Chapter 170: The End of the Road (8)
"Bang!"
The letter slapped directly on the desk, and Zhao Yun's expression was already extremely dark.
In the distance, Ding Daquan trembled, and when he was about to raise his head, he heard Zhao Yun shouting.
"Tell me, what the hell is going on with this letter?"
"Your Majesty. What is written here?" Ding Daquan asked in a low voice, trembling.
With a wave of his hand, Zhao Yun directly threw the letter on Ding Daquan's face and sneered: "See for yourself." ”
Taking down the letter, Ding Daquan looked at it carefully.
"Lord Ding. Since he was appointed as the envoy of Jiujiang, due to the sharp increase in taxes on the new buildings such as Chengbitang, in order to meet the needs of adults, he ordered the gentry under his rule to donate tax silver. Unexpectedly, those gentry secretly entangled the Mongol army and sacrificed their own boats and ships, so that Ezhou fell. In order to protect the land of the whole country, please send troops to rescue immediately. ”
Just looked at the beginning, Ding Daquan's whole person was stunned immediately, and his face was extremely blue, and after reading it all, there was no blood on his face.
"Your Majesty, I-I-I-"
"As I said, if you want to build Chengbi Hall, you must not tax the people. But you turned a deaf ear to it, and used it to open taxes indiscriminately?" Zhao Yun snorted coldly, but he felt that the mood that was relaxed during the day because of the beautiful scenery of Chengbi Hall sank completely in an instant, and continued: "As for Mongolia? They have already hit Ezhou, and I don't even know about it? You tell me, do you still have me in your eyes?"
With a wave of his hand, the huge political hall shook and the dust fell, but it stained the clothes of the two people.
But Zhao Yun was in no mood to go away, just quietly looked at Ding Daquan, the person he hoped to revitalize the Song Dynasty, but the other party still didn't do what he expected after all.
"But Your Majesty, I—"
Before Ding Daquan finished speaking, Zhao Yun waved his hand and shouted, "You, let's go!"
This sound, like a rope, instantly cut off Ding Daquan's hope.
"I see, Your Majesty. ”
Lowering his head, Ding Daquan at this moment looked without any fighting spirit, like a lost dog, walking out of the political hall.
Sweeping the people next to him, he said in a dumb voice and said with a smile: "It turns out that you are playing ghosts? No wonder, Your Majesty will appear here?"
"It is still resentful to be guilty of sins in heaven, but it is impossible to live for oneself to do evil. Zhu Pisun frowned unconsciously, glanced at Ding Daquan with disgust, and sneered: "When you were greedy for power and expelled Dong Huai, did you ever think about today's affairs?"
"Hmph——, haha-"
Ding Daquan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Do you really think that Dong Huai was expelled because of me?"
"Isn't it?" Chen Zong looked resentful and scolded directly.
If it weren't for this person's secret ending, they would have been able to meet the saint face to face and repay everything, but now the other party still has not repented, which makes Chen Zong feel very angry, and he just wants to rush forward and beat the other party hard.
"Huh-"
Ding Daquan sneered, didn't pay attention to it at all, but his eyes were slightly lost and swept across the political hall in the distance.
There, Zhao Yun was carefully flipping through all the twists and turns to determine the current situation.
Rao Huchen sighed and complained, "No matter what. Today, you are still defeated. But after you leave, don't continue to do evil. You know what?"
"For evil?" Ding Daquan was sad, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Do you think I can still live?" At this time, even if someone is willing to protect him, the ministers of the court have already been provoked by him, and it is impossible to live in peace in the future.
Since then, a down-and-out figure, since Li walked out of the main entrance, there is no trace.
Zhu Pisun walked into the political hall, and saw that Zhao Yun was carefully inspecting the folds, and his face was even more pale and weak, so he felt distressed, so he asked, "Your Majesty, what is the current situation?"
"It's bad. ”
Putting down the twist, Zhao Yun only felt a faint pain in his temples, so he had to massage it slightly.
Ding Daquan has too many things to hide, just what he sees right now is shocking enough, as for the matter of Yuan Jue, it is just the tip of the iceberg.
"Is that really the case?" Zhu Pisun was only surprised, and asked again: "Since this is the case, it is better to let the forbidden army be dispatched, maybe it can resist the Mongol army." ”
Ezhou is located in the land of two lakes, through which Xiangyang can enter the river, and then they can directly attack Lin'an along the river, if they can't deal with it properly this time, they are afraid that the entire imperial court may collapse completely.
"Forbidden Army?" Zhao Yun shook his head and said with a wry smile: "You also know that those forbidden troops have long since lost their former military might, how can they resist the Mongol army?"
Zhu Pisun was stunned for a moment, and sighed: "If this is the case, then what else can I do to resist the Mongol army?"
Everyone knows that because of the long years, the central forbidden army that has lived in Lin'an for a long time has long been corrupted.
It can be said that the harmfulness of the army's business is vividly demonstrated in this forbidden army.
Although the imperial court has long known about it, it is suffering from the threat from the north and there is no strong prime minister to suppress it, so it can only sit and wait for death, so that it has developed step by step to the current scene, and thus it has become a malignant tumor lying on the Song Dynasty.
Of course, if the forbidden army under Meng Heng is probably able to resist, but at present, this army is under the command of Li Tingzhi, and it is in confrontation with the Wuliang Hetai in the Jianghuai generation, and it cannot be easily transferred, and the local army is almost in ruins, with no combat power at all, and naturally there is no strength to resist.
