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After Han Xu returned to his mansion, he quickly sent people to contact other allies. What he didn't expect was that in addition to Cao Yubian being sentenced to death, the governor Wei Guangxu was impeached by Mangui for his incompetence during the defense battle of the capital and has been imprisoned to await trial.

The minister Cheng Qinan participated in the attack on the important officials of the imperial court in front of the imperial court. Although he was not sent to the army like the leading imperial censors, he was also dismissed from his post at home.

Unconsciously, Han Xu discovered that his own power was greatly damaged. He calmed down and thought about it, it seemed that the emperor suddenly changed his temper, making it difficult to grasp, and made several wrong moves in succession that led to the current situation.

After all, he was a person who had been the chief assistant. After he understood the comprehensive situation, he quickly came up with countermeasures.

Han Xu knew that he was a little impatient and looked at people with old eyes, but he did not expect that the emperor was stimulated by Jianlu's invasion of the capital and was extremely eager for money. Therefore, Wen Tiren's response was exactly what he wanted, and now he is extremely favored. , absolutely cannot hit the wall again at this time. It is impossible to regain his position as the first assistant in the short term.

But there are good and bad things. After this war, the emperor seemed to pay more attention to warriors. Not only did he reuse Man Gui, but he also spared Zu Dashou, who had escaped from the battle. It seems that the emperor knows that the world is a bit chaotic and must rely on warriors.

Fortunately, he had saved a hand here before. The emperor ordered the Qin army to gather in the capital, and it was just in time for Ma Shilong to bring all the elites over so that the emperor could see them and get his favor. This is the only way to break through the current predicament.

Thinking of this, Han Xu immediately wrote a letter and asked his close servants to send someone to send it out of the city quickly. He thought for a while, wrote another letter, and sent his close servants to Shanxi.

Such a big movement in the capital certainly affected more than just Han Xu. For example, restaurants, brothels and other places used for entertainment in the capital city were all converted into teahouses. It’s always okay to drink tea or a cup of boiled water. Even if this is the case, there are still many people. For no other reason than people in the capital can live without gossip.

The upper and lower floors of Zhuangyuan Building, a famous restaurant in the capital, were almost full, but the clothes of the guests upstairs were obviously higher-class than those downstairs. Several waiters held teapots and shuttled back and forth between the tables bringing tea and water.

On the second floor, a young man in gilded clothes slammed his teacup on the table in dissatisfaction, and complained: "My mouth is so dumb, man, give me a bottle of wine!"

Upon hearing this, a waiter who happened to walk next to him quickly bowed and said with a smile: "My guest, I'm really sorry. The court has ordered that we cannot provide food and drinks during this special period."

"Are you afraid that I won't give you the money?" Mr. Jinyi took out a small piece of broken silver from his arms and slapped it on the table. "I have money, so I won't steal it or rob it. It's my own money." Can’t you spend it?”

The waiter gave a wry smile, and when he was about to explain further, one of Mr. Jinyi's companions said, "Forget it, forget it, if we take out the food and wine, all the food in the restaurant will be confiscated."

"What the hell is this? I have money, why can't I spend it?" Young Master Jin Yi shouted angrily.

As soon as he finished speaking, an inconspicuous short man at the next table picked up the topic and said: "You can't say that. It's clearly stated on the notice. The court wants to save people and has to temporarily impose a temporary control. After this, After a while, it will naturally get better.”

Hearing this, another young man who looked like a scholar shook his head and interrupted: "I don't know what happened to the court. This notice is written in vernacular, and there is even a sentence to read. Could it be that there is no one in the court? "

"I think this notice is good, at least it doesn't look too hard for me." Someone had a different opinion, and obviously couldn't stand the arrogance of the scholar just now, "Now in the notice area, those young scholars Everything seems to be missing a lot."

For ordinary people, what troubles them the most is sentence phrasing, which is a skill that only serious readers can master. If it is not a notice or the like, there is probably some article or the like, and even serious readers often misinterpret the sentences, so that the meaning is completely different. How to divide sentences is a university question, which can greatly distinguish the ability of scholars. It also makes it difficult for many literate ordinary people to understand.

However, the notices these days are not only written in a simple and clear way, so that people can understand what is going on at a glance, but they even have a sentence to read, so that many people who only recognize a few words can understand the notices on their own.

The scholar didn't answer the question anymore and drank his tea with disdain. Seeing this, the man felt proud, but he did not dare to offend the scholar. He changed the subject and said, "Have you heard? Jianlu was really ruthless. He burned all the cities and only left the old man alive." It's just weak. If it weren't for this, the capital wouldn't have implemented food control, and it would be really difficult for the court!"

Upon hearing this, someone at another table slapped the table and said in a hateful voice: "These damn Jianlu, my mother-in-law's family is in Yongping, and they also suffered."

Upon hearing this, someone said curiously: "By the way, you said, Yongping is where the capital city is after all. Whether it is military strength or city defense, it should be stronger than that of Changli County? Why did Changli County hold on for so many days, etc. When reinforcements arrived, Yongping City fell into the hands of Jianlu without any notice?"

"Haven't you heard? Yongping fell because someone secretly opened the city gate in the middle of the night, just like Zunhua. Otherwise, with Jianlu's siege skills, how could he possibly capture such a big city?" said just now The short man who had spoken immediately expressed his opinion.

Another person nodded after hearing this, and then added: "Yes, Jianlu was able to capture the cities in Liaodong, and they mostly relied on internal cooperation and internal cooperation with outside. Otherwise, take a look at Changli, and look at Jianlu's attack a few days ago The capital is just like that!"

"Why are they so stupid? Martial law is strictly enforced, and I still don't believe that those rebels have the opportunity to cooperate inside and outside!"

When the short man heard this, he shook his head and said with a smile: "Do you think it's those Jurchen Tatars with money rat tails on their heads who come to cooperate with the outside world? Let me tell you, there are Han people who are cooperating with the prisoners, otherwise you really think those officers and soldiers are blind , still can’t tell the difference between Tatars and Han people?”

Upon hearing this, several people who are usually relatively well-informed immediately affirmed: "Yes, have you heard about Li Yongfang? This guy is the same. And, then..."

Even if this restaurant had no relatives in the cities that were burned, the Gyeonggi area was more or less related to them, and they were all affected by the war. Suddenly, everyone was yelling at those traitors.

When the short man broke the news that this time the Jianlu invaded the Gyeonggi area through a detour, and nine out of ten Han people who knew the situation inside the customs collaborated with the enemy, even more people were scolded.

In fact, many people have already speculated on this situation. In the original history, Yuan Chonghuan became the scapegoat, so much so that the people in the capital wanted to eat his flesh and drink his blood.

However, due to the butterfly effect, Guan Ning's army played a great role in the Battle of Changli, which also cleared many suspicions of the Liao soldiers.