34. Dandy (9)

Spring seemed to pass in the blink of an eye, and the hot summer soon came to Shengjing.

The gentlemen in Shengjing no longer fight with crickets and play Cuju, but they still have a new way of playing, playing in the water park built by Dalang in that period.

It is said to be a garden, but in fact it was originally a large piece of wasteland in the suburbs. Because no food could be grown, it was equivalent to a wasteland. Duan Qingen fell in love with it at first and went to ask the Miao family for money to buy it. He was very angry. Seriously, he said that he would let Mr. Miao take a shareholding, and he would split it 50-50 with her when he made money.

At that time, Mrs. Miao was almost going crazy because of his lavish spending. She almost gave up her face and everything. She refused very simply and directly labeled Duan Qingen's behavior as nonsense.

Previously, he wanted to buy jewelry for Xi Yuzhen, who was engaged. Even if he spent a lot of money, there was a reason. Buying wasteland was just for fun. Miao's reason for refusing was also very legitimate. He dragged Duan Qingen to chat. Dao's family is entirely supported by Duan's father. They are not from a wealthy family, and they cannot spend money lavishly. They can just buy whatever they want.

It can be said that all the anger that I had thought of but dared not vent was cleared up.

Duan Qingen also listened patiently to her. When Miao had vented all the depression in his heart, he turned around and ran to find Duan's father.

After some coquettishness, Duan's father gave him the right card and allowed him to buy the wasteland with money from the government. He also gave him a lot of money to build a water park.

Miao almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

She asked Duan's father why he did this, and Duan's father answered very confidently, "Enge'er has always been a well-behaved child. He has never asked me for anything when he grew up, and he only received rewards a few times. Now, It's rare for him to speak, so as a father, how can I directly refute him."

Miao was so angry that she held her heart for a long time and couldn't calm down.

Yes, Duan Qing'en has never asked for anything from his father. That's because he only asks for whatever he wants from his mother! !

It’s only her fault that she had been thinking about raising people secretly before. She was afraid that Father Duan would notice that her son was spending extravagant money to rescue him. She would give him the right cards, money, and support for this little beast. He never said a word to Father Duan when he was enjoying himself outside. , and also helped to say nice things in front of him.

She originally had a good plan. If Duan Qingen keeps making trouble like this, there is no need for her to put any eye drops on Duan's father. Mansheng Jingdou knows what kind of person he is and what kind of reputation he has. As time goes by, Duan Qingen himself will become rotten. At the root.

She never expected that she wanted to raise him to make Duan's father realize that he was a cheating son, but maybe her image of a loving mother was so successful that Duan Qing'en subconsciously cheated on her as a mother.

This time Miao was very angry. She couldn't bear the anger, so she said a few words with worry when they met outside:

"My husband is also a doting child. As soon as Engel said he wanted to buy a piece of wasteland, he immediately gave him money. As Engel is a child, I'm afraid the silver will be thrown into the water."

"Enge'er came to me before and said he wanted to share the money with me and I didn't even agree. But when he went to tell the master, he turned around and agreed. Hey, this father and son couple , it’s really…”

She did this because she had been holding it in her heart for too long and wanted to complain, and secondly, she wanted to spread the word that Duan Qingen was a waste of money and could afford to spend money to buy wasteland.

As a result, Duan Qingen's water park became popular!

He introduced running water into the garden, built many wooden houses, surrounded by running water, and dug a pool. It was said to be a pool, but in fact it was only as deep as a person's shoulder at most. And this pool was too big, enough for an adult. It took people a long time to reach the end.

There is a small leather boat on it, and fruit cakes are placed on the small boat. This can ensure that the men who are playing in the pool will get enough supplies when they are hungry and thirsty.

On the other side of the wasteland, he had people build a golf course and pull up various recreational equipment. These things are not unique to later generations, but are what everyone is used to playing today.

Generally speaking, except for the pool, everything else is copied from Duan Qingen's Spring Feast.

But so what, the royal family only holds spring banquets in spring, but Duan Qingen's water garden is open all year round.

At the beginning, he took the men who played well with him to build this water park, with Duan Qingen as the main one and other men as assistants. They spent what seemed like a huge amount of money to common people to build a water park. Amusement paradise.

