Chapter 61: Bianliang's Decision
Bianliang, in the imperial city. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Zhao Huan was watching this Keju event with a group of courtiers. As the emperor of the Song Dynasty, the way of having fun is definitely second to none. Chengping 100 years of Bianliang City, almost from the first generation of Song boss is a character who likes to play, the founding emperor Zhao Kuangyin is definitely a full gambler, it is rumored that he is proficient in all kinds of gambling techniques, and even because of his influence, the entire Song Dynasty, gambling is a legal activity, which is why the entire Song Dynasty is the most these large and small gambling houses. As a descendant of later generations, Zhao Ji of Song Huizong is very fond of calligraphy and painting, Taoist health preservation, and even likes the football model of Keju. Since Zhao Ji abdicated, Zhao Huan, the new emperor, has also inherited his Lao Tzu's preferences, and he is also very fond of Keju. So if it's okay, I took a group of guards to play Keju.
The summer has not passed, the sun is slightly poisonous, and it is still a little hot. Zhao Huan was dressed in a short dress at the moment, and there were still some sweat stains on his face, he was taking the yellow handkerchief handed by Su Ming, wiping the sweat, and taking the cold sour plum soup, and drank a big sip of it beautifully, before he let out a long breath. Fang Cai himself also played with a group of attendants for a long time, and this is the time to rest. Since ascending the throne, Zhao Huan has really not played so happily. At this moment, looking at the two Keju teams who were still fighting on the field, they opened their mouths and shouted, juggling the ball and hitting him! Hit him! Hold on to the ball! Zhao Huan was excited to see it here.
A little Yellow Gate eunuch quietly came to the side of the chamberlain Su Ming, and whispered a few words, Su Ming nodded, came to Zhao Huan's side and said, "Long live!" There was an urgent letter from the privy councillor who asked Li to get along. ”
Zhao Huan hesitated for a moment and said, "What is so urgent?" Could it be that the Jin people are in the prison again? As he spoke, he got up and walked out, and came to the Heart Cultivation Palace, only to see the inner service of the upper chapter, and it was indeed written by Li Gang. Zhao Huan read the letter and learned the news of the Western Thief's entry into the Kou"
said to Su Ming: "When did the letter come, how did you give it to me!" Zhao Huan was a little displeased.
"I heard from the attendants of the Eastern Mansion that this was a letter that arrived three days ago. It's just that he was suppressed by the people of Dongfu. If it weren't for the eunuch Bingli, I wouldn't have found it. ”
"Bastard! Such an important matter, you still want to hide it from me! Zhao Huan kicked Su Ming to the ground in a fit of rage.
"Your Majesty forgives your sins, and the servant doesn't dare to do this. This Dongfu has always been controlled by Cai's husband. Whatever he sends, it's what he says. ”
"Damn!!" Zhao Huan said fiercely.
"Is Li Gang back?" Zhao Huan asked.
Su Ming said on the side: "Back to Your Majesty, I heard from the people in the outer palace that Li Xiangye just arrived in Bianliang in the morning!" ”
"Hurry up and announce that Li Qing is coming!" Zhao Huan said hurriedly.
"No!" Su Ming responded. Hurriedly took the dust and was about to go out, when he suddenly saw the small yellow door of the outer palace room come in and say, "Li Gang asks to see Your Majesty." ”
"Hurry up!" Zhao Huan hurriedly said.
With a lot of effort, I saw Li Gang coming to Zhao Huan's side.
"Li Qing worked hard. This time, Yanjing is hard and tired! Zhao Huan said.
"To reward meritorious generals for His Majesty, how dare you say that it is hard! The old minister will never give up!" Li Gang hurriedly said.
"How? How did I hear that the western thieves were coming to Hengshan!? The Linzhou Mansion is besieged? Zhao Huan looked worried.
"Your Majesty put it down, the minister has arranged for Liu Ping to rectify the Yanjing Festival to go to the rescue." Li Gang said.
"Oh! That's good! That's good! Zhao Huan said.
"But Your Majesty, it is still more than a thousand miles from Yanjing to Linzhou, and the distant water is not good to quench your thirst, and I hope that Your Majesty will issue a holy decree to shoot more soldiers and horses of the Western Army to ensure that it will be in case." Li Gang said respectfully.
"Then the western thieves are powerful, if the Fuzhou is broken, and the western thief army goes south, wouldn't it be a crisis? Do you want to make peace? Zhao Huan said worriedly.
"Your Majesty! If you can fight, you can make peace! Li Gang said.
"Yes! Reasonable! Tomorrow morning, let's have a good discussion. Zhao Huan said.
"Official Shengming!" Li Gang bowed.
The next day, early in the morning, the morning was up. As soon as the Privy Council squire announced that the western thief had entered Yokoyama, it immediately exploded. Some let them quickly send troops to resist, and some opened their mouths to make peace, suggesting that they should give more coins and spend money to buy peace. There are also people who simply think that the old monk is in the middle of the decision, does not participate, and does not express his position. Like a sculpture. For example, the old man Cai.
At this moment, Cai Jing is becoming more and more mature, his face is full of wrinkles, and it seems that no matter how much he takes care of it, he can't maintain it well. The wide official uniform seemed to wrap the thin old man with only a wrinkled face and dry hands, and the two hands that hung down made it seem that the wat board would fall off at any time.
At this time, Li Gang was talking about the importance of the northwest gateway, with an expression that wanted the princes of the DPRK and China to pay attention.
"In the past, Xia La, Fu Bi, and Fan Fuzi all attached importance to the important places in the northwest, and four or five out of ten of my country's Korean troops were allocated to the northwest armies, which shows the importance of the northwest, besides, the western thieves have coveted the border of my Great Song Dynasty for a long time, if they don't rescue as soon as possible, I'm afraid that there will be endless troubles!" Li Gang said.
