Chapter 1249 Xiao Tang can't be lenient, but if there is a strong coward, he can recruit peace
The dissolute officials in the past seem to have changed their temperament greatly, and the anger on their faces is becoming more and more intense, and the ministers present are also frightened, for fear that one will accidentally touch Long Yan again. Seeing that the surrounding civil and military ministers did not dare to speak, Gao Yu's mood couldn't help but be a little complicated, although he couldn't help Xiao Tang in the past, but now he has made a way with Cai Gongxiang and Tong Shuxiang, and he is about to see Xiao Tang ruined in the rivers and lakes, and he can only be exposed and executed for the crime of rebellion, but he didn't expect that the kid was still one step faster!
But now, it is no longer possible for the bad officials to support Xiao Tang... Gao Yu secretly thought in his heart, Sifu Dao and Wang Huan, Han Cunbao, Zhang Kai and other idle envoys in Beijing were close to Xiao Tang, especially when the old man had not yet been favored by the saint, but he taught me the humiliated sect leader Wang Jin, but he made some military achievements in the side court and participated in a regimental training ministry in the Jingnan Army in Hedong, who else will protect him now? These people should be thoroughly investigated, and they should be liquidated...... Naturally, no one can be spared!
As for the envoys who recruited an in the first emperor's season, Wang Huan, Han Cunbao and others wanted to protect themselves, accumulate military merits and achieve the official position of Xu Da, they were all elite and brave people, not for a while, they had built some little fame...... Gao Yu secretly thought in his heart, so he didn't know how to lift up these festivals, and he was close to Xiao Tang and opposed the old man in the past, and now he teaches this guy to kill Xiao Tang and lose both, but isn't it also in line with the old man's wishes?
At this time, Zhao Ji's eyes were calm, and he looked coldly at the silent Manchu Dynasty civil and military, and when he opened his mouth, his tone was also particularly gloomy: "The traitor Xiao Tang, the collusion with rats and dogs, and the gangsters in Jiangnan to cause chaos in the world and turn their backs on the country, it is really an unforgivable crime that cannot be eliminated!" Which Aiqing is willing to work with me to arrest this rebel thief? But I wanted him to live and ask this thief in person, what did I have to do to him, and I dared to do such a rebellious deed earlier! ”
The murderous look on Zhao Ji's face was already beyond words, and the ministers present also knew that Xiao Tang was a thief, and there was really no reason to spare him anymore. And Tong Guan, who is ranked in the middle of the court, naturally knows very well that now is a great opportunity for him to go out of class and recommend himself to the official family to go to conquer Xiao Tang and his gang of thieves.
However, Tong Guan is a powerful minister who has been in the border court for a long time, and he is naturally good at judging the situation. Now it is not only Xiao Tang who is rebelling against the thieves, but now in the rich land south of the Yangtze River, the Manichaean Fang La has gathered disciples not only to occupy several military states, but also to respond to the people of various places. If the rebel army is allowed to occupy the roads of Jiangnan, Liangzhejiang, and Fujian, and confront the imperial court according to the Yangtze River, it is the rebel party that has cut off the country's economic lifeline.
And Xiao Tang, as an important minister of the imperial court, openly rebelled, and most of the gathered anti-armies were concentrated in Shandong and Hebei, which would undoubtedly pose a threat to Tokyo Bianliang, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, which was not far away, but the two mountain bandits in Qingzhou who followed Xiao Tang to uncover the pole, even if they had captured the city of Junzhou for a while, they were not stationed and divided, and they still retreated in a few dangerous mountains and villages, even if it was difficult for the local officials and troops to exterminate those thieves, but the two mountain robbers did not cause a painful harm to the Great Song Dynasty in terms of political rule.
Thinking about it secretly, Tong Guan didn't know that Cai Jing had never gone to court on the grounds of being ill, and what kind of ghost ideas he was secretly having. However, Tong Guan was originally a powerful minister of old ghosts, although the two rebel forces of Xiao Tang and Fang La must be exterminated, Tong Guan also knows very well which side must gather heavy troops to go to the crusade and cannot be delayed, which side can allow him to run rampant for a while, and it is not too late to turn back and exterminate them one by one after pacifying one side.
Tong Guan thought in his heart, so he immediately stood up and said to Zhao Ji: "Although the minister is not talented, he also knows that the ancients have Yun filial piety to do their best, loyalty to their lives, and to serve the work of dogs and horses, and is willing to lead the army to eliminate the thieves, so as to eliminate the trouble of the country's henchmen, and share the worries for Your Majesty!" It's just that now there are not only anti-thieves Xiao Tang who ran away, Jiangnan Muzhou Qingxi thief head Fang La, gathered Manichaean murderers and evil parties to create great evil, and now robbed the city, robbed the warehouse, where the thieves passed, and killed the local officials, and even claimed to be a holy father, set up officials and generals, this thief changed his name to the yuan, and pretended to set up civil and military posts, provincial bureaucrats, and it was a big trouble for the imperial court.
