Chapter 255: Thunder in the Palm(1/2)
Niu Gao did not refuse Yu Yin's invitation.
Since he joined Tokyo last year, although he has no worries about food and clothing, he has achieved nothing to achieve. How can Niu Gao tolerate this? You should know that Niu Gao in history is not the person who is like the one in "Saying Yue" like Cheng Yaojin in "Saying Tang". He is already a teenager than Yu Yin and is nearly 40 years older. His mind and ability are at the peak. Although he can endure loneliness, he is unwilling to accept it.
Speaking of Yueli, Niu Gao is smaller than Yue Fei and is a rough man.
But in history, Niu Gao was a well-versed in articles and classics. Although he had not gained fame and fortune, his background was not too bad. He was a child of a wealthy family. Just looking at the double maces he used and made with pure gold, we can see how wealthy his family was at the beginning. However, he encountered disasters and his family was ruined, and he refused to abandon his fellow villagers, so he became the King of Mountain on the way.
Now Niu Gao has been cleared by Liu Qing and has become a general Yuhou in the front office of the palace.
But he had no soldiers under his command, but he was just a commander. It was not that Liu Qing refused to use his strength, but he also had Yu Yin's responsibility.
Last year, he assassinated Li Guanyu, and by the way, he heard the news from Emperor Maode that there were spies among the imperial guards. Although Zhao Fujin did not make a big reorganization, he strengthened the management of the imperial guards through his own relationship. The new Yuhou like Niu Gao naturally would not reuse the Palace Front Office. Even though Niu Gao became an official, he did nothing at home all day long.
After receiving the invitation from Yu Yin, Niu Gao agreed to go to Moutuogang without saying a word.
Yu Yin was not very worried about Niu Gao's ability.
Because he knew that before Niu Gao defected to Yue Fei, he was already the governor of Xingzhou and the commander of the Central Army. If he had no real skills, how could he achieve that position? However, Niu Gao is obviously not as high as that in history, but being a general, Yuhou is more than enough. Yu Yin even felt that Niu Gao's ability was a little stronger than Dong Xian.
After the roster was presented to the palace front office, Yu Yin also breathed a sigh of relief.
On August 18, Emperor Huizong issued an edict to dismiss the Yingfeng Bureau of Hangzhou, and Li Jian, the governor of Hangzhou, was immediately transferred back to Kaifeng.
Within a few days, Emperor Huizong issued another edict to disband the Yingfeng Bureau’s troops.
However, the edict was issued, and Dong Xianniu Gao and others took the imperial edict of the Palace Front Office and set out from Tokyo to set up camp in Moutuogang.
On August 26, Yu Yin led the military order in front of the palace, and was appointed as the commander of the Moutuogang Village, with a rank of sixth rank.
After this order was issued, although it failed to cause a huge uproar, it was also a lot of discussion in the court. Of course, Li Bangyan and others remember Yu Yin! How much trouble did he bring to them when he opened the Song Dynasty Weekly? Although time has changed, Li Bangyan and others still cannot let go. However, it is not convenient for them to come out to comment on this kind of thing.
How could the dignified Dazai, the husband of the Song Dynasty, compete for this mere sixth-rank military officer?
But if they don’t jump out, naturally there will still be people who jump out to speak for them.
"Yu Yin was only an eighth-rank military officer, so how could he be promoted to the third level in a row and become the commander of the sixth-rank? I'm afraid he is not in harmony with the ritual system."
The censor of Baitai immediately jumped out and spoke.
I thought Gao Qiu would take their face into consideration and take back the military order.
But Gao Qiu replied: "Mutugang Military Village is set up by the front office of our palace. Who is the one who is responsible for the front office of the hall? What does it have to do with you? Now the enemy is enslaved. You don't think about how to retreat to the enemy, but you are making noise in this palace for a sixth-rank military officer. I really don't know the importance of it. I think Yu Xiaoyi is quite talented and is enough to take on this responsibility."
Since Gao Qiu became the Grand Marshal of the Palace Front, he has been very low-key.
When the censor impeached him, he also smiled and never got angry.
Who would have thought that he would openly sweep the face of the Censor Bai Tai in the hall for Yu Xiaoyi, who was a butcher.
Although Qin Hui, the censor, did not come forward, he felt a little unhappy.
