History of Yongwu

Yuyang

Qin Yu looked at the well-trained Yan Wangjun, and his heart calmed down a little. He found that when he kept his hatred and grief in his heart and only focused on calculations, time would pass quickly, and spring would bloom again before his eyes.

"My lord, the imperial court came to ask again, when will I send the concubine back to Beijing?" Wang Meng stood aside and said.

"Tell them that the road is dry at the beginning of March, and this king will escort the concubine back." Qin Yu went back perfunctorily without even thinking about it.

The battle between King Qi and Qin Zheng is not far away, but the incident in Yuyang made the court suspicious. Qin Zheng is self-willed, but indecisive. There are ministers he bribed in the court, and the Yongshou Palace insists on their own opinions. Qin Zheng can't take it for a while. Accurate own attitude, and don't want to make enemies hastily, so I want to use the matter of my mother and concubine to call myself to Beijing.

"My lord, the capital city is not as dangerous as the general will bring [-] cavalry to escort the lord," Wang Meng said behind Qin Yu.

"It's a big taboo for a vassal king to bring troops into the capital. This king can go by himself. You lead the army in the fief and tell Beihu to be quiet for a while." If you can go, you will come back safely. It just so happens that Qin Yu also wants to see the capital. In this situation, give his good brother a reassurance.

In early spring and March, the tree sprouts new shoots.On the official road outside the capital, the King of Yan's escort team was so mighty that the end could not be seen at a glance.

"My lord, people from the imperial court are here to welcome you," the guard whispered towards the carriage.

Qin Yu looked forward, and there was a group of people standing not far away, holding a guard of honor, obviously coming to greet him.Thirty miles out of the city to meet you, Your Majesty really thinks of me.

With a chuckle, Qin Yu got out of the car and walked quickly to the front, and bowed his hands respectfully as a nephew, "Master Prime Minister"

The prime minister hurriedly took a step back and let the gift go, "The concubine passed away. The empress dowager and your majesty were very sad when they heard about it. They ordered me to welcome you here again to comfort the filial piety of the prince. Please accept this big gift quickly. I can't afford it." "

Qin Yu paused, looked up at the prime minister in embarrassment, and said in a low voice, "The prime minister knows that my mother and concubine passed away, and this king was in great grief. He couldn't protect the spirit and go to Beijing as soon as possible. "As he spoke, he took out a brocade box from behind, handed it to the prime minister and said, "The prime minister will explain to His Majesty more for Xiao Wang."

The prime minister was taken aback, he never thought that King Yan would bribe him in front of so many people, he did not reach out to take the brocade box, but stood with his hands behind his back, straightened his waist slightly, glanced sideways at King Yan, and said, "Where did the lord say?" If so, His Majesty will definitely understand the filial piety of the prince, as for this gift, you should personally present it to His Majesty."

"Uh, this king is confused, confused!" Qin Yu was embarrassed again, and was very grateful to the prime minister for giving him this step.

The soul-seeking team and the honor guards who greeted them were mighty and mighty, walking extremely slowly, and it took half an hour to reach the city gate.The guards of King Yan's Mansion were left outside the city, and Qin Yu entered the capital alone. After enshrining the concubine's spirit seat into the Taimiao, the eunuch who passed the decree immediately took him outside the Hall of Zhaohe, waiting to be summoned.

Under the imperial steps, the King of Yan bowed his hands with a respectful expression, and kicked his brocade boots lightly on the ground, like a young prince who was pretending to be calm.

"Xuan, King Yan enters the palace"

Qin Yu was startled by the shout, he reacted quickly and straightened his clothes, bowed his head and entered the hall, he walked quickly into the hall with small steps.

"My minister kowtows to His Majesty, long live my emperor!" Qin Yu knelt three times and kowtowed nine times, falling down on the ground.

"Haha the sixth brother is so polite, please get up quickly, and someone will give you a seat." Emperor Jing said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Qin Yu thanked him, and carefully sat down against the edge of the chair.

