Chapter 243: Mistakes

This year's New Year Festival is more lively, because there is more Myolie Wu, a little Sanba, and the wine table is a lot more lively. Myolie Wu can really say that she first talked about the trivial things of Yangping's life, and then poured bitter water, and then became interested in fashion. The general point is that it will be difficult to fulfill all the orders before March, and Liu Huilan's clothes and necklaces are well matched, and the dishes are not salty enough.

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Ouyang actually cares a lot about the insurance against the war. The low pension was what he realized after serving as a prisoner. So I also helped Myolie Wu as much as possible. As soon as March arrives, I am busy with insurance. In April, Ouyang received an update from the royal newspaper that the Liao State had agreed to join forces with the Song Dynasty to destroy Jin. and agreed that Song would send no more than 30,000 troops and horses to Liaotong Prefecture to attack Huanglongfu together. The Liao State guaranteed a certain amount of logistical supplies. In other words, in addition to these 30,000 cannon fodder, even a box army of the Song Dynasty could not be sent to Liao.

Since the Jurchen labor incident, the Song Dynasty completely cut off all contact with Jin. From military to civilian, and the Hangzhou fleet patrolled the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, transporting gold and materials was equivalent to collaborating with the enemy, and killing them on the spot. All this made everyone, including the Great Song people, feel that Song was really going to war with Jin.

The first batch of forbidden troops was led by Zhang Jun as the main general, and Xue Shan's 30,000 soldiers set out from Jizhou in the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun on the Hebei Military Road. In fact, there are quite different opinions on the selection of the chief general, and the Military Aircraft Department. Everyone knows that Zhang Jun can fight a difficult battle, but the Yushitai side has recently sorted out Zhang Jun's impeachment of corruption and large-scale land annexation. But what is embarrassing to the Song people at present is that neither the Yongxing Military Road nor the Hebei Military Road have a suitable commander, and Zhang Jun is a relatively good commander, except for him, there is no one to send at all.

Zhang Jun was followed by a batch of firearms presented to the Liao. In the plan, since Zhang Jun's troops did not carry heavy artillery, explosives bags and other siege necessities, this batch of materials was the only land supplies that could replenish Zhang Jun in the next few months. Of the 30,000 men, only the generals and above knew the true purpose of the trip. On the first day of the march, Zhang Jun cut down a general who was drunk and talked a lot. Zhang Jun knew that he would be impeached, and if he couldn't win this battle, he could only be taken to prison in the future and ended miserably.

The Northwest Military Road and the Yongxing Military Road began to secretly adjust their defenses, and all the old and weak who had been placed on the front line were withdrawn, supplemented by the elite of the two armies. Tong Guan set up a military aircraft office between Hebei Military Road and Yongxing Military Road. He has no right to command, but he has the right to supervise the array.

The situation outside is tense, but the interior is still peaceful. Ouyang was busy with the insurance business, and after fishing with Song Huizong a few times, he was passed to Tokyo by Ouchi. The reason was that Wan Yanlan heard that Song had started a war against Jin and went on a hunger strike. According to Ouchi's meaning, the princess can die of illness, poisoning, and hanging, but she cannot die by suicide. Although it can deceive the people, the historian will record it truthfully. After Zhao Yu saw Yan Lan's resolute attitude, there was no way, so he asked Ouyang to take a look.

Wan Yanlan was placed under house arrest at the Guangde Palace on the outskirts. It is also the Taoist temple of Master Ouyang's Wang Wenqing. Ouyang came to Guangde Palace and first brought Zhang San and Li Si to incense the soldiers who died on the Silk Road. Then they met Wang Wenqing and had a meal together. Wang Wenqing was not stingy with this nominal apprentice, what did he have to say. Advised Ouyang to do something he shouldn't do.

It wasn't until the afternoon that Ouyang went to visit Wan Yanlan, who lived in Qingfeng Pavilion. There are two guards at the door, and there are four palace maids serving inside. Wan Yanlan sat by the window and quietly watched the spinning windmill.

Ouyang showed the official document of Ouchi, the inner guard took the four palace maids to leave, and Zhang San and Li Simen guarded outside. Ouyang saw that Yan Lan didn't pay attention to himself at all, so he smiled and said: "Chunfeng Pavilion is for prostitutes, and Qingfeng Pavilion is for princesses, the difference between one word is the difference between heaven and earth." "Look left and right, the water is still drinkable.

"......" Wan Yanlan did not answer.

