Chapter 274: Teachers and Teachers Help Each Other
The message of Song Huizong brought by Tong Guan actually had nothing to do with anything else, but he just asked Wu Song to let Tong Guan visit the new forbidden army.
Although Tong Guan is now in a high position, the new forbidden army is not under his command after all. Therefore, if he wants to come to visit, he still has to have the permission of the emperor.
In fact, this is also the reason why Tong Guan will personally come to deliver the message. He just wanted to take this opportunity to take a good look at the new forbidden army. Let's see how Wu Song, a nobody from the countryside of Qinghe County, trained such a powerful team for the Great Song Dynasty in a very short period of time.
In this regard, Wu Song has nothing to refuse. First, this is the emperor's will, and secondly, the training method of the new forbidden army itself is not a secret, but after all, this is the training method of the modern army from more than a thousand years ago, and many of the scientific principles in it are not so easy to be understood by the people of this era. Even if Tong Guan reads it, he may not be able to understand it immediately.
The high morale, strict order, and neat military appearance in the barracks of the new forbidden army made Tong Guan breathtaking. Although he originally came with a provocative mentality, after really reading it, he couldn't help but admit that compared with the new forbidden army commanded by Wu Song, the other Great Song army, including the army commanded by himself, was simply a wine bag and a rice bag.
"Good! All right! Wu Song, I really admire you! Tong Guan couldn't help but admire.
Wu Song secretly said in his heart: This guy is obviously a big traitor, and he must hate me to the core, but he can praise me and the new forbidden army so much, it can be seen that he also has some belly, no wonder he can win in the fierce officialdom competition, and become a powerful minister of the Great Song Dynasty as a eunuch.
In fact, Tong Guan hated Wu Song in his heart, this is true. However, after looking at the lineup of the new forbidden army, his mind changed a little.
You must know that Tong Guan, as a eunuch and eunuch, cannot have any other way to make meritorious contributions, and leading troops to fight and establish military merits is the only way for him to consolidate his power and leave a name in history. Therefore, Tong Guan really wanted to lead an army that could really fight.
Wu Song killed one of his subordinates during the competition, which certainly made him angry. However, the so-called love general is just one of his lackeys, and he doesn't really have any hurdles that he can't get over for this. If he can pull Wu Song under his command in turn, then he may not be able to write off the previous ones.
After all, it turns out that Wu Song is indeed an outstanding general. Such a general, if he falls to Cai Jing and Gao Yu's side, it will be detrimental to him Tong Guan.
What's more, Tong Guan plans to look at Wu Song with admiration, and there is another layer of concern.
While looking at the barracks, he said to Wu Song: "Wu Song, you are really an outstanding general of my Great Song Dynasty, and the emperor values you so much, and he is really a wise person." However, if you resist the decree one after another this time, the emperor will be so lenient, and you still have to thank someone! ”
Wu Song also felt strange, and when he took the initiative to mention it, he asked, "Please make it clear, who is helping Wu Song speak?" ”
Tong Guan said softly: "Senior girl! ”
Wu Song was taken aback and said, "Senior girl? The teacher girl you are talking about, but Master Li? ”
Tong Guan smiled and said, "Who else could it be if it wasn't her?" If she hadn't said to the emperor in private, you rescued the people's daughter Pan Jinlian in Qinghe County, and repeatedly refused to accept the holy decree in order to find Pan Jinlian, which became a good story in Bianjing City for a while, how could the emperor forgive you so easily for the crime of resisting the decree? ”
Only then did Wu Song understand that the truth of the matter was actually like this.
He also wondered why Song Huizong, the faint monarch, was so generous this time, not only did he not blame himself for the felony of refusing to accept the order several times, but instead ordered the Kaifeng Mansion to help him find Pan Jinlian with all his might, and continued to let himself command the new forbidden army, preparing to set off to suppress the bandits.
It turned out that behind this, someone was actually helping him blow the "pillow wind" in front of the emperor. And this person who blows the "pillow wind" is actually the famous Northern Song Dynasty prostitute Li Shishi!
As a traverser, Wu Song still remembers that it is recorded in the books of his previous life that this Master Li is a famous prostitute in Bianjing, not only the object of competition between literati and scholars, sons and princes, but later became the favorite of Zhao Ji of Song Huizong! Later, the heroes of Liangshan wanted to take refuge in the imperial court, but they still asked her to communicate with the emperor.
So, why did Master Li say good things about Wu Song?
Wu Song remembered the scene when he led the new forbidden army to search the Gefeng Tower. At that time, among the two sedan chairs encountered at the door, the owner of the sedan chair in the back never showed up, but promised to let Wu Song's people go to the Gefeng Building to search.
At that time, Wu Song guessed that that person was likely to be the legendary Master Li.
It seems that it is precisely because of this search that Master Li knows that Wu Song did not hesitate to search everywhere in order to find Pan Jinlian, and he feels that Wu Song has a deep affection for Pan Jinlian.
For a dusty woman like Master Li, every day is a scene, and the most rare thing is the true love in the world. Therefore, like Wu Song, for the sake of a beloved woman, he did not hesitate to turn the Imperial City of the Great Song Dynasty upside down, and even dared to refuse the holy decree, which is indeed rare and really touches her the most.
How she hopes that the dignified Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty can also be like his subordinate general Wu Song, who can be sincere and responsible for the woman he loves.
Could it be that this is the reason why Master Li would intercede for Wu Song?
Tong Guan was also very surprised and confused that Master Li would intercede for Wu Song. After all, although Wu Song has recently soared, according to his investigation, he is only from the countryside of Qinghe County, and his ancestors have been farmers for three generations, and he has no prominent background, and he has not been in Bianliang City for a long time, and he should have nothing to do with Master Li.
Since a famous prostitute like Li Shishi has been favored by the current emperor, idle people, including Tong Guan himself, are not casually seen. With Wu Song's status at this time, he really shouldn't have the opportunity to contact her, let alone have a reason to be favored by her. What's more, according to his tip-off, Wu Song had just led people to storm the Gefeng Building, and it stands to reason that he should have offended Master Li.
Unexpectedly, Master Li would intercede for Wu Song in turn. At this moment, if it weren't for Master Li blowing the pillow wind, Cai Jing, Gao Yu and others would not have interceded for Wu Song. Because Wu Song resisted the decree and mobilized the army in the capital without authorization, this is a felony that can be very big!
It was precisely because he couldn't guess what the relationship between Wu Song and Master Li was, and Tong Guan planned to change his attitude towards Wu Song.
If Wu Song only used Cai Jing and Gao Yu as his backers, Tong Guan would not be so jealous, after all, when Cai Jing was snubbed by the emperor, it was still thanks to his Tong Guan who helped to recommend him to Song Huizong, and he would make a comeback.
However, if Master Li helped Wu Song, Tong Guan couldn't help but think about it. After all, Master Li's "pillow wind" is something that he can't catch up with no matter what!