Cross the Sea in the Red Chamber

Beijing.

During this period of time, the court has become crazy.

Ever since King Rui, Situ Sheng led the troops to guard the Zhao Kingdom and temporarily blocked the armies of King Wei and King Qi, several factions in the court began to argue whether or not to send troops to attack King Liao.

Xungui naturally advocated not to fight, and it is better to wait for reinforcements than to fight against the Liao King's army.But Feng Ao is unwilling, waiting for reinforcements?Didn't they push San Francisco back in vain?No, fight, must fight!

The strength of the aristocratic family also supported the battle, and immediately stood behind Feng Ao and waved the flag.As for the imperial examination forces behind the five princes, they are apparently neutral on the surface, but in fact they are pulling sideways. The meaning behind the words is that the nobles are timid to fight and dare not meet the enemy. The King of Liao had colluded for a long time, accepted the bribe from the King of Liao, and planned to betray the master for glory.

Having said all of this, Xungui really had no other choice, and he would be furious if he didn't beat the emperor.OK, hit!It's okay to fight, how many soldiers to send, and who to send to fight?As a result, the ministers who supported the fight started pinching again.

The courtiers who were still united to deal with the nobles just now started a large-scale internal strife. Several parties refused to give in to each other and planned to compete for the position of coach, leaving the emperor there to listen to their quarrels.You said let the emperor take care of it?That doesn't fit the image of a benevolent monarch who is good at accepting advice. If you don't want the image you have established for decades, you don't want it?Oh, you don't care?How long will it be arguing? Don't you know what it means to be fast?Who will be responsible if the fighter plane is delayed by then?Oh, you said that the three of them can be coaches together, so there is no need to argue?This is called orders to go out to many doors. If you really want to do this, you don’t need to fight. Who will the soldiers listen to? All three, or none of the three?You said the crown prince will be the coach, and the other two will be the deputy coaches?Then these two deputy commanders have to try their best to drag the prince back!Then this battle is doomed to lose.The emperor has a complete headache...

The emperor was Taizong's only son, but not Taizong's only son.Emperor Taizong actually had a wise and powerful eldest son at the beginning. Who knew that the eldest son was seriously ill and passed away without leaving any heirs. There is no way that the second prince can only choose him even though he is far inferior to the eldest son. Inherited the throne.However, just because he is not the first heir, the emperor obviously has not received any orthodox imperial education. When his elder brother kicked his legs, Emperor Taizong himself was about to die. How could he have time to teach him? I don't know much about being an emperor.Mingjun is indeed good at accepting advice. There is nothing wrong with that, but wartime is different from the past. When a country wants to start a war, it must be "dictatorship". Only one person's voice can be heard in the whole country, so that the enemy can be defeated win!Even if the voice issued the wrong command, it was better than not being able to issue any command at all.

If you don’t believe me, just take a look at the period of World War II, whether it was a certain head of state in Germany, Churchill in the United Kingdom, Stalin in the Soviet Union, Roosevelt in the United States, a scumbag in Japan, Mr. Mao in China, or someone else. A bald head, who doesn't have such a strong character?Even the laughing stock in Italy, who died so coldly, is an undeniable character in China!This must be the case in times of war!

Fortunately, the capital city is about to become a mess, but no conclusion can be drawn!

After a few days of quarreling, the emperor finally lost his temper, and the officials below became a little more honest, and finally came to a conclusion.The side of the aristocratic family compromised a lot of power, and grasped a certain handle of the prince, and finally asked Feng Ao to let the prince withdraw from the battle for the chief general. After that, they simply proposed to divide the army into two groups and send the fourth prince and the fifth prince to lead the expedition separately. .

Judging from the map, the King of Liao also divided his troops into two groups, marching into Chengde all the way and marching into Jinzhou all the way.Chengde is easy to understand. It is not far from the capital when you get there. There are only more than 400 miles left. You can further intimidate the capital, and entering Jinzhou is just to expand the territory.It seems that the king of Liao is also hesitant. If he goes all the way to the capital, the victory or defeat is still unknown. As a result, he thinks about defeat before winning, and thinks about expanding the territory before the battle is fought.He didn't even think about it. If he seized the world, he would own all the territory in that day. He also came from the orthodox Situ family.But if the rebellion fails, what if Jinzhou is occupied?Once the army arrived, he still had to spit it out obediently!

This is a good division.The fourth prince went to fight Chengde, and the fifth prince went to fight Jinzhou.Why so divided?Because King Liao himself was in the army going to Chengde, the power of the family behind the fourth prince was greater than that of the civilian group behind the fifth prince, so the fifth prince never fought against him as the fourth brother.

Liao Wang is stupid, these bastards in the capital are not much better.The so-called shooting a man first shoots a horse, and capturing a thief first captures the king.Concentrate on Chengde to defeat King Liao and slaughter him, so Jinzhou doesn't have to worry at all?As a result, with such a division of troops now, the capital originally had few soldiers and horses, so they might not be the opponent of King Liao, and the outcome was hard to say.

