It is not surprising that the Prince of Nanan did not know about the secret report of the Sonite tribe of Fachahar Mongolia."

The king of Nan'an County looked indifferent, and cupped his hands and said: "My lord, the war between the Jurchen and the Mongolia, I, the big man, should sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, so as to reap the benefits of the fisherman. We should not rashly intervene in this matter and make money out of the fire."

From this point of view, it means that he did not participate in the imperial meeting between Jia Heng, Li Zan and Shi Jie yesterday.

The so-called small meetings decide big things, big meetings decide small things, and secretaries meet to decide personnel. If you don't know, then no one will tell you that you are going to sit on the bench.

As soon as the king of Nan'an County made his remarks, there was no shortage of voices of support. For example, Hu Yi was the first to respond to the incident in the Li Ke, and said loudly: "My lord, since last year, my court has been fighting for many years, and the soldiers died at the hands of the king. There are too many injured and disabled people, it can be said that it is a waste of money for the people. When the people are recuperating and recovering their strength, they will start military affairs for one person because of their greed for martial arts. I think it is a disaster for the community and not a blessing for the community. Think twice."

These words already imply that Jia Heng was good at launching wars for his own meritorious deeds.

Emperor Chongping's complexion was a little ugly, but he still had such self-cultivation, so he ignored it.

At this time, a young official came out of the train of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the censor Yang Wenxuan, the censor of Henan Province, died in ignorance. Our Han army hastily entered the grassland. The geography is unknown. Once defeated by the enemy , the consequences will be unimaginable, I ask the Holy One to think twice, and don't use swords rashly."

All the officials below echoed their words one after another. Most of them were the battle between Mongolia and the Jurchen. The big man just watched the changes quietly and reaped the benefits of the fisherman. There was no need to participate at all.

Seeing this, Yan Ye, the king of Nan'an County, was slightly happy.

This is a year for my son, who has tasted the sweetness of being a Marquis. He is greedy for merit and is too selfish!

Emperor Chongping had no expression on his face, looked at the ministers below, and said, "Do you have any high opinions?"

At this time, Cen Weishan, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, held an ivory jade wat, and went out to play: "My lord, I believe that the Jurchens have been raging outside the pass for a long time, and our Han army ventured out of the fortress. Once defeated by the enemy, I fear that things will happen in Liaodong." Repeat."

Listening to the words of the courtiers in the palace, Jia Heng shook his head secretly, feeling cold in his heart.

In fact, this is the consistent behavior of the ruling group of the Central Plains Dynasty. It is dark outside, and he just lives his life behind closed doors, turning a deaf ear to the outside world and short-sighted.

In this regard, it is really not as good as Daiying, who is known as a shit-stirring stick.

Jia Heng looked indifferent, but did not refute it.

If it was the past, he would have to fight against the Confucians again, refuting the past one by one.

But now, since the two great victories in the Central Plains and Jiangnan, this level of debate is no longer necessary.

He didn't speak at the moment, but instead made the most powerful rebuttal, which was the confidence of a powerful man in the court.

The rocket burns coal, and if I look at it more, I will lose.

But Lin Ruhai, who was among the courtiers, saw the courtiers insisting on their own opinions, but there was a bit of trance on his elegant face.

This is the first time he has come to the court again after many years, and he sees that the familiar dispute is almost the same as that of the past, and he is constantly arguing about the same thing.

Emperor Chongping was noncommittal to the rebuttal of the King of Nan'an and the approval of the ministers. After the subsidence subsided for a while, he looked down and looked down at Li Zan, Minister of the Ministry of War. What do you think about this?"

At this moment, all the ministers in the hall fell silent, and looked at Li Zan, hoping that the cabinet minister in Beiping would stand up against Jia Heng's act of causing trouble for nothing.

However, Han Huang and Zhao Mo frowned. The Son of Heaven no longer consults with the cabinet for matters related to the military and the country, but entrusts them to the Military Aircraft Department.

Li Zan cupped his hands and said, "Returning to the Holy Lord, in the former Song Dynasty, in the southern corner of An'an, when the Mongols raised troops to destroy the Jin, the Jin asked for help from the Song court, but the Song court ignored it, and then the Mongols destroyed the Song Dynasty, resulting in the change of Yashan and the interruption of Chinese orthodoxy. The history of the former Song Dynasty is not far away."

This old Li Ge didn't directly express his position, but talked about the old events of the Southern Song Dynasty, and told the ministers the truth of the cold lips and teeth.

The officials in the palace lost their voices for a moment, and looked at Li Zan with surprise.

Emperor Chongping looked gloomy, looked at the two ministers in the cabinet, and said in a calm voice, "What do you think of Han Qing?"

