Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 324

Wei Que stood up without saying a word, Luo Tian followed behind him, and asked worriedly: "Is there something urgent to call you at this time?"

Wei Que glanced at her, and said: "Your Majesty called urgently, it's useless to ask, they won't know." After finishing speaking, he followed the visitor out of Luofu, and went directly to the imperial city.

Wei Que entered the palace, and an inner servant led him to the Wenhua Palace. There were two guards outside, and there were already many people inside. The voice of General Yue Xuanchun was heard outside the door.

"Gao Yuanhong is an ambitious wolf, and he is brave and good at fighting. He is a fierce general. Now that he has inherited the throne, he has started to harass the border from time to time. It was reported in the sky the day before yesterday that the Northern Rong has begun to secretly gather troops. If they don't send troops now, Gao Yuanhong's troops can only go south. , Tianshuiyuan will fall into Bei Rong's hands."

A group of civil servants looked at each other, and finally the Tai Tuo came out and said: "The emperor of Beirong just died, the new emperor succeeded, the government is unstable, Gao Yuanshou's whereabouts are unknown, and the Beibei is poor, Gao Yuanhong's internal affairs are not as stable, how can there be?" If you have the ability to attack Daqing, Your Majesty might as well send envoys to Beirong to negotiate peace with Gao Yuanhong, so that the previous peace agreement can be maintained and the people of the two countries can be saved from war, that is the best policy."

The Minister of the Household Department also said: "Teacher's words are justified. Since the Jinyuan Rebellion, our Daqing Dynasty has been using soldiers for these years. The people are suffering and the population is dying. If we continue to recruit soldiers, it may cause people's resentment."

Yue Xuanchun couldn't explain it to these civil servants: "The Beirong has been actively preparing for war these years. The people in the country can't afford to eat or wear clothes, but they have been expanding their troops. In the past two years, they have been plundering food and grass at the border from time to time. They are ambitious. It is obvious. Now that the new emperor has succeeded to the throne, Gao Yuanhong is eager to establish his prestige. He will go south this winter to attack Tianshui Pass. Once Tianshui Pass is broken, it is equivalent to giving the most fertile land in the northwest to Bei Rong. Bei Rong has Tianshui Yuan as a supply , you can drive straight in, and directly attack the Rongyue and Liangfeng mansions, the battle is imminent, Your Majesty, if you don't send troops early and garrison Tianshuiguan, Tianshuiyuan will not be able to hold it until next spring."

Li Shangshu from the household department jumped out again and said, "Send troops? How do you send troops? General Yue, I would like to ask you, what are you going to send troops with now? Where does the food come from? Where does the force come from?"

Emperor Tianqi frowned, watching the courtiers and generals quarreling.

The servant stepped forward and said, "Master Wei has arrived."

Emperor Tianqi held back his anger and said, "Xuan."

Immediately, the voices of all the ministers in the Wenhua Palace fell silent.

Wei Que stepped into the main hall, just about to salute the emperor, Emperor Tianqi waved his hand and said, "No, you came just in time. This is a new side report. The emperor of Beirong died, and Gao Yuanhong became the emperor."

The servant handed over the border newspaper to Wei Que, it was just a show, the Daqing Dynasty knew that Wei Que was illiterate.Wei Que took the side newspaper and turned it over and over to pretend to read it, then returned it to Emperor Tianqi, and then quietly stepped aside.

Emperor Tianqi turned to his sons again and asked, "What do you think?"

Among the several princes, except for the dead eldest prince and a few young princes who were still young and unmarried, the rest of them were all present. Hearing that you look at me and I look at you, they also divided into two factions.

One faction, headed by the third prince, supports the views of the Taifu, puts the people's recuperation at the top priority, and tends to negotiate peace with Beirong in exchange for stability on the frontier.

The other faction, headed by the Seventh Prince, supported Yue Xuanchun's point of view, thinking that if Gao Yuanshou, who was weak and gentle, was the one who ascended the throne of Beirong, the peace talks were [-]% sure, but now Gao Yuanhong was the one who ascended the throne. If you are ambitious, this battle is inevitable, and it is recommended to take precautions in advance.

The third prince looked left and right, and then winked at Li Shangshu who was opposite.

Li Shangshu looked at the calm Taifu, coughed, and said: "This year, the food and taxes have not been put into storage, and Dongze is building a new dock. The people in the world will be able to settle down. If there is another war, I'm afraid It will irritate the common people, and the gain will outweigh the husband."

The young and energetic eighth prince suddenly said angrily: "Master Li, what you mean is to allow the Beirong army to go south and plunder the people? Are the people in Tianshuiyuan not my people in Daqing?!"

Zhang Qingsong, a scholar in front of the palace, also came out and said: "The Beirong people are the Saibei Hu people. The Hu people are not good at farming, and they live by water and grass. When they enter the customs, they mainly plunder food and grass. After looting the supplies, they will withdraw. Go out of the city, return to your own territory, do not occupy the city, as long as we strengthen border patrols, detect barbarians entering and looting, warn in advance, and take precautions, it will be fine."

"Scholar Zhang means that since the Hu people only plunder and don't occupy the city, let them plunder the people and wait for them to withdraw to the outside of the Great Wall? So, why don't Scholar Zhang take his family to Rongyue to experience it deeply?" The consequences of barbarian looting?" Wei Que said coldly when he heard this.

Zhang Qingsong blushed and said angrily: "Wei Que, don't bully me too much! Others are afraid of you, but I am not afraid of you!"

