Chapter 668: Collusion

The news of the crown princess Zhu Lian's fall from grace soon spread throughout Bianjing, and the entire court was in an uproar, some were surprised, some despised and some applauded, no matter which one it was, the crown prince Zhao Huan was famous this time, and the cowardly prince in the past could actually do this, but people didn't expect it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Anyway, with Zhao Huan's actions, the possibility that someone in the court was preparing to pick up the plane and make trouble was reduced to the lowest point, which also made Zhao Huan breathe a sigh of relief, and he was even more complacent in his heart.

Weisheng Prefecture, Jin Wang's Mansion, Tian Hu, Fan Quan, Qiao Daoqing, Fang Xuedu, Bian Xiang and others gathered in the main hall, although he suffered a big loss under Li Jing, and lost most of the territory, but the soldiers and horses were also gathered together, the attack was insufficient, but the defense was more than enough, in order to prevent Li Jing's attack, the army would not leak the defense of Weisheng Prefecture.

Today, a cadre of ministers gathered together, not because of others, but to receive distinguished guests from the imperial court, Taiwei Su Yuanjing came to Weishengzhou as an envoy of the imperial court, although Tian Hu rebelled, but at this time, he no longer had the courage to fight against the imperial court, so he summoned Su Yuanjing in the main hall.

"Taiwei came from afar, I don't know what the will of the imperial court is?" Fan Quan looked at Su Yuanjing opposite, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, everyone is not stupid, naturally they know what Su Yuanjing is talking about, but whoever speaks first will fall behind in the future negotiations, Fan Quan is cunning and cunning, and just asked with a smile.

"The Son of Heaven is merciful and can't bear to lose his life, so let the lower officials come down and summon General Tian Hu to Beijing to be entitled, and the Weisheng Army is also included in the ranks of the imperial court's forbidden army. Su Yuanjing's face was not good-looking, because he saw that the main hall in front of him was actually called Yin'an Palace, and it was Song Jiang who had surrendered before, so Song Jiang was also a scholar, and the Tian Hu in front of him was just a hunter, which made him very unhappy in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.

"The Captain is here to recruit me? Hehe, Xia Guan remembered that not long ago, Taiwei also recruited Song Jiang, but that night, Li Jing led tens of thousands of troops to capture Liangshan, Song Jiang and others were cut off by Li Jing, hehe, such a thing, presumably Taiwei will not forget it! Fang Xuedu suddenly said with a smile.

Su Yuanjing's face changed when he heard this, and his eyes flashed with anger, this matter was his pain point, how did Li Jing come up, didn't he come up from the original extermination of Song Jiang? Isn't it because he reached an agreement with his front foot and delivery, and was ready to be recruited and surrendered the next day, and finally Li Jing took the opportunity to attack Liangshan that night, exterminated Song Jiang, and achieved Li Jing's prestige.

Song Jiang died, Su Yuanjing returned to the dynasty gloomily, Li Jing achieved prestige, if it weren't for Zhao Ji's trust in Su Yuanjing, I'm afraid Su Yuanjing wouldn't even be able to do this captain, Rao is so, many officials in Beijing are laughing at Su Yuanjing openly and secretly, especially now that Li Jing may rebel, this ridicule is even more blatant. Now at this time, Fang Xuedu brought it up, which made him even more angry.

"Hehe, Taiwei doesn't have to be angry, Taiwei is a sincere person, Li Jing is insidious and cunning, that's why it's like this. People like Li Jing can only be scolded, and people like Taiwei can arouse the respect of the world. Qiao Daoqing touched his beard and said with a smile: "Actually, not only us, but even the King of Jin also respects Taiwei's personality very much." In fact, we still have a lot of respect for the court, and the king of Jin often warns us that the one who can treat us well in the future must be Taiwei, and today Taiwei can come in person, and he is really our reborn parents! ”

Everyone nodded again and again after hearing Qiao Daoqing's words, Su Yuanjing was also a little complacent, in fact, these things were discussed by everyone in advance, waiting for Su Yuanjing to come and everyone to act together to get more benefits.

"Actually, this time the imperial court is also hesitant about how to deal with you, but the official family is merciful, thinking that the reason why you are like this is also because of the oppression of the local government, so this official will take the risk to come here, just to let you abandon the darkness and turn to the light and serve the Son of Heaven again." Su Yuanjing touched his beard and said. In fact, Su Yuanjing also knew about the situation, and the reason why he took the initiative to come was to avenge Li Jing's revenge.

