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There is still half a month before the day of dispatching troops, and there are too many things to prepare, Song Ren and Ruan Yunqing can only sleep for an hour or two every day, and they have to get up and get busy for the army to march out.

The court has entrusted the full authority to the prime minister, Liu Tong, while Queen Wei, Shu Shangshu and others were secretly happy because Song Bin was about to go to the front to die.

In this battle, the chance of winning is almost zero. The soldiers at the frontier pass have been battled for a long time, and their bones are soaked in blood. They will chop and kill the enemy like melons and vegetables. Resisted.

Empress Wei watched the changes quietly, and didn't even give Song Yan any face-saving greetings. She just stayed quietly in Likun Palace behind closed doors, tasting tea or admiring flowers every day.The plum blossoms in winter are in full bloom, and she sits in front of the window every day, looking at the red plums that are like blood, with soft eyes.

But Shu Shangshu, the eldest prince and others were three points busier than Song Bin.Although there is no hope of victory, if you want to ensure that Song Bin never returns and dies on the battlefield, you still need to do a lot of tricks.

In the battle ahead, the fight is nothing more than people and weapons, as well as whether there is enough food and grass.With strong soldiers and horses, well-trained, well-equipped weapons, and continuous follow-up food and grass, then this battle will definitely be better than leading a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people who have eaten their last meal and never stopped.Unless God does not open his eyes and the former encounters some unfavorable weather, it is already clear at a glance which side will win.

Emperor Hongyou asked the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household to raise food, grass and troops for Song Ren. Naturally, Shu Shangshu would not miss this great opportunity and play tricks in secret.He has been immersed in the court for many years, and many of the six divisions are old disciples. They are all part of the Shu clan, and privately exclude the prince's faction. They have long wished for the prince's death so that the eldest prince can take the throne, and they can also take a share. The merits of supporting the establishment will lead to high-ranking officials and generous salary in the future, and the title of wife and son.

When Shu Shangshu revealed a word, the ministries began to take action upon hearing the news.Liu Tong originally intended to let the entire army of the Northwest Military Camp go out to fight the rebellion with Song Ren.But the commander of the five cities' soldiers and horses made an anecdote, saying that once the Northwest barracks left, it would be difficult to protect the important area of ​​the capital with only 1 troops under his command. If any rebel army came here, the consequences would be disastrous.

Emperor Hongyou was not scared at first, but he was even more frightened when he heard these words. He scolded Liu Tong, saying that Liu Tong wanted to harm him, and he insisted on keeping all the 20 troops in the Northwest Army camp in Beijing to prepare for the attack. A rainy day.

Tong Liu was almost overwhelmed with anger, he really wanted to ask Emperor Hongyou, in your eyes, besides yourself, do you have any kinship?The one who went to the battlefield was not someone else, but your own son. Even if you take away the status of the prince, he doesn't care about the righteousness of serving the country and the people. He has called you father for more than ten years. Watching her own son go to die, not even willing to give him something to save his life?

It is said that the Tian family is ruthless, and now it seems that it is true.Liu Tong shook his head secretly, this is not the time to fight, and time is running out, so he can only play around and try his best to get more soldiers, horses and food for Song Bin.

Emperor Hongyou was extremely stubborn, especially when it was about his throne and life and death. Rebel.In the end, it was easy to say, the old man was in tears, and most of his hair turned white in a few days, before he was able to pick out 10 horses from the palm of Emperor Hongyou.

In fact, this is superfluous. If Feng Kui really becomes popular and attacks the capital, then the troops in the northwest military camp can only delay the time of subjugation for a few days. Keep Feng Kui out of Huziling, maybe Dongli can still have a chance.

It's a pity that Emperor Hongyou didn't understand at all. Shu Shangshu and others also disregarded the country and the community for their own self-interest. Who should I go with.

After asking for orders to quell the rebellion, the first thing Song Ju did was not to rush to recruit troops.After he returned to Duanhua Palace, he immediately dismissed Ruan Yunqing, found Mo Zheng, and told him, "Go back and pack your things, and take Yun Qing away quickly, the farther the better."

It's going to be bad luck for him to go.Swords and arrows have no eyes on the battlefield, whether he can come back alive, even Song Ren is not sure.He couldn't let Ruan Yunqing follow him to take risks, let alone leave him alone in the capital, so he called Mo Zheng and asked him to take Ruan Yunqing out of the capital quickly to avoid the flames of war.

"Among the four countries, Nanping is the only one that is relatively safe now. Yun Qing's daily use of the lettuce spirit ointment can't be broken. Please explain it first, let Ran Bing make the lettuce spirit ointment and seal it first. When you get to the place where you stay, you can settle down." Come down and let them deliver the things. I have some left over here, and you take them with you, as well as these banknotes, gold leaf, and seals, etc., and you keep them for Yunqing."

While Song Ru was talking, he was thinking quickly in his mind, if he was gone in the future, how would he make arrangements to ensure that Ruan Yunqing had no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life.

Although Emperor Hongyou was timid, he was very optimistic. He sang and danced every day, and played with Qin Ji every night. The battle ahead was in full swing, but he was not affected at all, and he never thought about it. , how should the DPRK and China respond, is Dongli's country going to be handed over?In the next step, whether he will rise up to conquer himself, or move the capital to the south, these things, he has never thought about it.

Emperor Hongyou could think about nothing and spend his days in a daze, but Song Ren had to think carefully for Ruan Yunqing.He is not fully sure about countering the rebellion, if he loses, it is very likely that even the capital will not be safe.With Feng Kui's cruel and tyrannical temperament, once he invaded the capital, he would definitely order the city to be massacred. Although there were guards in the palace to protect him, the main force would be on the royal family. No one would care about the life and death of a young eunuch.

