Time travel, sell Tang poems at the beginning

royal palace.

Royal study room.

The Yue Emperor Murong Zhengming was reviewing memorials with his royal pen in hand. He had no idea that such a big thing happened outside the palace.

Both the war faction and the peace faction understand very well that once a war breaks out between Yan and Yue, River Valley City will be turned into ruins under the bombing of Feitian Camp, and letting their families leave the city for temporary refuge is their only option.

The duty of the Fengyu Tower is to monitor the world. If there is a wave of people leaving the city in River Valley City, Zhou Zhu will definitely enter the palace as soon as possible to report the matter to Murong Zhengming, so no one in the civil or military court will meddle in other people's affairs at this time.

However, Zhou Zhu and Xie Shanhe waited in the reception hall of the East Palace for a whole day. The general managers of Fengyutai were not high enough and could not enter the East Palace. As a result, half of the people in the city had left. Only then did Zhou Zhu get the news and hurried to the imperial study.

After being informed by the chamberlain, Zhou Zhu quickly walked into the imperial study and said, "My lord, I'd like to meet your Majesty!"

Murong Zhengming raised his head and looked at Zhou Zhu, "Get back on your feet! Zhou Aiqing is so anxious to see me, but is there any change in Yan Guo's army?"

Zhou Zhu quickly raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, there is currently no movement in Yan State's army. I am here for the people of River Valley City to leave the city with their families."

Murong Zhengming quickly put down the imperial pen in his hand and looked at Zhou Zhu with a puzzled look on his face, "The whole family leaves the city? What are the good people doing out of the city?"

"Back to Your Majesty, this morning the families of officials in the city, large and small, began to leave the city. Immediately afterwards, the contents of Yan Guo's credential and the fact that Yan Guo was about to send troops to attack Yue began to spread among the people, so the common people left the city with their families."

"Zhou Aiqing, even if there is a war between Yue and Yan, wouldn't it be more dangerous outside the city? Then what are the people doing out of the city?"

"Back to Your Majesty, as far as I know, the Hehe Daily under the control of His Royal Highness Prince Rui published an article introducing Shengtian City after the war some time ago. In order to maximize the destruction of the Yuan army in the city, Yan Jun ordered the Feitian Battalion to launch an attack on Shengtian City. After five days of heavy bombing, the huge Shengtian City was reduced to ruins."

"The people of Shengtian City can still dig underground secret rooms at home to save their lives. However, the terrain of River Valley City is too low and the water table is too high, so they cannot dig underground secret rooms at all. So when the people in the city heard that Yan Jun was coming, they raised their hands one after another. The family left the city to escape.”

After Zhou Zhu explained, Murong Zhengming immediately understood why the people wanted to leave the city.

"Zhou Aiqing, how many people have left the city so far?"

Zhou Zhu was most afraid of Murong Zhengming asking him this question. Now what he was most afraid of had happened. He had no choice but to take all the blame.

As for Murong Haotian leaving him and Xie Shanhe in the side hall for a whole day, that must not be mentioned in front of His Majesty, otherwise even if His Majesty forgives him, the prince will not let him go.

Zhou Zhu knew Murong Haotian's character very well. He was suspicious and cruel by nature, and he would do whatever it took to achieve his goals. Once the prince was implicated in this matter, not only would he die but his family would be implicated.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhu decided to take the initiative to take all responsibilities. At worst, he would be handed over to the Yan State envoy by His Majesty, and at least his family would be safe and sound.

Zhou Zhu bent his legs and fell to his knees, "Your Majesty, I am guilty of negligence. By the time I reacted, half of the people in River Valley City had already left. I deserve death for my crime."

"Oh!"

Murong Zhengming slapped the imperial case fiercely, stood up from the dragon chair, quickly came to Zhou Zhu, and shouted loudly: "Half? Negligence? What do you do in Fengyutai? In one day, a full thirty You don’t care if tens of thousands of people leave the city? Then what use do I have of you?”

"Your Majesty, this is all my responsibility. Please punish me severely."

"Severe punishment? Can your people come back with a severe punishment?"

"Your Majesty, after discovering the seriousness of this matter, I closed all the gates of Kyoto in advance, and urgently dispatched all the Fengyu Guards to go out of the city to recover the people."

Murong Zhengming turned around and looked at Cao Chun who was standing aside, "Eunuch Cao, please pass on my decree and order Huben Colonel Mo Wuji to lead his troops out of the city immediately. You must bring back all the civilians who have left the city."

"Old slave obeys!"

Cao Chun cupped his hands, turned around and left quickly...

The Huben Army is the personal army of the Yue Emperor in the past dynasties. The 100,000 Huben Army is only responsible to the Yue Emperor alone. It is the strongest guarantee for the Yue Emperor's supreme power.

After Murong Zhengming calmed down, something suddenly occurred to him and he immediately said: "Zhou Zhu, there are three hundred thousand people dragging their families with them, and they have to take their valuables out of the city. It will take half a day at the fastest. So Could it be that Feng Yutai didn’t even notice it for a long time?”

"Your Majesty, forgive me. When the officials' families were rushing out of the city, the people below reported it to me. It was my negligence and not taking it seriously, which led to the current result. Everything is my responsibility. The people below have nothing to do with it.”

Murong Zhengming shook his head, "Zhou Zhu, I personally appointed you to the position of Fengyutai Zhentai. With your ability, it is absolutely impossible for you to make such a low-level mistake. There must be some other reasons for this."

"If I want to know the truth of the matter, do you think you can hide it? Once I find out that you are lying, then you are deceiving me. You are very clear about the consequences of deceiving me. Considering your past achievements, I I’ll give you one more chance to tell the truth.”

As soon as Murong Zhengming said these words, Zhou Zhu's expression suddenly changed. His Majesty wanted to know the truth of the matter. In fact, it was only a matter of one sentence. If he still insisted on his previous statement, he would indeed be deceiving the emperor.

The crime of deceiving the emperor is a serious crime like resisting an edict. Once the emperor pursues the case, not only will he die, but his family and relatives will also be affected.

But if he told the truth, he would definitely offend the prince. Based on his understanding of Murong Haotian, the consequences would be no less than the crime of deceiving the emperor.

It's over. Caught between His Majesty and the Prince, no matter what choice he makes, he will always be dead. Now he is completely over.

What it means to accompany you is like accompanying a tiger, this is it.

After weighing the pros and cons, Zhou Zhu chose to tell the truth, "Your Majesty, in fact, I and Xie Qianshi went to the East Palace early this morning. We waited for four hours in the reception hall of the East Palace to see His Highness the Crown Prince. I didn't know about the people leaving the city until I came out of the East Palace, and then..."

Murong Haotian nodded thoughtfully, "I see! Zhou Zhu, do you have to wait so long every time you go to the East Palace to see the prince?"

Zhou Zhu quickly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, that's not the case. I went to the East Palace to see the prince before, and I only had to wait for half an hour at most. Today, the prince may be too busy, so I and Xie Qian are waiting in the side hall. I forgot about it.”

Murong Zhengming smiled and said, "The prince never forgets it sooner or later. He happened to forget it when the people in the city were leaving the city with their families. What a coincidence!"

Murong Zhengming looked at Zhou Zhu who was kneeling on the ground, "Zhou Zhu, get up first! If things are really as you said, then the people leaving the city are not entirely your responsibility. Okay, I know everything. , you go back first!”

"I obey the decree! I resign!"

Zhou Zhu quickly stood up, bowed his hands respectfully, turned and left the imperial study room...