Chapter 318: The Empress Dowager Dies
"Have you gone to the Song Dynasty?" The Empress Dowager looked angry. The King of Han was not in Jiangning, so he must have gone to the Song Dynasty. As expected, it was groundless, not without cause.
"Whoever hears what Mother said?" Li Yu frowned. The empress dowager must have heard some news, and insisted that she had gone to the Song Dynasty.
"Sure enough, you are an unfilial son, you are just such a younger brother. How could you bear to bear it? What did you say when you ascended the throne? Ah, tell me, what did you say at that time?" The son, who grew up by his side, certainly knew his nature. Li Yu said this, and he must have gone to the Song Dynasty.
"There is no way for the Gu to do it. If he doesn't go, I have to go. Mother, Congshan goes, and Gang sits in Jiangning, holding hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, and his life will definitely be unhindered. If Gang goes, can you still have good things?" Li Yu was anxious. Congshan is your son, so is me. You can't bear to do good, but you didn't expect me? He would have to take off this big hat of unfilial piety, and he couldn't stand it.
"Why are you so cruel? The Song Dynasty is a place of tigers and wolves. Can you go to the good deeds?" The Empress Dowager didn't care about this. Anyway, she wouldn't finish sending her son to the Song Dynasty.
"My mother, following good deeds is to share the worries of the court, and he must do it. A man who is determined to be in all directions must go out to temper his skills." Li Yu began to talk about the great truth, just to be able to comfort her.
"Share the worries of the court? I was born to me. You sat in the temple and received the support of all people. But you sent your younger brother to the Song Dynasty. What do you think if you asked me to let my mother?" The empress dowager was furious. These principles were taught by her brothers, and now she actually teaches herself.
"My mother, I will decide between the ministers and ministers," Li Yu didn't know what to say, but he felt ashamed, so he could only say with a stingy head.
"You, you are so cruel. If you had known..." The Empress Dowager was angry and was filled with breath in her heart, unable to do anything.
"Hurry, pass on the imperial doctor, hurry!" Li Yu was startled and quickly stepped forward and held him, slapped him on his back.
Li Yu kept slapping, but unfortunately he was futile. When the imperial physician arrived, the empress dowager had already passed away.
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Li Yu sat in front of the mourning hall, looking at the body that had been cleaned up by his mother, and couldn't help crying.
"Lao An, from today on, Gu has become a lonely man."
However, in just one month, the queen, prince and empress dowager passed away one after another, and my younger brother also went north to the Song Dynasty. The people closest to him left him one by one. In the future, if you want to say something, you don’t know who you are looking for.
"The emperor's eldest son is here, and your Majesty is in his prime, so his children will surely be rich in the future." An Jinhai had no choice but to comfort him. The palace has indeed not been peaceful recently.
"Where is Zhongyu? Come here to accompany him." Speaking of the eldest son of the emperor, he seemed to have never seen him since the queen left. After Lao An mentioned it, he remembered that his eldest son was still there.
In Fuzhou, thousands of miles away, Luo Jixing looked gloomy and looked at the cavalry over a thousand behind him and kept coming forward to disturb him, making it impossible for him to march quickly.
Luo Jixing had left five thousand people to cut off the rear, but there were thousands of elite infantry behind the cavalry, which were eaten by the opponent in one bite. If his army wanted to counterattack, the opponent would use his maneuver advantage to get away instantly and would not be able to catch up.
Luo Jixing now has only one idea to retreat to Luoyuan County. Compared with Lianjiang County, where the granary was completely burned, Luoyuan County still has some reserves, and at least it can survive the most difficult moment in front of him.
Luoyuan County is not far from Wenzhou, so it is much more convenient to obtain supplies.
Luo Jixing wrapped his cloak tighter, and the weather became colder. Although it usually doesn’t snow heavily here, he couldn’t afford to gamble. And the more he went to Hangzhou, the higher the probability of snow. Once it snowed heavily, his logistics would be completely cut off.
"Marty, do you still want to continue?" Han Zaiwu looked at the destroyed floating bridge in front of him. The enemy had already passed by Shangluoyuan County, Hebei, and went south from here, which happened to be Lianjiang County.
"Forget it, let's go to Lianjiang County first." Sun Yu did not dare to continue crossing the river to pursue it. It was too dangerous. It was already crisscrossing mountains and was not conducive to cavalry. The opponent still had more than 40,000 elite troops, so he didn't have enough manpower at all, so he would take over Lianjiang County first when he went south.
Now the Zhongyong Army already has four prefectures, and the most populous ones are Quanzhou and Fuzhou, and Fuzhou’s important areas. Only then can he be relieved if Xu Yi is transferred to take charge.
As for the vacant governor of Jianzhou, Qi Wei is a good choice. Although he is not well educated, he is a good person and is the first to serve him. He should give him a chance.
As for the original Fuzhou Chief Secretary Lu Qian, Sun Yu planned to continue to serve as Chief Secretary, assist Xu Yi, and recover Fuzhou from the war as soon as possible.
After Sun Yu had thought about it, he dismounted directly, wrote the letter, and sent someone to Jianzhou.
When the army arrived in Lianjiang County, this county was slightly better than Jianpu City, but it was also full of devastation.
