Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 251 Trading
The bleak wind and rain outside the Long Live Hall continued, and the cold autumn wind drifted into the solemn and solemn Senran Hall from time to time, which was creepy.

In the main hall, huge pillars of sandalwood wood stand silently, and the lingering fragrance still lingers.

I don’t know how many dynasties it has gone through, but there must be many. It has only been six or seventy years since Zhu Wen established the post-Liang Dingdu Daliang. The imperial city has not changed much, but the people have changed wave after wave. precipitation.

When she first moved in, sometimes Empress Fu would think wildly. She thought that every brick and stone in the hall had been soaked in blood, and there were countless people's grievances, so that she often had nightmares.

At this time, the hall was empty and quiet, and the sound of rain continued outside the hall.The official has lost consciousness, his eye sockets are sunken, his lips are chapped, his face is pale, he has lost a lot of weight, and the imperial doctor next to him is waiting quietly. At this moment, he has no choice but to wait for him silently. To die is undoubtedly tormenting. Seeing the struggle and powerlessness of life, no matter whether he is an official or not, it is enough to resonate.

Empress Fu sobbed softly, and she couldn't tell whether it was because of sadness or fear, and there was even a bit of joy in it.

The five flavors are mixed for sure, the joy is that the government is not here, the queen mother is in power, and the power of the court will fall into her hands. Since the beginning of the system, the queens of all generations have played an irreplaceable role in the country's stability and power. effect.

But joy is only a small part, more is fear and anxiety.

Today is not a peaceful and prosperous age, once the officials leave, how can she shock those arrogant soldiers?
Many of them, even the officials, have to bear three points, like Li Yun of the Zhaoyi Army, who even dared to imprison him by the official supervisor, and those veteran generals in the court, such as the former Bai Yanyu (deceased) ), Zhao Chao and other veterans had to acquiesce in burning, killing and looting officials' homes in Huainan.

Zhao Chao is now too old to be able to lead troops anymore, and he is still only comforted by asking the inspector Taibao, Heyang Sancheng Jiedu, Meng, Huai and other prefectures to investigate and deal with him.

Because Zhao Chao, Zhao Hongyin, Zhao Kuangyin and other Zhao family generals are also powerful in the army.

But today's Shi Jiajia father and son, Shi Yanchao, Shi Congyun are even worse
She doesn't think she has the ability of Empress Lu. Empress Lu can't completely suppress the tiger and wolf general who followed Emperor Gaozu to conquer the world by relying on ruthless methods. There are many heroes who have contributed a lot in the process of conquering the world.

But she is different, the only thing she can rely on is the Fu family behind her, but the generals will definitely not obey her, let alone fear the prince who is only seven years old.

What she is most afraid of is that if the official family dies, the world will be in chaos. If nothing else, Li Yun will probably jump up. How to appease him is a big problem.

Especially Shi Congyun, who participated in the battle of Gaoping, then conquered Western Shu, defeated Southern Tang, defeated Nanping, defeated Wuping, and now defeated Khitan. How should he be rewarded? Will he be willing to submit to himself?
Empress Fu was in a state of turmoil, not to mention the crisis of internal division, but also external dangers. Today's world is not a peaceful world. Western Shu, Southern Tang, Southern Han, Northern Han, Khitan, and Wuyue are all still there.

These forces on the separatist side dare not move on the surface, that is because almost all of them have been beaten by Shi Congyun once, but if there is a change in the court and the Great Zhou falls apart, they will never sit idly by.

The sky is falling, but she can't stand it
If anything happened, no matter how stupid she was, she would think that the crown prince and she were the first to die, but she didn't want to die, and was terribly afraid.

She has already written several letters to Hebei, wanting her father and brother to bring troops to Beijing so that she can feel safer, but nothing has been heard from her.

She knew in her heart that her father would not dare to come. Her father had not had the ambitions he had at the beginning. Once the Fu family led troops into Beijing, everyone thought that they might want to take advantage of the Queen Mother's visit to control the government and even usurp the throne.Maybe he will be crusaded by various envoys and generals, and become the target of public criticism.

My father didn't dare. He didn't have the ambition to control the court. He was afraid that if the Fu family got involved, he would die without a burial, which would mean letting her die on her own.
Her heart was cold and lonely, and a sense of helplessness swept over her whole body. Empress Fu sometimes even felt that if she went with the official family, it might be good, and all the mess would be left to others.

