My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 202: In the confrontation between the two countries, you will die or I will live.

The eastern sky gradually turns white, and the golden morning light pushes Qing Ming's eyes quickly. The bustling pedestrians have begun their day's life in this golden light.

Two fast horses rushed out of Yanjing with King Xia's order and rushed to Fenzhou, delivering the letter to Pei Min, the commander of the Embroidery Department stationed there.The other one went to Wangnan County of Wei State on the south bank of the Hun River and handed it to Zhang Jiao, the God of Heaven.

After that, Su Chen slowly practiced martial arts in the courtyard as usual, then put on royal clothes and went to the palace to offer incense to the ancestors in the ancestral temple, chatted with a group of emperors, and specifically asked Zhu Di about The establishment of the East Factory and how to control the eunuchs.

Of course, I also asked about the background of the Sanbao eunuch.

However, when leaving, Taoist priest Li Tiangang stopped Su Chen and whispered outside to prevent eunuchs from taking over the power and not to let eunuchs become too powerful like in the Tang Dynasty.

In fact, there was no need for Taoist Li to warn Su Chen about this. After all, people in later generations have read a lot of movies, TV shows, and novels about eunuchs’ monopoly in previous dynasties, and many modern people have traveled through eunuchs. Killing all around.

In the following days, Su Chen pretended to have nothing to do, went to and from court, and went to sit with Empress Dowager Jiang in Taining Palace. When he was in a good mood, he did not come out until after noon. As for why it took so long, Only Dian Wei knew it.

In the afternoon, Su Chen took Dian Wei to the craftsman's workshop and supervised the weapons forged by mixing cold iron and refined iron. Even Taishi Dong's serrated knife was reforged.

Dozens of blacksmiths hammered away for days, and a batch of brand-new, extremely strong and sharp weapons such as the Qinglong Yanyue Sword, Fangtian Painted Halberd, Gentian Bright Silver Spear, Tiger Head Zhanjin Spear, etc. were escorted to Jun by Su Chen. Three military camps at Zhouzhou, Fenzhou and Zhangzhou were handed over to the generals.

The shaping of Li Xuanba never stopped, and Dian Wei, Le Jin and other generals were asked to fight with him continuously. In order to exercise his body, the soldiers were asked to use wooden sticks and then copper sticks against him three times in the morning, noon and evening. The body was beaten continuously until the whole body was red.

In terms of military equipment, the crossbows have been handed down to the Xiliang army, and a thousand Modao have also begun to be installed. A battalion has been specially designated as the Modao camp. The training was learned from Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and Su Chen taught it. Li Jue.

As for the sea, Su Chen classified it as a secret and did not allow any civil or military intervention from the DPRK to prevent the matter from being leaked.

At this time, in the south, Emperor Zhao Chuanting of the Wei Kingdom also felt the murderous intention of the Xia King from the Yan Kingdom in the north. It was different from his soft-knife strategy, or perhaps it was simply plain and simple.

Throughout Luyang, fifteen officials were killed within seven days. Some were robbed and killed by a group of people on their way home from a brothel. Some were poisoned while eating at home. There were also generals guarding the city tower suddenly. He was stabbed to death by the soldiers on duty, and the latter was also cut into pieces by the soldiers who rushed towards him.

Compared with the undercurrent in Yanjing, all officials in Luyang became insecure. For a time, all the Jianghu people who appeared in the city became the targets of arrest by the government.

What made Emperor Wei even more troubled was that recently there was news from Linzhou in the east that a sect had emerged and was constantly preaching in Linzhou. The followers were all wrapped in yellow scarves and there were a huge number of them.

Emperor Wei, who had known the King of Xia, naturally knew that this was the Taiping Road that came from the Yan Kingdom. During the battle outside Changchuan County, the Taiping Road stood on the side of the King of Xia and fought with the imperial court.

This appearance had to alert everyone in the Wei court. Even if they asked the local states and counties to send troops to suppress them, they hunted down the Taiping Taoists. When they encountered resistance, they massacred them. After killing thousands of people in a row, the state and county soldiers who searched for them Ma began to be attacked by Taiping Taoists. The biggest one was when Taiping Taoist general Zhang Liang led his followers to attack the camp at night and killed more than 500 soldiers and more than ten generals.

For a time, the entire Linzhou and Nanwang County near the Hun River became chaotic. Many Yellow Turban believers attacked the government. There were even bandits and bandits wrapped in Yellow Turbans and pretending to be believers.

The situation gradually became unmanageable.

For this reason, many officials in states and counties who were unfavorable in the suppression were dismissed from office by the angry emperor, and some even had their homes confiscated and beheaded.

When the chaos in the Wei Kingdom gradually began, it was already late April. Su Chen, who had finally received merit points for causing chaos in the Wei Kingdom, walked into the ancestral temple. Soon, when he came out again, there was a man wearing a cigarette on his head and holding a jade bead on the top of his hat. , a eunuch dressed in crimson with embroidered flying fish, with white temples and eyebrows, no beard on his face, but his eyes were alert. He followed Su Chen and looked around at the palace buildings.

After a while, he felt as comfortable as returning home. The faces of the palace eunuchs he met on the road became more majestic and solemn, making those eunuchs bow unconsciously.

"Eunuch Zheng, walk around. Do you feel familiar now?" Su Chen strode forward.

The old eunuch who followed behind him bowed his head slightly and followed in small steps with a smile on his face, "Your Majesty, just tell your slaves."

After passing the Chengyun Palace, Su Chen got on the king's carriage and waved the famous eunuch of the Three Treasures to get on the carriage and sit next to him.

