Xichun, the first daughter of the Red Chamber

In the end, Emperor Jingchang did not take Xichun's suggestion, but asked people to take out the last part of the emergency food storage of the household department, and sent someone to send it there immediately, and at the same time transferred some food storage in various states and counties on the way.

The soldiers who delivered the food were selected from the remaining half of the Gyeonggi garrison battalion, and the leader was Wang Ziteng.

Jia Jing laughed when he knew it, but Xichun didn't understand, so he asked him why he was laughing.

Jia Jing slowly explained to Xichun, "Wang Ziteng is not good at leading the army, but he knows how to be a man, and he doesn't like to fight for merit. He has a good relationship with the generals in the army. Over the years, he has gradually accumulated enough contacts. He was named the admiral of the nine provinces to inspect the border defense, but he didn't find out any problems, which shows that he is tactful."

Xichun vaguely caught a clue, Jia Jing said again: "This time, the Ministry of Households will send out a small portion of the grain, and most of it will be transferred from the states and counties. Your Majesty only said the deadline for the arrival and the total amount of grain, and did not say anything about it." Tell me how much grain is allocated from which state or county, and Wang Ziteng needs to obtain enough grain in such a short period of time, who do you think he will ask for help?"

Xichun understood, "Look for the generals stationed in various places."

Wang Ziteng didn't dare to delay the matter, and he would try his best to get things done. Then, in this way, it would be easy to know which generals had a good relationship with him.

Xichun blinked, "This is a conspiracy."

Jia Jing nodded, "Yes, and believe it or not, His Majesty must have stuffed his own people in, and it's probably still bright and dark."

One light and one dark, it can be regarded as all-round supervision of Wang Ziteng, the bright one can divert attention, and at some point can also be borrowed to pull a big flag to adjust food, and the dark one can even guide Wang Ziteng along the way The movements are clear.

Xichun covers her mouth, isn't this too bad?But she likes it!

Seeing Xichun covering her mouth and laughing, Jia Jing also laughed, "But Sister Mei's idea is not bad. If it works well, it can be used in the future."

The advantage of Xichun's plan is that the garrisons in various places take turns to escort them, and the county magistrates and generals in the places they pass must sign as guarantees, which can ensure that the food is preserved to the greatest extent. After the food has passed, there are only four or five copies left at the destination. If you encounter some ruthless people, one or two copies may also be left.

Xichun felt a little embarrassed now, "Daughter still thinks simply, if those places collude to deceive, it is unlikely that the officials and generals of the entire prefecture and county will be changed in the end, and it will take a long time, like this time Emergency food deliveries will be delayed.”

Jia Jing smiled, "How old are you? It's not bad to think of this method. This time, all the food from the Ministry of Finance was transferred away. Your Majesty ordered the south of the Yangtze River to send grain to Beijing. It is your plan. It can be seen that His Majesty still wants to promote it." If this plan is fully operational in the future, whether it is grain adjustment in peacetime or wartime, sufficient grain will be mobilized quickly and effectively, and it will not be as mobilizing as it is now."

Xichun nodded, feeling like she was about to fly when she was in a good mood.

Emperor Jingchang's action was very fast this time. He decided to leave that day and set off at night. Many people didn't know what had happened until the next day. Those nobles could not wait for Emperor Jingchang to order the Gyeonggi garrison to bring their children back. , but now that the person has left, they have nothing to do. Those who are capable, hurriedly wrote a letter to Wang Ziteng, hoping to catch up with him on the road, and bring their children back with them when they return.

A few days later, another urgent letter from General Wu and Nan'an County King arrived. They described the tragedy of the battle in detail. The enemy was so powerful that their garrison camp was destroyed. , The current camp is still being rebuilt temporarily. Most of the people are bedded by the sky and the ground is used as a bed. They have nothing to eat. Now they can hardly eat bark and grass roots, and there are no people. Those soldiers in the previous army are now Only two or three out of ten remained, and the rest were transferred from garrisons in nearby counties and counties, so it probably wouldn't last long.

Looking at the whole article, how can it be a miserable word.

General Wu also intimately told everyone that the reinforcements led by the king of Nan'an went to the battlefield on the first day they arrived here. Because many of them were children and had never seen such a scene, they ran away on the battlefield, and they simply didn't run much. Far, and finally they were all found.

