Chapter 11 Beating the old master to death with random punches
This time Ningyuan's army raised a flag to rebel, which can be said to have changed a lot of things. The Sheng family, who had once again been reunited, also learned to cherish it. Even Lin Jushuang, who had always liked to act like a monster, became much more honest and temporarily
All the viciousness towards Aunt Wei and the newborn Sheng Changsong was hidden. You must know that Suning's random punch stunned many people.
This time Sheng Hong and Sheng Changbai not only brought back Wang Ruofu and Lin Jushuang from the workshop, but also brought back the servants of the Sheng family. This time except Sheng Hualan left the Sheng family to work as a maid by Suning's side,
They found that no one in the Sheng family had died because of this, and they couldn't help but feel lucky and happy in their hearts.
"My dear, I heard that I rested at Aunt Wei's place again last night. This is the third day in a row that I have been there." Zhou Xueniang, who has returned to idleness again, still likes to stir up trouble. This is why she can become Lin Zhishuang's absolute confidant.
The biggest reason.
"Hmph! We work all day long in the workshop to collect shoes. Who doesn't have scars and calluses on his hands? The officials must think that my hands are not soft enough." At this time, Lin Yushuang naturally understood Sheng Hong's thoughts and stretched out her hand.
said with a wry smile on his hands.
"Little girl..."
"Let's let that bitch Aunt Wei be arrogant for a few more days. After my hands recover, let's see how I can take back the official's heart." The smartest thing about Lin Zhishuang is knowing when to show weakness, and the least smart one.
The place just doesn’t know what it can do.
"My dear wife, you are wise."
"Well, I heard that milk helps skin recovery. Please prepare more for me every day from now on."
"Yes! My dear."
After Zhou Xueniang turned around and left here to go back to work, Lin Jiaoshuang's face was full of ferociousness under the dim light. Sheng Hong stayed with her the night he just came back, and spent most of the rest of the time in the queen's house.
Ruofu and Aunt Wei were resting there, so Lin Zhishuang had already decided in her heart that she must kill Aunt Wei as soon as possible, preferably the newborn Sheng Changsong as well, so that she could keep her position in the Sheng family.
and relieve one's own hatred.
Shengjia, Shouantang.
"Hong'er, you really shouldn't have mentioned Hua'er's matter in public last time. After all, Gu Tingye and his Ningyuan Army only took the first step, and it won't be long before the princes of the imperial court use real killing moves against him.
." When only mother and son were left in Shou'antang, Mrs. Sheng looked at her son with a complaint and scolded her.
"Mother, now our Sheng family can only follow Gu Tingye until the end. Changbai and I have no way to turn back." Sheng Hong knew that his aunt had always refused to admit defeat, and she must have wanted to
Wanting the family to get out of this sea of misery as soon as possible, just thinking about the code on his butt and the liquid chip in his body, he looked at Old Mrs. Sheng with a wry smile and explained.
"Ah? Why is this? Did Gu Tingye and Ning Yuanjun force you to write something down?" Old Mrs. Sheng, who was born in a family of generals, naturally knew about the surrender. She immediately thought with surprise that Sheng Hong and Sheng Changbai had written it down.
What pledge of allegiance.
"No! But it is even worse than forcing us to write something down. The Jin Yiwei of Ningyuan Army left imprints on me and Chang Bai, and also injected an unknown liquid into our bodies. They said that we would never leave Ningyuan in our lifetime.
Under the control of the army." At this time, Sheng Hong explained with a bitter look on his face, and his right hand unconsciously touched the code on his butt.
"What? Brand mark? How could Gu Tingye humiliate you scholars like this?" Mrs. Sheng immediately opened her eyes angrily. Such a thing could be said to have disrupted all her plans.
"Hey! Maybe he is worried that we will betray him? After all, many of the scholars who surrendered are loyal to the Song Dynasty, so this will eliminate everyone's petty thoughts."
"What a vicious plot! Originally, I thought that the whole family would take advantage of the opportunity to escape from Yangzhou. It seems that everything is over. Even if we return to Bianjing and gain the understanding of the officials, we will always be within the imperial court.
I can’t hold my head up.”
"Yes! Mother, so Chang Bai and I have decided to stay in the Ningyuan Army."
"Okay! Then you should go to Jiangning Mansion as soon as possible. Since you have decided to stay and serve as thieves, don't stay in Yangzhou deliberately and pretend to be pretentious. Gu Tingye will not do anything to you two. In addition, I
We will send someone to Bianjing as soon as possible to explain Hua Lan’s suicide to Earl Zhongqin’s Mansion.”
"Yes! Mother." At this time, Sheng Hong also noticed the old lady's somewhat angry tone, and knew that the old lady blamed herself and Sheng Changbai for not persisting. After all, the Song Dynasty was the orthodox court that everyone expected, "Mother, Marquis Yongyi
The mansion is in Jiangning Mansion, why don't you go over there with your mother and take a look."
