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Chapter 399 Changes in Bianjing, Changbai released

Kaifeng Mansion, Tokyo City.

The Ningyuan Hou Mansion on Ningyuan Street is still peaceful.

In the main hall of the Hou Mansion, Gu Yan stood with his hands behind his back, looked out of the gate, and looked to the south. After a long silence, he still said: "I have gone to my hometown in Xiangyang to let my uncles and elders choose suitable-age children from the clan. Go to Erlang's tent to listen to it!"

When Xiao Qin heard this, no matter how good her acting skills were, she couldn't suppress the astonishment in her heart, and a look of shock appeared in her eyes.

Ningyuanhou's Gu family was originally from Xiangyang, but they don't have much influence in the local Xiang army. The Gu family's forces in the army are mostly distributed in Tokyo and Hebei. In the past, most of the promotion of his own sons and nephews was in the Western Army and Hebei Forbidden Army.

The official army of the Song Dynasty, in terms of combat power, the strongest is the imperial army, followed by the Xiang army, and then the local village brave.

There are also high and low points among the forbidden army. During the period of the founding ancestor Taizong, the most elite forbidden army was the forbidden army located in the camp in the western suburbs of Tokyo. , there were many conflicts with Khitan and Xixia, and wars broke out frequently. The frontier army gradually became the most elite existence among the forbidden army. Up to now, among the forbidden army, the most elite soldiers and horses are stationed in Shaanxi and Qinfeng. The Western Army has fought against Xixia all year round, and its combat power is not bad.

Next is the Forbidden Army in Hebei and Hedong, and then the Forbidden Army in Tokyo.

Gu Yankai is now working in the camp in the western suburbs, leading the army alone, with a high position and authority.

"My Gu family started with military merits. If my nephew and nephew are willing to study, they can study hard and take the imperial examination, but never forget that the military is the foundation of the Gu family!"

Although Gu Yankai usually doesn't talk about it, he has always been like a bright mirror in his heart. Otherwise, he would not have taught Gu Er martial arts and tactics when he was a child. One is to consider Gu Er's future future. The second is for the future of the Hou Mansion.

Although Xiao Qin was unwilling, but Gu Yankai had already made a decision, no matter how unwilling she was, she could only grit her teeth and accept this reality.

At the same time, the Sheng family located in Jiying Lane in Xicheng was also not peaceful.

Mrs. Sheng and Minglan are not here, Wei Shuyi only concentrates on teaching Changdong in his own courtyard, and now the housekeeper of the Sheng family has changed from Wang Ruofu to Changbai's eldest lady Haishi, and Molan lives with Rulan In your own yard.

As night fell, everyone had already had dinner, but today's Changbai was different from the past, holding a letter in his hand, and frowning slightly.

This letter has been in Changbai's hands for several days, but Changbai never made a decision.

After hesitating for a while, Chang Bai still went to find Sheng Hong.

In Wei Ruixuan, after reading the letter from Changbai, Sheng Hong's eyes flashed with thought, and he raised his eyes to Changbai, the son whom he had placed high hopes on and never let him down, and asked: "What's Bai'er thinking?"

Changbai cupped his hands and said: "My son thinks that Zihou's words are quite reasonable. Now that the official family is seriously ill, but the position of the crown prince has not been confirmed yet, and there are rebels in Huaixi, we really can't put all our eggs in one basket inside!"

"Then there's no need to go to Huaixi!" Sheng Hong frowned and said, "Now Huaixi is full of rebels, it's very dangerous!"

"Although Haozhou and Shouzhou are now occupied by rebels, and all officials have been killed, these rebels are nothing more than mobs. Zhong Huai used the weak to win the strong in Shen County, and the few to win. Many, destroy the rebels.

Besides, the imperial court has already dispatched a large army. It is only a matter of time before the states and counties occupied by the rebels are recovered. Now the land of the two states has just been ravaged by the rebels. "

Sheng Hong looked at the son in front of him who was always upright in his heart, and couldn't help saying: "So, you have made your decision?"

"The opportunity is rare, my son wants to give it a try!" Changbai nodded and said, "Besides, Zhonghuai is in Haozhou now, if my son passes away, he can help me a little bit."

"But the war is dangerous. As the saying goes, a gentleman can't stand under a dangerous wall. In the future, the Sheng family will have to rely on you for support, as a father..."

"Father! Mencius said: "Heaven will send a great mission to the people of Sri Lanka. You must first suffer from your heart and will, work your muscles and bones, starve your body and skin, and empty your body. It has benefited what you can't do. My son has studied hard for more than ten years. Now, although He has been an official, but he is still young and inexperienced, he has no achievements in political affairs, and he lacks experience in governing the local area. Although there is chaos in Huaixi now, it is also an opportunity. If you wait until the dust settles, the difficulty is only It will be bigger!"

