The city of Langzhou is already boiling, and the battle in Jingnan has greatly boosted people's hearts. In troubled times, the war is naturally the most concerning, because it is related to the life, death and interests of everyone. Once the enemy army wins, the people will lose their protection and become frightened, and then they will have to flee.
Therefore, ever since they learned that the rebel army from the east was approaching and troops from Jingnan in the north were marching south, the people of Chu who were feeling the pressure had not been interested in doing anything in recent days, waiting for the news with their ears pricked up.
The streets in the city were filled with gongs and drums, and hundreds of thousands of people happily celebrated the victory in the streets. It should be noted that there are only a few days left before the arrival of the first month of the twelfth year of Baoda, but people seem to have mobilized their holiday mood in advance. When the court officially announced the good news, the enthusiasm of the people was completely ignited.
As a result, various teams of dragon lantern dancers, gongs, drums and cheers quickly appeared, and they began to celebrate the victory in the major squares and streets of Langzhou City. Although the notice issued by the imperial court strangely did not mention much about the name of Li Yuan, who was responsible for the destruction of the country, this is the land of Chu, and the name that is spoken most frequently by the people is of course the one they have in mind. Li Yuan, Duke of Chu.
Naturally, the palace of the Duke of Chu was also in a state of excitement. Qiu'er took the maids to inquire about the news on the street and came home to announce it. Li Yuan's adoptive mother Liu, who was left behind, the three wives of Emperor Zhou E, Wang Jingyao, Peng Qingying, and everyone in the back house all cried with joy.
Everyone was sweating because of the war, or maybe they were sweating because of Li Yuan, the backbone of the family, but Li Yuan was still like before, never letting them down, a hearty little victory. It makes you feel extremely at ease, how can you be moved to tears.
In the early afternoon, Miao Yuexu returned home from Wuling Academy and saw a crowd of people celebrating in the small street. The crowds of people blocked my carriage and horses, making it difficult to move. Chang Mengxi frowned and waited patiently for a long time. Finally, he could bear it no longer and ordered his entourage to finish dispersing the people blocking the road and dispersed the crowd with whips.
Chang Mengxi was depressed because of the people's celebration. We were both ministers of the Little Tang Dynasty. I was naturally untouched by the fact that Jingnan defeated Li Yuan in one fell swoop, but I was very confused about the origin of this battle and the reasons for Jingnan's death. Before returning to the city, General Yan Wangdong faced an unprecedented difficult situation, so he felt very anxious and helpless. But I also completely tolerated it. The people all over the city whispered this name.
Those people were celebrating and calling Jing Nan's name, as if Miao Yue was not our savior in our minds, which made Chang Mengxi as sensitive and helpless as ever.
Miao Yuexu has always been a person who spends money and money. Even though I didn't have a bad impression of Jingnan's hero who saved the country from the crisis after the incident, I haven't lost any bad impression of Jingnan during that time. .
"Is he determined to obey the truth? The truth told him that it was an order from the court!" Chang Mengxi said enthusiastically.
Chang Mengxi said angrily: "Go and take a look for yourself. There is a lot of noise outside the city. People are running around in the streets. There are crowds everywhere and there is nothing everywhere. He dares to ask you what happened? He is just drinking. Is it missing?”
The Chu army has no military camps in the seven cities of Langzhou Prefecture. Now it has troops in eight places, all of which have been transferred to various state capitals for garrison. Only the Dongcheng military camp has no troops to garrison. This is the 80,000 pro-army troops from Jingnan who stayed in Langzhou. Responsible for the garrison and public security of Langzhou, the leader was Wumu Teqin, the commander of the military capital.
Chang Mengxi's face was kind, he sat down on the chair angrily, and said teasingly: "Young handsome ebony man is very comfortable. I'm afraid drinking in the army is too appropriate?"
A soldier who was a member of the army pointed to a building in front of him and said, "Young Marshal Ebony is in the public room of the military camp over here."
Miao Yuexu shouted: "This is the place where Li Yuan's country was wiped out and eight states were destroyed. Why are the people making a fuss? The truth has been that we should imitate Jinling and build a small square wall and impose a night ban. Didn't anyone listen? ! Now that the imperial court is in Langzhou, it should be treated as the capital. How can we allow the people to make such a noise?"
The guards at the camp gate behind the gate hurriedly came down to stop him. The entourage beside Miao Yuexu shouted: "Polite! That's the normal situation today. It's better to come forward." Upon seeing this, the soldiers did not block him, but hurriedly stepped aside.
Wumute Qinre smiled and said: "Chang Xiang, it turns out that they all do things like this. Jinling and Yangzhou are still in the hands of thieves, and the Duke of Chu is leading the army to fight hard, but they want to build a capital in Chu land and enjoy happiness? In short, Chang Prime Minister, the people in the city are celebrating spontaneously. This is to celebrate Xiao Tang. The people's wishes are what they want. I forgive you for being able to obey."
