Chapter 075: Sharpening the Knife

With the river, tanning yun called ■ li, Guanzhong, known as eight hundred miles of Qinchuan, the left food letter, the right Shu, blocking the mountain with the river, fertile thousands of miles, the ancients called it 'Jincheng thousands of miles, the country of abundance, the spine of the world, the head of the dragon in the Central Plains,. The Sui Empire fixed the capital of Chang'an, named Daxing, the Tang Empire took over, is still the capital of Chang'an, which is adjacent to Weishui in the north, Yanghe in the west, confused in the east, Shanghai Ershui, and the imperial capital of Zhongnan Mountain in the south began to enter the peak realm of prosperity.

However, after the decline of the Tang Dynasty, the metropolis was repeatedly invaded by foreign enemies, repeatedly destroyed in the war, and gradually began to decay, but this decline is only relative, not a withering, and the conditions here are now not as prosperous as Bianliang, and it is still one of the best big cities. Zhao Kuangyin was ambitious, and he thought about moving the capital to Luoyang first, and then moving the capital to Chang'an, but his empire was inherited from the Later Zhou, and its land was originally only near Bianliang.

In this S1, a group of people is coming from the south and entering Wuguan. Wuguan is an important pass in the pass, the defenders here are more than a step higher than the Xiang army in other places, both in terms of equipment and combat effectiveness, in the Xiang army is already considered jīng sharp, but the people and horses who have just arrived are more clearly equipped and strict than them.

After inspecting the document talisman and the customs defense survey, the guard general Yu Yang hurriedly opened the city gate and personally greeted him. The general who came here is the general of the forbidden army, the former commander of the former palace, and now the third person in the Privy Council, General Luo Ke, no matter the rank or status, which old general can't compare, how can there be a reason not to meet him.

This general Luo came from Chengdu, and after he led the army to Sichuan, he first restored order in the Bashu region, and the order in the capitals and counties of Bashu, which was completely paralyzed by the mobile combat of the rebel army, was restored, and then repaired the city defenses in various places, and then concentrated the powerful Jīng Rui troops to take the initiative to enter the mountains to encircle and suppress, and the periphery was blocked by the five hands of the people and the strong people on the main traffic arteries, and the area of activity of the rebel army became more and more \'1

The living space has been compressed, the strategic depth has become narrow, and the officers and men can easily block, disrupt, and attack the movements of the rebel army, and the rebel army has lost its buffer zone for resting and regrouping, and has gradually gained the upper hand under the encirclement and suppression of the officers and men, and has been compressed into a few narrow areas.

Unexpectedly, those mud-legged men were willing to give up their roots, leaving a small group of troops to carry out mountain guerrilla warfare, and a large group of jīng Rui entered the pass before the officers and soldiers were encircled. Although Guanzhong is not as good as Bashu, it can make them like a fish in water, but the terrain of the Guanzhong Plain is not easy to form an encirclement of them, and their activity space is large, and their survivability is also high.

As soon as the rebels entered the Guanzhong, all parts of Guanzhong immediately strengthened their defenses, most of the cities in Guanzhong were still grand buildings in the Tang Dynasty a hundred years ago, the city walls were thick and not easy to attack, when the Song State dominated the world, there was no decent resistance in the Guanzhong area, so these poor cities that were built for hundreds of years were not demolished by an order like the Bashu region, which played a very good defensive effect at this time.

The strength of the Xiang army stationed in the Guanzhong area is limited, if you take the initiative to respond to the battle, the biggest possibility is to be led by the nose of the righteous army, tired of running for your life, but taken advantage of, so as soon as the righteous army entered the Guanzhong, Chang'an stayed behind Zhao Guangmei ordered the defenders everywhere in Guanzhong to make full use of the city for defensive operations, the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the righteous army are not just a small village can provide them with what they need, as long as the officers and soldiers hold the city everywhere, it will not be long before these Shu people have to become tired and hungry soldiers.

However, these newcomers to Shu seem to have ears and eyes in Guanzhong, and they can always accurately grasp where there are squires and landlords, and where there are many soldiers. Not every squire is willing to abandon his family and move into the city, and the squire landlord is the most fond of stockpiling grain, originally Guanzhong is so big, it is said that it is a righteous army from Bashu, even if the local people in Guanzhong riot, it is impossible to grasp the information of the entire Guanzhong, many mud legs will never leave the house ten miles away from home for a lifetime, but the Bashu righteous army has the help of God, can always accurately grasp the information, and every battle must be captured.

