Zhao Huan's eyes lit up when he heard the name of the Western Frontier General Yao Pingzhong.
Tong Guan was afraid that Zhao Huan didn't know this guy's reputation, so he quickly explained to Zhao Huan.
"Your Majesty, you don't know. The Yao family has always been a family of generals in the western border area of the Song Dynasty. They may not be as famous as the second family, but they are also famous for their bravery in the Song Dynasty.
Not to mention anything else, let's just say that Yao Pingzhong is the guy who makes a certain family entangled in love and hate.
This guy can fight, but he had no father since he was a child. His uncle Yao Gu raised him single-handedly, and he joined the army when he was more than ten years old.
When he was just eighteen years old, he encountered the Battle of Zangdi River. The battle was tragic, but it was also the battle that made this guy famous.
Relying on his bravery, this man rushed into the enemy formation with a small number of henchmen. He killed many people and surrendered many people. Countless people in Xixia were shocked by him.
When I first saw him, he was very rude to me. It can be said that he looked down on me very much. Your Majesty also knew that I always had a temper that was soft rather than tough.
Seeing this, he directly lowered his reward, hoping to make him be more respectful to his ministers.
As a result, this stubborn donkey didn't even have the slightest idea of such a thing. He turned around and left, killing the enemy and doing whatever he needed to do.
I can't do anything about him, because I, the Qianghu and Xixia really can't do without this person.
This man was very generous and generous, and he should be very capable and capable. The heroes in Guanzhong all respected him and called him "Little Taiwei".
When I went to Muzhou to quell the rebellion, I admired his calmness and bravery, so I would rather feel uncomfortable than take him with me.
This time he made the first contribution to the army, and according to the usual practice, the minister had to satisfy one of his requirements as a reward. However, he did not want gold, silver or beautiful women. He only wanted to meet His Majesty the Dao Lord who was still His Majesty back then.
It's just that for various reasons, I didn't want him to meet, so I stopped the matter.
Until now, he has a bad temper with his minister over this matter, but although he is quite at odds with his minister, this man is really a loyal and patriotic general.
If Your Majesty really wants to persevere, then you must have such a loyal and brave general by your side. "
Tong Guan said a lot, and Zhao Huan kept nodding.
Zhao Huan had actually heard of this name in history, but now Zhao Huan is more familiar with this name.
Because this guy's experience is really exciting.
Yao Pingzhong should be the only guy in Tong Guan's life who he couldn't stand but couldn't help but reuse again and again. Even on the battlefield, Tong Guan's trust in him was the highest in the entire army.
And this guy is really not a sycophant.
Historically, it was he who met him at the critical moment when the Jin army besieged Kaifeng, and then asked to lead the men who dared to die to invade the enemy's camp to capture the enemy's leader and sacrifice it to him.
He didn’t just talk the talk, this guy actually did it!
Yao Pingzhong led his soldiers and horses to attack two enemy camps one after another, and almost completed this feat, but the problem arose at this time.
I don’t know if Yao Pingzhong was unlucky, or if the Jin people got the news in advance and the opponent’s coach withdrew overnight. Although Yao Pingzhong was considered a big victory, he also gained the spirit of the Song Army.
But there is no doubt that his plan failed, and because of his attack, the Jin people were not only prepared, but also mobilized an army to overturn the peace talks and start a war with Kaifeng.
Yao Pingzhong is not a fool either. When he knew that his plan failed, he knew the consequences.
According to past practice, he had to be withdrawn to calm down his anger, and this is indeed what happened. Yao Pingzhong and Li Gang became the initiators and biggest culprits of this raid.
Li Gang was dismissed, but Yao Pingzhong did not return to Kaifeng at all. He turned around and ran away. He ran all the way from Kaifeng to the Shangqing Palace in Qingcheng Mountain, and then continued running for dozens of miles to Damian Mountain without worry.
Then he took a short break and once again ran for more than 270 miles in the deep mountains and forests, found a cave and lived in seclusion. After that, no matter how hard the Song Dynasty searched for him, he could never be found again.
It was not until the Xiaozong period that Yao Pingzhong, who was in his eighties, felt that he was almost done, so he came out of the mountains and told his experience.
This is a truly strange man, and Zhao Huan also feels that he will never let this strange man, this warrior, have such a miserable ending and past like in history.
