Prince Fu's Mansion in Luoyang City was built for his beloved son by spending 280,000 taels of silver when Emperor Shenzong was in power. It was naturally extremely magnificent. Pang Gang and the officials behind him were dazzled by the view along the way.
Extremely stunning.
Finally, when they arrived at the welcoming hall of the Luoyang Palace, Prince Fu, supported by four eunuchs and maids, tremblingly sat on the gold-inlaid throne that was one size larger than an ordinary chair. His son, Hongguang of Nanming in history,
The emperor sat on his lower left hand.
There were two rows of long desks on both sides of the hall. As soon as everyone entered the hall, the palace maids led everyone to their respective tables one by one. They sat down in order according to their respective officials and titles. According to the principle of civil servants on the left and Wu right on the left, civil servants sat on the left
, the military attache sat on the right. What surprised Pang Gang was that he actually sat on the first seat on the right, which also attracted a lot of jealous eyes for him.
All the desks were filled with exquisite wine and food. Soon, more than a hundred singers in light palace clothes poured out of the hall, singing and dancing in front of everyone. Their soft and gentle voices seemed to be able to penetrate
human heart.
"Damn, it's so luxurious to have a dinner with a singer dancing in front of you!" Many people were indignant while drinking.
In fact, it is not uncommon for officials to have singing and dancing during meals, but when more than a hundred beautiful singers come out and dance in front of you in such light and barely visible palace costumes, it is very unusual.
It's rare to see them, and what's more terrible is that they have heard about it for a long time. The father and son of Prince Fu and his son have to watch this kind of singing and dancing every day when they have dinner. Even the emperor can't compare to it.
Not to mention the officials in Luoyang who were present, even Pang Gang, who came from the era of information explosion in later generations, also complained that he couldn't bear it. At most, Pang Gang could only listen to his concubine Chen Yuanyuan sing a ditty in his free time at home, and dance a little by the way.
It was just a dance she composed herself, unlike Prince Fu and his son who never missed three meals a day.
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, King Fu put down the wine glass in his hand, squinted his eyes and asked, "My lords, although I have been living in the palace for a long time, I have also heard about some things outside. Recently, I have heard about some things happening outside."
Bandits are besieging the city. The situation is very critical. I wonder what the situation is now?"
Everyone in the hall turned their attention to Liu Yuliang, who had the highest status. Liu Yuliang stood up and bowed his hands to Prince Fu and said, "I hope His Highness Prince Fu will know that the bandits attacking the city yesterday were very dangerous. Fortunately, General Pang arrived with his troops and repelled the bandits.
He led a large army into the city and has now secured Luoyang with impregnable strength. Today, our army has killed and wounded tens of thousands of bandits, and they are no longer a problem. Your Highness can rest assured."
At this time, Liu Yuliang was beaming with pride when he said this, as if he was the one who led the army to severely defeat the bandits.
"good!"
A sound of cheers came over, and it turned out that Prince Fu and his son were cheering together. Zhu Yousong, the eldest son of Prince Fu, asked with great interest: "Mr. Liu, which general is in command today?"
"Well......."
After listening to Zhu Yousong's words, Liu Yuliang's face was dull for a moment. No matter how thick-skinned he was, he didn't dare to put gold on his own face in this matter. He quickly pointed at Pang Gang and said: "Uh...
..The person responsible for commanding the soldiers to kill the enemy today is General Pang."
Zhu Yousong took a look and asked Pang Gang with great interest: "General Pang, although I have lived in the palace for a long time, I have also heard of your reputation. Not only did you follow Lu Xiangsheng to defeat the Tatars in Julu, and beat the Tatars into hiding, but now you are here again." You have done a great job in defeating the bandits in Luoyang. I believe the emperor will give you a lot of praise, right?"
"Um........"
When everyone heard this, their expressions became a little unnatural. Zhu Yousong really didn't open any pot. Pang Gang didn't have an official document from the Ministry of War and an imperial edict from the emperor. Everyone knew that he secretly came to Luoyang, but everyone did it to save his life. It's just a matter of turning a blind eye, but if the court finds out, it will not be a trivial matter.
From a small point of view, this matter is mobilizing troops without authorization, from a big point of view, it is rebellion. Now Zhu Yousong raised it openly. Everyone's face looked a little ugly.
Compared with the stern look on everyone's faces, the instigator was indifferent. Pang Gang smiled lightly and said: "Your Majesty is serious, I just did what I should do. I will be able to follow Governor Lu to resist external humiliation." It is the honor of the general. The general only regrets that Julu failed to follow Governor Lu and died on the battlefield. So now he is in an embarrassing position, being hated by the villains in the court, and he can't help but do nothing!"
Zhu Yousong was very interested in the mighty general in front of him. He had grown up in a deep palace since he was a child and was raised like a pig. He didn't know much about the outside world. Everything he knew was told to him by people in the palace. Of course, he didn’t know that the person who was most suspicious of him at the moment was Emperor Chongzhen, the emperor of tomorrow.
