"Fei Hong, what do you say!"

Cao Sheng has been a person with a very clear love and hate since he was a child, his eyes can't rub a little sand, and when he was a teenager, he won the nickname of Huo Qilang among the children of the family, and now he is a colt, and his temper has added a bit of royal majesty.

Cao Sheng saw Fei Hong at a glance, and he immediately rushed towards Fei Hong in a rage.

More than 100 soldiers were startled and raised their spears together to stop Cao Sheng.

Fei Hong still didn't say a word, and looked at Cao Sheng coldly.

At this time, Li Yanqing also arrived, and he also saw Fei Hong in the firelight from a distance, only to see that this person was tall, holding a spear in his hand, pursing his mouth tightly, and his eyes were full of grim gaze.

"Little Uncle Seven, let me come!"

Li Yanqing stopped Cao Sheng, Cao Sheng glared at Fei Hong fiercely, turned his horse's head and ran towards the shore, he asked in a loud voice: "Third brother, is it okay!" ”

Cao Xuan saw his brother and son-in-law coming, he suddenly let go of his heart, and said with a smile: "It's okay, forgive them and don't dare to mess around, the clansmen and boatmen went to rest in Chenliu County, and I watched the boat here." ”

Li Yanqing urged the horse to get closer to Fei Hong, the soldiers were even more nervous, and lined up a human wall to stop Li Yanqing's consideration, Li Yanqing reined in the war horse more than a dozen steps away and said: "I am Li Yanqing, Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, where are you from the army, come to Kaifeng Mansion to make trouble?" ”

Li Yanqing was public-to-public, and Fei Hong bowed down and said: "The next official is Fei Hong, the commander of the Caizhou Xiang Army, see Li Fuyin!" ”

"Caizhou Xiang Army?" Li Yanqing frowned, and said coldly: "Caizhou's Xiang army came to Kaifeng Mansion to take care of things, don't you think your hand is stretched too long?" ”

This is Fei Hong's biggest weakness, he is Caizhou Xiang Army, but he ran to Kaifeng Mansion to enforce the law, Tong Guan wanted to stir up trouble near the capital and arouse the attention of the imperial court, but he did not have an army in the capital, so he had to find Fei Hong, who was closest to the capital, to act.

Fei Hong also knew that he had overstepped his duties, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "The lowly position is not specifically to cross the border to manage things, but when I happen to encounter something that violates the ban of the imperial court, I can't turn a blind eye." ”

"What a coincidence!"

Li Yanqing sneered, and said to Fei Hong: "I am the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, and the affairs in Kaifeng Mansion are all my responsibility, I will take over this matter, you can go." ”

Fei Hong glanced at Li Yanqing's subordinates, and said: "Fu Yin's subordinates are too few, I'm afraid I can't stop the fleet, and I am willing to help Fu Yin." ”

"What I do is my business, it's not your turn to interfere, don't withdraw quickly!" Li Yanqing's tone became stern.

How could Fei Hong withdraw without getting further instructions from Tong Guan, he still shook his head, "The humble post has sent someone to report to the imperial court, before the imperial court's reply arrives, please forgive the humble duty for not being able to obey his fate!" ”

At this moment, another cavalry came from the north, about 300 people, the leader was Gao Yu, Gao Yu was in a hurry after receiving Li Yanqing's letter, he was old and sophisticated, very familiar with the situation in the capital, and knew what was going on when he heard it.

And he also doubts Tong Guan's true motives, Tong Guan can't afford to be early, he wants to use this matter to put his hand into his own territory, which Gao Yu will never tolerate.

Gao Yu rushed to the scene like a gust of wind, and shouted at Fei Hong: "Gyeonggi Heavy Land, how can I allow you to go wild, give me the immediate withdrawal of troops back to Caizhou, and wait for disposal!" ”

Gao Yu is currently a privy envoy and minister, equivalent to the Minister of Defense, holding the power of the army, high power, his arrival made Fei Hong immediately under tremendous pressure, if Li Yuanqing is the Yin of Jingzhao Mansion, and he can't manage the affairs of Caizhou, then Gao Yu has the right to directly remove Fei Hong.

Fei Hong didn't dare to disobey, so he had to bow down and say: "Obey the order!" ”

He was helpless in his heart, so he secretly sighed and shouted to the soldiers: "Retreat!" ”

He led more than a thousand soldiers to retreat to the south quickly, and soon walked cleanly, at this time, Gao Yu stepped forward and said to Li Yanqing and Cao Sheng: "This is Tong Guan's instigation behind his back, tomorrow I will impeach him in front of the official family for exceeding his authority, please rest assured, I will definitely give you an explanation." ”

Gao Yu took this opportunity to further deepen the relationship with Li Yanqing and the Cao family, Cao Sheng hurriedly said: "The Taiwei came to stand up for the Cao family so late, and the Cao family will remember the grace of relieving their worries today." ”

Li Yanqing sighed slightly in his heart, although Gao Yu was kind-hearted, but he personally came to pressure him, and he was afraid that it would be in Tong's arms, and things would become complicated, but Li Yanqing couldn't avoid this favor, and he hurriedly thanked Gao Yu for his righteous action.

Gao Yu smiled and waved his hand, "It's a trivial matter, don't take it to heart." ”

At this time, Cao Xuan walked over and asked with a smile: "Yanqing, can the fleet continue to go south?" ”

Li Yanqing hurriedly saluted his father-in-law, but without waiting for Li Yanqing to answer, Gao Yu smiled and said: "The fleet can continue to go south, Cao Gong can rest assured, Fei Hong doesn't dare to make trouble anymore." ”

Cao Sheng asked Li Yanqing in a low voice, "Will Fei Hong continue to intercept him halfway?" ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "Tong Guan's goal has been achieved, there is no point in intercepting it again, the fleet can continue to go south, and there will be no more problems." ”

Cao Sheng was taken aback, "What does this mean, and what purpose has been achieved?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled bitterly, "You'll know tomorrow." ”

Cao Xuan immediately sent people to the city to find both the clansmen and the boatmen, and the fleet continued to set off overnight, while Li Yanqing, Gao Yu and Cao Sheng returned to the capital.

