Bright Spring

The army marched from the South Road (Yongzhou, Nanchang, Hangzhou, Jingshi), with a road of more than 3000 miles!All the soldiers and horses attacked all the way, detoured and crossed various rivers. When the soldiers arrived at the capital, it would be more than half a year at the earliest; things should not be delayed, beware of long nights and dreams! "

Sheng Yong paused for a moment, and then immediately continued: "But if Zhang Fu can arrange for the navy to surrender, the situation will be simple. The troops of the Crusade Army don't have to continue going south, they just need to wait for the navy to surrender on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River.

At that time, our army crossed the Xiangjiang River directly from Hengzhou, and went down the river very quickly!The Puppet Dynasty's Huguang army has been newly defeated, and it is absolutely impossible to re-mobilize the army and restore morale in a short period of time; our army has won the "battle of crimes"! "

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly said, "I thought we could wait a little longer."

Ping An had an unbelievable expression.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I still think there is a little chance; because I also gave Zhang Fu a chance, and didn't block his way completely."

After hearing this, several people clasped their fists and said: "The last general (lower official) obeys!"

Afterwards, Ping An clasped his fists and saluted. He neither responded nor argued.

After everyone finished their business, they took their leave one after another.

Zhu Gaoxu picked out an official document from Yi Cheng from a pile of newspapers, and carefully read the date and address on it.He estimated that within this month, the team from Hanwang Mansion might reach Hengzhou City.

At the beginning of October, shortly after the end of the Huguang Battle, Zhu Gaoxu ordered "Mr. Li" of the Governor's Mansion of the Hanwang Mansion to move all the family members and government agencies of the Hanwang Mansion to Huguang Hengzhou Mansion according to the original strategy.The big group of people walked a bit slowly, but they should be able to arrive during the twelfth lunar month.

However, the previous strategy was to set up the "Xiangxi Political Commissioner" in Huguang; now that the situation has changed, Zhu Gaoxu decided to still use the name of "Huguang Political Commissioner" and set up the government in Hengzhou City to control the Han Dynasty's army. The territory on both sides of the Xiangjiang River, and the third division of Wuchang Mansion controlled by the government and army.

An expectation flashed in Zhu Gaoxu's mind, hoping that during the Chinese New Year this year, the family could reunite in Hengzhou City again.

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In the first ten days of the twelfth lunar month, Gu Wang (Zhu Wei) and others who were captured by Zhang Fu's army in Changsha Mansion, and He Fu, who was suspected of being guilty, finally arrived in the capital by boat.

Everyone landed at Longjiang Port, of course there were no prison cars in the crowd, King Gu even had a guard of honor!Waiting on the pier at this time were officials from the Clan Mansion and the Ministry of Rites, as well as Guo Zi, a minister at the ministerial level, and officials from the capital brought a gorgeous car to greet him.

All the officials bowed to the King of Gu and said, "Your Majesty, I will pay my respects to His Royal Highness the King of Gu!"

Gu Wang looked dissatisfied, but he seemed to be able to realize that the situation was not good, so he casually closed his fists and shook his hand in return.

"Back then, treacherous ministers in the court harmed the clan, and this king was slandered by treacherous ministers. Fang Guquan opened the gate of the capital in a righteous way, allowing Emperor Taizong to enter the city smoothly!" King Gu yelled in public, "But now there are treacherous treacherous provocateurs in the court who have ulterior motives | , slanderous words, framed this king! How unreasonable!"

Guo Zi hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Highness, King Gu, don't worry. The Holy Majesty is a wise king in this world, and he will be able to distinguish right from wrong, so that His Highness will be innocent."

"I hope so." Gu Wang flicked his robe sleeves, "hummed" and walked towards the chariot prepared for him.

Guo Zi breathed a sigh of relief.He knows very well that it is quite troublesome and dangerous for officials to deal with these vassal kings, and they will be impeached at every turn to alienate the royal family; if it weren't for the period of Jianwen Dynasty when the reduction of vassals was made a national policy, how could ordinary people afford it?

After finally receiving King Gu, Guo Zi went to the imperial city to report.

And He Fu, who came back all the way, has not been arrested for the time being.He Fu was told to wait at home to hear the imperial edict.

Guo Zi walked around the imperial gate, but he couldn't see the Holy Majesty, nor could he face the Holy Majesty.He had no choice but to go back to the Qianbu Corridor and go to the government office of the Imperial Academy.

Hu Guang, Chief Assistant of the Cabinet, Yuan Gong, Secretary of Taichang Temple, Ru Yu, Minister of the Ministry of War, and others were all discussing affairs in the Imperial Academy.Because most of the recent memorials were not sent to the palace, all matters were decided by the cabinet scholars and the ministries together, so the ministries took turns to be on duty in the Imperial Academy.

Guo Zi described the matter of Longjiang Port, and everyone began to discuss it one after another.Hu Guang rubbed his temples, looking like he was having a headache: "The Holy Majesty didn't make an order, but the British Duke suddenly escorted King Gu to the capital. How should the court deal with it?"

Guo Zi said in a deep voice: "King Gu was escorted back to the capital suddenly, and the other feudal kings are all watching. If there is chaos in the feudal kingdoms, how will it end?"

Ru Yu looked directly at Yuan Gong and said, "This matter can only be addressed to the emperor?"

Yuan Gong also frowned and said: "King Gu has not arrived in Beijing yet, I have already written a letter... The memorial is like a stone sinking into the sea."

