Bang——! ”

The emperor's heavy and thick slap fell heavily on the imperial case, and the pen, ink, paper, and inkstones scattered on the case suddenly trembled slightly, and the hearts of several prime ministers and generals in front of the palace also trembled. It's been two years since the emperor's reign, and the ministers have never seen the emperor have a temper like Xu Da, that is, Murong Yanchao rebelled, and the emperor who got the news only smiled slightly, and said lightly: "Sooner or later, it's better to come early than late!" "That's it. However, this time, the Son of Heaven, who has always been broad-minded and kind-hearted, finally moved to be really angry.

"Do you want me to send the forbidden army to suppress a few barbarians? Did he Guo Yanqin grow up eating grass? ”

The emperor's low and hoarse voice made several prime ministers look at each other, and it was evident during the banquet this morning, the emperor did not rest well last night, and he was busy with the congratulatory ceremony during the day, and he never slept a little, and now it is easy to get to the night, but suddenly there is such a thing, no wonder he is in a bad mood.

Wang Jun swallowed and spit, looked left and right, and saw Fan Zhen Li Gu and others looking like an old monk who was looking at his nose and nose, and knew that he could not count on relying on this group of people to relieve himself from the siege, Guo Yanqin and Guo Yanwei's brothers were all recommended and arranged by him, and it was difficult to push this matter onto others, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "Your Majesty is angry, Guo is incompetent, which leads to changes in side affairs, which is the responsibility of the minister." However, looking at the anxious look on this table, the situation in Gyeongju is indeed terrible, if it is not disposed of, the small harm will cause a big trouble, and the matter may be out of control, and it will really make trouble to the point where the forbidden army needs to send large troops into the pass, and the ground involved will not be a matter of Gyeongju. Decisions must be made quickly. Only by using thunderous means to quickly quell the rebellion can the entire territory of Guanzhong not be shaken. ”

This is reasonable, from his point of view, this remark is indeed out of public intentions, the anger in Guo Wei's stomach has dissipated a little, even though his old friend is not in a thousand ways, he is honest and brave to be responsible, but this has not changed.

He glanced up at Wang Jun and said softly, "I won't be held accountable now." If you talk about responsibility. First of all, it is also Guo Yanqin's responsibility. It has been a year and a half since he arrived in Gyeongju. On weekdays, I only saw him report the good news, and the court only said that there was singing and dancing to promote peace and tranquility, who knew that there would be such a big change in the blink of an eye? Gyeongju's eighteen months of salt tax has not been handed over to the national treasury, and I know in my heart that those who will not pursue it for the time being are just to spend money to buy stability and peace. As long as he, Guo Yanqin, can pacify Gyeongju and keep the starting point of this green salt exit, he will swallow all the salt money, and I will turn a blind eye and endure it. Now that he has tossed half of Gyeongju and the supply of green salt is cut off, seeing the beginning of the new year, do you want to ask the third division to buy salt from Nantang and Wu Yue this year? ”

Wang Jun swallowed and spitted: "The minister is not the master of salt and iron, I don't know how much salt can be used!" ”

Guo Wei turned his head to look at Li Gu, and Li Gu bowed and replied: "Guo Yanwei, the assassin of Dengzhou, is Guo Yanqin's elder brother and recommended by Wang Xiang, but the two brothers have very different political styles. Dengzhou's annual salt tax is a lot, and all of it is solved by the minister. Dengyan now supplies the whole of Hebei and Huaidong and Huainan, but the texture of Dengyan is not as good as that of green salt, and the yield is much lower. It should be barely supported for two or three months, and then the inventory will be cleared, and it can last half a year, and then it will not be long! ”

Guo Wei nodded and asked, "What kind of official is Guo Yanwei now?" ”

Fan Zhen immediately replied: "Guo Yanwei is a real assassin, Dengzhou is Zhongzhou, and he is under the fourth grade." ”

"Add Guo Yanwei to inspect the book of the school engineering department, and reward 100 silk horses!" Guo Wei said very simply.

Li Gu immediately retorted: "The officials and ministers have no objection, but now there are less than 100 silk horses left in the treasury!" As he spoke, he turned his head and looked at Wang Jun.

