After Duan Yichang heard what Zhao Tong said, he couldn't help but be slightly dazed. This was not a military or national event, nor was it a secret. It was just an old account.
However, this matter involved the Liao Kingdom, and it was a person at the level of a county king. He thought for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, it is not difficult to write a letter about this matter. I am afraid that my father will avoid suspicion and refuse to talk lightly about the rights and wrongs of Liao Kingdom figures."
Zhao Tong smiled and said: "It's just a piece of the past in the world. If you just say that you met Xiao Feng's daughter and want to know what happened, my father will definitely explain the cause and effect in detail."
Duan Yichang blinked when he heard this. Is King Qi asking him to lie? Although this thing doesn't sound like hiding something sinister, it is still deceiving the emperor.
Zhao Tong looked at his expression and smiled: "Although it is a lucky deal, how can I let Prince Duan's hard work go in vain? How about I also promise Prince Duan something?"
Duan Yichang's heart suddenly moved when he heard this, and he calculated it carefully. The other party just wanted to inquire about some old things, not even the affairs of his family and country. If so, it doesn't mean that he couldn't write this letter, and he just happened to Take this opportunity to bring up the matter of Mo Bao.
He nodded and said: "The prince wrote a Sauvignon Blanc calligraphy to Yi Chang, and Yi Chang wrote a letter to the prince!"
Zhao Tong immediately understood that it turned out that this section of Yi Chang wanted his own poems. He couldn't help but put his hands on his hands and said with a smile: "That's great!"
In the blink of an eye, some time passed, and it was already late March. These days, every morning when Zhao Tong went to court, he discussed the war in Hebei and Western Anhui.
Fortunately, Hebei has already fought back a military state, and Hebei borders the Liao Kingdom, so there is room for buffering, so the situation will not be worse.
But things were not going well in western Anhui. Deng Xunwu led his troops to suppress Wang Qing. At the beginning, he won two battles in Shuzhou and almost recaptured Shuzhou. But then he didn't know what went wrong. After a reversal, they retreated steadily and were defeated all the way to Luzhou. Now they are stubbornly defending Luzhou City.
In the Zichen Palace, Emperor Daojun looked at the two civil and military groups and said, "Do you have any clever ideas to defeat the thieves?"
I saw Tong Guan coming out of the squad and saying: "Officials, please mobilize the Western Army to fight against the thieves!"
When Emperor Daojun heard this, he frowned and said nothing. Over there, Xue Ang, Minister of the Ministry of War, also came out and said: "Officials, I second the proposal."
Li Bangyan, the right prime minister of Shangshu, came out and said: "The officials and ministers think it is not appropriate to mobilize the Western Army at this time."
Emperor Daojun said: "What's wrong?"
Li Bangyan held the wat tablet in his hand, lowered his head and said: "I thought that if it was the initial expedition, the Western Army would be mobilized. But now the imperial court has sent the Imperial Guards twice to punish the thieves. Although the war is not going well, we will mobilize again at this time." The Western Army is afraid that... there will be criticism!"
Zhao Tong glanced at him from across the street, "What does Li Bangyan mean?" Is it because he is afraid of losing the official’s face, or because it will increase the prestige of the Western Army?
Tong Guan immediately went out again and said: "In the official family, I think otherwise. To punish thieves is a big deal, and other things are minor. We should put the thieves first!"
Emperor Daojun closed his eyes and thought for a moment on the dragon chair, then opened his eyes and said, "What do you think, Grand Master Cai?"
Cai Jing was already in his seventies at this time, with white beard and hair, and a wrinkled face. He walked out of the class tremblingly and said: "Officials and veterans think it is too early to mobilize the Western Army. Although Deng Xunwu has not yet recovered Shuzhou, But we did not lose Luzhou. Although the battle looks unfavorable, the battlefield is changing rapidly, so we cannot say that we will definitely lose in the end."
Emperor Daojun thought: "Since Luzhou has not been lost and we cannot give up, let's urge Deng Xunwu not to miss the chance of fighting and to wipe out the rebels as soon as possible."
Cai Jing said yes and said, "Officials, I have something to report."
Emperor Daojun said: "Just tell me, Aiqing."
Cai Jing said: "Your Majesty, the origin of the group of bandits who attacked Jiangzhou before this year has been found out, and they are now in Liangshanbo, Jizhou, Shandong."
Emperor Daojun had never heard of this place, so he thought for a moment and said, "Now that we have found out where we came from, why doesn't Jeju send troops to destroy it?"
