Guo Song walked out of the imperial study, as if he was still in a dream. He had been an official for a few years and then returned to his old profession. Historically, Emperor Daizong liked to use swords to deviate, like to use assassins, and like to use surprise soldiers.
Winning is the same in reality.
But he worked in Fengzhou for two years and gave up so suddenly, which really made him feel a little reluctant to give up.
There were so many people following him, and he needed to arrange them one by one. Guo Song walked quickly to the East Palace.
Guo Song entered the East Palace from Xuande Gate. In the square of Qinzheng Hall, he met Xue Xun again. Xue Xun stepped forward and asked eagerly: "I just heard a rumor that you had a conflict with Chang Xiangguo when you were reporting on your duties.
And in front of the prince and the emperor, is this happening?"
Guo Song did not expect that the news would spread so quickly. In just half an hour, it had spread throughout the entire court.
He nodded, "It did happen. Chang Gun used the excuse of reporting on his duties to impose charges on me. I couldn't bear it anymore, so I fought back against him. A relatively fierce verbal conflict did occur."
Xue Xun sighed deeply, "What my nephew is doing is a recipe for disaster! The court has its own rules, with respect for superiors and inferiors, and strict hierarchy. If you criticize the prime minister in front of the emperor, you are destroying the order of the court, even if you are justified.
You will not be tolerated either, my dear nephew, you are still too young!"
Guo Song was silent for a moment and said: "The emperor called me just now and reprimanded me severely. He gave me two choices, either to be demoted to the county captain and start over from scratch, or to resign and leave the officialdom. I chose the latter."
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"That's fine! If you stay in the officialdom, Chang Xiangguo still doesn't know how he will retaliate against you. It's better to leave. No matter what, I will stand on your side."
Guo Song was moved in his heart. What does it mean to be a friend in need? This is it. Although Xue Xun is not as slick as ordinary officials, he always maintains his true temperament. Such officials are so rare and difficult to survive in the officialdom.
"Thank you Uncle Shi, I'm going to see His Highness the Crown Prince now!"
Xue Xun patted his arm and said, "Go!"
Guo Song clasped his fists in a salute and hurried to the Qinzheng Hall.
Xue Xun looked at his retreating figure and sighed in his heart. A young man who had a great future was ruined by the powerful. However, this child's character is really like his own. He is upright and unyielding and dares to challenge the powerful. Such a person
The product is really rare......
Guo Song was led into the prince's study. Li Shi looked at him for a long time, shook his head and said, "I thought you and your father had a tacit understanding, which is why what happened today happened. It seems that I thought too much."
Guo Song bowed slightly and said, "I disappoint His Highness!"
"This is the second time I've seen you contradict the powerful prime minister of the dynasty. The first time was when I saw you fight back against Yuan Zai in the Zhao Mansion. The second time is today, when you scolded Chang Gun to death. This is your character. Say
To be honest, I personally appreciate it, but as the prince, I will never encourage such behavior. Since you have already met my father, you should know what happens next."
Guo Song nodded, "I have already submitted my resignation, and the Emperor has agreed. Next, please ask His Highness the Crown Prince to give me my tasks."
Li Shi smiled slightly, stood up, walked to the wall, and opened the curtains, revealing a huge map on the wall.
This is a map of the Central Plains and Hebei, extending from Liaodong in the north to Jianghuai in the south. Li Shi took down a long wooden pole, pointed at the middle area and said: "The Central Plains area has a dense population, prosperous commerce, and huge food production, which has always made the surrounding areas
The vassal towns were eyeing it, and Tian Chengsi in the north, Li Zhengji in the east, and Li Zhongchen in the south all wanted to get involved.
But Tian Shengong had been controlled by Tian Shengong before. Tian Shengong was loyal to the court and served as the governor of the Song Dynasty, but he had no intention of separatist rule. After Tian Shengong died, his younger brother Tian Shenyu became self-reliant. Later, he was killed by you. Yuan
When Zai was in power, Li Lingyao served as the envoy to Bian and Song Dynasties. Later, Li Lingyao was transferred to Puzhou and Li Mian took over. You all know this, so I won't say more.
Seven days ago, Li Lingyao rebelled and defeated Li Mian with the support of Tian Chengsi. Now Li Lingyao has occupied the eight states of Bian and Song Dynasties, proclaimed himself the king of Chenliu County, and asked the court to make him the military envoy of Bian Song Dynasty and recognize him as a vassal town."
"How does the imperial court plan to respond to the situation?" Guo Song asked.
"My father and I have a very clear attitude. We will never give Li Lingyao any chance. He must be destroyed!"
"I can understand His Highness's attitude, but I want to know, what is the ultimate goal of the court? What does it need from me?"
"Don't be anxious, listen to me slowly!"
Li Shi pointed the wooden pole at the north bank of the Yellow River and said: "In the past two years, Tian Chengsi has built dozens of large ships just to transport troops across the Yellow River. As far as we know, among the tens of thousands of troops in Li Lingyao's hands, half of them were made by Tian Chengsi."
