The crow flew away, and everyone was talking about it afterwards.
For example, an official from the Ministry of Justice who was born in the North was very serious at the Tianchi Lake and explained to everyone on the spot that crows like to swarm in autumn and winter. It is very common for tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands to gather together. Tianchi is a nearby large lake. , then the crowd of crows will be bigger, and then they will come over to drink water. Seeing that there are many people running below, it is also a common occurrence... You cannot say that it is an omen.
Everyone agreed with this statement. Zhang Xing and Li Ding listened to it and agreed with it. They all felt that what this fellow from the North named Han Aobei said was very good. They went back to talk to Qin Bao, Zhou Xingfan and others, including Wang Zhen and others also said it and agreed with it.
But...I'm afraid that others may disagree.
The saint's disapproval was almost visible to the naked eye... Numerous officials saw the saint throwing his hands and leaving from a distance on the hillside. The sacrifice was completed in a hurry by Prime Minister Su Wei, and the hairy saint stopped drinking from noon that day. If there is water in Tianchi and Fenshui, you should drink honey water.
In addition, the ordinary soldiers and palace people below seemed not to believe it either.
There was obviously a rumor storm a few months ago, in which dozens of people died and more people were dismissed from office, but absurd rumors still spread - many people said that this was because the Black Emperor had rejected the saint, the saint. Then he got angry and stopped the sacrificial ceremony.
This rumor is more direct and malicious than the egg-cutting man.
But in this regard, people like Zhang Xing and Li Ding could only shrug their shoulders, and then make stockpiles of supplies honestly to cope with changes by staying the same.
"Ms. Su, there are some things that need to be taken care of."
In a room outside Fenyang Palace and on the mountainside, Wei Chi, the Minister of Punishment, was speaking seriously. The people he was speaking to were clearly the two princes. At the same time, Duan Weilie, the Minister of the Ministry of War, was sitting next to him. The palace envoys, the governors of Yanmen, Loufan, and Mayi counties, the Taiyuan county magistrate, and several accompanying generals and lieutenants all stood aside.
Obviously, this is a formal extended meeting within the touring team.
But not in front of the emperor.
And it was not the two prime ministers who took the initiative to convene the meeting. It was Wei Chi, the Minister of Punishment, who in conjunction with three county guards, one county magistrate, and four powerful local governors, forced Duan Wei and the two husbands to come out in turn, and then invited them. Although several generals, lieutenant generals, and everyone don't like to see him, they have to admit that he is Wang Daiji, a serious official who is rare in both name and reality.
"What does it matter?" Su Wei looked confused. "If Shangshu Wei has something to say, just say it..."
"I don't know what to care about. It's my husband's business to care about anything!" Wei Chi couldn't stand it at all, and he got angry on the spot. "I only know that as the Minister of Punishment, I am responsible for monitoring the team and maintaining discipline. But now the morale of the officials and soldiers accompanying me has dropped to the bottom... Before, a rain on the road caused many people to escape inexplicably. It has only been a few months since Duke Mu spread rumors, but there are rumors about crows in the army again... Please tell me, sir, should I appease the soldiers and officials now? Or should I suppress them?! I will do it immediately , no excuses!"
Wei Chi was over 60 years old. Not only was he a senior official, he was also an upstart who had been promoted within the Guanlong clan after the establishment of the Wei Dynasty. Miao Honggen was upright.
In fact, long before the capital system was established, Wei Chi served as the minister of the Ministry of Industry and concurrently served as the governor of Wei County, the capital of the former Eastern Qi Dynasty named after the Great Wei Dynasty. The importance of his status is evident... that is, this person has never been able to Flattery, plus the saint didn't want Nanya to have another die-hard supporter of the emperor's uncle, otherwise he would have entered Nanya long ago.
Therefore, this person was furious and felt a little embarrassed from top to bottom.
Su Wei hesitated for a moment, glanced at Sima Changying, and tried his best to respond: "No matter what, we can no longer suppress it at this time..."