........

Early the next morning, Zhao Ji drank a bowl of bird's nest porridge as usual, and ate two pieces of dim sum, he gently wiped the corners of his mouth with a white silk scarf, put down the silk scarf and said lightly: "Say it!" What's up? ”

Zhao Ji was asking Li Yan who was standing next to him, although Li Yan had been snubbed by Zhao Ji for several years because his hands and feet were not clean in the inner library, but since this year, he has regained Zhao Ji's respect and become the pen eunuch of the imperial study, reviewing and reading for Zhao Ji, and his power has gradually risen.

Li Yan carefully took out a copy of the memorabilia and presented it to Zhao Ji, "This is a memo sent by Mrs. Tong early in the morning, impeaching Mrs. Gao for using his power for personal gain and contempt for the holy will." ”

Zhao Ji smiled, this must be Tong Guan caught Gao Yu's handle, these two people are fighting back and forth, and they have become enemies of life and death, Zhao Ji took the fold and looked at it, it happened yesterday afternoon, when Fei Hong, the commander of the Caizhou Xiang Army, trained the soldiers, he seized a civilian fleet on the Bianhe River, which was actually Baoyan Zhai's fleet, and it was carrying property to the south for the Cao family, which seriously violated the military department's civilian boat collection order and the ban on the southward relocation of hundreds of officials issued by the Zhizheng Hall at the beginning of the year. The continuous pressure of Li Yanqing and Gao Yu forced Fei Hong to retreat.

Zhao Ji read the fold twice, and immediately understood the cause and effect, although it is true that Baoyanzhai's fleet is transporting property for the Cao family, but it is not necessarily a coincidence that Fei Hong led the army to intercept the fleet.

Li Yan stood aside expressionlessly, although he lowered his head and didn't look at any expression of Zhao Ji, but his heart was like a mirror.

In this matter, Li Yan got the benefit of Tong Guan's 50,000 taels of silver, so he would naturally speak for Tong Guan, but how to speak is very skillful, the most important thing is to understand the thoughts of the official family, and this is exactly what Li Yan is best at, if he does not see through the mentality of the official family's gains and losses, how can he continue to be reused by the official family?

Of course, Li Yan knew that this kind of thing could not be hidden from Zhao Ji, but he also knew Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji was not a case judge by the Criminal Department, and he would not consider what was right and wrong, but would only consider this matter from the perspective of the king.

The emperor will only consider one thing, that is, balance and checks and balances, and will never allow a family to sit big, such as using himself to balance Liang Shicheng, Cai Jing to balance Wang Huang, and using Zhizheng Hall to balance the East Palace, then the military power needs to be balanced, and the establishment of the New Northern Army focuses on defensive training, which in itself is a manifestation of tilting towards the prince, no matter how low-key Gao Yu behaves and how well he covers up, how can the official family not see it.

So Tong Guan shot at this critical moment, obviously he also saw Gao Yu's bias, how could Tong Guan not seize this opportunity?

"What do you think about this?" Zhao Ji asked casually.

This is a habit of Zhao Ji, he likes to ask the henchmen and eunuchs around him, he used to ask Liang Shicheng, but now he turns to ask Li Yan.

Li Yan knew that the value of 50,000 taels was about to be reflected, and he said cautiously: "It's not that Gao Taiwei despises the holy will, but he really didn't handle some details properly. ”

"What details?"

"It is well known that Gao Taiwei and Li Fuyin have a good relationship, if it is just a business to a business, I believe no one will say anything? In this case, Gao Taiwei should keep a proper distance, and should not take the initiative to help Li Fuyin and the Cao family violate the rules of the court, let alone use power to suppress General Fei, who adheres to principles, and Weichen believes that this more or less damages His Majesty's authority. ”

Zhao Ji took a few steps with his hands down, he had to admit that Li Yan's words spoke to his heart, he didn't care about the Cao family's illegal move south, nor did he care that Baoyanzhai's fleet was not requisitioned by the military, but he cared that Gao Yu and Li Yanqing were too close, which meant that Gao Yu had moved closer to the prince.

"It seems that it is necessary to divide the military power of the high-ranking people!" Zhao Ji looked at himself with his hands and muttered to himself.

The corners of Li Yan's mouth showed a hint of pride, the plan formulated by Tong Guan was very ordinary, but the timing of the shot was extremely accurate, and it played a huge role in transferring thousands of catties, and this timing was suggested by Li Yan, and this suggestion was worth 50,000 taels of silver.

In the afternoon of the same day, the palace issued a holy decree, appointing Yao Pingzhong, the Tongzhi of Luoyang, as the commander of the Tongzhi and Xiang Army of Kaifeng Prefecture, controlling the 30,000 Xiang Army in the capital, and at the same time promoting Wang Ziwu, Yang Shike, and Fei Hong as the commander of the Tokyo Xiang Army.

Although Yao Pingzhong was nominally the commander-in-chief, the army was actually in the hands of Tong Guan's three henchmen, Wang Ziwu, Yang Shike, and Fei Hong, which transferred the power of the city's defense from Gao Yu to Tong Guan in disguise.

Three days later, Yao Pingzhong took office, and the first thing he did was to order a halt to the installation of trebuchets in the city.