Chapter 0263 - Loyal Ministers and Good Generals
The most frustrating thing about Qian Heng is that Tong Guan failed to punish himself at the beginning, so he put his anger on the generals of the Western Army. From the Seed Master Dao to Zheyan Quality, and then to the Wu Jue and Wu Ling brothers, no one can lead the troops with peace of mind.
From the Suide Army, to Fuzhou and Yanzhou, all the supervisors were sent over, and the supervisors who served were all Tong Guan's hardcore personal companions.
Not only in the Western Army, but even Liu Tao in Hebei and Hebei was jealous of Tong Guan because of his combat strength, so he was given an idle position and disbanded many strong soldiers under his command.
What surprised Qian Heng a little was that Zong Ze was not suppressed and continued to guard Dengzhou.
As a result, Yue Fei, who was originally under Liu Tao, finally transferred to Zong Ze, who was in Dengzhou.
A loyal and good general, just like this, in the way of excluding dissidents, fell everywhere.
Even after Zhao Huan ascended the throne, he did not recall these generation of famous generals back to their original positions.
Li Gang was originally a subordinate of Prince Zhao Huan, and his trust level was no problem, but he also squeezed out Zhang Shuye, who was originally sitting in the court, and this kind of behavior of ventilating his dissatisfaction with others is not a big-minded master.
It's just that Qian Heng didn't know that at this time, Bianjing City was already facing the siege of Jin soldiers.
Under the city of Bianliang, Wanyan Zongwang commanded 100,000 Jin soldiers, and Zhang Shuye at this time, because he was suspended and did not participate in the anti-Jin resistance, he could only serve as a staff officer and secretly help Li Gang and Xu Churen find a way to confront the Jin people.
At this time, Zhao Huan has changed a group of his cronies, among which those who advocate resisting Jin are mainly Li Gang and Xu Churen, in addition, Ouyang Xun, who is the prime minister, also came to the battlefield to command the battle.
After several battles, the Jin soldiers were weak, and although they were still trapped outside Bianliang City, their morale was not as good as when they first arrived.
But no one thought that just when Ouyang Xun thought that his soldiers could drive the Jin people away with one blow, Wu Min and Zhang Bangchang in the DPRK encouraged Zhao Huan to go out and negotiate with the Jin soldiers.
Ouyang Xun was dissatisfied with Wu Min and Zhang Bangchang's proposal for peace, but the two of them, together with Tang Ke and others, removed Ouyang Xun from the post of prime minister and demoted him to a supervisor.
Zhang Bangchang, on behalf of Zhao Huan, finally entered the Jin camp and met with Wanyan Zongwang, the marshal of the Jin State.
Wanyan Zongwang had already had the idea of retiring from the army, and when he saw that Zhang Bangchang actually took the initiative to come over to sue for peace, he understood in his heart that the court of the Great Song Dynasty was not a group of harmony, and it was obvious that the faction seeking peace was dominant at this time.
At this time, Wanyan Zongwang was overjoyed in his heart, but he angrily reprimanded Zhang Bangchang with an angry face, and directly threw out a huge threat, demanding that the Great Song Dynasty pay millions of yuan in compensation, not to count, but also to fill the grain and grass consumed by the Jin people and horses in the Central Plains, a total of 100,000 quintals.
Only with such a large amount of compensation can peace talks be considered.
Where would Zhang Bangchang think about anything else, in his opinion, as long as the Jin people are willing to negotiate peace, everything can be considered.
Zhang Bangchang and his gang, despite the strong obstruction of Li Gang and others, bewitched Zhao Huan, and finally agreed to the unreasonable demands of the Jin people, decided to compensate Yan Zongwang for the amount proposed, and signed the alliance under the city.
However, at this time, in Bianjing City, where was there so much silver and grain, and after piecing together, 10,000 loads of grain and 50,000 pieces of silver were scraped together.