General Wu said that these children were deeply aware of their mistakes under their teaching, and asked General Wu and Nan'an County King to give them another chance, and they were allowed.

General Wu said that the awareness of these children is very high. Not only that, they took the initiative to cut off their hair and asked to be stationed outside the camp to defend the enemy. It was really touching.

General Wu said that he and other generals believed that after the baptism of war, these children would be reborn and become useful to His Majesty, the court and the country!At the same time, I also pay high tribute to those nobles in Beijing, saying that I misunderstood them in the past, but I didn't expect that they would even throw their own children on the battlefield without hesitation. Wind is good!

After hearing this, Xichun was speechless. How did this make General Wu and the others into a trap? !

Those nobles didn't have the heart to pay attention to this, they only noticed that their children were suffering, and they might have died!

On the first day there, it was on the battlefield!Haircut!Stationed at the outermost edge of the camp!What awareness is good?It's not that they don't know their children!This is obviously forced!And judging by General Wu's tone, it is clear that he intends to send their children to die!

Some nobles couldn't bear it any longer. Before, they just cried to the empress dowager and concubine in the harem, but now they went directly to the emperor to ask for their children to be brought back.

These nobles didn't lose their heads completely, they just said that their children are useless, and they will definitely cause trouble for General Wu, so they might as well take them back.

At the same time, they also expressed their willingness to give property as compensation.

Emperor Jingchang had a smile on his face, but his eyes were terribly cold, "What did Aiqing say? Didn't General Wu say that? Those children still want to take this opportunity to make contributions and win glory for Aiqing. Aiqing did this , wouldn't it chill the hearts of the children, Ai Qing should stop mentioning these words."

Xungui was taken aback for a moment, subconsciously raised his head to look at Emperor Jingchang, and then woke up from the coldness in Emperor Jingchang's eyes.

After Xungui left, Emperor Jingchang snorted coldly and went to the Supreme Emperor.

The little eunuch was gently massaging the head of the Supreme Emperor, and did not dare to stop when Emperor Jingchang came in.

The Supreme Emperor opened his eyes when he heard footsteps, and when he saw that it was Emperor Jingchang, he waved the little eunuch down.

Emperor Jingchang bowed to the Supreme Emperor, "Father, what's wrong with you? Would you like to let the Supreme Hospital come over to take a look."

The Supreme Emperor waved his hand, "It's just a headache from being cried by those nobles, just rest for a while, it's not worth calling the imperial doctor."

The Supreme Emperor said again: "What do you want to do here?"

Emperor Jingchang replied: "Those nobles want to exchange property for their children to come back."

The Supreme Emperor hummed, thought for a while and said: "This method is also possible." It can avoid leaving those people in the border and cause chaos, and can win honors and honors. It can also gain benefits, killing three birds with one stone.

Emperor Jingchang looked up at the Supreme Emperor, "But I don't want to do this."

The Supreme Emperor was taken aback for a moment, and then he heard Jingchang Emperor continue: "These nobles are also the titles that they followed their ancestors to fight for the country. It has only been a few years since they have been corrupted by the glory and wealth. A good player of Yi, now on the battlefield does not want to kill the enemy and defend the country, but only thinks about how to be a deserter. This is the pillar of the country they keep talking about in the future, I don’t want the pillar of the country who just wants to be a deserter.”

The Supreme Emperor was silent for a while, "You want to take this opportunity to suppress the nobles and promote the poor."

"Yes." Emperor Jingchang didn't shy away from his own thoughts, "Now the nobles have formed their own faction, and it is difficult to get rid of them. This time is a good opportunity, and compared to them, the power of the humble family can be used by the ministers more. "

The Supreme Emperor sneered, "You are honest."

Emperor Jingchang lowered his eyes, "My son has never played a trick in front of my father."

The Supreme Emperor was dumbfounded.

What Emperor Jingchang said is correct. From the beginning to now, he has never cheated in front of the Supreme Emperor. This is part of the reason why the Supreme Emperor chose him back then. After all, a child who never cheated in front of you is easy to control in his opinion.

But the Supreme Emperor forgot that Emperor Jingchang never hid his ambitions.

The Supreme Emperor stared at Emperor Jingchang for a while, "Then why did you come to see me?"

Emperor Jingchang saluted, "I would like to ask my father not to be soft-hearted."

