Chapter 70: The Secret Agent
Before Gao Cheng entered the Bohai Palace, a disciple reminded him that Gao Aocao and Gao Jishi were waiting in the lobby of the mansion.
It must have been a reminder after sobering up, saying that he had come to visit, and it was estimated that he should have been pulled by Gao Jishi.
If Gao Aocao understood these people's sophistication, he would not have been so aggrieved by death.
Therefore, being with the right person is more important than anything else, Gao Jishi, a little reckless man, has only been with him for a long time, and he actually understands a little bit of the truth of interpersonal communication.
Gao Cheng hurriedly entered the door, and Gao Huan, who had returned from the Prime Minister's Mansion, was receiving him in the lobby.
"Ah Hui is back, let's talk, go back to the house alone to rest."
Gao Huan naturally knew that his good son wanted to contact Gao Aocao, so he said with a smile, and walked out of the lobby and went to the backyard under the escort of Gao Cheng and others.
"Third Uncle Ancestor, I haven't seen you for a few months, but I think of Ah Hui so bitterly."
Gao Chengyi grabbed Gao Aocao's hand and behaved very affectionately, even calling himself by the milk name Ah Hui.
Gao Aocao's face darkened, the last time they met in Yecheng, he was still a general Gao, and at this time he became the third uncle.
He can't afford this title, Gao Aocao clearly remembered that last time Gao Cheng called him the third uncle, he immediately pried Chen Yuankang away from his mansion.
"Don't be like this, Ao Cao is a martial artist, he only knows how to obey military orders, since he belongs to the prince, he must fight hard for the prince."
Gao Aocao said in a stiff tone.
Gao Cheng is not annoyed, this person is so eyeless, he can't just because Gao Aocao refuses to show kindness, so he won't open the door to him in the future.
After sitting down and talking a few words with Gao Aocao, Gao Cheng finally mentioned the matter:
"Tomorrow, I will also ask General Gao to return to Jizhou first, and then go to Luoyang with the families of the soldiers."
He also explained to Yaoxiong these words, since he is a defender of Gyeonggi, he naturally has to be stationed around Luoyang, if his family is far away in Hebei, how can he guarantee morale.
This is a truth that even Er Zhu Zhao understands, otherwise he would not have given the tribes a holiday on New Year's Day.
Of course, the result was not good, Dou Tai ran three hundred miles day and night, and Er Zhuzhao had no time to remobilize the dismissed troops, and finally died in desperation.
It must be known that in the battle of Hanling, Murong Shaozong gathered his troops and retreated calmly, and in the battle of Jinyang, Erzhu Zhao plundered and left without a fight, as the person headed by the Erzhu clan, Erzhu Zhao's main force still exists.
Gao Huan waited hard in Jinyang for half a year, and used four half-way marches to make Er Zhuzhao relax his vigilance, so that he could easily take Xiurong Chuan, and also controlled the 200,000 Xianbei, Qihu and other Hu troops in Jinyang by absorbing Er Zhuzhao's Qihu tribes.
This is also the most important reason why Gao Huan is relieved to hand over Gao Cheng's 30,000-strong Gyeonggi Army, and it is also where his confidence lies in the dismantling of various places.
Gao Ao Cao has been in the army for a long time, of course he understands what Gao Cheng meant, and after he agreed, he said:
"Please also ask the prince to have a good life and settle the family of the tribe."
"I already wrote to Yang Yu yesterday and asked him to prepare in Luoyang."
This time he went north to Jinyang, and Gao Cheng only brought Cui Jishu and Zhao Yanshen, who was newly promoted, among the staff.
Zhao Yanshen investigated the official fraud, and assisted Chen, Yang, and Cui in reading the file, and was promoted to a staff member by Gao Cheng.
The day before yesterday, after Gao Cheng was appointed as the governor of Gyeonggi, he immediately appointed Zhao Yanshen as the secretary of the Metropolitan Governor's Office to participate in the military, responsible for clerical work, and his status was still far from Sima Chen Yuankang, Changshi Yang Su, and the lord Bo Cui Jishu of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, but in the end it was out of the category of small officials.
The two had a detailed discussion again, and Gao Aocao said goodbye, and before leaving, he did not forget to take a few days off for Gao Jishi, and returned to Hebei with him to move the soldiers' families.
Gao Cheng has nothing to do, and he has known Gao Aocao for two years, and he has never heard him mention his son, but Gao Jishi's younger brother is often on his lips.
