The Heart of the Red Chamber

The marriage between Wei Ruolan and Shi Xiangyun was decided almost urgently, and within two months, Shi Xiangyun got married in a sedan chair. It is said that the newlyweds are very sweet.

And at this time, a battle report came from the border. Some people from Hanhai State crossed the border to plunder and slaughtered a small village on the border. Although they were defeated when they met the frontier army, most of them were killed and captured. In embarrassment, he fled back to the territory of Hanhai Kingdom.

When the emperor received the military report, he was furious immediately and decided to attack the Hanhai Kingdom. Some ministers wanted to dissuade them, but they were drowned out by more voices calling for war, and the matter became a foregone conclusion.

There are actually quite a few people who want to fight, mainly some honorable families, which have been passed down for nearly a hundred years since the founding of the country, and their titles are almost coming to an end. For the sake of the wealth of their children and grandchildren, they naturally still want to fight on the battlefield. Earn some military exploits so that the title can be promoted, and then the descendants can continue to be rich for several generations.In particular, some families were implicated because of the previous turmoil of seizing the heir, and obviously they were not well received by the emperor in the court, so they might as well go to the battlefield to earn some military exploits and show their loyalty to the emperor.

In most people's minds, this battle must be won. The Hanhai Kingdom is just a tiny country, a land of barbarians. Once the army of the Celestial Dynasty arrives, it will not be wiped out immediately. This battle is purely for the credit!With such thoughts, the people who challenged him naturally exceeded many people's expectations.

Among the people who asked to fight, the king of Nan'an County was the first.The situation of the four kings with different surnames who founded the country has always been in an embarrassing situation. At that time, because of their high meritorious service, they almost reached the point of overthrowing the master, and they had military power in their hands. Taizu had no choice but to give them different surnames for the sake of peace of mind Prince, although there is no hereditary replacement, but because he has military power and guards one side, it is not too difficult to keep his title, so even though several generations of emperors are in the throat, they still guarantee the title of county king in the end.

Among the four kings with different surnames today, the king of Dongping County is a good-natured one. He was just a bastard back then. Acting like a wealthy and idle person, the first emperor would naturally not embarrass him when he saw that he was knowledgeable about current affairs. Instead, he arranged for him a relatively leisurely position in the court, which was tantamount to offering him up.

However, the King of Beijing was unlucky. The previous King of Beijing died a little too early. When Shui Rong inherited the title, he was less than fifteen years old, and his health was not in good condition. Naturally, he couldn't convince his father's subordinates. The emperor seized the opportunity to seize the military power of Prince Jing's Mansion, and removed the forces of Prince Jing Palace in the army one after another. By the time Shui Rong was able to take charge of his own affairs, the dust had already settled. Now, while reciting poems and painting with a group of literati and Qingke, while venting excess energy on various beauties (whether male or female), the emperor is quite relieved.

The King of Xining County has been guarding Ping'an Prefecture for so many years, and he has managed it like an iron bucket, which has made the emperors itch with hatred. However, the emperor is more relieved that the King of Xining County is now middle-aged, and there are only two children under his knees. Daughter, a daughter will naturally not be able to inherit the title. In the future, at most, she will be a princess and marry off. If there is no son, when the king of Xining County dies, everything will come to an end.

So, naturally only the King of Nan'an was left. To be honest, Hanhai Kingdom had always been the King of Nan'an's domain, so it was natural to ask for a fight at this moment.However, if the king of Nan'an County is really allowed to make military exploits, the emperor must be even more embarrassed. The cabinet is quite controversial about this, but the emperor insists on going his own way, and finally decrees that the king of Nan'an County is the marshal to lead an army of 20 to conquer the Hanhai Kingdom.

Quite a number of nobles sent their children to the army to join the war, and the emperor greatly praised them. However, it was just a few words of verbal praise. The treasury was finally filled for two years. Fighting wars, to put it bluntly, is fighting for money!

The 20 troops set off, and everyone expressed optimism about the outcome of the war, and just waited for the victory report, but the household department was still too busy, after all, the logistics still depended on the household department!

When Wang Ren learned that his wife Lin Wan was pregnant again, he suddenly discovered that there were reports of big victories and small victories from the front line from time to time, but it seems that there has been no news for too long now. !

There are quite a few people who realize this, and soon the news came from the front that the king of Nan'an had taken a trick to lure the enemy, and led the army into the enemy's ambush circle, and was finally defeated. The encirclement circle was highlighted, but the besieged army suffered heavy casualties, and those who survived were tragically captured.

