Let's say that in the winter of the fourth year of Jianyan, the Zhao Guan family was overjoyed with the birth of a new princess, and then issued a general amnesty to the whole family. As a result of the Zhao Guan family being so happy and pardoning, many people just exhaled the caution that had been in their hearts, and many things began to return to their original track.
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However, this track may not all be a speed-up track, nor may it be the right path.
For example, at the end of October, after Yue Fei, the commander of the imperial camp's former military capital, crossed the river from Jiangling, he successively recaptured Gong'an, Ouchi, and Shishou captured by Zhong Xiang's army, and defeated the "Great Sage" and "King of Chu" Marshal Zhong Xiang in Huarong.
The main force of Yang Mo's troops approached Dongting Lake. Yang Mo also gave up his attempt to stop the army on land and retreated into the lake.
At this time, while Yue Fei was preparing for a water battle, he formally reported to Tokyo and proposed the strategy of "recruiting peace".
Yue Pengju explained his reasons in detail in his long memorial... He believed that "Yang Mo's disciples were originally villagers. They were first deceived by Zhong Xiang and his son as monsters, and then when troops were sent to the north, the imperial court temporarily demanded too much."
', which just caused chaos.
As the saying goes, "It's called chaos, but it's actually about trying to save one's life and gathering people to beg for their lives."
Therefore, he hoped to divide the key bandit leaders such as Zhong Xiang and his son, Yang Mo, as well as the rebel sergeants, and the people who were being held hostage into four levels. Except for Zhong Xiang and his son, everyone should be 'not allowed to kill'. As for the sergeants,
And the fishermen who were held hostage should be pardoned, comforted and relieved.
In other words, he believed that the military victory had already had a certain deterrent effect, and he should slow down a little. Instead of making large-scale advances in a fierce way for the time being, he took the initiative to adopt a recruitment strategy to lure and trap the rebels in the Jingxiang Rebellion.
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When the memorial was sent to the capital, Zhao Ding immediately raised objections. The reason was very simple, that is, 'to fight against foreign forces, we must first pacify the interior', and domestic peace should cut off the mess quickly... Since the military is progressing smoothly, there is no need to waste time.
It is right to appease, defeat the opponent quickly and end the war.
After all, even if the economy is not considered, there will still be Miao chaos in the Wuling area in the future, as well as Northern Shaanxi, Jingdong, and a bunch of things in "Ping Jin Ce" that Yue Fei himself performed!
At the same time, perhaps because the word "excessive demands" seriously irritated Liu Ji, Liu Xianggong, the main person in charge of Jingxiang, also chose to support Zhao Ding without hesitation.
But relatively speaking, Privy Councilor Zhang Jun also took a clear stand and chose to support Yue Fei.
This is not to say that Zhang Jun will rebel for the sake of opposition... The reason is actually very simple. According to Zhang Deyuan's experience of following the Zhao official family and his ability to figure out the official's mind, considering that the official selected Yue Fei twice when he went south to quell the rebellion.
, and he directly gave instructions to send troops. Considering Yue Fei's style and some rumors about his subordinates, he had already realized the basic attitude of Zhao Guan's family towards this matter.
But as expected, Zhang Jun gritted his teeth and started arguing with the province again. Life and death had to be decided according to Yue Fei's memorial. Zhao Ding and Liu Ji had no choice but to ask the emperor to discuss the government and let Zhao Guanjia make the decision.
However, Zhao Jiu, who went to the Ordnance Supervision with another prime minister, had no intention of showing up. He just wrote a reply in Zazi's own handwriting - 'That's why Yue Fei is here.'
Zhao Ding and Liu Ji immediately fell silent. Zhang Jun fought against two and actually won a big victory!
However, let’s not mention how Zhang Jun here suddenly gained momentum and shocked Tokyo, and how Yue Fei changed his focus to recruiting security and dealt with the Dongting rebellion. Let’s just talk about another trivial matter... The loyal servant who followed Zheng Yinian back,
Seeing that the situation was not going well, he left the Zheng Mansion early, but he was not in a hurry to go to Jinan. Instead, he has been doing part-time work in the water gate area in the northeast of Tokyo... After Yaoshan, Tokyo became more and more lively, with more and more merchants.
The gathering of officials and students here is definitely not as good as before Jingkang, but it can still make it easy for a person to hide.
Especially since this person didn't do anything to inquire or report at all.
