Chapter 241 Whoever messes with Xiao Tang is a capital offense
"Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, Li Bangyan, Master Li, presents a congratulatory gift of 30,000 yuan!"
"The commander of the 800,000 forbidden troops, the official and the commander of the Zuoyi Guards, Qiu Yue, presented a gift of 10,000 yuan!"
"The deputy commander of the 800,000-strong Forbidden Army, and the official commander of the Right Guards, Zhou Ang, presented a gift of 8,000 coins!"
"Yu Longzhidu Yuhou is waiting for Fengmei, and he presents a gift of six thousand coins!"
"The Royal Dragon Bone Duozi is waiting for Bi Sheng, and I will give you five thousand coins as a congratulatory gift!"
"Fan Qiong, the inspector of the four walls of the capital, presented a gift of 3,500 coins!"
"Niu Bangxi, the escort officer of the Palace Commander's Mansion, presented a gift of 2,500 yuan!"...
As the bureau in charge of the Palace Commander's Mansion shouted loudly, loads of gold, silk and silver were carried by porters to the bank for placement. Next to them, there were two clerks busy recording the gifts and congratulations given to Gao Qiu for being awarded the title of Taiwei.
The names, official positions and amounts of gifts of the capital ministers. Seeing the endless stream of porters coming in and out, the two clerks also remembered that they were in a hurry.
Gao Qiu Duan sat on the chair of the Grand Master. Even though he was very scheming, his face was full of pride. Now he finally took on the post of Taiwei of the Third Yamen, commanding the Imperial Guards of the capital and taking charge of all the squads in front of the palace.
The infantry and cavalry commanders also had to take charge of the control, training, and rotation of guarding the emperor, garrison, relocation, punishment and rewards, etc. Although it was not as good as the Privy Council, which was in charge of the military defense, mobilization, relocation, and garrison of the entire Song Dynasty army.
However, the most important matter of the Song Dynasty's army, the power of life and death of the imperial guards in the capital, was already in his hands alone.
A white-faced eunuch sitting next to him smiled at Gao Qiu and said: "Congratulations to Mr. Taiwei for taking charge of the third government office. Our family was not long ago admitted to the Ministry of Internal Affairs by the official family. Both Gao Taiwei and Gao Qiu are officials."
Those who handle things will need more help from the Lieutenant in the future."
Gao Qiu smiled faintly and said: "Yang Tiju is too polite. Speaking of officials, they want to be considerate of their ministers. Gao was just lucky enough to be the captain of the third yamen because he had been with the emperor for a long time. How could he be as good as Yang?
Tiju is a caring person around the official, but Gao should rely more on Yang Tiju for his care."
After hearing this, Yang Tiju hurriedly said seriously: "Master Taiwei, let's open the skylight and speak frankly. The water in the capital is very muddy now. Zhang Xianggong, Zheng Xianggong and Cai Xianggong are fighting, and Cai Xianggong is fighting with Tong Jianxiao and Wang Yushi
(Wang Fu) had a dispute, let alone Eunuch Liang in the palace, it was the Secretary Li Langzi (Li Bangyan)... Huh! He was also competing for the favor of the official. All the high officials in the court were fighting for it.
In the group, everyone seems to have unlimited glory, but if any information falls into the hands of the enemy, I am afraid that they will be punished beyond redemption.
The Taiwei has the right to control the three yamen. Not only does he have control of all the military affairs of the capital, he naturally does not need to be as worried and suspicious as the civil servants in the court. But as the saying goes, a big tree attracts trouble. It should be noted that there are more than just those in the Palace Commander's mansion who are favored by the officials.
It’s Mr. Taiwei and you are alone..."
Gao Qiu's expression turned cold, and he immediately thought of Xiao Tang, who was serving as the Marquis of Du Yu in the Palace Commander's Mansion, and had openly slapped his adopted son Gao Yanei in the downtown area of the capital a few days ago. At that time, Gao Qiu was favored by Song Huizong Zhao Ji because of Xiao Tang.
After enduring this tone, he even strongly recommended Xiao Tang to be promoted to important positions such as Xishang Pavilion Envoy, Wude Doctor, Jingnan Road Comfort Envoy, and Palace Commander Sidu Yuhou.
