Chapter 328: Choosing a side
Zhao Pu didn't expect that Yang Xianmao would openly resist arrest, and he was so ruthless that he would take the lives of his three subordinates at once, so frightened that he retreated again and again, pointing at Yang Xianmao and yelling: "You, you dare to arrest?"
Yang Xianmao sneered, and pulled a sword flower with the long sword in his hand. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info looked at it at a glance, and saw that there was not even a drop of blood on the blade, it was really a sword. He put the sword back in the sheath, raised it in the air with one hand, and said to Zhao Pu: "You can see clearly, what kind of sword is this?"
Zhao Pu didn't pay attention before, after hearing Yang Xianmao's words, he looked at it fixedly, and couldn't help but gasp under this look, it turned out that this bright yellow sword, the scabbard was wrapped with a bright yellow golden dragon, and the dragon body was inlaid with jewels, which was the sword of the current emperor Song Taizong.
Zhao Pu couldn't help but take two steps back, and looked at Yang Xianmao in dismay: "You, how can you have the emperor's sword?"
Yang Xianmao raised his right hand, and there was a bright yellow scroll in his palm, which was the emperor's holy decree, and said to Zhao Pu: "The emperor sent Huang Gonggong to come this morning to deliver the decree, and ordered me to perform a craniotomy on Mrs. Chen Guo. Now Mrs. Chen Guo is not out of danger and is still being treated. These three things that don't have long eyes want to arrest me, that is, to prevent me from treating Mrs. Chen Guo, of course I will kill them. No problem, right?"
Zhao Pu roared: "Impossible! The emperor has never left the hall at all. I've been deliberating all morning, and I've been deliberating all morning, how can I let someone come and deliver the message......?
He also figured it out, - the emperor had already written a handwritten decree before the court, and left it to the eunuch Huang Gonggong. No wonder Huang Gonggong withdrew after discussing the matter before, but he didn't notice this, but it turned out that he had come to deliver the decree.
After Zhao Pu dispersed the dynasty, he received a secret report from Zhao Tingmei's home that the imperial doctor Yang Xianmao had operated on Mrs. Chen Guo. However, Zhao Pu's detailed work arranged in the Qin King Zhao Tingmei's house was not the core figure of the Zhao family, so when Huang Gonggong came to deliver the decree, he didn't know that only Mrs. Zhao was present at that time, and no one else. Mrs. Zhao didn't tell her about it, so other people naturally didn't know. Therefore, Zhao Pu didn't know about the decree, and he thought that Yang Xianmao was making a proposal to give Mrs. Chen Guo a craniotomy.
Because before in the main hall, the emperor handed over this matter to the ministers for discussion, and most of the people supported his Zhao Pu's point of view and opposed the craniotomy, although the emperor did not express his position, but did not discuss it further, he thought that the emperor had adopted the opinions of the majority, and the emperor had never left at all, so he naturally thought that Yang Xianmao did it on his own.
In this way, Yang Xianmao ignored his warning and performed a craniotomy on Mrs. Chen Guo, completely ignoring him, the prime minister, which made him extremely angry. Although Yang Xianmao was awarded the title of Earl of the Fourth Rank by the emperor, in his eyes, this lord who did not have any charge was not worth mentioning at all, and it was only natural to put him in prison. Because he committed a big rebellion, Zhao Pu personally brought people to arrest Yang Xianmao, because he wanted to go to King Qin's palace to arrest people, he didn't come forward, and others couldn't even get in, and they didn't have the courage to arrest people in front of King Qin.
Zhao Pu wanted to arrest Yang Xianmao, who disobeyed his authority, and sent him to prison, but he didn't expect Yang Xianmao to take out the sword of the holy decree monk Fang and kill his three subordinates on the spot, which made him lose face, angry and annoyed, and at the same time felt a chill in his heart.
He didn't deliberately confront the emperor Song Taizong, but he had always been arrogant and unscrupulous, and today it was Song Taizong who sent him a message through this matter, so that he should know that it was enough to stop, if he hadn't understood the emperor's intentions from this matter, Song Taizong's next step would be more sharp.
Zhao Pu couldn't help sweating on his forehead, stared at Yang Xianmao hatefully, flicked the sleeves of his robe, turned around and walked out quickly.
When those fast catchers saw Prime Minister Zhao returning with a tiger's head and a snake's tail, they immediately panicked, and a few hurriedly followed him to escort him away, and a few carried the corpses on the ground and went out.
Zhao Tingmei was stunned, she couldn't imagine that Yang Xianmao actually killed people in front of the prime minister, and she was neat and neat, without dragging her feet, but it turned out that she had Shang Fang's sword and holy decree in her hand, and acted according to the order, of course, she had no scruples. However, he knew that Zhao Pu was very resentful, although he returned in front of Yang Xianmao's holy decree Shang Fang's sword and holy decree today, but he must hate Yang Xianmao in his bones, and he was afraid that he would take the opportunity to rectify him in the next step.
Zhao Tingmei hurriedly stepped forward and said to Yang Xianmao: "Lord Yang, since you have Shang Fang's sword and holy decree, after you take it out, the prime minister will retreat, so why kill a few of him? But it doesn't matter, with this king here, he doesn't dare to do anything, I will definitely help you with anything. ”
The reason why Yang Xianmao killed people and established his authority had his intentions. - He had to choose between Zhao Pu and Song Taizu.
