Chapter 104: Compromise
Xu Deshan is greedy for enjoyment, it can't be said that Xu Deshan doesn't take into account the feelings of others, under the premise of correct thinking, Xu Deshan will try to maximize the interests of everyone around him, and Wei Huang's matter, since the moment he killed the prisoner, Xu Deshan had long expected that he would inevitably be intolerable to the officialdom, but even if Wei Huang was wrong, but there was a mistake and merit, to put it bluntly, Wei Huang led people to fight down in Beizhou City, even if it can't offset the merits, it is enough to degrade the two officials, where can I think that the war has just ended, Wen Yanbo was about to kill Wei Huang.
Wei Huang had no intersection with Xu Deshan before, let alone friends, the number of times the two met could be counted on their fingers, but Xu Deshan has never been right about things, Wei Huang has just made a meritorious service, and he is about to be killed, even if he goes there, he can't say where he goes, if he kills Wei Huang, I'm afraid that the hearts of the border soldiers will be cold!
Xu Deshan thought about it, turned the horse and walked back, galloping all the way, and in one day, he returned to the city of Beizhou.
Originally, Xu Deshan wanted to go directly to Wen Yanbo to reason, but after thinking about it, he spent a long time leaving Wen Yanbo with the impression of a child, so he went, wouldn't it be a waste of his previous efforts, in order to save Wei Huang, he put himself in, a little uneconomical, and said that he had been away for so many days, who knows what changes have changed in Beizhou City, if Wei Huang really made a mistake, Wen Yanbo is reasonable, wouldn't it be boring for him to go like this.
So, Xu Deshan turned a corner, went to Ming Ho first, pushed the door into the house, and just saw that Ming Ho was frowning, sitting there tearing paper and playing.
Ming Ho was startled when he saw Xu Deshan coming, then he was happy, and then he was listless again, Xu Deshan looked strange and asked, "Master Ming, what's wrong with you, even if you haven't seen me for a few days, don't miss me so much." ”
Ming Ho waved his hand and said, "Xu Deshan, didn't you hang a dried radish in the room, and then left, why did you come back again, it's too bad time for you to come back." ”
Xu Deshan was puzzled: "What's going on?" ”
Ming Ho pulled Xu Deshan in, closed the door, asked Xu Deshan to sit down, and sighed, "Xu Deshan, you don't know, I have suffered a crime in the past few days, if it is possible, I really want to go with you." ”
Xu Deshan said: "You tell me slowly." ”
Ming Ho sighed again and said, it turned out that since Xu Deshan left, Wen Yanbo was tough, and gradually took over all the military and political power in Beizhou City from Ming Ho, and when the aftermath was almost dealt with, Wen Yanbo stretched out his hand to the heads of Ming Ho and others.
Counterinsurgency, what a great credit, but Wen Yanbo worked hard all the way, but after he came, he didn't catch up at all, for Wen Yanbo, this is absolutely unbearable.
In particular, the Daimyo Mansion is the sphere of influence of the Jia Chang Dynasty, and the Jia Chang Dynasty is the second minister of the previous court, and the prestige is only after Fan Zhongyan Han Qi Fubi, the failure of the new deal had to invite himself out of Beijing, and now the Jia Chang Dynasty is building water conservancy in Hebei and creating people's livelihood, and has accumulated a lot of prestige in the court, this time there is just a reason to quell the rebellion, in case Emperor Zhao Zhen on a whim, the Jia Chang Dynasty is recalled to the court, but how is it good.
If you can return to the dynasty, the prime minister is the bag of Jia Changchao, and there is only one prime minister, if Jia Changchao occupies it, where do you call Wen Yanbo, Wen Yanbo is running for the position of prime minister to go north, the prime minister can't catch it, and it's useless to give Wen Yanbo how much reward he wants.
In addition, this time the performance of the counterinsurgency daimyo's army is too good, except for Jia Changchao's accident, the rest of Ming Ho is the commander-in-chief, and one step higher is the Privy Council, and the generals under him also have their own military exploits, when the prime minister is occupied by Jia Changchao, the Privy Council also has people from Jia Changchao, even if Wen Yanbo wants to work hard, it is not easy to bring down Jia Changchao.
