Wang Xiaolie stood up and moved his muscles slightly. Ji Ling, Wang Ruohai, Lu Qing and others will arrive at Xiangyang Mansion today, and Wang Xiaolie will cross the Han River early to greet them. As an official, I cannot neglect them.
At this moment, a soldier came in hastily. He crossed his hands and said, "Observe, the imperial court has an edict!"
Wang Xiaolie was stunned for a moment. It had been several months since he had suppressed Yang Jin, but the imperial court had not given him an edict, as if he didn't know about it. Why did you send someone here today? I don't know what's important.
The person who delivered the edict was a junior military attache, not a chamberlain, and the ceremony was extremely simple. After giving the imperial edict to Wang Xiaolie, he turned around and left without even eating. It made Wang Xiaolie wonder if what he got was fake.
Following the etiquette, Wang Xiaolie unfolded his edict and suddenly found that he had suddenly been promoted. Use martial arts masters and the governor of Kangzhou to set up envoys for the southwestern route of Beijing to control the troops and horses on this route. The official system of the Song Dynasty was complicated, and military officers were more complicated than civilian officials. At this time, Wang Xiaolie couldn't figure out how many ranks he had been promoted in one go. The martial arts master was the former imperial envoy, the highest rank was the envoy of various departments, and the governor of Kangzhou was Yaojun.
The most important thing is to dispatch envoys to the south of Beijing Road, and he suddenly became the master of the road.
With the edict in hand, Wang Xiaolie was stunned for a while. Suddenly I remembered that there was something wrong with this edict. The envoy appointed by the South Beijing Road is not a small official. Even if it was wartime, he wouldn't be so hasty. Furthermore, although I am young, I have seen my father receive orders before, but why is he like this?
I picked it up and looked at it carefully and found that the year number was also wrong. Now it is clearly the third year of Jianyan, but what is written in the edict is Ming Shou. For a moment, Wang Xiaolie thought that he had entered another world? The soul traveled once and now the body is in another world? Moreover, my own name was given by my father, which was Ming Shou. However, Wang Xiaolie is young now and is not good at words.
He lingered there for a long time, until Chen Yuyi urged him to leave the yamen.
On the road, Wang Xiaolie couldn't help but called Chen Yuyi over and said to him: "I received an imperial edict today, but everything was weird. A young military attaché came and said nothing and left after the edict was handed over. When I look at this edict, everything seems weird."
With that said, he handed the imperial edict to Chen Yuyi.
Chen Yuyi took a look at it and couldn't help but change his expression. Said: "Observe, the imperial court has changed! Now in the third year of Jianyan, the imperial edict uses the reign name of Ming Shou! Suddenly, how can the reign name be changed? And you see, the seal used is not the previous imperial treasure. !”
Wang Xiaolie took it over and couldn't help but shake his head after looking at it for a while. He said: "I don't know much about the affairs of the imperial court. Well, since this edict is so weird, I will keep it for now and not show it to others. I will understand what happened in a few days."
Chen Yuyi nodded, frowned, and thought. He was not as simple as Wang Xiaolie thought. He knew in his heart that there must be a big change in the court. To be more serious, there may be a coup. What's more serious is that Zhao Gou may be killed. However, if Zhao Gou passed away, there would be nothing hidden and there should be news.
After crossing the Han River, we met Lu Qing, Ji Ling, and Wang Ruohai in Fancheng Town. A few people crossed the Han River first, followed by Lu Qing's five hundred troops. When leaving Luoyang, Lu Qing only brought 500 men with him, and the rest of the troops were handed over to Zhai Xing.
After entering the government office, everyone sat down, and Wang Xiaolian talked about his hard work.
At this moment, a soldier came in and said to Wang Xiao, "Observe, there is an official document from De'an!"
Wang Xiaolie ordered to take it out and unfolded it. He couldn't help but froze there and didn't speak for a while. It wasn't until Ji Ling next to him coughed that he woke up. Handing the official document to Ji Ling, Wang Xiaolie said: "Something big happened in the court!"
