son-in-law

Chapter 1219 Gale ([-])

The wind has become fierce since the morning.

The billowing cloud seemed to spread its tentacles, spreading from the other side of the sea, and the howling wind rolled up leaves and rice paper that came out of nowhere, dancing in the air.Jun Wu clapped his hands, watching a group of eunuchs and inner guards carrying heavy boards and knocking on the palace.

After a while, another servant brought several concubines and his five-year-old daughter Zhou Qin over, and Jun Wu waved his hand towards the hall: "Everyone hide together, don't waste more manpower."

Zhou's royal family has always been a weak heir, and Jun Wu has not shown too good fertility before. Of course, this does not mean that he has a big problem.Kang Wang and Zhou Yong were originally just the rich princes of Jiangning. Jun Wu lived a relaxed life when he was a child, but when he was about to grow up, he suddenly became a prince. In the first two years, he cared about things and wanted to make a big difference. The pursuit of the Jurchens to search mountains and seas left a knot in their hearts. Throughout the Jianshuo years, Zhou Yong indulged in pleasure, while Jun Wu put all his thoughts on the breakthrough of objects and the construction of the defense line in the south of the Yangtze River. He walked tremblingly. Women, on the contrary, did not show too much extraordinary interest.

I had my first daughter five years ago, and I had a son near the Jiangnan War. However, Lin'an City was destroyed, and my father and sister fled to the sea. After Jiangning succeeded to the throne, he fled to Fuzhou.

Millions of people died in front of his eyes in the whole world, and countless parents and children were crying in front of him, yet he gave up on the entire Jiangnan people and was chased to flee like a bereaved dog. The threat of death at any time filled his heart every day—there was also the possibility of humiliation of being caught and raised as a dog in the Kingdom of Jin, but he had long ago decided not to accept this result—so the loss of the child did not seem to affect him. It brought so many special feelings that he even thought one day: It would be miserable if he was caught by the Jurchens and brought up in the Kingdom of Jin, and then he was called the Prince of Wu Dynasty and humiliated every day.

It is not uncommon to die shortly after birth.

If I really want to say that I am sad, it is only after arriving in Fuzhou that I have a luxurious mood.

After arriving in Fuzhou, there were a lot of new things to worry about, but under the advice of Li Guang, Hu Quan and other courtiers, Jun Wucai worked harder, and now Shen Ruxin was pregnant. After being able to confess, he buried his head in government affairs day and night.

Jun Wu is a bit machismo in getting along with men and women on weekdays, so that several concubines, including Shen Ruxin, are somewhat weak.But in fact, his heart is soft. Last year, in order to strengthen the heirs of the royal family, some people even proposed to accept Yuefei's adopted daughter, Yinping, as a concubine. On the one hand, he would protect him, and on the other hand, he would surely give birth to a fat baby, but Jun Wu quickly refused. Well, if you invite a woman with such a strong personality to enter the door, you will not be able to beat her in the future, so you will be bullied by her——Jun Wu had a strong sister above him when he was a child, and he was quite psychologically shadowed by these things. Of course, such a The reason cannot be said, on the surface of course it is for the happiness of the other girl.

In fact, as a straight man, he has been in the royal family for a long time, and he doesn't care so much about someone's happiness - there is nothing unhappy about being married to the emperor, it's just that he doesn't want to marry.hum.

When Tie Tianying, who was patrolling Miyagi, came over, dense raindrops had already fallen along with the howling wind, Jun Wu still stood there looking at the tiny city under the sky, frowning slightly.The old man in coir raincoat with white temples hastily went over to remind Jun Wu, and then he came to his senses and walked into the hall with some hesitation.

It was as if he was standing outside the hall, and he could still shine his eyes on the city.

Entering the palace, the daughter came and pestered her father for a while, Jun Wu accompanied her and said a few words - the emperor always spoke gently and smiled to his family, but he was prone to daze and distracted - after a few words, Jun Wu stood there in a daze , began to think about the next disaster relief matters, his daughter called him back, he said a few words, lost his mind again, the concubine came over and coaxed the princess aside to play games.

Jun Wu walked to the desk and began to plan the chips in his hand.

He has the appearance of a middle-aged man, and he has to concentrate on doing things. Only when the matter is arranged to a certain stage, does he come out of his thinking and look at the princess who is playing games with the concubine not far away: he is also an idiot, and the future Wu Dynasty cannot rely on her. Yes, it is indeed his own.

The wind and rain are whistling outside the window, as if thousands of monsters are howling. Looking at his daughter who is playing games, Jun Wu thinks that when he was young, if he encountered such a hurricane at that time, he would have listened to it easily. I won't feel bored all day long, but now...disaster relief, arrangements...

