After the news about the renovation of Fengci Water Palace spread, the whole country was in an uproar.
Two-thirds of this water palace has been burned down. What is the difference between so-called repair and reconstruction? Moreover, the wood used in the construction of the Water Palace were century-old materials brought from the wild lands of the south. With the war going on everywhere in the world, it would be impossible to get the same wood again. Not to mention that now that the people of the world know that this is a serious problem, the Holy Emperor still has the intention to build a palace - even if it is cut down in the jungle of the Southern Wilderness and sent out, there is no way it will be safely transported to the imperial capital!
With such a fatuous decree, there are many officials who petitioned the Holy One to take state affairs into consideration and take back their orders. However, these people were given the imperial rod at the least, or were demoted to remote places, or at worst they were directly imprisoned, causing trouble for the whole family - "I don't think so. "The Holy Lord now has nothing to think about except seizing the last period of the ninety-five supreme years to do whatever he wants. He doesn't even care about his ancestors' inheritance and many descendants, so how can he care about everyone's advice
The construction of the water palace has not officially started yet, and the Holy Emperor has issued an order to select it.
Due to her advanced age, her energy is not as good as before. In addition, in the past ten years, Queen Gu had favored the Sixth Palace, and there had been no serious selection in the palace for several years. And since Concubine Deng recommended Miao Jieyu to shake up Queen Gu's status as the sole favorite, and Queen Gu ordered Zhong Xiaoyi to serve the Holy Emperor in order to maintain her favor, both sides regarded each other very seriously and did not allow anyone to divide their favor.
But this time, even Queen Gu and Concubine Deng couldn't stop the selection from happening.
From the age of 12 to 17, beautiful, innocent, without disabilities, and well-born women from good families are all selected to enter the palace. This is done nationwide, with no upper limit, as many as they want; in order to prevent officials from neglecting the decree, each state is explicitly required to contribute at least a hundred people. -Those who disobeyed the order were exiled together with their families.
With the current degree of civil unrest in the Wei Dynasty, although no other civil unrest other than Yanzhou was able to capture the government office, with this imperial edict, state officials in several states and cities took the lead in rebelling! Originally, the people were in dire straits, so the household registration would naturally be reduced. If the household registration was reduced, there would certainly not be many young and beautiful women.
What's more, if a family has sons and daughters, when they are about to starve to death, most of them will keep the sons and abandon the daughters. Not to mention, even if the country is beautiful and fragrant, it is so hungry that only skin and bones are left. How can we talk about beauty? Hundreds of beautiful girls in each state - in places where the civil unrest is intense, the state and city are already struggling to avoid falling into the hands of the enemy, but where can they collect this number? And neglecting the imperial edict would bring disaster to the family. How could the state officials, who had long been forced by the popular uprising and were exhausted mentally and physically, not rebel
The Holy Spirit completely ignored such evil consequences, but instead intensified the situation, singing and dancing day and night, and even Gu Xiaode, the commander of the Forbidden Army, couldn't stand it anymore. He cried and begged the Holy One to calm down and help the country... However, the Holy One knew that the Wei Dynasty was already seriously ill, and he himself Talent and virtue are not enough to turn the tide, so how can we hope to help the country? Naturally, he couldn't listen to anything, but he ordered people to drive Gu Xiaode out of the palace.
Not banishing Gu Xiaode to a foreign country or imprisoning him was considered an extra favor... Of course, it is also possible that the Holy One knew that it was difficult to find a trusted and usable commander of the imperial army like Gu Xiaode.
During this period, all the officials who came to remonstrate were punished to varying degrees. Gradually, except for a few loyal ministers who risked their lives, no one said anything.
By November, Gyeonggi and other places were the first to collect the number of candidates because civil unrest had not yet occurred.
Hundreds of good family members were dressed up in beautiful clothes and filed into the palace. A piece of fresh flowers seemed to be blooming inside the palace walls that were desolate in winter. The old Holy Lord was sitting high on the throne, looking down at the newcomer who was old enough to be his granddaughter or great-grandson, but an indescribable sense of satisfaction arose in his empty heart.
