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Chapter 400 Prepare to Run

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    (ps: Dragon Boat Festival, I wish my friends a happy Dragon Boat Festival, go home for the festival, please forgive the small number of words.)

    The spring is cold, and the falling snow dyes the magnificent Forbidden City into a silvery white. The eaves are covered with icicles, each of which is as sharp as a sword. The sky is gray and gloomy, just like Suo Etu's mood at the moment.

    Soetu, who has just turned 40, has more than half of his braids gray under his zombie hat, and he walks on the snow-covered road in the palace with a thick official document in his hands.  , the expression on his face was colder than the piercing north wind, and his already cloudy eyes were full of bewilderment, as bewildered as a dying patient, like a walking corpse.

    After entering the Cining Gate and coming to the Cining Palace, Suo Etu saw a snowman piled up under the steps in a daze, and when he looked closely, he found that there was no snowman under the steps of the Cining Palace, but a real person, but this  I don't know how long I knelt in the snowstorm, my whole body was covered with snowflakes and I still didn't move at all, that's why Suo'etu had the illusion.  When he got closer and took a closer look at the man's appearance, Suo'etu couldn't help being surprised again, and exclaimed: "Master Yu Chenglong, when did you enter Beijing?"

    Kneeling outside the Palace of Compassion and Ning is Yu Jackie Chan, but not the one who was younger than Jackie Chan when he went south to Yunnan to assist Wang Xu in dealing with the dispute between Lu and Li, but the one who was blown up into the sky by the mites and was bigger than Jackie Chan.  The Wu army in Wuchang broke through the defense line of the Qing Dynasty along the Yangtze River and marched into Huangzhou Mansion. Yu Chenglong, who assisted Cai Yurong in guarding the defense line of the Yangtze River, planned to hang himself to die for his country, but was rescued by his followers in time.  Put on the prison clothes, put them into a prison car, and take them to Beijing to plead guilty.  However, Kang Mazi naturally refused to kill Yu Chenglong, who was the flagpole of the Han official of the Qing Dynasty. He was fined for one year's salary and granted the post of Shandong envoy to Shandong.  Governor of Zhili, Yu Chenglong has also stayed in the post of governor of Zhili until now.

    Hearing Suo'etu's inquiry, Yu Chenglong, who was almost frozen all over, finally moved, and after a while he replied in a hoarse voice: "Go back to Suo Zhongtang, the next official came back to Beijing from Baoding last night, under the orders of the Empress Dowager,  See you in the palace."

    "Then why don't you enter the Compassionate Ning Palace? Still kneeling here?" Seeing that Yu Chenglong, who was over 60 years old, was covered with ice chips on his beard and eyebrows, Suo'etu couldn't help being furious, and turned to the palace gate  The eunuch shouted angrily: "What are you dog slaves doing? Do you know who this Lord Yu is? How dare you let him kneel here for so long? Is it because Lord Yu didn't give you a saimen respect? You didn't give it on purpose.  Did he report it?"

    Several young eunuchs quickly knelt down, and Yu Chenglong took the initiative to explain: "Master Suo, you misunderstood, don't blame them, it's the officials who are willing to kneel here. The officials just asked the little eunuchs to report, the little eunuchs  It is said that the Empress Dowager and her old man did not sleep last night, and finally fell asleep at dawn, and the officials were afraid of disturbing the rest of the ancestors, so I asked the little father-in-laws not to report for the time being, and knelt here and waited."

    Suddenly realized, Suo'etu was inevitably a little moved - with the ghostly appearance of the Qing court now, there are really fewer and fewer loyal ministers like Yu Chenglong.  At that moment, Suo Etu hurriedly picked up Yu Jackie, and let the little eunuch go in to report while patting the snow for him. After a while, Li Yinzheng, Xiaozhuang's personal eunuch, ran out quickly, ran up to Yu Jackie and beat himself without saying a word.  The two mouths forced a few young eunuchs to kowtow to confess their crimes. Of course Yu Chenglong said it was okay, and then Li Yinzheng joined forces with Suo'etu to bring Yu Chenglong into the Palace of Compassion.

    After entering the Compassionate Palace, Yu Chenglong and Suo'etu soon saw the old witch of Xiaozhuang who just got up from the bed. Suo'etu didn't feel much when meeting the old witch of Xiaozhuang every day, but the Yamen rarely came to Beijing in Baoding  But Yu Chenglong was taken aback. He hadn't seen her for three or four months. The already old Xiaozhuang old witch seemed to be ten years older. There was hardly a single gray hair on her gray temples.  Wrinkles also became much more evident, and Yu Jackie Chan, who kowtowed and saluted with sentimentality, had a crying voice in his words, "My humble minister, Yu Jackie, kowtows to the ancestors of the Empress Dowager."

