Han walked into the study, saw everyone gathered in front of the bookshelf, she found that the bookshelf was active, there was a hidden Bogu shelf inside, Han looked forward to it for a while, and when she saw that the secret cabinet was empty, she was disappointed again, and said to everyone: "Zhang Dongzhu's family has arrived, in the guest hall!" ”

"Let's go to the guest hall!"

Xue Xun took everyone to the guest hall, only to see Zhang Lei and his family sitting in the guest hall drinking tea, everyone saw the ceremony, Xue Tao took Li Wenyu to the back house.

Zhang Lei said to Guo Song and Xue Xun: "I just got a piece of news that Li Lingyao, the governor of Puzhou, rebelled, colluded with Tian Chenghei to defeat Li Mian, the envoy of Henan and Yongping Jiedu, and occupied the eight states of Biansong, and Li Lingyao established himself as the king of Chenliu County. ”

Xue Xun was taken aback and asked anxiously, "When did this happen?" ”

"It's a friend of mine, Song Dongzhu, a big cloth merchant in the capital, told me that he also received a pigeon letter from Kaifeng in the morning, and his news is very fast, and it is estimated that the court has not yet received the news!"

Xue Xun was a little anxious, "It's best to tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince about this matter immediately, so that he can prepare in time." ”

Guo Song said slowly: "Even if this matter is true, but the source is unreliable, it is still a rumor, Uncle Shi has no conclusive evidence, I suggest that it is best not to tell the prince, and then say that the matter has happened, it will not be extinguished for a while and a half, and it will take at least a month or two for the imperial court to prepare for this time." ”

Xue Xun was right to think about it, he was a little anxious, he nodded and said: "It's still the virtuous nephew who is right, the imperial court will know tomorrow at the latest, don't be in a hurry for a while." ”

Guo Song asked again: "I remember that Li Lingyao was originally the commander of the Tiger Prison Pass, and after the sudden death of Tian Shenyu, he led the army to take over Bianzhou and Songzhou, so he should have taken over as the envoy of the Biansong Festival, how could he be the governor of Puzhou?" ”

Xue Xun said: "This person is Yuan Zai's henchman, after Tian Shenyu's death, Yuan Zai recommended him to be the envoy of the Biansong Festival, but not long after, Yuan Zai fell, he was removed from the post of the envoy of the Jiedu, and was reappointed as the governor of Puzhou, it is estimated that he has always held a grudge, so he rebelled with the support of Tian Chenghe. ”

Guo Song sighed slightly, "I'm afraid that Li Zhengji and Li Zhongchen will also support him in rebellion!" ”

"Why did the virtuous nephew say this?"

Guo Song sneered: "The Central Plains is a piece of fat, and the feudal towns around the country have long been eyeing each other, but they can't find an excuse to send troops, Li Lingyao rebelled under the instigation of Tian Chenghei, so that the feudal towns around the country got an excuse to send troops, even if they can't send troops, they will wantonly recruit refugees from the Central Plains." ”

Zhang Lei gave a thumbs up, "It's still the junior brother who can see it thoroughly!" ”

Xue Xun also nodded, Guo Song did analyze well and was insightful!

At this time, Han walked into the living room and said with a smile: "The meal is ready, let's come to the dining hall!" ”

.........

The news of Li Lingyao's rebellion has reached Chang'an, and it was immediately sent to the East Palace, which is very important, and the crown prince Li Shi entered the palace overnight to report the matter to his father.

In the Qilin Palace, Li Yu closed his eyes and listened to Li Shi's report, and said slowly for a while: "Li Lingyao is Yuan Zai's person, he has been pacified before, but now he suddenly rebelled, there must be Tian Chenghei behind him, Tian Chengsi wants to go south and find a foothold on the south bank of the Yellow River, what we have to deal with is Tian Chengsi, not just a Li Lingyao." ”

"Then what should Li Lingyao do? Is it to appease, or to exterminate? Li Shi continued to ask.

Li Yu pondered for a moment and said: "Li Lingyao is a meritorious minister, if he wants to be the envoy of the Biansong Festival, it is not impossible, but I can't accept it in this way, and he has established himself as the king of Chenliujun, if the court compromises, he will be the emperor next, this wind cannot be long, and it must be resolutely stopped." ”

Li Shi also bowed down and said: "Erchen also thinks that Biansong cannot be lost, once we lose Biansong, our Cao Yun will be stuck, without Cao Yun, the grain and salt taxes in Jiangnan will not pass, which will seriously threaten the survival of the imperial court, and Erchen suggests that troops should be sent immediately to exterminate the thief Li Lingyao." ”

Li Yu nodded, and asked again: "Then how do you think it is better to send troops?" ”

"Erchen suggested that Ma Sui, the envoy of the three cities of Heyang, and Li Mian, the envoy of the Yongping Jiedu, each lead an army of 20,000 to attack Li Lingyao, I wonder if my father agrees?"

Li Yu said lightly: "I just said, Li Lingyao is not terrible, the trouble is Tian Chengsi behind him, it is not enough to rely on these two route armies, it is also necessary to have Li Zhengji from Ziqing Jiedu, Li Zhongchen from Huaixi Jiedu, and the main force of the imperial court, and the Fifth Route Army to send troops to deal with Tian Chenghe's army going south and completely destroy Li Lingyao." ”

Li Shi was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Let Li Zheng and Li Zhongchen send troops, I'm afraid it is to lure the wolf into the room, father and emperor think twice!" ”

"I know very well, don't they come if you don't lead them? Since they're coming, why not just let them do something and throw a bone so that a few dogs can kill each other? ”

Only then did Li Shi understand his father's intentions, and he bowed down and said, "Erchen understands!" ”

Li Yu took a few steps and said: "The emperor can personally lead an army of 100,000 troops to the front line of Luoyang to the Tiger Prison Pass, and when they are defeated and wounded, you are retaking the states along the Cao River to ensure that the Cao River is not lost, understand?" ”

"Sons obey orders!"

