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

Chapter 274 Abnormal
Jiang Yi's eyes were dull, and he still held the military report presented by General Mu in his hand. The military report was clenched tightly by Jiang Yi, and there were several wrinkles on the paper.

"not see."

Jiang Yi's voice was still calm, with a sense of alienation that made people thousands of miles away.

Chong'an stood respectfully beside him. Although he knew it was best not to go against His Majesty's wishes at this time, Chong'an still spoke.

"Your Majesty, it seems that the Secretary of the Ministry of War is here because of the incident in the northwest. Now this matter is making a fuss between the public and the public... It is difficult to avoid it..."

As soon as Chong'an finished speaking, there was a hint of regret in his heart.He was only worried that if he interfered too much, he would make His Majesty angry.

But it seemed that beyond his expectation, Jiang Yi was not angry, not even angry, and did not notice his transgression.

He just clenched the document in his hand again, his voice no longer cool, and said in a low voice: "Let him in."

The Minister of War, with a serious look on his face, hurriedly walked into the hall and knelt down to worship the luggage.

After standing up, he said to Jiang Yi eagerly: "Your Majesty, the incident in the northwest has caused people to panic. May I also ask, Your Majesty, if King Wen..."

Jiang Yi replied hoarsely.

"Yes."

The Minister of War's expression tightened, and a big stone fell to the ground with a bang in his heart.

"Your Majesty, King Wen died in battle. Your Majesty should be able to reward his family and honor him after his death."

Jiang Yi knew that what the Minister of War said was right, he could only try his best to restrain the discomfort in his heart and said: "It makes sense. You can write a charter and I will take care of it."

The Minister of War wanted to say more, but Jiang Yi waved his hand and refused to leave him.

Chong'an led the Minister of War to the side hall, waited for the pen and ink, waited for the Minister of War to finish writing the charter, and then personally led him back to the hall.

Jiang Yi's posture in the main hall was no different from before the two left.

Chong'an and the Minister of the Ministry of War thought that His Majesty was still in mourning, and cautiously replied, and presented Jiang Yi with the charter written by the Minister of the Ministry of War.

Jiang Yi took a few quick glances, nodded, gave an oral instruction, and asked someone to draw up an imperial edict of condolence. He pressed the seal and sent it to King Wen's fiefdom with the palace eunuch to give it to Princess Wen.

After that, Jiang Yi wrote to the Minister of Rites to arrange the funeral arrangements for King Wen.

After all this happened, Jiang Yi was finally able to breathe.

The news of King Wen's death had a great impact on Jiang Yi. Just like after the death of Queen Mother Cheng, King Wen fell into an emotional low again.

Although he still went to the morning court, his face looked gloomy and haggard for several days, and even his appetite was much lower than before.

King Wen's matter was forcibly suppressed by the court, and now the overall public opinion situation is really improving.

King Wen's family members all received awards and condolences from the court.

Jiang Yun, the eldest daughter whom King Wen loved most, was granted the title Princess Heyang by the new emperor.King Wen's only son also inherited the throne, but the new emperor still gave him the title of prince instead of duke.

This is considered a favor to King Wen's family.

The people and courtiers also praised His Majesty's deep friendship for brothers, praised King Wen's bold loyalty, and also praised the new emperor's kindness and kindness.

In this way, things gradually passed in the depressive atmosphere at the border and in the sad cries of Prince Wen's Mansion.

Perhaps it won't be long before King Wen will be forgotten by most people in the world.This is the inevitable fate of human beings. Who in the world will not die?

People will die, they will be forgotten, and they will disappear until there is no trace that can be traced.

Human beings are such fragile and small existence~
Even the smallest hills and the lowest mountains can live longer than humans, much longer...

Perhaps, there are still people in this world who remember King Wen for ten or twenty years...

Maybe King Wen would be pleased?But he was already dead. He was hacked to death in the shadow of the hill with random swords. The sword broke and the man could no longer breathe.

After Jiang Yi was melancholy for a few days, he was really busy with the busy memorials and court meetings.

Freeing himself from the illusory and unreal feeling, Jiang Yi once again accepted the fact that his relatives around him had passed away.

Maybe he felt guilty and sad in those days, but Jiang Yi can't even remember it now.

