"Immediately send someone to stop Wang Xian and ask him to return to Shandong." Seeing Zheng He standing there stunned, Zhu Di repeated it again.
"Yes." Zheng He nodded blankly, not sure if the emperor wanted to compromise with Wang Xian.
Zhu Di then continued: "Let him succeed Chu Yan and serve as the imperial envoy to recruit security, and let him go to Boxing to declare the decree..." After Zheng He wrote it down, the emperor added: "In addition, from today on, the Jinyi Guards will be under the control of Dongchang.
, call Zhao Ying back immediately and let him reorganize the Jin Yiwei!"
"Yes..." Zheng He still nodded, but there was a deep chill in his heart. It turned out that the emperor did not want to compromise, he just realized that he might not be prepared at the moment, and wanted to buy time to make arrangements, so as not to give Wang Xian any chance to take advantage of him.
"Go..." Zhu Di waved his hand and hissed: "Call the cabinet minister on duty..." Obviously, the emperor still had many things to do.
"Yes." Zheng He bowed and stepped down. He came out and said to Yang Shiqi who was guarding outside the palace: "Your Majesty, please invite the bachelor to come in." After saying that, without looking at Yang Shiqi who hurriedly entered the palace, he walked out of the palace with heavy steps.
Outside the palace, the moon was as cold as frost and the stars were setting in the west. Zheng He took a breath of cold air and felt that his internal organs were like knives cutting. He knew that the emperor had made up his mind to get rid of Wang Xian...
At Chenguanyi Station outside Tianjin, Wang Xian and a group of escorts traveled all night to arrive at this station three hundred miles away from the capital, ready to take a short rest and continue on their journey.
Entering the post station, Yi Cheng saw that it was a guard in Jinyi and hurriedly greeted him. The guards did not need to intervene and fed the horses and cooked food in an orderly manner. Dai Hua also poured hot water for Wang Xian to wash his face.
After Wang Xian simply washed up, he lay on the bed undressed and wanted to sleep, but there were thousands of thoughts in his mind. He was obviously exhausted, but he didn't feel sleepy at all. He lay on the bed with his eyes wide open for an unknown amount of time before finally finally
I finally dozed off in a daze. Unexpectedly, just as I fell asleep, there was a knock on the door outside.
"What's the matter?" Wang Xian sat up, his voice filled with anger.
"Sir, the envoy from Beijing, please come out quickly to receive the order!" Dai Hua's voice sounded.
"I know." Wang Xian was stunned for a moment, then put on his shoes and went down to the ground, pushing the door open and entering the courtyard.
In the courtyard, several dusty eunuchs stood there, their faces ten times more tired than Wang Xian and his group. Seeing Wang Xian, the leading eunuch shouted in a loud voice: "Uncle Zhongyong accepts the order.
"
Wang Xian hurriedly knelt down to accept the decree, and the eunuch then read out the emperor's decree appointing him to replace Chu Yan as the imperial envoy to appease the emperor. He immediately returned to Shandong to announce the decree to recruit peace.
After Wang Xian received the order, he stood up. The leading eunuch thrust the yellow silk into his hand and fainted.
The people nearby hurriedly supported the eunuch and carried him to the side room for treatment. Wang Xian frowned and watched the eunuchs enter the side room, then turned back to his room and meditated on Zhu Di's will.
After a while, Dai Hua came in and saw that Wang Xian was still staring at Huang Juan. After waiting for a while, there was no response, so he couldn't help but whispered: "Sir, that eunuch is tired and fainted. They set off from the capital in a moment.
Without stopping, he ran three hundred miles in one breath..."
"Haha..." Wang Xian then had an expression and said sarcastically: "Your Majesty is afraid that it will be too late to stop me from returning to Beijing."
"It's him who recruited you to come back to the capital, and it's him who doesn't let you come back to the capital." Dai Hua muttered, "Is there anything serious that the emperor has to do?"
"When I was asked to return to Beijing before, I was sure that I would not dare to return to Beijing." Wang Xian said lightly: "Once I surprise him, he will be afraid to do it."
"Isn't that right?" Dai Hua said with a smile, "Let's go back to Shandong and have no contact with the imperial court."
"It's not that simple..." Wang Xian shook his head and said: "The emperor is not letting me go back to Shandong, he just wants me to come to Beijing later." Then he dusted off the yellow silk and said: "This is very clear from above.
, I, the imperial envoy, came to Shandong to announce the decree, not to recruit people. To put it bluntly, I was just asked to preach the decree." He said with a smile: "Look carefully, there must be a decree for me to come to Beijing.
Order……"
"Then... what should I do?" Dai Hua asked with a frown.
"What else can we do? Go back to Shandong!" Wang Xian threw the yellow silk to the ground and said in a deep voice...
In fact, there is no trace of the White Lotus Sect in Boxing City anymore...
At the beginning, the King of Han Dynasty and the White Lotus Sect were in tit-for-tat confrontation. Neither of them set up defenses in Boxing City. Because the city walls were low and easy to attack and difficult to defend, it was unwise to set up defenses here. Previously, the White Lotus Sect had great ambitions and pointed its sword at Le'an Prefecture.
It was used as a transit point for advancing troops. Later, when the army was defeated in Qingzhou, they panicked and decided to temporarily station in Le'an.
Although there has been a temporary truce, Boxing is less than a hundred miles away from Qingzhou City where Liu Sheng's army is stationed. The defeated soldiers of the White Lotus Sect who are stationed in this city will inevitably have trouble sleeping and eating, so there are constant calls to move elsewhere.
It's just that the strategic choke point of Qingzhou has been lost. For the defeated army of less than 20,000 people, there are really not many options left...
