Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 352 The Sneak Attack Failed
The emperor is not in the palace, and daily political affairs still have to be done.

Tong Guowei was missing, and with Chen Xihai and Nalan Mingzhu as the leaders, affairs were resolved much more smoothly.

Non-urgent matters will not be sent to the Zhungeer battlefield, so as not to distract the emperor.

Everything in the harem was peaceful and peaceful until Chen Wenxin received the emperor's first letter.

Before opening the letter, she was worried for a long time, not knowing whether the emperor was safe or not, and whether he was in good health.

As soon as I opened the letter, I saw a sentence at the beginning——

"The sky is blue, the fields are vast, and the wind blows the grass to see the cattle and sheep. In the early autumn, the grassland is vast, and the army is overwhelming, and the momentum is majestic. I can't travel with Nian Nian, and I will write poems to send."

She couldn't help but smile.

Bai Lu watched from the side, then asked: "Master, what did the emperor say that made you so happy?"

Chen Wenxin said angrily to Bai Lu: "The emperor is not serious, he is going to fight, and he still misses poetry."

"This is a good thing, it shows that our emperor has a plan in his chest and has a chance to win!"

Chen Wenxin smiled and said proudly: "The weather is getting colder and colder. The winter clothes ordered by the Ministry of Internal Affairs have been completed a few days ago? The winter clothes worn outside the house are thicker than those in the palace. There are dragon charcoal fires everywhere in the palace. of."

"The master has ordered it several times, how dare the House of Internal Affairs not be dedicated? It's already done, will the master take a look and send it to the emperor?"

"Let them show me."

The winter clothes for the emperor were really troublesome, Chen Wenxin asked them to save those colorful embroidery, and just make the clothes light and warm.

If it is fancy, I'm afraid the emperor will look too delicate among the soldiers.

If it is thicker, I am afraid that the emperor's armor will not be strong.

It is even worse if it is not warm. There is a wide grassland in the western Mongolia area. If you think about it, you can know how cold the cold wind is unimpeded all the way.

Chen Wenxin checked it again, and gestured to the inner layer of the clothes, asking Bai Lu to bring the amulet she had made.

This is a square piece of bright yellow silk cloth with dragons, flying phoenixes and dancing charms painted on it. Chen Wenxin specially asked the saints of Baohua Hall to take it down from the front of the Buddha.

After taking it off, she bathed and burned incense, knelt down before the Buddha for three days, and then took it back.

She doesn't believe in Buddhism, but the emperor does.

I hope that the gods and Buddhas can bless the emperor for the sake of his piety.

She picked up the needle and thread, and sewed the bright yellow amulet into the inner layer of the clothes, each stitch seemed clumsy and meticulous.

This time Bai Lu didn't persuade her.

After she finished sewing slowly, Bai Lu breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly brought her a cup of ginseng tea.

"Master can't help but be tired now, this elder brother is coming out soon."

Chen Wenxin looked at his abdomen tenderly, and slowly leaned on the pillow behind him, "I'm fine, bring me a pen and ink, and I'll write to the emperor personally in a while."

She closed her eyes gently, thinking about what to say to him in her mind.

To say that the child is very healthy is to say that he is too noisy, and he must be a naughty child after birth.

Said that everything in the palace is in order, there are Chen Xihai and Nalan Mingzhu in the court hall, everything is fine.

Is it cold outside the Great Wall, is it good to eat, is your body feeling ill...

After much deliberation, I finally wrote only four words.

Well, don't read.

She was afraid that she would write a few more sentences, so she couldn't help being long-winded, and the parents had a lot of short stories.

Just four words, although it is light on paper, it is heavy in the heart.

The reply letter was sent to the northern border together with the winter clothes. The Yikun Palace was still peaceful, but the previous court was in chaos.

Chen Xihai was holding the letter from the emperor in his hand, which seemed to weigh a thousand catties, and he couldn't open his mouth under the weight.

Different from the one in Chen Wenxin's hand, this letter is full of bad news.

There was a chaotic noise downstairs.

"...That idiot Arni, in order to claim credit in front of the emperor, even led troops and Khalkha cavalry to attack Zhungeer without permission. Who does he belong to, needless to say?"

"Who is it? Arnie himself is stupid and has already been beheaded by the emperor's order. Who else do you want to blame?"

"Who doesn't know that Arnie is..."

"All right!"

Chen Xihai spoke out at the right time, "Arni has already been dealt with by military law, what's the use of discussing this now? You are in the court, and you are all the emperor's people. The emperor is still on the front line, you still have the mind to argue here?"

What he said left all the ministers speechless.

Arni's army was defeated in a sneak attack, which not only fueled Jungar's aura, but also caused nearly [-] deaths and injuries to the Man Ba ​​Banners.

Not to mention Khalkha's side, Galdan used a trick to throw gold and silver treasures on the grass, attracting those Khalkha soldiers to pick them up.

They took advantage of the chaos to disperse Khalkha's camp. Arni's army came out suddenly and was not well prepared. Gerdan won the battle with a little trick.

It is said that after the victory, Galdan ordered people to pick up the gold and silver treasures scattered all over the ground, which were stained with a thick layer of blood.

Chen Xihai said: "The soldiers suffered heavy casualties, the urgent task is to transport another batch of medicinal materials, the Secretary of the Household Department—"

"The subordinate is here."

"How many wound medicines are left in stock?"

