Chapter 648: Revenge
Gou Chun was extremely angry, he rushed to the general's mansion and questioned his brother, "Zhao Hanzhang is completely prevaricating, brother, did you just let Ming Yu and Zhao Hanzhang go?" ”
"If this is over, who will be in awe of my brother after this incident?"
Gou Xi looked up at him and asked, "Didn't you cross the border and plunder the people of Yuzhou?" ”
Gou Chun loudly denied: "I didn't! ”
He said: "That's our people in Yanzhou, those untouchables, who dared to play us like this, they should have been killed in the first place." ”
Gou Xi slapped the table and asked angrily, "Do you think I don't know about the things you did at the border, and the officials in the court and the central government don't know?" Not yet, although the complainant has not entered Yuncheng, the rumors have already spread all over Yuncheng! ”
Not to mention that the emperor and the hundred officials would not believe Gou Chun, Gou Xi would not believe it.
"The court has given you a lot of grain and grass, plus the income from the garrison, it is enough for you to raise troops, why do you still want to plunder the people's food, and even cross the line!"
Gou Chun: "I don't recognize that boundary, Yuzhou was originally under our control, when He Thorn Shi was there, nearly half of Yuzhou was in our hands, Zhao Hanzhang was a woman, why did she do Thorn History, but we gave out the territory that originally belonged to us?" ”
Gou Xi's face sank, and he said coldly: "Are you blaming me for not being able to hold the territory?" ”
Gou Chun's momentum weakened, lowered his head and said, "I didn't mean that, I was just unwilling to be for my brother." ”
"I don't need you to be upset for me," Gou Xi said coldly: "This is my deal with her, and it is the price of Your Majesty's relocation of the capital." ”
It was Luoyang that she arrived in first, and it was she who forced Liu Cong back and killed Wang Mi, the emperor was in her hands, if she didn't agree, he couldn't take the emperor away at all.
walked a king of the East China Sea, and another Zhao Hanzhang, he is equivalent to running for nothing.
The return of Yuzhou was his concession, so that he could replace Zhao Hanzhang and become the person next to the emperor.
Facts have proved that his choice is correct, the emperor is here, and the whole world will be at his disposal.
Do you really think that Gou Xi's soldiers are strong and strong, and he is not short of money?
He was also very poor, and it was daily for the soldiers under him to go hungry, and they could only eat enough when they went to the battlefield to fight.
But in this way, their life is also better, at least much better than the people who starved to death outside.
But since the emperor came to Yuncheng, all places have to support the emperor, Jiangnan, Lianghu, Yuzhou, and even Shu and Xiliang, which have been semi-independent, the emperor issued an edict, and they must also send supplies and troops to support.
The living conditions of Gou Jiajun have been much better in the past few months, and in the past, Gou Xi still needed to eat frugal food and grass to prepare grain, but now it is funded by the imperial court, plus Gou Jiajun's original, the soldiers have enough food and grass, and even some military salaries.
Gou Xi also relied on the support of the emperor and the flattery of hundreds of officials to live a luxurious life today.
It's just that Gou Chun's eyes are also hot on his eldest brother's current good life, and he can sleep in the gentle township, who wants to go out to bask in the sun and train on a hot day?
The wind comes and goes in the rain, and you have to bask in the sun and sweat?
However, he did not have the flattery of hundreds of officials, he wanted beautiful concubines, skilled servants, horses and treasure swords, so he had to spend his own money to buy them.
Where does the money come from?
Naturally, it came from the soldiers' salaries and grain and grass.
He took up the salaries and grain and grass allocated from above, and the soldiers at the bottom were not as good as before, and the reason why they became soldiers was not just to eat a mouthful of food?
If they are going to starve to death as soldiers, then why do they bother to fight on the battlefield?
Gou Chun naturally understood this, so in order to prevent the soldiers from rebelling, he first raised taxes and collected money and food for legitimate reasons.
But because the summer harvest has just begun, the taxes at the beginning of the year have hollowed out the ordinary people, and the added tax is still so heavy, not to mention the homes of the common people, even the families of the little rich have to be hollowed out, so the people have been secretly resisting taxes.
There are private rumors in several border counties that this is no longer a harsh tax, but a tax that breaks the family.
There is also a secret saying that "Xiao Gou is cooler than Da Gou".
I don't know if Gou Chun heard this rumor, anyway, in the case of poor tax collection, in order to prevent the soldiers below from rebelling, he directly ordered the soldiers to take knives to the field to harvest wheat and other grains.
That's why this controversy has been caused.
Why did Yan Heng suddenly scold him so much, Gou Xi thought it was because of Gou Chun, so he was faintly angry, and said to Gou Chun: "I will send another person to guard the border of Yuzhou, you go back to Qingzhou." ”
Gou Chun pursed his lips, his chest rose and fell sharply, he felt that the eldest brother was bowing to Zhao Hanzhang like this, and he was full of indignation in his heart.
Gou Xi said: "You are the assassin of Qingzhou, and it is time for you to take office, go to Qingzhou and get along with King Langya." ”
Gou Chun was unwilling to respond.
When he saw Zhao Zhongyu in the court the next day, he glanced at the other party coldly, Zhao Zhongyu didn't squint, he just couldn't see it.
Gou Chun was so angry that he clenched his fists, and when he left the palace that day, he met Zhao Ji on the street, and then Zhao Ji was beaten on the grounds that Zhao Ji had crashed into his car frame.
Zhao Ji was beaten very badly, although he saved his life, but he should have to lie in bed for several months, Zhao Zhongyu heard it in the palace, and the whole person fainted.
Then he immediately rushed back to the mansion, and saw his son, who had been beaten with a blue nose and swollen face, covered in blood, and then saw that his hands were still soft, and he knew that he had been broken.
Zhao Zhongyu's face was pale, and while asking people to invite a few more doctors, he went directly into the palace to find the emperor, "Your Majesty, Gou Chun is dissatisfied with the disposition of the imperial court and has a grudge against us." Many people died because of him, His Majesty just let him go back to Qingzhou, and did not punish him, which is already a great kindness, and he does not want to reciprocate, but resents us; ”
"He resents us, but he doesn't dare to report it to His Majesty, nor dare he refute Yu Chen, but he is angry with the son of his minister, Your Majesty, do you dare to hand over Qingzhou to someone like him?"
He also said: "General Gou can't even restrain his own brother, and Your Majesty will hand over all the palace affairs and prohibitions to him, how can he rest assured?" ”
Everyone knew the news that Zhao Zhongyu's son Zhao Ji was seriously injured and expressed their agreement.
They look down on Zhao Ji very much, but in this matter, what is wrong with Zhao Ji?
He doesn't even have anything to do with this matter, Zhao Zhongyu united Zhao Hanzhang and Gou Xi Gou Chun brothers to fight, if you have the ability, you go to Zhao Hanzhang, don't you dare to do anything to her, isn't there still Zhao Zhongyu?
What's the deal with the family?
What's more, Zhao Ji is still on Uncle Cai, he has a knighthood, although the official position is lower than Gou Chun, but the title is higher than Gou Chun.
The family background is even more pure than pure.
Gou Chun's move can be regarded as the following offense.
So after Zhao Zhongyu, several ministers and imperial historians entered the palace, all of whom impeached Gou Chun.
But Gou Chun ran away after beating Zhao Ji, and he directly took people to Qingzhou to take office, and didn't give everyone a chance to spray him at all.
So what to do?
Everyone could only point the finger at Gou Xi.