No matter what, the holy order has been issued, the plan is done, and the raw rice has been cooked, so that's the only way...

The fourth prince and the fifth prince are ready to go, and the other two princes are also very lively.

In the East Palace.

"Uncle, didn't you agree to let the lone leader fight against the rebels?" The prince frowned, and after walking around the hall a few times, he still yelled.

"I also want to speak for you, but what about you?" Feng Ao threw a piece of paper into the prince's arms, "Look, look, you did such a thing, and you were punished by the Yang family." Got it, they passed this matter on to the Chu family behind the fourth prince, let them threaten me with this, what can I do?!"

The prince unfolded the paper, and there were only two sentences written on it: "The northern barbarians enter the palace, and the servants are always green." Others don't understand what it means, can the prince not understand?He still wanted to quibble, but Feng Ao had already blocked his mouth with words.

"You admire the northern barbarian culture and don't like Chinese civilization. I don't know how many people attacked and wiped out your crown prince because of this. Why don't you understand?! It's good now, and you even got a northern barbarian wizard into the palace! If someone comes The emperor said that you had an affair with the northern barbarians and betrayed the country, what should you do?!"

The prince hesitated, "Gu...I..." He didn't even dare to say Gu.

"And that Evergreen!" Feng Ao snorted, with a look of hatred for iron, "What kind of thing is he, he can make you so fascinated that you forget your dignity!"

"Chang Qing, Chang Qing is very good..." the prince said.

"Shut up!" Feng Ao interrupted the prince, "It's okay if you really like men. There are people who like men in this world. An example of someone becoming a famous official and good general, it’s just a romantic affair, as long as you love me, it doesn’t matter... But what about you! But you should never get entangled with a rootless person!"

The prince didn't know what to say.

"How did the Yan Dynasty fall? Can I explain it to you one by one? One of them is that Emperor Yan II favored the eunuchs! What the Holy Majesty hates the most is that the eunuchs seduce the master, don't you know?! If the Holy Majesty knows about this Now, can you keep your position as the crown prince? With regard to these two crimes, either of them can make the emperor make up his mind to abolish you as the crown prince. If it weren't for the Chu family's worry that they would drag you down, it would be easier for Situ Xu and Zhen's family, I'm afraid they have already denounced you. It's easy to use this crime in exchange for the fourth son to send troops to attack, so why do you want to make trouble? Do you have to make trouble yourself?" Feng Ao said very rudely to the prince. But the prince didn't have much resentment. His mother died early, and his father said that he loved him, but after all, as an emperor, there was inevitably a layer of separation.Feng Ao treats his uncle like a parent, and he respects this uncle very much.

The prince murmured: "Then let the fourth and fifth make military achievements like this?"

Feng Ao breathed a sigh of relief, suppressed the rising anger in his chest, and said slowly: "It's not easy for the boss to get military merits, but if the fourth and fifth get military merits, they will become our confidantes, so we must not let them make meritorious deeds." .”

The crown prince frowned, "Will the king of Liao..."

"Let's not make it cheaper for the San Francisco!" Feng Ao said in a low voice, "The Holy One recruited the king of Qin, but he didn't dare to call out the army and horses in the northern border, for fear that the northern barbarians would take this opportunity to invade. The army of the country and the garrison of Suzhou and Hangzhou. The general Gao Jian who guards against the army of Qianxiang country is my student, and I ordered him to walk slowly on the road..."

"Slow down?" the prince asked in surprise.

"Just go slowly." Feng Ao nodded, "It's best to wait until the fourth and fifth are defeated before entering Beijing!"

"But what about the Suzhou and Hangzhou garrison?"

"Suzhou and Hangzhou are the lairs of nobles. Do you think the boss can allow the fourth and fifth to make meritorious deeds?"

"That doesn't guarantee that the fourth and fifth will definitely lose..." The prince thought for a while and said, "Uncle, what's next for me?"

Feng Ao smiled, "Many of the officers who sent troops this time are from Wang Ziteng's camp in the capital. Wang Ziteng has been operating there for more than ten years, and it has long been full of his confidantes. This time, how can we not hold them back when we send troops with the fourth and fifth brothers... Hmph, if the fourth and fifth are defeated, the old man will be charged with the crime of disobedience to these officers, and his prince will definitely lose his troops and generals at that time !"

"Two birds with one stone... No, three birds! Uncle is really powerful." The prince smiled happily.

Feng Ao stroked his beard, "It's Sidiao. Rescue has been delayed, and the third child has only 2 people, how can he not die? Hmph, if he abandons the city and flees, even if the emperor doesn't pursue it, he will be killed in this life." It's over. Hahaha..."

"Hehehehe..."

The two people in the hall laughed loudly.

Bowling Hou Mansion.

Old Master Shi looked at the younger generation in front of him, and then at his three sons next to him, feeling sad in his heart.