Once an army takes the initiative to attack, a small force will attack them and they will rely on the superiority of strength to eat, and as soon as a large force comes, they will certainly jump out of the encirclement one step ahead of schedule, and if the officers and soldiers mobilize several troops and horses to carry out a dragnet encirclement and suppression, they will be able to appear in the rear of the officers and soldiers out of nowhere, and attack the city that has been empty.

In the past few months of encirclement and suppression, the rebel army has not only not been weakened, but has become stronger and stronger, and even has tens of thousands of horses, forming a cavalry that comes and goes like the wind, which is worthy of a head-on battle with officers and soldiers. At this time, a huge forbidden army gathered from the Bashu region and marched to Guanzhong. Originally, although the transfer of so many officers and soldiers was troublesome, it would not be too late, but in order to prevent the rebels from escaping back to Bashu again, they marched all the way, and Luo Ke arranged the defense of Bashu all the way, and these rì suddenly accelerated their speed.

When King Qi was assigned to Chang'an, he was terrified all the way, fearing that the emperor's brother would poison him. Now under the bewitchment of the housekeeper Hu Xi'er, he finally decided to fight to save his life, but he became even more timid. Hearing that the forbidden army had arrived in Guanzhong, Zhao Guangmei was nervous and immediately brought Hu Xi'er to discuss.

After hearing this, Hu Xi'er smiled and said: "It turns out that it is just for this matter, what is Chitose panicking, the forbidden army suppresses bandits, we expected it, what can they do when they come?" I immediately sent someone to inform Tong Gong and told them to go to the Qinling Mountains to avoid the limelight. ”

Seeing that Zhao Guangmei was still uneasy, Hu Xi'er felt contempt in her heart, but she had to be patient and comforted: "Chitose don't worry, the forbidden army is here to suppress bandits." The forbidden army suppressed bandits, and it was indispensable to ask our army to cooperate. You are the prince, although the forbidden army is not under your control, but no matter what you do, there is no reason for Luo Kedi to be above the prince and decide on his own.

Now the Tong Yu soldiers are strong and strong, and they can almost fight head-on with the officers and soldiers, and if the time comes, it is a male soldier that can be mastered by you. If it weren't for the mediation of the prince and the concealment of the guilt of the generals of the Xiang army, many generals would have been dismissed from office long ago. The harder Tong Yu's side fights, the more generals will have to take refuge in you, not to mention the future, even now, you are not an empty prince who can be slaughtered by others. ”

Zhao Guangmei felt a little more confident after hearing this, the pale look on her face eased down, and Hu Xi'er said again: "The forbidden army to suppress bandits, you must always use the power of our army, no matter what actions are taken, Luo Kedi still has to be reported to the prince." If we want to transfer our army to help, then we can ask the court for more military salaries, grain and grass, ordnance, and armaments. ”

Zhao Guangmei sighed dejectedly: "Alas! Lone Ben has no intention of coveting the throne of the official family, but it is really ...... "There are rumors among the people that the death of the first emperor was not due to a violent illness, but because of the secret poison now, Lone Ben does not believe it, after all, he is the brother of a fellow mother, how can he ......, but Dezhao also died inexplicably, isn't it suspicious? Lone was cautious in Bianliang, for fear that the official family would catch Lone's handle, but in the end he was sent to Chang'an, in fact, even if he was removed from the throne, Lone didn't dare to have a little resentment, but he was afraid of ...... As long as I live alone, he won't let me go."

Hu Xi'er said: "The matter has come to this, don't think about it too much." The royal family is noble, isn't it as ambitious as Yang Hao of Hexi? As long as the book can be completed, this Ninety-Five Supreme Throne will be yours in the future, and who else dares to ask for it? Even if it is not good, only the prince who occupies Guanzhong can tear the soil and claim the emperor, and rely on one side. ”

Zhao Guangmei hung her head and said dejectedly: "How easy is it, Hexi is not the territory of my Song Kingdom, where there are mixed Hu people, who do not obey education, and want to rely on one side and claim the king, of course it is easy." But Guanzhong ■■ r ■■ one ding: r

Hu Xi'er intercepted: "The spine of the world in Guanzhong, the head of the dragon in the Central Plains." There are Dasan Pass in the west, there are Hangu Pass, Tongguan in the east, there is Wuguan in the south, there is the golden lock in the north, the Sifang Pass plus the plateau, the Qinling Mountains two natural barriers, the fields are fertile and beautiful, the people are rich, the fertile fields are thousands of miles, it is the land of Wang Xing. If it weren't for the obstruction of today, the first emperor would have set the capital of Chang'an, and now the prince has become Chang'an to stay, isn't this the will of heaven? At the beginning, the Qin State was able to use the Guandong to tie up the Seven Kingdoms, wouldn't the prince be able to do it? ”