He was an emperor of a vast Central Plains, and he was destined not to be able to grieve for the death of his relatives for a long time.

Empress Dowager Cheng was like this, Li Yancheng was like this, and King Wen was like this.

For a moment, Jiang Yi regretted ascending to the throne.

If I hadn't insisted on having my own way, if I had refused the candidate recommended by my sister, if I had insisted on not letting King Wen hold military power, would everything have been different?
Jiang Yi didn't know, but if it really happened, he would be willing to go his own way for this slim hope.

But there are never what-ifs in the world, and there is no time for him to regret it now.

As the news of King Wen's death gradually spread, the candidate for the new leader of the Northwest Camp was the real hot potato.

But Jiang Yi had to choose to go alone to stabilize the situation.

These days, in their battles with the Qingyi people on the northwest border, there are winners and losers, basically even wins and losses.

But this does not seem to be the situation that both parties want to see.

The current situation has developed to this point, and no one party does not want the other party to die, so as to accumulate advantages for itself that can annihilate the other party.

The Qingyi people's offensive was fierce, and Daxia took the defensive advantage and defended the border city.

This forces Kyoto to increase its personnel as soon as possible, and it cannot wait for a moment.

If the Qingyi people really broke through the obstacles of Chengzhou, then going south to take Suizhou would be like picking something out of a bag.

If this continues, Daxia will completely lose most of its territory, and there will no longer be any dangerous terrain to defend before Sishui River.

Once Qingyi gets to Chengzhou, the cavalry will swoop down, and it will take them three days to reach the bank of Sishui River.

You know, Sishuihe is only a few hundred miles away from Kyoto, and the capital will be in danger.

Jiang Yi recalled: The last time there was such a big danger, it seemed that the Qingyi old man Yu Wuxian led his troops to occupy Luan City on the Sishui River and forced Anle to marry Qingyi far away.

At that time, he tried his best to prevent his father from marrying Anle, but in the end his father sent his sister to the hands of the barbarians.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yi felt an unknown bitter taste in his heart.

The father sacrificed his second sister and An Le in exchange for Qing Yi's retreat and the recent peace.

But now it was him, and it seemed that Jiang Yi had no choice but to fight to the death for the whole country.

He cannot be as ruthless as his father, nor can he be as comfortable as his father.

Now that his body is sitting on the throne, Jiang Yi feels as if he is sitting on a brazier. He is always at risk of being burned or even dying from the more intense flames.

Like a awn on the back, like walking on thin ice.

Jiang Yi smiled bitterly, but still wrote conscientiously with a candle in the mountain of piles of documents.What kind of prince, what kind of emperor...

What he couldn't get when he was a prince, could he get it after becoming an emperor?

His mother is gone, his sister is still far away, and his brothers also have a grudge against him.Although the courtiers treated him respectfully, wouldn't they talk about his weakness behind his back?

The guards in red were half of his eyes and ears, and the courtiers were the other half of his eyes and ears.But now he is deaf and blind.

The courtiers he once valued, such as Fan Qing and others, now seemed useless and had little knowledge.

As long as he was a good friend, Wang Huanzhi is still half-dead. It has been two years since his second sister left. He has been wandering around the imperial mausoleum all day long, unconscious and in a daze.

Mr. Wangge also took him back to his hometown. Now he is far away from the capital and the court.

As for Fu Sheng, he also went to the southwest to guard the southern barbarians.They may not have corresponded for a long time.

……

Now... he seems to be really alone.

No wonder the emperor has been called a loner since ancient times. It turned out that he was the only one left. They were all gone...all gone.

Jiang Yi was confused for a moment, then looked down at the documents under his hand.

The white paper turned yellow under the light of lights and candles, but the writing on it could still be discerned.

This one was written by the generals in the northwest asking the court to discuss the selection of the new general.

In fact, the court has been arguing about this matter for several days, and the ministers have no plan that most people can agree with.

The courtiers began to gradually discover that the position of the commander-in-chief of the northwest camp seemed to be under a witchcraft or some kind of death curse.

At first no one believed it.After all, most non-commissioned officers are from scribes.But the son is silent and has strange power and chaos.Most of the scribes respected the holy words and respected ghosts and gods and kept away from them.

However, when people counted the generals of the Northwest Camp over the years and finally discovered that this was true, everyone suddenly broke out in a cold sweat on their backs.

