Emperor Huizong received the secret memorial from Zhan Du and read it over and over alone. Emperor Huizong always trusted Yaoshi Guo without any doubts. Emperor Huizong thought to himself that Pharmacist Guo was a local official of Khitan. He had surrendered to the imperial court in Zhuoyi Province, and the imperial court treated him well. In addition to giving him a palace and a concubine, he was also appointed to important positions, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander of the School, and was promoted to the rank of deputy prime minister. , it can be said that he is an extremely noble minister and cannot be more noble. It is impossible for Medical Master Guo not to be grateful and loyal to the court.
Huizong Zhao Ji also remembered one thing. That was when Pharmacist Guo came to the palace for an audience. Huizong asked Pharmacist Guo to search for Emperor Tianzuo. At that time, Pharmacist Guo's expression changed. After kneeling down and worshiping Emperor Huizong, he said, "Tianzuo is Pharmacist's old master. He fled after the fall of the country. Only then could he submit to the imperial court. Your Majesty. If I am sent to do other things, I will go through fire and water and I will never refuse; if I am asked to oppose the old master, I cannot serve the Holy One. I hope that the Holy One will leave this matter to others, but I will never be able to handle it." After finishing speaking. At these words, Medical Master Guo burst into tears and was heartbroken. Emperor Huizong was very moved when he saw this. He thought that it was an act of loyalty for Pharmacist Guo to gain new favor and not forget his old master, so he stopped mentioning Emperor Tian Zuo's matter.
Seeing Zhan Du's participation in Guo Yaoshi's secret, Emperor Huizong was very confused, so he put the matter aside for the time being, and planned to discuss it privately with Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Gao Qiu, Tong Guan and other ministers he trusted. Discuss this matter.
Some time later, news of Wang Anzhong's good news came. Daoguo Pharmacist led the Wutai Army to defeat the Khitan remnant Xiao Qian in Lulongling, killing and wounding more than 20,000 Khitan soldiers and horses, and regained the territory that Xiao Qian invaded during the chaos. In Jizhou and Jizhou, Xiao Qian himself was also beheaded.
Emperor Huizong was very happy.
Alone Better Together. Emperor Huizong summoned Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Gao Qiu, Cai You and others to share this joy.
With the support of his youngest son Cai Juan, Cai Jing came to the main hall tremblingly to pay homage to Emperor Huizong. After Cai You paid homage to Emperor Huizong, he turned around and bowed to Cai Jing, thus meeting his father Cai Jing. Not long ago, in order to replace his father, Cai You played in front of Emperor Huizong about Cai Jing's old age, which caused Cai Jing to be dismissed from the prime minister. Cai Jing was very disgusted with Cai You. When he saw Cai You paying homage, he just snorted in his nose as an answer.
Wang Fu and Gao Qiu also paid homage to Emperor Huizong.
Emperor Huizong did not care about the discord between Cai Jing and his son, nor whether it was appropriate to summon Cai Jing. He just took Wang Anzhong's memorial, danced and said to those treacherous officials and thieves: "Happy event! Happy event! Great happy event!" Those treacherous ministers and traitors did not ask about Emperor Huizong's happy event. They just bowed together and said loudly: "I congratulate my emperor. Long live, long live, long live my emperor!"
After several treacherous ministers and traitors congratulated me, Emperor Huizong was so excited that he deliberately joked with the treacherous ministers and traitors: "Do you know how happy I am? How happy you are to have congratulated me?"
Cai Jing trembled with his old body, shook his head, and said loudly: "His Majesty's joy is all the joy of our great Song Dynasty. Although Jing doesn't know why His Majesty is happy, congratulations are necessary."
Huizong laughed and said, "What the old master said is absolutely true."
How could the other treacherous ministers and sycophants miss the opportunity to flatter him? They all said: "The joy of the Holy One is the joy of the ministers, and the ministers are also extremely happy."
Emperor Huizong nodded frequently.
