Under the wooden shed in front of the imperial tent on the northern slope of Bagong Mountain, surrounded by the Prime Minister Wang Boyan, the commander of the imperial camp Wang Yuan and several Zhongshushe people, Zhao Jiu, who was summoning two officials, heard a rush of footsteps behind him before he turned around.
The sound, as well as the unavoidable smell of alcohol, also shook his head and laughed for a while.
"I have lost my temper and made Your Majesty laugh."
Lu Haowen and others were originally frightened by the commotion in the mountains and rivers. When they saw that Zhao Guanjia did not go into battle in person and had such a calm posture, they instantly felt weak. With the help of Zhang Jun and others behind him,
Try your best to apologize.
"What's this?" Zhao Jiu then turned around, still disapproving. "I have been worried for several days. Today's reinforcements are here. After all, they have isolated the oppression of the Jin people on the north bank and achieved a small victory. In addition, you old colleagues have gathered together.
, it’s only natural to have a drink.”
Lu Haowen and others were drunk. They were so dizzy that they didn't know whether the officials were in a bad mood and were being arrogant, or whether they were in a peaceful mood and were really generous. So they could only apologize collectively again, and then prepared to push Lu Xianggong to marry him.
Zhang Zhongcheng came out to ask about the military situation.
However, before these people could speak, Zhao Jiu calmly moved away, pointed at the two people behind him and said: "Ma Yushi came back from inspecting Jinghu Lake. There is something important to report. Zhang Longtu has just returned. I also
If you want to listen to his words, you are here at the right time, just listen together..."
Lu Haowen and others were confused, but after taking a look at the two elderly officials with long beards standing behind the officials through the firelight, almost everyone suddenly broke out in white sweat...
...It turns out that Ma Yushi was actually Ma Shen, the royal censor of the palace, who went to inspect Jinghu a long time ago; and Zhang Longtu was none other than the former Hebei West Road Advocate, who had been ups and downs with Li Gang before.
Zhang Suo!
Let’s talk about this Censor Ma. First of all, he was the one with the highest qualifications among the original Censors; secondly, he was Lu Hao’s predecessor in Taoism (a direct disciple of Cheng Yi, who gave up his official position to become a disciple when the official ban on Cheng’s studies);
Thirdly, he is also highly regarded by Li Xianggong, and he has a close relationship with the former censor Zhongcheng, the current deputy prime minister Xu Jingheng, and a privy envoy, Zongze who stayed in Tokyo. Finally, just looking at this person's interpersonal relationship can tell
You can guess - this person was already a die-hard militant even before Zhang Jun jumped out!
In fact, if this were not the case, this Ma Yushi would not have been sent to Jinghu by the previous Xingzai.
As for Zhang Suo, not to mention, he is basically Li Gang's right-hand person. He does not have the super qualifications of Deputy Marshal Zongze, but he is enough to become a general and become a prime minister. He was reprimanded before and only went to Jinghu area.
Those who were recalled were about to come back at this time, but they happened to arrive at Bagong Mountain.
All in all, although these two people have not been involved in the trip to Jinghu and the derogatory trip, and have not run into many bad things, there is no doubt about their status, qualifications and reputation.
Even to put it bluntly, Ma Shen can replace Zhang Jun at any time, and Zhang Suo can make Lu Xianggong, who has only a trace of decency, lose all decency at any time. How dare you ask Lu Haowen, what about Zhang Jun and others?
How not to be afraid?
Back in front of him, Zhang Suo was relieved and even raised his hand to Lu Haowen to say hello. However, Ma Shen glanced at the group of drunkards with disgust before continuing to report seriously:
"Before the officials came, the rebellions in Xiangyang and Nanyang had been put down. As for the leader of the thieves, Li Xiaozhong, he was not the same Li Xiaozhong who was wanted in the past when he impeached Li Xianggong in Jingkang for not knowing how to use troops. The latter had changed his name to Li Yanxian to avoid being wanted and joined the army in Hedong again.
