"Chief of the Mountain! Chief of the Mountain! Xiao Yu'er has a letter! The Cui family in Zhengzhou is about to cause trouble, and Luoyang will be in emergency at that time!"
Near noon, Meng Wenhao took the coded message he had translated and came to Yunshan No. 1 Courtyard. He hurriedly shouted to Li Zexuan in the courtyard.
He didn't notice that besides Li Zexuan, there was also Li Gang in the yard!
"What? You said the Cui family is going to rebel against the imperial court~? How is that possible~?"
Li Zexuan was stunned and was about to speak, but Li Gang got up first and said in shock.
"Oh! I've met Mr. Li!"
Only then did Meng Wenhao notice Li Gang in the courtyard and quickly stepped forward to salute.
Li Gang waved his hand and asked with a serious face: "Wen Hao, is what you just said true?"
Meng Wenhao hurriedly handed the message in his hand to Li Gang and said: "Reply to Mr. Li, it's absolutely true! This is the information sent by Li Yu in Zhengzhou through the telegraph machine. Please check it with the mountain chief." !”
Li Gang took the message and read it carefully. Li Zexuan was standing behind Li Gang and also started reading it.
"In February of the second year of Zhenguan, Guancheng County was attacked by bandits, and Wei Zuocheng's whereabouts were unknown. In March of the second year of Zhenguan, the "Zhengzhou Daily" appeared in Zhengzhou. The content in it criticized the government and His Majesty. Cui's rebellious heart was clearly revealed.
Last night, Ye Fashan risked his life and sneaked into the governor's house, and found out that the governor of Zhengzhou had colluded with Cui Junchuo. The Cui family, together with the Zheng family in Xingyang and the Cui family in Boling, would work together the next day to coerce the people, raise troops to rebel, and attack Luoyang! The Cui family wants to take Luoyang and divide the country with the imperial court. The situation is urgent. Please make an early decision and send an army to destroy the rebels! "
This message is not long, only about 300 words. It can be seen that it was condensed before sending. However, the amount of information contained in this message is far more than 300 words. Zhengzhou is going to change. Oh my God! Henan Road is about to change! If it is not handled well, the Tang Dynasty will also change!
"How dare Mr. Cui? This is treason and disrespect for our court! Chief, we must report this to His Majesty as soon as possible!"
After Li Gang read it, his face was filled with anger, and his hair and beard were bulging. If time was not urgent, he would have reprimanded these rebellious officials and traitors!
Li Zexuan took the message from Li Gang, then held it in his hand and said: "What Mr. Wen Ji said is absolutely true, I will enter the palace right now! If you are not gay, hurry up! Prepare your horses!"
"Yes! Mr. Hou~!"
A moment later, Li Zexuan and Pang Feiji rode down Yunshan Mountain, then ran straight towards Chang'an City!
In the palace, the morning court has just finished, and Li Er is taking a nap in the Manlu Hall. After all, the daily morning court is very energy-consuming for him as an emperor!
"Your Majesty! Marquis Yong'an asked for an audience outside the palace, saying that he had urgent matters~!"
At this time, a chamberlain came in from outside the palace and bowed to report.
"It's an urgent matter~?"
Li Er, who was leaning on the couch, narrowed his eyes when he heard this, and then said: "Quick pass!"
"Here!"
The chamberlain withdrew, and after a while, Li Zexuan walked in. Without waiting for him to salute, Li Er asked: "Tell me! What urgent matter is there that makes you willing to go down to Yunshan~!"
Li Zexuan took out the message, raised it above his head, and said: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Zhengzhou. The Cui family wants! Rebellion!"
"What~?"
As soon as the last three words came out, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly stagnated. Even Zhao Song, who was standing under Li Er, could not help but have a flash of shock in his eyes. After being stunned for a moment, Zhao Song quickly came down and took the hand from Li Zexuan. The message was handed to Li Ershou.
Li Er scanned the contents of the message with a serious face and ordered: "Quickly send the auxiliary machine, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Li Jing, Cheng Zhijie, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Jingde, Niu Jinda, and Duan Zhixuan to come to discuss the matter~!"
Zhao Song looked solemn, bowed and said: "Here!"
By the way, all the officials are probably still on their way home from the next court. If they want to summon them back, they may have to send people to look for them on the road!
"Marquis Yong'an, where did this information come from? How many days have passed since the time in this information~?"
After Zhao Song left, Li Er stood up from the dragon couch, looked at Li Zexuan and asked.
This is the issue he is most concerned about. After all, the newspaper said that the Cui family will cause trouble in the future, but who knows whether that day has already passed~?
This is the message timeliness problem that ancient people often encountered!
"Back to Your Majesty, this information was just sent via telegraph from Zhengzhou. Less than an hour later, the date of the Cui family's incident is the day after tomorrow~!"
Li Zexuan bowed.
Li Er raised his eyebrows. After thinking about it for a moment, he understood. He just didn't say: "Your cousin Ye Fashan and Li Yu went to Zhengzhou before, and they must have brought a telegraph machine with them, right?"
When Ye Fashan and Li Yu went south to Zhengzhou, Li Er also warned Li Zexuan not to act rashly in Zhengzhou and ruin his major affairs. So now that Li Zexuan tells the origin of this information, he can figure it out. The general cause and effect!
"Your Majesty is wise! I was worried that they would have an accident in Henan, so I gave them a telegraph machine!"
Li Zexuan replied.