"Hey, I want to be loyal to the Son of Heaven, but I have no way to serve the country." Tian Hu also spoke out at this time. There was even a hint of sadness in his words, he himself was not good at acting, but under the teaching of Fan Quan and Qiao Daoqing, Fang Xuedu and others, he remembered something, so he said gratefully at this time.

"It's not that the opportunity is impossible, I don't know if the general is willing to do it." After Su Yuanjing heard this, he immediately said with a smile. He did not call the other party King Jin, but called the other party a general, which made Tian Hu feel a little unhappy in his heart, but seeing that Fan Quan and Fang Xuedu and others did not express their position, they could only press the anger in their hearts and look at Su Yuanjing.

"Dare to ask the captain, where did this opportunity come from?" Qiao Daoqing couldn't help but say.

"Li Jing, Li Jing is rebellious, and actually sent people to kill and kill more than 100 officials, including Emperor Mao of the Great Song Dynasty, Cai Ying, the commander of the horses, and others all died in the Huaizhou Pavilion, and his Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone, Li Thief is afraid that the rebellion is imminent, Your Majesty intends to prepare to recruit heroes from all roads to crusade against Li Jing, I don't know if the general is willing to obey His Majesty's edict?" Su Yuanjing looked at Tian Hu and said.

"This? To tell the truth, Tai Lieutenant, Li Jing is huge, with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and he defeated the King of Jin not long ago, and the King of Jin lost a lot of soldiers and horses. Qiao Daoqing rolled his eyes and said. Of course he thought about counterattacking Li Jing, but if there was no benefit, he would counterattack Li Jing and act as a thug of the imperial court, such a thing, Qiao Daoqing and others were not fools.

Su Yuanjing listened to a secret scolding in his heart, and knew that these thieves were not easy to fool in their hearts, so he smiled at the moment: "Of course, when the official family came to the next official, he once gave a holy decree, and General Tianhu was the general, and the envoys of Fenyang, Jinning, Zhaode, Weisheng, and Gaizhou were envoys to the five states of Jiedu, and they were recruited for the rank of general of Peking University, I don't know what the general thinks?" Su Yuanjing took out a scroll of holy decrees from his sleeve and said. This is Li Jing's official position. It shows that the imperial court has paid a lot to exterminate Li Jing.

"Even so, we have very few soldiers and horses, and now we are trapped in Weisheng Prefecture, and there is a shortage of grain and grass, I'm afraid we can't help the imperial court solve the Li thief!" Fang Xuedu said again.

After Su Yuanjing heard this, he was secretly angry in his heart, but he still said with a smile: "This matter is easy to do, the general will lead the army to attack the Zhaode Mansion first, and after the Zhaode Mansion is defeated, the money and grain of the imperial court will definitely be continuously transported into the general's camp, and the Daimyo's Mansion will also raise troops to meet the general, what does the general think?" ”

"If that's the case, you can think about it or two." After Tian Hu listened, his eyes suddenly lit up, the official position canonized by the imperial court was actually the return of the four states that Li Jing occupied at the beginning to himself, towards this point, Tian Hu also thought that it was more cost-effective to buy **, he glanced at the people around him, and saw that everyone had a happy look on their faces, and said with a smile at the moment: "Tai Wei, this matter is very important, I also want to discuss one or two, and ask Tai Wei to take a break, and wait for us to discuss properly, and then inform Tai Wei, what does Tai Wei think?" ”

"So good, so good." Su Yuanjing is also a smart person, and he also understood the meaning, and he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, this official position is still secondary, the key is the power of the envoy of the five states, so that Tian Hu can be in charge of the five states justifiably, it is this one, it is enough to make Tian Hu make up his mind to return to the imperial court and deal with Li Jing with the imperial court.

"I wonder if there are any other reinforcements from the imperial court besides the army left behind by the daimyo? After all, Li Jing has a lot of troops! I'm afraid it's a bit difficult to destroy! Fan Quan always felt that there was always something missing in Su Yuanjing's words, so he hurriedly asked.

"Hehe, the imperial court naturally has a lot of means, Li Jing thinks that he has an army in hand, but he doesn't know that with such an army, the imperial court can wipe it out with a wave of his hand, but the imperial court doesn't want to be ruined. The general is doing it here, and there is no need to lose soldiers and horses when attacking the city and plundering the land, and on Hedong Road, those gentry have been suffering for a long time! It is believed that once the general's soldiers and horses are killed under the city, the gentry in the city will definitely open the city gate and welcome the king into the city. Su Yuanjing laughed.

"If that's the case, it's okay. Please also ask the captain to take a rest first. After hearing this, Tian Hu and the others' eyes lit up, and they asked Su Yuanjing to go to rest first without mentioning it.

