high official

Chapter 1083

When Wang Xian returned to the Earl's Mansion where he had been away for a long time, it was already dark, and he saw a beautiful silhouette in front of the dining room window, it was Gu Xiaolian waiting for him to return.

"Sorry, I'm late." Wang Xian walked in and gently held her hand.

Gu Xiaolian shook her head, and said softly, "I'm willing to wait." Although she couldn't look at things yet, a happy smile gradually appeared on her face.

The maid hurriedly brought a basin for Wang Xian, and when Wang Xian washed his hands, the maid had already served the rice.

After Wang Xian sat down, he picked up the bowl naturally to feed Gu Xiaolian.

"I can do it myself." Gu Xiaolian shyly turned her head away.

"Let's talk about it when your eyesight recovers." Wang Xian shook his head and smiled, insisting on delivering a spoonful of rice to her delicate lips, and said coaxingly, "Good boy."

Gu Xiaolian could only open her mouth shyly, chewing carefully.

The dinner was very peaceful, just like those nights and nights under the supervision of Dongchang in the past.

After dinner, the maid cleaned up the dishes, Wang Xian helped Gu Xiaolian to walk in the courtyard, and told her that the lotus in the pond was in full bloom, and there were frogs croaking on the lotus leaves.

"I can hear this." Gu Xiaolian smiled happily, and the two of them remained silent, watching the moonlight of the lotus pond in summer.

"Even if I can never see anything, I will never feel dissatisfied." Gu Xiaolian leaned on Wang Xian's shoulder and murmured, "Because I am already extremely happy and satisfied."

"How could it be? You are recovering every day, and it won't take long before you will be fully recovered." Wang Xian shook his head, the faint fragrance of lotus lingering in his nose, and the natural fragrance of cold plums on Gu Xiaolian's body, the fragrance is drunk and forgotten worry.

"Actually, I don't really want to recover..." Gu Xiaolian shook her head lightly, and whispered: "In the past few months, I can hear everything the officials said to me. Why? I can feel everything I do. Only then do I know that I am really important in the hearts of officials." After speaking, her voice became softer and softer, but her affection was so strong that it could not be melted away. "I never imagined that officials would treat me like this..."

"I owed you too much before..." Wang Xian said, sighing secretly in his heart, how could he not only owe too much to Xiao Lian?The same is owed to Qing'er and Baoyin. "I will still be with you in the future."

"That can't be done," Gu Xiaolian hurriedly shook her head and said, "It was a special situation before, but now that it's over, the officials have to hurry up and reunite with Sister Qing'er."

"En." Wang Xian nodded, hugged Gu Xiaolian tightly in his arms, and whispered: "Our family will be reunited, and we will never be separated."

"En." Gu Xiaolian nodded vigorously.

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Although King Zhao was hesitant to do things, he had always planned carefully, and he had long been prepared to lead his army back to Tongzhou if things in the capital were not in harmony.Tongzhou is not only the south gate of the capital, but also the gateway of water transportation. The imperial court has several warehouses to store military rations for national use.Occupying Tongzhou can not only threaten Beijing, but also cut off the water transportation, cut off the food and grass in the capital, and get the accumulation of the imperial court for many years, which is enough to last for many years!
Consumption can also consume the enemies in Beijing City to death!

After King Zhao retreated to Tongzhou, he proceeded step by step. He first declared that Zhu Zhanji and Wang Xian had colluded to kill the king, and he wanted to call up volunteers to avenge the emperor Daxing!After raising the banner of rebellion, King Zhao assembled Changshan Left Guards, Yanshan Left Guards, Xingzhou Houtun Army, Tongzhou Right Guards, and some Jinwu Left Guards who withdrew from the capital with him. Beijing City!
Tongzhou is now occupied by King Zhao, and the people in Beijing are naturally in panic. The people in the capital who thought that the martial law would end and finally had a few days of good life suddenly fell into greater panic. common people.Contrary to the usual people who fled to the city, the people who fled this time all fled outside the city. At least 10,000+ people fled Beijing in one day.

His Royal Highness Taisun stood on the tower, looking at the fleeing people on the street supporting the old and the young, carrying bedding and burdens, and iron pots of food, feeling very sad. Don't think I'll wait..."

Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, and Jin Youzi, three great scholars, were rescued from the imperial prison immediately, because the three of them confessed very happily, and they did not suffer disaster, but only suffered some skin trauma.Now that he has come back to his original position, he has become a hero of His Highness the Grandson, so his spirit is naturally very strong.

Hearing what the grandson said, Jin Youzi immediately said: "Your Highness is ridiculous. It's not that the people don't like us, but they just want to stay away from Beijing." After a pause, he said: "Now Zhao Ni has tens of thousands of troops in Tongzhou. It is about to become a battlefield, and Zhao Ni will cut off the water transportation, and if the war is delayed a little, there will be a famine in Beijing."

"That's right, the people don't care who wins or loses, what they worry about is the life and death of their whole family." Yang Rong nodded, and said with regret on his face: "This battle must be settled quickly, otherwise the people can't bear it, and the court can't bear it either." Get up!"

"Yes..." All the ministers agreed deeply.Not to mention anything else, just one food shortage can kill more than a million people in Beijing.

