Chapter 222 Guarding the frontier is an eternal precedent

Zhao Jingyun stood on the wall, holding a sword in his hand, and looked at the city in surprise.

Although he felt that this group of chaotic troops was not proper and had no combat effectiveness at all, after all, they had more than 10,000 people, and the absolute advantage in this force was here, and the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau had less than half of the people who could fight, and most of the weapons were not in hand, although Zheng Guanqun was full of confidence, Zhao Jingyun also believed that he could hold the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, but his own losses would not be small.

But in just a short period of time, the situation changed abruptly, and the rebel army that came first and the one who arrived later fought each other, and the two sides fought screaming and screaming, which did not seem to be a fraud at all.

When the soldiers approached the city, there was infighting?

Zheng Guanqun narrowed his eyes, secretly regretting in his heart, if he was in the army, he had a clairvoyant mirror on hand, and he could see whether these chaotic troops were really killing each other or luring themselves out of the wall. He took a deep breath, and as a veteran, he could smell the smell of blood in the air.

"Open the door, attack!" He thought for less than a minute before ordering.

"Zheng Zixi, what if there is fraud?" Zhao Jingyun persuaded: "Why bother to fight, just watch here!" ”

"This is an opportunity not to be missed." Zheng Guanqun said categorically: "Zhao Manqing, this is a military business, you are a scholar, and you are still watching from the city." ”

At this moment, he definitely looked like the veteran of the escort team that Zhao Jingyun knew who was ridiculed by everyone. Zhao Jingyun was stunned for a moment, but he was born with an upright temperament, which was very similar to his teacher Wei Liaoweng, he chased after Zheng Guanqun and asked, "What if there is fraud?" ”

"I have already arranged how to defend it, if there is fraud, just fight back, don't answer me." Zheng Guanqun said proudly.

Seeing him go down, Zhao Jingyun suddenly felt that on him, he seemed to look at a Tang style, the kind of Tang Dynasty "Why don't men take Wu hooks and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures".

After a while, Zheng Guanqun packed up his troops, and there were more than 20 horses pulling carts in the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, and now he also collected them to form his own cavalry team.

The rebels who were originally killed as a group couldn't care about the people in the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau at this time. Tang Fan led his 5,000-strong troops to surround Qian Sijie and his gang, although he was numerous, he could not withstand the combat strength of Qian Sijie's personal entourage, and Qian Sijie's cronies who stayed in his army found that it was not good, and led his troops to surround Tang Fan. The two sides were in a mess, and the rebels didn't know how to distinguish each other, and when they arrived, anyone who came close to them would be the first to strike, and they would only kill a river of blood.

At this moment, Zheng Guanqun led the army out, and after his more than 20 horsemen realized that the other party was really infighting, they immediately swept over the periphery. Although their riding skills were not excellent, it was more than enough to scare some peasants, and seeing these twenty or so horsemen rushing to kill, the rebels immediately became even more confused, and some of the little shrewd ones simply attacked directly.

A moment later, the infantry of the manufacturing bureau also came to the scene, although half of them were unarmed and only used wooden clubs, but their discipline and military training made them more than twice as effective compared to the disorganized rebels.

The autumn wind swept away the leaves, and the outermost Qian Sijie's troops were killed, and just as they were about to continue to attack Tang Fan's subordinates, a banner suddenly rose in Tang Fan's army.

The flag is embroidered with a camphor tree pattern, which is the old flag of Yuzhang Villa, and everyone in the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau knows this flag, and they can't help but be stunned when they see it. Zheng Guanqun was overjoyed when he saw the flag, and instantly understood why the enemy was infighting.

The battle of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau ended in a complete victory for the government, and Qian Sijie was killed in the chaos, and it was his personal guards who killed him. The remnants of the rebels were captured one after another, and became prisoners of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, and then, 2,000 people from the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau went down the river by boat, and arrived in Shanghai Town in only half a day's effort, and Zhao He, who was still dreaming of the emperor in the "palace", was captured and escorted to Lin'an to be executed. The case of Zhao He's rebellion, which caused a lot of uproar, ended like this.

"Tang Fan did a good job, Guangliang, you know that people can use it."

In the Great Song Dynasty Lin'an Forbidden Palace, Deloitte Hall, in front of Prime Minister Cui He, Governor Ge Hong and Xue Ji, Zhao Heju praised Huo Chongcheng.

"Ministers don't do their part." Huo Chongcheng was also full of spring breeze, the matter was resolved so smoothly, and more importantly, Zhao Heju praised him in front of Ge Hong, obviously washing away the shame of reprimanding Ge Hong last time.

Cui He stroked his beard with a smile, didn't say a word, but his eyes drifted to Huo Chongcheng from time to time, this person's identity is very special, he is not only an old friend of the Son of Heaven when he was in the countryside, but also the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven who has long been placed in Lin'an, and now he has the title of a secretary in the Ministry of Justice, but the chief officer of the Department has no right to ask about his actions. Xue Ji had complained to him more than once, thinking that giving privileges to such a villain was not the way for the state to hold it seriously.

