Chapter 251: The Hidden Thunder Hand in the Night

Zhao Youju has an instinctive dislike for spy politics, not because of his personal political cleanliness - in fact, to the point where he is now, he has long been proficient in the art of power and scheming, and he can't talk about any political cleanliness at all except for leaving a little leeway in doing things, but also because he knows that spy politics is far less big than people who believe in its efficacy imagined, and there are endless legacies.

Especially in today's situation where there are no telephones, no telegrams, and no wiretaps, all spy politics lack the necessary material conditions. For example, Huo Chongcheng's secret spy could follow Liu Xianzhang to Chuzhou, but it would take him two days to bring the news from Chuzhou, and if the matter was urgent, it would be impossible for Zhao Heju to send someone to Chuzhou to confirm it, and in this process, the words of the secret spy became the only basis. Zhao Youju was not naïve enough to think that his subordinates would not dare to disobey the yang and yin, nor was he arrogant enough to think that he could really check everything and judge the truth of every word of those secret spies, so those secret spies should be used, but they could not rely too much.

Hearing Zhao and Ju say this, Cui He's heart calmed down because Huo Chongcheng sent people to stare at Qiao Xingjian, Rao is so, he still glanced at Huo Chongcheng from the corner of his eye, and saw Huo Chongcheng's helpless face, so he felt a little relieved.

"Qiao Xingjian is also conscientious and conscientious when he is in office, if he is just motivated and wants to be a governor of political affairs, it is not a big mistake." Zhao Youju said again: "It's just that the position of power is the public weapon of the world, that is, if I want to choose officials, I must also think for the world." Cui Qing, with virtue and prestige, Qing is enough to be the left minister, but this matter cannot be pushed out by Qiao Xingjian and others, and I must announce it when the time is ripe, Qing can understand? ”

In addition to the high-sounding reasons that Zhao Heju said, there is another meaning in his words that has not been revealed: the official position is a reward given by the Son of Heaven to the courtiers, and the punishment can be carried out by the ministers, but the reward must be controlled by the Son of Heaven no matter what, which is also the only way for the Son of Heaven to sit on the throne.

Of course, Cui He understands this, and he understands this deeply, he is willing to go out of the mountain as a prime minister in his ancient years, in order to be able to assist the Son of Heaven to achieve some achievements, and the position of the left minister is dispensable to him - because he now has its power.

"Qiao Xingjian's matter, you can know it, and I will keep him useful for the time being." Zhao and Ju said slowly.

If he didn't know earlier that Qiao Xingjian might be the mastermind behind many incidents, Zhao Heju's desire to get rid of it would be very urgent, but now he is not anxious. Qiao Xingjian's every move is now under his control, and this person is very interesting, the introduction of Xiao Bolang as the servant of the Ministry of Works, so that Zhao Youju's plan is several years ahead of schedule - originally Zhao Youju thought that it would take another five or six years before he could promote the liuqiu officials to small positions such as Liubu Langzhong.

Let the enemy be used by me, this is the high-level realm of power.

Cui and the old treacherous are very slippery, and he is secretly vigilant in his heart, what is the use of the emperor keeping Qiao Xingjian, it is nothing more than using him to test the courtiers, especially Ge Hong, he has a very good relationship with Qiao Xingjian, and both of them have served in the Guozijian for a long time, and the protégés and former officials are all over the world.

Ge Hong is involved in this matter, I don't know how deeply involved, if His Majesty wants to take him down, there will inevitably be another turmoil in the court.

Thinking of this, Cui He couldn't help but be a little worried.

After sending Cui He and Huo Chongcheng away, Zhao Heju closed his eyes and thought about Boya Building for a long time, and before he knew it, he fell asleep leaning on a chair. When he woke up, he was covered with a thin quilt, Xie Daoqing looked at him intently, met his gaze, and immediately lowered his eyelids: "Your Majesty." ”

"Daoqing." Zhao Youju beckoned to her: "Pour me a glass of warm water." ”

Xie Daoqing poured water for him and said, "Your Majesty, Sister Geng Wan has just come, and the brocade quilt on Your Majesty's body was worn by Sister Geng Wan for Your Majesty." ”

Zhao Youju glanced at her and nodded: "Daoqing, how are you studying now?" ”

"What I have learned now is much more interesting, and the sisters are very happy, and I heard that His Majesty has built a large Kong Ming lantern that can carry people to the sky, and the sisters want to try it too." Xie Daoqing's eyebrows and eyes were much more lively at this time, and he even showed a look of longing: "Your Majesty, the concubine knows that she is wrong." ”

This mistake is to know that the last time she asked Zhao and Ju what was the use of learning the study of things, although with the children from Xuzhou let the palace maids receive an education, she has already admitted her mistake in her heart, but when faced with Zhao and Ju admit their mistakes, this is the first time.

