In Suzhou City, when it gets dark, the city gates here are closed early.
The government office has been packed out, and the two ambassadors who were originally staying in their own camps have now moved in together. After all, it is Zhao Guan's family who is coming in person. No matter how simple it is, the things that should be prepared must still be prepared.
For example, a big wine machine can not only catch the wind and wash away the dust, but also allow several generals who have been tense for half a year to relax a little.
After all, when the emperor came, there was a backbone. They no longer had to make the decision themselves, and they no longer had to worry about doing something wrong.
Liu Banggao sat on it and said what he needed to say. Bozhou is different from Yingzhou. Yingzhou can be bypassed or ignored for the time being, but this place cannot be bypassed.
If Zhang Junbu and Liangyamen from Lianghuai want to go to Kaifeng, this is the only way to go. If they don't go from here, the distance will be at least twice as long if they take the way from other places. There are also large and small cities, cities and towns along the way. The defenders from all walks of life... Even if they pass smoothly, the loss of soldiers will definitely be much higher than if they walked from Bozhou.
Therefore, Li Qiong must die.
He had only known about the Huaixi Army incident before, and he also knew that this matter had far-reaching consequences, but after all, it was not a pleasant thing to hear, and this matter not only involved the emperor himself, but also the names of many people in the court. Almost all people were involved, so even when Xin Ciying described the matter, he was biased intentionally or unintentionally.
Fortunately, there is no shortage of people around him who tell the truth, such as Yaoshi Guo... This old guy likes to see the emperor deflated, but he has no position. When Liu Bang asked him, he quickly told the matter Er told it from a fairly objective perspective.
It is said that in the seventh year of Shaoxing, Zhao Gou, who had been emperor for many years, received a message from the Kingdom of Jin——
Your father is gone.
If it's gone, it's gone. Originally, Zhao Laojiu had already made plans for his father, mother and brothers to die in the north. It would be fine if that was just the case, but this news has a premise that makes people angry——
It disappeared two years ago.
Although Lao Jiu is not favored and does not have much father-son affection for his father, his father is his father and his son is his son. If you say that he is not touched at all, it must be impossible. Whether he is sad or useless, he must be feeling sad in his heart. He hid a lot of unwillingness, but at the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Now, the throne is really more than secure.
At this time, Yue Pengju, who had been clamoring for many years to welcome back the Second Saint, also rarely said anything. In addition, there was news that Jin Renli's puppet Qi was about to be abolished. Anyway, various news came, Zhao Gou was very happy.
He was so happy that he called Yue Fei to him and told him: "From now on, the Northern Expedition will be all left to you. Except for Zhang Jun and Han Shizhong, who are not under your control, all the soldiers and horses in the world are under your control."
After hearing this, Yue Fei went to Lingyin Temple to burn incense the next day. He only said that the Buddha and Bodhisattva here were very spiritual and he went to fulfill his vow.
At that time, the soldiers and horses in the world were divided into five groups, namely Han Shizhong's front guard, Liu Guangshi's left guard, Wu Jie's right guard, Zhang Jun's middle guard and Yue Fei's rear guard. The first five here In terms of birth, age, seniority and official position, Yue Fei is the last one. Not to mention that the emperor's approach of concentrating the world's military power into one person was already contrary to the ancestral decision. Yue Fei himself is happy, but where is he? And I can satisfy these people's anger.
In this way, Zhao Gou personally took action and was the first to relieve Liu Guangshi of his military power... There were more than 50,000 troops, as well as 20,000 civilians, 5,000 crossbowmen, and 3,000 cavalry... Although Liu Guangshi only knew how to Escape, but his men are all people who are good at conquering and fighting. Some are from the Western Army, such as Wang De, some have been fighting against the Jin people in Hebei for many years, such as Li Qiong, and there are countless evil thieves and robbers, The composition of people who come from rogue bandits is also quite complex.
And this was just the military force at that time. The one who really made the decision was Zhang Jun, the prime minister in charge of the world's military. After hearing Zhao Gou's arrangement, Prime Minister Zhang was almost pissed off.
Since the beginning of Emperor Taizu, this dynasty has always used civility to control military affairs. Can these Qiu Ba be trusted? !
Could it be that the Zhao Guan family has forgotten who are you co-ruling the world with? !
If Yue Fei gains this power, even if the north is beaten back, can the Zhao Guan family guarantee that the people north of the Huaihe River can still continue to have the surname Zhao? !
Under the half-threat and half-persuasion of Prime Minister Zhang, the wise Lao Jiu quickly changed his mind and handed over Liu Guangshi's troops to Zhang Jun.
