Chapter 232 - Determination to Invest
The thief Wu Xi decided to invest in gold
Han Pingzhang lost his pawn to protect the car
Tangled, tangled, Wu Xi encountered the biggest, most difficult and dangerous problem in his life, it can also be said that the Wu family, tens of thousands of Wu family troops, and even millions of Sichuan and Shaanxi creatures are facing a major decision, and how to take the next step is extremely critical and completely depends on him. If you go right, you can enjoy the dignity of the Ninety-Five, and glorify your descendants, and if you choose the wrong one, you will be ruined and your head will fall to the ground.
Holding the edict of Emperor Dajin's persuasion, he didn't know the taste of food and couldn't sleep. The edict reads:
Er's ancestors Wu Jue and Wu Lan fought bloodily and made great achievements in defending Sichuan, and their descendants should be local marshals in Sichuan forever, however, the Song Dynasty court, the military generals will be used for the sake of it, and they will hide it, and they are afraid of the military generals who have high merits, Yue Fei made great military exploits but was executed by Zhao Gou, even if you Wu Xi made great achievements for the Song State in Sichuan, you may also suffer the fate of Yue Fei.
Therefore, please Wu Xi recognize the current situation, follow the trend, and join the Jinguo Group, you will definitely be able to turn disasters into blessings and achieve immortal achievements.
If you Wu Xi knows the current affairs, attaches himself to my Dajin, and does not move on the Sichuan front, so that my Dajin has no worries on the Western Front, I can be crowned the king of Shu.
If you Wu Xi take the initiative to cooperate with my Dajin, go down the river from Sichuan, and capture Jiangnan, I can canonize the entire Sichuan region to you, so that the Wu family will be the king of Shu forever.
In the edict, what poked Wu Xi's sore spot was precisely the fatal flaw of the Song Dynasty: extreme distrust of military generals. When the country encounters foreign invasion, it needs the military generals to be loyal and die-hard, and once it is stable, they will do everything possible to prevent and restrict it, for fear that the tail will not fall off, and betray the yellow robe of the court like Taizu; What touched Wu Xi's weakness was the aura of the King of Shu, which was his lifelong wish and dream.
Among the generals of the Wu family, Wu Xi's ancestor Wu Lan made the greatest contributions, and in the first year of the Gandao (1164), he was named Taifu and the king of Xin'an County. After his death, he gave the Taishi and posthumously sealed the letter to the king. Despite this, the old man has always been trembling and walking on thin ice, and he is most afraid that others will say that he supports the army and is self-respecting.
Now this Song dynasty, it can be said that one generation is not as good as the generation, Emperor Gaozong has been flowing for many years, and finally kept the throne, but was frightened by the Jin people, Emperor Xiaozong lived in the shadow of Gaozong all his life, always wanted to work hard but could not do so, Emperor Guangzong is a neurotic, strict wife, unfilial son, today's emperor is also a fool, I don't understand anything, all by Han Yanxuan, and Han Yanxuan, Zhida is only bold and ignorant, self-righteousness is, self-righteousness is wrong, lack of vision that politicians should have, Tactics and charisma don't make a big deal. Follow him, what's the point?
Breaking away from the Great Song Dynasty and establishing himself as the king, it will be regarded as a chaotic minister and thief, and Qianfu pointed out that the Wu family's decades of heroic names will be destroyed in one fell swoop, and the imperial court will send troops to recruit troops to quell the rebellion, but this situation will not appear for the time being, and the imperial court has no time to look west.
However, if you join Dajin, be an emperor like Shi Jingjiao, become a helper of the Jinbang barbarians, and then help him fight the Great Song Dynasty, thousands of Han people will accuse you of being a traitor and a traitor.
However, the golden seal of the "King of Shudi" specially ordered by the Golden Emperor did make people's hearts itch. After thinking about it, I gritted my teeth, and I didn't care: laugh and scold Ren Ru, I will be a good official.
