The Bianliang City Gate, when it gets dark, has long been closed. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Without the order of the temple chief to affix the great seal, it is impossible to open it again before dawn.

But not long after dark, several horsemen came galloping from the south, came to the bottom of the city, and shouted to the city gate: "The southern army is urgent, open the city gate quickly to report to the Privy Council." ”

The soldiers on duty heard the shouts of the city, poked their heads out to see if they were real, threw torches under the city gate, and really a few soldiers, and said, "In a moment, I will go and ask the commander." ”

After a long time, a man without armor came to the head of the city in his pajamas, looked left and right a few times, and asked, "Where did the military intelligence come from?" ”

This man was obviously the commander of the soldier's mouth, and he was on duty in the city tower at this time. When he asked this, it was obvious that he still had doubts in his heart, and most of the military intelligence came from the north, whether it was northwest or due north. But in the south, I don't know how many years have it been like this to urgently enter the city at night to transmit military information.

I only heard the man under the city gate hurriedly said: "Muzhou military situation, don't ask too much, quickly open the door to present it to the Privy Council, the matter is very important, and there must be no delay, otherwise you and I can't afford to be punished." ”

The commander listened to the words, and he really took matters into account, and only said: "Without the order of the commander of the palace, the city gate shall not be opened, and the documents shall be handed over to the Privy Council with a hanging basket." ”

When the man in the city heard this, he couldn't, so he had to instruct: "It must be presented to Tong Shumi's face, the matter is big, but there is a difference, you and I are both head-to-head, and we must be presented to Tong Xianggong immediately." ”

The commander listened to these words of repeated instructions, and his heart also attached importance to it, and when he put down the hanging basket again, he took the letters in the basket, and turned it over to see that the fire paint and mud were all there, and the seals and seals of officials and officials were complete, and he was shocked in his heart, and he didn't know that there was really a war in the south.

The commander hurried down to the city, and rode straight to Tong Guan's mansion.

Zheng Zhi was already in Tong Guan's mansion at this time, and was reporting tonight's events, and met Emperor Zhao Ji by chance, which really helped Tong Guan a lot.

In the study, I only heard Tong Guan say: "Okay, there is such a chance encounter today, let you talk about this matter with the official family in person, it is more direct than the report in front of the palace, after the official family listens to your words, he is in such a hurry to go first, and his heart must be not peaceful, so very good." ”

Zheng Zhi also knew at this time that Tong Guan's strategy was to create an unstable atmosphere, which indirectly affected Emperor Zhao Ji's decision on the candidate for the palace commander.

A hundred years of Bianliang, steady development, never threatened by the outside, so the front division of this palace is mostly the emperor's confidants, more of them are controlled by civil officials, and the warriors can almost never be touched. This is also an important reason for the abolition of the Tokyo Forbidden Army, and now Tong Guan wants to change this matter and take control of this palace.

There are still some elites in the Tokyo Forbidden Army, and these elites are not in the soldiers, and after these generals, these military attachés, although the non-commissioned officers are not trained, there are naturally many talents in the Tokyo Forbidden Army. From Wang Jin Lin Chong, to Yang Zhi, and even to the golden gunner Xu Ning, they are all figures in the Tokyo Forbidden Army, most of them are inherited from family culture, and their ancestors are all good generals who fought on the battlefield with Taizu. The palace guards also have many good hands.

Another is the Tokyo Forbidden Army, which is richer than the local Forbidden Army, more abundant in food and salary, and although there are many shortages in the Ordnance Treasury, there are still a lot of good goods saved.

These are the important reasons why Tong Guanxiang controls the front division of the palace. Everything is for the war, maybe all for Tong Guan's dream of the king, and for Tong Guan's fame in history. Who called the ancestors of the Zhao family have a saying: Those who recover Yanyun will be crowned kings!

"Enxiang, the official family asked me to go to the palace tomorrow to wait for the summons, I don't know what to talk about?" Zheng Zhi and Tong Guan are now in the same boat, and it is natural to help Tong Guan fight for power and profit. If you want to see the emperor, you also need to discuss it with Tong Guan.

"The official family summoned you, but the public and private affairs, the official affairs are said to be in battle, and there is not much interest in coming to the official family, you just need to answer as said today, private matters are just fun, you should be cautious in this matter, you should not be modest when you should be in the limelight, so as to leave a good impression in front of the official family." Tong Guan was born as a palace attendant, and he really knew Emperor Zhao Ji too well.

Zheng Zhi nodded, and as soon as Tong Guan said this, Zheng Zhi was relieved. The first time I was summoned by the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty in the palace, I was still a little apprehensive. Fortunately, Zhao Ji is not a real emperor's mental art, so it is much easier to dismiss.

At this time, outside the study, the little servant reported: "Report to the privy council, and the commander of the defense of the city outside the gate asks for a meeting, saying that there is an urgent military situation." ”

Tong Guan frowned when he heard this, this Great Song Dynasty, where is there an emergency military situation sent in the middle of the night at this time, and said, "Bring it in." ”

The commander followed the little servant straight into the study and said, "Report to the Privy Secret, the south has sent an emergency military information, but the city gate cannot be opened at night, and it will only be forwarded to the face by the last general." ”

Zheng Zhi stepped forward to take the letter that the commander held up with both hands, and turned around and put it in front of Tong Guan's case.

