Chapter 1179 To save the country, is there only one way to rebel?
Although many brothers had been sent to Mengzhou to inquire about Wu Song's whereabouts, Xiao Tang did not know what his sworn brother was thinking about at this time. Although he still wanted to find him, he was an important official in the court after all, and he had to go to Beijing to meet the official.
Family, you should not neglect to participate in the Bianjing Privy Council's military affairs meetings and other matters.
And because of this, Xiao Tang's mood these days could not help but become more and more angry.
He had been an official in Bianjing for more than a few years. Although he was trusted by Zhao Ji, the romantic emperor, because of his methods of catering to the heretical ways of the emperor, in the eyes of outsiders, Xiao Tang was naturally a high-ranking minister of the emperor.
, but since he was transferred to the palace commander's house as the commander of the palace, Sidu Yuhou, it seems that Gao Qiu and other immediate superiors have tried their best to put on Xiao Tang's shoes. If he had not strongly recommended himself to gain military power and participated in the Hedong expedition against Tian Hu,
During the Song-Xia Western Frontier War and other wars, many comrades-in-arms were established with Hu Yanzhuo, Guan Sheng and even the generals of the Western Army. Of course, in the eyes of the imperial court, he recruited troops and horses to become a powerful force in the green forest. Xiao Tang also
It's just a reputation, but no real power at all.
Although there are a few combatable divisions among the 800,000-strong imperial army in Bianliang, Tokyo, it is not uncommon to encounter soldiers in twos and threes in the streets of the capital.
The generals in front of the general palace who exclude dissidents are treated as housekeepers and guardians. No matter how many officers and soldiers there are to guard the capital, nearly half of them serve as masons and bricklayers for Gao Qiu's military dignitaries. The essence of the phenomenon of private soldiers and servants has not changed.
, Xiao Tang could secretly kill scoundrels such as Gao Yanei who were the children of high-ranking military officials, but it was absolutely impossible for him to have the authority to completely change all the officers and generals who were subordinate to the former division of Bianjing Palace.
It is true that Xiao Tang has been transferred from the Palace Department to serve in the Privy Council. Those imperial officers and generals who had no choice but to submit to Gao Qiu naturally did not dare to offend him. But after returning to Beijing this time, Xiao Tang found that although he was the second servant,
Pintong's signing of the affairs of the Privy Council will be more violent than the secret suppression he suffered due to his enmity with Gao Qiu in the Bianjing Palace.
After the war between the Song and Xia Kingdoms, the Xia Kingdom temporarily surrendered and sued for peace. Tong Guan, who had lived in the border court of the western border for a long time, officially returned to Beijing and took over the Privy Council with full authority. Tong Guan, who was called Tong Xuanshuai in the army, became Tong Guan again in Bianjing.
The Prime Minister, and compared with Gao Qiu and others who formed gangs and had some bad habits, most of which were dedicated to persecuting the Bianjing Army lieutenants and generals who were close to Xiao Tang, Tong Guan was promoted by the great eunuch Li Xian.
, and became a minister of the Hangzhou Jinming Bureau, and had the same sophisticated tactics as Cai Jing. If she really wanted to deal with anyone, she would kill without blood.
During the series of wars with the Xia Kingdom, Tong Guan planned to kill Liu Fa, but Xiao Tang intervened and almost damaged his reputation in the court. Another spy reported to him that he was also favored by the officials.
, so Xiao Tang, a young man with whom Tong Guan originally planned to help each other, was flirting with Xijun Lao and Xiao Jinglue, so he, a great eunuch who was extremely obsessed with his status, would never let anyone stand in his way.
A stumbling block to my long-cherished wish. Now, although it is not easy to teach one's enemies to die unexplainedly in the army during the war, but as long as Xiao Tang is taught that in the Privy Council, he can just be a idle person sitting on the bench, and waste some time.
If the day comes, it will naturally be much easier to kill him.
After all, in Bianjing, there was Cai Jing in Chinese, Tong Guan, Gao Qiu in military affairs, and Liang Shicheng, Yang Jian and other powerful officials in the palace communicated with each other. As long as the civil and military officials in Bianjing could recognize the appearance of a person, almost all of them became Xiao Tang when they saw it. Who among the public enemies of the big tyrants in the court would be willing to support and help each other with him? At that time, as long as the officials use some tricks to teach this Xiao Tang kid to lose the favor of the Holy Emperor, it will be enough to make this kid who has been promoted to an exceptional level one after another The young boy returned to his original form.
After returning to Bianliang, Tokyo, Xiao Tang also vaguely felt that his situation had become more and more dangerous. For those military generals who only wanted to sell their skills to the emperor's family and strive for glory, wealth, high officials and generous salaries, In other words, they naturally would not understand that Xiao Tang was clearly favored by the officials, but yet he gathered together several green-forest soldiers to fight against the imperial court. On the other hand, Xiao Tang knew that sooner or later, he would be affected by strategic direction, political opinions and even temperament. The long-cherished wish was too great to be at odds with Cai Jing, Tong Guan and other powerful officials, which would surely intensify the conflict, but why did he still return to Bianjing to be his official in the DPRK, instead of immediately rising up and no longer fighting against the treacherous officials in the DPRK? Happy rebellion?