Zhang Jun was so happy that he even called Yue Fei to show off and asked him:
"Wang De is a very brave man. There is no one in the Huaixi Army who is dissatisfied with him. I plan to let him be the commander-in-chief of this army, and then let Lu Zhi, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, supervise the army. This genius personnel arrangement, you You must agree with both hands, right?”
Yue Fei answered him: "There are many rebels and thieves in the Huaixi army. The accident is just a matter of rebellion. Wang De and Li Qiong have always been dissatisfied with each other. Liu Taiwei often used this to let them fight for merit. , although Lu Shangshu is talented, he is not a scholar who is not accustomed to military service, so he is not good enough to convince the crowd... If you ask me, it is better to find a prestigious general to take on this job, otherwise, I am afraid that the Zuo Hujun will be unpredictable. ”
It's no wonder that Yue Fei opened his mouth. In fact, many people could see the situation clearly at that time, but they could see clearly. Everyone knew who the emperor was and who Zhang Jun was. .
Then he is not someone who can discuss things!
It was just Yue Fei. If anyone else was asked this question by Zhang Jun, they would definitely agree with it.
Zhang Jun asked him again: "What about Zhang Jun?"
Yue Fei said: "Zhang Jun is my old leader. I shouldn't say bad things about him, but he is violent and cunning, and Li Qiong has always been dissatisfied. If he comes, I'm afraid it won't make people feel at ease."
Zhang Jun asked again: "How is Yang Yizhong?"
Yue Fei said: "Yang Yizhong is young and prone to short-sightedness. His talents are only mediocre. How can he be the head coach of the Zuohu Army?"
Zhang Jun laughed angrily: "I knew that if others can't do it, you are the only one who can do it. Don't you just want to let me do it?"
Yue Fei said seriously: "The governor wants to ask me, I dare not tell the truth, how dare I think of doing it myself?"
Zhang Jun told the emperor about this matter, and naturally he was more jealous. Zhao Gou tossed and turned and wrote a letter threatening Yue Fei:
"You have to know your position clearly. Otherwise, the only ones who violate our laws are Jian Er."
Yue Fei was also stubborn and handed in his resignation letter directly and quit.
Although Yue Fei was still invited out later, within a few months, Li Qiong did as Yue Fei said and chopped off the head of Lv Zhi, the Minister of War who was supervising the army, and really went against it.
When Li Qiong reacted, a large piece of the defense line between the Huaihe River and Huaihe River was instantly emptied. He was so frightened that Zhao Gou almost boarded the boat and fled south. Later, Zhao Gou remembered the relationship between Yue Fei and Li Qiong, and quickly wrote to Yue Fei:
"Wen Qiong lives in the same hometown as Qing, and he has always admired Qing's prestige... You should quickly write a letter asking him to come back. Not only will he not be asked about his former criminals, but he will be given an official title as an excellent one, even more so than before!"
What was said a few days ago, "The only ones who violate my laws are Jian Er", has now become an official title, even more so than before. No one knows what Yue Fei thought when he saw this letter, but the Huaixi Army Revolution was like this , happened when he followed his words.
As a result, Wang De still did not ride on Li Qiong's head to shit, although he wanted to do so. Li Qiong took away more than 40,000 people, leaving him only 8,000 direct descendants. He also learned from Liu Guangshi's His subordinates were transferred to Zhang Jun's subordinates.
Zhang Jun, Prime Minister Zhang, took full responsibility for this matter. After promoting Qin Hui to the central government, he went to work as a local official.
Zhao Ding, who was in charge of internal affairs, and Zhao Xiangye, although he squeezed away Zhang Jun, he was the one who brought him out after all. Although they had different political opinions, Zhao Ding never had any hatred towards him. On the contrary, the appearance of Qin Hui soon made him The emperor's eyes lit up and Zhao Ding was released.
Emperor Zhao Gouzhao, who had just had a manly ambition, was instantly wiped out by this mutiny. He deeply realized that the national troubles of the Song Dynasty were not outside, but inside, and he no longer dared to say who to hand over the military power to. Such words were said, and the blood of the Zhao family engraved in the bones was completely awakened. The work of guarding against warriors like guarding against tigers was also carried out with the help of Prime Minister Qin.
Liu Guangshi won’t talk about the rest. There is a saying that when a whale falls, all things are alive. The only remaining troops of the Zuohu Army were eaten by Zhang Jun. Smart people, such as Han Shizhong, finally understood the emperor’s will. Mind.
This incident ended in a haphazard manner. Although few people mentioned it for fear of offending the emperor, its impact was so profound that it almost affected the national destiny of the Song Dynasty.
To this day, the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Song Dynasty has stopped advancing in Suzhou, which can be regarded as one of the consequences of this incident.
