Such a major matter has happened, and it is no longer something that Wang Hao, Yang Jian and others can solve, and the official family must know that it is up to the official family to decide how to deal with these three anti-thieves.

As for the Yang family army on Taihang Mountain, after all, they have not raised the banner of rebellion, so they will not be left alone for the time being.

At the end of May, Wang Hao and Yang Jian, under the guidance of Liang Shicheng, finally met Zhao Ji, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, who had not set up a dynasty for several months and cultivated and alchemized in Wanshou Mountain.

The two reported to the official authorities that Fang La, Wang Qing, and Tian Hu had raised banners to rebel from the end of April to the middle of May, and that they had occupied more than 100 counties in more than 10 prefectures.

Zhao Ji asked: "Why did three big thieves emerge all at once?" You are not clamoring that the world is peaceful now, and last year you forced all localities to reduce their troops and horses and reduce military spending. Now that such a big thing has happened, then you go down and think about what to do first, come up with a plan, and make a decision the day after tomorrow. After saying that, with a wave of their hands, the two walked away in a funny way.

On the first day of June, the court meeting of the Great Song Dynasty. Hundreds of civil and military officials arrived at His Royal Highness Jin, waiting for the arrival of the officials.

After a while, the crown prince Zhao Gou accompanied him to the Golden Palace.

After all the civil and military officials knelt down and bowed nine times to pay homage, Liang Sicheng said: "The civil and military officials have important things to do early, and they have nothing to do to retreat." ”

Yang Jian hurriedly stepped forward: "Regarding the matter of Fang La, Wang Qing, and Tian Hu, the three anti-thieves, yesterday several Zai Fu and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince agreed on a preliminary plan, and asked Your Majesty to make a specific decision. ”

Zhao Ji sat on the Golden Palace and said lazily: "Then you can tell me the specific plan." ”

Qin Hui came out of class and told the plan finalized by a few people yesterday. The specific scheme is:

First, send people to Taiyuan Mansion and let Zhong Shizhong be the general manager of the soldiers and horses who assessed Tian Hu, and lead the people and horses of the headquarters to attack Tian Hu.

Since Tian Hu has taken full control of Hebei North Road, the angel can only pass through the territory of Yang Huaiyu in Taihang Mountain. Then another angel appeased Yang Huaiyu by the way, and the imperial court recognized his legitimacy and asked him to send 50,000 troops to the command of Zhongshizhong, and after exterminating Tian Hu, he would be rewarded for his meritorious deeds.

At the same time, let Liu Yanqing, Liu Zhongwu, and Zhe Ke each send 20,000 troops, under the control of Ganzhou to stay in Zhang, lead the troops eastward, cut off the road of Tian Hu's westward journey, if several soldiers and horses arrive, then Tian Hu is not enough to fear!

Second, the 250,000 soldiers and horses that were originally assembled in Tokyo to fight against Yang Huaiyu were turned into assessments of Wang Qing and Fang La. The crown prince and Yang Jian were respectively the commanders, and in addition, five large soldiers and horses were transferred from the daimyo and other places, and the army of 300,000 was enough to jointly suppress these two bandits.

Third, the crown prince Zhao Gou was the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses who conquered Fang La, Qin Hui was the military advisor, and the counselor was the military aircraft. Led Li Cheng, Wen Da, Cao Yong, Gao Qi, and Wang Yu, five generals among the top ten fierce generals, led 150,000 troops to conquer Fang La, Li Yan was the supervisor of the army, and Zhang Bangchang, the squire of the Ministry of Works, was responsible for grain and grass.

Fourth, the privy envoy Yang Jian, as the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses to conquer Wang Qing, led five generals Guan Sheng, Dong Ping, Hu Yanqing, He Huashan, and Yu Jianshan among the top ten fierce generals, and led 150,000 troops to conquer Wang Qing.