Therefore, the smart Wen Yanbo began to start in advance to take precautions, don't you Jia Changchao have merit, don't you Jia Changchao have a lot of manpower, okay, then I'll start with your merits, I promised three months in front of the emperor, and now only half of the time has passed, and the days are still long.
Whether it is the court doing things, or going out to the army, as long as there are people, there will be mistakes, as big as strategic policies, as small as three meals a day, how can you find some faults, Jia Changchao is far away in the Daimyo Mansion, not to mention, now that the army is in Beizhou City, then start with the army, see if you check the bottom of the sky.
In this regard, Wen Yanbo is very good at it, and in a few days, he has found out countless problems in the Daimyo's army, and the generals of that size, as long as they have official positions, have been called by Wen Yanbo alone, scolded him, and by the way, he has no repentance for the crime.
The conscience of heaven and earth, if you have one or two among so many people, dozens of people make mistakes, it is not unusual, but if you want to say that everyone in the generals is at fault, it is too absolute, but the leadership of the leader, isn't there some such privileges, as long as you take one thing and say that you are wrong, even if you enter the door and step on your left leg, do you dare not admit that you are wrong, if you don't admit it, what awaits you is countless small shoes.
Finally, the small mistake is finished, and the big mistake is left, to be honest, the Daimyo Mansion Army has been advancing all the way from the beginning to the present, and in a few days, there is no big mistake at all, and Wen Yanbo just wanted to find one out, so Wei Huang unfortunately won the lottery.
There is also a reason why Wen Yanbo is eyeing Wei Huang, first of all, Wei Huang's killing of prisoners is indeed a big matter
Confucianism puts benevolence and righteousness first, and the most criticized is Bai Qikeng's killing of 400,000 Zhao soldiers, and now Wei Huang has done the same thing, which is naturally not tolerated by literati and doctors.
Second, Wei Huang is a military general, although the grade is very high, but the military general is a military general, Taizu can't punish the doctor, he will completely protect the civil officials, you know how difficult it is to kill a civil servant now, unless the emperor himself speaks, otherwise at most the official will be degraded to the people, but the military general is different, first, the military general has no amulet, the second is that the military general is stupid, and he can't justify it, and the third is that the court and the middle are all civil ministers, and there is not even a person who helps the military general speak, how can you say that the military general can live.
The third and most important one, that is, Wei Huang's status, Wei Huang's official position is not small, he is the number one military general in the Daimyo Mansion, under Jia Changchao Ming Ho, Wei Huang will be counted, and the conviction of Wei Huang is enough to affect the promotion of Jia Chang Chao Ming Ho.
Therefore, Wei Huang must die.
Today's Wei Huang has been shackled by Wen Yanbo to the forbidden army, put in a prison cell, and tortured, as long as the evidence of the crime is confirmed, Wei Huang will be personally detained, Wen Yanbo will send a piece of music to Kaifeng, and Wei Huang's head will fall to the ground immediately.
After Ming Ho finished speaking, his face was full of sorrow, looking at Xu Deshan, to be honest, Ming Ho has no way to deal with this situation, Wen Yanbo is here with hostility, and the one who is looking for the wrong one is called a fair and honest, that is, he is not afraid of you to target, the more targeted, the more your fault will be, Ming Ho has been ready to protect himself and seek perfection with grievances, and now seeing Xu Deshan come back, Ming Ho knows that Xu Deshan has a lot of ghost ideas, and originally raised some hope, but after thinking about it, Xu Deshan has already confessed to Wen Yanbo before, There's no way to do it now, so Myeong-ho's mood is down again.
Xu Deshan scratched his head after hearing this, and he also felt a big headache, what can I do, what can I do, let alone myself, even if Zhao Zhen comes, with Wen Yanbo's cleverness, I am afraid he will not be able to bargain for anything, so Xu Deshan can only be silent.
So Wen Yanbo did this, right, things have to be divided into two aspects, which is also right and wrong. The right thing is that Wen Yanbo suppressed the momentum of the military generals in power, maintained the stability of the court, and the peace of the Song Dynasty, but what is wrong is that Wen Yanbo further suppressed the Song Dynasty's already not powerful armed forces, the national defense force shrank, and the external security was worried.
