Chapter 968
: Lord's Law 3
Chapter 968: Lord Marquis's Three Rules
Beijing,
In the East Warm Pavilion of the Yangxin Palace in the Imperial Palace,
It was quiet.
Dai Quan stood up and wiped the sweat from his forehead, waiting there with his head lowered. Only the Emperor Wu's face, which was staring at him, kept changing, and finally became somewhat horrified.
Dai Quan was worried and couldn't help but persuade him;
"Your Majesty, I am so worried about all these things. Now that the crisis in Daliang City has been resolved, given the Marquis's temperament, Wang Ziteng and others should lead the remaining troops of the imperial army back to the capital. It is difficult for the court to appease them. The compensation silver must be submitted to the cabinet and the Ministry of Revenue for review.
Finally, judging from Marquis Luo Yun's intention, he should go straight to Linshan County City. This is an important place in the south of Beijing, with high walls and strong fortifications. I don't know if the Marquis can win with the least casualties, otherwise, the court will be under too much pressure. "
These were Dai Quan's true words. The Ministry of Internal Affairs confiscated property, sold wood and stone, and several princes contributed. Although he made a lot of money, it was just a drop in the bucket compared to these. It just made up for the loss.
At the Ministry of Revenue, Gu Yichen refused to settle accounts with the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the pretext of reviewing the account books. This was really hateful.
Almost instantly, Emperor Wu's thoughts were pulled back.
"I asked the Ministry of Revenue to check the accounts. I don't care about the rest. After I ascend the throne, the accounts for the past ten years must be checked. Many former Ministry of Revenue officials were involved. I will arrange for you to have your property confiscated and await trial. As for Wang Ziteng and others who are coming back, we will make other arrangements. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will first pay for the money needed by the government troops, as well as the pension money."
After thinking about it, Emperor Wu still did not touch the money of the Ministry of Revenue. All the money was put into the account book of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After the Ministry of Revenue had reviewed it, it would be submitted to the Cabinet for approval. This was the rule.
Hearing the words of Emperor Wu, Dai Quan felt helpless and could only bow his head and respond.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I have received your order. Your Majesty, it is already dawn and you will not be attending court today. Your Majesty, please take a nap. Your health is the most important thing."
"Well, that's fine. You keep an eye on what's going on outside. I'll sleep for a while. I haven't felt so relaxed in a long time."
Without waiting for Dai Quan to get close, he took off his dragon robe, went back to the dragon couch and lay down. After a while, he fell into a deep sleep, which made Dai Quan feel sad. The emperor hadn't slept well for a long time.
After covering the emperor with a blanket, he slowly withdrew.
Seeing that Xiao Yunzi was still serving outside, he whispered;
"You go outside and keep watch. His Majesty will not see anyone today."
"Yes, godfather."
Then there was the sound of footsteps, and the Yangxin Palace became quiet again, leaving only the scent of ambergris floating in the air.
The morning light breaks,
The golden light shines brightly, the sky is clear, it is a good day.
West of Linshan County City,
In the central tent of the camp,
Zhang Jinyu was holding a bowl and chopsticks, sitting in the tent and eating breakfast slowly. The dishes on the table were getting more and more abundant. The manager Song from the baggage camp was really a genius.
"My dear, the ginseng soup is ready. Drink a bowl first."
The door curtain rustled,
Lan Yue'er walked in swaying, put the bowl of ginseng soup in her hand on the table, her face slightly red, thinking to herself, my husband has become more and more powerful these days, I can barely handle it alone. It stands to reason that Taoism is mainly about nourishing qi, why does it have such an effect?
"Okay, by the way, you should drink some of this soup from now on to replenish your body."
Zhang Jinyu took the bowl and swallowed it carelessly. He ate too fast and didn't taste anything. He did tell Lan Yue'er that he couldn't enjoy any good food by himself. It would be bad if he became skinny due to hunger.
"Don't worry, my dear. It takes a long time to cook. I have tasted some of it and it is enough. However, my dear, you should be more restrained these days. It is the right way to strengthen your body and replenish your energy."
Lan Yue'er came over, her face slightly red, and carefully reminded Zhang Jinyu, which made him look a little embarrassed. As the saying goes, a golden gun never falls, isn't this the sweetness?
"Ahem, I will pay attention to it. By the way, King Jin hasn't woken up yet?"
Lan Yueer's beautiful eyes slanted, knowing that her husband was just trying to deal with it again, so she replied helplessly;
"It's good to know, my dear. His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin got up early and asked General Duan to accompany him to the outside of the camp to observe the defenses of the county city."
