The most unlucky crossing in history

Five days after Zhong Qiyun left Jingzhao, Jingzhao City was no different from usual.

Although Xie Wenyuan got the news that day and immediately went to He Qinyan's home to explain the situation on the Northwest battlefield to him, but after that, He Qinyan never had any contact with him, and Emperor Feng Zheng above the palace hall did not summon him.

On the night of August 25th, a dilapidated meditation room in the cabinet of Zongyun Temple outside Jingzhao City was burning with an inconspicuous lamp as usual, but what was different from the past was that the door that was always open at that time was now tightly closed .

If you take a peek through the slightly open window, you will be amazed by the picture in front of you, because so many high-ranking officials in the late Qing dynasty are crowded in this dilapidated meditation room.

Those who know the high-ranking officials of the imperial city can recognize that the people gathered in this room are the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry under the order of the Minister, and more than a dozen ministers. At the top of the list is Xie Wenyuan, the order of today's Shangshu.

"There are many eyes and ears in the Political Affairs Hall, and the people of Wei Hechao are also staring at the homes in Jingzhao City. Some things are not suitable to be said there, so I found this place late at night and invited adults to come here to talk about things."

Hubu Shangshu cupped his hands slightly to Xie Wenyuan and said, "My lord should have guessed why we asked you to come here in person, right?"

Xie Wenyuan nodded slightly, he knew it.

During this period of time, the current situation is unpredictable, I saw that Wei He was constantly moving towards that side, but Emperor Feng Zheng didn't seem to notice it, and continued to sing and sing with the beautiful concubine who came back from the Uighur.And after explaining the situation in the Northwest to them, he told them not to take any action, without explaining the reason.

I'm afraid that these things under his men are a little unclear and incomprehensible.

"My lord, you have said that the emperor must have known about the defeat of the Northwest Army, and Wei Hechao deliberately concealed and even colluded with the enemy to frame the general. Why hasn't the emperor mentioned it for so many days? Could it be that he even ordered He, the servant? You don’t believe what you say anymore?” Ji Xingyan, the new minister of the Ministry of Rites, looked anxious, he originally belonged to Xie Wenyuan’s faction, so he learned about General Xie’s serious injury in the Northwest War a few days ago, and he knew what it meant, and he also knew Xie Wenyuan has presented this matter to the present, but now is a critical moment of uncertainty, and the present has no action?

Even more...

Thinking of last month's temple sacrifice in the imperial city, Ji Xingyan frowned, "Since the Uighurs sent exotic beauties, Your Majesty

Not only was he asked to go with him during the temple sacrifices, but even..." Thinking of the day when the emperor sat with the Uighur woman in his arms, disregarding the rules of etiquette, Ji Xingyan was filled with anger, but he couldn't break out. Zhi shook his head and sighed heavily: "In the past year, there have been news from the palace that the emperor and the witch from Uighur are singing and dancing every day, but have you ever thought about this important matter in the court? !"

But...Ji Xingyan looked at the anxious Xie Wenyuan for the past few days, and he couldn't figure out what Xie Wenyuan was thinking. He sighed again: "I'm afraid it's that Uighur witch At the emperor's place to confuse the crowd, she was sent by the Uighur king, and now it seems that Wei Hechao has long been collaborating with the Uighur, I am afraid that this foreign woman is the ecstasy array set up by Wei Hechao's men, my lord, tell me, now What is the emperor thinking?"

It is inevitable that the Uighur woman colluded with Wei Hechao. In the final analysis, her purpose was to confuse the monarch and let Wei Hechao achieve the goal he almost announced. It did not have much impact on them. Xie Wenyuan did not Pay attention to this matter, but, for Emperor Feng Zheng......

Xie Wenyuan said: "It's not that the emperor doesn't believe Mr. He's words, he's probably just waiting."

"Wait? Who are you waiting for? Wait for the Uyghur army to go south and capture Jingzhao? Or wait for Wei Hechao to pull back the Yanbei defenders and force the palace to seize the throne?" Ji Xingyan couldn't understand, "Can we wait for the current situation? I'm afraid it will be later. It's too late!"

"Yes, the court seems to be stable now, but people have long been panicked. Tang Baicheng and his like have already surrendered to Wei Hechao..."

"Now both Wei and Chao have placed secret guards outside our mansion, and Zhou Xian, the military commander of the court, is intimidating us everywhere. If my lord hadn't asked me to send my family to the southwest...I'm afraid... ..."

After saying these words, the room fell silent. After a long time, someone sighed: "If Wei Hechao is really allowed to take power and seize the throne, I'm afraid we will have no way out..."

"It doesn't matter if we die. At that time, the country will be chaotic and the various forces will fight, and the people will definitely live in dire straits..."

"Hey......"

Seeing this, Xie Wenyuan shook his head and said: "It's not true, the emperor is suspicious by nature, although he believes what Sir He said, but he doesn't believe me, even if Master He explained it to him, he would think it over a few times, But now it seems that he believed it."

"Since I believed it, why didn't I move at all? What did your lord say waiting? Is it really waiting..." Ji Xingyan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, suddenly thought of something, but when he said this, he suddenly stopped.

stop.

Sitting next to him, Feng Ping, Minister of the Household Department, spoke on behalf of him: "Your Excellency, what you mean is that the Emperor is waiting to see what we do, and wants to wait for us and Wei He to go to the other side." Fight and fight again."