The envoy of the Xishang Pavilion was a civilian official who could also serve as a military attache. When Gao Qiu became the Taiwei of the Third Yamen, Yuhou, the prefect of the palace who was affiliated with the Palace Commander's Mansion, could only act under his hand. Jingnan Road Appeasement
The envoy? Jingxi Road is not an important border area. Who can you appease the manager? Originally, Gao Qiu could not bear the anger of the moment and praised Xiao Tang to Song Huizong, but he did not let him have any real power in his hands. As long as he did his
Shouldn’t your immediate boss just let you make him a round person and flatten him?
But that Xiao Tang... was very restless. He persuaded the officials to go to Dengzhou on the southwest road of Jing to set up a government department. He also led an army to conquer the Fangshan bandits, and also eliminated those who practiced favoritism and violated the law in the military department in the west of Jing.
General of the army, isn't this an attempt to embed his own forces in the imperial army around Gyeonggi?
Gao Qiu made a quick calculation in his mind. He and Xiao Tang both belonged to the Palace Commander's Palace and were both favored by the officials. Moreover, he was definitely not willing to act under his hand, so the two of them would definitely have interests.
Conflict. When he was still the age Xiao Tang is now, Gao Qiu was just a rogue soldier who was expelled from Bianliang, Tokyo. As time goes by, it is impossible to say that the hearts of the forbidden soldiers under the jurisdiction of the Sanya could not be completely controlled by him.
If you are not careful, you may very well get rid of this Xiao Tang.
How can I, Gao Qiu, get all this with so much painstaking effort, so that a child like you can get a piece of the pie!?
Gao Qiu looked at Yang Tiju with a look of hurt in his eyes, and said, "I heard that Yang Tiju has a nephew who lives far away and is serving as the general manager of the army and horses on the southwestern road of Beijing, right?"
Yang Tiju's slender eyes narrowed, and his pale face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost. This Yang Tiju was called Yang Jian. He was good at guessing Zhao Ji's intentions and became more and more favored. Now he is serving as Tiju in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
As an official, he was responsible for supervising and supervising all matters in the court, such as establishing Mingtang, casting Jiuding, building Dasheng Mansion, and Longde Palace.
It turns out that Yang Tai, the commander-in-chief of the troops and horses in South Beijing Road, and Yang Jian are relatives who can be related to each other. Although Yang Tai pays homage to him several times on weekdays, if they were not from the same clan, Yang Jian would have almost forgotten that there was another person in the West Beijing Military Division.
Such a dog wagging its tail to beg for mercy.
But beating a dog depends on the owner, right? Now Yang Tai has been stripped of his military power by Xiao Tang and taken to the capital. He assassinated court officials, deducted the salary of corrupt military officers, colluded with green forest bandits, killed good people and took merit, and framed his colleagues in the army. The evidence is conclusive.
Being beheaded in front of everyone is considered a minor offense. If the crime of assassinating the imperial envoy was treated as treason, it would not be unusual to sentence him to beheaded with 3,600 knives.
For Yang Jian, deducting military pay, supporting bandits' self-respect or even killing innocent civilians are all trivial matters that can be dealt with. However, if Yang Tai instigated green forest thieves to assassinate the pacifier in advance, if it really came to the attention of the officials, Yang Jian also knew
He couldn't take any advantage of him. Yang Jian would not protect that reckless lackey at the cost of making Zhao Ji unhappy. However, since Xiao Tang dared to touch his people, Yang Jian had already started to resent Xiao Tang.
Heart.
Yang Jian surveyed the ground and said to Gao Qiu: "Since Gao Taiwei knows that... Hehe, we won't go into details. There is a saying that dogs cannot enter with a fence. I only hope that Gao Taiwei will be in charge of the three
When you are in office, don't let some brats take advantage of you."
Gao Qiu smiled knowingly and said: "Thanks to Yang Tiju's advice, in the future I will have to ask Yang Tiju to take care of me more and say more kind words in front of the officials."
After having a secret discussion with Gao Qiu, Yang Jian got up and said goodbye and returned to the palace. Gao Qiu called the Palace Commander's Mansion to take charge of the bureau and chose an auspicious day to officially take office.
General Ma Bu was waiting. But after Gao Qiu went through the names one by one, he couldn't help but frowned and said: "Isn't there also Wang Jin, the instructor of the 800,000 forbidden army, who is affiliated with the third yamen of the capital? Why is he not on the roster?"
