There have been many times when Liang Shan was almost put to death, this hatred can never be dissolved, although Song Jiang and others have not done anything out of the ordinary over the years, but the hatred between Song Jiang and His Royal Highness Zhao is impossible to eliminate.

Seeing that the teacher's expression was flat, Chai Keyan didn't say anything more, Tong Guan's matter could only be figured out by himself, but the Dingguo Army could help block Song Jiang, which was already a good result. In the second year of Jingkang, it was too difficult for the people of Bianliang, because there were always uninterrupted things, and as soon as the Jurchens left, the voices of the crusade against Tong Guan were noisy. Among them, Chen Dong, a student of Tai, personally wrote a letter, accusing Cai Jing and Tong Guan of forcibly occupying fertile land and disregarding human lives when they were in office, and asked the imperial court to severely punish them. Chen Dong's crusade against Cai Jing and Tong Guan was pasted all over the entire Bianliang City, Chen Dong's literary style was excellent, and his words incited people's hearts, which soon resonated with the people of Bianliang, and even some of the Tokyo forbidden troops felt the same way, and turned a blind eye to those people who walked on Bianhe Street to make trouble.

Speaking of history, it is really gratifying, it turns out that Chen Dong is Zhao Huan's pen in history, and he used it to crusade against Zhao Ji's old ministers, that is, the six thieves, and now it is good, Chen Dong has become Zhao Ji's pen instead. The influence of Tai students in the Great Song Dynasty is immeasurable, because the Great Song Dynasty reveres literati, especially the common people, and thinks that the scholars are good, and what they say must not be wrong, plus the reputation of Cai Jing and Tong Guan before is really rotten. Why are so many people crusading against Tong Guan and Cai Jing alone? The reason is very simple, Tong Guan betrayed Zhao Ji, and Cai Jing. is also disliked because of Liang Zhongshu. Because of Tong Guan. Zhao Huan was anxious. I have almost exhausted all the methods, and I can't think of any good ideas, you know, those who are making a crusade against Cai Jing and Tong Guan are too students and the people, and the people are okay to say, scare them and go back, but the students are different, and the most popular thing for the literati of the Great Song Dynasty is to sit down. Those students sit on the ground, don't fight or make trouble, what can you do? Forcibly driving away too many students? Just took office to do this kind of thing, the prestige has not plummeted, if you really want to do this, it is estimated that Zhao Ji and Zhao Kai will wake up laughing in their dreams, if no one in the world supports you, can you still be a good emperor?

Zhao Huan also has his own bottom line, the other party can play however he wants, but he just can't hand over Tong Guan. Tong Guan is a newcomer, if Tong Guan is punished. The other court ministers immediately had to retreat.

In the Zichen Palace, Zhao Huan walked around with his sleeves folded, his irritable appearance made people feel distressed, this emperor has not felt at ease since he took office. Zhao Huan didn't move here for a long time, Tong Guan was frightened, the original mansion couldn't stay, just that group of angry people, sooner or later they would attack the mansion gate, there was no way, in order to protect himself, Tong Guan changed into the clothes worn by his subordinates, and quietly slipped out of the back door. As soon as he left the mansion, Tong Guanmao crawled towards the palace with his waist rolling, and now the only relatively safe place is the palace. As soon as he entered the palace, Tong Guan went directly to Zichen Hall with the eunuch inside, and as soon as the door opened, Tong Guan ran in and knelt on the ground and cried, "Official, you must save the minister, the minister is really willing to do things for the official, and the official family can't watch the minister being forced to death by that group of mobs like this." ”

Tong Guan burst into tears, swinging with his hands, it is estimated that Tong Guan has not been so scared since he was born. This time, he is really afraid, he is not a fool, this time it is the Emperor Zhao Ji and the King of Yun Zhao Kai who teamed up to kill him, if Zhao Huan also lets it go, then he will definitely die. Tong Guan was so miserable, Zhao Huan couldn't bear it when he saw it, and hurriedly bent down to help, "Tong Shumi, please get up quickly, I promise you that as long as I am here, no one can beat you at all." ”

