Chapter 1,123 Zhaoan fails, Ximen Qing seeks death
"Tihar!"
After Su Mingzhe finished admonishing him, he looked at the serious-looking Lu Zhishen, bowed his hands and said:
"From now on, you will be in charge of the Criminal Department. Please treat everyone equally. If you see illegal or unfair things, you must punish them severely to ensure that our banner of Liangshan does not fall!"
"Zhi Shen takes orders!"
Lu Zhishen has no interest in being the general manager.
However, he was very happy to be asked to punish evil and promote good, and he immediately accepted the task happily.
Later, Su Mingzhe told the others one by one, expressing his sincere intention of becoming friends.
Naturally, the leaders quickly promised that they would definitely fulfill their mission.
The speech ended.
It's nearly noon.
Su Mingzhe could smell the aroma coming from the kitchen, and then he talked about the last thing:
"Since Wang Qing and Tian Hu are too far apart, I'm afraid there will be disaster next year. At that time, the court will only have to face us and Fang La. And we are very close to Bianliang, so we can be said to be within easy reach. , Therefore, I speculate that after the imperial court destroys Wang Qing and Tian Hu, it will definitely use its full strength to deal with us in Liangshan."
"I want to send someone to Bianliang to temporarily reconcile with the imperial court and gain some time to delay the war! I wonder which brother is willing to go?"
Most of the leaders in Liangshan were one-sided. When they heard that Su Mingzhe wanted to reconcile with the court, they all looked puzzled.
Only a few people, including Qiao Lie, Gongsun Sheng, and Song Jiang, had political minds. A hint of surprise flashed in their eyes. They stood up quickly and expressed their willingness to go to Bianliang as envoys.
Su Mingzhe thought for a moment and decided on the team with Song Jiang as the chief envoy and Zhu Gui as the deputy envoy.
Because I was worried that the two of them had little experience and that they would mess things up.
Su Mingzhe also specially handed over secrets and instructed the two of them on how to exert themselves and who to find after arriving in Bianliang to get things done.
Late October.
Song Jiang and Zhu Gui, as "envoys", had just arrived in Bianliang. According to Su Mingzhe's instructions, they sent some gifts and submitted a letter "seeking for the imperial edict". They were put under house arrest by the imperial court in Guanyi, Nancheng of Bianliang. .
At the Zhao and Song Dynasty, a big discussion started about Liangshan suddenly sending people to "ask for peace".
Traitor officials like Gao Qiu and Cai Jing who had enmity with Liangshan leaders naturally strongly opposed Zhao'an.
And treacherous eunuchs like Yang Jian, Liang Shicheng, Wang Fu, Zhu, etc. accepted Liangshan's heavy bribes and said a few good words to help.
Discussed and argued for a long time.
It was the words of the Minister of Hubu that made Zhao Jiji make up his mind.
"The officials, Tong Shuai, and the Shijiedu envoys are all asking for food and salary. Now the Ministry of Revenue can no longer come up with any money..."
The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers!
Zhao Jiji knew that Fang La, Tian Hu, and Wang Qing had rebelled one after another and had ruined half of the country. If they did not accept Liangshan's reconciliation and issued an imperial edict to Liangshan, they would have to open an additional front!
The problem is that the imperial court really has no money to pay military salaries!
Cai Jing saw that the calls for "Zhao'an" in the court were getting louder and louder, so he could only change his voice and said:
"Your Majesty, the Liangshan Mountains have swept across the Jingdong and Jingdong roads, and the troops and horses are strong. If we directly issue an imperial edict, there will be nowhere to put them."
"The old minister thinks it is better to dispatch them to fight Tian Hu, Wang Qing, Fang La..."
"If they don't agree, then this so-called 'recruitment' is just their way of delaying the war, and we must never agree."
"It would be better if they agree..."
As soon as Cai Jing's confidants heard about Enxiang's plan of 'driving the tiger to devour the wolf', they all stood up and said:
"I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal!"
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Late November.
Song Jiang and Zhu Gui finally returned to Liangshan and brought back the results of the negotiations.
"Let us attack Tian Hu?"
Su Mingzhe's eyebrows lit up when he heard this.
If I really feel sleepy, someone will give me a pillow.
In Su Mingzhe's opinion, Liangshan is still in the stage of accumulating strength, so it is best to keep a low profile.
However, Liangshan already occupies both Jingdong Road and Jingdong Road, and its geographical location is particularly awkward.
If we want to continue to expand, we will threaten the safety of Bianliang.
In this case, it is almost 100% likely to anger the Zhao and Song Dynasties.
When the time comes, even if the Zhao and Song Dynasties have no brains, they will put down the three bandits Fang La, Tian Hu, and Wang Qing and concentrate on dealing with Liangshan.
But now, the imperial court is willing to accept Liangshan and let Liangshan attack Tian Hu. This is equivalent to lifting the shackles of Liangshan's outward expansion.
Absolutely amazing.
Qiao Lie, Gongsun Sheng and others also looked happy.
After everyone was happy, Su Mingzhe saw that Song Jiang looked a little embarrassed. After thinking for a moment, he asked clearly:
"Does the court have other conditions?"
