The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 148 Chaos in the court

The clouds were warm red in the eastern sky, and the blue-tiled courtyard was under the blue sky. Qiao Niang put on a dress and headgear while running, poured half a basin of clean water, and scooped hot water from the iron pot on the stove to blend, stumbling and struggling When I went to the attic, when I came out, the newly bought rooster in the yard had just poked out its red crown and crowed.

oh oh oh oh oh oh-

The rooster crowed loudly, and soon, Wang Jinqiu's voice came from the kitchen, and gradually there were voices in the courtyard. Bai Yunxiang touched the jade hairpin on her head, and went downstairs stompingly; Dou Wei rushed out of the room, wearing only In a single shirt, he ran under the tree and waved his arms, humming and shouting mightily.

The door on the third floor of the attic was opened, and a purple robe came out. The sun slowly pushed in and reflected on the robe, which was embroidered with phoenix wings spreading clouds, tied with a gold and jade belt, and thirteen locks on the waist.

Looking at the rising sun, Geng Qing walked downstairs, went to the stove in the thatched shed and took a piece of pancake, whispered to her mother that she was probably not at home for dinner, and knocked Dachun, who was buried in the porridge.

Said: "Let's go, eat on the way, Manchu civil and military are still waiting."

Geng Dachun turned around and left the shed, gave a thumbs up to his parents, and Bai Yunxiang, clicked his tongue twice, and just said "Look, how majestic what you said." He was kicked on the calf by his father, The old man scolded: "Hurry up!"

It caused Widow Zhang to look over with distress.

Over there, the stupid big man hastily picked up the bowl and gulped down a few mouthfuls, took a piece of pancake and rushed to the side door, led the carriage outside the gate, set up a low stool for Geng Qing to get on, and while holding a Pancake, while waving his horsewhip and cracking, drove the carriage away from Yong'an Square.

The street market has become noisy, and the people begging for work have started their day's work. In the bustling streets, a horse-drawn carriage passed by. In the slightly rocking carriage, Geng Qing drooped his eyelids and stared at the book in his hand without blinking. The words that Dachun said, only occasionally returned to the last sentence.

As long as you get down to business, Geng Qing's expression is very different from the joy, anger, and scolding in his daily life. He has been in this era for nearly two years and has experienced many things. loved ones.

He tried his best to be careful about everything, and calculated step by step. Even for one thing, he would deduce it several times from different directions, and seek the best result from it.

After all, if you go in the wrong direction, the whole family will die.

"At first, I just wanted my parents to live a better life, but later I wanted the people in the village to live a better life." He looked away from the scroll and looked at the noisy street scene outside the car curtain, shouting peddlers, old women buying vegetables, and strong people carrying goods. One by one from the bottom of his eyes.

"Hehe, I finally got to this position step by step. People are really not satisfied."

There was something in his words, and he also mocked the generals of the rebel army in this city, as well as the emperor who was controlled by him in the palace. They were different people and had different identities, but they had the same dissatisfaction.

As for what to do next after finishing these things, Geng Qing didn't think too much.

"Perhaps, it's time to invite the emperor who hid from Shu to come back. He is orthodox, and Tang will not fail. Who dares to act recklessly."

Walking through the neighborhood, the carriage slowly stopped at the gate of the imperial city. The guards guarding the gate of the imperial city naturally knew whose carriage it was, and they all bowed to the young man who got off the chariot.

Dressed in a phoenix-winged gown, Geng Qing walked into the palace road with his hands behind his back and led a few forbidden soldiers, a straight avenue stretched straight into Chengtian Gate.

As soon as they entered the Tai Chi Palace, the nearby guards looked at each other in tacit agreement, and they followed up with swords, and patted Geng Qing behind to form a long dragon spreading across the Tai Chi Palace.

In the distance, the eunuch guarding in front of the palace gate hurried forward and made a loud noise.

"Shangshu Zuopushe, Zhongshu's subordinate Tongping Zhangshi, Geng Qing entered the palace—"

At this time, after the duel and the political questioning in the main hall were over, all the civil and military personnel heard the eunuchs' loud noises outside the hall. Immediately, there was the sound of "booming" orderly footsteps and the sound of scabbard swinging, and they subconsciously Turning around, I saw Geng Qing in purple robe with phoenix wings spreading clouds, with thirteen hairpins dangling around his waist, walking up the stone steps with a smile on his face.

Behind him, hundreds of palace guards followed in a long line, and soon, they lined up in front of the hall, holding down the handles of their knives.

"Geng Xiang is this"

Many ministers frowned. Do you still have to force the palace for such behavior?Immediately holding his breath, he instinctively looked at the dragon chair on the imperial steps. The emperor above did not show any displeasure.

'Could it be that His Majesty ordered it? '

When a lot of wild guessing thoughts bred strange emotions in the crowd, Wang Bo, who had a strong temper, snorted coldly and walked out from the general's side.

