As soon as Huang Zide's army moved, the imperial court, which had already heightened its vigilance, immediately noticed it.

"Huang Zide left Luoyang, and the whole army is coming to Kaifeng!" In the palace of the king of Zhou in Kaifeng, the new governor Gao Gao Ping said to the king of Zhou.

When King Zhou heard this, he got up from his seat, walked a few steps in the hall with his hands behind his back, and then turned around and asked, "How many people are there in Huang Zide?" ”

"Lord Wang, the specific number is not clear," Gao Gao Ping said, "but Huang Zide himself claims to be 200,000, and now Henan is full of displaced people, after Huang Zide conquered Luoyang, there is food, and it is not impossible to gather 200,000 people in a short time." I think that even if there are no 200,000, there should be 100,000. ”

"This ...... This ......" King Zhou was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "How many troops do we have in Kaifeng?" ”

"Return to the prince." Gao Gao Ping said, "Kaifeng has not many troops now, only more than 5,000 people. ”

"Huh?!" King Zhou's face changed suddenly, "How is this good?" There are such a few people, how can they defend Kaifeng City? These people are placed on the city wall, and they are not lined up on the city wall! But how is this good, how is it good! ”

"Lord Wang." Gao Gao Ping saw that King Zhou was almost out of order, so he hurriedly said, "Don't worry, prince. Although there are many thieves, most of them are a rabble that is temporarily enrolled, they lack training, and their weapons and armor cannot be compared with the official army, plus the high pool of Kaifeng City, it is not so easy to be captured. ”

"However, 5,000 versus 100,000, the difference is too big." Zhou Wang said.

"Your Highness, it is true that there are fewer people, but it is not impossible to ask for people. There are more than 300,000 people in Kaifeng City, of which Ding Zhuang always has 50,000 or 60,000. If we can mobilize them and fight on our side, plus Kaifeng City is high and deep, we will definitely be able to stop the traitors. Gao Gao Ping hurriedly said.

"Ah, in this way, then it depends on Governor Gao Duoduo......" Speaking of this, King Zhou suddenly came down, he raised his eyes and looked at Gao Gao Pingdao, "Governor Gao, you talk so much with the widow, do you want the widow to take out the money?" ”

Gao Gaoping hurriedly kowtowed and said: "The prince is virtuous, as long as the prince can ......"

"Don't talk about these inconsequential things yet! The truth you have to say, everyone understands! King Zhou stepped forward, grabbed Gao Gaoping's wrist, and pulled him towards him. At the same time, his eyes pressed to look at Gao Gaoping, his head stretched forward, and the exhaled air from his nostrils blew on Gao Gaoping's face, which made him immediately discover a secret of His Royal Highness King Zhou - His Royal Highness King Zhou likes to eat jealousy and soak garlic.

"The widow also knows that when the thief enters the city, all the money will be the thief! The widow and you will not be able to save your life. Just like King Fu and Wang Yinchang, the widow will ask you a word now. How can you, Governor Gao, guarantee that every tael and every penny of money taken out by the widow will fall into the hands of those who really want to go to the city wall and fight hard? King Zhou asked.

"Your Highness, the thieves have entered the city, and the ministers are also dead." Gao Gao Ping said, "The minister is now in the same boat as His Highness, doesn't His Highness still believe in the minister?" ”

"Of course I don't believe it!" King Zhou said loudly, "Aren't Wang Yinchang and King Fu in the same boat?" There are many people in the world who would rather die for money, why do you believe that you are not another Wang Yinchang? What can you do to ensure that you are not Wang Yinchang, and you don't have Wang Yinchang under you? ”

"This, the lowly position must be strictly managed...... I believe everyone understands that if the thief enters the city......" High School Pingdao.

King Zhou interrupted Gao Gaoping's words and said: "This still doesn't work, if everyone understands it, it will be useful, how can there be a matter of the blessed king?" The widow can be trusted, but you guys! If you want to get the money, no problem! No matter how much money there is, there is no value in the lives of widows and widows. But the widow's money can't be taken out to go to waste, and the money can't be spent in the end, and it is still hung under the city gate! The widow will give this money, and the widow will give as much as he wants. But not a penny of this money can pass through your hands! The widow had two hundred guards, and hundreds of chamberlains. And the widow's money was given to them. The widow sent them to the wall, and whoever went up to the wall took money directly from them, and not a penny of it could be passed on you. If you think it will work, do as the widow says; If not, then you and I will go back separately and prepare our own way back. What do you think? ”

Gao Gao Ping calculated that these practices of King Zhou, strictly speaking, violated the system of the imperial court. Ever since the Battle of Jingjing, the imperial court has always been very vigilant about the relationship between the vassal king and the army. If in normal times, the king of Zhou dared to say that his money would be sent directly to the soldiers, then the officials would have to impeach him for bad intentions. But now......

