serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 157
Dragon Head Palace

Inside the palace

Emperor Jianwu sat on the side of the couch silently looking at the Supreme Emperor leaning on the couch.

After a moment of silence, the old emperor spoke: "It doesn't matter if Shandong is in chaos, I have long disliked the Kong family."

Emperor Jianwu: "But."

The Supreme Emperor continued: "I have told you many times, as long as the army is not in chaos and the sea transportation is smooth, the sky will not fall."

Emperor Jianwu hesitated for a moment, but he still spoke: "The diversion of the Yellow River has had too much impact, even if the embankment can be rebuilt within a year, it will take several years for the affected prefectures and counties to gradually recover.

There is also Shui Rong. If he is really in Shandong, he will definitely take the opportunity to incite them. There are millions of disaster victims. Once they all flood into Jiangsu, Henan, Anhui and other places, the south will be over. "

Before he could say a word, Xia Shouzhong hurried in and said, "Return to the Supreme Emperor, and to His Majesty, after verification, this letter was not written in the past few days."

Emperor Jianwu stood up and said, "I can't wait any longer. I'll send someone from the cabinet to Jinling south and send troops south to suppress the rebellion."

The Supreme Emperor raised his head: "Who to send?"

Emperor Jianwu gritted his teeth: "Let Liu Fang go."

The Supreme Emperor: "Then the Yongwei Battalion cannot be allowed to go south."

Emperor Jianwu: "The Beijing camp has not yet formed a combat force. I am afraid it will be difficult to wipe out the rebels in a short period of time. It cannot be delayed for too long. An army of 10,000+ will consume too much."

The Supreme Emperor's eyes flashed: "Then transfer [-] veterans from the Yongwei Battalion and hand them over to Shi Ding for the time being."

Emperor Jianwu was stunned.

At this moment, Dai Quan hurried in with a military newspaper with three feathers stuck on it: "Hurry up for the six hundred miles from the Jiangnan camp!"

Emperor Jianwu took the military newspaper, tore open the seal to read it, and then his face suddenly became serious, and then said: "Prince Teng personally led ten thousand Jiangnan camp elites to Chuzhou, and was ambushed by the rebels of the Cao gang on the way. , The two sides fought fiercely from early morning to noon, when they were about to defeat the rebels of the Cao Gang, members of the White Lotus Sect suddenly rushed over from the flanks.

Fortunately, Wang Ziteng reacted in time, made the right judgment, and finally repelled the Cao Gang and the White Lotus Sect's troops.The rebels killed more than [-] people, and more than half of the Jiangnan camp suffered casualties.Wang Ziteng led his troops back to Jinling Mansion. It has been confirmed that the city of Chuzhou has been broken."

The old emperor was still very calm: "Wang Ziteng still understands military strategy, and he is not incompetent. These rebels who ambushed him must be elite. This battle can be regarded as disabled them, and it will be much easier in the future."

Emperor Jianwu went on to say: "Wang Ziteng intends to draw another [-] elite soldiers from the Jiangnan camp, and then rest in Liuhe for two days before leading the army to attack Chuzhou."

The old emperor nodded in satisfaction, thought for a while, and said: "In this way, let Liu Fang go south with the army, help Shi Ding put down the rebellion, and send back the water-soluble head. In addition, one person from the cabinet will be selected to sit in Jinling, handle military and political affairs, and deploy the army forage."

Emperor Jianwu's eyes lit up: "Yes."

The old emperor said to Dai Quan: "Let them in."

Dai Quan quickly answered "yes" and walked out quickly.

In the side hall, Song Chengliang, Wang Hetang, Liu Fang and Jia Hu were all waiting nervously and anxiously.

Dai Quan hurried in and said: "The Supreme Emperor said, please come over." He gave up his hand.

Jia Hu and Liu Fang looked at each other, then stood up and walked out.

West city
Ning Rong Street

Brothers Lai Da and Lai Sheng are directing the stewards of the two mansions to set up scaffolding on both sides of the street, and the trees on both sides are also hung with red lanterns and knotted with red satin.

At this time, Jia Hu's carriage drove slowly under the escort of a group of cavalry.

Lai Da and Lai Sheng hurriedly called the stewards to line up to welcome them.

The carriage stopped in front of the gate of Ningguo Mansion, the carriage door opened, and Jia Hu came out.

Lai Da and Lai Shengsheng standing in front said: "Welcome the patriarch back home!"

As soon as he got out of the car door, Jia Hu noticed it immediately, and asked Lai Sheng, "What's going on?"

Lai Sheng: "Going back to Second Master, just now Zhou Rui's family came out to spread the word, saying that the second wife said that the day after tomorrow will be the full moon banquet for the Ninth Prince, and there will be a floating banquet in the house."