Ouyang Dao: "Actually, I don't understand a little. If the Jurchens really think about their own people, of course, it is the Song Dynasty against the Liao. Then he accepted the conditions offered by the Great Song Dynasty and turned the Jurchen land into Song soil...... Of course, pulling, it's no good for a superior person like you. But I just can't figure it out, so many Jurchens are desperately killing the enemy, isn't it just to live a better life without being oppressed by others? Da Song already has a very good attitude, but why are you people not satisfied. If you don't become a king, you will become a coward, and you will waste your lives for the sake of your so-called ambitions, even ignoring the lives of your own people. I don't understand, what do you Jurchens want? Song has a saying called Wen Sati Si***. The Jurchens rebelled when they couldn't live before, and when they had food, they wanted a house to live in, and if they had a house to live in, they wanted women. If you have a woman, you want to have slaves, and if you have slaves, you want to have land and money. ”

Wan Yanlan finally spoke: "You said the same thing." I can answer this question because I want my people to be superior. ”

"Superior people, there must be superior and inferior." Ouyang shook his head: "People are divided into three, six, nine and so on, just because of the thoughts of you people." How? Would you love for me to learn to bark in front of you as your slave? ”

"Humph!" Wan Yanlan said: "Things have come to this point, you can say whatever you want." I really underestimated you, you can dissolve such a big *** invisible. It's also that I underestimate the power of the Royal Newspaper too much. I think Zhao Yu must have underestimated the power of the royal newspaper as well. Otherwise she wouldn't dare let you master. In this way, one day you may not end up better than me. ”

"Actually, we're the same people. It's just that everyone is in a different position. Ouyang tore off a chicken leg and said while gnawing on it: "You are for the good of the Jurchens, and I am for the good of the Han people." On the contrary, he looked at his own life relatively lightly. ”

"Do you still have time to eat?" Wan Yanlan said: "Zhao Yu already knows about you and Liang Hongyu. ”

"Oh, you want me to bury you." Ouyang said: "It's a pity, you don't know the Han people. My wife and I are called infatuated children. Maybe you thought that the emperor would taboo my influence, but you forgot one thing, the emperor's current prestige is unmatched. You don't know yet, the emperor has always been taboo is that he doesn't know what my preferences are, and now that he knows that my wife is my weakness, she may not be unhappy, and I should thank you. ”

“…… Actually, I lied. I didn't tell Zhao Yu. ”

"Well...... In fact, I also lied, and the emperor may not be happy when he knows it. Ouyang smiled: "If you are sensible, you will not tell the truth, otherwise I will be unlucky, and you Jurchens will not have a good time." ”

"You ......" Wan Yanlan sighed, "I should have killed you in my early years." ”

"I thank you for saving your life, that's why I'm here to advise you not to go on a hunger strike."

"Liang Hongyu saved you and became your wife, and I saved you from becoming a prisoner." Wan Yanlan asked, "Why?" ”

"Your question is profound." Ouyang asked, "Pour me a glass of wine." Imperial wine, don't eat white, don't eat. ”

After Yan Lan's surprising cooperation, she came over to help Ouyang pour wine: "Where is it profound?" ”

"There are many starting points for the relationship between men and women. Feelings of suffering, love at first sight, love over time, childhood sweethearts. Ouyang said: "You and I are in distress, this kind of affection is intense, but if it is not carefully cared for, it cannot stand the test of time." It's the same with love at first sight. Only the latter two are cultivated slowly over time, and the shelf life is naturally long. Of course, the latter two are not as intense as the first two, but they are trickling and flowing...... Do you understand? ”

"You're!" Wan Yanlan said: "What you say is true. If I win, I'm right. The strong are king, which is why the Jurchens have been fighting. ”

"Wow, you've gotten smarter." Ouyang asked, "Let's eat together?" ”

"......" Yan Lan didn't speak.

Ouyang said mysteriously: "Let me tell you a secret, the secret of the Jurchens, if you eat this half of the chicken." ”

Wan Yanlan gritted her teeth, there was nothing worse than such a means.

Ouyang smiled: "I'm a businessman, it's in line with my character to have in and out, you don't want to know." But I remind you that this is the secret of the happiness of the whole Jurchen. ”

"I'll eat!" Wan Yan grabbed the fat chicken in his hand, swallowed it into his stomach and said, "You say." ”

"The secret is." Ouyang leaned over, Wanyan Lan stretched out her ears, and Ouyang whispered: "Except for you, Jurchen women are really not beautiful, and I am quite sympathetic to Jurchen men." ”

So inevitably, after someone got angry, there was a fight. It's a pity that due to the hunger strike, Wan Yanlan is not Ouyang's opponent at all. was thrown to the ground by Ouyang and couldn't move. Ouyang clapped his hands and said, "Who said that civil officials should not learn martial arts." ”

"Shame on you!" Wan Yanlan was furious.