Thinking of this, he spread out the drawings on the table and began to write a detailed disaster relief plan...

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The shouting wind and rain lasted for a day and a night before it weakened.

On the afternoon of April [-]th, while the rain was still falling, Jun Wu had already summoned various ministers in the main hall to start planning for disaster relief.In fact, every year there are big and small typhoons that land in Fuzhou - the scientific name at this time is "hurricane" - and there are certain arrangements in various places earlier, it is still April, and the typhoon that landed this time is not considered to be the largest, Mr. Part of the reorganized and refined army, including the Beiwei Army, was put into it.

Regarding the military participation in disaster relief this time, some veterans headed by Li Guang expressed concern and opposition. In fact, last year, Han Shizhong’s Zhenhai Army, Yue Fei’s Beiwei Army, and some other troops had conflicts with various places because of disaster relief. , the enforcement of military laws by the army is not very strict these days. In some extremely serious disasters, it is possible to dispatch the army to rescue people, but if the disaster is not serious, sometimes the army itself will cause serious problems. Among all the troops, only the Beiwei Army has the most stringent military law, which can avoid disturbing the people to the greatest extent, but Han Shizhong's Zhenhai and some other troops, once let go, will poke their own troubles.

However, since the slogan of "respect the king and fight against barbarians" was chanted last year, the Southeast Armed Forces Academy in Fuzhou, with the help of Zuo Wenhuai and others, has completed the initial education of national beliefs and subjective initiative for the first batch of young officers. Now, according to feedback from all parties, these young officers are performing well in all aspects.Whether it's a mule or a horse, sooner or later they have to be taken out for a walk.

There was a debate in the main hall, and soon after, Jun Wu made a decision on this matter and decided to implement it.

The military disaster relief is to gather the hearts of the people, and it is also a military training for various things that may happen in the future. In order to emphasize the significance of this incident, Jun Wu also specially wrote an article for the cabinet, requiring all ministries to have strict military discipline and not take anything from the people. will be dealt with strictly.

Impassionate pre-mobilization has also been carried out in various places.

On April 22, a part of the Beiwei Army went to Houguan County near Fuzhou for disaster relief, helping to clean up the ruins, treat the victims, move the corpses, and transfer property... On this afternoon, some local victims accused this part of the army of taking the opportunity to search for property, perhaps because At the beginning of the disaster relief, the government carried out a lot of publicity that they would never disturb the people and violate discipline, or the military law would be strict. This time, the crowd gathered very fast, and the nearby military law team also quickly came to investigate.

Not long after, a package containing various properties was found among the belongings of Zhong Ergui, the commander of the army.

The sentiment of the people suddenly boiled like a volcanic eruption. At this time, the government, the military law team, and the relief soldiers were also there. Everyone was blocked on the road in the center of the county, and was in a dilemma for a while.Because of some things in this place, Yue Yinping, who volunteered to participate in the disaster relief, ran over to guarantee and argue for Zhong Ergui at this time - this man is the elite of the Beiwei army, he used to be a miner, and he was brave on the battlefield Fearless, but usually has a straightforward and peaceful temperament, and would never do such a thing.

When I looked back and realized that there was a serious problem, it was already late, and the people on both sides of the street were a little out of control in the heavy rain. The young men who were educated in the Armed Forces Academy and served as military judges first accused Zhong Ergui of ruining the reputation of the army, When they realized that the matter was fermenting too fast, it was too late to deal with it, and an organized and premeditated framing and mutiny was imminent.

Their reactions were a little slow.

So then they faced two choices: one is to directly suppress everything that follows with the army on the spot...

Soon after, they tried to deal with Zhong Ergui with military law to appease public anger, but Zhong Ergui crashed to death on a roadside pillar in the face of insults all over the street.

This is the first political disaster that the southeast imperial court faced this summer during the three years of revitalization.

In the next few days, military-civilian conflicts and all kinds of grievances caused by disaster relief in various parts of Fujian followed one after another.

……

In the afternoon of April 25, the rain brought by the typhoon has subsided temporarily, and the entire city of Fuzhou is still a mess.

When he entered the side hall of the imperial palace, Li Guang saw that Hu Quan, Zhou Pei, Wenren Buer, Cheng Zhouhai and others were already there, and Emperor Junwu was sitting on top of it—this was when he summoned more trusted people to discuss the matter. A short meeting - Li Guang sighed slightly in his heart when he saw his face that seemed to be in a bad mood because of staying up late.

