Chapter 435: Don't surrender without kickbacks

Chapter 435: Don't surrender without kickbacks

Yuwen Xuzhong looked at Shi Chuan with a begging gaze. Shi Chuan paused for a moment, burst into laughter, and laughed meaningfully: "Mr. Yuwen, I am not afraid to tell the truth - I, Shi, isn't a fool?"

Yuwen Xuzhong's face turned gray and he was stuttering: "Sir, just use your soldiers to support the place so that the Jin people will not be too much..."

Shi Chuan shook his head: "Mr. Yuwen, today's officials have asked for the Jin people, children have asked for the Jin people, and the Privy Council has asked for the Jin people. In this case, whoever offended the Jin people, as long as the Jin people whispered casually in the court, I am afraid that this person will still be able to seek a whole body in the future.

Hehe, Lord Yuwen asked me to send someone at this time. Even if I let out a sigh of anger and maintained the Dengzhou official system, what's the use? When the Jin envoy complained, the court would complain that I would insult the Jin envoy. In addition to losing my official position and being scolded, I would have an impact on the Jin people's future attitudes - no impact would be gone, the official family, the Privy Council, the Child Envoy Prime Minister, and the people should do whatever they should do.

So—no matter how the Jin people are unreasonable in the yamen, no matter how he bullies the officials, they have to bear what they should bear. There is no way. It is nothing to sacrifice a few officials for the sake of the "big situation" in the court... Fortunately, it is not my responsibility to receive the Jin envoy, it is the matter of the prefect. Looking at the beautiful article of Lord Yuwen, I can remind you: Lord, sending the Jin envoy away is the most important thing. Now he is making trouble - give him whatever he wants."

Diao Hui sighed and walked over, calming the atmosphere and said, "Mr. Yuwen, Master Shi is right, we must endure it now."

Yuwen Xuzhong was so depressed that he vomited blood: he delayed the messenger's itinerary under the name of Xiu Mu. It seemed that this suggestion was made by you, but now that the matter has come out, you push the six and two five and don't care. It's not kind, not kind.

When Yuwen Xuzhong thought of this, he turned to Diao Hui - he had to pull someone into the water. The prefect's office is a double-carriage, and you can't escape even if you are a judge.

"Master Diao, please ask first." Yuwen Xuzhong smiled extremely viciously.

Diao Hui sighed, and when he passed by Shi, he whispered: "I feel like I'm taking action now... Oh, no, the alliance between the two countries is established, both sides are equal, and the envoy of the Jin Kingdom suddenly is so arrogant - Lord Shi, we really should strengthen our military preparations."

Diao Hui said the words behind him loudly. This was not only his own idea, but the aspiring people in the whole country thought so. That night, after Zhang Shuye received a copy of the memorial sent by Shi Chuan, he immediately exclaimed joy. Then he spread out the four treasures of the study and wrote the memorial with the same content. Later, as the Jin envoy went to Bianliang, the content of the Dengzhou officials' letter spread, and more officials came in. Even Zong Ze, who was under supervision, expressed the same content to Emperor Daojun: The Jin people are not trustworthy, so be vigilant.

After receiving the memorial from Yuwen Xuzhong, Emperor Daojun had no opinion. His Majesty, who was timid by nature, was shaken. However, the envoy of the Jin Kingdom talked about the orphan and widowed mother of the Liao Kingdom, as if a piece of fat meat was shaking in front of the Taoist Lord, which really made His Majesty feel itchy. So he handed over many memorials to the Dazai Wang Fu and ordered: "Go and study it."

Wang Fu thought: In order to collect food and grass for the Northern Expedition, he could collect kickbacks and plunder people's paste... So this "kickback war" must be fought so that his daughter can earn more dowry... So Wang Fu refuted Yuwen Xuzhong, Qin Hui, Zhang Shuye and others in the name of the Privy Council to do more power.

