Chapter 142: Forcing the Traitor and Rebellious Minister to Enter the Fangla Military Camp
Chapter 142: Forced traitors and traitors enter the Fangla military camp
Liu Lin, who was in his twenties, was confused by the sudden praise from Zhao Guan's family...
He thought in his mind, why did I, Liu Lin, receive such high praise from the Zhao Guan family?
My talents and learning are not very outstanding!
Although my father, who was a Jinshi scholar, valued me since I was a child and asked me to study poetry and write articles diligently, I still failed in the imperial examination.
Therefore, through many years of official connections, my father secured the lowest civil servant position in the Song Dynasty for me, Liu Lin, last year, and he was appointed as a replacement general...
However, Liu Lin felt that at this moment, he was praised by Zhao Guan's family. This was a good thing after all!
Liu Lin was so happy that he even fantasized about beautiful things for a moment:
Could it be that because I, Liu Lin, am not yet married, I am handsome and talented, so the Zhao Guan family wants to betroth any of the princesses who want to get married to me, Liu Lin?
Zhao Ji continued: "I'm here to ask you, the 'Kilin' of the Liu family, if you have any strategy for quickly wiping out the Fang La bandit army without using weapons?"
Well?
Liu Lin was thinking about beautiful things in his mind, but Zhao Guanjia's question immediately brought him back to reality.
He racked his brains and thought quickly, how could he give a satisfactory answer to the Zhao Guan family who valued him highly?
Liu Lin paid his respects again and said: "Your Majesty, Liu Lin, has come up with two strategies to quickly annihilate Fang La's bandit army without using weapons. They are available for the officials to choose from."
Zhao Ji cursed in his heart: I want to design to kill you, a thief who will betray the Song Dynasty and invest money in the country in the future. What the hell, are you still having trouble with me now?
Zhao Ji said displeasedly: "Liu Lin, quickly tell me the two strategies you have come up with."
Liu Lin hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, Liu Lin, obeys the order."
"The first strategy I came up with was to find two or three brave warriors in the army and pretend to send an imperial edict to recruit rebels.
When they enter Fang La, they plan to assassinate him. Once the bandits are leaderless, they will surely fall apart..."
While Zhao Ji was listening, he glared at Liu Lin angrily and glanced at Prince Kang and Xiao Zhaogou who were standing next to him.
He thought to himself: "Damn it, Liu Lin, how much do you like planning assassinations?!
A few years later, after your thief father Liu Yu rebelled against the Song Dynasty and paid money, and established the Puppet Qi Dynasty, when you Liu Lin led an army of 300,000 to attack the Southern Song Dynasty, in order to cooperate with the military victory, didn't you also choose assassins?
In the name of presenting Huang Tingjian's calligraphy, do you want to assassinate Zhao Gou, an official of the Southern Song Dynasty at that time?!"
Zhao Ji put on a serious face and said: "The plan Liu Jia Qilin thought of is too vicious. I am the benevolent Lord and the Holy Lord, and I must never adopt the assassination plan."
Liu Lin, who thought his plan was brilliant, immediately kowtowed in fright after hearing what Zhao Guanjia said, saying:
"My minister, Liu Lin, did not think carefully. I ask the officials to forgive me."
Liu Yu, who was kneeling aside, glared at his only surviving son, Liu Lin, with hatred.
The other ministers present did not dare to express opinions on such a major matter, but just waited and watched.
Zhao Jidao: "I don't care whether Liu Lin's plan to assassinate Fang La is feasible or not.
Even if the assassination of the rebel leader Fang La was successful, couldn't there be successors such as Fang Qi and Fang Ba in the rebel army?
What's more, I heard that Fang La's sister Fang Baihua was now the female marshal of Fan La's bandit army.
Even if Fang La was assassinated and died, his sister Fang Baihua would definitely use this to confuse the hearts of the bandits and the people, saying that the imperial court had betrayed its promise, and murdering her brother in the name of sending envoys to bring peace;
Saying that I am cruel, shameless and unscrupulous will cut off the surrender of all the bandits and rebels.
