Yuan Rongcheng pursed his lips and nodded: "This fast horse rushed in from the north city gate. If my guess is correct, it should be that the rebels or foreign barbarians in the north have made another move."
"The rebels and Beidi are attacking south again?" Li Yuzhu's heart skipped a beat after hearing what he said.
The scene of fleeing to the south is still vivid in my mind. How long has it been since peace broke out again in the north?
"The specific situation is unclear." Yuan Rongcheng stared at the street where the messenger had disappeared, "Let's go to the palace to find out the specific information."
The group of people hurried back to the palace.
The servants in the palace all performed their duties, and the work was in an orderly manner. It was not like receiving an emergency military report.
Seeing this situation, Yuan Rongcheng felt particularly flustered and anxious for some reason.
Needless to say, today's fast horse ride must have brought some bad news.
Li Yuzhu called the servants sweeping the floor by the roadside and asked: "Is grandfather at home?"
This servant was recruited to be responsible for the sanitation of this area, and no one passing by this place on their way back could escape his sight.
After listening to Li Yuzhu's words, he shook his head and said: "Your Majesty went out in the morning and has not come back yet."
Li Yuzhu breathed out and waved her hand to let the servants leave. Then she turned around and said, "No wonder the house is so orderly and the servants don't panic. It turns out that my grandfather is not in the house. Shall we go to the Yamen to look for him?"
Yuan Rongcheng looked solemn, "Let's go to the Yamen!"
The group of people hurried to the Yamen again.
When they asked for an audience outside the Yamen study room, King Qian did not embarrass them and let them in directly.
The maids and guards stayed outside, and Yuan Rongcheng and Li Yuzhu were invited in.
King Qian looked very ugly and gloomy, staring at Yuan Rongcheng who came in from the outside without saying a word.
However, Mr. Zhang, who was sitting next to him, asked: "Why did Young Master Yuan find the Yamen?"
Yuan Rongcheng endured the pressure and bravely met with Li first before replying: "I saw a fast horse coming to the Yamen on the street today, so we followed him over to have a look, but there is bad news coming from the north?"
Mr. Zhang raised his head and glanced at the sullen King Qian, and sighed, "According to the news brought by the messenger, Beidi raided Yuzhou after the autumn harvest, plundered money, food and population, and then returned to the capital."
"Isn't this something that was expected?" Yuan Rongcheng looked at Mr. Zhang.
Beidi is a nomadic people, and they are not good at farming. Now that the autumn harvest is coming, it is only expected that they will come to rob it.
It's just that the officers and soldiers of the imperial court are rotten to the core. Even if there are a sufficient number of soldiers, they are no match for Beidi.
King Qian had a gloomy face and said in a hateful voice: "Beidi returned to the Gyeonggi area, but Yuzhou, which they looted, has become a hell on earth. It has experienced three years of disasters. This year, we finally managed to harvest some food in the autumn harvest, and Beidi was again invaded."
After robbing everything, how will the people of Yuzhou survive this winter?"
As he spoke, his voice changed, "However, after the Beidi people had faded away and the people of Yuzhou were living in dire straits, civil uprisings were triggered again. Now the entire Yuzhou is devastated and rogue bandits are everywhere.
The rebels who had been occupying Qingzhou and Yanzhou also took the opportunity to attack Yuzhou. Instead of resisting, the bandits opened the door to welcome the rebels into the city, making it easy for the rebels to occupy the area southeast of Yuzhou."
When Li Yuzhu heard this and saw King Qian stopped, she turned to Yuan Rongcheng and said: "The rebels only occupied the southeastern area near Yanzhou. I think your father, Mr. Yuan, will send troops to garrison in the border area to prevent rebellion."
Will the army make another surprise attack?"
After hearing her words, Yuan Rongcheng smiled bitterly: "The rebels unfairly occupied the southwestern area of Yuzhou because they were afraid that if they completely occupied Yuzhou, it would become a roadblock for Beidi to go south to rob! The southwestern area of Yuzhou was the road they left for the Beidi people to go south.
It can also be said to be the road to dominance and kingship.”
Because if Beidi wants to go south to plunder, passing this road will be one step closer to becoming king and hegemony.
Li Yuzhu's face turned pale with fright, "Then according to what you said, Jingzhou is very dangerous!"
Mr. Zhang said with a heavy heart: "When you are in danger, you must always beware of Beidi troops and rebel raids!"
Li Yuzhu was frightened. How would she live her life if she got married in the future?
That's what happened. King Qian found that his granddaughter Li Yuzhu's face looked wrong and quickly asked Yuan Rongcheng to send her back.
"If you are not feeling well, take more rest at home and don't put too much pressure on yourself."
Xia Jing got the news in the evening, and the next day she sent an order to Yi'an's army to arrange for sea ships to transport the grain purchased in Yi'an here.
Hongmei asked worriedly: "Princess, bring all the food. Do you think there is going to be a war?"
Xia Jing waved her hand, "No, I call it prepared!"
Lingnan received news from the front line, and Jiankang received the news earlier than Lingnan.
When the news reached Jiankang, the whole city was in uproar!
In the court, all the ministers felt even more unbelievable!
The Beidi people are so impatient to attack Yuzhou to grab grain and grass. Will they seize Jiankang if they rush to grab it?
Some people even felt that this scene was very similar to when they were forced to flee the capital!
"In this regard, who do you think is suitable to lead the troops to put down the rebellion?"
The Minister of Hubu stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Zhu Chong, the commander-in-chief of the Gyeonggi Camp, is a very good commander, but..."
The new emperor stood up excitedly, "But what? Hurry up and send your troops to the front line. You must stop the enemy in Yanzhou, Qingzhou and other places, and don't let them cross to Yangzhou!"
The Minister of Household Affairs was troubled in writing, "But, except for the Gyeonggi camp which has some troops, the other local guards are basically useless. There are no troops, no food and grass, and no ordnance. What can Zhu Chong do to fight Beidi and the rebels?"
The new emperor was furious: "Damn it! I was scrimping on food and clothing and wanted to save more military pay. I wanted to break every penny in half and spend it. The military pay the court spends every year is a huge expense, but with so much money, I have raised a big rat."
There are very few that are actually used in the military!
You people usually keep saying that you think about Yu the Great and the people, but what you usually do is fight for power and gain, and fight for the same party and against those who are different. How many of you really share my worries?"
The emperor got angry, and the ministers standing below were so frightened that they fell to their knees.
Youjin Pushe retorted loudly: "Your Majesty, it's not that we don't want to share your worries, it's really hard for a good woman to make a living without rice! It's because the local officials don't take the court seriously, and the decrees can't go out of the city, and the local officials are self-respecting.
The imperial court can’t mobilize them at all!”
The imperial court is weak, but now the people of the world are convinced!
Ouch! The courtiers have a headache!
The new emperor snorted coldly: "Since you know the crux of the problem, why don't you draft a charter to see if these cancers can be removed?"
When the courtiers below heard this, they all gasped at the same time. No one in the court could understand. People in the officialdom were more or less related to each other. If they were asked to remove these cancers, no one would dare to step forward!
Afraid of retaliation afterwards, you must know that the Yu Dynasty has been inherited for more than 300 years, and other families have deep-rooted influence, which is not the business of courtiers like them.
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