Going east, west, or south will lead to death. There are only two ways to go north to Le'an and Lijin. Lijin is close to the sea, and Zheng He's fleet is cruising on the sea. Going to Lijin seems to be a trap. After all, the only way is to go to Le'an.
Anzhou is just a way out to join Liu Jun's troops...
Liu Jun had indeed sent people over a long time ago to invite the Buddha Mother and the Dharma King to Le'an Prefecture. However, the Qingzhou Army was very hesitant about whether to go to Le'an. This was because the Qingzhou Army already had less than 20,000 people, and its morale was low and torn apart.
Le'an was in danger of being annexed by Liu Jun, who had more soldiers and food... Especially Tang Feng, who was very resistant to going north to Le'an and kept urging Tang Tiande not to go north.
Therefore, it was delayed for half a month, until the food and grass were exhausted, mutinies broke out, and they could no longer stay in Boxing. All the generals had to persuade Elder Tang to go to Le'an. Elder Tang also knew that there was no way to save the day.
Finally agreed to set off, taking 20,000 troops and more than 100,000 believers, trekking towards Le'an in the twelfth lunar month of winter with thousands of miles of ice...
By the time these hungry and cold troops arrived in Le'an, they were no different than beggars...Liu Jun deliberately organized 50,000 troops, fully armed, and lined up outside the city to welcome the arrival of the Buddha Mother and the Dharma King. They looked very enthusiastic
, but it has completely overwhelmed the Qingzhou Army in terms of momentum...
"Hahaha, welcome!" Liu Jun was dressed in expensive armor and a black mink cloak. Surrounded by A Chou, Er Hei, Xu Huaiqing, Long Wuye and other generals, he laughed and came to Elder Tang's carriage.
Elder Tang originally wanted to force himself to ride a horse and show up at the gate of Le'an City, but the journey was bumpy and hard, and his injuries were recurring. He couldn't get up at all, so he could only lie sickly on the carriage and watch Liu Jun show off his power.
Looking at Elder Tang and others who were in such a state of desolation, Liu Jun felt very happy. Thinking of how a few months ago, Elder Tang sent an army of 50,000 to suppress him outside Qingzhou City, he felt that he finally let out a breath of bad breath today!
Seeing Tang Tiande sitting up with strength, Liu Jun deliberately ignored him, turned over and dismounted, gave a great gift to the Buddha's mother, and said respectfully: "Welcome the Buddha's mother!"
Tang Sai'er was riding on the horse, still wearing a white dress and white skirt, with a white gauze covering her face. She looked light and airy, as if she didn't like the fireworks of the world, and she just nodded slightly to Liu Jun.
Liu Jun didn't take it seriously. He got up from the ground and patted the dirt on his knees. As if he had just seen Tang Tiande, he started to make a fuss and bluffed: "Hey, isn't this Elder Tang? Why are you so sick?"
Hearing that Liu Jun was not called 'Dharma King', but called 'Elder', Tang Tiande just frowned slightly. Even though he felt unhappy, he could only endure it because the situation was stronger. But Tang Feng on the side couldn't bear it and snorted angrily.
Said: "How brave, don't kneel down to greet the King of Dharma!"
After hearing Tang Feng's words, A Chou and others looked at each other angrily, thinking that it was already this time and this boy still couldn't figure out the situation.
"Haha..." Liu Jun glanced at Tang Feng with disdain, nodded with a smile and said, "I am rude," he said, looking at Tang Tiande and said, "His Holiness, please accept my obeisance."
Having said that, my movements are extremely slow, as if I have an arthritis attack...
"No way..." Tang Tiande hurriedly stopped him. He knew that if he really accepted Liu Jun's gift, he might be tormented by him later. In fact, he had already figured it out on the way here. People are under the eaves.
How can you not bow your head? You can only retreat for the time being and wait until the injury is healed before making any other plans.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Liu Jun immediately stood still. He was just pretending that he didn't believe that Tang Tiande dared to accept his worship.
Tang Fengtie stood aside with a livid face, watching Liu Jun mount his horse triumphantly, leading his parents and Tang Tiande through the layers of military formations towards the city.
Tang Feng was stunned for a while before he remembered to follow, but was unexpectedly grabbed by A Chou's reaching hand.
"What are you going to do?" Tang Feng turned around and glared at A Chou.
"Slap you!" A Chou said, waving his arm and slapped Tang Feng on the face. Tang Feng was just a dandy, how could he withstand A Chou's strength? He was slapped to the ground with a few teeth.
Blood foam flew out.
The generals of the Qingzhou Army on the side pretended not to see him at all, and ignored Tang Feng as he walked forward with his head sullenly.
"Keep your mouth clean, it won't be so cheap next time!" A Chou spat on Tang Feng's face, cursed "What is that?" and then walked away.
Tang Feng covered his swollen cheeks and looked at A Chou's back as he left arrogantly. Only then did he gradually realize the current situation of his father and son. The dream of being a young master, which was once within reach, had vanished into nothing...
Back in the city, Liu Jun invited Buddha's mother to move into the original Han palace, and Tang Tiande was naturally carried into the palace on a stretcher. But Liu Jun never mentioned how to settle Tang Tiande and his son. It was obvious that the two men were able to live in the palace because of Buddha's mother.
s reason.
Tang Tiande was also aware of the situation and proposed on the same day that he was old and sick and was about to die, and wanted to give up the throne of Dharma King to Liu Jun. Liu Jun did not appreciate it. In front of the leaders of the White Lotus Sect, he openly declared that he was the Dharma King and that he was the Dharma King.
If it is not in line with the teachings of the White Lotus Sect, it should be abolished and we should still regard ourselves as protectors of the law.