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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 202: Fisherman¡¯s Advantage

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    The next day after discussing with all the counselors, Wing King Shida got up early. After washing himself and washing himself, he rode his horse to the East Prince's Mansion under the escort of all the Wing Palace guards.

    Walking on the street, I suddenly heard a nursery rhyme recited by several children on the street while playing: "Little heaven, little heaven, Jinling is a little heaven. Heavenly Father cares about the little heaven. You don't have to worry about food, drink or clothing." "A building to the west.  City, there is a city in the east, the one in the west is not bright, and the one in the east is bright.¡±

    At first, Shi Dakai was still smiling. It seemed that the people in Nanjing City still supported the Taiping Army. Even the children's nursery rhymes praised the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. But after listening carefully, it seemed that all the children in the city were chanting it overnight.  These nursery rhymes suddenly reminded me of something, and I couldn't help but frown deeply.

    A moment later, when they arrived at the gate of Dongwang Mansion, they saw Zeng Shuiyuan and Chen Chengrong from Dongwang Mansion waiting at the door with the counselors of the East Palace. These two people had just been promoted, Zeng Shuiyuan was promoted to Heavenly Official and Prime Minister, and Chen Chengrong was promoted to Earthly Official.  The official and deputy prime minister both changed into newly made official uniforms. I don't know whether it was because they had just been promoted or because of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's newly made official uniforms. They both looked bright and full of energy.  

    Seeing Shi Dakai dismounting, Zeng Shuiyuan and Chen Chengrong came forward to greet him. Chen Chengrong saw that King Yi frowned and asked, "Why is His Highness King Yi worried?"

    Shi Dakai sighed softly and said, "Have you noticed the nursery rhymes read by many children along the way?"

    Chen Chengrong was stunned for a moment without answering, but Zeng Shuiyuan beside him said: "Your Highness, King Yi, these children seem to be reciting the same nursery rhymes."

    Chen Chengrong asked curiously: "What's wrong with reading a few nursery rhymes?"

    Shi Dakai slowly recited a few nursery rhymes. After Chen Chengrong recited them silently a few times, he seemed to already know the meaning, and his brows were furrowed.  Zeng Shuiyuan was not as thoughtful as Chen Chengrong, so he secretly recited it several times.  Then he suddenly said: "How come there is such a nursery rhyme? It is so popular that the people and soldiers think that Tianjing City is a little paradise."

    Shi Dakai chuckled and said: "Yes, not only that, the intention of this person who made up the nursery rhyme is even more sinister. If Tianjing City really becomes a little paradise or a holy city in our teachings, then no matter how the pure demons surround it in the future,  No matter how we attack, we can only grit our teeth and defend with no room for change."

    Zeng Shuiyuan smiled slightly and said: "His Royal Highness, King Yi, is too worried. Tianjing City is really like a small paradise. Besides, we have all kinds of heavenly soldiers here. How dare Qingyao come to attack Tianjing? We still have to fight to Beijing."

    Shi Dakai looked at Zeng Shuiyuan who didn't care. It seemed that it wasn't just the King of Heaven, King of the East and others who couldn't bear to part with this colorful world of Tianjing City?  He stopped talking about it and said, "Let's go in quickly, don't keep King Dong waiting for a long time." Zeng Shuiyuan and Chen Chengrong nodded together.  Follow Shi Dakai straight into the Dongwang Mansion.

    After a short period of expansion, the East Palace has begun to take shape.  The site Xiao Yungui chose for the East Prince's Mansion was within the Manchu Jiangning General's Office.  The General's Office has a luxurious building and a pleasant garden. When Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty visited Jiangning in the south, he used the General's Office as his palace.  After Dong Wang Yang Xiuqing followed Li Yiwen to the General's Office, he chose the General's Office at a glance. Yang Xiuqing was satisfied with Xiao Yungui's arrangement.  Then he ordered everyone to expand this place and make it the East Palace.

    The expansion of Dong Wang's Mansion was very large. Dong Wang ordered that all the open space outside the office should be moved into the palace and the surrounding walls should be widened.  The scope of the palace was expanded, and a five-story high-rise building was built in order to monitor the situation inside and outside the city.  In history, Yang Xiuqing chose this place for the first time to build the palace. Later, because the palace was close to the Qingjiangnan Camp of Xiaoling Guard and was constantly attacked by artillery fire, King Dong decided to move the palace to another place.

