Just as Tao Ruolin said, when Chu Qing arrived at the Jingyi Hall in the palace, Huang Laosi, Qin Gang, and Nangong Xi Junchen were chatting happily about the foreigners who had been defrauded of money by the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Seeing Chu Qing coming, Huang Laosi saw that this guy was not in a hurry at all, and laughed loudly: "Qin Aiqing said just now that you will definitely enter the palace in a hurry and be in a state of confusion to defend King Qi."
After Chu Qing walked over, he said angrily: "I'm not stupid, Mr. Chen... If the King of Qi is not in chaos, how can the court send troops to quell the chaos? If the court doesn't send troops to quell the chaos, how can I lead the troops to kill those aristocratic families in an honorable manner. "
Qin Gang slapped his thigh and said sternly: "My nephew has been able to perform extraordinary feats and serve as the commander of the Thousand Cavalry Battalion. He is indeed well-deserved."
Nangong Xi was also quite surprised: "You must know that when I first saw this military report in the government office, I was shocked. I didn't think about it deeply at first. It was only after His Majesty took out the letter that I realized the deep meaning of King Qi."
"What's so admirable about this? As soon as I heard about it, I knew it was King Qi's intention. There was no rush at all."
Chu Qing, with no red face and no breath, sat on the embroidery pier brought by Sun An and laughed: "Has Chen Yan written a letter a long time ago?"
"I asked Tan Ma to deliver it to the palace last night." Huang Laosi did not take out the letter. He thought there was some content that he did not want Qin Gang and Nangong Xi to know. He smiled and said: "It is said that the chaos in the East China Sea cannot be delayed. Since the blackmail a few days ago, After asking for millions of dollars from the Ying people, the Ying people's plundering ships became more frequent. They also knew that you were going to the East China Sea, and were afraid that you would be short of manpower, so I put on a show for the world to see."
"It is true that King Qi has good intentions." Qin Gang asked slightly worriedly: "But after this incident, how will it end?"
Chu Qing and Huang Laosi looked at each other, with a flash of smile in their eyes.
Lao Qin's worries were not unnecessary. Chen Laojiu pretended to rebel. As the commander of Qianqi Battalion, it was natural for Chu Qing to lead troops to quell the rebellion.
But the world doesn’t know that King Qi is just putting on a show, so what will happen when the dust settles and kill King Qi as a rebel?
It is impossible to tell the world that Lao Jiu is teasing everyone just to cooperate with Chu Qing?
But to say that Qin Gang's worries are not unnecessary, that's not the case.
All the aristocratic families in Beijing are beaten so hard that they can’t even get out of the gate. Old Chu went to Beiguan, and the third child is in the south of Weijiang. Not to mention, there are very few survivors of the aristocratic families there, and they will be eliminated by the aristocratic families in the East China Sea. , even if Chen Laojiu tells the world, eh, I am just teasing you, what will everyone do, say you are not convinced, and say that you have deceived our feelings?
Whoever dares to speak will be done. It's that simple. As long as the matter is accomplished, which scholar dares to speak, which aristocratic family dares to explode. The monarch's power is highly concentrated, and the emperor can do whatever he wants to a certain extent.
Seeing that neither Lao Si nor Chu Qing looked very worried, Nangong Xi was the first to understand this truth. Qin Gang may not understand it either, but he is an upright person and indeed has good intentions. He thinks more, so it is inevitable to worry. .
If the fourth child didn't mention it, Qin Gang wouldn't be able to ask any more questions.
With the two giants of the Emperor, Yi Wen and Yi Wu, and a future tormentor of the East China Sea, everyone began to discuss business matters.
Qin Gang looked at the military report in his hand and murmured: "The military report states that the King of Qi has 20,000 soldiers, all of whom are barbarians. They stick to the high wall of the lake city. Zhechong Mansion and the boat master dare not move rashly. The court cannot Sending too many troops.”
Normally, the more the better, but in fact, this is not the case.
Rebellion and rebellion are not the same thing, they are divided into early, middle and late stages.
Lao Jiu was in the early stage. He had just raised the flag and stood up on his own, and he had not attacked the city or captured the land. Therefore, it should be that the Dao, that is, Shang Yun Dao, mobilized the troops of the major camps. There were many people. He went directly to kill them. When the number was about the same, he laid siege to the city. The number of people was too small, so two nearby troops and horses were mobilized.