"Sixth brother is coming from far away, how is the journey?" Emperor Jing asked with concern.

Qin Yu turned towards Emperor Jing, bowed his body slightly and said, "Your Majesty protects you, everything is well, and my brother's guardian spirit came late, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

"The concubine's new funeral, I'm afraid the sixth brother is too sad, I know." Emperor Jing stared at him for a while, and then said slowly, "The sixth brother is loyal, and will not resist the order for no reason."

Boom!Qin Yu knelt down in the hall at once, and said gratefully, "Your Majesty is wise, my minister is loyal, and the sun and the moon can learn from each other."

Emperor Jing smiled, gave him a little help and said, "The sixth younger brother just arrived in the capital, and the journey was tiring. Tonight, I will hold a banquet in the Anhe Hall to welcome the sixth younger brother. You should go to rest first."

"Thank you Your Majesty, my minister will leave." Qin Yu bowed and backed out of the hall.

The imperial steps outside the Hall of Showa Harmony were narrow and long. He walked down with small steps, passed the last step, and stood still on the white bricks. When Qin Yu looked up, he saw Mu Shaoyun walking towards the Hall of Shower Harmony from a distance. .

Qin Yu glanced at him hastily, imprinted his appearance in his heart, and desperately suppressed the desire to step forward.Bowing and saluting, Qin Yu barely paused, turned around and strode out of the palace.

I dare not look back, I am afraid to take another look, and all my calmness and forbearance will be in vain.

Inside the Showa Hall

"Prime Minister, does King Yan look like he's going to turn against him?" Emperor Jing asked to the prime minister standing beside him.

"The King of Yan was very respectful to His Majesty, as if he was afraid that His Majesty would care. Today he bribed the old man on the spot outside the city to let the old man speak for him. Either he is really afraid of His Majesty and the court, hoping to protect himself wisely, or" the prime minister Frowning, he changed the subject and said to Emperor Jing, "Either this person is too dangerous and should be eliminated as soon as possible."

Emperor Jing nodded, the stern look in his eyes flashed past, and at this moment the old eunuch beside him whispered, "Today King Yan finished meeting, and I met Lord Lan when I left the palace."

"Oh?" Emperor Jing's eyes twitched, and he continued to ask, "What did he say?"

The old eunuch lowered his body slightly and said, "King Yan didn't say anything, just took a look, saluted and left, looking very scared."

"Afraid?" Emperor Jing asked strangely.

"Looking like he was afraid of being misunderstood by others, he left in a hurry," said the old eunuch recalling the scene at that time.

Emperor Jing thought for a while but couldn't figure out why, so he asked the prime minister, "What do you think?"

The prime minister stroked his beard lightly, and said, "King Yan is more likely to hope that the court will trust him and protect himself wisely."

Emperor Jing nodded, still having doubts, and continued to say, "There is still a banquet tonight, the prime minister and I are testing it out."

The Prime Minister withdrew from the main hall, and Emperor Jing sat alone in the side hall, as if remembering something, he turned his head and asked, "Since Mr. Lan is here, why didn't I see it?" Could it be that he hasn't long remembered.

The old eunuch was apprehensive, and calmly said, "Mr. Lan came to the door and asked the old slave if His Majesty was inside. The old slave said that His Majesty was discussing with the Prime Minister, but Mr. Lan didn't dare to disturb His Majesty, so he asked the old slave to tell His Majesty, and then returned. Palace"

"He finally recognized the situation." Emperor Jing was very satisfied with the answer, smiled and didn't ask further.

At the dinner, Yan Wang sat as the chief on the right, and the prime minister sat on the opposite side as a companion.

"My heart is very sad when the concubine passed away, but I can also talk about my consolation to see my sixth brother." He raised his glass to King Yan.

"Thank you Your Majesty"

After a few glasses of wine, Qin Yu's face turned red, and his expression changed from being respectful at the beginning to a smiling figure chasing the dancers in the field.

