As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

The root of Da Zhao's unrest is not outside, but in this court!

After figuring this out, Emperor Guangxing began to think hard about the solution again. After thinking about it, his train of thought turned to Hua Manlou: No way, this Zhuzi will have some solutions?

It was at this time that Ying Guogong came in and informed everyone about the retreat of the Liaodong Army.

"Retired? Really retired?" Emperor Guangxing didn't react.

"Exactly. Your Majesty, the Liaodong Army went to the camp overnight. After several investigations, I got the news from the Xishanwei Reconnaissance Company, and then confirmed the matter." Ying Guogong said in an orderly manner: "Yesterday Uncle Xishan personally led more than two thousand Xishan Guards to attack the Liaodong Army at the North Gate, and set up an ambush to wipe out the three thousand Jurchen troops. Presumably, the Liaodong Army knew that they were invincible and tried to choose a place to retreat..."

"This statement is wrong!" A military department stood up from the incident: "The Xishan Guards only have more than [-] people. How can they make the [-]-odd frontier troops in Liaodong retreat? There must be something strange about this matter..."

"Shut up for me!" After suppressing it for several days, Emperor Guangxing finally became irritable: "Did I let you speak?"

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty, this humble minister is the speaker..." That made me a little panicked.

"I said, shut up! Shut up! Shut up your bird's mouth!" Emperor Guangxing suddenly got up, kicked over the imperial case in front of him, and roared: "I watched you and others quarrel for five days It's been five days! Since the Liaodong army mutinied and besieged the city, you have not come up with anything, no one to share my worries, just keep making noise! ​​What do you want me to do?"

"I am guilty!"

The emperor lost his temper. No matter what these people thought in their hearts, they still wanted to plead guilty, and the posture of pleading guilty was very familiar: just kneel.

Emperor Guangxing laughed angrily: "Ha, haha, guilty? Where is the crime? The crime is making me angry, isn't it?"

This is a bit embarrassing, but no one dared to say anything, and no one dared to raise their heads—I originally thought that Emperor Guangxing should lose his temper on the first day, but he waited for five days without saying a word, and in all When everyone thought he shouldn't get mad at this time, he got mad.

"The Liaodong army mutinied! Do you know where the intention of the mutiny is? Huh?" Emperor Guangxing stepped down from the throne, asking questions as he walked, until he reached a certain censor who wanted to hang Huamanlou on the wall. Pulling it out, he roared angrily, "Do you know?"

"My minister... my minister... is guilty!" The censor trembled with fright, and fell to the ground in an instant.

Emperor Guangxing ignored the emperor's demeanor, kicked him in the face, and roared: "My son, my adopted son led troops to share my worries with my relative Mao Shishi, but you asked me to take it in front of me. It's really courageous to quell the turmoil! Whose courtier are you? Whose salary will you eat?"

"Your Majesty! My minister... I was just confused for a while..."

"Take it!" Emperor Guangxing didn't listen to the explanation, turned around and kicked the military department just now on the ground: "I haven't even been to the top of the city, who will analyze the battle situation for your dog? Who is it?" Give your dog the guts to talk nonsense in court?"

"My humble minister... my humble minister..."

"Take it!"

In the past few days, Emperor Guangxing remembered enough people. He walked through the crowd like an angry lion, and took down more than ten people in a row, which made a group of courtiers tremble and tremble.

"Chuan, Chuan Huamanlou will enter the palace as soon as possible, and I will wait for him here!" Emperor Guangxing got angry, and then returned to the throne in rough clothes to give orders, and then said: "You are waiting here Kneel down, kneel down and see what the unity of knowledge and action is, and what kind of practice is to share my worries!"

"The ministers obey the order."

The courtiers were relieved, but they quickly realized one thing: Kneeling...waiting for Huamanlou to come?There is some distance between this f*cking Xishan and the capital, every time you go back and forth...do you have to kneel for a long time?