Tong Guan hurriedly went to the fire paint, opened the letter, and read it for a long time. His face became deeper and deeper, but after this deepness, Tong Guan had a smiling face again.

After reading it, Tong Guan put the letter on the table and said, "There is work in the middle of the night, you can go back first." ”

The conductor bowed down and exited the study. Zheng Zhi looked at Tong Guan with a puzzled expression.

When the person who had to deliver the letter walked away, Tong Guan suddenly smiled and said, "Haha... God help me, and most of what I have planned has been successful. ”

Zheng Zhi naturally didn't understand, and asked, "Enxiang, what is the military situation in the south?" ”

"There was another big thief in the south, and within a month, he occupied the two state capitals of Muzhou and Shezhou (Chun'an, Hangzhou, and Huangshan, Anhui), and the thieves were so powerful that they had surpassed Song Jiang and directly occupied the important places of the state capital. It's really a pillow when you're sleepy, and it's this piece of military information that is more effective than your letter tonight. God help me. Tong Guan said with a smile.

Tens of thousands of Liangshan thieves have just been destroyed, and there are more powerful thieves in the south, these things are not for Tong Guan to attack the heart of the emperor Zhao Ji.

It's Tong Guan, who seems to be a little selfish at this time. When thieves make trouble, the first thing they think about is not that the people are not happy, but that they first think that this matter is beneficial to themselves.

Zheng Zhi heard Tong Guan's words, and a name immediately appeared in his mind: Fang La!

"Eun Xiang, so it's time to use the sword again." Zheng Zhi naturally thought that he was going to fight again, destroyed Song Jiang, and then leveled Fang La, which can be regarded as a beginning and an end to this Water Margin. Thinking of this, Zheng Zhi couldn't help but think of the two again, Wang Qingtian Hu, these two people didn't seem to have appeared yet.

Zheng Zhi tried to recall some things, and it seemed that there was a difference in time before and after the incident.

"Don't be in a hurry, and let Jiangnan East Road and Liangzhejiang Road be eliminated first." Tong Guan planned, everything was still according to his own way of thinking, in Tong Guan's heart, political interests were more important than military interests at this time.

Zheng Zhi didn't know the consequences of letting Fang La go, in a short period of time, the two Zhejiang provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, and the fifty-two counties in six states would all fall, and important towns such as Hangzhou would also fall into the hands of Fang La.

Zheng Zhi looked at Tong Guan, and really didn't have a plan in his heart, so he only asked: "Enxiang, let the thieves go, in case the thieves sit big, there will be a war in the south of the Yangtze River, and the disaster of the country and the society will also be in trouble." ”

Zheng Zhi told Tong Guan what he knew in his heart. Obviously, in his heart, he still wanted Tong Guan to make a move as soon as possible, just because Zheng Zhi was about to face the Khitan Jurchens and asked for money and food, Jiangnan and Zhejiang were lost, and they were also indirectly dragging themselves back, and there were more soldiers, Zheng Zhi's current financial problems naturally depended on this Great Song Dynasty.

Tong Guan waved his hand and said, "It's okay, the matter between the DPRK and China will be settled in a month or two, and it's not too late to talk about anything else at that time." ”

But Tong Guan didn't know that the Jiangnan military equipment was almost like nothing, and if Fang La was given two months, Fang La would inevitably have troops under the city of Hangzhou, and then the imperial court would send troops to suppress it, and it would be a few months to come and go, and Fang La's territory had been expanded to the extreme.

Zheng Zhi heard Tong Guan's words, and said: "Enxiang, this matter is sooner rather than later, Heshuo's military equipment is so relaxed, you can imagine how far Jiangnan has been prepared, the thieves in Jiangnan are not small, if there are no elite soldiers to suppress it, it will inevitably spark the prairie fire." Now it's time to attack Liao again, the backyard is on fire, the food and salary are affected, and I hope that the grace minister will make a decision. ”

When Tong Guan heard this, his brows furrowed, and he knew in his heart that Zheng Zhi was reasonable, and he was already weighing it at this time. On the one hand, Tong Guan is in the matter of the front secretary of the palace, and he hopes that there will be such a big trouble as Fang La. On the one hand, thinking in the direction that Zheng Zhi just said, this big thief really can't be overdone.

Tong Guan couldn't make up his mind for a while, and he weighed the two sides, but they were all for the sake of attacking Liao, so he had to hesitate left and right.

After a long time, Tong Guan said: "Zheng Zhi, you go back first, and go to the same hall tomorrow." Let's talk about these things tomorrow when we meet the officials. ”

Zheng Zhi already understood, Tong Guan probably wanted to see Emperor Zhao Ji's reaction before taking countermeasures. After giving up, he exited the study.

It wasn't early, Zheng Zhi took everyone to the alum tower to pick up Master Li.