703,Battle of the Daimyofu (19)

Zheng Fei's expression immediately aroused the curiosity of Zhu Wu, Zhang Shuye and others,

Zhu Wu stepped forward and asked, "Commander, is it written ......?" ”

Zheng Fei raised his head and handed the letter to Zhu Wu, frowned and said, "You guys can also take a look." ”

Zhu Wu took the letter, and Zhang Shuye, Wu Yong and others immediately surrounded him, but only a moment later, everyone was full of shocked expressions just like Zheng Fei just now.

Wu Yong couldn't help but exclaim, "Zhao Huan ordered Yao Gu to ...... Don't wait until the end of the war and the class teacher returns to the court before making a move, but want him to attack 'him' as soon as the victory is decided? But this 'he'...... Who is it? ”

As soon as he said this, Wu Yong was shocked, glanced at Zhu Wu, Zheng Fei and others, and several people said at the same time, "Is it Zheng Xiunian?!" ”

"Master Zhang," Wu Yong then asked Uncle Zhang, although he knew that Uncle Zhang was his own, but his honesty and love for the people had already won the sincere admiration of everyone, so he still used this title to show respect for him, "This is really given to you by Zhao Huan himself?" ”

Uncle Zhang came back from shock when he heard this, and immediately nodded with great affirmation, "This is definitely too ...... Zhao Huan handed it over to me personally! I have always carried the brocade box with me these days, and I have never been adjusted or opened secretly! ”

Zheng Fei looked at Zhu Wu again, only to see that he then asked Zhang Shuye, "Lord Zhang, since Zhao Huan took charge of the government, what is his relationship with Zheng Juzhong?" ”

Uncle Zhang replied at night, "It can be said that it is intimate!" ”

Zhu Wu continued to ask, "Have there ever been any clues of a gap between the two of them?" Or even just rumors? ”

Uncle Zhang shook his head, "No, at least I don't know." ”

Zhu Wu asked again, "What about Empress Zheng?" How did Zhao Huan treat her? ”

Uncle Zhang said at night, "It is rumored that Zhao Huan will ask Empress Zheng for peace at least twice a day, and treat Empress Zheng like a mother." ”

Zhu Wu asked, "Then the Zheng family is now distributed inside and outside the court to hold important positions, was it Zhao Huan who took the initiative to appoint, or did Zheng Juzhong ask for it?" ”

Uncle Zhang said at night, "This ...... I don't know, every appointment is made by Zhao Huan under the guise of the old emperor, but every time the Zheng family is rewarded, Zheng Juzhong looks surprised and surprised, and often shirks it two or three times before he is grateful for Dade's promise. ”

"That's right!" Uncle Zhang added as if he suddenly remembered something, "Before I came, Zhao Huan just announced that when this battle is over, he will marry Zheng Juzhong's youngest daughter as the princess. ”

Zhu Wu nodded and breathed a long sigh of relief,

Seeing this, Zheng Fei knew that Zhu Wu already had an idea, and then asked, "Brother Zhu, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Wu sighed, "Commander, if I guess correctly, it seems that this Zhao Huan is going to hide his bow and kill the donkey, and he wants to get rid of Zheng Juzhong and the Zheng family!" ”

"Impossible!" Zhang Shuye was the first to object, "Zhao Huan can have today, Zheng Juzhong has made great contributions, Zhao Huan trusts him very much, and almost gives everything that can be given to Zheng Juzhong, Zheng Juzhong is now also in the court, not only the clan relatives are all over the court in various dangerous positions, but the henchmen and minions are even more ......,"

As he spoke, Uncle Zhang's voice gradually became smaller, and his expression began to change from resolute to less confident, only to see him looking at Zhu Wu in a daze, as if he had figured out something,

Zhu Wu looked at Zheng Fei and sighed, "Commander, I don't know if Zheng Juzhong has any objections, I only know that the Zheng family is too strong now, Empress Zheng is sitting in the palace, Zheng Juzhong is in power, plus Zheng Xiunian who is leading the troops, it can be said that the Zheng family is already strong enough to threaten Zhao Huan!" As Master Zhang said just now, Zhao Huan gave almost everything he could give to Zheng Juzhong, so what else can he give him next? All that's left is the crown on his head! Although Zhao Huan relied on Zheng Juzhong to get to the throne, don't forget that Zheng Juzhong was a minister trusted by the old emperor before, and for Zhao Huan, if Zheng Juzhong can oppose the old emperor, it is also possible to oppose him! Therefore, Zhao Huan can only strike first, and when the Great Song Dynasty ends this battle smoothly and has no worries, he will officially start to attack Zheng Juzhong and the Zheng family! And Zheng Xiunian, who led hundreds of thousands of troops, is the first nail that must be pulled out! ”