Although he smiled, he was very worried in his heart, this time the Son of Heaven did what tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers did not do with secret spies, does that mean that the Son of Heaven will still use secret spies in the future?

Governing the country with secret spies will inevitably lead to villains running rampant and cool officials in charge. When Empress Wu ruled the country in the Tang Dynasty, he made Junchen and others brutalize loyalty.

It's just that Cui He understands that this kind of thing can only be listened to when he says it to the Son of Heaven alone, the Son of Heaven is still young, and he still has the grandeur of a young man, although the Son of Heaven is extremely restrained, but as a courtier, he must not be cautious. In front of the rest of the ministers, there must be room for the Son of Heaven, and you can't learn from Zhen Dexiu's straightforward advice, and it will be counterproductive to do things like that.

Xue Ji was bowing his head and pondering, as if he hadn't heard the words of the Son of Heaven at all. He has not had a good time lately, because of the incidents, from the Mi storm to the locust plague in Huaibei to the civil uprising in Huating, there have been calls for the resignation of the central minister to take responsibility for this. He is thinking about coming and going, Cui He will naturally not be given up by the Son of Heaven, so the only ones who are qualified to resign to calm the anger of the public are him and Ge Hong.

Ge Hong's face sank like water, and his eyes stared at Huo Chongcheng sternly, as if he wanted to find fault with Huo Chongcheng. Even Zhao and Ju also felt that his gaze was a little excessive, and he was slightly unhappy in his heart.

"Your Majesty, how to deal with the aftermath, please also ask Your Majesty to make a holy judgment."

After a long time, no one answered, Xue Ji realized that he couldn't be cold at this time, so he got up and saluted.

The aftermath is really a problem, the secret spies sent by Huo Chongcheng broke up the traitors, and captured more than 12,000 prisoners, all of whom are young and strong, if you add their families, there are 30,000. In the past, their result was to be assassinated and recharged, and they may even be executed, but the Son of Heaven only began to reform the military system some time ago, and no longer increased the forbidden army.

Zhao Youju smiled slightly, these people, he is very useful, so in Xue Ji's opinion, it is a big trouble, but in his opinion, it is not.

"These people want to be distributed to the real side, and Tuntian is helping, what do you think?"

Nowadays, the border of the Great Song Dynasty, except for the confrontation with Menghu north of the Daimyo's Mansion, the rest of the places are generally peaceful, but all the courtiers understand that this peace is only temporary. The Son of Heaven took advantage of this peaceful opportunity to purge the overt or covert opposition forces in the DPRK and China, and at the same time, he was also accumulating strength, and when the time was ripe, it was inevitable to go north to the Central Plains and restore the old land.

If this is the case, it is not a bad thing to exile these criminals to the frontier, at least they can hoard land on the border and partially solve the problem of military rations for future wars.

"Your Majesty Shengming, the ministers have no objections." Cui He said first.

The prime minister set the tone, and the two governors naturally followed suit. Zhao Youju smiled faintly and looked at the other person present, Hong Shikui, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites and a bachelor of Hanlin: "Hong Qing, do you have any opinions?" ”

Hong Zhikui sent two envoys to the Jin State, not only did not fail in his mission, but also fulfilled all the terms and conditions secretly ordered by Zhao and Ju, especially the matter of forcing the Jin State to open the Yellow River, which can be said to have fundamentally achieved the strategic advantage of the Great Song Dynasty over the Jin State. In this covenant, the Song and Jin combined to rule the Yellow River, and the Yellow River waterway was completely opened to the Great Song Dynasty sailors, and with the strength of the Great Song Dynasty sailors, it was easy to destroy the insignificant naval army of the Jin Kingdom. The Jin State took the opportunity of Menghu's heavy losses to recover the lands of Qinfeng, Yongxing, and Hedong, and it would also be divided by the Great Song Dynasty Naval Army, and the "Nanjing" Bianliang City of the Jin Kingdom was under the direct threat of the Great Song Dynasty Naval Army.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows how much advantage this treaty has achieved for the Song State. Therefore, after Hong Shikui came back, he was given the position of bachelor of Hanlin, and the next step was to enter the cabinet and become the chief official of the six departments. In this regard, Cheng Jue, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who is the boss of Hong Zhikui, is the most uneasy, although he has contributed to the enthronement of the Son of Heaven, but he is only drafting the edict, and Shi Miyuan and Xuanxuan, who have made meritorious contributions to the establishment, have now gone to work, not to mention him.

"The minister has no opinion." I don't know why the Son of Heaven wants to ask himself again, Hong Shikui hesitated slightly, and then said.

"Would you like to draft an edict for me?" Zhao and Ju Dao.

"Ministers should serve their own orders." Hong Zhikui said, immediately there was an inner servant to come to the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, he lifted the pen, while dipping the ink while conceiving the words.

"Okay, you immediately draft the decree, the Huating rebels should be dealt with seriously, I remember that God has the virtue of a good life, so I don't kill, together with all the outcasts of the family, the place where they flow is ......" Speaking of this, Zhao Youju paused, looked at the faces of several of his important ministers, and then smiled happily: "Xinzhou." ”

"What?"

