Chapter 603: Stationed in Lin'an

The emperor's envoy brought such good news, how could Shi Bin and the others not be overjoyed? With the power of the governor's soldiers and horses, Zhao Gang's 2,000 men and horses, 3,000 men and horses outside Lin'an City, and 20,000 Shi Bin's descendants in the camp, these 25,000 soldiers and horses are enough to ensure that Shi Bin can sit back and relax in Lin'an City.

In order not to make people feel that they were untrustworthy, Shi Bin immediately ordered Zhao Kui to be released to reassure the emperor. When Zhao Kui was about to ride away, Wang San suddenly ordered the soldiers to close the camp gate and did not allow him to leave. This made Zhao Kui angry, and Shi Bin also felt a little confused and embarrassed when he saw this situation.

understood that Wang San was by no means going to trap himself in a place of faithlessness and unrighteousness, and there must be some reason for it, so Shi Bin went to inquire about the reason.

"Brother Xian, why are you doing this? Let Zhao Kui leave quickly to calm the emperor's heart, if the emperor breaks his promise and disregards Zhao Kui's safety, won't we be busy in vain? ”

"Big brother, I ordered the soldiers to close the camp gate just so that we wouldn't be busy in vain." Wang San hurriedly explained.

Wang San's words made Shi Bin puzzled, in order to make the matter solve quickly, Shi Bin immediately asked: "What does the virtuous brother mean by this?" Why don't you let Zhao Kui go so that we don't have to be busy in vain? ”

"Big brother, you have also been in officialdom for a long time, don't you feel that something is missing?" Wang San said with a smile.

In Shi Bin's opinion, the emperor's envoy has already sent the news, and he only needs to go to Xie En first and then go to get the official uniform and official seal.

Seeing that Shi Bin was still ignorant, Wang San had to sigh and said: "Big brother, the emperor only asked the envoy to bring an edict now, but there is no appointment document, no official uniform, no official seal, and no holy decree, this is not true." What if the emperor wants to make the eldest brother into Lin'an City again? ”

Although I feel that the emperor will not go back on his word, it is indeed not safe to have only an oracle without appointing official documents, official uniforms and official seals as guarantees. So Shi Bin said to the messenger that he wanted the emperor to send Qin to announce the decree, and bring the appointment document, official uniform and official seal together, and he would release Zhao Kui.

After listening to the news brought by the envoy, Li Zong couldn't help but sigh that Shi Bin was thoughtful and even took this into account. However, for the sake of Zhao Kui's safety, Li Zong had no choice but to send Qin to Shi Bin's camp to announce the decree according to Shi Bin's words, and bring the appointment documents, official uniforms and officials with them.

After receiving these things that symbolized his identity, Shi Bin naturally would not break his promise, and immediately released Zhao Kui. and brought a thousand soldiers and horses into Lin'an 'Shane'.

As soon as he entered the city, Shi Bin replaced the several city gates controlled by the commander of the guards and infantry with his own people to ensure that he could leave the city safely at any time. and ordered Zhao Gang to always pay attention to the movement of the army in front of the palace to prevent himself from being assassinated after entering the palace.

This arrangement made the emperor have nowhere to start even if he had the intention of getting rid of Shi Bin, so Shi Bin was naturally relieved and could sleep peacefully.

Shi Bin can sleep peacefully, but Li Zong can't, he is afraid that Shi Bin will lead 20,000 soldiers and horses into the palace to seek revenge one day, and he will be abolished. Even like his ancestor Zhao Kuangyin, there was a Chen Qiao mutiny, and he simply wore a yellow robe.

Worried that it would be useless, Li Zong needed a capable advisor to solve this thorny problem, so he immediately summoned Zhao Kui, who had been released, to meet him. found that Zhao Kui had no scars on his hands, and Li Zong, who understood that he had been deceived, was furious, and he accidentally fainted. It took a full hour for Rishu to wake up, but he was still angry, and his eyes were full of remorse.

At this time, Li Zong wanted to kill Shi Bin even faster, so he asked Zhao Kui what he could do. But Zhao Kui shook his head again and again, saying that he could only endure it for the time being. Because Shi Bin is still very vigilant now, there are more than 20,000 descendants inside and outside Lin'an City, and a large psychological sect will lose his life.