"Since Tong Qing recommended me, I will naturally put him to good use!" Zhao Huan laughed and immediately appointed him, "Go and recruit him and tell him that I still lack a loyal commander.
There is also a lack of a brave and fearless general! "
This is Zhao Huan's guarantee.
"I understand!"
Tong Guan shouted, then bowed and left.
And the moment Zhao Huan turned around, he saw again the palace maid who had previously rubbed his head, placed Bai Shizhong's secret note on his desk, and hinted at him.
At this time, the palace maid had a humble and honest look, as if she didn't care at all that she might become a victim of power struggles at any time.
"You, come here." Zhao Huan knew that this woman was Bai Shizhong, but he still called her to his side without any hesitation, "My head hurts a little, your technique is good, please give me some more Rub it."
"The slave family obeys the holy order." The palace maid naturally did not dare to object and immediately bowed and followed Zhao Huan in.
For half an hour, the palace maid did not stop her hands, and Zhao Huan did not say a word. The entire hall seemed to fall into absolute silence.
"Don't you ask me why I still want to find you?"
"Your Majesty is the supreme being in the world, and what you want to do is also the first-class thing in the world. If you don't even dare to deal with such a little girl from the slave family, how can you dare to do such things?"
"Do you know what I want to do?"
"I dare not say that everyone in the world knows it, but in this imperial city and in Kaifeng, who doesn't know that His Majesty wants to resist the Jin Dynasty?"
"...Now that you know it, why do you still want to stop it?"
"It's because she knew that the slave family would stop her." The palace maid seemed to know that she was not far from death, and she was not worried about saying anything to anger Zhao Huan, His Majesty of the Song Dynasty. "Your Majesty wants to make great achievements." Great achievements are your Majesty's business, but the people of the Song Dynasty don't want to do it."
"I am fighting against the Jin, why not for you..."
"Can it be successful in one year?" The palace maid couldn't help but sneered, "Two years? Three years? Or can it be successful in ten years?"
"I don't know."
"Your Majesty doesn't know how long it will take to destroy the Jin people, so even if you think about it, Your Majesty doesn't know what kind of life I have been waiting for.
The Song Dynasty collects taxes every year. After paying the taxes in the beginning, we can still have enough food to eat. If there is a famine, we can survive with the government's relief and the surplus food from the past.
But things have changed since the war started. The imperial court wanted to increase military expenditures, pensions, food and wages, supplies, food and fodder. Finally, I was asked to do corvee work to deliver supplies to the battlefield where I had a near-death experience.
As many years as this war has been going on, we have gritted our teeth and persevered.
The Yellow River bursts, and we have to raise taxes because we have to provide relief to the victims.
When Song and Liao went to war, we had to increase taxes because we had to subsidize the soldiers.
The war between Song and Xia started, and we had to increase taxes because we had to prepare baggage.
Now the Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom are fighting again, but we have no money to pay.
Ten years ago, the Nu family was sold outside in order to pay taxes to the court, and then by chance, they entered Lord Bai's mansion and were sent to the palace.
Eight years ago, the Nu family's sister was also sold outside due to tax matters, but by the time the Nu family found her, she had been tortured to the point of disgrace.
She was so stupid that she couldn't do anything. Her parents took one look at her and left, because they didn't dare to take her back, and they couldn't feed her if they took her back.
She was frozen to death in the wilderness and became food for wild dogs.
Five years ago, my younger brother starved to death at home, and my mother also hanged herself.
In anger, my father rebelled with a hoe, and was then recruited by the imperial army. From then on, he was fed by the imperial army, but he was immediately sent to the battlefield and died in the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun.
Your Majesty said, why don't the slaves want your Majesty to continue fighting with the Jin people? "
Zhao Huan listened to what this woman said. He knew that what this woman said was true, and this was also the fact, but he still had to do it.
"I don't want to say that for the sake of righteousness, all your sacrifices are worth it. I can't say such nonsense.
But I will tell you that I must continue, because I cannot give up the mountains and rivers, let alone become a prisoner of the Jinren.
If you are willing, I can let you scold you for being selfish. "
"This is your Majesty's freedom. I have already said everything I need to say."