"Then comfort!" Wei Chi couldn't help but wave his palms.
"It's time to appease." Su Wei responded while scanning the officials at the scene, and finally stopped at Wang Daiji of course. "Fenyang Palace Envoy, is there sufficient storage in the palace?"
Wang Daiji hesitated for a moment, but he still stood up and responded appropriately: "Previously, it was sufficient for several months, because a lot was allocated from surrounding counties and Taiyuan, but just now, we have used a lot..."
"Is there enough left to reward the accompanying team?" Su Wei couldn't rush him enough. "Don't talk nonsense."
"It depends on the reward." Wang Daiji helplessly spread his hands. "Ms. sir... those are the storage quotas. No matter how much you spend, they are listed here. I can't make less for nothing... But if we really want to reward the entire patrol team, how much can each person get?"
"I understand what you mean... don't be so wordy." Su Wei nodded and went to see Duan Wei, Minister of War.
Wang Daiji had no choice but to shut up.
Duan Wei understood and immediately answered: "Thousands of people were lost along the way, but the most important thing is that many were left in Kansai... Now there are about 50,000 soldiers, palace servants, and eunuchs combined."
"What do you say?" Su Wei immediately went to see Wang Daiji, the envoy of Fenyang Palace.
Wang Daiji felt a little more at ease, and immediately stood there and responded: "If you are willing to take out the gold and silver silk in stock, then everyone will be quite handsome..."
The atmosphere suddenly became heated.
Especially the generals who had no say in the matter were all beaming with joy... How could the morale of the army not be lifted if there were extra rewards for eating food and doing duty?
"But, doesn't this kind of reward that empties the treasury need an imperial edict?" Wang Daiji couldn't hold back in the end.
Everyone's hearts skipped a beat, and silence fell almost instantly. Finally, everyone's eyes followed Wei Chi, the Minister of Punishment, and focused on the two husbands.
Among the two prime ministers, Sima Changying had already broken the jar and pretended to be unheard of, while Su Wei, as the Prime Minister, could not help but feel a ray of light on his back.
"Sima Xianggong and I are going to see the saint." Su Wei responded helplessly.
There is no other way. If we continue to be silent, Nanya, which has been supported by the late emperor to counter the Guanlong clan and enhance the power and prestige of the central government, will be discredited.
My husband is willing to come forward, and everyone is naturally relieved.
The initiator, Wei Chi, the Minister of Punishment, was even more responsible and immediately responded: "I will go with the two husbands... The others will go back separately, abide by their duties, and wait for the saint's summons or decree. If they do not receive it, they should also take the initiative to appease their subordinates. ...Old Duan, are you coming?"
Everyone was speechless.
Duan Wei, who had been sitting there, also stood up, smiled bitterly, and replied solemnly: "How dare you not go?"
The atmosphere became more relaxed, as if the clouds were clearing.
Now that the discussion was complete, the rest of the people dispersed naturally, and Su Wei and others also made a concerted effort to go directly to the depths of the palace to see the saint. No matter how unhappy the saint was, he certainly had no reason to refuse to meet his prime minister, and he was the two ministers and ministers. They asked for a meeting together.
"So you are going to give a reward to appease people's hearts?"
Unexpectedly, the saint with the thicker beard did not get angry after hearing this, but his expression calmed down.
"Your Majesty, all your power and blessings are his own." Su Wei was a little relieved and responded respectfully. It seems that this saint still knows the pros and cons. "It's just that the weather has been unstable recently, and autumn and winter have alternated, and the cold and warmth are inconsistent... The morale is indeed a little tired."
"That's alright." The emperor sighed, stroking his beard. "The foundation of the Five Military States, the palace servants, the chamberlains, and the Jinwu Guards are also my close servants... Since I need rewards, I am not stingy. Isn't it just some gold, silver, money, and silk? Take out the money and silk from Fenyang Palace. That’s it.”
