Cai Jing has been in the phase for many years, and Zhao Ji asked him to pay attention to him at this time, obviously to take responsibility for the failure of the Northern Expedition, if so, the main responsibility lies with Cai Jing, and Tong Guan and Zhao Kai are naturally less responsible. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The relationship between Cai Jing and Zhou Quan is not good, but there is a tacit understanding between the two, Cai Jing opens the door for Zhou Quan to develop industry and commerce, and Zhou Quan is very respectful to him on the surface, and can eliminate people who may threaten his status for him when necessary.

Originally, Zhao Ji was still counting on the completion of the Beijing-Xu Railway, and he could suppress Zhou Quan with the Western Army after the completion of the Beijing-Xu Railway, but now Mo said that the Western Army was damaged by more than half, even if it was well preserved, Zhao Ji did not expect to face tens of thousands of Liao troops who would be defeated miserably, and could suppress Zhou Quan, who had defeated more than ten Liao troops with only more than 10,000 people.

In the past, he only thought that the Beijing-Xu Railway could help him transport troops, but now he has to worry that the Beijing-Xu Railway will help Zhou Quan transport troops.

Going to Cai Jing and slowing down the railway is Zhao Ji's two hands to guard against Zhou Quan and revitalize the dynasty.

Two years ago, it would have been a good move, but now......

The cold light flashed in Zhou Quan's eyes, but he received it as soon as he shot it.

"Master Cai is old, his health is not good, he has been sick during the Northern Expedition, and he is ill during this time, and his father thinks that the imperial court is now an eventful season, and he needs a young and strong prime minister, so he ordered him to be a scholar and replaced him with his son Bachelor Cai." Zhao Gou added.

Because Cai Xing and Zhou Quan have a very good relationship, Zhao Ji believes that with Cai Xing's father Cai You as the prime minister, Zhou Quan's doubts about the change of appearance should be partially dispelled. This is because he can't figure out the actual relationship between Zhou Quan and Cai Jing, so he made such a judgment.

"The matter of change is the major policy of the imperial court, I can't control the common people, if the railway is not built, it can be redeemed by the imperial court for the railway bonds raised in two phases, this is the imperial court's rebellion, and I can't let me advance money privately." Zhou Quan thought about it and said lightly.

Zhao Gou smiled bitterly, Zhou Quan regarded himself as a "commoner", and it was clear that he was not ready to take back the seal of the Duke of Donghai County.

"The county duke, the county duke, the father intends to make the county duke the ...... of the country"

"No need, thank the official family for the kindness of me, I don't have any interest in being a Jigong." Zhou Quan didn't wait for Zhao Gou to finish speaking, and then refused: "I don't want the official son and title of your Zhao family at all." The two princesses should bring my words to you, I don't owe you the Zhao family, from now on, in business, what do you want me to do, pay the corresponding price. ”

The title of Guogong sounds very beautiful, and it is almost a sign of a very popular minister in the Great Song Dynasty, but for Zhou Quan, it has no meaning.

There is no difference between the county king and the county marquis, in his opinion. This made Zhao Gou really headache, the royal means of collecting the world's heroes is nothing more than the name of the lord Cailu, the wealth of the last week is rich and rival the country, even richer than the royal family, and now there is no interest in the MG, then it is really not oil and salt.

"My father wants to marry the county prince, and the two royal sisters come with me, the real meaning, I want to come to the county prince and know ......"

"This is even more ridiculous, this is just wishful thinking on the part of the official family, this is not a strategy offered by a wise person, there must be traitors around the official family." Zhou Quan smiled: "Besides, you have also come here to see me, I already have Shishi, Yu Liyan and the lady of the Liang family by my side, and I have no intention of having more beauty." ”

No, Zhao Gou's mouth was bitter, he was deeply aware at the moment that Da Song did not have many chips available to Zhou Zhouquan.

"What does the county prince want, please say it directly, whether it can be done or not, at least I can act as a messenger and transfer the true meaning of the county prince to my father, so as not to make trouble for the villain and divide the friendship between my father and the county prince." He gritted his teeth and sighed.

"The Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway cannot be delayed, and I have nothing else to ask for." Zhou Quan's eyes flashed, and the corners of his mouth floated with a sneer: "I know what the official family is afraid of, it is nothing more than the fear of my rebellion, leading an army along the railway to the Beijing Division, and the Beijing Division Forbidden Army is unbearable - I want to ask, if I really have this intention, I now lead the army that defeated the Liao people to occupy the two roads in Jingdong, what can the imperial court do to me?" ”

Zhao Gou opened his mouth, but he didn't expect Zhou Quan to expose this matter clearly!

"I don't read much, I only love to read history, after you go back, please ask the official family to read the history of the Tang Dynasty, how does the Tang Dynasty treat Guo Ziyi...... I'm not Di Wuxiang, I will not resist even if I am bullied! ”

This is what Emperor Zhao Song was worried about!

Zhao Gou looked at Zhou Quan with a resentful gaze, and said in his heart that if you were Duke Di Wu Xianggong, it would be good, how could the court still be afraid of you! At the beginning, Di Qing made a lot of contributions, but he still rubbed and flattened a group of civil officials, and finally died of depression.

You must know that in the court at that time, everyone shouted at Di Qing, which made him extremely frightened, which was impossible without the indication of Emperor Zhao Song.

"I will relay this matter to the official family ......"