Although Zhao Guangmei was courageous, she was not completely insightless, and immediately shook her head and said: "This time and that time, how can it be compared." During the reign of King Qin, the six eastern countries each had their own intentions, Longyou Bashu and Qin were in the hands, and Qin had the limit of Wushan and Qianzhong in the south of Qin; There is a solid food letter in the east; Don't worry about the future, just go east wholeheartedly, what is the situation now? Bashu is in the hands of the imperial court, how can you talk about the world? Hu Xi'er said: "When the prince will master all the Guanzhong, can't he take Bashu in the south?" ”

Zhao Guangmei sneered: "The Hu clan of Longyou is under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and the place where Guanzhong is now connected with Longyou is already in the hands of the Hu clan, and Xiongguan is outside it. ”

Seeing that Zhao Guangmei had promised to work together, but now he was hesitant to look forward and backward, Hu Xi'er was greatly disdainful in his heart, Long gave birth to nine sons, all of them were different, this person was not as good as Zhao Kuangyin, and he was more than a step worse than his second brother Zhao Guangyi, I really don't know why the old patriarch chose such a waste, but they invested a lot, but they couldn't easily stop.

As soon as Luo Kedi arrives in Chang'an, he will inevitably come to meet the king of Qi, so Luo Kedi can be reused by Zhao Guangyi, and he will rely on him as a confidant, and he must be a character of Jiji jǐng, if the king of Qi is in such a state at that time, won't he be suspicious? Thinking of this, Hu Xi'er had to reveal a little, give him a reassuring pill to eat, and said: "Lord Wang, you just have to do a good job in Guanzhong now, as for Longyou, don't worry about it at all." Zhao Guangmei looked up in surprise: "Huh? What do you mean by that? ”

With a mysterious smile on her face, Hu Xi'er asked rhetorically: "The prince thinks that where did I get thousands of good horses for Tong Yu?" ”

Outside the door, a henchman guard suddenly reported loudly: "Report, the prince is a thousand years old, and the Privy Council affairs Lord Luo Ke's enemy has arrived at the foot of Chang'an City." Zhao Guangmei was taken aback, and got up from the chair: "So fast? ”

Hu Xi'er said: "The righteous army started in Bashu, Bashu is rotten, the court doesn't want them to mess up Guanzhong anymore, the enemy is not good, I have to quickly inform Tong Yu to be prepared." The prince must be determined, if he is afraid of revealing any horses, when he sees him, he will pretend to be sick and rest, and he will not dare to entangle the prince. ”

Hu Xi'er left in a hurry, Zhao Guangmei looked at his back, thinking back to the sentence he asked just now, the more he thought about it, the more shocked he became: "What did he mean by that sentence?" I was working with them, was it wrong from the start? If there really is a great plan to be awarded, I ...... Will it just become a puppet in their hands? "It's a pity that there is no turning back when he opens the bow, and he can't turn back at this time." report, General Luo has entered the city. "Report, General Luo has gone to stay in the mansion.

A series of reports made Zhao Guangmei frown, although he would not personally pick him up with the respect of the prince, but sending someone to go can be regarded as the importance and courtesy of his Luo Kedi, why is this Luo Kedi so anxious? Directly entered Chang'an City?

Zhao Guangmei was displeased, went back to the back house and changed into a formal official uniform, and rushed back to the front office just sat down, and a guard reported that Luo Ke's enemy had arrived outside the mansion, Zhao Guangmei hurriedly opened the middle door to welcome him in, and after a while, I saw dozens of guards in bright armor surrounded by a young general walked in, not looking at the clothes of those guards, Zhao Guangmei also recognized that they were the forbidden army, these guards were all more than 1.9 meters tall, such soldiers, except for the forbidden army, there is no second team, this army, It is definitely the emperor's most descendant jīng sharp troops. "The Privy Council is a matter of Luo Kedi, and I will meet the King of Qi Chitose."

