Song Qiqiu is full of old qualifications, when Li Hongji's grandfather was the emperor, he was the auxiliary prime minister, and after Li Jing succeeded to the throne, Song Qiqiu was still in power, and there were many henchmen under him, that is, the southern scholars dominated by him squeezed Han Xizai and other northern scholars, and engaged in the same party and different ways.

Just after Li Hongji seized the throne, Song Qiqiu's subordinates even clamored, hoping to make him the regent, which annoyed Li Hongji, and he directly dismissed Song Qiqiu's officials, and was worried that he would return to his hometown and talk nonsense, so he simply stayed in Jinling and took care of it.

However, Song Qiqiu has deep roots, even if he loses his official position, he still has a strong appeal, especially among the scholars in the south, and he is even more responsive, and Li Hongji has no good way to take him, so he can only wait for the old guy to die.

But who knows, Song Qiqiu is living a tough life, he is seventy-three years old this year, and he is still like a bell, full of energy!

"Chen Xianggong, you also know that the old man has no son, and in the early years, he passed a child from his younger brother, and it was this Song Xun. When I am a hundred years old, I want him to carry the banner for me! ”

Chen Qiao was promoted by Song Qiqiu in his early years, and he was respectful in front of the old-timers.

"The old man is highly respected, everyone admires, it stands to reason that the late life should follow the will of the old country, but the two armies clash, life and death, law enforcement must be strict, otherwise how to deter people's hearts, how to command the army and the people to resist the strong enemy!"

Song Qiqiu's Shou Mei raised, lowered his head, and said in a muffled voice: "Chen Xianggong has won the trust of His Majesty, and he is in charge of the affairs of the capital. Please don't be surprised and take your leave. ”

After speaking, Song Qiqiu got up and left, Chen Qiao sent it behind, how did he know that the old man walked quite fast, and when Chen Qiao chased him to the second gate, the old man had already picked up the two of them and left directly.

Chen Qiao was very unhappy, Song Qiqiu was deeply favored by the emperor, why was he so confused, he couldn't even tell the priorities? Chen Qiao sat sullenly for a long time, and resolutely ordered that Song Xun should be severely punished, and he would not be polite.

Before he could give this order, someone suddenly came to deliver a letter, saying that some people in the city had come to the yamen to denounce it, and some people were involved in smuggling, and the amount was even larger than Song Xun!

Chen Qiao's head buzzed, and he had no reason to ignore it.

I had to ask for the people's papers, and when I saw it, he was sweating, and it turned out that the people involved in the case all had deep backgrounds, including the brother of the general Zhu Lingyun and the younger brother of the privy deputy envoy...... And the last letter was actually the uncle of the dynasty

Chen Qiao seemed to have been beaten several times, and he was beaten to the point that Venus appeared in front of him.

is a powerful Song Qiqiu, this old man must have known it a long time ago, when he came to see him, he simply gave an ultimatum, if he didn't let people go, the old man would open everything, see if you could check it, see if you could do it?

"This, these people are involved?"

Chen Qiao's voice trembled, and he couldn't believe it.

The people under him said bitterly: "Xianggong, over the years, the original green salt has not been broken, as well as silk, ironware, livestock, all kinds of business, the big family in the capital, almost no one is clean!" ”

"Oops!"

Chen Qiao didn't pay attention at all, what should I do?

To check or not to check, to do or not to do?

If you don't do it, the goods of the Great Zhou Dynasty will enter the city, the people's hearts will be scattered, the morale will be exhausted, and the battle will not be able to be fought.

Do!

Which of the powerful people of the Manchu Dynasty can move?

It's going to be a dead man!

Chen Qiao was so sad that he was going back and forth on the ground, and he suddenly remembered Zhang Xun, if this young man was around, he could still talk to him and see what he thought, but he was already gone, and there was no one to discuss with the two.

After Chen Qiaosi thought about it, he held back a two-pronged strategy, to investigate or investigate, and to put an end to smuggling, but what about it, the person was temporarily detained in the criminal department, and he asked Li Hongji for an order and obeyed the emperor's will.

This can not only deter people's hearts, but also block the mouths of Song Qiqiu and others, which could not be better...... "Hahaha, such a stupid person, he actually steals the phase, in comparison, which few people in our political hall can be called virtuous!" ”

Ye Hua said with a smile, in his hand, he held a copy of Chen Qiao's performance to Li Hongji!

If you want to smuggle and get rich, can you not exchange something for it?

What's more, these people in Jinling City are all thinking of preparing a back road for themselves, and they are also willing to show favor to Da Zhou. Therefore, Ye Hua even knew the content of the song in advance than Li Hongji.