If in the mid-term, the various Zhechong mansions and garrison guards cannot surround him at all, the imperial court will dispatch troops and horses, but they will still be dispatched nearby. Unless it is really unstoppable in the later stage, the imperial guards will rush over.
If the three forces of the East China Sea are sufficient, the imperial court can send a general and bring another 1,800 people there to command the local soldiers to put down the rebels.
In fact, Lao Jiu is quite helpless. How could he not know this truth? Of course he wants Chu Qing to lead as many troops as possible. The problem is that he needs talents. If he wants to claim to have a hundred thousand troops, then Chu Qing must Hundreds of thousands of people have to be brought there.
The problem is that no one believed him when he said he had 100,000 followers. He said he had 20,000 followers, which was already the limit. It was somewhere between telling the truth and bragging. There were mountains and forests behind Lake City, and the locals thought that Lake City could have 20,000 people. A few thousand people would be enough to support the sky.
"What's going on specifically?" Chu Qing had just arrived and didn't understand the situation yet, so he asked: "King Qi said he wanted to rebel, so he had to use a pretense. What name did he use?"
Huang Laosi, who was originally smiling, became dissatisfied and said with a disapproving face: "This bastard said that today's society is unkind, so he went against it like that."
Nangong Xi was embarrassed to say anything.
In fact, the scolding from Lao Jiu was very unpleasant. The general meaning was that Huang Laosi was not good enough to be a "king", let alone a wise king. He was a tyrant. He was not only violent, but also useless. He could not do anything well and would eat nothing. , the imperial court is simply blind in letting such a person become the emperor. Opposition, must be opposed, welcome people with lofty ideals to join, and when there are more younger brothers, we will go to the capital together to kill Huang Laosi!
Qin Gang said: "About seven or eight days ago, the King of Qi suddenly led people from the Hunu tribe to sneak attack on two Zhechong mansions on Shangyundao. They killed many generals. In addition, they also killed the generals of the Shangyun family. The three families of Xu, Gongyang and Xu were wiped out and their food and money were robbed. Some of them were distributed to the local people, and the rest were brought back to Lake City."
"What do the Liu, Xu, and Gongyang families do?"
Huang Laosi said angrily: "They are all dogs raised by Japanese thieves!"
Chu Qing smiled.
Lao Jiu is Lao Jiu, simple and rude, he is going to rebel anyway, and he just happens to kill some dogs raised by Japanese thieves.
"Then how many people should I take with me?"
Nangong Xi thought for a while: "No more than 3,000 people. The fewer the better. If there are more, the Donghai family will be alert."
"Three..." Chu Qing was dumbfounded: "King Qi rebelled just to let me take three thousand people. The less the better?"
Nangong Xi couldn't laugh or cry: "Then how much do you think is appropriate?"
"Three to fifty thousand is about the same."
Qin Gang was very happy to hear this: "King Qi has such good intentions, not only to let you bring more troops and horses, but also to give you an excuse to take your personal followers with you. After you go, you can take over the Zhechong Mansion and Tunbing Guards." , but if you don’t put on a show, what can you do if you bring too many soldiers and horses.”
"Oh, too."
Chu Qing understood. He brought two to three thousand people there. They had military power. These people could take over the local military power at any time. This was Chen Yan's real intention. Anyone who didn't cooperate could frame him and Chen Yan as the same person. Man.
Thinking of this, Chu Qing laughed again.
Yes, it must be like this. Chen Yan did this just to give himself an opportunity to frame him upright. After going to the Qian family, he said that he was with Chen Yan. Who can say no, it is better than killing people indiscriminately in the past. One pass is good.
After looking at Huang Laosi, Chu Qing felt happy that he could be considered a member of the Chang family.
The Supreme Emperor Chang Ao, the Emperor Chang Chengyou, the King of Wu Chang Chengke, and the King of Qi Chang Chengyan all did it for the sake of the country and the Chang family. They did not hesitate to defile themselves and sacrificed everything. Even if they were princes, they did not care about being infamy for a lifetime.