"Um, just drink enough. It will be completely dark if it gets too late, so it's hard to talk about business."
Sitting below, there was an uninvited guest who came today. This man clearly had no hair and was wearing monk's robes, but he insisted on saying that he was a Taoist priest.
Liu Bang told him that the Taoist priest was not like him and that he was dressed like a monk. But the Taoist priest said:
"You're obsessed."
"And if I hadn't been dressed like this, if I appeared in front of you today, everyone in Bozhou would know about it two hours later."
Liu Bang didn't understand what appearance meant, but this man said that he was very famous in places like Bozhou, Suzhou and Guide Mansion. If the emperor wanted to take Bozhou, he would have to treat him to a good drink and a good meal. OK.
I don't know how many weird people Liu Bang has seen before. Generally, people like this kind of person always have something in their body. Otherwise, this kind of person would have died a thousand and eight hundred times.
It was just a meal and a drink. He could afford it, so he ordered him to come. But he had already eaten for an hour, and the food had been heated up eight times, but this old boy still just ate. What should he do? He didn't say a word about what he was going to do, which made Liu Bang a little confused...
Could it be that someone really got it for free?
The Taoist priest below was enjoying his meal. Hearing the emperor's words, he lifted up the hem of his monk's robe and wiped his mouth:
"You are already the co-owner of the world, how can you still feel sorry for this little thing?"
"Of course I don't feel bad if I feel sorry for you, but you just came here to eat and drink, and didn't talk about serious business at all. I can't even ask you?"
The Taoist priest smiled and said, "What you say is really interesting."
After saying that, he stood up and bowed three times to Liu Bang:
"Xiao Dao's surname is Liu Mingzhan, from Bozhou. I have been staying in Suzhou for a year, and I finally look forward to having you here."
Liu Bang nodded. Unexpectedly, it was someone named Liu again. Seeing Yang Yizhong, Zhao Mi, and several people including Xin Ciying were a little moved. They knew that they must have heard of this person's name, and thought that he might He is his own descendant, so his face looks much better.
"After a year...A year ago you were here waiting for me? At that time, no one knew that the Song Dynasty was going to expedition to the north. Don't you tell any lies."
Liu Zhan nodded and said: "I don't dare to deceive you. It's really a year... To be precise, when Tokyo was destroyed fifteen years ago, the trail was waiting here."
Liu Bang looked at the Taoist priest. He only pointed his head towards him. He didn't know what his expression was. While he was serving the emperor some wine, Huang Yanjie whispered:
"This man is well-known in Lianghuai and is known as Yingning layman... I heard that he has many friends, all of whom are officials in the Jin Kingdom."
Seeing that the emperor had no expression, Huang Yanjie took the wine bottle and moved aside without saying anything more.
"I believe you!"
Liu Bang only said a few words to him before he directly came to such a conclusion, which surprised Liu Zhan himself.
"It's not too late to make a decision by asking others to find out more."
He only saw the emperor waving his hand: "If you have different intentions, the more dangerous I will be. The more dangerous I will be, the more careful I will be. The more careful I will be, the more vigilant I will be. The more vigilant I will be, the safer I will be."
"So the more dangerous it is, the safer it is..."
Although he didn't know how the emperor made this inference, Liu Zhan only felt that it made sense. Although he felt that something was wrong, at this time, it was not the time for him to delve into it.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for trusting Xiaodao. Xiaodao has a lot to say, but now he suddenly doesn't want to say it."
"It would be better to wait until the city of Bozhou is destroyed and then discuss it with His Majesty in detail."
Those who knew Liu Zhan had already started talking about him:
"In front of the saint, lay people should not ask for help."
Unexpectedly, Liu Bang didn't care. He just said:
"That's fine, but I have one more question to ask you."
"Excuse me, Your Majesty."
"Since you have waited so long, why are you coming out now? Is it because Yang Yizhong and Zhao Mi are not worthy?"
Liu Zhan laughed loudly: "Yes and no."
"Speak more clearly."
"In the Song Dynasty, there are only a few people who can convince the people of Bozhou. Yue Peng can't come, and Uncle Liu Xin can't come. Only you can do it... It should be noted that Bozhou is not difficult because of its high walls, but because of its hundreds of thousands of people. The heart of the surname.”
As Liu Zhan spoke, he observed the emperor's expression. After confirming that there was nothing unusual, he added:
"If you have no other questions, Xiaodao will go with General Wang."
As soon as these words came out, Liu Bang finally became serious... His eyes sparkled, and his lips moved gently, not knowing what he was thinking.
Only Huang Yanjie, who was closer, could hear clearly. What the emperor was reciting was clearly that——
"Amitabha".
(End of chapter)
