Chapter 250: Ridiculous

Wu Shaogang's arrival in the capital also caused an uproar. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

The army in front of the Hezhou Imperial Army recovered the city of Chengdu, no matter from which level, it was a great joy, it is said that the imperial court received such a setback, it should be happy, but unfortunately the actual situation is not so.

Wu Shaogang's twists and turns were tightly blocked from the news, except for the senior officials of the imperial court above the third grade, the rest of the people did not know about this matter at all, and the imperial court and the Privy Council did not want to make this matter public.

Song Lizong Zhao Yun is fifty-nine years old, not very good, thirty-nine years on the throne, during which he has experienced too many things, like many ancestors, Zhao Yun also thinks of living in a corner, peace of mind and pleasure, as long as there is no major turmoil, he is satisfied, as for the expansion of territory, the shame of a blood ancestor, he has not thought about it at all.

During this time, Zhao Yun's health was not very good, and there were often problems, so that he could not go to the court early, so Zhao Yun trusted and relied more on the right prime minister and privy envoy Jia Nidao, and the size of the court was appropriate, and Jia Nidao made the decision directly.

Wu Shaogang led the Hezhou Imperial Army to recover the news of Chengdu's capital, Zhao Yun knew it, but he didn't care at all, in his opinion, it was very good to be able to maintain the current situation, and there was no need to anger the Mongolian court.

After Wu Shaogang's twists and turns arrived, the judgment of the public was that the Mongolian court would definitely send a large army to Chengdu Fulu to fight, so that the court would definitely be implicated, and even forced to send troops to meet the battle.

This is what Zhao Yun is most worried about, a few years ago, the Mongol Tatars attacked Sichuan and Ezhou and other places, and the imperial army was defeated and retreated, which made Zhao Yun sleep, and even thought of moving the capital.

It hasn't been a few years since he was stable, and he didn't expect another war in Sichuan, which made Zhao Yun very annoyed.

Zhao Yun and Jia Nidao briefly discussed, and directly asked that the matter not be made public, and even thought of punishing the deputy envoy of Sichuan, the defense envoy of Tongchuan Fulu, and Wu Shaogang, the prefect of Luzhou, but the emperor's idea was stopped by Jia Nidao, and Jia Nidao's words were also very reasonable, after all, Wu Shaogang led the imperial army of Hezhou to defeat the Mongolian army and recover the city of Chengdu, which is a huge victory, even if the court does not have any expression, it cannot be punished, otherwise the matter will spread and cause an uproar.

Zhao Yun was not completely confused, knowing that what Jia Nidao said was reasonable, so he acquiesced to Jia Nidao's suggestion, but Wu Shaogang's twists and turns, the emperor and the Privy Council always need to have an attitude.

Zhao Yun simply let go again and asked Jia Rudao to handle the matter with full authority.

Korakuen Garden, the mansion of Jia Rudao.

The important matters of the court and the central government are almost all discussed here, and the so-called early dynasty has become a situation, and the emperor, who is accustomed to pleasure and is not in good health, has long relied on and relied on Jia Yidao, and almost no longer asks about the affairs of the court.

Relying on the emperor's support, Jia Rudao completely controlled the government and power, and there were countless people who came to take refuge and curry favor.

This time the discussion of the affairs of Chengdu Mansion was also carried out in the mansion, and after careful consideration, Jia Yidao, again, did not make the matter public, but prepared to discuss it in a small area.

When Lu Wende, the secretary of the ministry, came to the mansion, Jia Rudao was pondering in the reception room.

"Lu Shangshu, please sit down, please drink tea."

Lu Wende is not polite, he has become a frequent visitor to the back garden, and the relationship between him and Jia Yidao is faintly more than that of Li Tingzhi, the envoy of the two Huai systems.

"The prince summoned the lower officials to come today, and the lower officials dared to guess whether it was for the affairs of Chengdu Fucheng."

Jia Rudao nodded, but he didn't put on a show, let alone be verbose.

"Yes, it is for the matter of Chengdu Fucheng, Wu Zhizhi led by the deputy envoy of Hezhou Imperial Army, captured and recovered Chengdu Fucheng, this is a great thing, but looking at the current situation, this good thing is not the right time, the emperor is a little worried about this, Lu Shangshu, since you think that today is for this matter, that is to think about, how do you say this matter should be handled."

Lu Wende didn't answer immediately, he had seen Wu Shaogang's recital, and he remembered the content very clearly, at that time, after reading the recital, Lu Wende's heart was a little uncomfortable, and he felt that Wu Shaogang's request did not take the ministry and his official book in his eyes at all.

However, although he was very dissatisfied in his heart, Lu Wende would never express his position easily, after all, he didn't know what Jia Nidao's opinion was on this matter, and he didn't know if Jia Nidao had consulted Li Tingzhi's opinion, but Jia Nidao opened his mouth to ask, then he definitely needed to show his attitude, otherwise it would not be cost-effective to make Jia Nidao unhappy.

"This, Lord Wang, this matter is indeed a little complicated, after the lower official saw the twists and turns, he has been thinking, Wu Zhizhi deputy envoy suggested that Li Siqi be appointed as the defense envoy of Tongchuan Mansion Road, and Lu Xiufu should be appointed as the prefect of Luzhou Prefecture, these requirements are all involved in the ministry, so the lower officials will think about it, as for the matter of Wu Zhizhi deputy envoy recovering Chengdu Fucheng, the lower officials really didn't think so much, this should be a matter for the military department to consider, if the lower officials think too much, is it arrogance."

