Chapter 729: Rogue Minister
Yang Jiong once boasted in front of Fan Zhen that he had a way to make Li Zhongyi obediently obey the mercy of the imperial court and not fall off the chain. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
However, the ideal is very full, the reality is very cruel, Li Zhongyi coerced the aftermath of the big victory, and did not take him Yang Boyo in his eyes at all.
At the same time, Yang Jiong can also understand that Li Zhongyi actually didn't take Fan Zhen, the prime minister, to heart.
Since there is no deterrent effect even in Fan Qian, let alone Yang Jiong, the so-called prime minister's henchman who is waiting for him?
"Everything is up to Li Xianggong." Yang Jiong completely put down his body, got up and saluted respectfully, and fell to the ground.
Li Zhongyi waved his hand and said, "Since the imperial court has sent Duke Boyo to preside over the plan, how dare a certain family cross the distance?" ”
Yang Jiong understood that Li Zhongyi didn't want to wade into this muddy water at all, and planned to push it and leave it alone.
How can this be done? Yang Jiong and Brother Yelu Xiu have not talked about it, but unfortunately, Brother Yelu Huge's asking price is too high, which completely exceeds the scope of Yang Jiong's authorization before he came.
Li Zhongyi glanced at Yang Jiong, who fell into silence, and he secretly sneered, since Yang Jiong was from Yelu Xiuge, then he must have talked to Yelu Xiuge about the conditions.
Yelu Huge's conditions, Li Zhongyi can guess ninety percent even if he doesn't look at or listen, first of all, one must be that the Li family army retreats first, and secondly, it is necessary to lose money, and then, if possible, take his head of Li to exchange it for the father and son of King Wei.
With Li Zhongyi's understanding of Empress Dowager Fu and Fan Zhen, if they could get back King Wei just by retiring the army and losing money, it would be impossible for them not to agree, at most it was a matter of the amount of compensation that needed to be discussed.
As for the last condition, referring to the tragedy of Yue Fei in the Southern Song Dynasty, whether it is possible for Empress Dowager Fu and Fan Zhen to completely betray him, Li Zhongyi actually has no bottom in his heart.
The importance of King Wei's father and son to Empress Dowager Fu and the little emperor, no matter how much emphasis is emphasized, is not excessive.
Chai Rong married two daughters of the Fu family successively, and both were canonized as queens, behind this kind of political marriage, in fact, there are profound interest calculations.
The shrewd and cunning Zhao Kuangyi, Zhao Laosan's classmate, why did he marry the daughter of the Fu family as his wife, the most important reason is: the Fu family has a huge reality and potential power in the Hebei territory.
Between Li Zhongyi and the father and son of King Wei, he had reason to believe that if the imperial court could only have one choice, then he would definitely be the one to be sacrificed.
That being the case, Li Zhongyi simply didn't want to get involved in the exchange affairs, maintain a situation where he could advance and retreat, and not be led by Yang Jiong.
Yang Jiong thought about it again and again, and he also roughly understood Li Zhongyi's thoughts, in such a sensitive matter, no fault is meritorious.
Especially at the moment when the imperial court is increasingly jealous of Li Zhongyi, no matter what Li Zhongyi does, it is easy to get into big trouble.
Li Zhongyi also grasped the thoughts of the imperial court, and the exchange of prisoners could only be carried out quietly, and it was absolutely impossible to issue an edict publicly.
If the imperial court publicly issued the edict, it would cause a storm all over the city, making the so-called clear streams in the court scold, and the court would not be able to argue.
What's more, with Li Zhongyi's status, he can actually not obey the edict at all.
Although this is the foundation of the founding of the country after Song Taizu ascended the throne, in fact, it also inherited the glorious tradition of advocating literature and suppressing military force established in the Later Zhou Dynasty.
Now that Li Zhongyi picked his pick openly, Yang Jiong was immediately dumbfounded, and for a while, he didn't know what to say?
Before Yang Jiong came to see Li Zhongyi, he thought about various results over and over again, but he didn't expect that Li Zhongyi would leave this matter alone.
There are many lice and no worries, and there are many debts, Yang Jiong repeatedly recited these two famous sentences, but his heart was bitter for a while.
Li Zhongyi's embarrassing situation, who doesn't know with a discerning eye, Yang Jiong knows more than ten times more than ordinary people.
Yang Jiong knew very well in his heart that according to Fan Qian's idea, when Li Zhongyi led the army back to Kaifeng, it was the beginning of gradually reducing his military power, which was already an established policy.
Now, Li Zhongyi has obviously seen through this layer, so the consequences of his hand-off are at best just handing over military power and becoming a rich and noble man.
Yang Jiong was completely subdued, he drooped his head, and sighed: "Xiaguan implores Li Xianggong to be considerate of the difficulties of the Queen Mother, and Xiaguan is willing to lead the horse and drag the stirrup, and there is no complaint." ”
Hmm, this gesture is right, Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, in fact, if he can smoothly change back to the father and son of King Wei, at least he can delay the time when the imperial court will do something to him.
People are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless?
The warlords' eyes are bright! Li Zhongyi had just rescued King Wei's father and son, and Empress Dowager Fu immediately poisoned him, which is too much to say, right?
What Li Zhongyi needs most now is to reorganize the team, train the elite time, and delay the time for the imperial court to do it against him as much as possible, which is the biggest strategic consideration.
When he set out to march north, Li Zhongyi's subordinates, in addition to Yulin's right guard, still had two friendly troops allocated by the imperial court to cooperate. It's just that those two soldiers and horses are not Li Zhongyi's descendants, and their foot strength is extremely poor, so they can't meet the needs of high-speed mobile combat at all.