    After more than ten days of working overnight, the gate of Dongwang Mansion has been initially completed. A tall gate tower has been built in front of the gate, about five or six doors wide, with four closely-nailed iron caltrops. It can be seen from watchtowers as far away as Pukou.  .  There are several cannons outside the gate, which fire morning and evening, which is very majestic.  The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom always regarded yellow and red as noble colors, so they were often decorated with yellow and red colors both inside and outside.  At the gate of the East Prince's Mansion, a plaque with "East Prince's Mansion" written on yellow paper and ink is written on it. There is a copper ring on the door, which is pasted with yellow satin and decorated with images of colorful dragons and tigers.  There is a colorful shed in front of the gate, also covered with yellow and red silk crepe, which looks particularly majestic and majestic. There is a big drum outside the gate, which is specially used for people to complain. "When there is something big or small, drums are played in front of the gate.  A female officer asked.

    After entering the gate, there is another five-story watchtower with a height of four to five feet under construction in the spacious courtyard. The East Prince's Palace has been built and has a square hall outside and inside. The east is called "Chengxuan Hall" and the west is called "Shenzhen Hall".  ¡±, both are places where the heralds carry out errands.  There is also a registration office for Shangshu in the East Hall.  There is also the "Servant Hall" near the palace, which is responsible for armed defense of the East Palace.

    Arriving at the Dongwang Palace, the counselors of Yidian were waiting in the counselor's hall. Shi Dakai, Zeng Shuiyuan, and Chen Chengrong went straight to the Chengxuan Hall to wait. Zeng and Chen accompanied King Yi to serve tea and said that King Dong would be coming later.?

    After a while, the guard at the door shouted loudly: "His Royal Highness the East King is here!" Shi Dakai hurriedly tidied up his clothes and stood up.

    I saw Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, wearing a golden crown. The golden crown was made in the style of an ancient helmet, with a dragon on each side and a phoenix standing near the top. There was a tasseled spear on the top of the helmet. It was surrounded by jewelry tassels. On the forehead of the crown, there were two dragons and a single phoenix embroidered.  In the middle column is the word "Dong Wang" with gold characters. He is wearing a bright yellow satin robe with eight dragons embroidered on it. He wears bright yellow satin boots embroidered with golden dragons. Each boot is embroidered with seven lines. It is very bright and bright, and goes with Yang Xiuqing's timeless and solemn appearance.  , which makes people feel solemn.

    Yang Xiuqing just stepped into the hall, burst out laughing, and said loudly: "Brother Da, I didn't expect you to come so early in the morning. It's great. Brother Da, have you seen my palace? What do you think?"

    Shi Dakai was slightly startled and said cautiously: "Fourth Brother's Palace is truly extraordinary. The officials in the East Palace are still working hard. It has begun to take shape in a short period of time, which is really commendable."

    Yang Xiuqing waved her hands, her face turned cold again and said, "Well, you can't say that you work hard. If you say something ten times, it will be good if they can listen to it once."

    Shi Dakai saw Zeng Shuiyuan and Chen Chengrong bowing their heads and saying nothing. It seemed that they had been scolded by the East King for the expansion of the palace. He felt slightly uneasy, but he did not want to mention too much about the internal affairs of the East Palace.  Taking a step forward, he cupped his fists and said, "Fourth brother, I came here early to discuss important matters."

    Yang Xiuqing walked to the main seat and was about to sit down. When she heard Shi Dakai's words, she turned back and smiled slightly.  Slowly sat down and said, "Is this what I'm talking about about the holy treasury?"

    Shi Dakai raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "How did Fourth Brother know?"

    Yang Xiuqing smiled lightly and said: "In the past few days, you have summoned the treasury managers from all over the place to plan the money and food. You have to personally cut off the money and food received by the managers from all over the East Palace. I guess the holy treasury is tight, right?"