The official of the Chengdu Bureau paid his respects and said, "Commander Haojiao Palace knows that the commander Wang Jinwang has resigned from the army long ago due to a serious illness."
Gao Qiu's face suddenly changed color when he heard this, and he shouted angrily: "Nonsense! I have never heard of any disease that he contracted, so how dare you resist the government and prevaricate me! The military laws of the Song Dynasty are strict, how can I allow that guy to stay on his own terms? Stay, and leave as soon as you say it!? That guy is from Tokyo, bring it to me quickly. If you are going to return home due to illness, I will never talk to that guy again!"
"Commander of the Palace, I heard that Wang Jin has already left the capital, and I don't know where he is at this time." At this time, a man appeared from the inner hall, his surname was Sun Mingjing, and he was an aide under Gao Qiu. He said again : "The villain also made people find out that before the king left the capital, he lived in the palace of the capital of Xiaotang for a period of time."
There was a crisp sound of "Crack", and a blue and white porcelain tea cup was thrown to the ground by Gao Qiu. He stood up with a ferocious face, not at all as calm and mature as before. Gao Qiu gritted his teeth and said angrily: "It's that Xiao Tang again!? He slapped my son for openly provoking me, and now he hides Wang Jin in secret, is he determined to fight with me to the end!?"
Gao Qiu was really angry now. His adopted son Gao Yanei was slapped in the face by Xiao Tang in public. He didn't say anything. Everyone in the capital thought that Gao Qiu was afraid of Xiao Tang; before he took office. Before becoming the Taiwei of Sanya, Xiao Tang also held the post of Marquis of Yu in the Imperial Palace, and also deployed the imperial guards of the capital to pacify the south of the capital. By acting in such a flamboyant manner, was he not intending to compete with Gao Qiu in Sanya? Now he finally did it. The third Yamen Taiwei is here. He just wanted to find his former enemy to make a good deal, but Xiao Tang intervened... Gao Qiu, who had already been deeply resentful of Xiao Tang, finally burst out. You little kid with a yellow mouth, do you really think that I am a muddy native!?
Seeing Gao Qiu's furious anger, Sun Jing hurriedly said: "Commander of the Palace, please calm down first. After all, Xiao Tang is being favored by the officials, and openly confronting him will make the official's face look bad. But Wang Jin's guy passed by He is not responsible. Now there is no news about him and it is difficult to find his reasons. However, there are still ways to deal with Xiao Tang secretly..."
After Gao Qiu heard this, he suppressed his anger and said to Sun Jing: "If you have any ideas, please tell me!"
Sun Jing smiled coldly and said: "Although we are all against Xiao Tang for the time being, the palace commander is in charge of the third government office. It is not easy for him to eliminate the generals who have good relations with Xiao Tang? The officials just love Xiao Tang. He has amazing and skillful skills, but how can he pay attention to the arrogant and ruthless man in the Imperial Guards of the capital? He is the subordinate officer of the palace commander in front of the palace, how can he do anything to defeat the palace commander?
In this way, if Xiao Tang was angry because his cronies in the army were punished by the palace commander, and complained to the officials, the officials were, after all, very close to the palace commander, and Yang Tiju. If there is entanglement, it will only make the officials unhappy.
Secondly, it is also possible to clear out Xiao Tang's party members in the Sanya. If Xiao Tang stands up for his cronies, he will lose the favor of the Holy One. If Xiao Tang is indifferent, his generals will be cold-hearted. By then, Xiao Tang's wings will be removed by the palace commander. After all, the three offices of the Imperial Guards in the capital are not ruled by the palace commander alone?"
After listening to this, Gao Qiu thought about it carefully and immediately showed joy on his face and said: "This is a very good plan! I can make that fellow Xiao Tang suffer the pain of swallowing his anger!"
Seeing Gao Qiu's joy, Sun Jing said eloquently: "According to the villain's inquiry, it is only said that among the Imperial Guards in the capital who are close to Xiao Tang, there are 800,000 Forbidden Army instructors Lin Chong and Xiao Tang as sworn brothers; Bu Si Yamen soldiers Envoy Ma Baoyi proclaimed praise; Deputy Envoy Gunner Ling Zhen of the Ordnance Supervision Department of Jiafang... By the way, there is also an envoy in our Palace Commander's residence who is also very close to Xiao Tang. He is called the Green-faced Beast Yang Zhi."