This His Majesty loves the Young and Strong faction and is greatly influenced by the Southwest, so he is not very close to the old Confucianists in the court, but as far as the emperor is concerned, he is really an extremely hardworking, diligent, and benevolent king, compared to the previous one. Several emperors of the Wu Dynasty were more responsible for their fathers.It's a pity that the environment in which he took over the power was really too difficult.

If he had taken over the Jinghan dynasty—even Emperor Jianshuo had abdicated early—the current Wu Dynasty would probably have a different look.

He sighed in his heart like this, as for what everyone in the hall was talking about, it was naturally all kinds of complaints about military-civilian conflicts that came from various places recently.Not long after, Jun Wu asked him his opinion on this matter. Li Guang said frankly: "This matter is a counterattack of the grievances accumulated by the clans from all over Fujian since the court cleared the land and clarified taxes last year. I know it. , the number of violations of discipline by the military of all parties has been greatly reduced, but last year, the military violated discipline, and the big clans from all over the country did not say anything.

"And the real danger of this matter is that if it is not handled properly, our people's and military's morale may be completely lost..."

What Li Guang and other Confucian officials were worried about before was actually the emergence of various conspiracies and accidents...

In the side hall, they discussed for a long time. When the meeting adjourned, a task had been arranged, and Hu Quan and Li Guang went out together.In fact, they had warned the emperor many times about being too radical when he was in Fujian. At this time, the younger Hu Quan was also silent for a long time, and sighed: "It's not easy, Your Majesty..."

Li Guang nodded: "Do your own thing well."

……

The slightly larger meeting was temporarily dispersed, and after everyone left, Zhou Peifang talked to Jun Wu about more important matters in the hall: "...the silver in the treasury is only more than 20 taels. According to the previous The discussion is to consider whether the military expenditure can be reduced, but after Zhong Ergui's death, the morale of the army has fluctuated, and they have to rely on them to rescue the disaster and prevent things from worsening in the future. It seems that the military salary cannot be delayed..."

Jun Wu sat on the chair, lost his mind for a moment, then shook his head: "The army is not allowed to disturb the people, the premise is that the payment is sufficient. The military salary must not be less."

Zhou Pei nodded: "The things brought out from Lin'an have already been sold out, and the private warehouse has long been empty. I will think of a way to see where I can dismantle some."

"...The fleet that went out last year, Miss Huang, can you come back earlier this year?"

"I've said it many times, I'm afraid it will be the second half of the year."

"Maybe the fleet is sympathetic to my hard work and can be able to..."

Zhou Pei didn't speak, Jun Wu then laughed at himself, and after a while, he said: "Sister Huang, who is responsible for Zhong Ergui, did you find out?"

"Now it's not something that Zhong Ergui can make up for." Zhou Pei reminded him, "Now there are at least four or five places in Fujian that are making trouble."

"But yesterday afternoon, the Yinping girl from the Yue family came into the palace and cried to me... No, there is no crying, she came to scold me. Zhong Ergui is a poor man who digs mines. He is brave on the battlefield and straightforward on the battlefield. Which common people are in trouble , he would often help out, a really good guy... just such a good guy, a good soldier, was forced to death in front of everyone..."

"Miss Yue also found me..."

"That's right." Jun Wu sighed, "In the final analysis, it's my fault. Respecting the king and resisting the barbarians taught some people who are loyal to the court and consider everyone, but after all, they have too little experience and act too forcefully. No matter how big a matter is, it should be handled according to the rules, and it should be investigated and judged carefully. How could it be dealt with on the spot to appease public grievances... I, thinking of Zhong Ergui's mood when he was dying, my heart hurts, I can't wait..."

He gritted his teeth and raised his fist, and then slowly slammed it on the table with a powerless resentment.Zhou Pei looked at him for a while.

"In the final analysis, we underestimated the means of Cao Jinlong and Pu Xingui. We thought they could only rely on the power of the clan and gentry to carry out assassinations in the mountains and various small places. Fuzhou and several big cities, they could not enter Come on, those who come in to assassinate have repeatedly failed. Who knew that they would suddenly do such a trick. We have reviewed the matter in Houguan County, and we have to stir up such a big battle in half a day, so that the county magistrate It's all messed up, it's not done by three or two people, there must be a lot of people in the crowd acting as ordinary people."

"Wouldn't it be easier to catch their clues if there were more people?"

"Now I have received some rumors that it was planned by Chen Shuangran, the daughter of the Chen family, including this time that various places have planted and framed our army, so that people from all over the place will take the lead, and if there is a problem, they will say that they have been cheated. It's all her plan..."

