As soon as Xia Song returned to Xia Mansion, he sent someone to find Liang Chuan.
Liang Chuan ran back to Xia Mansion in a hurry, thinking that there was something difficult to deal with. It must be either Xia Xue's matter or the Tubo people's matter, which was not easy to deal with. Unexpectedly, the fat man was looking forward to his return with great excitement and kept rubbing his hands. Could it be that someone gave him a gift that suited his liking?
"Old Man Liangchuan wants you to do something for me. Once that is done, I will let you and Xin Wubing go. From now on, you will be free to go wherever you want in the world. I will not restrain you anymore!"
Xia Song originally kept Liang Chuan by his side just to hook up with Empress Dowager Liu. Unexpectedly, Empress Dowager Liu didn't open up the joints, but the officials took a fancy to her. In the future, with this big tree to enjoy the shade, Empress Dowager Liu was about to die. Now that the person is leaving, Xia Song can still figure out which one is more important.
Liang Chuan was also surprised. The sun was rising in the west today. Why did this old boy change his gender and become a Bodhisattva out of great compassion?
"Sir, I have nothing to do with the eldest lady's marriage..."
"Put the snow aside first."
"I've also heard about the Tubo people. It really has nothing to do with me."
Xia Song said: "Sure enough, it has something to do with you kid. You don't have three hundred taels of silver here, but I'm not arguing with you today. There are more important things!"
There are more important things than his biological daughter’s marriage!
"grown ups.."
Xia Song put away the joy on his face and said to Liang Chuan: "There are only two people who know about this matter currently, and you are the third one. If a fourth person knows about it, I will let everyone in your village in Zhongmu know it." Can’t survive!”
At this time, Xia Song not only did not have a smile, but also had a domineering ferocity on his face, clearly telling Liang Chuan that this was not a joke, and if he did not do it well, everyone in Zhuangzi would have their heads dropped.
The fat man was a bit ridiculous when he made a fuss, but it was not ridiculous at all when he used his hands. Liang Chuan is still frightened when he recalls the days when he was hung up and beaten by Xia Song, and his expression of laughter has subsided.
"There is a girl Lu Yi in Zifanlou who has been favored by the officials. You take Miss Lu to Shouzhou. Chen Jingxiu, a tea merchant in Shouzhou, has known me for many years. Take my handwriting and ask him to recognize this daughter. , the imperial palace will start selecting concubines in one month, and you will then escort 'Miss Chen' to the capital to select concubines. After that, you will be free!"
Seeing that Liang Chuan was surprised, Xia Song explained: "The officials like this girl very much, but she has a bad background, and the royal family will not allow an actor to enter the palace as a concubine. This status needs to be changed. I It’s impossible to handle this matter personally, and the people under you are not as capable as you, so I can only send you!”
Xia Song didn't wait for Liang Chuan to express his opinion, and said: "You know what you should know and what you shouldn't know. If this matter goes wrong, you will know the consequences. I will let you experience it again. It feels like life is worse than death, your sweetheart and those in Zhuangzi will have to be buried with you!"
Naturally, Xia Song couldn't let Liang Chuan mess up this matter of his. God gave him the opportunity to help the leader arrange women. He couldn't even handle such a 'little thing', but he could also help the officials solve any problems. ?
As he said this, Xia Song's fangs were all exposed. Liang Chuan stopped pretending to hold it and sat aside. This was the first time he saw such a arrogant Liang Chuan, and he was really shocked.
Liang Chuan said: "Mr.
Xia Song's expression quickly returned to normal, which was good, as it saved the two of them from covering things up, which was not pleasant at all.
"The cavalry you built at the beginning killed the party members and turned the battle into darkness. After asking around many times, I thought it was the Tubo people who did something good. Only they have such courage, and only they have such cavalry. They dare to attack The party members used knives behind their backs."
Liang Chuan listened carefully.
"A few days ago, the Tubo people came to my house to set fire to my house, and I became more convinced of this idea, but I never had a chance to prove it. But it turned out that I was overthinking, oh no, I should have been underthinking, Ding said that Anyone with a vision as high as the sky can recognize you as a character at a glance. When you proposed those bullshit ten strategies to defeat a thief, I should have thought that you are not a small role."
The conversation returned to the sensitive topic of Tubo and Northwest China. Liang Chuan immediately couldn't sit still. He raised his ears and wanted to know what Fatty Xia was thinking.
Xia Song said: "I thought you were colluding with the Tubo people. These people helped you stand up. It's really surprising that you didn't want to investigate!"
Liang Chuan felt uneasy. Xia Song was clearly planning a showdown, but he didn't know what his trump card was for him to see!
Although he has money, it is easy to raise a team, but in the eyes of people at Xia Song's level, this little bit of strength is about the same as ants on the ground! If you submit a piece of paper to participate in it, the court can crush it with an army in minutes. The deputy prime minister is not the deputy director of the village committee, but he still has this strength!
In the dim room, shadows shrouded Xia Song's voluptuous old face. The flesh was piled up so that his eyes could not be seen clearly. The flickering candlelight made the atmosphere tense. Liang Chuan never expected that the day of the showdown would come so early and so early. Sudden.
