Phoenix Shadow Coming From the Sky Chapter 14: 、Zhu Sheng He Gu 4
Si time is the sixth day of the seventh month.
Qingzhou King's Capital received an urgent report: At You hour yesterday, thousands of rebels suddenly rose up in Juncheng. Unprepared, Juncheng was captured overnight.
Hearing the news, the officials were shocked, and then they all looked at Xu Shi. At this moment, the King of Wind is not there, and the pillar of Qingzhou is the Prime Minister.
Xu Shi was also very shocked, but after being dazed for a moment, he came back to his senses and quickly issued two orders: on the one hand, he sent people to Xincheng to report to King Feng; on the other hand, he sent people to Juncheng to inquire about the news . Then he summoned the ministers of civil and military affairs to discuss in the Ziying Hall.
After deliberation, the ministers were divided into two groups of opinions: one group believed that it was only a day's journey from Xincheng to the capital, and they could wait for Feng Wang to come back to deal with it; Before the turmoil expanded, troops were quickly sent to dredge the city.
There is a common saying that "what kind of general leads what kind of soldiers", this saying is used in Qingzhou, that is, what kind of king will have what kind of ministers. Since Feng Duying became king to Qingzhou, except for the state minister Xu Shinai who was appointed by the court, half of the other courtiers were her staff and subordinates who followed her, and the other half were selected and appointed locally after arriving in Qingzhou. Among these courtiers, one The characteristic is that most of them are young and radical. They all admire Feng Duying, and they don't see her as an ordinary woman, but a famous general who has experienced many battles, a king with great achievements, they all admire her passionately, and they all look forward to following her Created some achievements, so these young courtiers supported sending troops to crusade against Juncheng.
On the other hand, the minority who thought they had to wait for King Feng to come back were some experienced and prudent officials. They believed that it was not appropriate to send troops rashly without knowing the cause of the rebellion in Juncheng and the current situation in Juncheng. And the most important point is that the military power in Qingzhou is in the hands of King Feng. Without King Feng's military talisman or warrant, the military general will not obey even the orders of the Prime Minister. Even if it is necessary to follow the right, this moment is not such a critical moment, so if you act without authorization today, you may be useless and offend. So waiting is the best policy.
Xu Shi deliberated for a long time, and adopted the opinions of the old school. He can't set a precedent and use the name of the prime minister to deploy troops and horses, which violates the royal power. What's more, he wants to mobilize troops and horses. He also knows that he is definitely not a general.
July 7th, Weishi.
Zhang Zhuofei, governor of Xincheng Mansion, reported that Feng Wang was assassinated in Sanshi Village and was seriously injured. Guard Du escorted her and escaped, but her whereabouts are unknown. The accompanying guards and all the people in Sanshi Village were killed by the assassins!
After listening to the report, Xu Shi felt cold all over and fell on the chair, unable to move for a long time, and the officials were even more anxious.
On the same day, at You hour, an urgent report was received: Juncheng rebels had captured the neighboring Qin city, and forced soldiers from the two cities to be recruited. Now the number has reached tens of thousands.
At Haishi on the same day, the spies sent to Juncheng to investigate finally got the news and came back.
It turned out that the rebels in Juncheng were all the old troops of Liu Shan, the former king of Yong. After Liu Shan's defeat, some of his subordinates changed their names and hid among the people. This time, after hearing the news that King Feng was going to Sanshi Village, he sent masters to assassinate while raising the flag to act in a vain attempt to recapture Qingzhou, and then plot the entire Dadongjiang Mountain.
Hearing the spies' report, the ministers were shocked: It was a premeditated plan!
It's just the current situation, how can we deal with it?
All the ministers turned their attention to Xu Shi, Prime Minister of the country.
Xu Shi, who was sitting at the head of the group of officials, turned his eyes to the outside of the hall at this moment. Slowly move towards the palace.
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July 8th, the fourth quarter of Yin time.
The gate of the Yingying Pavilion was opened after a night of silence, and Xu Shi stepped out. The light came from behind him, casting his long shadow on the stone steps in front of the hall.
Looking up, the bright moon and stars above are twinkling, spreading on the pitch-black sky, like white jade pearls lying on ink silk, shining brightly. However, under the curtain of tranquility, Qingzhou is in imminent danger and extremely dangerous.
The stars shining coldly in the night sky reminded Xu Shi of the bright eyes of Feng Wang and the conversation in Hanchen Palace that day.
"The king entrusts the country to each other, and the ministers should repay each other with loyalty!" He muttered in a low voice, with a calm and fearless expression on his face, he turned and walked forward with his head held high.
At the time of Mao, Xu Shi summoned his ministers to Ziying Hall and issued several orders: one sent people to Xincheng to search for the savior; For one thing, the emperor was ordered to fly to the imperial capital with sparks; for four, although troops and horses could not be mobilized, they ordered the guards of all cities in the whole prefecture to strictly prevent the rebels from attacking;
After hearing this, all the officials obeyed.