The eldest son of the red mansion

Jia Ke was a little embarrassed and said, "This is the first time for me to go to court, and I am too embarrassed to ask others. I am afraid that others will say that I am short-sighted. It seems that this time is a joke."

Jia Ke and Eunuch Zhao chatted without saying a word, and soon the sky was bright, and ministers of civil and military affairs came one after another. Seeing this scene, Jia Ke felt like Eunuch Zhao was leaving.

Jia Ke followed the crowd to the gate of Qianqing, where several officials were already waiting. Jia Ke was young and did not know them.So I can only stand by myself, waiting boredly.

It took about half an hour. At this time, more people came to court. Jia Ke was bored when he heard someone shout, "Nephew Jia, come here."

Jia Ke followed the voice and saw an elder in his fifties greeting Jia Ke with a smile on his face.I saw this man wearing a pure white hairpin tassel and silver-winged king hat on his head, a five-clawed dragon white python robe from Jiangya seawater, and a jasper red belt. His face was like white jade, and his long beard was on his chest.

When Jia Ke saw this person, he still knew him. He remembered that when he performed martial arts in Jia's teaching field, this old man took good care of him. This is the old prince of Beijing.His family and Jia's family have had friendship for generations, and they also helped each other in the court.

Jia Ke hurriedly trotted over, and bowed in front of King Beijing Jing, "Boy Jia Ke, I have seen the old prince."

King Beijing Jing stepped forward to help Jia Ke up, patted his arm and said with emotion: "When I met you back then, I was still a teenager. I didn't expect to see you for a few years. You have become a marquis, and you are the head of the town."

"I can't afford to be praised by the old prince. Jia Ke only has a little bit of merit, and I have been favored by the emperor. I am today." Jia Ke said modestly.

Old Wang Beijing laughed heartily, "You are more humble now than before. It was really arrogant to perform martial arts in the teaching field back then. It seems that you are still training people outside. In just a few years, you have made the former All those problems have been corrected.”

"The old prince praised me absurdly. Back then I was young and did nothing. Now that I have experienced outside for a period of time, I realized my ignorance back then." Jia Ke replied a little ashamed.

While they were talking, the quiet whip at the gate of Qianqing suddenly rang, which was to make the courtiers quiet and enter the palace gate one by one.And this static whip represents the authority of the emperor, and in etiquette it represents the meaning of being able to whip courtiers.

King Bei Jing heard the sound of the static whip, and said to Jia Ke: "My nephew is going to court for the first time, and some rules are not clear to me. You will follow me closely in a while, and I will take care of you."

Jia Ke was naturally very grateful to the old prince. Since the first time they met in the teaching field, the old prince has taken good care of him. It would be a lie to say that he is not grateful.It seems that in order to get closer to this old prince in the future, he will also have a helper in the court.

So King Beijing was in front, and Jia Ke followed closely, and they entered the main hall of Qianqing Gate together.After entering the main hall, civil servants are on the left and military officials are on the right, arranged on both sides according to rank.

As Marquis of Wuyang, Jia Ke unexpectedly ranked among the top few. The other Jiedu envoys who came to reinforce him were far behind Jia Ke.

After everyone stood in line, they did not wait quietly like in the film and television drama, but whispered to each other, discussing how to retreat from the enemy. At this time, Jia Ke heard the King of Beijing asking: "Xian How do you think your nephew should retreat from the enemy?"

Jia Ke listened to King Beijing's question, and it was hard to be perfunctory, so he told the truth: "The Tatars came this time, one is to plunder supplies, and the other is to test the reality of our dynasty. I am afraid that people will invade every year, and even have the idea of ​​​​annexing the Central Plains. In my opinion, we should set up a battle and lead them to confront each other head-on. And win the battle. In this way, one punch can be used to avoid hundreds of punches. If a battle is won, the Tatars will not dare to look south for at least five years."

After hearing Jia Ke's words, King Beijing Jing couldn't help but nodded.In the past few years, the Tatars have been invading southward every year, and the court has been devastated. If you don't take this opportunity to give the Tatars a hard time, I'm afraid they will get worse.It’s just that he was a little worried. The Tatars have always been fierce. If the imperial army confronted them, they might not be able to win. However, he thought of the day when Jia Ke came, he led the cavalry to gallop back and forth among the Tatars, and no one was his opponent. .If the army and horses from Xuanfu Town were used as the central army, and various other people and horses were used as assistants, it would be possible to fight the Tatars in the field.