Emperor Huizong was at this time, and he was worried about the Jin people, so he didn't have the spirit to care about a mere commander.
Gao Qiu was the one he believed in. Although Yu Yin was not favored by Emperor Huizong, Emperor Huizong admired his piano skills quite well. Besides, Yu Yin came from Yingfeng Bureau and was considered a royal family. What is it like to be a commander?
"Don't quarrel with all the officials. The affairs of the palace are managed by Taiwei Gao.
Since he appointed Yu Yin as the commander, he thought that Yu Yin had some tricks, so he would not interfere in it again... However, the enemy thieves came in full force, and Han Minyi led his troops to surrender, and ordered Yizhou to surrender without fighting, and the gates of Yanshan Mansion were opened.
Cai Jing has sent someone to ask for help, and he should make plans early if he does what he wants."
Before he finished speaking, he saw a man standing out and shouted: "What the enemy thieves do is nothing but the three towns in Taiyuan, Zhongshan and Hebei. Last year they failed to succeed, but now they have raised their troops again. What they do is nothing but the three towns. Why not let the enemy thieves go out of the three towns, and the enemy thieves retreat on their own."
The person who speaks is Zhang Bangchang.
His speech immediately echoed everyone.
Li Gang was furious, "All the kings and ministers are the kings and the kings are the kings and the whole world are the kings and kings.
The three towns in Taiyuan are my gateway to the Song Dynasty. How could Zhang Zi make such a rebellious statement? First, Wen Yudong's "Traveling to the West" was written by Wen Yudong, which said that the enemy was greedy and had no faith. Today he asked the three towns and gave in. Tomorrow he asked the three towns to go to see Hedong and Hebei next year, and in the end he wanted me to be in the Song Dynasty... At that time, would it be that the officials would also give up Tokyo?"
Zhang Zineng is Zhang Bangchang.
When he heard Li Gang's words, his face turned red.
However, these words made Emperor Huizong quite displeased. After looking at Li Gang, he pondered for a moment: "Now the intention of the enemy is unknown. Even if you ask for the three towns, it may not be true. It is better to send an envoy to discuss peace and tentatively find out the enemy's intentions.
If I really have a thief and a wolf, I will not give up.
Besides, although the enemy's thieves have strong soldiers, our Yanshan Prefecture still has tens of thousands of ever-winning troops, and there are really Daofu stationing hundreds of thousands of troops. What are you afraid of?”
These words were completely unconfidenced.
After all, he still had to discuss peace, which made Li Gang so angry that he was helpless.
Emperor Huizong still didn't want to start a war. But the question is, the Jurchens are about to fight to the door, so how could they give up?
At this time, Gao Qiu seemed to be asleep, standing aside without saying a word.
Li Gang knew that it would be useless if he continued to make noise. With the sound of "Sanchao", he yelled and walked out of the Golden Palace.
On that day, Emperor Huizong used the ninth prince Kang King Zhao Gou as an envoy to Zhending to meet Tong Guan.
At the same time, he also carried a mission. There was a way to investigate Guo Yaoshi's falsehood and then understand the true purpose of the Jurchens.
Although Zhao Gou was not very willing, Emperor Huizong had issued an order, but he could not refuse it.
On the third day of September, Zhao Gou led a delegation to leave Tokyo...
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Yu Yin has been paying attention to these changes in the court.
As September comes, the autumn air is clear and cool.
The chrysanthemums outside Kaifeng City are blooming all over the mountains and fields. They are very beautiful.
People walked out of the house, put chrysanthemums in their temples, and took their families out of the city to enjoy the flowers.
Yu Yinze stood on Moutuogang and looked at the military camp that was about to be built, and he had a lot of thoughts.
Now, he served as the commander of the army and horses of Moutuogang, but he was not very laborious... Chen Dong helped him manage his affairs, and he was in good order. In the military training, there were Pang Wanchun, Niu Gao and Dong Xian in charge. Pang Wanchun led his 200 Black Flag Arrow Team, Niu Gao and Dong Xian in each of them. Among the remaining 450 people, Wang Minqiu continued to serve as the archery coach, with ten generals leading 200 archers; Gao Chong and He Yuanqing commanded the 50 horse army as their personal guards.
