After the word Shou Ningbo artillery was exported, the civil and military officials were slightly in an uproar.

Li Baiyu thought for a moment, and glanced at the civil and military officials below with a gloomy look, especially on the few officials who would be imprisoned for a moment.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty also subconsciously followed Li Baiyu's gaze and subconsciously fell on the officials who would be imprisoned.

Feeling the eyes of everyone, Shi Cheng, the general of the prison and the young mansion, hurriedly stood up: "Your Majesty, the old minister guarantees that the prisoner will be the prisoner, except for the number of artillery approved by His Majesty for the expedition, there is absolutely not a single artillery piece flowing out of the prison. ”

A cadre of generals behind Shi Cheng also hurriedly stood up: "The ministers also dare to guarantee the head of the item." ”

Li Baiyu breathed a sigh of relief and turned his gaze to Song Yu.

"Song Aiqing, has the artillery in the treasury of the Ministry of War ever been lost?"

Song Yu shook his head slightly: "In addition to the artillery taken away by the left, middle and right armies, there are still two hundred artillery pieces in the treasury that have been moved to the city wall to defend against the rebels, and there is no extra artillery." ”

"Your Majesty can send someone to inspect the city wall, and the old minister has definitely not approved a single superfluous artillery."

Li Baiyu slowly sat on the dragon chair: "In other words, it is impossible for the rebels outside the city to have such a siege weapon as artillery?" ”

Song Yu wanted to say yes, but when the words came to his lips, he shook his head hesitantly.

"It's hard to say."

Li Baiyu was stunned: "What's the explanation?" ”

"Your Majesty, the fire ** paper has been in the hands of the first emperor of the Dingguo bus lane for five years, and in these five years, the Ministry of War has been in contact with countless craftsmen who have been in contact with artillery casting drawings."

"Now that the five kings are suddenly coming to the city and raising troops to rebel, they must have been planning for a long time."

"It's hard for the old minister to guarantee whether they have bribed some craftsmen to get the contents of the drawings for casting artillery, so as to secretly cast artillery."

"If there is a craftsman who can't bear the drive of profit and leaks the secret recipe of artillery casting."

"In the opinion of Lao Chen, the rebels outside the city not only have artillery as a siege weapon, but also will not be less, not to mention that they will have to start with twenty guns."

"As for the power, it's hard to say what the old minister is."

"Although the craftsmen of the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry have a lot of money, they will inevitably not be tempted in the face of heavy promises from thieves."

"And the five princes have special identities, maybe they can set up something with a little wording, and then a little coercion and temptation will not be too difficult at all."

"In this way, coupled with the wealth of money, the craftsman may have leaked the drawings."

Li Baiyu was stunned for a moment, and nodded with a wistful look in his eyes: "I understand, I will send someone to investigate this matter." ”

"If the rebels outside the city really have artillery, I will find a way to order someone to destroy it."

"You and Shi Aiqing sent a team of people to investigate the matter thoroughly, to see if anyone had leaked the manufacturing drawings of the fire paper, and once it is verified, it will be dealt with according to the law."

"Obey."

Li Baiyu listened quietly with bated breath, and the still peaceful capital slowly stood up.

"You Aiqing perform their duties and wait for orders in the Qinzheng Palace, and there will be food for you in the imperial dining room later, there is nothing important, I hope you Aiqing still stay in the Qinzheng Palace and don't go out of the palace at will, so as not to have any unnecessary misunderstandings."

The civil and military officials nodded with complicated faces: "The ministers obey the order." ”

"I'll go and arrange for the Ouchi guards to investigate the situation of the rebels, and come to the imperial study to see me at any time if I have something important."

"Yes."

The chief steward Zeng Hai followed Li Baiyu's footsteps and rushed towards the back of the hall.

"Your Majesty, is there no better way? Can you only passively defend and wait for the anti-thieves to attack the city? ”

"Do you want to inform the old ancestor and let him go out of the mountain to help, sneak into the enemy camp outside the city, and see if we can capture the thief and capture the king first?"

Li Baiyu, who was rushing towards the imperial study, paused, his face was a little hesitant, and he glanced at Zeng Hai, who was looking at him expectantly, and bowed slightly.

"It's a good way, but you must be careful and safe, my five brothers are protected by at least ten masters trained by the sect from childhood, once they miss, even if the old Zhou seniors can withdraw from the enemy camp safely, it will arouse the ferocity of my five brothers."

"Intensify the speed of their siege, it will not be beautiful when the time comes, tell Lao Zhou to act at the opportunity, and don't make a move if you are not completely sure."

"We know, does Your Majesty have any other orders?"

"No, let's go and inform Senior Zhou first."

"Yes, let's quit."

Li Baiyu looked at Zeng Hai's footsteps and accelerated his speed towards the harem.

"Fuhai, it is rumored that the two concubines quickly took Li Tao, Li Ye, Jing Yao, Zhi Yao and their four brothers and sisters to the imperial study."

"Yes!"

Buxiao Tea Kung Fu, Chen Jie, He Shu, two women who had been canonized as concubines, appeared in the imperial study with Li Baiyu's four children.

There was a lingering melancholy between the eyebrows of the two women, obviously although they were in the harem, the two women also knew about the rebellion of the five kings.

"Concubines, see Your Majesty."

"The child sees his father."

"No courtesy, no courtesy."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Thank you, Father."