"Lu Shangshu, is this a matter of Chengdu Fulu, but a matter that the Privy Council should decide."

Lu Wende hurriedly stood up, reached out to wipe the sweat drops on his forehead, and then clenched his fists and spoke.

"The lower officials have no such thing, and they will never dare to have such thoughts, but...

"I know, don't worry about it, I invite you here today, just to let you say what you want, what you think."

After Jia Rudao motioned for Lu Wende to sit down, he stopped talking.

Lu Wende pondered for about half an hour, gritted his teeth and spoke.

"Lord Wang, the lower officials think that this matter is better to be handled in accordance with the performance of the deputy envoy of Wu Zhizhi, but there is one thing, that is, it is impossible for the imperial court to send a large army to Sichuan, and it is impossible to order the deputy envoy of Wu Zhizhi to dispatch the imperial army of Xingyuan Mansion and the imperial army of Jinzhou stationed in Sichuan...

Jia Yidao had closed his eyes without any expression on his face.

This made Lu Wende a little apprehensive in his heart, and he couldn't observe any of Jia Yidao's thoughts.

"The stability of my Great Song Dynasty is not easy to come by, are the prince's foresight, if it were not for the prince in the battle of Diaoyu Island and the battle of Ezhou, to turn the tide, my Great Song Dynasty court does not know what kind of danger it will encounter, according to these reasons, Wu Zhizhi deputy envoys are clear, but they just don't know how to maintain, look at it, this time the Mongolian court lost the city of Chengdu, it must be a large number of troops, maybe Sichuan will be tight again. . . ."

Lu Wende said while observing Jia Nidao, although Jia Nidao had no expression on his face and his eyes were forced, but Lu Wende still felt that Jia Nidao did not show disgust, which was enough.

Of course, Lu Wende will not say good things about Wu Shaogang, he is eager to make Wu Shaogang unlucky, there are some personal grievances between the two, in the final analysis, Lu Wende thinks that Wu Shaogang is the talent he discovered and promoted, but after Wu Shaogang won his will, he did not show respect and obedience to him, this is not a white-eyed wolf.

Lu Wende is very smart, he knows that Wu Shaogang led the imperial army of Hezhou to recover Chengdu Fucheng, this is a great credit, if it is a hard frame Wu Shaogang, saying that he should not recover Chengdu Fucheng, then it is unreasonable, the best way is to praise on the surface and calculate secretly.

The same is true of Lu Wende's suggestion, ostensibly agreeing to all the suggestions made by Wu Shaogang, including all the officials recommended by Wu Shaogang, but the imperial court will not do anything except appoint a few officials, will not send troops to aid Sichuan, will not allocate money and grain, and will not express its due attitude towards Wu Shaogang's battle to recover Chengdu.

This move is actually the most ruthless, everyone knows the courage of the Mongolian Tartars, according to Lu Wende and everyone in the court, relying only on the imperial armies of Hezhou, it is impossible to compete with the Mongolian Tartars.

Of course, Lu Wende also thought carefully about such suggestions and opinions, first of all, the battle was carried out around the city of Chengdu, which would not have much impact on the imperial court, and secondly, after the Mongol Tatars recovered the city of Chengdu, the imperial court could immediately send an envoy to contact and negotiate with the Mongol Tatars, and the two sides were willing to maintain the previous situation and no longer have large-scale battles between them.

In his opinion, as long as the imperial court does not send reinforcements, and does not allow Wu Shaogang to dispatch the imperial army of Xingyuan Mansion and the imperial army of Jinzhou, and only relies on the imperial army of Hezhou to resist the Mongolian Tartars, then Wu Shaogang is a dead end, once the army of the Mongolian Tartars goes to Chengdu Fucheng, Wu Shaogang will definitely die.

Lu Wende also has a judgment, that is, Wu Shaogang will never take the initiative to evacuate, and after getting along for such a long time, Lu Wende still has this judgment.

Until Lu Wende left the mansion, Jia Rudao didn't say anything, just didn't say anything.

However, Lu Wende was not worried at all, he believed that Jia Yidao listened to it, and it was very likely to adopt his suggestion, in comparison, the suggestion he put forward could put Wu Shaogang to death.

Lu Wende is happy that it can be seen from this incident that there must be cracks in the relationship between Jia Nidao and Li Tingzhi, which is not so good, otherwise Jia Nidao will definitely defend Wu Shaogang.

For a long time, Lu Wende has been thinking about being able to replace Li Tingzhi and serve as the envoy of the Lianghuai system, to say that the position of the Lianghuai system is too affordable, rich and powerful, everyone in the court is envious, and now the Great Song Dynasty, the richest place, comes out of the capital, that is, Lianghuai, in some ways, Lianghuai is even stronger than the capital.

As for the interests of the imperial court, as well as the future of the Great Song Dynasty, there is no need for Lu Wende to think about it, after serving as the secretary of the ministry, Lu Wende's thinking has changed a lot, and many things in the court have made him understand that his own interests are higher than the interests of the imperial court. (To be continued.) )