I learned from Wu Duan that if you want to attach to Dajin, you need to give a big gift. It is to dedicate the four states of order, harmony, Cheng and Feng to Jinyuan. It is necessary to sell both the master and the land. He didn't want to accept it. I have 100,000 soldiers in the land of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and the court whip is beyond the reach of the whip, you have Mongolian tigers in the north of Dajin, and Song soldiers in the south.
Said to Wu Duan, you tell Emperor Dajin that I, Wu, am willing to surrender, and I can offer some jewelry, and the four states will be exempted, so let me take care of it.
Wu Duan reported Wu Xi's thoughts to Wan Yan Gang, Wan Yan Gang smiled, this Wu Bazi, really used himself as a dish, and thought that the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command were amazing.
This is the real reason why Wu Xi is restless and goes to Lingyan Temple to relax. Once defeated Yanchuan Village, and then defeated Baocha Valley, Gusu Valley, and Laiyuan Town, and finally lowered the head of everything in the world, the era of Wu Jiajun's invincibility is gone, in terms of commanding troops, you Wu Xi can't compare with any of the three of your grandfather's two generations, is there any other way to go?
When reporting on the situation of these two battles, he only said lightly that due to the sudden change in weather and the complicated terrain, he could only retreat and wait for a good opportunity to fight again. In order to prevent Cheng Song from secretly reporting, he sent people to secretly monitor and withhold all the letters from Xingyuan Mansion.
The imperial court's palace newspaper was full of news of the failure of the two Jianghuai attacks, and they also ordered to take Qinzhou within a month, and asked Cheng Song to report the truth, which showed that they had become suspicious.
At night, Wu Xi came to Wei Xiaofang to rest. Wei Xiaofang gently untied his wide clothes and hugged this bewitching and charming stunner. "Baby, I ask you, what do you want most?"
The aroma came to her nose, and Wei Xiaofang asked angrily:
"Can you say anything?"
"You can say anything, I don't blame you for saying something wrong."
"Okay, what you call me, I want to be a mother the most."
"Mother?"
"It's the queen, the concubine or something, wear the crown, hug the front and back, do whatever you want, how majestic and magnificent."
Even a weak woman wants to be a princess, let alone a man's husband!
From this moment on, the balance in Wu Xi's heart lost its balance and fell to Dajin's side. Moving the 60,000 Xingzhou Army to Hechi, Akari said that the army was transferred to the front line, but in fact it was convenient to communicate privately with the Jin people.
The reply to Wu Duan was: I will not move my troops in Sichuan and Shaanxi, and the Jin soldiers will do their best to deal with the armies of the Song State and the Huai and Jingxi. When the time comes, it will be officially surrendered.
Songchuan and Shaanxi are divided into six roads, there are 54 state and county armies, there are three capital divisions, Xingzhou is in the north, the strength is the strongest, it is the main force of the Wu army, Jinzhou is in the east, more than 10,000 troops, Xingyuan Prefecture is in the west, and the army is 30,000.
Attached to Jin is the king, how many state and county troops are willing to follow him, and the other two are in charge, can he control it, these are not completely sure. Although the Wu family is all over the major yamen in Sichuan, and many civil and military generals are either from the Wu family army or recommended by the Wu family, they are not monolithic, especially when it comes to life and death, which is unpredictable. There is still a bumpy road to go before you can claim the throne publicly.
At this time, it was September of the second year of the opening of the jubilee.
At this time, two major events occurred in Lin'an.
After the supervision of the imperial history arrived in Yangzhou, it soon came to light, and the matter was as Fan Zuliang said. So, Guo Zuo and Li Ruyi were locked in a prisoner car, escorted to Lin'an, and the three halls were tried, the facts were conclusive, Guo Zuo and Li Ruyi were beheaded for the crime of collaborating with the enemy, Guo Ren deceived the imperial court, shielded the criminals, and sent them to Qiongzhou for management.