Xie Wenyuan nodded: "Now the life and death of the general is uncertain outside, and the north of the Central Plains and the two lakes are almost covered by Wei Hechao's forces. If we really confront Wei Hechao, there is no benefit. He wants me to fight with Wei Hechao. .”

"..."

"But if that's the case, if the provincial government doesn't take action to intercept the news, I'm afraid that within two days, all the merchants in the country will get the news, and the people in the two lakes will not be able to get the rice and grain for disaster relief... Your Majesty Don't you know?"

Minister of Criminal Affairs Chen Xiaohuan snorted, shook his head and said: "I don't know, I'm afraid I'm ready to give up, right? After all, if there is so much rice, if there is a war, it can just fill the treasury. This is also the best way for the emperor now."

Hearing this, Ji Xingyan was even more annoyed, shaking his head and shaking his head: "Even so, you can't disregard the law of heaven and disregard the lives and deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. When Taizu won the world, he promised too much to heaven? Could it be that you don't pay attention to it?!"

After he finished speaking, before Xie Wenyuan responded, Feng Ping, the Minister of the Household Department, stroked his mustache, and looked at Ji Xingyan's staid and polite temperament, and couldn't help laughing: "Master Ji This is worry and anger accumulated in the chest for many days."

Hearing this, Ji Xingyan glanced at Feng Ping who was drinking tea, and said in a choked voice, "Hmph, Mr. Feng stays out of the matter and is very relaxed. I don't know when the Uighur cavalry will go south and the rice for disaster relief will not be available. Can you still taste Longjing?"

Feng Ping was not angry when he was choked, he poured a cup of tea for Ji Xingyan with a smile, and when he handed it over, he said, "I don't care about Mr. Ji, I just got the news when I came here that the merchant's disaster relief rice and food have been prepared. The Chengfeng Station in the upper and lower forty cities has reported to the local government and can immediately carry the donated rice and grain to the disaster-stricken areas in the two lakes."

After Feng Ping said this, Xie Wenyuan raised his eyes to look at him and asked, "It should be in time."

Although Feng Ping is speaking in a relaxed manner now, it is only because he has received the news. You must know that although he did not show it on the surface a few days ago, his heart is not much calmer than Ji Xingyan, "Speaking of it, the owner of the Zhong family really have some skills, no

After five or six days, the Chengfeng Stations in the upper and lower middle schools of the country started to move. "

That day, Xie Wenyuan told him that the Zhong family would help them deliver the rice, so that he didn't have to worry too much, but he was afraid that the Zhong family would not be able to arrange it, and it would take time. After all, businessmen always put business first. As far as he knows, Zhong Qiyun is prosperous regardless of sea, river or land transportation, but there is no shortage of business. How can it be so easy to spare so much leisure, ships, and manpower to transport rice and grain?I'm afraid it will take some time to arrange the existing business, and it will take at least half a month before the rice grain is shipped.

Unexpectedly, it was only a few days, and Zhong Qiyun had already done everything.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Xie Wenyuan, wondering how Mr. Xie made Boss Zhong obey his orders like this...

Xie Wenyuan naturally noticed Feng Ping's gaze. He looked sideways slightly and asked, "Master Feng?"

Feng Ping didn't hide it, and said directly: "The lower official is just a little curious, and now it seems that the boss of the Zhong family is not as rumored to be against the adults."

"Evil?" Xie Wenyuan suddenly smiled and asked, "How do you say that?"

Rumor has it that he and Zhong Qiyun had a bad relationship?Xie Wenyuan really heard of it for the first time.

"It's all small talk, it's not worth talking about here."

Xie Wenyuan smiled, and stopped asking in detail, but said to everyone in the room: "Since the matter of rice and grain is no longer a problem, I will tell you first, I didn't get involved in the battle for the throne beforehand. , but in such a position, how can it be possible to stay out of it with a clean face? The reason why I haven't asked the adults to move so far is that I am waiting, waiting for the attitude of today."

Emperor Feng Zheng has been smart all his life, how could he become confused at the critical moment?

Xie Wenyuan sneered in his heart. From the beginning to the end, at least in the past three years, the one who died of a long illness was not the prince who hid behind and seized the power from his brothers. It's just a cover, just to highlight that he is still strong and strong as Emperor Zheng, and to cover up his long-term illness and intractable disease. This point was put on by the king he had been with for decades in Wei Hechao.

Since he wants Xie Wenyuan and Wei Hechao to fight with the snipe and clam, both of them will lose, and the fisherman will benefit from it, then if the snipe and the snipe do not have the desire to fight, they will only be anxious to be a fisherman.

"My lords, you don't have to worry. For the time being, you will be dealing with the people under Wei He. Although the Northwest army is defeated, and the young general Xie Wenzhuo is still young, he still has the ability to stop the Uighur army for the time being. The Northwest army will not come down." Speaking of this Xie Wenyuan paused for a moment, and then said: "However, we need to be more careful, the army can't step in, but I'm afraid that the elite soldiers will detour and come to help Wei Hechao seize power."

"Now that Wei Hechao is making more moves, I guess that the emperor will not be able to wait any longer."

"So, that's the best..."

On August 27, when the sun was slanting, the prince in the palace went to Shang Shuling's mansion in person, and sent an oral order on behalf of Emperor Feng Zheng to summon Xie Wenyuan.

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