When the emperor got the news, it was almost a month after the defeat of the army. The king of Nan'an tried to cover up the news of the defeat, and actually negotiated peace with the people of Hanhai Kingdom in private. Ask for a marriage, and compensation for gold, silver, and silk, and pay for the redemption of the captives.

The Nan'an palace is also moving around, and even the princess of Nan'an County has already found a candidate for marriage - Jia Tanchun of the Jia family, who plans to adopt her as a righteous daughter and marry the Lord of Hanhai.

It's a pity that the emperor got the news before the princess of Nan'an County sent Jia Tanchun out. Order people to escort the king of Nan'an County and related generals back to Beijing pending trial.

Wang Ren felt absurdly that the emperor was actually wishing for this failure.After all, after such a failure, how many generals who were close to several kings with different surnames were implicated, even if the nobles whose sons were captured had a good relationship with the king of Nan'an County, they would be mad this time. In the name of making two-handed preparations, order those courtiers who have children in the army to pay to redeem their own children. Of course, it is hard to say who will get the money in the end.

The Hanhai Kingdom is really proud. They never imagined that they could defeat the army sent by the imperial court so easily. Thinking that the original suzerain country wants to be soft on themselves, the Hanhai Kingdom goes from the leader to the hundreds of people. Officials, they are probably going to get carried away, even if there are sober people who say that they should be careful of the court's revenge, such a small group of discordant voices will be quickly silenced.

So, extreme joy begets sorrow.The general sent by the imperial court this time was originally stationed on the border of Qianxiang Country, which is adjacent to Hanhai Country. There are some similarities in some situations between the two countries. All the villages in the village were massacred and replenished on the spot to cover up the rumors, and finally arrived at the capital of the Hanhai Kingdom smoothly, launched an attack, and finally wiped out the Hanhai Kingdom's main clan and all the officials and nobles, and then turned back directly.

Although he got the news of the complete victory, the emperor showed no mercy to those who made mistakes before. Because the king of Nan'an was defeated in the front and concealed the military report, he even dared to negotiate in private, even if it was said to be a conspiracy He was wronged, and he was directly taken away from the title, and the whole family was turned into common people.Not to mention, the King of Nan'an County was sentenced to death, and a glass of poisoned wine was poured down. After all, the whole body was left behind. Several sons and even nephews were exiled.A group of ministers still want to praise the emperor for his kindness. According to the original crime of Nan'an County King, it is not an exaggeration to punish the nine clans.

As for the unlucky members of the Hanhai Kingdom, the leader of the Hanhai Kingdom cried bitterly and said that he had been begging for mercy because of his phlegm and heart, and his obsession.

The emperor was also straightforward. Anyway, the army had almost emptied the treasury of the Hanhai Kingdom according to the emperor's secret order. If it made things difficult for the Lord of the Hanhai Kingdom, there would inevitably be a group of pedantic civil servants there who would say something that was against the dignity of a great country.After the master of the Hanhai Kingdom released several so-called treacherous culprits according to the emperor's will, he was released, and the prince of the Hanhai Kingdom was left behind. Changan learning is actually a proton.

The Jia family’s previous plan to marry Jia Tanchun to Hanhai Kingdom as a princess has obviously gone bankrupt. The palace of Nan’an County has now become a thing of the past. Embarrassing, although the Jia family will not hand over their granddaughter, but with such rumors before, who else would dare to marry her!

The Jia family didn't know at all, the emperor was already wondering if the Jia family had colluded with the Nan'an County Prince's Mansion, otherwise, why didn't the Princess of Nan'an County choose someone else, but chose a girl from the Jia family!It's just that it's just suspicion, without evidence, the emperor naturally wouldn't attack the Jia family for no reason.

Therefore, Jia Zheng, who was originally sent to Jiangxi to study politics, came back in disgrace. He was charged with rampant slavery and openly extorted bribes. .

Just when everyone thought that the Jia family was going to be in trouble, news came from the palace that Concubine Xiande was pregnant.A group of repeated villains gathered together again, and the group of idiots in Jia's family also rejoiced and became arrogant again.

Just when Wang Ren was thinking about when Jia's family was unlucky, Xue Wang came over and posted a post in person, saying that Xue Pan was engaged.

Xue Pan decided to be Xia Jingui, the only daughter of Osmanthus Xia's family. According to Xue Wang, this Xia Jingui is outstanding in appearance and capable. The most important thing is that Xia's family has only one daughter, and Xia's family is also very rich.Mrs. Sun seemed a little indifferent about this, she didn't have a good impression of Jia's family and Xue's family, she talked to Xue Wang's a few perfunctory words, and then talked to Wang Ziteng when she turned around.