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Zhang Chengping looked at Yufeng suspiciously and took the letter. There was no word on the envelope. He took out the letter paper and looked at it. When he looked up, he saw the four words "Taping my son".
The letter was suddenly put down, and Zhang Chengping stared at Yufeng with his sharp eyes: "Where did the letter come from?"
After all, he was the emperor. His imposing aura made Yufeng restless. He immediately knelt down and said, "When I went out to buy something, a man with a Central Plains accent gave it to me and gave him five taels of silver. Then I took care of him."
If you say so, do it.”
Zhang Chengping, the emperor, was a loser. He didn't have many people under his command, and it was Fu Youde who arranged to monitor him. Only this little eunuch could be trusted, but he didn't expect that he was also someone else's spy. Chengping sighed and stopped caring.
He continued to read the letter.
The handwriting on the letter was beautiful and clear, and it was obvious that it was written by a woman. In fact, it was written by Taiping's biological mother, Concubine Rong, explaining Taiping's life experience.
After reading it hastily, Zhang Chengping was speechless for a long time, and the fragrant tea in front of him had turned cold. It was not until Yufeng reminded: "Your Majesty, my servant will help you bring more tea." He suddenly woke up and said: "No, you can go down."
Yufeng fell backwards, and Zhang Chengping picked up the letter again with trembling hands and read it over and over again, tears streaming down his face and wetting the paper.
The mother said in the letter that her biological father was not Zhang Shicheng, but the former Emperor Wu, that legendary strange man, and that Yuan Feng, the good friend and brother with whom she fell in love at first sight, turned out to be her biological brother.
The news made him feel so much in his heart that he couldn't express it in words.
His biological father was killed, his biological mother was occupied, and then he was imprisoned in the cold palace for twenty years. Not only could he not avenge his parents, but he actually regarded the thief as his father, and he called him "father" affectionately!
This kind of shame could not be made worse, but when thinking of the great enemy who killed his father and bullied his mother, Chengping couldn't hate him at all.
Yes, Zhang Shicheng was indeed his biggest enemy, but he regarded him as his biological son and cared for him since he was a child. He even thought of him at the last moment of the dynasty's collapse and passed the throne to him.
The debt of more than twenty years of upbringing is a debt that cannot be repaid.
Where to go, Zhang Chengping had no choice. At this time, his heart was completely in chaos. Even a cold-blooded person with a heart as hard as iron could not bear this kind of violence, not to mention that Zhang Chengping was a soft-hearted person to begin with.
I don't know how long I have been sitting like this, how long I have been meditating, but it is already dark outside. Under the light and shadow of the palace lantern, I can vaguely see the dancing snowflakes, and the snow has begun to fall again.
It was a little cold in the Imperial Study Room, and the stove was extinguished for some reason. The winter in Jinzhong was no better than that in the south of the Yangtze River. It was bone-chillingly cold, but Zhang Chengping didn't care. He just needed the cold to clear his head. There was a gentle knock on the door.
, Zhang Chengping shouted irritably: "Get out!"
The person who came did not go away, but said calmly: "Your Majesty, I am your minister."
It was the voice of Yang Feng. This loyal minister disguised himself as a beggar and escaped from the capital despite the humiliation. He begged all the way to Henan, where he was met by Wen Hai and others. They came to Shanxi to seek refuge with the King of Qin, the crown prince of Zhou Dynasty, Zhang.
Your Highness Taiping.
The capital has been destroyed, the emperor has been martyred, and the rule of the country has been handed over to His Majesty the King of Qin. As an entrusted minister, Yang Feng has the qualifications and authority to go straight to the imperial study and express his love to His Majesty.
Zhang Chengping gathered his thoughts and said in a deep voice: "Please come in to Yang Qing's family."
Yang Feng walked into the imperial study and was about to take off his fox fur when he suddenly realized that the room was extremely cold. He immediately frowned and shouted: "Here comes someone!"
The young eunuch Yu Feng hurriedly came to attend to his duties. Yang Feng ignored the emperor and directly scolded him: "You damn slave, how did you take care of the emperor? You don't even know how to add charcoal to the stove when it goes out. You deserve to be damned!"
Yufeng hurriedly knelt down and said, Master Yang, forgive me.
Yang Feng refused to give up and ordered his followers to drag Yufeng out and beat him with thirty military sticks, not caring that Zhang Chengping's face turned blue and white in turns, which was extremely ugly.
After a moment of majesty, Yang Feng said to Zhang Chengping with sincerity: "The emperor should take care of his dragon body. It is not the way to treat himself harshly. How can we ministers rest assured? The late emperor entrusted your majesty to me, and I must be worthy of it."
The late Emperor's trust, your Majesty, do you think so?"
His words were like scolding a child. In fact, Yang Feng was only a few years older than Taiping, and he was so unscrupulous just because he was a hero.
But Zhang Chengping could only hold his nose and accept it. After all, he had no one of his own around him, and it was even worse than when he was the King of Qin in Chang'an.