The prime minister glanced at him, feeling that it was almost time, and asked, "Last year, Beihu repeatedly attacked the border, and King Yan repeatedly defeated the Hu army in the border area. The prince has managed the army well, congratulations!"

Um?Qin Yu didn't hear it clearly, and reacted for a while, his eyes widened suddenly, and the wine was half awake in an instant, and he pretended to be calm and said, "Beihu violated the border, but relying on His Majesty's prestige, in order to protect the border and the people, only a few weak brigades were formed. The victory can only be won thanks to the support of the old officials of the fief, and the younger brothers are young, so how dare they be called good at running the army."

The prime minister smiled, looked at King Yan's half-red and half-white face and said, "My lord is too modest, 10,000 cavalry are also weak, so isn't it true that the [-]+ northern troops are all remnants?"

Qin Yu choked for a moment, and smiled silently.

Seeing his cautious look, Emperor Jing continued to ask, "Before, there were many officials who impeached the king of Qi, raised their soldiers to be self-respecting, and disrespected the orders of the court. In order to calm the anger, I punished them a little, but I heard that the king of Qi complained a lot. He even paid tribute last year. It's all perfunctory, the Queen Mother was very angry when she heard about it, and ordered me to cut King Qi's fief.

Qin Yu moved his body uneasily, stretched out his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead slightly, and said, "Your Majesty misunderstood my minister, the land of Yan is cold, and my minister has been ill since arriving there, and the concubine died of illness last year. To deal with these matters, this is the first time I have heard His Majesty mention the disrespect of the King of Qi."

"That's it, how does the sixth brother think I should make a decision on this matter?"

"The King of Qi does not keep his duty as a subject." Qin Yu hesitated for a moment, made up his mind and continued to say, "It should be punished. If Your Majesty sends troops, I am willing to use a few of my weak brigades to help it."

Emperor Jing stared at Qin Yu carefully, and did not speak for a long time. He hoped to see Qin Yu's flaws, but King Yan's face was filled with fear and uneasiness. He suddenly thought that Qin Yu was only a few years older than his eldest son. The young King Yan, he is too careful, is he not as good as the incompetent prince back then?

"Hahaha, the sixth brother is very loyal, come to drink," Emperor Jing said with a big smile.

Qin Yu carefully looked at Emperor Jing, saw that Emperor Jing was smiling peacefully, he breathed a sigh of relief, continued drinking and watching with a smile.

Emperor Jing sat on it and had a panoramic view of everything about him, thinking in his heart that his father was right, the two sons of the empress dowager, Qin Hao is considered outstanding, but lacks cunning, while Qin Yu is smart but insignificant.

He finally gave up the idea of ​​keeping King Yan in the capital, and killing him rashly made King Qi seize the opportunity, and he looked at King Yan who was beaming with joy in the audience, and felt that it would be more useful to keep him.

Emperor Jing looked at it for a while, and suddenly said casually, "The sixth younger brother acted rashly when he was young, but now guarding one side is much more stable."

Qin Yu was fascinated, and replied casually, "It's because His Majesty taught you well, and he was reckless when he was young. How can he embarrass His Majesty now that he is outside?"

"The sixth younger brother has been friends with Mr. Lan since childhood, so when he comes to Beijing this time, he should go to the palace to visit Mr. Lan." Emperor Jing continued to speak casually.

Qin Yu froze for a moment, then smiled at Emperor Jing and said, "When I was young, I was ignorant and didn't know how to be cautious. Now that Mr. Lan is a member of the harem, how can the foreign ministers come to see him at will. Please take me to say hello, Your Majesty."

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at a dancing girl, and continued to say to Emperor Jing, "Speaking of which, I have one more request for your majesty and the queen mother when I come to Beijing this time. I'm looking for a suitable marriage."

"Sixth brother wants to get married?" Emperor Jing asked strangely.

Qin Yu nodded and said, "Mother concubine said that Xianghou's daughter is just right, but she didn't want to mention it before she passed away. It would be even better if your majesty can become a beautiful adult, and it will be considered as the end of mother concubine's last wish."