Everyone signed the contract, and those multiple copies of the contract proved that they owned the water park together. Of course, as the person who was mainly responsible, Duan Qingen had more.

In fact, no one thought about using the water park to make a profit at the beginning. They had long been accustomed to reaching out to get money from home. Everyone knew the importance of money, but no one wanted to get their hands on it.

They regard the water park as a secret base for themselves and their friends, but they can't stand the status of the gentlemen who play with Duan Qing'en. There are always some who want to curry favor with them, or people who yearn for them want to pour in.

In the past, this group of gentlemen ran around Shengjing, and these people still knew what they were doing, but now they all hid in the water garden. They looked happy when they came out of the garden, and they were happy again the next day. Continuing into the garden, people inevitably wonder what is in the garden.

The first person who offered to spend silver coins in exchange for the opportunity to enter the garden appeared. Duan Qingen refused happily, saying that this garden was the hard work of the brothers and they only planned to play by themselves.

And this pioneer was very patient. Every time a group of young men appeared, he begged if they could take him along. He really wanted to see where the top second-generations in Shengjing had fun.

After almost half a month of obsession, perhaps the young men were impatient, or perhaps they also wanted to find some new fun. The young man who wanted to go in and take a look finally gave away the silver in his hand in exchange for the opportunity to enter and exit the water park for a short period of time.

He was just the child of a traveling merchant. The traveling merchant had nothing but money, so he also had only money in his hands. Now he was seventeen or eighteen years old. His father sent him to Beijing to deliver goods, but the buyer had an accident and the goods could not be delivered. He had to return the same way. Perhaps this traveling merchant felt that he could not make a wasted trip, so he spent a thousand gold coins in exchange for the opportunity to enter the park and play with this group of powerful second-generations.

Other people in Shengjing originally thought that this traveling merchant would be disliked by the young men soon, but they didn't expect that he would really play with them, and then they even became friends across classes.

What happened next was a matter of course. There was no reason to see a friend in trouble. One of the relatives of the family, who was also a merchant, signed the contract, and the goods in the hands of the merchant were sold, and the price was even 10% higher than the price set by his father before.

This incident can be said to have shocked many merchants. Why did they try so hard to curry favor with these second-generation powerful people? Wasn't it just to build a good relationship so that when they were in trouble, these second-generation people whose elders were officials in the court could help them?

It's just that everyone's class is there. Officials can have shops and make money from shops and farms, but they will never look down on real businessmen.

The same is true for the second generation. No matter how they curry favor, these second-generation people will ignore them.

Even if they were willing to pay a lot of money, these second-generation young men would not be interested. In this era, the higher the official position, the richer the money. Even if they are not corrupt, there are still some gray incomes, including Duan Qingen's father. He can be regarded as a good official who is dedicated to the country, but before he entered the court as an official, he was just a poor scholar. Looking at the family property now, you will know how important power is in this era.

And the wandering merchant, according to him, his father has more than one child in his family. If he messes up things in the capital this time, his status in the family will certainly decline, and it will be a problem whether he can go out to do business in the future.

Before he was allowed to enter the water park, he was frowning and asking people to buy the goods in his hands every day. Now, he not only sold them, but also sold them at a 10% higher price. He also met the young men in Shengjing. I am afraid that his status will be greatly improved after returning home.

Back to the point, for these second-generation businessmen, it is very important to have a good relationship with the second-generation power. How come a wandering merchant can do what they couldn't do before?

So, a lot of people began to visit this wandering merchant.

The wandering merchant answered very happily: "There are new funs in the garden every day. The young men are divided into two or three groups, competing for the prize. Mr. Zhou and I are always in the same group. We play more together, and our relationship gradually gets better."

Those who want to curry favor with the top young men suddenly realized.

Everyone knows that if they stand in the same camp, the relationship will be good, but they didn't have the opportunity to play with this group of young men before.

When the royal family holds a spring banquet and the officials hold a banquet, they will only invite people who are also officials. No merchant will be invited in.

Usually these young men are extremely exclusive, so naturally they will not give them the opportunity to stand in the same camp.

