Fenghou

Chapter 850 Nostalgia

Today, two major events happened in the imperial court. One is that Zhu Shengfei was reunited as Prime Minister of Zuo Xiangguo. Zhu Shengfei’s prime minister’s hat hadn’t been warmed up yet. The second news suddenly came that a cavalry of tens of thousands of people appeared in Huzhou. It was not Jurchen cavalry, but It is Chen Qing's Western Army cavalry.

This news really scared the emperor Zhao Gou's face to pale. He urgently ordered the Privy Council to command Liu Kai and Du Commander Tian Shizhong to lead [-] troops to station in Deqing County and Wukang County to prevent Chen Qing's cavalry from continuing to go south.

Zhao Gou immediately ordered Yang Yizhong, the deputy commander of the front of the palace, to serve as the defense envoy of the Nine Gates, leading [-] troops to guard the defense of Lin'an City.

In the imperial study room, Deputy Prime Minister Li Guangzou said: "Your Majesty, don't be nervous. Chen Qing's army must have come from Sichuan. There was no report from the states along the way, which means that it is not a rebellion. Moreover, the humble officials read the report from Huzhou. They went to Huzhou the day before yesterday. It means that they stopped in Huzhou, Weichen believes that there should be no malicious intentions."

Qin Hui snorted, "Leading an army to Lai'an without an order, what's the difference between that and Dong Zhuo's going to Beijing?"

"Qin Xianggong is a bit alarmist. In fact, Chen Qing was ordered to come to Lin'an. Didn't His Majesty order him to discuss in Lai'an before?"

Qin Hui said, "What's the point of bringing an army here under the imperial edict?"

"Qin Xianggong!"

Li Guang suddenly became angry, "Now is the time to solve the problem, not only to complain, but to sneer, and only to expand the situation, and finally make troubles that cannot be resolved."

Zhao Gou gave Qin Hui a dissatisfied look, and Qin Hui had no choice but to remain silent.

Zhao Gou asked: "Then what should we do now between Mr. Li and Xianggong?"

"It's very simple, to get in touch, to communicate, to understand what the other party means, and then we can formulate countermeasures."

Privy Councilor Xu Xiantu also said: "My minister also agrees with Li Xianggong's suggestion, contact first. If Chen Qing comes to An'an, he will definitely not come alone. We must be mentally prepared for him to lead troops."

Xu Xiantu's last words made Zhao Gou feel relieved a little, he nodded and said, "Just according to Li Aiqing's words, order Taichang Shaoqing Huang Guinian to contact him first."

Chen Qing's fleet sailed out of the Yangtze River, entered the East China Sea, and headed south along the coastline. This area is also called Suzhou Ocean. There are many islands guarding the periphery, and the sea is calm and calm.

It was Chen Qing's first time to go out to sea. Although the water surface was slightly undulating, it was not as scary as he thought. None of the other maids, including Zhao Yingluo, were seasick. Seabirds were flying in the sea, white clouds were blooming in the distance, and the sea and sky were the same color. Everyone stood on the side of the boat and watched happily.

"I found that my husband is very interested in the sea?" Zhao Yingluo put a cup of tea in front of Chen Qing and asked with a smile while sitting opposite him.

Chen Qing took a sip of tea and said with a slight smile, "Do you see the black spots in the distance?"

Zhao Yingluo turned her head to look, and there were indeed many black spots in the distance, "What are those?" Zhao Yingluo asked puzzled.

"It's an island. It's a big island. It has fresh water and can garrison troops. But there are only fishing villages on the island."

"Does your husband want to station troops on the island?"

Zhao Yingluo was extremely intelligent and immediately understood what her husband meant.

Chen Qing shook his head, "Although it is an island, it is still too small for me. I want to go to the big island of Penghu in the south, but it is still a bit troublesome to supply, so I can only think about it first."

On the deck of another big ship, Chao Qing asked with a smile: "Brother Kun, are you always this comfortable when you go out to sea?"

Chao Kun rolled his eyes at him, and said coldly: "This is the first time for me to go out to sea. It's not called going out to sea. It's just to stand on the sea and have a look."

"Then what is the most serious situation?"

Chao Kun thought for a while and said: "It was noon that day, and in an instant, the sky suddenly turned into night, the sea water was as black as ink, and the huge waves were as high as mountains pressing down on the ships. Like an ant, I watched a large ship in front of me being swallowed by huge waves, hundreds of people! None of them survived, I hugged the mast and cried and swore that if God let me survive, I would never go to sea again. "

"But you still have to go to sea, you still want to go to Japan and Korea, right?"

