Don't go down if you have a kind [Rebirth]

The next day the Great Court.

Obviously, no one fell asleep except Emperor Xiong last night.

General Hei Shou of the Red Fat Team stayed at the back of the palace, and handed over the paper, saying: "Your Majesty, the great river broke down in the south. General Pang led the soldiers to rush to repair the embankment. It is an emergency, so I apologize for not being able to report it in time!"

Zhang Subaru, with one arm dangling, regained his combat effectiveness: "Fart! The dam collapsed! If it collapses, the local government will rush to repair it! If it doesn't work, it will be reported to the six departments. It is really urgent. The Ministry of Housing and Industry will send people out. Get your military government dogs and mice!"

Yin Zhan of Liuzhou Goatee Mansion, who hangs on the tower, said slightly: "Master Zhang's words are wrong. The purpose of raising and training soldiers is to protect the people of one side. Fighting the enemy is a war, and fighting the sky is also a war. Flood disaster, our soldiers go to rescue the common people, how can we say that it is a dog taking a mouse?"

"Sophistry!" Li Mingchong said, "It's not that the army should not rush to repair the dam, but that the army needs to be dispatched by the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Officials, and His Majesty. General Pang is going to take away [-] soldiers and horses from the city. , sinful conspiracy!"

General Hei Shou pointed his nostrils at Li Mingchong: "Lord Li, you should think about it before you say it. The Yushitai has the responsibility of admonishing and supervising, but you will also have to bear the blame for slandering Zhongliang by talking nonsense!"

Wei Pei probably fell ill from the rain yesterday, his complexion was not very good, and he spoke in a nasal voice: "General, you said that General Pang went to rush to repair the dam, so how dare you ask where he went to repair the dam, and how was the disaster there? The farmland and houses were destroyed. How? How about the casualties of the people? Since the general set off after learning of the disaster, he must have known about it. If you don’t explain clearly, you can’t make people believe that he is rushing to repair the embankment. Don’t you think so, Mr. Hu?”

Mr. Hu is the governor of the goatee.When Wei Pei was negotiating with the King of Yue for food, this old guy even gave Mr. Wei a collection of poems that I sold to Liuzhou to make friends with.The old man squinted his eyes and glanced at Wei Pei, then looked mysteriously at the people from the household department and the engineering department beside him.

Today's six important positions are almost all occupied by those with the "Mayfly" brand, those sent by the Yue King's army, the newly promoted scholars of Liuzhou Enke, and the rich who donated officials. The Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry are no exception. The goatee caught his gaze and lowered his head, not daring to speak.

Wei Yanliu stood at the end of the line again, and said kindly: "My lords, please calm down a little bit. One thing is one thing. Your Majesty has already punished General Pang for his disrespect in front of the imperial court. Whether Master Zhang's performance yesterday is true or not will be decided later." It will be discussed with the various ministries, right now we just need to know whether General Pang led [-] troops without orders to rush to repair the dams of the Dajiang River, if that is the case, there is a reason for this, His Majesty will definitely be lenient."

His Majesty was noncommittal, sitting high and watching Aiqing quarrel with cold eyes.

General Hei Shou glanced around and saw that everyone was silent for a moment, so he couldn't hold back and blurted out: "General Pang did not leave until he received an emergency report of the disaster! The dam collapsed in the area of ​​the Lujiang River in the south, and the farmland and houses were flooded. Guan Tian, ​​it is extremely urgent, do you want to wait until after the reports have been reported, and the corpses are all over the field before sending people over!"

"Presumptuous." Emperor Xiong suddenly said softly.

The officials who kept their ears up while arguing were silent for a while.

"Presumptuous!" I yelled over the emperor's nephew's voice, kicked open the side door and rushed into the main hall, "What are you! How dare you be so arrogant!"

For many days, everyone probably knew that there was a Taishanghuang who listened to the wall at the daily court meeting, but they didn't know that the Taishanghuang would pop out suddenly, and they were all startled.

The black and thin general had excellent concentration and courage: "The last general, Chen Duo, the captain of the Yuejun Chariot Guards, heard that the emperor was recuperating from illness, why did he enter the court?"

"Oh," I put my hands in my sleeves, lest I couldn't help hitting someone, "Chen Duo, right?"

Wei Pei and the others suddenly had so much skill in flattery, and they knelt down one after another. I picked up one, and when I turned around, I saw Emperor Xiong standing up from the throne, frowning and looking at me: "Ten..."

"Lord Hu," I left the back of my nephew's angry head, and turned to the governor of the goatee, "I heard that you are in charge of the Chui Gongtai now, and the six departments are probably your disciples. Right now, the Chui Gongtai and the six departments have separate screening and refutation memorials. And the duty of forewarning in case of emergency, then I have three questions to ask Mr. Hu."

The goatee was holding the wat board, and turned his eyes to look at the throne——Emperor Xiong did not know when he made a "honest handover" posture under the side of the throne, facing me with arms folded and eyes down.