Emperor Jing smiled, isn't Xianghou an old minister of the emperor's father?Being loyal to himself, King Yan wanted to express his loyalty to himself, so as to appease him for a while.

"I naturally want the beauty of an adult, don't worry, my sixth brother."

When the moon was in the mid-heaven, the banquet was over, and King Yan left the hall accompanied by the young eunuch, his feet staggering drunk.

The prime minister watched King Yan leave, and said to Emperor Jing, "King Yan is more than clever, but not resourceful. He secretly trained the army, probably because he wanted to be at the same time as Qi and Chu. After arriving in Beijing, because of his relationship with King Qi and the matter of Lord Lan, , was afraid of His Majesty, and simply chose to marry Xianghou, in order to stand with His Majesty."

"Well, Concubine Yue passed away, and he was afraid that the Yue family would also abandon him. Instead of dealing with King Qi, we will deal with him first, and we are in a hurry to separate ourselves from King Qi."

Emperor Jing sneered, thinking of the queen mother who was always against her in the palace, she probably didn't expect her youngest son to abandon his brother in a blink of an eye and join his enemy.

Qin Yu was helped out of the palace gate by the little eunuch, and the personal guards quickly helped him into the carriage. After Qin Yu sat in the carriage, his squinted eyes opened instantly, and he lifted the curtain to look at the dark palace gate , sneered, I'm afraid you won't be here when Qin Zheng comes again.

The next few days were relatively peaceful, and Qin Zheng never looked for him again, probably because he looked down on him from the bottom of his heart.Qin Zheng ignored him, but Qin Yu was not free to flirt with the palace. In the morning, he asked for a booklet, and in the afternoon, he gave a gift book, every day.

He even asked Qin Zheng to send a general to the Yuyang New Army so that he could take care of the barbarians in the north on behalf of his ignorant younger brother. Qin Zheng was naturally happy and sent Song Yi, the deputy general of the Northern Frontier Army, to lead part of the Northern Frontier Army. , take care of and restrain his little brother.

As usual, Qin Yu had to visit the Empress Dowager, but several times in succession, the Empress Dowager avoided seeing her, so Qin Yu kowtowed outside the Changxin Hall and left.It wasn't until the day he left Beijing, when he entered the palace to bid farewell, that the Queen Mother finally saw him.

Inside the Changxin Hall, Qin Yu followed the palace people and entered the room cautiously. The Empress Dowager seemed to be ill and was lying on the bed. When she first saw him, she still didn't recognize him.

"See the Queen Mother" Qin Yu knelt down.

The queen mother looked at it, rolled her eyes for a while, and said after a while, "Yu'er, get up."

"Thank you, Empress Dowager..." Qin Yu sat beside her. The Empress Dowager was half asleep and half awake, talking to him incoherently.

Sighing from the bottom of his heart, Qin Yu didn't say much, and took her hand, "Queen Mother, my son is gone, take care"

"En." The queen mother nodded her head, her eyes finally had a little brilliance, and she clearly said "be careful on the road", and squeezed his palm specially when she said be careful.

His eyes moved slightly, Qin Yu nodded, and said pointedly, "Mother, don't worry."

Two months later

Wang Meng had a serious face but couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes. He hurried to the top of the tower, stood behind Qin Yu, and said, "My lord, the three armies are ready, and I just wait for my lord's order."

"Write a letter to King Qi" Qin Yu's expression remained unchanged.

"My lord, what are you writing?"

"Just write, love and hatred will never end." Qin Yu looked at the barracks, his expression suddenly became vicious.

It has been three years, and he can no longer bear it anymore, and can no longer use gorgeous words to whitewash it.Yes, immortality, that's what I want.

In March of the third year of Zhengming, King Yan escorted the concubine's coffin back to Beijing. In May, King Yan rebelled, supported King Qi, and sent troops to the capital.