There is no one to plow the thin field, and many people will fight for it!
Now Huaixi is in chaos, the rebels are vicious, and the war is tense. Although this group of rebels will eventually be wiped out, before they are completely wiped out, no one can predict what will happen tomorrow. Officials also avoided this like snakes and scorpions, for fear that they would follow in the footsteps of those colleagues who were killed by the rebels in Huaixi.

But if the rebels are settled down, Haozhou, which is waiting to be rebuilt, will definitely become a good place for officials and Jinshi who are preparing to be alternates.

Although everyone understands the truth, not many people are willing to take the risk.

After all, becoming an official means that the prosperity and wealth of this life have been stabilized, and who is willing to risk the risk of losing their life to fight.

Changbai naturally understood his father, so he took advantage of the situation and continued: "Besides, Bianjing has become a whirlpool, and now my son is only holding a vacant position in the Imperial Academy. Even if he stays in Beijing, it will be of no use. It is better to take advantage of this opportunity." , go to earn some credit and come back, and it can also be used as a qualification for promotion in the future."

"It's just that it's too dangerous to go to Huaixi at this time?" As a father, Sheng Hong still loves and cares for his children, especially Changbai, the eldest son who he has high hopes for.

"My son is a civil servant, and he doesn't have to lead troops to the front to fight like Zhong Huai, so what danger can there be!"

"The opportunity must not be missed, and it will never come again. When walking in the officialdom, it is a taboo to look forward and backward!" Changbai said with a serious expression.

Seeing that Chang Bai had already made up his mind, Sheng Hong knew in his heart that he would not be able to persuade Chang Bai. If the old lady was still at home, he could still drag Chang Bai to discuss with the old lady. After all, the old lady was used to wind and rain. , had eaten more salt than the father and son had eaten rice, and the ideas they took proved to be correct. Over the years, whenever Sheng Hong was in trouble, he always asked the old lady for ideas.

It's just that the old lady Sheng has gone to Quanzhou with her daughter and son-in-law, and she is not in Tokyo. It takes a month or two for letters to come and go, and the situation on the front line is changing day by day. In Quanzhou, since Wang Zhong wrote a letter to suggest that Changbai should go to Huaixi, he might have told Mrs. Sheng in advance, and the old lady had already agreed.

"Let me think about it again!" With such a big matter, Sheng Hong naturally needed to carefully consider it and dare not make a decision lightly.

"Father, do you still remember what happened during the Lantern Festival this year?" Changbai suddenly changed his voice and mentioned the past.Sheng Hong was stunned for a moment and asked doubtfully: "Why did Bai'er suddenly mention this matter?"

"Father doesn't think that what happened to Rong Feiyan was really done by the rebels?" Chang Bai said suddenly.

The expression on Sheng Hong's face changed, he is not a fool, how could he not see the strangeness, but what can he do if he knows, even the Kaifeng Mansion has no way to find the culprit behind the scenes, not to mention that he is a mere fifth-rank official. Neng sighed helplessly: "Hey!"

"Now King Yong is not yet the crown prince, but he is already so arrogant and domineering. He openly attacked the noble daughter of the prince's family. It is so humiliating. You can see that he does not have the appearance of a wise king. Today's officials are generous and benevolent, and they are afraid of the crown prince's opinion. There will be another accident, and I am afraid that Tokyo will really become a dragon's pond and a tiger's den by then."

Sheng Hong only felt that his mind was in a mess, his thoughts were in a mess, and he didn't have a clue, so he couldn't help but looked at Chang Bai: "What Bai Er means is that this country will really fall on King Yan?"

"Emperor's heart is unpredictable, until the last moment, who knows!" Chang Bai shook his head and said solemnly.

Although Changbai doesn't talk much on weekdays, Sheng Hong knows that this son's ideas have always been the most upright. What he decides, not to mention his own father, is difficult even with Wang Ruofu, a pig teammate. Change Changbai's mind.

Just when Changbai decided to ask Sheng Hong to help him with the management, seeking to go to Huaixi, a piece of good news quickly spread throughout Bianjing. The head of Jiacheng county of King Yong's family is engaged, and will get married soon.

Today's Duke of Qi's mansion seems to be full of flowers, but in fact it is already empty inside. Among Dukes of Qi's generation, only Duke of Qi has served as an official. He used to have a salt job, but it has disappeared since the year before last. , the vacant position of only receiving a salary, all depends on Princess Pingning being decent in front of the officials and the Queen Mother, which maintains the face of Duke Qi.

But Princess Pingning's surname is Chai, not Zhao, which is the most important thing.