Chao Kun sighed, "I broke my oath, and I knew that sooner or later, I would die in the sea."

Chong Huan smiled and said, "It's not bad to die in the sea, and become fish food!"

Chao Kun rolled his eyes at him, "It's better than being eaten by earthworms!"

"You two. Hey, stop bickering!"

Chao Qing said from the side: "This time the county king asked Sanlang to go eastward, I think it's a bit strange, can Sanlang guess the reason?"

Chao Kun lowered his head in thought for a moment and said, "I guess it has something to do with Penghu."

Zhou Kuan followed Huang Guinian to Lin'an. He was in contact with the imperial court on behalf of Chen Qinglai. Huang Guinian arranged Zhou Kuan to live in a VIP post in the suburbs, and hurried to report to the imperial court.

Along with Zhou Kuan, there were [-] cavalry guards who also lived in the guard yard of the post station.

In the afternoon, Zhou Kuan took a carriage and was escorted by more than a dozen cavalrymen to the Lu Mansion. He came to visit his old boss, Lu Yihao. Back then, Lu Yihao was appointed as the transfer envoy of Hebei. .

Twenty years have passed in a flash, and Lu Yihao still remembered Zhou Kuan, so he was very excited, and ordered his eldest son, Lu Jin, to invite Zhou Kuan to the guest hall.

"I didn't expect to see Brother Zhou Xian again. It's great. The last time we met was when I went to Xiangzhou to collect food. I remember it was the fifth year of Xuanhe!"

Zhou Kuan smiled and said: "Mr. Lu has a good memory. It was indeed November of the fifth year of Xuanhe. Fifteen years ago, the harvests in Hebei were not very good that year, but the harvest in Xiangzhou was not bad, so the first stop of Mr. Lu was When I was elected to Xiangzhou, I was severely criticized, saying that our food storage was too slow, I remember it clearly, fifteen years have passed in a flash, and Lu Gong is in good health!"

"I'm sixty-eight, and my health is getting worse and worse, but brother Zhou, I should be in his early fifties!"

"I'm also fifty-five, and I happened to be forty at the time."

Lu Yihao nodded and asked again: "Golden soldiers invaded, I heard that Brother Zhou abandoned his official position and fled, what are you doing now?"

Zhou Kuan was taken aback, Lu Yihao didn't know that he was following Chen Qing?

He looked at Lu Jin, and Lu Jin pointed his head, which meant that his father had forgotten.

Zhou Kuan said with a smile, "I am now serving as a judge in the Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu Envoy."

Lu Yihao patted his head and smiled: "Look at my memory, Jin'er told me that you are highly valued in Jingzhao, I don't know how my grandson-in-law uses you?"

"Before, I was mainly responsible for the taxation and transportation of Sichuan and Shaanxi, but now I am responsible for the evaluation and promotion of officials." Zhou Kuan spoke carefully so as not to dissatisfy the former prime minister.

"Oh! Speaking of which, you are in charge of the Ministry of Officials, you are very powerful! I am afraid that apart from Jiang Yanxian, the second brother is Zhou."

Zhou Kuan smiled a little awkwardly, and asked curiously, "Mr. Lu actually knows about the Ministry of Officials?"

Lu Yihao said triumphantly: "My grandson is in Jingzhao, how could I not know about Jingzhao's situation? Don't think that I don't know anything because I stay at home every day. In fact, Lin'an knows more about your situation than I do. , there are really not many people."

"Don't Mr. Lu feel that we are overstepping?"

Lu Yihao said indifferently: "When Taizu put on the yellow robe in Chenqiao, the family name was still Chai. Did anyone accuse him of overstepping?"

Zhou Kuan gave a thumbs up, "Mr. Lu made it clear!"

Lu Yihao shook his head and said: "Don't pour me the ecstasy soup. These days, everything depends on strength. If you have strength, even if you are named Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the court will have nothing to do with you. If you don't have strength, you can only be a ghost under the sword. No one will pity you."

"Thank you, Mr. Lu, for your teaching!"

"I'm not teaching you, I'm just telling the truth, go! See your county king, let him come to see me sooner."

"Humble job must tell you, don't disturb Mr. Lu's rest, leave!"

Lu Yihao smiled and said: "I hope to hear the news that you have become the prime minister."

Zhou Kuan was really speechless, is this still a courtier of Song Dynasty?Lu Jin pointed helplessly at his head behind his back, meaning that his father had become a little delirious recently and liked to talk nonsense.

(End of this chapter)