Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

Zhao Chen looked forward, only to see a person coming in the rain!

This person is not very tall, but his body is extremely strong! He has a plain face, it is Yue Fei's sworn elder brother Wang Gui!

"Brother Wang, why are you here? What's the matter?" Zhao Chen said.

"His Royal Highness, Master Li Gang has just arrived and is waiting for His Highness in the Qianqing Palace!" Wang Gui said.

"Okay, I'll go back to Qianqing Palace!" Zhao Chen nodded and said.

At that moment, Zhao Chen was heading forward, and the guards in the distance saw Zhao Chen walking, and hurried over. They held umbrellas and escorted Zhao Chen towards the Qianqing Palace!

After Zhao Chen came to Qianqing Palace, he first repelled the guards, leaving only Wang Gui by his side, and then he brought Wang Gui into the house!

Li Gang was waiting for him in the house at the moment, and when he saw Zhao Chen coming in, Li Gang hurriedly stood up and bowed to Zhao Chen to salute!

"Teacher, please sit down quickly! You are not counting the population and taxation of Hanzhong and Sichuan these days, why do you have time to see me now?" Zhao Chen laughed.

"Your Highness, Qu Duan is here!" Li Gang said.

"Qu Duan..." Zhao Chen was taken aback!

Of course he had heard of the name Qu Duan! No matter in this era or in later history books, Qu Duan is a famous figure! Qu Duan is both civil and military, and he was the first-rate general in the early Southern Song Dynasty! Qu Duan defeated the golden general Wanyan Loushi many times, with outstanding achievements! It's a pity that Qu Duan was killed early, so even though he made outstanding achievements in his early years, he still couldn't compare with Yue Fei, Wu Jie, Han Shizhong and others!

Now Qu Duan holds one hundred thousand soldiers, which is the second largest force in Northwest China! If you can control this power, it will be of great benefit to you to fight against the enemy!

"Your Highness, we must recruit Qu Duan! Let Qu Duan be used by His Highness!" Li Gang said.

"I've been showing weakness in front of Zhe Keqiu these days, showing no ambitions. If I recruit Qu Duan now, wouldn't it make him suspicious?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Highness naturally doesn't need to go out in person, but the old minister will go to recruit Qu Duan! When the time comes to act in the name of the old minister, even if he finds out, at most he thinks that the old minister is going against him! At most, he is not good for the old minister! Your Highness, as a monarch, you should be decisive, and you must not let go of any opportunity! Now that Qu Duan is in Hanzhong, this is an opportunity for us!" Li Gang said.

"You're right!" Zhao Chen nodded.

"The old minister just wanted to go to the posthouse to meet Qu Duan, but the door of the posthouse was guarded by his subordinates at a discount. The old minister was blocked as soon as he arrived there! Therefore, the old minister discussed with His Highness to let these few of His Highness's subordinates Experts go to meet Qu Duan!" Li Gang said.

Zhao Chen thought for a moment, then looked at Wang Gui, and said, "Brother Wang, I need to trouble you with this matter!"

Zhao Chen has three masters, the most powerful is undoubtedly Yue Fei, but Yue Fei has a dull temperament and is not suitable for being a lobbyist at all. Zhang Xian is lively and speaks carelessly, so he can't be a lobbyist. Only Wang Gui is the oldest , the temper is the most stable, it is perfect to be a lobbyist!

"Your Highness, just do what you say! What's the trouble?" Wang Gui said with a smile.

At that moment, Zhao Chen and Li Gang had a discussion, and Li Gang told Wang Gui what he was going to say, and Wang Gui kept it in his heart.

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It's getting dark, and it's still raining!

Qu Duan and Wang Shu had rested in the post house all afternoon, neither of them felt sleepy at the moment!

Qu Duan called Wang Shu to his room, and now they are playing chess!

Qu Duan is very good at chess, and Wang Shu is no match for three games in a row!

"The general's chess skill is too high, Wang Shu is not your opponent!" After the third game, Wang Shu stopped and said.

"Playing chess is like fighting a war. If you know how to fight, you can play chess! My fighting skills are high, and my chess skills are naturally not low! Come on, let's continue!" Qu Duan laughed.