Today's official family is benevolent and cares about the descendants of the Chai family. Even when Princess Pingning was young, she was brought into the palace and lived with the princes and princesses. In a blink of an eye, this was the canonization of the princess.

Now the official family is approaching their twilight years, and the queen is also getting older.

In some people's eyes, the marriage between Qi Heng and the county master of Jiacheng is a manifestation of the Qi family's complete surrender to King Yong, and some people even over-speculate whether Princess Pingning is so favored because she got it from the palace in advance What news, this is why he let his son marry the daughter of King Yong's family.

After all, Princess Pingning has always had her eyes above the top, which is recognized by everyone.

All of a sudden, the undercurrent in Bianjing City surged again. I don't know how many people began to contact in private, and some even took the initiative to approach King Yong to express their willingness to contribute.

Sheng Hong is a well-rounded person, very good at observing words and demeanor, socializing with others, although he dare not get involved in the matter of establishing a reserve, but in the officialdom, how can he not notice the change of the situation.

Before Qi Heng got married, Changbai made up for the magistrate's vacancy in Dingyuan County. He was also a scholar in the Imperial Academy. He set off south today to Dingyuan County, Haozhou, to resettle the prisoners, appease the people, and raise food and grass for the counter-insurgency army. , to fund the front line.

Coincidentally, at the time when Sheng Hong was helping Changbai to move up and down, the news that Gu Er led the Wuwei Army to recover Dingyuan County came back to Tokyo, and Changbai naturally filled the vacancy of Dingyuan County magistrate. Saying goodbye to his family, he left Beijing and rushed to Haozhou with a dozen or so guards.

When Changbai rushed to Dingyuan, Gu Er was leading the army, and the troops from Huainan East Road had just recovered Zhongli County and returned in triumph.

At the north gate of Dingyuan County, Gu Er looked at the magistrate's robe, standing at the gate of the city waiting for his Changbai, immediately got off his horse, and gave Changbai a firm hug.

"When did you arrive?" Gu Er looked at Chang Bai and couldn't help asking.

Changbai also smiled and said, "Three days ago!"

"Are you still used to it?" Gu Er asked while pulling Changbai into the city.

As far as Dingyuan County is concerned, Gu Er is much more familiar with it than Changbai. After retaking Dingyuan, Gu Er did all the repairing of the city walls, repairing the fortifications, appeasing the people, etc. Changbai just arrived yesterday, and he hasn't even sat on his butt hot.

The two haven't seen each other for a long time, so naturally they have endless things to say. Gu Er was full of joy, and told Chang Bai with great interest what he had experienced in the past few months. , Taking advantage of the night to capture the county seat, how to use a majestic momentum to cooperate with the troops of Suzhou and Chuzhou to forcibly break through Zhongli County.

This is more than half an hour.

"Now that Zecheng is here, I can lead troops to fight with peace of mind, and finally I don't have to worry about anything else!" Gu Er also expressed his feelings, although the officials in Luzhou were very grateful for Gu Er who rescued them. Cooperate, but now that the second army of Gu has arrived in Haozhou, it is naturally not easy to let the officials of Luzhou go overboard and come to Haozhou to handle logistics for him.

"I'm new here, and I'm not very familiar with the situation in Dingyuan, so I can only do my best!" Changbai always speaks steadily and never exaggerates.

Gu Er smiled and said: "It's okay, just take your time! Now there is only one Haozhou city in Haozhou that is still in the hands of the rebels, and I am still stationed in Yong'an Town on the east bank of Luoshui. There are still [-] defenders in the city, and I have made an appointment with General Liu, who is currently stationed in Zhongli County, to send troops to Haozhou in three days! At that time, Suzhou will also send troops, and the recovery of Haozhou is just around the corner!"

Changbai nodded and asked, "How is the battle in Shouzhou?"

Gu Erdao: "Only Lu'an County is still in the hands of the imperial court!"

Chang Bai said: "The east of Shouzhou is Yong'an Town, Zhonghuai stationed troops in Yong'an, is he worried that rebels from Shouzhou will attack Dingyuan?"

Gu Er nodded solemnly and said: "This group of rebels is not simple. It was indeed just a mob at the beginning, but today, the rebels have been fighting for more than half a year, and they have fought dozens of times with the government army. Now Among the rebels, there are quite a few old soldiers who can be said to be elite, and among the rebels, there are also military commanders, and the future battles may not be so easy."

Now that Dingyuan has just been liberated, the people in the countryside have been coerced by the rebels, and their homes have already been empty. , now it is cheaper for Gu Er and Chang Bai.

Three days later, Gu Er led the army to attack Haozhou, and Changbai stayed in Dingyuan to guard the rear for Gu Er.

(End of this chapter)