Chapter 250: Ghost Guard
Although Emperor Dade trusted him and entrusted him with important tasks, how dare Wang Jingzhi make a decision for the emperor to reward his courtiers, he immediately showed his horror after being an official for many years, bowed and said respectfully: "Jinyi Wei only listens to His Majesty's words, and cannot give His Majesty any advice, this is Jinyi's mission." ”
"You're so boring." Emperor Dade smiled slightly, trusting Wang Jingzhi even more in his heart, he got up and paced, and suddenly asked, "The ghost general can be loyal?" ”
"Please report this person's past to the Holy Lord, and please ask the Holy Lord to judge." Wang Jingzhi, "This son was born as a civilian, and his father Zhang Jian is an ordinary dart master in the Yongzhou Ping'an Dart Bureau. After visiting, Danchen also found out that Zhang Jian had been a guard for King Ning, and then left King Ning's mansion to live in Yongzhou. ”
Emperor Dade asked, "King Ning's rebellion, did Zhang Jian participate?" ”
"Not really." Wang Jingzhi said, "Three years after Zhang Jian left King Ning's mansion, King Ning began to make trouble, and Jin Yiwei investigated that this inspection had nothing to do with King Ning's rebellion. ”
"Why did this Zhang Jian leave King Ning's Mansion?"
"King Ning is desolate and cruel, and those who have aspirations are all disgusted." Wang Jingzhi, "It is said that Zhang Jian left King Ning's Mansion only because his friend dissuaded King Ning, but he was persecuted by King Ning, so Zhang Jian saw through King Ning's face and left. ”
"A man of righteousness." Emperor Dade said with a smile, and said: "This Zhang Xiaowu, a commoner is a general, and the Holy Han has not been in three hundred years." ”
Wang Jingzhi patted his ass and said: "If it weren't for His Majesty's support, how could there be these three hundred years of talent." ”
Emperor Dade laughed, proud that he had discovered a talent.
Wang Jingzhi continued: "Zhang Xiaowu helped Shi Jing to hold on to Tucheng when he was under him, and shot back the Wuhuan coalition army with three arrows, and almost shot the Wuhuan little king Wu Li to death in front of the battle. After the Tucheng was broken, he fought his way out of the siege and then traveled to Mucheng, and won the appreciation of Cheng with his bravery. The war in the north of the country was deadlocked, and nearly 1,000 deserters were escorted to Mucheng, and Cheng Chu then led the fugitives with Zhang Xiaowu to form a dead soldier battalion. This Zhang Xiaowu led the battalion of dead soldiers to annihilate the sand bandits in Saibei, and there were no bandits in Saibei after that. When the Qinglong Army was defeated in Yashan, this Zhang Xiaowu led 300 cavalry to kill 3,000 pursuers of Wuhuan, and Zhang Xiaowu killed Yegu Chashi, one of the seven sons of Wuhuan Khan. This time escorted Su Yu to Raven Mountain for negotiations, and this son broke the formation with 300 light cavalry and 20,000 Wuhuan ironclad cavalry. ”
Emperor Dade was enthusiastic when he heard this, and he couldn't wait to pick up his sword and get on the horse to kill the enemy together, so he couldn't help patting the dragon chair and laughing: "This son is a good general, a good general!" Why is this son so brave, but his reputation is not seen in the government and the opposition? ”
Wang Jingzhi said: "Back to Your Majesty, it's just that this son is not from the Shi clan." ”
"The scholars, the commoners, are all my people, what's the difference?" Emperor Dade was still young and vigorous, he stood up from the dragon chair, paced back and forth, and said, "You say, can this person be used by me?" ”
Wang Jingzhi thought for a long time and said: "That Su Yu once said that this Zhang Xiaowu will repay his kindness and revenge, but he is a person with clear grievances, and kills cruelly, once killed an old woman who wronged him on the street, and ate her marrow raw." This person has hundreds of people in his hands, and there are even more than 1,000 people in Saibei, who are cautious. ”
Emperor Dade was taken aback, this Zhang Xiaowu deserved to be a ghost general, and he should act like a ghost.