Recalling the scene where he, Yuan Feng and others made a big fuss in the restaurant when he came to Chang'an, Zhang Chengping couldn't help but feel fascinated. How wonderful it would be if he could turn back time and go back to the beginning.
Seeing that the emperor was distracted, Yang Feng coughed again in dissatisfaction.
Zhang Chengping quickly came to his senses and asked: "Yang Qing's family came here late at night. Why?"
At this time, other eunuchs had already brought in a hot stove, and the warmth returned to the imperial study room. Only then did Yang Feng take off his fur, revealing the python robe of a first-class official. He sat on a chair and said, "The Second Prince of Shandong."
A message was sent over there, inviting your Majesty to send troops south to recover Shaanxi. The two armies will advance together and meet in the Central Plains."
Zhang Chengping nodded: "Well, I have to ask General Fu about sending troops. What else?"
Yang Feng said: "Also, King Yan has promised not to compete with His Majesty for the throne. This is great news. There will be no internal strife in our country."
Zhang Chengping reluctantly laughed twice and didn't take it seriously.
Yang Feng also put away his smile and said seriously: "Now that the troops and horses are under the control of General Fu, we can only use our power to plan vertical and horizontal alliances in order to compete in the Central Plains and establish the unification. We have already found a way."
As he spoke, he took out a simple map from his sleeve and explained to Zhang Chengping: "Your Majesty, please look, this is Datong, this is Daqingshan, the territory of the Mongols, this is the Hetao, and the Yinshan Mountains are the territory of the Xixia people.
If we want to develop our territory, we must start from these two aspects."
"Now the Mongols are fighting the Han cavalry and are in urgent need of iron, gunpowder, brick tea, silk and other supplies. We can meet the needs of the Mongols and exchange these scarce supplies for horses, cattle and sheep. The enemy of our enemy is our friend.
Helping the Mongols is helping ourselves."
"There are also Xixia people. Although their princess married the thief Yuan Feng, the king and crown prince of Xixia have always wanted to establish the Great Xia Dynasty and restore the prosperity of the past. They have this idea, so we can take advantage of it..."
"...The emperor might as well go to court tomorrow morning and brief General Fu about the situation. He should be moved by emotion and reason, and persuade him to act quickly. If he continues to stand still like this, it will be too late by the time someone attacks him at his doorstep. Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
Yang Feng talked a lot, but Zhang Chengping couldn't help but get distracted. Although these strategies sounded good, it was the common people who suffered when they were implemented. If the Mongols and Xixia people continued to cause trouble for a few more years, the corvee taxes in the Central Plains would be reduced.
It will not be reduced. There will be a large number of casualties among young and middle-aged people, and scenes of wives and children being separated. And what is all this for? Is it for myself to ascend the throne in the big palace on the bank of the Yangtze River and command the world? Or is it?
Are these ministers conferring wives and children whose names will last forever?
Wrong! All this is just due to the greed of a few people. For their own selfish interests, they took desperate risks and dragged the entire nation into the abyss of war.
Who is Yuan Feng? He is the king who conquers the world immediately. He kills every step of the way. How can he care about these little tricks? Xiliang's cavalry is more powerful than the Mongols, and the Han army's infantry and artillery are even more invincible.
In the world, any futile struggle is nothing more than lingering on. One year earlier and one year later there is basically no difference to Yuan Feng, his biological brother.
Log in to 6 and support the genuine Wulin Empire. Zhang Chengping was distracted and only saw Yang Feng's mouth opening and closing. But he couldn't hear what he was saying at all. His eyes were a little distracted, so that Yang Feng realized that he was playing the piano to a cow, and he couldn't help but said angrily
: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, wake up."
Zhang Chengping was excited, sat up straight and said: "I understand, you can leave the note and go back. I will find Fu Youde tomorrow."
The emperor was absent-minded and couldn't achieve any results from the discussion. Yang Feng had a look of hatred on his face and left angrily.
The snow was still falling. Zhang Chengping walked to the door and saw the world that had turned white, and sighed: "It would be great if the snow could clean away all the sins in the world."
…
In the morning of the next day, Zhang Chengping followed Yang Feng's instructions and showed up to Fu Youde.
It's appropriate to give instructions, but Fu Youde, an old fox, is just playing haha. These strategies are not bad, but they are just too fiddly. Fu Youde just wants to settle in Shanxi and separate one side, and has no intention of playing such a big game.
Fu Youde didn't nod, and all the plans were ruined. Yang Feng and others had no way to do anything. After all, they had no soldiers under their command, only a bunch of incompetent Jin Yiwei.
Yang Feng refused to give up and tried to recruit troops and expand his own strength in the name of recruiting the Royal Forest Army. However, Fu Youde did not allow anyone else to sleep soundly next to his bed. He saw tricks every now and then, and there were endless internal fights. This winter in the Jinzhong Plain was destined to be extraordinary.
Fu Youde is not a fool. He has been secretly communicating with the King of Han for a long time, but the two parties have not agreed on the price. What Fu Youde wants is the position of hereditary Duke, Yongzhen Three Jins, and the original troops and soldiers cannot be dismissed.