Wanyan Zongwang looked very dissatisfied, so frightened that Zhang Bangchang was urinating, and begged again and again, begging Wanyan Zongwang to withdraw first, and the remaining grain and silver owed would be paid to Jin Guo within half a year.
Wanyan Zongwang was also tired of soldiers and horses at this time, and it was the coldest season of winter and spring, so Wanyan Zongwang only scared Zhang Bangchang fiercely, and returned to northern Xinjiang with the grain and silver money compensated by the Song people.
After the Jin soldiers retreated, everyone in the DPRK and China began to worry about the problem of money and food again.
At this time, Geng Nanzhong, who had already entered the court, proposed that he could ask Qian Heng to raise money.
Not to mention the abundant surplus produced by the official fields of many ministers of the DPRK and China, the families of these traitorous ministers alone were able to scrape together enough money and grain, but no one present was willing to pay their own pockets for this compensation.
In addition, Qian Heng's industry is extremely famous in the DPRK and China, and these people can't get a piece of Qian Heng's business, so they naturally want to take advantage of this opportunity to snatch Qian Heng's wealth away.
Although Zhao Huan is not a good emperor, he also knows that this kind of thing of asking for wealth from a private person is not a glorious means.
Looking at Zhao Huan's hesitant look, Geng Nanzhong said again, "Official, do you still want to be kind to this Qian Heng?" He was greedy for so much money and grain and grass in Western Xia, and did such a big business, even the most famous Erguotou wine in my Great Song Dynasty was the property of Qian Heng, and now my Great Song Dynasty is facing a crisis, no matter what Qian Heng says, he is also the first-class duke of my Great Song Dynasty, and it is also appropriate to dedicate some to my Great Song Dynasty! ”
Xu Churen, who was below, stepped forward, "Lord Geng, have you forgotten that when you sent Lord Qian to Qiongzhou to sit in the town, the imperial court once said, don't ask Lord Qian to create another record for my Great Song Dynasty, as long as it doesn't cause trouble, I squeezed people out at the beginning, and now I think of using money, but I think of Lord Qian again, if I really want to recall Lord Qian back to the court, what official position should I give Lord Qian?" ”
As soon as Xu Churen said this, Geng Nanzhong's face also changed.
Indeed, if you want Qian Heng to contribute money and efforts, it is impossible to let Qian Heng stay in a remote place like Qiongzhou.
At this time, Zhang Bangchang suddenly sneered, "Choose, if you mention that Qian Heng like this, you are also accepting his benefits, and it is the duty of every official in the court to be loyal to my Great Song Dynasty, and when the time comes, as long as there is a will, and ask him if he is a loyal minister and good general of my Great Song Dynasty, if he doesn't agree, Qiongzhou will not be able to keep him at that time!" ”
No matter how Li Gang and Xu Churen tried to distinguish Qian Heng, they couldn't change the minds of Zhang Bangchang and Geng Nanzhong, the gang leaders and factions, and they also came up with a powerful reason to demote Qian Hengwai to Qiongzhou, which was dominated by the previous emperor, so what did they have to do with it.
Therefore, not long after, a decree was sent directly to Qiongzhou.
And the person responsible for promulgating the will is Qian Heng's old relation, Wang Pingzhong.
After the court drew up this will, but no one dared to come to Qiongzhou to issue the decree, everyone knew in their hearts that this kind of will was purely an errand that offended Qian Heng, so someone came up with an idea, so he handed over the task of transmitting the decree to Wang Pingzhong, who was by Zhao Ji's side.
Wang Pingzhong had no choice but to take a boat south, and it took nearly a month to arrive in Qiongzhou.
Seeing Wang Pingzhong's arrival, Qian Heng, who was uneasy in his heart, also showed a little smile on his face, "Princess, I am really relieved to be able to see you in Qiongzhou, hurry up and invite inside!" ”
Wang Pingzhong smiled bitterly, "Brother Hengyuan, no, Lord Qian, your bad luck has come this time, and you can still laugh!" ”