But she didn't have that kind of determination, the man was thinking about how to die with dignity, what could she do as a little girl?Just thinking about how to survive, no one in the world is greedy for life, just afraid that life is worse than death.

All kinds of sorrows and sorrows can only be shed tears.

The autumn rain outside the hall was still rustling, and the autumn wind lingered at the entrance of the hall with a chill. The eunuchs serving behind him also cried in a low voice.

The Chui Gong Hall is just a few hundred steps in front of the Long Live Hall. Officials usually sleep in the Long Live Hall and pay their respects in the Chui Gong Hall, so it is convenient to come and go.

Just when she was extremely melancholy, hurried heavy footsteps came from outside, and someone shouted from afar, "It's not good, it's not good, the army has entered the palace, and it has passed Xuanyou Gate!"

Empress Fu's heart skipped a beat, and the eunuch and imperial doctor beside her also trembled in fright.

"Let him come to the door to talk, where is the army!"

"I don't know, the villain doesn't know, there are people and horses everywhere in the palace, it seems that they came in from Donghuamen." The imperial guard said loudly.

Empress Fu trembled all over and almost couldn't stand up. She knew that the situation would be very bad if the official was not around, but she didn't expect it to come so soon!

"Quickly find Guo Yi and transfer the Imperial Guards from the East and West Squads!" She said anxiously. Guo Yi was the leader of the East and West Squads. He replaced Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning and was in charge of the Third Squad and the Third Squad of the East and West Squads. There were about 500 soldiers.

The soldiers of the forbidden army outside the hall hesitated, "Report to the queen, Guo Xingshou went to call for someone, but seeing the crowd of bandits, the brothers couldn't call and didn't dare to come."

The forbidden soldier's words became smaller and smaller, and was soon submerged in the icy autumn rain. The rustle and rain in front of the steps of the main hall did not stop, fine and cold, just like Empress Fu's heart at this time.

They must have come to kill me and Zongxun, Empress Fu thought so, she wanted to run to Kunning Palace, but she also thought about the use of running to Kunning Palace without generals?Immediately overwhelmed, desperate.

Come in from Donghua Gate, pass Zuoyintai Gate, Xuanyou Gate, and soon you will be the Chui Gong Hall, and behind the Chui Gong Hall is the Long Live Hall.

"Empress, let's go!" Eunuch Wei Min said excitedly and frightened.

Empress Fu shook her head and sighed, "I should have died in the chaos of the Hezhong Mansion, but I didn't expect to survive to this day by chance. I was a greedy woman, but I didn't expect that I couldn't escape after going around in circles."

As he spoke, tears could not help but fall from the corners of his eyes: "They must have come to look for me, and they will not be able to escape sooner or later. Everyone will be safe and sound after I die."

Even so, she was so frightened that her hands trembled, her lips trembled, and her face was pale.

In her mind, she kept imagining the sharp pain of the sharp knife piercing her body, the world was silent and desolate, and all the autumn cold seemed to be coming to her frail body at this moment, accompanied by the bleak wind and rain.

Wei Min and other eunuchs prostrated themselves on the ground, sobbing softly, and the hall was miserable.

After a while, an eunuch rushed to the front of the Long Live Hall in the rain, prostrated himself in the rain, and cried in his voice, "Empress, Empress, Commander Shi Congyun has arrived at the Chuigong Hall. Please... Please go out and see him."

After speaking, he suddenly burst into tears.

Empress Fu's heart trembled, she muttered to herself: "It's him, it's not surprising at all, who else has such ability except him."

He asked softly, "How many people did he bring?"

"I don't know, the slaves don't know, there are people outside the Chui Gong Palace"

He was terrified, Queen Fu thought, and then said helplessly, "Wei Min, help me out."

It was not far from the Chui Gong Hall to the Long Live Hall, but the eunuchs beside her tremblingly held up umbrellas for her, and she walked for a long time, and she herself felt weak on her feet.

She entered through the back door, the hall was empty, all the officials and prime ministers were at the main entrance of the hall, the rain was still falling, the hall was terribly silent, no one among the officials dared to make a sound, she only heard Fan Zhi's scolding voice .

"What do you want to do, do you know what you are doing! This is a rebellion, you lead the troops back quickly, and I will be nothing to all the officials and colleagues. It has never happened."