But now it is different. The water park is not run by the royal family. As long as they are like this merchant, and spend money to beg to enter, they may be favored by some official. Not to mention the face at home, at least they will be very face-saving in their own circle.

No one saw the benefits before, so no one dared to beg like the merchant. Now that the ready-made benefits are in front of them, what do they need to save face for?

Immediately, many people came to the door with gold and silver, begging to spend money to enter.

Duan Qingen gave them a cold shoulder for a few days, saying that this garden was run by them for their own fun and no outsiders were allowed.

At this time, the merchant was about to be pulled out for a walk. Although these people did not dare to say that it was unfair for you to only take him to play and not us, they were very humble and begged very hard.

I don’t know whether the forces behind them asked them to come or they wanted to come by themselves. In short, they are all young men, the oldest is only in their early twenties. I’m afraid they are worried that Duan Qingen will refuse them because of their age.

Afterwards, as they wished, Duan Qingen "very reluctantly" and "reluctantly" agreed to open the yard.

It was just impossible for these people to pay a little money to play in the water park for a lifetime. They were only willing to let people in month by month, so that if one day the friends didn't want these people to come in and make noise, they could close the yard at any time.

They had begged to get in, so how could these people dare to put forward conditions? So after Duan Qingen "with a little regret" and "hesitation" went to discuss with his friends and came back, saying that it would cost a thousand gold a month, and if they wanted to get in again next month, they had to pay another thousand gold, and they could only buy it month by month, and they couldn't buy it for several months at a time, the people present suspected that he was deliberately driving away the guests.

Think about it, this group of officials' sons are not short of money. Who is willing to share their territory with others? If they weren't so numerous and stubborn, there would still be people who would go to the most loyal Duan Qing'en and brainwash him. Work, I'm afraid they are not even willing to let people in.

Perhaps it was because there were businessmen from other places present who kept talking about the above speculations, and said that they couldn't stay in Shengjing for too long anyway, and buying the water garden where the rich and powerful's children lived would be enough for one month.

After that, these businessmen from other places rushed to pay the money.

Duan Qingen didn't leave, he was the one who was paid to write down the list.

As soon as he saw these businessmen arriving in a swarm, there were about a dozen of them, and the look of regret on his handsome face became heavier, and he quickly added: "Only the first 300 people are allowed in and out of the garden every month. If there are more than 300 people, we won’t accept it even if they are given ten thousand yuan.”

Obviously, they are worried that too many people will disturb the purity.

There are definitely not 300 people present. After all, they can't all come together to make trouble, but everyone can be sure that there are definitely more than 300 people who want to enter this yard, especially those businessmen from other places. son.

They all want to please the officials who are sent abroad, let alone the children of officials in the capital.

Didn't you see that as soon as these words came out, another group of unfamiliar people swarmed up?

People are cheap. If something is just sitting there waiting for you to buy it, you are not in a hurry.

But if many people are grabbing this thing, it is very likely that if you are a step too late, you will lose your share. Then even people who were hesitant before whether to buy it will immediately become more interested in buying it.

This is called hunger marketing in later generations.

In short, all the 300 places were sold out that day. When these people got the signs that changed every month, they saw the people who were slow to arrive after receiving the news. They held a lot more gold and silver and begged if they could get extra money. When I let myself in, but was flatly rejected, at this moment, I felt absolutely full of satisfaction.

Duan Qing'en, who had a cold expression on his face as he thanked the guests, and a bit of regret on his brows, seemed to be regretting why he had relented and agreed to let these people in, and turned around directly into the garden.

The sign will only take effect tomorrow, so these people can only watch with satisfaction and a little worry as Duan Qingen's back gradually disappears from their sight.

Of course, they were satisfied because they finally had the qualifications to enter the garden through their hard work, and worried about whether Duan Qingen would regret it and take back the sign.

Duan Qingen is indeed regretting it.

It's just that the regrets are different from what these people think.

"I should have set up four hundred people. It's such a pity that I made so much less."

When he entered the room and said this, He Lisheng immediately began to laugh at him, "If you want to make money, just say it, why bother with all these twists and turns, and even found some close associates who have never been exposed to others to pretend to be businessmen from other places. What a hassle."

