Chapter 47: Six Tribulations of Floating Life (1)

The Bian River flows, the Si River flows, and flows to the ancient ferry of Guazhou. There are sorrows in Wushan.

Guazhou Ancient Ferry, Jinshan looks far away. In the midsummer of the south of the Yangtze River, it is extremely hot. Several war horses gallop to the top of Jinshan Mountain. The eyes suddenly become clear. The wide river is like a white silk quietly flowing eastward and flowing into the sea.

Among them, one of them was black and yellow robe, with a round face and square mouth, and his chest was covered with long beards. It was no one else, but it was Zhu Di, the king of Yan, the initiator of the Jingnan.

On his left was an old monk, who was the monk Daoyan, and on his right were the powerful generals Qiu Fu and Tan Yuan.

Facing the surging river, Zhu Di's heart was turbulent. He first dismounted his horse and bowed three times in the direction of Yingtian, then stood up and pointed at the Yangtze River with the whip in his hand and said, "I have been crossing this river for several years, but I don't know that there is still today."

Everyone dismounted and stood behind him. Monk Daoyan's triangular eyes seemed to be open, and a few words were spit out of his mouth: "The destiny of heaven is returned." The generals saluted together: "The destiny of heaven is returned."

Zhu Di suddenly laughed: "Who can stop me standing here today!"

Three days ago, the Yan army arrived at the periphery of Yangzhou. The Yan King sent the commander Wu Yudao to command the Yangzhou edict. Wang Li, the commander of the Yangzhou guards, had been so scared by the Yan army that he strongly advocated surrendering the city.

The inspector Wang Bin and commander Chonggang immediately imprisoned Wang Li. Wang Zong, Wang Li's younger brother, incited the Yangzhou guards to rebel and bribed Wang Bin's personal guards. While Wang Bin was bathing, the guards withdrew. The scattered soldiers attacked the government office and captured Wang Bin. Chonggang led his troops to fight against the mutiny officers and soldiers, and died in great strength.

Wang Zong rescued Wang Lixian and surrendered Zhu Di.

Yangzhou has always been an important town in Jiangbei that guards Jinling. At this moment, the domino was immediately generated in Zhucheng, Jiangbei. Taizhou and Tongzhou fell in love with the wind. On the third day of June, the Yan army captured Yizhen and established a camp on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

At this time, the Yan army was no longer the six guards who left Peking. The Southern Army, who came all the way south to watch the wind and surrender, joined the army, and its troops had expanded to 80,000. The Yan army gathered ships along the river, shuttled back and forth on the river, covering the sky.

The cicadas in Yingtian Emperor City shouted Xia Tian year after year, and against the cicadas' chirping, the study room was silent. Zhu Yunwen's thin face looked even thinner. He stared blankly at the people present, with Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng on his left hand.

Zhuo Jing, Lian Zining, Yang Jing, Prince Consort Mei Yin, and Duke of Wei Xu Huizu.

Everyone said nothing and looked at the ground blankly. Zhu Yunwen sighed. These people were fighting for power and profit on weekdays. At this time, the army of King Yan was at the city, but none of them offered any suggestions.

Zhu Yunwen said, "My dear friends, what's going on, do you have a good idea to retreat?" He said, looking at Fang Xiaoru, who is currently the leader of the Grand Secretary.

Fang Xiaoru's face was sweating profusely. He wiped his sweat and said, "It's urgent, so it's better to slow it down with a plan, and send people to cede land and seek peace, and delay the time. The recruitment of troops in the southeast will come, and the soldiers of the King of Liao will not go south. Besides, there is a chasm of the Yangtze River in the north of Yingtian.

The northern soldiers are not good at boats and oars, and the imperial guards in the city can fight against them on the river, but the outcome is still unknown."

As soon as this said, Lian Zining sneered twice. He stopped saying a word, Zhu Yunwen said, "Liang's dear, what are the good plans?"

Lian Zining stood up and saluted and said, "Is Yan Ni a fool? He still wants to seek peace at this moment, which is tantamount to seeking fish from a tree. Recruiting troops in the southeast? But it is a mirror and water moon, and it will never come.

As for the King of Liao, hehe, who is still thinking of a way to split the Liaodong military power at a critical moment?!

For the current plan, the emperor had no choice but to move the palace and he left. He could either go west to Nanchang or go south to Guangzhou. He could slow down for a while, and then raise his arms and call on the world to gather troops to fight with the king.

When he talked about running away, Zhu Yunwen's face immediately turned dark and he stopped answering. Seeing this, Huang Zicheng jumped up and pointed at Lian Zining and said, "Absurd, the emperor. In times of crisis, he could only sit in the capital. Call on the world to support the king.

If he leaves, will you not see the Song Dynasty?”

Yang Jing coughed and said, "Your Majesty. Lord Huang said something, and I don't know whether to talk about it or not."

Zhu Yunwen said, "Sir Yang, why are you polite? Tell me quickly."

Yang Jing said: "The eldest prince is also three years old. It is better to grant him the crown prince and send him out of the capital to supervise the country.

"Yang Jing's words are very clear, just keep a hand. If the capital is captured, there is still a flag-carrying person. As long as it is Zhu Yunwen's prince, the world will still regard him as the right person.

As soon as Yang Jing finished speaking, Huang Zicheng said angrily again: "Mr. Yang, what kind of heart are you doing? The so-called heaven has no two days, the Tang Dynasty..."

Yang Jing suddenly stood up and replied, "Don't throw away the book bag with me, Jing also knew about the demise of Shu Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty.

But once and forth, the eldest prince could not establish a court again at a young age. As long as the emperor was there, how could he have two days? Now that the Jingnan Rebellion is so devastated, you still don’t think of good plans, and you are still talking about words here and saying nothing.