"Bold Geng Qing, what are you doing with the guards in the palace?!"

Meng Juehai glanced at him, then kept staring at the young man outside the hall, somewhat suspicious in his heart, but His Majesty above didn't say anything, and he couldn't say much.

When the words of loud questioning in the hall spread, Geng Qing stepped into the Tai Chi Hall with his robes in his arms, and he couldn't see Wang Bo in the row, so he just said: "Your Majesty hasn't spoken yet, and General Wang wants to do it for you?"

"you!"

Wang Bo was defeated by the general, and he pointed at the other party who was so angry that he couldn't speak the next word. The next moment, Geng Qing let go of the hem of his robe, quickly passed him, stepped forward and stood in front of him and raised his hand: "Chen Geng Qing, my respects His Majesty!"

Above, the old man held the dragon's head, looked at the young man worshiping him below, endured the anger in his heart, tried to put on a peaceful expression on his face, and raised his hand falsely.

"Geng Xiang stood up and spoke straight."

After finishing speaking, Huang Chao looked at Wang Bo at the general's side, waved his hand, and cleared up his doubts: "General Wang, step down, I have already assigned Geng Xiang the guards of the palace."

After saying these words, the toes of the old man's gait were digging tightly. If it wasn't for a eunuch with strong martial arts guarding beside him, if it wasn't for his old age and frailty, how could he be so useless!

Heaving a sigh of relief, Huang Chao continued with a smile on his face when Wang Bo returned to the column.

"There is a reason why Prime Minister Geng came late today. Asking him to bring the palace guards to the front of the palace is to serve as a foil for the next thing."

"Your Majesty, what's the matter?" Shang Rang said without emotion, looking down at the ground slightly.

"Let Geng Xiang tell everyone."

Huang Chao actually didn't know what was going on, so he waved his robe sleeves towards the bowed figure, and Geng Qing said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust."

He raised his face, turned around with a smile and cupped his hands towards everyone in the hall.

"Thanks to His Majesty's trust, Geng has something to say." Geng Qing took a breath, quickly sorted out what he wanted to say in his mind, paused, and continued: "A few days ago, I looked through the household department, The case book of the Ministry of War, I have a new establishment, and I know how many soldiers there are, but when I look through the depletion of the grain book, it is shocking, and I wonder who has the courage to be greedy for such a huge amount of grain."

Geng Qing took out a booklet from his sleeve and put it on the palm of his hand, looking at the civil and military on both sides.

"All of you here are Geng's elders, and they dare not be slack and wrong a good man. Fortunately, Geng looked through it for two days and read it all. The food and fodder were indeed wasted. The 'soldiers' and their families brought by the rebel army, in order to make themselves feel at ease, specially asked His Majesty for orders, and went to the military camp in the southern suburbs of the city yesterday, guess what I saw?"

Most of the surrendered ministers had doubts in their eyes, but the generals probably understood in their hearts, they didn't speak, and stopped quietly.

".What I saw was a group of ragged refugees."

Geng Qing closed his eyes, his voice was a little hoarse and choked, he didn't know if the wind was blowing into his eyes, or his emotions were exaggerated, he squeezed his eyelids, and his eyes became a little reddish.

"Barefooted, bare-bottomed children run around everywhere, tents are dilapidated, not to mention how to keep out the cold in winter, even raindrops can't cover them! The old, weak, women and children are bloodless, feces and urine are mixed together, everywhere, Where are soldiers and horses here, they are not even as good as refugees."

He looked towards the general, and with a bang, he dropped the account book in his hand to the ground.

"Even if my great Qi is newly established, it is still a majestic court. How can I drive such soldiers and horses to fight?! If you say it, it will be embarrassing--"

"Geng Qing, what kind of bullshit are you, don't talk nonsense and disturb our army's morale!"

Wang Fanglie yelled at that side, clenched his fists and was about to rush over, but Meng Juehai, who was two people away, stepped forward and grabbed his arm, pulled him to the ground, dragged him in a half circle on the ground, and threw him When he got under the dragon pillar, he almost broke his head.

"Wang Bo, this defense has tolerated you for a long time, if you dare to speak rudely again, I will kill you!" Meng Juehai's beard was furious, and he pointed at the figure climbing up from the ground and cursed. The latter did not dare to show weakness and rolled up his sleeves Just as he was about to rush over, he heard the imperial steps above, the old man slammed the chair and yelled, "Enough!"

Outside the hall, more than a hundred guards rushed in, filled the door of the hall and both sides of the civil and military, and pulled out half of the blade with the handle of the knife, and the atmosphere suddenly became frozen.

"Your Majesty!" Wang Bo looked at the old man on the dragon chair in disbelief, Huang Chao was unmoved, and just squinted at Geng Qing, "Listen to Geng Xiang to continue, stop talking, and get out of here!"

In fact, the old man was protecting him.

(End of this chapter)