Red House Shoufu

Chapter 203 Father worried about son, preparing for war

Shui Rong plotted rebellion, Kaifeng was besieged, and the whole of Henan fell into chaos.

Daming Mansion, located between the capital city and Kaifeng, has become the focus of many attentions.

After reading the letter from the capital, Lin Shu immediately summoned the officials in the city.This time he didn't ask everyone's opinions, but made a decision directly.

"Senior Du and Second Uncle, the collection of grain and grass will be entrusted to you. The people in the city implement a rationing system, allowing gentry and wealthy households to sell the excess grain to the government at a low price. The IOU will be paid after the money from the household department arrives."

"General Tan, you take two thousand cavalry and go to Kaifeng to support the Duke of England."

"General Xu, I will entrust you with the defense of the Daming Mansion. There are not enough troops. First, organize the young men in the city to go to the top. Then I will ask the capital for help."

Lin Shu briefly explained the tasks of the people, and finally got up and bowed to them: "Everyone, this is a conspiracy planned by the three generations of the Shui family for decades, and it must not be underestimated. Can the people of Daming Mansion, and even Henan If the people of the country are not disturbed by the military disaster, I will ask you all!"

Hearing Lin Shu's words, Xu Jingsi, Tan Mingming, Du Zimu and Jia Zheng in the hall all returned their salutes: "We will follow the orders of the imperial envoy, be loyal to the affairs of the state, and wipe out the chaotic ministers and thieves!"

When several people were about to leave the hall of the government office, Lin Shu stopped Jia Zheng.At present, only he knows about Jia Baoyu, so he has to tell Jia Zheng in advance.

"Second uncle, sit down..."

During the one-month stay in Beijing, Jia Zheng only felt that he had experienced more than the forty-odd years of muddle-headed years before.

The two official suits that he carried with him were already starched and turned pale, but wearing them made him even more proud.Every time he toured the city, when the disaster victims who were working everywhere looked at him, the grateful eyes made him full of strength.

Originally, he was going to "borrow" food from the wealthy gentry's family, but Lin Shu called him to stop him.He asked a little strangely: "Jinyu called me to stop, is there any other arrangement?"

Lin Shu thought about it, and finally told what happened in the capital directly.

When Jia Zheng heard that Jia Baoyu had an accident, he immediately became dizzy and almost fainted.

The eldest son, Jia Zhu, died young. The second son was playful and lustful but also had a pure personality. According to his thinking, it would be good to be a rich and idle person in the future.Unexpectedly, he was captured by Shui Rong, and his life and death were uncertain.

Just as Lin Shu wanted to persuade him, Jia Lian's voice came from outside the door: "Second Uncle, Jinyu, a letter from my father, Baoyu was taken away by Shui Rong."

Lin Shu turned his head to look at the door, and saw that Jia Lian, supported by Ping'er, was holding a letter in his hand, moving towards the lobby with difficulty.

"Cousin Lian, this is..."

"Lian'er, Baoyu was taken captive by Shui Rong!"

Just now when Lin Shu told Jia Zheng what happened in the capital, he was still trembling.But as soon as Jia Lian came, he couldn't help it anymore, and looked at his nephew with tears in his eyes.

Going forward quickly, he held Jia Lian's hand tightly and cried, "Lian'er, your younger brother was taken away by Shui Rong. You must find him back. Our family belongs to you, and you must find Baoyu. come……"

Ping'er reminded: "Second Master, Second Master is still injured."

"That's right, Lian'er hasten to sit down..."

Jia Zheng and Lin Shu helped Jia Lian to sit down, and the three of them each calmed down.

Jia Lian handed the letter to Jia Zheng, and he said to the two of them, "Father sent this letter quickly, saying that it was an excuse for a feast, and almost all the children of the capital's civil servants and generals' families were captured. He asked me to go to Xingyang in the capital." , carefully check whether there are traces of water-soluble."

