long live the queen

Chapter 72

As soon as the news of the border war broke out again, Daliang Manchao was shocked.

The war with the Great Song Dynasty was first provoked by the Great Song Dynasty. The leaders were not well prepared, and the overall quality of the soldiers was relatively weak, so they were at a disadvantage. Thanks to Yan Rusong's efforts to turn the tide, coupled with the civil strife in the Great Song Dynasty, the war finally came to an end.Everyone originally thought that there should be a period of peace, and that the war should be at least in the next year. After the battle for the throne in the Song Dynasty is over, it will take a while to recuperate before coming back.But I didn't expect Da Song to come so fast, which greatly exceeded everyone's expectations.

And the reason for this is also very simple - the battle for the throne in the Song Dynasty ended very quickly.

The Great Song Emperor had three sons, all of whom were in their prime of life. The Great Song Kingdom was similar to Daliang in that it was a system of eldest sons. If there were sons, the sons would be registered as sons, and if there were no sons, the eldest son would be the eldest son. The third son was the son, but the Emperor of Song was still physically strong. He is strong, and has not yet been canonized as a prince, but the first two princes have already been made princes and have soldiers. Seeing that the situation is about to explode, Li Zhuo was called back to the Song Dynasty urgently in the first place to protect the two princes.The death of Emperor Song was too sudden. The two princes asked to lead troops to Beijing to find out the truth on the pretext that their father's death was strange.Naturally, the third prince could not agree to such a thing, so the two princes led troops to attack on the grounds that the third prince had murdered their father.

Unexpectedly, something went wrong shortly after the swearing-in meeting of the two princes ended.The eldest prince died of a severe disease, and the second prince fell off his horse and died while riding a horse.So, the matter was settled in this way, and the third prince was able to inherit the great rule and officially ascended the throne.

According to the news that Cao Jun sent back, Wei Yunqing couldn't help thinking about it.

First prince, the timing of the second prince's death is just right, how could it be a coincidence?Thinking about the deaths of the two, it should have been a dark line laid down by the third prince a long time ago, and they did it just when the two raised their flags to attack. Afterwards, it can be said that the two committed many unrighteous actions. up.Thinking about it further, maybe even the death of the Song emperor was caused by the third prince.He was tired of being the "Prince", so he devised a plan to kill two birds with one stone, murdered his father, and killed his two elder brothers who might threaten his throne.As for the fact that his blood relatives couldn't bear to do anything... Royal family ties are already pitifully weak in the face of power. Think about the Nine Dragons seizing the heirloom in the Qing Dynasty. Who cares whether the other party is his blood-related brother?

However, sometimes even those who have experienced it may not know everything about history, let alone outsiders.Wei Yunqing just uses his brains in his spare time to relieve boredom.

Although Song Dynasty once again started a war against Daliang, the war is still far away from Shangjing. The women in the harem will not be left without food due to the war, and they will naturally not be too sad at present. The overall atmosphere of the harem is still relaxed. .

But the previous dynasty was different.After learning that the Song Dynasty captured a city in Daliang, a tense atmosphere immediately permeated the previous dynasty. The cabinet held several meetings with various officials of the Ministry of War to discuss the issue of sending troops and leading generals.As the right servant of the Ministry of War, Yan Rusong was naturally on the list, so Wei Yunqing actually saw him once when he was wandering around the Qianqing Gate.

The two looked at each other from a distance across a large group of people, and they couldn't even see the expressions on each other's faces clearly. They just stood quietly and looked at each other from a distance.

For Wei Yunqing, being able to see Yan Rusong like this is a great comfort in the current difficult situation.When Yang Yi was so angry, she would also think that if Yan Rusong was the emperor, it must be a blessing for this country.It's a pity that reincarnation is a technical job, so I can only say that Yang Yi's fate is too good.

After Yan Rusong was called away by his colleagues, Wei Yunqing lingered outside Qianqing Gate for a while before returning to Yanxi Palace.

Soon afterwards, news came from Cao Jun.The person to lead the army to defend against the Song Dynasty's invasion has been decided, and it is Yan Rusong, together with the original team under him.

The tradition in Daliang is that civilian officials lead military generals.Yan Rusong's identity was actually rather complicated. He joined the Ministry of War as a military champion, a civilian team where basically everyone was selected from the civil examinations, and his background was not considered good.But compared to the military generals who were born in the army, he was still able to catch the eyes of civil officials. After all, martial arts not only had to test riding and shooting, formation of troops, but also military strategy.Although Yan Rusong was good at martial arts, his handsome appearance and gentle demeanor made his civil servant colleagues pleasing to the eye, so they didn't reject him like ordinary military generals from the army, and many people had a good relationship with him.And after he made great achievements in the previous battle, his status skyrocketed, and there were more people who flattered him, so he was in the limelight for a while.Now that the Great Song Dynasty is coming to attack again, the first thing everyone thinks of is Yan Rusong, the hero of the last battle. In addition, the severe lack of generals with the ability to lead troops caused by Daliang's history of emphasizing literature and suppressing military affairs is also why everyone can only use it One of the reasons why this burden fell on the young Yan Rusong again.

Knowing that Yan Rusong was going to leave soon, Wei Yunqing was only worried.Swords have no eyes on the battlefield, so what if Yan Rusong is an ever-victorious general?That only explained his past achievements, it couldn't predict the future, and it couldn't make her worry about him a little less.