"Hehe, don't do anything, you can change your mistakes, and you can be good......" Zhao Youju said casually, after drinking the water, he looked at the clock, and it was lunch time, these days, he always felt that time passed quickly, and after resting for a while, he stood up: "Go to the fourth lady." ”

This turmoil in which Zheng Qingzhi recommended Cui He as the right minister seemed to have subsided overnight, whether it was Zhao Youju, Cui He, or the rest of the ministers, no one mentioned this matter, and everyone seemed to have forgotten about it.

Although Qiao Xingjian was silent, his disciple Liu Xianzhang was anxious, if it wasn't for Qiao Xingjian's obstruction, he even intended to create public opinion among the students and launch a Qing discussion to push Cui and his superiors.

In this strange atmosphere, the Great Song Dynasty ushered in the envoy of the Jin Kingdom.

The envoy of the Jin State came to the Great Song Dynasty to negotiate the fugitives from the two countries, and in normal times, it was normal for the people of the Song State to flee to the Jin State or the people of the Jin State to flee to the Song State, and Meng Hui's father even selected people from the young people who fled to the Song State to form an elite army. However, after Zhao and Ju came to power, the people who fled to the Song State were often traitors and criminals, while more and more people from the Jin State fled to the Song State. After the opening of the "Liuniang Trail", this kind of population migration became a large-scale semi-public situation, and more than 1,000 people moved from the Jin State to the Song State every month.

At the beginning, because of the bribery of the border generals, the monarchs and ministers of the Jin Kingdom did not know much about it, but a major event happened some time ago, the people of a county under the leadership of the county order, they actually fled to the side of the Song State en masse, which shocked the Jin State Manchu Dynasty, and then checked along the vine, not counting this county, the population lost since May has exceeded 10,000 people!

Nowadays, the land of Jin is small, and the population has lost a lot due to wars and disasters.

Losing such a large number of people in a short period of time, if he was killed by the government, the emperor of the Jin Kingdom would only sigh twice, but when he ran to the Song Kingdom, he couldn't help but jump like thunder. Not only were several court officials involved in this case punished, but he even sent an envoy to demand that the Song State return the fugitives and send back the daring county order.

After learning of the envoy's intentions, Zhao Youju lost interest in negotiating with him, and after sending Zheng Qingzhi to argue with him, he turned his attention to Goryeo again, and he was waiting for news.

At the end of October of the second year of Yanhuang, Huadao, Goryeo.

Winter in Goryeo was unusually cold, and although it was only the end of October, it was not much different from the middle of December in previous years. Although Monghu was driven back north of the Han River, there was still a large army, and the blockade of the Yalu River by the Song naval army did not seem to have played a role, so the Goryeo royal family was still stationed in Ganghwa Island.

Whether it is protection or surveillance, the importance of the Goryeo royal family to the powerful minister Choi made him have to make the most careful arrangements. At the beginning, the Cui clan also placed a large number of soldiers on Ganghwa Island, one to prevent Menghu from forcibly crossing the sea, and the other to guard against the Great Song Dynasty. However, after the Song State signed a temporary alliance with Goryeo and promised to support Goryeo in the fight against Monghu, this guard was relaxed, especially after the Song State Naval Division directly intervened in the battle, cut off the supply of Menghu's waterway, and forced it to withdraw to the north of the Han River, the defenders of Ganghwa Island were even more slack, after all, it was impossible for Menghu to break through the blockade of the Song State Naval Army and land on Ganghwa Island.

Park Yonglang sighed, shivering in the cold wind, and threw the cold weapon aside for him. He glanced indignantly at the room behind him, where there was a lively commotion, and the unique aroma of Song Guo's canned food when it was cooked, which made Park Yonglang swallow hard.

"Eat well and sleep warmly!" Park Yonglang scolded secretly, but he knew that that kind of life did not belong to him.

He was originally a native of Gongju Minghaksho, and more than 50 years ago, the thieves' uprising that almost forced the Goryeo court to despair took place in his hometown. Speaking of his ancestral background, he was also a beneficiary of the Tian Chai Receiving Law, but now, he is just a pariah who has neither fields nor mountains, and with the blessing of Tomonhu, he can finally join the Central Army of Goryeo, and he can eat food and salary in the second army and six guards, but this poor Baba food is only enough for him not to starve to death.

Thinking that on such a cold day, those officers were eating canned food from Song Guo around the charcoal fire, and he could only stand guard here because of his untouchable background, Park Yonglang's heart was even more angry.

Park Yonglang once ate canned food from the Song Kingdom, that was when the Song warship docked on Ganghwa Island to replenish the water, he helped very hard, and afterwards the Song Guards threw him a can, and he could still perceive the taste after three months. He swallowed and cursed in a low voice, but he didn't notice that a shadow crept silently over him. After a while, he couldn't stand the cold, and when he got up and stomped his feet, the shadow suddenly jumped up and reached out to cover his mouth.