"good!"
Song Jiang arched his hands and explained:
"The imperial court stated that we will march to Hebei East Road with all our troops, hand over the territory of Jingdong Road and Jingdong Road, and also send supervisory troops..."
Su Mingzhe's face turned cold when he heard this, knowing that the imperial court had seen through Liangshan's plan of "seeking for peace".
After a while, Su Mingzhe turned his anger into a smile and said:
"Oshi, you have made great achievements in getting the court to agree to a settlement this time. I just have to trouble you to make another trip! After all, the court's conditions are too harsh..."
The imperial court is not a fool and will not let Liangshan grow bigger.
However, it is impossible for Liangshan to dig its own grave and abandon its current foundation.
Therefore, at this time, both Liangshan and the imperial court had the idea of negotiation, and they both knew that this negotiation would definitely not succeed.
After receiving Su Mingzhe's instructions, Song Jiang could only take Zhu Gui back to Bianliang to continue negotiations with the court.
This goes back and forth twice.
It's the end of the year.
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The imperial court gradually lost patience and directly gave Song Jiang an ultimatum to agree to the imperial court's request and continue the fight.
Song Jiang wanted to accept Zhao'an's conditions, but since Su Mingzhe didn't agree, there was nothing he could do.
In the end the negotiations broke down.
The imperial court felt insulted and prepared to mobilize the Western Army to annihilate Liangshan after the New Year.
At this moment, a lively event was happening on Liangshan Mountain.
Su Mingzhe took Zhuo's second sister and sister to Yanggu County to visit Mrs. Zhuo.
As soon as the result was revealed, Mrs. Nazhuo burst into tears and asked Su Mingzhe to make the decision for her.
Su Mingzhe was speechless and quickly asked Second Sister Zhuo and Third Sister Zhuo to help their mother up:
"Madam, please speak up if you have anything to say. Liangshan is a place of truth, and no one can bully others!"
When Mrs. Zhuo heard that Su Mingzhe wanted to be reasonable, she remembered that her natal family seemed to be the unreasonable party, and she immediately collapsed on the ground and burst into tears.
Second Sister Zhuo and Third Sister Zhuo were too weak to support their mothers, so they could only look helpless at the man.
If he had known that Mrs. Zhuo would cause trouble today, Su Mingzhe would not accompany the second sister Zhuo, and the third sister Zhuo would come over to see her.
But now, Su Mingzhe could only use the 'soul-taking technique' and asked:
"Madam, tell me first what grievance you have, and I will make the decision for you!"
After hearing what Su Mingzhe said, Mrs. Zhuo explained the matter tactfully.
More than two months ago.
Su Mingzhe sent Song Jiang to Bianliang to negotiate. The grand master Cai Jing had a grudge against Liangshan because of the birthday card, so he was naturally unwilling to let everyone in Liangshan "clear their identities."
Therefore, when Cai Jing returned home, he ordered his confidants to mobilize his strength to find loopholes and flaws in Liangshan.
At this moment, the Zhai Guan family reminded Cai Jing that on his birthday in June last year, he had adopted an adopted son, and this adopted son happened to be the richest man in Yanggu County.
Yanggu County is only 60 kilometers away from Liangshan, so it is very convenient to do things.
When Cai Jing heard this, he handed over the matter to his adopted son.
Cai Jing, the adopted son, is none other than the richest man in Yanggu, the official Ximen.
Ximen Qing received the entrustment from his adoptive father and quickly found connections to find out the details of Liangshan.
The relationship Ximen Qing was looking for was his uncle Wu Duwei.
In August, Lieutenant Wu followed Zhang Shuye to Qingzhou for support, and later surrendered. Because he was Mrs. Zhuo's cousin, and the people in Liangshan did not look at the faces of monks and Buddhas, he was eventually transferred back to Yanggu County.
, let him serve as the captain of Yanggu County.
Ximen Qing went to Wu Duwei and explained what the Grand Master meant.
When Wu Duwei heard that "the Lord of Liangshan wants to accept the imperial edict", and the Grand Master wanted to know something about Liangshan, he immediately stupidly started asking around.
Zhu Gui, the leader of the detective department, has long been running a tight ship inside and outside Liangshan.
The man sent by Captain Wu to inquire about the news was captured as soon as he arrived at Liangshan.
After some questioning, Zhu Gui first secretly arrested Ximen Qing and Wu Duwei. Later, when he found that the evidence was conclusive, he took the entire Wu family and Ximen family to prison.
When Mrs. Zhuo heard that her mother's family had suffered a disaster, she sent a letter to Liangshan, asking her daughter to bring her son-in-law to visit her.
Su Mingzhe heard the whole story clearly and sighed secretly:
"This Ximen Qing is really bad. Without Wu Song to kill him, I thought he would live longer. Who would have thought that he actually thinks he has a long life and dares to participate in anything!"
"By the way, there should be Wu Yueniang, Li Jiao'er, Meng Yulou, Sun Xue'e, Li Ping'er and other beauties in the Ximen Mansion now. I don't know if these beauties are suffering in the cell..."