I don't know if Gao Aocao's son calls Gao Jishi the fourth uncle or the eldest brother, which is outrageous.
Gao Cheng is not the only one who feels outrageous, but also Duan Shao.
Duan Shao is different from Gao Aocao, Yaoxiong and others, his 3,000 parts are all allocated by Gao Huan to the six towns of Xianbei, and his family members were moved to Jinyang by Gao Huan early.
Therefore, after learning that he was going to follow Gao Cheng to defend Luoyang, he immediately mobilized the families of the soldiers and soldiers, just waiting for him to go south with Gao Cheng tomorrow.
After handling military affairs, Duan Shao heard that Gao Cheng was visiting the generals who went south, so he kept waiting in the mansion, but he never looked forward to Gao Cheng.
In the end, Gao Cheng got the report and came out of Yaoxiong's Mansion and went straight back to the Bohai Palace, Duan Shao finally couldn't sit still, and his cousin didn't want to go to his mansion at all.
"Why does Ah Hui despise me!"
Duan Shao, who came to the Bohai Palace, seemed to have been greatly wronged, and he had to ask the truth as soon as they met.
Gao Cheng didn't know why, and asked rhetorically:
"How have I ever despised you?"
"You discussed with Murong Shaozong, Yaoxiong, and Gao Aocao about going south today, why did you ignore me?"
Duan Shao complained.
Gao Cheng couldn't help but sigh when he heard this:
"I'm just worried that these people don't obey my orders and win over in advance, what kind of relationship is there between us, and do you need me to come to your door in person to show goodwill?"
"Is it really just to woo in?"
Duan Shao was suspicious, his cousin knew too well about his cousin's ability to talk to people and talk nonsense.
Gao Cheng said angrily:
"If you don't believe me, you can ask Mingyue."
Duan Shao caught a glimpse of Hu Luguang on the side with a sneering face, and was annoyed in his heart, and said deliberately:
"Isn't it inconvenient to visit Zihui's family so late."
Hu Luguang's face froze, he didn't know that Duan Shao was deliberately mocking his words, and immediately argued with Duan Shao.
Gao Cheng was annoyed by them and sent both of them away.
These two enemies didn't deal with each other when they were sixteen or seventeen, and now they are almost twenty, and they still have to quarrel if they can't say a few words.
Luoyang.
Zheng Quan, as a secret agent hidden in the Hu Sichun Mansion, has been sold into slavery for more than half a year.
He showed himself as a diligent and down-to-earth person, never cheating and cheating, but he was never appreciated, which made Zheng Quan very anxious.
Gao Cheng made it clear when listening to the selection of secret agents by the Wangsi Division that after five years of lurking, he could be promoted by hard work and apply for a change to a bureaucracy, and if he chose to lurk for a long time after five years, his heirs would be reused.
Zheng Quan didn't want to stay up for five years, they were from a poor background, if they wanted to get ahead, they had to find a great credit.
But you can't get close to Hu Sichun, how can you get confidential information.
However, the opportunity came so suddenly, and when it was getting dark, he and a group of sturdy servants in the palace were gathered together and transferred to a manor outside the city.
In this manor, he not only saw Hu Sichun, but also found a sensitive person, Yang Kuan, who was born in the Hongnong Yang family.
The reason why Zheng Quan recognized Yang Kuan was because he was one of the few remaining relatives of Shi Yang, the head of the Gaocheng shogunate, and the two had a close relationship and often corresponded with each other, and Zheng Quan had seen this person from afar.
Why is Yang Kuan here? Is there no conspiracy? Or is there collusion between Yang Changshi and Hu Sichun?
Zheng Quan was frightened by his own brain supplement, he wanted to find an opportunity to pass on the news, but found that the manor was heavily guarded, and it was strictly forbidden to enter and exit, and he couldn't think of a way to get out for the time being.
Early the next morning, Zheng Quan and everyone gathered in the open space in the manor, and he found that there were more than slaves in the Husi Mansion in the field, and after inquiry, he learned that some people were from the Qinghe Palace, and some were from the Nanyang Palace, and most of them were slaves of the clan.
Suspicious, he saw Hu Sichun respectfully following behind a person.
The man shouted to the people:
"Lone is the biological father of the Son of Heaven, King Yuangan of Qinghe, you will become the Son of Heaven's guards in the name of the governor of the cabinet, you need to practice hard, you have your own future, wealth in sight."