Knowing the importance of saving his life, Li Zong accepted Zhao Kui's suggestion and decided to lie dormant, intending to slowly seek an opportunity to eradicate Shi Bin. Because of Zhao Kui's words, Shi Bin had a comfortable life after a few days.

Afraid that after a long time, Shi Bin was in a high position, and the emperor was in the palm of his hand, he became slack, so Wang San, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi advised Shi Bin not to indulge in the joy of victory, and to run the two Zhejiang as soon as possible to lay a foundation. Fortunately, Shi Bin did not lose his mind because of this victory, and accepted the opinions of the three and quickly thought about it.

"Guys, what do you say I should do now?" Shi Bin asked.

"What should I do?" Jia Ling sneered after listening to Shi Bin's words, and said, "Of course, we should do what we need to do, continue to expand our influence and strengthen our foundation." ”

Of course, you can't stupidly ask, 'where to expand the influence and strengthen where the foundation', but for a while, Shi Bin's mind was not clear, and he really couldn't think of an answer. I can only nod my head in agreement in a fake way.

Seeing that Shi Bin didn't speak for a long time, Jia Ling was a little impatient, and she spoke again: "My husband was worried that he would not be able to get out of Lin'an by being besieged on all sides, so the first thing to do was to control the Liangzhejiang Road. Father also mastered the Huainan Road, so that even if things change, we can deal with it calmly. ”

Jia Ling's meaning is very clear, if Li Zong wants to quell the chaos, he will transfer troops from the Jiangnan and Fujian roads, and only by mastering the two Zhejiang roads can Shi Bin carry out effective resistance. The Huainan Road is in the hands of his father-in-law Jia Yidao, and the Henan Road and Jingxi East Road are in the hands of Shi Bin. And Jia Rudao will not deliberately block Shi Bin's reinforcements from going south to Liangzhejiang Road. So as long as you have the two Zhejiang roads in hand, everything is foolproof.

"Xiao Ling's words are very true, you have to take control of the Liangzhejiang Road first, do you think it is better to appoint someone to be the envoy of the Liangzhejiang Road?" Shi Bin asked.

"Naturally, it has to be a descendant. Now that Li Chao is in charge of Jinghu, the two roads are inseparable, and Wang San, the Sichuan commander-in-chief, is even more impossible. Liu Xiao is the pacification envoy of Jingxi Road, Yi Jun is the transport envoy of Henan Road, Li Xu is the pacification envoy of Henan Road, and Xie Qiangbing is the commander of the Wu'an Army. In this way, the only ones who can take time out to be the envoys of these two Zhejiang roads are Li Xu, Yi Jun or Xie Qiangbing. It is enough to keep one person on Henan Road, and the younger brother sees that it is appropriate to keep Yi Jun. Li Xu is careful in his work, so he is suitable for being a two-Zhejiang system. At the same time, Xie Qiangbing should also be given a transfer envoy or appeasement to the local area, it is not good to always be in charge, for fear that he will complain. Wang San said immediately.

"By saying this, my heart is much more secure. But one more thing reminds me. Shi Bin muttered, "Although I have been an envoy along the river for two years, the foundation is actually mainly in Shaanxi, the foundation of Hedong is not deep, and the West Road of Hebei has no foundation. Now the system along the river has been taken away by Wu Qian, and after a long time, although I have won the two Zhejiang roads, I have lost the Hedong and Hebei West roads, isn't it worth the loss? ”

"The husband is right, we have to send someone to be the envoy of this riverside system and defend the territory." Sai Xi Shi said.

"It seems that there are not enough people..." Shi Bin said melancholy: "Zhao Gang and Xie Qiangbing are not talented, Li Zengbo and Cheng Yuanfeng are not loyal enough, not to mention Wang Lixin. How can this be? ”

"My lord, it may be possible to get out of this embarrassing situation according to the lowly approach." Xu Feng said.

"Oh? Let's talk about it. Jia Ling grabbed the conversation and urged.

