The war between Jing and Wei is imminent
Nangong was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. The night before the Qingming Festival, the Weiyang Palace suddenly burst into flames.
He immediately dispatched hundreds of patrol soldiers to fight the fire, but with little success.
The fire burned all night. Thirty-six palaces of Weiyang Palace were reduced to scorched earth.
Fortunately, Weiyang Palace was restructured from the East Palace of the former Dynasty. Like Ganquan Palace, there was a large open space around it when it was built, in order to prevent assassins from sneaking into other palaces to assassinate the prince.
It was because of this that although the Weiyang Palace was not burned at all, it did not affect other palaces.
The early spring was dry and in previous years, there were occasional cases of water leaking from the palace, but who didn't know that Princess Zhen Zhen was His Majesty's favorite
Nangong Wei was busy all night, and after presiding over the court meeting the next morning, he didn't even have time to drink a sip of water and hurried back to the house to discuss countermeasures with his advisors.
The counsellors were divided into two factions. One faction advocated: immediately send a messenger to report the matter to His Majesty, and admit that he was oversight and ask the Holy Master to judge.
The other faction advocated that since His Majesty appointed the second prince to supervise the country, he should take the attitude of supervising the country.
If the fire was not in Weiyang Palace but an ordinary palace, would you still report such trivial matters to His Majesty? Does His Majesty, after reading the report, think that the second prince does not have the ability to be a prince for the time being
Although Nangong Jingnu was favored, she was only a princess. The Second Prince's fussing would only make His Majesty look down on her.
What should be done at this time is to find out the reason for the fire in Weiyang Palace, detain all the dereliction of duty palace staff to Dali Temple, and handle the affairs of the court in an orderly manner.
Nangong Wei felt that both sides were right: reporting could minimize his own faults, but he lost the state reserve style. It may be blamed not to report the father's return, but without losing the demeanor of the prince...
Nangongwei finally adopted the second opinion, and sent several female officials in charge of Weiyang Palace and the chief guard in charge of patrol to Dali Temple, and sent people to actively investigate the cause of the fire.
He thought: he handled all matters in the court in an orderly manner, and the emperor might not blame himself when he came back.
Just yesterday, Nangong Wei received a secret letter from the fourth prince, Nangong Zhen: On the eve of the Qingming Festival, the ancestral tomb caught fire, and the father went up to the mountain to worship alone; Nangong Jingnv's horse was frightened, and the consort Qi Yan did a good job in rescuing him; Lost in the battle, Yizhou fell...
Nangong Wei's eyes darkened, and he fell down on the chair and didn't regain his senses for a long time.
The ancestral tomb and the palace caught fire on the same day, what would the father think
The herald actually bypassed himself, the "supervising country" prince, and the general reported to the royal hunting ground...
Doesn't this make it clear to the emperor that some ministers do not recognize their status as guardians of the country
Originally, I hoped that my father would be in a good mood for this trip, and it seemed impossible not to pursue my own faults.
Nangong Wei discussed with the advisors for a day and a night, but did not come up with a good solution.
The guards rushed over and knelt outside the palace to report: "Your Highness, Your Majesty has summoned you to enter the palace immediately."
"What!? Father is back? When did it happen?" Why so fast!
"The villain is not clear, I heard that he just returned to the palace."
Nangong Wei didn't even have time to change his court clothes, so he rode a fast horse and rushed to the palace.
Nangong Rang sat in a high position and looked at the three memorials in front of him with a gloomy expression on his face.
"The second prince is here."
Nangong Wei strode to the center of the main hall with the hem of his robe, and then fell down and bowed: "My son, I will meet the emperor."
Nangong let the pen on the case be picked up and smashed: "Nizi! Look at what you have done!"
With a sound of "bang", a hefty pure gold pen smashed onto the hall, smashing the hard black floor brick into several pieces.
Nangong Wei looked at the pen holder that had slipped in front of him, and broke out in a cold sweat: "My son deserves death for sin, please take care of your dragon body."
Nangong Rang snorted coldly: "Now you only have this clever mouth left! Negative son! It took all my pains to entrust you with such a big court, but such a big thing happened in a month!"
Nangong Wang stood by and lowered his head and kept silent, but he kept snickering to himself: Qi Yan's plan is really vicious, and the second child is a loser this time!
"My son deserves ten thousand death for his crime. We have detained all the palace officials who were oversight that day and handed them over to Dali Temple, and immediately blocked the news to minimize the influence of the people..."
Nangong made silence for a moment: "You stand aside first."
"Thank you, Father Huang." Nangong Wei got up from the ground and took the initiative to stand at the end of the team.
Only now did he have time to see the people in the hall clearly, all the adult princes were present, and most of the officials in the court were also here.
Nangong Rang handed over a newly written imperial decree to Sijiu, who came to the imperial steps and recited aloud: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict is: Gong Yangzhong, Minister of Zongzheng Temple, Guan Da, Minister of Rites, and Minister of Weiwei Temple. Yan Yun neglected his duties, failed my trust, and made a big mistake. Immediately dismissed from his post and detained in the Prison of the Punishment Department, and the rest of the three people will be convicted after the trial is cleared.
After listening to the imperial decree, the three of them silently knelt down to the ground to thank them, took off their black gauze hats and put them in front of them, and retreated to the gate of the hall, where they were escorted by the guards.
From the beginning to the end, there was no defense, and there were many ministers in the hall who had always been friends with these three people, and no one appeared to plead for the three people.
Nangong Rang used the phrase "dereliction of duty" to cover the fire in the ancestral tomb. Although Nangong Rang deliberately blocked the news, the important ministers in the DPRK also heard the wind.
