Minister

71【Six Years of Jiankang】

"In the sixth year of Jiankang, in winter, on October [-]th, the Ministry of Pushing Characters of the Northern Army Administration..."

When I dipped the ink again, the ink in the inkstone had already formed a thin layer of ice.Wei Chi stopped his hands, took a breath to warm his numb fingers, and called Chen Hu to come over and soak in some hot water to re-grind some ink.He yelled twice but didn't hear a response. When he went out of the inner room, he found that Chen Hu had curled up into a ball and fell asleep on the chair.Wei Chi blew out the extinguished candle on the table, and opened the closed window, a choking cold wind swept in immediately.Wei Chi coughed twice, but felt that the fatigue from the night had subsided a little, so he wanted to open the window wider.Who knows that no matter how hard you push it, you can't push it away. After a closer look, you find that the snow is so thick that it has bent the black wooden window beams. With a slight sigh, you find a window bar to prop it up, and retract into the house. .

The wind outside the door was whistling fiercely, although there was no sun, the sky seemed to be bright.Wei Chi covered Chen Hu with cold clothes, and turned around to set up an iron kettle to boil water.Looking at the red brazier, Wei Chi rubbed his forehead: "October twenty-eighth, counting from the tenth day, it is already the eighteenth day."And in a trance, it is another new day, twenty-nine!Before, I always hoped that the days would pass faster, but now I dare not think so.Wei Chi sighed heavily!Where will the military rations go today?

I write the garrison log every day, but after entering this Fengyi... every day is more difficult than the previous day, and this day is getting more difficult, when will it end?

In the sixth year of Jiankang, winter, October [-]th... Wei Chi was poking carbon with a firewood when he suddenly heard a "click"!

Chen Hu jumped up on the chair: "Who? What's wrong?"

Wei Chi was taken aback by this man!

Chen Hu ran to the window in a hurry, but he smirked: "...the window was crushed by the heavy snow, hehe..."

Wei Chi couldn't help laughing.Chen Hu propped up the window and walked over: "My lord... the water in the pot is almost dry...".Only then did Wei Chi realize that the iron pot had been steaming white for a long time, so he hurriedly used iron clips to hook the iron pot off.Chen Hu snatched the iron clip from Wei Chi's hand, clamped the iron pot off, and sat on a wooden stand beside him: "My lord has not slept all night, go and rest quickly."

Wei Chi thought for a while, but this time he didn't argue, and asked Chen Hu to pour out the hot water that was going to dissolve the ink, and prepared to wash his face and rest.It was rare for Chen Hu to see Mr. Wei obedient, so he hurriedly ordered to prepare the washbasin.

There was not much water left in the big pot, and it started to get cold after pouring it into the basin, and Wei Chi hurriedly washed his face with boiling water.With the water vapor, Wei Chi thought, this method can always be figured out, people have to take a break, sleep for an hour, let's talk about it when we get up!So I put down my heart on the following things in the sixth year of Jiankang, winter, October [-]th, the Beibingzheng Administration Pushing Character Department...'.

Chen Hu was brooding about the fact that he fell asleep halfway, and after picking up the clothes, he said: "Don't worry, my lord, go to sleep, I'll watch over you! I'll let you know if anyone comes!"

Wei Chi took off his coat, lay on the bed, and thought: I haven't received any pigeons from King Yan since I left Ulanqab. If only one or two pigeons could fly here at this moment, it would be great to cook and eat them!Thinking of this makes me laugh.Chen Hu watched Wei Chi snuggle up to the quilt and smiled secretly, thinking that Wei Chi had come up with some good idea, so he came over and pulled the curtain: "Your Excellency thought of some good idea, got up and gave orders! Go to sleep now!" Naturally, Wei Chi couldn't explain it. Thinking of where to go, he nodded and closed his eyes quickly.

