Chapter seven hundred and ninety third reasonable explanation
"Exactly!" Xu Shize also answered directly.
Guo Song took a few steps with his hands behind his back and said slowly: "Li Wujun and Zhu Tao have colluded quite a lot in the past two years and have been trying to plot Taiyuan. The last time Zhu Tao invaded Taiyuan, Li Wujun's army was among them. I captured Mingzhou. In fact,
The purpose is to suppress Li Wujun and prevent him from colluding with Zhu Tao again. Mr. Xu also knows that Fukou Pass is located exactly between Xiangzhou and Mingzhou. If I want to deal with the King of Wei, then I must occupy Xiangzhou, and
It’s not about occupying Mingzhou.”
Guo Song's words are a bit ambiguous. They captured Mingzhou because the Cui family acted as internal agents. Of course, it was easy to succeed, but it did not mean that they would not attack Xiangzhou in the future.
But Xu Shize sent an envoy to see Guo Song, hoping that Guo Song would give a promise not to attack Xiangzhou, and then they could withdraw their troops. They could not cope with the north-south attack from Huaizhou and Mingzhou. As for whether Guo Song would attack in the future
Jizhou or Xiangzhou, who knows?
"What about Huaizhou?"
Xu Shize asked again: "Your Highness captured Huaizhou, wasn't it to seize Xiangzhou?"
Guo Song smiled slightly and said, "You are overthinking. The reason why I decided to attack Huaizhou was related to the situation in the Jianghuai River. Zhu Si wiped out Wu Shaocheng and had an attempt to cross the river to invade Jiangnan. Han Huang sent someone to ask me for help, so
I captured Huaizhou and directed my troops to Luoyang. This is a strategy to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao. If Zhu Si dares to cross the Yangtze River and attack Jiangnan, the Jin army will cross the Yellow River and attack Luoyang, which has nothing to do with you."
Xu Shize pretended to take a long breath of relief and said: "So that's it, His Highness has no plan to attack Wei this time."
"It's true that it didn't happen this time, but I can't guarantee it in the future."
After a pause, Guo Song smiled slightly and said: "Although I, Guo Song, am not a man of words, as the King of Jin, I also stick to my word."
Xu Shize was overjoyed, stood up and saluted, saying: "Then I will go back and report to the King of Wei, so that we can withdraw our troops."
"Even if we withdraw our troops, I will not be interested in Xiangzhou within one or two years."
Guo Song paused and asked meaningfully: "Although I promise not to attack Xiangzhou, I know that you and Li Wujun have an alliance. What if Li Wujun wants you to send troops to Mingzhou?"
Xu Shize replied simply: "The King of Wei said that as long as His Highness does not attack Xiangzhou, Mingzhou has nothing to do with us. Damn the covenant. These are the exact words of the King of Wei."
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In the Anyang County camp, King Tian Yue of Wei narrowed his eyes and listened to Xu Shize's report. He tapped his knuckles on the table a few times and turned around to ask the military advisor Wang You: "Does the military advisor think it's feasible?"
Wang You is also in his mid-teens, but he is tall and thin, with an elegant temperament. He has a half-foot-long black beard under his chin. He looks like a famous scholar. In fact, he is also a doctor of state studies.
Tian Yue has never made a miscalculation for more than ten years and is deeply trusted by Tian Yue.
Wang You nodded, "The reason he said is a bit far-fetched. It is true to deal with Zhu Si, but it also threatens us. However, he said that he will not attack Xiangzhou within one or two years. I believe this."
"Why?" Tian Yue immediately sat up straight and asked.
"The reason is very simple. First, his war preparations take time. It is inconvenient for Fukouxing to transport supplies, so it takes time to accumulate supplies. He seconded the fleet from the Cui family in Qinghe just to transport supplies; secondly, he will not make enemies on both sides. Since
If he chooses Li Wujun as his target, then he will concentrate his energy and troops to destroy Li Wujun, and then consider attacking others, maybe us, maybe Zhu Tao. I personally think Zhu Tao is more likely, mainly because
Zhu Tao took control of Jingxing and directly threatened the security of Taiyuan."
Tian Yue took a few steps with his hands behind his back, "The military advisor is right. He really won't make enemies on both sides. He captured Huaizhou mainly to contain us. If it were me, I would also concentrate my forces to deal with Li Wujun."
Hu E, the counselor on the side, couldn't help but said: "Perhaps Guo Song attacked Mingzhou just to confuse us and make us think that he was attacking Li Wujun, but in fact, his target was Xiangzhou. I think this is also possible."
Wang You's face sank and he said: "Everything is possible, but we can only choose the most likely one. If we try to cover everything, in the end we will definitely fail to take care of everything. Even if he attacks Xiangzhou, it will not be fatal to us.
Instead, it will cause Li Wujun and us to join forces to attack.
Guo Song was able to get to where he is today, never by taking risks, but by sending troops to expand his territory after stabilizing the situation. After he established a firm foothold in Hexi, he sent troops to Anbu Beiting, and then sent troops to Longyou and Shuofang. However, he was not in a hurry to attack Guan Nei, but signed an agreement with Zhu Si.
Armistice agreement, why? He needs to consolidate Longyou and Shuofang, and the same goes for attacking Hebei. If he does not gain a firm foothold in Mingzhou, he will never send troops easily, so we can judge that he will not attack Xiangzhou within one or two years. Mr. Hu, please do not mislead
The prince!"
Hu Cai's face turned red and white, and he was so pale that he could not speak for a long time. He glanced at Wang You jealously and fell silent.