Zhang Jinyu's face tensed up. In the previous few times, the King of Jin wandered around the camp without being stopped. Now he dared to leave the camp. What on earth were those commanders of the hundred households in the palace doing? They didn't know the seriousness of the matter. He put down his bowl and chopsticks and scolded;
"Nonsense, it's ok that the King of Jin doesn't know the seriousness of the matter, but Duan Hong doesn't even know what's good for him and doesn't know how to stop him. Those people in the palace should be punished."
The King of Jin is young, so it is natural for him to be curious, but he must not leave the camp secretly. It involves the Taiping Sect and the people in the Jianghu. It is better to be safe than sorry. None of them has a brain.
Seeing that my husband is angry,
Lan Yueer knew that it was inappropriate for King Jin to go out, so she advised him;
"My dear, please don't blame them. Who dares not to listen to the order of the King of Jin? Besides, they only went to the lookout post of the camp and didn't go far. The guards of the palace and General Duan personally led 5,000 soldiers to escort them. It should be fine. Besides, my dear, you are sleeping soundly, so it's not good for others to come in."
Lan Yueer knew what her husband was worried about, but unfortunately, the King of Jin had led his men to check the camp, so who could stop them?
"You, just say nice things. When the Prince of Jin comes back, we have to make three rules. Without the order of the Marquis, the Prince of Jin is strictly forbidden to leave the camp. You must know that the comfort of the Prince of Jin cannot be slack. A small move can affect the whole body. This time the three princes followed the army to the south, which may not be a training given by the emperor. The position of the crown prince is undecided, and it will eventually be a fight for the throne."
Zhang Jinyu reached out and held Lan Yue in his arms. The hardships in the army were really hard for her.
"Yes, I understand. Next time, I will have General Ning lock the King of Jin in the tent."
Lan Yue'er agreed in a sweet voice. The two blushed slightly. They knew why they couldn't get up in the morning.
"Okay, change your clothes. I will also go outside the camp to see how the bandit generals in Linshan County plan to defend the city."
Ado,
After Zhang Jinyu changed his clothes, he left the tent with a serious look on his face. Ning Bian followed him with his personal soldiers, mounted his horse, and ran straight to the lookout camp outside the camp.
After leaving the camp gate, less than two miles east, the Beijing camp set up a sentry post. A tall tower was built in the center of the camp. A large number of cavalry gathered outside the camp. Looking up at the watchtower in the center of the camp, it was indeed the King of Jin who was on top, looking around.
Zhang Jinyu looked unhappy and cursed inwardly, saying that he was really bold and reckless. When he arrived at the camp, he got off his horse and hurried over.
After walking only a few steps,
At the bottom of the tower, he saw Duan Hong and his troops standing there like wooden stakes. He was so angry that he pulled out his whip and lashed at them.
"Remember this lesson. If it happens again, the whip won't solve it."
"Yes, Lord, I know I was wrong."
Duan Hong was whipped and shrank his head. He dared not talk back. He glanced at His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin on the tower with a helpless look on his face. It would have been better for him to stay in the camp, but he wanted to leave and made the Marquis angry. Now he was in trouble!
They passed each other and walked towards the center of the camp.
period,
Zhang Jinyu did not put away his whip. The guards of the palace who were on sentry duty along the way almost all of them were whipped. No one dared to make a sound.
The noise below the tower was transmitted to the upper part, and the cheerful atmosphere just now disappeared immediately. The deputy commander of the imperial guards, Jiang Zongyue, the captain He Yixiu, the captain Ji Yunhui and others turned pale, then smiled bitterly, looked at each other, and took a step back.
Hearing the hurried footsteps,
Seeing that Luo Yunhou had already gone up to the attic, they all lowered their heads and stood there.
"Hey, the Marquis is here, come quickly and take a look. The enemy army has changed its deployment today. What's that thing on the city wall?"
The King of Jin was looking very happy, and when he turned around, he saw Luo Yunhou coming, and he hurriedly greeted him.
Zhang Jinyu was relieved to see that His Royal Highness Prince Jin was fine. He glanced at the three of them and clasped his fists.
"I have seen your Highness. I will take a look at it with you after I have dealt with the matter."
Can't help but say,
With a wave of the whip in his hand, a blood mark instantly appeared on the faces of the three people. This movement frightened the King of Jin and asked,
"My Lord, why is this?"
"Your Highness, this is just a minor punishment. They know what happened. If they do it again, I will definitely punish them by military law."
