Chapter five hundred and twenty sixth secret strategy
On the way to take the latest batch of grain and grass to Shuzhou, Han Chengmeng suddenly received a letter jointly issued by the Ministry of Revenue and the Privy Council, saying that Shuzhou had enough grain, but Runzhou was seriously flooded in the summer and the people were seriously short of food after the autumn. Han Chengmeng was ordered to send this batch
The grain and grass were transferred to Runzhou for disaster relief.
Han Chengmeng verified that the order letter was correct, followed the order, and rushed to Runzhou with the grain transport fleet. At this time, another order was sent from the Privy Council to organize the grain transport fleet into the Jingkou Camp in Runzhou on the spot and be on standby.
Han Chengmeng was a civil servant in the Xuanwei Envoy Department of Hunan Province. He was on this trip to supervise the grain. The grain was handed over to a department in Runzhou to take over. The grain transport fleet was incorporated into the Jingkou Camp in Runzhou on the spot. He was left with only
There was only two domestic servants accompanying the Xuanwei Envoy. He separated from the scribes and returned directly to Jinling, hoping to reunite with his family for two days and then return to Hunan to resume his duties.
This trip from Yueyang took a boat all the way. Han Chengmeng was tired of taking a boat. The day after arriving at Jingkou, he took two followers and hired a carriage before dawn. In the bleak autumn wind, he
Hurrying and hurrying slowly, it was already dark by the time we arrived at Jinling.
Taking advantage of the fact that there was a group of people in the palace who wanted to leave the city overnight to deliver the order, Han Chengmeng and the military attache on duty at Donghua Gate were old acquaintances, so they took advantage of this opportunity to sneak into the city, and were not so miserable that they had to find a place to stay overnight outside the city.
When we arrived at the mansion, it was almost midnight.
Han Chengmeng knocked on the door of the house. He originally wanted to not disturb anything and went directly back to the small courtyard where he lived to rest. He would wait until tomorrow to pay greetings to his father, mother and old man. However, he didn't want to walk in. He saw several horses in the stables inside the house door.
There were horses, and there were a few grooms who didn't look like they were in the palace in the small hall next to it, and guards with swords were waiting.
"It's so late, are there any guests at home who haven't left yet?" Han Chengmeng curiously asked Han An, the steward guarding the front door of the front house.
"The Marquis of Liyang came to visit me at night. The old man has not left yet." Han An replied.
"What's the matter with Mr. Yang being at our house so late?" Han Chengmeng asked to himself.
Yang En, Marquis of Liyang, was straightforward and open-minded by nature. Because of this, Han Chengmeng also knew that Yang En and his father had never gotten along. Even in court, he rarely talked to his father. How could he come to his house and stay until late at night?
will not leave?
Did something extraordinary happen?
"Father, where are my grandfather and the others talking to Mr. Yang?" Han Chengmeng thought to himself that since neither his father nor his grandfather had slept well, and Yang En was at home, he had to go to greet him first, so he asked his family, Han An.
"Sir, the old lady is at Mingjutang." Han An said.
Although Han Chengmeng was a concubine in the Han Mansion and his status was not as good as that of his eldest son Han Jun, he, Han Jianji, Qiao Weiyan and others came to serve as officials with Emperor Yanyou very early, and are currently in the sixth rank in Hunan. Even though he was born in the Prime Minister's Mansion,
Han Chengmeng, who is less than thirty years old, can be considered young and promising.
Han Chengmeng was not as harsh as Han Jun in his treatment of the servants in the mansion, and he was more favored by the servants.
Han Chengmeng didn't want anyone to lead the way, and walked straight through the hall toward Mingjutang.
When I walked to the Mingju Hall, I saw two maids dozing at the entrance of the courtyard. They had fallen asleep leaning on the pillars of the porch. Han Chengmeng did not disturb them and went directly to
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Walk around the yard.
"The strategy proposed by Duke Chang Guo was to rely on a surprise attack before the Huaihe River froze to annihilate the remnants of the Louchuan Army that had retreated into Hongzepu. It was too hasty and had too many risks. Prime Minister Han has always been cautious. Yang En took the liberty to come here today.
I hope Prime Minister Han can understand that haste makes waste, and we can no longer support this matter!" Yang En's voice came from the hall.
"Someone Han also thinks that this matter has pros and cons." At this time, Han Daoming's ambiguous voice came out, but he did not continue to explain the pros and cons.
When Han Chengmeng heard these words, he was suddenly shocked. He never thought that what Yang En came to discuss with his father so late was actually a secret matter that the imperial court intended to use to annihilate the remnants of the Louchuan Army in a raid in the near future. No wonder his father wanted to
Ask two maids to guard the entrance of the courtyard to prevent other people from approaching.
But he didn't expect that the two maids had been waiting for too long and actually dozed off, causing him to accidentally break in and hear these secrets that he should not have access to at this time.
Han Chengmeng was in a dilemma. Han Daoming in the hall seemed to realize that someone had broken into the yard, and asked loudly in the hall: "Who is it?"
"Father, I am the boy Chengmeng. This time I was responsible for supervising the transportation of grain and grass to Runzhou. I thought I would go home and stay for two days before returning to Hunan. I just arrived home and heard that Yang Houye was still at the house, so I came over to pay Yang a visit.
The Marquis and my father say hello." Han Chengmeng climbed up the steps, pushed the door and walked in. He saw the huge hall. Only his grandfather Han Wenhuan, his father Han Daoming, and Liyang Hou Yangen were present. He stepped forward to salute the three of them and say hello.
