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

Soon, each family's relatives' homes were built, each with its own characteristics, or jade masonry and carved corridors, resplendent and magnificent, or Qionglou Yuyu, green tiles and vermilion eaves, embroidered doors and carved eaves.However, they all have one thing in common, that is, one word—expensive, expensive and expensive.

Many merchants who hoarded goods made a lot of money, and the one who made the most money was naturally the emperor, followed by Feng Zizhi.Among the few families who hoped to take their daughter home, Wu Guifei's family was the one that spent the least money but used the most expensive materials.

On the [-]th day of visiting relatives in the first lunar month, all members of the Jia family who have titles and ranks will wear makeup according to their respective ranks.

After meeting with complicated etiquette, Yuan Chun, the noble and virtuous concubine who was proclaimed personally by the emperor, held Shi's family in one arm and Wang's family in the other.

After a while, Yuan Chunfang endured a sad and forced smile and talked with Shi Shi, Wang Shi, and Xiao Zhang Shi for a while.

She tidied up her mood, looked down with a gentle smile, and said, "Are these my sister-in-law and younger sister? I have been in the palace for many years, but I can't remember the faces of my sisters at home. I have to be introduced by Mrs. Lao."

Shi introduced to her one by one: "The one on the far left is Brother Hu's daughter-in-law Jia Chang, next to it is Brother Zhu's daughter-in-law Jia Li, after that is Tanchun from the second room, and the youngest one is Brother Zhen from Dongfu. sister Xichun."

Yuan Chun was slightly taken aback, but he didn't hear the name he expected, so he couldn't help asking: "What about sister Shan from the uncle's family? I still remember that sister Shan was very pink and cute when I was young."

"It's good to teach the empress to know that Shan'er is getting married soon, so it's not good to walk around casually." The matter involved her beloved daughter, Xiao Zhang replied.

The smile on the corner of Yuan Chun's mouth froze slightly, "I don't know which family's son you promised?"

"It's the fifth son of Lord Zhenguo's family." Shi smiled beamingly, "After Lord Zhenguo and our family were four princes and eight princes, Lord Zhenguo was also the third brother of our family, and we have a deep friendship. This family Marriage is considered a good match.”

On the surface, Yuan Chun echoed a few words, but in his heart he secretly regretted it.

I wanted to take this opportunity to go home to visit my relatives and persuade the old lady to send Shan'er from the uncle's family into the palace so that I could have more helpers to help me, but unexpectedly, the second cousin has already got a marriage contract with the fifth son of the Zhenguo family. !It's really a pity.

Don't blame her for being ungrateful and ungrateful and even plotting against her own cousin, but since entering the palace, many things are beyond her control.In this deep palace, if you don't harm others, people will come to harm you.In order to survive, to be favored, and to go further, Yuan Chun has already transformed from the kind and thoughtful girl in the boudoir to a ruthless concubine in the harem.

Moreover, seeing the joy in the eyes of the eldest aunt Xiao Zhang when she mentioned her daughter's marriage, Yuan Chun only felt a burst of sadness.

It's not that her mother, Wang Shi, doesn't love her, but compared to her, her mother loves brother Zhu and Baoyu more, or even glory and wealth.That day when he sent her to that place where no one could see anyone, he never thought about her safety, and only hoped that she would be able to stand out and bring glory to her mother, her brothers and younger brothers.

As soon as he entered the palace gate, it was as deep as the sea. Infighting and jealousy were everywhere in the palace. Every step Yuan Chun took was like walking on thin ice.If she could choose, she would rather not enter the palace at the beginning, just like sister Shan, to marry a young master of a well-matched family in a down-to-earth manner, and be a stable and stable mistress.

Thinking of this, Yuan Chun couldn't help but have a bit of bitterness on his face, but he quickly cleared it up.Since he chose to enter the palace to fight for the position of a master, there is no need to think about it now.

"Many relatives, it's a pity that we can't meet each other! I wonder if the two cousins ​​of the Lin family are here?" The two sisters of the Lin family are the direct daughters of Lin Ruhai, the servant of the household department. Help her.

Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "Daiyu and Yiyu are not feeling well. They didn't come here because they were afraid that they would give their mother a bad breath. At present, there are relatives Xue Wang and Baochai who are waiting for the order. The relatives have no jobs and dare not enter without permission. .”

Yuan Chun frowned indistinctly, and didn't even say that he wanted to see Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai.

