Chapter 700: The Battle of the Yangtze River: The hearts of the people have been scattered

Yongzheng really had the thought of swinging the red pen and the four heads falling to the ground, and then he thought about it, his subordinates could use these few credible people, and they were all killed, who else could they rely on?

Resentment, frustration, helplessness, all kinds of emotions entangled, made him sigh in despair, and he felt that the whole person's soul, skeleton and flesh were staggered, and it was very uncomfortable.

This is not a psychological feeling, at this time, Yong's face is gray, his eyes are red, at first glance, it looks like he has just jumped out of the coffin.

"Wang Yicheng! Take the pill! ”

There was still a large stack of folds on the copy, Yongzheng forced down the agitation in his heart, and buried his head in continuing to write, but he felt that his vision was blurred, and he beckoned to the chief eunuch.

"Master, I can't eat any more!"

Wang Yicheng didn't move his feet, he knelt on the ground, and his head banged.

"Less verbose!"

Yongzheng's scolding was hoarse and weak, as if it was filled with cold wind, Wang Yicheng did not dare to disobey, and handed over the medicine bottle with tears.

A handful of pills went down to his stomach, and after a while, the warmth flowed all over his body, Yongzheng shivered, his vision was clear, and his brain could be turned.

In the past, he was used to the end of the ugly hour, and according to the Nanban hour, he didn't go to bed until two or three o'clock in the morning. Since the day before yesterday, he received the report of the fall of Wuchang, and he has been spinning in a row, and he has not closed his eyes for two consecutive days.

An emergency meeting of military aircraft was held to dispatch troops and horses from various units, and at the same time to review the defense affairs of various localities, especially the front line of Dagukou and Denglai in Shandong, and alert the Nanban to attack from the sea. Approve the provincial governors' remarks and appease the hearts of the local government and the court. summoned the princes of the clan and emphasized that the situation was still under control, and the north and south would be peaceful in the near future.

Noodles, inside, a series of affairs are busy, and there is almost no time to eat. In the past, Yongzheng had to be busy for six or seven hours a day, and often relied on the pills refined by Taoist priests to cheer up, and in the past two days, he has eaten the pills as sugar tablets.

With some energy, his brain was a little clearer, admiring Jia Shifang's Taoist refining pill is really miraculous, Yongzheng suddenly thought of a question, he slapped his thigh in annoyance, why did he forget about it? That's all that matters!

At the beginning of the morning, Ru Xi, who had a tired face, entered the Heart Cultivation Palace, and when he saw Yongzheng's appearance, his heart was also sour. She also knew that Wuchang had been lost, and the Nanban army was marching eastward, and she had asked to see her several times in the past two days, and Yongzheng was so busy that she was out of order, where did she have the time to see her.

"I want you to contact that Li Shi as soon as possible, and tell him that I will give him Hubei and Jiangxi, what else does he want, talk to me well, and stop the soldiers and horses first. If he doesn't stop, I will let go of this country, and I'd rather be a broken jade than a complete tile! Let's just fight the north and the south like this, and smash the whole world to pieces! As long as he stops, I will send a hundred years of peace, and for the sake of the common people in the world, I can talk to him openly......"

Yongzheng had been preparing for this for a long time, but he never expected that he would say it so eagerly in this situation.

Yongzheng's voice was hoarse, and his speech was a little slurred, "I want to send this to Li Shi as soon as possible and immediately, can you do it?" Can I do it, can I believe in you, can I rely on you? ”

The words were vague, but with the danger of this country, they weighed heavily on their hearts, and suppressed the three points of resentment that Ru Xi was carrying. Tears flashed in the corners of her eyes, and she said sadly: "After so many years, does the emperor still believe me?" ”

After a while, this pressure was transmitted from Ru Xi to Li Lianying.