Wang Fu's refutation edict was sent to the Privy Council for stamping the seal. Zheng Juzhong of the Privy Council was immediately rejected by Yuwen Xuzhong and Qin Hui's government. He refused to stamp the seal on the refutation edict. Wang Fu decided to kick the Privy Council away and do his own thing. That month, Emperor Daojun ordered another "Jingfu Room" to be set up to undermine the Privy Council.

At this point, the military command system of the Song Dynasty was completely chaotic. The two highest military and political teams were doing their own things, which led to local troops not knowing where to submit documents to. They also refused to communicate with each other because the "Jingfufang" and the Privy Council refused to communicate with each other. Even the local military institutions of the Song Dynasty did not know whether the enemy or friendly forces were stationed next door. Their own home was under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, but the next door might have been transferred by the "Jingfufang". Although both sides were close, it was not easy to find out the truth. Because the two families ignored each other's documents, you would not tell you if you went to write to the inquiry person.

Emperor Daojun finally accepted the suggestion of the Dazai Wang Fu and sent a message to Tong Guan and Cai You to advance to the northern expedition. The two cowards generals took Liu Yanqing as the commander-in-chief, and Liu Yanqing's son Xiao Zaobao Liu Guangshi as the deputy commander-in-chief, and led troops to pacify Zhuozhou.

When the imperial edict was passed to Tong Guan, Tong Guan had just negotiated with the envoys of the Liao Kingdom. Although the Song army was defeated in the first Northern Expedition, the Liao Kingdom really couldn't support it. Empress Dowager Xiao, who was in charge of the work of the Liao Kingdom, decided to surrender to the Song Dynasty. She sent envoys to present the surrender, saying that the Liao Kingdom was willing to give up the status of the Bo Kingdom and become a subordinate of the Song Dynasty, and always serve as a barrier to the Song Dynasty.

The messenger burst into tears, asking Tong Guan to remember the friendly and friendly relationships of 119 years, and don’t fight between the two sides... Tong Guan’s way of thinking is completely similar to Wang Fu: if this war does not last and the Song Dynasty accepts the surrender of the Liao Kingdom, then the eunuch Tong will have no contribution. He cannot be crowned as a king for this, and he cannot get more military pay. No matter how beneficial the country is, he will not have any penny of his own interests.

So, Taishi Tong ordered the envoys of Liao Kingdom to be scolded and immediately read out the imperial edict. The envoy of Liao Kingdom cried outside Tong Guan's army tent and shouted: "The Liao and Song dynasties have been reconciled for a hundred years. Every word of the covenant is there. You can deceive the country, but not the heaven."

The Liao envoy's voice was shrill, and he could avoid it when he heard it.

But at this time, the corrupt Liao Kingdom did not actively prepare for war, but instead a civil strife broke out.

Since Empress Dowager Xiao sent the surrender letter, she immediately turned her attention to... playing with men.

The handsome man that Empress Dowager Xiao liked was the son of Li Chuwen, the Han prime minister of Liao Dynasty, who had a secret affair with him. However, as Empress Dowager Xiao sent a letter of surrender, the city of Yanjing became panic. Li Chuwen then discussed with his son to kidnap Empress Dowager Xiao to the Song Dynasty. According to Tong Guan, the queen was able to be awarded the title of King of Liao. So after a turbulent rain, Mr. Li took advantage of Empress Dowager Xiao to sleep well and tied up Empress Dowager Xiao out of the palace. As a result, he was intercepted by Yelu Dashi, the Liao minister who was waiting outside the empress dowager's harem. Yelu Dashi killed Mr. Li and sent Empress Dowager Xiao back to the palace to sleep. The empress dowager "was still in a state of great pain."

Subsequently, Yelu Dashi left the palace to destroy the entire Li family, and many Han officials were affected. As a result, the Khitans and Han people in Yanjing City began to distrust each other, and the hostility gradually increased...