After getting Zhao Huan's assurance, Tong Guan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and after a while, Zhao Huan called Yang Lian, who was guarding outside, in, "Yang Lian, you arrange a place for Tong Shumi, and be sure to ensure Tong Shumi's safety." Sue Cao Bing and Huang Shang, if something happens to Tong Shumi, I will ask them. ”

"Yes, don't worry, the villain will arrange it" bowed his hand, and led Tong Guan out of Zichen Palace, and not long after Tong Guan left, Chai Keyan walked in. Zhao Huan was having a headache, as soon as he saw Chai Keyan, it was like seeing a savior, so he quickly got up and gave up his seat, "County Lord, what's wrong with you over there, now the trouble outside is getting more and more unpleasant, and there are many courtiers who are also on the fold and want to behead Tong Guan." ”

"Don't worry, the Chu Wangfu has already promised to help prevent Song Jiang from entering Beijing, but Tong Guan's matter is not yet wanted to interfere. So, whether we can keep Tong Guan or not, it's up to us" As soon as Chai Keyan finished speaking, a look of disappointment appeared on Zhao Huan's face, relying on their strength alone, it is impossible to fight Zhao Ji and Zhao Kai. For a while, Zhao Huan was a lot quieter, he was like a deflated ball, sitting in the chair and sighing. Seeing Zhao Huan like this, Chai Keyan became angry in his heart, and couldn't help but reprimand, "You raise your head for me, remember, you are now the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, not the useless prince you used to be, your words and deeds may affect many people." If you're scared, how can you fight? Even if the other party is powerful, what are you afraid of, can't you use your brain to do things? ”

Chai Keyan pointed at Zhao Huan's forehead unceremoniously, and said sarcastically, Zhao Huan's face was pale, but he couldn't refute it, and in the end, he could only whisper, "Do you have any good way?" ”

"Hmph, it's stupid, the Chu Wangfu has already promised to contain Song Jiang, and it is impossible for the fourth sister to take the initiative to provoke civil strife in Bianliang, what are you worried about? Although Master Li does not help protect Tong Guan, others may not know that as long as the Dingguo Army takes the initiative to contain Song Jiang's soldiers and horses, in the eyes of outsiders, the Chu Wangfu has already stood with us, and it is natural to restrain Tong Guan's matter. ”

Listening to Chai Keyan's narration, Zhao Huan was silent for a long time, and it took a while to ponder the taste. It seems that what Chai Keyan said is very reasonable, Master Li said that he would not help, but others don't know about this matter, since the Dingguo Army has already helped contain Song Jiang's soldiers and horses, will there still be disagreements on the issue of Tong Guan? It is estimated that most people think that the Chu Wangfu will stand with the imperial court in the matter of Tong Guan, right? Thinking through the joints, Zhao Huan smiled. "The county lord. So what do we do next? ”

"Of course, it's time to make good use of the influence of the Xia Chu Palace. Zhao Ling didn't do much good things, but his notoriety can help us a lot. Next, don't care about Tong Guan, take down Li Yan and Li Bangyan first, as for the crime, these two people have done so many things for lack of morality, and they can be put on death row with just two of them. When the time comes, the lord of this county will see what Zhao Kai will do! ”

Much is no secret these days. Li Bangyan is Zhao Kai's person, and Li Yan is also Zhao Ji's last confidant left in the palace. You move Tong Guan, I move Li Yan and Li Bangyan, see who is willing. Chai Keyan has great confidence that Zhao Kai should not give up Li Bangyan, no matter what, most of Zhao Kai's influence in the court comes from Li Bangyan. If Li Bangyan is abandoned like this, what will the other dependent people think? It's Li Yan. It seems that Zhao Ji may not be able to protect it.