Look, Luan Shichang has been the general of the northwest for more than ten years. Although Old General Luan is not dead yet, he is still strong and strong in his 50s, and he is still able to wield a spear and an axe.

But think about the year before last, the old general was tied up in prison uniform and brought to Beijing. He was almost put in jail and executed on the street.

Although he was later pardoned by the new emperor and comforted, he was no longer used after all.Veteran generals and soldiers are idle in Beijing.

This one seems to be doing well and has no worries about his life, but he was once in danger of annihilation.Just a narrow escape.

The rest of them seemed not to be so lucky.

Li Yancheng, General Li, who took over as the northwest general, eventually died on the battlefield.

General Li was succeeded by General Cheng Qian, who also died on the battlefield and served his country loyally.

After that, the person who succeeded General Cheng was King Wen.

There is no need to talk about the fate of King Wen. The person who is talking about the most these days is King Wen.

King Wen was so loyal that even his Majesty's brother, a personal guard of the country, still died in battle on the border.

So the question is, who will succeed King Wen next?
Everyone couldn't help but tremble in fear, could it be me?Isn't it?If I don't know martial arts, it's definitely not me.

After ensuring that it was not him, everyone began to discuss the candidate to take over.

But no matter who the candidate was, everyone had a trace of pity in their eyes.

Although getting this position can only be said to be of high authority and one can reach the sky in one step.

Oh, this position is actually not easy to do.

The generals or commanders who were selected by the crowd only felt that the eyes of these civil servants were strange, and even their own backs felt cold and a bit scary.

This matter became even more strange after several of the elected commanders withdrew on their own initiative and expressed their incompetence to His Majesty. Their families were lowly and they wanted to continue to serve His Majesty and the imperial court in their original positions. got up.

Even if His Majesty doesn't know, don't those of them who face each other all day long and have to hand over their duties know?
In terms of lack of ability, this can be explained.But the family is low?All of these commanders who proposed to withdraw had mentors or father-in-laws in the court.

This made the matter seem even more vague and strange.

The smart candidates seem to have touched something and actively choose to quit.

The remaining few were either full of confusion but unwilling to let go due to their high positions, or they really didn't notice anything.But Jiang Yi was still dissatisfied with the final candidates for the leadership.

Jiang Yi was not dissatisfied with them, but was not optimistic about their ability level.

These people neither have Li Yancheng's military talents, nor do they have the status of King Wen to guard the border. Even if they are really sent to the northwest, Jiang Yi will definitely not let them serve as generals.The most he can do is to be a general who charges into battle.

There was no suitable candidate for such a general, but the other half, the civil servants' hearts were involved in another matter.

Your Majesty is about to hold the imperial examination.

The officials in the capital have already figured out this matter. Basically, everyone has a small calculation in their mind to see what talents can be produced in the new imperial examination that has been held for seven or eight years.

As soon as the news spread, poetry and cultural gatherings and outing gatherings continued in the capital.As long as it doesn't rain, you can see scholars going to Beijing to take exams and literati reciting poems everywhere.

Among them, there are some who are arty, some who want to climb into the powerful, and some who want to use their talents and knowledge to hold the court door open.

As soon as this incident came out, he replaced King Wen and became the talk of everyone in the streets.

But for Jiang Yi, the imperial examination must be launched, but the affairs in the northwest also need to be properly resolved.

Now let General Mu support his sick body to hold back Qingyi.It's feasible in the short term, but it's not a good idea in the long run.

But who in the DPRK can take charge of the northwest?

Jiang Yi was worried about this incident for several nights and even lost a lot of hair.

There were many people in the court who wanted to be favored by His Majesty, but no one was willing to risk their lives in this near-death bet.

Not only were they afraid that they would not be able to withstand Qing Yi's cavalry, they were also afraid that they would be forced to 'die in the line of duty' or be compared with others.

After all, the dead are always the most perfect.

There is also the most obscure reason, hidden in everyone's hearts.

Is it possible that Your Majesty...deliberately...sends people...to go to the border to die?

This idea is very crazy and counterintuitive.Don't the adults in the court know what kind of person Jiang Yi is?

Although everyone knew it, it seemed that everyone was still secretly afraid.

Everything is abnormal, as if there is a ghost.

(End of this chapter)