In the second year of Xuanhe of the Great Song Dynasty, on the fourth day of the lunar month, Qingxi County was lost, and Chen Guang, the magistrate of the county, fled to Muzhou.

On the eleventh day of the lunar month, Muzhou Prefecture Zhixin'an was lost, and the official generals Cai Zun and Yan Tan, who were sent to support by the pacification division of Zhejiang West Road, were killed in battle.

Ye Juzhong and Tong Shu, the chief of soldiers and horses, were sentenced to martyrdom, Zhang Huiyan of Zhizhou was sentenced to Zhang Yuan, and Chen Guang of Zhixian County fled to Hangzhou.

On the twenty-second day of the lunar month, Muzhou has six counties under its jurisdiction, Qingxi, Jiande, Sui'an, Shouchang, Fenshui, Tonglu, all lost.

On the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, Zhu Mian overstepped his authority and mobilized Guo Shizhong, the defender of Shezhou on the Jiangnan East Road, to attack Fangla, and Guo Shizhong died in the battle of Chuanxinling.

In the third year of Xuanhe, on the eighteenth day of the first month, Shezhou Prefecture was lost.

On the twenty-ninth day of the first month, six counties under the jurisdiction of Shezhou, Xiuning, Guixi, Jingde, Yixian, Qimen, and Jixi, all lost.

Fang La's army has quickly gathered to 1560,000, two Zhejiang Road, two Jiang Road, two Huai Road, and the leaders of the Ming Sect in various places have responded one after another, and the southeast is in chaos.

On the second day of the second month of February, the dragon raised its head.

Fang La cleaned up the army below, divided the troops into two roads, and led one way to Hangzhou, the capital of western Zhejiang, and the other road was led by Fang Qifo, and went south to Quzhou on the East Zhejiang Road......

At this moment, within the pacification envoy of Zhexi Road, Chen Jian, the pacification envoy of Zhejiang Xi, looked at the three people in front of him with a sad face.

Jiangnan East Road pacification envoy, Huainan East Road pacification envoy, Zhejiang East Road pacification envoy.

The officials of the three roads bordering western Zhejiang all gathered in Hangzhou.

Chen Jian naturally didn't have the same face to invite three people over, and these three people were transferred by Zhu Mian.

Just now, Zhu Mian gave them the parliament and asked them to discuss how to destroy Fang La, and then returned to Suzhou in a carriage.

Chen Jian smiled bitterly at this moment: "Master Zhu just said, I don't want to disturb the holy driver, let me wait for the four ways to find a way to solve this matter, do you have a good plan?" ”

The three people in front of them were silent, and Chen Jian sighed: "I don't have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in western Zhejiang, and I heard that the thief army has reached more than 100,000, how can I break it?" ”

Jiangnan East Road appeased Wang Hanzhi and said: "Although Lord Zhu said that he was afraid of shocking the official family, he really didn't report it, once the matter was big, wouldn't he ask for the crime?" ”

Chen Jian shook his head and said: "How could I not think of this festival, it's just that Zhang Huiyan of Muzhou has reported to the capital once before, but he was reprimanded by Wang Xiang and asked me to solve it at home in western Zhejiang." ”

Wang Hanzhi had a good relationship with Chen Jian, and after thinking for a while, he said: "I see that Fang La's power is big, and it has been hiding it for no reason, if the entire western Zhejiang is really lost, it will be impossible to escape, but even if you can escape, you have to ask for a felony!" ”

How could Chen Jian not think of this, but Zhu Mian had to hide it all the time, so he had to obey, and at this moment he gritted his teeth and said, "What does Yan Zhao have to teach me?" ”

Wang Hanzhi glanced at the other two, the two appeasers closed their eyes slightly and pretended to sleep, and he said, "Although I have no good plan, I can show Shurong a way." ”

Chen Jian nodded hurriedly: "Yan Zhao, please say quickly, if the crisis in western Zhejiang can be solved, the junior brother will be grateful." ”

Wang Hanzhi touched a handful of his gray beard: "Now the two Huai transfer envoys Chen Yu are on standby in Beijing, I heard that he has been promoted to the Longtu Pavilion Straight Bachelor, but he has not been sent down yet, and he is resting at home, you two are old acquaintances, you might as well ask him for help." ”

When Chen Jian heard this, he suddenly realized that he had known Chen Yu for many years, and had talked about the same sect, so he couldn't help but pat his leg and shouted: "Yan Zhao reminded me that I will write to Humber now and beg him to move." ”

Wang Hanzhi continued earnestly: "Walking is walking, Shurong must remember not to be short of hands. ”

Chen Jianwei appeased all the way, he didn't know what to do, gritted his teeth and said: "I know myself, thank you Yanzhao for mentioning it." ”

After that, he did not shy away from the other two pacification envoys, wrote a letter directly, sealed it for a while, and called his relatives to accompany him, and selected two confidants in the department, took fifty brave soldiers, escorted a large cart of soft belongings, and quietly went to Tokyo......