The Northern Expedition failed, there were no good generals and no good strategies, and Han Yan was anxious.
The old minister Liu Jianxiu recommended Li Si to him. This person is a straight bachelor and a waiter in the Ministry of Rites. Han Yanxuan sent a letter to him, saying to him: "I never expected that the state affairs would come to such a point, how can a virtuous person only clean himself and ignore it? β
Li Si replied: "I'm afraid that Li is clumsy and can't say the good things you want to hear." β
Before Li Si summoned to the temple, Han Yanxuan summoned him. Ask him to speak freely, Li Si bluntly said that the first problem in today's government is that words do not make sense:
"Lu Zujian spoke bluntly about government affairs, suffered derogation, and traveled thousands of miles, and since then the scholars have not dared to be loyal to the country; Lu Zutai wrote a book and compiled and managed the outside world, so that the people did not dare to talk about the court; A well-educated person has something to say in his heart, and he is afraid that he will be punished for offending you, so he does not dare to speak out! Now the Northern Expedition, only one or two people think it is impossible, in fact, many people have this opinion, but they don't dare to say it. If you let everyone speak freely before, you will listen patiently and think carefully, and you will definitely not forget to move. β
"Su Shicheng is greedy and bribed, tens of thousands, why don't you kill him to thank the three armies? Wang Fubin lost his teacher Xianghan, Li Shuang defeated Huaidian, and Qin Shifu desecrated Shu Dao, all of which were major crimes, and the punishment was too light to convince the public. β
When Han Yanxuan heard this, his face was red and his face was red, and his expression was solemn. Zhou Yunluan saw that the momentum was wrong, and hurriedly glanced at him, hoping that he would stop here.
Who knows, this Li Si is full of interest, and the more he talks, the more energetic he becomes. "In the court, many scholars and doctors are incorruptible and shameful, tend to be inflammatory, flattering, and often claim to be protΓ©gΓ©s, graces, benefactors and even fathers, and some do not hesitate to pretend to be cats and dogs, openly accepting gifts and bribes, which is even less worth talking about."
Han Yanxuan heard it, what he said was that Xu Jizhi, Su Shicheng, Chen Zhishan and others were all villains who could only flatter each other, and you Han were surrounded by pugs. couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, and shouted: "Don't say it, get out of here!."
Li Si got up and withdrew, looked at Han Yanxuan and said, "Gongming has more than enough but not enough intelligence. The hall is as good as a stream, and this is more than enough; Blinded by Su Shicheng, this Cong is not enough. Su Shicheng and his ilk are profiteers, and now Su Shicheng has failed, and Zhou Yunluan is still there. Some people say that Pingzhang is deceived by others and it is difficult to ride a tiger, just like Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong in the evening. β
Compare him to the two traitors in the era of Tang Xuanzong, how can he stand it. Calm down, I feel a little regretful, I really shouldn't have listened to Su Shicheng's words, and used troops in a hurry, and now the situation is indeed a tiger. The Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, who can say a useful word. After thinking about it, I thought of Li Shizhang. This person has a good literary pen, good eloquence, and can also be trusted. Ordered him to be invited to drink in South Park.
You come and go, the wine is hot, and naturally talks about the Northern Expedition and Su Shicheng.
Of course, Li Shizhang knew the bitterness in Han's heart, and he also knew that he wanted to hear the truth at this time, but he didn't dare to listen to the harsh truth. followed his meaning and pointed out some of Su Shicheng's mistakes on weekdays.
Han Yanxuan said: "It's the first time I've heard these things you said, I really can't imagine that he is such a person, he does this, it's really not like words." β
Li Shizhang went on to say:
King Pingzhang is too unusual. This Su Shicheng uses power and misconduct on weekdays, causing you to attract criticism, if you don't tell this person, it is not enough to thank the world. β
Han Yanxuan nodded silently.
Soon, the imperial court issued an edict to remove Su Shicheng from all his posts and degrade Shaozhou for resettlement.