What made Wei Yunqing even more disturbed was that the eunuch accompanying the army was an accompanying eunuch of the Supervisor of Rites, and according to Cao Jun, it was Zheng Xiang's man.It is Daliang's tradition that civilian officials lead the army, and eunuchs supervise the army, and the army supervisor has considerable power, and can even influence the decisions of the military leaders.Wei Yunqing believed that Zheng Xiang was not a good thing, so naturally his subordinates could not be any better, which made this already dangerous dispatch of troops even more unpredictable.

But no matter how worried he was, Wei Yunqing couldn't do anything.Could she run up to Yang Yi and make a big noise to make him take back his order to send Yan Rusong out?Obviously impossible.Daliang's current situation is dangerous, and if he is not careful, the country will be destroyed, and Yan Rusong is worried about the country and the people, so it is absolutely impossible for him to hide in the back and live comfortably.Whether public or private, she could not prevent Yan Rusong from going to the battlefield.The only thing she can do is to silently pray for Yan Rusong in this harem, hoping that he can fight back the Song army and return to Shangjing safe and sound.

On the day Yan Rusong left, Wei Yunqing, who was a concubine, was unable to see him off, so he could only look in the direction of Yan Rusong's departure from the city gate.

In Daliang's army, various military powers are separated.The soldiers did not have soldiers under their command, and the soldiers were all in the camps of David. The so-called "soldiers don't know their generals, and their generals don't know their soldiers".The day-to-day management of all the troops of the guard is in the hands of the emperor, but the wartime jurisdiction is in the hands of the emperor.The general holds the tiger talisman in his hand and dispatches troops. After returning to the court, he must return the tiger talisman, and the officers and soldiers return to the guard post.Therefore, when Yan Rusong sent troops from Shangjing this time, he actually only brought some of his personal soldiers with him. For a real army, he needed to go to the guard to collect the imperial edict and tiger charms.

Wei Yunqing could only get a glimpse of how Yan Rusong was supported and cheered by the people of the city when he left the city from the news that Cao Jun sent later.And after Yan Rusong left, the whole atmosphere in Beijing suddenly became more relaxed. It seemed that everyone believed that as long as Yan Rusong stepped forward, Da Song would be beaten back in minutes.

However, as time passed, news of Cao Jun continued to reach Wei Yunqing, but her mood gradually became worse.

She doesn't know anything about war, but even children know the principle that soldiers and horses go before food and grass are moved.However, the cabinet has recently had a dispute over the escort of grain and grass.Some of the food and grass had already been transferred to the front line, but the amount was far from enough to meet the consumption of this war. However, where should the follow-up food and grass be transferred, who should be sent to transfer it, and how to transfer it are all problems.Even at this critical juncture, all parties are still competing endlessly for their own interests.The five assistant ministers in the cabinet all have their own selfishness. They were divided into three factions on the issue of war or peace with the Song Dynasty before, but on the issue of food and grass, they were directly divided into five factions. As an outsider, Wei Yunqing, who could only get the news after the fact, was very angry.

Yan Rusong dispatched troops and generals in front, fighting bloody battles, they were lucky, they were still fighting each other for some small interests, it could really drive people to death.But on this issue, Yang Yi didn't understand either, so he could only listen to what the five ministers said to you, and what to say from me, and finally they couldn't agree more.

People in the cabinet can wait, but Yan Rusong in front cannot wait.Seeing these people making such a fuss, Wei Yunqing originally wanted to wait for Yang Yi to rise up, but was suddenly thrown into an unknown corner, and went to Qianqing Palace to find Yang Yi that day.

Seeing Wei Yunqing, a trace of surprise flashed across Yang Yi's face.Although he believed Zheng Xiang's words during this time, he lived in a muddle and struggled every day, but he didn't dare to go to Wei Yunqing.He was afraid that his will would not be firm, and let her return to the past to take power, and sooner or later she would abandon him and go away, making him too late to regret, and he was also afraid that facing her contempt and contempt would make him lose face and be in panic all day long.

He was trying to manage the country and discuss matters with the cabinet. He didn't want her to look at him like that again.But freezing three feet is not a one-day cold. He has been abandoned for so many years, and now it is too difficult to regain control of the government. No need to worry about the day.But this thought of escaping is just thinking about it. Although it is difficult, he still persists. He tells himself all the time: Only by persisting can we see the light of day. Persevere, persist...

"Sister Yunqing..." Yang Yi blurted out, then realized something was wrong, and changed his words, "Wei Guifei, you came to me...to me, what can you do?"

Wei Yunqing didn't want to talk to Yang Yi at first, but this time she came here for Yan Rusong, she didn't want to fail because of her attitude, so she recalled her attitude when she first met Yang Yi, and said in a slow voice: "Ah Yi, I have something I want to talk to you alone, can you let them back down?"

Wei Yunqing has not spoken to Yang Yi in such a tone for a long time, so that he was stunned when he heard it at first. When he recovered, his heart was filled with ecstasy, but before he could speak, Zheng Xiang on the side shouted: "Concubine Wei, how can you call the emperor by his first name? Are you guilty of such disrespect?"

Zheng Xiang winked at Yang Yi while talking, trying to remind him not to lose his sense of proportion easily.

Yang Yi saw Zheng Xiang's gesture, and then...he pretended not to see it, coughed and said, "You all back down."

(End of this chapter)