Dengzhou, since sending off the Jin envoy away, Yuwen Xuzhong got angry and felt that he was not kind-hearted when he put on the room and pulled the ladder. At this point, the defense envoy and the prefecture envoy were a little old and desperate. However, when the magistrate Diao Hui reconciled, Yuwen Xuzhong did not give up. He still had to do what he should do - the prefecture envoy issued a joint document announcing the dissolution of the "Ri Li Foundation". Immediately, a foundation of the whole country took over the bond repayment issue of "Ri Li Foundation", and the new foundation was named "Penglai Foundation" after the place name...

The peaceful transition of the bond issue caused the candidates of the Ministry of Personnel who used Dengzhou as a fat man to covet a fat candidate. Then, the "Jingpu Room" was established, and the three thousand regiment coaches from Haizhou were in place. Shi Chuan ignored the order of the Privy Council's military transfer. Of course, he also had to take the order of the Privy Council's military transfer as a tiger skin, and sent the three thousand regiment coaches into various states. At the same time, he selected the great men of Dengzhou to expand the regiment training and made an active attitude of participating in the war. Yuwen Xuzhong ignored the behavior of Shi Chuan, but the magistrate Diao Hui, who always said nothing about Shi Chuan's command after Shi Chuan's deputy signing.

Dengzhou had just finished a large-scale project, and there was enough idle labor. After the project, these people needed to be dismissed. Shi Chuan's military expansion was just taking over the baton. Those who performed outstandingly in labor were immediately absorbed into the regiment training. Immediately afterwards, the wing troops of the states belonging to Jingdong East Road were assigned to the two sides of the built new road and stationed in the watchtowers as local guard forces. This time, Shi Chuan continued to despise the Privy Council's restrictions on crossbows, and almost every watchtower was assigned to at least three yellow crossbows.

In winter, the imperial court issued an edict, and the second attack on Liao was launched. Huanniang arrived in Dengzhou and began to form a secret intelligence agency based on the inn and main roads. At the same time, the court's disposal of Yuwen Xuzhong and Qin Hui was also passed on to Dengzhou... This disposal report surprised Shi Chuan.

"I didn't even find a group of 50 cents to attack?" Shi Chuan said to himself and threw the report on the table.

Cui Xiaoqing, who came to Dengzhou with Huanniang, was helping in the study while helping her clothes. She was not as sensitive as Huang E and was not very interested in government affairs. While continuing the work at hand, she asked casually: "Will Lord Yuwen be dismissed from office?"

"Promoted", Shi Chuan replied: "But those who are promoted are all idle officials. Perhaps the Political Affairs Hall is worried that they will talk nonsense again, so they simply transfer them back to the capital to give a idle official who has no right to report memorials, so as not to let them get upset - Lord Yuwen is the Minister of Rites, and Qin Hui is the Minister of the Office."

Cui Xiaoqing chuckled: "I don't know if the Ministry of Personnel has been competing for the official position in Dengzhou recently - who will take over after Lord Yuwen and Lord Qin leave?"

"The Dengzhou Yamen is now a debt repayment yamen, with a lot of debts on their backs, but their interests have been divided up early. Another new official, the benefits are not his, and if they are not good, they will take the blame... Everyone will push me and I will push you. The new Dengzhou magistrate is the former Dengzhou magistrate, Zong Ze who supervises Zhenjiang... Oh, I am also in charge of the official deputy envoy of Jingdong East Road Transportation, responsible for transferring gunpowder for the court.

Hehe, gunpowder is now a hot commodity. After the tutoring room and the Privy Council fought hard in the capital, for fear that the gunpowder would not be shared by himself. Both parties sent gunpowder craftsmen to extend the battleground to Dengzhou. The imperial edict: expand the gunpowder outer room in Dengzhou, directly produce gunpowder in Dengzhou, and then transport the finished products to Beijing. Both departments gave me a task quota, but neither allocated me money."