Li Er nodded, and seeing that Li Zexuan was still frowning, with a worried look on his face, he couldn't help but said: "The information sent back by Li Yu and Ye Fashan this time is considered timely, and the court has enough time to react and make corresponding arrangements. , Wei Zuocheng and their safety should be safe. Besides, I learned about the chaos in Zhengzhou last month, how could I not have made arrangements earlier~?"
Li Zexuan's eyes lit up and he was about to ask when he suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside the palace, but it was Zhao Song who had returned.
"Your Majesty, Duke Zhao, Fang Xiang and others are all waiting outside the palace!"
Li Er nodded and said: "Hurry up!"
After a while, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others all came in. After the monarch and his ministers greeted each other, Changsun Wuji looked at Li Zexuan in the palace, and then asked: "I wonder why your Majesty summoned the ministers and others to come here?"
Li Er looked at the ministers in the palace and said in a deep voice: "Last month the Cui family connived at the bandits and broke into the government offices in order to assassinate Wei Zheng. Afterwards, they published the "Zhengzhou Daily" to criticize me and the government. Confusing people's hearts and intending to rebel!
Moreover, I have received news that Cui Junchuo has united with Zhengzhou governor Pan Zhenyue, Xingyang Zheng family and Boling Cui family, and will coerce public opinion and carry out actions in the future. Their first target is Luoyang! Dear friends, what do you think I should do~? "
Changsun Wuji and others were immediately shocked!
They were recalled as soon as they came to court. Before coming, they thought about ten thousand possible situations, but they never thought that such a big thing would happen!
"Your Majesty! Give me, Old Cheng, 20,000 troops, and I will go to Zhengzhou to destroy these rebels!"
While everyone was still in shock, Cheng Yaojin jumped out excitedly and roared anxiously.
It's true that he is excited. After all, the world has been at peace for so long, this old guy has been bored at home. Now that there is finally a war, how can he not be excited~?
"Your Majesty! Give me ten thousand soldiers and horses, and I will be able to destroy the rebels!"
Yuchi Jingde reacted and said hurriedly.
"Bah! Yuchi Laohei, what do you mean?"
Cheng Yaojin quit immediately. He was obviously the one who said it first, but wasn't Yuchi Jingde trying to "cut off" it~?
"What do you mean? I want to take care of His Majesty's worries. What do you care about Madman Cheng?"
Yuchi Jingde replied without any hesitation.
"You!! You Yuchi Laohei, do you want to fight again?"
"If you hit, hit!"
"quiet!"
These two people were enemies in the previous life, and they started fighting each other when they met. Li Er saw from above that his face was getting darker and darker, but he finally couldn't help it and shouted in a deep voice.
Sure enough, Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde immediately fell silent!
"Above the court, the military situation is extremely urgent. As important ministers of the court, you two are so noisy and unbecoming. How can you be so polite? You are not afraid of making the younger generation laugh!"
Li Er criticized angrily, then looked at Li Jing and said, "Yakashi, what do you think of the Cui family's rebellion this time~?"
After all, there are many people in this court who are suitable to be generals, but there is only one person who is most suitable to be the commander of an army, and that is Li Jing! In terms of vision and military strategy, almost no one can compare with him!
Li Jing cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I believe that the most urgent task is to send someone eight hundred miles away to inform Luoyang Prefect to strengthen the city defense. There is Hanjiacang in Luoyang City, which has enough grain and grass to feed an army of 500,000 for a year! Resolutely! We cannot let Luoyang City fall into the hands of thieves!"
Hanjiacang in Luoyang City is the largest granary in the world. At its peak, the grain storage capacity reached nearly 6 million shi. This is the main reason why Cui Junchuo wants to capture Luoyang as soon as possible!
"In addition, I believe that your Majesty has ordered to mobilize the available state troops around Zhengzhou to resist the rebels first, and then mobilize the troops from Chang'an to march to Henan Province!
Zhengzhou is only more than 400 miles away from Chang'an. If we march in a hurry, we can reach it in three days! In other words, as long as the guards of Luoyang and the armies of other state capitals can delay for one or two more days, Luoyang will not fall into the hands of the enemy, and the court can deal with the rebels with minimal losses!
In addition, before the army goes out, we have to find out the number of rebels so that we can prepare a good response! The Cui family of Qinghe, the Zheng family of Xingyang, and the Cui family of Boling are all powerful families that have existed for thousands of years. They have tens of thousands of descendants, and countless scholars, officials, and generals who rely on them!
This time, Cui Junchuo used Zhengzhou Daily to criticize His Majesty and incite the people to join the rebels. Therefore, according to my estimation, the number of rebels will definitely not be less than 200,000! No matter who your Majesty sends to suppress the rebellion this time, I hope he will not underestimate the enemy! "
Li Jing is Li Jing. As soon as he said these words, the ministers in the palace could no longer argue.
Li Er nodded and said: "Zhao Song, please draw up a decree and hurry up for eight hundred miles. Let Zhao Guangkai, the governor of Luoyang, strengthen the city defense and prepare rolling stones and crossbow arrows in advance. If the city is lost, let him come to see you!"
Ren Can, the pacifying ambassador of Henan Province, immediately mobilized troops from the ten states of Chenzhou, Xuzhou, Xuzhou, Songzhou, Caozhou, Haozhou, Qizhou, Qingzhou, Bianzhou, and Suzhou to enter Zhengzhou to quell the rebellion!
In addition, Wang Yu, who was already lurking in Dengzhou, was sent an order to immediately lead his army and attack Zhengzhou~! "
Li Er's previous arrangements were quite satisfactory, but his last sentence was truly shocking!
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First update!
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