Taijing Imperial City.
Green smoke curled up, and the curtain was lowered.
Even in such a hot season, only a small window was opened in the outer hall.
As soon as people walk in, they will feel the heat wrapping themselves in an instant, and they can't help sweating like rain. In addition, there are several incense burners in the hall that are steaming hot, and it is like a small steamer.
Emperor Yongchen was suffering from chronic illness, and the imperial physician was almost always stationed in the dormitory, working day and night.
Even the decoction is not easy to use because I drink too much, so I switched to the smoked medicine mist. Although the effect of this medicine is effective, it is better than spit out the medicine, and Emperor Yongchen's body can't stand the strong medicine. .
When Lu Yu was still the crown prince, there were rumors in the imperial city that he was terminally ill.
Since Lu Ji came to the throne, almost all the people in the inner court and the outer court have changed, and the Imperial Physician's Office is no exception. The difference is that the Imperial Physician is very strict now. No matter who asks about Emperor Yongchen's condition, they either keep their mouths shut or just gossip. A bunch of pharmacological prevarications made the foreign court confused about the emperor's condition.
Anyway, Lu Yu was frail for many years and had hardly been healthy.
The emperor has no children, and it seems unlikely that he will have an heir.
Among his brothers, the second prince disappeared due to rebellion. The third prince and the sixth prince were not married yet, so naturally it was impossible to adopt his son to the eldest brother.
The courtiers stood in secret and supported the two princes, preparing for the next round of political games.
However, this battle has not yet officially entered the stage.
On the one hand, the two masters lacked interest, and they could not even hear the mention of "after Emperor Yongchen's collapse". There is a clear opportunity to enter the pavilion to pay homage to the court. In the future, who will be the emperor's affairs will be discussed in the future, and the current affairs are more important.
No matter how capable Emperor Yongchen was, he was in poor health and could not reverse the status quo in a short period of time.
In other words, even if he has a strong physique to review memorials day and night, it will not help. It is difficult to eliminate officials and manage them. It is not something that can be changed by the downfall of Zhang Xiang and the complete collapse of a certain faction. After all, it is something that is rotting.
"Cough cough."
Lu Ji watched Jin Yiwei's secret report for a long time and didn't say anything. At this moment, he suddenly coughed, and everyone was startled.
The third prince and the sixth prince glared at Gong Jun, while the latter could only keep his head down and keep silent.
"Big Brother, your body is the most important thing, don't be too sad..."
The old sixth Lu De wanted to persuade him a few words, but he swallowed it back in frustration. The whole family of Ning was killed in battle. How tragic is this? Regardless of whether it is for the country or the private, this is shocking news. How can a few words of consolation work
The sixth prince was still young, and he used to be like a hedgehog, with a paranoid temperament, who would stab whoever caught him.
In the few months after Lu Zhang's death, he has grown up rapidly. If he no longer speaks, he will become a vengeful person. He is no longer so cynical. He even considers others thoughtfully. Of course, in the end, this is only limited to Emperor Yongchen. before.
"Old General Huai Yi spent his whole life in the army, attacked the barbarians in the north, and attacked the frontiers in the west. He always regarded the people and soldiers as brothers and sisters. He did not care about glory or wealth. In the southwest, seek and suppress the king from heaven."
Gong Jun bit the bullet and said that if he could, he didn't want to disturb Emperor Yongchen when he was sad, but the situation of the soldiers was like fire, and if there was a slight error, there would be even bigger troubles.
Emperor Yongchen gently pushed away and tried to help his younger brothers. He became thinner and weaker, and said weakly: "Xuanchuan Pass occupies a natural danger, and the king of heaven has attacked several times without success. The Ning family will not ignore the enemy. , there must be other reasons for this loss.”
"...According to the news, it seems that a Jianghu gang in Yizhou helped the King of Heaven." Gong Jun felt a headache when he thought of the Thunder Hall.
The sixth prince stood up straight, subconsciously wanting to ridicule Gong Jun, how could a mere rabble of people break through the natural danger, could it be that a top expert like Meng Qi acted as an assassin? When the words came to his lips, he forcibly endured it, and said without a smile, "What did they do?"
Gong Jun bowed his head and said, "The specifics are not known, but Your Majesty should have heard of the name of the 'Pili Tang' gang."
"How could the big brother have heard of the Jianghu Gang..."
Halfway through the sixth prince's words, he saw Emperor Yongchen put down his palm supporting his forehead, his eyes solemn and thoughtful.
