Chapter 616: The Old Breed Resigns
Coming out of Cao's Mansion, halfway through the morning, Li Yanqing went to the inn to find Yan Qing and the others, and planned to go back to the barracks, basically he had found out the truth, but if he wanted to move Tong Guan and Liang Shicheng to take revenge, it was almost impossible, at least not now.
Fortunately, their good days are not coming to an end in a few years, and they have to persuade the planter to persuade them, and they have to endure it, and it is not too late to take revenge when they are completely down.
As soon as everyone came out of Fengqiu Gate, they saw Zhang Hu rushing on horseback in a panic, and when he saw Li Yanqing, he didn't care about saluting and hurriedly said: "The deputy commander of the species asked me to hurry up and find the commander, and the commander had an accident." ”
Li Yanqing was taken aback, "What's wrong with Dashuai?" ”
"The marshal went to the court to reason, he didn't allow the pro-soldiers to leak, the deputy commander forced the pro-soldiers to know the situation, I don't know who leaked the news, the matter of the division has spread in the army, the soldiers are extremely angry, and they want to go to the imperial city to ask for an explanation, the two deputy generals are in a hurry, desperately persuade the soldiers, and the deputy commander of the kind asks you to persuade the marshal not to do stupid things."
Li Yanqing's mind 'buzzed! If the army really went to the imperial city to ask for an explanation, the seed master would really die, and he was also anxious, and said to Zhang Hu: "You go and tell the two deputy commanders that you must suppress the soldiers, and they will never be allowed to go out of the camp, and I will go to the imperial city!" ”
After Li Yanqing finished speaking, he turned around and urged the horse to run towards the imperial city, and Yan Qing and the three hurriedly urged the horse to follow.
Fengqiu Gate was very close to the Imperial City, and in just a moment, they came to Donghua Gate, Li Yanqing handed over the horse to the three of them and asked them to wait outside the Imperial City, while he himself walked into the Imperial City quickly.
Donghua Gate and Xihua Gate are the two most important palace gates in the east and west, a street between them is called Hengjie, which is the main road in the imperial city, the south is the important court meeting place such as the Daqing Palace, and the north is the military and political important place where the prime ministers and important ministers deal with court affairs.
Li Yanqing walked briskly on the side street, but from time to time saw groups of ministers gathered together to discuss in a low voice, at this time, Li Yanqing suddenly saw an acquaintance, his old boss Yu Shi Zhongcheng Deng Yong, he was also talking about something with the two ministers.
"Deng Zhongcheng, long time no see!" Li Yanqing hurriedly stepped forward and greeted him with a smile.
The two ministers who were talking to Deng Yong glanced at Li Yanqing and left, Deng Yong hurriedly pulled Li Yanqing aside and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong with you guys, you actually made a move to force the palace!" ”
Li Yanqing's heart trembled, and he hurriedly asked, "Where is he now?" ”
"He's kneeling in front of the gate of Yanfu Palace now! He wants to resign from all official positions and titles, even the newly crowned king of Guangyang County. ”
The sweat on Li Yanqing's forehead came down, he knew that this was a handsome hot temper, not necessarily forcing the palace, but it was indeed picking on the son.
"How long has he been on his knees?"
"About an hour! took off all his official robes and wore a white coat, and no one dared to persuade him at this time. ”
Li Yanqing turned around to leave, but Deng Yong grabbed him, "Don't be stupid, you kid, you will be affected by the Seed Master!" ”
Li Yanqing broke free of Deng Yong's hand and said in a low voice: "Zhongcheng, I can't help but go!" ”
Li Yanqing turned around and ran in the direction of Yanfu Palace, Deng Yong looked at his back and ran, and couldn't help but sigh lowly, after experiencing the Fan Dang case, this Li Yanqing didn't learn a lesson at all!
After a while, Li Yanqing came to the Yingyang Gate of Yanfu Palace, and saw the seed master Dao wearing a white middle coat, the official hat on his head was gone, wrapped in a turban, kneeling upright on the arched bridge in front of the palace gate, with the official uniform and official seal in front of him.