But this sense of satisfaction was quickly broken—
Among the girls who were led to salute at the foot of Danqi, two girls suddenly rushed out. Regardless of the shock and obstruction of the palace officials, they pointed at the Holy One and yelled curses!
Although these two daring girls were quickly dragged out and executed, it was only when the furious Holy Emperor issued an order to investigate their families that they discovered that their families had already died in the quelling the chaos—both their fathers and brothers were serving in the military. During the rebellion, the general was defeated and was killed by the rebels. Both his grandmother and mother died immediately because they could not bear the blow. Originally, military households were not required to participate in the selection, but there were not enough children from good families. Therefore, when the officials responsible for the selection saw their beauty and young age, they secretly changed their place of origin and took the money to make up for the loss.
However, these two girls had long since lost their loved ones and had nothing to love, and they were full of resentment towards the Wei family. Therefore, when your majesty saw it, they would rather risk everything than denounce the king for being ignorant and stupid, and ruining the great country of Wei.
This incident made the Holy Emperor full of anger and had nowhere to vent. Although he dealt with all the officials and officials who selected the two girls, and even several people in the palace were implicated, they still could not forgive their hatred. In the end, he even ordered to deal with the two girls. The many good sons selected by the young girl were all sentenced to death. The officials had suffered enough from admonitions before, and they were also disheartened about the prospects of the Wei Dynasty. They also knew that the Holy Emperor was in trouble this time, so they were very angry with the Holy Emperor this time. Even when venting, he remained silent.
Only Situ Weiyu still ignored everyone's persuasion and insisted on entering the palace to remonstrate - but as most people expected, the Holy Emperor didn't listen to a word. When he knew his purpose, he became furious and roared to drive him out of the palace.
How stubborn is Wei Yu? He allowed the Holy Emperor to be furious and the palace officials to try their best to suggest that he was demoted from the position of Situ and expelled from the imperial capital. He just stayed at Danqi and refused to leave. He told the story of the founding of the ancestors of the Wei Dynasty with sincerity. It is not easy and difficult to maintain. Starting from the grandfather of the founding emperor of the Wei Dynasty, all the way to the Holy Emperor, it can be said that every word is full of blood and tears. In the end, there was still no sign of repentance on the face of the Supreme Being on the throne. Instead, the desperate Wei Yu calmed down. He raised his sleeves to wipe away the tears on his face, kowtowed hard and said, "I only have one thing to ask of you now!"
The Holy Sage looked at him coldly, thinking about how to deal with this ignorant old thing to relieve his hatred. After a long while, he uttered one word from between his teeth: "Speak!"
Originally, the Holy One had already made up his mind. No matter what request Wei Yu made, he would do it... Unexpectedly, Wei Yu smiled miserably and said, "I beg the Holy One to grant me death!"
Taifu's Mansion, Jintong Courtyard.
The afternoon sun shines into the house through the window lattice. The guard chief Ying Yun has fluffy temples and is taking out a handkerchief from his sleeve and carefully wiping the saliva from the corner of his second son's mouth.
The fourth grandson, Shen Shuxie, who was only 12 months old a few days ago, can now walk, but he does not walk very steadily and will fall to the ground within a few steps. I don’t know if it was for this reason, but he was still more enthusiastic about climbing.
As long as he is awake, he refuses to be hugged or stand up. He keeps twisting in people's arms until he is placed on a soft blanket or a couch covered with brocade quilts, and then he smiles. Hehe got down on all fours, picked a direction and crawled over neatly.
This time he noticed his mother was beside him, so he turned around halfway up the climb, and when he got near Wei Changying, he threw himself into his mother's arms. Wei Changying hugged him up, but this boy wiped several strands of saliva on him with the lapel of his clothes. He was so angry and funny that he wiped his mouth.
Taking advantage of this situation, Shen Shuxie tried to bite the necklace hanging on her chest again.
After finally snatching it off, Wei Changying didn't dare to wear it anymore. It would be a big deal if he asked the boy to bite a few teeth marks on the necklace, but it would be a big deal if he ate the scattered necklace hanging on it, so he hurriedly took it off and asked someone to take it away. At this time, she wanted to hug him again, but the boy refused to stay in her arms - he was squirming and squirming, babbling and asking for a wet nurse, but he was hungry.