"You bring the words...... No, you bring someone into the palace, and I will tell him personally. ”

Yinghua Hall is in the northwest corner of the Forbidden City, it is not difficult to bring a stranger in, Li Lianying knew that this matter was urgent, and went out of the Shenwu Gate without saying a word, and the other party seemed to know that Ru Xi would be in contact, and had been waiting near the Shenwu Gate, and in less than half an hour, a man was led to a remote hall, and met Ru Xi through a layer of bamboo curtains.

"I came to you, not to let you send a message to "Zhongliu", but to ask you to send a message directly to your emperor........., Ru Xi had already lost the channel of direct dialogue with Li Xi through the Military Intelligence Department, and "Zhongliu" reported that she spent 100,000 taels of silver to get on the line with her, and she naturally could only use the line of "Zhongliu". Of course, she didn't know that this secret tooth surnamed Song was originally a secret spy of the Military Intelligence Department, who was originally bought by "Zhongliu", and now he has been "additional investment" by the Military Intelligence Department, plus he has made meritorious contributions to the crime, and he is already an informant shared by "Zhongliu" and the Military Intelligence Department.

Then Ru Xi wanted to speak and stopped, she was about to say Yongzheng's original words, but when the words came to her mouth, her brain was excited.

Can Yongzheng's words work?

Obviously not, with her understanding of Li Shi, this guy simply followed his own pace, and he didn't look back after being beaten in Jiangxi before, and he had to stay up for nearly half a year before he came back to retaliate. And this revenge is obviously also planned for a long time, and the goal is directly aimed at dividing the river.

No, I'm afraid it's not enough, looking at the current war situation, Li Shi clearly has an intention to restore the Song Dynasty. Whether it is the restoration of the Southern Song Dynasty or the Northern Song Dynasty depends on the cost.

Yongzheng still didn't give up, he felt that he would lose the south of Jingxiang and Jiangxi at most, and he was still threatening Li Xi with a tone of dead fish and broken nets, he was no longer the hairy guy he was back then, and you didn't have any cards in your hand......

stubborn, good-looking, and refusing to admit his mistakes, he is even tougher than his old son Kangxi!

Ru Xi scolded secretly, but she scolded with pity, so what, it's always her long live master, it's always her fourth elder brother, she can't leave him.

"Tell your emperor that the emperor here hopes that the smoke from the north and south can be calmed down, and in order to show his sincerity, Hubei and Jiangxi will all be ceded to the south. In addition, Shaanxi, Gansu and Jiangnan, especially Jiangnan, if there is appropriate compensation in the south, it is not impossible to make the north have a shortage of grain. ”

"As long as the army stops immediately in the south, we are willing to follow the rules of the Europa, or the rules of the Song and Liao periods, and sign a peace treaty with the south. South...... Brother Beibei, this is all possible. ”

"As long as the army stops immediately in the south, the emperor has promised it, and it can be given...... The amount of compensation for military funds and silver was to be paid from the south. ”

"As long as the army is stopped in the south immediately, the emperor has promised that the sea can be opened for trade, and the north and south cannot help but come and go."

As soon as the terms and conditions came out, Ru Xi felt that he was holding a knife and slashing it in his face, and the dark tooth was even more stunned.

If you really want Li Shi to stop the army, you have to show sincerity, real sincerity! At this time, it is good to be able to keep the north and the country, if it can be exchanged for the peace of the north and the south, thirty or fifty years later, who will have the last laugh, this matter is still difficult to say.

I'm here for your good, for the good of the Manchurians, and for the good of the Qing Dynasty......

Ru Xi thought silently in her heart, her heart surged, and the hot feeling on her face gradually dissipated.

"And remember, you have to pass this matter directly to your emperor, if it is transferred to the newspaper, it will be a bad thing for the north and the south! The world is devastated, but it is up to you to decide! If you do a good job, you can come to me for the affairs of the north in the future, and I will tell you about the affairs of the court and the palace in the north, and you will ask your newspaper for fame and fortune. ”

After Ru Xi explained carefully, she examined the handwriting of the dark tooth grass, confirmed that every word was her words, and then took out a seal and covered each line.

took the handwritten handbook printed red, and saw that the seal was "Yongzheng Chenhan", and the dark tooth called Lao Song by Li Lianying woke up like a dream, it was really Yongzheng's confession!