Qin Hui's official position was Taixue Xuezheng. Such an official position was ok in Dengzhou. However, after he left, Shi Chuan was unable to find any helpers in the yamen. For example, now, Shi Chuan had a task and the Privy Council gave Shi Chuan a task, but there was no funding. If Shi Chuan wanted to delay, he had to sue them and repeatedly asked for funding. In ancient times, he was not familiar with official documents. In the past, he was helper of Qin Hui or Huang E., who should he do it now?

"Brother", Huan Niang jumped in: "I read the files left by 'King King' yesterday. Look at these gentry in Laizhou, Dengzhou, I think I need to explore... What did my brother worry about just now?"

"Miss Huan, have you sent a gift from Lord Qin and Lord Yuwen?" Shi Chuan smiled gently.

Huan Niang jumped away and said, "Brother, don't laugh like this, it's so cunning. Every time you laugh like this, who are you calculating?... The family is welcoming and seeing off, and the etiquette is all Sister Cui's job, and Huan Niang doesn't care about it."

Cui Xiaoqing packed up the study room and said with a smile: "Your brother must be worried about the memorial again... My husband, why don't I go and find Lord Qin and ask him what people recommend?"

"No need to recommend it. My brother is so cute. This job must be difficult to do - find Zhao Shixia. He brought Eleventh Lady to Dengzhou. When I boarded the pier yesterday, I saw his name on the registration book of the maritime jail office. I guess he would find a place to stay and come back to visit my brother."

Shi Chuan nodded and told Cui Xiaoqing: "Let the Penglai Foundation repay the debts of Lord Yuwen and Lord Qin. It is expected that after these two people are promoted, a celebration banquet will be held. There must be a invitation from Lord Qin. I ordered the doorman to send it to you immediately."

Cui Xiaoqingfu gave a gift: "My husband, I'll prepare a gift now."

As he was speaking, he remembered the voice outside the door, one voice was Xu Ning, the other voice... it was Zhao Shixia. Only when Xu Ning warmly led the way for Zhao Shixia, Shi Chuan quickly stood up to greet him and bowed to greet him: "Brother Zhao, don't be fine, Eleventh Sister..."

"Brother..." Eleventh Lady, who had never followed Zhao Shixia silently, shouted and cried with joy. She hurriedly guided a boy beside her and said, "Hurry, call me uncle."

Huan Niang went forward and said, "I said you would come to visit... Eleventh Sister, your child is here?"

After a greeting from the brother and sister, Huanniang led the female family to the backyard. After a while, Xu Ning, the current Beijing East Road Supervisor, interrupted: "Sir, there are visitors from **'s family today, our affairs..."

"Let's go, after a few words, and brother-in-law Zhao is not an outsider."

Xu Ning became serious and reported: "According to the strategy of the adults focusing on the regiment and training light on the wing army, we put the wing army on the surface and equip them with long spears and crossbows. As for the regiment training, ten wings have been trained so far, with about 1,500 people in each wing. So far, officers at all levels have been appointed and the weapons have been stored in the warehouse. However, when will the weapons be sent down, please give them instructions?"

Shi Chuan was still pondering, and the ninth-rank prince Zhao Shixia couldn't help but interrupt: "It's so serious? When I came, the Huaiyang Army and the Tongzhou Army were all drawing people to go north, and the Grand Canal was full of northbound troops. When I arrived in Tongzhou, the seventeenth sister asked me to just go to you to ask: Why is Haizhou stepping up the reserve of iron and coal... and people. It is said that Shi Yanei has expanded the Donghai Society soldiers to 3,000 and more than a hundred patrol boats."

"The troops everywhere have been spared..." Shi Chuan picked up a report and handed it to Zhao Shixia: "This is the Western Xia intelligence collected by Huan Niang not long ago. A merchant who went to Xixia to sell salt reported that the Xixia people accepted the request of the Liao Kingdom and were ready to send troops to aid Liao. But looking at their troops, they could scare them into a cold sweat. If these troops did not aid Liao, but attacked Shaanxi and He Lanhuang, we might lose Shaanxi and He Lanhuang."...

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