"If you eat a chicken, I can also make an errand." Ouyang pulled Wan Yanlan to the chair and said, "Originally, I planned to nibble on one myself to fool the emperor." If you eat it, eat it. ”

"Don't eat it!" Wan Yanlan said: "You get out!" ”

"Whatever you want." Ouyang Dao: "But you have to remember that after Yan Wu begged to buy a family and died, if there was no person with status like you to guide the Song Tong Jurchens, I am afraid ...... You'd better think for yourself. By the way, there are many ways to commit suicide, and hunger strike is the stupidest one, you can hang yourself, cut your veins, and hit your head. This sentence is true, Zhao Yu doesn't want Wan Yanlan to die, it is a chess piece after the Jurchen war in the future.

Ouyang left, and the next day learned that Wan Yanlan had resumed eating. The result was expected by Ouyang. The last sentence Ouyang said was actually just a step. Saying that there is a secret to tell Yan Lan is also a step. What Ouyang had to do was to let Wan Yanlan eat and break her willpower. Once this will is conceded once, it is difficult to gather it again. Then Ouyang also suggested that there were other ways to die, Wan Yanlan was also an arrogant person, since Ouyang said it, she would definitely not choose the death method that Ouyang said.

Ouyang has always known that reasoning is the weakest means of persuasion. Everyone understands the truth, what else do you want to say? Ouyang also tried to talk to the criminal suspect about conscience and justice. But facts have proved that it is a hundred times better to find evidence, make confessions, and study psychology than to reason.

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Since I've come to Tokyo, I'm naturally going to see Taixuzi by the way. Unlike the previous leisurely state of seeing Taixuzi, this time Taixuzi was a little more irritable. Before he entered the yard, he heard Taixuzi scolding the maid, which made Ouyang very surprised, remembering that he was calculating this guy when he was a child, and this guy didn't care at all even if he knew that he was calculated. With such an experience, he should be very indifferent to see many births, old age, sickness and death.

As soon as Taixuzi saw Ouyang, he scolded Ouyang by the way: "You said you kid, what boss is not good***, you have to let me follow a two-hundred-and-five-year-old prime minister." If you invite me to come, you have to listen to me, don't you? ”

Even the prime minister scolded, and Ouyang asked, "Miscellaneous hair, what's the situation?" ”

"Situation, you're about to change your face again."

It turned out that ten days ago, when Zhang Jun hadn't set off yet, Li Gang received a hot taro. He was a victim of Zhang Jun's annexation of land in Hebei, and this person did not dare to deal with officials, but the land was returned to the forbidden army, and then it was assigned to Zhang Jun's own name, and his mother committed suicide. The man then went to a local merchant's cousin. Uncle Cousin was very angry and told the members of the Hebei Yangping Chamber of Commerce about the situation. Since it was not the first time that Zhang Jun had done this, and there was also a fatality, the members of the meeting immediately took out a lot of money and must sue Zhang Jun.

As soon as the rich man made a move, he was different, in addition to going to Kaifeng Mansion to file a lawsuit, he also delivered a pleadings to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Kaifeng Mansion Yin and Zhang Jun were a little contradictory, so they pretended to be fair and asked Li Gang to adjudicate, and said that after all, he was the chief general appointed by the emperor. Li Gang was also very embarrassed to receive this paper. According to the previous rules, if things get to Tokyo, they will generally make up the land and give *** to settle the matter. But if there is another death, it will have to be counted separately.

So Li Gang ignored Taixuzi's dissuasion, and Zhao Yu said above that Zhang Jun had a problem with his morality, and he would inevitably lead troops and not be able to lead soldiers, and demanded that his post as chief general be dismissed. Zhao Yu was very patient to reason with Li Gang, saying that it was the time to employ people or something, and Li Gang also nodded and left. thought that this matter was over, but no one expected that the filial son who went to Beijing to sue heard that Li Gang was unwilling to come forward, so he hanged himself under the big tree in front of Li Gang that night.

Some loyal ministers and students were very dissatisfied, and Li Gang was not counted in the imperial court. Li Gang was busy appeasing and explaining this matter, and he was irritable, and as a result, according to the plan, a batch of heavy artillery, ammunition, and military rations sold to Liao that was supposed to follow Zhang Jun was delayed for four days without instructions. Finally, after rushing on the road, I met the spring flood season of the Qin River, and several reasons such as the river water swelling delayed the time. Zhang Jun's army did not know about it, which caused Zhang Jun to be unable to snatch this batch of materials after 'backing the water'. And Zhang Jun's 30,000 people have an average of five hand-throwing cannons per person, which is less than the Liao people in the surrounding troops, and there are nearly 100,000 Liao troops nearby. This oversight led to the desperate situation of Zhang Jun's troops.