As soon as he saw Zhao Guangmei, Luo Kedi dragged his fist and saluted with a military salute. Zhao Guangmei gave a handful of help and said with a smile: "General Luo is exempt, I am glad to hear that the general entered the customs to help this king quell the rebellion, this king is really overjoyed." Hehe, the general has worked hard all the way, come and come, and please take a seat. ”

Luo Kedi thanked him, sat down in the guest seat, looked at the tea served by the maidservant, and said straight to the point: "Xiaguan came to Guanzhong to suppress bandits, and along the way, in response to the various behaviors of the rebels in Guanzhong, Xiaguan thought of some countermeasures, and discussed with the prince, and asked the prince to retreat." ”

"This person's xìngzi is really a little anxious." Zhao Guangmei thought about it, waved her hand, and the maid slaves immediately retreated, and as soon as the slaves retreated, Luo Kedi immediately stood up, took out a shaft of yellow silk from his sleeve, and said with a smile: "There is a will in the capital, please accept the decree of King Qi." ”

Chong Fang said: "After the forbidden army enters Shu, the king of Qi will not be able to inform Tong Yu of all kinds of news in a timely manner as he is now, Tong Yu's men and horses are not the opponents of the forbidden army at present, they should be notified to prepare early, and avoid entering Longyou as a last resort, what does General Yang think?" ”

Yang Jiye said regretfully: "If you ask me, I think they should still be allowed to go back to Bashu, with Wang Xiaobo to respond, even if the Song army lays down many passes along the road, I don't want to stop them." There are many soldiers and horses in the imperial court, and it is not easy to mobilize them once, so they can take the nose of the forbidden army back and forth to Bashu Pass, so as to consume their strength. The king now has Hexi, and Longyou has already been deployed, so Bashu is particularly important.

At the beginning, Qin yù annexed the six countries to swallow Bashu first, and Han Gaozu also occupied Bashu first, all in Nanzheng, out of Chencang, Dingsan Qin, and fought between Xingyang and Chenggao, and the world returned to Han. Jin yù extinguished Wu; Huan Wen and Liu Yu's Northern Expedition; Fu Jiantu Jin; Yuwentai extinguished the beam; Sui Ren Ping Chen; Tang Pingxiao milling; Song Tu Central Plains, Kang did not take Bashu first; The so-called yù take the south of the Yangtze River, it is advisable to draw Shu first, take Shu then the south of the Yangtze River can be flat, according to Bashu and fight for the world, the top is enough for the king, and the second is enough to dominate. It's a pity that Wang Jing has no intention of being in the Central Plains. ”

Chongfang smiled and said: "Longyou overlooks Guanzhong, wings cover Qinlong, as long as we get Longyou, why worry about Guanzhong?" If Guanzhong is in hand, Bashu is not too much fish. Right now, even if Tong Yu and they can go back to Bashu, they can't be allowed to go back, now is the time to create a peaceful situation for the Song Kingdom.

Zhao Guangyi is not a peaceful person, nor is he a contented person, only by letting him worry about the future, his ambition is extremely inflated, and he can't wait to start the war again, we now have to look at his eyes, if this Zhao official family does not move, we can't even move Longyou, isn't Bashu even more out of reach? Oh, don't be in a hurry, stand on your feet, step by step to 0 bar! ”

Zhao Guangyi moved, Zhao Guanjia did not move, and one move was a big move that shook Gyeonggi, and he set off a vigorous large-scale confusion and washing movement throughout the city of Tokyo.

Two months ago, the governor Zhang Xun played the Chang'an Qi King Traffic Luoyang Zhao Pu, and the official family was greatly displeased and ordered a thorough investigation. Not long, there was a report that a large number of letters from traffic officials were found in Zhao Pu's house, and it was true that the King of Qi had made Zhao Pu, and unexpectedly, Lu Duoxun, who had a flat chapter, was also listed. Lu Duosun was summoned into the palace by the emperor, and he was severely reprimanded, but he was afraid to speak at the moment, and after he returned, he wrote a letter asking for punishment overnight. After the news spread, it became the talk of many officials after dinner, but it did not attract enough attention.

This matter can be big or small, at least it is just a private business, and at worst it is a party, but even if it is a party, they have not formed any substantial interest groups, nor have they caused much harm, Lu Duosun has already pleaded guilty, and the most serious result is just a demotion and a fine, and no one realizes that this is the beginning of a big storm.

Half a month later, the officials who investigated the matter publicly reported that Zhao Guangmei had privately stored grain and grass, purchased weapons, and befriended the generals, and the next day Hanlin Bachelor Cheng Zhi Yining, Bachelor Mo Tong, Wei Weiqing Di Feng and others went to the table to impeach Zhao Guangmei, the king of Qi, and did not do anything after drinking, accusing the court, disrespecting the king, and having a heart of disobedience. Zhao Guangyi stayed in the middle and did not send it. Ignored. But Lu Duosun had already noticed that something was wrong, and when he was facing down, his face was like earth.