Li Yanqing looked at the gray hair and helpless back of the seed master, his nose couldn't help but sour, he knew that the death of the seed lin was a deep blow to the big handsome, and the big handsome was already in ashes.
There are many onlookers standing around, although there are often a large group of ministers kneeling in front of Yingyang Gate to petition to force the palace, this kind of behavior is also a common thing in the Song Dynasty, but it is indeed the first time that the master Dao used his resignation to force the palace, and the master Dao has never said a word, no one knows what happened?
Of course, not everyone doesn't know, at least Wang Hao understands in his heart that he is standing on the second floor of the Zhizheng Hall from afar, looking at the white-clothed Planter Dao with complicated eyes, I don't know why, there is a trace of inexplicable expectation in his heart, if Tong Guan's forces are pulled up from Kaifeng Mansion, then he can take the opportunity to reach in.
Just when Li Yanqing was about to run up to persuade the marshal, a eunuch suddenly walked out of the palace and said lukewarmly to the seed master: "His Royal Highness the Prince, please go back to the house first, and he promised to give you an explanation." ”
But the Dao of the Seed Master still did not move, and when the eunuch saw that he could not move the Dao of the Seed Master, he couldn't help but snort, turned around and entered the palace again.
At this time, Li Yanqing sighed in his heart, and in front of everyone, he stepped forward and gently held the arm of the planter, and whispered in his ear: "The army is about to mutiny for the sake of the marshal, even if the marshal doesn't care about his own life and death, but he must also consider the loyal name created by the breeder for generations, and he can't bear the name of rebellion!" ”
Seed Master Dao was shocked, two cloudy tears rolled out of his eyes full of vicissitudes, he lowered his head and thought for a moment, and finally nodded.
Li Yanqing hurriedly helped up the Planter Dao, and wanted to take the official uniform and official seal on the ground, but the Planter Dao stopped him, and said in a hoarse voice: "Just put it there, I won't ask for them anymore." ”
Li Yanqing had no choice but to help the seed master and leave slowly.
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In the palace, Zhao Ji Tie sat on the couch with a blushing face and said nothing, and the crown prince Zhao Huan knelt on the ground and begged bitterly, "Father, the loss of his son is heartbroken, and he is confused for a while, he will never have the idea of forcing the palace, and beg his father to forgive him this time for the sake of his meritorious service in the Northern Expedition!" ”
"Don't persuade me, you go and persuade him, I can't afford to provoke this king of Guangyang County, so I have to hide in the palace and dare not go out!" Zhao Ji replied to Zhao Huan coldly.
At this time, a eunuch rushed to the hall and reported: "Your Majesty, the Dao of the Planter has left. ”
Zhao Ji snorted heavily, Zhao Huan's heart was relieved, and he hurriedly asked, "Who persuaded him to leave?" ”
"It was his subordinate general Li Yanqing who persuaded him a few words and helped him away."
Zhao Huan secretly complained in his heart, how could it be Li Yanqing, at this critical moment..... He quickly glanced at his father, and seeing that his face was extremely ugly, Zhao Huan sighed secretly in his heart, Li Yanqing was mixed up with the Seed Master Dao at this critical moment, it was unwise!
At this time, Zhao Ji asked coldly, "Where did they go?" ”
"Back to Your Majesty, they are going in the direction of Donghua Gate, they should be back to the barracks."
Zhao Ji's face changed, he seemed to think of something, he muttered and said, "I want to make an order!" ”
A bachelor on duty spread out the yellow rice paper, and Zhao Ji said slowly: "Kaifeng Mansion Shaoyin Zhang Yun is corrupt and perverts the law, oppresses the people, and the crime should be severely punished, and he is specially removed from all official positions, and the whole family is assigned to Lingnan to fill the army!" ”
The scholar on duty wrote down the holy decree with a pen, and Zhao Ji said: "The triumphant return of the Eastern Route Army of the Northern Expedition should be rewarded, and Guanglu Temple was ordered to send 10,000 pigs and sheep to the barracks, 10,000 altars of fine wine, and 500,000 horses of colored silk. ”
Zhao Ji will not take the grievances of a thousand teachers to heart, but if the 80,000 East Route Army mutinies and rebels because of this, it will be a big deal.