"I want you to train as a navy master. In addition... I will give you the responsibility of being in charge of His Majesty's seal, and you will cooperate with Grand Master Dong and Prime Minister Zhuge."

"Dong... Dong Zhuo, who is so powerful in the government? And Zhuge Liang, who is a great talent in governing the country? This... how did they get together... Your Majesty, do you need slaves to balance the government?" Zheng Zheng, who is good at observing people's words and has a flexible mind And, his expression was stunned for a moment.

"No need for the time being. Most of the people in the court are alone. However, I have been troubled recently and I still need Eunuch Zheng's help. Are you familiar with the affairs of the East Factory?"

"I know a little bit. If the slave is needed, I will make plans for the king."

Su Chen smiled and said nothing. After that, he sent someone to the palace to inform Dong Zhuo, and selected some eunuchs who were smart and skilled in martial arts and brought them out of the palace to hand over to Zheng He.

Dong Zhuo was shocked. At the end of the Han Dynasty, he had experienced the power of eunuchs. He also sent a lot of money and immediately left the palace and went straight to the Xia Palace, probably to persuade Su Chen.

Later, when I saw Zheng He and chatted with him for a few words, I realized that this eunuch was very different from the eunuchs I saw in ordinary times. He was extremely gentle in speech and behavior, and his conversation was extraordinary. From time to time, he would say a few words of Buddha.Soon after.

News came from Guo Jia outside the city that the leader of the caravan that sent Wei assassins was captured by the master of the embroidery department when passing through Huaizhou.

mid-April.

The Wei businessman named Xu Jin was brought into Yanjing, and was thrown into the hall in front of him in fear.In fact, he had somewhat anticipated what was going to happen next, but the human instinct of wanting to live prevented him from committing suicide immediately.

This time, he came north with the order of the imperial court and sent the woman in the car to the capital of Yan State. Then, relying on his many years of business here, he used the gold, silver, porcelain, silk, and women given by the imperial court to make friends with her. Officials helped make introductions. In the past two months, he visited many officials in Yanjing, large and small, and gave them women or property according to their wishes.

He paid bribes in the name of hoping that Wei and Yan would have good relations and that Yan officials would help promote peace, so that they would not be taken down as an instigator of rebellion.

During this period, some officials accepted the gifts, while others kicked him out vigilantly. However, they later used various connections to visit diligently and persuaded with sincerity, hoping that the tragedies of Hepingshang and Guangjun in Chendu County would not happen again. Finally, many officials were impressed.

However, today, as he knelt on the cold floor, his body shaking uncontrollably, he saw the King of Xia, beside him were eunuchs with white beards and hair, gentle faces, and a burly man.

Su Chen asked Zheng He to sit down and raised his hand to wave. Wu Zixun came over with pen, ink and paper and placed them in front of the Wei businessman named Xu Jin.

"write down."

A cold voice came from the mouth of the Xia King at the head of the table. Xu Jin gingerly picked up the pen and wrote his name bit by bit on the paper with trembling hands. The entire white paper was filled to the brim.

Afterwards, Wu Zixun took away the white paper and handed it to Su Chen.

When he saw the names above, he closed his eyes and said in a cold voice: "We can close the net."

April 28.

Suddenly, the troops from the Xia Prince's Mansion came galloping through the city, and the military camps outside the city began to mobilize. Although the various officials who received the news did not know what they wanted to do with the Xia Prince, they still quickly moved into action. The official warehouses began to release grain. Bag after bag was loaded onto a truck and transported to the military camp outside the city.

At this time, there are also many pairs of eyes, secretly staring at the door of each official's house, observing the people coming in and out, and then recording them, gathering them into a huge message and passing them upwards.

Afterwards, Che Jin, the commander of the imperial city, appeared on the avenue of Baiguan Mansion with his soldiers.

……

Xu Jin, a businessman from Wei who had been imprisoned for several days, was brutally escorted out by soldiers soon after. Also escorted out was a woman named Qin Zhen. The two were taken outside the city and thrown in front of Su Chen.

"Come, let me show you something."

The tall Xia Dynasty waved to them with a smile, then got on their horses. The two were escorted by shield warriors and followed behind. They were surrounded by torches, illuminating the fields and roads in the dark night. There were still insects chirping in the distance. The grass is rising and falling.

On the horse in front of them, King Xia, who was wearing armor, didn't know if he was too bored, and said softly: "Actually, no matter whether your emperor puts his sights aside or not, Gu's soldiers and horses will go south, but Gu doesn't like to have thorns in his flesh. There is sand in my eyes.”

In the sound of words, the advancing horse slowly stopped. Su Chen turned over and dismounted, walked to an eunuch who came over, and then waved to Xu Jin and Qin Zhen.

"Come here, don't you want to know the movements of Gu's soldiers and horses? Don't you want those officials to try to dissuade King Gu? Now Gu will show you directly. You must watch carefully."

A man and a woman were pushed up by the soldiers. As they walked along the gentle slope in front of them, what they saw was full of firelight and tall tower monuments.

The scene that caught their eyes was that Qin Zhen and Xu Jin looked ashen, and then they were knocked to their knees by the soldiers. The tall Xia King stood up, and the cavalry galloping in the distance threw torches and threw them into the two big soldiers. tripod.

boom!
The flames rose into the night sky, lighting up the surrounding area.

There was a dense crowd of Xiliang standing below, and there was also a dark figure kneeling on the ground wearing official robes.

"Look...this is the result of your hard work."

Su Chen said softly as the evening wind blew on his face.

(End of this chapter)