Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 10
Seeing all the ministers is also horrified. I was bored in the chaos, but now it really looks very pleasant?

Zhou Shihong actually felt a sense of comfort in his heart, let them continue to quarrel, they have been suppressed for too long.

Great Wu Empire,

Luoyue Pass,
late at night,
This is the only passage in the east and outside the pass,

The prince of Zhou and his generals, who were besieged by the wind and dust outside the pass, finally arrived at the pass after spending three days and three nights in the open.
"who?"

Chai Yanping, the guard at the gate, immediately asked on alert,
"Blind your dog eyes, can't you see that it is Zhongshun King Zhou Wangye and the little princes of various princes?"

The guard on the side scolded directly.

"Come in, let me see!"

Guard Chai Yanping insisted,

"It's all over, I'm exhausted, don't make troubles."

Everyone walked to the pass, and under the light of the torches, they recognized Zhou Wangye and others,
Chai Yanping immediately confessed;

"Don't take offense, my lord, it's my duty. The next official opens the city gate immediately."

"Hurry up, I'm starving to death, prepare something for us."

Qianhu, the Imperial City Secretary in Guannei, hid aside and did not come forward.

Seeing that there were only less than 1000 people entering the customs, and they were in a state of distress, my heart skipped a beat. I didn't see the 20 troops who left the customs.

Thinking that it would be a big defeat, he immediately went back to Qianhu Office to write an urgent red secret letter and flew directly to the capital.

"quiet,"

Dai Quan's voice sounded again, and the ministers finally came to their senses and realized that it was court.

"My loves! What should I do now, who will tell me?"

"Your Majesty! I have something to ask!"

Hubu Shangshu Gu Yichen stood in line and asked,
"It's Mr. Gu Ge! Ask me what you want!"

"Your Majesty, has this matter been verified? It stands to reason that the 20 army plus Zhang Jinyu's 3 people would not be taken at once, so I doubt it."

"Report, urgent report, Luoyueguan urgent report!"

Before Gu Ge could finish his words, there was an urgent report from the imperial guards outside the Qianqing Hall.
Dai Quan hurried over to receive the secret letter and was about to show it to the emperor.
Zhou Shihong waved his hand directly,
"Don't bring it over, just read it on the spot!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Dai Quan inspected the lacquer seal under the watchful eyes of all the ministers. After confirming that it was intact, he tore off the seal and took it out to read.
"Li Shouqiang, a thousand households stationed in Luoyueguan, the low-ranking Imperial City Secretary, has an urgent report. On the night of October 10, at the time of Chou, King Zhongshun led all the generals to Luoyueguan with less than a thousand people in embarrassment. There are Jurchen chasing troops, but did not mention anything else, I am afraid that something unexpected will happen to the Northern Expedition Army, I dare not lie, I urgently report to His Majesty, please prepare quickly."

The hall was terribly quiet, Hubu Shangshu's face turned red like a cock being strangled, and he couldn't say a word.

"Things are clear, and the hard work of the past 30 years is in vain!"

Zhou Shihong's face was livid, he stood up and walked back and forth in front of his seat,

"Oh! By the way, King Zhongshun is still fine. Why didn't he die there? He ran very fast. Pingyang is so far away from Luoyue Pass. He completed the 5-day journey in 3 days. The speed of escape is terrible. It’s amazing speed, of course Hachiko’s generals are not bad either.”

The more Zhou Shihong spoke, the angrier he became, and the more he spoke, the more ugly he sounded.

Zhao Jingwu, Minister of the Ministry of War, couldn't stand it any longer.

The most important thing now is to solve the problem of reinforcements in Pingyang County, which is extremely urgent.

follow the line;

"Your Majesty, let's talk about these matters after a while. Now is the time to solve the problem of rescuing Pingyang County. Otherwise, it will be too late. It will be dawn soon, and the Jurchens should attack the city soon!"

After hearing this, Zhou Shihong obviously felt bad. Although he wanted to take out the bait, he didn't say it was free.

"Aiqing, tell me, what can I do? It's too late now! It will take a month to march from the capital to that place. Hey."

"Your Majesty, don't worry. First of all, we must stabilize all the defenders in Pingyang County, especially the chief general Zhang Jinyu. We haven't reached the final step yet. I hope that His Majesty will break the rules and seal Zhang Jinyu so that he will be loyal to Dawu!"

After Mr. Zhao Ge finished speaking, all the ministers present, especially the nobles, understood what he meant. Adding an official to the rank to stabilize Zhang Jinyu also made him loyal to the Great Wu Empire. If he cut off his retreat, he could only stick to it.

People with four princes and eight princes also have chilly necks, and the mouths of civil officials kill people invisible!
Although he knew that his children were fine, it was still embarrassing to be in such a mess.