Just do what you say, Zhao Huan's actions are still very fast, and the students are still leading the people to put pressure on the imperial court, and here Zhao Huan held an emergency court meeting. As soon as the court meeting opened, the civil and military officials were separated, and these people were all apprehensive and didn't know what the officials wanted to do. Yang Lian unfolded a holy decree and slowly read it out, "The Holy Son of Heaven's decree, recently, many families have reported to the people, including Li Bangyan, a scholar, and Li Yan, deputy director of the Internal Supervision Bureau. According to the law of the Great Song Dynasty, the two were detained in prison, and after the evidence was conclusive, they were handed over to the three legal divisions for trial and beheaded at the entrance of the Nancheng vegetable market. ”

After reading a holy edict, it was like a bomb exploding in the hall, blowing everyone up, originally Er Li was still a little proud, and planned to watch the excitement, but who would have thought that it was not Tong Guan who would be discussed at the Great Dynasty, but the two of them. Li Bangyan and Li Yan were named, and the two of them were naturally panicked, and there was another person who was not very comfortable, and this person was Liang Shicheng. The forbidden army outside the hall walked in in response, and was so frightened that Er Li lay on the ground and begged for mercy, Zhao Kai, who was the first civil official, was so angry that he didn't expect Zhao Huan to come to this hand, this is simply a scoundrel. Naturally, he couldn't watch Li Bangyan being taken away, so he hurriedly stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has something to say, since there is no real evidence for the two of them, is it a bit hasty to put them in prison first?" ”

"Sloppy? It's not counted, since there is a problem, let's lock them up first, there is a way that the clear ones are self-purifying, and the turbid ones are turbid, if there is really nothing wrong, I will naturally let them go, come on, put the two in prison first. During the prison period, no one is allowed to visit without my permission" Zhao Huan's attitude was extremely resolute, waving his hand, and the forbidden army in the palace escorted the mourning Er Li down. The hall suddenly became silent, and the ministers of the cultural relics closed their mouths tightly, and they didn't dare to breathe. Who can stand in the palace hall is a fool? The charges given to Er Li are all false, only the last sentence is true, in other words, if the official family wants Er Li to die, then they can find evidence, if they don't want Er Li to die, the evidence will naturally not exist. The official family is declaring war on the Emperor Taishang and His Royal Highness King Yun, and the people who stop in the middle will definitely not be good, seeing that Er Li was escorted down, many officials have begun to hesitate, if Er Li is really executed, doesn't it mean that the official family has the upper hand, it seems that who to throw it to, you have to think about it. The officials hesitated and did not make a choice, even if Chai Keyan achieved his goal, these wall grasses that fell with the wind were easy to win over.

After the court meeting was dispersed, Chai Keyan came to the south gate of the palace in person as the queen, at this time more than 100 students sat on the ground, some of them were still holding a piece of paper in their hands, with the four big characters of "severely punishing Tong Guan", surrounded by onlookers or people cheering for these students. If you really want to talk about it, the Great Song Dynasty is really democratic enough, and the scene in front of you is a bit like the demonstration of college students in later generations. It is very easy to get rid of these students, you only need to send out the forbidden army, but this is by no means the result that Chai Keyan wants, she needs to let Tong Guan live, but by no means in this way. If you use soldiers, you will inevitably put yourself on the opposite side of the students, which is not a good thing.

Today, Chai Keyan is dressed in a luxurious peony pale white palace dress, a gray cloak is covered with a jacket, his long hair is tied into a beauty bun, his jade face is not powdered, and his cold face is a little holy. When she came to the south gate, the noisy Tai students also quieted down, because no one wanted the beautiful county lord to be angry, even if Tong Guan was hidden by the new emperor, they didn't want to affect the beautiful county lord.

Chai Keyan looked around, his beautiful eyes exuded an invisible momentum, and when he raised his hand, the majesty belonging to the queen's mother was fully displayed. "You don't want to study well in Tai Academy. What are you doing here? You have to remember it. The affairs of the court have nothing to do with you, you can only study hard in the future, so that you can serve the Great Song Dynasty and contribute to my Great Song Dynasty. ”

The cold words came out of Chai Keyan's mouth and fell on the ears of others, but they were extremely pleasant, Chen Dong frowned, and pressed the paper in his hand under his feet. got up and bowed, "Back to the queen mother, the students and others are also angry that this Tong Guan has done too much evil, so they can't help but come to the palace gate to make noise, for the sake of my Great Song Dynasty people can seek justice, I also hope that Your Majesty and the Queen Mother will not protect Tong Guan's husband, there is such a traitor in charge, it is the biggest shame of my Great Song Dynasty." ”

