To Rule in a Turbulent World

Chapter 113 Volume 3 Man Jianghong

This time it was the second housekeeper of the Prime Minister's Mansion who came to the door. The middle-aged man who used to follow Li Yan before had no contact with You Miao, but he was an old acquaintance.You Miao thought strangely, Li Yan had something to do with him, why did he send a housekeeper to the door?Sure enough, the two of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, and the housekeeper of Li's house raised his intention: he also asked for a passable document, but it was not for himself, but for his wife and children to move to the south of the Yangtze River and join his uncle's house.And the blank paperwork with the palm prints from the Ministry of War was ready, so it was naturally Steward Li who got it himself.

Seeing Li Yan's face, You Miao agreed, and stamped her own official seal and Zhao Chao's handsome seal on the document. After Steward Li returned, the mansion sent another 1000 taels of silver notes.You Miao knew that this was done partly because of Li Yan's favor, but she couldn't help but sigh that the Li family was really powerful, and even a housekeeper could casually spend 800 taels.

At night, Zhao Chao came back early, looking very preoccupied. During dinner, You Miao told about the day's affairs. After all, Zhao Chao hadn't nodded his head on the matter of the Li family, and You Miao was still a little unsure of his mind.Unexpectedly, Zhao Chao just hummed and nodded to show that he understood.

Zhao Chao: "In the past few days, my father is on a tour to the south. At that time, more wealthy families in the capital will come to ask for our seals. You can just cover them."

You Miao frowned and said, "Is it okay to let them go?"

Zhao Chao said: "Originally in my hands, I won't let him go. Once he leaves, why talk about morale? I'm afraid no one in the capital will want to fight. But it's okay if you don't let him go. We don't let people go out here." , I guess I'm going to find my elder brother to make a fuss, riding a tiger is hard, neither left nor right, otherwise how can I ask you to take care of it?"

You Miao nodded slowly, realizing that although the imperial court was not far away to let the big families in the capital move south, it couldn't stop them all.

"Is it really dangerous?" You Miao asked again.

Zhao Chao shook his head and said, "No one can say for sure. If the capital is really going to be moved, our group of people will be the last to leave...I think you should still..."

You Miao raised his eyebrows, and Zhao Chao begged for mercy: "Okay, I won't urge you to go back, lest I get slapped in the face again, you can figure it out yourself."

Talking about the two being happy, You Miao remembered the money collected during the day, and said, "With a few seals like this, you can probably collect several thousand taels. I'll share half of it with you."

Zhao Chao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Just keep it."

You Miao also mentioned that he wanted to send the boys back, and Zhao Chao naturally agreed, and let Cheng Guangwu, Changyuan and Yaoguang follow the Southern Tour team, and just put them in.From the next day, sure enough, there were a lot of big households in the capital, and they sent people to pay homage. They all held empty documents stamped with the palm seal of the Ministry of War, begging for You Miao's official seal and Zhao Chao's commander-in-chief seal.They also sent money when they asked for help, and You Miao expected that Pingxi would also collect a lot, probably tens of thousands of taels, so everyone who came here honestly knocked a sum of money, and after two and a half days, they were actually paid. He paid more than [-] banknotes, and signed nearly ten documents—anyway, once the Emperor Tianqi moved the capital, these big households would have to follow.And even if the capital is kept, these people will move back one after another, so it's better to be happy to earn a vote.

Three days later, Zhao Min set out to make a tour of the south, and the capital was less than half empty. You Miao left 3000 taels of flowers in the palace, and sent Cheng Guangwu and the three young servants away. At first Cheng Guangwu was unwilling, but in the end it was You Miao. Forcing him to go back, if he didn't leave, he would pack up and leave, Cheng Guangwu had no choice but to go to the south of the Yangtze River.