"Spare your life!" He tried desperately to scream, but a cold sensation passed through his throat, and then he felt his strength uncontrollably pour out of his body. He licked his tongue hard, and the blood seeped into the tip of his tongue, sweet and salty, but he didn't feel scared in his heart, and the taste reminded him of the canned food of that day for the last time.

When his body was lowered, the figure waved his hand, and then a series of figures followed, numbering about a hundred, all of them silent, because they were disciplined.

By the light of the fire coming from the Korean house, the first person made a few gestures, and everyone dispersed, leaving only one person to change into Park Yonglang's clothes and shrink into the shadows as if on guard. About half an hour later, there were suddenly shouts and fights everywhere, followed by fires and countless people shouting in Goryeo.

"Menghu is coming, Menghu is coming!"

The Goryeo people, who were terrified by Menghu, heard such a shout, and immediately became a mess, and those who sought to hide in the ground hid in the ground, and those who knelt down and shouted to surrender, and there were also loyal and courageous intentions to resist, but the situation was too chaotic, there were fires everywhere, and there were no number of enemies killed on the island in the shadows and buildings, and their resistance was only a few countercurrents in the tide, and they were quickly carried and collapsed by their headless companions like flies.

This is expected, Xing Zhiyuansen's cold gaze swept over the chaotic enemy, and he thought disdainfully in his heart: "Native chickens and dogs, insert the label and sell the first!" ”

Just when the Goryeo people were in chaos, more than ten men and women were surrounded by dozens of people and came out of the fire, Xing Zhiyuan saw it and immediately lit a firework, and the fireworks that rose in the air exploded into a cloud of red flowers in the sky.

The dark shadows who were slaughtering and creating chaos in every corner heard the scream of the fireworks exploding, and they all stopped their hands, fought and retreated, and began to gather towards Xing Zhi in the distance.

Although they retreated, the chaos they caused did not go away, on the contrary, more fires were lit around them, and then someone shouted in panic: "King, king! ”

"Retreat!" Xing Zhiyuan made a gesture.

The crowd retreated quickly, and the road had already been cleared by them, so they moved very quickly, and the dozen or so captured people walked slowly, and they carried them directly on their backs, and in a moment, they disappeared into the night.

Cui Yu received the news the next morning, learning that the Song people raided Ganghwa Island and took away more than ten members of the Goryeo royal family on the island, including the current Goryeo King Wang Hao and the queen, the prince, Shu and the princess Shouxing, when he first received the news, Cui Yu was immediately furious and ordered the troops to surround the Song people, but before the order was issued, cold sweat went on his forehead.

The Song people are now allied with him against Monghu, why did they suddenly turn around and rob the Goryeo royal family?

Cui Yu pondered for a while, and glanced at his brother Cui Mingbo, this guy sent an envoy to the Song State, not only did he not realize his plan, but also got into trouble because of the snooping on the Song artillery, and was expelled by the Song State and declared that he would never be welcomed. But he is one of the few "Song Knowers" in the court, he has met the emperor of the Song State, and has dealt with the monarchs and ministers of the Song State, maybe he can know some of the plans of the Song State.

Therefore, he asked, "Brother Ming Bo, tell me, why did the Song people take away the royal family?" ”

Cui Mingbo's face had already turned pale, and his lips trembled, and when he heard Cui Yu's inquiry, he said angrily: "Lord Hou, the Song Kingdom has bad intentions, takes away the royal family, and competes with Lord Hou for the hearts of the people of Goryeo, if this is the case...... If so......"

Cui Yu's complexion immediately changed.

No matter how powerful he was in Goryeo, one thing that could not be changed was that he was not the king of Goryeo. The Goryeo royal family is a royal family, and his Choi family is only a powerful minister. His father controlled the royal family when he was alive, and even summoned ministers to be dissatisfied and assassinated, and he has controlled the current royal family for some years, who knows if there will be ministers who are dissatisfied and want to replace them!

What's more, now that all the descendants of the Goryeo royal family have been taken away by the Song people, if the Song people let the king of Goryeo issue an edict and declare his rebellion, he is only afraid that the congregation will immediately rebel and leave. Now he was able to suppress the disgruntled people of Goryeo by relying on his private soldiers, who had suffered heavy losses in the battle with Menghu, and with the Song people outside, he was no longer able to deter his opponents at home.

Cui Yu is by no means a mediocre talent, and he was able to inherit his father's throne, which was also the result of a struggle. As soon as his mind turned, he immediately ordered: "Give me an order at once, withdraw the army, and do not act rashly...... Mingbo, as a messenger, go to the Song army camp to meet the commander of the Song army, and say...... Let's just say that I am willing to accept all of the "Great Song Dynasty and the Princely Princes of the Great Song Dynasty", and I am willing to send my son to the Song Dynasty to join the Song Dynasty for me, and I am willing to supervise Goryeo for the Great Song Dynasty for generations! ”

When it came to the future, Cui Yu's voice trembled, almost hoarse.