Wang Jun's face suddenly turned red, he had just publicly borrowed tens of thousands of silk horses from the treasury in front of Guo Wei a while ago, Li Gu didn't know whether this statement was false or true, but when he said it at this time, he obviously didn't have a good heart towards him.

"Go to Brother Xiufeng's house to move, how much is missing, how much is missing, his family and my family are the same!"

Guo Wei waved his hand indifferently and said nonchalantly.

Wang Jun's heart was suddenly relieved, the emperor said such a fluttering word, and immediately relieved himself. He sneered secretly in his heart, Fan Zhen Li Gu and these sour scholars will not be able to shake his friendship with the emperor for many years after all.

At this time, Guo Wei picked up Guo Yanqin's recital again, and said in a heavy tone: "This year, I was going to shift the focus of the army to Huainan, but this chaos in the northwest seems to be a don't think about it!" ”

Wang Jun immediately said: "Now the joints still have to be fast, as long as the army is quickly dispatched to suppress, the traitors have not yet formed a climate, and it is possible to extinguish them quickly." When the rebels gain a foothold, it will be difficult to shake it easily, and then it will really need to use large soldiers! ”

Guo Wei groaned, turned his head to look at the privy deputy envoy Zheng Renyu, and asked, "Rixin, what do you think?" ”

Zheng Renzhi shook his head: "Your Majesty, the minister hasn't thought about it yet!" ”

Guo Wei smiled, this privy deputy envoy is not like Wang Jun, who eats everything first and then speaks, he is a cautious chief of staff who is cautious in his words and deeds, so he does not force him, and sets his sights on the third person in the Privy Council, who was born in the military

asked, "Xiang Xun, what do you see?" ”

"You can't move the forbidden army, you can't quench your thirst from far away, you must transfer troops on the spot to exterminate the rebels!" Xiang Xun concisely explained his views.

Guo Wei turned his gaze to Guo Chongchong, the commander of the guards and horses, and asked, "What does Chongchong think?" ”

Guo Chongchong did not hesitate to support Xiang Xun and said: "You can only transfer troops on the spot, if you transfer the forbidden army, it will take at least a few days to prepare the military materials of the cane, and it will take at least two to three months to march to Gyeongju. Counting on the local feudal towns in Guanzhong to provide money and grain, I'm afraid it's difficult! ”

Guo Wei nodded, and what the military generals said was the truth that there was no half of water.

"If you transfer troops on the spot, who will use whom? With the location of Gyeongju, it seems that it is the most suitable to fold from Nguyen! Guo Wei muttered to himself.

"It's a pity that Li Huairen is now in Beijing, otherwise he would have helped. It is easy to destroy the rebellion from Ruan Ping, and now that he is not in Yanzhou, the troops and horses of the headquarters that can be mobilized for a long time are only 3,000 people, and it is a guest army, Guo Yanqin is unreliable, he is not familiar with the place, and it may not be enough to use it if he is pressed all the ......" The emperor's eyes turned around in the main hall, and his thoughts kept jumping.

"Your Majesty. Zhang Jianwu, the assassin of Ningzhou, also had 2,800 state soldiers under his command. This person is the imperial court. Ping Su is also known for his bravery, and his soldiers should be usable! Wang Jun said in a hurried voice.

"It's better to take Zhe Congruan as the right and Zhang Jianwu as the deputy to attack the Yeji rebels, the two armies together are nearly 6,000 people, and the Yeji people are not more than 8,000 people. It should be enough! ”

"Zhang Jianwu is a person who can fight!" Xiang Xun pursed his mouth and said, Wang Jun's statement was agreed by the military.

Guo Wei nodded slowly, Zhang Jianwu is no stranger to him, he is indeed a brave general, and he is keen to make meritorious contributions, among the many officials sent by the Guanzhong Imperial Court, he is the most knowledgeable and capable of fighting.