However, with the general amnesty of Zhao Guan's family on this day, he did not hesitate anymore and worked as a delivery boy as a refugee from Hebei, and followed a merchant from Dongping Prefecture to Jingdong... This was a serious merchant, and the court also
Encourage wealthy people to use it more and hire more refugees, and this servant has no flaws at all, and it actually allowed him to get to Dongping Mansion safely.
After arriving here, this person continued to work steadily, prepared enough drinking water and dry food before leaving without saying goodbye. Finally, taking advantage of the freezing of the Yellow River, he successfully crossed the river, arrived at Liaocheng, Bozhou, and entered the area occupied by the Jin Army.
However, this Han'er from Yan, named Gao Yigong, did not go to find his master Qin Hui. Instead, as agreed before, he came directly here to find another person who had been waiting for him for a long time. He turned out to be Hong Ya, the Prime Minister of Da Qi.
In addition, Hong Ya was named the Prime Minister of the Qi State, but in fact he basically only lived in Liaocheng, which was located between Daming Palace and Jinan. This was so that he could receive instructions from the nobles of the Jin Kingdom in Daming Palace, and then instruct the people in the puppet Qi Kingdom on the other side of the Yellow River.
Even for this job, in the past, he could occasionally go to JD.com to fool around with Liu Yu, Li Cheng, Li Qi and others. But after Yaoshan, he was not willing to go to JD.com at all.
The place of execution was moved, and even family members and clans from Jinan were moved to Hebei early.
Of course, this move was undoubtedly a loyal move in the eyes of Talan, who was the mastermind of Daming Mansion.
However, just as Yang Yizhong and Wan Qixi joked when they sent this person back to the north, since people like Hong Ya have become rebellious and have lost their position, they are basically falling with the wind and drifting against the wind.
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But this time, the Zhao Song official family defeated Wanyan Lou's family in Yaoshan, which shocked the country. The top brass of the Jin Kingdom had some thoughts themselves, let alone these people?
Therefore, Zheng Yinian's move south was instigated by Hong Ya, Qin Hui and others. Although the top brass of the Jin Kingdom did not necessarily reach a unified understanding, some of the top brass acquiesced, and it was an act of casting stone to ask for direction... This move was the only one.
, to the top brass of the Jinren, it was natural that they just threw a pebble and it didn't matter at all, but for Hong Ya, Qin Hui and others, they had great expectations.
To put it bluntly, who would want to hang out in the north when he could be a wealthy official in the south?
As for Gao Yigong, the Han son of Yan, it was Hong and Qin who had thought carefully about the possibility that Zheng Yinian's man would never look back once he reached the south, so they made some arrangements in advance.
But now, apart from confirming Zheng Yinian's shrinking and giving up, this arrangement actually does not have much use... It doesn't take Gao Yigong's safe dealings and detailed reports. Hong Ya and Qin Hui already knew about it through the Di Bao
It is a "nothing" thing, and now we have already learned that "the Jin people are not included in the traitors of the Song Dynasty".
But then again, even though he had known the result for a long time, Hong Ya, who was sitting in Liaocheng, still couldn't help but sigh up to the sky and became restless after hearing the servant come back and report it again.
After waiting for another two days, regardless of the cold winter, the Prime Minister of Qi could not help but personally take the servant named Gao to Daming Mansion again because of the torment in his heart.
At this moment, the real tiger Nianhan was nesting in the Daming Mansion. The former owner, Ta Lai, was just like a wild dog that had invaded the nest. He did not say a word. The other generals also bowed their heads. This situation was even more disturbing.
Hong Ya was a little helpless... Eight out of ten levels of his authority and ability were maintained by his personal relationship with Ta Lan. If Nianhan didn't leave for a day, he would be like a spider with his hands and feet tied.
Can't stretch at all.
Therefore, after just having a drink with Ta Lan and trying his best to flatter and comfort him, Hong Ya immediately turned around to look for Qin Huizhi, who was in Daming Mansion at this time, and then asked the servant surnamed Han'er to repeat it to his face.
His experiences.
"Is it really useless?"
In the most secluded bedroom, after the servants retreated, even a person like Qin Hui couldn't help but feel sad for a moment, and then leaned on the fire bed of the new base with his hands folded. "Why is the man in the south so determined? I am still
Some don’t want to believe it…”
Hong Ya, smelling of alcohol, sat cross-legged on the fire bed brought from Liaodong by the Jurchens, holding a bowl of hangover tea and shaking his head: "Brother Hui, I advise you not to do what he wants... you must learn from
It’s impossible for Zheng Yinian to become a rich man. Zheng Yinian was relatively innocent before. But the general of the Jin Kingdom who knew that you were doing paperwork with Ta Lazy in the north didn’t know much. Even Zheng Yinian knew a thing or two. If you insist on going south, then
You’re just asking for death!”