"But ......," Uncle Zhang asked suspiciously, "Why would Zhao Huan ask me to do such an important thing?" Isn't he afraid that I'm Zheng Juzhong's person? If I were true, I was afraid that before he could get rid of the Zheng family, he would be desperately fought by Zheng Juzhong first. Also, since Zhao Huan was so wary of the Zheng family, why did he personally appoint Zheng Xiunian as the commander of the army? Isn't this asking for trouble? Why don't you just not hand over the military power to Zheng Xiunian? And I can't figure out how Yao Gu will be Zhao Huan's person, judging from Zhao Huan's letter, he trusts Yao Gu very much, so he handed over such an important thing to Yao Gu to do, but Yao Gu is in the northwest all the year round, it is said that it was not until Yao Gu went to Beijing to receive his order that the two met for the first time, in a short time, Zhao Huan may be able to subdue him, but to trust him to do this kind of big thing, if I am Zhao Huan, I will never dare! ”

Zhu Wu smiled, "It's all easy to explain, then I'll reason one after another, the first one, why did Zhao Huan choose you?" Because the whole court knows that Lord Zhang, you are a great Qing official, a loyal minister, you are upright and clean-sleeved, never tend to be inflammatory, and even dared to impeach Cai Jing who leaned towards the government and the opposition with his own strength, you don't form a party or engage in personal gain, it is absolutely impossible for a person like you to become someone else's lackey, Zhao Huan believes that you are not a person in Zheng Juzhong! And because of the importance of this matter, once the secret is leaked, it will cause serious consequences, so Zhao Huan is even more cautious in choosing the person to send the letter, don't forget that he and Zheng Juzhong are the same party, how many cronies he has Zheng Juzhong knows very well, and it may even have reached the point where even he doesn't know who the people around him are trustworthy, compared to them, you are the most reassuring person for him! It just so happened that at this time, you took the initiative to ask Ying to go to the front line to serve, and Zhao Huan naturally chose you, I even suspect that it is precisely because of this that he will agree to your request. ”

Uncle Zhang thought about it, nodded lightly, and showed a wry smile on his face at the same time, as if he didn't expect that he was actually getting the benefits of being a recognized Qing official, and he seemed to be feeling sad for Zhao Huan, sad that although he really didn't mistake himself as Zheng Juzhong's person, he never thought that he was actually Zheng Linfeng's person!

"The second question, why did Zhao Huan appoint Zheng Xiunian as the head coach?" Zhu Wu continued, "I don't believe that Zhao Huan's desire to get rid of the Zheng family was improvised, and he found out about the threat of the Zheng family after appointing Zheng Xiunian, I have long observed that Zhao Huan is a particularly tolerant person, the old emperor likes Zhao Kai to dislike him, he can bear it." Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng and others catered to the old emperor's holy will to deceive him, and he could bear it. In order to destroy us, he did not hesitate to bear the infamy, and he endured it. This kind of person can either endure difficulties or wait for the best opportunity to kill the enemy with one blow. He also didn't want to appoint Zheng Xiunian as the commander of the three armies, but he had to do it, now that the Great Song Dynasty was on the edge of the cliff, Zhao Huan alone could not turn the tide, and the Zheng family controlled the imperial court, it is said that this time the military expenditure was also reluctantly made up for Zhao Huan by Zheng Juzhong, whether they could fully cooperate with Zhao Huan was directly related to the outcome of this battle, so Zhao Huan had to use them again, so all this, including worshipping Empress Zheng as his biological mother, and marrying Zheng Juzhong's daughter, It's just a means he used to paralyze Zheng Juzhong. Judging from this letter, he and Yao Gu should have been planning this matter a long time ago, but the order he gave Yao Gu was to start after ending the battle and returning to Tokyo, but I don't know what happened during this time, maybe it was the Zheng family's actions that aroused Zhao Huan's vigilance and made Zhao Huan have to do it in advance, so he wrote this letter to Yao Gu. ”

