Cross the Sea in the Red Chamber

The Hanlin Academy suddenly became busy, and everyone huddled into a pile of old papers to look through the files. For a while, pens, inks and papers flew all over the place, even Jiang Yuan, who was always at leisure, was not immune.The reason is very simple, just two words - withdrawal!

Jiang Yuan privately thought that Emperor Gao, who was in charge of the world at the beginning, was a troublemaker who could cause trouble. Apart from passing the throne to his son Taizong, the remaining four sons were all enshrined as kings and vassals.This group of princes were placed in the hereditary fiefdoms, with financial and military encyclopedias in their hands, and they played the tricks of the country. How can they take back their power?Isn't this adding to the chaos?

Taizong's heirs are weak, and only one surviving son is today.Up to now, he has conferred the title of prince to his son, but he has not given him any land. All his sons are confined in the capital, so there is no need to worry.Now that I slapped my head and remembered the withdrawal of the feudal clan, it didn't make everyone feel dizzy.

I think there were four vassal states that were sealed off at the beginning, Zhao, Qi, Wei, and Liao. Although each of the feudal states was small, these four points on the map surrounded the capital. How could Emperor Gao have such a brain twitch to come up with such a layout, it was almost fatal.Fortunately, the first King Zhao of the Zhao Kingdom is dead, and has no descendants, and the country has already been expelled, so there is a gap, otherwise, if the four kingdoms disobey and surround the capital, the army rescued by King Qin will not be able to enter , And withdraw the ghost's feudal clan!

As a time traveler from modern times, I have heard of a few incidents of withdrawal of the feudal domain.Three of the most famous emperors who withdrew their vassals in history: Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty Liu Qi, Emperor Huizong of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Yunqi, and Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty.These three created three historical events: the Rebellion of the Seven Kings, the Battle of Jingnan, and the Rebellion of San Francisco.Among them, the Rebellion of the Seven Kings and the Rebellion of San Francisco both ended with the victory of the central government. In the Battle of Jingnan, the one who was withdrawn from the feudal clan in turn took the emperor and took over the world by himself.This story tells us that there are risks in withdrawing the feudal clan, and we need to be cautious when we start.

In these three incidents, apart from the San Francisco rebellion, the emperor planned and prepared to force the opponent's vassal king, and the other two were tragedies caused by talking.Liu Qi, emperor of the Han Dynasty, met a Chao Cuo and made him fascinated. However, this Chao Cuo only proposed the theory but not the actual practice. When the Seven Kingdoms really rebelled, he would be completely numb. killed.And Zhu Yunqi even met Chao Cuo's upgraded version of Huang Zicheng, but when his uncle Yan Wang Zhu Di turned against him, he was dumbfounded and didn't know what to do.At any rate, Liu Qi still has famous ministers like Zhou Yafu and Dou Ying in town. When he went to Zhu Yunwen's place to fight, he discovered a problem. All the ministers who knew how to fight were killed by his grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang. A rival to his battle-hardened uncle?So the Jianwen emperor retired from the stage of history early and disappeared.

From this point of view, the key to withdrawing the vassal is to have a plan and capable people, and the top priority is to have capable people.So here comes the question, is there any capable person in the Dajing Dynasty now?Cough, Jiang Yuan curled his lips, did he expect guys like Siwang Bagong to deal with the Fan army?If they don't surrender before the battle, they will have the backbone.To put it bluntly, at present, the four kings and eight princes, including all the nobles, can pull out no more than one hand to fight, and the general's talent is basically zero.Wang Ziteng does have some talent, but this talent lies in fighting his mind and playing tricks, but he doesn't know what to do when he starts a war.Shi Ding of the Bowling Marquis's Mansion has a bit of force, but unfortunately he can only command three or five barracks with less than 2000 people at most, and he will be powerless to command any more.

But those civil servants don't know these things, and this group of civil servants who are dying are shouting the slogan of withdrawing from the court.At the beginning of this matter, the fifth prince's mother's family, the Wei family, took the lead, and Feng Ao also got involved. In the end, even the fourth prince's mother's family, the Chu family, got involved.This matter is not difficult to understand, why is the eldest prince Situ Xu the most powerful contender for the throne besides the prince?Because he has military merits.Although the specific content of this military merit is that he led the troops to wipe out a small tribe of dozens of people in Shanyue, and he was bragging about beheading a thousand people... But military merit is military merit after all, as long as the eldest prince has led the army, he will be known as a soldier , this is the most powerful bargaining chip in Dajing, a dynasty where military exploits were paramount.So in order to even out the gap and make the advantage of the First Prince less obvious, these families decided to withdraw their domain.

After all, the Qianxiang country is far overseas, and the climate in Tubo is not acclimatized, and the methane in the mountains is too heavy, which is prone to plagues, and the northern barbarians, Emperor Gao, have never beaten anyone, so let them forget it.After counting and counting, it is still the best idea to withdraw the domain, so these three groups of people combined into one force and began to fool the emperor into withdrawing the domain.

