Civil and military officials of the Manchu dynasty, begging me to ascend the throne

Chapter 241

At this moment, a minister from the Ministry of War urgently asked for an audience.

Originally, the Ministry of War had a lot of affairs during this period.

Chong'an expected that if he came to see His Majesty at this time, the matter to be communicated would be very important even if it was not a big deal.

After seeing His Majesty nodding absentmindedly, Chong'an quickly replaced the young eunuch and walked to the door of the palace to lead the lord into the palace.

Just before entering the palace, Chong'an specifically asked the Minister of War, the Minister of War, who came to deliver the news today: "Sir, Your Majesty is not in a good mood today. What is going on with you? If it is not a confidential matter, can you tell me? "

The servant stood there and sighed briefly, and said quickly: "It doesn't matter if you tell your Excellency, anyway, in half a day, everyone in the capital will know."

As he spoke, he said solemnly: "The King of Han has rebelled, and the troops he brought have captured the camp on the outskirts of Beijing."

"If the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp can resist, there may be hope. If they can't resist..."

The waiter sighed and said nothing.

Chongan has completely understood.

A few days ago, His Majesty handed over all the chores of repelling the King of Han to the Ministry of War.

Now that things have spread to such an extent, they can no longer avoid being scolded for dereliction of duty.If we don't inform His Majesty, the matter will probably get more serious.

But Chong'an still had doubts in his heart. Following His Majesty, he naturally knew a lot of news.

However, the original report said that the King of Han should only have 3000 people, right?How could he still fight all the way to the outskirts of Beijing?

You know, when Commander Li led his troops to attack the city in the past, he left Qiongzhou and could not even reach the outskirts of Beijing.

This King of Han can actually be more powerful than Commander Li in fighting wars?

Although my heart is full of doubts, are you talking about state affairs?Chong'an still kept his mouth shut and led the Minister of War, who was wearing a red official uniform, into the Chongguang Hall.

Jiang Yi numbly listened to the report of the Minister of War. He waved his hand and asked people to go down.

Even if he wanted to be angry now, he didn't have much anger left.

As the saying goes, good things never come to your door, but bad things come in droves.

Today this has come true.

Two pieces of bad news in a row left Jiang Yi with no energy to deal with them.

Jiang Yi held his head with one hand and reluctantly arranged many things.

He first called the men in red to investigate the news. They didn't report such a major rebellion by the King of Han in advance?This is already dereliction of duty.

Secondly, Jiang Yi sent someone to severely criticize the Minister of War and ordered him to deal with the rebellion of the King of Han as soon as possible.

Now only by deploying troops to break the siege of Kyoto can the danger be turned into safety.

Secondly, he ordered the Beijing Guards Command and Envoy Division to assist in completing the defense of the capital.
After reluctantly completing all these things, Jiang Yi no longer had the time to deal with those memorials.

His head was dizzy and he felt a stinging sensation like needles, but he suppressed these.

The situation in the court was already so turbulent, Jiang Yi would not let his body hold him back.

After hurriedly dealing with everything, Jiang Yi, who was in a daze, took a rest in the bedroom of Chongguang Hall early today.

Early the next morning, before the morning court began, Jiang Yi, who had just woken up, went to meet with the Minister of War.

The Ministry of War acted very quickly. After all, the annual military expenditure accounted for the majority of the imperial tax money, and part of the expenditure was worth the entire Ministry of Punishment.

It can be said that if you raise an army for a thousand days, you can use it for a while.

These days, it is the time when the Ministry of War comes in handy.

Why is His Majesty looking for him?The Minister of War has already made a plan in his mind.

The recent military affairs are nothing more than three things.One is the war with foreign countries. The military report came in a few days ago that they had a great victory.Although a general died, Shangshu believed that this was nothing.

This Li Yancheng is behind the friendship with His Majesty, not with their Ministry of War.For them, it is a good thing that one of His Majesty's trusted generals has died, so that their people can come in handy later.

'Your Majesty's nepotism has now given others room to come forward. ' Shangshu thought so.

The second thing is the long-lasting search and pursuit of Duke Zhu Qi of Qing Dynasty and Duke Zhang Ben of England.

This matter has now come to light, Zhu Qi has been arrested and thrown into the dungeon, but the British public is cunning and suspicious, and the pursuit of the man has been fruitless for dozens of days.

This is okay, after all, the Ministry of War's focus has not been on this matter recently.Even if His Majesty asks, he will have many excuses to shirk the responsibility.

This last thing is the rebellion of the King of Han.

This matter was not easy to handle at that time, and now it also made them smell fishy.

No one originally thought that the King of Han could reach this point.

After all, he was originally just a little prince, and his reputation was not great.These old ministers had never heard of anything extraordinary about the King of Han, but now this His Highness really scared them.

Yesterday, His Majesty asked the Ministry of War, and they have now tried their best to make up for it, moving two troops close to Kyoto back overnight to defend the capital.

Although it is of little use, it can delay time and ensure peace in the capital.

In the main hall, the Minister of War also responded to Jiang Yi in the same way.

But Jiang Yi was not satisfied with their rhetoric.

And he also pointed out an issue that the Minister of War was not prepared for.

"My dear, the King of Han is my younger brother. Why did he suddenly commit such a treasonous act?"

Jiang Yi looked at the Minister of War with sharp eyes, his expression serious.

"This...maybe...maybe the King of Han misunderstood the recent rumors..."

The Minister of War could not shirk it, so he had no choice but to say this.

"What rumors..."

Jiang Yi asked in a cold voice.

"It's... it's about... the rumors about King Cheng. Some people say... say, that the death of the fifth prince... that is, King Cheng's death is related to His Majesty..."

"Bastard!"

Jiang Yi slapped the table and stood up suddenly.

"Who slandered me like this and sow discord between me and my brothers!"

Jiang Yi was furious. Before the Minister of War said anything, he had made several guesses, but he never thought that they were rumors.

Yes……

The sixth brother has always acted recklessly. If someone instigates him and there are such rumors, how can he live now?

Jiang Yi sighed and sat down again.

He thought that in this case, he needed to meet with the King of Han to discuss it in detail.

No matter what, Jiang Yi always doesn't want there to be a gap between brothers.

Even if it weren't for the objections of the ministers, Jiang Yi would have called all the vassal kings to the capital to have detailed discussions, comfort the brothers, and eliminate the gaps and doubts among them.

At least for the first 20 years, he was a good brother.

(End of this chapter)