Gathering of Storms (28)
Finally, Zhao Heng took a deep breath and said: "In the chaos in the south, the defeat is not in manpower, but in use. Although Mr. Hu's intentions are lacking, he is comforting. Kang Guo's son-in-law is so rebellious, there must be a reason, and it should be thoroughly investigated. At present, the state affairs are chaotic, but the people with intentions manipulate it, and the Great Song Dynasty cannot fall, and the forbidden army in various places is ordered to redeploy to show the military might. In addition, one person from all walks of life in the country who offered demons to confuse the public was sent to Beijing and handed over to Dali Temple, and the people were selected for a day. Then he ordered the forbidden army of Liangzhejiang Road to be transferred back to the capital, mobilized 100,000 forbidden troops from Beijing, changed the military over the years, cut the position of the son-in-law Du Shanggui, and returned to Beijing to report on his work. In this way, the whole country is safe, hum, the two Zhejiang roads are chaotic, isn't he suspicious? 100,000 people, ten directions, the south gate, all of them are given to him, as many manpower and material resources as he wants, and it depends on how he is?
Seeing that the king's expression was relaxed, and the edicts were written down one after another, the civil and military officials could only deeply admire, this is the spirit of the king in the world, waving his hand, strategizing, and ruling the world. The anger has subsided, and it is time for the ministers to speak. 100,000 forbidden troops, ten heavenly nets, and then the remnants of the south gate, for the game between the prime minister and the imperial power, even if Kou Zhun is no longer the prime minister, but so many manpower, gathering the hands of one person, is really inappropriate. Wang Qinruo, the governor of the political council, was the first to object, saying that the military power would be delegated, and he was afraid that he would make another mistake.
Zhao Heng looked at him coldly, and said coldly: "Martial arts gather momentum to seek rebellion, the dignified Song Dynasty is the shame of Zhongshan, how can you know what virtue can you do? At this moment of danger, can you share the worries?" See the world. The higher the prestige of the reputation among the people, the more the martial arts will not dare to kill, history has always been painted by the emperor, and the fame and infamy of thousands of generations are all correct by the people, and the taboo of martial arts is here. They don't want to be emperors, they don't want to fight for power. I don't want to give in to the regime, I just want to preserve my glory and wealth. These truths are actually very simple, but with the national policy of the imperial court to worship martial arts and reverence for literature, the discord between the government and the opposition between the civil and military forces, the rampant martial arts of the court, the excessive killing, the fear of death, the disdain for the warriors, and the desire for civilization. Blinded by the wisdom they should have. Wang Qinruo began to regret it, and what he regretted was not that he spoke first, but that he was wrong, and the fault was that he didn't know what was wrong.
Prime Minister Wang Dan stepped forward and said: "The minister played the emperor, and he decided to go to war. Kou Zhizhou is the emperor's first choice. The minister thought that the emperor should allow Du Guo's son-in-law to continue to stay in the army, so the key was to confuse himself with an edict. It is necessary to thoroughly investigate the imperial affairs. Zhao Heng nodded, although this initial prime minister is useless, he is competent enough, he should understand the situation and be upright, that is, he said: "Tens of thousands of soldiers." It was unprecedentedly absurd to be darkened by an edict. The edict came from me, the Privy Council, the Front Division, and the Ma Military Division. The infantry military division, many difficulties, actually came out of thin air. Every time Zhao Heng recited a policy, his subordinates were so frightened that they bowed to the ground. Zhao Heng waved his hand, let everyone get up, and continued: "I will investigate this matter again, there can be no more imperial advice, everything does not need to be adjusted for the time being, I want to see how the martial arts do all this." The ministers were worried that if such a ridiculous thing happened again, it would be a big mess, but reflecting on it might be able to find a flaw in it, and it was a big matter, and it was difficult for them to speak again.
Such a seemingly earth-shattering event was decided at this short moment, the ministers retreated, the prime minister, the counselor, the three ya, and the Privy Council. There is nothing special, this edict is the hand of Emperor Zhao Heng himself, and the recital of the Privy Council is also true, but all this is nothing, but it is so real, the truth is terrifying, what kind of means can be forged, and it can be issued to the son-in-law by repeating it? This is a mystery, these cannot be found out by relying on the regime, and this kind of thing is naturally not dark. At this time, Zhao Heng was surprisingly calm, listening to the opinions of the courtiers, but surprisingly unanimously agreed that they should work together to help Kou Zhizhou win this war of military force. And as a direct result, if the martial arts are defeated and the palace is forced, how can the royal crisis be solved? Zhao Heng did not ask, and the ministers did not mention it, maybe only those in their own hands are reliable, and this is where Zhao Heng can feel at ease.