Seeing the emperor standing up, all the ministers did not dare to stand upright, and they all seemed to shrink their heads like ostriches for a while.

The goatee also bowed his head: "This minister knows everything and answers."

"One, Pang Hong has a memorandum requesting that the property that Zhao Shuo and Xue Meng of Xizhou seized from Qiao Yueshi be collected into the national treasury first, and then dispatched by the Ministry of Household Affairs. This memorandum was submitted three times within half a month. Handed over, the holy pen rejected it twice, and added three ink criticisms on the vertical arch platform," I took out this book from my sleeve, "the first one, the ink criticism: 'Military affairs are urgent, play it. It should be called back to Pang Hong's mansion. The second ink criticism is "Military affairs are urgent, let's play it", and Zhu's criticism is "Let's discuss it again, think it over." It should be called back to Pang Hong's residence. The third ink criticism is still "Military affairs are urgent , play on', Zhu Pi... oh Zhu Pi, you haven't seen it yet, look, the word 'no' was approved."

I will show the big red cross to everyone.

Goatee changed his face slightly.

"Well," I flipped through a page, "The point is not Zhu Pi, Mr. Hu, is the Chui Gongtai Ink Piece an engraving restoration? And General Pang, did this paper fail to reach his house, or did he not know Zhu Pi? Those few words, submitted repeatedly, why not make a single word change, such a note can be sent to the emperor's desk repeatedly, is it he Pang Hong who is blind, or Master Hu who is blind?"

"Here," Goatee said, "Pang Hong's excerpt is concise and clear. I think that there is probably no need to change it. Besides, there has never been a law that prohibits repeated submissions..."

"Okay." I took the note to him, "Then two, assuming that General Pang and Master Hu are not blind, and Daxing's laws must be familiar. The laws say that no matter who they are, there is no special edict. You are not allowed to bring weapons to the palace, Pang Hong not only wears weapons to the palace, but also hurt people because of the quarrel with his colleagues, did you witness this with your own eyes? Oh yes, Your Majesty, you have not given General Pang a special edict, have you?"

Emperor Xiong nodded slightly.

General Heishou said: "It's just because there are no such rules for discussing affairs in front of the Palace of the King of Yue, and General Pang is negligent..."

"Small section?" I turned to General Heishou again, "Three, General Chen Duo, you have already answered half of the answer for Master Hu just now. Before General Pang Hong ordered the [-] garrison in the city to move out, he actually received the report that the Lujiang dam in the south had burst. Emergency report."

"Exactly." General Hei Shou stared at me vigilantly and nodded stiffly.

"Okay," I turned to Chuigongtai and the six departments like a spinning top, "Then when did the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, and Mr. Hu receive the disaster report?"

Several people from the Ministry of Industry hesitated to speak: "At..."

"If it was earlier than Pang Hong," I cut off their conversation, "can it be speculated that you gave him the news about Pang Hong?"

"How could the ministers deliver this matter directly to the military office?" The Ministry of Industry hesitated.

"Oh?" I finally seized the opportunity, "You have not sent any news to Pang Hong, and you have not officially reported the disaster situation to His Majesty so far. Then Pang Hong learned about this catastrophe of people's livelihood before His Majesty, not to mention that he came from Where did you get the news, such a delay in reporting current events, what is the use of the imperial court wanting you bastards? Can His Majesty punish you immediately for the crime of dereliction of duty according to the laws of Daxing?"

Most of the accounts were donated by officials, and they panicked for a while: "Your Majesty! The minister and the Ministry of Accounts only received the news last night, and they have already prepared the scriptures overnight, but they suddenly encountered General Pang... the minister... "

"Where is Hongdu Lingyin!" I haven't learned anything else for many years, and the skill of suppressing roars is the essence, "Let's count the crimes of these people!"

"My minister is here," Wei Pei responded, "Pang Hong, one, colluding with the Qiang bandits, allowing the enemy to harass the people; two, communicating with the six ministries, buying and selling military supplies; three, wearing a sword in front of the palace, disrespecting the power of heaven; four, forming a clique Hanging the arch, despising the rules; five, mobilizing troops without orders, deliberately plotting rebellion..."

"Wei Pei!" General Hei Shou shouted angrily, "Stop talking nonsense!"

"Stop talking nonsense?" Wei Pei smiled lightly, and turned to Chen Duo, "This general, there used to be an adult in the capital who often said this. Military exploits, and the new law of the late Emperor Longjia was promoted internally, and the world was peaceful. But now this lord died in the battle in Kyoto. General Chen, how do you think you are compared to him?"

Chen Duo was so angry that his face was black and red.