At this time, the third prince said in a muffled voice, "Sixth brother, you think you are smart and you can read a hundred times better than my second brother and I. Why don't you care about what you should know?"
"you!"
Seeing that the two people's black eyes were fighting, Emperor Yongchen coughed, and the two of them just remembered where this place was, and quickly looked away, pretending that nothing happened.
The corners of Gong Jun's mouth twitched, and his heart is easy to change. After the crown prince ascended the throne, the two princes seemed to have become calm and capable overnight. In fact, they were just expressing themselves in front of Emperor Yongchen, two naive ghosts.
If they were really fighting for the right to inherit the throne as the courtiers thought, it would be better. In fact, these two princes were most keen to give the second prince Lu Min eye drops in front of Emperor Yongchen.
Lu Min had already changed his name and surname, and followed Jin Yiwei's secret subordinates to investigate the case of fraud in the imperial examination. His head seemed to have become a little brighter, and he was gradually becoming more successful. Gong Jun also muttered behind his back that Meng Guoshi was well trained, and Emperor Yongchen was also very pleased. Lu Min will not be an emperor in the future, at least he can be a capable minister. It stands to reason that the third prince and the sixth prince should win over this second brother. Maybe Jinyiwei will be controlled by Lu Min in the future. This is a lot of help. As a result, these two The popularity is bad, like a urchin in a private school who doesn't like reading and suddenly betrayed his friends and worked hard to win the award from his husband. What is it that is not naive
Gong Jun suppressed his slander and explained: "The origin of the Thunder Hall is related to the original Chen Dynasty's official craftsmanship. The craftsman Lei Kui improved the formula of gunpowder and made more ingenious firearms, which enabled the army of the Chen Dynasty to swept across the Monan, Yinshan destroys the barbarians. However, after the army was trained, the emperor of the Chen Dynasty felt the danger of firearms. He could easily eliminate dozens of soldiers and soldiers, and he was even more afraid that the palace city would collapse when the rebels and thieves rebelled in the future. , and the foreign enemy is no longer a climate, so they simply dismantled the firearms battalion, burned the relevant drawings, and banned the manufacture. There were military generals who argued against it, and they were dismissed. Those craftsmen did not wait for the bounty, but instead brought disasters to the family.”
Doing this backwards in this way is bound to cause trouble.
The frontier troops are particularly angry. They don't need firearms, so they have to fight with their flesh and blood? The far-sighted literati lamented again and again, just short of -->>
There is no more death advice.
In such a situation, there are many people who violate the yin and the yang. Some people see that the family members of the craftsmen are pitiful and let go. Anyway, there are some women and children, why should they kill them all
Among them, Lei Tong, the youngest son of the craftsman Lei Kui, just turned ten years old and was born thin.
"...No one would have thought that this Lei Tong is a rare talent. He can make a variety of ingenious things at a young age. He met those disgruntled veterans at the border and listened to them describe the firearms. The specific appearance took several years to find the key again, and he just recreated the destroyed blueprints and firearms. Lei Tong studied hard and practiced hard, went into battle to kill the enemy and got rid of his slave status. One day the barbarians will detain him again and order him to be executed. When the emperor of the family died, he was able to revive the family... Unfortunately, someone secretly reported that he was illegally making prohibited items. The old emperor was furious and ordered the relevant people to be convicted and exterminate the three clans. As a chance to escape, he fled with his fellow soldiers who had been with him for many years. Since then, he has wandered around to avoid the investigation of the imperial court and kept his name incognito until he was old and settled in Yizhou. These people are the original people of Perak Hall."
Gong Jun sighed, not only the sixth prince in the hall was fascinated, but even the third prince was no exception.
The third prince only knew a little bit before, where is the ins and outs so detailed? In addition, Gong Jun was originally from Jianghu, but later entered the officialdom, knowing this story on purpose, and speaking so eloquently, it is almost like a storyteller.
In particular, when Gong Jun said this, he did not shy away from the imperial authority. If it was replaced by a civil servant from the imperial examination, even if he talked about the mistakes of the previous emperors, he had to hide it vaguely. There were definitely a few who dared to speak out. For nothing else, they liked it as an emperor, especially Lu Zhang.
Emperor Yongchen didn't care about this, because they had a father who couldn't say anything, and several brothers had little reverence for the imperial power. What happened to the emperor, the emperor couldn't make a big mistake? Don't deserve to die for making a big mistake? Don't let anyone else say it
Gong Jun discovered this early, and he adjusted the line of "being a stable official and retire in the future" in a timely manner. Not only did he gain the trust of Emperor Yongchen, but even the third and sixth princes looked at him and felt that Gong Jun was more Others are more pleasing to the eye.