Wang Jingzhi said: "The minister speculated that the death of the abolished prince should have a great relationship with him, Zhang Xiaowu had a very good relationship with Shi Jing, and Shi Jing promoted him as a lieutenant and gave him a marriage, which can be described as a mountain." On the day of the ghost general's wedding, Tucheng fell, and his wife was poisoned by the dogs. This person has a deep resentment towards the waste prince and Gu Yong, the waste prince is imprisoned in the wooden city dungeon and does not see the sun all day long, and anyone who does not see the sun for a few months will also be riddled with diseases, not to mention that the waste prince has already gone crazy. ”
Seeing that Emperor Dade was pondering, Wang Jingzhi said again: "Your Majesty, when the minister was in contact with Dushanbo, I heard that he said that this son is a double-edged sword, and if it is used properly, it can be used as a weapon to eliminate demons, and if it is not used properly, it can hurt its master. Therefore, the military department has been suppressing Mucheng, and so far Mucheng has not been given a military salary. Although the defenders of this wooden city are the elite of my holy Han, they are neither forbidden troops nor border troops, at most they are township troops. ”
Emperor Dade suddenly laughed and said: "Uncle Du Shanbo wants to suppress the limelight of this ghost general, and wait for the ghost general to sharpen his temperament before buying people's hearts, good scheme, good scheme." Wang Jingzhi nodded yes, and Emperor Dade sneered: "The defenders of Mucheng are the heroes of our country, how can they chill their hearts, and they plan to take Mucheng Roland as the boundary, and the defenders of Mucheng will supplement the border guards, and their troops will pay five thousand soldiers, and the name of the department is ...... Since he is called a ghost general, the department will become a ghost guard. ”
"Your Majesty wants to accept this double-edged sword?" Wang Jingzhi asked.
Emperor Dade smiled strangely: "Since even the scheming Dushan Bo can't control this person, I want to see if he can move some people's foundation for me." ”
Although Jin Yiwei's information was accurate and timely, it was not reported by the Ministry of War, so Emperor Dade's reward was temporarily left in the palace, and only Wang Jingzhi and his personal eunuch knew. At present, the focus of the court is whether to accept Wu Huan's request to marry the princess and relatives.
Harmony is not nothing, whether it is the previous dynasty or the current dynasty, harmony is one of the means of political diplomacy. The three princesses who had married the Central Plains to the surrounding countries spread the culture and civilization of the Central Plains, and many vassal states regarded the Holy Han as the main country. This harmony is for the next marriage and marriage, but was forced to marry by Wu Huan, which is the first time in the three-hundred-year history of the Holy Han Dynasty, how can there be a reason to be forced to marry a princess to pray for peace.
As a result, there was a lot of quarrel between the government and the opposition, with moderates and hardliners each having their own opinions, with moderates saying that peace is precious, while hardliners scolded moderates for losing power and humiliating the country. Du Shanbo is naturally a hardliner, he directly scolded Zhang Kuan and others above the court, sent women and kisses, and didn't even want face, and the ancestors made you lose it cleanly.
Although the left prime minister Zhang Kuan and the right prime minister Wang Cheng fought with each other in private, it was an internal struggle between civil officials, at least within the rules, while the Dushan Bozhang Dynasty was ruled by martial artists. In history, how many dynasties were in turmoil because of the rule of the warriors, and how many military generals who held military power overthrew the emperor and stood on their own. After facing Dushanbo, Zhang Dang and Wang Dang quickly unified their opinions and gathered their own forces to fight against Dushanbo.
Dushanbo is in power, so he naturally won't listen to them, but Dushanbo cherishes his reputation and doesn't want to leave a reputation after a hundred years, so he allows hundreds of officials to fight in the court. As a young emperor, he naturally didn't want the princess to marry someone who lost his ancestors, but he couldn't easily follow Du Shanbo's wishes, so he was full of contradictions in his heart and didn't answer.
Su Yu could only continue to wait for orders, but it made many people reacquaint themselves with the dogs around him, but he didn't expect him to have some ability.