At the time of the Great Dynasty Meeting, 47 people, including the crown prince and prince Li Sichen and Zhongshu Shilang Yue Duhua, jointly played a joint performance at the great court meeting, not only impeaching the emperor's brother and Zhao Pu, but also pulling up Lu Duoxun, who had just submitted a petition not long ago and admitted that he had a close relationship with Zhao Pu. According to the judgment of the Division, he will be stripped of the official and beheaded, and he will be beheaded according to the law. King Tingmei of Qin, please also punish Lu Duoxun, and sit down on his fate, hoping to be sent by the law. ”

Zhao Guangyi did not allow it, and said at the court meeting that Zhao Pu had made great achievements in founding the country and worked hard; The emperor's brother is beautiful, filial piety and filial piety; Today's Prime Minister Lu Duoxun, dedicated to his best and diligent in state affairs, even if he does nothing, will never rebel and usurp the country, so he reprimanded the Taishi Li Sichen and the Chinese scholar Lang Yue Duhua and rejected it.

The official family's words are beautiful, and their actions show the maintenance of the emperor's brother and the old ministers, but this performance impeached Zhao Guangmei, Lu Duoxun, and Zhao Pu, one of these three people is the first minister of the current dynasty, one is the first minister of the previous dynasty, and one is the only prince in the royal family. Who is behind them?

There are no stupid people in officialdom, and at this time, no matter how ignorant people are, they can smell it. The next day, the impeachment team continued to expand, and there were 127 people, setting a record since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty. Even if the court holds a big court meeting, it is impossible for the court to stand so many officials, many of them are not qualified to go to the court at all, they inquired about the news from the chief and colleagues, and hurriedly followed the trend to impeach, among them, there is actually one of them is the head of the food department, and I don't know how the master in charge of the kitchen found out that the prince and the prime minister had bad intentions.

The snow flakes of the table are generally presented, and Zhao Guangyi made a full gesture, and then issued an edict and said: "The minister's affairs are kings, and the second is a plan, and the next plan will be punished." Ping Zhangshi Lu Duoxun, with Ping Zhangshi Zhao Pu, Qing since the first dynasty to participate in the big politics, Yu, to the Taiheng, the post in Xie, as an assistant. Deeply burdened and dependent, he did not think about making up for it, but hid jiān palace, watched the prince's relatives, reprimanded the public opinion, and befriended the feudal mansion, which was a great rebellion......

Shang Nian tastes the important position, the Ming Court for a long time, the punishment of the extra-wide room, and the stop using the code of throwing waste, you are really negative, not I have no grace. His Lu Duoxun and Zhao Pu were official titles and three generations of official titles, and his wife was officially sealed, and they were chased and destroyed by slashing. Lu Duoxun's family is a relative and is assigned to Yazhou, and Zhao Pu's family is prepared and assigned to Yuanzhou. Where the gallop is dispatched, even after amnesty, it is not within the limit of the amount of transfer. The slave and the slave indulge it. Yu Yibaiguan discussed eleven ▲ one by one"

These two prime ministers, one was sent to Guangdong, and the other was sent to Sichuan, all of which were sent away by him, and as for Zhao Guangmei, the king of Qi, he issued an edict to take back to Beijing, cut his prince, demoted to a duke, and was imprisoned in the mansion, and was not allowed to participate in politics from now on. In fact, when Zhao Guangyi issued the edict, Luo Kedi had already entered the Mingde Gate of Chang'an City with a secret decree......

Since the case of collusion between the prince and the prime minister involves rebellion, it is natural that it must be thoroughly investigated, and there are more than one or two officials with whom these three people have dealings, especially Lu Duoxun, who is now the prime minister in office, and there are more civil and military officials who have had close relations with him or have dealings.

At a time when everyone was in danger, someone suddenly remembered Luo Gongming, who had retired with honor, this old guy's nose was really more sensitive than anyone else! It's a pity that it's too late now. "I yù and Ruo, re-lead the yellow dog, both go out to Cai Dongmen, chase the cunning rabbit, how can you get it?

The Great Song Dynasty is now such a prince, and he has to be escorted back to Beijing and imprisoned, probably Zhao Guangyi also felt that this thing was too desperate, and he was a little embarrassed, so on the day that King Sonaqi returned to Beijing and left Bianliang, Zhao Guangyi suddenly re-proposed a bill: Taifu Zongjiezhou and others please add the prince Defang Wang Jue.

Jia Yan and other officials from the Jin Dynasty's Qiandi agreed in unison, and the bill was passed as quickly as possible, Zhao Guangyi, who was sharpening his knife, suddenly pretended to be a heavenly official again, and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military who was at a loss was really a little confused, I heard that the official family wanted to ask for the princess Yongqing, who was the king of Qi to return to Beijing, but the princess came back to life, and suddenly found that there was still a glimmer of life! PS: When will the double end? Khan, I forgot, ask for a monthly pass, and there is a recommended ticket,