"Sichuan and Jinghu Road are the foundation of adults, Jinghu Road and Sichuan have been in business for many years, in fact, as long as you send people to defend it, you don't have to let talented people stay there. Lord Zhao is indeed not suitable for governing the place, although Lord Xie is not capable, it is still okay to defend the land for the lord. Therefore, the humble position thinks that this system along the river should be used by the three kings, and Lord Xie will go to be the governor of Sichuan. The adults only need to tell Lord Xie to act carefully, and order Master Li Chao to supervise from the side. Also, please don't forget Lord Sai Zilong, he is also a great talent, so it's good to let him be the pacification envoy of Hedong Road. And then there is that Wang Yi, he has been a Beijing official for many years, and it should be good to be promoted to be the secretary of the ministry. ”

This has to be said to be a big move, but it did make Shi Bin's general Wang San pull out, and everyone was happy after hearing it, and they all praised Feng for his cleverness.

So Shi Bin decided to play Li Xu as the envoy of the Liangzhejiang Road, Wang San as the envoy along the river, Wang Yi as the secretary of the ministry, and let Wu Qian go to be his pacification envoy of Jingdong East Road again.

Seeing the twist, Li Zong laughed angrily, and scolded Shi Bin for being a chaotic minister and thief, who was not greedy enough, and really wanted to learn from Cao A to hide from the Son of Heaven in order to order the princes.

Although the ability is not enough to eradicate Shi Bin, it is still possible to find someone to block Shi Bin and fight against Shi Bin. Therefore, Li Zong immediately brought Zhao Kui and Li Fu into the palace to discuss the matter with them.

Although the two of them are not of the same mind and morality, they are both loyal ministers of the Great Song Dynasty, so they were immediately furious when they saw Shi Bin's letter, and expressed their willingness to unite their protégés and former officials to deny Shi Bin's request together with the emperor.

Although Shi Bin is powerful, he is mostly in the military, and politically only Jia Yidao, Li Zengbo, Cheng Yuanfeng, Wang Yi and Wang Lixin and their protégés and former officials are supported, far less powerful than Zhao Kui and Li Fu, who have been in Beijing for a long time. So several efforts failed to allow Shi Bin to achieve this goal.

Thinking of the appearance of Zhao Kui and Li Fu on the top of the main hall, Shi Bin's heart was full of envy, jealousy and hatred, and he secretly regretted that he didn't leave a capable person in Beijing, but left Zhao Gang, a brave man with little resource.

But regret is useless, Shi Bin must find a way to force Li Zong to agree to his request as soon as possible, otherwise it will change later. As a last resort, Shi Bin could only gather Wang San, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi again to discuss.

"Our political foundation is too shallow and our influence is insufficient, what do you say?" Shi Bin asked with some frustration.

"Big brother, this name is not right, if the eldest brother can become the prime minister, everything will be easy to do." Wang San reminded.

"Prime Minister?" Shi Bin understood what Wang San meant, and said: "That's true, I regret that I shouldn't have abandoned the governor's affairs in the first place, and only thought about the privy envoy." ”

"Big brother, don't worry, it's not difficult to get a prime minister, just use some wrists." Wang San smiled confidently.

Once Wang San smiled like this, it meant that the success rate of the matter was very high, so Shi Bin was not in a hurry and just waited for Wang San to say it himself.

"Big brother, during the Han and Tang dynasties, the power of the prime minister was too heavy, which led to social instability, so since then, the power of the prime minister has been declining. Now that Zhao Kui is the only one in the court, the power of the prime minister has increased again. Zhao Kui has a strong personality and must often quarrel with the emperor, so as long as we send someone to say a few words of slander in front of the emperor to make the emperor suspicious of Zhao Kui, he naturally wants a second phase to balance Zhao Kui. When the time comes, let's protect Wang Yi as this time, okay? Of course, during this period, Wang Yi still has to 'argue' with us. It's best to get to the point where you get into a quarrel when you meet. ”

This time, Shi Bin understood the meaning and couldn't stop laughing. Jia Ling, Sai Xishi and Xu Feng on the side also expressed their admiration again and again.