Chapter 290 Good News
Three days later, the imperial court issued a decree and sent the second prince to lead 50,000 troops to the south to drive away the Japanese pirates.
After the people heard about it, on the day the Second Prince set out, the people enthusiastically lined up from the street to the end of the street and all the way to the outskirts of the city.
Everyone held a basket full of Chinese cabbage, radish, eggs, fruits, etc., and gave them to the Second Prince one after another. The voices of hope that the Second Prince would win the war became louder and louder.
The people were very enthusiastic, and the second prince was also very moved, so he ordered the soldiers to take over the things.
"Don't worry, even if I risk my life, I will drive those despicable Japanese pirates out of the Dasheng Dynasty."
"Your Majesty, a thousand years old, a thousand years old, your Majesty will definitely win..."
I don't know who took the lead in shouting. For a while, the people on the whole street started shouting, making the blood of fifty thousand soldiers boil and their passion swell.
Xia Zihan stood on the second floor of Juxiang Tower, looking at the back of the second prince who had passed by.
Chu Lin said, "I heard from Chu Xing that it was the second prince who took the initiative to ask for orders to fight. The second prince said that since the Japanese pirates wanted his life, he would personally let the Japanese pirates taste the fate of those who wanted his life."
"The second princess dragged the second prince to cry sadly, saying that his injuries were not fully healed yet and asked his generals to go, but the second prince remained unmoved."
"Little Master."
Seeing that Xia Zihan was motionless, Chu Lin hesitated to speak, and finally said, "The young prince also volunteered to accompany the second prince to fight against the Japanese pirates. Princess Qinghui said... that the young prince was giving birth to the second princess. Angry, in fact, the young prince has no intention of accepting a concubine..."
How could a person as elegant and gentle as Ao Tianchen go to war?
Xia Zihan was stunned.
Yujun Palace saved the second prince's life. When the second prince went to Yujun Palace to express his thanks, the old princess mentioned Li Tong. The implicit meaning behind her words was that she wanted Li Tong to marry into the second prince's palace.
Someone saved his life, and now they just wanted him to repay his son with the position of concubine. Although... the second prince at the time was a little unhappy about the feeling of being threatened, he still agreed to the matter on the spot.
After returning to the Second Prince's Mansion, the Second Prince told the Second Princess about this.
Although the second princess was angry at the old princess for repaying her kindness and seeking welfare for her family, she did save the second prince's life.
The Yu family is indeed the savior of the second prince.
If she doesn't agree, not only will the second prince break his trust, but the second prince's house will also be said to be an ungrateful villain.
The arrow was on the string and she had to shoot it.
The second princess sent someone to investigate the girl from the Li family.
I learned that Miss Li Tong is gentle and generous, quiet and elegant, knowledgeable and courteous, while Miss Li Ke... I heard that after attending the chrysanthemum appreciation banquet at the Second Prince's Mansion last time, she had a pimple on her face within two days of returning home. He had a red rash and had been secretly sent to Zhuangzi by the elders of the Li family to recuperate.
The second princess then invited the official media to go to the Li family to propose marriage to Li Tong.
"The second princess naturally did not agree with the young prince going, but... Chu Cong just spread the news that the young prince went secretly behind the second princess's back."
Chu Lin said, carefully looking at the expression on her master's face.
Seeing that there was no look of anxiety or reluctance on her master's face, Chu Lin breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
Fortunately, fortunately, the master is not attracted to that handsome young prince, otherwise Prince Chu would be sad when he comes back.
As soon as the second prince left, the people involved in Master Tong's case were also pushed to Caishikou and beheaded in public.
There are more than twenty people in Lililala, and including their family members, there are hundreds of people, all of whom are members of Tong Shangshu's group.
The person who first recommended Master Tong was the previous Minister of the Ministry of War, who was from Lu Guogong's faction. However, this man had already left his official career and returned to his hometown to farm. He also passed away a few years ago. However, his family also had children who were officials in the Ministry of War.
After being implicated, the entire family was arrested
The newly appointed Minister of War was recommended by the Second Prince and was a confidant of the Emperor. Although Lu Guogong jumped out to refute several times, the Emperor and the cabinet still approved the Second Prince's recommendation.
As long as the cabinet approves it, it is useless for Lu Guogong to object.
After that, the Ministry of War was completely in the hands of the emperor, and the Lu family once again lost a big help, which was still the most important Ministry of War.
If you want to control the entire court, in addition to controlling the cabinet, military power is also the most important. However, since the Lu family lost control of the cabinet, they also lost control of Jiangnan, and now they have also lost control of the Ministry of War. The family's power is being eroded little by little under the emperor's calculations.
There is almost not much left.
This is the reason why the emperor tried every means to control the cabinet after he decisively started killing people.
In the previous life, because of Liang Ge's presence, the cabinet had always been in the hands of the Lu family, and the emperor's power was also disintegrated bit by bit by Lu Guogong, just like the emperor did in this life.
How can a person in a superior position tolerate someone else sleeping soundly next to the bed?
Once the emperor took the initiative, it would be a matter of time before the Lu family's power was disintegrated bit by bit. Duke Lu Guo also realized this serious phenomenon and found an opportunity to enter the palace to discuss with Concubine Li how to restore the situation.
Let’s not mention the outcome of the discussion between Lu Guogong and Lu Guifei for the moment, but let’s talk about the war situation on both sides first.
After the Second Prince arrived in the south, he did not even rest. He led 50,000 soldiers and horses to sneak attack the Japanese pirates' camp that night, and killed most of the 20,000 Japanese pirates' soldiers and horses.