The original plan was that when Zhang Junbu and other supplies crossed the Dihe River and were about to go to the southwest, 10,000 soldiers and horses would grab the supplies. The other 20,000 soldiers and horses immediately occupied Laizhou and set up defenses. If there were no such supplies, there would be no heavy weapons to defend Laizhou. The Hangzhou fleet near Youge brought not supplies, but forbidden troops.

There was such a big mistake, Zhao Yu was very angry. questioned Li Gang if he knew what was important and what was secondary. Li Gang did not deny that at that time, because he had to send someone to inform the family of the deceased, and because he had to tell the truth to advise the students and ministers, and he had to be busy with daily government affairs and official documents, he really forgot the batch of materials he was responsible for supervising.

If Ouyang was the emperor, he would definitely forgive Li Gang. Li Gang is very busy. Every day, the official documents of the three provinces and six ministries must be reviewed, the seals of local officials must be sorted out, and they must be summoned to the imperial palace. Forget it, now during the war, a lot of mobilization materials belong to the Ministry of War, and Zhao Yu pushed it to Li Gang. After all, Li Gang became prime minister because he was familiar with military logistics. In fact, Li Gang did speed up the transportation of materials, so that the labor of the van army was minimized. The transfer of several sudden and major changes in strategy was also quickly deployed by Li Gang! Li Gang knew very well that the labor capacity of the 100 box troops, the transportation terrain and the situation of materials in various places. But......

Ouyang listened and said: "Zamao, in my opinion, Li Xiang would not make such a low-level mistake, it may be that someone in the Zhongshu Provincial Political Affairs Hall (the office of the prime minister's department) does not like Li Xiang's eyes." ”

"Why do you say that?"

"So a large number of supplies stayed on the spot for a few days, and the escort did not have any emotions or urging, it is very likely that someone said something to them." Ouyang thought about it and said: "Maybe Li Xiang gave instructions, but it was lost halfway and was not delivered to the cargo team." ”

Taixuzi nodded: "The latter may be very large. Master Li has a habit of not sleeping until he finishes reading the official document that day. In the past half a month, there are only three days to go home to rest. ”

Ouyang sighed: "It seems that Li Xiang is really hated, and someone dares to use this matter to open the knife." is also a coincidence, there are more cases of Zhang Jun swallowing the field, and it is impossible for the emperor not to guess that a person with Li Gang's temperament will waste some government affairs because of his loyalty. ”

Taixuzi said: "Hey! Don't talk cool things. Anyway, Master Li has the grace of knowing me. ”

"It's actually quite simple. Let the Hangzhou fleet transport supplies to Laizhou. ”

"Don't you understand? Now the Hangzhou fleet is cruising near Laizhou, with 40,000 forbidden troops on board. At this time, send a ship to inform them to come back to unload and load? Not to mention that it is too late, even if the Liao people have firearms and heavy artillery, just their 30,000 people, even if they have supplies, they will not be able to hold the Northwest Military Road and Yongxing Military Road. ”

"Don't be so stupid. Why don't you just ship some supplies? Why do you have to look for the Hangzhou fleet? It takes only half a month from the Yellow River to Laizhou in Tokyo, so can't you just find a merchant ship to transport it? Ouyang said: "The fee is also very cheap. ”

"Are there so many merchant ships?" Taixuzi asked again: "What if they don't want to?" The boatmen who docked have all disembarked, and if there are no boatmen, will the boat run by itself? ”

"Use as much as you want. It's okay to get at least 180 cannons. Ouyang said: "As long as the price is right, if you stab my name again, the businessman will cooperate." You, Jin Guo has stayed for too long, you are a frog at the bottom of a well, and the transportation industry of the Great Song River is quite powerful. ”

"You also know it's a river boat, how can it be Shanghai?"

That's a problem. Ouyang thought about it and said: "I think as long as you are willing to give money, even if it is a small boat, the merchant will dare to drive to the Bohai Sea." ”

"What if you don't give money?"

Ouyang Dao: "If you don't give money, people will tell you that this is a river boat, even Li Xiang probably doesn't know what the difference between a river boat and a sea boat is, and the imperial court doesn't dare to carry the grass Kan people to name the head of the river boat Shanghai." But as long as you are willing to give money, then these are all sea ships, and life and death are not the business of the imperial court. To be honest, if things go well, the risk is not too big. ”

"If it doesn't go well?"