Everyone was silent for a while.Yuan Gong suddenly said in a low voice: "How about finding someone to impeach Zhang Fu?"

Guo Zi, Hu Guang and others looked at each other, and they all knew that Yuan Gong wanted to throw all the responsibility on Zhang Fu who made his own way!At this time, Minister of the Ministry of War Ru Yu said calmly: "The British Duke is still the 'Ping Han General', and he can lead troops in Huguang."

Guo Zi thought for a while, and said in a tentative tone: "Let King Gu live in the capital for the time being. Let's send a report to the mansion again, saying that Huguang has been looted by the rebels. The court is worried about King Gu's safety, so he recalled the capital; only wait for the king to live in the capital. Shi Ping decided to rebel against the king, and then sent King Gu back to the vassal state?"

Ru Yu immediately echoed, "This method of compromise is deeply rooted in the doctrine of the mean."

All the officials have seconded one after another, and the matter is considered a decision.

But when everyone talked about He Fu again, they immediately fell into a deadlock.His Majesty Gein did not designate anyone to make decisions about the government, but only said that everyone discussed it, so if there was a disagreement and they could not convince others, the matter could only be delayed; the temporary decision-making officials did not have perfect rules for a while.

For the time being, we can only inform the old officials of the East Palace and the other six ministries about He Fu, and then drag it on.

...Unexpectedly, within a few days, Gao Xianning, the attendant of the Imperial Academy, suddenly wrote a letter to impeach Zhang Fu: making claims without authorization, using troops beyond the limits|coercing the prince, and framing the clan, his crime is unforgivable!

The memorial went from the general secretary to the imperial gate, and then to a study in the Imperial Academy, and the ministers were in an uproar.

At this time, none of the censors of the imperial court and the affairs of government impeached Zhang Fu, but Gao Xianning of the Hanlin Academy wrote a letter of impeachment.The ministers quickly came to their senses: this matter was instigated by Yuan Gong's people!

The ministers who used to go in and out of Dongnuange knew the ways of the court very well.The person Gao Xianning wrote three times to establish the crown prince must be the queen; Xu Huizu and other founding heroes, counselors and former ministers and civil officials of King Yan's residence all reached a certain tacit understanding.

Gao Xianning's letter was not instigated by those people, who else?And the person most likely to do this is Yuan Gong, Qing of Taichang Temple, because Yuan Gong's claim on the day King Gu arrived in Beijing was to blame Zhang Fu for all the crimes.

In addition to Zhang Fu and others, there is a gap between those who are close to the queen.Gao Xianning impeached Zhang Fu without authorization, and the inside story of the reason is almost clear!

Guo Zi, Ru Yu and other Ministers of Shangshu were very dissatisfied with this, but they were unable to sit down and blame Yuan Gong.Unexpectedly, Yuan Gong took the initiative to talk about it when discussing matters in the Imperial Academy, and completely denied it.

Yuan Gong also called Gao Xianning to the study room used by the cabinet, and accused Gao Xianning face to face.

Gao Xianning quarreled with Yuan Gong, claiming righteously that there was never an imperial decree to move the vassal, why did the court cover up Zhang Fu's fault?

The ministers did not open their mouths to intervene, and people just watched the "play" of the two people coldly.

Chapter 552 The First Snow

Yuan Gong quarreled with several ministers in the Imperial Academy all afternoon, but nothing was done.

When he walked out of the gate, suddenly a little light white appeared in front of his eyes, which made him recover from his boring thoughts.Yuan Gong took a closer look and found that there were small snowflakes floating on the ground.

He was slightly surprised, when he walked into the Imperial Academy, it was obviously not snowing.So he couldn't help looking up at the sky, only to see that the sky was gray and gloomy deep in the sporadic snowflakes.Snowflakes did not surprise him, but the clouds were just like his state of mind.

Yuan Gong raised his head for a long time, then turned his head to look at the Chengtianmen tower. The gorgeous pavilions and palace walls were covered in snowflakes, and those buildings seemed to be shrouded in a little resentment.

The huge palace is very grand.But when Yuan Gong thought of the emperor living in it and what he was doing at this time, he suddenly felt that the whole palace seemed to have lost its soul, and it was just a building made of earth and wood.

"Alas..." Yuan Gong still sighed to himself, then turned around and walked straight south from the Thousand Steps Corridor.

He walked to the gate of Taichang Temple and paused for a while.It was not yet You time, but Yuan Gong did not return to the government office of Taichang Temple.He went straight out of the imperial city with his chariot and horse entourage.

Yuan Gong sent someone to find a pharmacy, bought two ginseng at random, and ordered the groom to go to Wei Guogong's mansion.

Duke Wei's mansion has been closed to thank guests for many days. Yuan Gong sent a gift, saying that he wanted to visit Duke Wei's condition.The servants of the house led him to wait in the inverted room, and sent someone to serve tea.

After a while, the servant who went in to report came back and asked Yuan Gong to come in and meet Wei Guogong.Most people don't see the sick Duke Wei, but Yuan Gong sees him almost every time.

Yuan Gong saw Xu Huizu, and after saluting, he asked a few questions about his illness.But seeing that Xu Huizu's clothes were disheveled, he put on a robe and didn't even tie his belt; the room was indeed filled with a strong smell of medicine.

"It's snowing outside, the first snow in the capital in the first year of Hongxi." Yuan Gong said weakly.