Li Yu hesitated for a moment and asked, "How about the contact over there in the Sijie Division?" ”

"Back to my father, the sons have been in contact with the envoy of the Sijie Department, they expressed their willingness to resolve the misunderstanding, and the two families reconciled, but they hoped to transfer Li Huaiguang, Li Huaiguang slaughtered the people of Xue Yantuo in Jinshan, and looted money, which caused the anger of the grassland departments, and the Sijie Department sent troops to fight against the Shuofang army, and the Sijie Khan hoped that Guo Song would replace Li Huaiguang."

Li Yu's face was expressionless, and he said for a while: "Guo Song Zhen has other considerations, tomorrow Fengzhou and the three towns will hold a normal debriefing, and after the end, let Guo Song come to see me!" ”

"Erchen understands, please rest early, Erchen retires!"

Li Shi retreated, and Li Yu paced back and forth in the hall, looking preoccupied.

...........

Early the next morning, Guo Song came to the square outside the Zichen Hall on time to wait, the Zichen Hall is also called the Son of Heaven Palace, the imperial study is located behind the Zichen Palace, and the side halls on both sides are the places where temporary important military and political deliberations are held.

Today, a work report will be held, at which Guo Song, the envoy of the three towns and the assassin of Fengzhou, will report on the situation of the battle in Xue Yantuo.

It stands to reason that the Fengzhou army defended its homeland and defeated the invading Xue Yantuo army, which was a great thing that should be commended, but Chang Gon forcibly combined the Battle of Fengzhou and the Jinshan Battle of the Shuofang Army into one campaign, in his words, the fierce battle of Fengzhou was the first stage, and the Battle of Jinshan was the second stage, and the two were inseparable.

The intention is also obvious, wanting Guo Song to take part of the responsibility for the fiasco of Shuofang's army at Jinshan.

Therefore, there is today's work report, and the general local officials who go to Beijing to report on their work are all called to Beijing when they have major problems, and they will only be summoned to Beijing when they attract the attention of the imperial court, which is a big test for every official.

It's the same for Guo Song, if he can pass the test, then he will be safe and sound, and if he can't pass the test, I'm afraid he will be responsible.

After the Anshi Rebellion, due to the state of separating feudal towns in various places, the imperial court became increasingly suspicious of the commanders of the unified army in various places, and many generals were finally forced to rebel, so that the leading generals in various places were walking on thin ice and trembling, and later the Song Dynasty's distrust of the generals was rooted here.

A guard came out and shouted: "Xuansan Town's envoy, Fengzhou Assassin Guo Song enter the hall!" ”

Guo Song walked into the side hall quickly, in the middle of the side hall sat the Son of Heaven Li Yu, next to the crown prince Li Shi, and below sat two rows of officials, including the left and right Xiangguo and the six chief officials.

Guo Song walked into the side hall and stepped forward to bow, "Weichen Guo Song sees Your Majesty!" ”

Li Yu nodded slightly, "This is a normal debriefing report, Guo Aiqing doesn't have to be nervous!" ”

Guo Song said in a deep voice: "Weichen is willing to accept any inquiry!" ”

Guo Song's attitude made Li Yu more satisfied, and he said to Chang Gon: "Chang Xiangguo, you come to ask!" ”

Chang Gon got up from his seat, bowed to Li Yu, the son of heaven, and bowed slightly to the prince, so he said to Guo Song in a hurry: "To be precise, the debriefing report is a question of politics, and the court is puzzled by some of what Guo Yuanjun did during his tenure, so Guo Yuanjun was summoned to Beijing to answer questions, does Guo Yuanjun understand?" ”

Guo Song smiled slightly: "I understand, for example, why do I want to severely punish the Zhang family of Fengzhou, Chang Xiangguo is very concerned, is this what it means?" ”

There was a knowing laughter all around, and even the prince couldn't help but sneer a few times.

Chang Gon didn't expect Guo Song to tear up this matter in public, his face suddenly became ugly, Chang Gon glared at Guo Song fiercely, simply stopped talking, and went directly to the topic, "First of all, in the autumn of last year, you sent someone to the Sijie Ministry, and reached a secret agreement with the Sijie Khan, the reason why it is called a secret agreement is because the imperial court knows nothing about this matter, I first ask you on behalf of the imperial court, why did you reach an agreement with the Sijie Ministry without the permission of the imperial court?" Secondly, we want to know, what kind of agreement did you and Sijie reach? What price does the court have to pay for your actions? ”

Guo Song said unhurriedly: "I really need to explain this matter, I sent someone to the Sijie Ministry, but I didn't reach any agreement with the Sijie Ministry, there was nothing written, I just asked the Sijie Department to put pressure on the Xue Yantuo people, so that the Xue Yantuo Ministry would not dare to act rashly, as a reward for sending troops, I will give the Sijie Department 10,000 Shifengzhou military fields to produce grain, of course, I personally paid for it."

Later, the Sijie Department did send 10,000 cavalry to suppress Xue Yantuo's ambitions, but in the end, the Sijie Khan did not ask for 10,000 stone of grain, but as a reward for my personal kindness to the Sijie Department, and the court did not pay any price for this?

It can be said that this is my personal correspondence with the Sijie Department, and it has nothing to do with the imperial court, Fengzhou and the three towns of the surrendered city, of course I don't need to ask the imperial court for instructions, and there is no need to report to the imperial court, does Chang Xiangguo still have any questions? ”