"I understand what Ge Lao means, but I can't bear it."

Zhou Shihong couldn't make a decision for a long time.

"Your Majesty, it's almost dawn, and I don't know what it will be like today. It will take nearly four hours for the pigeons to get there. Also, if Pingyao City really falls into the hands of the Jurchen, even if Zhang Jinyu leads the crowd to break through, there will be no way out." ,"

"Then there is Pingyun City to the west?"

Zhou Shihong suddenly thought that there was another city to the west.

"Your Majesty, two of the four cities in the Luoyun Plain have been gone. How far to the west, there is only one isolated city. The [-] defenders will be sent to death!"

Zhao Jingwu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was also a little choked up.
All the ministers felt sad when they heard this, and they couldn't help feeling sad from their hearts.

"Then what can Ai Qing do? Or how to stabilize?"

"The old minister boldly advised Zhang Jinyu to be a Marquis and an envoy to Luoyun Pingyuan. Hereditary will not replace him, and he will always town the border. Give a mansion in the capital, lead the three cities of Pingyun, Pingyao, Pingliao, and Pingyang County Commanding the reinforcements this time, there are also four city defenders, a total of 25 places. Congratulations to him in advance!"

After hearing such outrageous rewards and such outrageous conditions, all the ministers couldn't believe that these were the words of Zhao Gelao, the minister of the Ministry of War who had always opposed the Jiedushi's commanding army.

Zhou Shihong didn't understand even more, nor did he understand what Zhao Ge meant.
Didn't he always support the reduction of feudal clans, right?

"What do you mean by Aiqing? I don't understand?"

Mr. Zhao Ge tidied up his clothes, and said sonorously;
"Returning to Your Majesty is to let the courtiers understand that the imperial court will not treat him badly if he died for Dawu. Besides, only two of the four cities are in hand and one is besieged. The imperial court has no troops to rescue it for a short time. Far water can’t quench the near thirst, besides, it won’t work if there are fewer reinforcements, and the capital will be empty if there are more.”

"Your Majesty, Mr. Zhao Ge is right! Now stabilize Zhang Jinyu and the defenders."

Wen Yongyi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, came out to support.

"What does the latter mean? Zhao Aiqing, tell me again?"

"Now we can only rely on General Zhang's own ability. Luoyun Plain has always been the burden of the Great Wu Empire, but it can't be given to those people in the grassland. It's better to give it to our own people. We can control the logistics. Besides, if it is true The four cities have been subdued, and such a large place must have at least 20 people to defend it. So I said congratulate Zhang Hou in advance!"

"Then what if you don't keep it?"

ranks of generals,

General Feng Tang, who couldn't see civil servants calculating military generals like this, came out and asked,

Everyone looked at Elder Zhao Ge again.

"The imperial court has made him a Marquis, and he can be regarded as Guangzong Yaozu, and he is worthy of him."

The honorable military generals gasped in unison, and sure enough, the civil servants killed without blood!
This directly depends on Zhang Jinyu's own good fortune. Now the court almost didn't directly say that there were no more reinforcements.

"Okay, that's all. Dai Quan will do as Mr. Zhao Ge said, and issue an edict, and the Northeast will use secret letters. The imperial edict, let's see if he has a chance to come back to receive the edict!"

"Follow the order,"

The side of the noble military general can't stand it anymore, he can't receive the imperial edict before he dies!

Qi Guogong Chen Yi came out,
"Report to Your Majesty, I have something to announce."

"Duke Qi, what do you say?"

"Your Majesty, how can there be an imperial decree that will not be issued? Didn't it say that Zhang Houye was given a big mansion in the capital? Your Majesty might as well give him a concubine. General Zhang is still young and I heard that he has not yet married. Let this The woman accepts the decree and enshrines it in the big courtyard, so as to set an example for the courtiers and generals."

Then,

Niu Qing, Duke of Zhenguo, Liu Biao, Duke of Li, Hou Ming, Duke of Xiu, Ma Biao, Duke of Zhiguo, Jia She of Rongguo Mansion and Jia Zhen of Ningguo Mansion all agreed.

Shen Zhongxin, the household servant of the civil servants, objected;
"Your Majesty, this is absolutely not acceptable. Let's not talk about whether it is a violation of the imperial court system. In other words, if General Zhang is loyal to the country, there is no reason for the royal family to send out women to marry ghost marriages. Ghost marriages are now prohibited among the people. Even if he is still alive, how can he be so casual without the words of his parents, king, and matchmaker?"

The people in the civil service team nodded frequently in agreement, they can't be used to these warriors, how can they be arrogant here in the court, do they want the face of the civil officials!

(End of this chapter)