The senior officials are becoming more and more comfortable...at least they can give explanations to their subordinates, right?
These days, they are the ones roasting on the fire.
"But, now that we are rewarded, can we leave?" The saint continued to ask.
Su Wei was greatly excited and immediately raised his head: "Sage, are you planning to return to the Eastern Capital? If so, why do you need a reward? The entire entourage has settled down in the Eastern Capital. After hearing the decree, they will surely cheer up!"
The saint suddenly changed his expression: "Is the Eastern Capital so good? What about you, do you want to go back too?"
Damn it if you don’t want to go back.
But Su Wei heard that it was not good, so he asked helplessly: "Isn't your Majesty going back to the Eastern Capital?"
"How did you know that I was going back to the Eastern Capital?" The emperor's face was cold and his breath was heavy.
Su Wei was confused and could only ask seriously: "I take the liberty... Your Majesty, if you don't return to Dongdu, where else can you go? Moreover, Dongdu is the capital of the country and the location of His Majesty's Ziwei Palace... But what happened to Dongdu? "
The emperor's face became increasingly ugly, and he actually remained silent in response to his prime minister's inquiry.
At this moment, everyone woke up. Something must have happened to Dongdu. The saint was dissatisfied and did not want to go back. It was not the previous guess that something went wrong with the funeral of the eldest princess of Guanzhong... But something must have happened to Dongdu. Want to kill the messenger? Do you want to silence the valet?
Something went wrong with the Tianshu project and it was forced to be postponed. So that’s not the case, right? But that’s all, right?
Of course, everyone knew something was wrong anyway.
"Actually, we're only here in April or May, so how can we turn back?" Sima Changying suddenly stepped forward and spoke sincerely. "If your Majesty has something important to do, why not do it? But please make it clear so that I can do my best to fill in the gaps."
Su Wei looked at Sima Changying and then at the saint. He hesitated to speak, but in the end he could only lower his head and remain silent.
And the emperor finally sighed slightly: "I thought that this tour could not be returned without success... Otherwise, the world would laugh at me... Didn't several leaders of the Wu clan meet in Longxi before, and they came with me? So? They just volunteered, saying that they are willing to go back from the Bitter Sea and summon some border wizard leaders to come and see them... I feel that if I can go to Mayi in person, gather some wizard tribes, and place them on the front line of the Bitter Sea, both We have weakened the most dishonest eastern part and strengthened the northern border defense, which is considered a great achievement."
Everyone was silent... now everything became clear.
Although I still don’t know what’s wrong with Dongdu, it must be a big bad thing. With Dongdu and the affairs of Kansai’s eldest princess and her family, the saint must be in a particularly unhappy mood. This time, crows can only drink honey when they poop. I'm afraid the water thing has all come together... And this saint has always been concerned with saving face, and he also likes to use his power to do his own thing. He must be looking for a place elsewhere... So who dares to stop him?
But go to Mayi, north of Yanmen Pass, and get closer to the Sea of Bitterness... Why don't you accompany your cousin to Tingtao City in Beihuang? Afraid of the cold?
"Speak." The emperor was a little annoyed.
"Your Majesty, I take the liberty of asking." Duan Wei, Minister of War, gritted his teeth and stepped forward to salute. "Does Your Majesty want to imitate the story of surrendering the city?"
"Not bad." The emperor responded proudly, his face turning rosy for a moment.
Let's say that about a few years after the saint ascended the throne, the capital was moved, the old ministers were cleaned up, and the situation was stable, he devoted all his efforts to solve the Wu clan's border troubles.
At that time, the emperor's uncle Cao Lin personally led tens of thousands of the main force of the Eastern Route Army, pretending to be a ship to leave the Sea of Bitterness. In fact, he suddenly made a surprise attack from the dangerous road between the Poisonous Desert and the Sea of Bitterness, that is, the Baidao natural danger, and won a great victory.