"Forget it! Most of the acquaintances of the Xu family have passed away, so we should all be well in peace in the future!"
"..."
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The current Song Dynasty is besieged and devastated. It has not thought about how to deal with the Ningyuan Army in Jiangning Prefecture, but it has heard the news that the Ningyuan Army is marching to Jiangnan East Road and Liangzhe Road. The old emperor of the Song Dynasty and all the ministers
He also saw the intention of Suning and Ningyuan's army, which was simply to conquer the Song Dynasty by crossing the river.
"Your Majesty, it seems that Gu Tingye and Ning Yuan's army want to cross the river with our Song Dynasty to rule." The rich man quickly came out of the queue to look at His Majesty on the dragon throne and explained.
"Hmph! The fertile land south of the Yangtze River is the foundation of our Song Dynasty. We must not leave it to these traitors." At this time, the old emperor rejected "ruling across the river" without even thinking, otherwise they would be attacked from both sides.
The Song Dynasty no longer has the ability to exist.
"Your Majesty, this makes sense! It's just..."
"My lords, are there really nothing we can do?" At this time, the old emperor did not want to listen to the "buts" of the great lords. Instead, he resolutely asked everyone again.
"Your Majesty, although we all don't want to admit it, this is the reality we in the Song Dynasty are facing. We are no longer able to deal with the northern barbarians and rebellions at the same time." The Prime Minister Shen on the side also came out to explain to the old emperor.
It was full of frustration and unwillingness.
"Gentlemen, if our Song Dynasty recognizes the Ning Kingdom and this Ning King, can we allow the Ningyuan Army to attack Daliao and Xixia?" Seeing that no one dared to take the initiative to bring peace, the old emperor could only tell everyone personally.
Asked out.
"Your Majesty, you can give it a try. The Ningyuan Army going north can be used as a condition for our Song Dynasty. When the Ningyuan Army fights with the barbarians from Daliao and Xixia, we Song Dynasty can hide behind it and make a profit.
." Seeing that the old emperor finally began to face the reality of the situation, Mr. Han quickly came out in support and said in agreement.
"Okay! Let's implement this strategy." At this time, the old emperor had no choice but to agree to the recruitment strategy again. Anyway, their group of civil servants were already familiar with this strategy.
"Yes! Your Majesty, we can also ask the Ningyuan Army to provide firearms and war horses to our Song Dynasty. I heard that their Ningyuan Army not only has sharp firearms, but also the horses they ride are far more sophisticated than our Song Dynasty's military horses." Now that we have finished speaking.
After talking thoroughly, these great ministers also began to speak freely.
"Oh? How did Gu Tingye, a scoundrel like this, get these war supplies?" At this time, the old emperor on the dragon throne looked at the grand ministers with surprise on his face and asked.
"Your Majesty, it is nothing more than the accumulation of the Gu family of Marquis Ningyuan over the years, or it was obtained from sea trade by Gu Tingye's grandfather, the Bai family."
"The Gu family of Marquis Ningyuan would not have such ambitions, otherwise they would have been uprooted by Taizu and Taizong, so the Bai family of Yangzhou should have been disobedient for a long time, and they can also obtain these war horses through the convenience of doing business.
And firearms." The old emperor who calmed down did not think that the Gu family of Ningyuan Hou would rebel. He felt that he was still the Bai family who was a salt merchant in Yangzhou. You must know that the Song Dynasty had very strict supervision of military generals.
"Your Majesty is right! Most of the Gu family are stubborn people. There are really not many people who are so courageous. Moreover, the reason why Gu Tingye rebelled regardless of it is very likely to let His Majesty seize the Gu family and exterminate the entire family.
." Several Grand Masters looked at each other in agreement, and then expressed their respective analyzes and guesses.
"Huh! Evil! This Gu Tingye is really an evil." After understanding Suning's true intention, the old emperor couldn't help but feel angry.
"Your Majesty, the circumstances of the Gu family's trip to Yangzhou have also been found out. They were indeed there to take over the Bai family's property. However, they were captured by the Ningyuan Army as soon as they disembarked at the Yangzhou Pier and worked as coolies in Hou'an Salt Village. They are still here today.
He was not released by Gu Tingye and Ning Yuan's army." Seeing that the old emperor finally regained his former composure, Dong Liang, the deputy commander of the Imperial City Division, explained quickly.
"Ah? Working as a coolie in the salt village?" At this time, the old emperor and the princes present were all shocked by the driver.
"Yes! After the evildoer Gu Tingye took control of Yangzhou City, he captured all the officials and their families, as well as the wealthy Yangzhou merchants, and sent them to the salt village to work as coolies and in the workshops to make clothes and shoes, until the officials and wealthy merchants were willing to submit to the
Until their Ningyuan army surrenders."
