[Red Mansion] Let's listen to a general's order

"Wu Shangshu, have you heard of it?"

"Of course I've heard it, it's really gentle!"

"General He, do you know what happened last night?"

"This matter has spread all over the capital, how can someone not know!"

"My lord! Didn't your old man recuperate at home after being sick all these years? Have you ever been in court?"

"Hmph! The old man is only sick, not dead yet! That kind of immoral person still wants to beautify the noble daughter of the heavenly family, really ignorant!"

Outside the gate of Taihe, all the officials and dignitaries waiting to go to court formed a small circle, whispering, the voice was as loud as a vegetable market!What is rare is that the censor who was responsible for maintaining the order of the early court did not say anything to silence the crowd, but closed his eyes and pretended not to see or hear.It was only when everyone was discussing too loudly that they coughed twice as a reminder.

The capital city has always been the place where rumors spread the fastest and widest.It was not yet light, last night the Huns stayed in the Red Courtyard, instead of going to sleep in flowers and willows, they played the good of Longyang and exposed it to the public. .

Because the incident happened suddenly, all the officials and honorable officials were shocked and paled after receiving the report from the servants, and even went out an hour earlier than usual in the early morning, so as to discuss one or two in advance.And because this news is too "shocking", and because it is related to the state system and the relationship between the two states, there are a lot of civil and military relatives who took over the throne outside the Taihe Gate, and the censor who was responsible for maintaining the order of the early dynasty did not add it. A blocked scene appeared.

"Ahem! Be quiet!" Suddenly, Yu Shi said solemnly.

But it's time to enter the palace.

As early as the beginning of the dynasty, there were no less than ten censors in turn expressing that the Xiongnu Da Shanyu had corrupt personal morals, acted absurdly, and had a bad reputation.Among them, Jia Yucun, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, danced the most joyously, scolded Fang Qiu, and lamented all the disadvantages of Dazhou's marriage with the Xiongnu, as if he was not the one who took the lead in favor of the marriage yesterday!Such thick-skinnedness made many veteran civil servants and censors shine, and they couldn't help nodding slightly.

Only a few officials who were "recruited" by Hu Hanxie saw that their companions were so excited, and they could only express vaguely that they were actually friendly and peaceful in the grassland, or pretended to worry about whether the Xiongnu would treat Da Zhou after rejecting Hu Hanxie. Sending troops, indirectly trying to persuade Zhou Hedi to marry Princess Mingzhu.

However, these officials themselves did not agree with the marriage, and what they said was without confidence. They were immediately reprimanded by the lively Jia Yucun, and their faces flushed with embarrassment, and they dared not say another word.

Needless to say, the generals, under the leadership of Li Lian, have always been resolutely opposed to using women to make marriages in exchange for temporary peace.What's the use of men like them if they exchange women for peace! ?

After the civil servants passionately quoted scriptures and expressed their opinions, Prince Chun, who had not been in court for many years, spoke on behalf of the imperial family.I saw him coughing and yelling angrily how the tiger daughter of the Li family could marry the pigs and dogs of the barbarians! ?

This Prince Chun is an octogenarian, having just passed his 80th birthday a few days ago, talking about his seniority, he is even the uncle of the Supreme Emperor.Faced with the uncle's dissatisfaction with the marriage of his nephew and great-granddaughter, what can Zhou Hedi do?I have to say yes again and again.

Since all the people in the court were united and unanimously rejected the proposal of the Huns, Zhou and the emperor nodded along with the trend, and all the officials hurriedly called Zhou and the emperor Shengming.

After making a decision, Emperor Zhou He sent someone to the posthouse to summon the envoys of the Huns.

As Hu Hanxie stepped into the Hall of Supreme Harmony step by step, he felt that all the Zhou Dynasty officials in the hall were staring at him with contempt and sarcasm, and his face turned cold.

Although he didn't say anything, and didn't look at the officials of the Zhou Dynasty in the palace, his face was completely expressionless, but even so, he couldn't conceal the domineering aura that was born on him that day, unconsciously giving people A heavy sense of oppression and surrender.

Frightened by Hu Hanxie's aura, the civil and military officials in the hall involuntarily lowered their eyes, not daring to look at him with presumptuous eyes.

"...Since that's the case, I won't force it." After hearing the Zhou Dynasty emperor's high-sounding excuses, Hu Hanxie accepted the fact that his marriage proposal was rejected as if nothing had happened.