His face was gloomy.
He glared at the three men and warned them. The three men turned pale, knowing that the Marquis was angry, so they dared not say anything.
"My Lord, please don't be angry. It was I who insisted on coming here to check the enemy situation. General Duan and his men have already placed the cavalry ten miles away. There will be no problem. It was I who failed to report it to you in time. Please don't blame me!" Seeing the reason behind it, King Jin Zhou Ding felt warm in his heart. Seeing the miserable appearance of the three people, he explained.
"Your Highness, the king is the king and the minister is the minister. If the king does something inappropriate, the minister must speak out and advise him. How can you act in private? Your Highness's safety involves the army heading south, how can we take it lightly? The three of them are your close ministers, but no one stopped them. What use are you?"
Zhang Jinyu's face was somewhat gloomy. It would have been fine if the King of Jin had been making trouble in the camp, but he actually dared to leave the camp without permission. If he wasn't frightened, who knows what kind of trouble he would cause later.
"My Lord, please don't be angry. I know I was wrong and I accept the punishment."
The three of them said in unison, standing there motionless, obviously regretting their mistakes. Zhang Jinyu's face looked much better. King Jin wanted to say something, but he opened his mouth and didn't say anything. He was indeed reckless in what happened today.
"Don't blame me, my Lord. I am just anxious. Next time I leave the camp, I will report to you. Let's spare them today. How about that?"
"Okay, since Your Highness has spoken, I will follow Your Highness's words and spare them, but from now on, there are three rules. Your Highness must not leave the camp without permission. This is the first. Second, you cannot lead troops into the battlefield without permission. Third, you cannot pass orders privately. How do you do that?"
"Okay, I'll listen to you, Lord!"
When the King of Jin heard that it was a three-point agreement, he knew that Marquis Luo Yun was serious and dared not to respond.
Zhang Jinyu warned again, and then turned his sharp eyes to the county town on the east side. The distance was not far and he could see it clearly.
At this time, a large army had already gathered on the city wall, and the densely packed defenders were like dormant beasts.
There were many crossbows and arrows placed on the city walls. There were even more than ten crossbows placed high on the city walls. The rest, logs and stones, were placed on the edge of the wall. The city defense was as solid as a rock. When those court officials and soldiers left, they almost handed over an entire city to the enemy army. They were really a group of "good officials".
His face turned cold and he said;
"Your Highness, this city is impregnable. Not to mention that the enemy army has sufficient manpower, arrows, crossbows and everything else, and those on the high ground are crossbows with a range of more than 400 steps. They can break metal and stone and are impossible to defend. If we use the previous fighting methods, it will be almost impossible to conquer."
Zhang Jinyu didn't expect that the bandits defending the city would have such means. The county city was so big, and they could just demolish houses to make thunder stones and rolling logs, which were inexhaustible. The city also had backups of crossbows and arrows, so there should be quite a few. Therefore, it was almost impossible for the people below the city to suppress the bows and arrows on the city. As the saying goes, the higher you stand, the farther you can see. In other words, the higher you stand, the farther you can shoot.
Seeing the cold face of the Marquis, the King of Jin immediately lost his temper. How could he fight?
"Then how to fight?"
"We can only wait and see how to fight. Send an order to have Hu Wenxuan take the cavalry immediately. Send out 3,000 cavalrymen to run around the city and see how the other gates are doing."
"Yes, sir, I will go and pass the order immediately."
Without waiting for others to agree, Ji Yunhui took a quick step forward and took the order to go down the attic. He left in a hurry, which made He Baihu beside him envious. Why did he lose his mind just now?
"My Lord, are you not planning to attack the West Gate?"
King Jin was confused and had everything ready.
"Ahahaha, Your Highness, who said we must attack the west gate? We can try to attack which gate has a chance. Besides, even if we attack the west gate, the enemy army is not invincible. We can find their weaknesses and fight them."
Zhang Jinyu smiled, his eyes fixed on the west gate of the county city, thinking about the strategy of breaking the city. He remembered the battle of Pingyang City outside the pass, the big shield made by the Jurchens could block the power of the crossbow. At that time, the Jurchens made wooden shields. If they were replaced with iron shields, relying on the support of numbers, maybe it would work.
"Well, Lord, the enemy's commander should be capable. The defense is tight. How do you know where the weakness is?"
Looking left and right, Zhou Ding couldn't find any loopholes in it, so he asked in confusion.