They don't know the scarcity of generals, how can Xungui not know?They tried to argue in the court, trying to quell the proposal of withdrawing the domain, but unfortunately, those three groups of people used it as an excuse to prevent them from threatening the position of the eldest prince, and they didn't listen to a word at all.The nobles usually boast that they have five people and six people, and they have the ability to reach the heavens and the earth. They simply understand warfare and the art of war. Seven in and seven out, just say a word, the enemy will admit cowardly, is it possible to say that you made it up at this time?The minister really can't... So here the truth can't be told, and the other side refuses to believe it, and the matter of withdrawing the feudal domain has formed the mainstream opinion in the court.

Withdrawal, must be withdrawn, and must be withdrawn immediately!

Because of the Ma Zheng article, Jiang Yuan was also labeled as a soldier. At this moment when he was about to withdraw from the domain, he was transferred from the Imperial Academy to the Ministry of War as a member of the Ministry of War.He was originally a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and he was a sixth rank, but now he has become a member of the Ministry of War, and he is a fifth rank, and he has been promoted two ranks in a row, which is not bad.No matter whether it is Xiuzhuan from the sixth rank or Yuanwailang from the fifth rank, he does not have to go to court, and the country's major affairs still do not fall on his head.

The books of these ministers have been read in vain. Zi once said: Chaos is born, and words are regarded as the order.If the ruler does not keep secrets, he will lose his ministers, if his ministers do not keep secrets, he will lose his body, and if his secrets are not kept secret, he will suffer.The translation of this sentence is very simple. If you are not careful and careful in doing things, accidents will happen.On their side, they were still ready to withdraw their vassals, but on the other side, the three vassal states rebelled together!

Liao King Situ Biao, who received the letter of withdrawing the vassal, immediately executed all the officials sent by the central government in the Liao Kingdom, joined forces with Qi Wang Situ Heng and Wei King Situ Bai to openly rebel, and launched a rebellion in the name of the Qing emperor.Situ Biao summoned men over 16 years old and under 50 years old in Feng's country to join the army, gathered more than 80 people and [-] soldiers went straight to the capital.The call to action has been distributed everywhere, even Jiang Yuan has seen it.

"King Biaojing of the Liao Dynasty asked the world: It is good to teach the widows! Because there are thieves in Jing, the world has no merit, invaded the land of the princes, and impeached the officials to interrogate them. Because of the humiliation, they did not treat Situ's flesh and blood with the courtesy of the princes and rulers. A meritorious official, who is promoted to be a traitor, slanders the world, and wants to endanger the country. Your Majesty is sick and lost, and can't examine it. If you want to raise troops to punish him, I would like to hear the teaching. Although our country is small, the place is three thousand miles away; although there are few people, there are elite soldiers. 80. Today, if the kings can survive and perish, strengthen the weak and fight against violence, and secure Situ’s family, it is the wish of the country. Although our country is poor, the widow saves money for food and clothing, accumulates money, repairs military leather, gathers food, and spends day and night It has been more than thirty years. For this purpose, I hope all the kings will use it. Those who can kill and capture generals will be given five thousand catties of gold and ten thousand households will be sealed; Jin, two thousand households are sealed; two thousand stones, one thousand catties, one thousand households are sealed; one thousand stones, five hundred catties, five hundred households are sealed; If you have a family of five thousand, you will be a general; if you have a family of three thousand, you will be a general; .May all the kings make clear to order scholars and bureaucrats, so that they don’t dare to deceive. The widow’s money is always in the world, and it doesn’t have to be taken from the Liao. .Respectfully."

The thesis is quite good, but there are only about 80 people in total, and it is said that there are [-]. It really won the beauty of Cao Mengde's Chibi.

The three kings rebelled, the world was in turmoil, and the whole country was shocked!There are 20 troops stationed in the main area of ​​Gyeonggi, but surrounded by enemies on three sides, the number of enemies is several times that of Gyeonggi. Even if more than half of the enemy troops are farmers who have just put down their hoes, it is still annoying, even if they are tied there and let you chop them casually. What's more, the San Francisco has long been rebellious, and the opponent's weapons and armor are probably better than those in Gyeonggi.

The ministers summoned the garrison King Qin from other places, and at the same time gathered the troops in Gyeonggi to prepare to meet the enemy. The most important thing was to find someone to go to guard Zhao. , the capital is already in danger.That being said, everyone knows that neither King Wei nor King Qi will let go of this opportunity to make dumplings, and will definitely attack Zhao Guo desperately. Whoever defends Zhao Guo will risk being hacked into pieces, then Who would take the risk?In other words, who can be pushed into the fire pit?

Feng Ao's eyes swept towards the direction of the eldest prince Situ Xu. He thought his movements were subtle, but Wang Ziteng, who was the governor of the Beijing camp at the time, saw it at a glance.Are you kidding me, if the eldest prince dies in Zhao Guo, who will the nobles support.Wang Ziteng hurriedly stood up and said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, the San Francisco is powerful, and only the number of soldiers in Gyeonggi is more than enough to guard and not aggressive enough. Now the troops stationed in Zhao State are limited, and the local people need to be mobilized to help defend the city. The enemy can only be defended by people stationed there. Please play, His Royal Highness Prince Rui will be the main general to station Zhao Guo."