Hubu Shangshu showed hesitation, "The emperor took away a lot before going out, and now the stock is running out, about [-] dan."

Chen Xihai nodded, "My lords, please discuss how much more this medicinal material should be transported there? Who should be sent to escort it?"

As soon as the problem came up, they quarreled again.

"It's already quite a lot. It's only [-] troops killed and wounded. Isn't it enough? There are only [-] loads of medicinal materials left to be sent out. What if there is a epidemic in the palace? In my opinion, Send at most another five hundred dan!"

"Five hundred dan is useless! The emperor is there, are you just looking out for your own life? In my opinion, send [-] dan!"

Nalan Mingzhu frowned impatiently.

When the emperor was there, there were endless disputes in the court, but now that the emperor is not there, it is even more difficult to calm down.

"According to my officer."

When Nalan Mingzhu spoke, the voice below finally became quieter.

"Zunger still has to send it as it is, and the vacancy in Beijing is also a problem. You might as well buy more medicinal materials to fill the vacancy."

The ministers shook their heads and sighed, isn't this just nonsense?

"Shangshu Hubu, how much money is there in the treasury now? Is it enough to buy medicinal materials?"

Hubu Shangshu broke into a cold sweat.

How much money is there in the treasury?
Is it affordable enough?
It's affordable to buy, but after buying it, you really have no money!
He said tremblingly: "My lords, why not be more frugal? The emperor allocated all the money to the Ministry of War, and my household department is not far from the empty shell now..."

Everyone's sharp eyes turned to the Ministry of War again.

The Minister of the Ministry of War's hair stood on end, "My lords, don't look at me, the emperor allocated money to the arsenal to make new guns, and the Ministry of War only has guns but no money."

Everyone turned their attention to Hubu again.

Nalan Mingzhu said: "As long as the household department is not an absolute empty shell, medicinal materials are a life-threatening matter, so it can't be sloppy."

Chen Xihai and Nalan Mingzhu looked at each other, knowing each other.

"How about this, send [-] dans of medicine stored in the household department, and keep [-] tans in Beijing for emergency. At the same time, we will purchase from various places, this money..."

If all the money in the treasury is used to buy medicine now, and the army will have no food, grass and armaments in the future, where should we get the money?

Nalan Mingzhu said half of what she said, even if she was killed, she would not be able to say what wasted the money.

"This money, you can delay it first. The war is tight, and merchants should also contribute to the country."

Chen Xihai spoke without changing his face, as if he was not talking about arrears of money, but some high-spirited words.

The crowd was stunned.

I didn't expect Master Guozhang to have such a shameless side.

How can Chen Xihai care about these things, as long as the war subsides and the world is peaceful, how much money will he not be able to earn?
Conversely, if the war goes against the grain, it will be the subjects of the Qing Dynasty who will suffer. At that time, even thousands of dollars of silver could not buy back the city and life.

He coughed and opened this chapter, "If you adults have no objections, let's talk about the person who will escort the medicinal materials."

……

The emperor adopted a policy of reporting good news but not bad news to Chen Wenxin, so Chen Xihai was naturally happy to cooperate with Chen Wenxin.

Therefore, Chen Wenxin only knew that the Ministry of Household Affairs allocated [-] tans of medicinal materials to be transported out of Beijing, but he didn't know why.

After all the ministers prepared the decree and informed her, she had the opportunity to ask why.

The people sent by Chen Xihai answered freely, "Responding to the words of the imperial concubine, seeing the cold weather in autumn, these medicinal materials are sent to the soldiers to drive away the cold."

Chen Wenxin didn't know much about medicinal materials, so he only glanced at them and said, "Got it."

With Chen Xihai in the previous court, she wasn't worried at all.

Instead...

On Erbeile's side, Chen Wenxin asked Chen Wenli and Chen Wenxin to visit Baylor's mansion together.

Ever since he was expelled from the palace, the emperor expressly prohibited him from entering the palace, and Chen Wenxin never saw him again.

Presumably, he lived alone outside the palace, and the position of the crown prince was abolished, so life would be difficult.

She asked Chen Wenli and Chen Wenxin to take a look, and it was not in vain for him to call her Qin Erniang in those years.

Chen Wenli and Chen Wenxin returned to the palace soon, and when they entered the Yikun Palace, their complexions were not very good-looking.

"Please give peace to the imperial concubine and empress."

Chen Wenxin hurriedly greeted them to come over, and Bai Lu and the others personally served the fruit and tea.

"Don't be cautious, there are no outsiders in Yikun Palace, just call me like that at home."

Chen Wenxin always calls himself "I" in front of his "wife", which makes people feel kind.

Although she spent a short time with these two younger brothers, her relationship was the same as that of Chen Wenyi and Chen Wenren.

The two relaxed, and only then did they talk to her about the Baylor Mansion.

"... Not very good. Seeing his sluggish and lazy movements, we thought he was sick, but the imperial doctor saw that nothing happened. He said he was depressed and had a poor appetite..."

Whoever was kicked out of the palace by the abolished crown prince would not be in a good mood.

This was within Chen Wenxin's expectation.

She said: "Are the servants in the mansion still well-served?"

Chen Wenxin nodded and said: "Naturally. Erbeile is still the emperor's elder brother, so it's hard to guarantee that the emperor will not think of him in the future. How dare those servants neglect him?"

(End of this chapter)