Listening to Hou Mengyan and Chao Gai and Song Jiang's gang who gathered in Shuibo Liangshan, Gao Yu's complexion, who was secretly thinking in his heart, suddenly changed, and said in his heart that some time ago, Chen Xi really wanted to compete for fame, but he went to Jingdong Road to pick up the thieves in various places but was killed miserably, and Xiao Tang, who was known as Quan Yu, made a mess, and invaded the state capital is not inferior to the two mountains of Qingzhou, isn't it the gang of Chao Gai and Song Jiang in Shuibo Liangshan?

Now it can be regarded as a transfer of the target of hatred, Gao Yu hates that Xiao Tang can't be crushed to ashes, and he can't say that he is extremely hostile to Liangshan Chaogai and Song Jiang's gang of thieves who gathered in Xiaoyu. But after all, it is also the Green Forest Thieves who are against the imperial court, and they can be eliminated earlier, Gao Yu thought to himself that this Hou Meng mentioned the Liangshan thieves to the official family at this time, but what good plan could he have?

And Zhao Ji listened to Hou Meng's advice, his face also sank, and said: "There are also Chao Gai and Song Jiang gangs on Jingdong Road who are harassing the country, I know that the Liangshan bandits have broken through the Dongping Prefecture Capital, and they have resisted the official army with the two mountain bandits in Qingzhou, and they are also rampant. ”

Hou Meng listened to the official's tone was not good, but he was not flustered, but still said in a calm tone: "I heard that there are two mountains in Qingzhou and Liangshan in Shuibo on Jingdong Road to gather people to run rampant in the state capital, and the officials and soldiers of the states dare not resist. When visiting Hebei and Shandong, the minister also found out that the thief leader in Liangshan, Song Jiang, was born in Yuncheng, and he was respected among the thieves in the green forest, but unlike the rebel minister and thief Xiao Tang in the name of Quan Yu, he wanted to confront the imperial court, although he plundered the state and county, he also said that he had committed a major crime by mistake, so he took refuge in Liangshan Shuiboli, only waiting for the court to pardon the crime and recruit peace, and there was no disagreement with the country.

Now Fang La, Xiao Tang, Chao Gai, and Song Jiang bandits rose together, although the Xia Kingdom in the west was temporarily submitted, it still harbored bad intentions, and the north was involved in the dispute between Liao and Jin...... The military horses everywhere have been dispatched in time, and they must not start the conscription. With the foolishness of the ministers, like Liangshan and other outlaws who gathered in the Shuibo Mountains, they all committed official punishments, and there was no way to avoid them, so they gathered in the mountains and forests, and they were unscrupulous. If you pardon the river, if you send a Dan edict, Guanglu Temple awarded the imperial wine Zhen shame, send the envoys until Liangshan Bo good words to soothe the edict, recruit An to surrender, if this makes it to ask Xiao Tang to redeem himself, to poison the poison and the enemy thieves, when Tong Shu suppresses the Liangshan Kou, it is possible to clear the thieves in Shandong, so public and private. His Majesty the Holy Treasure. ”

"Hou Zhongshu's words are wrong! The Liangshan Bo thief is also a traitor who openly entered Fuzhou, plundered and robbed the treasury and warehouse, and went to recruit the thief who committed a heinous crime, and destroyed the imperial court discipline. Measuring Xiao Tang, Song Jiang and other grass cowards, why should they use the method of thieves to govern thieves and lose the majesty of the country? Jiangnan is even more harmful, and there is no need for Tong Shu to raise the elite of the western army in the border court, and the micro-ministers are not material, and they are willing to go to the anti-thief Kou leader Xiao Tang, and then sweep the Qingshui Village, exterminate the fanatics, in order to repay His Majesty Longen! ”

Among the civil and military officials of the last dynasty, who jumped out to oppose Hou Meng's recruitment of An Xiao Tang and his gang was the most fierce, it was also the three Ya Taiwei Gao Yu, although he himself was born as a scoundrel in Bianjing, but since he took power, he also despised the idle men in the market, the green forest and grass reckless, and other mud-legged characters, although the ten knots who served the court since the first emperor were mostly born in the green forest, but later they were recruited by the characters, but after all, it was before Gao Yu's career, and for Gao Yu, who was born in a humble background, Now there are still rebels and thieves who can get an official position in the name of Zhao'an, which will undoubtedly arouse his sensitive mind.

Of course, Gao Yu also knew that he had no ability to lead troops to fight, but as long as he was equipped with a relatively brave and warlike forbidden army except for the Western Army in the border court, Gao Yu thought that he should be able to erase his lack of command ability. Liangshan Song Jiang and his gang are also thieves who want to be eliminated, so what can he do if he is willing to accept recruitment? Gao Yu thought to himself that if he took this opportunity to make great contributions, he would finally be able to eradicate Xiao Tang, a thorn in his side, wouldn't he also show the officials: If you say that people who are loyal to Your Majesty from beginning to end, it depends on the old ministers......