Because not only could Xiao Tang not be carried away by his passion, but he also knew very well how the Jin army would invade the territory of the Song Dynasty step by step according to the strategic direction when the Jin army was about to invade the south:
The Jin State attacked the Song Dynasty for the first time. According to the official history, because the Song court's attitude towards the surrendered generals of the Liao State was disappointing, the Jin army still raised troops southward on the grounds that the Song State accepted the rebel generals who had surrendered to their own country. The Liao State surrendered the generals of the Song Dynasty. Guo Yaoshi surrendered, and most of the important military positions in Hebei fell. The Jin army immediately sent heavy troops to sweep through the Hedong Road and the Jinguo West Road. The East Route Army was able to respond to each other and easily crossed the Yellow River. When he tentatively accepted the peace agreement, he proposed a surprise attack to eliminate half of the main force of the Jin army when the enemy was halfway across the Yellow River. However, this failed due to strong opposition from the capitulation faction. Later, he proposed to gather large armies to station on both sides of the Yellow River to prevent the Jin army from crossing the river again, which was also rejected by the court. Zhongshi Dao also died of illness due to anger). When the Jin Kingdom came back for the second time, among Zhongshi, Wang Zhen and other Western Army generals died in battle. Taiyuan Prefecture, the strategic center of Hedong, fell, and the Jin army easily crossed Crossing the Yellow River eventually led to the historical tragedy of Jingkang's Shame...
Xiao Tang's idea was that if his own appearance could cause some changes in the strategic process of the Jin army's step-by-step invasion of the Song Dynasty, for example, he would try to protect the entire territory of Hedong Road from falling, and the soldiers and horses invading from the east and west routes of the Jin Kingdom would not be able to interact with each other. In response, and then try to set up heavy troops at various passes of the Yellow River according to the division's doctrine to block the Jin army, and even use the geographical advantages to try to annihilate the main force of the Jin army as much as possible, then the Jin army will not be able to successfully approach Bianliang City in Tokyo, and the Song Dynasty will not Once it fell, the Kingdom of Jin would not be able to take advantage of the situation to occupy half of the Central Plains. No matter where it was, if he could do his best to make the war situation and the trajectory of official history enough to trigger variables that could affect the whole body, according to Xiao Tang's thinking , this strategic plan is also feasible.
Xiao Tang's painstaking planning and design over the years was naturally not to protect Song Huizong Zhao Ji, who although he was indeed kind to him, was one of the culprits that caused the historical tragedy of Jingkang's shame, and even after he was forced to succeed to the throne, Zhao Ji It is the Zhao royal family of Zhao Huan, Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty who frequently makes mistakes. After all, the loss of Tokyo and Bianliang will not only cause turmoil in the entire Central Plains, but also give the Jin army an opportunity to take advantage of it. They will all face the endless disasters of military disaster and foreign humiliation in times of national calamity. The orthodox ideology of the entire society is still the imperial family and the world, which is something Xiao Tang is unable to change at present. Therefore, to a large extent, the stability of Bianliang in Tokyo is It also stabilizes the entire country.
However, at that special historical stage, if the several green forest rebel armies under his command were too strong to attract trouble, they would arouse the vigilance of the Jin Army and even the Song Dynasty court. Based on the virtues of many cowardly officials in the Song Dynasty court before the Jingkang Disgrace, the Song Dynasty
Later, the Hongguang court of the Nanming Dynasty took the initiative to request the Manchu Qing regime in the early stages of entering the Pass, and united with the Qing army to encircle and suppress Dashun. The policy of "alliance with the captives and the suppression of the bandits" by Daxi and other rebels, and the alliance with the Jin army who sought skin for their skin, joined forces to seize control of Dashun.
It is possible to wipe out the green forest soldiers and horses who are causing rebellion in the country (even the war against the Qing Dynasty in the late Ming Dynasty supported the end of the war, and the famous minister Zhonglie Shi Kefa also strongly supported the imperial court's joint implementation with the Qing Dynasty at that stage because of his different ideas.
The strategic policy of "uniting the captives to defeat the invaders")...
Therefore, Xiao Tang kept trying the official-military route.
But now in the Privy Council, Tong Guan, who was more experienced in the city's scheming than Gao Qiu, only needed a few frivolous words to negate all Xiao Tang's proposals on national machinery, military defense, border preparations and other matters.
Now that there is only one more unit in Hedong, the Jingnan Army, Xiao Tang knows that it is far from enough to deal with the overwhelming Jin army. Gao Qiu, Tong Guan and even Cai Jing and other powerful traitors are already on the opposite side of him.
, Xiao Tang could also realize that his right to speak in the court's military and political matters was gradually becoming weaker and weaker, and there was another Tong Guan on his head who was secretly doing things. Unless the dead eunuch had some evil plans, I'm afraid he would be in an official position.
It is also difficult to lead troops and go to the battlefield.
Although the fight between people and ghosts in the court will not cause you to be ruined immediately, if these powerful traitors are united together, Xiao Tang will gradually feel his situation, as if he is an old ghost by Tong Guan and others.
A frog boiled by a powerful minister in warm water.
What's more, the emerging Jin Kingdom's tendency to invade the Liao Kingdom has caused the Song court to be very concerned. Xiao Tang has also heard about it, and Cai Jing is about to report to the officials and propose that he join forces with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Kingdom.