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The Hedong earthquake, rumors were already spreading in the city of Tokyo, and they were deliberately exaggerated by those tabloids, which made people panic, and the Goolan tiles were full of people who talked about it.

These tabloids are pervasive, usually entertaining the people and disseminating business information, which is a good side, but leaking court secrets is also a common thing, and what is more serious is to stir up wind and waves, spread rumors, and create panic like this.

There are some things in the tabloids, and they even dare to say that the dragon veins of the Great Song Dynasty are damaged, the country is unstable, the country is born to change, and the country will be in chaos, etc.

As the saying goes, 100 people become tigers, these rumors not only make it difficult for the people in the market to distinguish the true from the false, but even affect the normal operation of the imperial court.

The imperial court has rectified these tabloids many times, but the effect has not been ideal, and now Tokyo has been unstable and chaotic by these tabloids, and the imperial envoy has made a statement on the matter, suggesting that the imperial court increase its efforts to ban these tabloids and severely punish the rumor-mongers.

After deliberation, the ruler of the political affairs hall felt that if these tabloids were allowed to stir up the wind and waves, there would be unforeseen changes, so he ordered the Kaifeng Mansion to seize these tabloids.

But rumors have become a climate, and the seizure of these tabloids by Kaifeng Prefecture not only did not prevent the spread of rumors, but made people feel that they wanted to cover up, making the people believe more in what was said in the tabloids before, and the heated discussions on the streets and alleys were even more noisy.

Cai Jing hurriedly walked into Zhang Dan's signing room, and saw that Zhang Duan was reviewing the document with a calm face, so he immediately clasped his fists and said: "Zhang Xianggong, how can you survive if you go on like this?" Now officials at all levels are affected by rumors and have no intention of doing bad things. The behavior is scattered, and many official duties are delayed again and again, and the household department allocates disaster relief funds. The Ministry of Industry did not prepare for the carriage and horses, and the grain and grass materials were urgently needed in front of it, and the Taicang and Chang Closing positions were repeatedly delayed...... And so on. It's not enough, Zhang Xianggong! If this continues, even if we have three heads and six arms, I'm afraid we won't be able to maintain the operation of the imperial court. ”

After listening to Cai Jing's words, Zhang Dian couldn't help but think of what Yang Yi said when he left Beijing: The court will look at Zhang Xianggong.

It seems that Yang Yi expected this kind of chaos in the DPRK and China at that time, otherwise he would not have said such a thing.

The news of Mengqijia's rebellion had already arrived, and Zhang Dian was worried that the news would spread, and the capital would be even more chaotic. He temporarily suppressed this matter, he believed that Yang Yi could quell the rebellion, but Zhang Dian also knew that such news would not be suppressed for long, and once the government and the opposition learned about it, it would definitely make the situation more chaotic and people's hearts more unstable.

Seemingly. You can't do it without being ruthless.

"Yuan Chang, you take care of your household first, whoever is procrastinating, you can do it yourself, you can't do it. Draw up a list and submit it. ”

Cai Jing couldn't help but be shocked when he saw him say these words expressionlessly, and he didn't say a word more, and left with a long bow.

Soon, the officials of the DPRK and China once again saw what it means to be an iron-blooded prime minister.

Chang Ping promoted Ma Yinglong, Langzhong Wansheng of the Ministry of Works, Feng Wenzhong of the Jinju Yuan, Xie Yuan of the Hubu Langzhong, etc., a total of eight officials were dismissed in one day;

The idea, this is a dismissal, not a transfer, not a reassignment, retaining a false title, it is a stubborn push, from then on, these eight people have no relationship with the word "official" at all, that is, a flat-headed common man, and after this dismissal, they will never be hired.

When the news of this move spread, the hundred officials in Beijing were in an uproar, and the officials who had some connections with these eight people wrote to refute Zhang Dian's arbitrary and arbitrary behavior, hoping that the Empress Dowager Liu would take back her fate.

Empress Dowager Liu left this kind of recital in the middle and did not send it, just kidding, you all said that this earthquake was because the official family killed too much, and it attracted the heavenly send, is it possible to help you knock the official family off the throne?

Not only did the officials who wrote to refute the letter not get any reply, but the next day the turmoil broke out again, Zhang Paopi raised the bloody butcher's knife again, and Zhao Yong, the imperial envoy in the palace, Fan Jia, the governor of the school, and Ma Jingren, the governor of Shangshu Province, were swept to the end after the eight people yesterday.

There are so many things in the DPRK and China, you procrastinate, and you spend all your energy on making trouble, and keeping you is not only useless, but it will only make more chaos.

With this iron-fisted tactic, the trend of procrastination in the DPRK and China was immediately changed, and the officials of various ministries walked in the wind and did not dare to perfunctory their responsibilities.

At the same time, Zhang Dian asked Taixuezheng Zhou Bangyan and others to write an article to refute the theory of heavenly changes, and the imperial court newspaper also hyped it up, and notices were posted at the city gates everywhere, detailing Zhao Jie's achievements since he ascended the throne: from pacifying the Western Xia to fighting against Jiaozhi, from river control to tax reduction, and then to the development of people's livelihood in various places, they were listed one by one, and the rumors that defended Zhao Jie were refuted with iron-clad facts.

These propaganda have played a lot of roles, and the people's hearts have been calmed, but it will take time to convince the people that this earthquake is not the beginning of a disaster, not a harbinger of a change in the sky, and it mainly depends on whether the imperial court has done anything, how well the resettlement of the victims and post-disaster reconstruction have been completed, and when the disaster area is stable, all rumors will be self-defeating.

And the premise of all this is that Yang Yi can quickly quell the Mengqijia Rebellion, and now he can only hope for Yang Yi.