At this time, Liang Chuan had no choice but to give in and said obediently: "How can you, sir? I am a person who knows Confucius and Mencius' loyalty to the emperor and national justice. How could I do such a scandal as a traitor and a lackey who betrays the country and the nation!" "
Xia Changdao snorted coldly: "If you dare to collaborate with the enemy, I will not spare you!"
Liang Chuan said: "Then this is..."
Xia Song said quietly: "Di Qing is a talent."
The name Liang Chuan immediately made his heart shrink! Xia Song actually noticed Di Qing, a young talent he had single-handedly promoted, which meant that the Guan Jing Cavalry was also exposed!
Liang Chuan clenched his fists tightly, his heart oozing from his palms, and his bones rattled with a numbing sound. He really wanted to punch this fat man to death, or at worst, he would flee overseas!
"Pang Ji was the manager I single-handedly promoted in Huangzhou to join the army. He was very strict in running the army. He prepared a strong formation in Yanzhou to wait for Li Yuanhao. However, he also waited for a team of iron kites. But instead of being a Western thief, he was actually Di Qing, an outstanding general of the Song Dynasty. That’s right! As soon as those three thousand troops arrived at Pangji in Yanzhou, they reported to me immediately. At first I thought they were the imperial troops sent by Bian Jing, but after checking, there were no troops moving around in Bian Jingyang.”
Xia Song watched Liang Chuan's eyes suddenly open, and a ray of light shot out: "Was Li Yuanhao's corpse real?"
At this point, Liang Chuan no longer concealed the matter. He neither expressed his position nor denied it. It would be useless to say more.
Xia Song understood in his heart, and closed his little eyes again in pain. The blood surged in his heart, and a mouthful of old blood almost came out. He pounded his chest a few times with his bare hands, as if he had missed a huge lottery ticket, and he was filled with regret. You can't tear everything down and start over.
The environment at that time was already difficult to get off the horse. Even if the body was really Li Yuanhao's, not to mention that the Song Dynasty did not believe it, even Xixia itself would not admit it. Moreover, spies also went to investigate, and Li Yuanhao still sat firmly in the Xixia palace day and night. Shengge was so happy, as if she was a completely different person!
If the imperial court wants to negotiate peace with Xixia, it will never allow itself to make mistakes again. If the Xixia people want to stabilize the chaos, they can only pretend to be where Li Yuanhao's body was picked up. In any case, the credit will not fall on themselves. !
"Then who is Li Yuanhao now?"
Liang Chuan said: "That's just a sheepherder who I don't know where to find. Don't you think that Li Yuanhao's temperament changed drastically after the First World War in the Northwest, and he never started any wars again. According to his style, if the Liao Kingdom couldn't defeat it, he would fight against the Song Dynasty. If the Song Dynasty cannot defeat the Tubo Empire, then it will be defeated by the Tubo Empire. You have to pick up a soft persimmon and pinch it to show your prestige!"
"It is useless to talk about this matter. Let me ask you, is that iron kite your private army?"
Liang Chuan did not dare to make any further excuses, so he quickly stood up and bowed to Xia Song: "That's wrong. I, Liang Chuan, was promoted from being an army officer to being a governor because of Master Meng Xia's support. That Di Qing was just a member of my staff." The young general is naturally the Western Army created by the Lord, and we will be loyal to the Lord to the death!"
This sentence made Xia Song feel happy to the core. This is not about seeking support and support for people like Liang Chuan. No wonder Ding Wei attaches so much importance to people like Liang Chuan. Sure enough, he has two brushes and can pull them out under his nose. What would such a powerful team do if they were put outside!
He didn't believe that Liang Chuan was capable of rebellion. The imperial court had a forbidden army of 800,000 people. It would be easy to destroy him!
He is happy that such a force can be used for him!
The civil servants of the Song Dynasty were extremely hostile to military generals. The military officers were unruly and self-reliant in supporting their troops. Once they gained momentum, they did not take them seriously, scholars like them. But what they hate are generals who don't listen to their orders. If these generals can sacrifice their lives for them, they can't ask for it. If they know that there are people outside the court who are supporting them, then their confidence will be greatly enhanced in the court, and they can't give in to anything. What can't be done with your own army?
Zhang Juzheng also had Qi Jiguang under his command. Without Qi Jiguang, how could his border troubles be solved so quickly? Can he concentrate on attacking dissidents in the court and implement his new policy?
If Xia Song wants to achieve something, he must have his own confidants.
After leaving the northwest, the imperial court immediately began to divide his Western Army. This is why his two deputies, Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi, were deliberately thrown into the Privy Council. The Western Army would have less to do with him in the future!
Not to mention that Jia Chaochang, the eunuch, used his identity as the Western Army to make trouble from time to time, just because he was afraid of the powerful force behind him. It was only because of the situation that he was able to reach the position of being a counselor in political affairs. If he, the manager, was not promoted, wouldn't that completely negate the contribution of the Western Army?
Xia Song came from a military background and understood the importance of the army earlier than anyone else!
He knocked on Liang Chuan and said: "Privately amassing an army... is a capital crime!"