"You didn't leave even the slightest chance?" Qin Hui couldn't help but shrink his feet and sat down cross-legged. His words seemed to be forcibly suppressing the injustice in his chest. "I just wrote a few articles for the Jin people.
Do you want to not pardon the documents? All the hard work and hard work in Jingkang in the past will be wiped out?"
Hong Ya sneered, obviously with a bit of sarcasm: "Brother Hui... what you said is meaningless. If you and I were wronged, so many people died in Hebei, Henan, Jingdong, and Guanxi, who should we blame?"
Looking for grievances? Didn't you read the Nanfeng Di newspaper? At this time, the Dongting Lake in the south is also fighting against the rebellion. There are also countless cold and hungry people inside and outside this famous city. We can lie on the fire kang, drink wine and have tea.
Why are you aggrieved?"
Qin Huizhi, who was sitting opposite, had no expression on his face and just folded his hands without saying a word.
"Stop pretending." Seeing this, Hong Ya continued to taunt him under the influence of alcohol. "Do you dare to say that you gave Marshal Tarlan an idea, and when you wrote the document, you really didn't understand it? You are a Jinshi, the prime minister's son-in-law, and the censor Zhongcheng.
, you are still a student of the Prime Minister... Wang Xianggong who burned himself in Luoyang is your mentor, right? He is much better than me in background. People of my race knew what they were doing when they were demoted, how could you not understand?!"
Qin Hui finally let go and sighed: "Ms. Hong, it's not that I don't understand, but there are three things I didn't expect..."
Hong Ya picked up the soup and took a sip, obviously not paying attention.
"The first thing is that I really didn't expect that the Jin people would be so difficult to deal with. They forced me over and over again and gradually started to do things. From the beginning of giving ideas verbally to gradually leaving handwritten documents, it was difficult to pull them out...
Looking back, I didn’t know when I had already made many excuses.”
Hong Ya sneered in his heart... When others were freezing and starving in Five Kingdoms City, when you, Qin Huizhi, were living in a big house in Daming Mansion in Yanjing and heating the Kang, you didn't think of any excuses, right?"
Qin Hui knew what the other person was thinking just by looking at his expression, but he just continued to sigh: "The second thing is, I really didn't expect that the officials in the south were so stubborn and unwilling to give in at all."
Hong Ya lowered his head and drank the soup without any reaction at all... So what if the officials in the south hate the country and the family, so what if they are really stubborn? Shouldn't they?
"The third thing..." Qin Huizhi raised his head and spoke sincerely. "Hong Xianggong, tell me, when we were so guilty, how could we have thought that the south could actually win? How could we have thought that we would be in this situation today?
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Hong Ya finally stopped drinking soup and was silent for a moment, but just a moment later, he smashed the soup bowl in his hand to the ground.
In other words, they are all traitors of the Song Dynasty. How come he doesn't know whether Qin Hui is a Jinshi or the prime minister's son-in-law? This is the key point... The Jin army was so destructive in the early days of Jingkang and Jianyan, who would have done it at that time
Do you think the South can win?
For scholars like them, isn't it just that feeling of weakness and trembling in the heart, and then letting things take their own course until now? But it is that feeling of weakness and trembling that distinguishes the most fundamental things.
For a moment, Hong Ya had an unprecedented empathy with Qin Hui, even though he theoretically had more trump cards and a way out than his opponent, and then he couldn't help but feel resentment towards the official to the south... Why are you doing this?
What about winning? How good would it be to lose? How good would it be to die?!
Snow started to fall outside the house at some point. The two faced each other and remained silent for a long time.
I don’t know how long I waited, but after all, Qin Hui was of higher quality. He was the first to get out of his emotions, and then he spoke seriously and got to the point: "It is useless to think about it now, Mr. Hong, we have to make a plan.
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Hong Ya also returned to normal, but sneered again: "If it weren't for this, why would I be here? Brother Hui, you are a truly capable and knowledgeable person. If you say anything today, I will listen to you."
Qin Hui raised his head and glanced at the other party. There was no expression on his fair face, but he just analyzed: "For us, the best result is to become a peaceful and wealthy official in the south..."
"It's natural."
"The second thing is that it's really useful in the north."
"That's true..."
"Once again, I went south to become a rich man."
Hong Ya kept nodding his head.