Ji Ling took the official document and was equally stunned when he read it. Silently handing it to Wang Ruohai, he whispered: "Miao Qi and the others are so bold——"
It turns out that Chen Gui of the De'an Mansion got the news, and the subordinate commanders Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan suddenly rebelled. Forcing Zhao Gou to abdicate, he helped Zhao Gou's son, the three-year-old Wei Guogong Zhao Min, ascend the throne, and the Queen Mother Longyou listened behind the curtain.
For a while, few people spoke, and the atmosphere seemed heavy.
Wang Xiaolie then remembered that there was a mutiny in the early years of Zhao Gou's rule. It's just that I don't have a deep impression and can't remember exactly what happened. It seemed that there was a rebellion by Zhao Gou's personal soldiers, which was put down not long after.
After understanding what happened, Wang Xiaolie finally calmed down. He took out the newly received imperial edict and showed it to Ji Ling, Wang Ruohai and Lu Qing. He said: "No wonder a decree suddenly came and I was promoted. I think it was Miao and Liu who wanted to win people's hearts and promoted them randomly to the leader of the army."
The three people passed it around without saying anything. At this time of chaos, who knows what will happen next? Even if it was a temporary misfortune, Wang Xiaolie's official position had been promoted, and this was not the time before when his reputation was not justified. Even if the chaos was later settled, would the imperial court dismiss Wang Xiaolie from his position? Nothing special, just a posthumous recognition.
After a moment of silence, Wang Ruohai said: "Zhizhi, this big event has happened in the court, what do you want?"
Wang Xiaolie said: "Xiangyang Mansion is too far away from Yangzhou. I want to lead troops to quell the chaos, but how can I get there? I have to lead troops to guard the place and prevent the rebels from taking the opportunity to cause trouble. After the chaos is calmed down by the court, I will listen to the court's orders. That’s all.”
Wang Ruohai nodded heavily after hearing this: "This is a prudent approach. It's great to have such a plan! If something like this happens, it will be inconvenient for us to return to Huainan for a while, so we will stay in Xiangyang first and hope that the plan will be completed? - She Man, how nice is this?"
Ji Ling nodded hastily: "Okay, okay, that's it for now. Miao and Liu don't have many soldiers. As long as they work hard both internally and externally, they can be pacified in a short time! Let's wait here with peace of mind and leave then."
Having said that, Ji Ling's face was very ugly. So what if Miao and Liu don't have many troops? Emperor Zhao Gou was in his hands. If the two of them had a bad intention and killed Zhao Gou and his son, the world would be in chaos. Kaifeng Mansion was breached, and Zhao Gou was the only son of the Daojun Emperor who was not kidnapped by the Jin soldiers. If Zhao Gou and his son die, who will become the emperor? I can’t imagine what the world is like.
Wang Xiaolie was not worried. I know that Zhao Gou will not die in this mutiny, he will live a long time. I remember correctly, Zhao Gou's reign in Shaoxing was more than thirty years, and he was one of the longest-lived emperors in history.
Such a big event happened, and everyone was worried. After a few hasty words, they went back to their rooms to rest, and the wind was gone.
Wang Xiaolie wrote back a letter to Chen Gui, thanking him for the news. At the same time, he told him his plans and asked him what he thought.
De'an Prefecture is connected to the Xinyang Army and is directly south of Jinghu North Road. Chen Gui was not a Jinshi in a formal discipline, but came from Mingfa. When he was the magistrate of Anlu County, the Jin army surrounded Kaifeng and led troops to serve the king. When we arrived in Caizhou, we returned because the road was blocked. When he came back, Zhu Jin was besieging De'an Mansion and the prefect escaped. Chen Gui acted as the prefect and guarded De'an. In two or three years, he was promoted to Zhilong Tuge and served as the prefect of De'an.
Speaking of which, if Wang Xiaolie's father had not died, his experience would probably be similar to the old routine. They had the same experience. Among the surrounding state armies, only Chen Gui had some official correspondence with Wang Xiaolie after Wang Xiaolie occupied Xiangyang.
However, Wang Xiaolie's annihilation of Yang Jin was not a big deal in Chen Gui's eyes. When Yang Jin was in this area, he attacked De'an Mansion. Unable to break through the city guarded by Chen Gu, we had no choice but to head north.
After sending away the official documents, Wang Xiaolie sat in his study and carefully thought about the impact of this chaos on himself.
