minions live

Chapter 230
Royal study.

On this day, Emperor Changxing had a severe headache.

The massage techniques Chang Lu had learned were almost useless, so he had to call in the imperial doctor in a hurry.

After a long while, Emperor Changxing recovered a little.

He picked up the high memorial on the dragon case and read it again.

"Your Majesty, it doesn't matter if you read the book later, it's important to take care of the dragon's body..." Chang Lu, who had a pale face, hurried over to stop him.

"It's all right! I'm fine now." Emperor Changxing took a sip of ginseng tea in a hurry, and continued to open the booklet he had just delivered.

There are internal and external troubles in the empire, and now it is the spring plowing season, and various things in Yunchui urgently need to be corrected.Emperor Changxing didn't want to be that fatuous king, so he couldn't stop at all.

Glancing at the cover, he couldn't help but frown.

This is an express letter from Laigu County in the west, written by Chen Xiujian, who led the army to quell the chaos.

Open it up and take a look.

"My son traveled westward in the first month, twenty miles away...

Seeing an old woman holding a dead child, cooking and crying.

Because he asked, "If you want to eat it, why cry?" '

The woman said: "This is my son, I will abandon it and be eaten by others, so I would rather fill my stomach and ears!" '"

Emperor Changxing's expression changed in shock, and the hands holding the memorial trembled even more.

Because of the civil unrest, he could have expected that the lives of the people in the western counties would not be too easy, but he never thought that it would be so miserable.

The people have already cooked and eaten.

Although the court had already passed, the emperor was furious, and officials from the six ministries rushed into the palace again.

After reading Chen Xiujian's notebook, everyone's expression was complicated.

Many people secretly looked under the third golden pillar.

Sitting there was Yun Chui's historian, holding a big book with a green pen.

As the saying goes, there is no news without blood.

It is also boring for historians to record court trifles every day. It is rare to encounter such a bloody note, and they will definitely record it with excitement.

Emperor Changxing rubbed his forehead and asked, "What's your opinion on the pacification of the three counties in the west?"

"Your Majesty," Cheng Enbo was the first to stand up.

"It's appalling to hear that people in the west cook and eat! The veteran thought that such a tragic tragedy happened because the rioters abused the people and had nowhere to go."

"Therefore, it is better not to be late to settle this matter, and it is better to be quick rather than late. Since His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince asks for help, the empire should immediately increase its troops to quell the chaos in the west as soon as possible."

"What Cheng Enbo said is very true." Others agreed.

The historian under the golden pillar flicked his pen, and the history was written easily.

However, based on these few strokes, after thousands of years, there will definitely be future generations who read history and self-righteously scold them bloody old men.

The ancients have always been most jealous of posthumous fame.

Therefore, there is almost no objection to sending more troops to the west.

"Yes!" Emperor Changxing made a final decision.

It's just a question of which additional troops should be sent to the west.

"Your Majesty," Cheng Enbo continued to stand up, "the empire has always had a tradition, and it has always been the responsibility of the garrison of each county to quell civil strife. And the letter from His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince also mentioned that the existing quelling army is not capable enough."

"Since this is the case, it is better to send more county soldiers with strong actual combat capabilities to support."

... It is best to take the opportunity to transfer back Chen Xiujian, who is helpless in leading the army.

After pacifying Laigu County, he distributed all the fertile land previously occupied by Cheng'enbo Mansion to the civilians.

Cheng Enbo opened his mouth, but he didn't dare to express his selfishness.

A county with strong combat capabilities?
The ministers looked at each other and subconsciously remembered the names of several counties.

Guangxin, Baihua, Xiyu, and Canglan counties in the south; Pinghai, Guanlan counties in the east; Yanhui, Yumu, and Jinghu counties in the north; and Xingluo, Yingchuan, and Yunzhong counties in the central west.

As for Dingxi County in the west, forget it.With more than 50 troops in Xiliang, it is still able to take care of itself.

Emperor Changxing was also indecisive.

The northern and southern borders are too far away from the west, and the far water cannot save the near fire.

The three counties of Xingluo in the Midwest are relatively close.