The successor Wei Bojun, it is obvious that Li Lingyao is Tian Chengsi's puppet, what we are dealing with is not Li Lingyao's rebellion, but Tian Chengsi's forces invading the Central Plains."
"And Li Zhengji!"
Li Shi's wooden pole pointed east again, "Li Zheng has been looking for opportunities to enter the Central Plains. This time Li Lingyao rebels, no matter what the court's attitude is, Li Zhengji's army will enter the Central Plains, and Li Zhongchen in Huaixi, his army has already appeared
In Sizhou, this is a melee between warlords fighting for the Central Plains, but the Central Plains is very important to us and is related to the safety of water transportation. Now Datang's finance basically relies on water transportation from Jiangnan and Jianghuai. If water transportation is cut off, the foundation of Datang will be
Shaking, it can be said that this is a struggle related to the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty.
To this end, my father formulated three implementation plans. One is for me to command 100,000 troops and station them at the Hulao Pass line, ready to attack at any time. The second plan is to order the military governors of the three cities of Heyang who are loyal to the imperial court.
Sui and Yongping Jiedushi Li Mian each led an army of 20,000 to attack Li Lingyao. The third plan is to send a secret army deep into Bian Song Dynasty and wait for the opportunity. This army will be led by you."
"Then Wei Chen's mission..."
"You have two tasks. The first is to kill Li Lingyao. This is a hard task. The second is to cooperate with the main army of the imperial court to ensure that water transportation is not lost. This task is more flexible and many things are decided by you."
Guo Song nodded, "I don't know how many people there are in the army who have humble positions?"
Li Shi raised a finger and said, "A thousand elite troops are currently being mobilized. You have three days to prepare. You will take over this special army in three days."
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In the afternoon, the emperor Li Yu issued three decrees in a row, removing Li Huaiguang from the post of Shuofang Jiedushi and replacing him with General You Xiaowei. The Shuofang Jiedushi was replaced by Shi Lihui, the governor of Shuofang Jiedu...
The second decree was to accept the resignation of Guo Song, the economic envoy of the three towns and the governor of Fengzhou, and allow him to resign from all positions but retain his title.
The third decree was to remove Chen Lun from the post of supervisory censor, require Prime Minister Chang Gun to strictly restrain his family, and at the same time fine Prime Minister Chang Gun a year's salary and order him to reflect.
These three decrees caused a lot of discussion between the government and the public. Li Huaiguang was appointed as a general as everyone expected. Shuofang's army was defeated miserably at Jinshan. As a military envoy, he could not be without responsibility.
What everyone is interested in is mainly the second and third edicts. Everyone knows that Guo Song criticized Chang Gun during his performance report in the morning, and angered the emperor. Obviously, the several things Guo Song criticized Chang Gun were not fabricated out of thin air, but
It is based on facts, and Chen Lun's dismissal and Chang Gun's punishment are the best proof.
It was expected that Guo Song was forced to resign. Guo Song criticized the Prime Minister for seriously disrupting the order of the court. He was suspected of committing the following crimes. The emperor would definitely not tolerate him. Forcing him to resign was already lenient. He probably also considered it.
To his credit.
Interestingly, this is the second time Guo Song has been forced to resign due to the same crime. Is it possible for him to make a comeback?
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In Tianxing Pavilion Restaurant in Dongshi City, Zhang Lei drank heavily from his wine glass and said with anger on his face: "This is too much. Chang Gun is obviously suppressing you and trying to frame you out of thin air. In the end, you were forced to resign, but he is safe and sound."
Guo Song picked up the wine glass and said: "How can he be safe? He was fined for one year and ordered to reflect. Only the emperor who was extremely dissatisfied would issue such a decree. What does this mean to a prime minister? His position as prime minister is no longer
It’s stable.”
"It's none of my business if he dies. I'm just aggrieved for you. I made such a great contribution, but in the end I was forced to resign. My good future was ruined."
Guo Song filled his wine glass and said with a smile: "I don't care myself, why are you anxious?"
"That's fine! You just resigned from the official position. You have settled your personal life-long affairs in advance. It is best to ask Guo Laolinggong to be your matchmaker in a few days and try to marry Miss Xue within two months."
Guo Song shook his head, "I'm afraid I'll have to go out for a few months. I won't talk about these things until I get back."
Zhang Lei was stunned, "Didn't you already resign? Where else are you going?"
Guo Song pondered for a moment and said: "Master's aunt asked me to do something for her. This matter is more important, so I agreed."
Zhang Lei looked at Guo Song for a long time and could only sigh, "Forget it, I don't understand your matter, and I don't want to ask more questions, but I want to remind you that you'd better make it clear to Miss Xue, so as not to make anyone sad.
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Guo Song nodded, "Sister, please do me a favor and ask her out for me tomorrow morning."