A Thousand Hills

Chapter 295

Emperor Mu Yuan likes to do things in groups. For example, giving marriages to the emperor's grandson is the same. The two grandsons of the East Palace, the eldest son of the first prince's house, the eldest son and second son of the third prince's house, and the eldest and second sons of the fourth prince's house All of a sudden, the marriages of the seven emperors and grandchildren were all given.If this person is a tighter family, congratulatory gifts will be a problem, seven shares.

Fortunately, Xie Moru has no such worries. She has a generous dowry and good financial management. In addition, in these years, the imperial court has given the first reward to the Fujian Palace. Therefore, Xie Moru never fails to do good deeds, and often Taking the lead in donating money and materials, life is quite nourishing.Even though Emperor Mu Yuan bestowed Su Xiang's great-granddaughter as his concubine to the grandson of the East Palace, Xie Moru was not as anxious and worried as the outside world thought, the sky was about to fall, and so on.She has been married as a prince and concubine for almost 15 years. If she can't sit still because of a marriage gift, it's not her who thanked Moru.Marriage is of course a political means, but it is only a political means. In fact, a weak marriage is often difficult to represent any political position. It cannot be said that the great-grandson marrying the great-granddaughter of Prime Minister Su can take over the political power of the Su family That's right... This also takes Su's daughter too seriously, and Su Xiang too lightly.Not to mention Su Xiang, it is Xie Shangshu who is completely incomparable to Su Xiang in the political field. Xie Moru has been married to the fifth prince for many years, Xie Shangshu is still on the fence.Expecting the old fox in the cabinet to show a clear political stance is completely dreaming, even Xie Shangshu is the same, even now, if the fifth prince suddenly loses power in the south of the Yangtze River, Xie Moru believes that Xie Shangshu can immediately say outside, hey, the Xie family and The Fifth Prince's Mansion is completely related to relatives or something.

Therefore, in addition to ordering the chief eunuch to prepare the congratulatory gifts for the emperor's grandchildren in advance, Xie Moru has been taking care of the Mid-Autumn Festival and Double Ninth Festival.As for the marriage between the Su family and the East Palace, what's the rush?Of the seven grandchildren of the emperor, which one is not the daughter of a famous family?What's more, there will be more and more emperors and grandchildren in the future, and there will only be more and more marriages.

Furthermore, in terms of the number of people who are married, there are six grandsons in the Fifth Prince's Mansion, which is no less than the grandsons of other mansions. If they are married, they will also marry the courtier's daughter.

Instead of caring about the marriage of the emperor's grandsons, Xie Moru cared more about the war in the south of the Yangtze River.

In fact, the focus of the entire imperial court is the same as that of Xie Moru. Even though Emperor Mu Yuan pointed to the marriages of the seven emperors and grandchildren at once, after the hustle and bustle, everyone's eyes were more focused on the battle in the south of the Yangtze River, and so did Emperor Mu Yuan. .

Saburo, who was still studying in the palace, saw that Tianer brought back countless gossips to his aunt, and today he said that Dong Minger was talking about things, but Xie Moru was fine. Don't worry about it.

Dalang was more stable, and whispered to his aunt, "Fourth uncle told me that the court was fiercely fighting. One side said to send troops to the south of the Yangtze River, and the other side said to wait for news from the father. The reason for the dispute has not yet been found."

Xie Moru nodded with a smile, and Da Lang asked, "Mother, tell me, will the imperial court send troops to the south of the Yangtze River?"

Xie Moru asked back, "What do you think?"

Da Lang is a steady child, after thinking about it, he said, "I don't know, it's up to the emperor's grandfather to decide."

Xie Moru said, "If you are asked to give an opinion, do you think it is necessary to increase the number of troops or not?"

Dalang obviously thought about this issue himself. He said, "If Jiangnan needs to increase troops, my father will probably mention it to the emperor's grandfather. I don't know what Jiangnan is like, but my father does. I think, this matter You should listen to what your father wants."

Xie Moru was very satisfied, and said, "That's the truth, people can't understand everything, when they can't judge, they have to listen to the opinions of pedestrians."

Whether or not to send troops to the south of the Yangtze River has been arguing from the Mid-Autumn Festival to the Chongyang Festival, but there is no result. Then, the Jiangnan Victory News came.

The news of the great victory was sent to the imperial court in an expedited courier eight hundred miles after the Double Ninth Festival, by fast horse, not by sea.Moreover, instead of going through all the twists and turns along the Sichuan-Shanxi road, this time it was from Fujian, through Jiangxi and Anhui, and went straight to the imperial capital on a fast horse. The memorial of the five princes was only half a foot thick.It is said that when the good news was delivered to the imperial study, Emperor Mu Yuan jumped three feet high on the throne, and he almost didn't lose his old arms and legs.

Because, the scout who delivered the victory report had a dusty face and said in a hoarse voice, "Your Majesty, welcome to the great victory in the south of the Yangtze River. Our army went down to Jiangxi, Anhui and Zhejiang, killed more than [-] enemies and captured more than [-]!" A black lacquered box was presented to the queen.