Do you know that Yan Ni really wants to open the city gate before you can cry?

Emperor, I am loyal, please tell me clearly. "As he said that, he knelt on the ground and bowed.

Zhu Yunwen sighed: "Yang Aiqing quickly invites you. I have approved your report. Sending a great prince to supervise the country is also a strategy for the old city. You can't just suspicion of Yang Aiqing."

Zhu Yunwen thought about it and said, "I want to issue an edict to punish myself, and to report to the world that reveals Yan's face, and to entrust loyal and righteous people from all directions to raise the prince's soldiers.

What do you think?" All the ministers look at me and I look at you. There is no way to do this.

On the second day, Zhu Yunwen immediately did three things. The first thing was to hold a hasty ceremony in the palace, and he appointed his eldest son Zhu Wenkui as the crown prince. He also issued an edict, ordering Yang Jing and his son-in-law Mei Yin to escort the crown prince south to Guangzhou to take charge of the state affairs.

The second edict issued a crime, which stated: The people of Yan were unrighteous, and they abused the people, and they launched a large army to fight against each other... The brave men went to the vassal to serve the king, to suppress the enemy's difficulties, to achieve great success, and to support the royal family.

Alas, it is not worth mentioning that I am not virtuous and lead to the enemy, but my ministers are willing to abandon me and ignore me? As soon as this edict was issued, people became even more anxious. Some ministers asked for the edict, saying that they were going out of the city to recruit heroes. Emperor Jianwen was in chaos, so they left them.

The third thing was to secretly invite Princess Qingcheng to go to Yanshi to discuss peace. Xu cedes land and paddles the river to govern. Princess Qingcheng crossed the Yangtze River on a small boat and went to the Yan army camp to ask for a meeting with Zhu Di.

Zhu Di immediately asked the princess to enter the camp. Princess Qingcheng was the daughter of Zhu Yuanzhang's brother and the cousin of King Yan. She was the best friend of King Yan since she was a child. When they met, they naturally burst into tears.

King Yan wiped his tears and asked, "Sister comes here, but is he a lobbyist for his nephew?"

Princess Qingcheng nodded and said, "The emperor came with me because he wanted to bring a message to the King of Yan. The emperor wanted to tie up the two treacherous ministers of Huang Qi in front of His Highness's tent and divide the north of the Yangtze River to rule the King of Yan. As long as the King of Yan still respects Yingtian as the emperor."

The King of Yan sneered: "The late emperor served Yan land and his younger brother, but he was treacherously urged by the treacherous ministers to seize my land. It was his unrighteousness. If I couldn't even keep my own land, what's the use of asking him to cede land? My younger brother raised an army to eliminate the treacherous ministers and stabilize the country. How could he care about the land of the throne?

My sister can go back and tell him that as long as the treacherous ministers are eliminated, my younger brother has visited the late emperor Xiaoling, and still worship him as the emperor, and only seeks to restore the family rules of the ancestors and avoid the crimes of the kings, he can return to Peking."

After Zhu Di said this, Qingcheng didn't know how to proceed. After pausing for a moment, Zhu Di said again: "What are the two brothers, King Zhou and King Qi?"

Princess Qingcheng said: "The King of Zhou has been recruited, but he has not yet re-elected his title; the King of Qi is still imprisoned."

"My brothers suffer, I'll be late." Zhu Di burst into tears and said after a while, "Sister comes to the scene as a treacherous minister, but he still fantasizes about the soldiers from afar coming to rescue him. How could I be deceived by such a trick?

After my sister returned, she thanked the emperor on her behalf and told her brothers and sisters that she would meet at the same time.

Princess Qingcheng sighed and said, "Since that's the case, my sister will go. I just hope that my younger brother can enter the capital, fulfill his promise, and leave my elder brother with a way out."

Princess Qingcheng returned to Yingtian and retelled Zhu Di's words to Zhu Yunwen. After hearing this, he sighed to the sky and tears unconsciously remained.

...

Since the Yan army attacked Yizhen, Yingtian has become a mess. Some lower-level officials secretly boarded a carriage and sent their families out of the city. Every day, the carriages and horses are everywhere.

Xiong Du sat in the counter with a serious expression, watching the greedy bureaucrats begging their friends to find a carriage for them.

A man dressed in gray-clothed servant walked into the shop, asked Xiong Du clearly where he was, and walked straight to Xiong Du and said, "Master Yang is here to ask for a car."

Xiong Du's eyes flashed and said, "How many cars do you want?"

The servant said: "Ten vehicles are not too many, but one vehicle is not too small."

Xiong Du stared at the visitor and nodded, "Then there are no more or less, just eight vehicles?"

The servant smiled slightly and nodded, "Delivery according to this address, this is a deposit." As he said that, he took a piece of paper and a purse on the table.

...

In the evening, Xiong Du opened a small paper scroll hidden in a silver ingot under the lamp, took a copy of Zuo Zhuan and translated the Chinese characters of the note: "The operation of Dongfeng Break began."

Wang Yishao, a chef from Jianghuai Restaurant, was tired and returned home with a jar of pickled vegetables. He closed the door and knocked on the jar of pickled vegetables. A wax ball appeared inside: "The operation of Dongfeng Break began."

Yan Liu, the general flag of the five cities guarding the gate of Shangyang Gate, opened the Xinghualou Xiaocui threw it out of the hydrangea ball to him: "The operation of Dongfeng Break has begun."

The boss of the boat on the Qinhuai River, Zhang Zhang's oars head, took out a note from his straw hat with the lights shot from the river: "The East Wind Break Operation Begins."

Huang Ying, the governor of the Jinyiwei Suwei, broke a pancake under the lamp, and there was also a note inside: "The operation of Dongfeng Break has begun."
Chapter completed!