No one dared to stand up and plead for mercy, and the three could only plead guilty.
It is fortunate that the family is not involved.
Nangong Rang rubbed his brows and said in a strong voice, "We are discussing another matter. I have just received the latest report. The remnants of the alien race from Kitakyushu have secretly gathered, occupied several pastures, and ransacked the treasury and armory. After the prefecture, the Qingzhou mansion is also in jeopardy. I have ordered the Zhenbei general Shangguanyuan to return to Youzhou to lead troops to pacify the chaos, but these aliens are gathering more and more like locusts. The emperor also said it."
The middle book ordered Xing Jingfu to stand out with a jade wat in hand: "Your Majesty, I have something to say."
"speak."
"The minister also heard that the ferocity of the aliens will kill the local people every time they go. Now Kitakyushu is in a panic, and the people of various prefectures are fleeing. If the development continues, the eighty-one counties of Luobei Kyushu will be reduced to several empty cities. The imperial court More than ten years of painstaking management will also be in vain. The built fortified city will be used as a wedding dress for others. The silver liang that Your Majesty rewarded people from all over the country to move to the north will also be in vain. The aliens will be completely eradicated here, otherwise the state capital will be lost, and the country will be shaken."
Nangong Rang was silent for a while, and then sighed: "If you are not my race, your heart will be different. I should not be a woman's benevolence back then. If I listened to you and Taiwei Lu's advice, it wouldn't cause today's disaster."
Xing Jingfu is the minister of the arm and the stock that was raised by Nangong Rang after he ascended the throne.
They have always been the backbone of the Taiwei Party, but after the pacification of the grasslands, the two who were incompatible with each other had a rare unity of opinion.
Lu Quan believed that aliens were vulgar and hard to teach; they should gather and kill them on the spot to avoid future troubles.
Xing Jingfu, on the other hand, advocated that the aliens should be bundled into strings in batches, driven by cavalry and archers to jump into Luochuan, and deployed strong crossbowmen in the lower reaches of the river to shoot the dead. This can not only save the manpower of the court, but also avoid the epidemic caused by the accumulation of a large number of corpses.
Nangong Rang rejected the advice of the two, but only for political reasons.
He has always ruled the world by virtue, and such brutality will make him lose popular support. Although he psychologically agreed with the two people's views on aliens, he was unable to do so.
Xing Jingfu saw through Nangong Rang's thoughts, and once again proposed that the aliens be classified as lowly slaves, and ordered them to build a city for the court on the spot, which would also save a sum of money...
It can be said that the prairie people can have today's situation after the defeat, and the superior Nangong is to blame, but Xing Jingfu and Lu Quan also played a big role in promoting.
Deng Hongyuan, Minister of Officials, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, it's not too late to mend the prison. According to the minister's opinion, the imperial court should send several imperial envoys to Kyushu to appease the people's hearts, and order the prefectures to actively impose vigilance and dispatch a large army to Luoyang. Peking to settle the rebellion."
Nangong Rang nodded: "What the two Qing families said is very true, what about the others?"
Shi Hongzhi, the minister of military affairs, stood up and said: "Your Majesty. There are currently 420,000 soldiers in the DPRK stationed in various schools to practice day and night. In addition to the 80,000 capital guards that are not easy to mobilize, there are 340,000 soldiers who can go out at any time. ."
Wu Lingshan, the servant of the Ministry of Household, said: "As of the sixth year of Jingjia, according to the dossier reported to the Ministry of Household, there are a total of 1.8 million military households in the private sector, and they can be recruited at any time."
Xing Jingfu said: "The 340,000-strong army is enough to deal with alien slaves. At this time, it is spring ploughing, so let the military households stay at home and engage in farming."
The Minister of Hubu cupped his hands: "Lord Zhongshuling said yes."
Nangong Ran's expression became slightly stern: "Can you recommend the candidates for the generals to lead the army?"
Nangong Wang, who had been waiting for a long time, stood up and said, "Father, my son and minister recommend someone."
"who."
"Prefect Lu Quan, Master Lu."
Nangong Rang looked down at Nangong Wang, and his expression did not fluctuate, making it impossible to see his emotions: "Lu Aiqing is certainly the first choice, but he is in his sixties and I can't bear to work on him anymore."
"My son is aware of the painstaking efforts of the father and the emperor, but I still think that Lord Zhanlu is the best candidate."
"Oh? Tell me your reason."
"Yes. My son believes that this battle must be won, and it is best to win the first battle and annihilate the alien rebels in one fell swoop. Only in this way can the people of Luobei return home with peace of mind. Second, when Taiwei Lu was in command and went to Luobei in person, it was a short period of time. It swept across the entire grassland in a few months, and even after a few years, Yu Wei is still there, and with him in command of the army, the heart of the army is stable, and the imperial army is even more powerful."
Nangong Rang nodded, and this was what he thought at first.
However, after careful consideration on the way, I changed my mind: the Taiwei's mansion is finally empty, and it will be uprooted soon...
But Xing Jingfu and the third son of the emperor were right: Lu Quan's way of using troops has always been known for being fierce and quick, and other generals are indeed inferior to him.
Nangong couldn't help but take a look at Nangong, which was much more pleasing to the eye than the third son who was the second son who was "dereliction of duty".
Just when Nangong Rang was about to give his order, someone suddenly jumped out.
Shu Liren, the servant of the Ministry of Personnel, reported: "Your Majesty, the captain is not in the capital at this time. A month ago, the captain of the captain relapsed, and he submitted a handwritten letter to the Ministry of personnel to go to Lishan Yaoquan to recuperate, and received a letter from His Royal Highness the Second Prince. approve."