Seeing that Shi Wengong plundered the city, Emperor Huizong naturally wanted to send troops to suppress it. However, when Shi Wengong and others were huddled in Liangshan, they had successively deployed more than 200,000 troops, together with two court officials, four good generals of the Imperial Forest Army, eight capital supervisors, and ten festival envoys, but now they are all gone.

Thinking of this, this Emperor Huizong just felt that there was really nothing he could do about Shi Wengong and the others, and for a while, he was still a little jealous.

At this time, Cai Jing admonished, "Your Majesty, I think that my imperial court has not succeeded in sending troops to conquer Liangshan before, because those thieves have shrunk in the Liangshan Mountain, occupied a favorable terrain, and waited for work at ease, so they are better than the army of our imperial court." ”

"But now the situation is different, since the Liangshan bandit soldiers have traveled out of Liangshan, they have departed from the terrain that is most beneficial to them. In this way, they are weaker than before. Moreover, now that they are attacking the city on a large scale, the soldiers must be tired, and most of the people in the city are unwilling. ”

"At that time, when we wait for the heavenly soldiers to arrive, the soldiers and civilians in the city will be happy, and then the two sides should cooperate with each other, and then take advantage of the fatigue of the thieves to attack the city, and they will definitely be able to break the thieves in one fell swoop and recapture the lost state capital!"

After Emperor Huizong heard Cai Jing's advice, he was greatly moved, and then said, "Okay, what Aiqing said is very true, since this is the case, I will pass on my order to transfer the forbidden army in the city to your command, and then Aiqing will go to attack the thieves and break the enemy!" ”

As soon as Cai Jing heard that he was going to go to fight against the Liangshan bandits, his momentum was in vain, and then he played again, "Back to Your Majesty, although the old minister has the heart to solve problems for the saint and fight against the thieves, he is really old and healthy, and he can't withstand this back and forth, I'm afraid that he will be entrusted by the saint." ”

"This, so, but how is it good?" After Huizong heard Cai Jing's words of shirk, he was embarrassed.

At this time, I saw that the captain Li Gang stepped forward and bowed, "Your Majesty, the forbidden army in this city is the strong army of the Gongwei Beijing Division, how can it be moved, if the thieves take advantage of the unpreparedness of our Beijing Division, surprise troops attack, how to solve it!" ”

Li Gang's words were to control Cai Jing, choking him speechless, and he was annoyed in his heart.

Subsequently, Li Gang played again, "It is better to ask Your Majesty to send down the holy decree, and all the state capitals in the world have dispatched military and horse generals to gather in Beijing, and then send good generals to lead the army to Jeju, step by step, steady and stable, and after a long time, you will be able to completely eliminate the thief!" ”

"If that's the case, then I don't know what year and month it will take until all the thieves are wiped out!" After listening to Li Gang's advice, Cai Jing couldn't help but ask.

Subsequently, Li Gang was not to be outdone, and then said, "Your Majesty, the Liangshan bandit Kou went down the mountain to attack the state capital this time, and the momentum was huge, and it was a danger for a day. ”

"As the so-called freezing three feet is not a day's cold, now I am in the Great Song Dynasty, which seems to be united and stable, but it has long been in harmony, and now the court is controlled by traitors, and the loyal people have no way to serve the country, and the people are not happy, these are the real disasters of my Great Song Dynasty. Your Majesty can now solve this scourge once and for all by making great efforts to punish treacherous evils and to combine grace and might. ”

Li Gang's advice can be said to be to the point, and almost everywhere is the root cause of why Zhao Song Jiangshan has fallen to the point where he is now. However, the so-called loyalty is contrary to the ear, and Li Gang's words are also a lot of criticism of Cai Jing, Yang Jian and other parties, so not only Emperor Huizong didn't like it, but even Cai Jing and others also spoke out in time to stop Taiwei Li Gang.

I only heard Cai Jing shouting, "Taiwei Li, are you accusing Your Majesty of misconduct, so did you cause this disaster?" How daring! ”

"That is, it is obviously the insatiable greed of those untouchables that led to this rebellion, and as a minister of the court, you don't think about how to quell the rebellion, but you only lie here to confuse the people, which is really hateful. Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, should be sentenced to the capital punishment of the Taiwei Li Gang, in order to set an example! ”

At this time, it was another Yang Jian Taiwei who was also one of the four traitors, but he was also a fellow party of Cai Jinggao, at this time Li Gang had the intention of hitting himself in his words, and he wanted to stand up in time and speak with Cai Jing.

At this time, Li Gang was not afraid of these two traitorous ministers, and he had to persuade again. But at this time, I heard Emperor Huizong shouting, "Enough, Taiwei Li, you are so bold that you dare to accuse me here, do you want to say that the reason why the Liangshan thieves committed the rebellion is because I am a faint king!" ”

At this time, Emperor Huizong did not have the kindness of the past at all, and there was only the anger on his face, which frightened the officials below to quickly bow down and worship, even the three people who were arguing Li Gang and Cai Jing and Yang Jian also bowed down to worship each other.

"The lower officials don't dare, please ask Your Majesty to temporarily accept the wrath of the thunder!"

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger!" At this time, all the officials in the hall shouted this sentence to him.

Subsequently, Emperor Huizong shouted again, "Taiwei Li Gang is disrespectful, disobedient to me, come to someone, put him in the prison, and choose the day to fall!" ”

"Yes!" Emperor Huizong gave this order, and when even a palace guard stepped forward, he couldn't help but say, took that Li Gang down, and sent him to the prison.

Seeing such a scene, Cai Jing and Yang Jian and other traitors were all happy in their hearts. At the same time, Li Gang secretly sighed in his heart, "The traitorous minister is in charge, disturbing the court, the misfortune of the king, the misfortune of the country!" ”

After Li Gang was taken down, Emperor Huizong said again: "My good mood has been ruined by this Li Gang!" ”

After hearing this, Cai Jing and Yang Jian bowed together, "Please also ask Your Majesty to calm your anger, don't be angry with the Holy Body for that one Li Gang." ”

Immediately, the Huizong sighed again, and then said, "Okay, I will first order the surrounding governments to mobilize troops and horses, and gather in Tokyo City, and then a good general marshal, lead the troops to go out to attack the thieves, okay, retreat from the dynasty!" ”

"Greetings to Your Majesty!" Seeing that Huizong left, Cai Jing, Yang Jian and the others all bowed respectfully, and then got up and left together.

And when he walked outside the palace, the two of them still talked about it, "This Li Gang is really hateful, and he actually said such things, isn't this equivalent to pointing at our noses and insulting!" ”

"That's it, alas, now the world has really changed, in the past, how dare Li Gang be so presumptuous and challenge our authority!"

"However, through today's events, I will have to pay attention to it in the future. Didn't you see that although Your Majesty disposed of Li Gang today, but he also adopted what he played, it seems that in this short period of time, you and I must also be careful when acting, and we must not let the Holy Lord agree with Li Gang's words. ”

After hearing this, Yang Jian was also shocked, and then bowed and said, "What the Taishi said is very true, and the lower official has been taught." Immediately, the two thieves slowly retreated and left the palace.

(End of chapter)