But it is the land of Longxing, so it is not easy to use troops.Moreover, the epidemic was raging last year and the year before last, and the entire territory has not yet recovered, so it is not a good choice.

Finally, Emperor Changxing's eyes fell on Pinghai and Guanlan counties in the east.

Although the east is also very far from the west.But the county soldiers only need to board the boat by the sea, go west along the Xinglan Grand Canal, and then disembark in Hanoi County.

In fact, it was almost the same as starting from Xingluo County.

The most important thing is that there is a Laishui in Laigu County.Most of the coastal county soldiers are familiar with water, and they can just attack along the waterway.

After receiving the news from the Ministry of War, Lieutenant Pinghai's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

He lowered his voice and scolded angrily: "That bastard came up with such a bad idea? It's really playing the piano!"

Although the eastern part of Yunchui is an endless sea, the counties along the coast have never had anything to do with peace of mind.

In the past, there were Nanfeng in the south, and Japanese pirates in the east.

These two countries are not big, but they are the most greedy.

From time to time, they would go ashore to kill, burn and loot.Wherever they go, they are like locusts crossing the border, and they will never give Yunchui people any way to survive.

Moreover, last year Zhongyong Bo Xiaozheng had already taken away [-] sailors, and now that the county soldiers were transferred to the west, then the affluent east coast would become a big piece of fat to be slaughtered.

If the pirates take the opportunity to land again...

The county lieutenant looked at the date of dispatching troops that was close at hand, and his face was even more worried.However, no matter how helpless he was, he could only dispatch troops while writing a warning to Xingji City.

More than ten days later, it was the final deadline for dispatching troops set by the Ministry of War.

The Pinghai County Captain who did not receive a reply let out a long sigh, and after a few words to the county guard who came to see him off, he led the troops to set off.

He raised his head and silently looked towards the vast sea to the east.

At this time, the Qingming Festival has passed, and even the Baekje Peninsula has melted the ice and snow, and the spring flowers are blooming.I hope the Japanese pirates will take care of the east coast of Yunchui flawlessly.

Guangxin in the south, Yingshan Daying Camp.

After several months of hard work by Ren Ning and his party, Guangxin and Xingluo's Fengche communications have been connected as scheduled.

Under normal circumstances, it would not take two days to send news back and forth between the two counties, so fast that even Wei Junqian couldn't help but feel moved.

He was also speechless for a while when he received the news that Pinghai County had sent troops to the west.

It just so happened that Ren Ning was also in the tent of the Chinese army.In the past few months, he has been crawling around in the mountains between the two counties, and his whole body has been completely darkened.

Putting down his teacup, Ren Ning asked curiously, "General, who did you think would lead the troops to quell the chaos?"

Although most of the time Wei Junqian was in the remote frontier, many of the decisions in the imperial capital were written by him, both openly and secretly.Ren Ning was no stranger to it.

"What are you asking?" Wei Junqian was annoyed, "After drinking tea, go back and have a good rest. In a few days, I will take someone to send a messenger to the windmill between Haoxing and Dingxi County."

"Yes!" Ren Ning had no choice but to leave triumphantly.

He looked west.

Compared with Guangxin to Xingluo, the difficulty from Xingluo to Dingxi County is several levels higher.It is estimated that the next time they return to Yingshan Daying, it will be almost the end of the year.

Although Wei Junqian asked him to rest, Ren Ning first went to Nanshucheng to receive the letter from Yingpan.

He brought Lei Er and Xiao Gang into the General's Mansion of the Li family, and met a heroic strange man head-on.

"You are General Xuanwu Ren?" The other party was overjoyed.

"It's me." Ren Ning looked the stranger up and down in astonishment, "May I ask who you are?"

"Ling Yunsheng, Ling Family Caravan of Sulan County!"

Ren Ning suddenly realized, "It turned out to be Ling Shangshou. He has admired his name for a long time."

Because of Yunchui and Xiliang's feud, the Ling family's caravan had to go east along the Desert of No Return, and finally returned to Yunchui via Beixiong.

Ren Ning's eyes flashed.

Not only did the caravan meet his uncle Tiele in the Xiliang prairie, the two parties seemed to have an agreement.

(End of this chapter)