The [-] army of the King of Yan sent troops together with the army of the King of Qi. The troops were divided into two groups, one from the south and the other from the north, and joined forces in Jiaozhou.After joining forces, more than [-] Yan-Qi allied forces crossed Pu County, and the offensive was extremely fast. Qin Zheng, who was thrown into disarray, hurriedly summoned the garrison army King Qin from all counties.

The garrison troops of Jingzhou County and Linjiang County were ordered to rush to help, but they were insufficiently prepared and rushed to the battle. They were defeated by the Yan-Qi coalition forces and fled into Tianshun Pass in a hurry.

Capital

"Ah!" Emperor Jing overturned the table, his chest heaving non-stop, "King Yan!"

"Your Majesty calm down," the prime minister said anxiously, "The current plan is to stop the offensives of King Yan and King Qi as soon as possible."

"Asshole! Asshole, Qin Yu dared to lie to me, and I slapped him!"

"His Majesty!"

Emperor Jing raised his head suddenly, his eyes made the Prime Minister take a step back in fright, after a long while, Emperor Jing calmed down a little, sat down and looked at him.

"Where's the King of Anyang County? He's so close to Jingzhou, why doesn't he rush to help?"

"Your Majesty," the prime minister saw that he had calmed down, and replied, "The King of Anyang County is only interested in profit. Since the army of the King of Anyang County dared to confront the powerful Yan-Qi coalition forces, he is currently spying on the edge of Anyang County. His intentions are unknown."

"Even he dares to threaten me." Emperor Jing's eyes were cold, "Where is King Wu?"

"I heard that the King of Qi promised to give the six counties in the south of the Yangtze River to the King of Wu, and the King of Wu promised not to go north." The prime minister said with a frown, which was the most urgent thing.

"The world belongs to me, why does King Qi make such a promise!"

"It doesn't matter whether the king of Qi promises or not. The king of Wu has long wanted to spy on the six counties in the south of the Yangtze River. The king of Qi just followed the trend and let the king of Wu annex the six counties in the south of the Yangtze River, so he has no time to go north."

Emperor Jing fell silent, looked gloomyly at the floor tiles under his feet, and suddenly smiled coldly after a long time, "They think that I will lose in this way? Dreaming."

The prime minister glanced at him and said nothing, Emperor Jing stood up, his expression calmed down a lot, and he ordered, "immediately dispatch the northern border army to the south, and pass an order to all the counties in Guanzhong to serve as king immediately. If you really want to attack back and forth, let the brothers die without a place to die."

"Your Majesty, it's a long journey so far. After passing through Pujun, I'm afraid your majesty might as well give the King of Anyang County a lot of money and tell him not to stop Guan Zhongqin's army."

"Okay, I will take it back if I gave it to him."

Anyang

The envoy of Emperor Jing was one step late. The King of Anyang County just finished seeing the envoy of the King of Qi, but he ignored the envoy of the Son of Heaven and refused.

Yanqi Allied Forces Camp

"As expected, the King of Anyang County agreed, and Qin Zheng was a step too late." King Qi said with a smile while holding the letter in his hand.

Sitting opposite, Qin Yu nodded with a smile and said, "As long as the King of Anyang can stop King Qin's army for a while, and we break through Tianshun Pass, then Qin Zheng will have no more reinforcements."

"Tianshun Pass, the city wall is solid, the garrison is [-], and the food and grass are sufficient, it is not easy to capture." King Qi said, his expression sank.

Hehe Qin Yu turned his head and looked outside the camp, "So we don't attack by force. The emperor's battle is fast. As long as we are fast enough, the king of Wu failed to annex the land of the six counties, and the king of Anyang county failed to recover. We have already entered the capital. After the emperor ascends the throne, they will naturally face the south to worship."

"Quick?" King Qi looked at him in surprise and said, "How fast?"

"Northern Army!" Qin Yu looked at the pitch-dark outside the camp, his eyes changed.

In the first month of the fourth year of Zhengming, just after the Spring Festival, the armies of King Yan and King Qi approached the capital and confronted Emperor Jing's army at Tianshun Pass.Tianshun Pass is the last line of defense of the capital, without it, the army can reach the capital directly.