Han Huang said: "Your Majesty, I think that Li Ge's words can be regarded as golden and stone theory. Chahar Mongolia is in Datong and Yunshuo, and it is in peace with our dynasty. If the flames of the war are extended, it is like sitting and watching Mongolia being destroyed by Jurchen, and there will be no peace in the land of the Jin Dynasty."

Now that the emperor has made up his mind, he can only send troops first.

The king of Nan'an County cupped his hands and said: "My lord, this old minister disagrees with this statement. Mongolia and Jurchen were originally the same breed, but now they are decisively victorious in the grassland. I will wait for both of them to suffer and reap the benefits. How can I get caught in it."

When Emperor Chongping heard the words, he nodded his head, turned to look at Jia Heng, and said, "Does the Marquis of Yongning have high opinions?"

Jia Hengdao: "I just ask Nan'an County King, if Chahar Mongols are persecuted by Jurchen and belong to Jurchen, what should I do? Datong, Yunshuo and other places want to straighten Jurchen, just like Song Dynasty. Yanzhao and Jin Dynasties were invaded by enemy captives, and the capital was shocked three times in one night, and it is unknown how the king of Nan'an County will respond?"

The Prince of Nan'an's face changed slightly when he heard the words, and he was at a loss for words for a while.

Jia Heng ignored the King of Nan'an, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, you must not sit back and watch the Jurchen annex Mongolia, otherwise the Jurchen will become more powerful, and the border affairs will become more difficult to deal with at that time. It is imperative to send troops to curb the Jurchen's westward expansion."

Emperor Chongping nodded and said, "What the Marquis of Yongning said is deafening."

Jia Heng bowed solemnly to Emperor Chongping, and said: "Your servant, please lead the army to Datong to sit in the town, repair the armored soldiers, so as to see the changes in the grassland, and send troops at the camera, whether it is to reap the benefits, or to unite with Mongolia to fight against captives, it can be determined according to the time. "

Upon hearing the words, Emperor Chongping calmed down a bit, looked down at the cabinet ministers, and said, "Han Qing, Qi Qing, Zhao Qing, do you have any other suggestions?"

When Han Huang heard the words, his face was solemn, and he cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, you should send troops to prevent Jurchen from annexing Mongolia calmly, and make your momentum stronger."

Qi Kun cupped his hands and said, "My lord, the household department has prepared food and fodder that can supply the army for half a year, so as to support the war and prevent the front line from worrying about food shortages."

Zhao Mo also cupped his hands and agreed.

Seeing this scene, the king of Nan'an County below had an ugly expression on his face, and then he only felt his hands and feet were cold.

Both the cabinet and the Military Aircraft Department support Jia Heng in going to war, but he seems to have suddenly become an out-of-group... buffoon?
In fact, this is like San Dezi, who has 50 marks on a loaf of bread. After the head of state made a speech, both the army marshal and the cabinet chief all looked at him with admiration.

And Jia Heng did not rely on his mouth, but on the prestige established by the great victories in the past year, not to mention that he had convinced the Ministry of Households whether it was sweet potatoes or money, which naturally created a brilliant trend.

For side affairs, the undisputed right to speak!
And some silent courtiers, some with dark hearts, wished that Jia Heng and Jurchen would face off sooner, and after losing the battle, they would stop.

Nan'an County King also quickly adjusted his mentality, sneering in his heart.

Wait, if Xiao'er loses, then today he will be a loyal and upright minister against all opinions, and the Holy One may not want him to clean up the situation!
But the child's slander was added to his body, and he ended up miserably.

"The decree is to use the Minister of Military Aircraft, Yongning Marquis Jia Heng as the general who conquers the captives, select the powerful Beijing camp to Datong and Taiyuan, and use the Tianzi Sword to control the military in Shanxi and Hebei's border provinces, border towns, and festivals. Anyone who delays the military plan , regardless of martial arts, you can make a decision on the fly, cut first and play later." Emperor Chongping pondered for a moment, then said loudly.

And all the officials in the palace were shocked when they heard this, but they calmed down.

Fortunately, the General Zhenglu was only dispatched temporarily, and he was killed first and then played. It was also like this in the Battle of Henan earlier?

Jia Heng cupped his hands and said: "I thank the Holy One for his trustworthiness, and my humble minister will be smashed to pieces, and I will report to the community."

When the imperial decree of Jia Heng's selection of soldiers came down, the courtiers had no intention of discussing the candidates for the cabinet's chief assistant, but as the officials in the Hanyuan Hall scattered and left the court, a tense and severe atmosphere of war once again shrouded the whole Shenjing City.

Teahouses, restaurants, streets and alleys are discussing the big man's dispatch of troops. As time goes by, the big man's northern and southern provinces are all paying attention.

(End of this chapter)