Chen Dong got Zhao Ji's orders, in short, he had to kill Tong Guan no matter what, so even if the queen mother went out in person. Nor can he retreat. Looking at Chen Dong's firm gaze, Chai Keyan was neither happy nor angry. Nodding slightly, she didn't answer Chen Dong, but said loudly to all the students in the field, "This queen knows your thoughts, that Tong Guan was corrupt and perverted the law in his early years, did a lot of evil, and was selfish a few times, and he was even more tired of the death of hundreds of thousands of border troops in my Great Song Dynasty. ”

As soon as Chai Keyan said this, it can be said that the audience was shocked, Chen Dong half-opened his mouth, his eyes flashed with doubts, what did Chai Keyan want to do, didn't she want to protect Tong Guan, how to say such a thing, it was incredible. Chen Dong reacted like this, Chai Keyan smiled faintly in his heart, he still wanted to stump her Chai Keyan for this little trick?

"What this later said, you can listen carefully, this Tong Guan can be said to have ten heinous crimes, not only Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, Gao Yu, which of these people is not burdened with a few school cases? According to the law, they should be beheaded, but have you ever thought about it, when is it now, the Jurchens are on the north bank of the Yellow River, and at this moment, as the people of my Great Song Dynasty, they have the responsibility of guarding the land. Tong Guan is a sinner, he deserves to die, but why can't he be allowed to make meritorious contributions, even if he dies in the battle to defend Bianliang City, it can be regarded as a dedication of a little strength. But wouldn't killing him with a knife cheapen him? Do you think that the official family is dedicated to protecting Tong Guan? Tong Guan's previous actions are clear to the official family, but the official family is different from you, he has to consider the entire Great Song Dynasty, if he kills Tong Guan, he can keep the people of my Great Song Dynasty safe, what if he kills him ten times, but how many benefits are there to killing Tong Guan? Without Tong Guan, who will lead the original Xijing Forbidden Army, and you still let the officials themselves? So the official family remembered the crime for Tong Guan and asked him to lead the troops for the crime, please see" After that, Chai Keyan raised his right hand, and the two eunuchs behind him stepped forward with a holy oracle in their hands, and when they came closer, the inner eunuch directly handed over the holy oracle to Chen Dong.

Chen Dong was a little panicked, he didn't know what was written in the oracle, but he instinctively felt that this oracle was not good for him, Chai Keyan didn't allow Chen Dong to think too much, and stretched out his hand to signal, "Chen Dong, I bother you to read the oracle for everyone." ”

"Yes" Chen Dong couldn't refuse, and slowly unfolded the oracle, only chatting and saying a word, but it made Chen Dong's heart tremble, he didn't want to read it, but there were hundreds of pairs of eyes staring at it, but after hesitating for a while, some of his classmates couldn't help but urge, "Brother Chen, read it quickly, what does Your Majesty mean?" ”

Chen Dong couldn't procrastinate, so he could only read it out loud, "The Holy Son of Heaven ordered, Cha Tongguan was too greedy, and he fought in the north, because of his selfish desires, the tired army was defeated. In the fourth year of Zhenghe, he was greedy for military salaries during the Western Xia, bought fertile land in his hometown, and embezzled other people's real estate, resulting in the tragic death of three families in his hometown. Tong Guan's crime is difficult to write, and Ling Chi should be executed according to the law. But thinking that there is a way to command the army, and the barbarians are on the side, it is the time to employ people, and if they make meritorious service, they will be spared their lives and sent back to their hometowns. ”

After reading a holy oracle, Chen Dong was as disgusting as eating a dead fly, and he knew that Zhao Huan and Chai Keyan had won this game. As Chen Dong said, those students and the common people began to discuss, and many of them had already agreed with what was written in the oracle, if Tong Guan could really contribute to the Great Song Dynasty, it would be a good thing. What's more, whether Tong Guan makes meritorious service or not, it is difficult to escape the blame, and it is best to go home to support the elderly, such a thief, leaving the court, is not bad.

"Your Majesty Xià Shengming, Queen Mother Shengming" Many students smiled and gave a serious salute, and Chai Keyan happily accepted it. At this point, the biggest stone in her heart has fallen, it seems that she has made the right move, so don't Zhao Kai and Zhao Ji just want to convict Tong Guan, very good, I will convict Tong Guan first, and see who dares to make irresponsible remarks.

