After returning to the harem from the previous court, Zhao Duan was about to return to his Funing Palace. He hesitated for a while but suddenly stopped Cao Shuang.
"Cao Banban!"
Cao Shuang turned around in surprise, but heard his prince sigh and suddenly say:
"I'm not going back to Funing Palace. I'm going to Kunning Palace today."
Cao Shuang's eyes were even more surprised!
Kunning Palace?
Where is the Queen?
It has been a long time since the emperor went to Kunning Palace. Why did he suddenly think of going to Kunning Palace today?
He was confused, but he immediately commanded Yu Hu to change direction and head towards Kunning Palace.
"Where is the prince now?"
"The latest news is that he is in Nanyang City, and he should be able to return to the capital soon."
"Cao Banban."
"Your Majesty?"
"You said... shouldn't I call Ming'er back?
Now that the Huns have arrived, Uncle Wang is missing, and most of the imperial troops in my hands have not returned, I always have a bad feeling in my heart. "
"Your Majesty, please don't worry. You are the True Dragon Emperor. With the blessings of your ancestors and God, everything will be fine for you, the Crown Prince, and us in the Song Dynasty."
"I hope..."
"well……"
The sound gradually disappeared deep into the palace.
A sigh lingered for a long time.
…
Nanyang City.
"Your Highness, there is news from the capital that the Ding family has defected!"
"What? The Ding family defected?!"
When Zhao Ming learned this shocking news, he was shocked.
The Ding family, relying on the military power in their hands, has been one of the major concerns of the Zhao and Song royal family since the beginning of their father's accession to the throne.
After being weakened again and again over the years, my father finally took advantage of the Xiongnu's entry last year to eliminate the Ding family's biggest support, the Tiger Hunting Army, which they spent countless time, energy and money building.
At this point, if the Ding family knew better, they should be honest and low-key, and maybe their father would be able to leave a way for them to survive.
Why did you suddenly defect again now?
This was something Zhao Ming didn't expect.
Li Wen immediately explained: "Today the imperial court received an urgent report from the border. In the presence of a traitor, the Huns broke through the Liaoyun Pass and entered the pass. They also captured Xining Prefecture. Ma Denghe, the prefect of Xining Prefecture, even His head was cut off by the Huns, and his headless body was hung on the city wall of Xining Fucheng.
Now the Xiongnu are raiding all the way to Bianjing. It is said that they are unstoppable all the way. There are people in each city to help them open the city gates so that they can easily break the city.
The prime minister and the emperor unanimously guessed that the Huns' internal agents should be the Ding family, so they called people to spread the news. Only then did they find that the Ding family had already disappeared.
In this way, the Ding family confirmed the fact that the Huns were inside.
His Majesty was furious. He first scolded Eunuch Cao's Imperial City Department for their incompetence, and then asked the court to issue a wanted order for everyone in the Ding family!
A direct line member of the Ding family is worth five thousand taels, and a collateral member of the Ding family is worth a thousand taels!
Now it has spread all over the world!
Your Highness, according to this, the Huns are probably not far behind us, so we’d better set off back to Beijing as soon as possible!
Otherwise, if you are intercepted by the Xiongnu, you will be nothing more than a servant. If you fall into the hands of the Xiongnu, it will really be a disaster for our Song Dynasty! "
After explaining the general situation, Li Wen immediately dissuaded Zhao Ming from returning to Beijing as soon as possible.
After Zhao Ming heard this, he first felt angry because of the Ding family's behavior, but then he frowned and asked:
"The Huns have entered the pass. Could it be that the three cities of Yunzhou have fallen?"
Li Wen quickly shook his head and explained: "Probably not, otherwise the Huns would not have come to the Song Dynasty so quickly.
However, as for the specific situation, since the connection between inside and outside the customs has been severed, the specific situation is not known yet. "
Zhao Ming sighed after hearing this, but he also knew that the top priority now was to return to Beijing quickly. Although he was worried, he could only tell Li Wen to pack his things immediately.
After a brief replenishment of supplies, the group set off overnight on their way back to Beijing.
…
Sunan County.