Therefore, he comforted him and said: "General Pang, don't be depressed. Don't let others be jealous of your talents. In a few days, when my son gives you a memorial and a few kind words for you, everything will be fine. Don't worry!"
"Your Majesty, no!"
It didn't matter what Zhu Yousong said, but it scared the surrounding Luoyang officials almost out of their wits, and they all hurriedly stopped him.
"Well!" Zhu Yousong couldn't help but glared at everyone with dissatisfaction and shouted: "What do you mean? General Pang has made such a great contribution. It's fine if you don't defend him. Isn't it okay for me to help him?"
"this......."
Liu Yuliang hurriedly smiled dryly and said: "His Royal Highness has filtered it out. It's not that my colleagues are unwilling to help, but that the time has not come yet. When the thieves are defeated, we will naturally not stand idly by."
"Well, that's pretty much it." Zhu Yousong nodded with satisfaction, "General Pang has made such great achievements, we can't let him be wronged again."
Pang Gang on the side was a little dumbfounded. Unexpectedly, this famous "Toad Emperor" in history was quite loyal and wanted to fight for himself. What kind of thing is this? However, Zhu Yousong could have such a heart and Pang Gang still accepted it. His love.
Pang Gang raised his wine glass and said to Zhu Yousong: "I have thanked you for your kindness, but I still have a ruthless request for His Royal Highness Prince Fu's permission."
Prince Fu, who was sitting on the throne and gnawing on a chicken leg, said without raising his head: "Oh, General Pang has something else to ask of me? This is rare. Let me tell you, as long as I don't ask for food, grass and military pay, I will I wouldn’t mind helping you.”
"Damn, this iron cock!" Pang Gang couldn't help but cursed in his heart. Before he opened his mouth, he not only closed the door, but also blocked the windows.
Pang Gang glared angrily at Lu Weiqi, who was sitting next to Liu Yuliang in front of him. "You and Li Xianfeng promised the money and food back then. If you can't bring me the things, don't blame me for being rude."
Looking at the evil spirit in Pang Gang's eyes, Lu Weiqi knew very well that this evil star not only dared to kill the Tatar bandits, but if he angered him, the entire city of Luoyang would be in a state of panic.
Qiu Ba is really good at plundering.
Liu Yuliang on the side was also anxious. He could clearly see the combat power of the Qingzhou Army brought by Pang Gang today. Those bandits were like three-year-old children in front of them. They were not on the same level at all. He was
We still need to rely on Pang Gang to drive those bandits out of Henan. If Prince Fu gave up the fight because he was too stingy, who would he cry to?
Therefore, Liu Yuliang hurriedly spoke to the side: "Your Majesty Prince Fu, the enemy is facing us right now, but the soldiers in Luoyang have not been paid for half a year, and they don't even have enough to eat. If this continues, the soldiers will mutiny, Luoyang will be in danger!"
When Liu Yuliang mentioned the word "mutiny", he especially emphasized his tone, and his meaning was self-evident.
Hearing this, King Fu paused with his hand holding the drumstick in front of his mouth. It was obvious that a certain word Liu Yuliang said made him somewhat scrupulous. When Liu Yuliang saw this, he couldn't help but feel happy. He knew that it had been taboo for those in power since ancient times.
There were not many incidents, but the military mutiny must have played an important role in it.
Think about it, how did Tang Guifei die? Was she forced to death after the army mutinied? How did Zhao Kuangyin become emperor? Or did he take advantage of the situation after the army mutinied? With these lessons learned, can future generations not beware of it?
Sure enough, King Fu slowly put down the drumstick and complained dissatisfiedly: "Why do you guys reach out to me whenever you have anything? Do you think this is the treasury? Luoyang is not just for me. There are many big families in the city. You guys
Can't you ask them for something? Just stretch out your hand and get hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Are they unwilling to pay for this? There are thousands of people in the prince's palace, and the expenses are very high. You have long been unable to make ends meet. You are not a good family member.
I don’t know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive!”
Liu Yuliang did not answer, but stood up, walked to the center, knelt down to Prince Fu, and shouted: "Your Highness, please put the people of Luoyang and the country and the country first."
Lu Weiqi and other Luoyang officials also came out and knelt down and shouted: "Your Highness, please put the people of Luoyang and the country and the country first!"
Seeing that the person in front of him was kneeling on the ground, King Fu was not happy now. He knocked back the hand on the case and said angrily: "Are you forcing me? If I say no, I don't have it!"
Pang Gang looked at the scene in front of him coldly, feeling very funny in his heart. One of these two groups of people was reluctant to pay for it himself, and the other did not want to offend the wealthy gentry in Luoyang City, and wanted to transfer the risk to King Fu.
, both sides were having a great fight, but they had to add fuel to the fire.
Thinking of this, Pang Gang said loudly: "Okay, His Royal Highness King Fu, Mr. Liu, Mr. Lu, please stop arguing. Please listen to what I have to say first."
When everyone heard this, they all turned their attention to Pang Gang's face...!~!
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