Chapter 1453 peace talks between monarch and ministers
News of Han Bi's defeat spread quickly from the city gate defenders.
Immediately afterwards, thousands of cavalry fled back, bringing more news.
In the palace, the lost monarchs and ministers finally woke up, and Nian Xu ordered him to die, but it was too late.
"Your Majesty, the news has spread." Nian Ru entered the palace to report.
"Han Bi is incompetent!" Fang Chong roared.
"He is already dead!" An official from the New Deal Department said with red eyes, "Prime Minister Han has died for his country, what else are you waiting for? Old dog, if you have the ability, can you try putting a long knife on your neck?"
Fang Chong shouted: "Discourteous!"
Immediately, opposition officials went out to impeach this person.
I don't know who made the first move, and the two sides got into a fight.
Nian Xu sat there quietly and didn't care. Xie Yingong stood beside him and heard him whisper:
"Why don't you lead the army back? Why?"
A chamberlain came in and said, "There is a memorial from Prime Minister Han."
The two parties who were fighting turned around.
"Isn't he dead?"
"This is the legacy of Prime Minister Han!"
The memorial was brought up and Nian Xu read it.
After looking up for a long time under the gaze of everyone, Nian Xu said:
"Han Bi said that Yingshui is too long and cannot be defended. If there is a big defeat, the only way is to move the capital!"
The so-called moving the capital means running away.
"I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal!"
A group of ministers agreed with Han Bi's words in confusion.
Peng Jing and Fang Chong stood together.
At this time, a waiter came outside.
"Your Majesty, many officials and people are making noise outside."
"What time is it? What are they causing trouble?" Nian Xu was a little impatient.
"They said, if Prime Minister Sun was still there, how could Zhou Dynasty be like this? Someone shouted, killing Prime Minister Peng and Prime Minister Fang, and asking Prime Minister Sun to take charge of the overall situation!"
Peng Jing and Fang Chong looked at each other and saw the fear in each other's eyes.
"This is treating us as female ministers!" Fang Chong gritted his teeth and said, "Check who is the leader, look back..."
"What else are you investigating?" Peng Jing said coldly: "If Sun Shi comes back, you and I can't even hope to survive! And our foundation is in Bianjing. After leaving Bianjing, do you think His Majesty will still tolerate you and me?"
Fang Chong shuddered and went out to say: "Your Majesty, if the capital is moved, what will the people of the world think of it? Furthermore, why can't Yingshui be defended? Hanbi was defeated. How can one trust the words of the defeated general? I think that the capital cannot be moved!
"
What?
The opposition officials were dumbfounded... Previously, we agreed to move the capital. Besides, what are you doing in Bianjing? Running away quickly is the right thing to do.
Fang Chong's eyes were slightly cold, and he looked a little awe-inspiring, "The King of Qin unified the northern land and entered Guanzhong, and nine out of ten of the world was in his hands. Now that half of the Great Zhou Dynasty has fallen, in the eyes of the people of the world, this is a great unification.
A sign." Everyone nodded.
The territory that King Qin now controls is much larger than that of the original Tang Dynasty.
This is an extremely vast New Tang Dynasty. After the King of Qin straightens out the internal affairs, what kind of power this New Tang Dynasty will be able to exert is terrifying just to think about it.
And how long can the Zhou Dynasty, which moved its capital to the south, survive?
"The so-called righteousness and people's support refers to the general trend. The general trend lies with the King of Qin. If the Zhou Dynasty moves the capital, the army and people in the country will definitely be devastated. Then the King of Qin will take advantage of the trend and move south. Who can take the blow?"
Fang Chong's voice echoed in the hall, sonorous and powerful.
"Yingshui is a natural barrier for Bianjing, and with the support of the majestic city of Bianjing, can it be defeated again? I believe that as long as we stick to the line of Yingshui, the Northern Xinjiang Army will inevitably retreat as time goes by... After all, the situation in Guanzhong is unstable
Na!"
The officials of the opposition were confused when they heard this, wondering: Is Fang Xiang so brave?