Ji Wenchong, the commander of the Dragon Guard Army who had set foot confidently in southern Jiangsu to counter the rebellion, was now in an extremely bad mood.
He was already very unhappy when he received the order to come to southern Jiangsu to suppress the rebels. They were the Dragon Guards!
One of the four imperial armies that protect His Majesty!
When did the Dragon Guard need to be dispatched to suppress the chaos?
However, the incompetence of the local garrison forces forced the court to send them over.
Originally, he thought this was a simple matter, with the elite of the Dragon Guard Army and just some random people.
He was confident that even if there were hundreds of thousands of people, he could defeat them with just a few rounds of charge with his 10,000 cavalrymen.
To put it bluntly, these rioters are just a bunch of rabble. How strong can they be?
Just finish your work quickly and return to Beijing.
However, it was only after he led his troops to Sunan that he realized that he was naive after all.
If you can force the people to rebel, then the landlords, gentry and others here are just a bunch of insects!
Originally, they were transferred in an emergency and they did not carry much food. According to the imperial court's wishes, the local departments along the way were responsible for supplying their military rations.
After entering Sunan, the Sunan County Sheriff's Office was responsible for supplying food.
Everything was fine at first, but after they entered Sunan, problems with military rations suddenly disappeared.
First, the Sunan County Sheriff's Office used various reasons to default on the military rations, and then the County Sheriff's Office actually asked them to collect food from nearby landowners and gentry on the spot.
That's all, as long as we can have military rations.
However, when they arrived at the houses of the landlords, the landlords began to cry about poverty one by one!
One by one, the formerly glamorous landowners and gentry found clothes full of patches and holes everywhere and wore them from nowhere. They kept saying that their families had no food at all.
How could Ji Wenchong believe their lies? Anyway, with the endorsement of the county governor's office, he just let his men rush in. However, when he entered the house, he saw that the courtyard was full of maids and servants wearing patchwork clothes.
This really shocked the Dragon Guards.
But then the Dragon Guards quickly recovered and ignored these ridiculously fake maids and servants.
Who is so poor that they can still feed so many servants even if their clothes are patched?
The Long Guards were minding their own business and began to search everywhere in the house.
But what puzzled them was. Even though they turned the entire mansion upside down, they still couldn't find any food!
Obviously, this gentry received the news early and hid all the food.
As a result, the Dragon Guards had no choice but to return without success.
When Ji Wenchong angrily found the Sunan County Sheriff Du Song, the words the Sunan County Sheriff said made Ji Wenchong feel like he recognized the world for the first time!
Facing the angry Ji Wenchong, Jun Song still kept a smile on his face.
When Ji Wenchong angrily slapped his table and asked for food, he calmly made Ji Wen a cup of tea and handed it to him, and said at the same time:
"Commander Ji, calm down! Calm down! Come on, have a cup of tea first!"
Ji Wenchong, however, slammed the table again and said angrily: "Governor Du, I am not kidding you. According to the decree of the imperial court, all the food and grass during the period when our Long Guard army enters southern Jiangsu to suppress the rebellion should be provided by the Sunan Sheriff's Mansion!
No delay in one day!
However, Governor Du repeatedly played tricks on his general. Could it be that he took the imperial court's decree as bullshit?
If this is the case, then Ji will have no choice but to report this matter to the emperor! "
Facing the furious Ji Wenchong, Jun Song remained unhurried. After listening to his words, he smiled and said:
"General Ji, don't worry, how could Du not take the court's will into consideration?
There will be food! "
"Where is the food? Tell me!" Ji Wenchong asked with a sneer.
Jun Song smiled slightly and said:
"Finding food is not the problem. The main question is, General Ji, how much money are you going to spend to buy this food?
If there is no money, there may be no food. "
"What? I asked you to provide military rations in accordance with the imperial decree, but you actually want me to give you money to buy rations?!
Juniper! Sheriff Du! Could it be that you are suffering from dementia? !
How dare you say this! "
Ji Wenchong was shocked. He never expected that Jun Song could do this.
He actually asked him to spend money to buy military rations!
Is it possible that the whole Sunan County has become corrupt to this extent?
When did our officials in the Song Dynasty become like this?
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(End of chapter)