Xiao Tang thief, there is a negative emperor's grace, although it is impossible to atone for his sins, but most of the thieves gathered are strong soldiers and horses who kill people and goods in the green forest, lurking in the mountains and forests. The minister thought that he would weigh the two thieves and take the one that was more harmful to the country to be suppressed first, so he asked the minister to mobilize the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army and the Western Army of the Border Court and the six roads to move south first, and sweep the square thief party, and at the same time he could also transfer the three departments in front of the Bianjing Palace to take strict precautions, beware of Xiao Tang thieves taking the opportunity to trap Zhou County and enter the Beijing Division, and wait for the ministers to destroy the Lakou people in the south of the river, so he immediately led the elite soldiers of the Western Army to the north, and then swept away the cottage, killed the species, and captured the rebel thief Xiao Tang to Bianjing and handed over to His Majesty for questioning. I also hope that Your Majesty will think twice, and beg for a holy decision! ”
Tong Guan, who is familiar with military affairs, of course, also knows very well that although the Great Song Dynasty claims to have a million forbidden troops, the officers and troops under the rule of the Zhulu Military Prefecture Military Division are weak and most of them are helpless. If the Western Army is divided into two to conquer Xiao Tang and Fang La, the two rebel forces, the five fingers are not clenched into fists, and they may not be able to quickly wipe out the two anti-armies that have now made a big noise. Dividing half of the military power of the Western Army, which he is now under control, to other generals, how could Tong Guan be willing?
Listening to Tong Guan's admonition, Zhao Ji's face froze, how could he not know the priorities of the matter, especially the huge rebellion of the Manichaeans gathered in the south of the Yangtze River, and the officials and troops in the south of the Yangtze River could not stop him, which was really an important matter that shook the foundation of the country?
However, the sense of betrayal that Xiao Tang brought to Zhao Ji was unacceptable to this current emperor, who was easy-going on the surface and was actually very good at controlling his courtiers, and Zhao Ji couldn't help but shout angrily: "Although I know that Tong Aiqing is for the country's vision, Xiao Tang is a thief who deceives me very much!" And Tong Aiqing, you also said that Xiao Tang gathered thieves to run rampant in Hebei and Jingdong Zhulu, and repeatedly defeated the local commanders and officials in the name of Kou Shou Quan Yu, not to mention that he and Fang La, the anti-thief leader in Jiangnan, acted together, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not take advantage of the situation to lead the thieves to threaten Bianjing, so what can be done at that time? Do you have to let the thief party invade Gyeonggi Road, and the three officials and soldiers in front of the Bianjing Palace have to be strictly resisted? If so, what is the threat to the state? I still have to tolerate the thieves who rebel against the court to run rampant, where is my prestige!? ”
The Son of Heaven Long Yan was furious, which caused panic among the ministers present, and Tong Guan was good at figuring out the holy will, and he also knew that the evil fire in Zhao Ji's heart that was betrayed by the close courtiers was difficult to vent the depression, so he was just silent for the time being, and first let the officials who rarely moved so much anger vent.
However, at this time, an elderly Wenchen who was about sixty or seventy years old walked out of the train, and said to Zhao Ji respectfully: "The thieves of Xiao Tang are extremely evil, although they are not as harmful to the country as Jiangnan now, they cannot be eliminated as soon as possible, and they must also be guarded against taking advantage of the situation to encroach on the state and county and threaten Bianjing. ”
Zhao Jizheng was annoyed that most of the courtiers present were useless, but he saw someone come out to admonish, he also knew that the person's name was Hou Meng, the word Yuan Gong, a high-density person in Mizhou, and now he is a senior scholar and a scholar in the middle of the court, originally Jingdong Road Dongping Mansion was previously broken by another gang of strong men in Shandong territory, originally Mr. Cai Jingmen Pavilion was born, Cheng Wanli, who was the prefect of Dongping Mansion at the time, was killed by the rebel generals of the military department, this Hou Meng should have been transferred to Dongping Mansion to succeed him as the prefect, but he has not yet set off.
Zhao Jisui also immediately asked Hou Meng: "What is Hou Aiqing's good plan to suppress thieves?" ”
Hou Meng bowed to Zhao Ji again, and said, "Your Majesty, can you know that the Dongping Mansion where Weichen is going to take up his post was broken by another group of Liangshan thieves in Jingdong Road who were gathered by the thief leader Chao Gai and Song Jiangxiao?" And the thieves who gathered in Shuibo Liangshan can also be a long and short group of thieves in the green forest who gathered with the anti-thief Xiao Tang? ”