There is even an idiom that imitates Emperor Bai who builds plank roads in the open and travels in secret.
However, it was Zhang Shizhao, the handsome guy from West Road, who really had a miraculous effect that time.
Zhang Shizhao came up with a clever plan as a scholar, and then asked for orders on his own, hung a camel across the desert, and persuaded the western witch tribe to surrender. Then he took advantage of the central witch tribe's Khan Abo to be confused about the situation in the west and went straight to Abo Khan's army to carry out countermeasures. The central Apo Khan openly breached the contract and watched as his ally, the eastern Sabolo Khan, was beaten by Uncle Cao, who had half a foot in the realm of a great master.
And triggered a long-term confrontation and war between the central and eastern Wu tribe.
This was also the beginning of the subtle rivalry between Uncle Cao Huang and Zhang Zuocheng... Everyone said that Zhang Zuocheng could serve as an army of 100,000 men! Of course, there is no doubt about this, but no one can tell whether these 100,000 troops are the 100,000 Wu clan army or the 100,000 elite Wei soldiers led by Uncle Cao.
In any case, the alliance of the three tribes of the Wu clan collapsed, and the Wei Dynasty was left civilized and the right military, and the great power of the country after the destruction of Chen was fully demonstrated, forcing the three tribes of the Wu clan to fake it and surrender together.
That day in the surrender city of Longxi, the saint didn't use Emperor Cao's troops on the Baidao side. He joined forces with the troops from the twenty-six prefectures in Guanzhong and the northwest, and got 200,000 soldiers. They lined up on the flat ground on the edge of the poisonous desert outside the surrender city, forming a formation. A large and square "military city", I personally went to the Fengxing Hall to wait for him with wine.
Some of the leaders of the Wu clan originally felt that the Wei army was victorious without force, but in this grand scene, they were all trembling with fear and did not dare to talk about military affairs.
Since then, the three tribes of the Wu clan have fully surrendered. The western Wu clan has been divided, garrisoned, and actually surrendered. The central and eastern parts of the country have also been under the diplomatic control of the Wei Dynasty and have never been able to reunite.
Now that Apo is dead, the heir Tuli Khan asked to marry the eldest daughter of the Wei Dynasty, and continued to maintain a sufficient attitude of surrender. This is why the leaders of the shaman clan I met in Longxi were so honest... but Du Lanke from the east Although Khan continued to accept the canonization of the Wei Dynasty on the surface, there were always rumors that his father Sabolo broke an arrow to show his hatred before his death. He asked Dulan Khan not to forget the shame that the Wei Dynasty had added to him.
Back to the present, the saint has been very unhappy in the past few years, especially the failure of the second expedition to Dongyi and Yang Shen's rebellion. In addition, his sister's whole family has just died, and he has encountered crows pooping. It seems that he wants to be excited again. excusable.
"But Your Majesty, we won the battle that day and our diplomacy was also successful. The Wu tribe had no choice but to leave the surrender city. Moreover, most of these Wu tribe leaders are from the central part. How can we mobilize the leaders from the east?" Shangshu Duan Wei is a bit difficult to understand.
"Of course I know this moment and that moment." Cao Che responded calmly. "The central part is also different from the western part. Even if you don't say something, I understand. I only brought 50,000 people, and there were only more than 20,000 soldiers... How can it be compared with when I surrendered the city? But I don't expect everything. When Lan Khan came out, he just asked them to tell the eastern border tribes that the Emperor of Wei Dynasty had arrived in Mayi and asked them to come to see me. I can give them generous treatment, isn't it possible? Could it be that in recent years, all the eastern tribes who have taken the initiative to surrender have Is it a lie? Did your Ministry of War fool me?"
"I'm not saying no." Duan Wei was sweating profusely. "I mean... Your Majesty's rich body, why do you need to bring tens of thousands of exhausted palace servants and troops to do such a thing?"
