"This fire, this fire can't be burned!"

Nie Chang did not stop the arson team, he would rather not have the black gauze hat on his head than bear the charge of "forcing rebellion" against Zhou Quan. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The former is just retiring and going home to gnaw on a potato, and the latter is a raid on the family and destroying the door and losing his head, which is more important and which is more important, and it is easy to divide.

Now there is no longer an errand officer in front of Du Gou'er, but it is Zhao Youzhang.

It was probably because of the use of wine in the past few days that Zhao Youzhang was untidy and smelled of wine when he came.

He is also one of the thirteen pillars of the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce, so he is no stranger to Du Gouer and others, and he is still a little confident in stopping in front of everyone at this time.

"This is strange, why can't it be burned, Zhao Xiaohou, Zhou Jungong also has a sentence for the villain to bring to you."

"W-What?"

He said that someone can decide when to put the first fire, but not when to put the last fire...... "Du Gou'er still looks like he doesn't care."

Zhao Youzhang's mouth moved, wanting to defend himself, but he didn't dare.

Du Gou'er glanced at him, a disciple of the clan, trembling in front of him, which made him very excited. He stretched out his hand to pull Zhao Youzhang away, and said in a strange manner: "The mud man still has a three-point temper, little marquis, you are too deceitful, you dare to buckle the head of my county prince with any, don't you think that my county prince can only kill the generals of the Liao State and the Jin State, so he can't kill the corrupt officials and traitors of the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

When Du Gou'er said this, all he heard around was beads of sweat. If it is the time of peace, this is enough evidence of misdeeds.

But everyone, including those who participated in the burning of the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce, realized at this moment that the situation was not right at this time!

The Great Song Dynasty has just lost in the battle of Liao, and the Liao State is eyeing it, if he forces Zhou Quan again at this time, he will raise troops from Jeju and seize Haizhou Xuzhou, what will the Great Song Dynasty do?

Naturally, Zhou Quan's biggest problem was the lack of troops, but if he won Haizhou and Xuzhou, he would forcibly recruit troops among the people and match them with artillery......

"So, this matter can only be left to him?"

Gen Yuezhong, Zhao Ji was as greasy as eating a fly, he looked at Cai Jing in front of him, and asked in a deep voice.

Perhaps because he loves to play football and often exercise, Zhao Ji has a good physical foundation, and after a short recuperation for two days, he recovered again.

"This matter was originally a fault between Tong Guan and King Yan." Cai Jing smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, what kind of character Zhou Quan is, it can be said that it is well known, but these two people have pushed their own affairs to Zhou Quan, if it is a general matter, it is okay, and Zhou Quan can make money, but Zhou Quan may not dare to bear the blame for the failure of the Northern Expedition and the crime of communicating with foreign countries!" ”

No one dares to carry this charge, even Cai Jing himself, and he is secretly glad that if he hadn't been reminded by Zhou Quan, he would have always had a negative attitude towards the Northern Expedition, I'm afraid that this big black pot would have to be borne by himself.

Zhao Ji was furious: "He can't set fire to the street in Jingshi, and threaten to kill people!" ”

"Your Majesty, this is not the first time for him, Tong Guan and King Yan dare to do such a thing, they should be mentally prepared for this, how can they cause trouble, and the official family will bear this loss!" When Cai Jing said this, he coughed again: "Besides, the imperial court is now ...... Can't stand the big waves! ”

It is true that the imperial court cannot withstand the big waves.

The exact news of the defeat at the front has already come, and the 300,000 troops brought by Tong Guan are now only 60,000, and the remaining 240,000 are either killed or fled. Tong Guan sent messengers almost every day to deliver urgent documents, and every day there was news that he was outnumbered and could only retreat to a city. The prefectures and counties that Zhou Quan fought in Yandi were all recovered by the Liao State, Tong Guan himself retreated to Baozhou, and the Liao State also followed, and had entered the territory of the previous Song State.

What is even more worrying is that the Liao State has gathered a large army to go south, and they have abandoned the capital road and ignored it, but have gone all out to manage the south, which seems to be preparing to make up for the losses in the north and the south.

Tong Guan also said that his response plan was to "borrow a teacher to attack Liao", he had already sent someone to contact Jin Guo, and there would be a reply in a few days, and the war situation might change by then.

However, will Jin Guo really do it, can Tong Guan hold out until that time, if the Liao people ignore it and go south with all their might, at this time in Hebei, there are not many troops to mobilize, what to use to prevent the Liao people from breaking through the Yellow River and arriving in Tokyo?

"Then according to Qing's words, what should I do?" Zhao Ji took a few heavy breaths, and then asked.

"Please take the clan as an envoy and proclaim comfort; Those who will take the lead in attacking the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce will be punished with canons; The Ministry of Household financed the restoration of the Chamber of Commerce building; It was decreed that Tong Guan and King Yan should be punished so that they could contribute funds to repay the war bonds......"

Hearing Cai Jing's series of conditions, Zhao Ji frowned: "Isn't this a weaker than Zhou Quan, I'm afraid that Zhou Quan is even more rampant!" ”

"Your Majesty will also transfer He Li, choose another person to know Haizhou, and transfer Zong Ze to Beijing, so that he can serve in the military department. After these are done, His Majesty issued an edict that there is no king's law, and a fine will be imposed, and the confiscated property can be transferred to the treasury, and the punishment will not be severe, about one million...... Then he was asked to offer eight cannons. ”

Zhao Ji was originally impatient, and he could even be said to be angry, but listening to it, he heard the meaning of Cai Jing's words.