Wei Pei rubbed the center of his brows, and said with a strong nasal voice: "Let me tell you who died in the northern war: the son of this lord just now, the first emperor in Longjia's 41 year imperial pen hand-picked the number one scholar, the secretary of Dali Temple Jing Zhaoyin, drafter of the disarmament order, young supervisor of the General's Mansion, and Xue Shang, the governor of Kyoto during the Five Kings' Rebellion. Just now, the same level as this adult, Zhao Guang, the prime minister of the three dynasties. Among Zhao Ge's in-laws, Jiang's children, There are Jiang Jing, the commander of the Yulin Army, and Jiang Bi, the commander of Yuan Tiqi. Zhao Ge’s old student, Minister of the Ministry of War, Yang Quanwu, and Yang Quanwu’s son, Yang Jiuling, the editor of the Imperial Academy. Oh, you probably don’t know about it when you go to the Imperial Academy, but you must all I have heard of King Yan."

A dead silence.

Wei Pei looked around with a sincere attitude, and then his eyes fell on the donors and Enke's newly admitted group of people: "How do you think you compare to them?"

No one feels inferior to others.Especially those who entered the court as officials, if they fail to do well, they are all due to bad luck, and it is impossible to have problems with their own talents.Everyone must be angry in their hearts, but for a moment no one dared to answer Mr. Wei's words.

Master Wei chatted with the air: "If you think you are much stronger than them, why don't you dare to fight the Qiang people? If you think you are inferior to them, then guarding the south like this is hoping that the Qiang people will one day eat fast and chant Buddha, and quit greedy and murderous ?"

Outside the hall began to rumble and thunder again.The hall was very dark for a while, and the waiter went in to light the lamps.There was a crackling sound, and it was almost noon.

"Avoid war," said Goatee Fuyin, "it's temporary. Liuzhou has just experienced a war, and Xiliang Prefecture has also just experienced disarmament. After grinding, they came to the south and suffered heavy losses. Now the Qiang people in the north have not moved, and we have not yet reached the point where we must fight. The most urgent thing is to rectify people's livelihood, prepare military resources, and train elite soldiers..."

Wei Yan stayed at the end of the team, and leisurely went to cut a lantern, holding the silver scissors and said to the crowd: "Master Hu's words are not without reason, and the Qiang people probably don't understand this truth. When they also calm down, Are we better off than we are right now?"

Goatee said: "Mr. Wei thinks that the chances of winning are even more sporadic right now? Although Zhu Le, Apunu, Huqier, and even His Highness Heyang are holding back each other, if the two sides really go to war, the Qiang people will still be the same after all." Qiang people."

Wei Yanliu put down the lamp scissors, slipped to the side of the aisle, and walked forward: "Master Hu, have you ever heard that about half a month ago, Hu Qier led the silver cavalry to occupy the capital of Qiangxi Dama Grassland, and Zhu Le Hearing that, retreating his red bronze cavalry northward from the area around Mount Dogya, the southern palace of Zhongzhou? Most of the Dama Grassland has been the capital of the Qiang people for hundreds of years. After all, the Qiang people are still Qiang people. In Zhu Le’s eyes, It must be more important than Daxing’s Kyoto.”

Goat Hu Mo said silently: "Even so, there are nearly [-] 'National Protectors' in the five northern states, and His Highness Heyang still has the Qiang Golden Platform and Golden Cavalry in his hands... Mr. Wei is also a Taoist. The origin of His Royal Highness Yang's 'National Defense Army'."

"Lord Hu," Wei Yanliu smiled, "What is the 'Tao' of the people in my Tao?"

The goatee was probably very upset, showing a "you can shut up" expression.

Wei Yanliu stood in front of the goatee, and cupped his hands amiably: "The fate of the world is like a torrent, and the big waves wash away the sand. Born here, most of the time, there is no chance of winning. Fight immediately, and fight after a few years. In fact, there is only a slight chance of winning..."

"Report—" At this moment, there was an urgent report from outside the hall, "Great victory at Canine Tooth Mountain! The Ping An camp will restore the South Palace!"

"What!" The crowd was in an uproar, "When did the Ping'an camp send out soldiers?"

"The key is," Wei Yanliu continued calmly, "With such a small chance of winning, when the big waves come, where do you stand, and whether you dare to go head-on."

"Report—" Another urgent report, "The Qiang Golden Cavalry and the 'National Guard Army' attacked south! The Ping'an Camp asked if they would retreat!"

"What!" The crowd was in an uproar again.

"No withdrawal." Emperor Xiong resolutely uttered two words amidst the quarrel, loudly.

The strong wind blew the rain curtain, and the jade beads crackled like broken jade, and the backs of the court clothes of a row of people near the entrance of the hall were wet.The lights in the hall flickered.

Emperor Xiong's face was hidden behind the crown, and he said beyond doubt: "Immediately dispatch the Xi and Liang prefectures to support. Since Pang Hong went to the south to rescue the disaster, he will never come back again. Chen Duo, the [-] Yue troops in Lingnan are now under your leadership. , I ordered your army to cross the mountain to the north, advance, seize the southern half of Zhongzhou and Qingzhou, retreat, and defend the natural moat of Qiuhongling, can it be done?"