Wang Ziteng's trick of misfortune and Shuidong is very clever, and the old Baoling Hou said hurriedly: "The minister seconded the proposal."

The honorable forces also stood up to second the proposal one after another.The Chu family and the Wei family also stood up and seconded the idea based on the idea that they are not their own princes. Feng Ao pondered for a while, seeing that there was nothing to do, but at least he had nothing to lose, so he silently acquiesced.

The emperor thought about it, and said: "Zuzao."

In this way, Prince Rui, who was originally staying out of the matter and had nothing to do with it at this time, was suddenly pushed to the top of the storm!The emperor only gave him a total of 2 horses, and asked him to guard Zhao Guo and wait for King Qin's army. It is absolutely impossible for 2 troops to garrison the entire Zhao country, and it is necessary to garrison important places that military strategists must contend for.Even if it's just to strangle the important points of the military, his 2 horses have to deal with at least 25 or even more than 30 enemies who are rushing wildly. How can he defend? !The enemy is not paper, does the emperor think he can turn beans into soldiers?

At the same time, Jiang Yuan also received his transfer order, ordering him to accompany the army as a military counselor. God knows that he, a newly appointed member of the Ministry of War, is needed to be a military counselor.Looking at the paper transfer order, Jiang Yuan could only feel a wave of malice rushing towards his face... Jiang Kun, the right servant of the military department who promoted the paper transfer order, was Jia Daishan's subordinate back then. Needless to say, the Rongguo Mansion must be responsible for this.First, he transferred himself to the military department under the pretext, and then inserted himself into the army to die. It really is a serial scheme.It's true that people don't hurt the tiger's mind, but the tiger hurts the heart. This Jia family is really disgusting to death!Jiang Yuan gritted his teeth, and asked Jiang Kun in front of him, "I don't know why the humble job is going with any army?"

The servant on the right said with a smile: "Let out with Prince Rui's army and guard the country of Zhao."

Prince Rui, Prince Rui is going to go to war? !Jiang Yuan swallowed his breath for the time being, the more important thing at this moment is to find a way to help Prince Rui guard the country of Zhao, other things will be settled slowly after defeating the San Francisco.snort!

The situation was urgent, the troops were going to be dispatched the next day, so that night Jiang Yuan took his luggage and went to Prince Rui's residence to discuss with Prince Rui the matter of leading the troops.There are not many people under Prince Rui's command, and there are very few capable people, and Jiang Yuan is the only one who knows the soldiers, so the military meeting that night was only held by their two cousins.

Jiang Yuan pointed to the map and explained: "Twenty thousand soldiers and horses are too few. Among the 2 people, there are only eight thousand horse troops, which is not enough to fight, so it is still important to defend the city." He pointed to the two soldiers on the map. Point, "This is Handan, and this is Dongwu City. Handan is located in a dangerous position, and it is able to guard the soldiers of Wei State. If it cannot pass Handan, it will be difficult to invade the capital. If it bypasses Handan, once Wei State's army is cut off from it, it will be difficult for Wei State to have the end. There are dangers to both sides, so as long as we defend Handan, we are choking the throat of Wei State, and Wei State cannot pass even with an army of one million."

"Looking at Dongwu City again, this city has been an important place for military strategists since ancient times. You can't pass a million. As long as you defend Handan City and Dongwu City, you will be able to stop the soldiers of Wei and Qi, which is a great achievement!"

Since hiding is impossible, then we must strive for the greatest benefit.Jiang Yuan gritted his teeth, okay, didn't you force Prince Rui and me to block the hole?Alright, I'm going to grab the biggest cake. Not only will I grab the cake, but I won't share any of it with you!Let you lose your wife and lose your army!

"Eight thousand horses, 1 infantry, maybe that's enough?" Prince Rui was also a decisive person, since he had to do it, he could be ruthless.

"It's enough to enlist the common people to help defend the city." Jiang Yuan said: "Back then, the Yellow River flooded Handan and there were many victims. If His Highness hadn't opened a warehouse to release grain, the living people would have almost died. Therefore, His Highness's call from the top must have gathered to respond and win the food. And shadows, everything can be done.”

"Handan is safe, so Dongwu City..." Situ Sheng frowned, "Dongwu City has never been hit by a disaster, and I don't have much popularity there, how can I defend it?"

"Your Highness, if His Highness is at ease, you can hand over the Tobu City to your subordinates. I have my own methods to protect the Tobu City." Jiang Yuan looked very intently, staring closely at the lord in front of him.

"Sir," Situ Sheng patted Jiang Yuan's arm, "You will live up to me!"

"Hahahaha!" Jiang Yuan laughed, and he took out a booklet, "This is some precautions that I hurriedly wrote down, Your Highness can refer to it, in case of emergency or hesitation, you can read the details in it. "Ahem, it's just some contingency plans, it's convenient for Prince Rui to review and make decisions.

But Jiang Yuan didn't know that in future generations, the booklet had a new name called "Big Bags"...