Zheng Quan suddenly fell into a mixture of panic and excitement.
The excitement is that this news is far more important than Yang Kuan's appearance yesterday, and once it is passed back, he can even be crowned an official for merit.
The panic was that he carefully counted and found that there were 800 people in the field.
Er Zhurong, who leaned towards the government and the opposition, led 5,000 horsemen south to Luoyang, but died at the hands of dozens of dead soldiers, not to mention the 800-strong Son of Heaven's army.
There are too many things that these people can do, which means that Yuan Yan does not need to ambush the dead like Emperor Xiaozhuang and bother to trick Er Zhurong into the palace.
He could rely on these 800 people to attack and kill Lou Zhao with the edict of the Son of Heaven and seize the power of the forbidden army.
Without waiting for Zheng Quan to carefully figure out how to deliver the news, he was taken to practice by the person in charge of the manor.
"Thanks to Fashou's advice, I only thought of secretly setting up the Son of Heaven's pro-army for the future."
Yuan Jian thanked Hu Sichun.
There is no doubt that this is Hu Sichun's idea again, after Gao Huan entered Luoyang, he was named a servant, but it was a high-ranking idle practice.
The reason why he couldn't bear it was just that he was deprived of his own parts, and the relationship between Yuan Jian and Gao Huan at that time was intimate.
Now Gao Cheng went north to Jinyang, after Gao Qian was humiliated, because he lost his position in the middle of the council, he had no right to serve as a director, so he could only borrow wine in the house all day to eliminate his sorrows.
In the huge Luoyang City, in addition to Lou Zhao, the leader of the Gao family, there are only two people left, Gao Longzhi and Li Yuanzhong.
And the design to remove Gao Qian from his post is exactly the letter of surrender that Hu Sichun presented to the clan, after all, he has made great contributions to Gao Huan's destruction of the Erzhu clan, and it is difficult to win the trust of Yuan Jian if he does not do something.
Hu Sichun smiled:
"The king praised falsely, the Hu Si clan has been favored by the country, and he followed Gao Huan just to kill thieves for the country, and he didn't want Gao Huan to follow in the footsteps of the Zhu family, the wolf's ambition is obvious, how can Chun sit back and watch the Son of Heaven at his mercy."
Hearing this, Yuan Yan snorted coldly:
"Gao Huan wantonly manipulated the appointment and dismissal of officials, and important positions were occupied by cronies, so Li Yuanzhong went to Jinyang as Tai Changqing instead of the Son of Heaven to condole, and after coming back, Gao Huan forced the Son of Heaven to grant Li Yuanzhong a position in the middle of the service, such a reward, how can there be a place for us in the future."
Many dissatisfaction was expressed in a joking tone, and when Li Yuanzhong was invited to a banquet that day, Li Yuanzhong jokingly said that if he was not given the position of servant, he would go to find a rebel again.
Gao Huan laughed with Li Yuanzhong on the surface, but in fact, he had already remembered it in his heart, Li Yuanzhong returned to Luoyang on the front foot, and Gao Huan asked the Son of Heaven to be promoted to Li Yuanzhong as a servant.
Zheng Quan practiced in the manor outside the city for several days but could not find a chance to escape, and Chen Yuankang, who stayed in Luoyang to preside over the affairs of the Listening Division, also realized that something was wrong.
Not only did Zheng Quan lose contact, but the spies hidden in the palaces of King Qinghe, King Nanyang, King Pingyang and other kings all reported back, and each palace lost many healthy servants on the same day.
This made Chen Yuankang feel very troubled, and he could only pass on the news to Gao Cheng on the one hand, and on the other hand, continue to secretly search for the whereabouts of the servants and slaves of Zheng Quan, including Zheng Quan.
Yang Yu once again received his relative Yang Kuan in the government hall today.
The clan was slaughtered, and Yang Su, who was alone, regarded Yang Kuan as his family.
"Zunyan, I saw that the Chinese officials of the government were very busy today, but what happened?"
Yang Kuan asked.
Yang Yu thought that Gao Cheng's appointment as the governor of Gyeonggi was not a secret, so he told Yang Kuan all the things about the letters he had received and the families of the soldiers who were busy settling them.
Yang Kuan was shocked, patiently said a few more words to Yang Kuan, and immediately left.