The imperial court is in charge of the world, the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty for more than 40 years has been solidified, with Zhao Heng's decision, the forbidden army from all over the country has been transferred out in a big way, which is no stranger to the more skilled imperial court. The constant exchange of officials and troops has greatly stabilized the people's hearts, and several roads around the two Zhejiang provinces have deposited forbidden troops, although they are scattered, they can be mobilized at any time. Lieutenant General Jing transferred the new army, and Du Shanggui took over the large battalions in the eastern and western suburbs, reorganized the officers and troops, and waited for the evacuation, but they were on guard day and night. But to Zhao Heng's great surprise, Kou Zhun quit, he didn't do it, he found a hunter's house to spend the night, all day leisurely, every time the messenger came to urge, Kou Zhun shouted that the minister was guilty, the minister was guilty, and his sincerity really shocked everyone. Wang Jixian and Shangxialuomen had no choice but to wait around. This can be a bad thing for Zhao Heng, the Zonghengmen is evacuating to Sichuan and Shu, if it is not intercepted, the martial arts will gather again, and it will inevitably become a big disaster at that time. So delayed for half a month. Zhao Heng had no choice but to let Dongzong Bailong take charge of the South Gate and sent a lot of manpower, all of whom were from the East Gate. In addition, Zhao Heng paid the most attention to the Tiger Fang, which made a large number of wooden tigers given to Zhuang He, and was transferred to the south gate to serve as the Eastern Sect, and Guo Xiao as the Northern Sect. Even so, the faith of the South Gate has collapsed, and many of those who survived the separation in the great war are reluctant to return. Although the imperial court prepared a lot of manpower, it was only barely enough to gather the two sects of the Eastern Sect and the Northern Sect, but there were more than 20,000 people, and almost all of them were newcomers. For the South Gate, these loyal people who are full of defending the imperial power and dying are not suitable for the use of the South Gate, and the white dragon succeeded to the throne for less than ten days without saying goodbye, leaving such a laughing stock.
Zhao Heng was angry again, but after the anger, the southern dragons were leaderless, and the people's hearts were lost, but the martial arts were used quickly, and they ran rampant on the royal land, and all the states and counties did not dare to stop them, allowing the mighty military subordinates to pass through. If Zhao Heng fights, he will undoubtedly force martial arts to the extreme, and if he does not fight, the court will lose face and be in a dilemma. Suddenly, Zhao Heng's eyes lit up, and he suddenly smiled happily, and secretly ordered Kou Zhun to return to the court. This time, Zhao Heng did it very secretively and no one knew about it, this is the convenience of using darkness, the huge darkness only does things for him alone, and it is also his life talisman.
And in the Easy City, the Easy City disappeared without a trace overnight. Only Zonghengmen is stationed here, and the grand occasion of people coming and going in the past is gone. But in the north of Xiaoyao City, Jianhou, Beitian, Daheng, and the four gates of Taicang in the east are closed day and night, first a large number of wounded people are accompanied by a large number of baggage, and the army is mighty out of the city, and they are all dressed in Song Tingbu armor, steel chain mail, Mingguang fine mesh armor heavy infantry army, gunner armor, archer armor, crossbow armor light infantry army, all are the clothing of the official family. Although the donkey carts and carriages used carried a large number of wounded soldiers, the mighty posture of the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty made the people everywhere feel at ease. In the dark, Zhao Heng's arrangement also helped Zonghengmen, the army of the imperial court was frequently transferred throughout the country, and the people were no longer surprised, but welcomed them, which provoked the soldiers of Zonghengmen to be desperately patient, and they all laughed when no one was around.
Starting from Xiaoyao City, through Jiangnan Road, Jinghu North Road, Kuizhou Road, Zizhou Road, and then to Yizhou Road Shushan, thousands of miles away, the eight gates of the vertical and horizontal gate are divided into three ways to march, the sunset, the endless two people go to the north, Jianqiu, Mansha, Qingqing three people take the middle road, and the other vertical and horizontal gate six gates, seven gates, eight doors and three doors take the south road, both wings are strong soldiers and horses, only the middle road army escorts a large number of wounded soldiers. At this time, many people have seen the clues, since these eight masters took office, they have been skillful in encountering things, whether it is leading the army to kill the enemy, or marching the phalanx, their rigor is not inferior to the court. It's just that there is a lot more life among the armies,
All the disciples of Zongheng Sect were relatively relaxed, but the surrounding police patrols were not at all scrupulous.
On the other hand, the Song Dynasty, Mingzhou, and Taizhou armies assembled to wait for Tokyo to send troops to change, although Du Shanggui accepted the emperor's grace, the top of the wind and waves did not dare to move slightly, and he had no time to separate. The south gate is completely lost, and it is still accumulating manpower, the rumored east gate is not moving, and the court is leaderless, allowing the martial arts to evacuate. This time, Kou Zhun returned to Beijing quickly, and his physical strength was not bad when he reached middle age. This summons is in the secret room of Zhao Heng's bedroom, and there is a plaque "Ming Zheng Unruly" which was built by Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin when he founded the East Gate. The secret room is very large, there are a large number of files, and there are special people to keep it, there are always four top masters in the east, west, north and south of the secret room in turn, for the absolute secrecy of the four doors and one black, these royal guards, secret, luxury, are favored, but there is also the price they pay, everyone who enters the secret room on duty must be blindfolded.
Kou Zhun came for the second time, and the first time he came was not long ago when the Liao and Song Dynasty Wars were truce, and he was in charge of the Dark Ten Directions Skynet with high spirits. As soon as he entered the secret room, Kou Zhun immediately bowed to the ground and shouted: "The minister is guilty, the minister is guilty, he has failed the emperor's grace, he has disobeyed His Majesty, and I implore my emperor to punish the nine clans." "Look at this courtier, is he really a courtier? Zhao Heng sometimes thinks like this, after experiencing the Liao and Song Dynasty wars, he finally realized the cruelty of the war, and everything is too far from the Great Song civilization. As soon as I thought of this, I was looking forward to it, but it instantly came to naught. This courtier even dared to pull his father's dragon beard, and sometimes he was afraid of this courtier. On that day, he didn't understand that this was a gamble with his life and the Great Song Dynasty. Wang Qinruo and Kou Zhun have always had a gap, and the disagreement between the two is only due to political disagreement, which he can still accept, and it is also the national policy. (To be continued......)