The imperial court had to allocate sufficient military pay, food, grass and weapons before he was willing to change his flag and submit to the Han Dynasty.
In the past, Fu Youde's asking price was not high, but now it seems that it is a bit unreasonable. The general trend of the world has been determined, so you can still ask for a high price.
The Han army also tried to attack several times, but they were all defeated by the Jin army. Shanxi is full of mountains, such as Luliang Mountain, Taihang Mountain, and Zhongtiao Mountain. They are all vast mountains. Hundreds of thousands of troops were dispersed without a single person in sight.
The Jinzhong Plain is just a narrow valley surrounded by mountains. With such a natural barrier, there is no need to worry.
Fu Youde also has three sons. These three are much more promising than Lu Zhen's three sons. All of them are generals who are good at conquering and fighting. In battle, they are still father and son soldiers. With them guarding the pass, there will be nothing wrong.
…
Flowery Zhending Mansion, Splendid Taiyuan City, this is a proverb spread in the Song Dynasty. Zhending Mansion and Taiyuan City are located on the east and west sides of the Taihang Mountains respectively. They are the most prosperous big cities on the North China Plain and Jinzhong Plain. The mountains here are also relatively opposite.
It is gentle and has been connected by roads since ancient times.
Because of this, the main force of the Jin army is placed here, guarding the important pass in the Taihang Mountains - Jingxingkou. The terrain here is dangerous, comparable to Tongguan, and it is also a formidable pass that one man can guard against ten thousand men. Most of the Jin army recruited from the local mountains.
The people, who can walk in rugged mountainous areas like flying, are familiar with the local topography and landforms. With them guarding Jingxingkou, Fu Youde can rest assured.
What's more, the mountains are covered with heavy snow now. This year's snow is particularly heavy and can freeze people to death. Let alone fighting, even standing outside will be painful. Even if the Han army wants to fight, they will never choose this time.
On the wall of Jingxingkou, there were no soldiers on duty for a long time. The soldiers had gone down to hide in a sheltered place to warm themselves by the fire. In a small tent, several soldiers were warming themselves by the fire while talking about the new Datong bitch in the city.
"Our President Qian, I'm afraid we should have crawled into that girl's bed long ago."
"That's for sure, tsk tsk, that girl is so tender, she can make water out of a pinch."
"Nonsense, otherwise why would you pay two cents for a night's sleep?"
The soldiers were talking about each other, and suddenly they thought of the Han army stationed in Zhending Mansion. Someone said: "Do you think the Han army will come over?"
"I'm sure I'll call you, but at least it won't be until the Chinese New Year. With this damn weather, your urine will freeze into a lump of ice. If you urinate while hitting it with a stick, who can survive outside?"
"That's because the mountain road was so frozen that the old merchants said they didn't dare to walk, for fear that someone would accidentally fall into the valley and die. Those Han soldiers were also human beings. Why did they dare to walk when others didn't dare to walk?
"
As they were chatting, suddenly the tightly sealed tent was cut open with a knife. A cold wind whizzed in with snowflakes, and several men like iron towers rushed in holding straight-edged steel knives.
The Jin soldiers were caught off guard and were stunned. These big men had red faces and wore strange fur clothes. They didn't look like they were from the Central Plains, and their accents didn't sound like they were from the Central Plains.
"Open the city gate!" one of them said in blunt Chinese, and the Jin soldiers said tremblingly: "Men, where are you from?"
"Grandpa is a member of the Han army! Stop talking nonsense and open the door!"
The soldiers of the Jin army were shocked. The city gate at Jingxingkou had not been opened for more than a month. It was impossible for the Han army to get in. There were steep mountains and snowy peaks nearby. God knows how these people got in.
However, the steel knives and sharp blades in their hands are genuine. The soldiers are just trying to get enough to eat. There is no need to risk their own lives. A few soldiers immediately went out to open the city gate. Once they got out of the small tent, they realized that there was someone outside.
It's so cold, snowflakes are flying in the air, and the wind is cutting people's faces like a knife.
"Men, how did you get in?" Xiao Bing said sincerely.
"Climbed over from the mountain!"
"..." The soldiers of the Jin army were completely speechless. Are they still human? They climbed the mountain in a snowstorm to seize the city gate. They lost the battle and it was not unfair.
The city gate was slowly opened, and a fire was lit on the tower. A quarter of an hour later, a group of people came slowly from the opposite side. They were all infantry, without a single horse. The soldiers were wrapped like cotton balls, with their feet
Tied with non-slip thatch, they jogged into the entrance of Jingxing in small steps. Clouds of white mist rose above the team, which was the hot breath exhaled by the soldiers.
The Han army quickly took control of Jingxingkou. A tall general walked up to the man who opened the city gate, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Tashi."
The red-faced man smiled honestly and said: "In our hometown, the snow-capped mountains are ten times harder to climb than this one. We don't care. This small hill is nothing."
The tall general nodded and left. The soldier of the Jin army said: "Which military sect is this? He personally led the team here in such a cold weather."