Hu Yangeng didn't know anyone in Bianliang, and Zhang Shuye gave him another task, going to Xiangyang to meet Li Gang and persuade him to support the crown prince's accession to the throne. He undertook a similar task, Zhang Zhongxiong went to Fan Zhixu in the west, Zhang Bofen went to Zhu Shengfei, the head of the host province in the east, and Liu Ziyu went to visit Zong Ze.

Hu Yangeng returned to Zhang Chong's house, told Zhang Chong about Zhang Shuye's decision, and asked, "Brother, are you really not listed on the persuasion list?" ”

"I won't list my name, our family has you as the prince's henchman, it's enough, I can be a bachelor and a direct minister with peace of mind, in case the situation is turned over by King Kang, there is also room for salvation."

Zhang Chong paused, and then said, "You have to pay attention to the Empress Dowager Zheng." ”

"Why did my brother teach me?"

"The official family is still alive, Queen Zhu will abandon it, and set up a new master, although there are all kinds of power changes, it is always a wife to replace the husband, and the etiquette system is not in line with the system to cause criticism, if this matter is presided over by the Queen Mother, there will be less resistance."

"Then how to persuade Empress Dowager Zheng?"

"You go to the saint and let her be so ......"

"I may not see a saint."

"Hehe, for the throne of the crown prince, she will see you."

Hu Yangeng then said that he was going to see Li Gang, and Zhang Chong said: "You have to be careful in this matter, Li Boji has a good reputation, and no matter who is the emperor, Li Boji is one of the natural rulers, you must pull him over." ”

"Li Shaochang has always been strong, but I'm afraid it's not easy to persuade."

"A famous minister like Li Boji is very assertive, you can't persuade him, only this is the ......"

The next morning, Hu Yangeng went to the palace gate to ask for a meeting, and now the palace guard is the head of Xu Ning, and when he saw that Hu Yangeng asked to see him, he asked the chamberlain to pass for him. Empress Zhu summoned Hu Yangeng through the screen in the Ruisi Hall again.

When Hu Yangeng arrived in the palace, he didn't know how to speak for a while, and then said, we want to support your son as the emperor, and you have to solve the difficulty of the Empress Dowager Zheng. I can't say that.

Empress Zhu waited for a while, and when she saw that Hu Yangeng did not move, she secretly looked at Hu Yangeng through the gap in the wooden board of the screen for a while, and asked softly: "Hu Yangeng, the Jin soldiers have all retreated." ”

"Yes, they're all gone."

"Zhang Xianggong, Wang Jieshuai, Zhexianggong, and Governor Liu are well?"

"It's all right."

"Is General Hu's family okay?"

"Thank you for the sage's inquiry, they are all right."

"Shu Kang, what are you looking for me?" Seeing that Hu Yangeng answered so plainly, Queen Zhu finally couldn't help it.

"Well, I'm here for the crown prince's accession to the throne."

"Zhang Xianggong has already mentioned it yesterday, Shu Kang, we can speak more straightforwardly. Three please three lets, always step by step, is it Zhang Xianggong who asked you to talk? ”

"No, it is the last general who wants to advise the saint and ask the Empress Dowager Zheng to come out and administer justice."

Empress Zhu has been in the deep palace for many years, and the careful thinking of this kind of palace fight is clear: "Good idea, I know, Shu Kang, you have a heart." ”

Hu Yangeng said: "Emperor Taishang Beijiao, what the Empress Dowager Zheng is most worried about is that there is no ...... to rely on in the future" He wanted to suggest a few words, but Empress Zhu giggled and interrupted him: "You guys are guessing outside the palace, it sounds so interesting." I know Cisheng's mind better than you, and I will ask her to stand up, don't worry. ”

"The last general is ugly, and the saint has nothing else to explain, so the last general will retire."

"Wait a minute, you made a great contribution this time, what reward do you want? As long as Zhang Xianggong is willing to report it, the palace will be approved. You just have to ask Zhang Xianggong for it. ”

"Thank you, saint."