, and now they are fighting against gold in the Shaanzhou area, and they are very effective, but I don’t know if the news is getting through here..."
"A memorial was sent to Zongze who stayed in Tokyo as early as October last year. I have already pardoned him, and I also issued a decree a few days ago. Anyone who is determined to resist the Jin Dynasty can be recruited and resettled on the spot. If you want to come to Zongliu's place, you will definitely
There is an arrangement." The commotion down the mountain became louder and louder, but Zhao Jiu remained calm and just continued to stand there and talk to Ma Shen.
However, Lu Haowen and others could hear the sounds going up and down the mountain, and because they were so drunk, they just felt like they were in a dream, and they didn't dare to speak out easily.
"Yes." Ma Shen also paused before continuing to confront Zhao Guanjia. "Therefore, the Li Xiaozhong in Xiangyang and Nanyang was just a defeated soldier in Jingkang in the past. Because he knew Li Xiaozhong's reputation, he didn't know that Li Xiaozhong was wanted.
I changed my name, just thinking that the person was dead, so I took on the false names. One of them was called Li Xiaozhong and the other was called Li Xiaoyi. They used the other person's name to lead a defeated army to cause chaos in Jinghu..."
At this point, Ma Shen couldn't help but become solemn: "In the official family, I impeached the Xiangyang defender, and Huang Shuao, the Hubei transshipment and integrity envoy, left without a fight, abandoning the famous city to the rebel army, so that the war continued for several months!"
"Depose them!" Zhao Jiu nodded in agreement. "Continue to say...have Li Xiaozhong's rebels been dealt with? Has Xiangyang been recovered?"
"The rebel army will be dealt with naturally." Ma Shen replied sternly. "The rebel army is just a mere area without any system. After a few battles, it lost strength. It was easily driven by Fan Qiong, the commander of the imperial camp and the capital, and now it has fled to Jingnan...
...However, I think Xiangyang may not be called recovered!"
"Is it Fan Qiong?" Zhao Jiu was no longer as ignorant as when he first arrived, and he sighed softly. "Because I killed Liu Guangshi?"
"It's not just Liu Guangshi..."
Ma Shen hurriedly spoke again, but unexpectedly, just as he was halfway through his words, a fire suddenly broke out at the water village at the end of the west passage of Bagong Mountain, and then there was a noise like a roaring mountain and a tsunami... You must know that the imperial tent of Zhao Guan's family is standing there.
Although there is no direct passage to the water village on the northern side of Linhuai, the straight-line distance is extremely close. Therefore, when a fire breaks out, half of the mountain will be illuminated red. Coupled with the nearby noise, not to mention the dizzy state before.
Lu Haowen and others, including Ma Shen and Zhang Suo, could not help but be stunned for a moment.
"It's okay, Ma Qing, continue." Zhao Jiu also glanced back, but continued to urge. "Is Fan Qiong bound to rebel?"
"We may not rebel openly, but in ten cases they will support their own troops and not listen to orders." Ma Shen came back to his senses and looked at Zhao Guan's family with a somewhat different meaning, but he couldn't help but increase his volume.
."Not only did the officials kill Liu Guangshi, but more importantly, the officials just issued many decrees and clearly stated the righteousness of resisting the Jin... Fan Qiong was assigned by the Jin people in Tokyo to force the two saints to leave the city, kill the anti-Jin righteous people, and support
He was aware of all the sins he committed when he established Zhang Bangchang, so how can he not be afraid when he gets the news?"
"So, am I still too impatient?" Zhao Jiu sighed slightly, but simply turned around and sat down on his broken chair. "Everyone, please sit down too..."
Everyone thanked the favor in a daze, and Ma Shen also continued to answer the question: "Officials, I think that many of the decrees issued by the officials before, although there are some small things to discuss, are ultimately things that make the righteousness clear, and now this
When people's hearts are in turmoil, they behave like this, and their faults cannot be concealed... If Fan Qiong really rebels, he will bring disaster upon himself!"