Duan Qingen didn't care about his ridicule. He stepped forward and lay down comfortably on the sofa. He drank a glass of wine handed over by He Lisheng and squinted his eyes comfortably. Once we are involved, we will be fine, but the elders in the family should be implicated. "

On the other side of the cave, Lang Jun, who was eating grapes and wearing soft cloud-woven clothes, said: "What Qing En said is that there is chaos in the court now, and there are famines everywhere outside Shengjing, and there are The rebels are rebelling, and the government wants to provide disaster relief but has no money, and it has no money to send troops. If they see us making a lot of money just by building a garden, I'm afraid the target will be aimed at us. "

"Hey, I believe you when you say that the imperial court wants to send troops to suppress the rebels, but I don't believe when you say that it wants to provide disaster relief. Seeing that the victims came to Shengjing in batches to seek a way to survive, except for some wealthy people in Shengjing who opened warehouses to provide porridge, it can be seen that the imperial court Is there any movement?"

Another man wearing soft armor and fond of swords and guns sneered, "My father asked the emperor to save these people, but the emperor would rather build a palace for the imperial concubine than give a grain of rice for relief. He also felt that My father was meddling in other people's business and was beaten ten times. Now he is still recuperating on the couch. I'm afraid those people outside are just ants in the eyes of the emperor. "

He Guogong had already withdrawn from the court when he noticed that something was wrong, so He Lisheng did not realize what happened in the court. Seeing his friend's fierce words, he quickly reminded: "Be careful what you say openly!"

"There are only the four of you and me here, and we are all trustworthy friends. Why should we suppress ourselves?" Zhou Gong was the husband whose father was beaten. His father was a man of iron and steel. He fought for the imperial court, even through mountains of swords and seas of fire. The one who shed tears was beaten ten times by the emperor. That night he had a high fever and cried bitterly in nightmares.

He was a person who came off the battlefield. Could he be crying because of the pain? It's not for the sake of the people of the world that such a foolish king is exposed.

The more Zhou Gonggao thought about it, the angrier he became. It could be said that he was the easiest to be persuaded among the four rebels trained by Duan Qingen.

He Lisheng is the most difficult one, but it doesn't matter. Since he has become good friends with Zhou Gong, he will surely understand the current situation soon.

Duan Qingen clapped his hands, "Okay, don't talk anymore, let's divide the silver. One person is a thousand gold, and three hundred people are 300,000 gold. After deducting the entrustment, there are still 270,000 gold. According to the agreement, We will use 50,000 gold to help the people, 20,000 gold will be used as the floating account of the water park, and the rest will be 50,000 gold each. "

He Lisheng was stunned, "If this goes on for a long time, maybe I will be richer than grandpa."

Zhou Gong still looked like he hated the imperial court with all his heart: "In today's world, no matter how much gold there is, it's of no use."

He stood up and said to Duan Qing'en: "Qing'en, you don't have to give me my share from now on. Just keep it and do whatever you want."

Duan Qing'en did not refuse, and still had the open and pure smile unique to a favored husband, "Then I will accept it, thank you for your openness."

"It's my turn to thank you."

After Zhou Gonggong finished speaking, he clasped his fists at his three friends in the room, "My father is seriously ill, so I left first."

After he left, Xu Huming, who was wearing Yunwei soft clothes, also stood up lazily, "I and Gong Gong have the same idea. You don't have to give me this gold in the future. Qing'en, you can just use it. If you don't have enough, , Although my family can’t provide any financial support, I can help with some strategies to make money.”

He is the only serious scholar among the four, and he is very reputable outside. Although he grew up with them, he has never played with them before. When Duan Qingen brought him here, he frightened a group of young men. Not light.

This is equivalent to a top student suddenly coming among the bad students and calling them brothers, which is really shocking.

But this person can be said to have hit it off with Duan Qingen. This time the "Let's make big money" plan was planned by the two of them. Zhou Gongdao and He Lisheng were responsible for watching.

After he finished speaking, he cupped his hands and said, "Brothers are still outside. I'm going to call for some good wine and food. Since I have entrusted the garden to you, I must appease them."