But there was no answer on the other side, Wei Min boldly shouted, "The queen is here!"

All the officials suddenly woke up, and they all turned their heads to make way for her, but no one dared to look up at her. They all lowered their heads and let her pass by. At this moment, she understood Baiguan's attitude.

Now, in front of Chen Bing's gate, no one dared to stand up for her and the crown prince, even Fan Zhi, who was usually the most stubborn, softened his words.

When she passed through the crowd, her field of vision widened, and the scene in front of her came into view, her heart was suffocated, and she could hardly stand still. On the open space in front of the white jade steps of the Hanging Arch Hall, black crowds of people and horses were lined up neatly, and several banners were lined up straight in the middle. Shi Congyun's handsome flag, on both sides of the flag are black and white tigers, blue and white cranes, red and white dragons, and black and white horses.

The four main forces of the Forbidden Army, Hu Jie, Kong He, Long Jie, and iron cavalry tightly surrounded Shi Congyun's handsome flag, collapsed and did not move in the rain, but it was palpitating.

Under the gray sky, many officers and soldiers of the imperial army remained motionless, lined up neatly, heavily armored, with swords and guns like a forest, and the icy cold rain fell, stirring up a thin rain curtain on the black iron armor, but no one moved, standing majestically in the rain, as if Silent statue.

The black and dense imperial guards spread all the way to the distance, and the head and tail could not be seen in the rain curtain. I don't know how many there were, but the wide open space in front of the Hanging Palace was completely full.

Shi Congyun stood under the steps, in the rain, motionless. He was majestic and tall, and he was dressed in a thick black iron armor, showing a cold and ruthless appearance. Behind him were more than a dozen powerful warriors, also standing silently behind him.Rainwater flowed through the icy iron armor, cold swords and guns, ticking down, many soldiers lined up but there was no sound.

No wonder all the officials dared not take a breath, no one dared to look up for her. Empress Fu looked at the tiger and wolf teacher in front of her, but felt dizzy and palpitated, and was about to fall backward. It was the eunuch Wei Min who stretched out his hand to support her, but she could feel it. , Wei Min himself trembled even more.

Facing such a situation, anyone would understand what power and strength are.

he came to kill me
Empress Fu thought sadly, tears slowly fell, and no one could stop it, and no one dared.

"You dare to make trouble, you rebellious minister!" Just when everyone was silent and even Fan Zhi shut up, someone started to curse, rushed out of the eaves and pointed at Shi Congyun's nose in the rain.

Everyone gasped, Empress Fu also recognized that it was written by Hanlin Bachelor Wang.

"Scholar Wang, please don't say a few words." Someone urged me anxiously.

But Wang Zhu didn't stop at all, he stood in the rain and continued to curse: "The first emperor treated you well, but now you are seriously ill, but you do such a rebellious thing, your conscience is eaten by dogs, you are a rebellious minister and thief, you are ungrateful little man!"

The rain covered up some sounds, but most of them could be heard clearly, and many people's faces turned pale with fright.

At this moment, Shi Congyun moved, and everyone was shocked, thinking that he was going to attack in anger, and Empress Fu also raised her heart in her throat.

In just a short moment, Shi Congyun's mind actually turned a thousand times, thinking about killing Wang Zhuo Liwei, thinking about directly blackmailing the queen and prince, and then ascending the throne by himself in one step.

But soon he thought of the army in the north, Li Chongjin, Zhang Yongde, and Li Jixun led the Dingzhou Army, Li Yun's tens of thousands of troops in Liaozhou, and Han Lingkun's [-] troops outside the city.

At this time, if they take a wrong step and give them an obvious excuse, they are likely to take the opportunity to attack and lead the army from the north to the south.

Of the three major legions of the Northern Expedition, he only controlled one of them.

So he forcibly suppressed the passion in his chest and the ambition that was about to burst out, and his mind suddenly cleared up. It is the best policy to first bring back all the troops outside!

So he stepped forward suddenly, smiled and said: "Scholar Wang, I don't know what you mean, you must have misunderstood."

After finishing speaking, Empress Fu saw him walking straight towards her. His tall figure was far ahead of her, and the shadows in the rain curtain were about to cover her. Just as Empress Fu retreated subconsciously, Shi Congyun knelt down in front of her on one knee: "Mo I will meet the queen and rush into the palace because I have important matters to report to the officials.