Cai Jingdao: "The official, Jeju has sent a memorial, saying that the bandits in Yangshan are powerful. Now they have gathered ten thousand people, specializing in attacking the good farmers around, robbing food, property and people. Jeju has sent troops several times but they can't defeat them."
Emperor Daojun was immediately displeased and said: "Can it be better than that of Tian Hu Wangqing?"
Cai Jing bowed and said: "That's not comparable. It's just to prevent Liangshan from making the same mistakes as Tian Hu and Wang Qing. We ask the officials to make a clear decision as soon as possible."
Emperor Daojun frowned and waved his hands and said: "Now that Wang Qing is attacking the city and occupying land, Liangshan is only attacking some of the surrounding Zhuangzi, and has not yet affected the state capital. Once Wang Qing is leveled, it will not be too late to destroy Liangshan!"
Cai Jing said yes and returned to the class.
Zhao Tong sneered in his heart. If the governor of Jiangzhou was not Cai Dezhang, Cai Jing would have suppressed the matter and delayed the report. Liangshan now has more troops and has begun to plunder Zhuangzi. He is afraid that it will not be long before he attacks the prefectures and counties. .
No one said anything about the incident in Liangshan. Neither the civil or military groups knew anything about it. There were not many bandits in the Song Dynasty who seemed to dominate the mountains and harass the surrounding areas, so no one took them too seriously.
Tong Guan then said again: "The official family, the Western Army..."
Emperor Daojun interrupted him and said: "It is indeed too early to mobilize the Western Army to fight against thieves, but..."
He glanced at Zhao Tong and Gao Qiu and said calmly: "The Forbidden Army's war is unfavorable. The two divisions also have to take responsibility. Why can't they train soldiers like the Western Army?"
Zhao Tong lowered his head and said nothing, having nothing to say.
Over there, Gao Qiu immediately looked like he was guilty and came out of his squad: "Officials, I am not doing well in managing the troops. Please ask the officials to punish me."
Emperor Daojun said: "The punishment is temporarily waived, but the people leading the troops below should be changed. I will select a few people from the Western Army and transfer them to serve in the army below the two divisions."
Gao Qiu was stunned when he heard this. He didn't know what Emperor Jun meant by this, so he said: "The official is a wise man."
Zhao Tong was expressionless on the side, but his heart was slightly disturbed. It was probably at this time that Emperor Daojun once transferred a group of young generals from the Western Army to serve in the two divisions and three yamen. The number was not large, but there were indeed elites. He couldn't remember exactly who was among them.
After a while, Emperor Daojun summoned Tong Guandan to play alone, and the others left the palace.
After returning to the house, Zhao Tong had tea and walked to the small building behind the house. He saw that the flower garden was already green, and some early-maturing flowers were already in bud.
There was no one in the courtyard, so Zhao Tong sat down alone on the stone pier. The warm wind blew and the fragrance of the vegetation hit him, and he felt a little intoxicated for a moment.
"Your Highness?" Jin'er suddenly turned around from behind the building and saw Zhao Tong hurriedly coming to greet him.
Zhao Tong said: "Where is Zhenniang?"
Jin'er said: "My wife is tinkering with the small garden behind the building and ordered me to go fetch water."
Zhao Tong nodded and said, "You can pick it up yourself, and I'll walk around as you please."
After saying that, he stood up and walked towards the back of the building. He saw that a small flower garden had opened in the back. Although it was only half the size of the front, there were many things planted. The girl was weeding with a flower hoe.
He stood there and watched for a while, then turned around when he saw Jin'er coming to bring water. Just when Jin'er was about to speak, Zhao Tong made a silencing gesture with a smile, and slowly left with his hands behind his back under Jin'er's confused eyes. .
After returning to the study, as soon as Zhao Tong sat down, Lei San knocked on the door and walked in, saying: "Your Majesty, the spy from Liangshan sent a secret letter, which was delivered by Dai Zong himself."
Zhao Tong nodded. After Wang Manyin left last time, he had deployed people in the Liangshan area and had already connected with Dai Zong. If there was anything, there was no need to come to the capital, he only needed to hand it over to his spy.
Zhao Tong took the letter and opened it to read, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. It turned out that Liangshan attacked Zhujiazhuang three times, and gained money, food, and a large number of people, and his strength became stronger.
He then took a closer look, and when he saw something at the end, he couldn't help but have a look of surprise on his face...
(End of chapter)
