Chapter 85: Chang'an Road

After Zhao Huan's explanation, Fei Lun knew that he was not responsible for the recent mistakes, and knew that the emperor's trust had not changed at all, so he immediately put his mind at ease.

first reported to Zhao Huan that he had gone deep into the enemy territory, and finally found out the source of the rumors, and vaguely heard that all kinds of measures were all taken by Yan Zongfu after returning to Beijing, and he wanted to attack Zhao Huan outside the battlefield.

And he hurried back to Chang'an, but he also realized that the situation in the territory of Jin was not appropriate, the enemy seemed to have a back hand, and the garrison in the direction of Tongguan seemed to ignore the main force of the Song army here, and was ready to move, wanting to mobilize in the direction of Hedong.

"What you suspect is that they are bound to defend Taiyuan in the clouds, but now that I am deploying troops everywhere, they are on fire everywhere, and it is difficult to mobilize troops to relieve the siege of Taiyuan. Therefore, a few years ago, I sent an envoy to say that the Western Xia Xing troops would invade the territory, whether it was a real fight or Weihe, we would always send troops back to rescue, so that the pressure on the Jin State would be small, and we would definitely be able to send more troops and horses to save Taiyuan. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Huan smiled and said, "Why are you waiting for the monarch after Yan Zongfu's eyes?" The country has a total of more than 3 million people, claiming to be able to mobilize 500,000 troops, but in fact there are only 200,000 soldiers who can fight, and there must be heavy troops to garrison Xingqing Mansion and various important military towns. If I panic, not only can the Jin people take advantage of the weakness to save Taiyuan, the party people will naturally take advantage of the fire to rob, now I am calm down, and the other is to send envoys to Xingqing Mansion, see that Li Qianshun, know the stakes, and promise gold, silver, grain and silk, this person is small, see the small profit and forget the righteousness, how can he really start a war with my Great Song Dynasty, and cheapen the Jurchen people in vain. ”

Fei Lun nodded and said: "Since Li Qianshun became pro-government, he has emphasized literature over military force. Although the party and nobles persuaded them to change. In his early years, he was still considered to be a rich country and a good people, but today he is in chaos, he is old and slack, his politics are not clear, and his military strength is even worse. When Liao died. Xia Guo came to the aid of Liao with 30,000 people from the four prison divisions, but was beaten by a fierce Jin soldier, and he no longer dared to go against the Jin people. However, when our Great Song Dynasty was attacked by the Jin people, we captured the Great Song Tiande, Yunnei, Dingbian Army, and all parts of Xining Prefecture. Although he was lost in the hands of the Jin people and was indirectly taken back by us, he was not convinced, this time with the encouragement of the Jin people, he came to explore our reality and reality, and there were also some. ”

Zhao Huan sneered: "Pu'er is a small country. How dare so! ”

He and Yu Yunwen have calculated many times, and they must find a way to destroy the Western Xia, and the Western Xia army is being hit on his weakness. Not only could he not take the opportunity to fight with Xia Guo, but he also had to back down and sue for peace, and he was really angry in his heart.

It's just that apart from him, others don't know the fact that Xia Guo is weak and dying. It was during the reign of Zhao Zhenghe. Liu Fa, the general of the Western Army, attacked Ling and Xia, and the Xia people raised troops to surround them, destroying Liu Fa's main force, and even Pingxia City almost fell into the hands of the Xia people. After this battle, Tong Guan commanded hundreds of thousands of Western troops, attacked non-stop every year, and even the Guannan conscription ground of the Xia people was recaptured, but the tactics were to advance slowly with fortresses, and very few generals dared to lead the troops to advance and face off against the Xia cavalry in a field battle.

And Zhao Huan understands very well in his heart, the seemingly powerful Western Xia, in fact, is getting weaker and weaker year by year, and the seemingly behemoth cannot be easily offended, in fact, it can neither attack but field fat cavalry advances, and can not protect the strategic places everywhere, its lord Li Qianshun is cowardly and incompetent, and the first rat at both ends when Song Liao perished, in fact, the Jurchens were offended ruthlessly, if it were not for the Song Dynasty in Guanshan for many years, the Jin State needed the Xia State to involve the energy of the Song Dynasty, and it would have destroyed this small country a long time ago.

It's just that he knows it as well as he can, but it can't make the generals under his command muster up the determination to destroy Xia in a war, and in the past two years, they will inevitably be entangled by the Jurchens, and they will have to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops and millions of people to destroy Xia in a war, so there is no need to move this idea for the time being.

Thinking of this, I can only smile bitterly.

Seeing that Yu Yunwen and Fei Lun had nothing else to say, Zhao Huan said casually: "I just sent Han Xiao's stomach as an envoy, and I have to choose a candidate for Xia, it's really funny to think about it." ”

This is regarded as the gossip of the monarch and the minister, but Yu Yunwen said with a straight face: "The minister is willing to send an envoy." ”

"Oh?" Zhao Huan glanced at him, although Yu Yunwen's face was full of wood, the smile lines at the corners of his mouth had just been put away, and Zhao Huan also smiled if he realized something: "Xia Bubi Jin, I won't really embarrass you." And it's very close to Guanzhong, so I won't delay too long if I don't go, I'm ready. ”

"Your Majesty Xie is trustworthy, so the minister will retire and prepare to pack."

Yu Yunwen was also interested, knowing that Fei Lun must still have a heart to say to the emperor, and it was inconvenient for him to be present, so after asking for the envoy's errand, he withdrew instantly.

Seeing him leave, there was no one else in the cabinet except for a few chamberlains, so Fei Lun said: "Your Majesty, the minister is in the enemy territory this time, and I have heard some news. ”

He said that it was extremely solemn, Zhao Huan knew that this matter was not small, so he did not keep silent, just looked at Fei Lun, waiting for him to say.