Several treacherous ministers and traitors looked at Emperor Huizong, trying to figure out Emperor Huizong's thoughts. They wanted to know why Emperor Huizong was happy? What happy things did Emperor Huizong say in the memorial waving in his hand?
Emperor Huizong still didn't say why he was happy. He just asked those treacherous ministers: "My lords, what do you think of Guo Jiedushi?"
Several treacherous ministers and treacherous officials came to ask questions. Because they did not know what Emperor Huizong meant, no one answered directly. Instead, they chatted about some innocuous gossip, such as the Yanjing area is very important. Yunzhou will also return in the near future, and so on, let’s not talk about Yaoshi Guo.
When Huizong saw this, he said: "I know from Yanjing that Zhan Du has something to say to me. Dao Guo Pharmacist has evil intentions and is secretly recruiting troops. He seems to have disobedient intentions."
When Wang Fu saw this, he immediately expressed his position: "Can it be done? Can't we just leave him alone?! Your Majesty, if this is the case, his troops should be reduced and transferred back to serve in the court to prevent him from acting disobediently."
Huizong Zhao Ji nodded and said, "That's what you said."
Seeing this, Cai You and Gao Qiu hurriedly expressed their opinions: "Your Majesty, we should reduce his official position and demote him to live in Lingnan. That guy is from the north. Let him go to the mountains and fields in the south. He is not acclimatized to the climate and the soil. It feels good.”
After all, Cai Jing was cunning and cunning. He thought that if Medicine Master Guo was disloyal, the Holy One should be angry. So instead of being angry, he was extremely excited and talked about happy and great events. Obviously, the Holy One was not against Medicine Master Guo. There is nothing that makes His Majesty unhappy. On the contrary, there are things that make His Majesty happy.
With this in mind, Cai Jing stood up tremblingly again, bowed to Emperor Huizong, and said: "Envoy Guo Jiedu is in charge of the Wutai Army and is in charge of the military and political affairs of Yanjing. He is very powerful. In this case, why did Envoy Guo Jiedu want to Do you have a disobedient heart? I am ignorant and very puzzled. If I dare to report to the Holy Emperor, are my colleagues in Yanjing vying for power? This must be guarded against."
Huizong nodded and said, "What the old master said makes sense. I can't just believe it."
Gao Qiu was also a cunning man and had a very good relationship with Emperor Huizong, so he said: "Your Majesty, there are some things that I would rather believe that they exist than not believe that they don't exist. Since Zhan Tong knows that there are twists and turns, he should understand it secretly and determine the truth and truth. Then deal with it.”
Huizong asked: "If Guo Jiedu is dealt with, who will fight in the Yanjing area?"
Gao Qiu said: "Your Majesty, the Yanyun area is governed by Privy Council Tong and is stationed by hundreds of thousands of imperial troops. How can there be a shortage of people to fight?"
Huizong smiled and said: "The imperial court's more than 200,000 troops went north to Youzhou, and it was also under the command of Privy Council Tong. What was the result?"
After hearing what Emperor Huizong said, several treacherous ministers and traitors obviously recognized Yao Shi Guo's military talents. Could it be that Yao Shi Guo won the battle? Otherwise, why is the Holy Spirit so happy? Thinking like this, the words of several treacherous officials changed and they began to praise Pharmacist Guo.
At this time, Emperor Huizong said: "Today, I received a report of the victory in Anzhong, the king of Yanshan Prefecture. Daoguo Jiedu led the Wutai army to fight against Xiao Qian and Lulongling, killing more than 20,000 soldiers and horses of the Xi Kingdom. Xiao Qian took advantage of them to recover. The rebellion invaded Ji and Jizhou, Xiao Qian was also killed in the rebellion, and the remnants of the Khitan were wiped out from then on!"