Hou Meng saw that Gao Yu immediately jumped out to oppose his strategy of using thieves to control thieves, and he couldn't help but have a flash of disdain in his eyes. What kind of person is he, an old minister in the court? Back then, he dared to comment on Cai Jing directly in front of the official family and said, "Let Jing be able to correct his mental skills, although the ancient sages can add it", but in fact, he turned a corner and scolded Cai Jing for his improper mental skills and taught the minister who was in power to grit his teeth and hate it; When the border general Gao Yongnian was killed by the Qiang people, Hou Meng would also ask Zhao Ji to be punished for his crimes, and even included the eighteen generals in the border army, including Liu Zhongwu, who had been close to Gao Yu, but it was also because he did not want the border court to lose his talents in vain, out of consideration for the country.

Now that Xiao Tang has openly rebelled against the imperial court, in Hou Meng's view, he has completely walked into the hostile face of the country, Hugh said that the official family will never tolerate him now, Xiao Tang was originally a member of the court who was respected from the second grade, and even gathered people to rebel, if the court wants to open a bargaining chip to teach him to surrender, I am afraid that only the official family will give him the emperor's seat.

However, Hou Meng knew very well that the situation in Liangshan and Song Jiang was completely different, since he could use his strength to reduce the country's military expenditure as much as possible, why not do it?

And Zhao Ji, who was sitting on the dragon chair, saw that Gao Yu and Hou Meng had their own words, and he also fell into contemplation for a while. Zhao Ji hated Xiao Tang who betrayed his holy grace, and he couldn't wait to immediately get rid of Fang La, who was now in the ascending situation, and wanted to cut off the southeast half of the country, and the gang of strong gangs in Shuibo Liangshan...... Compared with Xiao Tang and Fang La, it is indeed not a problem for his henchmen. After all, the gang of thieves in Liangshan is now making a lot of noise, if Chao Gai, Song Jiang and other strong bandit leaders are really willing to accept Zhao'an and return to the imperial court...... Now it is imperative to exterminate the Manichaeans gathered in Lajiao in the south of the Yangtze River as soon as possible, and on this side of Jingdong Road, isn't it also possible to use Liangshan Kou to curb the momentum of the development of the thieves under the command of the anti-thief Xiao Tang?

Thinking about it in his heart, Zhao Ji stopped Gao Yu and Hou Meng, who were arguing, and then asked Hou Meng: "If I surrender and pardon the great crimes of Liangshan Kou, I can teach that gang of strong men to accept Zhao'an, and I can't teach them to go to Que and order them to be good ministers to prevent the harm of banditry...... But Chao Gai and Song Jiang and the gang, after all, they had disregarded the law and plundered one side, and I intended to appease Liangshanbo and Song Jiang and others. ”

Hearing the official's question, Hou Meng also had an idea in his heart, and Zhao Ji reported: "The minister thinks that if Liangshankou is to be used by the country, he must send a person who is rich in strategy, and the well-known and prestigious envoy must first appease and explore the strong and prepare for the details, and then appease Liangshankou with the method of grace and power, so as not to waste his efforts and spoil the big thing." As for who can be assigned to take on this great task, there is a Huiyou Pavilion to be systematized, Haizhou prefect Zhang Shuye has made meritorious contributions to the border and knows the military affairs, has known Shu, Hai, Tai and other military states to observe the people's feelings, and also sent an envoy to the Liao Dynasty to report on the mountains and rivers, cities, rituals and other details of the north, and the grace and power are under the rule, and the villagers look up to his name, if you want to first find out the details of the Liangshan Kou in the name of appeasement, if Song Jiang and other Kou leaders still have the idea of returning to the country and are willing to be recruited by the imperial court, they can sympathize with him. It is because the minister thinks that Zhang is competent enough to be controlled, and is willing to protect this person to His Majesty. ”

Zhao Ji heard that Hou Meng recommended Zhang to go to appease Liangshan Qiangkou, but he also knew that Zhang Shuye, the prefect of Haizhou, had military merits in the border court in his early years, and was later promoted to the young Yin of Kaifeng Prefecture. It's just that Zhang Shuye's younger brother Zhang Kegong also impeached Cai Jing and made enemies with each other, and Zhang Shuye's later official assignment was also up and down, until he was sent from the Huiyou Pavilion in the middle of the court to Haizhou, Huainan East Road, to make a Zhizhou.

Now in the same situation, Zhao Jizi has no intention of caring about the intrigue between the courtiers and ministers, if that Zhang Shuye is really a usable person, and Liangshan Song Jiang really only waits for the imperial court to forgive the sins and recruit peace, and can appease the gang of Shuibo Caokou to turn around and turn around and be the enemy of the Qingzhou Liangshan and other anti-thieves who follow Xiao Tang....... From the perspective of the imperial court, it is naturally beneficial and harmless.

The court hall was silent, and the civil and military officials, including Gao Yu, Tong Guan, and Hou Meng, closed their eyes and pondered when they saw the gloomy Zhao Ji, and they didn't dare to interrupt the official's thoughts for a while, until Zhao Ji slowly opened his eyes and nodded slightly.