Chapter 44: Ulterior motives

Fu Tianpeng saw that Wang Beixin sent killers to besiege Yang Mi, and he and Zhao Xueqing entered the scene to rescue him. After Wang Beixin saw Fu Tianpeng, his face was immediately bloodless, and it was as white as a piece of paper. Fu Tianpeng pointed at Wang Beixin and scolded him for betraying the country and seeking glory.

Wang Beixin knew that if he wanted to get out this time, it would be really difficult to climb to the sky. Therefore, he drew his sword from his waist and fought with Fu Tianpeng for his life. At this time, Yang Qi and Zhao Xueqing had already fought with other gangsters, and the stool in the study overturned for a while, and the situation was very chaotic.

After a while, the gangsters were all eliminated, and only Wang Beixin himself was still fighting the trapped beasts. National hatred and personal hatred surged into Fu Tianpeng's heart, he stepped down the meteor and walked, his fist was angry, and he rushed to Wang Beixin's face with a "swish", and before Wang Beixin could react, Fu Tianpeng slammed Wang Beixin's chest with a Taizu long fist.

Wang Beixin was hit hard, and the whole person flew out immediately. After his body hit the wall behind him, he fell to the ground and remained motionless. After Fu Tianpeng got rid of Wang Beixin, he turned around and asked about Yang Mi and Zhao Xueqing.

Gang Leader Yang expressed his gratitude to Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing for their timely arrival, and Fu Tianpeng asked Gang Leader Yang not to be polite. During the conversation, Fu Tianpeng told Yang Mi that the Yang gang leader was well aware of the righteousness and fought against Jin with Yue Shuai, which was the luck of the society and the blessing of the people.

Yang Qi asked Fu Tianpeng to go back and inform Yue Fei and plan a specific meeting date so that he could better cooperate with him. Fu Tianpeng nodded, and before leaving, he reminded Yang Mi that not only was the Jin Kingdom eyeing the Heavenly King Gang, but there were also people in the court who planned to use the Heavenly King Gang to make a big fuss, so Yang Mi should be more careful in everything.

After Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing returned to Yue Fei's camp, they informed him of the Heavenly King's trip. Yue Fei's expression was solemn after hearing this, he knew that the Jin Kingdom was doing everything possible to destroy the Anti-Jin Alliance, and the best way at the moment was to merge Yang Mi's team into his jurisdiction, which would not only protect Yang Mi, but also allow him to wash away the stigma of the bandit and Caokou, and he would be able to go down in history after contributing to the imperial court in the future. However, there are two problems in front of us. Yue Fei was afraid that this move would make Yang Qi distracted, and his own ideas would have to gain Gaozong's support.

Zhao Xueqing told Yue Shuai that Gang Leader Yang could not consider it for the time being. Because if the court does not accept them, it will be in vain in the end. Therefore, first see what the holy will is, and then make a difference.

Yue Fei agreed very much with Zhao Xueqing's proposal, and he immediately planned to write a recital and sent a flying horse to Lin'an.

After the letter arrived in Lin'an, the sender did not see the prime minister, Zhao Ding, but a chubby, drooping official. It turned out that this was none other than the king of the imperial history. Wang Ciweng asked if the letter was addressed to Prime Minister Zhao, and the man nodded and said that he had asked Prime Minister Zhao to present it to Long live.

After hearing the words of the messenger, Wang Ciweng made clever words, deceived the trust of the messenger, and took the fold into his hands. When the messenger left, Wang Ciweng saw that there was no one around, so he hid the fold.

After he returned home, he immediately repaired the book for Qin Hui. At that time, Qin Hui was still working outside. When he saw Yue Fei's letter, he couldn't help but be surprised.

After thinking about it carefully, Qin Hui came up with a plan that he thought would be the best of both worlds. In the name of having something important to discuss, he invited Yue Fei to a hill near Daying. After Yue Fei came, Qin Hui looked around sneakily for a while, and then said something encouraging.

