…

"General Cai, are you sure, you're not joking?"

In the face of Song Jiang's disbelief, Cai was still unequivocal: "I never joke about business. ”

After Cai Yan's reply, Song Jiang couldn't help but say, "General Cai, don't you think your conditions are too harsh?" ”

Cai still shook his head and said, "I don't think so." ”

Song Jiang said: "The imperial court ......"

Cai still directly interrupted Song Jiang and said: "Everything the court told you is lying to you, those big people in the court have only one idea, that is, to stabilize you first, and then eliminate you little by little, as for the means of eliminating you, I can boldly guess, as long as there is a war breaking out, it will inevitably send you all to the battlefield to fight, you fight with your life, the enemy will destroy you little by little, you don't fight with your life, they will kill you by military law, until you are completely no longer threatened, will spare the few of you who are lucky enough to survive. ”

Cai Ying's words made Song Jiang's black face suddenly turn whiter!

How could Song Jiang not understand that what Cai still said was true, once they accepted the recruitment of the Northern Song court, this would be their inevitable fate?

Cai still said: "And the conditions I gave you are your only way to live, and it is the road to success, which is also what you have been pursuing, do you still think that the conditions I gave you are harsh?" ”

Song Jiang's face was gloomy and uncertain for a long time before he looked at Cai Ying and asked, "The general wants to annex me?" ”

Cai still did not avoid this question, but replied very shamefully: "You can think so." ”

After receiving Cai Ying's affirmative reply, Song Jiang's eyes narrowed slightly, and said, "The general seems to be seizing the opportunity to strengthen himself?" ”

Cai still replied very honorably: "You can understand it this way. ”

A smile slowly appeared on Song Jiang's face, and said: "Anyway, out of this wooden house, whatever the general said, you can not admit it, the general might as well talk to Xiao Ke about the general's ambition, maybe Xiao may not help the general." ”

Cai still stared at Song Jiang and smiled, "What if I don't say it?" ”

Song Jiang slowly put away his smile and said: "Xiao Ke has told the general all about Xiao Ke's dissatisfaction with the imperial court, and the general already knows that Xiao Ke does not really want to accept the imperial court's recruitment, even if he accepts the imperial court's recruitment, it is just forced by the situation to temporarily reluctantly, so, if the general can't give Xiao Ke a satisfactory answer, Xiao Ke will not escape death, so why send a great credit to the general in vain?" Therefore, this matter of recruiting an will be stopped, if there is a chance, Xiao Ke will definitely let Wu Xuexuan and Lu Junyi resist to the end. ”

Song Jiang then said: "Xiao Ke didn't even want to accept Zhao'an told the general, there is nothing to say to the general, so Xiao Ke will tell Xiao Ke's hole cards to the general, Xiao Ke has used a few days ago to find out from the guards guarding Xiao Ke that the imperial court only gave you a month to solve the problem, and now most of this time has passed, think about it, as long as Wu Xuejiu and Lu Junyi hold on for another one or twenty days, you will withdraw by yourself, and they will achieve the final victory in this battle." ”

Cai still put away his smile and said, "Are you threatening me?" ”

Song Jiang bowed to the ground and said, "Xiao Ke doesn't dare, the general is now Xiao Ke's only hope, where does Xiao Ke dare to be rude to the general?" Xiao Ke just had the courage to state a fact to the general. Ask the general to give Xiao Ke a clear answer, so that Xiao Ke can make the final choice! ”

Cai still stared at Song Jiang for a long time, and when he saw that Song Jiang did not hide or avoid in the face of his aggressive gaze, he said word by word: "I will take advantage of the situation." ”

……

A day later, Song Jiang presented to the court of the Northern Song Dynasty, saying that they were willing to accept the court's recruitment and accept all arrangements made by Cai Ying.

And Cai still gave a chapter to the Northern Song court, informing the Northern Song Dynasty of all his arrangements for the Song Jiang Righteous Army.