Zhao Jiu nodded: "It must be clear who is the enemy and who is me... I was worried for a while after those decrees were sent out, but after today, I have no regrets!"
Ma Shen quickly said yes.
In this way, Ma Shen and Zhang Suo each reported some information about the Jinghu area, but as Zhao Jiu expected, it was nothing more than a situation where the world was in chaos and soldiers and bandits were rising... The only one that made Zhao Jiu come back
The information that aroused interest was Zhang Suo's mention of the great sage Zhongxiang of Dongting Lake.
According to Zhang Suo, Prime Minister Zhong had not yet formally raised his troops at this time, and even sent a 200-strong King Qin troop to Jingkang. However, in fact, Prime Minister Zhong had organized a rural community in Dongting Lake a long time ago and established a
army and actually controlled Dongting Lake.
By this time, Zhong Xiang became even more unscrupulous and began to spread some slogans about equalizing wealth and poverty, as well as rumors that he should be the king of Chu... In Zhang Suo's words, this man's ambitions were already aroused, and the counties around Dongting Lake had already
The situation is out of control, and it is unlikely that we can use appeasement to control it. There will still be chaos in Jinghu in the future!
After briefly talking about the devastation in various places, Zhao Jiu was about to do something to deal with it. Suddenly, there was an earth-shattering movement on the other side of the Huaihe River. The Jin Army did not know what madness they had. They actually mobilized the entire army at night and divided it into two sides in the northeast.
Let’s capture Cai together!
Looking around, there are fires everywhere in Henan and Hebei, reflecting the Huaihe River, Bagong Mountain, Xiacaicheng, and the Jin Army barracks like daylight; listening carefully, there are also shouts of killing from all directions, southeast, northwest, and in all directions.
The sound of soldiers' armor...the momentum this time was far more spectacular than that battle during the day!
After this commotion, few people could hold back in front of the imperial tent on the mountain. Even Zhang Suo and Ma Shen also stopped reporting. Lu Haowen, who had already been frightened and sobered up, Zhang Jun and others could no longer bear it.
, they all got up to observe the situation... But after observing for half a day, these people could not see any details, so they could only go back and ask people.
It's interesting to say that Zhang Jun and Zhang Deyuan, who were leading the way, turned around, but they didn't dare to ask Zhao Guanjia, who was sitting there motionless. Instead, he pointed at Wang Yuan, the commander of the imperial camp who was also confused and confused, and asked:
"Wang Dutong, you are the commander of the imperial camp. Tell me quickly what the situation is right now!"
Wang Yuan was extremely speechless, but he could only spread his hands.
Lu Haowen suddenly woke up and asked the Prime Minister Wang Boyan: "Xiangong Wang, you are the only Xianggong of Dongfu. What happened now?"
Wang Boyan maintained the dignity of an important minister of the Song Dynasty. He just shook his head slightly and continued to look around... God knows whether he will be replaced by Zhang Suo at the next moment. But the current situation, combined with the official's attitude, seems to be something fishy.
, how could he be in the mood to serve as a springboard for Lu Haowen?
"Guan family!" Lu Haowen finally had no choice but to ask the right person. "What is going on? Why did the water village in the west catch fire? Why did they say that there were Jin soldiers coming? What happened on the other side of the river?
?Why did the war suddenly break out?"
"Mr. Lu, please be patient." Zhao Jiu finally spoke slowly. "According to what Han Liangchen said, both sides of the Taiwan Strait are just fishing. The current situation is not as expected, and we just need to wait a moment...
"
"The officials must not be joking!" In the current situation, even if Lu Haowen did not want to cause trouble, he was finally rushed. "With such chaos, how can we wait for a while? With the fear of war in our army, if one of them is not good
It’s self-defeating, so what if the camp is blown up?”
Zhao Jiu shook his head when he heard this: "If all the generals above know the truth and can blow up the camp, then how can they not blow up the camp when the Jin army really comes to attack?"