Empress Zhu waited for a while, but she didn't hear Hu Yangeng say anything more to show her loyalty, so she said softly: "Shu Kang, I hope you don't forget the covenant of the Qilin Pavilion, go." ”

Hu Yangeng went to the Privy Council again and bid farewell to Uncle Zhang to see if Uncle Zhang had anything to explain.

Uncle Zhang sighed and handed over a military newspaper.

"To the void army out of Wuguan, to Dengzhou Qianqiu Town, Jin general Lou Su rushed with fine horses, without a fight, more than half of the dead. Du Chang and Xia Jiao escaped first, causing them to be cut off. Sun Zhaoyuan, Wang Yi, Wang Yi and others stayed in Shaanxi, causing the remaining soldiers to enter Tongguan. ”

Hu Yangeng thought to himself, two days ago, I heard that Fan Zhixu had recovered Tongguan, and he felt that this person was quite powerful, but he didn't expect to be defeated by a partial division of Wanyan Lou's room, and now he is hiding back in Tongguan.

"Luoyang, hasn't our army recovered yet?"

"The traitor Gao Shiyou abandoned the city with Wanyan Lou and left." Uncle Zhang said: "I have asked Wang Jieshuai to repair a letter, let Yan Xiu bring it, and hand it over to Zhang Hao, the visiting envoy of Xihe." Uncle Zhang's words mean that Fan Zhixu is no longer important, and now the representative of Shaanxi's powerful faction has become Zhang Hao.

Hu Yangeng left the Privy Council, called the accompanying soldiers, and went out of the city.

On the way, he thought: "Zhang Hao is different from another time and space, at least from Hedong to get back more than 30,000 old people of the Western Army who dare to fight, Zhang Hao also has a credit, Yongxing Army strategy made Fan Zhixu defeated, so that Zhang Hao's status was improved, and Zhang Hao was a nephew to Wang Yu, it seems that Fan Zhixu's defeat is not completely a bad thing." ”

Then he scolded himself, how could he act like such a villain, and the loss of Song Jun was an absolute bad thing.

Five days later, Hu Yangeng met Li Gang head-on, it turned out that Li Gang saw the messenger sent by Zhang Shuye, so he let the army set off slowly, and he took his personal entourage and guards to rush first, but he didn't expect everyone to meet head-on on the official road.

"General Hu, you came out of Taiyuan Chong?"

"Exactly."

"Tell me about the situation in Taiyuan." The failure to rescue Taiyuan has always been a knot in Li Gang's heart, and when he saw the people who rushed out of Taiyuan, he reported a glimmer of hope, hoping that the real situation would not be as tragic as the legend.

Hu Yangeng remembered Zhang Chong's advice to him, Li Gang was very assertive, and he wanted to tell him the truth, let him think that supporting the crown prince was really beneficial to the country, and let him know that Zhang Shuye and Wang Yu were the pillars of the country.

"The gold thieves besieged Taiyuan in August, the city has run out of food, the army and civilians live on rats and tree bark, and the war horses can only eat tree bark and wild grass. Even so, no one wants to surrender to the gold thief. …… The city of Taiyuan was broken, and only dozens of people from Wang Jieshuai broke out of the siege, and the rest of the tens of thousands of people were martyred. ”

When Li Gang heard this, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's also that I, Li Boji, am useless, I have 220,000 reinforcements, but I have no generals to command, and I can't relieve the siege of Taiyuan." ”

"Fortunately, Bianliang has a privy secret, and Wang Jieshuai presides over the overall situation." Hu Yangeng talked about the battle situation in Bianliang again, Li Gang and Jin Bing had fought each other, so he naturally knew how much credit he had for being able to repel Jin Bing, Zhang Shuye and others.

"At that time, the second emperor abandoned the city, and Zhang Shumi made a decision to support the crown prince and supervise the country, and finally stabilized the hearts of the people in the city." Hu Yangeng began to get to the point.

Li Gang slapped the table: "Wang Zongmi, this traitor, the official family was really mistaken by him." ”

The first time Jin Bing went south, Wang Zongmian fled with Zhao Huan and was stopped back by Li Gang, but this time Wang Zongmian still killed the official family, Li Gang secretly wondered in his heart, is it the will of heaven that Wang Zongmiao is here to harm Zhao Huan.

