As early as a few days ago, Wang Hao had seen Tong Guan's transfer to Tongjin Division through the Jinjuan Yuan and presented to the emperor, vaguely mentioning the defeat of the front-line army back to Xiongzhou; On the second day, he received a secret letter from the eunuch thief, which briefly described the defeat of Xiongzhou, and the focus was on taking the opportunity to dismiss the two of them, and let Liu Yanqing, a henchman promoted by Tong Guan, serve as the commander of the Northern Expedition army, so as not to hinder the war in the future. I was afraid that the ministers of the court would make an obstacle from it, so I asked Wang Hao to say a few words by the emperor's side. Wang Huang was so angry in the study at that time that he was scolding, Tong Guan, a thief, was so incompetent, he lost the battle, and he had to clean up this broken mess for him.

At the beginning, he strongly recommended this eunuch to the emperor. To this day, he has been embarrassed by such a big embarrassment. If he is attacked by Fanren and horses again, won't he become a sinner in the court?

I am trembling in this phase, so don't look at the old Master Cai at home, but after decades of eunuch experience, how can it be easy to deal with? Don't look at the old man who is eighty years old, he is still nostalgic for the position of power, and he is eyeing his position. The eunuch thief used to be good friends with Lao Cai Taishi, if a real person attacked him, the eunuch and the old vegetable head would definitely push themselves to the front as scapegoats, pull themselves down, and then degrade out of the capital and know the place. At that time, even if the eunuch thief was also degraded, but there was an old vegetable head secretly helping, and when the situation subsided for a while, wouldn't he still be a high-ranking official?

So these days, he is trying to keep a low profile when he goes to the court, changing his usual style of being in the limelight, and secretly thinking about countermeasures on the other hand. Unexpectedly, this eunuch has some luck, yesterday's secret letter mentioned that he would take advantage of the civil strife in Fanbang, send people to make more contacts, and promise these people to rebel with official wealth and goods, disintegrate the forces controlled by the Fanren court, and then wave the army north when the time is ripe, and sweep it away. From the letter, it can be seen that this old eunuch is like eating the golden pill refined by a Taoist priest, full of excitement and ambition, as if Tong has already won Yanjing.

Li Chuwen in Yanjing colluded with the Jin people to rebel, the princess of Shu intended to cause chaos, and even a cottage in Yizhou resisted the soldiers, he also heard about these things. After he paid homage to the prime minister, he set up economic offices in the three provinces, which were specially responsible for border affairs, and had nothing to do with the Privy Council, and directly obeyed him, and he could go around collecting information about border passes, fanbangs, and foreign enemies, and report them to the official family, who also praised him as a special intelligence agency. That's why he was able to know the big and small information about the border without leaving the study.

If you think about it carefully, what this eunuch said has some truth, which is in line with the essence of what the soldier said: "If the enemy does not move, I will not move". If you give the thief to find the internal response again, collude with the inside and outside, and launch it together, you will definitely be able to succeed! It's just that although the gang wants to help the thief, it also depends on what benefits the thief gives him. A few days ago, the eunuch also wrote a letter begging for him in fear, and asked him to help him get rid of the seeds and Xin, and promote his henchmen. This time, I will send him grain and grass first, and as for removing the seeds and the second general Xin, of course, we have to wait for the price set by this eunuch.

Wang Huang thought of a countermeasure, swept away the haze of these days, and as soon as the morning passed today, all the officials returned to their own department, and Wang Huang came over to ask to see the emperor.

When Zhao Ji heard about the civil strife in Nanjing, his old rival Liao, he couldn't help but be interested, and said, "The Qing family will come and hear about it." ”

Seeing Zhao Ji asking, Wang Hao hurriedly replied: "Yesterday, the minister learned from the Jingfu room that the Fanren Taiwei Li Chuwen rebelled and was arrested, the princess of Fanren Shu made a rebellion, and there was a cottage in Yizhou. ”

When Zhao Ji heard so much good news, he smiled, gloating that even the emperor could not avoid it, and said: "The people in this cottage can be regarded as loyal and brave, so they should inquire more and give them funding." ”