King Beijing thought so much because the emperor had recruited him into the palace a few days ago and had discussed with him that he would be the commander-in-chief to lead the armies in this battle against the Tatars.

Chapter 224

All the civil and military personnel in the court hall were discussing in low voices. At this time, the doctor Yushi next to him saw that the time was almost up, and the emperor would come right away.So he came out of the class, stood in the center and said loudly: "Everyone, civil and military, should be quiet, and don't make any more noise, otherwise you will be punished according to the law."

It is his duty for the doctor to do this, and every time the emperor is in a great dynasty, there will be such a thing.

All the civil and military officials fell silent when they heard the censor doctor's words. Sure enough, not long after, the emperor entered from the back hall of the Qianqing Palace and sat on the throne with the support of the eunuchs.

The emperor sat on the throne, and Dai Quan, who was next to him, stepped forward according to the rules and shouted loudly: "All ministers, if you have a book, you will play it early, and if you don't have a book, you will retreat."

The three cabinet scholars Li Lu, Yan Mu, and Pan Yong went out of class and knelt in the court together, and said at the same time: "Your Majesty, the army of the capital is now gathered, and they are no longer afraid of the Tatars. Whether you want to send troops to fight, please Your Majesty Make a decision." This should have been discussed a few days ago, and today is just a formality.

The emperor heard what the three great scholars said above, and asked the officials below: "The three great scholars are right. What other ministers have to say, now is the time to speak freely."

Liu Wan, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, the hundreds of thousands of troops gathered in the capital now cost money and food, so it is better for the army to fight as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will be a long time, and I am afraid that the food and grass will not be enough."

This is a disadvantage of the Central Plains Dynasty. In many battles, it is not the bravery of the sergeants on the battlefield and the strategy of the coach that determine the outcome of the battlefield, but the supply of food and grass in the logistics.

During several wars against Houjin in the last years of the Ming Dynasty on Earth, if it wasn't for the lack of food and grass, the emperor urged the commander in front to fight the decisive battle with Houjin.The Ming Dynasty will not lose so badly.

The materials needed by the grassland peoples to come to the Central Plains are all nearby plunders, and their food and grass supply is very easy, so they can fight the Central Plains peoples for a relatively long time.Furthermore, relying on their immediate skills, they can come and leave whenever they want, so the Central Plains people have nothing to do with them for a long time.

The other important ministers also talked about it, but most of them agreed to a decisive battle as soon as possible. They knew the supply of food and grass in the capital.There are nearly a million people in the capital alone, and these people also need to eat. Adding hundreds of thousands of troops, the little food that the emperor confiscated may not last long.

The emperor sat on the top and listened to the discussion below. Seeing that all the ministers agreed to a decisive battle, he opened his mouth and asked: "Since all the ministers agree to a decisive battle as soon as possible, then I don't know who will be the leader to lead the army."

When the emperor asked such a question, the officials below immediately kept silent, because it was related to the military power of hundreds of thousands of troops, and it was not easy for them as subordinates to speak out.

Seeing that all the ministers were silent, the emperor opened his mouth and said, "Since you don't have any suitable candidates, then I will order generals. Wang Shuixiao of Beijing (made up)."

When King Beijing heard the emperor's roll call, he immediately got out of the class and knelt down, saying: "My lord, Shui Xiao is here."

"You are a veteran in the battlefield for many years. I think you will be in charge this time. How about you?"

King Beijing touched the ground with his head and respectfully replied: "Although I am not talented, I still have a heart of loyalty to the country. If Your Majesty lets you lead the army, if you can't win, please kill me as an old man."

"Prince Beijing, you must remember what you said. If you can't win, you will be beheaded. If you win a big victory, I will definitely reward you." The emperor said with a serious expression.

This time the emperor was a bit of a gamble. He had had enough of the invasion of the Tatars over the years.This time I intend to teach the Tatars a lesson, so I put all my eggs in one basket to fight the Tatars.However, the emperor still kept back. The 15 troops of the three major battalions did not need to go out to fight.When winter came, the enemy army naturally retreated to the grassland.