Qin Hui told Yue Fei that Han Shizhong was proud of his achievements, and his wife Liang Hongyu dared to openly reprimand him, a marshal appointed by the imperial court, a few days ago. The saints have long been dissatisfied with what their husband and wife have done. If Yue Shuai can impeach Han Shizhong with me for supporting the army and respecting himself, Qin will absolutely guarantee that he will speak well for Yue Shuai in the court, without Han Shizhong, presumably Yue Shuai's future will be a smooth future.

After Yue Fei listened to Qin Hui's words, he was immediately filled with righteous indignation. He blamed Qin Hui for not thinking of a good plan to save the crisis when the national crisis was at hand, but instead sowing discord and destroying unity. What's even more hateful is that in order to achieve a dirty purpose, he also tempts others with heavy gifts. This is a disgraceful practice.

After Yue Fei scolded Qin Hui, he brushed his sleeves away. Qin Hui's face was red and white. He looked at Yue Fei's back, and the anger in his heart did not come to a place. Qin Hui didn't know that Yue Fei attached the conversation between the two to the letter. When Han Shizhong received the letter, he was so angry that he got up.

Han Shizhong was angry, and immediately revised the book and scolded Qin Hui. Qin Hui saw Yue Fei expose his ugly deeds, and since then he has developed hatred for Yue Fei. Qin Hui's villain was bound to repay, and he began to think about how to deal with Yue Fei in his mind.

When his henchmen delivered Wang Ciweng's letter, Qin Hui decided to adopt a strategy to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf. Since the strategy of using Fu Tianpeng's loss of grain and grass to frame Zhao Ding was unsuccessful, Qin Hui felt that there was no point in continuing to stay on the front line, so he hurried back to Lin'an and discussed with Wang Ciweng and others.

After Qin Hui prepared the recital, he went into the palace to face the saint. In front of Gaozong, he first told Gaozong about Fu Tianpeng's escort of grain and grass being dropped, and then added branches and leaves to accuse Han Shizhong of bending the law for personal gain, and finally said that Yue Fei had a very good relationship with Han Shizhong, and he persuaded him with good words, but he was humiliated.

Qin Hui exchanged tears, and his words were very moving and sincere. After Gaozong listened to his recital, he couldn't help but be angry. He immediately let the deacon eunuch Xuan Prime Minister Zhao Ding enter the palace. Zhao Ding soon came to the imperial study, he saw Gaozong's face showing anger, and he knew in his heart that he would definitely be scolded for entering the palace this time.

Gaozong threw Qin Hui's recital to Zhao Ding and asked him to take a closer look at the contents. After Zhao Ding saw the twists, he said to Gaozong with a straight expression: "Qi Sheng, this time to escort the grain and grass, although Fu Xianfeng lost the grain and grass, the responsibility is not him. ”

After Zhao Ding's words were finished, Gaozong glanced at him sideways. He said to Zhao Ding: "The grain and grass were lost in Fu Tianpeng's hands, but you said that he was not responsible, I want to listen to your high opinions." ”

Zhao Ding told Gaozong that before the grain and grass were lost, Fu Xianfeng had already questioned Lord Qin's escort route, which was deep and densely forested, and was obviously an excellent location for the gangsters to ambush. Moreover, Lord Qin not only did not allocate enough troops to Fu Xianfeng to protect such an important material as grain and grass, but also went his own way with him and chose the waterway to enter Zhenjiang. This is simply ridiculous. ”

After Gaozong listened to Zhao Ding's words, he reproached him to his face for the responsibility of not being aware of others. He told Zhao Ding that in the future, he would no longer have to worry about the military criticism, and Qin Hui, the governor of the council, would be directly responsible. Zhao Ding's face was depressed and he didn't say a word.

Then Gaozong handed the prepared decree to the deacon eunuch, who read it on the spot. The intention was to let Yue Fei and Fu Tianpeng lead troops into Dongting Lake to exterminate Yang Mi.