Chen Hu curled up for half the night, feeling stiff and uncomfortable on his back. After seeing that Wei Chi had slept well, he moved the charcoal basin to the chimney to make it more prosperous.Fengyi's place is small, so naturally the yamen is also small. Because of his high official position, Wei Chi lives in General Geng's backyard.This backyard is not a noble place, except that it is more spacious, it looks like the residence of ordinary people in the capital.Another night of heavy snow!Even the foot of the door was buried!Chen Hu spat into the palm of his hand, rubbed it, and started shoveling snow with a large shovel.The shovel creaked into the snow.

Chen Hu's family lives in the north, and they are used to seeing snow, but they have never seen it fall like this—since the snow fell that day, I have never heard of this snowflake. No one can see the person on the other side!I am not on the front line, and I feel unbearably cold when I walk outside, and the soldiers on the city wall don't know how uncomfortable it is.Mr. Wei is on night duty. A few days ago, General Xu asked him to go up the city wall. Later, the snow was too heavy. The generals refused to let him go... Alas, Chen Hu heaved a sigh of relief!This little adult is a person who doesn't know how to cherish himself, how can he bear the coldness on the city wall?

As I was shoveling, I suddenly picked up the bird that had been frozen stiff. Its red beak, small feet and claws were curled up, sealed inside by ice and snow.Chen Hu pulled it out with a shovel. Looking at its flat stomach, it was obvious that it died of starvation in the winter.Can't help thinking of the granary, thinking of Master Wei who couldn't sleep all night, and began to worry about Feng Yi's situation... People are like iron and rice, steel, without food, life is hard, how can I do anything else?

I was in a daze when I heard the courtyard door being slapped.Chen Hu leaned the shovel against the corner, and hurried to open the door.

After opening the door, General Xu squeezed in: "Where is Master Wei?"

Chen Hu was very surprised when he saw it - the artillery outside the city was still ringing!Why did none of these generals come?

"Just rested, and the next official went to call."

Wei Chi felt a little vague when he heard footsteps in the yard. When Chen Hu came in, he had already got off the bed and put on his shoes: "Who's here?"

Without allowing Chen Hu to report, Xu Longshan stepped straight into the door and threw his fur hat on the table: "This battle is impossible!"

Wei Chi winked, Chen Hu showed the officers to sit down, and quickly retreated.

Wei Chi asked while buttoning the button: "General Xu is talking about military rations?"

It was Bi Jiangquan who started the conversation: "Master Wei, how many days are there for the army rations?"

Wei Chi said, "Three days."

After these two words came out, the whole room was silent for a moment.

Huang Jiren stood up and bowed respectfully: "My lord, since yesterday, the food for the soldiers on the top of the city has become much scarcer... You know, you can't go hungry in this battle..."

Wei Chi looked at the ground: "If it doesn't decrease, it won't last for three days!"

Xu Longshan stood up: "The people in the city still have a lot of food! The officials may have been here for many years! These caravans are so rich! They just donate that?"

Wei Chi glanced at Xu Longshan: "I've had all the nice words with Pang Daren, and that's all..."

Xu Longshan's face turned pale: "How can I let them go at this moment?"

Wei Chi poured a glass of water and handed it in front of Xu Longshan: "How can you do something messy at this moment? Since there is still a shortage of food, Pang Daren and I will naturally ask for it..."

Xu Longshan refused to answer, and Bi Jiangquan secretly stabbed him under the arm, but Xu Longshan just ignored him.

Bi Jiangquan flattened his lips, paused, and finally said: "Master Wei, even if the caravans bring out all the food, we can't last for a few days... A few days ago, you said that the court did not provide food, and the King of Qin did not send troops. ...You can see this, no matter how brave we are, what's the use of it? Can this righteousness really be kept?"

Wei Chi pondered in his heart, and he understood!A group of generals came to find me only for their own plans!When talking about the military situation a few days ago, several of them changed their expressions on the spot!It seems that there is no turning point in the past few days, the heartbeat, the heartbeat finally came to one point, did you come to sing the song "Bi Gong" today?

General Geng and the others didn't dare to look for them, and the rest couldn't talk if they looked for them... After all, I'm young and have a high official position, so I'm sure I can find them!