"What? Evil! Evil! Evil! How could we, the scholars of the Song Dynasty, be humiliated like this?" Upon hearing that Suning and Ning Yuanjun humiliated his scholar-officials in this way, the old emperor became furious again.
"Your Majesty, today's scholars in Bianjing City are all jealous when they mention Gu Tingye's name. They can even stop their children from crying at night."
"Well......"
"Hey! Dear Sirs, please contact Jiangning Mansion for peace talks as soon as possible. I have been unable to sleep at night."
"Yes! Your Majesty."
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Sometimes surprises come so suddenly. Before the princes have decided who to send to Jiangning Mansion, the envoy from Jiangning Mansion has already arrived in Bianjing City. The overjoyed old emperor and the princes immediately started peace talks. After all, they are now
It was also very stressful and difficult to cope with.
"Wang Zhixin? It's you?" All the great ministers naturally knew the person in front of them, but they really didn't expect that important officials of the Song Dynasty had already surrendered to Ning Yuan's army.
"Xianggong Han, Xianggong Shen, Xianggong Fu, Wang Tian is now the fifth-grade cabinet bachelor of Daning Guozheng." At this time, Wang Zhixin had already thought about it completely. After all, it is not shameful for everyone to be their own master.
"Bachelor of the Cabinet? What kind of official position is this?" The three great ministers with their names in history looked at each other. They had never heard of such an official position and yamen.
"Returning to your gentlemen, in order to better manage the land south of the Yangtze River, King Ning specially set up a cabinet to assist King Ning in handling important political affairs in the south of the Yangtze River?" At this time, Wang Zhixin explained concisely and with a smile.
"Huh! You're a crown prince." The three prime ministers suddenly commented with disdain. They felt that they had no rights at all compared to their prime ministers in the Privy Council. They realized that Suning was very defensive against the civil servants as a whole.
"My lords, this time I have come to the peace talks on behalf of Prince Ning, and I hope you can be more respectful." At this time, Wang Zhixin felt that his master had been insulted, and immediately warned the three of them in a neither humble nor overbearing manner.
"Hmph! As long as your Ningyuan Army disarms and returns to the fields, our officials are still willing to ignore the past grudges." Then several of the Grand Prime Ministers looked at each other disapprovingly, but Grand Prime Minister Shen said in a loud voice.
"My Lords, in fact, our Ningyuan Army now has the strength to break through Bianjing, and then capture all the Lords and the emperor's grandsons, but my King Ning is not willing to do more things to slaughter the Han people, and has always wanted to make peace with the Song Dynasty court.
get along."
"Hmph! How to live in peace?"
"Cross the river and rule."
"What? This is absolutely impossible!" The three prime ministers stood up angrily and rejected Ning Yuanjun's delusion outright.
"My dear sirs, we, the Ning Kingdom, are willing to join forces with the Song army to attack Daliao and Xixia, reduce the tax rate for merchant ships to the Song territory, and maintain the Chinese territory of Song in the north and Ning in the south."
"..."
"My dear sirs, I believe you all should know that our Ningyuan Army is very powerful. When we attacked Jiangning Mansion not long ago, we opened the city gate of Jiangning Mansion with just one shot. Immediately afterwards, the loyal ministers and generals of the Song Dynasty knelt down and begged for surrender.
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"Wang Zhixin, you..."
"My gentlemen, we from the Daning Kingdom have come to negotiate peace this time, but we have come with the greatest sincerity, so I hope that all your gentlemen can cherish it."
"Will your Ningyuan army really attack Daliao and Xixia with the Song army?" The three prime ministers were not really angry. After all, they had already expected it. They were just showing off in front of Wang Zhixin.
"The conditions stated by our Prince Ning himself are of course beyond doubt." Wang Zhixin raised his head proudly and explained, suddenly feeling that Ning Yuanjun was like the rising sun.
"Well, then I wonder if you can sell firearms to me, the Song Dynasty?" The three prime ministers looked at each other slightly again, and then Grand Prime Minister Shen looked at Wang Zhixin again and asked.
"This?" Wang Zhixin deliberately made a very embarrassed expression, realizing that he really couldn't agree to too much too quickly.
"What? This question is difficult to answer?" The three great ministers looked at each other in surprise, thinking that their conditions had really touched the bottom line of Ning Yuan's army.
"Firearms are the foundation of my Ningyuan Army! Naturally, we need to be very cautious, so we need to report back to our King Ning."
"Okay! We will also report back to the officials as soon as possible, and naturally we will try our best to persuade the officials to accept your conditions."
"Well, gentlemen, we will restart the peace talks in ten days. I hope you can come with sincerity."