"Lord Li is inevitably a little alarmist, there are more than 100,000 people from all walks of life in the Western Army. The matter of the western thief entering the border of the criminal, there is a matter every year, but it is just to fight some grass valley, to put it bluntly, it is not to ask for some benefits, according to the official's view, it is better to send someone to sue for peace, and give some years of coins! "It was Tang Ke, the Chinese scholar, who spoke.
"Lord Tang! You said lightweight, did you know that when the annual currency increases, you need to increase taxes. An increase in taxes will make people's livelihood difficult. Moreover, the front foot Jin people have already sent out a large number of old coins, and now you have an increase in the number of Xixia people, is it really that I am extremely rich in the Song Dynasty! Hmph, sure enough, it's the cub who sells Yetian and doesn't feel distressed! Li Gang said.
"Li Gang, don't be forceful. The old man is just talking about things! Why have you slandered me! Tang Ke said angrily.
"This official is not slander, Lord Tang don't want to talk nonsense, this official is just talking about things, foreign invasion, I don't think about how to defeat the invasion, but I first think about sending wealth to buy peace, in this case, those foreign tribes will definitely get an inch!" Li Gang flicked his sleeves and said.
"Lord Li's words are a bit serious, Xixia has not taken a step south for more than a hundred years, even if it crosses Hengshan this time, it must be difficult to transport grain and grass, and those western thieves will not support it for too long." Minister Wu Min said.
"Lord Wu doesn't know, this time the West Thief entered more than 100,000 Kou, the picture is not small, the five roads of the summer was not completed, this West Thief has long been buried in the evil heart, besides, it is the year of the currency to negotiate peace, it is not very easy, year after year to fight the grass valley, Lord Wu can know how many people of the Western Xia Dynasty intercepted and killed at the border of my Great Song Dynasty! Since that Li Yuanhao, the wolf's ambition has not died, and he doesn't want to covet my Central Plains land! Li Gang said urgently.
"Humph! This is just Li Gang's words! The people and horses of all the departments of the Western Army are still there, even if the Linzhou Mansion is besieged, it is not a big deal, the left and right are just in the middle of a seed division, and if they leave other seed divisions, is there no one in the Western Army! Tang Ke said dissatisfied.
"What Lord Tang said is not unreasonable, the minister heard that the western thieves entered the Kou this time, and also coerced some former Liao remnants, saying that the former Liao Prime Minister Yelu Dashi is also among them, this kind of miscellaneous fish-like guy is just a lost dog, so why be afraid. Only Westerners enter the Kou, but they are just asking for some wealth, even if they spend some money, so what's the matter. ”
"Such a ridiculous foolishness! Don't the two adults know that greed is not enough to swallow elephants? This time I satisfied the thief, and next time my appetite will be even greater! Li Gang said angrily.
"Ridiculous! Li Gang, you fight and kill all day long, isn't it a shame to live up to the words of the saints. In vain, you read the book of sages, and you are like a brutal martial artist. Wu Min sneered.
"Humph! No coward, if you only know how to spend money to buy peace, you are no different from guinea pigs! Li Gang said angrily.
Seeing the three of them fighting with each other, and the smell of gunpowder was strong, Zhao Huan coughed lightly.
"Three Aiqing, don't quarrel. Judging on state affairs, don't lose your dignity! ”
"Don't dare!" The three of them said one after another.
"Cai Xianggong, what do you suggest?" Zhao Huan rubbed his head and looked at Cai Jingdao, who didn't say a word, as if he was in a pretended sleep. As the top official in half of the imperial court, the prime minister of the Eastern Mansion, such military affairs must have opinions.
Cai Jing opened his eyes and saluted Zhao Huan: "So that the official family knows that this crisis in the Western Army is indeed as Lord Li said, it is very important, and the old man also thinks that he needs to be rescued!" ”
"Lord Cai!" Wu Min and Tang Ke looked at Cai Jing puzzled, they should have been comrades-in-arms on the same front, why did they turn against each other and support that Li Gang.
Zhao Huan looked at Cai Jing, the prime minister of Dongfu, who had a blank face, and said: "Since Cai Lao Xianggong also said that he needs to be rescued, now that Linzhou Mansion is in crisis and the western thieves are powerful, what should I do?" ”
"The old minister thinks that although the western thieves will besiege Linzhou, they are also veterans of the Western Army in the division, and it is still okay to hold on for a period of time, and then send a powerful army to it." Cai Jingdao.
"I don't know what Cai Lao Aiqing said about the effective army?" Zhao Huan asked.
"The powerful military needs are strong, closer to the northwest roads, throughout my Great Song Dynasty, the Lan army and the Xihe army are entangled with the western thieves, and most of the Qin Feng army and Jingyuan are also blocked by the Xia army's capture army near Yanzhou, and they can't advance. The old minister thought that Liu Yanqing's celebration army was up to the task! ”
"Oh~ Huanqing Army guards the east of the river, if you go, you can do it." Zhao Huan said.
"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Yanjing Yongding Army can also be used. The situation in the northwest is unclear, and it is unbearable, if it is to let other armies go, I am afraid that it will not have much effect, the Yongding army is strong, bloody for the country, and loyal and commendable, even the Jin people dare not fight against it, and the minister thinks that the rebellion in the northwest can be helped by the Yongding army!" Li Gang also said.
"What the two Aiqing said makes sense, since this is the case, there is no need to fight, I will draft a decree to let the Huanqing Army and the Yongding Army send reinforcements to Linzhou to relieve the siege!"
"The Emperor Shengming!" Li Gang and Cai Jing said in unison.
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