The scoundrel caused by the Xue family caused her to be ridiculed by many concubines in the palace. Even the empress gave her several times of embarrassment inside and outside the words in order to appease Princess Mingzhu.What's more, because the Xue family son used the name of the third uncle to bluff and cheat, even the Supreme Emperor was dissatisfied and spoke out, so she dared not have anything to do with the Xue family.Now if he sees the Xue family mother and daughter, if they ask her for help, should she help or not?If you don't help, it's like disregarding the relationship between relatives, heartless and ungrateful. If it spreads, her reputation will be terrible. It will be greatly damaged!

Yuan Chun waved his hand to signal the deacon eunuchs, concubine Cai Zhaorong and other attendants to retreat, Rong Enbo's mansion had its own people to entertain them, leaving only three or four confidant eunuchs and court ladies.

The mother, daughter and sister inevitably narrate some long-lost scenes and family affairs.

Yuan Chun took the opportunity to mention a few words to Wang, telling her not to care about the Xue family's mess.

On the surface, Wang agreed, but in his heart he was thinking about the rich family property of the Xue family.

Yuan Chun had something on his mind, and seeing his mother agreed, he didn't care about it any more.

However, Wang's demeanor behind the scenes can't be hidden from Shi's.

Shi Shi avoided Yuan Chun's gaze, and gave her a hard look without any trace.

If she hadn't had to let Wang's biological mother show up because of Yuan Chun's concubine going home to visit her relatives, she would have wished to keep this confused daughter-in-law locked in the Buddhist hall.She shouldn't have let her second child marry this prodigal woman!

Wang's body shrank slightly, but soon straightened up again.

Her family, Yuan Chun, is now a noble imperial concubine, so she still has no need to be afraid of this old woman! ?

Yuan Chun didn't know what kind of lawsuit the two of them were fighting, and after talking tearfully with his father Jia Zheng along the curtain, he put his mind on his uncle Jia She.

That's right!It was my uncle Jia She, not my father Jia Zheng.

Who said that the most capable person in her natal family is the third uncle, and the closest relative of the third uncle is the uncle's family!She only hoped that her uncle could help her say a few more good words in front of her third uncle.

Although it is said inside and outside the court that she is deeply loved by the emperor, and other concubines and palace people dare not treat her slowly, but the family knows their own affairs, and the emperor treats her [-]% because of the face of the third uncle, and no one is good for a hundred days , Flowers do not have a hundred days of redness, their foundation is shallow, and they have no heirs. When they are old and fading, I am afraid that they will have to stay in the deep palace alone and take the road of tea cooling.

Yuan Chun went home today to visit her relatives, and wanted to meet her third uncle Li Lian, so that he could ask him to support her in the harem.With the support of her third uncle, she even dared to fight for the queen's throne!

However, Li Lian didn't think about coming today at all, and he didn't even need to make excuses, he just said that the emperor and the emperor allowed him to rest.Li Lian didn't want to come, because Yuan Chun's status as a virtuous concubine really meant he couldn't be moved.

If Li Lian didn't come by himself, he wouldn't let Li Lian, Jia Shan, sisters Yiyu and Daiyu come.Li Lian is Li Lian's son, my father is sick, so the son naturally has to stand by and take care of the sick.Jia Shan, on the other hand, used the reason that she was waiting to get married, and never went out. She had already exchanged invitations with Niu Chengde last month, and half a month ago, the Zhen Guo Gongfu sent someone to give the dowry. The process was unprecedentedly fast. .As soon as the auspicious day arrives, Jia Shan will leave the pavilion wearing a phoenix crown and a Xia Pei.As for sisters Yiyu and Daiyu, it is even easier, but they are cousins ​​who have never met, and there are many ways to evade.With Lin Ruhai's status, even if Yuan Chun was promoted to Xiande Concubine, he would not dare to mess around.

The emperor is going to attack the four major families right now, even for Li Lian's sake, he can't touch the Jia family.At least, those clansmen in Jinling who did evil and bullied men and women were doomed, and not all of the Jia family's direct descendants in Beijing were safe and sound.There are no major evils in the nearby East Mansion, but there are many minor evils. According to Feng Zizhi's analysis, it is very likely that he will be deposed.

As for the West Mansion, needless to say the third house, the big house, Jia She, has given up a lot of "low tastes" in recent years. In the mansion of the great Confucianism, bragging and exchanging experience on antiques.Jia Hu is also upright, loyal to the country, and has no black material.But the second room is different. Although Jia Zheng has no bad deeds, but his work ability is low, he is a man of integrity, and his eyes are clean. He has offended most of his colleagues in the Ministry of Industry. up.And Jia Zhu served as a good scholar in the Hanlin Academy, with a calm temperament, and many old Hanlin also liked him.However, the biggest misdemeanor of Erfang is Jia Wang's, lending usury and taking over lawsuits, both of which are prohibited by the laws of Dazhou. These two crimes are tantamount to robbery.