"I heard that the Jin people intend to put the emperor back."

"Hmm."

"This rumor, originally with the power of the pedestrian division, will not be known. However, this matter is very strange, and many Hanchen have already known that the news has spread so widely that it is known to the ministers. ”

"It's something they do on purpose. The previous rumors made trouble, saying that I treated the emperor poorly, and I sent envoys, and they said that they would be released. Hehe, in fact, they regard the emperor as a treasure, and I can't return to the emperor if I don't return to him, what's the current situation? When this rumor came out, it was just to scare me, so that I didn't even dare to send envoys to live in front of me, which made people even more untruthful. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty is right!" Fei Lun's spirits perked up, and he told him what happened when he met Han Xiao's stomach, although he didn't say it explicitly, he also truthfully said that he had persuaded Han Xiao's stomach not to work hard and took the emperor back.

originally thought that the emperor must be cautious, but after Zhao Huan heard it, he laughed and stopped for a long time.

Seeing that Fei Lun was dumbfounded, Zhao Huan couldn't hold back a smile and said, "Isn't this the story of what Zhong Hui heard and what he saw?" Faeron, this will be passed down through the ages and become a good story. Han has the style of a minister, very good, very good. ”

"This ......" Fei Lun was bitter and didn't know how to respond.

With his relationship with Zhao Huandi, he fled from the Five Kingdoms to Chang'an, time flies, and when Zhao Huan met with Zhao Huan, Yuer also mentioned Zhao Wei a few words, shed a few tears, and in private, he never mentioned it. When I think of all the things back then, the emperor's attitude towards the emperor is obvious. And at this moment, the emperor was not only angry at Han Xiao's attitude, but laughed, this reaction was not only unexpected by him, but also really worth playing.

"Okay, you don't have to mention this matter again, and don't speculate about my attitude towards the emperor. You are a close minister of the Son of Heaven, so I might as well tell you that I have both respect for the emperor and some resentment, which is complicated, and I sometimes can't figure it out myself, how can you be accurate. ”

Zhao Huan sighed leisurely, not wanting to continue the discussion with Fei Lun on this topic, so he asked with a smile: "After Han Xiao's stomach envoy, what is the situation of the government and the public?" ”

"All the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee, this is long overdue. The people also praised His Majesty's move as being in line with filial piety and very wise. Your Majesty, the common people of the small family do not know that the family affairs of the Son of Heaven are state affairs, but when they heard that His Majesty sent someone to visit the emperor, they felt overjoyed and praised His Majesty as a filial son, please pay attention to this. ”

"Well, I know."

Seeing that Zhao Huan didn't seem to care very much, Fei Lun couldn't think of any real evidence for a while, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he actually told the emperor about the situation he saw in the soup shop in the morning.

Zhao Huan didn't care at first, and even suspected that Fei Lun made it up. A middle-aged woman wrote poems for Han Xiao's stomach in a shop, and also divided ancient style poems, which is also too nonsense. It's just that at the end of the hearing, please ask Chu Chu to really hear a sentence: "There is an easy room......

His face changed, he stood up, stared at Fei Lun and asked, "That woman, is it Yi'an Liangyu written on the manuscript?" ”

Fei Lun was taken aback, Lian Shi thought about it, and then replied: "It is indeed Yi'an Liangyu, the minister sees it really, and it is definitely not wrong." ”

"And where is she now?"

"After breakfast, the minister immediately came to the palace to ask for a meeting, and now the woman does not know if she is still there."

"Alas, what a pity."

Zhao Huan sat down dejectedly, knowing that Li Qingzhao categorically did not have the reason to still be in the small shop at this time. He loved poetry very much when he was young, and the words were in poetry, and Li Qingzhao was the most respected by him among the lyricists of the Song Dynasty, so he secretly sent people to inquire about her news three years after Jingkang. It's just that Li Qingzhao has been following the emperor for the sake of his family's reputation since he crossed to the south, even if he has worked hard, to show his loyalty. How could Zhao Gou be busy running for his life, he fled to the sea twice, dismissed hundreds of officials, and now fends for himself. Li Qingzhao first died of her husband, and then lost her belongings and antiques with her, and then married a non-person, and sued her husband for deception in prison for divorce.

Coupled with the war, Zhao Huan wanted to spend all his thoughts on state affairs and war, and the search for Li Qingzhao was just a cause for his youthful emotions, and he couldn't do it as a serious matter.

He buried this matter deep in his heart, and never announced it, only a few people in charge and the bottom of the road, today he knew that Li Qingzhao was in Chang'an City, but he couldn't hold it for a while, so he lost his temper.

Although Fei Lun didn't know what to do, he also knew that the woman he saw this morning was extremely important to the emperor, and he didn't dare to slack off at the moment, and immediately said: "Since Your Majesty wants to see that woman, the minister will immediately send someone to find her." ”

Zhao Huan waved his hand and said: "Don't make the chicken fly, since she wrote a letter to Han Xiao and sent a poem, she must be an old friend of the Han family, so after Han Xiao received the letter, she asked Chu where she lived, that is." ”

Seeing Feige leaving, Zhao Huan's mood couldn't calm down for a while, all kinds of difficult government affairs, military affairs, for a while I couldn't put it in my heart, I turned around in the cabinet, paced to the window, and saw the new willows outside the window, revealing a little tender green, my heart moved, and I couldn't help but groan: "The eternal night is less joyful, empty dream of Chang'an, recognize Chang'an Road." In order to report the good spring color this year, the flowers and moon shadows should be photographed. Although the cups and plates at will are sloppy, the wine is beautiful and sour, and it is just called a person's cup. Drunk flower arrangement, don't smile, poor people seem to be old. ”