Qin Hui finished talking about the conquest plan one by one, and Zhao Ji looked at the civil and military officials standing on the Golden Palace: "What do you ministers think of this plan?" Each has its own opinion. ”

Uncle Zhang, a household attendant, went out of work at night and said: "This plan was formulated under the leadership of His Royal Highness the Prince, if we say that it is inappropriate, some people will take advantage of this to write a big article, saying that we do not respect the prince, so we dare not discuss it." ”

The crown prince Zhao Gou frowned, and was scolding Uncle Zhang, when Zhao Ji spoke: "The extermination of thieves is related to the life and death of the country, not child's play, but the Qing family said that it is okay." Even if there is some conflict in words, I will forgive you for your innocence. ”

Uncle Zhang said: "We don't care about the victory or defeat of the other two soldiers and horses. The key is that last year's major disarmament, Taiyuan only had 40,000 soldiers and horses, and at least 10,000 should be left to guard Taiyuan, but in fact there were only 30,000 soldiers and horses. ”

"As for the Yang family army in Taihang Mountain, the imperial court only allowed him to keep 10,000 establishments, and they had already cut off their food and salary. Even if there are 100,000 soldiers and horses, not raised by the imperial court, why should he obey the dispatch of the imperial court? ”

"What's more, I heard that in the autumn and winter of last year, in order to bring down the Yang family's army, someone drove millions of refugees to Taihang Mountain regardless of the lives of the people.

Uncle Zhang didn't dare to directly say that their plan didn't work, and finally threw the problem to the official family.

The official asked the prince: "Gou'er, haven't you considered giving some benefits to the Yang family army and the rest of the towns?" ”

It's not that Zhao Gou doesn't know that the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, but he just thinks that this country is still his own in the end, and he can use less money if he can.

Now when he heard his father ask him, he had to admit his mistake: "It's the emperor's poor consideration, please ask my father to punish him." ”

Zhao Ji said: "For the way of the king, you should look at the big picture, and the money that should be spent still has to be spent." From now on, the soldiers and horses in all parts will be restored to their original structure, and the household department will convert the money and grain. ”

"Feng Yang Huaiyu was the pacification envoy of Taihang Mountain, and he led the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to assist the middle division to suppress the thieves. For the time being, Zhong Jiajun and Yang Jiajun were each given 600,000 taels of silver tickets, and the subsequent food and salary were fully made up according to the number of troops sent. ”

Zhao Ji asked again: "Who has anything to add?" ”

Zhang Ruoshui, the left attendant of the household department, said: "The Daimyo's Mansion is the gateway to the north, and it is a fortress to prevent the Jin people and the Liao people from going south. After the reduction of the number of men and horses there, there are only 30,000 left, and now Li Cheng and Wenda are not there, and a large number of soldiers and horses are transferred. ”

Qin Hui retorted: "Jin Liao has signed an alliance with my country, how can he easily send troops south?" ”

Zhang Ruoshui said: "In the exchanges between countries, interests are the most important. Strength is the guarantee of the covenant. ”

"In the case of unequal strength, the covenant will only be effective on the weaker side. If the exchanges between the states were maintained by the alliance, Zhang Yi and the Qin State would not have treacherously deceived the Chu State back then, causing the Chu State to perish before the other five countries. ”

Qin Hui said: "Strength is the guarantee of the covenant? Are you saying that the strength of my great Song Dynasty is not as good as that of two small countries? Are you doubting Your Majesty's ability to govern the country? What are your intentions? ”

Uncle Zhang said at night: "Lord Qin is such a big hat, the official family just said that assessing traitors is a major plan for the survival of the country, and everyone wants to know everything." ”

Zhao Ji asked again: "But the number of thieves is too small, what else do you have?" ”

Li Ruoshui said: "Your Majesty can issue an order to let all localities set up regimental exercises to defend the localities, and the government soldiers can be temporarily transferred and used in a centralized manner, so that at least more than 100,000 people can be obtained." ”

"You can also let the capable wealthy families and gentlemen's families pay for their own group training, and after the training, follow the officers and soldiers into battle to kill the enemy, and the court will award the official position of the leader according to the number of people and horses, enjoy the salary and favor of the court, and after the meritorious service, the same knighthood will be awarded, and the wife will be crowned."

Zhao Ji praised: "The Qing family is really a minister who seeks the country, and these two articles can indeed fundamentally solve the problem of shortage of troops, and they are accurate." From now on, you have been promoted to the rank of Governor and Governor. ”

Li Ruoshui's opinion was affirmed by Zhao Ji and was decided, and he was promoted by name. Li Ruoshui thanked him and stepped back.

Zhao Ji saw that the other people couldn't put forward better opinions, so he asked Zhao Gou and Yang Jian to proceed according to the revised plan, and strive to send troops to assess the anti-thieves as soon as possible, and return to the court.