Several treacherous ministers and traitors pretended to be happy and said: "I'm so happy! From now on, our dynasty will become famous all over the world. Congratulations to Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"
Huizong said: "Look, gentlemen, Guo Jiedu brought Zhuo Yi and two states to surrender to the imperial court. In order to regain Yanjing, he risked his life and death and sneaked into the city himself. He almost lost his life. Now he is the mainstay and defeated the remnants of the Khitan. He is so loyal to the imperial court." People, on the other hand, have been accused of having evil intentions, bad intentions, and disloyal intentions. Dear gentlemen, tell me, who is an upright, well-intentioned, loyal and courteous person who has achieved great achievements? I want to see!"
"Jealous of the virtuous and capable!" Emperor Huizong praised Pharmacist Guo so highly. What else could the other traitors and treacherous officials say? Therefore, Cai Jing first said: "I am telling you, Your Majesty, that Zhan Du is jealous of the virtuous and capable, and should be severely punished."
Gao Qiu also said: "If you are not good at fighting, you will not see people who are good at fighting. I think back then, Privy Tong and I were also slandered by others."
Cai You then expressed his position: "In the future, the imperial court will use people like Guo Jiedu who can stand alone and have outstanding abilities."
Naturally, Wang Fu would not lag behind others when riding a horse, so he also shouted: "Rewards and punishments must be clear. Guo Jiedushi must be greatly praised, and those who slander others must be punished."
Huizong looked at several treacherous ministers and treacherous officials and said: "Zhan Du is jealous of talents and talents. He slanders Guo Jiedu and wants to ruin the affairs of the court. Sirs, how should we deal with Zhan Du?"
Regarding how to deal with Zhan Du, several treacherous ministers and traitors did not figure out Emperor Huizong's true intentions. They were afraid that speaking too early would not suit Huizong's wishes, so they ignored him and did not directly say how to deal with Zhan Du.
Sure enough, Emperor Huizong said: "Actually, Zhan Tongzhi's participation in Guo Jiedushi's performance may not necessarily be due to jealousy of talents, but may really be for the sake of the court. Therefore, there cannot be any substantial punishment."
Emperor Huizong indeed had his own attitude. The few treacherous ministers and traitors looked at each other, but they were thankful that they did not open their mouths and say something that did not suit Emperor Huizong's wishes.
After Emperor Huizong expressed his opinion, several treacherous ministers and traitors said in unison: "Your Majesty is wise!"
Emperor Huizong was very satisfied with the attitude of Cai Jing and others. He nodded and said, "I intend to exchange Zhan Du of Yanshan Prefecture with Cai Jing of Hejian Prefecture. Zhan Du will be appointed magistrate of Hejian Prefecture, and Cai Jing will go to Hejian Prefecture. Yanshan Prefecture appoints Tongzhi to prevent Zhandu from harboring a grudge against Guo Jiedu. What do you think?"
Several treacherous ministers and traitors sometimes replied in unison: "Your Majesty is wise! Long live my emperor!"
Emperor Huizong said: "Since all the ministers think it is appropriate, let's do it this way."
Immediately, Emperor Huizong issued an edict to exchange posts between Zhan Du and Cai Jing.
As a result, Zhan Du was transferred from Yanjing, and Cai Jing succeeded Zhan Du and became the magistrate of Yanshan Prefecture. Cai Jing also knew that Yaoshi Guo was very popular, so after taking office, he was very humble to Yaoshi Guo. Yaoshi Guo also had Cai Jing transferred because Zhan Du was not compatible with him, so he also respected Cai Jing very much.
The three colleagues in Yanshan Mansion are now at peace with each other, but Yaoshi Guo's desire to join the Kingdom of Jin is getting stronger and stronger, and he is just waiting for a suitable opportunity. In order to successfully defect to the Kingdom of Jin and to have capital that he could rely on after joining the Kingdom of Jin, Guo Yaoshi stepped up the pace of expanding his troops. Because Pharmacist Guo won the battle against Xiao Qian, others no longer objected to Pharmacist Guo's expansion of troops, believing that Pharmacist Guo was doing it for the sake of the imperial court and to protect the northern border of the imperial court.
Pharmacist Guo went further and further on the road of betraying the Song Dynasty.