Seeing such a will, Zhao Ding sighed unconsciously. He said earnestly to Gaozong: "Holy Lord, although Yang Mi is based on the lake, he is a loyal and righteous person. He attacked Jin's ships on the lake many times, and this time he also helped Yue Fei heal General Huyantong's wounds. ”

In the face of Zhao Ding's defense, Gaozong was very unimpressed. He said to Zhao Ding: "Since Yang Mi is a loyal and righteous person, then he will definitely not invade the state and plunder the government, nor will he seek to rob the people's property, so where does his food and clothing come from?" As for him curing Hu Yantong, he just wanted to open up the joints so that he could continue to be the leader of his water bandits. ”

From Gaozong's words, Zhao Ding had already figured out the holy will. Gaozong's intention was not to really exterminate Yang Mi, but to observe the attitude of the courtiers in the court. Zhao Dingshi used Yang Qi to explain for generals like Yue Fei and Han Shizhong. However, Zhao Ding's impassioned statement attracted Gaozong's displeasure and suspicion. This made Zhao Ding's heart immediately cold. He was noncommittal to Gaozong's words at the moment, and secretly reminded Fu Tianpeng, Han Shizhong and Yue Fei to carefully handle the matter of eliminating the lake bandits.

Seeing that Zhao Ding no longer obstructed this extermination of Yang Mi, the dark clouds on Gaozong's face immediately dissipated a lot. He sent down an edict and asked Zhao Ding to go out of Beijing to Yue Fei's camp to supervise the specific conquest plan of the assistant. After Zhao Ding thanked him, he hurriedly swept up the softness when he returned to the mansion, and left Beijing in a hurry with a few soldiers who guarded the mansion.

After Zhao Ding left, Qin Hui came out from behind the screen. He told Gaozong with a smile that these generals mingled and had too close a private relationship, which had already violated the taboo of the imperial court. Zhao Zai turned a blind eye to the potential danger of this kind of thing, which was really too disappointing for the saint.

Gaozong listened to Qin Hui's encouragement, and he slapped his palm towards the bookcase. Then he said with an angry face: "This kind of expansion of personal power will definitely cause harm to the safety of Jiangshan Sheji. I'll let it go.

Qin Hui saw that Gaozong was angry, so he began to use the topic to play. He still talked about it as a clichΓ©, and moved out the national policy of emphasizing literature and suppressing military force, and then Emperor Gaozong, if he wanted to achieve national peace and security, he must accept the suggestion that the south should be from the south and the north from the north.

Gaozong nodded, and he told Qin Hui that this suggestion would be seriously considered. Qin Hui has always been worried about this matter because Zhao Ding helped Fu Tianpeng win the championship in the martial arts. On the pretext of selecting talents from the imperial court, he instigated Gaozong to open Enke.

Qin Hui said: "On the minister's enlightenment, there is a way to be able to secure a country, and a martial can determine the country. Now that the Jin people are eyeing Jiangnan, the minister suggested that the imperial court should open Enke, so that the wise men with both ability and political integrity can enter the temple and contribute to the imperial court. ”

Faced with Qin Hui's suggestion, Gaozong was very happy to hear it. He said to Qin Hui: "Qin Aiqing, your thoughts are exactly what I want. From the time when the mud horse crossed the river and the capital was built in Kangkang, I saw that the land was in decline and the people were in turmoil, so I wanted to one day absorb more talents for the country in order to revitalize the prestige of the Great Song Dynasty. It's just that now that the war is raging, and it is difficult for all parties in the DPRK and China to unite their efforts, I am in a lazy mood, and it is difficult for me to handle this matter well. Now that Aiqing has such an idea, I will fully support it. ”

Qin Hui secretly laughed in his heart, he knew that since Gaozong had promised him, he would definitely let him be fully responsible for this matter. Qin Hui wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to eliminate dissidents, expand his influence, and severely crack down on those main battle factions who sang against him, as well as the literati who wrote poems and criticized the current politics.