Yongzheng asked Ru Xi to deliver such an important news, so naturally he would not be out of thin air, but he was not stupid enough to leave his handwriting, so he gave Ru Xi the seal of the study, and she stamped it to confirm. Yongzheng felt that Ru Xi was a credible person, and he would not have any strange thoughts, let alone his own opinions.

Lao Song hid the handwritten book with the meat, walked out of the Shenwu Gate with one foot deep and one foot shallow, looked up at the rising sun that had just climbed into the sky, and his heart was suddenly confused.

If this news is released to "Zhongliu" first, "Zhongliu" will really determine the reputation of the world's first newspaper. "Zhongliu" is not a simple newspaper now, and the content of the newspaper is carried out by the editor-in-chief Bai Xiaoshan and a group of newspaper people. Under the newspaper, there is the financial predator - the Fujian consortium uses the reputation of the newspaper to operate many businesses, and has communication channels with the Manchu and Qing Dynasty and local officials, and has intervened a large amount of business, otherwise it would not have taken out 100,000 taels of silver to open up the channel of Ruxi. …,

If "Zhongliu" preemptively reports this first-hand news, the three percent shares promised by the newspaper's board of directors will be implemented, and his old Song will gain fame and fortune, and his future will be ......

The golden light in front of him was shining, but he was dispelled by shaking his head, and he was still wearing a guilty body. used to be a knife for Ru Xi, which caused him to leak his dark teeth, not just thinking about fame and fortune, but also thinking about righteousness.

Lao Song beckoned his companions and said urgently: "Find a good wind and send them urgently, ask them to prepare the best people, carriages and boats, and I will personally send the news back." ”

The earth-shattering news was secretly transmitted from north to south, and in the Heart Cultivation Palace, another person was talking to Yongzheng, and the topic was also "news".

"Huguang is in turmoil, rumors are spreading, and they have spread all over the capital, what is the situation in Zhili and Jiangnan, you can imagine!"

"There is Yunyue Zhongqi and his uncle Yue Chaolong who colluded to disperse the Hubei army in two places in Changde Yuezhou, and set aside fighters for Nanban; There are clouds and Ortai selling Wuchang in Nanban; Yuntian Wenjing and Ortai are incompatible, and Ortai took this opportunity to fall into the ground; The camp of Yunxi Mountain also collected money and played with Nanban in Jiangxi; More cloud-...... (Yongzheng shouted angrily: Say!) Let's put it bluntly! What's more, it was the emperor who sold Hubei and Jiangxi and sent people to play in front. ”

"The emperor is angry! The collapse of Hubei, the antecedent is in another rumor! Earlier, I don't know where it came out, the emperor was just negotiating peace between the north and the south, and getting more bargaining chips. In addition to the Xishan battalion sent by the emperor himself, the Wuchang battalion where most of the soldiers were selected from Zhili, and Tian Wenjing's Jiangxi soldiers, the Hubei Green Battalion and Hubei localities were all confused by this rumor, and regarded this battle as a play, unwilling to contribute, and even did not take collaborating with the enemy as a crime......"

"Your Majesty, the current situation is caused by rumors, and it is being chaotic because of rumors, the emperor should start with the hearts of the people first, otherwise I will be in danger!"

With a pop, a five-rank civil official with a bitter face and no more than thirty years old knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said loudly: "The minister asks the emperor to drive away rumors, clear his ears and eyes, and uphold people's hearts!" ”

Yongzheng's whole person was originally numb, Zhang Tingyu led this young civil official to come, and when he said that there was an urgent matter, he was still very irritable, but after this person's words, like a knife, he suddenly split the clouds in Yongzheng's heart.