"Chen Shuangran...too careless. Speaking of which, the Chen family is very beautiful?"

"Yeah." Zhou Pei nodded, "The Chen family said they were maritime merchants, but they were actually pirates. When the Chen family was suppressed last year, I heard that this girl had already got a marriage contract with the son of the He family in Yanping, and she was about to get married. At the end of the year, He Hu was suppressed, she, Pu Xingui, Cao Jinlong and other talents were pushed out by the secret big clan, so logically speaking, they are just puppets, so I don't know if the rumors this time are true."

Since gaining a firm foothold last year, Junwu has set out his chariots and horses. On the one hand, he has built a military training school to enrich his internal resources, and on the other hand, he has cleared obstacles to the outside world. Even though he took a risk, he shot very beautifully, with the demeanor of a king on horseback.And since last year when the land in Fujian was increased and taxes were increased, the resistance of some big clans was within the expected range. Even though vicious cases of "killing yellow dogs" and other officials' assassinations broke out in some places, the official strength Having established a firm foothold in several big cities, the competition for the bottom layer was originally something that needed to be done step by step.

If the opponent wants to assassinate, the side will send more people to try to catch people. If the big clan wants to fight, the side will collect evidence. peripheral control.Jun Wu can't be said to be a genius, but under the long-term setbacks and tempering, he does not lack the patience and tenacity to stand up to others.

Under such circumstances, this time it proves that Pu Xingui, Cao Jinlong, and Chen Shuangran, a group of jumping clowns who were pushed onto the stage, were still underestimating and negligent after all. After all, before this, the group they organized in Fuzhou All kinds of assassinations, none of which were successful.

When setbacks come, of course it is still emotionally uncomfortable. Zhou Pei thought for a while and comforted: "Mr. Cheng and Mr. Tie are already working on the investigation of this matter. We actually know that these people have been doing various assassinations. We have even sent out hero posts around the world, and invited some evil masters with bad records to enter Fujian to commit crimes. But in the past, there was a lot of thunder and rain, and after Mr. Tie took charge of the Fuzhou garrison, we actually did not put too much thought on it. In dealing with these people, after this incident, we feel that we still need to spend some time to uproot them. It’s just that His Majesty should not bother with them.”

"Catch it earlier, and kill it sooner." Jun Wu murmured, "Everyone is so busy with this matter, Zuo Wenhuai wrote a review summary, and hired thirty army sticks, now It's hard to get out of bed, and I still want to go to the army to calm the situation. Mr. Li has mobilized Confucian scholars from all over the world to write articles. Although the Beiwei army has suffered such insults, General Yue still insists that he must help in disaster relief and must be strict in military law. , Li Guang, Hu Quan, etc., I am not close to them on weekdays, and when something happens, I do it wholeheartedly...Everyone is busy, it’s okay for me to spend a little more time, and it’s okay in the current situation Well, if this Chen Shuangran is really capable, if I can't kill her, I want to accept her."

He made a joke.Zhou Pei also laughed.

"Your Majesty is looking for talents, or is he looking for his beauty?"

"I have always been thirsty for talents. If I am really talented, I..." Jun Wu paused with his fingers in the air. After a while, his eyes changed, "There is a way, sister, there is a way."

"what?"

"Money! There is a way." He shook his fingers, already excited, "Concubine Na! Concubine Na! The southeast gentry always felt that I was not close enough to them, and even robbed them of their things. Didn't they always have it in the past two years? Is it the voice of persuading me to accept my concubine, and saying that I am not safe without a prince...it would be better without a prince, let these big families send the girl over, we can survive for a few months with the dowry, sister!"

Zhou Pei frowned: "Didn't you keep saying that you are afraid of accidents to your relatives? If you accept a concubine, even if the requirements are strict, your relatives will be wooed in various ways. In the past, Shen Ruye's incident happened to the small households you accepted. This time Nadahu..."

"How can you manage so much? There are already bad relations with all parties, and there are only so many taxes. The treasures you brought out of Lin'an were all carried on board last year. If you can't get the money back, let's go ahead. Officials can't sell it. Military pay can’t be less, I’ll sell myself for a while first, hehehe…” When he said this, he was already excited, spread out a piece of paper, rubbed the ink, and prepared to write: “I don’t pick this kind of thing. Well, um, beautiful ones are the best... No, ugly ones are fine too, ugly dowries need more, um, anyway, the standard is based on money, beautiful and ugly ones, it depends on my luck, haha..."