However, these young gentlemen are the easiest to coax, so there is no need to worry that they will be annoyed because the merchant comes into the yard.

After all, those who can appear here are all scumbags. I am usually looked down upon by others, and of course I will not look down on others.

He Lisheng watched Xu Huming go out with great confusion, with a look of confusion on his face, "Why did both Qingdao and Huming have to hand over this gold to you? What happened? Why didn't I know?"

Duan Qingen smiled and poured himself a glass of wine: "The four of us are inseparable all day long. There is nothing we hide from you."

"Then why don't they want the gold?"

He Lisheng looked back at the empty door, and then at Duan Qing'en, who was smiling and drinking as usual. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I don't want my fifty thousand gold. You can use it."

Duan Qingen: "You didn't even know what I was going to do, so you just gave me the gold?"

He Lisheng has always been free and easy when it comes to money, not to mention that this is his good brother, so he waved his hands and said: "This gold is the result of your efforts. I didn't do anything and took it from you." It’s only natural that I give you more gold.”

"What's more." He touched his chin: "Granting and Hu Ming are both smart people. Since they gave it to you, there should be nothing wrong with me giving it to you."

Duan Qingen smiled, not that he was surprised. In some aspects, He Lisheng really had the intuition of a small animal.

He took the wine glass left by Zhou Gongguo and Xu Huming, and then took it from He Lisheng's hand.

First, he pushed Zhou Gonggang's wine glass over: "Ganggang represents the general."

Then he pushed Xu Huming: "Huming represents civil servants."

Then, it was He Lisheng who said, "Lisheng, you are the Marquis's home."

The three cups were pushed over. With a hint of drunkenness in his eyes, he placed his cup among the three cups and looked at He Lisheng with raised eyebrows:

"Then what am I?"

He Lisheng stared blankly at the four cups on the table. An idea flashed through his mind, causing him to jump back like a rabbit in shock.

"You, you..."

Pointed by his trembling index finger, Duan Qing'en still smiled in a dandy manner, leaning on the couch, and slowly put a grape into his mouth.

"Don't worry, these two hundred thousand gold will go where it belongs."

"How dare you, this is a serious crime of decapitation!" He said this too loudly due to shock. He Lisheng quickly reached out to cover his mouth, and with a face full of panic, he leaned out the door and looked around. When he saw no one around, he became cautious. He closed the door tightly, turned around and continued in a whisper as low as possible, full of urgency: "I want to ransack the house and implicate the nine clans!!!"

Duan Qing'en was still calm and calm. He saw He Lisheng walking around the room like an ant on a frying pan, mumbling: "How far have you come? Qing'en, I tell you, this is not what is written in the playbook." It’s so simple, it’s not just because you have money, it’s not too late to stop now.”

"It's too late."

Duan Qingen directly threw a grape into his wine glass, and Shi Shiran sat up, "The Rucheng Army lost its leader less than three months after the rebellion, and they are all civilian households with no money or food. Why do you think they have been able to resist the imperial court’s attacks?”

He Lisheng was already shocked and stunned, "It's you..."

"Does Li Sheng know why hundreds of thousands of troops in the imperial court can intimidate more than tens of millions of people?"

He slowly took out the grapes soaked in wine and threw them into his mouth, "Because the people are all ignorant."

"Ignorant people can't do anything. Even if they are forced to have no way out, even if they don't move forward, they will die, even if they are willing to risk their lives, relying on ordinary people alone will definitely not make it possible. Do you know why?"

He Lisheng really didn't know why the situation now turned into a master's lecture in the blink of an eye, but he still answered, "Because the people have no knowledge, even if they raise an army, even if they have a large number of people, they will still be scattered."

"So, the imperial court has forced everyone in the world to go to this extent, but the people still can't resist. Even if there is an army, the end is just to be hanged within three months, and their families will be executed together. If this continues, even if they Even if he was forced to die, he would not dare to raise another army to resist the imperial court.”

Duan Qingen smiled at He Lisheng, "These people have long been forced by this world to think for themselves. They only need a guide to tell them what to do and what to do next, and then let them have enough food and clothing." , In this way, the originally fragile rebel army can become impregnable."