"I've been bothering you for a long time now, so I can't bother you any more, so let's say goodbye!" The goal of marrying Princess Mingzhu could not be achieved, and he didn't intend to feel wronged after losing such a big face. I stayed in the Zhou Dynasty.

"Hu Hanxie Da Shanyu has only come to my Great Zhou Dynasty for a few days, how can he leave so soon? I haven't let someone take Da Shanyu to appreciate the customs of my Great Zhou!" Zhou Hedi Pretending to stay.

"The affairs of the grassland are heavy, and to tell the truth to the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, it is really worrying to be away for many days alone, so I can't rest assured."

Speaking of this point, neither Zhou nor Emperor could force Hu Hanxie to stay, "Since this is the case, I can't force the Great Chanyu to stay." As an insider who knew the ins and outs of last night's incident, seeing that Hu Hanxie had been affected With such a painful blow, there was no need for me to put salt on his wounds and force him to stay in this sad place in the capital.

Feng Zizhi, who was accompanying Zhou Hedi, had deep eyes.

It is advisable to chase the poor with the courage of the left, but not to be the overlord.

Feng Zizhi liked this poem from the founding father of the Great Zhou Dynasty very much, and even took it as his creed.He was born in the Harem and Dongchang, two places where only those who are ruthless and ruthless can stand out and kill without blood. He believes in one sentence: All enemies can only be considered safe if they are completely beaten to death.Only a dead enemy is a good enemy.

Wild fire, in spring.

Hu Hanxie has strategies and methods, and in just over 20 years, he has led the Huns to prosper, not only dominating the grasslands, but according to spies reporting the Huns' footprints, they have even stepped into many places in the Western Regions.

He is not dead, Feng Zizhi can't sleep well.

In the war against the Huns in the near future, if Hu Hanxie raises his arms, there will be a gathering of responders at that time, and the morale of the Huns will inevitably be high.Furthermore, with him at the center to dispatch the various tribes of the Huns and his prestige to make the Xiongnu, Turks, Xianbei, and Rouran form a coalition to send troops to attack the Great Zhou, even if Rouran is willing to be an internal response, it may be difficult to deal with them.

And if Hu Hanxie died, the situation would be very different immediately.

The Xiongnu is actually very unstable inside. Since Hu Hanxie came to power, he has vigorously promoted the younger generation and kept suppressing the old department of the former great chan Yu Yizhixie.

According to Yan Shu, who had surrendered to the Great Zhou Dynasty and was conferred the title of "Xiongnu Zuoxian King" by Zhou Hedi, the former Da Shan Yu Yizhixie died strangely. He had always been strong. Dead in a few days! ?During this period, Yi Zhixie was in a coma the whole time, and the cronies around him didn't even have a chance to talk to him. Only Hu Hanxie's mother and concubine, Zhuan Quyan, took care of him.As time went by, the older generation naturally became suspicious, but the power in their hands had been weakened a lot, it was only enough to protect themselves, and there was nothing else they could do.

But the Huns were fierce by nature, and the younger generation promoted by Hu Hanxie were all vigorous and self-centered, and they refused to obey anyone except Hu Hanxie.There was a small fight between them in private every three days, and a big fight every five days, but every time at the end, Hu Hanxie came forward to suppress it, so nothing really happened.

As long as Hu Hanxie is dead, the Huns will naturally fight among themselves and be unable to go south.But without the prestige of Hu Hanxie, Rouran will definitely not raise an army. Xianbei King Tuoba Yihuai is greedy by nature, and I am afraid that he will immediately tear off a large piece of fat from the headless Huns, and the Turks Even if he intends to go south, Da Zhou can easily solve it with the power of his clan alone.

As long as Hu Hanxie is dead, Da Zhou can solve the problem of the grassland without bloodshed.

but……

At this time, Hu Hanxie seemed to sense the killing intent from Feng Zizhi, and gave him a meaningful look.

Feng Zizhi raised his eyes, his eyes were full of indifference.

The birds are exhausted, the good bows are hidden, the cunning rabbits die, and the lackeys cook.

Bai Qi of the Qin State, Wu Zixu of the Wu State, and Zhou Yafu of the Han Dynasty, which one was not loyal to the king's plan, endured such great achievements, and died of the king's jealousy!

It's not that I want to raise Kou's self-respect, it's just...

Prepare for the worst and prepare for the best.

