My Red Mansion Career

Chapter 18 It's Not So Easy

Daming Palace

In the middle of the imperial study room, there is a mahogany desk, on which the four treasures of the study, including pens, ink, paper, and inkstones, are neatly placed.

Next to the desk, there is a large chair with a beautifully carved dragon head.

Sitting on this chair, which symbolizes the dignity and authority of the emperor, is a man wearing a dragon robe with a majestic expression.

He has a pair of slender eyes, a hooked nose, a few wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and a faint smile on his lips, but he looks a little cold.

This person was the fourth emperor of the Xia Dynasty, Emperor Changping Li Zhengxi.

At this moment, in front of Emperor Changping were two officials wearing red robes, black gauze hats, and jade belts around their waists.

The leading official was about seventy years old, with a tall nose, as sharp as an aquiline, which added a fierce temperament to his face.

The wrinkles on both sides of his nose are like traces of history, recording the wind, frost, rain and snow he has experienced.

This person was Tan Qingyun, the Grand Bachelor of Wenhua Palace and the Prince's Young Master, who was a veteran of the three dynasties of Great Xia and served as the chief minister of the cabinet at that time.

"Tan Aiqing, please tell me, why do such bad things happen under the emperor's feet?
My eldest daughter was unexpectedly attacked by a group of gangsters right in front of her home. If not for the effective protection, the majestic eldest princess of Great Xia would have been kidnapped by a group of bandits.

Tell me...what do you, the chief assistant, do for a living? "

Although Emperor Changping's tone was still calm, anyone could tell that the emperor's patience had reached its limit and he might explode at any time.

Tan Qingyun stood up, knelt down to Emperor Changping and said tremblingly: "I am guilty. As the chief minister, I failed to control the banditry around the capital. I hope your majesty will punish you!"
The old minister is at your Majesty's disposal without any complaints! "

"Haha... He has no complaints. Mr. Tan Ge said it well." Emperor Changping chuckled, but his voice sounded particularly cold.

Wang Zhijie, the Second Assistant to the Cabinet, who was sitting on the other side, also left his seat and knelt down, "Your Majesty, the eldest princess's car was attacked by gangsters, and the cabinet is indeed responsible for this.

However, I believe that the top priority is to wipe out this gang of criminals as soon as possible and not allow them to continue harming the surrounding people.

If one is not careful and allows it to escape to Shenjing, the capital may be shaken.

I believe that for the sake of Daxia, the imperial court should send troops to annihilate these bandits as soon as possible to calm the people! "

"Old minister seconded the proposal!" Tan Qingyun also knelt down.

Looking at the two singing and harmonizing, Emperor Changping's face twitched.

After being on the throne for so many years, he has seen a lot about the ability of the ministers below to imitate others, but he still can't calm down his anger.

But he also knew that both of them were right. If something like this happened, I don’t know how many people were watching. If he didn’t handle it well, he didn’t know how many people would laugh at him secretly. .

He looked at the two people kneeling on the ground and said quietly: "Mr. Tan Ge, I remember that these bandits have been entrenched around Changping Mansion for several years, right?

Changping Prefecture has also dispatched officers and soldiers to exterminate them several times, but they have not been successful. I don’t know why. "

Tan Qingyun said: "Back to Your Majesty, I thought that this group of bandits had been entrenched in Changping Mansion for many years but could not be eradicated. A large number of spies must have been stationed near Changping Mansion.

Once the Changping Mansion garrison is dispatched, these spies will send people to deliver messages carefully. This is also the reason why many encirclement and suppression campaigns have failed over the years.

Therefore, if you want to destroy them, you cannot use the troops of Changping Prefecture.It would be more appropriate to deploy troops from other places. "

Emperor Changping asked: "Where does Mr. Tange think it is best to recruit officers and soldiers?"

"My veteran thought that in order to eliminate these banditry, it would be better to mobilize the Beijing camp.

Once they arrived, the Beijing camp army was better than the local officers and soldiers in terms of training and combat capabilities.

Secondly, since the great war in Daxia more than ten years ago, the Beijing camp has not moved for many years, and it is time for them to see blood. "

"Well, continue." Emperor Changping said without changing his expression.

"The old minister thought that the mountains and steep terrain near Changping Mansion made it inconvenient for cavalry to move, so we could only send infantry. Why not send the vanguard camp?"

"Choose the front camp."

Emperor Changping took a deep look at Tan Qingyun and said, "Tan Aiqing is indeed my good minister, just as Aiqing said."

I don’t know whether Emperor Changping did it on purpose or not. Tan Qingyun and the two had been kneeling for a long time, but he still didn’t let them get up.

Tan Qingyun, who was over 70 years old, had beads of sweat on his forehead. He gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty is so complimentary. I feel ashamed that I can't live up to it."

"Haha... Let's all kneel down." After saying that, Emperor Changping stood up and walked towards the back of the study.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

It wasn't until they watched Emperor Changping stand up and leave that the two of them stood up.

After all, Tan Qingyun was old. After getting up, his body shook a little. Fortunately, Wang Zhijie at the side gave him a hand and he didn't fall down.

"Be careful when talking to adults."

"Alas... I'm old." Tan Qingyun shook her head helplessly: "If you wait for a while longer, I will pray for the bones."

Wang Zhijie smiled: "Sir, you are always going strong. The court still needs a mature and prudent person like you to sit in charge. How can your Majesty let you leave!"

"No, I can't support it."

The two of them slowly left the imperial study room while talking about the scene.

Emperor Changping came to the back of the study, where there was a bedroom specifically for him to rest. He sat down, and a beauty carrying a food box walked in from the door.

This beauty is wearing a light yellow pleated skirt that hangs down to her ankles, soft and elegant.

The figure is plump and well-proportioned, and looks noble and gorgeous whether walking or standing.

She is the Empress Bai of Emperor Changping.

Queen Bai walked lightly to Emperor Changping, took out a bowl of bird's nest from the food box and placed it gently on the table before asking.

"Your Majesty, how is the discussion about Yan'er going?"

"How else?"

Emperor Changping snorted, "Although the old fox Tan Qingyun also agreed to send troops to suppress the bandits, he put the burden on the leader of the selection camp. He was really good at calculating.

The vanguard camp won, and everyone was happy.

If the selected front camp fails or is defeated, they will definitely use Feng Tang as a source of trouble, and maybe they will take the opportunity to defeat Feng Tang. No matter what, they will be invincible. "

The White Queen frowned slightly and sighed softly: "The national situation is difficult, but the ministers in the court are still scheming against Your Majesty. I really don't know where their sages' books have gone?"

"What are they afraid of?"

Emperor Changping said with a cold face: "They wish I had messed up the matter. Anyway, in the end, my father will clean up the mess for them.

The worst case scenario is that I, the emperor, will be deposed and another emperor will be established. "

"Your Majesty, be careful."

The White Queen was so frightened that her pretty face turned pale. She looked around nervously, and then she held her husband's hand.

Feeling his wife's concern, Emperor Changping held her slender hand with his backhand and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, I have not been the emperor for nothing these years. It is not that easy for them to depose me."

(End of this chapter)