Previously, at the banquet, after listening to Zhao Tingmei talk about the affairs of the court this morning, he guessed that the emperor deliberately used this incident to test the reaction of Zhao Pu and the ministers, although most officials supported Zhao Pu's views and opposed the craniotomy of Mrs. Chen Guo, but the emperor still ordered himself to operate on Mrs. Chen Guo, that is, to let the ministers know that they should not follow Zhao Pu, the emperor is the real boss, and let these officials choose sides.
Yang Xianmao's killing of Zhao Pu was to tell Zhao Pu and Song Taizong that he was on Song Taizong's side.
He smiled at the moment and said to Zhao Tingmei: "Thank you, Lord Wang." With the support of the prince in the back, I dared to call the prime minister into battle. ”
Zhao Tingmei laughed and said: "Happy, I heard that the snake fairy aunt once said that when Yang Gongzi was in the Northern Expedition to Daliao, the white horse and silver spear were invincible, and I thought she was exaggerating at the time. Let Xiao Wang open his eyes, let's go, let's continue drinking. ”
Yang Xianmao smiled and said, "I've almost eaten enough, Ling Ci is still on the hospital bed, it's not appropriate to be too carnival, let's talk about it later." ”
Zhao Tingmei also felt that it was not very suitable, but she was very happy to see her mother recovering, so this is called a wine, since Yang Xianmao said so, then I will talk about it later. instructed the two pretty maids to send Yang Xianmao back to her VIP courtyard to rest.
After Yang Xianmao left, Zhao Tingmei rushed to the imperial city to thank the imperial brother for his kindness and reported his mother's condition after surgery.
In the palace, Song Taizong smiled after listening to Zhao Tingmei's report on the whole matter: "I didn't expect Yang Aiqing to really have such magical medical skills. I was a little apprehensive before, but I couldn't find anyone else but him. It seems that my eyes are still very sharp, and I have finally found a real capable person. To be honest, there are a lot of so-called capable people in my Gathering Immortal Pavilion, and there are few who are really capable. ”
"Yes, this time my mother was able to survive, all thanks to Lord Yang's miraculous medical skills, the emperor was able to get such a miracle doctor, no matter what calamity and illness, he could turn evil into good fortune and become auspicious. ”
Song Taizong nodded and said: "Last time he went north to conquer the Liao Dynasty, he went out with the army to treat the three eighth-level powerhouses of Snake Immortal Gu, Earth Tiger Venerable, and Yang Jiye, which is the most powerful powerhouse in our Great Song Dynasty." Therefore, with him, it can be said that the soldiers at the border defense will have one more life, which is very helpful to stabilize the morale of the army. ”
"Exactly, if the general of the army knows that there is such a miracle doctor by his side, then he will definitely be able to kill the enemy bravely at all costs, which will be of great help in improving morale. ”
Song Taizong nodded frequently: "I have been hesitating before, but after you said this just now, I have made up my mind." -- This time to meet the Liao army, Yang Xianmao had to go with the army. ”
Zhao Tingmei was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "When did the Liao army attack?"
Song Taizong picked up an emergency military report on the dragon case and shook it, and said: "The emergency military intelligence report at the border pass said that the Liao army of 100,000 soldiers from Youzhou went south in two ways to attack Zhenzhou. I have sent an urgent Privy Council envoy to discuss how to meet the enemy. Just in time you're here. However, you just happened to remind me that last time we suffered a major defeat in the Gaoliang River, this time we must strike hard at the enemy of the Liao Dynasty and let them know the Tianwei of my Great Song Dynasty. If Yang Xianmao followed, it would definitely play a role in calming the morale of the army, and the soldiers would have an extra life guarantee. ”
Zhao Tingmei said: "Great! However, I heard that the emperor gave him two conditions, one of which is that except for the emperor's personal expedition, he can not accompany others to lead troops to the expedition." So I'm afraid he doesn't want to. ”
Song Taizong glanced at Zhao Tingmei and said lightly: "My leg injury has not healed and I can't go on the expedition, so I won't go to the expedition this time." ”
When Zhao Tingmei heard Song Taizong's words, she seemed to blame herself for the intention of looking forward to Song Taizong's personal expedition in her words, as if Song Taizong was worried that he would make some name for himself when he went on the expedition, so he hurriedly explained: "The emperor must be cautious in his personal expedition, and he must not take it lightly as a last resort." My Great Song Dynasty is full of famous generals, and any few generals can defeat the enemy, and there is no need to tire the emperor to come to the front line to command the battle. ”
Song Taizong's face softened slightly, shook his head and said, "There are two points that you didn't say right. First, although I did not personally command the front line, I would draw a formation map and give it to them, and I had to march and fight according to the formation as if I had personally commanded it. Second, although there are many military generals in the DPRK and China, none of these generals can make me feel at ease, and we must check them. -- The military generals of the five dynasties and ten countries have supported their own troops, and the history of usurping the throne cannot be repeated!"
Zhao Tingmei hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, the imperial brother is far-sighted and admirable. ”
Song Taizong continued: "Although the military generals are good at using soldiers, the more such people are, the more they must beware, and the civilian officials are more down-to-earth, and there are many civilian officials who understand the art of war, so let the civilian officials take the military generals to the battle." Civilian officials clamp down on military generals, this is the way to use soldiers. ”
Song Taizong hurriedly claimed that it was.
Song Taizong said: "You go back first, tell Yang Xianmao, let him come to the palace in the late afternoon to see me, but don't tell him about letting him go on the expedition, I will say it myself." ”