But he said that in the Tokyo Prime Minister's Mansion, Wang Hao was watching Zhu Mian's secret letter, he looked stunned, and said to himself: "Muzhou is actually broken? This emblem is useless! ”

At this moment, he felt a headache, hesitating whether to report this matter to Emperor Daojun, and now Emperor Daojun was intoxicated with Feng Heng Yu's rhetoric, if he started the chaos in the southeast, he would inevitably be furious, scolding him for not being able to handle political affairs well, causing such evil consequences! Maybe he will be removed from his position as prime minister and demoted to the outside world, so last time Zhang Huiyan, the governor of Muzhou, reported Fang La's rebellion, he instead scolded him for being indiscriminate and ordered him to be cleared.

But if he didn't report the truth to the official family, the thieves would become more and more powerful in the future, and even call Jiangbei, and Emperor Daojun would treat him for the crime of deception, and the end would not be much better.

Wang Hao was depressed for a while, so he took a few cronies and carried a few special candles to the palace.

When I arrived at the palace, it happened that Emperor Daojun was wearing a red back clip embroidered with gold, wearing a green jade crown, and the front attendant carried a smoky carved silver incense burner, and the palace maid took the glazed jade palm fan to go to the Linqing Baolu Palace to chant and enlighten.

Wang Hao hurriedly saluted and said: "Qi Qi official's house, the ambergris sobering incense candle made by the minister has arrived, and the official family is invited to try it." ”

Emperor Daojun asked him to light it to try it, Wang Hao lit a pair of incense candles, after a while, I saw the candle flame flickering, rising wisps of green smoke, bursts of quiet and elegant fragrance, coming to the nose, taking a deep breath, the aroma enters the spleen, opening the meridians through the bones, clearing the mind and regulating the qi, and the fragrance lasts for a long time.

Emperor Daojun smelled this fragrance and couldn't help but boast: "Aiqing is really capable, he actually made such a strange fragrance and bright candle, which is rare in heaven and earth!" Today is just to bring this candle to the Qingbaolu Palace to honor the gods, Aiqing can make more supervision, and this incense candle will be used in the palace in the future. “

"Obey the official's orders!" After Wang Hao responded, he didn't dare to mention the affairs of the southeast, and after sending Emperor Daojun away, he hurried back to his house.

When he returned to the mansion, he became more and more hesitant in his heart, and after repeated consideration, he still decided not to report Fang La's matter first......

Most of the officials in the southeast were afraid of offending Cai Jing, Wang Hao, and Zhu Mian, but one of the people who was not afraid was Chen Yu, the transfer envoy of the Lianghuai Road.

During the Zhenghe period, this Chen Yu had offended Cai Jing because of his outspokenness, and was demoted to his hometown, and later was directly used, Emperor Daojun actually gave him a promotion, and then prospered all the way, so that the two Huai transported, if there is no accident in Beijing, it must be to take all the way to appease.

He is straightforward and good-looking, and in the eyes of Emperor Daojun, he is a lonely and loyal courtier, and Emperor Daojun looks at him pleasing to the eye, so he is promoted all the way.

Chen Yu was originally a Beijing official who had bought a family business in Tokyo, and at this time he was waiting for the imperial order at home, and received a letter from Chen Jian.

When he saw what was written in the letter, he was immediately taken aback, and hurriedly asked the person who came, and heard that the army of Fang La had approached Hangzhou, but because of the deception of Wang Hao and Zhu Mian, the imperial court reinforcements were delayed in sending troops to the southeast, which was inevitably a great evil in his heart.

Chen Yu was loyal to Emperor Daojun, and he couldn't report this matter left and right, but Wang Hao was in the way, so he wanted to bypass Wang Hao and go directly to Emperor Daojun, but he was now on standby at home, and he couldn't go to the court or enter the palace without being sent, so he had to think of a way.

In the end, he thought about it, looked at the gold and silver property sent by Chen Jian, and had a plan, and couldn't help but think of Zhang Di, the capital of the Inner Servant Province.

Zhang Di loves money, as long as he gives Zhang Di money and asks Zhang Di to help hand over the music, then this matter will basically be done.

Chen Yu said that he would do it, and that night he tried to find a way to make an appointment with Zhang Di, and when he told him about the matter, Zhang Di was also shocked, and saw a cart of gold and silver, so he contracted the matter.