    "Your Majesty is free, please get up quickly." Xiaozhuang waved his hand, and then ordered: "Xiao Lizi, help Master Yu up quickly, and help him to sit by the charcoal stove."

    Yu Chenglong thanked him, Li Yinzheng followed the order, and took Yu Chenglong to the copper stove with a strong charcoal fire to sit down. Then the old witch of Xiaozhuang said apologetically: "Master Yu, don't blame me, Aijia thought about it all night last night.  I don¡¯t want to forget the important matter of summoning you until dawn.¡±

    "I don't dare." Yu Chenglong choked with sobs, "It's the empress dowager, you can't work so hard, I haven't seen you for four months, and you've almost lost weight again, I'm a little uncomfortable  Dare to admit it."

    "The Ai family knows that you are the same, so take care of yourself." The old witch of Xiaozhuang with obvious dark circles on her cloudy old eyes forced a smile, then turned to??

    "Who said that the Ai family is going to use this money to form a new army?" The old witch of Xiaozhuang gave Suo'etu a sideways look, and said coldly: "Yue Le said before the southern expedition that the new army that has not undergone strict training and actual combat  , When I met Lu Yifeng¡¯s team of thieves who have experienced many battles and are armed to the teeth, they are just a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered. Using this money and food to form a new army to resist Lu Yifeng¡¯s northern expedition army is tantamount to throwing it into the water!"

    Suo'etu opened his mouth wide, and after a while he asked in surprise, "Old Ancestor, since that's the case, then why did you ask Yu Chenglong to prepare this money and food?"

    "Outside the pass is a barren land, with vast land and few people." The old hag of Xiaozhuang said lightly, "The Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty withdrew outside the pass, and now go to reclaim wasteland to plant crops. How could there be time? Aijia didn't prepare enough money and grain for outside the pass  , What is the use of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty withdrawing from the pass?"

    "Old ancestor, are you planning to lead the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty to retreat outside the pass?" Suo'etu was so shocked that his voice trembled.

    "There is only one way to go." The old hag of Xiaozhuang said lightly: "The Wugou civil war has already begun, and Geng Jingzhong's son was beaten by Lu Yifeng's dog thieves.  The treachery of the thief, at this time, he will definitely not get involved in the Wugou civil war. He will only attack our Qing court first, drive us out of the pass, and obtain sufficient manpower in the north.  It¡¯s cheap to clean up the mess, and at the same time, it doesn¡¯t give us a chance to watch the fire from the other side. If the Ai family doesn¡¯t make preparations in advance to withdraw from the pass, it will be too late to prepare when Lu Yifeng¡¯s thieves make a full-scale northern expedition.¡±

    "My ancestors are far-sighted, and I admire you so much." Suo'etu hurriedly flattered, and then asked cautiously: "However, my ancestors, judging from the strength of Wugou's Northern Expedition, it seems unlikely that they can directly attack the city of Beijing.  Is it too early to start preparing to withdraw outside the pass?"

    "Soon, soon." The old witch of Xiaozhuang said coldly: "The reason why Lu Yifeng's dog thief didn't launch the Northern Expedition immediately was because Geng Jingzhong was still in Zhejiang, and because the autumn harvest had just ended in the north, and the common people still had some money.  For food, the time for his Northern Expedition is not yet ripe. When Geng Jingzhong succumbs, when the north is starving and hungry, the main force of Lu Yifeng's thieves can go north with confidence."

    Speaking of this, the old hag of Xiaozhuang paused for a moment, and there was an extremely vicious smile on her wrinkled old face, and she murmured: "The Ai family asked Yu Chenglong to come forward to fish in the lake, and it was also in response to Lu Yifeng's dog thief's Northern Expedition."  One way, if Lu Yifeng's dog thief hits Beijing, he will find that Beijing is completely empty, and the money and food are all supported by water transportation. In order to buy people's hearts, he must also invest a large amount of money and food in Zhili Shandong, which is full of starvation. Wait until he solves these problems  When there is a problem, our Daqing is outside the customs, and we can stand firm."

    "Old ancestor, do you want to use money, food and logistics to hold back Lu Yifeng's dog thief, so that he can't chase him outside the pass immediately?" Suo Etu finally understood the intention of the old witch Xiaozhuang.

    The old witch of Xiaozhuang nodded slowly, and then said darkly: "From now on, we will start to implement the reservation plan to withdraw outside the customs. First, we will secretly transport the rare and rare treasures in the Forbidden City to Shengjing, and then formulate a grain requisition for Shanxi governor Moersai."  The silver levy plan is to scrape off Shanxi as much as possible, send all the money and food to Shengjing, and leave the mess to Lu Yifeng's dog thief!" (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to the starting point (qidian.com  ) Vote for recommendation votes, monthly tickets, your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember this site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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