Chapter 20: The Council of the Temple
At this point, the Imperial Council naturally took the emperor's opinion as the final conclusion. Li Gang and the others saw that Zhao Huan was not willing to use swords, and they felt relaxed in their hearts, but they were also worried that the emperor would continue to make decisions and suffer from chaos in the future.
After the rest of the people withdrew one by one, Li Gang stopped in the end, and after a little hesitation, he turned back and said to Zhao Huan: "Your Majesty, there are some things that should be decided to kill, and not too soft. ”
"Oh?" Zhao Huan smiled at the corner of his mouth and asked Li Gang, "What does Li Qing mean by this?" ”
"A left pass should solve Your Majesty's confusion."
"If everyone takes two steps back, wouldn't it be a vast sky? The matter of my Great Song Dynasty Taizu Taizong is a lesson from the past. ”
Li Gang's face cramped, if the other party is not the emperor, he really has to be reprimanded. It's just that as a courtier and a famous Confucian minister, some things are not easy to say too bluntly.
After staying for a while, Fang Cai said again: "Since Your Majesty has talked about the past of Taizu Taizong, then you should think about it, the ancestor was ruthless and painstaking that day. ”
Zhao Huan smiled bitterly in a low voice, knowing that no matter ancient or modern, when it comes to political struggle, it is nothing more than to use power and tricks, plus cruelty, only in this way can it be the foundation for success.
He knew in his heart and did it, but he vaguely felt that he had just kept doing it, and history was just a change of a strong emperor, and he didn't know what fundamental changes had been made in the world.
The strength of civilization is the real strength, and Zhao Huan knows it well. It's just that I don't know how to do it.
He groaned, confused, and a little weak, and after half a sound, Fang said: "Li Qing, I understand what you said, I ...... It's got its own measure. How to deal with the affairs of the ninth brother, I have actually thought about it. You can rest assured, the ancestral foundation, thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, hundreds of millions of people, what is the family affection of my family? What Fan Wenzheng said back then: Crying all the way is like crying as a family, I remember, and I understand. ”
His words were not very coherent, but the meaning was clear.
The emperor spoke to himself so cordially and sincerely, but he had never before. The emperor in front of him is different from the timid and selfish people in Tokyo back then, but there are some more things that people can't understand.
It was cold, everyone who approached Zhao Huan had hardly ever seen him angry, every time he met his subordinates, even the ministers, eunuchs, soldiers, and ordinary people, they had never seen Zhao Huan lose control of his emotions. Every moment of the day, he is a smiling face, and even a person who serves closely, when the emperor sleeps, he also sees a faint smile on the emperor's face.
Only in this way is it even more unpleasant.
Zhao Huan treated Li Gang sincerely, and finally had a rare free defense against him, although his words were not clear, they were clear and clear, and they were by no means perfunctory.
Li Gang was moved in his heart, and he bowed his hand to the emperor again and again, feeling relieved and guilty in his heart. As a Confucian minister, persuading the emperor to deal with his relatives, even the former Son of Heaven, is not a glorious thing in any case.
If the emperor had more faith in himself because of this, it would only increase the guilt in his heart.
When this old minister finally left, Zhao Huan sat down for a long time, and the thought in his heart became stronger and stronger, and it became more and more difficult to restrain him.
Yue Fei!
Yue Fei, who was the envoy of the pacification in Taizhou, already had a preliminary team in his hands at this time, defeated Li Cheng, killed the rebel generals Liu Jing and Qi Fang, first commanded the right army of Xuanfu in Zhunnan, killed Liu Jing, and then the army, the strength rose sharply, and then served as the martial arts doctor Changzhou defense envoy Taizhou Zhenfu envoy and knew Taizhou, and his strong soldiers have exceeded 10,000 people.
His command was originally based on the soldiers of the Hebei Bazi Army, brave and good at fighting, and under the command of Yue Fei, it has become a strong army with great combat power in the southeast.
