Chapter 188: Temptation

Wu Defu allocated grain and grass

Busa is gullible and lax

Standing at the pinnacle of life, Han Yanxuan can do whatever he wants, if he wants to promote anyone, he can directly appoint him at home, and if he is above the fifth grade, he can report to the emperor first, or report afterwards. It can be described as majestic on all sides, showing off its might. In fact, he knows very well that in his own house, he spends all day drinking, singing and dancing, and no one dares to care, but the major affairs of the court are not child's play, although the emperor has great trust in him, he is not a political nouveau riche who is promoted by surprise, and he can distinguish the priorities of things. Pingzhang military state affairs is the highest dispatch, the general leader of the national affairs, considering the special importance of money and food, he decided to personally serve as the state envoy. It's not that he doesn't trust Chen Zhishan, the prime minister of Zuo, the teacher he was a child, who listened to him and bowed his head to his ear, but he didn't speak hard enough. In order to improve Su Shicheng's prestige, he was promoted to the envoy of the Anyuan Army and the general consul of the cabinet.

The Northern Expedition was carried out in an orderly manner, and Zhongshu issued two edicts in the name of the emperor. First, order the armies everywhere to enter a state of combat readiness and respond to emergencies at any time; Second, the pacification divisions of all roads were ordered to train and review the forbidden troops belonging to the front of the palace, the horse army division and the infantry army division.

Han Yanxuan received a letter from Wu Lie. In the letter, he suggested: On the border of Hubei, righteous soldiers should be called on to defend the frontier, let their children go out as soldiers, increase the garrison of Zaoyang and Xinyang, divide troops to garrison Yangluo Wuguan to defend Wuchang, prohibit crossing the border to lure the people of Jindi, prevent border conflicts, and select the children of good families to defend the treasury. And said: In view of the defeat of Shaoxing in the last years, the Jin people must have bypassed the two lakes and attacked Jing and Xiang first.

Who is Wu Hunting, he has no impression and asks Zhou Yunluan.

Zhou Yunluan told him that this person was a native of Tanzhou, the word Defu, a jinshi during the Longxing period, a tall foot of Zhang Jingfu, an important descendant of the Huxiang school, and the brother of Wu Bogang, a former member of the Privy Council. At the beginning of Jingjiang Mansion, Wuxi Zhixian County, recommended by Chen Junliang, he entered the dynasty as the secretary Lang, and at the beginning of the Qing Yuan Dynasty, he was awarded the supervision of the imperial history.

Han Yanxuan remembered, at the beginning, the emperor refused to move away, the emperor ordered to repair the palace, to move to another place to the palace, in the main hall, there is a royal history advice: "Shouhuang Xiaozong broke the old customs since the Han and Wei dynasties, and served Gaozong for three years of mourning, in case His Majesty easily removed the funeral, there will be no way to comfort the spirit of the emperor in the sky." He also said: "Your Majesty has ascended the throne and has not seen the Emperor Taishang, so you should believe in sincerity and wait for the Emperor Taishang to recover from his illness before visiting him." ”

This is Wu Lie, look closely, this person is in his fifties, pot-bellied, polite, and looks like a white-faced scholar. I've never heard Wu Bogang talk about it, and the two don't look alike.

When the pseudo-school was banned, Wu Lieshang soothed the admonition: "Your Majesty has been in the dynasty for a few months, today an edict will be issued to remove the prime minister, and tomorrow an edict will be issued to dismiss the ministers, and yesterday I heard that Zhu Xi was dismissed from his post by the edict to manage the palace and the idle post, and the court was shocked inside and outside, thinking that the political affairs did not come from the Zhongshu, and it was a chaotic government." ”

For this reason, he was demoted from Beijing and appointed as a transfer judge in Jiangxi, and soon after, he was impeached and dismissed.

Zhou Yunluan said that this person was honest and upright, advocated restoration, and disagreed with Shi Hao's conservative policy. openly wrote a letter accusing the imperial court of giving Shi Hao a nickname, and asked Zhang Jun to be sacrificed at Gaozong's tomb: "Since the country was in difficulty, he has been the first to advocate righteousness, not to change his determination with success or failure, success and setbacks, and to be loyal and strong, and to be able to penetrate the sun and the moon and move the heavens and the earth, and there is no one who surpasses Zhang Jun." Emperor Xiaozong was determined to restore the lost land, and he did not forget to sleep and eat. Inspecting the ministers at that time, he always emphasized restoration, which was enough to match the will of filial piety in heaven, and there was only Zhang Jun alone. ”

Three years ago, he was reinstated as a member of the household department, a judge of Guangxi Transfer, and the general leader of Hu, Guangzhou, Jiangxi, and Jingxi.