He grew up witnessing the fate of the weak in the harem and Dongchang since he was a child. No one knows better than him what it is like to be mermaid.Countless lessons learned from others have taught him a truth: the most powerful force in the world is not the martial arts of one against a hundred, the invincible magic weapon, or the wisdom that is the best in the world, but power.

The power to decide life and death with one word.

And in the world of power, there is no room for kindness.

There is an old saying: "The general is the weapon of the king. If there are external worries and internal worries, it is a magical weapon and must not be used; if the world enjoys peace, it is like a taboo weapon and must be removed." In the eyes of emperors, as long as the world is peaceful, the fierce generals The good times are over.

No emperor will be merciful.For them, the so-called kindness and tenderness are the few tears that they shed in a hypocritical manner after cutting the weeds and killing them all.

Emperor Zhou He and the civil servants in the court did not think about preemptively, sending people to intercept and kill Hu Hanxie and others halfway.Or maybe they have thought about it, but as the old saying goes: if two armies are at war, if they don't kill each other, it may be because of shame, so no one puts forward this suggestion.

Lowering his eyes, Feng Zizhi looked like he was keeping his job. No one would have imagined that he had so many outrageous thoughts in his heart.

After all the officials in the next court were gone, Emperor Zhou He sent someone to quietly pass the news of the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry and a group of generals with heavy troops into the palace.

To decide which country to go to war with and how to go to war, in fact, it is rarely directly brought to the court for discussion.There are a lot of people at the court meeting, so it is obvious that you are telling your opponent that the Great Zhou Dynasty is coming to attack you, so you should prepare early! ?In particular, there will always be a few officials who have been bribed in the court, and even if there are no such officials, it is easy to leak the news.

Although such a major national event will be ordered sooner or later, and once the army is deployed, it will be impossible to hide it.It's just that if you let your opponent react and prepare in advance, it's better to hide it for as long as possible, maybe you can be caught off guard!

Therefore, usually by the time the order is issued at the court meeting, the soldiers and rations are almost ready, and the army can be dispatched with a single order.The deployment of troops from various places, the preparation of food and grass, the preparation of armaments and horses, the formulation of strategies and the decision of the person in charge of leading the army, and how to appease the rest of the surrounding neighboring countries' diplomacy, etc., all these must be summoned by the emperor before the official war. Completed in private.

"Where is Wu Cunde, Minister of the Household Department?"

Wu Cunde came out of the shift and replied, "The minister is here."

Zhou Hedi asked: "Wu Qing, how is the money and food in the treasury now?" Is it enough to support the war with the Xiongnu?

"If you go back to the emperor, thanks to the emperor's blessing, in recent years, the weather in my great Zhou Dynasty has been smooth, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Now the treasury of the capital alone has 50 shi of rice, 100 million shi of rice, and 110 million shi of miscellaneous grains. A total of 80 shi of rice, 180 million shi of rice, and 230 million shi of miscellaneous grains can be urgently dispatched from Tianjin and Datong.” Wu Cunde spoke very respectfully and cautiously, knowing that his wife is the daughter of the Supreme Emperor and the late Prince Xiaozhao. My sister, Princess Ruifang, if the current emperor doesn't like him, it's a very normal thing to deal with him, and I guarantee that no one will stand up for him.

Zhou Hedi asked again, "When will this food be enough for the army?"

Wu Cunde replied: "The treasury in the capital can be used by 40 soldiers for April; and the 40 soldiers in Tianjin and Datong can use it for July."

At this time, He Qi, who had experienced countless preparations before the war, stood up and said: "I would like to inform the emperor that the soldiers need twice as much food in wartime as usual, so they should prepare more food and grass. If we can’t supply food and grass, the success will fall short.” As soon as he finished speaking, Li Lian and others also came out to agree.

Therefore, Emperor Zhou He said kindly: "Since this is the case, Wu Qing can buy more grain and grass, and order all state governments to increase grain and grass reserves to prepare for emergencies."

"The minister takes orders." Wu Cunde bowed beside him and promised.

Zhou Hedi said again, "Where is Jiang Yan, Minister of War?"

Jiang Yan came out of the shift and replied, "The minister is here."

Zhou Hedi said: "Jiang Qing, once you start a war with the Xiongnu, your Ministry of War will have a heavy responsibility. Not only must food, grass, and military supplies be delivered in time, but also personnel adjustments, rewards for meritorious service, and compensation for casualties must also be done well. You Be careful and don't slack off. Otherwise, I won't forgive you if you miss the battle!"

