Fengmou Jiangshan

Chapter 45: The Dependent Country Was Attacked For Help

The stalemate between Gu Qinghua and Yizheng Wang continued until March, and Yizhengwang's feigning illness was still in progress.

People from the political discussion king's faction didn't dare to be clear about it. In fact, they dealt with official affairs with an extremely negative attitude. Gu Qinghua was not familiar with the six yamen and all kinds of political affairs methods at all. There is really nothing she can do to make things difficult for her!Not only can't vent his anger, but he puts on a more amiable appearance, so that others won't see that he can't do what he wants. After one month, he's burnt out, he's lost a lot of weight, and even dreams are complicated and entangled. However, if the King of Political Affairs thinks that he can defeat her in this way, he will underestimate her too much!

In the middle of March, an urgent report from the northwest sent eight hundred li: the subordinate state Yu State was raided by the Tatars, and the capital Yucheng was besieged.

In today's world, apart from the four major kingdoms of Xi, Fan, Shu, and Geshu, there are still many small countries that are attached to the four major countries as vassal states, proclaiming their vassals to the big countries, and paying tribute to gold and silver specialties every year.This country of Yu is one of the four big countries attached to the country of Xi.Now being occupied by Tatars, it is natural to ask the boss for help.

Saving people is like fighting a fire. Gu Qinghua became anxious when he saw it. The next day, he immediately summoned the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Officials to discuss countermeasures.

Who knows, it will be bad at the beginning.Liu Chengzhong, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, said that this matter had nothing to do with him, and he still had a lot of work on hand, including the promotion, scheduling, dismissal and replacement arrangements for officials at all levels, feedback on assessment results, etc., so he didn't come.

Gu Qinghua didn't have time to reason with him at this time, so he had to put it aside and discuss with the other three departments.

In Gu Qinghua's view, being the boss should have the responsibility and tolerance of the boss. To put it bluntly, it means responsibility and obligation. People pay you tribute every year, proclaim you a minister, recognize you as a big brother, and sue you when you are bullied. Don't ask?You can't be so shameless as a human being, let alone as a country?Besides, the one who dared to bully him didn't look at the monk's face or the Buddha's face. He made it clear that he was provoking the majesty of Xi Kingdom. How could people bear it?

Gu Qinghua believes that sending troops to rescue is inevitable, and what needs to be discussed is how and when to send troops.

Unexpectedly, the three ministers didn't think so.

At first, the attitudes of the three of them were very ambiguous, hesitating and refusing to say a word of truth, but under pressure, Liu Jia, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, tentatively said: I have no experience and don't know what to do, it is better to call The King of Political Affairs comes here, listen to his opinion before we speak!

Saving people is like putting out a fire. Gu Qinghua was in such a hurry that he didn't care about being polite. He felt a sense of arrogance from somewhere, and he was furious immediately. Does it mean that I don’t care about veterans? No experience? I don’t know? Hmph! What do you do when the court supports you? When something happens, you give me this answer? If you can’t come up with a charter for raising soldiers for a day, you can use them for a while. Come on, don't sit in the position of Shangshu, let me go home and pick up the children!"

They didn't expect to arouse her so much anger, and their words were so merciless, they were immediately bluffed into speechless, even more afraid to speak up.

Seeing this, Gu Qinghua was even more angry, and looked at Qi Aotan, Minister of the Ministry of War coldly, and said: "Qi Aiqing, the Ministry of War is the main task of dispatching troops. Let me first talk about how to dispatch troops and generals?"

"Your Majesty intends to send troops?" Several ministers asked in surprise, and only then did they understand Gu Qinghua's original intention.

Gu Qinghua almost lost his temper!

Well!After talking for a long time, it turned out that what the two sides said was not on the same line.These guys-

"Do you have any doubts?" Gu Qinghua snorted coldly, forced the anger in his heart, and said coldly: "The Kingdom of Yu has kept himself safe and kept the way of his ministers all these years, and has paid tribute every year. Is it possible that you think you shouldn't save each other? ?”

Several people looked at me and I looked at you, Qi Aotan had no choice but to say: "But...Your Majesty, the journey is long, and the Tatar cavalry come and go quickly, maybe our soldiers and horses are still on the way. I have retreated! I feel that the king of Yu is making a fuss about this matter. It is not appropriate for us to send troops immediately. Weapons, marching routes must be selected, and logistics equipment such as food, medicine, horses, military uniforms, tents, etc. must also be properly arranged, and it is not something that can be done overnight!"

"Shut up!" Gu Qinghua slapped the imperial case fiercely, and said coldly: "If there were not these problems that need to be solved, what would be the use of summoning you? King Yu is a vassal king, how can he not know the seriousness? Since he sent someone to break through the siege for help, it means that the Tatars will never leave for a while. They are isolated and looking for help, but let's wait and see first. Is this a human word? What will you make other dependent countries think? Well, if it wasn't for the state of Yu on the northwest border to block Daxi, maybe the Tatars would still invade the border every year. They can't resist this time, how can we be so inhumane? Sending troops is imperative, you If you can't manage it, hey, do you still have the face to do the post of Minister of the Ministry of War?"