He Lisheng still didn't understand, "But we don't have to do this. Do you think life is bad now? Are we unhappy every day? Do you know that if you lose, you, your family, and your Madam, everyone will be implicated!”

"I know, that's why I stayed calm in front of my big brother instead of on the battlefield."

"Even if many people die, the imperial court can still survive. Without these people who were forced to die, there will be new people, and the children will be born in an endless stream, but it will eventually perish, and it will not die in the debauchery of the king. The body will be killed by foreign enemies, and it will not last more than fifty years. The family will not be able to control the family, and the country will not be able to control the country. "

Duan Qing'en picked up the wine glass and handed it to He Lisheng, "Your family is already very powerful. Even if the situation is like this, the Duke has already avoided it, and it will have no impact on your family. Even if you don't help me, if I succeed in the future, I will never blame you."

He Lisheng stared at the glass of wine in front of him blankly, and he didn't know how long he stayed there. He suddenly raised his head and asked, "Can you guarantee that if the incident fails, our family will not be implicated?"

"nature."

He gritted his teeth, took the wine, raised his neck and drank it clean.

After finishing the drink, He Lisheng threw the cup.

"It's crazy!"

He only felt that he was dreaming. He, a gentleman who was not as good as a weak crown, actually followed three other gentlemen who were also not as good as a weak crown to rebel.

But thinking that less than fifty years later, the country would be destroyed. His family, his sister, mother, and father might have passed away before that, and even himself, but his wife, children, and grandchildren, including his clan members, would all die with him. , He Lisheng couldn't refuse the glass of wine.

Duan Qingen was right. He had already seen clearly what the world was like. He only pretended not to know because he was the beneficiary and could do whatever he wanted.

The refugees outside.

Dead people.

All before his eyes.

****

What is it like in a world controlled by imperial power, where ordinary people can't even recognize the characters?

It's very simple. As long as a person has knowledge, he can easily control the people and even the soldiers.

People in Shengjing only knew that the four of them were always hiding in the water park and having fun, but they could not see that they were constantly exchanging information and deploying combat plans.

The information that the children of powerful people have access to is unmatched by a hundred servants, especially since they are the most favored husband in the family, and it is time for them to study. If they want to go to their father's study, no one will reject.

People in Shengjing didn't know that behind the growing Rucheng army, there were four princes who were like a small court making suggestions.

They tried their best to avoid using real weapons and strengthened themselves little by little, while the silver and gold obtained from the water park continued to flow that way.

Who would be wary of a few young men who are not yet married? They are even well-known playboys in Shengjing.

But even if he is a dandy, he has grown up under the influence of various family members. The education received by the direct lineage far exceeds the imagination of ordinary people.

Duan Qingen's method of controlling the rebel army is very simple. He only needs one or two cronies, and they will replace him and control the entire army.

This world is deformed. It is deformed but also retains a lot of sincerity that has long been lost in later generations. Sincerity is so sincere that even if those who replace Duan Qing'en pay some price and can really sit on the throne, they still will not do so.

The grace of saving a life, the luck of being alive, and even some words are enough to make some people who could have relied on their knowledge to find a way out in the court willing to die for Duan Qingen.

Of course, people always have to be prepared. If these are punished, Duan Qingen will still have a way to deal with them.

In short, at present, these young men are remotely controlling the rebel army to fight against the imperial court.

At first, the emperor did not take these rebels seriously. After all, this kind of thing had happened before, but they were all suppressed forcefully.

But later, when the rebel army gradually gained momentum and even occupied some cities, the court became anxious.

They were arguing back and forth, first about whether to persuade the other party to surrender or to fight directly. While they were arguing, they were also arguing about what to do with supplies for the war. The treasury was already too empty when the palace was built. Now that the war is going on, the soldiers will have to eat. What to drink and what to wear?

This quarrel lasted for three months.

Zhou Gong's father watched helplessly as Rucheng's army grew stronger and stronger in the past three months, while the court was still debating whether to persuade them to surrender or to fight directly. He was so angry that he called himself sick.

Zhou Gong was relieved about this, because before this, his father had been asking for orders to send troops. If it weren't for someone in the court who wanted to take this opportunity to enrich their own pockets and tried to stop him, his father might have already gone. On the way to fight against Rucheng Army.