"Is there really a Jin army?" Lu Hao asked, stunned for a moment.
"There should be." Zhao Jiu, who was sitting upright, touched his golden belt, then looked calm and honest. "The Jin people's art of war all comes from hunting, and they have always been used to dividing their armies into left and right wings. Since there is
There may not be any smuggled soldiers and horses to the west. Therefore, before Han Liangchen came ashore, he sent a military report and told me to be careful about this matter. When I asked about it again after I just landed, he proposed to use the night to lure the enemy.
I also agreed to his plan to lure the enemy... and judging from the movements on the other side, Han Liangchen's guess should be correct, and the Jin Army should indeed have sent a force!"
"This is absolutely ridiculous!"
Lu Haowen was speechless and didn't know what to say for a moment, but at this moment, Shi Ma Shen, the imperial censor who had remained calm before, suddenly spoke.
"How ridiculous?" Zhao Jiu frowned slightly.
"I don't think that this strategy is not feasible for the officials." Ma Shen stood up from his seat and faced him proudly. "After all, the country is in turmoil and during the war, the officials are both the emperor and the marshal. At this time, in the frontline military camp, no strategy can be considered
It can be used... However, the officials should not abandon the East and the West and take this strategy just because of Han Shizhong's words! Han Shizhong is a warrior and cannot bear this responsibility! "
Zhao Jiu laughed dumbly.
"Why are the officials laughing?" In the firelight reflecting in the sky, Ma Shen's expression was serious, and his beard under his chin was trembling.
"I am just laughing that today I got a talent who can be entrusted with important tasks." Zhao Jiu continued with a chuckle. "I just mentioned that Jinghu will definitely continue to be in chaos. I also said that the former Xiangyang defender and the Hubei transportation and integrity envoy Huang Shuao are incompetent...
I was thinking about who can help me rectify and appease Hubei. Now it seems that Ma Yushi is not afraid of rape, and he knows the rules and abides by the rules. He can be said to be doing his job! What, is Ma Qing willing to go to Hubei for me again? I don’t ask for control.
I live in Fanqiong, Prime Minister Zhong, but I hope you can temporarily stabilize the place and prevent chaos there?"
Let's say that Ma Shen was stunned after hearing half of it... This was an honest envoy who had been transported all the way. As for whether there is chaos, there is no chaos at the moment. Li Gang recovered from his illness in Yangzhou and immediately put down the military rebellion in Hangzhou, and
No matter how chaotic it is, it’s more stable than the anti-golden frontline, right?
Therefore, this arrangement is clearly a super promotion!
Moreover, Hubei really needs a qualified transshipment envoy to stabilize the situation, and that is the place to do it!
At this thought, even though Ma Shen had been so tough just now, he couldn't help but bow his head and thank him: "I am willing to share your Majesty's worries and appease Hubei!"
"Okay!" Zhao Jiu nodded with satisfaction.
but……
"However," Ma Shen thanked Zhao Jiu for his kindness, but felt that something was wrong, so he hurriedly talked about the previous things. "Before I took office and received the order, I was still the imperial censor in the palace. It's all right, but I thought that Han Shizhong was like this.
There is nothing wrong with this move. Not only did he bypass the East and West Prefectures to privately encourage officials to carry out this strategy, but he was also suspected of ignoring the friendly troops in Cai City on the other side of the river..."
"Zhongcheng Zhang Jun, the imperial censor, is willing to vouch for Han Shizhong!" Suddenly, a man came out smelling of alcohol. "The war is fierce and the incident happened suddenly, so I have urgent power, and I think this battle will be successful!"
Ma Shen was speechless, and Zhao Jiu also looked at Zhang Jun who suddenly appeared with great interest. The shouts of killing in the distance were still fierce, but the wooden shed in front of the imperial tent fell into a strange calm.
"I, I am also willing to be Han Shizhong's guarantee!" Suddenly, another person came out of the queue in a hurry, breaking the tranquility, but it was Lin Jingmo, the scholar of Yutang.