"It's Chengmeng. Don't leak even half of what you heard just now." Han Daoming glanced at Han Chengmeng and said solemnly.
"My child understands." Han Chengmeng said.
Seeing that it was Han Chengmeng, Yang En was not worried that he would leak the secrets of the military aircraft without any sense of proportion. At this time, he stood up and said to Han Daoming sincerely: "Since Prime Minister Han knows the pros and cons of this matter, if you have the opportunity to meet the Queen Mother, you may ask
The Queen Mother advises Your Majesty that the safest policy is to capture Chaozhou City first according to the established plan, and other things can be planned slowly next year."
Although Yang En and Shen Yang are firmly opposed to the Queen Mother's interference in politics, they are extremely unpopular with the Queen Mother. At this time, the Queen Mother must come forward to dissuade Her Majesty from acting hastily. They can only go to the Han Mansion and ask Han Daoming to find an opportunity to leave the city and go to Changchun Palace.
Meet the Queen Mother.
Han Daoming, a naughty person like him, obviously would not come forward to be such a villain. He declined and said: "The Queen Mother's body is not in good health. She has not summoned foreign ministers for several days, and it is not convenient for Daoming to go there."
At this time, Yang En also understood Han Daoming's attitude. He hesitated to speak and turned to Han Wenhuan. Han Daoming bowed his hand and left.
Han Wenhuan was old, so Han Chengmeng accompanied his father to see Yang En out of the house before returning to the inner house.
"Is the imperial court planning to mobilize the navy to borrow the passage from Yangzhou and send troops to raid the rebel navy in Hongzepu? I also asked why the imperial court suddenly ordered that the grain and grass transported from Hunan this time be delivered to Runzhou. Finally,
He actually wanted to go to the Jingkou camp to take over all the grain transport fleets from Hunan." Han Chengmeng was not stupid, he had just overheard such crucial information, and combined with some anomalies he had received, it was not difficult to figure out the whole thing.
I had roughly guessed what happened, but I was still shocked by it. I couldn't help but walk through the passage.
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Stop and ask your father, Han Daoming.
Although there are differences between the legitimate concubines, Han Daoming still hopes that all three of his sons will be successful. Seeing that Cheng Meng already knew about this incident unintentionally, he did not hide the details from him and said:
"It was Chang Guogong who suddenly rushed back from Chuzhou a few days ago and proposed this strategy. He planned to take advantage of the time when all the forces were attracted by the war in Chaozhou City to assemble the main force of the left and right Five Tooth Army Navy and borrow money from Yangzhou.
To raid the remnants of the Lou Chuan Army so that we can annihilate the remnants of the Lou Chuan Army before the year and regain Haozhou on the west bank of Hongzepu - His Majesty is very interested and has ordered the Privy Council to secretly prepare for this matter."
"Will King Xin agree to borrowing the road from Yangzhou?" Han Chengmeng asked doubtfully.
"I didn't say hello to King Xin beforehand, and when the five-ya army ships from the left and right gathered at the south bank of Guazhou Port, I directly issued an order to go through Hangou, pass Shaobo Lake, and Fanliang Lake to Hongzepu - in any case, Huaidong is the territory of Dachu. In the area, the Five Tooth Army watercraft used Hangou to attack the rebel navy. What excuse did King Xin have to block the water channel? Of course, in addition to achieving the purpose of raiding and annihilating the rebel navy, this move may also serve as a deterrent. Huaidong's intention must be included," Han Daoming said.
"Is His Majesty's support for this policy related to the news that merchant ships from Xuzhou entered Yangzhou a few days ago?" Han Chengmeng asked in shock.
"Maybe." Han Daoming said ambiguously.
"What are the opinions of the political officials?" Han Chengmeng asked.
"At present, only Shen Yang and Yang En are strongly opposed. They think this strategy is too hasty. They advocate that we should first recover Chaozhou according to the original plan, and then try to conquer the Haoshouhuo states. However, if you think about it carefully, this strategy may not be worth a try." Han Daoming. said.
"In another month and a half, there will be a severe cold. Not only the Huaihe River, but also Hongzepu may freeze!" Han Chengmeng also felt that in such a short period of time, it would be a bit difficult to successfully prepare for a flood battle that would be the greatest in the history of Chu. I was in a hurry, and I don’t know if the court was careful enough to consider various unexpected events.
"In the past, although the Huaihe River would freeze over five or six years out of ten years, Hongze Lake would rarely freeze over twice in ten years. And even if it did freeze over, the Wuya Army naval warships could be withdrawn in advance, or they could be dispatched directly The army entered Shiliang County and advanced to the south bank of Hongzepu to form a water-land joint camp with the Wuya Army - besides, if we miss the opportunity, we don't know if there will be a chance to regain Haozhou," Han Daoming said.
Although Han Daoming did not elaborate on the attitude of other princes in the political hall towards this matter, Han Chengmeng could also understand that his father and the others advocated this strategy. In the final analysis, it was their deeper worries after the news of Xuzhou and Huaidong's collusion came out. After colluding with Huaidong, the state may further collude secretly with the Anning Palace rebels.
Haozhou is located on the west bank of Hongzepu. If Haozhou is recovered in advance, the connection between Huaidong and Shouzhou will actually be cut off.
Emperor Yanyou decided to adopt the advice of Chang Guogong Li Pu. In fact, he wanted to achieve the goal of killing more birds with one stone.
"Since you know about this matter accidentally, you must remember not to leak any information, otherwise the whole Han family will not be able to bear it." Han Daoming solemnly ordered.
"I understand, kid." Han Chengmeng smiled bitterly in his heart. Is there any use for me to report to Xuzhou at this time?
