"Huh? Baojun and Yinggui are here...wait!" Zai Chun jumped up immediately. "Where? Xinan Pavilion? So they two opened the secret passage?"
Zai Chun was half sober from the wine. In order to be able to control state power 24 hours a day, Emperor Yongzheng specially set up a military aircraft office south of Yangxin Hall.
That's not all. In order to prevent the military situation from being delayed late at night, he also set up a secret passage between the military aircraft office and Yangxin Hall, directly passing through the imperial kitchen.
Only the Minister of Military and Aircraft has the key to this secret passage, and no one else can open it at all, and the secret passage is useless during the day. After all, the Minister of Military and Aircraft can see the emperor at any time during the day.
Only at night, when the emperor and his concubines were together, this secret passage served as a shortcut for communication between the inside and outside.
Both Yinggui and Baojun are already in Xinuang Pavilion, which means there must be important military intelligence reports!
Zai Chun left the women in the harem behind, put on his cloak and walked quickly to the front hall, where two military ministers were kneeling on the ground in Xinuan Pavilion waiting.
"Long live my emperor..."
"Stop shouting about long live or not, and talk about the serious business...what happened?" Zai Chun planned the discount for the two of them and asked directly.
Baojun said with a pale face, "Your Majesty, please be prepared. This matter is serious but not particularly critical. Please be mentally prepared!"
"Your Majesty... An urgent message has just been sent from Datong Prefecture in Shanxi Province... Just the day before yesterday, refugees attacked Lingqiu County. The entire Lingqiu County only resisted for half a day before it fell!"
"Your Majesty... the refugees have turned into bandits and have now begun to attack the imperial court's county seat!"
ah! Zai Chun shouted, "Rebellion! Rebel! Rebel..."
Zai Chun was angrily circling back and forth in the Xinuan Pavilion, "Damn thing... you steal a little bit and grab a little bit when you are hungry, I can tolerate it, after all, in order to live!"
"But you actually dare to attack the county seat. This is a blatant rebellion, and heaven and earth will not tolerate it!"
"It is decreed that the Eight Banners Camp and the Green Camp of Datong Prefecture must catch up with these traitors and punish them severely!"
The administrative system of the ancient Chinese imperial court was directly under the county seat. The countryside outside the county seat was actually managed by royal law and clan law.
It was a large gray area. As long as you ensured that you paid grain and taxes, all kinds of corvee workers had enough people, and you didn't rebel, you just turned a blind eye to other things.
During the feudal dynasty, there were bandit kings in almost every dynasty. These people lived in symbiosis with the government for a long time!
Well water does not offend river water. Your court collects your court's taxes, and I, the bandit, eat my tolls. We are all making a living and no one can offend anyone!
And many county magistrates are not willing to mess with these people. After all, bandits have controlled life on a hilltop for much longer than your county magistrate!
The county magistrate was transferred after a few years of service, so why bother fighting these bandits? Sometimes there is even cooperation between the government and the bandits!
The bandit gives some gifts to the county magistrate, but the county magistrate ignores the existence of the bandit. If the county magistrate wants to do any dirty work, the bandit can also provide manpower and material resources, such as killing people.
Collusion between officials and bandits was the norm in ancient times!
This has been the case during the years of peace, do you think it will be better during the years of famine? In fact, the military ministers, including the Tongzhi Emperor, could already guess the local chaos.
If there is no food to eat, bandits will definitely go crazy to rob it. It is common for local disaster victims to turn into bandits and bandits when they cannot survive.
The court can pretend not to see all this. This is a method commonly used by the Manchus. I pretend not to see it and treat it as if it doesn't exist!
You said that my disaster caused millions of people to starve to death? I don’t think it’s okay if I don’t count it. If I don’t count it, then there is nothing!
You said there are many bandits under my administration? I didn't see it, did you? It doesn’t count if you saw it!
As long as you can get away with it if you are thick-skinned, time will heal in the end. Time can survive disasters and people's memories!
But there is a bottom line in all of this, and that is the county government. This is the underpants of the imperial court and must not be torn into pieces!
As long as any refugee bandit dares to attack the county town, then this matter will be unstoppable. This will declare rebellion to the whole world!
Once the situation reaches this point, the court must put an end to the chaos!
"Assholes! Assholes! They're all bastards... The huge Shanxi actually let the refugees conquer Lingqiu County? Are they all a bunch of pigs?"
"This shows how lax these people's military preparations are! After all, this is a walled county. How could it be breached in just half a day?"
"It's terrible, it's terrible... The local officials deceived the superiors and deceived the court. They deceived me so much!"
"On weekdays, when I look at their memorials, they are written in a high-sounding way. The places they are asked to govern do not pick up lost items on the road and do not close their doors at night!"
"Look now, the whole disaster has been exposed... They are collaborating to deceive me!"
"That's right! Didn't I ask Ronglu to go to Shanxi to inspect political achievements and people's sentiments? Contact him and ask him to report the most authentic local situation..."
"It's so abominable...Send troops, send troops to destroy them!"
Zai Chun's anger may not be able to be sent to Ronglu. Turning the time forward, the day before yesterday was the day when Ronglu was besieged. Ronglu, who had no choice, had already changed the door.
To be honest, Isiha is not a very good lobbyist, but Guiziliu's plan is too huge, too thorough, and too feasible!
Ronglu was very afraid of Yixin, not only because of the roots left during Xinyou's coup, but also in fact when he was a boy, the sixth prince was already the most popular crown prince within the Eight Banners.
In front of Guiziliu, Ronglu was not even considered a trusted servant, he could only be regarded as a peripheral slave!
What impressed Ronglu even more was that when the British and French allied forces were in the capital, Guizi Liu had full authority to handle diplomacy. No matter whether the final treaty was a loss or loss of face, Guizi Liu was able to negotiate while Emperor Xianfeng only ran away.
Can such people have the same expectations? Ronglu later defected to Guiziliu, and he really admired Prince Gong's methods.
Now that Prince Gong has rebelled, you can imagine how many people within the Eight Banners secretly support him! Even now, even the British are giving support to the Japanese Sixth Army. How can we fight this war?
In addition, he was trapped in a tight siege, and Isiha had become a bandit leader. Where else could he escape?
A man who knows the current affairs is a hero, Ronglu is not a loyal minister, he is a typical wallflower!
Nodding and agreeing to surrender to Prince Gong, Ronglu was finally free, but Yisiha did not dare to completely believe him, and instead posed a problem for Ronglu.
"Sir Rong! Now brother, I have a problem and I don't know how to solve it. Can you think of a solution for me?"
"I can't stay in Lingqiu City for a long time. My mission is to continue to gather the victims and refugees, expanding like a snowball, and finally gather them towards the capital..."
"Tell me...there are hundreds of thousands of people in Lingqiu City. How can I get them to follow me?"
As soon as Ronglu heard this, he knew that a test was coming. If he didn't solve this problem, the prince might not believe him.
Rolling his eyes, Ronglu smiled and said, "Of course there is a way, it just depends on whether King Erha is willing to do it!"