Lin Shu shook his head, disapproving of this suggestion: "With the water-soluble style of doing things, we can think of it, and he must also think of it. The method of waiting for a rabbit will not work on him."

"According to what my father said in the letter, the imperial army has searched all over the vicinity of the capital, and even searched the whole state of Lianzhou, but there is no trace at all."

Jia Lian frowned and looked at Lin Shu: "Last time we investigated the Prince's Mansion in Beijing County. His family has contacts with most of the princes and lords in the capital. Will there be other people to help?"

"For things like rebellion, the less people know about it, the better. The forces in the capital are deeply rooted. With his water-soluble personality, he will not trust others."

Lin Shu read Jia Amnesty's letter, trying to find clues.It's a pity that there is very little information in the letter. In the end, I can only shake my head and say: "This water solution has been planned for many years, so it's really hard to speculate what his plans will be for a while."

He said to Jia Zheng: "However, one thing is good news. Just as the uncle said in the letter, Brother Baoyu will be fine in a short time. The reason why it takes so much trouble to dissolve water is to use these people in his hands to let the The imperial court casts a mouse-trap weapon."

An accident with his son left Jia Zheng in a daze. He couldn't think at all at this moment, and just nodded mechanically.

He pinned his hopes on Lin Shu and Jia Lian, and kept saying: "Lian'er, Jinyu, I have no ability to save Baoyu, you must help me...you must save Baoyu..."

Seeing Jia Zheng like this, Lin Shu and Jia Lian could only nod in response, even if they themselves were not sure, they could only do so.

……

After Lin Shu asked Jia Zheng to be sent back to his room, the two brothers sat down to discuss the matter.

Jia Lian asked Ping'er to go down first, and then expressed his opinion: "In my opinion, Shui Rong's escape from the capital and the chaos in Henan should be a strategy that echoes each other from afar. The purpose of besieging Kaifeng is to make the court unable to take care of Xingyang for a while, so that Shui Rong and The Zheng family is fighting for time. In fact, the best way now is to just abandon Kaifeng and take Xingyang, so that Shui Rong won't have a chance to breathe!"

"Cousin Lian thinks the same as I do. It is estimated that His Majesty also knows that this is the best way."

Lin Shu smiled wryly: "But there is one thing, what about the hundreds of thousands of people in Kaifeng? As a king, it is impossible for His Majesty to abandon the people of a city and let the White Lotus Sect... just pretend that those people are all the White Lotus Sect. Your Majesty can't Let the White Lotus Sect harm its own people."

If the emperor ordered the British government to abandon Kaifeng and eradicate the chaotic party in Xingyang first, then the image of the emperor that the emperor had built for nearly ten years would be shattered in an instant.

It is estimated that Shui Rong also saw this point correctly, so he supported the White Lotus Sect, and urged the White Lotus Sect to take advantage of the flood to make such a big commotion under the city of Kaifeng.

Hearing Lin Shu's explanation, Jia Lian cursed angrily: "This guy is really treacherous. I have already said that this smiling tiger is not a good thing. A virtuous king? Pooh! A king with a foreign surname, pretending to be hypocritical every day, those scholars He even licked his face and called him a virtuous king..."

Halfway through the conversation, he remembered that Lin Shu sitting in front of him was an orthodox scholar, and explained embarrassingly, "I didn't mean you..."

Lin Shu waved his hand indifferently, he could still take care of these things now and then.He said to Jia Lian: "I asked Tan Mingming to bring 2000 people to help Kaifeng, and there are not many people left. However, if there will be something in Daming Mansion for a while, I will send some people to Guangping and Guanxian to investigate first. , do your best to obey the destiny!"

Jia Lian also sighed: "Oh, that's the only way to go. It would be great if we could have a good army. In this way, we can cross Kaifeng and go straight to Xingyang. Maybe we can break the water-soluble situation and eliminate this military disaster. Unknowingly."

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　　[Fix—failed to stay up late, wrote a thousand words, make up and update tomorrow morning, sleep, good night...]

　　
　
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