Peng Jing left the mission, "Your Majesty, instead of going to the south and lingering, it is better to stick to Bianjing. In this way, the majesty of the Great Zhou Dynasty for hundreds of years will not be lost. With majesty, everything is possible. No more majesty..."
Without his majesty, the emperor is like a phoenix on the ground, not as good as a chicken!
Such things can be found everywhere in history books.
Although the officials under their command didn't know why the two bosses suddenly became so fearless, they could only go out to support them.
"I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal!"
"Prime Minister Han said, Yingshui cannot be defended!" The cry of the New Deal officials seemed so weak before this momentum.
"The defeated general!" an official said coldly: "If it weren't for him, a hundred thousand troops would be hoarding on the south bank of Yingshui at this moment. What would we have to worry about?"
Nian Xu watched the argument in silence.
Han Bi's memorial is very long.
He analyzed the gains and losses of the New Deal and felt that the biggest problem was the lack of control over the court, so that local officials unscrupulously dug holes and stumbling blocks for the New Deal.
- Only when rewards and punishments are clear can great achievements be achieved!
These words made Nian Xu blush a little.
It was not that there was no chance to suppress Peng Jing's party, but he was worried that Sun Shi's family would become dominant, so he acquiesced in many things.
From the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Nian family continued to do two major things. One was to release the military power with a glass of wine and suppress the warriors. The other was to expand the power of the scholar-bureaucrats, which must be checked and balanced.
The second point is an extension of the first point.
In other words, all this is caused by Nian's own fault.
Was Nian wrong?
Nian Xu felt sad and waved his hand, "Go! Everyone, go!"
"His Majesty!"
The ministers fell silent.
"We have to hold on to Yingshui. I still need to think deeply about whether to move the capital or not!"
The ministers resigned.
Several New Deal officials shouted outside.
"Your Majesty, Peng Jing and others are so ambitious! Listen to Prime Minister Han!"
Nian Xu got up and returned to the harem with some unsteady steps.
At this time, only his wife and children can give him a hint of warmth.
"Han Bi was defeated and committed suicide."
Facing his wife and children, Nian Xu showed his dejection.
The queen and the prince were stunned.
"Where is the army?" The prince's first reaction was this, which made Nian Xu quite pleased.
"The army was defeated and was pursued all the way by the Northern Xinjiang Army. Most of it was lost on the north bank of Yingshui River."
Nian Xu rubbed his face. The weather was very hot, but he felt cold all over.
"Why Han Bi..." The prince was taught to be quite weak and could not say harsh words after all, "Why didn't he lead the army back?"
"Han Bi said in his memorial that if there was a big defeat..." Nian Xu squinted his eyes, "He asked me to surrender. This is not disgraceful. At least, the Nian family can continue to be rich and noble."
"Did he deliberately not evacuate?" the Queen asked.
The emperor nodded, "He said that if the army is led to withdraw, the court will definitely use Yingshui as a line in an attempt to intercept the Northern Xinjiang army. If so, King Qin will definitely be angry... Moreover, he believes that Yingshui cannot be defended.
"Then...then what should we do?" The queen lost her composure.
"I asked Han Bi to ask me to move the capital. Peng Jing and others opposed it."
"Then..." The queen was from an ordinary background and had no independent opinions, which was one of the reasons why she was favored in the first place. At this moment, she was panicking, holding Nian Ziyue's hand and saying, "What should we do?"
"Peng Jing's party is very powerful. If I forcefully ask for the capital to be moved... I won't be able to leave if they go against it in disguise." Nian Xu looked at his wife and children and smiled bitterly, "I am incompetent, which has brought shame on my wife and children and brought shame on my ancestors."
"Father!"
Nian Ziyue did not expect that the situation would take a turn for the worse, "Can the south hold on?"
Nian Xu hesitated for a moment, "The south is mountainous and easy to defend but difficult to attack. However, if the capital is moved to the south, the most prosperous territory of the Zhou Dynasty will belong to the King of Qin."
"You're not sure either." Nian Ziyue asked.
"Yes!" Nian Xu sighed: "The King of Qin's invasion is like fire. Once we cross Yingshui, our escape journey will become a road of bones!"