"I think it's better to forget it! If you keep losing like this, I don't want to play again!" Wang Shu laughed.

Qu Duan was about to speak, when he suddenly raised his head to look out the window, and shouted, "Who? How dare you spy on Qu!"

Wang Shu was taken aback, and he also looked out the window!

The window was slowly pushed open, and a muscular middle-aged man jumped in from the outside! It is none other than Wang Gui!

It turned out that Wang Gui was ordered to act, and he just took advantage of the night to leave the Han Palace and come here!

"Who are you?" Qu Duan asked coldly.

"I'm Li Gang, who is close to Mr. Li, and came here on Mr. Li's order!" Wang Gui said, clasping his hands.

"Li Gang?" Qu Duan was taken aback, and Wang Shu was also taken aback!

In this era, famous officials and brave generals emerge in large numbers! It is now the second year of Jingkang, Yue Fei has not yet risen, Han Shizhong and others are still "rising stars", Zhe Keqiu, Qu Duan and others are veteran generals, but in front of the Jurchens, they have no military exploits, now we have to say who is the world The first will still have some difficulties! However, if we say that the number one civil servant in the world, then Li Gang can be said to be doing his part! When Jin Bing went south for the first time, it was Li Gang who stood up and used tricks to force Song Huizong to abdicate, allowing Song Qinzong to succeed. After that, Song Qinzong acted according to Li Gang's strategy and blocked Jin Bing's attack! It's a pity that Li Gang was demoted to Jiangxi soon after. When the Jin soldiers went south for the second time, although Li Gang was recalled to the court, there were many treacherous officials in the court at that time, Zhang Bangchang, Li Bangyan and other people were powerful, and Li Gang never played a role again!

But even so, Li Gang's reputation in the officialdom and among the people is still extremely high, and now no one in the world can compare with Li Gang! Even Zong Ze is a head behind Li Gang!

Hearing that they were sent by Li Gang, Qu Duan and Wang Shu became cautious!

"Why didn't Mr. Li come here by himself, but let you come? What evidence do you have to prove your identity?" Qu Duan thought for a while and said.

"Master Li wants to come here, but the posts around here are all cheap subordinates, they won't let Master Li come over! As for my identity, here is a letter from Master Li! Master Li was the prime minister back then, I also wrote letters to officials from various places, and there are many calligraphy treasures left by Mr. Li in the hands of officials from various places, you can compare them, there will be no mistakes!" Wang Gui said.

At that moment Wang Gui took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Qu Duan!

Qu Duan tore open the letter and read it carefully! After a while, a surprised expression appeared on Qu Duan's face!

Wang Shu pushed Qu Duan, Qu Duan handed the letter into Wang Shu's hands, and Wang Shu read it carefully!

After a while, Wang Shu also showed a surprised expression on his face!

"Good tricks! Good tricks! As expected of Li Gang, the number one official in the world! This letter didn't try to win over the general, but it said that he would recommend the general as the deputy envoy! As the deputy envoy, he is an important official in the court, so naturally Come to Hanzhong! The general has great strength in Hanzhong, no matter how hard he tries to win the general over, he will probably feel scruples at that time! The saying that one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers is for this reason! And at that time, Li Gang can find a way to win over the general Let the general be used by the prince! This Li Gang really deserves his reputation! It seems that I have underestimated the heroes of the world! Previously, I could only use my daughter to win the general, and now Li Gang is using this trick again, they are not easy!" Wang Shu Secretly said.

"General Qu, I wonder if you agree with Master Li's letter?" Wang Gui said.

"This... I'm training in Jingyuan, very comfortable, and I don't want to be an official in the court! Speaking of which, the Deputy Privy Envoy can be regarded as the Prime Minister of the country, but it's a pity that Qu is not competent!" Qu Duan shook his head.

In the Song Dynasty, the Privy Council managed the world's military affairs, and the Privy Councilor was the head of the Privy Council, and the Privy Councilor's position was second only to the Privy Councilor! For the Song people, the prime minister, deputy prime minister, privy envoy, and privy envoy are all important ministers of the country, and they are called "prime ministers"! As Zaizhi, everyone has a high position and weight, far exceeding the position of a manager! But Qu Duan didn't want to get involved in the dispute between Zhao Chen and Zhe Keqiu, so he didn't agree!