As foreign ministers, as ordinary people, as grassroots officials, most of them don't want to see this scene, but unfortunately, the masses are never the key to deciding things, and there is only one person who can decide all this, and that is Zhao Zhen.
Wen Yanbo is very smart, he knows what Zhao Zhen thinks, and he also knows what Zhao Zhen will do, Zhao Zhen has governed the government for so many years, whether it is a new deal or a deposition, all kinds of means, combined with the general environment at the time, can be called a Ming monarch, but there is one thing, it has always been Zhao Zhen, or every Song Dynasty emperor's taboo, political power, must be firmly grasped in the hands of literati.
I don't know if this kind of thinking is due to the improper origin of the Taizu throne, or the royal family surnamed Zhao is timid by nature, anyway, they look at those generals It is very dangerous, where is it as easy to manage as the literati, the literati are angry, and at most they will quarrel, but what about the military generals, think about the Daimyo Mansion Army with Wei Huang as the main force, and in a few days it broke the northern important town of Beizhou City, if he puts such a person by his side, maybe one day he will be able to change the dynasty for himself in one night.
Therefore, since Wen Yanbo made such a reasonable suggestion and found Wei Huang's mistake, why didn't Zhao Zhen agree.
What Xu Deshan is good at solving is a problem, but now it is a dead end, involving the fundamental conflict of interests of both parties, and Xu Deshan has no choice.
Seeing that Xu Deshan didn't speak, Ming Ho knew that there was no hope for this matter, waved his hand, and told Xu Deshan to go out, and continue to drink the strong tea on the table.
If there is no way, it will not help to stay here, Xu Deshan walked out of Ming Hao's room, depressed, seeing that there was a rockery in front of him, Xu Deshan used both hands and feet, climbed up, and sat on the top of the mountain stone depressed.
This rockery, although not high, but also a few zhang high, Xu Deshan climbed when he didn't feel anything, but in the eyes of others, a five-year-old child climbed to such a high place, but it was a little dangerous, there were officials coming and going, saw Xu Deshan, frightened and hurriedly shouted, "Xu Langjun pay attention, come down quickly, it's not a joke to fall down at such a high place." ”
Xu Deshan didn't care, and said, "What's this, I don't think it's high, I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of?" ”
The man said, "I'm scared when I look at it, I'm scared when I look at it, Xu Langjun better come down quickly, even if you sit in a lower place, looking at it makes people feel more at ease." ”
Xu Deshan saw that the person was earnest, and it was not good for people to worry, so he walked down two stones, and the man really didn't say anything anymore, and left, Xu Deshan smiled secretly, "This is a few feet away from the position I just had, but it is only a few feet down, if you fall down, you will not fall half to death, but that person just looks safer like this, isn't this the neighbor's suspicious axe, pure psychological effect?" ”
Thinking of this, Xu Deshan was suddenly stunned, looked at his position just now, looked at his current position, thought about it carefully, suddenly laughed, and stopped sitting here, climbed down the rockery in three or two, and went straight to Ming Hao's room.
Once born and twice cooked, Xu Deshan didn't even say hello this time, and pushed the door in directly, and Ming Ho, who is old, can't sit straight with his waist all the time, plus he is depressed in his heart, and he is sitting in a chair at this time
Zishang, who was drowsy with a hat over his face, was frightened by Xu Deshan, and almost slipped off the chair and fell to the ground.