Zhang Jinyu pointed to the defenders on the city wall and said;
"Your Highness, please see that although their forces are densely deployed and they have powerful crossbows, there is no need to attack them right away. Instead, they can use the shield formation to consume the enemy's arrows and disperse them. They can use large shields to resist the crossbows. The entire west wall is about ten miles long. Can he defend so many places?"
Looking at such a magnificent city, perhaps we can use the strategy of tiring out the enemy troops, which can not only consume the enemy's arrows, but also consume their energy, killing two birds with one stone, encircling three sides and leaving one side, and ambush the cavalry.
Thinking of this,
Zhang Jinyu smiled.
"Your Highness, we have a plan to break the city. Let's go back to the camp and have a good meal first."
After saying that, he turned around and went down the attic, leaving a few people confused. Jin Wang Zhou Ding couldn't believe it. In just a short while, the marquis came up with a plan to defeat the enemy. Looking back at the heavily guarded county city, where should we attack from?
Seeing the Marquis come down from the sentry tower, he hurriedly chased after him.
"My Lord, go slower, go slower!"
Beijing,
It is still as bustling and noisy as before, especially in the early morning, when those who want to get up early and those who are lazy gather together.
At the street corners, vendors had already started hawking their wares. Many idle people and those who were going to get up early were sitting there eating breakfast and chatting.
Outside the Shuntian government office,
The court is still open at this time.
Several officers, yawning and carrying long swords, walked out of the yamen lazily and stood listlessly on both sides of the government office with dull eyes.
Just when I was about to say some gossip to kill time, suddenly, a few people rushed in from outside. In a hurry, one of them shouted;
"How dare you, who dares to trespass into the Shuntian government office?"
A loud shout came out,
The guards on duty in the government office also reacted and stopped the man at the gate.
Seeing that the road was blocked,
The visitor was also sulking, and the person accompanying him shouted at him loudly,
"What? Shuntian Prefecture dares to stop the Ministry of Justice now? Open your eyes and take a good look. The person coming is Lord Tang Zheng, the head of the Ministry of Justice. He wants to discuss important matters with Lord Xu."
Seeing the three men were aggressive, and the leader was holding a document and a note in his hand, they thought it was true, so the officers quickly clasped their fists, but did not make way.
"Please calm down, my lord. Since it is Lord Tang from the Ministry of Justice, please allow me to report to him. Please wait for a moment."
Although the yamen runners were submissive, they refused to give in. Lord Xu was in a bad mood these days and had specifically instructed that no matter who came, they must be stopped. So no one in the yamen dared to disobey.
"You, good, go ahead,"
Tang Zheng stared, wearing a Tang red robe and a fat belly, his face flushed with anger. He didn't expect that Lord Xu from Shuntian Prefecture would be so powerful. This time, it would be difficult to handle the matter that Lord Chang had asked him to do.
It's strange today. I thought a case document from Lord Chang was a trivial matter, but when I opened it, I found out it was from the Imperial City Department.
After a closer look, the receipt said that Jia Zhen died of an epidemic in the south. How could Jia Zhen not recognize him? The head of the Ningguo Mansion was sentenced to exile because of his crime. He died after only a few days. He was panicked, because it was obviously not right for him to die. Besides, the Rongguo Mansion was now repairing its garden. Wouldn't it be annoying for the old lady to report this matter at this time?
After several guesses and careful considerations, Shuntian Prefecture in the capital has the reputation of closing the case. The Imperial City Department can push it to the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Justice can also push it to Shuntian Prefecture. As long as we discuss it with Lord Xu, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, this matter will not be difficult to handle. However, how to discuss it is difficult.
When he was thinking for a while, he heard footsteps in the government office. He looked up and saw that it was not Lord Xu, but Song Changping, the governor of Shuntian government office. He walked over with a big smile on his face and bowed.
"Your humble servant Song Changping greets Lord Tang. I don't know what brought you here. If it's a small matter, your humble servant can do it for you."
Seeing that Lord Tang looked unhappy, Song Changping had some idea in his heart. It must be a difficult matter. You know, Lord Tang from the Ministry of Justice had only visited him a few times in person. How could he come to visit in a hurry and early in the morning?
"Haha, it turns out to be Lord Song. In that case, it's good that Lord Song is here. This is a case transferred from the Imperial City Department. I have nothing to do at the Ministry of Justice, so I just happened to come over to take a look. I brought it with me and will hand it over to Shuntian Prefecture."
He said it openly. Tang Zheng was already fat from eating a lot. With this smile, he really looked like a smiling Buddha. He immediately handed over the document.
(End of this chapter)