569. Accurate!

For more than ten years in Bingguo, the benevolent Emperor Guangxing has never ignited such anger, let alone beating and taking down a dozen courtiers in court—not even at the Empress Dowager’s birthday banquet. Many people went to jail, but most of them were ordered by Zhao Ren, and it was Hua Manlou who beat the censor, which had nothing to do with Emperor Guangxing.

But this time, no one expected that Emperor Guangxing would get so angry. Even after he knelt down, some people were upset: Isn't it because of the quarrel for a few days?As for what?

That's right, because the only ones who knew the whole story of this mutiny were Emperor Guangxing, the three Ge elders, and Ying Guogong, besides Huamanlou. Others didn't understand the purpose of the Liaodong Army's mutiny at all, and they even really thought it was unclear. It was a disaster caused by Huamanlou's efforts to reform the military system.

In other words, up to now, most people don't know the seriousness of the matter, so they feel that Emperor Guangxing is making a fuss over a molehill.

After kneeling for half an hour, the horror in the hearts of some courtiers disappeared, and was replaced by a strong resentment: courtiers are the most important weapons of the country, and His Majesty punished, insulted, and beat courtiers in this way, regardless of the emperor's manners, and did not care Is it too much for the courtiers' face?

Some people looked around silently, and exchanged unexplained glances with those around them, while others raised their heads frequently, wanting to see if Emperor Guangxing's anger had subsided, and if so, they could proceed to the next step.

For more than ten years, Emperor Guangxing's temperament has long been understood by these people. He punished the imperial censor severely to let them have something to say before he could speak up, but it didn't take long for these people to come again Relapse, this matter...

That's why it is said that courtiers are different courtiers, but the court is still the court.

In the final analysis, Emperor Guangxing was responsible to a certain extent. Who made him soft-tempered and soft-hearted?

Just when some people were planning to make some noise—such as pretending to kneel down, or coughing for a while, hoping to arouse Emperor Guangxing's sympathy, a small yellow door outside the hall announced: "Your Majesty, Xishan Bo Huamanlou is here to meet the Holy Spirit!"

"Biography!" Emperor Guangxing on the throne spat out a word coldly.

After the ministers heard the sound, they immediately suppressed the small thoughts in their hearts: Oh, it's here!

To be honest, Emperor Guangxing's previous remark of "Look at how Huamanlou shared my worries" aroused many people's discomfort, and even directly put Huamanlou on the opposite side of the officials.Although Emperor Guangxing did not mean this when he spoke, he only thought of the unity of knowledge and action, but the fact is that many people are extremely dissatisfied with Huamanlou: they are all working hard for the country, why?

Therefore, some people began to hold back their energy and planned to find fault with Hua Manlou-this matter is commonly known as nitpicking, no matter how hard you try, you will not be able to do everything perfectly, right?

The sound of hurried footsteps came, followed by Hua ManLou's voice: "Wei Chen kowtowed..."

"Be flat!"

Hua Manlou was taken aback when he heard the words, and then was taken aback immediately.

He was stunned because Emperor Guangxing didn't seem to have any intention of asking him to worship at all, and he was stunned because he only saw the situation in the hall clearly at this moment: Emperor Guangxing was naturally on the throne, and Xu Dacheng, who was in charge of the hall, was standing under the imperial steps. The three court elders and Ying Guogong sat on the brocade bench as if sitting on pins and needles, and then the courtiers knelt on the floor.

and so……

Godfather is not in a good mood today?

"Hua Manlou, tell me what's going on outside." Before Hua Manlou could figure out the situation inside the palace, Emperor Guangxing asked directly, "Talk from the beginning, one by one!"

Hua Manlou looked innocently at Emperor Guangxing: "From the beginning...Your Majesty, did you start with my father's order to patrol the border?"

As soon as these words came out, a group of courtiers felt that there was something wrong with Huamanlou: The Liaodong Army just retreated, and now you don't talk about it... talk about your father?Are you crazy or drifting?