This would force all the soldiers in Fangla's bandit army into a dangerous situation of fighting to the death with the imperial army.
As a result, my officers and soldiers will have to fight a life-and-death battle, and the casualties at that time may be tens of thousands.
Not only the bandit army in Nanla in the southeast would be like this, but also the rogue bandits in other parts of the Song Dynasty would never believe in the imperial court's strategy of recruiting peace.
Therefore, Liu Lin, your plan is just a conspiracy. What I want is a conspiracy."
The great eunuch Liang Shicheng knelt on the ground sincerely, and with the intention of flattering the officials. He was good at slapping dragons, and immediately kowtowed and said: "O sage of the officials! What the officials consider is actually based on the overall situation.
Only a boy from the Liu family can understand the holy will!"
Other officials present also sincerely admired Zhao Guanjia's well-founded analysis.
All the officials knelt down and kowtowed again, saying: "O sage in the official family..."
After Liu Lin heard Butler Zhao's analysis and rebuke, he was so frightened that he kowtowed as if he were pounding garlic. He was very afraid of being punished. He was so frightened that he said with a trembling voice:
"Your Majesty, Liu Lin, is aware of the crime. My Majesty, Liu Lin, only thought about how to quickly get rid of the rebel thief Fang La, so he came up with such a vicious plan to assassinate the thief leader.
Now, after listening to the official analysis, I, Liu Lin, felt that what the officials said was absolutely true, and I, Liu Lin, knew that I was guilty."
"Hahaha..." Zhao Ji laughed and said, "I am here to let you all express your opinions openly and honestly, and discuss together how to quickly eradicate the bandit army that rebelled against Fang La.
Liu Jia Qilin can express his feelings openly in public, how can I punish you?!"
Liu Lin was so grateful that tears welled up in his eyes, and he kowtowed heavily and said:
"Thank you to the officials, and forgive Liu Lin for making unreasonable comments!"
During Liu Lin's short visit to Zhao Guan's family, he couldn't be too emotional. He was half a king and half a tiger. He was going crazy. Maybe he said something wrong. If Zhao Guan's family got angry, he would
Isn’t it possible to save the head on this necklace?
Of course, Zhao Ji would not use Liu Lin's poisonous plan to assassinate Fang La to punish Liu Lin. Even if he used this to punish Liu Lin, the punishment would be too severe.
Does Zhao Ji want to punish Liu Yu and Liu Lin, the father and son of thieves? Of course not. There is no serious crime that they can find now. What Zhao Ji wants is the pair of dogs who will betray the Song Dynasty and pay money in the future.
Thieves, father and son, die, and die as soon as possible.
There is no way, it is difficult or even impossible to change the nature of traitors and thieves. Therefore, Zhao Ji believes that the fastest and most effective way is to completely eliminate them physically from the body.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhao Ji still smiled calmly and comforted the panicked Liu Lin:
"Liu Jia Qilin, don't be afraid. Continue telling me the second strategy you came up with."
Liu Linzhan said tremblingly: "The second strategy that my minister Liu Lin came up with is... to sincerely recruit the rebel thief Fang La and his bandit army, so as to avoid a catastrophe in the southeast..."
"Very good!" Zhao Ji praised: "As expected of Liu Jia Qilin, the second strategy he came up with is even to my liking.
Just now, after discussing with the ministers, we decided that we should attack the Fang La bandit army first, and the imperial court should recruit them first.
If recruitment fails, use weapons again.
Liu Jia Qilin, at a young age, has some talents and is really a person.
I will promote you to the position of Chief Minister."
Liu Yu and Liu Lin, father and son, couldn't believe their ears. Did they get promotions from the Zhao Guan family?
The officials present were also very surprised. As for Liu Lin's plan, even their sons could tell it!
The Zhao Guan family has just promoted Liu Lin from the ninth rank to the eighth rank Chengwulang?!
Liu Yu and Liu Lin, father and son, naturally expressed their gratitude to Zhao Guan's family.
However, Zhao Guanjia changed the subject and said: "Since all of you who love me think that we can implement the strategy of recruiting Fangla, we still need to write an edict to recruit him.