    Shi Dakai was secretly frightened. It seemed that nothing in the capital could escape the eyes and ears of the Eastern King. He then stepped forward and bowed for a long time and said: "Fourth brother Mingjian, there are no less than a million soldiers and civilians in the capital today.  The cost is no less than tens of thousands every day, and now all the royal palaces are being built. The cost is even more"

    At this point, Yang Xiuqing's face darkened, she raised her hand to interrupt him and said, "Brother Da, what do you mean by this? You only talked about the expenses of the holy treasury, why didn't you talk about the inclusion? What happened a few days ago?  Didn't the king send someone to pay a batch of money and grain? Remember, after arriving in Tianjing, there should be more than 12 million taels of silver in the holy treasury, as well as countless grains, fodder and equipment. How many days have you been in Tianjing?  Is there no money left in the holy treasury?¡±

    Shi Dakai hurriedly said: "There are still 600 taels of silver left in the holy treasury. However, there are many people in Tianjing City, and the cost is huge. In the past, most of the money and food in the holy treasury came from seizing the money and food from the Qingyao Mansion after the city was captured.  Most of the rich households who raided the Qing Yao gained most of the money. Now in Tianjing City, everything is waiting to be done. Hundreds of businesses are waiting to be prospered, and money needs to be spent everywhere. Since no team has been sent out to attack the Qing Yao for a long time, the entrance to the holy treasury only depends on the donation from the King of the West.  It is far from enough. The more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the West Palace are currently attacking Sunan, and the King of the West also needs money and food. So far, the King of the West has not received even half of it from the Holy Treasury, but instead he has donated something, which is already commendable."

    Yang Xiuqing muttered: "Xidian has successively captured Jintan, Wuxi, Changzhou and other places. It can still be self-sufficient. Hangzhou and Suzhou are big cities. After they are captured, there should be a lot of money and food supply."

    Shi Dakai shook his head and said: "Fourth brother, now our Tianjing brigade is guarding Tianjing City. What is lacking is not silver but food. The recent summer harvest has just passed. The Qing demon has cut off the land routes everywhere and banned the transfer of food. The fields near Tianjing City  The production is limited and is not enough to supply the needs of the capital. I have no choice but to pay high prices to purchase smuggled rice and grain supplies.  It is used to provide food for the capital, and secondly, it can also defend Tianjing. The Qing demons in the north of the Yangtze River are eyeing them. If Guazhou and Zhenjiang are lost, Tianjing will be threatened by the Qing demon troops."

    Before Yang Xiuqing could answer, he only heard a man outside the hall door laughing and saying, "What the sixth brother said is absolutely true." He saw the Northern King Wei Changhui, who was also wearing a golden crown and yellow robe, with the word "Northern King" embroidered on the golden crown, and strode in. He  Behind him, a man with a red hood and a red robe with a Chinese character face came in, but it was Qin Rigang, the Prime Minister of Tianguan.  The two of them and Yang Xiuqing were all well-dressed, but Shi Dakai was in plain clothes. In comparison, Shi Dakai and Hong Xuanjiao looked very shabby.

    Shi Dakai felt a little happy when he saw the two of them coming hand in hand. It was already known to everyone that the North King and the East King were not in harmony in recent days. He must also want to be able to lead the troops out of Tianjing City. With him and the two of them talking, the issue of sending out troops  That's easy to say.

    Wei Changhui and Qin Rigang saluted Yang Xiuqing. Yang Xiuqing nodded and said slowly: "Brother Wei Zheng, you might as well say something."

    When Shi Dakai heard the words "Brother Wei Zheng", he felt clear in his heart that Wei Changhui cruelly killed his own brother and confessed to King Dong.Xinxin has gained Yang Xiuqing's trust. No matter whether Dong Wang is still on guard, this time Wei Zheng is completely different from before, and a judgment has been made between close relatives and strangers.

    Wei Changhui asked Shi Dakai to sit down, and he also sat on the upper right corner. Qin Ri Gang was the last seat. After a few people sat down, Wei Changhui slowly said: "Our army has been in the city for ten months, and the soldiers and the people have spent more and more money. It is not good to sit back and eat nothing."  As for the long-term plan, I think what the sixth brother said is true. We should send troops to Gan Province and southern Anhui before the autumn harvest to capture the grain-producing areas, so as to alleviate the food shortage in Tianjing."

    Yang Xiuqing frowned and said, "Isn't the King of the West attacking Sunan?"