In addition to Yue Fei, Wang Gui, Zhang Xian, Kou Cheng, Wang Jing, Xu Qing, and Yue Fei's eldest son Yue Yun are all rare good generals and brave generals. Yue's army has made many military exploits, although there are not many parts and is not famous, but it has been like a fierce void, fierce and brave, and ordinary people are unstoppable.
For more than a year, Zhao Huan has been paying attention to the most famous national hero, hero, and general in Chinese history all the time. If it weren't for the fear of disrupting Yue Fei's growth process and disturbing his experience, he would have ordered Yue Fei to be transferred to his side.
Time flies, Yue Fei has slowly made a name for himself, and his strength is getting stronger and stronger, although he is less than thirty years old, he has already achieved the position of a town to be comforted.
At this time, he can be used to test how loyal this person is to his captured emperor, and secondly, he must be like a tiger with wings and get great help.
This person's ability and knowledge have been accomplished, and even if he is given a heavy responsibility, he will definitely be able to rest assured.
The only thing to worry about is that Yue Fei's personality is too strong, too tough and upright, he is not politically qualified, but he always likes to make moves that are not consistent with his status as a military general.
Yue Fei's death, in addition to the well-known reasons, is also related to the outbreak of Zhao Gou's contradictions for many years. In the seventh year of Shaoxing, the court proposed that Liu Guangshi was incompetent in the war, and he wanted to hand over Liu Guangshi's ministry to Yue Fei to control the command. However, the privy envoy Zhang Jun thought that Yue Fei's tribes were too many to gain his power, so he decided to do so.
Yue Fei was furious when he heard the news, and without waiting for the permission of the imperial court, he went back to Lushan to guard the tomb by himself.
Zhao Gou issued an edict to soothe and only said: "Qing played Chen rashly the day before yesterday, I am really not angry with Qing, if I am angry, then there will be a dispatch, Taizu's so-called violator of my law, only the sword ear." ”
It's called comfort, but in fact, the killing machine has been lurked.
Coupled with the Northern Expedition, holding 22 commanders and 81 generals, and 100,000 soldiers suggesting that the emperor establish a prince, etc., not only aroused Zhao Gou's suspicion and dissatisfaction, but also not only Qin Hui wanted to put Yue Fei to death, but the entire civil official group in the Southern Song Dynasty did not have much resistance to the execution of Yue Fei, because Yue Fei was too tough, upright, honest, and willing to appoint literati staff.
All of this is too much like a warlord and a successful founding emperor than a loyal general. Song Zhi established the country, so as to guard the internal and external as the top priority, although not to measure the Chinese material resources to make foreign friends, but Zhao Gou would rather not want the northern homeland, and could not tolerate his father and brother to come back and rob him of the emperor, not to mention, a military general's retainer may take away his Zhao Song Jiangshan!
In this way, if Yue Fei does not die, who deserves to die?
Every time Zhao Huan reads the history books, he sighs that Zhao Gou is cruel and cruel, but he also understands that Yue Fei's personality and ambition are inevitable when he encounters an emperor like Zhao Gou.
And how to use this famous handsome talent in history with great personality and ability, but not let him out of his grasp, has become Zhao Huan's biggest problem and problem in using Yue Fei.
And this Lin'an mutiny will definitely become the best opportunity for Zhao Huan to use Yue Fei.
If it is done, then both the monarch and the minister will benefit, and from then on Yue Fei can be used and reused, and a place in the southeast will be ensured to be attacked and defended after a few years.
Thinking of this, Zhao Huan finally made up his mind. After thinking about it for a while, he ordered the little eunuch beside him: "Pass on the king's sincerity, Xue Qiang!" ”
These two people, one is a young Hanlin bachelor with a strong and reliable character, the other is a young general who was promoted from the Dragon Guard, one is in his early twenties, a little older, and the other is less than twenty, clever and changeable, one literate and one martial, presumably able to complement each other.