In an instant, a group of people showed disdain on their faces, and they even wanted to laugh: Is this the courtier His Majesty said to share his worries?

But as soon as this idea was over, Emperor Guangxing said: "Yes, let's start from the beginning!"

Hua Manlou didn't think much about it, but felt that the details of the previous hot air balloon delivery might be a little unclear, so he started with Huang Zichao's undercover agent, and then talked about how Peng Guang sent the news back to the capital, and how the Liaodong Army was involved. Strategic purpose, and the situation that Da Zhao is facing now.

During this process, the expressions of the courtiers kneeling on the ground changed from gloating at the beginning to dumbfounded. When Hua Manlou talked about the current situation at the end, some courtiers had already started to tremble.

That's right, these people are either related to King Yiduan or the Lanzhou government, or they were the ones who criticized Huamanlou when the Liaodong Army was besieging the city, or they are some people who previously excused the Liaodong Army-Yao Zijie's rebellion is bound to be involved Going to the governor of Liaodong, and the governor is inextricably linked with the court. Now that it was revealed that Yao Zijie and other races colluded with soldiers to encircle the capital to create conditions for King Yiduan to raise troops, they were involved in this matter in disguise inside.

In this way, if someone pointed out what they had said in the court when they settled accounts after the fall, would they be able to explain it clearly?

As for the other people who said the right thing, they were also silent - they only now figured out why Emperor Guangxing was so angry.

My younger brother colluded with other races to rebel, and even managed to create such a big momentum, who would be the one who would not be popular?

What Huamanlou said inside and outside the meaning is that the news that King Yiduan will raise troops was received five or six days ago, and there was a lot of delay on the way, so no one can say for sure the current situation in Lanzhou Prefecture—maybe Already fallen?

So in this way, Emperor Guangxing just sent out a fire to beat a few courtiers.

After thinking about it, everyone lowered their heads, not to mention being picky, but they didn't even dare to breathe too loudly, for fear of accidentally touching something bad.

Therefore, in Fengtian Hall, only Huamanlou's voice echoed: "...Your Majesty, the Tianjin Navy has arrived in the capital today, and I dare to ask my father to order that the Tianjin Navy should be the main force. Assisted by Longmen Guard, Huailai Guard and other guards, we jointly wiped out the Liaodong Army. I invite you to bring Xishan Guard and mobilize Ningxia Guard, Jinglu Guard, Andong Guard and other ministries to quickly support Lanzhou Prefecture and keep the Tartars out of the pass. Please be kind to your majesty. allow!"

These words not only clearly explained all the problems encountered so far, but also proposed solutions. He himself invited himself into the battle, and even the current situation that seems to be salvageable is the result of Huamanlou's hard work , an image of loyalty to turn the tide without falling, and to support the building to collapse, this style...

It's really the way Emperor Guangxing said to share his worries. After realizing this, the courtiers lowered their heads even more...

Well, lower, almost close to the chest.

570. Chilly

"allow!"

Just after Hua Manlou finished speaking, Emperor Guangxing spit out this word without hesitation at all.

The old gods in the three cabinets of the cabinet were sitting on the brocade bench looking at the sky and the ground and picking their nails. Duke Ying stroked his beard with a playful smile on his face, while the officials kneeling on the ground were stunned.

This is such a major event of rebellion. Maybe the whole north will face catastrophe. Fortunately, everyone hasn't had much discussion yet. Your Majesty will just follow Huamanlou's method to handle things?His mother's mouth is about the transfer of more than a dozen guards, and a few words will cost more than half of the military power in the Northwest. Your Majesty will give it?

Although it sounds very rebellious, many civil servants have this sentence in their hearts at the moment: This is the provocation of the monarchy against the ministerial authority!

However, just now, Emperor Guangxing took care of him, and now it's a provocation, so what can everyone do?

No one dared to stand up and say a word.

