In the Northern Song Dynasty, there were no mines, no missiles, but iron anchors.

When the officers and men noticed that there was a problem with the ten boats at the same time, it was obvious that someone had done something at the bottom of the boat.

They threw the chained anchor into the bottom of the river and grabbed it aimlessly.

This trick seems to be looking for a needle in a haystack, but it is actually very practical, which has caused great trouble to Li Jun and others.

Even though they were very good at water, they were not as easy to move as on land, and they were swept away by the river before they could go into the water, and they were all tied with ropes.

Wu Song was in a hurry, and pulled the rope back with all his might.

It's a pity that Zhang Shun, who is white in the waves, and Ruan Xiaoqi, who live Yan, are very unlucky, their ropes have been cut by iron anchors, and no one can be found.

Fortunately, those imperial court ships were quickly filled with water, and the officers and soldiers were completely chaotic, and they didn't care about operating the iron anchor anymore, and the remaining Li Jun and others were successfully rescued by Wu Song.

Li Jun gasped and said, "Zhang Shun and the little seven brothers have excellent water quality, they should just be washed downstream by the river, let's go find them." ”

Wu Song nodded in agreement, but was stopped by Wu Gang.

Wu Gang saved Wuda's life in Sandaokou last time, and the Wufu lost six generals in that war, but Wu Gang was lucky to survive and was reused by Wuda.

He doesn't usually talk much, and his temperament is very steady.

"Great Commander, we have too many people, the goal is too big, and it is difficult to move, you take all the heroes back to Yanggu first, and I will take people to find the two heroes of Zhang Shun."

After a little discussion, everyone finally agreed to Wu Gang's approach, Wu Song took the people of Liangshan and the two generals back to the house first, while Wu Gang took eight generals, turned over and went downstream to find Zhang Shun and Ruan Xiaoqi.

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From culling the Seven Star Alliance to destroying the Huashi Gang, this is a series of plans of Wuda.

However, the story has come to this point, and it is far from over.

Wu Da sold Tong a big favor this time, he notified Tong Ying in advance, and very vaguely explained that Hua Shigang would have problems, Tong Ying is also a little bit of a thorough character, and asked Wu Da a few words, and then Fei Pigeon passed the book to General Tong Guan Tong in the northwest.

General Tong, a powerful minister who has been in the government and the opposition for decades, does not need to be said by Wu Da at all, he understands that this is a good opportunity to attack the Cai Mansion.

However, in recent years, he has rarely interfered in the affairs of the imperial court, and it is really unwise to concentrate on developing military power and launching it without authorization.

I am afraid that not only will it not be able to suppress Cai Jing, but it will arouse the vigilance of His Majesty the Emperor.

No matter who sits on that dragon chair, no matter how dull he is, as long as he stays in that position for a long time, there will always be some subtle changes in his mentality.

For example, Song Huizong.

Song Huizong Zhao Ji's throne came extremely strangely, this throne was not his, it was his brother Song Zhezong's, but in the first month of 1100 AD, Song Zhezong suddenly "died of illness".

Moreover, Song Zhezong had no children under his knees.

In desperation, the empress dowager at that time "Xiangshi" was convenient to establish Zhao Ji as the emperor in the same month, known as Song Huizong in history, and changed the name of the year to "Jianzhong Yasukuni" in the second year.

Song Huizong's throne came a little incorrectly, and many ministers in the court complained about it, and in desperation, Song Huizong wantonly reused Cai Jing, Gao Yu, Wang Huangtong, Guan Liang, Shicheng, Wang Boyan, Zhu Mian, Li Yan and other traitorous ministers.

After these traitors came to power, they vigorously suppressed those loyal and virtuous people, and soon confirmed the status of Song Huizong as an emperor who could not be provoked.

Song Huizong was very proud, but the problem also came.

When his throne was secured, the power of these traitorous ministers in the court became extremely huge, especially Cai Jing and Tong Guan, these two people were both literate and martial, which could be said to completely control the trend of the imperial court, which made Song Huizong a headache.

And at the beginning, in fact, the relationship between Cai Jing and Tong Guan was very close, and they were embarrassed, and later, Song Huizong used clever tricks to gradually completely divide the two.

Now the pattern of the court is that Tong Guan is the main military and Cai Jing is the main civil official, and the two are on the same footing, and they have reached a place where they will never die.

In this way, Song Huizong was reluctantly relieved, he did not favor any party, and he would never sit idly by and watch one side dominate, and he kept this balance very delicately.

Tong Guan, the old fox, knew this very well, so he did not write a letter to impeach Cai Jing without authorization, but quietly passed the matter of Hua Shigang's problem to Liang Shoudao in Bianjing.

Liang Shoudao was favored by Song Huizong, and the official was the master of the school, and all the imperial books were ordered by him, which was called "hidden phase".

The most important thing is that although Liang Shoudao is a civil official, he has always been at odds with Cai Jing, and he is faintly considered to belong to the Tong Guan line.

When Liang Shoudao received this news, he immediately set about arranging for his protégé to write a letter to impeach Cai Jing for corruption and pervert the law, and to enrich his own pocket with the taxes of Huashigang, which should have been attributed to the state treasury.

This kind of impeachment of the Yanguan is not of much significance to a powerful minister like Cai Jing, there are too many interest groups behind him, and he doesn't need Cai Jing to speak, and the Yanguan of his Cai Mansion will argue with Liang Shoudao and those Yanguan.

The good court, for several days, has completely turned into a vegetable market, and the spitting stars are flying.

Cai Jing was very puzzled, he couldn't figure out what Liang Shoudao wanted to do, this kind of impeachment without real evidence was really not worth mentioning.

However, when the news that Hua Shigang sank to the bottom of the river and ran aground reached Jingshi, Cai Jing's face finally changed.

If the ship sinks, it naturally needs to be salvaged, but salvage requires the use of military personnel, and the military is mixed with too many Tong Guan's henchmen.

When the military salvaged these ten ships, comparing the number of strange stones on the ships, it is natural to deduce how much money Cai Jing has embezzled over the years.

Taking advantage of this, Tong Guan and Liang Shoudao will inevitably be able to catch many officials who Cai Jing bought with money.

In fact, the ministers in the court, even Song Huizong, knew these things, but everyone knew it on weekdays.

But if this matter is really done as an iron case and is put on the bright side, it will inevitably be indignant and the people's grievances will boil, and Song Huizong will inevitably take down the Cai Mansion forces.

This is absolutely unacceptable to Cai Jing, and it is also something that Song Huizong absolutely cannot allow, even if he Song Huizong really wants to kill Cai Jing and Tong Guan, the two old thieves, as soon as possible, but what he hopes is to boil the frogs in warm water and take them down slowly and quietly, and definitely not with such fanfare.

If Tong Guan really succeeds, there will be chaos in the court, and Song Huizong will never allow Tong Guan's power to dominate.

In the end, Song Huizong was furious, and the major twenty boards severely reprimanded the old lady Cai Jing, who was already old, and the matter ended here.

However, Cai Jing was reprimanded in court for the first time in so many years, and this time Cai Jing's heels were very large, and he lost face, and he didn't dare to refute it.

After retreating from the court, Song Huizong rubbed his head and asked Li Yan with a headache:

"Let's find out, what that interesting little guy Wuzhi has been doing lately, I always feel that Hua Shigang has nothing to do with him."