"Do you want to close the city gate and prevent the people from leaving the city?" Jian Yi looked at the snake-like procession leaving the city, and felt panicked, as if the world had been lost and only the lonely city of Beijing remained.

"No need," Yang Shiqi said decisively, "Where the people want to go is their freedom. If we don't allow them to leave the city, won't we become the same as Zhao Ni?"

"It makes sense..." All the ministers echoed one after another, understanding Yang Shiqi's off-screen voice, the more people leave the city, the less pressure on the grain and grass in Beijing, and the longer the persistence will naturally be.

Zhu Zhanji acquiesced to Yang Shiqi's suggestion, looked at the vast distance, and asked solemnly: "Is it necessary to let the local army enter the king of Jingqin?"

"Zhao Ni's army claims to be 20, but in fact, it's only [-] to [-]. The [-] forbidden army in Beijing should be enough." Cheng Guogong Zhu Yong and Xue Lu looked at each other and said.As the noble who controls the forbidden army, of course he doesn't want to see the local army enter Beijing to intervene.

"But do you know which imperial guards are reliable?" Chai Che, the left servant of the Ministry of War, said abruptly: "The army was in chaos the night before, but there were many imperial guards working for tigers. Counting on them to defend against Zhao Ni is like seeking skin from a tiger."

"Yeah..." This remark attracted all the civil officials to echo, "Zhao Ni has not had time to get involved with the local army, let them enter the capital, firstly, it can quickly put down the rebellion, and secondly, it can also deter Xiaoxiao!"

"Nonsense!" Xue Lu blew his beard and stared, "Don't you even believe me?"

"Don't be angry, old Hou. How dare we doubt a few of you, but can you guarantee that your subordinates and King Zhao are not in collusion?" Chai Che and the others were not impatient, but they did not budge.

"This..." Xue Lu, Zhu Yong and others did not dare to utter wild words, because Jin Yiwei had a large number of ironclad evidence that the generals of the Imperial Army had joined King Zhao.If you want to avoid being slapped in the face, you must cooperate with Jin Yiwei.All the nobles cast their gazes on Wang Xian, hoping that he would endorse him.

However, Wang Xian seemed to be distracted, looking at the fleeing people outside the city, wondering what he was thinking, and ignored those nobles.

The nobles immediately froze there.The atmosphere at the top of the city also became embarrassing. Zhu Zhanji's face became more and more ugly. Just as he was about to calm down and veto the King Qin's matter, Wang Xian asked leisurely, as if he had just come to his senses: "Such a big event, what is the matter?" Should I ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first?"

"..." One sentence made Zhu Zhanji speechless, so he could only hold back.

"His Royal Highness is far away in the sky, so it may be too late to ask for instructions." Seeing the embarrassment of the grandson, Li Xian, Marquis of Fengcheng, immediately jumped out to refute Wang Xian.

"His Royal Highness is in Shandong, so it's not far away." Wang Xian said indifferently: "Even if Zhao Ni occupies Tongzhou, Jin Yiwei is capable of delivering the news within two days, and sending it back to His Highness within two days." will."

"This..." Wang Xian said so, and if everyone objected, it would be difficult for him and the crown prince.

"Okay, please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first..." Zhu Zhanji glanced at Wang Xian with a gloomy expression, and ended the inspection hastily.

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In Tongzhou City, Zhao Wang and a group of generals were all dressed in green clothes and respecting filial piety, with extremely dignified expressions.

"Your Majesty," Tongzhou Youwei Zhen Fu Chen Kai came out and said: "The granary in Tongzhou is empty, only the [-] ships of grain that have just arrived on the shore can be used for military supplies!"

"What? How is it possible?!" Zhao Wang was stunned: "This king has inspected it before, and there are more than a million grains in the warehouse?"

"The last general interrogated the servant of the storehouse and said that it was borrowed from a giant merchant in Tongzhou to meet the prince's inspection!" Chen Kai said with a bitter face: "As soon as the prince left, he returned it..."

"Where are those merchants? Just borrow the food!" Gao Zheng, the commander of the Yanshan Left Guard, yelled loudly: "If you can't borrow it, you will lead your troops to grab it. A few merchants are afraid that you won't be able to do it?!"

"The problem is that those businessmen have already fled with their families..." Chen Kai said helplessly, "Their food and grass have all been sent south..."

"Can they predict the future?" Ma Shu, the commander of Chang Shan's left guard, said in surprise, "Could it be that there are some masters in Tongzhou City?"

"There's a fart!" Liu Qiang, the commander of the army behind Xingzhou, was a sensible person, and said bitterly, "They don't flee to the north or go to the west. If they all go south, they must go to the prince!"

"Hiss..." The generals gasped when they heard the words, the crown prince had already arrived in Jinan, it was well known, those merchants fled south with their food, it is really possible to go to the crown prince!

All the people present were leading troops to fight, so they naturally knew that the importance of military rations cannot be overstated in these famine times!There are plenty of soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, but no one can drive them without food and grass. With the food and grass provided by those merchants, the prince can gather tens of thousands of troops in Shandong, and head north with high morale!

The more the generals thought about it, the more terrifying they became, and finally realized that they were not hunters at all, but someone else's prey!
"Wang Xian..." Zhu Gaosui gritted his teeth. What he regretted the most was not that he didn't launch the coup earlier, but that he kept Wang Xian and ruined his own affairs!

(End of this chapter)