"Bullshit!"

Jia Hu's face sank, "Demolition, demolition immediately!" After finishing speaking, he ignored everyone, turned around and walked quickly to Rongguo Mansion.

Lai Da and Lai Sheng looked at each other and said loudly, "Demolish, quickly!"

Jia Hu walked into Jiamu's courtyard with a livid face, just now two things were discussed in the Dragon Head Palace, [-] soldiers were dispatched from the Beijing camp to travel south by sea on naval warships, and Liu Fang went south with the army to command the suppression of the rebellion.In addition, one person from the cabinet must be selected to go south to Jinling to handle military and political affairs and allocate food and grass for the army.

There is another matter related to Jia Hu. The Supreme Emperor wants to transfer [-] old soldiers from the Yongwei Camp to the south to cooperate with the Beijing Camp to suppress the rebellion.

It's just too deceiving!

It happened that Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue, Li Wan, Yingchun, Daiyu sisters and some prominent daughter-in-laws outside were all in front of Jiamu to have fun.

Everyone was talking and laughing, very lively.

Suddenly, there was a sound of heavy footsteps, and everyone looked up, only to see Jia Hu walking in quietly.

Ignoring everyone, he went straight to sit next to Jia Mu, and said nothing.

Everyone was startled and looked at Jiamu.

Jia Mu glanced at Li Wan and motioned for her to take the girls out.

Seeing Jia Hu's expression, Li Wan wanted to leave, so he beckoned and took the sisters out.

Aunt Xue has sharp eyes, and she followed the deacon's wives to avoid going out.

Mrs. Wang couldn't sit still anymore, she stood up and said to Jia Mu: "The old lady sit down first, I will go to the front and see if the list of wine invitations has been drawn up. If it is drawn up, bring it to the old lady for review. If there is something wrong, please correct it.”

Jia Mu nodded: "Go."

Jia Hu said lightly: "There's no need to go. The second wife knows that Wang Ziteng won the battle?"

Mrs. Wang was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Just now Wang Ren came to report."

Jia Hu: "So the second wife thinks she can meddle in outside affairs?"

"Old lady." Madam Wang panicked.

Mother Jia: "What's the matter?"

Jia Hu: "The Yellow River broke its embankment and diverted its course, flooding dozens of prefectures and counties in Henan, Zhili and Shandong, leaving millions of people homeless."

Mother Jia was surprised: "Why haven't you heard of it?"

Jia Hu: "The matter is too big, and only a few people know about it. But it won't be long."

Mother Jia nodded. If the Jia family didn't know, it's fine. If they knew, they would put up a large banquet. Not only would the Jia family's spine be poked, but even the empress and the little prince in the palace would be damaged in reputation.

Thinking of this, Mother Jia said to Mrs. Wang: "That's fine. Let the housekeeper buy some food with the saved money and send it to the poor people outside. It can be regarded as accumulating merit for the empress and the little prince."

Mrs. Wang nodded numbly.

Jia Hu stood up: "The second wife, please tell Baoyu to write a letter to Wang Ziteng, telling him, don't think about reaching the sky in one step, and don't be dazzled by this so-called 'victory'. What is this 'victory'?" ? I was almost made dumplings, and more than half of them were killed or injured." After speaking, he saluted Jiamu, turned and walked out.

Shengkyo
In the gray sky, a gust of cold wind blows, and the snowflakes are scattered and scattered.

The weather in Beijing is bright and clear, and there are still snowflakes here.

Prince He Shuorong, Aixinjueluo Yongqi, was walking back and forth anxiously in the study. Suddenly, the thick cotton curtain was raised, and the guard of Jinzhou strode in, covered in snowflakes.

Yong Qi turned around.

"The servant kowtows to the young master!"

The guard of Jinzhou knelt down and kowtowed respectfully, took out a letter from his arms, and held it up with both hands, "Urgent letter from Guannei!"

Yongqi strode over, snatched the letter, tore it open, read it, and then said excitedly: "Okay. They successfully destroyed the Yellow River embankment, and the Yellow River has changed its course!" Saying this, she walked to the desk , picked up a pen and wrote.

After finishing writing, he picked up the piece of paper to dry the ink, put it in an envelope and sealed it, and then said to the Jinzhou guard: "You go to the envoy of the Raksha Kingdom immediately and give this letter to him. In addition, tell He, as long as the Raksha country is willing to send troops, this king can hire them with 150 million yuan, and all the spoils of war will also belong to them."

"Hey!" The Jinzhou guard got up, took the letter with both hands, bowed and retreated.

(End of this chapter)