"Your Majesty, Lord Goshi. ”
Standing on the side, Chen Zong interjected and complained: "I don't know about the military, but if it's Dong Huai, he may still have a way?"
"Dong Huai?" Zhao Yun's eyebrows moved slightly, but he said, "Can he do it?"
Chen Zong replied: "Dong Huai is a descendant of science, and he has served in the local government for a long time, and he has thwarted the attacks of the Mongolian army several times, and he is the pillar of the country. If he were to do it again, there would be a way. ”
"Since this is the case, then quickly summon Dong Huai. Zhao Yun didn't dare to give up, and hurriedly wrote a holy decree, ordering the knight to rush to Dingyuan overnight to summon Dong Huai.
The next day, the matter of last night's political affairs hall was known to everyone.
Although the ministers were surprised that Ding Daquan was demoted, they were also extremely nervous when they thought of the coming of the Mongolian army, and after waiting for a few days, after Dong Huai entered Beijing, everyone settled down.
Zhao Yun fixed his eyes, but saw that Dong Huai was much older than in the past, and he couldn't help but feel guilty, and hurriedly recruited Dong Huai into the palace.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Dong Huai met, he shouted: "Your Majesty belittled Wei Chen at the beginning, do you know if you have done wrong?"
Zhao Yun was dumbfounded for a while, and replied: "Please also ask Aiqing to speak clearly." Such a blunt statement is exactly what he doesn't like about Dong Huai, otherwise why would he be a cronie of Ding Daquan and demote Dong Huai from the court?
"There is no distinction between right and wrong, and there is no law. This is Your Majesty's fault! I don't know why the people who harm the government?" Dong Huai opened his mouth and said, showing his open mind.
Zhao Yun asked again: "What is a victim of government?"
Thinking of the current dangerous situation, no matter how incompetent Zhao Yun is, he also knows that if he doesn't take any remedial measures, he is afraid that he will completely become the king of the country.
Dong Huai replied: "Favoring relatives and treating the law as nothing, one is also; those who have long lived in the official authority and are good at authority, and the other is also; and the officials and soldiers of the DPRK and China are not examined, and the third is special." If you don't strictly examine the soldiers, they will become more arrogant, and then these soldiers will be prone to cause trouble, and the punishment will be based on their own hearts, regardless of right or wrong, so that the loyalty and treachery are not clear, and the virtuous and the virtuous will not be distinguished, and if the virtuous and the virtuous are confused, they will be treacherous and evil, and the virtuous will not come out; and the law will be bent for personal gain in order to protect their relatives, so that the law will be ignored. In this way, all three will be destroyed, and political affairs will be abolished, otherwise how will treachery and evil run rampant, and it will be difficult for good people to come out?"
"What Aiqing said is extremely true, I have changed here. ”
Zhao Yun was dumbfounded for a while, and he didn't know how to deal with it.
He knew that the cause of Ding Daquan's rampant was all because of himself, and when his mind was gloomy, he had a grudge against Ding Daquan, but he urgently needed Dong Huai's help now, so he covered up his thoughts and apologized again and again.
Dong Huai sighed lightly, and said, "Your Majesty is good if you have this heart." ”
Jiangshan's easy-to-change nature is difficult to change, but he knows that it is extremely difficult to make Zhao Yun really repent, and now it is just to vent his emotions.
"It's just Tingzhi, the Mongolian army has already occupied Ezhou, but I don't know how you plan to deal with it?" Zhao Yun asked again.
In the final analysis, the most serious situation at this moment is the coming Mongol army.
They were terrified of this.
Dong Huai immediately frowned, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "Now that the enemy is here, it is no longer possible to organize and train a new army. It is better for Your Majesty to give me the right to dictate and order a forbidden army by myself, and even allow me to recruit righteous men along the way, if so, I may be able to stop it for a while. ”
"What about the grain? Why don't I give a decree to all the localities to pay for the grain. Zhao Yun's heart was relieved, and he asked again.
However, he knew that the soldiers and horses had not moved the grain and grass first, and if there was not enough food, he would naturally not be able to defeat the other party.
Dong Huai hurriedly refused: "After the incident of Ding Daquan, the people have long been struggling, if they force food at this moment, I am afraid that it will damage the roots." The people are the foundation of the state, and the country is solid, and I also ask Your Majesty not to act rashly, and let the people rest for a while. ”
Zhao Yun was a little embarrassed, and remembered something again, so he asked: "Now that Aiqing is fighting Mongolia, why don't I build the Taiyi Temple?"
In normal times, whenever an army was sent to fight, it would be sacrificed in the temple to pray for success.
Dong Huai shook his head and refused: "The matter of the temple is not needed, how can it be built in vain just because it is recommended by others? Not to mention that the people's resources are limited, if it is frequently expropriated, it will definitely be decadent." If you want to succeed, you can only keep your heart, and it is not something that can be solved by God. ”
"Then how can we calm down the side affairs?" Zhao Yun was sad, but he was still afraid of the Mongolian provocation, and asked again.
Dong Huai replied: "If there is an enemy country outside, then its plan is self-improvement. Those who are self-reliant are afraid of me, but I am not afraid of others. ”
What Aiqing said is very true. Zhao Yun was dumbfounded for a while, feeling guilty.
He had previously made Na Ding Daquan abuse power because of his own thoughts, but in the end, it also led to today's situation, all of which made him sad and guilty.
Dong Huai replied: "Since this is the case, then Your Majesty, I will go." "Since he led the tiger talisman, he led his soldiers and horses and embarked on the road of conquering the Mongolian army.