On the second day, Emperor Daojun went to Taiqing Xiaozhu to copy the scriptures, Zhang Di saw that there was no one around, and read the cart of gold, silver and jewelry in his heart, and immediately knelt down, holding Chen Yu's chapter and Chen Jian's letter, and said tremblingly: "The official family, there is a big mess in the southeast, and the slaves dare not report to the official family!" ”

Emperor Daojun is not afraid to listen to the words "the world is peaceful", he can listen to it thousands of times, and the more he listens, the more he likes to listen to it, but he only listens to this "big mess" once, and he feels harsh, and he frowns and looks at Zhang Di.

Zhang Di didn't know the temperament of Emperor Daojun, but he was born in a bad skin, and since he opened his mouth at this moment, he simply did it all the way.

He said: "Official, Muzhou is lost, Shezhou is lost, and the thief army in the south of the Yangtze River is approaching Hangzhou!" ”

Emperor Daojun was stunned when he heard this, stepped forward angrily, pulled the fold in Zhang Di's hand, and spread it out.

At this glance, his face was ugly, and then he threw the fold on the table fiercely, and after staying for a while, he suddenly shouted: "Zhang Di! ”

"The slave is here!" Zhang Di was suddenly startled, thinking that Emperor Daojun was going to blame him, and he couldn't help but regret taking the cart of gold and silver.

"Summoning Tong Guan to meet you quickly!"

"Yes, official!" Zhang Di breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, got up and ran out.

Half an hour later, Tong Guan and Zhang Di entered the study sweating profusely.

Emperor Daojun handed Chen Yu's recital and Chen Jian's letter to Tong Guan, after Tong Guan read it, the two whispered a few words, and Emperor Daojun said with a gloomy face: "Zhang Di, call Wang Huang over!" ”

It was more than half an hour, Wang Hao came in, and when he saw the face of Emperor Daojun, as well as Tong Guan next to him with angry eyes, he knew in his heart that it might be the Jiangnan incident.

"Wang Hao, Fang La's rebellion, the southeast earthquake, you dare to deceive me and hide it?" Emperor Daojun asked.

Wang Hao hurriedly "pounced" and knelt down, took out the emergency music that had been prepared a few days ago, and said with tears: "Wechen has long wanted to play, and I am afraid that Your Majesty will be distracted from practice, so it has been delayed for some time, Wechen can't share the worries for the country, and the crime deserves death!" ”

Emperor Daojun took the chapter and read it again, and his face gradually soothed: "The thieves are so rampant, attacking the city and trapping the state, what is your good plan?" “

Wang Hao's eyes slipped to Tong Guan next to him, and said: "Weichen Wangguan's family ordered Hangzhou Governor Zhao Ting to stick to Hangzhou, and Zhejiang West Road appeased Chen Jian to quickly transfer troops and horses to suppress Kou. ”

Tong Guan sneered: "Cai Zun and Yan Tan, the supervisors of Zhejiang West Road, have sacrificed their lives for the country, and appeasing Chen Jian is already difficult to protect!" ”

Emperor Daojun threw Chen Jian's letter to Wang Huang: "Look at it yourself, Liangzhejiang Road and Liangjiang Road are rich lands, and they are the granaries and treasury of our dynasty. ”

Wang Hao didn't dare to speak when he heard this, and Tong Guan said: "Official, the minister has a strategy available!" ”

Emperor Daojun hurriedly said: "Tong Aiqing, come and listen." ”

"The official family should quickly draft an edict and issue an edict to appease Fang La, if he recruits the best, if he does not recruit An, he will also use the edict to stabilize him first, and then take this opportunity to check the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army on the one hand, and announce the elite of the Western Army on the other, and then go south together to fight for thieves!"

When Emperor Daojun heard this, he said: "This plan is very good, I will issue an edict to appease Fang La, and then reorganize the army to prepare for the thief!" ”

Outside the city of Hangzhou, the camp of Fangla is endless, almost surrounding the city of Hangzhou.

At this time, a Chinese military officer entered the commander's tent and reported: "Holy Father, there is an envoy from the Song Kingdom outside the tent, claiming to be from Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, and a group of more than a dozen people want to see the Holy Father." ”

Before Fang La could speak, Fang Baihua next to him immediately said, "Where is the knife and axe hand?" Hurry up and bring the envoys of the Song Dynasty in and cut them in public! ”

The knife and axe men drank Tang Wei, and each took a knife and a gun to arrest the messenger, and suddenly a person flashed in the class next to him: "Wait! ”

When the generals saw that it was Chen Fan, Fang Baihua frowned and asked, "What did General Chen say?" ”

Chen Fan said: "You can call the envoy in first, see what he says, listen to the virtual and real movements of the Song army, and then kill after making countermeasures." ”

Fang La couldn't help nodding after the case: "General Chen's words are reasonable, call the messenger into the account!" ”

The envoy sent from Tokyo is surnamed Zhang Mingzhong, has a five-grade official body, and is Tong Guan's godson, he doesn't have any special skills, but he has some guts.