Therefore, halfway through, Li Zhongyi casually found an excuse and left the two friendly troops in the hinterland of Hebei to assist the local garrison in defending the city.
At the time of the northward march of the Yulin right guard, there were nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses, and after the defeat of the Khitans in Zhaozhou, Li Zhongyi formed a 7,000-strong guard army, which was at least 25,000 soldiers and horses.
Immediately after that, he went north from Zhaozhou, and until now, there are 15,000 more recruits in the army.
In order to avoid suspicion, Li Zhongyi deliberately divided these recruits into two parts, one was an auxiliary battalion and the other was a civilian battalion.
The ratio of soldiers to auxiliaries is two to one, this is the rule set by the Privy Council of the Great Zhou, Li Zhongyi secretly moves some hands and feet, and no one can say too much gossip.
Before the soldiers and horses moved, the grain and grass went first, which has been military common sense since ancient times.
In this era of forced labor, ordinary people were obliged to serve the imperial court for free for a few months a year, and they also had to bring their own dry food.
Under the banner of sympathy for the people, Li Zhongyi released many people who served as conscripts along the way, and at the same time constantly replenished the Yanzhao warriors who actively joined the army.
This so-called, selling dog meat with a sheep's head is also!
Anyway, the warlords of this era are all doing this, and they are even more blatant, and the court can only stare dryly.
Based on this, Li Zhongyi smiled and took out the plan that he had already calculated, raised a finger, and gave his first condition, "Boyogong, the auxiliary establishment of Yulin's right guard has been seriously lacking, should it be filled?" ”
Yang Jiong's reaction was extremely fast, and he immediately realized that Li Wuji was expanding the army in disguise!
"Li Xianggong, the case of military affairs is under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, how dare the subordinate officers go beyond the kitchen?" Yang Jiong had a bitter face and struggled to push away the big trouble.
Li Zhongyi picked up the teacup, smiled slightly, and said, "Gong Boyo, can the auxiliary pawn also be regarded as a soldier?" ”
Yang Jiong immediately froze, stunned, and secretly scolded fiercely: Be a cocoon and bind yourself, be a cocoon and bind yourself!
After a long time, Yang Jiong licked the corners of his dry lips bitterly, he never dreamed that he despised the auxiliary soldiers' remarks at the beginning, and Li Zhongyi remembered it so clearly.
Li Zhongyi quietly showed his big move, attacking his shield with the spear of his son, which was extremely sharp, so that Yang Jiong couldn't refute it at all!
"Since the auxiliaries are not soldiers, then they are under the jurisdiction of the Duke of Boyo, and a certain family is not wrong, right?" Li Zhongyi stared at Yang Jiong with a bad taste, I don't know why, he liked to see Yang Jiong's embarrassment very much.
Yang Jiong immediately froze, he had said drunk words in private, and he could be half of Fan Zhen's family for the affairs of the political hall.
In fact, Fan Zhen handed over many government affairs in the political hall to Yang Jiong to deal with.
But the problem is that Yang Jiong was just drinking too much and talking big when he was partying with a few friends, so how could he be mastered by Li Zhongyi.
Yang Jiong broke out in a cold sweat all over his body, Li Zhongyi knew everything about such a secret thing, obviously there were ghosts hidden in his circle of friends.
Li Zhongyi took a sip of tea soup calmly, giving Yang Jiong's shocking education, this has just begun, the show is still to come, what is the hurry?
"It's just no blame." Yang Jiong weakly agreed to Li Zhongyi's first condition, and He Dabei saw very clearly that Yang Daguan was half wilted.
Li Zhongyi curled the corners of his mouth and said lightly: "Bo Yougong, a three-year-old child knows that there is no basis for his words, and he must be based on evidence, do you think it is so reasonable?" ”
Yang Jiong raised his head violently and glared at Li Zhongyi indignantly, he originally wanted to adopt delaying tactics and temporarily pass the current difficulties.
Who would have thought that Li Zhongyi, a stinky rascal, would disregard the honorable status of the prime minister and openly force Yang Jiong to make a note, isn't this asking for his Yang someone's life?
Yang Jiong was so ashamed and angry that he even regretted his intestines, but who made him want to be smart, but he met Li Zhongyi, a stinky hooligan who doesn't like to play cards according to common sense?
Previously, out of the highest interest of consolidating his power, Fan Zhen had repeatedly told Yang Jiong that he would exchange for King Wei's father and son at all costs.
Yang Jiong understood that Li Zhongyi must have seen through this layer a long time ago, and deliberately dug a big pit to lure him to jump in.
The so-called auxiliary, with Yang Jiong's political wisdom, how could he not know that it was just an excuse for Li Zhongyi to expand the army in disguise?
Now, Yang Jiong's situation is really difficult, there is the insatiable Khitan barbarian of Yelu Hugo in the past, and Li Zhongyi, the warlord and wolf who is advancing step by step, he really regrets it now, and he should not have the delusion of making miraculous achievements if he knew this.
So far, Yang Jiong has regretted it too late, and the words he said are like water spilled out, and he can't get it back!
"Get a pen and paper!" Yang Jiong faced Li Zhongyi's aggressive eyes, and finally made up his mind, rather than being secretly troubled by Li Zhongyi and killing the lives of King Wei's father and son, it was better to gamble directly.
After returning to Beijing, as long as Yang Jiong explains the truth of the matter to the Empress Dowager Fu through Fan Qian, most of the time he will be understood.
Yang Jiong took the pen and quickly wrote down the note, Li Zhongyi motioned to He Dabei to take it, and he didn't plan to read it immediately.
After the first condition was negotiated, Li Zhongyi drank tea again and stopped talking, but Yang Jiong was so anxious that he was sweating.
PS: There is more in the early morning! (To be continued.) )