In fact, before the scout entered the palace, he had already shouted a great victory all the way.

The scouts were very loud, and Emperor Mu Yuan smiled happily, regardless of whether the courtiers were waiting outside the imperial study or discussing matters in the imperial study, only those who were not deaf heard the good news, and there was a joyful congratulations inside and outside the imperial study ll.

Even the secret box offered by the scouts was personally presented to Emperor Mu Yuan by Su Xiang. The faces of the monarchs and ministers were filled with joy and relaxation. The prince felt a sense of relief, as if in an instant, the sky was high, the clouds were far away, and the whole person felt at ease.

This battle is finally over.

Yes, it's over.

The imperial court has recovered Anhui and Jiangxi, which means that the passage between the imperial court and Fujian has been opened up. At the same time, the territory occupied by Jingjiang has been completely separated, which means that the remnants of Jingjiang in Huguang will not get any supplies from Jingjiang. Support, of course, King Jingjiang in Sudi could not get half of Huguang reinforcements.

After winning the two places in Jiangxi and Anhui, the outcome of Jiangnan has been determined.

Emperor Mu Yuan opened the secret box, froze for a moment, and took out the memorial of the King of Fujian, which was thicker than a book. Unable to stop, he showed the thickness of the fifth prince's memorial to everyone, and smiled, "Look at the fifth child, this must be the thickest memorial since the founding of the Taizu."

Su Xiang smiled and said, "Your Majesty the Fifth Highness has always been unpredictable in the use of troops. We were so worried a while ago that we suddenly won the three places of Jiangxi, Anhui and Zhejiang. How many of the military strategies and tactics in them must be in the memorial. "

Emperor Mu Yuan read it with relish. This is also the most tortuous and bizarre memorial that Emperor Mu Yuan has read, and it is a hundred times more exciting than the book written by Su Buyu.

The fifth prince knew that he had to give his father a clear explanation. He had been in the south of the Yangtze River for the past few years. Due to the inconvenient transportation and the possibility that the memorials taken by sea were suspected of being demolished by pirates, he would not dare to take any memorials taken by sea. Writing too many strategic plans made his father anxious these past few years.Therefore, after recovering Jiangxi and Anhui, he could send his own scouts to deliver the memorials overland. The fifth prince felt that his safety was guaranteed, and he gave his father a comprehensive strategic explanation.

From the very beginning, the five princes went to Jiangnan in all kinds of difficulties. They fought hard to keep Fujian, opened up the route to and from Nan'an Prefecture, and started talking. The main reason why it is difficult to move an inch is that General Feng Feiyu of Jingjiang is too difficult to deal with.Then, it was the three gains and three losses of Gandi. It was also from the death of Prince Jingjiang that they found the opportunity to divide Feng Feiyu. The whole plan lasted for two years.During this period, not only Jiang Xingyun concocted a letter against Jingjiang, but also various rumors of assassination, countless arrangements in Jingjiang, including the death of Zhao Yang, the loss of Zhejiang, and several defeats in Jiangxi this year. Jing Jiangyuan and Feng Feiyu used Zhao Bin's strategy.

Of course, during this period, the fifth prince also encountered a fatal crisis. Feng Feiyu smashed through the city of Min'an, traveled three hundred miles madly, and nearly died under Feng Feiyu's gun.Among them, countless soldiers died in battle, but in the end, they won.King Jingjiang was suspicious of Feng Feiyu's loyalty, and finally abandoned Feng Feiyu. As for Zhao Bin, after the famous general, Jingjiang's son-in-law was finally packaged by the fifth prince and his gang as the spokesperson of Zhao Kuo, the contemporary Eastern Mu Dynasty.

There is also the matter of Marquis Nan'an being resurrected from the dead, the Fifth Prince was a bit unjust because he didn't know that Marquis Nan'an was still alive at first, and Marquis Nan'an only quietly appeared last winter.The fifth prince knew that Nan'an was still alive, and it was because of the appearance of the Marquis of Nan'an that the fifth prince and Liu Fufeng decided to fight Jingjiang to the death.

The fifth prince did not forget to describe in detail the hard work that the Marquis of Nan'an had done in Huguang, and also said that the Marquis of Nan'an didn't dare to show up. At first, he drank poisonous wine. long time.Moreover, how dare you show yourself in front of people after drinking poisonous wine.Here, the fifth prince also asked his father, did the poisoned wine be given by your old man.The Marquis of Nan'an is indeed loyal, otherwise he would not be able to save his life.

Emperor Mu Yuan almost stunned his fifth son when he saw the scene of poisoned wine. How could he kill Nan'an Hou! MD, there is really nowhere to reason!Thinking of this, Emperor Mu Yuan glanced at the prince without any trace.

The rest is the detailed introduction of the five princes about the war, what year, month and day, which city and town they conquered, all of which are very detailed. Emperor Mu Yuan felt that he seemed to see how the soldiers fought in the south of the Yangtze River through the memorial of the fifth son. The fifth prince also focused on what Peng Dalang did in Huguang, and justified Peng Dalang's massacre of the city. For one thing, Peng Dalang slaughtered a city. Of course, it is not good to slaughter one. Behavior itself is not worth advocating.But sometimes fighting is a last resort. In order to frighten the rebels in Huguang, Peng Dalang did this extraordinary method. The fifth prince was worried that the court's acid scholars would criticize Peng Dalang. By the way, Peng Dalang has made great achievements in Jiangnan.