At this moment, Yang Yi was rushing towards Shiling Pass with 4,000 men and horses, and the thunderous iron hooves rolled up the snow like dust, rolling around.

Under the onslaught of Meng Qing's sixth general, Meng Qijia took the initiative to abandon Chitang Pass and retreat to Shiling Pass, which was even more dangerous;

At the beginning, whether it was Zhou Shizong, or Song Taizu, or Zhao Guangyi's expedition to the Northern Han Dynasty, they all blocked the reinforcements of the Liao State at Shiling Pass, and the reason for this was precisely because the terrain of Shiling Pass was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Mengqijia's rebels have now grown to tens of thousands of horses, and the imperial court only abolished the armor protection law last winter, and in the past few years, Hedong Qingzhuang has been conducting military training in accordance with the armor protection system.

Meng Qijia succeeded in several sneak attacks at Shigu Mountain, Chitang Pass, and Shiling Pass, and obtained a large number of armor and arrows, and now it is not much inferior to the forbidden army in terms of weapons and equipment.

It was Meng Qijia who did not rush to run, but chose to block Meng Qing's sixth general at a dangerous pass, so as to win more time for his own development and growth.

Time is important to Yang Yi, and even more important to Meng Qijia, Hedong is a military powerhouse, and it is impossible to resist the seventy or eighty thousand forbidden troops with his newly raised team, Meng Qijia knows this;

Now the only way to survive is to try to expand the team, plunder as much grain and grass as possible, and then retreat into Taihang Mountain before the imperial army is encircled.

Therefore, the blocking battle of Shiling Pass must be fought, and only by dragging the forbidden army of Taiyuan under Shiling Pass can we gain more time for development.

For this reason, Meng Qijia laid down 6,000 men and horses at Shiling Pass, accounting for most of the rebels.

And Meng Qing received Yang Yi's strict order to break through Shiling Pass within one day, he had no choice but to fight hard.

He chased to Shiling Pass, as usual, immediately sent people to persuade him to surrender, more than 100 loud soldiers came to the place of the pass, and shouted in unison: Folks, the Hedong earthquake shocked the world, and after the official family heard the emergency report, he immediately sent Hanlin University scholar, Ning Guogong Yang Yi to Hedong for disaster relief;

Now that Ning Guogong has arrived in Taiyuan, he heard that the Mengqijia thieves took advantage of the chaos to go down the mountain to harm the people, burn and loot, and were very angry, and ordered to mobilize a large army to quell the chaos, and they would arrive immediately;

Ning Guogong remembered that you were forced to follow the thief, and decided to give you a chance to repent and reform, as long as you know that you are lost, immediately put down your arms, and disperse to the people, the court will not blame the past, if you can pull out your life and fight against the thief Meng Qijia to return to Shun, the court will also reward a thousand gold, and add officials to the knight;

If you are obsessed and continue to be a thief on the one side, the imperial court will send grain and grass materials to disaster relief as soon as possible and save the people of Xinzhou from fire and water, and will dispatch 100,000 troops to suppress the rebellion at all costs.

Folks, hurry up and put down your arms and go home, Ning Guogong promised not to blame the past, let him return to the people, folks, your family is still suffering in the wind and snow, waiting for the relief of the imperial court, you don't repent, this not only hurts yourself, but also hurts your relatives!

The forbidden army under the city moved with affection, knew with reason, lured with profit, and forced with power, these words were shouted, and the rebels on the gate couldn't help but talk about it, many of them were indeed forced to join the gang, and it was only a few days, and they didn't have a strong sense of identity with Meng Qijia;

In addition, Yang Yi continuously destroyed the country of people, and his military achievements were impressive, and everyone in the world knew about it, and as soon as the forbidden army under the gate played the name of Yang Yi, the rebels felt huge psychological pressure;

Even Meng Qijia himself was secretly frightened when he heard that Yang Yi had come to quell the rebellion, but he knew that anyone could surrender, but he couldn't surrender.

In order to calm the hearts of the army, he shouted to the rebels on the pass: "Brothers, don't believe them, rebellion is a great crime that cannot be pardoned, since the brothers have already pulled the flag and rebelled, there is no turning back, the officers and soldiers just want to trick you into surrendering obediently, and then settle accounts after the autumn."

Now the traitors of the Great Song Dynasty are in power, and they are reckless and reckless externally, and they have even imposed tyranny internally, expropriating tyranny, enslaving hundreds of thousands of laborers to dig the Yellow River, just like Emperor Yang of Sui, the vitality of the Great Song Dynasty has long been exhausted, such as today's angry resentment, the Hedong earthquake is a warning from God;

Brothers, what kind of prince will Xiangning have? Let's follow the will of the sky, unveil the rod, we will be able to achieve a princely hegemony, and win the world in the future, all brothers are the founding heroes, the wife and the son, the world enjoys glory, brothers, as long as we unite as one, we will become a hegemon......."

Meng Qijia is thirty-one years old, with a majestic figure, eagle eyes and wolves, and there is an unruly domineering spirit on his body, and his demagogic words are true and false, making it difficult to distinguish between them, and his henchmen and thieves are clamoring for it, which greatly increases the morale of the rebels.

Seeing that the persuasion was ineffective, Meng Qing immediately ordered a strong attack, and the sixth general of several thousand men and horses carried cloud ladders, brandished swords and guns, and rushed towards Guancheng like a wave in the sound of earth-shattering war drums.

The bowmen behind pressed down, and at the command of the general, the bowstring buzzed, and the rain of arrows rose into the air, like a flying cockroach covering the city.

One day, Meng Qing only has one day.

It is unknown how many victims of the disaster in Xinzhou died in hunger and cold in one day, but Meng Qing knew that he would not be able to capture Shiling Pass in one day, and Xiang Shang's head was about to be lost.

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