His eldest son is weak and has been a medicine jar since he was a child. Now he has to be supported when he walks. He has not even had an heir since he was married for several years, so there is no hope at all.The second son, Shi Nai, is narrow-minded, with seven dissatisfied and eight dissatisfied, he can't even tolerate his own brothers, and he often spreads gossip about his third son at home. Become climate ah.The youngest Shi Ding's martial arts skills are not bad, and he is not bad among the younger generation, but he just can't turn his head when it comes to military tactics. stupid.Be a general in the battle, I'm afraid he can't compete with others in martial arts, if you don't do it, what will he do?Don't you want to be an official for the rest of your life?

Then look at Wang Ziteng standing in front of him. Although he didn't read much, he barely read a few military books, but he had a lot of eyes. With the help of his in-laws, Jia Daishan, he begged Jia Dai, the former envoy of the Beijing Camp of Ningguo Mansion He entered the capital camp early, and after more than ten years of operation, he has grown from a general manager to a second-rank Beijing camp Jiedu envoy. This kind of thinking is that it is enough to be a civil servant. Although it is not without shortcomings, it is still enough. used.If this was his own son, he would wake up laughing even if he fell asleep, how could he not feel emotional?

"Master Shi, the situation is like this. I have added some confidantes to the armies of the Fourth and Fifth Highnesses, but the Suhang garrison in the south of the Yangtze River is beyond my strength, so I ask Lord Shi to help. "The corner of Wang Ziteng's mouth was smiling, obviously he was plotting others to mix sand in his army, and he could still address the Fourth and Fifth Highnesses with a smile.To put it nicely is called self-restraint, but to put it badly, this person is really a hypocrite. Unfortunately, in the officialdom, such a person can only be said to be quite wealthy.hypocrite?In this officialdom, anyone who is either a hypocrite or a real villain, a real gentleman will either resign from office or be relegated, how can he get along...

"Aren't you very familiar with the guard of Jinling? At the beginning, he stopped the No. [-] Scholar Lang Wu Jue." The words that Old Master Shi said were full of irony, but his tone was very calm.

Wang Ziteng bowed and saluted, "If I hadn't stopped him, how could he have won the three yuan? Fortune is what misfortune is, and misfortune is what blessing is. How can the misfortunes and blessings of this world be explained clearly?" of?"

This remark is enough to show how thick his skin is... No, it can be seen how deep his city is.

"It wasn't me who transferred him from the Imperial Academy to the Ministry of War, and it wasn't me who transferred him from the Ministry of War to the army. Then Jiang Kun said that he was a subordinate of my in-law, Rong Guogong, Jia Daishan, but after all, he was gone for tea. , can Mrs. Jia really order him?" Wang Ziteng looked at the old man in front of him, he didn't speak clearly, but it was enough.This Jiang Kun said that he was from the Rongguo Mansion, but in fact he was following the orders of the Old Master Shi.

Wang Ziteng knew very well that the Jia family and the Shi family had grudges against Jiang Yuan at the beginning, but at the beginning, in order to use the power of the Jia family to control the camp in the capital, he sold a martial arts man so that Jinling could cut off the source of the river. On the road to judging, Lin Hai, who is an orphan and widowed mother, needs the help of Jia Daishan to relieve the real shortage, so he contacted the road to Wenju, which broke Jiangyuan in the same year.It's okay, even though Jiang Yuan worshiped Shen Anwen from Jingliu Academy as his teacher, he was just a grassroots man without fame, if he offended, he would be offended, why not?But now it is different, no one knows that Jiang Yuan is so talented, he breaks through the siege, and becomes the number one scholar in Sanyuan!

If Jiang Yuan achieves fame and power, can he not take revenge on Jia, Shi, Wang, and Lin?Therefore, weeds must be eradicated, and the four families will not allow him to be safe and sound!Therefore, Lin Hai and Shi Jia jointly used their strength in the Imperial Academy to transfer Jiang Yuan to the Ministry of War, and Shi Jia transferred him to Prince Rui's army to die.

This is a plan that kills two birds with one stone. Jia, Shi, Wang, and Lin can't tolerate Jiang Yuan alive, and His Highness can't tolerate the three, four, and five His Highnesses making military exploits, so no matter what, the generals of Suzhou and Hangzhou must Slow down on the road, Master Shi knows this, and so does Wang Ziteng, and he must not change it!

"You go." The old man closed his eyes and stopped talking.

Old Master Shi didn't say whether it would be possible or not, but Wang Ziteng knew that he would definitely do it, because he was a smart person, "Then, this junior will bid farewell."

He looked at the pale-faced Boss Shi, Shi Nai who frowned and hesitated to speak, and Shi Ding who didn't understand was written on his face, hehe, Shi Nai is just like that!Then think about the dandy and lecherous Jia She, the old-fashioned but "ambitious" Jia Zheng, and the Jia family is the same!The Xue family is just a businessman, even if they are named as an imperial merchant, they will not be able to get on the stage. After all the calculations, he has become the number one figure among the four major families in Jinling.

Hou Baoling, hum, old fox, look, sooner or later I will make the Jia family, the Shi family, the Wang family, and the Xue family all kneel at my feet!I want them to see that my second son, who can't take over the title, has become a character that all of you look up to!