King Bei Jing said impassionedly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, this time the Tatars will surely know how powerful they are."

In fact, regardless of the impassionedness on the surface of the King of Beijing, in fact, he is also beating the drums in his heart. Although he fought against the grassland people a few times when he was young, the troops he led at that time were much stronger than the current ones.

Now King Beijing Jing said that because of helplessness, the emperor has already ordered generals, can you still refuse?Fortunately, he knew that Jia Ke's soldiers and horses were still very elite. Even if they couldn't win, they could rely on Jia Ke's soldiers and horses to maintain an invincible situation with the Tatars. His old life could be saved.

The emperor was still a little worried, but at this point there was nothing to confess, so he winked at Dai Quan next to him.

Dai Quan comprehended, picked up an imperial decree from the imperial case, stood on the imperial steps and read aloud: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict said: The Tartars are rampant, they lead the invasion of our territory, don't think of favors, lead the beasts to eat people, Today, the Heavenly Army is launched to conquer disobedient ministers. Wang Xiao of Beijing started in the army and has served in the army for several generations. Now he is the marshal and orders all the generals.

King Bei Jing immediately knelt forward a few steps, raised his hands high, and said loudly: "Minister, Shui Xiao accepts the order, thank you Lord Long for your kindness, my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

Dai Quan walked down the imperial steps and put the imperial decree in his hands.King Beijing received the imperial decree, but before he stood up, the emperor spoke again: "You go to rectify the army now, let the army camp outside the city, and fight the Tatars."

"Sir, Shui Xiao respectfully obeys the Holy Order."

After the emperor instructed Shui Xiao, he said, "Where is Prince Teng, the envoy of the Jingying Festival?"

Wang Ziteng hurried out of duty, knelt down at the foot of the imperial steps, and shouted: "Your Excellency, the Beijing Camp Festival envoys Wang Ziteng to meet you."

"Start to rectify the Beijing camp from now on, immediately go to the top of the city to defend, and don't let the Tatars take advantage of it."

Wang Ziteng immediately kowtowed and replied: "My lord, let's rectify the army's defense of the city, so that the capital will not be troubled."

Seeing that today's business has been finished, the emperor said: "All the ministers and workers still have something to play, come and play as soon as possible, if there is nothing else to play, they will all be dispersed."

Everyone knew in their hearts what happened today, the Selectors would defeat the Tatars, and other matters could be discussed after the Tatars had retreated, so they all remained silent.

Seeing that all the ministers had nothing else to say, the emperor gave Dai Quan a wink, and Dai Quan took a few steps forward, came to the imperial steps and shouted loudly: "Retire."

Today's court meeting ended like this. It didn't take half an hour from the beginning of the court meeting to the last court dispersal. Jia Ke stood there the whole time without saying a word. From Jia Ke's point of view, what was decided at the court meeting today may have been decided a long time ago. The emperor discussed with several confidant ministers, today's court meeting is just a formality.

After the court dispersed, the crowd went out in twos and threes, and Jia Ke was still closely following the King of Beijing. When he was about to reach the gate of the palace, the King of Beijing turned around and said to Jia Ke, "Go back and bid farewell to your family, and then lead the people out of the city to set up camp. , I will let the other ministries set up near you, and then my big tent will be set up in your big camp."

If someone else heard this, it might feel normal.But when Jia Ke heard this, he felt something was wrong. According to Jia Ke's understanding, if the king of Beijing wanted to set up a large tent in the army, he should set it up in Liaodong Jiedu, which has the most soldiers and horses and the highest status among the various envoys. In the army, now he wants to set up a big tent in his army. There must be some reason he doesn't know.

But Jia Ke didn't ask, but nodded in agreement. The King of Beijing Jing nodded in satisfaction, and went straight back to the mansion in the sedan chair.

Jia Ke didn't dare to neglect, stepped out of the palace gate, rode back to the mansion immediately, and arrived at the Rongguo Mansion.Instead of going to the inner courtyard, he went directly to Jia Zheng's outer study, where Jia Zheng was waiting for him.