In the end, the leader of the Japanese pirates was protected by a group of confidants and escaped. Because the Second Prince's troops had been traveling for days and had fought another battle, they were very tired. Instead of pursuing the victory, the Second Prince rested and set up camp.
The second prince sent the first good news, which was good news. The emperor was very happy.
At the same time, with the Second Prince's 50,000 troops stationed in the area, the victims who had been panicked by the Japanese invaders gradually stabilized. The imperial envoys who were sent also took the opportunity to distribute all supplies such as grain, cotton, clothing, seeds, etc.
The refugees smelled the wind and rushed back to their hometowns.
The issue of the refugees in the capital also became quiet.
However, the war in the northwest started half a month earlier than in the previous life. Probably after hearing the news of the war in the south, the northwest Tatars also wanted to get a piece of cake, so they took action in advance.
Li Hongdao, the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Army, had been prepared for the sudden attack of the Tatars. Unfortunately, he underestimated the troops and horses of the Tatar invasion, so he suffered a big loss and many of his soldiers died.
Just when he could no longer hold on anymore and was about to throw the Muxing City into the water, Chu Xuanyu arrived with 50,000 soldiers and horses, caught the Tatars off guard, and drove the Tatars far away, making Li Hongdao shed tears of gratitude.
After the emperor received the good news from the south, a few days later, he received the good news from the northwest. Only then did the ministers in the court learn that Chu Xuanyu had gone to the northwest border instead of taking his wife and son to visit a famous doctor.
Only then did the ministers of the imperial court realize that they had been deceived by the emperor and by Chu Xuanyu.
However, the battle in the northwest was won, and the ministers were very happy, except for Duke Lu, who looked very embarrassed when he learned that Chu Xuanyu had won the battle.
You know, after Chu Xuanyu's title was taken away, he tried every means to seize the Chu family's military power.
After discussing with Concubine Lu, he was arranging for the imperial censor to impeach Chu Xuanyu in the past two days.
Even the memorial was written, and he planned to hand it in when the emperor was happy. However, he didn't expect that just as he had a sweet dream, a basin of cold water poured down on him, which chilled him to the core.
My heart felt so cold.
The south was garrisoned by the second prince, and the northwest was garrisoned by Chu Xuanyu. Both of them were the emperor's confidants, and both the south and the northwest were in the hands of the emperor.
The palace was even more protected by the Emperor's Silver Lin Guards and Golden Lin Guards. He tried every possible means to insert people into these two places but was unable to do so.
In the capital city, in addition to the Emperor's Flying Tigers, the Military and Horse Division was also in the hands of Prince Yu's Mansion.
Prince Yu has always been sincere to the Emperor.
The Lu family married a third girl to Chu Haoyu, which not only failed to establish a good relationship with the Yu family, but also made the Lu family and the Yu family become enemies.
This was the Lu family's biggest mistake.
Now, looking around the world, there is no place for the Lu family to stand?
Is he going to give up just now?
Lu Guogong's eyes were gloomy and he immediately rejected his idea.
There is no turning back when the bow is drawn.
If you give up now, I'm afraid the emperor won't let the Lu family go.
Just after three good news came from the South Connection, the Japanese pirates had been driven to the East China Sea, and the people all over the capital cheered.
The emperor was even more happy. He was about to order a palace banquet to celebrate, but was dissuaded by Mr. Ye Ge.
Mr. Ye Ge was originally a Hanlin scholar and was once the emperor's imperial tutor. This time Mr. Yuan Ge and his family were killed, and the emperor lost a confidant and was very sad.
After the death of Mr. Yuan Ge, the chief minister of the cabinet was vacated, so the emperor promoted Mr. Ye Ge to the cabinet and took over the position of chief minister of the cabinet.
At the same time, Mr. Ye Ge also served as the prince's teacher.
Ye Ge Lao advised the emperor, "This year there will be floods in the south of the Yangtze River in Dasheng Dynasty, refugees will make trouble again in the capital, and there will be wars in the south and northwest. It is a troubled time, and it is really inappropriate for the emperor to hold a palace banquet at this time."
"You must know that although the imperial court has provided a large amount of food and money, there are still many people who do not have enough to eat, do not wear warm clothes, and are hungry during the New Year. As the head of the family of the people, the emperor should be frugal. That’s it.”
Instead of inviting a large group of officials and women to the palace to feast and drink, if word spread, it would bring bad reputation to the emperor.
Mr. Ye Ge said a lot more, and the emperor slapped his thigh and said, "What Mr. Ye reminds me is that I shouldn't be ostentatious at this time, otherwise, facing my common people who don't even have enough to eat, People, how can I bear it?”
Then, the emperor made a decree.
From now on, the palace will reduce the amount of food consumed by three-quarters, and the emperor's thirty-course meal will be reduced to a home-cooked meal of five dishes and one soup. The same will be true for the queen, concubines, princes, and princesses. The meals in the entire palace will be reduced. More than half.
Especially the expenses for the upcoming New Year, apart from the expenses for ancestor worship, other expenses can be saved if possible.
As for the large group of concubines and father-in-laws in the harem, all their new clothes for the New Year have been saved this year.
According to what Mr. Ye Ge said, the common people did not even have warm clothes. These noble servants in the palace, let alone warm clothes, had no place to pile up their clothes. They were all piled up in the warehouse to get moldy. It was simply a waste. in waste.
(End of chapter)