Chapter 305: Stormy Tokyo City
Ten thousand green doors, sunny and shining, it is a good season for wind and sunshine. The city of Tokyo is full of purple and red, and the dignitaries and dignitaries continue to be drunk with money, but a sudden rumor is like a terrifying storm, with the most violent attitude and the fastest speed, all the beauty and splendor here are blown away by the wind and rain. Countless bureaucrats who were still immersed in eating, drinking, and merrymaking yesterday and did not want to recover from the gentle countryside hurriedly put on their belts and put on their official robes, and one by one began a criss-crossing series like rats before the flood.
——Gao Yu died, 200,000 officers and troops were defeated, and many veterans and heavy generals were damaged. The official family used Tong Guan, who had just returned to Beijing, as the ambassador to fight against thieves, and sat in Jingdong to encircle and suppress the thieves in Liangshan.
Any one of them can set off stormy waves in Tokyo, let alone several in a row.
Not to mention the fastest transmission of gossip news in Tokyo, which has a tabloid system that is unique in the world today. The officials had just learned the news in the morning, and before they had eaten lunch, countless gossip had spread throughout the streets and alleys of Tokyo.
In Cai Jing's mansion, it was already full of solemnity. Where you can also see the day before the night banquet that Xiao Wang Duwei, the guests of the Manjing division gathered together, and dozens of sisters in East Ji'er Lane and West Ji'er Lane sang and danced, playing and singing?
In the current Taishi Mansion, the eyes are already full of solemnity, even the subordinates dare not speak loudly, and no one will be lazy and slippery, playing money and drinking when they are on duty.
Do extraordinary things in extraordinary times. If you catch it, you won't have a second word.
In the hall of Cai's mansion, there is no place for non-powerful characters; The one who waits in the porter, and who has no roots?
As soon as Gao Yu dies like this, he will be a hundred. The emperor also has to prove to the people of the world that he is not a big fool, so that he will no longer blame Gao Yu. Then the loopholes he left behind need Cai Jing, Yang Jian, Liang Shicheng, Zheng Juzhong and others to take the blame. This cauldron can't be dealt with by changing Tong Guan.
They had been squeezing the people of Qilu as much as possible, driving the poor tenants to defect to Liangshanbo, because they firmly believed that the army of Gao Yu could be perfectly defeated. And now that the person at the bottom has revealed a big hole himself, can it still be a big deal?
Looking at it now, since the beginning of winter last year, one of them is counted as one, and they are all dying on their own.
The city of Tokyo is a city that looks at politics, and there are many big businessmen and millions of ordinary people, but they have no role at all. It was the will of the emperor who dominated the city, and it was the minds of a few people such as Cai Jing, Zheng Juzhong, Yang Jian, and Liang Shicheng who controlled the city. This is like a referee and a big chessboard, Zhao Ji is high on top, in charge of the victory and defeat, but he never watches what the fate of the chess pieces will be, his eyes will only fall on a few chess players.
Cai Jing was originally the leader of the alliance among the chess players, but as he got older, his position as the leader of the alliance was crumbling.
Cai Jing is a hundred people who don't want to see Tong Guan return, and Tong Guan's alliance with Liang Shicheng and Yang Jian is too harmful. So much so that he had to secretly agree with Zheng Juzhong.
After all, the outer and inner dynasties are the east wind and the west wind, either the east wind overpowers the west wind, or the west overpowers the east wind.
Tong Guan walked out of the palace and received an invitation from Cai Jing before he got home. Tong Guan also doesn't want to have too much to do with Cai Jing, Liang Shicheng, etc., compared with the situation in the mainland, he is more willing to spend his energy in the northwest.
As long as he can continue to make military achievements in the northwest, his position will be firm and unshakable. This is like two roads, "the inner saint and the outer king" and "the outer king and the inner saint", the road behind him is about to reach the peak, but he doesn't want to change course. It's just that in this game, the people who attended the meeting are all important roles, and even he can't help but go.
Tong Guan turned a thousand thoughts in his heart, but he didn't hear half a word of flattery and flattery from the two attendants beside him who were holding the imperial gifts. And these two chamberlains obviously knew that Tong Guan didn't listen to them, but they still blindly flattered them. The reward that Zhao Ji gave Tong Guan was the sweetest medicine primer, which could easily lead to a lot of good words. Tong Guan didn't think about taking these nice words as a thing, just talking about the scene, and you will lose if you really do.
drove the horse to Cai Jing's mansion, and saw Cai You and Liang Fangping already waiting outside the door. The entire alley has been guarded by military horses since the entrance, and the idlers have all been driven away, and the sedan chairs and horses are parked outside the teahouse and tavern opposite, and countless officials in scarlet clothes and green are sticking out their heads to watch.
Tong Guan dismounted, and Cai You was the first to greet him, "The privy envoy is here, my mansion is shining, please inside!" "It's humbling. This is the Xuanhe Temple scholar of the current dynasty, the envoy of the Huaikang Army.
But there is only more humility, not the humbleest. If Cai You's attitude is only a son, Liang Fangping is a grandson. This person is a rising generation in the inner prison, and he is also good at martial arts - this is the fine tradition of the slaves of the old Zhao family, and he can be said to be the successor of Tong Guan. It's just that this kind of "successor" is often the most unsightly in front of the main owner.
Now although Liang Fangping has been included in the 'Ten Evils' - Six Thieves and Ten Evils, the 'brilliance' of the predecessors is really too dazzling, and they can't be found. Everyone in the government and the opposition gritted their teeth when they mentioned Tong Guan, but when they heard his name, many people were at a loss. The current Liang Fangping is not a major general of the imperial court who commands the envoys of Hebei and Jingdong, and he is not the 'pillar of the country' who led 120,000 troops to garrison the Yellow River defense line ten years later, and he is respectful in front of Tong Guan.