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With the return of the seed master to the camp, the restless Beida camp finally calmed down, and soon, the reward of the imperial court also arrived, and suddenly the three armies were happy, after all, those who wanted to stand out for the seed master were middle and high-level generals, but the soldiers and low-level officers below did not have so many ideas, wine and meat were sent, each person could get at least two or three colored silks, for a while, the soldiers forgot the unhappiness brought by the cancellation of the triumphal ceremony, and immersed themselves in the vast imperial grace.
He already knew the news that Zhang Yun's family was exiled to the army of Kaifeng Mansion, and he also knew that the Son of Heaven was not appeasing himself, but was afraid that the army would rise up and rebel.
At this time, the soldiers reported at the door: "Marshal, Commander Li is here!" ”
"Let him in!"
This morning, no one in the Manchu Dynasty dared to persuade him, only Li Yanqing stood up, this is a young man with responsibility.
However, the master Dao felt quite guilty in his heart, and he only wanted to free himself under his anger, but unexpectedly he still affected Li Yanqing and helped himself away under the nose of the Son of Heaven, which would affect his career.
At this time, Li Yanqing walked into the room, knelt down on one knee and gave a military salute, "See the big handsome!" ”
"Get up!"
Li Yanqing stood up, he saw the begging book written on the table at a glance, his heart was gloomy, and he asked softly: "Does the marshal have to resign?" ”
Seed Master Dao nodded, "It's been that kind of trouble this morning, how can I not leave, in fact, even if there is no such thing, the official family will not allow me, I, the old army leader, has always been a thorn in his heart, Tong Guan has been full of evil deeds, but he still does not fall in the army, isn't it because he is the henchman of the official family!" ”
Li Yanqing knew that the mind of the planter Dao had been decided, so he no longer persuaded him, he muttered and said: "I have investigated the truth clearly yesterday, do you want to hear it?" ”
The seed master sighed: "The official family has lost its pawn to protect the handsome, what else can I say?" ”
Li Yanqing looked at the seed master and said calmly: "Tong Guan is only the first person to frame Ling Lang, but there is someone else who killed Ling Lang. ”
The thick eyebrows of the seed master were raised, and his gaze suddenly became sharp, "Who is it?" ”
"It's Liang Shicheng!"
The seed master Dao was stunned, and the sharp gaze just now quickly dimmed again, and he said in a deep voice for a while: "What's the point of him doing this?" ”
"Maybe he wants to provoke the contradiction between Tong Guan and the prince, this should be his original intention."
"But you found it out overnight, can't Tong Guan find out? Will the prince not understand? ”
"Although I found out, there is no evidence, but Tong Guan's side is conclusive, and the official family severely punished Zhang Yun, the prince's fire will still burn on Tong Guan."
Although he said this, the real reason Li Yanqing didn't dare to say it, that is, the prince only valued the cultivation of the master on the surface, even if the prince found out the truth, he would not offend the two court magnates at the same time for the cultivation of the master, at most he would do superficial things, and find an opportunity to severely punish Tong Guan in the future, buy the hearts of the Western Army, with Liang Shicheng's scheming, how could he not see this, how could he do something cocooned and self-bound?
The reason for this, on the one hand, is that the prince is relatively mean by nature, unkind, and unrighteous when he uses people, and when he uses people, he kicks them away, and in history, he is like this to Zong Ze and Li Gang.
On the other hand, it is also the problem of the seed master Dao itself, the seed master is loyal to the Great Song Dynasty, loyal to the Son of Heaven, the reason why he is loyal to Zhao Huan is only because Zhao Huan is the prince, if Zhao Kai is the prince, he will also be loyal to Zhao Kai, such a person will be appreciated by the superiors, but he will not really regard him as a confidant.
The Seed Master Dao Elder sighed, "The complexity of the imperial court officialdom is not a place where I can survive, so I'd better go home and spend the rest of my last few years quietly!" ”
At this moment, there was a personal soldier at the door to report, "Dashuai, Wu Min has something to see Dashuai in the matter." ”
Li Yanqing immediately understood that this was the prince going to talk to the seed master, and he said goodbye in a witty way.