After You Miao sent the boys away, he began to arrange the defense of the Gyeonggi Army. For a while, most of the people in the court left, leaving the Imperial College Scholars, many young people, and some veterans of the Ministry of War.The crown prince is in charge of the country, and everyone knows what's going on in their hearts, but they dare not say it openly.

More and more wounded soldiers came down from the front line day by day, and the battle situation became more and more urgent, until the news came from the front line that the Tatars had reinforced [-] Saibei cavalry and invaded the Central Plains in one fell swoop.Everyone panicked immediately. It seems that the Tatars didn't just plan to plunder in Hebei this time, but the Central Plains!

"Transfer Nie Dan back to Hebei immediately!" Zhao Chao said in the morning, "Let him take over Tang Hui's soldiers!"

The ministers looked at each other, the morning was shrouded in an ominous atmosphere, the prince managed to calm down, and said: "Tang Hui can still hold on, now we have to quickly send troops from Yangzhou, Liuzhou and other places to support the Hebei front. How many people are there in the Gyeonggi Army? ?”

You Miao replied: "In the past few days, more than [-] people have joined the army..."

"Report—" The spies outside the Meridian Gate rushed into the hall all the way, and the expressions of the officials changed immediately.

It was a courier following the emperor's southern tour. When the spies knelt outside the hall, everyone's heartbeat suddenly missed for a long time.

Zhao Chao and the crown prince looked at each other, their eyes were full of shock, their bodies trembled slightly, and looking outside the hall, the spies said, "The road west of Liang has been cut off by Wuhu! Your Majesty encountered Hu soldiers in Hanyin during his southern tour!"

"Lucky to be escorted by General Nie! His Majesty is riding back to court..."

All the ministers breathed a sigh of relief, but then fell into a deeper shock. The old emperor came back.It also meant that the South Road was completely cut off, and immediately the capital was in turmoil, and everyone was in danger.

After the early court, Zhao Chao didn't want to ask more questions, and went to the imperial study with the crown prince, summoned Li Yan and others to discuss matters, and asked the messenger about the situation in Hanyin County. .The messenger intermittently relayed the situation of the southern tour - the emperor had just left the capital and entered the border of Liangzhou, when he was suddenly attacked by the Xianbei people in Hanyin. Nie Dan asked for help.

Nie Dan didn't know about the old emperor's southern tour, and Zhao Min didn't dare to say more. When Nie Dan learned that the emperor was going south through his own jurisdiction, he actually wanted to find immortals. The old emperor escorted back to the capital.

Zhao Min returned to the palace without a sound, and the rumors became more and more serious. New soldiers from Jiangnan and other places were sent to Beijing in an endless stream, and were incorporated into the Gyeonggi Army by You Miao's hands, and then sent to the front line.Until the third day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Zhifeng had not yet arrived in the capital, and the defenders in Hebei also suffered their first major defeat since the beginning of winter.

This time the big defeat was due to Tang Hui's command error. In the cold winter months and thousands of miles of snow, Tang Hui was eager to make a quick decision, but was accidentally attacked and ambushed by the Tatars. Nearly [-] recruits drowned on the banks of the Yellow River. Tang Hui retreated to the south bank of the Yellow River in embarrassment with the rest of the troops, and Hebei fell across the board.

Nearly [-] recruits died of drowning, plus the soldiers who were shot to death by the Tatar army and trampled to death, there were more than [-] soldiers, and tens of thousands were seriously injured. They were sent back to the capital in the ice and snow. The barracks were full of wounded soldiers.

You Miao was picked up by Zhao Chao on the bed, Zhao Chao only left a sentence: "Tang Hui's army is defeated, you go to the barracks! I will go to the morning court! Hurry up!" and hurried out of the palace.

When You Miao stood outside the barracks, Fang witnessed the cruelty of war.Since taking over the position of supervisory censor, the military newspapers of the capital and the front line have come and gone, and there are only a few people killed and a few injured. It was only then that You Miao realized that these were all human beings, lives just like her own.