As for Nafei's proposal to accept foreign relatives and make friends with rich families, someone had mentioned it when she first arrived in Fuzhou, but this matter itself had endless troubles, and it was not so tight at that time, so Jun Wu categorically rejected it.Thinking about it at this time, he felt relieved, his words seemed relaxed, and he sat behind the desk happily writing the preliminary regulations.

Zhou Pei looked at his younger brother's expression at the moment, a look of compassion gradually flashed in his eyes, and sat down beside him: "...it seems that in the future, he can also sell me for a round."

"That can't be done. Selling myself is taking advantage. You can't sell, Miss Huang." In the side hall, the emperor made a hearty and undefended voice while writing at his desk, and he laughed, "...I will take good care of you .”

Perhaps the tense nerves suddenly loosened. At this moment, Jun Wu's words were as innocent as when he was a boy many years ago. Zhou Pei looked at him for a long time and nodded:
"……Um."

……

In order to solve the temporary financial problem, I thought of an expedient measure. Although such a big matter cannot be finalized immediately, my mood has eased a little.After a while, the eldest princess Zhou Pei left the palace, and Jun Wu sat on the chair and rubbed his forehead.The typhoon just mixed the light and darkness of the distant sky in the past afternoon, sprinkled into a part of the palace gate, but did not illuminate the emperor on the dragon chair.

Tiredness still enveloped him. He thought about the matter of accepting concubines for money, and then thought about the situation of the armies in various places, and thought of Zhong Ergui's unjust death. At the end of last year, he even celebrated, but from the darkness behind him The outstretched tentacles wrapped around his hands.

What he was facing was not a battle with sharp swords and sharp guns, but everything was like a quagmire, with blood-sucking insects crawling up his body unknowingly, and many times he even couldn't tell who was a friend and who was an enemy.

Thinking this way in the dark, at a certain moment, he raised his hand and slammed it hard on the table.

The guard who heard the sound poked his head in from outside the hall to check the movement inside. The majestic emperor who was in the gloom looked over. The next moment, the emperor sighed slightly, and waved his hand outside.

"fine……"

He comforted with a sigh.

Like a deflated ball.

And after a while, he even had to cheer himself up and continue working...

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Wu Zhenxing three years, April 25, evening.

When the people in Fuzhou were caught in this political turmoil, at the southwest gate of the city, an old carriage pulled by jujube horses, carrying two traveling teenagers, slowly drove into this still trapped city. The ancient city in the midst of the storm.

The stagnant water brought by the wind and rain has not completely receded, the streets are full of sewage, there is a lot of garbage on the roadside, and there are also collapsed houses. People are still cleaning up their homes after the disaster.

"Okay, it's so lively."

In front of the carriage, the young man in patched clothes and holding a whip stared at him, expressing a strange emotion.

In the carriage at the back, the girl who was forced to change her name to Long Aotian looked at him tenderly while arranging her things.

Ning Ji and Qu Longjun also experienced a typhoon a few days ago.

They luckily found a small cave in the nearby mountains to take shelter. When the typhoon came, the sky was dark and the wind and rain roared like thousands of horses rushing by. Ning Ji was stunned and excited in the cave.Because the cave is not big, Qu Longjun was hugged by Ning Ji, and they were squeezed together with the jujube horse "Vald Donkey".

When the wind and rain were lighter, Ning Ji went out to punch a few times.Because according to the Huaxia Army, fighting against mountain torrents and tsunamis can significantly increase martial arts cultivation.

The typhoon is really awesome and exciting.

After the strong wind passed, they came out of the mountain, and on the way they changed to a broken carriage from someone else's house. I heard that there are often strong winds in Fuzhou, and it might be even bigger than this one. Ning Ji was already looking forward to it.He and Qu Longjun planned to come to Fuzhou together, turn this broken carriage into a mobile department store, make a fortune by buying and selling goods, and then rent a sturdy house in the city until the next typhoon comes. The two of them will eat hot pot and sing songs in the room, feeling all this well.

Of course, Qu Longjun is looking forward to everything with him.

At the same moment, Yue Yinping and Yue Yunzheng poured a jug of spirits on the street where the soldiers of the Beiwei Army died unjustly three days ago in Houguan County, which is several miles away from here, to commemorate the dead comrades in arms.

And on the other side of this troubled world, a name named Chen Shuangran was passed down by word of mouth among the clan chiefs, and he was about to become a legend among the underworld this summer...

In the noisy and busy city, where the sea breeze is blowing, the line of cause and effect is being extended, and some stories have not yet happened.

about to happen...

　New thread ends need to be arranged and repaired several times.Fortunately, in terms of the rhythm of monthly updates, it is obvious that I have not stopped updating.

　
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