To Rule in a Turbulent World

Chapter 118 Volume 3 Man Jianghong

You Miao watched Li Yan go out of the city. At this moment, his impression seemed to have changed. He couldn't help but look at Zhao Chao again. He really couldn't tell what it was like.

Zhao Chao hadn't been in the palace since the Tatar envoys left yesterday. When he saw You Miao coming up, he asked, "What did they say?"

You Miao replied: "I want to negotiate a peace, and I agreed to the second and third articles. Li Yan brought the documents to negotiate."

Zhao Chao sneered and said, "My brother, won't you agree to kowtow to the Khan in a proper manner and send some royal descendants to be prisoners?"

You Miao sighed, and he also knew that it was absolutely impossible for the emperor to surrender to the Tatar Khan.Even if the emperor himself was willing to kneel, the soldiers and the people would never tolerate it. After so many troops died in battle, if the emperor knelt down, all the soldiers might mutiny.

"What about the cession of the land?" Zhao Chao said, "So many people have died, and now you want to give them Hebei?"

You Miao replied: "I told them that Hebei must not be allowed. What the Tatars want is money, and they don't know how to cultivate land. It is better to give them taxes. Otherwise, there will be no barriers in the Central Plains, and there will be no hope of surviving in the future." But Zhao Chao, you tell me, if we have to let go, what should we do?"

The Tatar army moved out of the way, and Li Yan rode his horse and disappeared into the enemy camp.

Zhao Chao said, "If it were you, what would you do?"

You Miao can't come up with a solution, given the current situation, if there is no peace...

"It's my words." You Miao said: "When you open the city gate, everyone rushes out to fight, and you die. There was no apocalypse in this world thousands of years ago, and after thousands of years, nothing will stay. "

Xiaoxue blocked their sight, and gently covered the capital. The capital was still sleeping in a sleepy sleep between the battles. Zhao Chao murmured: "But the best opportunity has been missed."

Indeed, it was only then that You Miao realized that when the Tatar army drove the prisoners of war to attack the city two days ago, if the emperor and prince were willing to go into battle in person, with Zhao Chao as his arm, and take the emperor's prestige to fight out of the city, it would surely make The prisoners of war defected again, and perhaps the first battle would determine the outcome.Zhao Chao went to the palace to mention nothing more than this matter.

But the prince did not respond because he pinned his hopes on Nie Dan and waited for King Qin's army to come to help him.Now that all hope is shattered, Li Yan shoulders the heavy responsibility of the entire court and goes to discuss peace.

On this day, the capital was shrouded in haze, and there were not many people left in the court. Although the crown prince did not speak, he could clearly see anxiety.

"3 taels of gold and 10 taels of silver." The servant of the household department said, "I would like to report to your Majesty, the national treasury was short last year, and now there are only 12 taels of gold left, and [-] taels of silver. We need a thousand pieces of silk. The money and taxes in Jiangnan have not been put into the treasury, it is not enough, Your Majesty!"

The crown prince wearily kneaded the center of his brows with his fingers, and said: "Let's borrow from the Beijing officials first, and then pay them back one by one after collecting taxes in the next year."

The Tian family opened the treasury, counted the remaining money and waited for Li Yan to return, but there was no news from the Tatar army for a whole day.Zhao Chao sent people to inquire about the news several times, but all failed. The Tatars blocked almost all the routes out of Beijing.You Miao stared at the map, feeling vaguely ominous.

It was late at night, and a eunuch came from the court to ask You Miao for money. You Miao complained, "Where is the money? There are 2000 taels left, take all if you want."

You Miao's banknotes were handed over to the servants and brought back to Jiangnan, leaving the 1000 taels of silver exchanged before the war. Zhao Chao ordered 500 taels to the eunuch and asked him to take them back to the palace.

"Li Yan may be detained." Zhao Chao said worriedly.

You Miao looked at the map with a frown and asked, "Is there a secret road in the capital leading to the outside?"

"There is one, but it's a waterway." Zhao Chao pointed to the canal behind the palace: "A cliff leading to the Yellow River was used to drain floods in the past. It is very narrow and almost impassable. It can barely accommodate one person to go through In the past, you want to go out and ask for help?"

You Miao shook his head, and couldn't tell the truth for a while, he always felt that maybe Li Zhifeng was waiting outside the city to come in and save him, but with such a mighty army, no matter how powerful he was, he couldn't fight alone [-] troops.

I just don't know why, You Miao simply wants to see him at this time, no matter whether he is alive or dead tomorrow, it is always good to meet again.

On the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, there was a waning moon in the sky, and the sound of a flute was faintly heard in the distance. You Miao put away the map, looked up at the window, then walked out slowly, and stood in the yard.It's the coldest time of the year when the wind blows.

"Go to sleep." Zhao Chao put a hand on You Miao's shoulder and said, "Maybe when you fell asleep, everything would be settled, and the Tatars would all go away."

You Miao smiled wryly and said: "I hope, I remember when I was young, my mother and I went back to Yangzhou, when there was a flood that year, my mother told me to let me sleep, when I opened my eyes, the flood receded and everything was fine. "

Zhao Chao hummed and said, "Don't worry too much."

At this moment, another person came from outside the palace, and hurriedly said: "Third Highness! Your Majesty let you enter the palace!"

Zhao Chao was tired again after hearing this, and asked, "What are you going to do?"

It was a guard who sent the order, and Zhao Chao knew that he couldn't ask anything at this time, so he could only tell You Miao with his eyes to go out by himself.

For some reason, You Miao always felt an ominous premonition, and said, "Wait a minute."

He went back to the room and searched for a while, found a short dagger that Li Yan had given him in the past, handed it to Zhao Chao and said, "You keep it for protection."

Zhao Chao: "You keep it."

"Don't talk nonsense!" You Miao said, "You take it with you!"

Zhao Chao looked at You Miao for a while, then had to stuff the dagger into his boots, and followed into the palace.

The music outside faintly stopped, You Miao went back to the room and lay down, tossing and turning all night, too many facts happened in just over half a year.Let's just say sleep, and when he opened his eyes, the Tatar was gone.But when he was asleep, someone had to go to battle to kill the enemy and defend the country... And he, You Miao, couldn't always be a sleeping child.

Unknowingly, he thought of Li Zhifeng and his home in Jiangnan.

Dreaming back to the company with blowing horns, maybe it is talking about the state of mind at this moment.

He also dreamed that Li Zhifeng led soldiers to fight on the battlefield, and his ears were full of shouts of killing, the screams of soldiers dying.

You Miao fell asleep in a daze, until the loud noise woke him up, grabbed his collar with one hand, and dragged him out of the bed.

"Run!" The man's voice yelled anxiously in You Miao's ear: "Master You! The Tatars have entered the city! Get out of the city immediately!"

You Miao was still half trapped in a dream, stretched out her hand and scratched aimlessly, and shouted, "What's going on?! Where's Zhao Chao?"

Several soldiers carried him onto the horse involuntarily, wrapped their robes around You Miao, and someone shouted: "Be careful!"