Han Yanxuan instructed the head of the household to learn about Wu Lie's work now.

Ten days later, the head of the household department reported that Wu Lie knew that Wenhan was good at governance, and he was so clever that he was clear and clear. There are two things to prove.

Last spring, Wu Lie went to Jiangxi to inspect the grain reserves. He personally went into the granary and took the officials of the transshipment department to take stock one by one. There is no problem with the amount of grain stored in 8 million stones, but due to factors such as ventilation, light transmission, and humidity, the granary clerk only knows how to keep it and hand over the key, and half of the grain is moldy and rotten. After dealing with the punishment of the relevant personnel, it was reported to the Ministry of Rites, and 25,000 monks and nuns were issued, and everyone in the transfer department took action to purchase grain with the money from the sale of the dumu to make up for the loss. For this reason, the household department specially issued a circular instructing the major granaries to take effective measures to prevent the deterioration of stored grain.

In the spring of this year, on Jinghu North Road, he found that the grain reserves were insufficient, and transported 500,000 stone rice from Hunan to Xiangyang; He also transported the 300,000 stone of rice bought by Hubei Caosi to the four counties of Jing, Ying, An, and Xin; and allocated millions of silver and silk reserves to prepare for the army; On his recommendation, the pacification department promoted Dong Kui, Meng Zongzheng, Chai Fa and others to guard the military important places in Hubei.

Han Yanxuan praised: This person is indeed a usable talent.

The imperial court issued an edict and awarded Wu Lie as the secretary of the provincial young eunuch, and immediately went to Beijing to summon him.

In the main hall, he held his head high, thinking that the imperial court should change the situation of Wen Tianwu frolicking and seeking peace as soon as possible, and the whole army was punished by force, and then reported the situation in Hubei that he knew, and asked the imperial court to increase the garrison of Guang, Hubei, Jiang, and Huangzhou.

At the time of the famine in Jiangling, Wu Lie was appointed as the secretary of the secret pavilion, the head of the Huguang Consulate General and the governor of Jiangling. When bidding farewell to the emperor, Wu Lie asked for 100,000 yuan to help the hungry. When passing through Wuchang, he sent people to recruit merchants to buy grain separately; After arriving in Gangneung, the grain was sold at a low price, and the price of rice was flat.

The imperial court issued an edict again, ordering the Hubei pacification envoy to recruit an additional army and name it the Shenjin Army.

On the border, the harassment of Kim escalated to a raid. Shouzhou Sima joined the army Wang Gao commanded 300 soldiers, set off at midnight, crossed the Huai River, entered Sizhuang Town, Piyang County, and went straight to the deputy inspector Aligen's house, Aligen was not at home, killed his slave and withdrew. At this time, before dawn, they hurried twenty miles, and on the outskirts of the county seat, they killed the county military judge Sadu.

This sneak attack was unaware. Afterwards, the Piyang County Ya did not notice it, thinking that it was a thief who committed the crime. Five days later, he led only 100 people to the county seat and captured Gao Hao, who was inspected in Piyang County. Before leaving, he also set a fire.

After interrogation, Wang Shenjun learned from Gao Hao that there were only more than 200 soldiers in Piyang County, and because Sa was killed, the state government sent a military judge called Qu Liang, who was quite fierce and was pursuing the case of Sa Du's killing.

On the third day, Wang Dadao repeated his old trick, crossed the Huai River three times, and killed Qu Liang and his wife at home. The three risky acts made Wang boldly come to a conclusion: the defense of the Jin border was lax, and the soldiers defending the city were old and weak. He asked Zhizhou: At the beginning of the Northern Expedition, lead the troops into battle to kill the enemy.

It took ten days to arrive in Bianjing from Yanjing. Henan pacification made Busa was born in martial arts, and after many battles, he could have taken office on horseback, but because of his back pain and leg pain in recent years, he had to take a carriage slowly. After the pacification division was arranged, it happened that Emperor Song's birthday was coming, and he sent the Henan unified army envoy Fushi Lie Ziren as the envoy to congratulate the Song State on his birthday, and at the same time held the official letter of the Privy Council to ask the Song court why he made trouble for no reason and broke the covenant.