Zhao Ji, Yu Shen, Wang Hao, Tong Guan and others saw that Cai still not only deprived Song Jiang of the right to command the army, but also reduced the 10,000 Song Jiang rebels to only 2,000, and also mixed 1,000 Jin Wu troops into these 2,000, and his eyes almost didn't pop out.

Dazai Yu Shen was a little worried: "Won't this really force Song Jiang and them to rebel?" ”

Wang Hao glanced at Yu Shen and said, "Song Jiang has been deprived of military power and changed to a civilian official, how can he rebel?" Dazai is too worried. ”

Tong Guan also said: "If Song Jiang and his gang can really accept such an arrangement, then they don't have to worry. Then he bowed to Zhao Ji and said, "Congratulations to the official family, at the critical moment of recovering Yanyun, you have perfectly solved the rebels of Song Jiang." ”

Seeing that Wang Hao and Tong Guan, the two important ministers he believed in, also thought that Cai Ying's mission was doing a good job like him, Zhao Ji was very relieved and said, "I don't want Cai Ying to really be able to shock a bandit like Song Jiang!" ”

Tong Guan said: "This is the prestige of a good general, if Huang Qianshan and Liang Fangping also have such prestige, this group of rebels would have been recruited a long time ago." ”

Wang Hao knew that Tong Guan was not promoting Cai Ying, but using Cai Ying to suppress Huang Qianshan and Liang Fangping, who were likely to rise, especially the latter, who had risen very fast recently and might even pose a threat to Tong Guan.

Wang Huang glanced at Liang Shicheng behind Zhao Ji without a trace.

Liang Shicheng nodded.

Wang Hao retracted his gaze and said: "Otherwise, Cai is still indispensable to recruiting the rebels of Song Jiang, but he cannot deny the leadership of Huang Qianshan and Liang Fangping. ”

Tong Guan didn't look at Wang Hao either, but said directly to Zhao Ji: "The minister didn't say that Huang Qianshan and Liang Fangping were useless, only that they were powerless and embarrassed. ”

Wang Hao said: "What does this have to do with Liang Fangping, he is just supervising the army, and Huang Qianshan is responsible for the war and recruitment." ”

This is the advantage of eunuchs, they can advance or retreat - they can make war merits, and they can shirk responsibility when they retreat.

Wang Hao took advantage of this to defend Liang Fangping.

I don't want to, this is right in the middle of the child's heart.

Tong Guan said leisurely: "The leader must have the responsibility that others do not have, must have the determination that others do not have, and must have the courage to take the initiative, since Liang Fangping can only perform the duties of supervising the army, I am afraid that it is not enough to serve as the commander of the first army, but Cai still has the potential in this area, and I hope that after one or two decades, he can become an outstanding commander like General Wang Hou." ”

Only then did Wang Hao and Liang Shicheng react, Tong Guan didn't want to beat Liang Fangping to death with a stick at all, but just didn't want Liang Fangping to become the second him.

But by this time, it was already too late.

Zhao Ji thought for a while and said: "Liang Fangping still has some credit, but it is indeed less decisive, it is difficult to lead the army alone, and he can only cooperate with others." ”

Thinking that Liang Fangping was his confidant after all, and he had also made meritorious contributions this time, so he had to maintain it, Zhao Ji's tone changed, and he said, "Hmm...... The responsibility for the failure to recruit security before was mainly due to Huang Qianshan, and Liang Fangping was not at fault, on the contrary, Liang Fangping was also able to recruit security, which was commendable. ”

Yu Shen on the side opened his mouth and wanted to say a few words for Huang Qianshan, because Huang Qianshan was recommended by him.

Don't want to, Zhao Ji doesn't have him as a dazai in his eyes at all, he only talks to Wang Hao and Tong Guan, so that Yu Shen can't say anything.

Yu Shen was picked up by Cai Jing, and he was Cai Jing's right-hand man, Cai Jing experienced many ups and downs in the Northern Song Dynasty, and he also followed the ups and downs many times.