This person doesn't know much about the inside story of the matter, but these words have solved Yongzheng's confusion, why did the situation in Hubei suddenly deteriorate? It's because except for the people he personally ordered, others didn't follow the court at all, and they didn't have the same heart as him!

And this person emphasized that he started with "refuting rumors" to stabilize the hearts of the people of a country, so that Yongzheng, who had been busy for two days like a headless fly, also woke up like a dream. He only thought about dispatching troops and horses, thinking about appeasing the princes and important ministers, but he didn't think about appeasing the hearts of the people in the world. The collapse of Hubei means that the people's hearts are scattered, and if he does not learn a lesson, Jiangnan and Zhili may also follow in the footsteps of Hubei.

"Are you...... Liu Tongxun!? Hallym Courtyard Review? Well, the wind knows the strength of the grass, and the danger sees the loyal ministers! You say, what do you have!? ”

Yongzheng's heart is bright, yes, the first emperor Kangxi Hunan was frustrated, and a group of people from Ortai and Tian Wenjing came out, and now they can finally see the courtiers who are both loyal and able, but unfortunately, he is still a Han man......

Liu Tongxun said loudly: "The minister has an order! First, ban Nanban newspapers and confiscate all Nanban books! Second, it is easy to seal the boundary! Block the contact with the Nanban, and rule the places, including those express delivery in the capital, as well as the ticket number in the south, but all the Nanban industries are banned in one piece! Third, the news of the imperial court was widely distributed, compiled by the Hanlin Academy, and it was publicized that the situation in the Qing Dynasty from Shaanxi and Gansu to Huguang, from Jiangxi to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, was very good! The previous achievement of killing the Nanban generals should be talked about in detail, and Jiangxi's victory in the past should also be known to the world......"

Liu Tongxun had already prepared, and there were seventeen or eighteen of them, and Yongzheng listened attentively. ..., after a long time Liu Tongxun finished speaking, Yongzheng was silent for a long time, feeling that this person's remarks contained great determination to turn the tide, and the direction was very correct. But he was a little embarrassed. Some of the Chens are too strong, such as sealing the boundary and banning the industry, which is also cutting off the financial path of him and the Manchu clan. And some of them, such as saying that defeat is victory, seem to be too embarrassing for him, who claims to be a good man who stands up to the sky.

Zhang Tingyu's ability to embody the sacred heart is so profound that he knows what to experience and what not to experience, he said: "The people can make it, but they can't make it known. The small people are like ants, and they are frightened and rushed when the wind blows, running wildly, and rumors are spreading, which makes the hearts of a country turbulent. ”

"What the people need is not the momentum of knowing the truth, but the peace of mind. Children can't see blood, kill pigs and sheep, adults have to cover their eyes and close their ears, not to mention the turmoil in the world? In this case, the court should calm its mind, stop its words, and cover its ears and eyes, so as to stabilize the overall situation. ”

Yongzheng rolled his eyes for a while, and nodded heavily: "The matter of sealing the realm is very important, and it can only be done slowly, and the matter of clearing the ears and eyes is imminent." In the past, I had set up a local envoy to observe and rectify customs, but now I have included it in the Military Aircraft Department, and set up a yamen to observe and rectify customs and customs, and oversee the affairs of newspapers, book plates, and speech bans. Zhang Tingyu served as the minister of affairs, Liu Tongxun was promoted to the cabinet bachelor, and Zhang Jing of the Military Aircraft Department accompanied Zhang Tingyu to do things, and transferred the loyal and available people of the Hanlin Academy to implement this matter quickly! ”

Just when Yongzheng thundered and pushed away the measures to win people's hearts, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Hangzhou General's Mansion, Nian Qianyao shook his head and sighed with Zuo Weisheng.

"The emperor still thought that this battle was a war between the two countries, from the beginning, he was alone, no, he and several of his cronies, led the army of his cronies, and fought against the Nanban country......"

Nian Qianyao sighed and sneered again, and the taste of schadenfreude was extremely strong.

He said in a deep voice: "You go to Longmen, I'm ready to do it." ”

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