As an official, it is natural to have the majesty of an official, every word and deed, you must let your subordinates see the awe in your heart, and the official can manage his subordinates well, especially the identity of Ming Ho, and he must be strict with himself, as a result, Ming Ho has maintained a good image for so many years, so it was broken by Xu Deshan, Ming Ho was full of anger, pointed at Xu Deshan and scolded, "Xu Deshan, what are you doing, why don't you knock on the door when you come in." ”
Xu Deshan said, "Aren't we acquainted, who is with whom in our family, and we still need to knock on the door?" Besides, didn't you just see you sleeping, what's the big deal, if you think I'm taking advantage of you, you can also come and see me peeing. ”
When encountering a freak like Xu Deshan, Myeongho really didn't know what to say, so he could only secretly luck and said, "Aren't you leaving, why are you back again?" ”
Xu Deshan said, "I thought of a way to save Wei Huang's life." ”
Myeongho said, "Since you have thought of a way, then go to Master Wen, what are you doing here?" ”
Xu Deshan said, "How can I do it alone, if this method wants to succeed, I need a lot of help from the Ming people." ”
Ming Ho naturally knew what Xu Deshan was for, and Ming Ho also knew that as long as Xu Deshan came, there would definitely be nothing good, so he suddenly said angrily, "You Xu Deshan, your face is very big, a small councilor, dare to call me, the head of the Soldiers and Horses, to help you." ”
Xu Deshan smiled and said, "What's this, not only you, but even Lord Jia has to help me, this matter, if we can't work together, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do." ”
Ming Ho thought for a while, and asked in a low voice, "Xu Deshan, you don't want to find a way, Master Wen will die, I can tell you, this is not good, and even if you want to kill him, it is not enough to rely on a few of us." ”
Xu Deshan rolled his eyes and said, "What are you thinking, my method is a conspiracy, but you have to be willing." ”
Yes, this is good, this kid not only calculated himself and Jia Changchao, but also willingly, Ming Hao motioned to Xu Deshan to continue.
Xu Deshan said, "First of all, let's be sure, you and I, Lord Wei Huangjia, we are now grasshoppers on a rope, one is prosperous, one is lost, yes and no." ”
Myeongho nodded, "It's natural." ”
Xu Deshan said, "Although Wen Yanbo is dealing with General Wei now, what he really wants to deal with is Lord Jia and you, and you have to admit this." ”
Myeongho said, "Of course I know this. ”
Xu Deshan said, "Master Ming, do you think that if you are based on your current military merits, what position can you get?" ”
Myeongho thought about it, said his wish, and said, "I don't dare to figure out the holy will, but if Wen Yanbo doesn't get in the way, there should be no problem with a privy deputy envoy." ”
Xu Deshan said: "Then what if that old guy sues you for General Wei in front of the emperor?" ”
Ming Ho ignored some disrespectful words in Xu Deshan's words, shook his head and said, "In that case, it's good that I can stay in the Soldiers and Horses Division, if I am just catching up with Long Yan's displeasure, I am afraid that it will not be too much to be degraded to the outside of the Sai." ”
Xu Deshan said, "Okay, since you also know the importance of General Wei's matter, and we can't stop Wen Yanbo from making a small report, so why don't you go to Wen Yanbo to talk about it first?" ”
Myeongho frowned and said, "What are you talking about?" ”
Xu Deshan said, "Look, the current situation is like this, instead of waiting for him to sue you, you might as well recruit Wen Yanbo to compromise in advance, doesn't he just want your credit, what if you give him, it's better than being sued by him, and in the end it's not as good as now." ”
Ming Ho's eyes widened suddenly, and he was about to kick Xu Deshan out, he Ming Ho personally led the team this time, hard work, hard work, for what, not to be able to be transferred to Kaifeng, to be an official of the three provinces, but Xu Deshan now told him to give up this idea out of thin air, which is how Ming Ho can bear it.
But impulse is impulsive, think about it carefully, Xu Deshan's method, isn't it the best way that is most suitable for the interests of all parties, are you Wen Yanbo willing to make enemies everywhere and offend the officials of Hebei Province in vain, is it not because he felt the threat of Jia Changchao and others, so he took action to suppress it in advance, and if Jia Changchao Ming Ho can take the initiative to give up his credit, Wen Yanbo has no threat, why bother Wen Yanbo to calculate Jia Changchao.
Myeongho thought carefully for a while, and said, "Xu Deshan, you asked me to talk to Master Wen, how can I compromise?" ”
Xu Deshan said, "As long as you are like me, you will be soft with Wen Yanbo, I believe that Wen Yanbo will not be embarrassed by you." ”
Myeongho wondered, "Why is that?" ”
Xu Deshan said, "Because Wen Yanbo's goal is Jia Changchao, you are just involved, if you want to make trouble, people still can't look down on it." ”
Ming Ho said, "Then, how did you find Lord Wen to be soft?" ”
Xu Deshan said, "Me? It's nothing, it's just drilling Wen Yanbo's crotch, you can also try it. ”
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