Wei Chi didn't talk, Xu Longshan took a step forward: "It's our duty to work hard for the court! But it's not that the court has no food, it's fine if people don't arrive, why don't we send food? How can we hold on?"

Wei Chi's tone was cold: "What does General Xu mean?"

Xu Longshan didn't expect this civil servant to be straightforward when speaking. He was a little surprised, but when he thought of his brave and vicious appearance in killing the enemy, he also felt that it was his temper.But abandoning the city and fleeing is not an act of a loyal minister and general, so he couldn't help but lower his voice: "Go to Jiaxing..."

"Withdraw troops to Jiaxing?" Wei Chi's tone turned a little colder.

Bi Jiangquan saw that Wei Chi's expression was wrong, so he hurriedly said: "Lord Wei doesn't know something, the way from Fengyi to Jiaxing is Gudao, the same goes for us to garrison in Jiaxing after we got the military rations..."

Before Bi Jiangquan finished speaking, Wei Chi suddenly turned his head and gave him a cold look: "Same? I'm afraid everyone here knows better than me what Jiaxing's city defense looks like! How about going to Gudao? Do we have a boat? Since the imperial court has no documents , even if we go, they will send food?"

Bi Jiangquan took a step back: "...Does Jiaxing have food..."

"If Jiaxing can be defended, why is there a need for righteousness?" Wei Chi snorted coldly: "I'm afraid it's fake to want to go to Jiaxing, but it's true to abandon the city and flee!"

After hearing this, Xu Longshan slapped his giant palm on the table with a 'slap': "I'm so fucking! Isn't it my life to be a soldier? I don't have any food, no people, beat him! I'm stuck here How can you keep guard in the city? You civil servants are so paralyzed that their brains have been filled with shit.

Bi Jiangquan was a little frightened when he saw that Xu was going crazy, and secretly wanted to poke his elbow again.But I didn't expect that there was also a 'pop' here.

"If Feng Yi is lost, the world will be in danger! When the time comes, people will die, how can the few of us bear this crime?" Wei Chi shouted: "General Xu's words are so good! Fighting for the court! A military officer does not want to be loyal to the country , but laughed at me as a civil servant with a rotten mind! Hmph! Scholars are unyielding! Doesn’t the general know shame?”

Everyone in the room didn't dare to speak to Wei Chi's words.

Xu Longshan jumped up in a 'crash': "It's all about these farts! Let me ask you! You bastard is full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, did the court take you to heart!? A hot face with a cold ass! Let me tell you, young man We have also been officials for more than ten years, and the reason behind this is better than you! Do you think you are loyal? A joke! I am afraid that you died happily, and others picked up your bones and sold them for money!"

"Hahahahahahaha"

Xu Longshan didn't expect that Wei Chi would burst out laughing when he heard this... It's just that there was a tinge of desolation amidst the arrogance.

"General Xu," Wei Chi pointed to himself and then to him: "...You and I both come from poor families, and I'm afraid we have the same experience in the warmth and comfort of the imperial court! I am the top three Jinshi, since the imperial examination, you Have you ever heard of Tanhua who was somehow incorporated into the Ministry of War and sent to the front line to fight immediately? I have studied hard for ten years, and the glorious door is indeed what I think in my heart, and the extremely personable minister is indeed what I think in my heart I wish! But... is the imperial court really a mutual affection for me?"

Xu Longshan didn't even expect that Wei Chi, as a civil servant, would say treasonous words, so he was discouraged for a moment and took half a step back.

"General Xu, you have been fighting on the battlefield for more than ten years. Looking at Guanbei, there are countless people who are not as good as you but higher than you... Everyone here! Which one of you is not a soldier who can fight well? But the people in Guanbei How many bastards who only know how to eat and drink sit in high positions and eat vegetarian food? Why? It’s just that there are a few distinguished old men who are willing to give money to their bosses! But!!” Wei Chi suddenly raised his head: "...Everyone knows that apart from Get promoted and get rich, is there anything else to do?"