Seeing this, Feng Zizhi deduced that the Jia family should be the clansmen of Jinling. It would be a big disaster for them to be exiled into the army and beheaded. In addition to Fang’s family property being confiscated, Jia Zheng will also be dismissed, Jia Zhu will also be reprimanded by the decree and then transferred to an official, and Jia Wang’s “heinous crime” should be sent to prison for his crimes.

At that time, Li Lian and Jia She and his sons will inevitably have to plead guilty, saying that they have not managed the family strictly and did not control the tribe well, which caused them to be bold, domineering, and act recklessly, violating the national law and causing disaster to the village.

Therefore, Li Lian, who foresees that he will be implicated innocently, does not intend to let his son, niece, and niece have more involvement with the second wife. Brother, sister-in-law, Hu'er, and Hu'er-in-law have nothing to do. The child still needs to be protected.

Afterwards, Yuanchun met Jia Hu, Jia Zhu and Baoyu, visited the Grand View Garden, and watched the two plays of "Meeting" and "Calling each other", forced a smile on his face, and returned to the palace reluctantly.

Don't you see, Jia Amnesty breathed a sigh of relief on the spot.

The things in this life are really a little different from those in the previous life. Obviously, in the last life, Yuan Chun was not so early in concubine!I remember that Yuanchun passed away shortly after becoming a concubine, and after that, the Jia family was confiscated by the emperor, and he was sent into the army.Shouldn't you fail like this again in your life?

After pondering for a while, Elder She stroked his chin, and decided to find his "sister-in-law" tomorrow to get to know her better.

Not long after the bustling family visits, there were six hundred miles from the north and the south at the same time to rush to Beijing.

The northern frontier guard played, Oh Luo sent 50 troops to invade the grassland, and they are currently attacking the Xianbei and Rouran tribes with great momentum.Rouran Brahmin Khan also attached a sincere distress note.

The magistrate of Shaoxing Prefecture in the south played a song, and the Japanese pirates gathered more than [-] people, gathered in the sea of ​​Ningbo and Shaoxing, waiting for an opportunity to invade, and the situation was urgent.It is also mentioned in the booklet: "Thousands of Japanese pirates have joined forces to cover the sea and cover thousands of miles of the sea, and at the same time they warn the police."

As soon as these two documents came out, the entire capital was shaken up and down.

Oh Laguo and Japanese pirates, who had sons without buttholes, obviously wanted to grab a piece of the pie while Da Zhou's vitality had not yet recovered.

Needless to say, fighting is a must, even civil servants who don't want to see military officers showing off their power again understand this.

Whether the Great Zhou will immigrate to the real border or not is unknown, but the grassland is already the land of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the mind of the Great Zhou, and now the country of Oh Luo dares to " Occupy the sacred and inviolable land of Da Zhou! ?

The civil servants who have been raised by the victories over the years said in unison, there is no need to talk about it!No negotiating diplomacy required!There is no negotiation on territorial issues, only war!

Moreover, if Rouran is still in the hinterland of the grassland, Dazhou and Rouran can form an internal and external force to attack the country of Oh Luo every minute.Even if Da Zhou didn't plan to send troops to attack Oh Luo country, as long as Rouran was on the grassland for a day, it would be like a nail was firmly nailed into the vital position of Oh Luo country.No matter what Oh Luoguo wants to do to Da Zhou, Rouran's threat has to be considered.Therefore, troops must be sent to rescue Rouran.

Jiangnan in the south has always been the court's pocketbook. In order to maintain local stability, the court must also send troops to wipe out all the invading Japanese pirates.

Now, here comes the problem.

Two places are going to be fought, but Da Zhou's vitality has not recovered. The number of soldiers killed and injured before exceeds half of the total number of soldiers in Da Zhou. Now the recruits who have just been added to the army have not been trained at all, and it is difficult to condense their combat effectiveness.For such recruits to go to the battlefield, life and death really depend on God's ideas.

"Your Majesty, although nine out of ten of the treasury's money and food were lost due to the last war, a large amount of cattle, sheep, gold, silver and other things were seized after the war, which is enough to fight another big war." Wu Cunde, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, stood up and said, There seemed to be a smile on his face.

The emperor nodded with satisfaction.

"General Xuanwei, how are the soldiers doing?"

Li Mingzhu went out, clasped his fists with embarrassment and said, "Your Majesty, more than 30 soldiers died in the last expedition, and 12 soldiers were seriously injured and retired. There are 17 new recruits, and the training lasted only three or four months." , I’m afraid they won’t be of much use.”