"You mean, the Wu clan people have regained their composure in just a few years?" Cao Che sneered. "The subordinates of Tuli in the central part dare to go directly to Dulan in the east? Dulan in the east dares to listen to a few words of the leader of the central part, abandon Tuli in the central part, and come to find me with all the country? From the Wu clan to Mayi, there is no outsider It seems that it is the natural danger of Baidao and the sea of suffering. There, three thousand soldiers guarding the pass at Baidao are enough to block tens of thousands of soldiers. Here in the sea of suffering... Unless Dulan Khan starts building ships from the moment he succeeds to the throne, how many soldiers can he send to sneak attack me? How many of them? Grandmaster? My Fulong Seal is waiting for you?"
Duan Wei thought for a moment and had nothing to say, but then looked at Sima Changying.
Without him, Sima Changying was the one representing the military among the two husbands at this time, and he was responsible for the deployment of Dulan Khan's subordinates in Nanya all year round... He had the most say in this matter, but he chose not to comment. This word forced the Minister of War to negotiate and persuade the saint from the perspective of his own management.
Just when Sima Changying was deep in thought, the old and vigorous Wei Chi, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, suddenly stepped forward and saluted with his hands raised: "Your Majesty, I have something to say."
The emperor looked a little impatient: "You tell me."
"Your Majesty." Wei Chi responded seriously. "There is nothing wrong with what Your Majesty said, but there is a huge risk...that is, these Wu clan leaders were brought here from Longxi by Your Majesty, and traveled thousands of miles, just wanting to go home, isn't it? Are you deliberately saying things to please Your Majesty in order to escape? If they cross the White Road and never return, but His Majesty leads tens of thousands of people to wait in Mayi, wouldn't they be laughed at by the world?"
The emperor hesitated to speak, but this time it was his turn and he could not refute.
Finally, the saint naturally looked at Sima Changying.
Sima Changying sighed deeply in his heart, but held up his hands with a serious look on his face: "I think that first of all, it is very common for the tribes on the border to admire the saint's grace and come to seek refuge. The leaders of the central witch clan may not dare to bully the emperor. No matter...there is still a high chance that this thing can be accomplished."
The saint nodded slightly.
"Secondly." Sima Changying continued to speak seriously. "Your Majesty, I take the liberty...has your Majesty ever made this matter public?"
The emperor was startled for a moment, then laughed: "I didn't tell anyone except you!"
"In that case." Sima Changying bowed more sincerely in the strange eyes of Duan Wei, Wei Chi and Su Wei. "I would like to ask Your Majesty to go hunting on the Baishan Mountain, which is a little further away from the Baidao and is safer to the east. By the way, you can climb the mountain again to look at the Sea of Bitterness to offer sacrifices to the Supreme Being of the North... If after the sacrifice is completed and you are about to turn back, a Wu tribe suddenly comes to surrender, wouldn't it be your Majesty's fault? Is it because his reputation and virtue are known all over the world that he can be called the supreme one on land?"
The emperor slapped the case and stood up, greatly excited: "Good!"
I don’t know what the others were thinking. Duan Wei, who had been waiting for Sima Changying for a long time, only had four words pop up in his mind - self-deception!
However, although he didn't know what Sima Changying had gone through, Duan Wei, who had been a little disappointed with this husband before, did not speak anymore.
He just wants to end this farce and go home early. His son is scheduled to get married after the new year. The woman is the noble daughter of the Bai family, Bai Twenty-nine Niang.
In early October, winter had begun. After Zhang Xing, a middle-level bureaucrat who was unaware of everything, received the reward and transferred it to Wang Zhen and other subordinates, he immediately received the second notice - the Holy Driver was about to leave Yanmen Pass to hunt Baishan Mountain. , no one is allowed to delay and set out immediately. Anyone who delays in disobeying the order will be executed.
All I can say is that fortunately Zhang Xing's subordinates have packed their luggage.
ps: Good night everyone.
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