"Again, we will continue to hang on like this in the north without people or ghosts..." Qin Huizhi sighed. "But how to choose depends on the situation between the two countries, and the current situation after Yaoshan is
We are forced to not go on like this, and we must make some preparations in advance."
"exactly……"
"As the saying goes, seek the top to get the bottom, and seek the bottom to get the bottom." Qin Hui said slowly. "Although our result depends on the overall situation, we should try our best to achieve the best result from the beginning.
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"But what can we do in the current situation?" This time, it was Hong Ya's turn to fold his hands and frown. "Not to mention that the south is not tolerated, even the situation in the north is frozen."
"Then let's start from now, start from the deadlock in the north, and solve the situation!" Qin Hui responded immediately, and his words gradually became a little calmer. "Then we can try to truly grasp the power in the Kingdom of Jin while the situation is solved, and then look at the situation.
Promote peace talks... and finally put us in the peace talks as terms, see what the official in the south said."
"How do you say it specifically?" Hong Ya was actually somewhat infected by the other party's emotions and became excited.
"The government of the Jin Dynasty is in chaos, with internal fighting and no rules. It looks tyrannical, but in fact it is ridiculous. If we can grasp the key figures, we can promote the solution..."
"We can only encourage Talan, but Talan is useless now. The key now is Nianhan."
"It's useless now, but it may not be useless in the future. As for the key right now, the key is certainly Nianhan, but starting from the fourth prince's Wushu, it may not be impossible." Qin Hui looked at him solemnly.
"Wu Shu? So what if it's Wu Shu?" Hong Ya was puzzled for a moment.
"I have some contacts with Wu Shu, but we can still talk..."
"..."
"I'll convince Wu Shu to solve the problem." Qin Hui gritted his teeth and decided.
"Then what?"
"Then I will practice Wushu and you will be lazy...it's all about fighting for power! Do you know how to fight for power?"
"It's just a clique for personal gain." Hong Ya suddenly felt relieved and laughed for a moment. "Who doesn't know?"
"That's exactly what he said."
"But even if the struggle for power is successful, how can we negotiate a peace so that the south and the north can agree together? Can we also go south to become peace officers?" At this point in the conversation, Hong Ya already has 30% confidence in Qin Hui.
But I couldn't help but keep asking.
"Return to the east of Jingdong and northern Shaanxi, return the southerners to the south, and return the northerners to the north!"
"Wonderful!" Hong Ya was startled for a moment, then became excited.
"Actually, there are too many variables in this matter, and there are bound to be various problems... It is impossible to say that both the north and the south will not respond." Qin Huifu sighed again. "I can only say that we will do our best."
"Maybe it's good at all." Hong Ya laughed and shook his head. "It would be good to have a way now... No matter how difficult it is for us, can it be more difficult than when the officials in the south were on Huaishang?"
Qin Hui was slightly startled and smiled bitterly for a moment.
"But, Brother Hui." Hong Ya suddenly asked with a smile. "You have such a clear plan, when did you start having this idea? Weren't you still saying that you were wronged just now?"
"Who knows?" Qin Hui moved slightly with emotion. "Perhaps as Mr. Hong said, there are some things that he doesn't want to admit on the surface, but he has already recognized them in his heart, so these thoughts are there unconsciously.
Already..."
Hong Ya nodded slightly, feeling more and more that he and the other party were colleagues who shared the joys and sorrows. He hesitated for a moment, maybe because he drank too much, or maybe because he felt that the other party's level was much higher than the other party, and he was afraid of being left behind. This Mr. Hong suddenly came together
Hands spoke: "Brother Hui, Gao Yigong is a very decent person. When Dongting Lake is settled, why not let him go to Henan again?"
Qin Hui was slightly startled, then narrowed his eyes.
"Brother Hui is so sincere, and I can't hide my secrets." Hong Ya continued to hold hands and face each other proudly. "I had some words with the Marching Department of the Imperial Camp's Front Army, and we followed the path of Wan Qixi, the Imperial Camp's Front Army Supervisor at that time.
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Qin Huizhi looked at the other party and thought for a long time, and then nodded heavily: "If you have an appointment with Zhang Jun's imperial camp right army, I may not care, but Yue Fei Yue Dutong of the imperial camp's front army is a truly capable commander.
It may not be the same way...I want to believe you."
PS: The words in Yue Fei's Zazi are translated from a real conversation between Yue Fei and Niu Gao after the war in a certain historical material. Niu Gao probably suggested killing Yang Mo's tribe on behalf of the generals because his side had suffered more losses, but Yue Fei used this in public