After Emperor Guangxing approved Hua Manlou's invitation, he got up and left directly, leaving the courtiers looking at each other in dismay: Are you leaving now?Shouldn't everyone get up and assign some tasks?

Fighting wars is not that simple. The more people involved in the battle, the more complicated things need to be coordinated——Huamanlouqianfan was just a small-scale guerrilla war, and fighting Japanese pirates would only be called suppressing bandits. fight.

Therefore, logically speaking, no matter what Emperor Guangxing does at this moment, he should first get rid of King Yiduan and Wang Jue and define him as a traitor.

What's the matter with leaving suddenly?

Hua Manlou was also a little confused when he saw this posture. In fact, he has been in a daze since he entered the palace until now—he was eager to save his father. He originally wanted to explain the situation as soon as possible and then set off as soon as possible. The odds are only a few points higher, but looking at the current posture...

Is there something wrong with the court again?

While Huamanlou was in a daze, several Ge elders and Duke Ying also got up, and when they walked around Huamanlou, Zeng Ge said first: "Good boy, with your little people from Xishanwei, you have retreated from Liaodong." Forty thousand troops?"

Hua Manlou greeted first, and then hurriedly said: "It's a fluke, it's just a fluke..."

Mr. Fan Ge patted Hua Manlou on the shoulder, and said loudly: "No wonder Your Majesty values ​​you! Look, you just got away with such a difficult matter, so where can I save my face?" ?”

When Hua Manlou heard this, his complexion became a little bad: Lao Fan, what do you mean, you want to bring hatred to me?I didn't provoke you, did I?

But if you take a closer look, not only Fan Ge, but also his two father-in-laws are gloating. Looking back at the officials who are still kneeling on the ground, Hua Manlou suddenly understands: co-author Did Lao Fan come here specially to pierce his heart?

In fact, in the past few days, not only Emperor Guangxing was panicked, but the old members of the cabinet were also disgusted by the courtiers. Now that the opportunity is seized, don't they have to go back disgusted?

Sure enough, Elder Wen Ge said slowly, "Whether it's a fluke or not, he led his sons to fight back the rebels. Don't underestimate yourself. No matter how lucky you are, it's better than retreating [-] troops with your mouth, right? "

The first half of the sentence seems to be the father-in-law encouraging the son-in-law, but the second half of the sentence is simply pointing at the monk and scolding the bald thief—isn’t the courtiers doing this kind of thing all the time these days?

So as soon as the words came out, several censors wanted to stand up and scold each other, but the Zuodu censor who was kneeling in front of them turned his head and stared back fiercely——when is it, and still making a fuss?

After several bosses slowly said a few heart-warming words in front, Xu Dacheng emerged from the apse. He happily walked down the imperial steps and smiled at Huamanlou, then said: "Three Elder Pavilion, Grand Duke, His Majesty invites you all to go to the Nuan Pavilion with Uncle Xishan to discuss matters."

These few knew that Emperor Guangxing must have a small meeting, so they were not surprised. They nodded and led Hua Manlou to the apse. Xu Dacheng waited for them to leave, then looked at the kneeling man The courtiers sneered and said: "Hey, why are you still kneeling? Your Majesty has approved Uncle Xishan's request. My lords...do you want to go back and do something?"

These yin and yang words made the faces of the courtiers turn blue and turn white, but no one dared to say a word, they all got up and patted the dirt on their knees before going back to the yamen to handle business.

But at this time, Xu Dacheng's annoying voice came again: "My lords, don't hurry, our family still has a decree to announce."

The officials who had just got up were taken aback for a moment, then glared at Xu Dacheng angrily, then knelt down again.

"Your Majesty has a decree. Today there is a mutiny in Liaodong, and later King Yiduan treacherous..." Xu Dacheng slowly repeated what Huamanlou said in the court hall in his own way, and it was almost the end of the story. Cai Dao: "...remove Taichang Temple to eliminate the king of Yiduan, and have Sitong spread to the world... the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households must mobilize troops and send food to the front line as soon as possible... If there are evasions and inefficiencies, they will be punished as adversaries. !"