Now that Cai Jing has become a leader and Wang Hao has begun to take power, Yu Shen feels that Wang Hao is young and aggressive, and Tong Guan is holding the military power to prevent him from interfering a little.

Yu Shen couldn't help but feel a little excited, and saw through it, after Cai Jing left the imperial court, it was difficult for him to do anything, so it was better for him to give up this Dazai position and leave the imperial court, a place of right and wrong.

Soon after, Yu Shen asked Zhao Ji to resign: "Official, the minister has reached the age of seventy, and he may be a little old and confused, please let Your Majesty approve the minister to return to his hometown." ”

Zhao Ji quickly approved.

The next day, the Northern Song Dynasty court officially issued an edict, Yu Shen with the title of young master, Zhenjiang Jiedu envoy out of Fuzhou, and at the same time, the Northern Song Dynasty court also issued an edict appointing Wang Hao as the Dazai and the servant of the door, Wang Hao officially became the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty.

When Wang Hao officially became the prime minister, Cai still made a drastic effort to reorganize the Song Jiang Righteous Army.

In this process, Cai still did not be polite to the Northern Song Dynasty court - Cai still asked the Northern Song Dynasty court for a large amount of severance pay, and then not a single copper plate was intercepted and all the people who were brushed off by him were distributed, which initially fulfilled his commitment to Song Jiang, so that all the people who were brushed off by him left satisfied, and initially won the trust of Song Jiang and others.

By the time Cai still finished reorganizing the Song Jiang Righteous Army and completely ate it, all the troops except the Jinwu Army and the Guangji Army had already evacuated Wuma Mountain - the reason why the Guangji Army stayed and did not leave was mainly to help the Jinwu Army keep an eye on the Song Jiang Righteous Army and prevent the Song Jiang Righteous Army from revolting.

But—

It's all redundant.

Because, Song Jiang's righteous army is really surprisingly cooperative.

Of course, it cannot be said that the Song Jiang Righteous Army did not resist at all.

The twin-tailed scorpion Xie Bao was unwilling to surrender to Cai Zhen, who killed his brother and the two-headed snake Xie Zhen, and found an opportunity to escape with hundreds of people.

But for the entire recruitment process, the impact is completely negligible.

By the way, because the Song Jiang Righteous Army accepted Zhao'an, Li Ying, Yang Zhi, Hu Yanxuan and other people who originally belonged to the Song Jiang Righteous Army, who had been escorted to Beijing before, were sent back - this was one of the few conditions put forward by Song Jiang.

At the end of August, the imperial court sent the eunuch Huang Jingchen to issue a holy decree ordering the Jinwu army to return to the court, and Li Ruoshui, a doctor of Taixue, came with him.

In this holy decree, the imperial court also officially promoted Cai to still be the commander of the Jinwu Army and the deputy chief of the soldiers and horses of the Jingxi and West Roads, and named the Song Jiang Righteous Army as the "Jinwu Right Army" under the control of Cai (the original Jinwu Army was renamed the "Jinwu Left Army"), and the garrison of the left and right armies of the Jinwu Army also became the area of Dayoze on the edge of Jeju Prefecture, and guarded the Jingdong Road together with the Guangji Army, and also cooperated with the Huaiyang Army to guard the Jingdong Road.

The rewards for Song Jiang and others also came down.

Not to mention the reward, under the mediation of Cai Ying, the rewards received by Song Jiang and the others were very rich, so that they couldn't pick out the slightest benefit.

Here is just a word about promotions:

Song Jiang was promoted to the pacification envoy of Jeju, the doctor of Wudeok, and the general sentence of the Kim Wu army.

Lu Junyi was promoted to the deputy envoy of the Luzhou regiment, Gong Weilang, and the deputy commander of the Jinwu Left Army.

He was promoted to a scholar of Wu and was a member of the Senate of the Jin Wu Army.

Wait a minute......

Li Ruoshui, who witnessed this scene with new eyes, wrote a poem:

The big book and yellow paper flew in, and twenty-four people worshiped the lord; The fat pawn was arrogant, and the scholar and girl were stunned.

……