Wei Que glanced at him, and said indifferently: "Master Zhang, you have lost your dignity."

The fourth prince shouted: "Master Zhang, this is in front of the palace, don't be presumptuous!"

Taifu coughed and persuaded: "Master Zhang, be careful with your words!"

Zhang Qingsong also knew that he was disrespectful in front of the palace, so he quickly knelt down and said, "Your servant should die, you..."

Emperor Tianqi frowned slightly, turned to the Minister of the Ministry of War who had been silent all this time, and asked, "What's Ai Qing thinking?" It seemed that he didn't care about Zhang Qingsong.

Zhang Qingsong made a fuss in front of the hall, Emperor Tianqi neither woke him up nor blamed him, he just knelt on the ground with his head down and covered half of his face with an ivory wat board, very embarrassed.

All the people in the hall looked at each other for a while, guessing what Emperor Tianqi meant, but no one stepped forward to rescue him.

Minister of the Ministry of War took a step forward and said: "General Yue's words are reasonable. Gao Yuanhong succeeded to the throne. The first thing he did was to go south to attack Tianshui Pass. The only way now is to deploy troops to garrison Tianshui Pass and arrange defensive strategies in advance. Once Gao Yuanhong's army goes south, he will be caught off guard. If the Tianshui Pass is not broken, the vast and boundless plains in the northwest can be preserved. Not only that, but only by repelling Gao Yuanhong can we have the capital to negotiate peace with Beirong."

Emperor Tianqi listened and fell silent.

Li Shangshu rolled his eyes twice, and came out and said: "Your Majesty, since the Jinyuan Rebellion, we first fought against the Beirong for three years, and then fought against the Nanman. Your Majesty is unparalleled in bravery. Although I was the one who won the Daqing Dynasty in the end, However, this victory also comes at a price. The population of Congde in the tenth year was two-fifths less than that in the Taiyuan period, and most of the reductions were young and middle-aged. Although the population has gradually recovered in recent years, it is still not Returning to the level of the Taiyuan period, if we go to war at this time, where will the troops come from? If we recruit new soldiers and have not been trained, how can we go directly to the battlefield?"

Yue Xuanchun is a warrior. Hearing this, he couldn't help but stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, if Dongyi and Daqing are open to each other, and the border is peaceful and stable, it is absolutely possible to transfer part of the southeast garrison to Tianshuiguan."

"No way, people will be transferred from the southeast defense line to the northwest. The journey is too far, the time spent on the road will be too long, and the consumption of supplies and grass will be even greater." Li Shangshu shook his head and said, "It's better to transfer the northeast defense army..."

Yue Xuanchun laughed angrily at him: "There are only [-] defenders at Yangxia Pass in the Northeast, and the Northeast Defense Army is deployed. If the North Liang takes advantage of the gap, what will be used to block it?" With a man who has never been on the battlefield People who talk about the war are really asking for it.

Li Shangshu said: "General Yue wants to send troops to Tianshui Pass, but he refuses to move the Northeast Defense Army. General Yue, tell me what else you can do?!"

Yue Xuanchun was so angry that he wanted to roar: "The garrison on the northeast defense line cannot move!"

Li Shangshu was not to be outdone, and the two quarreled fiercely.

"Enough." Emperor Tianqi was already a little uncomfortable, but now his head hurts from their quarrel, coughed twice, and said: "The southeast defense army will change defense this winter. Army, go to Tianshui Pass."

"His Majesty……"

"This battle must be resolved quickly. Only before this winter, we can repel the Beirong and secure the Tianshui Pass. In the spring of next year, we will send people to Gao Yuanhong to discuss it."

Li Shangshu was speechless for a long time, he was really not in charge of the family, he didn't know how expensive the money was, and he was going to fight again, where did the money come from?Where does food come from?It's very cold in the north, where do the soldiers get their winter clothes?
Emperor Tianqi rubbed his forehead, and said: "That's it, Yue Xuanchun, after you go back, go to reorganize the army, and make sure the soldiers rush to Tianshuiguan before winter."

Yue Xuanchun said yes, and went out of the palace to make arrangements.

Emperor Tianqi looked at his sons, then looked at Wei Que, who was standing upright with his back resting on his sword, and suddenly said, "Old Ba, you will also go to Tianshui Pass this time, remember, General Yue is handsome, you are under his command, everything is arranged by General Yue, and you cannot make decisions on your own."

Now not only the crowd was amazed, but the princes also looked at each other with joy involuntarily.There was an unwritten rule in the Daqing Dynasty that the crown prince would not go to the battlefield easily. Did Emperor Tianqi's arrangement mean that the eighth prince, Feng Tao Ling, would be excluded from the list of candidates for the crown prince?
The Eighth Prince Feng Tao Ling was also taken aback for a moment, and then quickly responded: "Yes."

Next, Emperor Tianqi discussed with the Minister of the Ministry of War about the distribution of food and grass. Since the war is about to start, food and grass are the most important thing. Worrying about having no money, you can't let the soldiers go to the battlefield with empty stomachs and wearing single clothes?

After the discussion was completed, the ministers resigned, and when Wei Que was about to leave with the crowd, Emperor Tianqi said again: "Wei Qing stay."

Wei Que turned around and stood quietly in the hall.

Emperor Tianqi pondered for a moment, as if thinking about something difficult to decide, frowned slightly, and finally sighed: "This is Lao Ba's first time on the battlefield, you follow him, at least save his life."

Wei Que pressed the hilt of the sword with one hand, bowed and said, "Yes."

(End of this chapter)