The faces of the ministers became darker as they heard it. It was obvious that Xu Dacheng was trying to trick them on behalf of Emperor Guangxing, so many people became even more annoyed. For a few days, for example, let the reinforcements encounter some accidents on the way, anyway, we can't let the perpetrator spend too much time in the building.

In terms of reality, wars are never just about the front line. If the court wants to hold back, even if Sun Wu is reincarnated, he will not be able to win.

As for the result of not winning...

How many of these people in the court care about it?

They don’t need to go to war, and they don’t need their relatives to go to war, and most of their families are not in the northwest—thousands of miles away, even if Huamanlou loses, it’s their father and son who will die. Not on the line?Anyway, no matter how hard you fight, you can't beat the capital, right?

But Xu Dacheng's last sentence made many people stop thinking for a moment-everyone could hear it, and the other words were just nonsense or work arrangements, but this last sentence was Emperor Guangxing's warning, after all, Da Zhao never There is no theory of rebellion because of "ineffectiveness in handling affairs" or "prevarication and prevarication". At most, the emperor was dismissed from office when he was angry.

But the meaning is wrong when you say it out. Its connotation is: No matter whether you want to make something happen, or whether you are unintentional or intentional, if the emperor feels that something is not right, don’t try to get rid of the crime , let the whole family go on the road together.

In an instant, all the officials felt a chill on their backs, and felt that something was wrong with today's incident: the monarch and his subjects have been together for more than ten years, and everyone can understand what kind of temperament His Majesty is. Why did he suddenly become so vigorous today?

571. Elder Zeng Ge's Feelings

It has to be said that Emperor Guangxing's swift action saved Huamanlou a lot of trouble.

For more than a hundred years, the court has always been like this. They never cared about the reason that soldiers are expensive and quick, and they don't care about the casualties of the people.

Take the Pingwa incident as an example, it is obviously a major issue related to the livelihood of the people in the southeast, but even a high-ranking official like Nie Wenbing has used it as a capital of struggle in a different way-it is still the same saying, an expert in internal fighting, Fight outside the layman.

This incident is no exception. Although most people did not know that the Liaodong Mutiny was closely related to the Yiduan King's uprising before today, it is estimated that the situation will not be much better after knowing, because the purpose of their debate is generally After the incident, who will fill the vacated official positions in Liaodong and who should blame them, rather than how to solve the current problem.

That’s right, even though it seems ridiculous, what they are thinking about is after the event. They never thought about whether the siege of the capital could be won or not—or they would not turn their attention to the war until the cake was distributed. Not to mention the rebellion of King Yiduan who was far away in the sky.

That's why it is said that after Emperor Guangxing fired a fire and dealt with a group of people who danced the most joyously, this brought the matter back to the right track, and solved one of Huamanlou's most worried problems: the Liaodong chaos. If the days are uneven, the court will not take care of King Yiduan's affairs for a day.

After all, according to the past situation, when the cake is not finished, who wants to work?

Of course, it is not very clear that these things are all over the building, but I don’t know whether it is intentional or not, these are what the big guys said on the way to the warm pavilion, as if they were inadvertently mentioning some flowers all over the building.

As for Hua Manlou's feeling after hearing it...

To be honest, as a flower-growing rabbit with red seedlings, Huamanlou's demeanor of not scolding her at this moment is considered very self-restraining.

Stepping into the Nuan Pavilion, Emperor Guangxing's first words were: "Where is the prince?"

"Uh..." Hua Manlou was stunned before saying: "Going back to Emperor Father, he is not very happy to come back, saying that he wants to continue to improve the functions of the airship..."

"Presumably that bastard has followed you out to fight the Liaodong Army these days?" Emperor Guangxing looked worried.