Hong was stunned, and the pen in his hand almost fell off.

Zhao Youju saw that Cui You's always squinting eyes widened for a moment, and the wooden-faced Ge Hong's face twitched suddenly, and Xue Ji, who was brushing his beard, screamed in pain and pulled off a small lock of his beard. He showed a faint smile, and then said in a slightly surprised tone: "Could it be that Zhuqing is against it?" However, it was clear that Zhu Qing was already in favor. ”

"Your Majesty, this matter ...... This matter ......" Hong Shikui still wanted to speak, but when he saw his teacher Cui winking at him, he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

"Xinzhou is a frontier land, today I will not go to the Great Song Dynasty to reclaim, tomorrow I will be reclaimed by others." Zhao Youju said slowly: "Besides, although it is difficult to communicate now, it is not impossible, as long as the wind is good, you can come back once a year." Merchants seek profits, go to Tianzhu and big food trade, and they are still happy to go back and forth for three years, and they are still happy to do it once a year, so what's the pain? ”

"Your Majesty's intention is that these people ......" Ge Hong finally became attentive, and he asked tentatively, "Only this once, or will it be an eternal example in the future?" ”

"It's a permanent example." Zhao Heju said: "In the future, all the exiles will be exiled to Nanyang, and I will now set up cantonments in Nanyang and Xinzhou, and appoint officials - I know that the officials in the court and the central government are unwilling to go, so these two officials are self-seeking to be appointed, but on top of the transfer and promotion, Xue Qing and the officials must be generous to them. ”

Xue Ji was stunned at first when he heard this, and then he was overjoyed, not because of this strategy of the Son of Heaven, but because of the unspoken meaning revealed in the tone of the Son of Heaven.

He was worried that he would become the scapegoat for the recent catastrophic rebellion, but the tone of the Son of Heaven not only did not make him ask for resignation, but also the officials would continue to be controlled by him, which clearly showed that his trust in him was undiminished.

"What the official said is that Nanyang and Xinzhou are all remote places, and ministers who are not loyal to the monarch and serve the country cannot go. Xue Ji ignored Cui He and Ge Hong's eyes, and immediately said.

This trick is extremely powerful, the Son of Heaven took advantage of this excuse to allow the Liuqiu officials to enter the middle and high-level of the Great Song Dynasty in a roundabout way, Cui exchanged glances with Ge Hong, no matter how different they disagreed in other places, but they had to cooperate in this matter.

"Your Majesty, if the Ministry of Officials is now selecting officials and is willing to go to Nanyang and Xinzhou to serve, then how should it be handled?"

"I treat everyone equally, but in order to be familiar with the customs and climate of Nanyang and Xinzhou, I have to adapt to it for half a year, so as not to be damaged by the water and soil when I get it, and lose my intention to love and protect the officials." Zhao and Ju said quietly.

Cui He can almost see the scenes where those young officials who have political revenge and are eager to be promoted have taken risks to go to Nanyang and Xinzhou in order to be promoted quickly. The Son of Heaven put them in the flow to "adapt", whether it is to adapt to the climate or adapt to the new system, everyone knows well. It can be said that the Son of Heaven, on the premise of not harming the fundamental interests of the entire bureaucratic and scholarly class, had already begun the reform of the official rule of the Great Song Dynasty.

"These people, we call them to rebel against the people, in fact, they are a little wronged, or I am not thoughtful to provoke the people to revolt." Zhao Heju suddenly said: "I only said this to you, out of here, I will never admit that I learned from Cui Xianggong." ”

Everyone couldn't help but smile bitterly, especially Cui He, who protested: "When did the minister become like this? ”

Zhao Youju smiled, no longer dwelling on this matter, but sighed: "The people are better to deal with, how to deal with those moths of the Japanese army, Zhuqing will discuss a way." ”

The problem of supporting the Japanese army has been ascertained, and sure enough, there are Shi Miyuan's original sins mixed in it, and they all received the benefits of Shi Songzhi, and fell into the hands of Shi Songzhi. Their result is naturally a dead end, and Zhao Heju pushed the matter to the minister, naturally asking them to bear this name.

"As for Shi Songzhi's ......" when this name was mentioned, Zhao Heju's expression became serious, as an important member of the Shi Party, Zhao and Ju did not pay attention to Shi Songzhi, and after banishing Shi Miyuan, he recalled him from Xiangyang to Beijing, he was honest for a year, there was nothing unusual in the surveillance, and he resigned from his official position. Although he and Shi Miyuan are uncles and nephews, there is a gap in political opinions, so when he resigned, Zhao Heju did not care and directly approved. Unexpectedly, in less than a year, he colluded everywhere, not only the Japanese army in Beijing, but also the garrisons in Jiangbei and Xiangyang, many of whom had a close relationship with him.

Cui He, Ge Hong and Xue Ji also sat up straight, although Shi Songzhi has not been caught yet, but it is only a matter of time before he is caught, such a big case must be widely implicated, and the three of them listened attentively, for fear of missing something.

They all keenly judged that with Shi Song's case, there would be another fluctuation in the political arena of the Great Song Dynasty.