Chen Guifei Chen Jieqiao looked at Li Baiyu with a nervous face: "Your Majesty, how is the situation outside the city?" Are the five royal brothers determined to rebel? ”

Li Baiyu nodded wistfully: "The situation is clear at a glance, especially the second child, the third child has coveted the throne for a long time, I originally thought that after my father's great trip, I would be enthroned as the emperor, and they would be completely dead, even if they were unwilling, they would not go to the Li family's foundation to ignore the great rebellion." ”

"But I was wrong, their desire for the throne has long been ingrained, and they will not give up on the throne, taking advantage of the fact that the millions of heroes are going north, and the rear troops are empty to raise troops to rebel."

He Shu looked at Li Baiyu worriedly: "Your Majesty, what is the situation, can the 100,000 Praetorian Guards repel the rebels?" ”

Li Baiyu looked at the map and shook his head silently.

"The war has not started yet, and no one dares to make a conclusion about the result, but now that the war of the Northern Expedition has stopped, 200,000 elite reinforcements are rushing to the king of Beijing to rescue him."

"Forty days, as long as you can hold on for forty days, when the army comes, everything can be settled."

"Forty days, how can it be so long?"

"Sister, this is no way to do it, looking at the sky over the capital, I think it will snowfall in a few days, the capital is about to snow, and the situation in the north can be imagined."

"Once the road is closed by heavy snow, I am afraid that I may not be able to come back in 40 days."

Listening to Chen Jie's words, He Shujiao's body trembled, and she seemed a little overwhelmed.

"Your Majesty, your concubine and Tao'er, what happened to Zhiyao? Is there a place where you need the help of a concubine? ”

"The concubine is a weak woman from a woman's family, and she can't help much, but the concubine can donate all the jewelry to serve as materials for defending the city, and reward the soldiers to boost morale."

Chen Jie hurriedly echoed: "The concubine also has a lot of gold and silver jewelry, which can be donated like my sister to reward the soldiers and boost morale." ”

Chen Jie no longer had the mind to compete with He Shu at this time, and was thinking wholeheartedly about how to help Li Baiyu quell the rebellion.

The emperor's woman is far beyond ordinary people, but the overall situation is also far beyond ordinary people.

The two girls knew in their hearts that if Li Baiyu's throne could not be kept, it would be in vain for them to regain the position of the master of the harem.

Once the rebels break through the city, not to mention the position of the master of the harem, whether they can save their lives or not is two words.

"Father, the sons also have the gold and silver you rewarded there, and the sons can take all of them out to help the father and emperor quell the rebellion."

"Erchen has it too."

"Erchen has it too!"

In addition to the babbling little princess Li Zhiyao, the three little guys expressed their filial piety.

Li Baiyu looked at his two wives and four children with relief, this is a happy family, but unfortunately it is not the time.

Li Baiyu smiled bitterly twice, with a decisive smile on his face, and beckoned to the two women.

"Come with me!"

"Yes!"

Li Baiyu took the lead and walked towards the back of the imperial study, and pushed a cabinet behind the hall in the surprised eyes of the two women.

A secret tunnel revealed the true face of Lushan and appeared in front of several people.

The two girls looked at Li Baiyu in surprise.

"Your Majesty, what is this?"

Li Baiyu looked at the two women with a complicated face: "Since the construction of the imperial city, there is a secret passage left behind to prevent unexpected escapes. ”

"You two have heard from me that I will send loyal Ouchi guards to secretly protect you and escape from the city through secret passages."

"Jie'er, you take Li Ye and Jing Yao to the north under the escort of the guards, and find a way to meet your uncle Nangong Ye and Liu Mingzhi, the Duke of Dingguo."

"Shu'er, you take Tao'er and Zhiyao to the northwest, and secretly join the second sister Li Ran and Wuguo Gongwan Mingming."

"The green mountains left behind, I am not afraid of no firewood, as long as I have their assistance, my Li Baiyu will definitely make a comeback."

"Your Majesty......"

Li Baiyu raised his hand to signal that Chen Jie didn't need to say much, took out a holy decree from his arms, and picked up a burden from the table on the side and stuffed it into Chen Jie's hand.

"After seeing my brother-in-law Liu Mingzhi, I handed it to him with my own hands, if something happens to me, he will understand what to do when he sees the holy decree!"

"Your Majesty, let's go together, as long as you are alive, when you join the army of King Qin, we can also kill the traitors and recapture the country."

"You said it yourself, stay in the green mountains, and you are not afraid of running out of firewood."

"Your Majesty, let's go with the concubines, recall the old department, and reorganize the mountains and rivers."

Li Baiyu slowly closed his eyes and sighed.

"Jie'er, Shu'er, anyone can escape, but I can't escape."

"Once the capital is lost, the second child and they can't find any trace of me, and they will definitely slaughter hundreds of officials and the people to ask me about my whereabouts."

"If I leave, all the hundreds of thousands of people in the capital will be buried together, I am the king of a country, how can I let the people under my rule be slaughtered."

"I won't leave, otherwise it will be against my father's high hopes."

"The Li family only has heroic emperors who died on the battlefield, and there are no monarchs who fled in the wilderness."

"Li Baiyu would rather die than let the ancestors of the Li family be disgraced."

"Your Majesty....."

"Let's go! Don't hesitate to leave with the kids. ”

"I may not be able to hold the capital."

"In case ......"

"I have made up my mind, and I am bound to live and die with the capital.

PS: There is still a shift when I come back in the evening, and I can't come back tomorrow on the fifth watch!