The Emperor Taishang was silent, and Emperor Jingchang didn't care, and continued: "My father has been in power for decades, and I know this country better than my son-in-law. What can be done for our country is better. My son believes in my father and will not let me The hearts of the people of the world are chilling."

"Are you threatening me?" The Supreme Emperor said coldly, "Don't forget that those nobles are also your subjects."

Emperor Jingchang immediately said: "Why would my son threaten my father? It's just a reminder."

It was thanks to the Supreme Emperor that those nobles were able to stuff the quarter of the forbidden army in. Otherwise, it would not be so exaggerated. A quarter of the people were there to gain merit, and the past dynasties have never acted like this.

"Those who have survived and made meritorious service will be rewarded according to their merits. As long as they are willing to do things, want to climb up, and want to be a master, I will give them enough opportunities!"

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense, and after a while, Emperor Jingchang saw that the Supreme Emperor still hadn't spoken, so he saluted the Supreme Emperor again, "I will take my leave first."

Seeing that those nobles could not persuade Emperor Jingchang, the Supreme Emperor ignored them in a cold heart for some reason, and immediately became anxious. After a group of people discussed, they asked to send Liu Jiajun, the mother's family of Princess Nan'an, to support them.

The Liu family army is stationed in the area of ​​Liaoning. They are brave and good at fighting. They are still one of the few troops who have fought in naval battles. What is even more rare is that the Liu family army has only fought a big victory a few years ago. To attack, it is enough to keep some people watching.

Emperor Jingchang agreed, but Liu’s army had not yet set off to Lingnan. General Wu told Emperor Jingchang that they fought to the death with Qianxiang Kingdom a few days ago, and they won miserably. They were all gone, and most of the survivors were seriously injured, including himself. The wounded soldiers didn't know how long they could last, so they asked Emperor Jingchang to send troops to take over immediately, and at the same time send some food and medicinal materials.

In addition, the king of Nan'an died in battle, and the son of Nan'an's mansion was seriously injured and fell into the sea. He has not been found so far.

☆、The first 28 chapters

When Xichun heard the news, she thought she had heard it wrong, so she asked Lichun in a daze, "Who are you talking about?"

Li Chun cautiously said: "The king of Nan'an died in battle, and the prince of Jin was seriously injured and fell into the sea. He has not been found so far."

Xichun suddenly felt dizzy and began to fall down. Lichun immediately stepped forward to support her and yelled for someone.

Xichun only heard a noise beside her ear, but couldn't make out what was being said.

Jin Han has survived so many times before, why this time...

Mother Jiang and the others were pinching people and feeding them fragrant pills, and it took a while to see Xichun's face turn better.

Xichun gasped, "Go, let someone prepare the carriage, I'm going to Nan'an Palace."

When Jia Jing heard that Xichun had gone to Nan'an Palace, he didn't say anything, he just sighed when he remembered the young man who swore to the Queen of Heaven at the gate of the palace.

Pity.

Now all the Xungui's homes in the capital are in chaos, and no one comes to Nan'an Palace. As soon as Xichun came, he was directly led to meet Nan'an Princess.

Princess Nan'an was dressed in filial piety, and she was terribly thin, but she was in good spirits. When Xichun left, she was instructing the servants in the mansion to carry out the funeral.

Seeing Xichun coming, Princess Nan'an forced a smile at her, "Are you here to see Sister Yue?"

Xichun nodded, "Yes, such a big incident happened, I was worried about her, so I wanted to come and be with her."

Princess Nan'an took her hand and patted it, "Good boy."

Princess Nan'an's hands were very cold. When they were touching Xichun's hands, Xichun inexplicably thought of the temperature of the corpse, and then shivered subconsciously, "Princess Wang praised me a lot. Sister Yue treats me so well on weekdays. It should be nice to her."

Princess Nan'an nodded and said no more, and asked someone to take her to see Jin Yue.

Jin Yue's eyes were red and swollen, she was leaning against the bed and weeping, but she didn't respond when she saw her coming.

Xichun stepped forward to call her a few times but did not respond at all, and Yinfeng who was beside her also shed tears, "The county lord has been like this since he heard the news. "

Xichun's heart was sour, and she gently stepped forward to hug Jinyue, "Brother Jin will be worried if he knows about you like this."