"Your Highness, it is always unruly to do so. In the future, after the repulsion of the rogue, those officials in the court will have to impeach the king and humble office. If you don't get a little flexible, in addition to the prince's people, the lowly ones also send people to be present, and this matter is nominally done in the name of the governor's yamen, and the matter of distributing money is still the head of the palace, and the lowly people will never stick to the money. How does Your Highness feel about this? After some quick calculations in his head, Gao Gaoping proposed such an improved plan.

In theory, this is indeed a "win-win" change. After this modification, the king of Zhou was able to ensure that the silver was given to those who should have given it, so as to ensure the will of the defenders to fight, save their lives, and avoid possible impeachment in the future, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the imperial court. As for Gao Gaoping, although he can't get money for himself through this practice, he can at least help him save his life. Moreover, if he persuaded the vassal king to come up with the money and distribute it to the soldiers efficiently, and then relied on the high morale to successfully defend the city, no one could rob him of this military feat. Gao Gao Ping also believed that King Zhou would definitely agree to his change, because what he wanted was exactly what King Zhou couldn't and didn't want.

Sure enough, after a little thought, King Zhou agreed to his change, but King Zhou still emphasized again: "Those people of yours, since they have also gone up to the city wall, the widow will also give them money." But they can't touch anything but this money! ”

……

Yang Fei had just received a new decree from the imperial court, which ordered him to immediately lead his troops into Henan to exterminate Huang Zide. This decree was not unexpected. In fact, since he got the news that Huang Zide captured Luoyang and killed King Fu, he knew that it was only a matter of time before he received this holy decree. Now that Zhang Bingzhong and Luo Mengde have escaped from his encirclement, there is no way for him to quickly eliminate Zhang Bingzhong and others in a short period of time. And continuing to allow Huang Zide to operate from Henan is too harmful. So the imperial court will definitely mobilize him to go back to put out the fire.

In the past few years, under his auspices, the imperial court has fought almost the entire family foundation, and it is almost impossible to wipe out all the rogues. Today, however, the plan has failed completely. The imperial court suffered heavy losses, but none of its most fundamental strategic goals could be achieved. Under such circumstances, he could also imagine how those in the court who had always opposed him would accuse him. Fortunately, the emperor has always trusted him and supported him, but he ......

"You're a thousand miles away!" Yang Fei sighed in his heart, and suddenly thought of the allusion of "three people become tigers".

At that time, the minister of Wei, Pang Cong, wanted to accompany the prince to Handan, Zhao State, as a hostage. Before leaving, he was worried that someone would take advantage of his absence in the court to slander the king of Wei, so he asked the king of Wei: "If someone tells the king that there is a tiger in the market of Daliang City, will the king believe it?" ”

The king of Wei replied, "How can there be tigers in the city?" The widow does not believe. ”

Pang Cong said: "What if there are two people who say it? Believe it or not? ”

King Wei said he was a little skeptical.

Pang Cong asked again, "What if three people say so to the king?" ”

And this time, the king of Wei said: "The widow believes it! ”

Pang Cong then said: "There will be no tigers in the city, this is a very clear thing. But there are a few people who say that even the holy people can be deceived. Handan is thousands of miles away, and after the minister leaves, there must be more than three people who speak ill of the king, and the minister is worried that he will never have the opportunity to see the king in the future. ”

King Wei said: "You don't have to worry, the widow knows about this situation." ”

However, after Pang Cong came back from a few years in Zhao, he really never entered the court of Wei again.

Now Yang Fei is also far away from the court, and he has worked in vain, and he knows that the ministers in the court still don't know how to accuse him of the emperor. The emperor could not be completely unaffected. What's more, Yang Fei knew that Emperor Chongde was a very "face-loving" emperor, and he was never willing to admit any of his mistakes. Not only is he a gambler, but he also lacks responsibility. When things really come to a complete mess, he will definitely put all the blame on his courtiers. Yang Fei even thought recently that if one day, the Jokhang Dynasty really died, he would definitely decide that "I am not the king of the fallen country, and all the ministers are the ministers of the dead country". He felt that the emperor's support for him now was only to prove that the emperor himself was not wrong. But if things really fail to the point where it is completely impossible to hide it, I am afraid that all the "trust" of Emperor Chongde in him will turn into hatred. How much you trust him at the beginning, how much you will hate him in the future, and even add interest. So at this time, Yang Fei already felt a little difficult to ride a tiger.

"At that time, I'm afraid that I will only end up with the same Ling Chi execution as Yuan Yuan." Yang Fei thought this as he opened a drawer with a small copper lock hanging on the Bogu shelf in the study. In that drawer, there was a small blue and white porcelain bottle wrapped in bright red silk. Yang Fei picked up the small bottle, looked at it again and again, put it back as it was, and locked the lock as it was. I thought to myself: "No matter what, I must not die like Yuan Yuan. ”