After the palace maid said this, she stopped what she was doing and slowly left from behind Zhao Huan.
"Your Majesty, you can't do this kind of thing for a long time. Let's stop here today."
"If you are willing, I can have someone protect you."
"How can the slave family stop His Majesty's idea?"
Looking at the departing figure, Zhao Huan still didn't realize anything in the end. Tonight seemed to be an especially long night. Zhao Huan reviewed the memorial in the study hall for a whole night.
Just as dawn was about to come, there was a noise in the palace, and the noise became louder and louder, and Zhao Huan's hand reviewing the memorial also wrote faster and faster.
"Boom~" A thunderous sound suddenly appeared in the sky, followed by the pouring rain. The Imperial City defenders, the maids in the palace, and even the Imperial City Division led by Tong Guan all rushed into the palace. , seems to be a mess.
It was not until Tong Guan arrived that he ordered the Imperial City's soldiers to hold sharp swords, and at the same time mobilized a total of two hundred crossbowmen.
Anyone who does not lie down on the ground after three loud shouts will be punished for treason and killed without mercy.
He shouted three times in a row, followed by Tong Guan's roar without looking back, "Fire the arrow!"
There is no scruple at all that this is the imperial palace of the Song Dynasty, and there is no scruple at all that this is the most solemn place in the Song Dynasty.
The arrows fell, and many of the guys who still didn't care were killed on the spot by the arrows that arrived at the last word. The screams suddenly resounded, overwhelming all the chaos in the palace.
With the help of this iron-blooded method, Tong Guan took control of the imperial city as quickly as possible.
But even so, he was still too late.
"Your Majesty!" Tong Guan came to Zhao Huan again and bowed to him, "I am late and guilty."
"Never saved?"
"There was a fire in Yuxiu Palace. The maid was the maid on duty at Yuxiu Palace. She and several of her friends were all killed in the fire and turned into charcoal in the sea of flames."
"What did the officer on duty say?"
"That palace maid was an assassin from the Jin Kingdom. She set fire to Yuxiu Palace in order to create chaos in the imperial city. Dozens of people testified."
"Go and check...that's all. That's it."
"Your Majesty is wise." Tong Guan also quickly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead secretly. If His Majesty hadn't figured it out just now, he would have tried his best to persuade him.
"Don't worry. Although I'm not proficient in this, I'm not a fool. Tell Yao Pingzhong to hurry up."
"I obey."
Tong Guan did not return to the Imperial City Division this time, but directly dispersed the soldiers and horses he brought. Except for those who cleaned up the corpses and wreckage, the remaining people were here to protect Zhao Huan.
Zhao Huan also did not conceal this matter. Instead, he became "livid" with this matter as an excuse. He hid the so-called Jin spy and vowed to investigate the matter thoroughly. Who was so bold and reckless? !
At the same time, Tong Guan, who received the order, began to go out frequently, constantly searching for targets in Kaifeng City on the pretext of searching for the assassin of King Shajia.
In the huge city of Kaifeng during the Song Dynasty, there were many rich and powerful people gathered there. Some of these people were good and some were bad. Tong Guan used his own methods to directly find a few of the most evil people among them, and put them away no matter what their identities were. Got this hat on.
There are few people in the world who are more skilled at framing people than Tong Guan.
At the same time, Zhao Huan immediately charged them with treason and confiscated their homes and exterminated their families. The families of these wealthy people were extremely wealthy. After Tong Guan's search, Zhao Huan's hands were indeed a little wealthy for the first time.
But even though they were extremely careful this time and only touched the rich and not the officials, troubles still came one after another.
And all the troubles are faced by Tong Guan.
In Kaifeng City, three thousand students knelt outside the imperial city, asking Zhao Huan to listen to public opinion and depose traitors like Tong Guan. They angrily accused Tong Guan of unjustly killing a good man and destroying his family in search of wealth.
This kind of behavior is simply unacceptable. Zhao Huan, the wise leader of the Song Dynasty, must completely kill these treacherous people.
In front of them was another commander of the Imperial City Division. At this time, he was the one who first sued Tong Guan and beat him into submission. He was the one who wronged a good person and deserved to be cut into pieces by a thousand knives!
"Tong Qing, it seems that your life is not easy either."
"Well... I'm used to it."