Ye Hua couldn't imagine how angry Li Hongji should be after seeing Song Shu!

This Chen Qiao is simply wonderful, he actually uses the usual way of handling government affairs to deal with wartime affairs, and his brain is simply pumping!

He can ignore the investigation, default to the existence of the smuggling black market, and even stock up on a little more salt in case of emergency. He can also act decisively and make an example to prevent internal and external collusion.

Both methods are fine, but they can't be delayed. It's so good to think about it, it will take at least three or four days to come and go, the battlefield is changing rapidly, who will give you the effort to delay?

"Siege the city!"

Ye Hua ordered without hesitation.

After some temptation, Ye Hua had already seen that Chen Qiao was much worse than he imagined, and it could even be said that it was not worth mentioning. Even if there is a lion pack in Jinling City, it is useless to have a leader like a sheep.

After Yang Ye received the order, he was overjoyed.

He immediately mobilized 200 bed crossbows and used fire oil to burn down the bamboo walls of the defenders' wooden villages, causing serious losses to the defenders.

Later, Yang Ye selected warriors to attack in batches, and it took more than a day to occupy Yuhuatai and take the commanding heights, and Jinling City was already at the foot of the Great Zhou.

Yang Ye didn't even expect that the battle would go so smoothly, what were the people in the city thinking? Are they out of soldiers, or don't they know the importance of Yuhuatai? How can it be so negligent?

Yang Ye was a little stunned when he won.

Ye Hua was thorough, "Chen Qiao didn't dare to fight with us outside, he shrunk all the horses into Jinling, relied on the city wall to defend it, and waited for reinforcements." ”

Yang Ye shook his head when he heard this, "In Jinling City, there are at least more than 80,000 soldiers and horses, they don't dare to fight, can they still count on reinforcements to fight with us?" And how many people can help them? I don't believe in my own strength, but I pin my fate on someone else, I see that the people in the city are simply dizzy! ”

Ye Hua smiled and didn't say anything, isn't this style a common problem for many civil officials?

What is there to wonder about.

"Yang Ye, you are now commanding the men and horses to attack the various gates of Jinling, remember, don't storm it, just be lively!"

Yang Ye comprehended, "Master Hou is trying to scare the people inside!" ”

"That's right, since there is not even a single person in the city who has the courage, as long as we test the pressure, there will definitely be changes in the city!" Ye Hua said confidently, it seems that he does have hope of entering the city before Chai Rong.

Just when Ye Hua won Yuhuatai, Li Hongji finally got Chen Qiao's share of the note.

After only two glances, Li Hongji's pupils were filled with bloodshots.

Wrath!

Utter rage!

"Chen Qiao, Chen Qiao, you waste!" Li Hongji scolded, "I asked you to stay behind, and gave you the right to make decisions on the spot, but even such a trivial matter has to bother me, what use do you want?" ”

Li Hongji didn't bother to talk nonsense, he directly called Xu Xuan over, gave Xu Xuan the sword of the Son of Heaven, and said categorically: "Alas, I have eyes and no beads, and I used the rice bucket by mistake!" Xu Qing, now you are the only one who will return to Jinling immediately and stabilize the rear for me. ”

Xu Xuan's face was grim, "Your Majesty's order, the old minister does not dare to disobey." It's just that Changzhou is lost, the Zhou soldiers close the capital, and the old minister can only protect the capital from losing, but there is no way to break the enemy! ”

Li Hongji took a deep breath, his eyes flickered, and he sighed: "Alas, I shouldn't have come to Jiangbei, I personally supervised the teacher, maybe I can destroy Ye Hua first!" ”

Li Hongji gritted his teeth, he could see through, Ye Hua was even more tricky than weeds, and if he was unprepared, he spread a large area, obviously he had nothing not long ago, and he was stunned to let him play tricks, it was really hateful!

It's too late to say anything now, there is no turning back from the bow, and returning now will only make it worse.

Fight!

"Xu Qing, you can rest assured to go back, I will immediately supervise the troops, and fight to the death with Guo Rong, as long as I win, I will immediately return to the army and destroy Ye Hua together!"

Xu Xuan was stunned for a moment, he felt a strong uneasiness, and said eagerly: "Your Majesty, Guo Rongjiu is in the army, and his subordinates are tiger and wolf warriors, so you can't underestimate the enemy!" ”

Li Hongji's expression was hideous, and he clenched his fists hard, "Master Xu, don't worry, I won't be the king of the dead country!" ”