"You are his sister, shed the same blood as him, you are far stronger than you think, and now the princess is only with you, you are going to have an accident, what will the princess do? And they didn't say that they didn't find Jin Big brother? Maybe Jin big brother is recuperating there now, and when he recovers, he will come back."

Jin Yue's body shook, Xichun knew that these words had an effect, and immediately said: "Brother Jin wrote to me before and asked me to take care of you, saying that you were older than me, but kind and simple, he was afraid that you would eat me." Loss. But later he told me that I don’t need to take care of you anymore, because you have grown into a good person, kind and optimistic, discerning right from wrong, and willing to help others. He also said that he would let you take care of me in the future. Good big sister, you can take care of your younger siblings now."

"Brother Jin is right. Although Sister Yue rarely has time to visit me these years, she has never forgotten me. She will remember to give me a share of any good things she gets from the palace. If something happens to me on weekdays Yue My sister will come over immediately, I am really happy to meet sister Yue."

"Look, Brother Jin believes in you so much, and sister Yue has to cheer up, so that when Brother Jin comes back, sister Yue can proudly tell him that you have taken good care of the family, and he has nothing to worry about."

Jin Yue slowly clenched her fingers, "...Really?"

Xichun smiled and nodded at her, "Of course it's true. Not only Brother Jin thinks so, but everyone thinks so. Didn't the concubine praise sister Yue for handling the affairs of the house well before, so she doesn't have to worry about it?"

Jinyue cried and said: "But I'm afraid. As soon as I close my eyes, I see my brother's body. He is lying on the ground with injuries all over his body. He is calling my name, and he asks me to take him home, but I I can't move! I can't move! I can't even say my brother's name! I..."

Jinyue was crying so hard that she couldn't breathe, Xichun hurriedly relieved her, "That was just your dream! Dreams are always the opposite! Have you forgotten? As I said just now, they only saw Brother Jin fall into the sea, I didn't see him... Maybe Brother Jin has been rescued now, maybe it's the army, maybe a fisherman, or maybe even another island. Haven't we read the story of the overseas survivors before? That person was rescued by the big The storm blew to an island and lived for decades before returning home."

"If you also think Brother Jin is really dead, what will he think when Brother Jin comes back? Others can give up on him, but you can't."

Jin Yue sniffed, breathed slowly, and said hesitantly, "...then...in case...brother..."

Xichun said firmly: "Then you have to cheer up and take him home."

Jin Yue nodded fiercely, then hugged Xichun and cried loudly, and let Xichun go back when she had cried enough, "I'll be fine, you go back first, it will be dark in a while, and wait for the funeral of the father I'll play with you when I'm done."

Xichun nodded and said yes, repeatedly asked her to take care of her health, and if there was anything to do, send someone to find her, and she would rush over immediately.

Princess Nan'an obviously did not want to believe that Jin Han was dead, so she only held the funeral for one person of Nan'an County King. The funeral was a big one, but not many people came to express their condolences.

Almost every family of those nobles in Beijing hung white sails, they cried continuously every day, and wrote letters every day asking to attack Qianxiang country.

Emperor Jingchang was so annoyed that he had a headache, how should he fight?Now there are only a few armies that can fight naval battles, and everyone has to be stationed. How can there be so many soldiers to attack Qianxiang country, and Qianxiang country is only such a big place, it is of no benefit to attack it!

Those nobles cried again, saying that you should send someone to bring back the body of our child, and let him go home and be buried in peace.

Emperor Jingchang also directly said that he would try his best, but most of them could not be sent back, because the battles were almost all held at sea, so many people fell directly into the sea after death, how can this be fished?

The nobles cried so much that they nearly passed out, and then began to ask Emperor Jingchang to punish General Wu and the King of Nan'an County for leading troops badly, causing the army to lose so many soldiers.

Emperor Jingchang's face immediately darkened. During this period of time, he was already very busy, recruiting troops, rewarding and compensating the soldiers for meritorious service, and the gunpowder on the ships of the Qianxiang Kingdom. What better than listening to these nobles cry? important?Originally, I felt pity for them to be patient without this child, but who knew that the other party actually had such thoughts!Hearing their tone, I'm afraid even he and the Supreme Emperor are to blame in their hearts!