After Su Yuanjing came out of the main hall, he heard Qiao Daoqing say disdainfully: "The court has a good plan, let us and Li Jing die together, consume each other's strength, and finally the court raised a large army and wiped out the king and Li Jing together." Where is there such a good thing in this world, could it be that the court thinks we are stupid? No matter how high the official position is, it is of no use. ”

"Naturally, the court doesn't think we are stupid, it's just that we have no other choice, when the court ordered Li Jing to conquest us, didn't it just want Li Jing to lose with us? It's a pity that Li Jingqi is one step higher, otherwise, it wouldn't be like this at this time. Fang Xuedu said indifferently: "Whoever is strong will have the last laugh, in fact, the minister thinks that we don't want to completely defeat Li Jing, as long as we capture two or three of them, just like Li Jing didn't eliminate us, Li Jing is called raising Kou self-respect, we can be the same as Li Jing, and also have a Yang Kou self-respect, when the time comes, the court is helpless against us." ”

"It's still the captain who has a point." Tian Hu's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he said: "If the imperial court really provokes me, I will unite with Li Jing, it's a big deal for Li Jing's Hedong, I have Hebei, everyone will share the world equally, and everyone will scatter." ”

Fan Quan and the others laughed bitterly when they heard it, Tian Hu was still happy, I was afraid that he and the others would think so, but Li Jing was different, once Tian Hu joined forces with the imperial court, Li Jing's side was afraid that he would immediately attack Weishengzhou, and Weishengzhou might also need to use the power of the imperial court to deal with Li Jing.

"Then we will be the soldiers and horses of the imperial court from tomorrow, hehe, the general of the expedition to the north, this court is really incompetent, canonized Li Jing as the general of the expedition to the north, but I didn't expect to canonize me as the general in turn, it's really strange." Tian Hu said disdainfully.

"As long as we are powerful and defeat Li Jing, Hedong Road is still ours, the gentry, if the gentry are powerful, then we will eradicate the gentry first." Qiao Daoqing glanced at Fan Quan on the side, and the corners of his mouth showed a trace of disdain. Fan Quan is also a strong man, or a rich man, and he is still a little famous in the county, but in the end, when Tian Hu's army came, he didn't send his baby daughter up, although the gentry in the mansion refused Tian Hu's recruitment, but didn't the things that should be paid still be paid? Relying on these to do things for themselves, the people of the court are really blind.

"Yes, these gentry have their hearts set on the imperial court, if they deal with Li Jing like this now, they may not deal with us like this in the future, it is better for us to exterminate the gentry inside every time we capture a city, anyway, we will blame Li Jing for all the faults." Fan Quan also touched his beard and said. There was a hint of gloom in the triangular eyes. is also a gentry, but there are also big and small, Fan Quan is just a rich man, and there is not even a scholar in the family, so he is naturally a little worse in the state and county. What's more, now that he is the ruler of the country, he can't look down on these guys.

"King, although the gentry are at fault, the minister thinks that some gentry can still fight for it, as long as he is loyal to the king, the minister thinks that he should let them go." Fang Xuedu was a little worried, and hurriedly said: "When the army arrives, the gold and silver treasures will be presented, and the women of the right age in the family can be sent to the palace to serve the king, and such a gentry can let go, after all, we need these scholars to rule the world for the king." "If Li Jing is here, he will definitely understand that this Fang Xuedu wants to win over all the people who can be won over and unite all the people who can be united. Of course, Fang Xuedu naturally didn't have this kindness, he just thought that Tian Hu's actions should not offend the interests of the family.

"What the captain said is very true." Tian Hu nodded again and again after hearing this, money is what he wants, and beautiful women are also what he wants, if he can achieve benefits, he will naturally agree.

"Okay, the minister will immediately go and inform Su Yuanjing, and announce the holy decree in the main hall tomorrow." Fang Xuedu breathed a sigh of relief.

The next day, Tian Hu really put down the incense case in the back of the main hall, presented the military and civilian book, removed the king's name, announced that he would return to the imperial court, and became the general of the imperial court's expedition to the north and the history of the five states. Su Yuanjing succeeded in recruiting An, and also left happily.

Not to mention the success of Su Yuanjing's recruitment of Tianhu, in Taiyuan Mansion on Hedong Road, Li Jing's military enlargement meeting was also held in the General's Mansion, and in the face of the new and complex situation, all Li Jing's strategies must also be adjusted, so as not to be hit by the imperial court. What he didn't know was that on the Hedong Road, which had just resumed production, there was an undercurrent that was being created beneath the calm surface, threatening the Northern Army.