"Lei Tong suffered many setbacks in his life. It is said that his temperament is also strange and extreme, but he is indeed an extraordinary talent. He changed firearms into hidden weapons that are commonly used by Jianghu people, and secretly sold them for a living. After his death, his children and grandchildren rely on them. The old man has lasted for several generations."
Although there are excellent children of the Lei family who have improved it, they are still not as good as their ancestors.
Otherwise, in the last years of the Chen Dynasty, when all the heroes competed in the world, there would be a member of Pili Tang.
In order to suppress the rebellion, the Chen Dynasty started to manufacture artillery again. The Chu Dynasty knew the benefits of artillery, and the Qi Dynasty continued these habits. Some small things have been circling around the rivers and lakes for so many years, and they are not very promising, but this has saved them.
"There was a military commander in the Chu Dynasty who proposed to clear the Pili Hall, thinking that it was a hidden danger. In the end, seeing that the Pili Hall was not a climate, it was just a mere Jianghu gang, so it was shelved."
If not for these records, Emperor Yongchen would not be able to get the name of Pili Hall.
He leaned against the pillow, coughed a few times, and asked with difficulty: "So... they are helping the king? The palace commander doesn't know... Cough, Xuanchuan Pass not only has the soldiers and horses of General Ning, but also some rivers and lakes. Righteous man, his martial arts are not low. Even if Pili Hall wants to bring gunpowder into Xuanchuan Pass, it is very difficult. Xuanchuan Pass occupies a natural danger and the terrain is very high. Whether it is to blow up the surrounding cliffs or dig a river, it cannot be breached."
Saying that, he waved his hand, and asked Chief Chen to present the topographic map of Xuanchuan Pass.
"This… "
Gong Jun hesitated, staring at the map and looking up and down.
This kind of picture is a military secret. Gong Jun had never seen it before today, so when he heard Pili Hall, he had a guess, but he didn't expect it to work.
Gong Jun thought about it and decided to ask the names of the righteous people in Xuanchuan Pass. After all, it is up to him, an expert to judge whether the martial arts are high or not. For ordinary people, there are many experts in Jinyiwei, but in Gong Jun There are not many at all that can be seen.
Emperor Yongchen's eyes dimmed, as if he had remembered something.
"Big Brother?"
"Nothing... just, it's a long story."
Emperor Yongchen closed his eyes and said softly, "It's all the monks from Baoxiang Temple, including Master Yuanzhi."
Gong Jun was shocked. Monk Yuanzhi was unknown in the rivers and lakes. No one knew about it. But Gong Jun was the commander of Jinyiwei. He knew all kinds of news.
Baoxiang Temple is not like Hengchang Temple, a famous sect on the rivers and lakes. It is a real Buddhist temple.
Wait, that rebel army seems to be led by General Ning later
How quickly Gong Jun's mind turned, he quickly thought of Emperor Yongchen's surviving brother, who was said to have been taken to a Buddhist temple by the servants of the Ning family, so - the whole family of Ning died in battle, could it be that even the nameless brother Is the prince dead too
"Xiaguan will go to collect further information and try to find out what happened at Xuanchuan Pass that day."
Gong Jun retire after paying the salute, without asking how Emperor Yongchen should deal with the king.
It was an errand for the Ministry of War, and it was something that the ministers of Wenyuan Pavilion had to worry about.
Before stepping out of this dreary bedroom, Gong Jun vaguely heard Emperor Yongchen say to his two younger brothers: "... Doctor Mo said that day, the country is like my disease, and it is not only riddled with holes, but also fundamentally damaged. If it's not good, it can't be cured... God-given king must be punished, otherwise... Occupy Jiangnan, the general trend... "
Gong Jun walked farther and farther, and looked up to see a sunset that was about to sink into the sky.
A large area of darkness engulfed the sky, leaving only the crimson glow of the setting sun.
In the past, Lu Zhang was afraid of the Ning family, and the crown prince was worried that if he died, the Ning family would be forced to rebel.
Gong Jun let out a long sigh of relief. How similar is this evening glow to Emperor Yongchen Lu Lu
Even if it shines brightly, it will eventually fade away.
But as Lu Yu said, the Qi Dynasty should not die, because the people should not die.
Even if the official governance is rotten to the root, it is necessary to govern it, let alone sit back and watch the king of heaven seize Jiangnan.
- Jiangnan is rich enough to raise fat and give the king a king to start the northern expedition.