Hearing this, Qi Aotan's face turned red and then turned pale, his body was too stiff to move, he was silent for a moment, he didn't know whether to be angry or serious, he actually took off the black gauze hat on his head, held it in both hands, solemnly stepped forward, and under the eyes of everyone, took the black gauze hat Duan Duan was placed in front of Gu Qinghua, took two steps back, lifted his robe and knelt down, bowed his head and said: "The minister is incompetent, the superior cannot relieve the king's worries, and the inferior cannot save the people from fire and water. Your Majesty forgive me!"

For a moment, the air in the hall seemed to freeze, everyone was stunned, staring blankly at Qi Aotan who was kneeling with his head bowed, dizzy in front of his eyes, his heart tightened like a sudden beating, his chest was so oppressed that he couldn't breathe.

No one would have thought that Qi Aotan would challenge Gu Qinghua in such a public way.

For a moment, everyone was a little scared and a little expectant, and a strange excitement was mixed in their emotions, and they were all waiting to see how Gu Qinghua would react.

Gu Qinghua's face was ashen, his eyes as cold as ice and sharp as sharp swords shot at Qi Aotan, but those eyes were about to burst into flames.Her gaze was straight, her face was tense, the veins on her forehead swelled, and the muscles at the corners of her eyes twitched wildly. Not only Qi Aotan, but the other three were also terrified and frightened, and dared not vent their anger.

They had never seen such a terrifying expression on Gu Qinghua's face, it was scarier than any woman they had ever seen!
"Come here!" Gu Qinghua said coldly, with a tense face like a drum, and raised his voice to shout to the guards who entered the palace to respond: "Take down the sinner Qi Aotan and put him in the sky prison! I will guard the whole family of Qi Get up, without my will, no one is allowed to take a step away!"

Openly challenging her bottom line!Very good, great!
Never felt such humiliation before, the grievances he had suffered during this period suddenly flared up, Gu Qinghua threw himself out regardless, even tearing his face apart!

"Your Majesty! I refuse to accept!" Qi Aotan was in a hurry, struggling and shouting: "What is the crime of the minister! What is the crime of the minister's family!"

"What crime do you ask?" Gu Qinghua stood up with a sneer, and walked up to him in a few steps, staring at him with his eyes, and said word by word: "Put your ears up so I can hear clearly! When you are in urgent need of employing people, you, as the Minister of the Ministry of War, don't talk about saving the country and solving the king's urgent needs, but you are a cowardly person. At this critical moment, you resigned to avoid it, abandoned the king and went to the country in danger, and returned to the country. Dare to ask what is the crime? I asked you about the dispatch of troops and generals. You were vague and didn't know what to ask. It can be seen that you are just a vegetarian meal on a corpse and have no achievements. Such a dereliction of duty. Why do you dissatisfy when I take you? I will give you my words today. You leave it here, if you win this battle, it’s fine, if you lose, hmph, you just wait for the knife to stretch your neck! There is no injustice for the lives of your family to pay for the lives of thousands of soldiers! To me Take it down!"

Gu Qinghua never looked at him again, flicked his sleeves, turned around and sat down, swept his cold eyes, and said with a raised face: "There are still people who want to resign, just come!"

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Qi Aotan was overwhelmed with fear, his heart suddenly turned cold, and his dissatisfaction disappeared in an instant. The desire to survive gave him great strength, and he broke free from the guards who were holding him, and stepped forward." "Plop" knelt down, kowtowed and tremblingly said: "Your Majesty, I am willing to make amends for my crimes, and I beg Your Majesty's permission! If this battle is lost, I will leave it to Your Majesty to dispose of, there is no other way!"

"Your Majesty, calm down," Liu Jia, Minister of the Household Department, and Li Heyuan, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, also knelt down to help Qi Aotan to intercede: "Your Majesty, Lord Qi was just a moment of loyalty, please give Lord Qi another chance for the sake of many years of monarchs and ministers." !"

"Yes, Your Majesty! No one is more familiar with the affairs of the Ministry of War than Lord Qi. It would be inconvenient to change people at this time. Please think twice, Your Majesty!" Li Heyuan also kowtowed and begged.

Qi Aotan trembled even more, lying on the ground, he did not dare to vent his breath.

"The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry, is there any embarrassment?" After a long silence, Gu Qinghua was noncommittal, but suddenly asked each other like this.

The thunderous anger of her just now shocked the three of them. Liu Jia and Li Heyuan had stored up a lot of excuses and complaints, how dare they say a word now?Seeing Gu Qinghua's question, they both shook their heads in a hurry and said no.

Thinking about it, I am not reconciled, and I am also afraid that if there is any mistake in the future, there will be no room for recovery.Liu Jia accompanied him carefully and said: "Although the national treasury is a little tight, and in the beginning of spring, we need to allocate funds to buy seeds for spring plowing, to prepare for spring disasters, and there is also a peach blossom flood in March, so we have to reserve money, money and food, but I will definitely do my best. For deployment, no matter what, we must ensure that the Northwest sergeants have food and clothes."

"It's a long way to the northwest, and it's in disrepair. The officials will step up their supervision and don't dare to miss His Majesty's important event!" Li Heyuan also hurriedly responded.

Gu Qinghua sneered, and said to Liu Jia: "Turn around and send the accounts of the household department to Zichen Palace, and bring all the officials above the fourth grade of the household department, I want to question you! And you, since you know how much the roads are in disrepair, you are usually in a state of disrepair. What are you doing?" After speaking, he gave Li Heyuan a hard look.

(End of this chapter)