Wang Huang hurriedly said: "Yes, Your Majesty, the minister will send someone to inquire in detail and report to Your Majesty." The minister has been thinking about it day and night for the past few days, and the affairs of Xiongzhou are not to worry about any gain or loss, so please let your Majesty feel relieved. The ministers are worried, the fan people have long been competing with our dynasty, the prosperity of the armor, not less than my dynasty, the so-called hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, now the Jin people and the fan are fighting, for example, the fan people have a lot of strength, I don't fight with the fans, then the people have a lot of strength to fight with the Jin country; If I fight with the Fanren, then the Fanren have five points of strength to fight with me, and five points of strength to fight with Jin, and make wedding clothes for the Jin country. Looking at the momentum of the people today, there is still a momentum of mourning soldiers, it is not appropriate to start the war lightly, only it is appropriate to make Tong Xuanshuai garrison the border, as a wall watch, when the victory has been divided, and the winner is only five points of strength, then my army will go forward, and take Yanjing as if it were a bag to take things. This is the best policy! ”

After a while, Song Huizong nodded again and again, and praised: "You can still share my worries." Plan carefully and save national strength. Okay, just pass the edict to the front Tong Guan. ”

After that, Song Huizong summoned the eunuchs who served him, and passed on the duty of Hu Song, the scholar on duty, to dictate the will, and ordered Tong Guan's army to garrison Xiongzhou and guard the border. The sergeants must not be lax. After a while, Hu Songnian was about to submit the edict for reading, Song Huizong picked it up, saw that the snow-white rice paper was dripping with ink, and wrote:

Door. Five moves go by. God is on his way. Since I ascended the throne, the enemy from the north has invaded the territory, and the border people have suffered. A golden opportunity, delayed in a battle, the school lost his life, and Li Min cried bitterly. Ling Tong Guan led the army to garrison Xiongzhou and guard the border. The sergeants must not be lax. It is advisable to work together to benefit the ignorant and the ignorant, and all the soldiers and civilians should be deeply conscious.

Song Huizong nodded, picked up the imperial pen and signed the edict, and then handed it to Hu Songnian, Hu Songnian held the edict in his hand, bowed to Song Huizong and bowed again, and then retreated out of the library to record Huang Xingxia.

Song Huizong sighed and said, "It's really unpleasant to be haunted by such mundane things every day. Qing came just in time, accompany me to play on this Banzai Mountain. ”

Wang Hao suddenly bowed down and said, "The minister doesn't dare!" Don't dare! ”

Song Huizongqi said: "Why don't you dare? ”

Wang Hao still bowed down and trembled and said: "Long live the mountain is the mountain where Your Majesty will live forever, where can the minister go up?" If Your Majesty allows the minister to stand on the side of the Banzai Mountain, the minister will already be a blessing for several generations. ”

Song Huizong suddenly laughed and scolded: "Good you Wang Jinyan!" I even learned the slang of the market to make fun of me. Well, let me give you a feast here today. ”

Wang Hao was overjoyed, and hurriedly responded: "Thank you for your grace." While speaking, Song Huizong got up and walked outside the study building, Wang Hao followed behind, separated by two positions, not leaving an inch.

The two of them walked out of the study building, turned to the north, passed through a plum forest, passed the calyx green hall, and not far in front of them was the foot of Banzai Mountain. From a distance, it is difficult to imagine that this is a man-made stone mountain. The east and west stretch for several miles, the mountain is full of famous flowers and trees, all kinds of rare birds are scattered in the mountains, and there are pavilions and eaves between the flowers and trees. Under the flowers and plants, there are cave gaps, bursts of water vapor emerge from the gaps, and people who walk by have wide-sleeved robes and fluttering belts, looking at it as if they are in a fairyland.

There are eunuchs in front of the guide, and there are palace maids in the back, Song Huizong and Wang Hao two people along the mountain trail and go up, from time to time there are birds flying down on the grass or trees next to the group, and they do not avoid people, and look for food on the ground by themselves. Wang Hao couldn't help but praise: "Your Majesty is really an immortal!" Even this fairy bird likes to follow His Majesty. Song Huizong listened to it and said: "I have people who come to the ceremonial bureau here every day to feed and take care of it, and no one has ever harmed this bird and beast, so naturally I don't avoid people." ”

Wang Huang looked respectful, and said with a straight face: "Your Majesty is laughing, Your Majesty himself doesn't know, even a random messenger around Your Majesty doesn't know which star in the sky descends to serve Your Majesty in the mortal world." ”