"Please ask the crown prince to ascend the throne and persuade him to advance?" Li Gang listened to Hu Yangeng's suggestion to persuade him, stared at Hu Yangeng up and down, and Hu Yangeng felt as if he was swept by two lightning rays.

Zhao Huan has the grace of knowing Li Gang, but Li Gang didn't pretend, just sighed: "Alas, I have to give up the official family, and the official family was finally mistaken by the traitorous ministers, and he also made a mistake by himself." ”

Hu Yangeng didn't dare to say anything, Li Gang said: "Go back to Bianliang first, wait for me to meet Zhang Xianggong in person, and then make plans." ”

Hu Yangeng hesitated for a moment before he said, "King Kang is also going back to Bianliang." ”

Li Gang understood as soon as he heard that Zhang Shuye wanted to put Zhao Chen on the throne before Zhao Gou returned to Bianliang, creating a fait accompli. If you want to wait for Li Gang to return to Bianliang to discuss again, I am afraid that it will be too late in time.

"King Kang, King Kang." Li Gang recalled the image of Zhao Gou, and he did not have much contact with Zhao Gou. He is now thinking repeatedly in his mind, who is more beneficial to the Great Song Dynasty to be the emperor.

Hu Yangeng said: "The last general listened to Qin Hui, the minister in the imperial history, say that the crown prince and King Kang ascended the throne, and each had three benefits. "In fact, Hu Yangeng and Qin Hui have never met, but analyzing the stakes of the competition for the throne, this image of a traitor is more suitable for Qin Hui to serve.

"Qin Hui?" Li Gang had a good impression of Qin Hui, and during the Xuanhe period, there was a small official Song Zhao who had just graduated from Taixue to discuss the mistakes of the Liao War, and was severely punished by the imperial court. It caused public outrage among the students.

Qin Hui also vigorously condemned the people in charge of "clamping the way of speech", saying that he would share the blessings and misfortunes with the students.

All the academic officials were opposed to the students, and only Qin Hui clearly stood on the position of the students, which made him ridiculed and reprimanded among his colleagues, and his life was not easy, but he gained more trust from the students. also made Li Gang pay attention to this "fellow traveler".

"I don't know what Qin Zhongcheng said about the three benefits."

"The crown prince ascended the throne, the name is justified, and the people's hearts are stable, which is one of them; The crown prince and the queen stuck to Bianliang when they were in danger, won the hearts of the people, and ascended the throne to conform to the people's expectations, which is also the second; The prince experienced danger in his childhood, and he knew that the people's sufferings were conducive to the community, and this was the third thing. ”

"Yes, the crown prince ascended the throne and continued to be orthodox, obedient to the people's wishes, and beneficial to the community. There are indeed these three benefits. So what if King Kang succeeds to the throne? ”

"As the saying goes, the country has a long monarch, and the blessing of the society ......"

"General Hu, you don't need to say it again, Li Gang is not happy to hear it." Li Gang didn't want to listen to it. Back then, Taizong Zhao Guangyi inherited the throne of Taizu, and then successively forced Zhao Tingmei, Zhao Defang, and Zhao Dezhao to kill the three potential heirs to the throne.

Hu Yangeng saw Li Gang's attitude, and he knew in his heart: "Li Xianggong can consider it again, and the last general will reply to Zhang Xianggong first, saying that Li Xianggong is not opposed to the establishment of the prince." ”

Li Gang said with a smile: "The inheritance of the Heavenly Family, how can it be obtained by the opposition of our subordinates." ”

"The last general will take his leave."

Hu Yangeng returned to Bianliang and reported Li Gang's attitude to Uncle Zhang.

A few days later, Zhang Bofen and Zhang Zhongxiong both brought back a reply letter from Zhang Hao and Zhu Shengfei, Zhang Hao only looked forward to Zhang Shumi, and Zhu Shengfei said that he and Empress Zhu were of the same sect, and it was inconvenient to express his position, but he also gave another piece of news, King Kang Zhao Gou did not go to Bianliang first, but went to Nanjing Yingtian.

Hu Yangeng remembered that in another history, Zhao Gou did not return to Bianliang, but sent Zong Ze to Bianliang to serve as a guard in Tokyo.

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