Xue Qiang, as the leader of the guards in front of the palace, arrived as soon as he passed it. For more than a year, Chongji and others were mostly put into the army by Zhao Huan for training, and Chongji was already Wu Jue's deputy under the account, and this time he took back Tongguan and other places, although he did not lead the troops to fight, but as a front-line general, he was in the limelight, which made Xue Qiang blush.
When he arrived at Zhao Huan's side, because he was carrying a royal weapon, he did not untie the saber, but pressed the knife with one hand and bowed to Zhao Huan.
Seeing Xue Qiang looking at him with inquiring eyes, Zhao Huan smiled dumbly. This young guard, because he is too clever, is inevitably a little smart and exposed, and he has been beaten and taught by him for more than a year, but he has grown a lot and is no longer frizzy.
He just waved his hand and let Xue Qiang stand aside, and didn't talk to him first.
After a while, Wang Yongcheng also hurried over, knelt down and saluted Zhao Huan with a blank look, and then asked loudly: "Your Majesty's edict is here, what are your orders?" ”
Zhao Huan groaned slightly, and then told the two of them to go to Taizhou.
Wang Yongcheng did not hesitate, and immediately replied: "Your Majesty ordered the minister to be the messenger of the edict, and the minister must be on the road day and night, day and night, and rush to Taizhou, and order Yue Fei to raise troops to exterminate the rebels." ”
Xue Qiang said: "If Yue Fei doesn't obey the edict, what should he do?" ”
Wang Yongcheng answered: "How can this be reasonable? Yue Fei, Yang Yizhong, Han Shizhong and others all obeyed the edict of the Queen Mother, and expressed their majesty, and they were willing to obey orders from now on. As a general of the country, how can there be a reason for disagreement? ”
Xue Qiang was irrefutable, but he just felt that he was too pedantic, so he sneered.
Zhao Huan knew that Xue Qiang was awake, and he admired him very much in his heart, but in order to increase his confidence, he followed Wang Yongcheng's words and said: "Yes, I heard that Yue Fei backstabbed Jing Zhong to serve the country, and if his loyalty is like this, there will be nothing to worry about." ”
Xue Qiang was still not convinced, but he had to follow the emperor and said: "Then I have nothing to say, Your Majesty means that I want to protect the safety of Lord Wang, and there is no problem with this." ”
Zhao Huan knew that he was actually gambling, and what he bought was his knowledge, retribution, ability, and loyalty to Yue Fei. If you buy it right, everything is easy to say, but if it is wrong, except that you still have to mobilize the western troops to move south, there is no big loss. At most, it is only to extend the stability of the southeast and the use of Yue Fei.
He waved his hand for Wang Yongcheng and Xue Qiang to step back, while secretly thinking in his heart: "I hope you don't let me down." ”
The matter of Liu Guangshi's army has since been divided into two lines: light and dark.
On the public side, led by Li Gang, he declared the world, explaining that Liu Guangshi was a traitor, depriving him of all official positions, and anyone who obeyed the generals would be fine if he was in a timely manner, and if he continued to rebel, he would be punished as an anti-thief.
At the same time, it was ordered that Jiang Zhun garrisoned troops, two lakes, and two Zhejiang, and all roads of soldiers and horses should not be moved lightly, and anyone who did not obey the edict and lightly sent a soldier would be beheaded.
With Liu Jian as the head of the Yongxing Army, he is responsible for the safety of the front line of Chang'an; With Zhang Jun as the head of the Ma Bu Army of the Yan Army, Liu Xi as the envoy of the Xihe Economic Strategy, and the head of the Ma Bu Army, these people are all famous generals with high prestige, generals, commanding 100,000 elite Western Army, although the offensive power is insufficient, it is slightly reassuring to use it to defend the palace.
And Wu Jue, the governor of the Huanqing Army, was awarded the envoy of the two Zhejiang, and led the former imperial guards Sima Jun to command Wu Luan, the general manager of the Qin Fengjun Guan Shigu, and the deputy general Liu Weifu of the Western Army, collected 60,000 elite soldiers, and began to assemble and set off in Hanzhong.
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