In the end, the general defeated the Liao army at Yijin Pass, killed [-] rebel soldiers, and captured Yelu Talie, the king of the Southern Academy of Liao, and specially presented it to the official queen to show the power of our great country. "

As they spoke, a few soldiers brought up a man with disheveled hair and hands tied behind his back. His head was shaved, and it looked like Khitan's hairstyle.

At this time, Empress Fu didn't care whether that person was the King of the Southern Courtyard of the Liao Kingdom, and suddenly reacted to such a change, and experienced such ups and downs, she almost cried for a while.

Immediately, the idea of ​​survival surged up, and I didn't want to die, I even thought about how to deal with it.

Empress Fu stood firm, and said loudly: "Quickly please, Shi Aiqing, the official is too ill to be in charge, and my palace is temporarily regent;

You defeated the Liao Kingdom and captured the Great King of the South Courtyard.

Bengong proposes that because of meritorious service, Shi Congyun should be named the king of Qin, and he should also guard the grand master and concurrently the order of Zhongshu. What do you think? "

Hundreds of officials said in succession: "Marshal Shi has done so well, as it should be!"

"The Queen made a clear decision."

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Everyone agrees with you and me.

Shi Congyun didn't want this, so he immediately said, "Reporting to the empress, I dare not be a minister. This great victory is not due to a single person, and all the subordinates are worthy of their lives."

Empress Fu was extremely nervous. How could she believe Shi Congyun's nonsense: "All the officers and men will be rewarded after their division, but there is a major event in the court. I hope the commander-in-chief King Qin will comfort the officers and men."

"Reporting to the Queen, I came back in a hurry this time because I heard that there were people in the court who deceived the people. We were fighting to the death to protect our family and the country, but someone in the court falsely accused us of rebellion and harming our family. Don't blame the officials." Shi Congyun said well, but everyone laughed awkwardly.

"No, no, no."

"King Qin did the right thing, it's human nature."

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Everyone understands Shi Congyun, after all his army is lined up outside the Chui Gong Hall.

"Empress, fellow colleagues, at such a time of crisis, I have suggestions." Shi Congyun cupped his hands. He said suggestions, but his tone did not sound like suggestions. With the dark army behind him, only a fool would believe this is a suggestion. .

"In an emergency, the army outside the city needs to be properly settled, and a capable person must be in command to ensure the safety of the capital. Please call back Han Lingkun, empress empress;

General Si Chao has experienced many battles, has experienced military exploits, and is experienced and steady. Let him command the army outside the city to ensure the safety of the capital. "

"Quite!" Empress Fu immediately agreed.

"In extraordinary times, inspections in the capital are especially important. Wang Zhong, the head of the palace, has experienced many battles, is talented, smart and capable. Let him be the inspection of the capital to ensure that the city will not be chaotic."

"Precise play."

"It is very important for the East and West teams to protect the safety of the officials, the empress, and the crown prince. I recommend Fu Zhaoyuan, the younger brother of the empress's natal family, to take up the post."

Only then did Empress Fu realize that her own brother had been standing behind Shi Congyun the whole time!

This reassured her a lot, and she even said: "All right! All right." This was the only time she truly agreed.

At this moment, Shi Congyun suddenly said: "Mr. Li Gu has a great prestige and outstanding talent. I think he is in charge of major affairs in the court and can stabilize the court."

"Ready to play."

"The Privy Council is in charge of military and state affairs, but Wei Xianggong is afraid that he will be too busy alone, so let Luqiu Zhongqing assist him. I invite Luqiu Zhongqing to be the deputy envoy of the Privy Council."

"Quite!" In the rain, Empress Fu was like an emotionless machine, as long as Shi Congyun opened her mouth, she would play without any further words.

"The empress made a clear decision. If this is the case, the ministers will try their best to appease the soldiers and let them perform their duties." Shi Congyun cupped his hands and gave a guarantee, and the two sides reached a deal.

This guarantee not only made Empress Fu feel relieved, but also all the officials present breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, only Shi Congyun can restrain those arrogant soldiers. With his guarantee, many people can feel relieved, and Empress Fu She was about to cry with joy, if not for the presence of all the officials, she would really cry
(End of this chapter)