Prince Regent's Concubine

The end of the new year is approaching, and the people in the capital are living a smooth life this year. They have never heard of any disasters or disasters here, and no victims of disasters have come to Beijing to disturb their lives.In addition, the emperor ordered to build a road called cement. It is said that the road is smooth and smooth like a mirror. It is not afraid of getting muddy when it rains. It will save a lot of time when going to other places. They walked up the concrete road.

Such and such, naturally make people happy, so the streets of Beijing are full of people these days, one is to buy new year's goods, and the other is curious about the cement road. Many people hang around outside the wooden boards, thinking See something ahead of time to go back and others to brag about.

When the people on the street were happy, a horse galloped in through the city gate, and then galloped through the main street of the capital. Urgent letter from Riga..." He kept shouting and headed towards the palace.

The people in the capital saw that the man on horseback was wearing armor, holding the rein in one hand and raising the whip in the other, with a small flag on his waist, which was the customary dress of a messenger.

Expediting eight hundred miles means that something big must happen. The letter has not yet entered the palace, and the people who were happy just now have lost a lot of their smiles. That's not a good thing either.

On the other side, the messengers calling for urgent letters from the eight hundred miles from the border galloped all the way into the palace, and stopped only outside the main hall where the emperor usually goes to court. Passed it to the hall, over and over again until the last person knelt in the center of the hall and held up the letter, "Report to the emperor, urgent letter for eight hundred miles from the border."

In an instant, all the courtiers' eyes fell on the letter, and Zhou Qisan stepped down the steps to receive the letter and presented it to the emperor, who opened the letter sullenly.

Almost as soon as he finished reading it, he slapped the imperial case in front of him, "It's unreasonable, Ning Gu is such a daring dog!"

The courtiers panicked. Although they didn't know exactly what happened, they just knelt down at this moment and said in unison: "The emperor calm down."

Xiao Jingheng glanced over the crowd, snorted, and handed the letter to Zhou Qi, "Read it to them."

The letter said that since the winter in the three states in the north, it has been snowing heavily, and the snow has crushed the houses of the people, freezing to death and injuring countless people. The ancient country of Pianning took the opportunity to attack the three states in the north.

The courtiers were startled when they heard this. It would be okay if it was just a war or a snowstorm, but now that both are involved, this matter is a big trouble.

What's more, there are three entire states in the north, with tens of millions of people, so we can't ignore it.

Prime Minister Li Wei hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the most urgent task is to send troops to reinforce the northern border first, and we must not let the Ninggu army enter the city. Not only will the people suffer, but even the city will be difficult to defend."

There are people like Li Wei who propose to send troops immediately, and naturally there are those who are opposed to it. Sending troops to the border in winter is a slow journey, and I don’t know what it will be like when the reinforcements go to the north.

What's more, it's not that there are no garrisons in the northern border. There are 10 garrisons in the entire northern border all the year round. Can [-] people not be able to defend it?

Some people also said that the magistrates and subordinate officials of the three northern states should be held accountable immediately. The snow disaster should have happened long ago after winter has been so long. Why did they report it now? To ask felony.

Everyone expressed their opinions, and the courtroom instantly became chaotic and chaotic. No one agreed with the left or right, and each analyzed the pros and cons. After a long time of arguing, there was no result.

Xiao Jingheng, who was already angry, was even more furious when he saw this situation, "Enough, this is the court hall, are you adults treating this court hall as a vegetable market?"

"There are so many people, receiving the imperial salary, who should have done their duty for the imperial court, but when things come to an end, they can't even tell the priority. What's the use of raising you bunch of trash? If you can't figure out how to solve the matter in the northern border today, You just take off your hats and go home to farm, the imperial court won’t need you and other incompetent people.”

After scolding the emperor, he knelt down and pleaded guilty, but Xiao Jingheng didn't want to hear this, he just wanted them to say who would send troops to support the northern border, and how to arrange disaster relief.

Maybe it was because I was really afraid of being taken off my hat, so I mentioned something useful this time, and quickly discussed the matter of supporting the northern border.

As for disaster relief, no one dared to do it. There were so many civil servants present, and it was too cold in the last court, let alone going to a place further north, I am afraid that he would collapse before reaching the ground.The most important thing is that the northern border is outside the customs, and the folk customs have always been tough. If the people cannot be overwhelmed by disaster relief, it is not impossible for the officials to be beaten to death on the spot.

After pushing back and forth, there was no conclusion for a long time, but the generals had already responded neatly.

After talking for a while, I don't know who suggested it, let the regent go.

As soon as these words came out, the court suddenly fell silent.

The Prince Regent is indeed a good candidate, but there are still problems.

Soon, an official from the regent’s side pointed at the proposed official and scolded, “You are not guilty, let the regent, a person with disabled legs, go to the disaster relief, you want the prince to sit in a wheelchair and talk to the people in the north It is said that there is no one in the imperial court, so I can only send him a person with bad legs to help the disaster?"

However, some people thought the Prince Regent’s proposal was very good, and began to state the convenience of the Prince Regent’s status and his ability to manage the government for so many years, and even felt that the Prince Regent was the one who went to provide disaster relief this time.

The officials on the regent's side also dared to speak, and immediately retorted, "No matter how powerful the prince is, he was in the past. Now he can't even walk. Let him go to the northern border to make the people in the northern border feel that they are not important. They are not important at all. It deserves to be rescued by the imperial court, so only a person who can't even walk is arranged for disaster relief?"

"It doesn't mean that, the prince's legs can't be cold, the place in the north is so cold, what's the matter, I think the prince is blocking your way in the capital, and I want to freeze the prince in the north, it's better than you Is it your wish?"

Then the officials from the Regent's faction looked at each other and said in unison, "Your Majesty, I am willing to go to the northern border to provide disaster relief."

They didn't take any eye drops, they only expressed their attitude, but in this way, the faces of the officials who suggested to let the regent go suddenly became ugly. They didn't want to go, pushed the regent, and favored the regent The officials sent by Wang Yi had to go by themselves in order to protect the regent.

Everyone was a civil servant, and when people volunteered, they pushed back and forth as if they were greedy for life and afraid of death. In the eyes of the emperor, I'm afraid they didn't have a good impression.

Not to mention promotion in the future, whether the current position can be kept is a problem.

Xiao Jingheng was really angry, not because the officials defended his uncle, but because most of the officials who shirked and evaded were promoted by him personally to become officials trained by his own people.

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