Zhang Bangchang and Liu Yu, both of you, are Jinshi scholars and jointly drafted this edict to recruit Fangla's troops."
"Your Majesty Zhang Bangchang obeys the decree."
"Your Majesty Liu Yu obeys the decree."
At this time, Liu Yu's defensiveness was greatly reduced. After all, the Zhao Guan family not only treated him favorably but also promoted his only beloved son, Liu Lin. This made Liu Yu see that the day of his rapid rise to prominence was just around the corner...
The eunuch Liang Shicheng prepared pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Zhang Bangchang and Liu Yu humbly allowed each other to write the script.
Liu Yu was still more cunning than Zhang Bangchang, refusing to write the novel.
After Zhang Bangchang gave in repeatedly, he had no choice but to pick up the pen and consider with Liu Yu how to write...
Zhang Bangchang and Liu Yu were both called to the Donghua Gate. They were both Jinshi scholars, and their literary talent was absolutely top-notch.
However, when they jointly drafted the imperial edict, if Fang La agreed to recruit the queen, how to arrange it would have to be approved by Zhao Guan's family.
Zhao Ji said: "I can pardon Fang La's cronies and all the soldiers for their crimes of rebellion and treason, and recruit them into the official army..."
At this point, the recruitment process of the Song Dynasty court was almost the same.
Zhang Bangchang took up his pen, polished it slightly according to the imperial edict of Zhao Guan's family, and then wrote it on the imperial edict of Zhao'an.
"Your Majesty, Zhang Bangchang, is brave enough to ask the officials, what kind of official position is Fang La, the leader of thieves, allowed to do when recruiting people for peace?"
Zhao Ji said bitterly: "Fang La led the rebels to rebel and shook the southeast of the country. The nine tribes should have been punished for the crime. If Fang La knew the crime, he could quickly accept the imperial court's offer.
I can spare the nine Fangla clans from being executed, and only punish Fangla for his crimes."
The right hand of Zhang Bangchang, the Minister Zuocheng who was holding the brush, trembled and almost dropped the brush in his hand.
Zhang Bangchang raised his head, faced Zhao Guan's house doubtfully, and asked:
"Guan Jia, do you really want to write like this?
The minister Zhang Bangchang risked his life to make a speech, so how can Fang La accept the imperial court's offer?"
Zhao Ji said angrily: "Didn't Zhang Aiqing hear what I said clearly? Since I asked you to write like this, there must be a reason for it.
Why do I need to explain my actions to you?"
Zhang Bangchang was stunned and said hurriedly: "I obey the order."
He thought to himself: What happened to Zhao Guan's family? It was clearly agreed that Fang La would be recruited and that Fang La, the leader of the thieves, should be punished. In this case, how could Fang La lead his troops to accept the imperial court's offer?
Not only that, the envoys who sent this imperial edict would probably be in bad luck. Most of them would be killed by Fang La, who had been killing imperial officials indiscriminately since the uprising...
Liu Yu, who was drafting the imperial edict with Zhang Bangchang, had the same idea as Zhang Bangchang. However, he felt that he had just been valued by Zhao Guan's family, and now he could not disobey the official's holy will. What's more, sending
Whether the envoys who issued the imperial edict would be poisoned by Fang La, what does that have to do with him?
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Soon, Zhang Bangchang and Liu Yu drafted an edict to recruit Fangla's bandit army and submitted it to Zhao Guan's family for review.
Zhao Ji read it carefully and found that the edict was indeed drafted in accordance with his holy will.
Zhao Ji smiled slightly and said to the thirty or so civil servants present in Hangzhou City: "This edict of recruitment should not only be seen by the rebel traitor Fang La, but also by more deceived soldiers and generals under Fang La's command.
arrive.
According to this instruction, you will prepare the imperial edict and each of you will copy out twenty copies on the rice paper."
"I obey the decree..."
As soon as this order was issued, Liu Yu and Liu Lin, their father and son, who were also civil servants present, could not escape from copying the edict prepared by Zhang Bangchang.