Wu Muteqin stood up from the case in a hurry, looked at Chang Mengxi with hot eyes and said: "Chang Xiang, that's his. Since your rebellion this year, Xiao Tang, the country has collapsed and the emperor has been in trouble. Good news comes one after another. , the people have been suppressed for so long, and finally have a chance to celebrate their failure and vent, but he wants you to send troops to disperse us?"
Wumu Teqin was stunned for a moment, frowned and said: "Hearing that the Duke of Chu killed Li Yuan, you were just excited and had a few drinks. Are you here, Prime Minister, to supervise your military discipline on behalf of the Duke of Chu?"
Chang Mengxi picked up his frame and strode out. As he walked, he shouted in a low voice: "Where is Ebony Special Qin? Where am I?"
Outside the main hall of the narrow public house, Ebony Special Qin was sitting in front of the desk. There were several plates of wine and food under the table behind him, and he was holding a glass of wine in his hand and was about to take it to his mouth. Suddenly he saw Chang Mengxi approaching with small steps. He was stunned for a moment. He put down his wine glass and stood up, cupping his hands and saying, "Is that Chang Xiang? What kind of wind has brought you here? There are so few visitors!"
"Bad courage! Wumu Special Qin, I remind him that they are all soldiers of Xiao Tang, soldiers of the imperial court, but soldiers of Miao Yue!" Chang Mengxi's old face turned pale with anger.
Wu Mu Teqin had a burst of evil fire, and almost suppressed it, but still calmed down and said: "How do you understand what Chang Xiang said? What happened outside the city?"
Before the entourage in hand drove away the people who were blocking the way to celebrate, Chang Mengxi wanted to go back home. I ordered the driver to turn around and rush to the Chu Army's Eastern Army Camp at the East City Gate in a roundabout way.
Chang Mengxi glared and said: "It turns out that he had known about it for a long time, but he heard that he was drinking outside. There was so much chaos outside the city, why did he go to perform his duties? The prime minister ordered him to send troops immediately and ordered to disperse the people. It was definitely noisy. It’s noisy.”
Chang Mengxi said: "He still said? Come and ask him, what does he do with the 80,000 troops guarding Langzhou?"
Chang Mengxi ordered the car to arrive at the Dongcheng military camp in a roundabout way, and strode out before getting in the car.
Wumu Teqin said: "Of course it is to protect the imperial court and ensure the defense and public security of Langzhou."
Chang Mengxi snorted and said: "The truth is that I have such free time. The truth is here to ask him to do things. He is drinking and drinking. The truth is that he is in charge, but he is doing something, and the truth is that he can be in charge."
"Thankfully, he knows why the people inside are in trouble, but they don't care about it? The streets are so crowded and noisy, what do his army commanders do for food?" Chang Mengxi shouted.
I had met with the King of Yan Li Hongji several times before. The two of them cherished each other and cried together before standing together and reaching a consensus. Li Hongji also asked me to be on good terms with Miao Yue on the surface, but this was a last resort. Forbearance for small things in the future. At this moment, the people on the street were shouting Jing Nan's name, which made Miao Yuexu feel extremely harsh and made him go crazy.
Wumu Teqin was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Chang Xiang, is he saying that the people are celebrating the Chu State's fair destruction of Li Yuan? Is that someone who has no bad control? This year, Xiao Tang has suffered repeated disasters and wars. It is rare for the people to be angry, and again It’s not just a gathering of people to make trouble, you already know about this matter, and you ordered the soldiers to intervene.”
Chang Mengxi said angrily: "Can he obey orders? Does he want to obey the orders of the truth?"
Wumu Teqin stroked his beard and said: "Chang Xiang, how can you disobey orders? When did he take charge of the military at Zhongshu Menshang? When did he also take charge of the Privy Council? Not yet, Chang Xiang, do you respect him? An important minister in the court, give him eight points of thin noodles today. If he comes to have a drink, you cannot have a drink with him, but if he comes to ask you to disperse the people, you can do it."
Ever since the matter of proposing King Yan in Wuling Academy was put aside by Jingnan's hot eyes, Chang Mengxi's view of Jingnan was that Wang Yun was special to Dong Zhuo, and regarded him as a rebellious minister and traitor, and I gradually woke up. Come here, Gong Shenyi's words one after another are right. It turns out that my so-called leftist prime minister is nothing in Jingnan's eyes. This makes my self-esteem suffer a slight blow and makes me extremely angry.
Wumu Teqin smiled and said: "You, among the 80,000 brothers under your command, only obey the orders of one person, and that is the Duke of Chu. Did the Duke of Chu ask you to disperse and suppress the people before he left? If Chang Xiang Sending a slow horse to ask the Duke of Chu? As long as the Duke of Chu gives the order, you will immediately obey it, and you will not be firm at all."
Wumu Teqin frowned and said: "What does Chang Xiang mean by these words? What did you do?"
Miao Yuexu walked through the school grounds in small steps, and after arriving at the public room, he waited for someone to report him, then walked down the steps and left.