"General Qu, please think again! With General Qu's talent, he is qualified to be the prime minister of the country!" Wang Gui said.

"I understand Master Li's thoughts! It's just that I only want to train in Jingyuan!" Qu Duan said flatly.

He just wants to preserve his own strength, he has no interest in how others fight!

"The crown prince is too young, I'm afraid his ability is limited! If the crown prince is older, my general may take over the post of Deputy Privy Envoy!" Wang Shu laughed aside.

He is testing Wang Gui! See how Wang Gui answered to understand Zhao Chen!

Wang Gui was silent for a moment, and said: "Although the prince is young, His Royal Highness is smart and wise, with a tenacious temperament! The future of the Great Song Dynasty will always belong to the prince!"

Wang Shu said with a smile: "The prince is so young, he is only eleven years old now, I believe it for now if you say he is smart and wise! But you say he has a tough temperament, this is a bit absurd! A young man at such a young age , how can you be tough?"

Wang Guidao: "I said that His Highness the Crown Prince has a tenacious temperament. I am absolutely not talking nonsense! Last winter, when the city of Kaifeng was broken, His Highness the Crown Prince escaped from the city! Afterwards, he and Li Gang walked in the ice and snow for more than a month and came to Xiangzhou Outside the city! They originally wanted to rely on Kang Wang, Zong Ze and others to recover the mountains and rivers, but who knew that Kang Wang, Zong Ze and others were so rebellious that they tried to assassinate His Highness! His Highness, the auspicious man Tianxiang, left Xiangzhou City and fled all the way to Tongguan! In Tongguan, His Royal Highness was first imprisoned by Zhe Keqiu for several days, and then he saw Li Ruoshui, Wang De and others! After that, the Jurchen soldiers came to Tongguan, chasing His Royal Highness all the way! His Royal Highness came to Dashan Pass, Wu Jie and others The golden soldiers were defeated at Dasan Pass! After arriving in Hanzhong, His Highness was assassinated twice again. The first time His Highness was seriously injured, and the second time His Highness almost died! But in the end His Highness persisted, and now he is sitting comfortably In the Han Palace! If His Highness hadn’t been persevering, how could he survive so many hardships? In this world, I really can’t imagine that there are other people who can be as tenacious as the prince!”

After Wang Gui finished speaking, Qu Duan and Wang Shu stayed there!

In the hearts of Qu Duan and Wang Shu before, Zhao Chen was just an ordinary boy. The only difference between Zhao Chen was his "Prince" status! They never thought that this prince has gone through so many hardships and has been standing still, what is so strange about it! Now after the two of them thought about it carefully, they fully agreed with Wang Gui's "perseverance" comment!

In fact, any person who has experienced so many tribulations will only have two results. One result is to be overthrown and killed by the tribulation, and the other result is to get exercise from the tribulation and become tenacious! Zhao Chen is undoubtedly the latter!

"His Royal Highness is actually such a person! I, Wang Shu, still miscalculated! I thought I was a genius in the world, but in the end I couldn't grasp General Qu's temperament, I didn't understand that General Qu had no ambitions, and I couldn't predict Zhekeqiu and Li Gang's fate." The means, I can’t even see the advantages of His Highness the Crown Prince! It seems that I used to think too highly of myself! But, speaking of it this way, His Highness the Crown Prince is a choice! There are no generals in the army, and there are only a few civil servants such as Li Gang and Li Ruoshui. If I take refuge in the crown prince at this time, I will definitely have a chance to succeed! Unfortunately, General Qu is unwilling to take refuge in anyone. General Qu just wants to preserve his strength and is not willing to Do any speculation! It is impossible for me to break away from General Qu for the time being! This is embarrassing... I'd better wait until I see His Highness the Crown Prince tomorrow, and then make a decision! This matter must be cautious, the future may be a disaster of prosperity and wealth or death , This is all in my current thought!" Wang Shu secretly said.

Wang Gui persuaded him a few more words, but Qu Duan just didn't agree, Wang Gui had no choice but to leave!