Jiang Yan replied solemnly: "The minister obeys the order, and the minister will not dare to slack off in the slightest."

Zhou Hedi nodded in satisfaction.

After he explained to the minister of the Ministry of Industry about the casting of weapons and ordnance, he was finally able to get down to business and formulate a military strategy.

Zhou Hedi was very self-aware. He knew that he was not good at martial arts, so he decided to let the generals decide how to fight as in the past, and he was responsible for making the final conclusion.

This time to discuss preparations for attacking the Xiongnu, the hall was dominated by generals, He Qi, Li Lian, Gao Cen, Niu Jizong, Ran Feng, Lin Han, Li Mingzhu, He Cheng, He Xin, Gao Kegong, etc., a large area of ​​darkness.

He Qi was the first to say that he was in charge of staying at the border this time and would not lead the attack.And Gao Cen said that he is good at water warfare, but he knows little about the Huns in the north, so he should be in charge of the south!

The two oldest bigwigs both said that they had given the chance to the young people, and it seemed that all the young people were fighting for the places to compete.

Their murderous calls for battle came and went, mixed with Niu Jizong and Ran Feng's cursing and cursing, as well as scolding with the generals, it was as lively as a pot of porridge.

Jiang Yan, the minister of the Ministry of War next to him, had a dark face, facing this group of "subordinates" under his nominal jurisdiction, he really wanted to accuse them of making noise in front of the imperial court, which was a crime of disrespect.In particular, Niu Jizong and Ran Feng dared to say some foul language, which was simply insulting.But seeing that Zhou Hedi didn't take it seriously, but looked very interested, he had no choice but to give up.

He, Minister of the Ministry of War, and this group of generals who hold heavy troops have never been on the same line.It is said that civil and military affairs are inferior to each other. If there is a chance, the civil servants of the Ministry of War are definitely the group of civil servants who will spare no effort to hate military generals.

The grievances and resentments between the two parties are simply too numerous to write!

The Ministry of War thinks that these big bosses don't listen to orders, they are arrogant, their words are vulgar, they are insulting and bullying, and they beat people at every turn, humiliating them noble scholars!

The military general felt that the group of weak chickens in the Ministry of War were paid empty wages, drank the blood of soldiers, and withheld their money, food, and arms, targeting them as brave soldiers who threw their heads and blood for the country!

All in all, both sides are very displeased with each other.

Naturally, He Qi and the others noticed Jiang Yan's expression, but Niu Jizu, Ran Feng and other younger generals, who had always looked down on weak civil servants, deliberately raised their voices three degrees higher, almost breaking Jiang Yan's eardrums.However, the senior generals such as He Qi and Gao Cen, who are senior and have a good view of the big picture, don't even pay attention to Jiang Yan.

Compared to young people like Niu Jizong, He Qi, Gao Cen and the others who have been in the army for decades hate the bastards in the Ministry of Military Affairs who restrain them everywhere!The Ministry of War has at least [-] papers to impeach generals every year, among which He Qi and Gao Cen are famous.What happened in the military department to swear at the table, misbehaved in words and deeds, took personal revenge after the military officials got off work, put people in sacks and beat them violently in the dark alley, which made Li Lian, who knew about it for the first time, feel unimaginable and disillusioned. He looked at He Qi.

Li Lian: Unexpectedly, you are such a person Σ(っ°Д°;)っ...

He should know that birds of a feather flock together and people form groups.How can a person who can be mixed with Niu Jin be a person with a straightforward temperament and abiding by military regulations!He was still too young. ╮(╯▽╰)╭

"Okay." He also despises the civil servants of the Ministry of War who only know how to talk about war on paper and desperately reduce the various budgets of the Tiance Mansion, but considering that after the war begins, the Ministry of War will have to rely on the Ministry of War to deliver food, grass and ordnance. Feelings, choose to come forward to mediate.

"What kind of noise is there in the hall?"

It’s not even an accusation. After just a question, I turned to the business, “It is reported that in addition to the 70 troops stationed on the border, the Xiongnu also sent people to contact the Turkic, Xianbei, and Rouran tribes. The three tribes have recently deployed troops frequently. , the exact number is not yet known, but it is estimated to be 40." In this way, the enemy army that Da Zhou had to face was as high as one million.

After a little calculation in their minds, everyone's faces darkened by three points.