"King Kang, I said something arrogant, repairing the Beijing-Xu Railway is an opportunity for the imperial court to solve the current crisis. The court is afraid of me no matter how much it is worried, and the court is now suffering from three problems, one is whether the Liao people will take advantage of the situation to go south, the second is whether the Jin people will betray the alliance, and the third is that the people of the Central Plains are weak and weak, and the people are in an uproar. At present, the two Beijing-Xu railways employ more than 200,000 young and strong people, implicating more than 150,000 households, and more than 1 million people who indirectly work for this and obtain food and clothing from them. Tuo Beijing Chinese Chamber of Commerce Daxing, the magnates have enclosed the land to plant cotton, these people have no land, if they can't give them a livelihood, they are afraid that they will have to cut wood and uncover the pole to go to Beijing to ask the officials for a livelihood! ”

When Zhao Gou heard this, he was shocked.

Indeed, these more than one million people are the urgent need, if the construction of the railway is really delayed or stopped, it is impossible for these people organized by the peasant associations not to ask the court for explanations, and the small officials below are so arrogant and lawless that they are likely to provoke a popular uprising when they are suppressed.

If the people change together, this is in the heart of the Great Song Dynasty!

"If the Central Plains is in chaos, the Manichaeans in the south will definitely cause trouble, at that time, the Central Plains and Jiangnan are in chaos, and the Liao army in Hebei is pressing, and I don't need to do anything, and the court will be crumbling...... If I really have any objections, in fact, it is really in my best interest to ask you to suspend the Beijing-Xu Railway. When the court and the rebellious people were in a hurry, I sent troops to clean up the situation, and I should follow the will of the people...... Forget it, the more I talk about it, the more excited I am, why don't you go back and make it clear to the official, I won't build this Beijing-Xu Railway! ”

"No, no, no, no......"

Zhao Gou said more than ten words in a row, and he was really panicked now.

The situation described by Zhou Quan is indeed very likely to happen!

Previously, the imperial court put Zhou Quan's threat in the first place, and the consideration of the problem was based on solving this threat, but after Zhou Quan's reminder, Zhao Gou realized that the real big threat was not Zhou Quan himself, but the people who were organized by the peasant associations along the Beijing-Xu Railway!

Zhou Quan said that the number of millions may be a little exaggerated, but there are hundreds of thousands, and if they learn that the imperial court has delayed the progress of the railway and caused them to lose their income, they will really rise up and rebel!

Thinking of such a situation, Zhao Gou shuddered, and he couldn't help but look at Zhou Quan: "The county prince advocated the construction of a railway, could it have been expected?" ”

Zhou Quan sneered: "I also expected that Tong Guan would put the responsibility for the defeat of the Northern Expedition on my head, and the clan would instigate the mob in Beijing to burn the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce!" ”

This is the opposite, Zhao Gou was silent when he heard it.

"I strongly advocate the construction of the Beijing-Xu Railway, there are two main ones, one is to make money, you know, I am very interested in everything that can make money; The second is ......"

When Zhou Quan said this, he paused slightly, but Zhao Gou's heart moved, and he felt as if he was about to hear a key. He bowed his hand: "Don't be stingy with teaching!" ”

"The second purpose is to save you, I expected that the Western Army would leave the local war spirit was insufficient, the Beijing Forbidden Army was only a flower shelf, and the Hebei Forbidden Army was weak, but the Northern Expedition of the Imperial Court to recover Yanyun was the desire of the people, so the defeat of the Northern Expedition should not be avoided, the only suspicious thing is whether it was defeated by the Liao people or the hands of the Jin people. If it is defeated by the Liao, it will not be a big problem, but if the Jin people are introduced, Jin knows the reality of the Great Song Dynasty, how can there be no reason not to go south. At this time, the army was newly defeated, from Yanyun to the Beijing Division, there were no more available soldiers, the enemy rode south, and the Beijing Division was empty, how could it be stopped? At that time, I started from Jingdong, and by virtue of the railway, I could arrive in a few days to relieve the siege of Beijing. ”

This is indeed Zhou Quan's original idea.

However, he didn't want to save the royal family surnamed Zhao, he never owed anything to the royal family surnamed Zhao, he just couldn't bear to let the millions of people in Beijing suffer from this disaster.

And if this incident really happens, and the Hebei barrier is lost, the entire Central Plains will be completely exposed to the iron hooves of foreign races, and the Han people will be in danger and China will be in danger, which is not just a problem for millions of people in Beijing, but a matter related to hundreds of millions of Li people and a hundred years of luck.

Seeing that Zhao Gou was silent, Zhou Quan smiled: "I know you don't believe it, when I said that Tong Guan would be defeated, didn't you also believe it...... Anyway, in your hearts, you would rather trust Tong Guan and Jinren than trust me. That's okay, let's see. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare...... In addition to the Beijing-Xu Railway, what else does the county prince want? ”

Zhao Gou was silent for a long time, and then he reluctantly spoke, and now he understood that Zhou Quan would not make any concessions on the issue of the Beijing-Xu Railway. He couldn't do anything about this, so he could only transfer all Zhou Quan's words to his father.

"Nothing else...... If it must be said that there is, that is, the rest will remain the same, the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce will make some moves next, Tong gradually and Zhao Youzhang will be expelled from the Chamber of Commerce, in addition, the dispute between the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce and the Tianshui Chamber of Commerce, the imperial court should not intervene. Zhou Quan said slowly: "I can guarantee that the methods used by the Donghai Chamber of Commerce are in line with the laws of the imperial court, unless the Tianshui Chamber of Commerce adopts illegal means first, just like the last time, and the imperial court has no reaction to this." ”

Zhao Gou was slightly embarrassed, but immediately, he spoke: "Please also ask the county prince to accept the duke of Jiguo, in addition, He Li will be transferred from the position of governor of Haizhou, and Zhang Shuye will be the governor of Haizhou!" (To be continued.) )