Emperor Jingchang guessed right, those nobles really blamed them too, blamed the Supreme Emperor for agreeing to stuff his own children in it, blamed Emperor Jingchang for not allowing the children to come back, and blamed General Wu and Nan'an County King for their incompetence, He could defeat Qianxiang country miserably, and he lost his own child's life in vain.

But compared to Emperor Jingchang and the Supreme Emperor, the nobles blame General Wu and King Nan'an even more, after all, these two are easier to handle.

So when Emperor Jingchang put an end to the matter in hand, he found out that there were rumors outside, and he brought up General Wu's former slave status to talk about the matter, and said that General Wu's family was extremely humble, and all kinds of ugly words. I dare not learn from Emperor Jingchang.

The secret guard said: "And they also said that General Wu is relying entirely on... the female family members in the family are in charge, and he himself has no military talent at all. If he hadn't led the army this time, so many people would not have died."

Emperor Jingchang asked with a cold face: "Do those people believe it?"

The dark guard buried his head even lower, "Most of the soldiers who died this time belonged to ordinary people."

Emperor Jingchang threw the paperweight on the table, "Then why don't you stop the rumors when things go wrong?!"

The dark guard immediately said: "The subordinates and others are incompetent. They were distracted by the Supreme Emperor before. When we regained consciousness, the rumors have already..."

Emperor Jingchang was even more angry, and immediately got up and went to the Supreme Emperor.

The Supreme Emperor was not surprised to see him coming, so he asked him to sit down, "Recently, you have been coming to me frequently."

Emperor Jingchang didn't sit down, stood where he was and said with a cold face: "I want to find my father because of some things."

The Supreme Emperor didn't mind, and changed his sitting position, "What about the rumors about General Wu?"

Emperor Jingchang nodded, "Yes, so the emperor won't be afraid of chilling the hearts of heroes?"

The Supreme Emperor made a mocking smile, "So what if he is chilled? Can he make waves? He can get to where he is today, which proves that he knows better than anyone else when to bend and when to stretch. And Do you think you have the confidence to fight against all the nobles? Don’t forget, most of the important officials in the court are nobles that you look down on.”

Emperor Jingchang said word by word: "Keerchen's heart is chilled. He can slander heroes like this for his own self-interest. I don't want such important ministers. I can't do anything about them now, but that doesn't mean I will take them in the future." no way."

The Supreme Emperor sneered, "Then do you think your poor families will be fine? How long do you think they can last in the face of glory and wealth? When the water is clear, there will be no fish. Don't you even understand this?"

"If one batch doesn't work, just replace another batch. Doesn't this great country not even have such talents?" Emperor Jingchang said, "Your ministers can tolerate that they have their own little thoughts and even seek benefits for themselves within the allowed scope." , but I can't stand them forgetting the most basic things of being a human being."

Emperor Jingchang turned and walked back, "Father, don't forget, for several generations, whether it is the royal family or those nobles, they are all poor families in your mouth."

Emperor Jingchang resolutely suppressed the rumors, and then made General Wu the Marquis of Dinghai, and let him recuperate in Lingnan. At the same time, he was responsible for assisting in the construction of the new Lingnan Navy, and made Wu Hai a deputy general.

After these orders, everyone will know that Emperor Jingchang is determined to protect the Wu family.

Yingchun became happy when she found out, "It seems that His Majesty has not been deceived by those rumors, that's great."

Xichun was eating pastries beside him, "The Wu family has been with His Majesty for so many years, His Majesty will naturally protect them, but this courage is really strong, it is provoking those nobles."

Yingchun also took a piece of pastry to eat, "Whatever, the Wu family is fine now anyway."

Xichun looked at her suspiciously, "Why are you so happy that the Wu family is fine?"

Yingchun said: "General Wu is a hero, not to mention receiving a reward, but also being ruined by such rumors. I have suffered from rumors before, so naturally I feel a little bit of the same."

Xichun smiled and said, "It's all right now, after a while people forget the rumors and don't mention them anymore."

Yingchun nodded, "Yeah, forget about it, let's change the topic."

Xichun thought for a while and said, "Let's talk about which young talents Uncle Xi has selected for you recently?"

Yingchun suddenly lost face, "Don't mention this! I can't wait for a husband-in-law to come out of nowhere and give it to my father!"

Xichun suddenly smiled unkindly, and after a few days, there were rumors outside again.

This rumor was once spread that the son of General Wu had an affair with Miss Jia's second.

Yingchun:? !