Ji Qing led two hundred miscellaneous soldiers and separated ten generals to assist Chen Dong in guarding the baggage.
This Mutuogang Military Village is actually a military village specially opened by the Imperial Guards of the Three Yas and Imperial Guards to hoard food and supplies. After it was opened, no one came to ask about it again. Except for the frequent arrival of large quantities of food and supplies, there was almost nothing wrong.
But Yuyin didn't dare to take it lightly.
If the Jurchens crossed the river, they would inevitably go to Kaifeng by Moutuogang.
This place seems peaceful, but once the war begins, it will be extremely dangerous...
Therefore, since he arrived at Mutuogang, he ordered to strengthen training. In order to maintain the morale of the soldiers, he paid out of his own pocket and took out five thousand guan as a reward. Although these five thousand guan depreciated significantly in the late Northern Song Dynasty, it was still a huge sum of money for ordinary soldiers. Once the reward was issued, the soldiers of the Beiwei Army were of higher nature and practiced all day long and did not dare to slack off at all.
"It would be fine if I just practice, the soldiers should keep up with their food."
"Xiao Yi, it's not that he is stingy. The food prices in Tokyo have risen a lot recently. If this continues, it's not a problem...
Others lead troops to get empty salary, but you have to pay for the money yourself.
But how much silver do you have? Even if you have more than a thousand people, you may not be able to last for too long..."
Chen Dong's words made Yu Yin not know how to answer.
Kaifeng is not a place of production, it mainly relies on canals and transports from the south. In addition, Kaifeng now has a population of one million and a high price, which is far beyond the reach of other places. Since the Jurchens launched the army, prices have soared in Kaifeng City. Although the government has consciously stabilized, it still cannot stop the price increase...
Compared with September last year, the prices in Kaifeng this year have increased by 30%.
Faced with this situation, Yu Yin was helpless...
"I'll go to discuss with Master Liu tomorrow!" Yu Yin thought for a while and said softly: "There are still more than a dozen grains in his family. If he can fund some, it will be less trouble. By the way, in the northwest, what news will come back?"
After Yu Yin returned to Tokyo, he immediately found Liu Qing and discussed the matter of starting the Xizhou commercial route.
Liu Qing has been following the Western Regions trade routes all year round and has a lot of connections in the Guanxi region. If he can use them, he can reduce many unnecessary troubles. Liu Qing is also very interested in the Xizhou trade routes mentioned by Yu Yin. Since the war in Xizhou, Liu Qing's Western Regions trade routes have also been closed and he has lost countless silver. Now he has the opportunity to reopen. How could he, as a businessman, give up? As for whether the Xizhou trade routes are legal or illegal, it is not important to Liu Qing at all.
What’s important is that you have money to make!
"There is no news yet... Xiao Yi, you are too anxious.
Our people had just set out for a month, and even when we arrived in Xizhou, it was probably difficult to contact Xi Liao immediately... After they contacted Xi Liao, they got the news and returned. No matter how soon they would not be able to reach Tokyo in November and February."
"November and February...yes, but I'm anxious!"
Yu Yinqiang laughed and turned back to the military camp.
It’s not that he is anxious, but that time is not waiting for me. Although Chen Dong is ready to confront the Jurchens, he may not really believe in the Jurchens in his heart that they can reach Kaifeng City. Not to mention the upcoming Jingkang shame. Even Chen Dong has a bit of optimism, let alone other people. Who can know more about the direction of this history than Yu Yin?
Judging from the current situation in the court, I am afraid that this Jingkang shame will be irreversible...
Yu Yin sat down in the military tent, picked up a book, and read it absent-mindedly.
Sometimes I really want to let go. After a hundred years of life, I will hide from my wife and daughter to the south and it will pass.
But can you really be ruthless and leave it alone?
When Yu Yin thought of this, she no longer had the mood to continue reading.
He stood up, walked out of the military tent again, led the dark golden horse, and quietly walked out of the military camp alone.
Dark Gold looks very thin... This guy has a lot of appetite, and can even match the mounts of Yang Zaixing Gaopeng and He Yuanqing. It's strange that no matter how Dark Gold is eaten, it won't grow flesh. This also makes Yu Yin feel strange.
The horse's hair, which is almost breast-length, looks like a lion.
To be continued...