Tian Yue was accustomed to the internal fighting among the counselors and didn't take it to heart at all. He was still thinking about the words Guo Song sent to him. He took a few steps with his hands behind his back and said with a meaningful smile: "He actually asked me to send it to Weizhou."
You can give him the soil, okay! Next time I will give it to him and see if he dares to accept it."
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After being convinced that Guo Song would not attack Xiangzhou, Tian Yue ordered the withdrawal of the troops. The 80,000 troops evacuated Xiangzhou one after another, leaving only 10,000 troops stationed in Anyang. With the withdrawal of Tian Yue's troops, the 10,000 troops originally gathered at the border of Huaizhou and Xiangzhou
The Jin army immediately withdrew and was stationed on the north bank of the Yellow River, with its troops directed at Luoyang.
Tian Yue's withdrawal was like a bucket of cold water poured on his face, extinguishing Li Wujun's counterattack. Li Wujun, who was about to make a move, once again stopped and had to retreat back to Xindu County.
Li Wujun was so angry that he sent an envoy to Weizhou to scold Tian Yue for his betrayal. Tian Yue was so angry that he ordered the envoy's ears to be cut off and driven out of Wei. Li Wujun was so angry that he sent the Wei envoy stationed in Xindu to death.
He also cut off his ears and drove him out of Zhao State, thus breaking the alliance between the two families.
Not long after Tian Yue led his army back to Weizhou, Guo Song also led 3,000 troops to leave Mingzhou and return to Chang'an. He appointed Yao Jin as the Zhendong General and led 30,000 troops to Mingzhou. He also appointed Sima Liu Qiang as the transfer envoy, responsible for returning from Mingzhou.
Hedong transports grain and grass supplies to Mingzhou.
The raging war in Hebei gradually calmed down.
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There is a small stone alley in the north of Chengdu. In the innermost part of the alley is a small courtyard that covers only one third of the area. This is the home of Li Weijin, the commander of the Shaofu Supervisory Office.
Li Weijin was a native of Xianyang, Guanzhong. He was originally responsible for smelting copper ingots as a mine supervisor. He was just a minor official. Because the copper ingots he smelted were of high purity, he was spotted by Guan Heng, the then Shaofu Temple Minister, and transferred him to Chang'an to mint coins.
The money-making supervisor from the ninth grade is responsible for the money-making formula.
He worked at Taifu Temple for ten years. The years he was in office were also the years when the quality of copper coins was the best after the Anshi Rebellion. Because of his outstanding performance, he was promoted step by step from a ninth-rank planner to a full eighth-rank administrative officer. However, he
He came from a humble background and had no backstage background. He reached the top after being promoted to the eighth level.
After the Jingyuan Mutiny, he followed the tide of officials moving south and came to Chengdu with his wife and children. He continued to serve as an administrative officer, rented a small courtyard, and finally settled down.
But since last year, Southern Tang's finances have become increasingly difficult. Salaries are often not paid for several months. The middle and lower-level officials have become the biggest victims. Their rent is 1,000 yuan a month, as well as their usual food and clothing expenses. They simply cannot make ends meet.
The family also fell into poverty, and the two servants in the family were dismissed, leaving only the wife Yang's dowry maid Achun, who could not be sent away because she had a substantial relationship with Li Weijin.
In order to support the family, Yang and her dowry maid Achun had to wash clothes for others. Their thirteen-year-old son had no money to study and was forced to drop out of school and study at home.
The situation is even more serious this year. There has been no salary for five months, and there is nothing to do in the court. All the family's savings have been spent, and they still owe a lot of debt. Everything has been sold and sold, and they can only eat one meal a day.
During the meal, Li Weijin was anxious and under too much pressure, and unfortunately fell ill. Yang sold the last silver hairpin he had received as a dowry for a fortune and gave him medicine to treat his illness.
In the room, Li Weijin said to his wife who was taking care of him and taking medicine: "I heard that a batch of copper mines are going to be smelted in Yunnan. Why don't I go to Yunnan and get a subsidy of five guan yuan..."
Before he could finish speaking, his wife Yang held his mouth and said, "Don't say such silly things. They say that the miasma in Yunnan is very serious. If my husband is sick now, he will definitely not survive in Yunnan. We will die for five thousand dollars. We
What should orphans and widowers do?”
After saying that, Mrs. Yang couldn't help crying. Looking at his wife's patched sleeves, Li Weijin sighed, "I'm really incompetent!"
"Husband, how about I go back to my parents' house and borrow some grain?"
"Don't go!"
Li Weijin said flatly: "I would rather starve to death than have you look at my brother and sister-in-law's face."
Yang wiped away her tears, lowered her head and thought for a while, "How about... Achun and I can take on some other jobs! Let's see if we can grind beans for a tofu shop. We can earn twenty pence a night."
"No! That tofu shop owner has no good intentions. He looks at you all wrong and lets you go to his shop at night. Do you think I don't know what his plans are?"
"Husband, I will never..."
"No, madam, can you give me some face?"
At this moment, there was a knock on the door in the yard. Yang's face changed drastically, and she said in a trembling voice: "It must be... the landlord is here again."
What they fear most now is the landlord. The landlord threatens them that if they don't pay the rent, they will kick their whole family out. The dignified eighth-grade official will be driven out on the street. How can he save his face?
Zhou Xun, a member of the Ministry of Industry, and her family were kicked out on the street by their landlord last month and became the laughing stock of the whole city. She did not want her family to be like this.
The maid Ah Chun opened the door and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
"Excuse me, is this the home of Li Weijin, the administrative magistrate?" It was an unfamiliar voice.
Li Weijin and his wife looked at each other. They were not the landlord. Yang quickly said, "I'll go take a look!"