"It's conscience!" Wei Chi waved his hand violently: "Once Feng Yi loses his hand, tens of thousands of enemy troops will definitely go south! Besides, how about the more than [-] people in Jiaxing? How about reaching the villages and towns along the roads of the capital? General Xu, You were born in Luantun. Wouldn’t the tens of thousands of brutal barbarians outside the city pass by your hometown? Aren’t your parents and brothers there? Don’t you have the heart to give up the feudal justice and let millions of people die together with your parents, relatives and friends? Enemy poisoned?"

"This..." Xu Longshan didn't know this...just...

"For the court...for the court! This is not the time for the court! There is no food! Let's find a way! No one! Let's find a way! Think about the parents, wives and children behind you. Yama!"

The room was quiet and no one spoke.

After a long time, a person stood up.

"Master Wei is not from the north. What does the people in the north have to do with him? He is not enough. In Lao Tang's eyes, he is just a half-grown boy... But, he is not afraid. Why are we old men so afraid? ?” The speaker, Tang He.

Wei Chi was a little surprised.

"...Master Wei is right, Fengyi fell... Even if we escaped this catastrophe, we would not be able to escape the punishment of the court. It would be better...hehe, just like what Master Wei said, it would be better for the parents, wives and children behind us Fight to the death! What's more, which one of us is not the one who escaped death? Can Master Xiao Wei laugh at you?" Tang He took the cup from Bi Jiangquan's hand and handed it to Xu Longshan: "General, Old Tang also I said some bastard words and actually confused you, today's plain words made my subordinates understand... I just ask the general to believe in my old Tang's eyes! He’s not a bookworm full of big ideas, please trust him! Everyone saw that on the city wall that day, so why should we divide civil and military affairs now? He’s a good brother who lives in one place and dies in a bundle!”

Huang Jiren is an honest man, and he was ashamed by Wei Chi's words. His hometown is also in the north, and his parents are too old to survive this catastrophe!A few days ago, I only thought about how the city could not be defended. When General Xu wavered, he also encouraged him... Now that I think about it, I really...

"General Xu!" Huang Jiren knelt down with a bang: "Let's guard!"

Xu Longshan was in a bit of a dilemma. He has fought for many years and knows what can be defended and what cannot be defended!This Fengyi is already an isolated city, where is there any hope?But because of emotion and reason, he couldn't leave... It's just that he was unwilling to be greeted coldly by the court, and after chilling, he thought, the emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuchs are in a hurry!What is the purpose of the soldiers fighting to the death?There is a festival!But where will we eat tomorrow?Didn't he die in battle but starve to death in this Fengyi City?

"Everyone!" Wei Chi took the cup from Tang He's hand and forced it into Xu Longshan's hand: "Yu family is in the country, we can't retreat now! How can a man spare his life in the world? I hope you will fight with me to the death." Fight! Even if you are in a desperate situation in the future, you still need to stick to it, and never give up!"

Having said all this, Xu Longshan had no choice but to go all out and swallow the glass of cold water in one gulp: "Okay! Damn it! You are also a kind! But remember, our life is in your name Already!" You looked around and said, "From now on! Who's lucky enough to get out alive! Remember to put some wine and meat steamed buns for the brothers every year on the [-]th day of the Lunar New Year, and do a religious ceremony!"

After all, he threw the teacup on the ground fiercely and said, "Let's go!"

When Xu Longshan went out, Tang He stayed half a step, turned his head and whispered to Wei Chi: "...When we return to the capital! Lao Tang will take you to the brothel!" Hehe laughed: "What's so good about holding a husband?" ?" After speaking, he patted Wei Chi on the shoulder and walked out.

kidney?Kiln?

Wei Chi stretched his neck, blinking his eyes.

Chen Hu sent the generals away, and hurried into the house: "My lord! Are you going to find Mr. Pang Da...? Huh?"

But he saw Wei Chi's face was soft, and he covered his mouth and smiled.

"Aren't we arguing?" Chen Hu thought while looking at the broken porcelain cups on the ground.

"Let's go!" Wei Chi took his coat: "Let's go to Pang Da first!"

The author has something to say: As the pressure increases, there must be people who waver.

but!Everyone!come on!