"As for the last question, how did Yao Gu become Zhao Huan's person...... first of all, I will state first, this is my guess, hehe......," Zhu Wu looked at Zhang Shuye and smiled, "I think Yao Gu didn't see Zhao Huan for the first time until he entered Beijing this time, he should have forgotten one thing, two years ago Zhao Huan went to Xijing to quell the rebellion, and I also led the troops to help him under the commander's secret order, and when I arrived in Xijing, I helped Zhao Huan fight a big battle against defeat and victory, at that time in Xijing in addition to me and the Xijing army, there were tens of thousands of Northwest Army, Although they went to the northwest to guard against Western Xia the day after I arrived, under the auspices of Zhao Huan, I also met with them that night and drank a few glasses of wine, and I clearly remember that one of them was named Yao Siyuan, and I still remember what Zhao Huan said when he asked Yao Siyuan to toast me and introduce him to me...... ”

Zhu Wu learned Zhao Huan's tone and said, "Brother Zhu, this is Yao Siyuan, but the eldest son of Yao Gu, the envoy of the Xihe River, a heroic boy!" ”

Uncle Zhang suddenly said, "Brother Zhu, you mean ......, I really don't know about this matter!" In this way, could it be that Zhao Huan had already secretly contacted Yao Gu when he was in Xijing? ”

Zhu Wu nodded, looked at Zheng Fei again, and asked with a respectful expression, "Commander, what do you see?" As he spoke, the eyes of everyone in the audience immediately focused on Zheng Fei's body, and their expressions were the same as Zhu Wu's, and they only had to write the words "absolute obedience" on their faces.

Uncle Zhang couldn't help but be secretly a little surprised in his heart, he peeked at Zhu Wu and said secretly, "No wonder the commander trusts this person so much and gives him such a big burden, today, this person is really extraordinary, with just a few words, you can guess the layers of relationships hidden in them, and the meticulousness of your mind can be seen!" The commander's subordinates are really like wolves and tigers! And judging from the reaction of him and the others, it is easy for the commander to control them! ”

Here, Zheng Fei also nodded, now it seems that even if the truth of the facts is not as Zhu Wu's speculation, it should be much worse, Zhao Huan is also a ruthless hand, he can use the strategy of Lianjin to destroy Liao and resist Xia, which has surprised him, but he didn't expect that he still has a strategy, if he doesn't make a move, he will rely on this battle to calm all internal and external troubles at home and abroad in one fell swoop.

But as soon as he thought of this, Zheng Fei couldn't help but have some doubts, it stands to reason that with Zhao Huan's current calculation and forbearance, why would he behave so cowardly in the shame of Jingkang in history? At that time, if he could show half of today's ruthlessness, he wouldn't have ended up in a deep embarrassment, right?

Could it be that ......, Zheng Fei's heart moved, could it be because his appearance had messed up the situation in the world, and also messed up Zhao Huan's growth trajectory, making him change his personality in the tempering and testing again and again? This is very likely, after all, the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty due to Jingkang's shame was only half a year, before that, although Zhao Huan was always the prince, he had never even stepped out of the capital, that was comparable to since he messed up the world, he would lead the troops in Xijing, and then start a desperate court game with Tong Guan and others, presumably these are a rare exercise for him!

"Commander, what's wrong with you?" Seeing that Zheng Fei didn't say a word, sometimes with a wry smile on his face and sometimes a thought, Zhu Wu couldn't help but ask curiously,

Zheng Fei came back to his senses, and smiled bitterly in his heart, but this time he laughed himself, secretly wondering if Zhao Huan had changed, what was the use of thinking so much? Even if he has now suddenly become a heroic emperor like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Li Shimin, he must eliminate him and take the initiative to save the fate of the nation in his own hands!

Zheng Fei thought about smiling at everyone, then looked at Uncle Zhang and said with a smile, "Brother Zhang, this time I will make you suffer a little in advance." ”

Uncle Zhang hurriedly said, "Commander, but please drive, there is no complaint in the next place, but I don't know who to meet?" ”

Zheng Fei smiled, "Zheng Xiunian." ”

Zhu Wu and the others' eyes lit up when they heard this,

"Commander, do you want to ......?"

"Hehe...... Zhao Huan has sent such a big gift to us, how can we make good use of his kindness?"