Song Bin couldn't afford to gamble, and with Xiao Yucheng's incident as a precedent, he never dared to let Ruan Yunqing take any risks.

After arranging food, clothing, housing and transportation, Song Ren asked Mo Zheng to select a group of elites from the Eagle Army to follow Ruan Yunqing to protect him.

Holding Song Bin's seal in his hand, Mo Zheng was already full of emotions in his heart. He knew that Song Bin liked Ruan Yunqing, but he really didn't expect that he would like it so much.

Song Ren's private seal can mobilize the prince's six guards and more than 1000 eagle troops under him. Not only that, as long as you take this private seal, you can go to cloth stores, restaurants, silver shops, and business names all over the country. All of the businesses run by Ren in private are as visible as seeing people. With the seal, it means that you have the right to dispose of these trading houses. No matter whether you want to sell or get money, the shopkeepers of these shops will all obey orders.

This private seal, a small one, is carved out of ivory, with no ornamentation on it, plain and unpretentious, only a layer of softness and softness left by years of playing with it in the hands.Holding it, Mo Zheng felt that there was a heavy weight in his hand, because behind it represented Ruan Yunqing's weight in Song Ren's heart.

A person who can give away all his wealth, even things that can be used to save his life in times of crisis, without any hesitation, can be said to be cherished by Song Ren from the bottom of his heart.

Mo Zheng knelt down on one knee, bowed his head to listen to the order, remembered Song Ren's instructions one by one in his heart, carefully put away the private seal, and bowed out of the house.

After Mo Zheng came out, he went straight to Ruan Yunqing's bedroom, pushed the door open and entered, without any regard for etiquette, rummaged through boxes and cabinets, packed some clothes, shoes, socks and some practical things for Ruan Yunqing, made a hasty package, and sat in the room waiting for him He wanted to wait for Ruan Yunqing to come back and take him out of Beijing quickly.

Unexpectedly, Ruan Yunqing came back from the outside after waiting until the moon reached mid-heaven.

As soon as Ruan Yunqing got the news that Song Bin was going to lead troops to suppress the rebellion, he went to Gu Yuanwu to discuss the troops and money that Song Bin could mobilize around him. All that was left were some garrisons stationed in Fanzhen and the state capital. Even if these people were transferred, it was still unknown whether they could listen to Song Bin's orders.

The lack of food and grass is even more lacking. Without Shu Shangshu's manipulation, Gu Yuanwu can calculate it from the papers reported by the Ministry of Households every year.Dongli's treasury was already stretched thin, and Emperor Hongyou was not a man of life at all. He was all about pleasure and built palaces. He built more than ten places just for bathing, and the interior decorations were luxurious. , The pure gold and silver are spent countless times, and the silver is really spent like running water.Even shortly before Feng Kui's rebellion, in order to please the beauties, Emperor Hongyou proposed in the court hall to build a separate courtyard for Qin Ji. place.

At that time, Liu Tong was in a hurry with the emperor. At that time, Feng Kui's whereabouts were unknown, and Liu Tong was furious. When the emperor came again, he couldn't hold back his temper. Reported to the emperor.

In the huge Dongli, there are only more than [-] taels of silver left in the treasury. In case of a natural or man-made disaster, where there is locust plague, hail, or flooding, the silver is only for disaster relief, and it is not likely to be seen. If you can afford it, how can you have any spare money to build another courtyard for the beauties.

Emperor Hongyou muttered for a while, "30 taels is enough to build another courtyard." After a few days of wrangling, if Feng Kui hadn't rebelled, he didn't know how long he would have had trouble with Liu Tong about this matter.

The situation was so precarious, far beyond Ruan Yunqing's expectations, he frowned in worry, and couldn't help asking Gu Yuanwu: "Is there no other way?"

Ruan Yunqing had never fought before, but he also knew the principle that food and grass go first before the army is moved. There is no food in the army, so the soldiers are not willing to go to the front line to work hard, and the horses are not willing to move even if they cannot eat grass.

Gu Yuanwu was silent for a while, then shook his head: "The food stored in the treasury, excluding the reserves left for the disaster, is only enough for daily expenses. Although there is food stored in the Huangzhuang, how can we, the royal relatives, be righteous? , willing to donate food for the country?"

Ruan Yunqing took a bunch of booklets and counted them again carefully. He really wished he could even count the food in the mouse hole, but he barely squeezed out [-] stones of food, which was only enough for hundreds of thousands of troops for a few days.

His heart sank all of a sudden, there was a strong enemy in front of him, and there was no food and grass in the back. What kind of difficulties would Song Ren have to face in order to win this battle?

Ruan Yunqing felt at a loss.He has a tenacious personality. He has been stronger and calmer than children of the same age since he was a child. Since he was sensible, he has been relying on his own efforts to resolve the dangers in front of him again and again.Ruan Yunqing had never been afraid before, but at this moment he couldn't help but panic in his heart.

The panic was like a prairie fire, spreading all over the body in an instant, Ruan Yunqing felt cold all over, and couldn't help shivering.He bowed his head in silence, pondered hard, stood up after pondering for a moment, and said coldly to Gu Yuanwu: "At this moment, we have reached a desperate situation, and we have no choice but to use some extraordinary measures!"

Gu Yuanwu was taken aback. Ruan Yunqing was no longer the child he used to manipulate. He knew this very well. For many days, because of Feng Kui's matter, Gu Yuanwu and Ruan Yunqing had to deal with each other frequently, and he had already seen this child from his words and deeds. , as expected, he is a person who can take on great responsibilities.

But Ruan Yunqing's face turned cold suddenly, he withdrew his usual warm temperament, and suddenly became cold all over, even though Gu Yuanwu had already gotten used to Song Bin's changing temper, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment.