The candles in the Duanben Palace are bright, the sound of silk and bamboo, Liangyuan is singing and dancing in the hall, and the prince Shi Chongwei is holding his two-year-old daughter Qingyang County Lord is fascinated, and his hands are gently beating. Shi Yunming, the county lord of Qingyang, was uneasy in his arms, pulling Shi Chongwei's sleeves for a while, pulling the black hair hanging down from the prince's sideburns for a while, and his black eyes swept around curiously, turning around.

After a song, Shi Chongwei applauded and praised: "I have seen countless songs and dances, and my concubine can be called the first in the world." The county lord of Qingyang slapped the two little slaps obediently, and echoed in a milky voice: "My mother dances so beautifully, teach Ming'er." ”

Lianxi approached and picked up her daughter, and said with a smile: "Ming'er is still young, and my mother will teach you when she grows up." ”

Shi Chongwei poured a full glass of wine and handed it to her, saying, "Concubine Ai is tired, drink this cup full." ”

Lian Xijiao said drippingly: "Prince Xie, it's not good for the concubine to hold the wine glass while holding Ming'er, and I am annoyed that the prince feeds the concubine." Shi Chongwei laughed, raised his glass and handed it to Lianxi's mouth, Lianxi opened her cherry mouth and kissed it on the jade cup, which was very tempting.

"Knock knock", the drum sounded, Shi Chongwei was startled, the cup in his hand shook, and the wine spilled drippingly. Shi Chongwei threw the cup in his hand to the ground with a "snap", smashed it, and shouted: "Where is the drum." ”

A eunuch rolled into the outside of the hall, knelt on the ground and said, "Prince, it's Dengwengu." ”

At this time, the city gate, the fang gate, and the palace gate have been closed, and there are only three things possible at this time: the people's uprising, the siege of the city, and the catastrophe, no matter which one is a catastrophe.

"Go to the Wenhua Palace", Shi Chongwei hurriedly changed his clothes, and unintentionally ignored the pale face of pity Xi and his crying daughter, and drove the Wenhua Palace. At night, the sound of drums alarmed the four cities, and the Beijing Chinese military officials were all frightened, and the horseback riding and the sedan chair hurried to the Wenhua Hall of the East Palace. The closed palace gate was reopened, and the guards on duty looked solemn, and the armor and weapons flashed with cold light in the firelight, which made people shudder.

When the left prime minister Kong Province rushed to the Wenhua Palace, there were already many officials in the palace, and the prince Shi Chongwei ordered someone to hand over a piece of music to him, and Kong Province saw the news that the Anbei army was defeated and the Huiye Mansion was besieged, his hand shook, and the song fell to the ground. Kong Province came back from Mobei and knew Zheng Guo's military situation, and it was difficult for Zheng Guo to send large-scale reinforcements in a short period of time.

Shi Chongwei asked, "Ding Shangshu, what do you think should be done?" ”

The military department Shangshu Ding Dawei thought for a while and said: "From the 16 guards in Beijing and the East Palace to lead the government to transfer 50,000 horses, quickly go to the Huiye Mansion to rescue, in the past two years, the court is recruiting government soldiers, ordering the states to send government soldiers to assemble, recruit veterans who have been discharged, and join the army along the road, and the ministers think that they can form an army of about 100,000. ”

"There are more than 300,000 troops in the Western Regions, and these 100,000 people are a drop in the bucket, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do anything." Shi Chongwei said with a heavy heart.

Kong Province came back to his senses, handed the song back, and said: "There are 400,000 troops in the camp in the north of Zhenbei, and my country has signed an alliance with Moguo, so there is no need to station too many soldiers and horses, at least 100,000 to 150,000 horses can be transferred to aid Huazhou." In addition, Huazhou itself has more than 100,000 defeated troops, so the number of our army exceeds that of the Western Regions Alliance. The invasion of the Western Regions is only for plundering, and it is a multinational alliance, so spears naturally appear after a long time

shield, when the time comes, it will naturally retreat. ”

Yu Zhijie said: "I received an official letter from the Huazhou Fang Thorn Shi a few days ago, and the Huazhou tax of 2.78 million taels will be shipped at the end of February, and the Western Regions Alliance will besiege the city, I am afraid that this tax will also be besieged in the city. Please ask the prince to send reinforcements as soon as possible, if the Huiye Mansion falls, this tax will also fall into the hands of the coalition army. ”

Hearing that nearly three million taels of tax silver were trapped, Shi Chongwei's heart shrank, the court wanted to use money everywhere, and a large sum of money was trapped in Huazhou, and complained loudly: "Lone has long asked the states to transport the tax and silver into Beijing as soon as possible, there are always some people who are procrastinating and unwilling to comply, Huazhou is good, if nearly three million taels of tax silver are taken away by the people of the Western Regions, Lone must ask Fang Shishu for the crime of dereliction of duty." ”

Yongchang Dì Dū had no sleep all night, and the lights of the various yamen were lit one after another, raising money and food for the army that was about to rescue Huazhou, arranging supplies on the road, sorting out ordnance, selecting personnel, and so on. People came and went between the yamen, and no one dared to slack off, and the prince was waiting for news in the Wenhua Palace.

In the West Market, the soldiers who patrol the night walked through the streets, the leather shops were shrouded in darkness, there was no light coming through, the window of the secret room was blocked by a thick sheep's fur, Kalu was talking secretly with a bearded man, Kalu said: "The news of the coalition army's breakthrough of the Zheng people's defense line in Huazhou should be told to Liman Khan as soon as possible, so that the Khan King can launch an attack as soon as possible to contain the Zheng army in Mobei City, and it is said that the Zheng people intend to break the contract." Let the king of Khan spread the news of the defeat of the Zheng army at Huazhou, encourage the tribes that have descended to the Zheng people to return, and tell Liman Khan that he might as well be generous to these tribes and not hold them accountable. ”

On the second floor of the orchid restaurant, Sha Duoju and a group of subordinates drank around the table, and discussed in a low voice about the breakthrough of the coalition army through the defense line of the Zheng army. ”

Mughri, the guard of the liquor store, was a tall Rongmi man, who was originally a bronze guard in the Rongmi army, and was ordered to protect Shadoju. Mughri threw the sheep bone in his hand and said, "It's a pity that I can't make meritorious contributions in the army, it's really boring to nest in this Yongchang City." ”

Sha Duoju said: "The warriors in the army are like clouds, and it is nothing to miss you." But in this case, if we send information about the Zheng people to the army, we can save the lives of thousands of soldiers, which is a hundred times stronger than killing ten Zheng soldiers on the battlefield. ”

Mughri stopped making a noise and concentrated on the lamb on his plate. Sha Duoju instructed: "Tomorrow everyone go to the streets to listen and listen, Luo Long, you are more clever when serving guests, listen to what Zheng Guo's officials and sons say, Teanieu, you invite the head of the military department to eat and drink, and see what news there is, this time the coalition army has achieved brilliant results in the eastward advance, and the lord of the country will definitely not forget us in the future." ”

In the Wenhua Palace, Shi Chongwei was crooked in the chair as if he was asleep, and Zhang Jin called softly: "Your Highness, the time for the early dynasty has come." Shi Chongwei opened his eyes and yawned, a stack of official documents had been placed on the table, and the hard work of countless people in the middle of the night finally gave a preliminary view of the rescue of Huazhou.

Shi Chongwei praised: "Zhuqing is diligent in the king's affairs, work together, and don't be afraid of foreign enemies." Lone will play the emperor and show merit for you. ”

At noon, in the Yanshan Garden, Shi Chongwei saw Shi Fangzhen, the son of heaven. The Western Regions coalition army broke through the defense line of the Zheng army, besieged Huiye Mansion, and Yang was the governor of Anxi

Xiangliang died in battle, this is a big deal, although he knows that it may stimulate the Son of Heaven, Shi Chongwei still plays hard.

After silently listening to Shi Chongwei's countermeasures, Shi Fangzhen was silent for a moment, and said: "The emperor's disposal is quite proper, the rescue of Huazhou should be fast, and the courtiers should be discussed with the courtiers in case of trouble. I am afraid that it will be difficult for the camp in the north of Zhenbei to mobilize 100,000 troops, and the desert people will not let go of this good opportunity, and they will definitely take the opportunity to make trouble. Can't take care of Huazhou and lose the north of the town. There are 2,780,000 taels of tax silver in Huiye Prefecture, so let's use it as the army's salary, and the money and food are only a temporary difficulty, so let's try our best to raise them. ”

"The industries discussed last time will double the business tax, after you go back, let the academy issue an order to implement it, and the matter of selling the Huangzhuang must also be done carefully, don't be reluctant, the world will be yours in the future, what is just a few Huangzhuang." Shi Fangzhen glanced at his son and continued: "Let the officials and the Imperial Historical Observatory clean up the officials, send the dragon guards and the secret guards to investigate, arrest a few more corrupt officials and confiscate the family property, let them buy their lives with money, and kill a batch of fattened pigs can always copied five or six million silver." ”

"There are also families and magnates, you can't sit idly by when the national disaster is over, you go and gather the Shi family, raise two million taels of silver in the name of donation, and let the rest of them watch it done, if anyone donates less, send Long Wei to check their rotten feet, and kill one or two chickens as an example." Shi Fang is really murderous.

The father and son discussed for half an hour, and when Liu Weiguo saw that Shi Fangzhen was tired, he ordered someone to bring tea, brought the tea with his own hands, and said softly: "Long live, prince, take a sip of tea and take a break." ”

Shi Chongwei understood, stood up and said: "Father, there are sons and daughters in the capital, you can rest in peace, and the sons will come to see you tomorrow." The retainers retired. ”

Liu Weiguo sent the prince away, Shi Fangzhen picked up the teacup and wanted to take a sip of tea, but suddenly choked out a mouthful of blood, dyeing the tea red. Shi Fangzhen looked at the blood in horror, and threw the teacup like a scorpion sting, and the teacup made a crisp sound when it landed, alarming the queen of the inner room, and hurriedly came out to watch, only to see Shi Fangzhen's face frightened, the corners of his mouth were bloody, and he hurriedly shouted: "Quickly pass the imperial doctor." ”

Shi Fangzhen fell on the soft couch in a dejected manner, closed his eyes and gasped, the imperial doctor was waiting in the side hall next to him, and when he heard the summons, he hurriedly entered to diagnose the pulse of the Son of Heaven, and the queen saw that the imperial doctor's face was heavy, and her heart became more and more tight, and she did not dare to ask in front of Shi Fangzhen.

When the imperial doctor's pulse diagnosis was completed, he got up and went outside to write a prescription, and the queen put a warm jacket for the Son of Heaven, and saw that the Son of Heaven was no longer silent, and hurriedly came to the side hall to ask the imperial doctor how the Son of Heaven was sick. Lin Haiqing, a famous doctor in Jiangnan who diagnosed the pulse of the Son of Heaven, this person's ancestral treatment of hemoptysis, listening to Niangniang's questioning, Lin Haiqing said with a bitter face: "Niangniang, the recurrence of hemoptysis of the Long Live Lord is worse than when the minister first came, and when the minister first came, he said that he could no longer let Long Live be anxious, and today's coughing up blood is obviously caused by worry and anger." Niangniang, if you want to go on like this, the minister can't do anything, so she can only ask Niangniang to ask another master. ”

The queen shook her body and almost fell to the ground, and the maids beside her hurriedly supported her. Queen Wang endured her grief and choked up: "Doctor Wu, don't worry, whoever wants to see Banzai from today onwards, the palace will personally ask before letting him go, and never let Banzai be stimulated at all." ”