"Tong Shumi's gift today is extraordinary. Our family can chase the left and right, and it is also an honor! ”
What he said made Tong Guan happy. This attitude is too low.
"This is the emperor's grace. The old man is useless, and he is not glorious. ”
Shaking his head and shaking his hands, Tong Guan's bronze face was full of shame, the tall and sturdy bodies were Ying Cai You and Liang Fangping were only weak, and with the gray and vigorous beard under the chin, this Tong Daofu had the appearance of a half-silk eunuch, and he was completely a martial artist. Because this person entered the palace late, his beard has grown, his voice is rough, and he is proud of this 'manhood' on weekdays. Especially after entering the military circles, he regards himself as a "meritorious veteran" all the time. has been performing for many years, but now it has been engraved like bone marrow, and there is no need to deliberately show off your speech and demeanor, it is like this.
Cai You and Liang Fangping have all seen Zheng Juzhong, and the two privy envoys make a comparison, Tong Guan, the eunuch, is more of a battlefield general than Zheng Juzhong, a man who has the taste of being a privy envoy in the court.
"The Privy Counsellor is too humble. In the past two days, the official family was worried about the matter of the bandits in Jingdong Liangshan. As soon as the privy councillor came today, the official family was very happy, and the honors were awarded one after another, and they would also be entrusted with important tasks, which was not great news! ”
Gao Yu's fiasco made Cai Jing and the others all understand that if they want to suppress the Liangshan Bo bandit army as soon as possible, they can only rely on the Western Army under Tong Guan. In this way, it is no wonder that Cai You and Liang Fangping put their attitudes so lowly.
It was really Gao Yu's fiasco, as well as Huaixi Wang Qinghe's report on the Jiangnan bandits, which made Cai Jing and the others tremble.
This Liangshanbo is located in the southeast of Qilu, and there is only one Jianghuai from the south of the Yangtze River, and the latter is not a very important place, but there are not too many soldiers and horses gathered. Especially the defeat of Xiang Yuanzhen's department and Liu Menglong's department, then Huainan will have even fewer elite soldiers.
If this Yangsan thief army only lives in Yangsanbo and only lives in Jeju Prefecture, it is nothing. Is it a big deal, there are hundreds of military states in the Great Song Dynasty, what are you afraid of losing one? However, if the Liangshan bandit army went south to Jianghuai and merged with the Manichaeism in Jiangnan, it would be very harmful.
These people who eat early and are full of fat intestines, but they don't know that in Liangshan Bo, there is a great talent who cares about the world from beginning to end, and he is always thinking about this dirty and dirty court.
The city of Tokyo was suddenly hit by bad news, and it was a drop of flowers and water, so it was not miserable. But in the Liangshan village, Hugh said that the soldiers and horses left behind were the tens of thousands of captives, and they were all ecstatic because of the victory of the Liangshan army.
The latter himself felt that he still maintained his loyalty to the Great Song Dynasty, but among the rebel army, who would dare to guarantee that they would not be cut off by the victorious army of the imperial court, and then labeled as a rebel bandit?
There are naturally people who mourn the exam, but this definitely does not include Zong Ying. The latter has already shown its attitude and is inclined to Liang Shanbo.
"Seven out of ten sections, tens of thousands of rabbles are still divided into three routes, don't you hear of the bid to sell Seoul?"
"There are 60,000 elite soldiers in this Liangshan, and the big leader swept Qilu with a victorious army, who can resist it? Even if the soldiers enter Gyeonggi, they should be like entering a no-man's land. Moreover, Manichaeism began in Jiangnan, Wang Qing started in Huaixi, the world was stable, and the society was shaken. Then the monarchs and ministers of Tokyo are in a hurry to drop the Western Army to enter the customs, how can they make the Western Xia obediently obey and not take the opportunity to boil up the troops in Guanxi? The war in his hometown is raging, how can the Western Army out of the customs be at ease? And the world is shaking, the imperial court's money and grain taxes have been sharply reduced, although the Western Army dares to fight, there is no money and food, but it depends on how many people are willing to serve the Song family? ……”
"Since the founding of the Zhao and Song dynasties, the burden of endowment has been heavy, which can be said to be several times that of ancient times. For example, today, the people of Li are bitter, and the Song family has been harsh for a long time. And the name of benevolence and righteousness of the leader of Lu Da broadcasts the world, but whoever raises the flag, he can gather 100,000 people in an instant. Encouraged by this, the people of Cangsheng and Li responded in groups, and the Song Dynasty could be knocked to the ground in an instant. ”
"All the generals are talented and virtuous people, and they are cherished by the leader of Lu, otherwise they would have been beheaded like Li Cheng. So why not just return to the cottage, follow the big boss before and after the saddle, and also fight for a bright background on the field? ”
As a scholar, Zong Ying's eyes are clear, and she knows that Liangshanbo is incompatible with Tokyo City, and Liangshan's anti-flag must be fought all the way to the end. If you want to be truly stable, you must overthrow Zhao Song. It was with that festival that he made the town or something, although he knew it, but he didn't care about it at all.
What he said when he opened his mouth and closed his mouth was rebellion, and what he instilled in Hu Yanzhuo, Zhang Qing and others was to establish a new world.
Of course, this kind of 'persuasion' process is a very long process, and when Zong Ying came to see Hu Yanzhuo and them, she also made up her mind to grind with them well. His wife said that he was asking for hardship, and Zong Ying said with a smile: "What is asking for hardship, and the step of entering the body." "Don't care if it succeeds or not, first ask Leader Lu to see his Zong Ying's attitude clearly.