Wei Changying had no choice but to hand him over to the wet nurse for feeding. He touched a few strands of hair on his temples and took his maid back to the main room to tidy him up. He couldn't help but sigh: "Xie'er is getting more and more noisy. Fortunately, he is now They are still young, and in a few years, he and Guang'er will not know how much trouble they will have."
The maids laughed: "Young gentlemen are in good health, that's why you are so lively. Besides, both young gentlemen are extremely filial, how can you really ask the young lady to worry about her?"
After saying these two words, they walked to the door of the main room. The master and servant went in with a smile, but saw their superior, Shen Zangfeng, there. The maids hurriedly calmed their expressions and came forward to say hello. Wei Changying also asked curiously: "You How did you get here?"
When Shen Zangfeng was sixteen years old, his father Yin replaced him as a personal guard, and he was promoted to the seventh rank. Later, when he caught up with the rise of the Holy Emperor, he ordered the imperial guards to go to the border to perform meritorious service. He served as a school captain in Xiliang and was promoted to the sixth rank; and last year In September, he returned to Beijing to discuss his merits and rewards. Due to his achievements in conquering Qiudi and pacifying the border areas, he was greatly promoted and was promoted to the fourth rank of General Xuanwei.
But the subordinates led by General Xuanwei were the Xiliang Army, not the Royal Forest Army that defended the imperial capital. In other words, before the Xiliang army arrived in Gyeonggi, it was just a title and could not actually do anything. Later, the Shen family used the excuse of escorting their daughter-in-law and grandson back to Beijing for a reunion, but instead they brought 60,000 elite soldiers from Xiliang.
But after some negotiations, these 60,000 troops and horses can only be stationed two days away from the imperial capital. Every move is watched by the court and various families. The Shen family is not allowed to have too much contact, let alone Shen Zangfeng. I went to the military center to practice at Dianmao every day—what if one day while practicing, I waved my weapon directly at the imperial capital
So Shen Zangfeng has no official business at the moment, but this does not mean that he is very idle... Not only does he have to assist Shen Xuan and Shen Zhou in the front yard to deal with the current situation; he also accepts Shen Xuan's words and deeds in private; he is also responsible for teaching his descendants The responsibility of the eldest son Shen Shuguang.
Shen Shuguang, who was only four years old, was enlightened in advance. He thought he had been wronged, and because of the influence of his elder cousin Shen Shuming, he was very unwilling to be detained now. This kid is very smart, and he knows how to use his advantages as a child to seek shelter and support from his grandmother, mother, and other elders who can both suppress Shen Zangfeng and directly interfere with his control.
Therefore, Shen Zangfeng had to keep some energy to keep an eye on him. Normally at this time, Shen Zangfeng should be watching Shen Shuguang in front of Jinkai Courtyard. Why did he come here alone at this moment
Shen Zangfeng looked calm and didn't seem to be in a hurry. This attitude made Wei Changying think that it was nothing serious and he was still speculating on a few minor family matters. But after Shen Zangfeng slowly asked his servants to exit, he said, "There is some bad news."
Wei Changying's smile suddenly froze - her husband has always been calm, so he said it so lightly, but the matter must be very difficult and troublesome.
Sure enough, Shen Zangfeng continued, "The attack on Yanzhou failed again. Lu Haozhi even organized soldiers to go out of the city to cover up the killing... Brother, he was accidentally hit by a stray arrow and is now on his way back to the imperial capital."
Shen Zangli has some flaws in his temperament as a valve leader, but he is still a capable general. A man who was known to be good at fighting when he was in Xiliang was on his way back to the imperial capital immediately after being hit by a stray arrow. He didn't even have any news to ask whether he should be sent back first. He was obviously seriously injured. It's not easy for my subordinates to kill him first and then send him to the imperial capital.
Wei Changying changed his mind and did not ask his eldest uncle's injury in detail, but said: "But you are going to Yanzhou?" (To be continued)