"Old man, where have the people in this city gone?" Sun Yu sighed. This city that had never experienced the battle formation was so desolate.
"I'm going to run for my life." The old man looked up and looked at the soldiers in the city. Why did they come again just after they left?
"Escape? What exactly happened here?" Sun Yu was stunned. There was no big war in Lianjiang County, so why did he run away?
The old man sighed and started talking. Sun Yu listened for a long time and finally listened to it roughly.
It turned out that the granary fire broke out on that day, and the generals in the city knew that they could not escape the blame, so they simply indulged their subordinates in robbing the city, intending to use the robbed property to save their lives. In addition, they also plundered the young and strong, and went to the rear to participate in the transportation of food and grass.
There was a chaos in the city. Except for those who were plundered, the rest of the people were trying to escape from the city. Only the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, who were no one to look down on, and they were still in the city.
"What are you going to eat?" The old and weak all over the city were robbed of money and food. Seeing that the weather was getting colder, life might be difficult.
"I'm old and I can't eat much, but there's still some bran there. It's a day to spend. If the general falls in love with it, it's okay to take it away." The old man shook his head. His son ran away with his wife and children. As long as they can survive, it's fine. He doesn't know whether he can survive this winter with his old bones.
"We loyal and brave soldiers have never robbed the people for a living. You are here to rest assured. I will try my best to raise food and grass to wait for the coming year." Sun Yu stood up and clapped his hands, and continued to walk towards the county government.
The smell of burnt was floating everywhere in the city, including burned granaries and later set fire to the house when soldiers robbed them. There were bricks, stones and wood scattered on the road from time to time, and Sun Yu and his party had to get off their horses and walk.
The county government office, which was once extremely majestic, is now dilapidated, and even the gate is scattered on the ground, with a pool of shit on it.
Nowadays, the situation in Lianjiang County is clearly told Sun Yu, what it means to be like a crocodile.
"Send someone to stay first
Keep the city gate and then clear the streets, and I will work here first." At present, Lianjiang County has suffered too much damage. Sun Yu decided to stay in charge for several days to give people confidence and let the city recover as soon as possible.
The old and weak still in the city looked at the loyal and brave soldiers who were working hard to clear the streets, and they thought they were dazzled. Why did they have such good things?
"From now on, the four gates in the city will be filled with porridge every morning and evening. All the villagers and elders will bring their own bowls and chopsticks to collect them." Several soldiers beat drums and drums all the way, proclaiming loudly, and posting notices along the street.
I heard that there is porridge that is much better than foods such as bran and bran that are difficult to swallow.
The old man returned to the kitchen and picked up a bowl with a gap. It was the best. The rest were broken into pieces when the soldiers were scraping it.
Picking up a wooden stick from behind the door and supporting it to the city gate. Along the way, the old and weak walked towards the city gate together, with some of them taking young children. I guess their parents had problems, otherwise they should have escaped from the city.
Half a mile away from the city gate, the fragrance of porridge slowly drifted. Everyone who was already hungry couldn't help but speed up their pace.
"Everyone, the standard for my loyal and brave army to distribute porridge is to have chopsticks!" Dutou, who was responsible for distributing porridge, inserted a handful of chopsticks directly into the porridge, and stood firmly.
Next to each porridge pot, there was a loyal soldier standing with a standard wooden scooping, each with a spoonful.
Everyone looked at the thick white porridge in the bowl and the small spoon of pickles, and they all showed joy. They really met a kind-hearted man, the Marquis of Zhenhai, who was really the heart of a Bodhisattva.
Most of them served the porridge and found a place to sit down and enjoy it while it was hot. Some of them carried bowls and rushed home while eating, including the old man Sun Yu had come to the city to ask questions before.
When my son and daughter-in-law fled, they only took away their grandson and a granddaughter, hiding in the cellar under the water tank in the yard. Now the loyal and brave army is in order and has the best white rice porridge. I have to ask my granddaughter to line up with bowls. If you miss this time, you have to wait until tomorrow morning.
Sun Yu stood at the top of the city, looking at the growing line, and couldn't help but feel emotion. He thought there were not many people at the time, but he didn't expect that so many people would hide. Now he saw the danger passing and came out to find food.
"Marty, we don't have much food anymore." Chen Qiba scratched his head. They collected a batch of tax grain around Fuzhou City, and were robbed by Luo Jixing's troops. It was already empty. The tax grain in the counties on the south bank of the Fujian River was almost tortured. Now Fuzhou has basically become a bottomless pit for consuming grain.
"We can't watch them starve to death. We can last as long as they can." Sun Yu also knew that this tossing would have basically consumed Fuzhou's food. We had to rely on the other three states to support them until next year's summer grain collection.
Sun Yu was in a hurry, and Fuzhou was short of food and was in short supply. This was the real reason why he transferred Xu Yi to Fuzhou to serve. As the number one civil servant under his command, he still had this basic face. If he raised it, he should not starve to death.
The climate on Daliuqiu Island is pleasant. Baodao County inspected Helan Mountain and was patrolling the townships with people. Although there is no sign of the county town, the townships are now about to be built.
Chapter completed!