Just when the matter was about to become a finality. Standing silently behind Fan Zhen Li Gu, the king suddenly spoke: "Your Majesty." If Zhang Jianwu is sent, he cannot use the order to be the commander; If you use the folding order to be handsome, you can't use Zhang Jianwu. Otherwise, I'm afraid that things will be repeated! ”

Guo Wei straightened up suddenly, turned his gaze to Wang, and said in surprise: "What does Qi Wu mean by this?" ”

With the emperor's questioning, everyone in the palace turned their eyes to the king, only to see that the civil official who had been paying homage to the prime minister for less than a month said unhurriedly and unhurriedly: "Zhang Jianwu is brave, but the heart of meritorious service is too earnest. This person is arrogant and domineering by nature, no one is in his eyes, and ordinary people can't put it in his eyes at all. Moreover, this person is too murderous, and the Gyeongju rebellion needs to be pacified, and this person is only afraid that he will not be able to do it. ”

"Isn't there still a long way to go? Could it be that the Duke of Folding Can't control him? Wang Jun said disappreciatively.

Wang smiled: "Your Majesty, the minister has seen Zhi Linggong, and the minister believes that he has the means to control Zhang Jianwu, but what the minister is worried about is that Zhi Linggong is only afraid that he will not be able to control this person, if Zhang Jianwu really disobeys the military order, he is only afraid that he will watch from the wall and watch Zhang's jokes......"

"Oh——?"

Guo Wei was taken aback, frowned and said, "Are you afraid that I will be suspicious of him for a long time?" ”

"That's not it, but the Zhe family entered the Guanzhong this time, and the Guanzhong Domain Town was very jealous of it, and suffered a lot of white eyes, and suffered a lot of anger, if it wasn't for Li Huairen finally presiding over Yanzhou, the Zhejia army is still alone in Guanzhong. After all, the minister went to the northwest, and as far as the minister saw, he was able to cooperate closely with the Zhi family without any gaps, only the Eighth Route Army of General Li Wenge, and the rest of the families all had their own ghosts, although Zhang Jianwu was a simple appointment of the imperial court, but it was inevitable that he had no selfishness. If Zhang Jianwu refuses to obey orders honestly, he is afraid that the Zhi Linggong will not only not use his strength, but will shrink his strength to preserve his strength, after all, the great enemy of the Zhe family is the Dingyan army, not the Yeji clan nested in the ravine of Gyeongju! Wang said eloquently, not in a hurry, not as anxious as Wang Jun at all.

"Your Majesty, the minister has thought about it!"

As soon as Wang's words fell, Zheng Renzhi, the deputy privy envoy who had been silent all this time, suddenly opened his mouth.

"Oh, you say!"

Guo Wei nodded in agreement, but smiled again: "You have finally thought about it!" ”

Zheng Renzhi also smiled and said: "The ministers just listened to the discussion between His Majesty and the generals, and I always felt that I was a little itchy and couldn't grasp the essentials. Gyeongju Incident, what was the cause? The imperial court did not know what the process was, and the imperial court did not know what measures Guo Yanqin had taken, which was not written on the table, and the imperial court still did not know. Although it is known that there are only 8,000 people in the Yeji tribe, this number comes from Guo Yanqin, and it is difficult to say whether it is accurate or not. Ruochen remembered well, Guo Yanqin's state soldiers also had 2,300 soldiers, and even if half of the empty quota was eaten, there would still be about 1,000 people. This person may not be enough to exterminate the Yeji tribe, but how can it make the rebels cut off the salt road of Qingyan? Therefore, the minister felt that the most urgent thing for the imperial court at the moment was not to send troops in a hurry, but to first find out the cause and effect of the Gyeongju Incident, and then formulate a policy to suppress it, which was the root

。 Otherwise, even if the rebellion is quelled, it will not be able to avoid another rebellion, and it is the law! ”

"What Deputy Zheng Shu said is the way to seek the country!" Wang was the first to second.

Wang Jun stood up, walked to the court and retorted: "Although what Renzhi said is reasonable, but the Jingshi is thousands of miles away from Gyeongju, if you wait for the envoys to find out the ins and outs of the matter, I am afraid that the rebellion has already spread." The rebels have already gained a firm foothold, and at that time it will no longer be a rebellion in Gyeongju, and the military aircraft is a major event, and there is no room for hesitation and hesitation, and it must be decided immediately! ”

This is another reason, Guo Wei is a perennial leader of the army, of course he knows that Wang Jun is right, but what Zheng Renzhi said is on the point. The court did not know the truth. It is not possible to formulate a policy of repression and appeasement tailored to local conditions. There is indeed a sense of incomprehension in the use of troops in this way.