    Qin Ri Gang's bell-like voice said: "His Royal Highness the East King clearly knows that the West King is facing tens of thousands of Qingyao, and the outcome is still unclear. I heard that Qingyao has mobilized a large number of reinforcements from Fujian and Jiangxi in recent days to prepare for the aid of southern Jiangsu. Qingyao from Jiangbei  Maybe we will also go south to help. Now we wait for the right time to send troops. Firstly, we can disrupt Qingyao's deployment and support the Western King's offensive, so that Qingyao does not dare to calmly go to the rescue. Secondly, after we capture the grain-producing areas, we can also relieve me.  Waiting for urgent needs.¡±

    Yang Xiuqing snorted with a gloomy face and said: "It's an urgent matter. Is Tianjing City running out of food? What's the purpose of you rushing to leave the team? Qing Yao went to aid Southern Jiangsu? Is there a shortage in Southern Jiangsu? There is no food in Tianjing City yet.  An'an, where are you going to fight when you leave the team? Did the King of Heaven order you to leave the team?!" After saying this, Shi Dakai, Wei Changhui and others looked at each other, wondering why King Dong was so angry.

    Yang Xiuqing snorted coldly and said: "Brothers Da and Wei Zheng, how many rich families in the city who have colluded with the Qing Yao have not been dealt with? Go check it out. As far as I know, there are still many Qing Yao officials, officials and rich people."  Everyone is at large, are you letting these people continue to cause harm to the people?"

    Shi Dakai and Wei Changhui looked at each other. It seemed that the East King was still worried that he and the North King would become another West King after leading the army. He sighed secretly and said quickly: "Brother Dong Wang taught you a lesson. The king brother made a mistake. The city survives.  The pure demon, I will personally bring the heavenly soldiers to destroy it."

    Yang Xiuqing counted and said: "That's very good. In fact, the battle with the Western King in Sunan has been decided. I can handle it without waiting for me to leave the team. If the Western King cannot handle it, there will definitely be a message for help. I will leave the team when the time comes."  It¡¯s not too late. We shouldn¡¯t be in a hurry to leave the team now. It¡¯s best to plan everything before taking action. And now the people of Jinling are also making up songs saying that Tianjing City is a little paradise. It seems that it is God¡¯s will. We should uphold the instructions of the Heavenly Father.  I want to make Jinling the capital and change its name to Tianjing. We should manage Tianjing well and make Tianjing a little paradise and a holy city in the East. Only then can we follow the right path of teaching."

    Shi Dakai was sweating profusely after hearing this. At this moment, he suddenly understood the meaning of Dong Wang's words. He did not blame himself and Bei Wang for proposing to go out, but he didn't want Tianjing to send out a team to contain Qing Yao. Dong Wang wanted to use Qing Yao's hand to deal with Xi Wang!  It can be heard from his gloomy tone that he is extremely dissatisfied with the strength of the Western King's army and wants to weaken it with the help of Qing Yao. Although it may not necessarily kill the Western King, it still wants the Western King to be cornered by the Qing Yao.  Send people to Tianjing to ask for help, and only then will he, the Eastern King, send a large team to rescue him.  It seems that Yang Xiuqing is not just greedy for the pleasure of Tianjing City and refuses to join the team. He wants to reap the benefits of others. He will not step in to clean up the mess until both King Xi and Qing Yao are harmed. It is really a sophisticated plan.

    Shi Dakai opened his mouth and wanted to say something more for King Xi, but he didn't know what to say. Wei Changhui also had a grimace and did not dare to say anything. Qin Rigang lowered his head and said nothing. Chen Chengrong looked happy, as if he had already  As expected, Zeng Shuiyuan was the only one who looked anxious, but he was quiet and did not dare to speak.

    Yang Xiuqing ignored Shi Dakai, stood up and said, "Brother Wei Zheng, Qin Ri Gang, please follow me to see the new palace." Wei Changhui and Qin Ri Gang immediately took the order.

    Yang Xiuqing walked past Shi Dakai and suddenly whispered: "Change your clothes. You don't have the majesty of the Winged King of Heaven. You are very shabby, and you are not afraid of making people laugh." After that, he went out.

    After Yang Xiuqing and others walked away, Shi Dakai sighed softly and said: "Why did the brothers cause trouble for Xiao Qiang? Do you have to give up the good situation to Qing Yao?" Then he shook his head, stopped talking, walked out of the hall, and just looked at Dong Dong.  The beautiful pavilions and pavilions in the palace can't help but be a little crazy.  (To be continued. Mobile phone users please go to read.)
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