When he entered the tent, there were several rows of soldiers, all holding halberds and spears, carrying swords and swords, the cold light flashed, Zhang Zhong couldn't help but shudder in his heart, gasped, and couldn't help but think secretly, this time he went to the thief's den, I was afraid that he would be more auspicious.

He stepped forward with a hard head, reported himself to the door, and then told him what he meant, and saw that everyone on both sides was glaring angrily.

Fang Lachong pressed his hands on both sides: "Does Zhao Ji have a letter?" ”

When Zhang Zhong heard this, he immediately felt out the holy decree from his body, and he didn't dare to let the other party kneel, but just recited loudly:

The Great Song Dynasty Emperor Zhao'an Shu, I heard that Muzhou in the south of the Yangtze River and other places, mountains and mountains, lost the king for a long time, so advocating chaos, all of them were abolished because of Confucianism, Diao people and Fangla and others gathered in the mountains and forests, harassed the state and county, the people were devastated, the country was not peaceful, how could I be safe?

As he was reading, while annoying dozens of generals, Zheng Biao was so angry that the tiger's beard stood upside down, his eyes were wide with anger, his right hand held down the hilt of the sword, and his left hand pointed at Zhang Zhong: "You are just a treacherous puppy raised by the faint monarch of the Song Dynasty, and you dare to offend the name of my Holy Emperor, that is, the faint monarch Zhao Ji came by himself, and when he saw my holy father, he also knelt down and kowtowed!" ”

"Get on your knees! On your knees! The crowd on both sides shouted.

Fang Nineteen drew his sword from the shark's sheath and shouted, "Dog thief, don't kneel down yet!" How many heads do you have that dare to defy the Father? ”

"Get on your knees! On your knees! Don't get down on your knees and break your dog's leg again! The generals and colonels under the tent roared again.

Zhang Zhonghe had seen this, even if he was originally bold, he was panicked and soaked in cold sweat, his legs were weak, he fell to his knees with a thud, and said tremblingly: "The lower official kowtows to the Holy Father......"

Fang Nineteen stepped forward and snatched the holy decree and gave it to Fang La, Fang La opened it on the handsome case and looked down:

…… Since the world has worshiped itself, Zhu Mianshu has violated his will and indiscriminately performed Huagang conscription, resulting in barren countryside, starvation, and displacement of the people of Yuan and Yuan. Or there are demonic sayings, gathering cowards to advocate chaos, uproaring the world, or killing officials and robbing the rich, attacking cities and plundering land, swarms of thieves, mourning everywhere, and it is unbearable to see. As long as Fang La and others can lead the people to return, the party to which they belong is stubborn, and they are specially exempted, regardless of everything, and those who have meritorious service will be given official positions, that is, excellent and rewarded.

Chin this!

Fang La didn't say a word after reading it, for a while, he suddenly stretched out his hand to wipe the edict, after the palm of his hand, the edict was shattered like crumbs, he raised his arms, and the crumbs went straight to Zhang Zhong's face, and he hit Zhang Zhong on the head and face, and the blood flowed.

Zhang Zhong was so frightened that he hurriedly lay on the ground and kowtowed, "Holy Father, the two countries are at war, don't kill them!" ”

Fang La snorted coldly, and the knife and axe hands came over on both sides, first knocked off his official hat, and then tied his shoulders and wrists to tie it firmly, and dragged it out of the big tent.

After beheading Zhang Zhong in a moment, the people accompanying him outside were so frightened that they were taken into the tent.

Fang La looked at the group and said coldly: "You take that person's head back to Tokyo and give it to Zhao Ji, the faint monarch, and say that this Holy Father will take Tokyo sooner or later to take his dog's life, maybe it will be done?" ”

The group hurriedly kowtowed, just to leave the place early.

After beating these envoys out with sticks, Fang La said: "Zhao Ji learned that the envoys were killed, and he couldn't recruit An, so he refused to give up, and soon the soldiers will be pressed, what are the generals' plans?" ”

General Lu said: "The Holy Father should quickly seize Hangzhou, and then send troops to attack Jiangning, Runzhou, Changzhou, Suzhou and other places, hold the Yangtze River moat, and block the Song army from crossing south, the officers and soldiers of the Jiangnan Zhuzhou Army are cowardly, lonely, and there is no need to worry. ”

"Mr. Lu is the theory of gold and stone." Wang Gong Lao Buddha also said: "The art of war is cloudy, the soldiers and nobles are fast and sharp, the slow division will be lazy and lose the three armies, and the Holy Father should rush to attack Hangzhou and continue to go north to seize the land along the river." ”

Fang La nodded: "According to this strategy, we will storm the state city tomorrow and take Hangzhou within seven days!" ”

(End of chapter)