At the same time, in the memorial, the fifth prince also expressed his suspicion that the memorial might be stolen by others during the sea route. The reason for the suspicion was that he first installed a person in Huguang to organize the uprising of the people. He mentioned this matter to his emperor, and then, This uprising team was wiped out by Lin Fan.Later, the fifth prince didn't dare to talk about confidential matters in the memorial to the sea trip. His father must have been worried. The fifth prince expressed his apology, and at the same time asked his father to comfort his mother and concubine.

In the end, the fifth prince also said that the wars were all due to the soldiers, he didn't know anything about wars, and he listened to Liu Fufeng and Nan Anhou.Therefore, the description of the battle is a little brief, and the generals will report it in detail when they return to the imperial capital.

The fifth prince also did not forget to ask his father to prepare a large number of officials to take up the post in the south of the Yangtze River. Both civil and military officials are required. The exact number has not yet been sorted out, but it must be quite a lot, so his father should be mentally prepared.

Also, he is already very homesick, thinking of his father, his mother and concubine, his wife, his son, his daughter, and his brothers... The fifth prince begged, regardless of whether the war will end next year, he They all want to go back to the imperial capital first.The overall situation has been decided, and anyone can do whatever they want.

By the time Emperor Mu Yuan finished watching the fifth prince's memorial, more than half an hour had passed.

Emperor Mu Yuan closed the secret fold and sighed, "It's not easy for the fifth prince." Then, under everyone's itchy eyes, he roughly explained the things in the fifth prince's memorial. Said, "His Majesty King Min is very wise, and His Majesty teaches his children well."

Emperor Mu Yuan felt very relieved, and smiled, "This child, don't worry, he is too attached to his family, and he wants to come back now." He generously showed Su Xiang the fifth son's memorial.

Several sons were in front of the imperial court, and Emperor Mu Yuan let Prime Minister Su see him first, which shows how much he attaches importance to Prime Minister Su.Su Xiang picked it up, let alone this old man in his seventies, he is neither deaf nor blind, and his reading speed is only faster than that of Emperor Mu Yuan.After reading the fifth prince's memorial at a glance, Su Xiang didn't say anything else, and said first, "Your Majesty, it would be better for His Highness the Fifth Prince to return to the imperial capital after the Jingjiang River is completely pacified."

Emperor Mu Yuan didn't get dizzy, that's what he meant, but the eldest prince asked, "What's wrong with the fifth brother? Are you too tired? Hey, the fifth brother went to Jiangnan, and it will take about four years. My son thought of this, and I also I feel sorry for my fifth brother."

These words, what a brotherhood!Emperor Mu Yuan was very happy today, he was also happy to hear what the eldest son said, and said with a smile, "It's good to know that you love my younger brother." Unexpectedly, the next sentence of the eldest prince was, "If the fifth younger brother is too tired, the father is not as good as one or two. The person went to help the fifth younger brother for a few days, one to reduce the burden on the fifth younger brother's shoulders; second, it can also temporarily relieve the fifth younger brother from heavy military duties, so that he can rest for a while."

The eldest prince's words attracted everyone's attention.

Fortunately, everyone is an old fox, and nothing is showing on their faces.Even the princes felt that the boss had fallen into a stupid disease again.

Just listen to Mu Yuandi's joyful and angry question, "Who do you think is appropriate to send?"

Fortunately, the eldest prince is not stupid enough. Moreover, although the eldest prince has some IQ problems, his sixth sense is extremely sensitive. He immediately changed the self-recommendation that came to his lips to, "This minister is not a suitable candidate. I just feel that, It's not easy for fifth brother, I'm afraid it will tire him."

Emperor Mu Yuan's face improved slightly, and he said, "It's enough if you have this heart. You'll be tired in three or four years, and it's not a big deal now. Besides, there is no such a person in Jiangnan, so I really don't feel relieved." Wu Guogong and Nan'an Emperor Mu Yuan didn't even want to mention what Hou pinched.Now that the five princes are in the south of the Yangtze River, they also want to look at Liu Fufeng and the Marquis of Nan'an, so there must be a gap between the two.Right now, Emperor Mu Yuan was worried about who would go to the south of the Yangtze River, so let the fifth son go from beginning to end. Seeing the good situation, he didn't want to send another person there.Emperor Mu Yuan ordered Beichang Hou to prepare to send civil and military officials to the south of the Yangtze River, and then ordered Yong'an Hou Yong to stick to Yudi and be ready to support Huguang at any time.

In the imperial court, in the south of the Yangtze River, to conquer the three places of Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang, it is a major event.

For the fifth prince, the war was still far from over. Looking at the thicker and stronger walls of Jingjiang City than Min'an City, the fifth prince sighed, "This day has finally arrived."

(End of this chapter)