The emperor was hesitating, but he listened to Zheng Renzhi and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to send someone to Gyeongju to investigate!" ”

"Oh?" Guo Wei suddenly raised his head, staring at Zheng Renzhi with blazing eyes, but saw that the privy deputy said unhurriedly: "This afternoon, General Li Wenge went to the privy palace to report on his work. He was received by the minister, although this person was young, but he knew the situation in the Guanzhong feudal towns well, and the minister thought that he might be able to summon him to the imperial front to inquire. He was born in the army, and his jurisdiction was close to Gyeongju, so he must have a much more realistic understanding of the situation than his ministers......"

Wang Jun was stunned, he had been on duty in Zhongshu in the afternoon, and he didn't know that Li Wenge went to the Privy Council to report on his work. Zheng Renzhi did not inform him either. However, at this time, the matter was urgent, but it was not the time to dwell on such details, and he immediately said: "Your Majesty." Since Li is from Yanzhou, he may indeed know that the imperial court does not know the situation, so he can summon him to ask. ”

Guo Wei stretched out his hand and ordered: "Zhao Kuangyin - you go to the pavilion quickly, announce my decree, and edict Li Wenge to come to see the driver as soon as possible, and I and all the ministers will sit and wait in the palace, go and return quickly!" ”

……

When Zhao Kuangyin came to the Jiebei Lane Pavilion Station, Li Wenge did not fall asleep, and at this moment General Li was leaning on the couch and listening to Yiniang play the piano music. For the first "girlfriend" since coming to this era, Li Wenge has not made any substantial progress so far, in fact, Ren Yiniang herself is very conscious, since she left Luoyang with Li Wenge, this woman has defined herself as the maid of this marshal, that is to say, she serves the marshal on weekdays, talks to him when the marshal is bored, plays the piano with him, and sleeps with him when the marshal has that need - that's all.

It's just that so far, Li Wenge's use of these rights and interests is still limited. Although Yiniang is very active, he never asks Yiniang to do this kind of thing, in his words, he is used to doing it, and he can't raise himself lazy; As for going to bed, General Li still hasn't been able to pull off his face, although sometimes he is a little impulsive to Yiniang, but this marshal is very good at controlling himself, so in addition to playing the piano and chatting, Yiniang's heaviest work so far is only to be responsible for serving tea and pouring water when visitors come.

However, what satisfied Li Wenge was that the girl Yiniang did not see him, and she was very appreciative of many of his obvious respectful performances, which made him feel very good, for the time being...... General Li had no further plans.

Zhao Kuangyin was fenced down by Li Wenge's personal guards outside the pavilion, he walked too quickly, almost a desperate appearance to break inside, and behind him there were two heavily armed forbidden soldiers, no wonder the soldiers misunderstood, the bright post and the secret post were dispatched almost at the same time, and in a blink of an eye, the three Xuanzhao people were surrounded by seven hand crossbows.

Zhao Kuangyin broke out in a cold sweat, although the things that these seven Yanzhou soldiers held in their hands couldn't see what they were, but they always gave him a terrifying and ominous feeling, although he was confident that it shouldn't be a problem to put down these seven people with his own skills, but the relatively large guys in the hands of the pro-soldiers who were pouring out made him completely give up this plan, those things he could identify were Zhang crossbows that could be used on horses, and the range should be at least more than a hundred steps, at this distance, Unless it is a god, it can hide from it. Just from the agility of these people's movements and reaction speed, Zhao Kuangyin has already concluded that this group of people is by no means comparable to the wine bags and rice bags of the guards, this is the elite soldiers quenched on the battlefield, and they are professional murderers.

"Don't misunderstand, everyone, the emperor sent him to announce the edict, not a villain!"

Zhao Kuangyin pulled his neck and shouted hoarsely.

Kang Shi, who was still in the sheath of the flat knife, slowly separated the crowd and walked in, looking Zhao Kuangyin and the others up and down, carefully identifying their armor and clothing.

Obviously, the word "emperor" is not good for this group of people, this is a group of rednecks who don't buy the emperor's account.

"What's going on out there?" Inside the room, the sound of the piano stopped, and Li Wenge's inquiring voice came out.

Kang Shi glanced at the three people coldly with an expressionless face, and said slowly: "Don't move, I'll go to Lord Tongyu!" ”