"Benhou and the official family know everyone's thoughts, a few days ago, Benhou has discussed with Li Niangzi of the Chu Palace, and now it is an eventful time, Bianliang should be safe, and there must be no more chaos. The Jurchen barbarians are still on the north bank of the Yellow River, and we will be in chaos first, wouldn't it give people a chance to take advantage of it? Chai Keyan's words are interesting, he only said that he had reached an agreement with the people of the Chu Palace, and as for the specific content of the agreement, Chen Dong and the others were secretly frightened. Could it be that Mrs. Li of the Chu Palace's Mansion also meant to protect Tong Guan, or did the Cheshire Lord deliberately say so, which has achieved the purpose of deceiving people?

Whether Chai Keyan is a lie or not, it really can't be verified, and he can only wait for what happens in the future. At this point, there was no need for the students and the people who had come with them to stay, and they dispersed.

The Tai students made a disturbance, which had a great impact on Bianliang City, and the matter quickly spread to the palace of the king of Chu. After getting the news from the dark hall, Zhilan found the teacher angrily, "Lady, the county lord is really too deceitful, when did we say that we wanted to protect Tong Guan, that Tong Guan has done a lot of evil, protect him, isn't it bad for His Highness's reputation." ”

After listening to the whole story, the master pursed his lips and smiled, "Okay, sister, don't be angry, our county lord is used to being cautious, even if you go to her now, what can you do, she just said to maintain the stability of Bianliang." Forget it, don't worry about this, you have someone to send a letter to General Niu and ask him to react earlier, but you can't let Song Jiang ask for Bianliang City. ”

"Hmm" Zhilan was just angry, she really went to the Cheshire Lord to theorize, she didn't have the guts, after all, the Cheshire Lord had such a relationship with His Royal Highness, she had to think about it, not to mention that Chai Keyan raised His Highness's child.

In mid-February, the city of Zhengzhou is full of spring, and the cold spring season is accompanied by some warm days. A few days ago, Niu Gao had already led a large army into Zhengzhou City, and Zhengzhou Mansion Yin ran to Jiangnan with a family without even letting out a fart, so it can be said that it was effortless to take Zhengzhou. Now Niu Gao is very idle, he is waiting for the next order, stationed in Zhengzhou, can go north at any time to support the soldiers and horses of Taiyuan Prefecture, and at the same time can take care of Tokyo Bianliang City. Of course, Niu Gao stationed the army here, not to prevent the Jurchens from attacking Bianliang City, but to protect the people in the city.

"Report, marshal, Bianliang City urgent" A pro-soldier strode in, the voice sounded very urgent, Niu Gao looked stern, stretched out his hand to take the urgent report and looked at it, pondered for a moment, and ordered, "General Shi, in the afternoon, you will take 10,000 elite soldiers to be stationed thirty miles east of Zhengzhou, if Song Jiang's department is approaching Bianliang, your department must also act with it, if Song Jiang does not come, you will not move." ”

"Oh" Shi Bao took the order and left, leaving a Wu Song a little unable to sit still, the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong participated in the battle of Tubo, the soldiers and horses of Yunzhong Mansion often conquered Mongolia and Siberia, and the soldiers and horses of Luoyang City were idle, in the words of General Niu, guarding Luoyang City, in addition to protecting the little lady of the Yang family, the rest was to see Luoyang Peony.

"Dashuai, there is no such thing as a general?"

"Why should General Wu be anxious, sooner or later the Jurchens will have to go south, are they still afraid that there will be no battle to fight? Wait patiently for a few days, it is estimated that it will not be long before you and my brother can show their strength! "Niu Gao has also been depressed for a long time, guarding the prosperous Luoyang City, life is good, but the body will rust. The old general Hu Yanqing complained a lot about this, no, His Royal Highness had an order to transfer troops, and immediately rushed to Mengzhou, saying that he wanted to rush to Taiyuan Mansion as soon as possible, which shows how much Luoyang soldiers and horses want to fight. (To be continued......)