The emperor's expression was also ugly, "Then, how many soldiers can fight in Dazhou right now?"

"Tiance Mansion, Lantian Camp, and Fengtai Camp combined have no more than 35 soldiers capable of fighting."

"What?" Everyone in the hall turned pale with shock and whispered.

Only 35 people! ?Even if the 17 new recruits are counted in half, they are only more than 40, which is not even as good as the 50 troops of Ohlos!What's more, the Ohlos country can also transfer troops from the rear to the front!

Thinking of this level, the civil servants in the palace couldn't help retreating in their hearts.

If it is still under the command of Champion Hou, they believe that even if there are only 30 people, Champion Hou will definitely be able to defeat Ohlos and the Japanese pirates and return.However, Princess Mingzhu and Lord Zhen Guo are in charge of commanding now...

The emperor also suddenly felt a headache.

In the past, when wars were to be fought, the military was gearing up and eager to try, while the civil servants in the household department were always crying for poverty, as if the landlords had no money left; Suffering from not having enough soldiers capable of fighting.

"General Xuanwei and General Guide go to the side hall to discuss a plan with other generals first!" The emperor waved away the civil servants in the hall, and said to Li Mingzhu and Niu Jizong.

Seeing that everyone was going away, "Bi Yun, order people to go out of the city quickly, and invite the champion marquis to enter the palace to discuss important matters."

Needless to say, the importance of Li Lian was the pillar of Da Zhou.

At critical moments, the emperor trusted Li Lian more.

Bi Yun responded and hurried to make arrangements.

Not long after, four burly personal soldiers came in carrying a soft couch, on which was Li Lian.At this time, Li Lian's face was pale, he sat up on the couch with difficulty, cupped his hands towards the emperor and said: "I pay homage to the emperor."

The emperor was startled, and hurriedly got down from the dragon chair, worriedly said: "Jing Ya is sick? Didn't he still be fine when we met last month? Why is he so sick?"

Li Lian tilted his head and coughed a few times, "Your Majesty is sick, don't come near me, otherwise you may be angry with the Emperor. If there is any disrespect, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"It's okay! Come on, sit down first and then talk." The emperor didn't mind at all, and personally helped Li Lian to sit down.

"Bi Yun! Go order someone to call the imperial physician!"

Bi Yun is an old man in the palace, and he has already cultivated a delicate heart with seven apertures.As soon as the emperor finished speaking, he led an imperial physician in from outside the palace.

"Your Majesty, the champion Hou Ben has an old illness, and he hasn't healed yet. Not long ago, he was addicted to drinking and blowing the wind, and he contracted a new cold. The two illnesses are combined, and this illness may... be difficult to recover in a short time." The imperial physician said cautiously .

The emperor frowned tightly. He thought that he saw Li Lian's face looking good in Ningshou Palace last time, and he should be able to lead troops to the expedition this time. How could he...

"Stand back." The emperor waved his hand, and the imperial physician hurriedly retreated, for fear that the emperor would anger him.

After Li Mingzhu and the others discussed it and returned to the main hall, they saw Li Lian sitting on a chair with a weak expression.

Regardless of greetings and condolences, Li Mingzhu hurriedly reported the plan they had discussed to the emperor.

"After deliberation, I suggested that General Niu Jizong of Guide be ordered to lead 34 soldiers from Tiance Mansion, and [-] soldiers from Lantian Daying to go north to defend the Great Wall and wait for an opportunity to leave the pass to help Rouran. And I should lead [-] soldiers from Tiance Mansion And [-] soldiers from the Fengtai Daying camp went to Shaoxing to suppress the bandits.”

The emperor murmured, "Jing Ya, what do you think?" He has an advantage, that is, he never pretends to know what he doesn't know. If he doesn't understand himself, he will let someone who understands take responsibility.

Sun Tzu said: Soldiers are the great affairs of the country.The place of death and life, the way of life and death, must be observed.The outcome of a war directly determines the fate of a country, either life or death, survival or death, there is no room for bargaining, and there is no chance to change.

Niu Jizong told Li Lian the ins and outs of the matter, and all the existing military strength of Da Zhou.

Li Lian slightly closed his eyes, tapped his fingers on the armrest of the chair one after another.

The emperor did not urge him, but let him think carefully.

The heartbeats of Li Mingzhu, Niu Jizong and others gradually accelerated as Li Lian tapped his fingers.

After a while, "It's not right." Li Lian opened his eyes and objected.

"What's wrong?" Li Mingzhu said unconvinced.

Right now, this is the best way they can come up with.