The Queen shuddered and the Prince turned pale.
"Possible peace talks?" The prince looked hopeful.
"Why did King Qin negotiate for peace?" Nian Xu felt that the prince was too naive.
"We have to give it a try!" the prince said, "Since we can't move the capital, let's try peace talks over there. How about the Great Zhou Dynasty...proclaiming vassalage to the King of Qin?"
Why!
This prince!
Nian Xu sighed inwardly, but nodded with a smile to show encouragement, "I will let someone try it."
Wang Ju immediately received the order.
"Going to the North Shore for peace talks?"
"right!"
Nian Xu left this matter to Wang Ju, thinking that this man and the King of Qin were old acquaintances, so he would have more face.
"His Majesty said, hurry!"
Wang Ju led more than a hundred cavalry, beating horses and galloping.
Bianjing was not far from Yingshui, and soon he saw a busy scene.
On the shore, thousands of soldiers are staring at the other side, and more than a thousand people are...
"Don't!"
Those people are actually burning bridges!
Wang Ju rode his horse and rushed over, cursing: "It's just a bridge. Even if I don't know soldiers, I know it can be blocked with bows and arrows. Why demolish it?"
The general leading the team on the scene saluted, "Wang Xiang, this is what Bian Jing means."
"Who means that?" Wang Ju asked.
"Say it's Prime Minister Peng and Prime Minister Fang!"
Wang Ju said coldly: "Your Majesty has appointed people to take charge of Yingshui's defense. What does it have to do with them?"
"But..." The general was a little embarrassed.
"Are you listening to His Majesty or to them?"
"My Lord, I am loyal to Your Majesty!"
"Then keep it!"
Wang Ju looked back.
The soldiers on the river bank looked very confused, and many of them looked frightened.
No wonder Han Bi said that Yingshui cannot be defended. What he meant was not that Yingshui was not dangerous enough, but that after his defeat, no one in the Great Zhou Dynasty had the will to fight!
Wang Ju sadly crossed Yingshui, and then met the Northern Xinjiang Army scouts.
"Old Wang!"
Wang Laoer couldn't help but be happy when he saw this member of the family, "How much money can you get for catching a political advisor?"
Wang Ju's head was covered with black lines, but he smiled and said, "I have been ordered to come to see His Highness!"
Unfortunately, Wang Laoer took him back.
The Northern Xinjiang Army had already stationed in Yongzhou City. When Wang Jun arrived, he saw a cart full of baggage being pulled in.
The familiar big car looked like it belonged to Da Zhou.
When Han Bi was defeated, all the baggage Bianjing managed to raise was at a disadvantage to the Northern Xinjiang army.
After entering the state, Wang Ju saw the King of Qin and his son standing under the tree. The King of Qin pointed to the ground and said: "Cicadas spend most of their time near the roots of trees. They mostly mature into adults in the summer. After they become adults, they crawl out from the ground and crawl to the ground.
On the branches, sucking the sap from the tree..."
"Aye, why is that cicada chirping?" A Liang raised his head and asked.
"That's because!" King Qin hesitated, "Once cicadas emerge from the ground, they can only survive for a few days. In other words, they only have a few days to complete the task of reproducing life. So the male cicadas screamed desperately to attract
Here comes the female cicada..."
He couldn't speak anymore.
"Then where are their children?"
"Female cicadas will dig holes in the branches and lay their eggs in the holes. In autumn, the eggs turn into larvae and will fall next to the roots of the tree. Those larvae will burrow into the ground, find the roots of the tree, and attach themselves to the roots of the tree.
There, they make a living by sucking the sap from tree roots until they grow up a few years later, climb out of the ground and climb into trees like their parents, complete the task of reproduction in a few days, and then leave."
"Is that so?" A Liang felt pity for the cicadas, "Then, I won't fight them anymore."
"Cicada pupa! Deep-fried is delicious."
"Really?" Ah Liang's eyes lit up.
"Crack!"
King Qin smiled and touched his son's head, while Jiang He'er and others beside him took a sip of saliva.
The King of Qin saw Wang Ju and said calmly: "Old Wang is here to deliver gifts for the Nian family.