Liang Chuan knelt down in front of Xia Song's seat and cried, "Sir, save me!"
Xia Song patted Liang Chuan's head with satisfaction, just like Lao Tzu's loving kindness, and said with a chilling smile: "You are my subordinate after all, and I have nothing to do with you if you commit a crime. We are all loyal. People who are in the official family naturally do it for the official family!"
Most of the so-called loyal ministers in this world are under the guise of serving the king and the people, and most of them are doing it for their own selfish desires.
This handle was too fatal for Liang Chuan. It is almost taboo for all emperors and rulers to support their own troops and rebel. Those who cross the thunder pool will not end well.
Xia Song was very satisfied with the way Liang Chuan was being pinched. In the past, Liang Chuan had his own army backing him up, and no one recognized him. Now there are times when he is scared, and Xia Song feels comfortable all over!
"Tomorrow you immediately start taking Lu Yi to Shouzhou. This matter must be handled neatly!"
Xia Song, who conquered Liangchuan, seemed to have won a great victory on the battlefield. His fat body was leaning on the imperial chair, sipping tea, and his whole body suddenly relaxed. These past few days had been a blessing in disguise, and good luck had come to him one after another. It was really Put him in a good mood!
Liang Chuan lowered his head to prevent Xia Song from seeing his expression and said, "You dare to ask your master for an army horse."
Xia Song said without thinking: "Which army and horse?"
"Tianwu Army, the villain needs two people to accompany him, one is Sun Shubo and the other is Liang Shiguang!"
Xia Song was also famous in the court for his military management, and many generals and schools were written by him. He had never heard of these two people, and they were not important characters, otherwise he would never have heard of them.
Sun Shubo and Liang Shiguang are now marginal figures in the Tianwu Army. Together with An Huang and others, the four of them mixed together are characters that gods and ghosts hate. However, the four of them are also figures with special skills. Such people will not listen. No officer would like what he said, so even if he couldn't be promoted, he would still be ostracized in the army.
Liang Chuan had already seen the skills of An and Huang, and now he also dug people into his own hospital for consultation. In addition, Zhan Zhirong has been reporting on the medical skills of the two to himself in the past few days, and the response from the people has been extremely enthusiastic. He is a doctor-level figure, and he is familiar with strange diseases. The nearby residents thought that this new pharmacy was newly opened. The scale was large and the charges must be extremely expensive. As soon as he entered the hospital for treatment, he realized it was too late. Liang Chuan also knew that it was a bit humiliating to allow two people to sit in the hall for consultation.
Not to mention these two people, Liang Chuan was so greedy after seeing Liang Shiguang's amazing shot. If this person is allowed to eat dog meat in a military camp, he might as well follow the big fish and meat outside!
Xia Song thought he was plotting against Liang Chuan, but how could he know that Liang Chuan had been plotting against him too!
Liang Chuan planned to stay away from Bianjing, but he didn't want to have a clear break with Bianjing. Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. There are some things that he, a common man, cannot settle. Entering this era, there are rules of this era, such as officialdom. Humanity and sophistication.
Now that Xia Song knows that Liang Chuan has soldiers, he also intends to pull him into a trap. Now that he has taken refuge with him, the two of them are like grasshoppers on the same rope. Xia Song will not get any good results if the Dongchuang incident happens in the future! The result is that one will be prosperous, one will suffer, and one will suffer!
Looking at all the ministers in the court, those who can do things generally look down on Liang Chuan. The Qingliu ministers disdain to associate with Liang Chuan. Those who can look up to Liang Chuan generally can't do anything big, and their words don't have much weight.
People like Xia Song fit Liang Chuan's taste best. You have a good level of governance, you have methods and ideas for doing things, and the most important thing is that you are not just a stone-headed person, you are flexible and adaptable, you occupy the highest positions in the empire and you dare to accept money, and you can do things. Don't take refuge in such people. Who are you looking for?
If Xia Song noticed Liang Chuan's expression at this time, he would have been careful. The two of them were actually scheming and exploiting each other. It was just that Xia Song had the upper hand, but in fact Liang Chuan had more benefits!
"This matter is easy to handle. You need my instructions to go to the Privy Council to ask for help. Don't go to Han Qi. Fan Xiwen will be accommodating as long as he doesn't go online. The two of you were flirting under my nose in Guyuan." Go ahead and act, I believe you are willing to let go, if not, give your hand to Yang Chongxun!"
Liang Chuan was overjoyed. Before the expression on his face showed, Xia Song immediately interrupted Liang Chuan and said, "Wait, this can't happen. If the imperial army is mobilized, this matter will be exposed. Qian will inevitably make Long Yan furious in the future. I think it’s better for you to gather the troops yourself. Do you want those two people among the Forbidden Army?”
Liang Chuan gritted his teeth. It would be useless for those crooked and inferior imperial troops to come. He was a subordinate of the army and had no military position, let alone control these uncles. He would be satisfied if he could win over Liang and Sun!
"Yes, sir! These two people are smart and capable in the Tianwu Army. The villain's men returned to Qingyuan early, and there is no one around them. If they go to Shouzhou with them, I believe they will be able to succeed immediately. become!"