"The meaning of the Taishi is to test him?"

"Yes, if Zhou Quan really has objections, he will not be punished, to that point, the only plan of the official family is to select generals to transfer troops, negotiate with Liao, and prepare to expel Zhou Quan from the Great Song Dynasty. If he is willing to be punished, the official family can sit back in the palace and order the division to train elite soldiers - in any case, the military power cannot be given to Zhou Quan! ”

Zhao Ji nodded slightly, Cai Jing observed this, knew that he was moved, and continued: "Asking him to offer artillery is even more of a temptation, if he dedicates it, it can be used for the defense of the Beijing Division, Your Majesty will not be a reward for the prince, if he does not offer it, His Majesty should pay attention to it in the future." ”

Cai Jing does have a secret connection with Zhou Quan, and the two have formed a community of interests to a certain extent, but after all, he is the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, and he is already a very popular minister in the Great Song Dynasty, and he cannot be promoted, so naturally he has no idea of changing his appearance.

The only thing he pursues is to seize the power in his hands and consolidate his position before and after his death.

Zhao Ji closed his eyes on the throne and thought for a while.

Then he got up and said, "That being the case, let the subjects of the world know that I will treat them with sincerity...... King Kang was the envoy of consolation and traveled east to Jeju...... The two emperors, Ande and Maode, admired the immortal road in their hearts, and wanted to go to the East China Sea to worship immortals, pray for me, and their filial piety is commendable, and they are allowed to do it together! ”

Cai Jing was stunned for a moment, and then bowed and saluted: "Official...... Shengming! ”

"Qing will talk to him privately......" Zhao Ji stood up and stayed for a while, and said slowly.

Both of them understood that sending King Kang Zhao Gou to Jeju was both a consolation and a hostage. As for the two emperors, they have ulterior motives.

But for the sake of this country, what is it to give up a child? Although the Great Song Dynasty does not have a tradition of harmony, but now that the country is turbulent, the people are uneasy, and Zhou Quan is not an enemy countryman, he can be exchanged for an emperor princess in exchange for his honesty and peace, I am afraid that everyone in the world will think it is cost-effective.

As for whether Emperor Ji herself is willing......

Zhao Ji thought about it and recalled Zhou Quan's voice and appearance skills, if he was purely from a father's point of view, he should be very satisfied with recruiting a son-in-law.

Of course, the princess's departure from Beijing is a special case, and it is not easy to publicize it, but the fact that Zhao Gou has become a consolation envoy again can be hyped up.

But it can't make people feel that the court is afraid of Zhou Quan.

So the name of this consolation envoy is a bit strange: to be the ambassador of the Beijing-Xuzhou Railway.

Hasn't there been a lot of things going on on the railway recently, and Zhao Gou went out to comfort the people along the railway.

This is just covering his ears and stealing the bell, and everyone knows why he left Beijing at this time.

The day Zhao Gou left Beijing happened to be the time when Wen Weishen entered Beijing, although there have been accidents in Beijing recently, there are still many people crowded at the gate of the city waiting to enter the city.

Wen Weishen's carriage was also waiting, he was triumphant in the carriage, pointed to the tall city gate and said to Cai Ying: "Have you seen it, this is the capital of the Jingshi, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, and now the group of small infighting ......"

He was about to explain to Cai Ying, when he suddenly heard someone in his ears: "This time, King Kang is the envoy of comfort, so there shouldn't be any problem if you want to come to the Duke of Donghai County, right?" ”

"Naturally, there will be no problem, some time ago, it was all the Liao State spies spreading rumors, a simple plan to disentangle, but some people don't understand, Donghai County is the pillar of the country, the Great Song Dynasty, it depends on his old man......"

"Haven't you seen the latest issue of Donghai Business Daily, the imperial court intends to promote the Duke of Donghai County to the Duke of the Kingdom, and even has the title, I heard the monks of the Great Xiangguo Temple say that it is the Duke of Jiguo, and in the future, he will be called the God of Wealth, and he will be called the Duke of Ji......"

"In my opinion, Duke Zhou should have been crowned the Duke of the Kingdom a long time ago......"

"Exactly, I also read a newspaper that the promotion of the Duke of Zhou to the Duke of the State is only the first step, and the second step is to mobilize an army of 800,000 and use the Duke of Zhou as the generalissimo to destroy the Liao in one fell swoop...... At the beginning, he could sweep Yanyun with only 10,000 people, and now with an army of 800,000, he must snatch back all the princesses of Liao. You say, if the Duke of Guo captures Emperor Liao, will he say 'Old Man Yue's hard work'? ”

There was a burst of laughter all of a sudden, and the tension of the connection seemed to be gone.

The people are always swayed by public opinion, and after some time has passed, it is time to vent, and after the imperial court clearly stated that the defeat of Yanjing had nothing to do with Zhou Quan, Zhou Quan resumed his title of the living god of wealth, and the people began to read his good again. Especially the defeat at the front and Zhou Quan's repeated victories, the news that he wanted to seal the Northern Expedition of the Duke of the Kingdom was very loud.

When Wen Weishen heard this, he was furious, he shouted twice, and he didn't care about lining up to enter Beijing, his convoy turned around and went back to Xijing.

He and Zhao Gou, one to the west and one to the east, should have left separately, but the car was not far away, and suddenly, as if it was some kind of telepathy, both of them looked back at Jingshi, and then their faces changed greatly.

In the middle of the Beijing Division, in the northeast direction, thick smoke billowed out, but there was another fire.

This is the third fire in Kyoshi in recent days! (To be continued.) )