Even the four of them couldn't think of any good way to get the best of both worlds when their own people were fighting their own people.

Xu Huming's father is much more sensible. According to Xu Huming, his father seems to be paving the way for his family. This does not surprise Duan Qing'en. After all, Xu Huming's father has always been smart. He sees that Sooner or later, the Rucheng army will come up, and the emperor is already furious. Who dares to say, "Your Majesty, they are too powerful, we should strangle them in the cradle, otherwise the Rucheng army will come to kill us in the future." He can kill them first. the person who proposed this point of view.

If you can't save it, you can only think of a way out.

As for Duan’s father...

He has always been a pure minister, and he was debating fiercely in the court whether to persuade him to surrender or to fight directly. He never thought that the dynasty he was loyal to would be defeated.

As for the Rucheng army, they were still brazenly growing during the debate in the court.

The Rucheng Army takes in civilians, babies, and even those who are seriously ill. They will send their own doctors to save lives. For those people who are about to die in the next second, it is better to join the Rucheng Army and wait until they are executed for rebellion in the future. It would be better for the whole family to starve to death together now.

Think about it, they are not afraid of death anymore, what else do they have to fear.

One side is forcing people to die, and the other side is giving people a way to live. It is clear which side to choose.

In the year when Duan Qingen turned seventeen, the Rucheng Army had grown to a level that no one could ignore.

The court was still arguing, but this time, they were arguing about whether to move the capital for refuge or to fight directly.

The emperor's attitude was very resolute. No matter what the situation, he must save his own life first.

Some loyal elders were cold-hearted by the emperor's attitude, and some tried to fish in troubled waters. The whole Shengjing seemed to be as usual, but in fact, it was already in chaos.

The only thing that makes those elders happy is probably that their children are gradually becoming more stable, and the source of their stability, they, the leaders of Langjun's small group, are listening to their own father's thoughts.

"Now that you and Sister Zhen are seventeen, it's time to get married. I asked your mother to ask. She said that the dowry at the Marquis Mansion was not ready yet, so it's okay. The world is in chaos now, and our family is also in trouble. Not those who are greedy for money, the smaller the dowry, the smaller it will be."

"When you get married, I will have your mother, brother, and you and your wife sent to a village in the countryside. No one knows when the Rucheng army will invade. Your Majesty..."

Duan's father paused for a moment. After all, he didn't want to speak ill of the emperor he was loyal to. He just sighed and said, "Your Majesty won't let your ministers complain about illness now, so I can't send you away. Engel, you are an adult now. I know you are sensible. In the village in the countryside, you must protect your family. If the Rucheng army really breaks into Shengjing, you must not even think of coming to find me. Zhuangzi, there are three boxes of gold buried under the couch in your yard, no At a critical moment, you must not take it out, and don't let outsiders know. I heard that the Rucheng army will not kill civilians, so you should pretend to be civilians first, and wait until the situation stabilizes before making plans. "

In fact, if the emperor wasn't so sensitive now, if there was only one official in the court, he would be able to suspect him of collaborating with the enemy and treason and kill his whole family. Duan's father would only want to run away with his family.

Miao has a weak temperament. Although Enge'er is older, he is still a child, let alone Songge'er, who is stupid at reading.

How could he be relieved?

But no matter how worried he was, he could only continue to explain to his eldest son, who seemed to be frightened by his words: "Don't worry about being a father. The Rucheng Army is not someone who kills people on sight. There is something hidden in Zhuangzi. If I save my father’s life, I will naturally look for you. If I can’t wait for my father, you will hide with your family..."

As he talked, he felt his nose was sore and tears were about to fall.

Enge'er is still so young, how can he take on the responsibility of the whole family.

Duan's father turned around, wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, coughed dryly, and said to Duan Qing'en who didn't say a word, as if he was frightened by his words: "Okay, you go out first, and we'll get married first."

The frightened Duan Qingen bowed and turned around, looking thoughtful.

It was time to set a date to attack the city. If he didn't attack the city, he would be sent to Zhuangzi.

How can one command a rebellion when they are so far away?

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