Zhao Ji then said to Liang Shicheng: "Bring me my jade seal. After some official has copied a copy of the edict of recruitment and security, and after you check it is correct, Senior Officer Liang, seal it with my jade seal for me."
"Old slave obeys the order."
In the past, Liang Shicheng often held the seal of the Zhao Guan family who once devoted himself to pursuing Taoism and cultivating immortality, and ignored the government affairs.
Half an hour later, more than 600 copied and sealed edicts were piled on the table in front of Zhao Guan's house.
Zhao Ji smiled slightly, glanced sharply at the officials of the Hangzhou government office, and asked: "Who volunteered to enter the rebel palace of Fang La to deliver this imperial edict?"
At this time, there was complete silence in the temporary main hall of the Hangzhou government office. All the officials lowered their heads and did not speak. You could even hear each other's breathing...
Zhao Ji smiled playfully and glanced back and forth with sharp eyes on Zhang Bangchang, Liu Yu and Liu Lin.
The three of them leaned forward deeply, lowered their heads, wishing they could bury their faces in their crotches, and they didn't dare to look up at the beauty of Zhao Guan's family!
Zhao Ji announced loudly: "If I want to recruit An Fangla's rebels, I must show that the Song Dynasty court attaches great importance to recruiting An Fangla.
Therefore, when we go to the rebel camp Fangla to deliver the imperial edict, we must send a high-ranking official from the imperial court as the chief envoy."
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Zhao Ji shouted loudly and said: "Shang Shuzuo Cheng Zhang Bangchang, listen to the order."
With a "plop", Zhang Bangchang knelt down on the ground. This was probably the fastest he had ever knelt down in his life. After all, he was afraid that Zhao Guan's family would call his name and ask him to complete this mission of narrow escape.
Zhao Ji said loudly: "I have appointed Zhang Bangchang, the Minister of Finance and Zuocheng, as the chief envoy to recruit people to the Fang La bandit army. I must not lose the face of the court and my own integrity..."
"Chen... Chen..." Zhang Bangchang was so frightened that he couldn't speak fluently. He wanted to argue with his reasoning and didn't want to accept this mission, which would almost lead to death.
However, when he recalled how ruthlessly the Zhao Guan family had killed Lin Lingsu, Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, and Wang Fu in the capital, or beheaded Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng's father and son in Suzhou City, and raided their homes, he was frightened.
It's like a cicada.
Zhang Bangchang is a smart man. He knew that the reason why Zhao Guan's family could arrange for him to die was because Zhao Guan had already had the desire to get rid of him, the Minister Zuo Cheng, for a long time.
When was it?
Zhang Bangchang is horrified when he thinks carefully!
Could it be that the Zhao Guan family had such a ruthless plan when they wanted to take their minister Zhang Bangchang with them before leaving the capital?
He knew that if he disobeyed the order, sooner or later the Zhao Guan family would find a crime that could be used to confiscate the family and exterminate the family and put it on Zhang Bangchang's head. By then, not only would my life be at stake, but the whole family would also be implicated and convicted.
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Thinking about this, Zhang Bangchang bit his back teeth, his eyes turned red, and his voice trembled:
"My minister, Zhang Bangchang, obeyed the order and thanked the officials and ministers for their important responsibilities."
Zhao Ji loudly said again: "Into the rebel camp Fangla, only Zhang Bangchang, a high-ranking official of the local court, went there, which was not comprehensive. We should also send two officials who have lived in Zhejiang and Zhejiang for a long time and are familiar with the affairs in the southeast to accompany Zhang Shangshu
Let’s go together.”
All the southeastern officials present were so frightened that their hearts beat rapidly...
Zhao Ji announced loudly: "I appointed Liu Yu, the envoy to Zhejiang and Zhejiang, as the left deputy envoy to Zhao'an, and Liu Lin, the administrator, as the right deputy envoy to Zhao'an. You and your son will accompany the chief envoy to Zhao'an, and Zhang Bangchang, the minister of the left, will go to the bandit camp together, and read out
My imperial edict orders the Fang La bandit army to surrender to the imperial court as soon as possible..."