The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

Zhao Qiong lived in Taiyuan with peace of mind, but Tong Guan was feeling like a needle and needle. Forty thousand loyal and brave troops were stationed around Taiyuan. He was worried that there would be changes over time. So he also arranged his own personal army to win the Jie army. Near Taiyuan, more than 10,000 people were mobilized in the city to monitor Zhao Qiong's guard brigade to prevent emergencies; on the other hand, Tong Guan was busy with Zhao Qiong's affairs and urged the court and the middle school to quickly approve his adaptation plan. He invited the prince to dinner every three days and every five days. At the same time, he sent people to the Zhongyong Army to comfort them so that they would not have any trouble. Zhao Qie also had to come and get the money when he gave it to him. He was not polite.

Zhao Qi was dismissed from his post. Cai Tao was of course angry that he had received his favor. He kept holding his documents in his hands and did not approve them or report them. He wanted to find an opportunity to overturn the case for him, but he was willing to do so, and he himself was also It's hard to protect it, but in fact he caused this disaster himself.

Cai Jing returned to the prime minister, but he was blind and could not write, and could not kneel down and bow down. He handed over the matter to Cai Tao. But this kid was not the material at all. He started to do whatever he wanted, and suddenly promoted his brother-in-law. As the Minister of Revenue, the two of them colluded with each other and began to expel court officials and attack dissidents. They also sent people to visit various governments everywhere. They would rise up if they could make him happy, and would fall down if they didn't make him satisfied, which would cause trouble in the court. The smoky and smoky.

That's not all. If a good person doesn't learn, he learns from Wang Fu. Wang Fu once led Ying Fengsi and led the contributions from all directions. He started to fill his own pockets. Cai Tao learned from him that he had established the Xuanheku City Gongsi. He used all the things in the forbidden area, from gold and jade, and from vegetable and vegetarian, and regarded the emperor's private money as his wallet.

Now he was caught and caught. Bai Shizhong, Li Bangyan was seen by Cai Tao as an air. Can he let him go now? He immediately joined forces with Cai You to sue him again. He dared to make money from his pocket. The emperor can Are you happy? You must deal with him! But Cai Tao is still loyal. He got the memorial of Zhao Qiong issued as soon as he was impeached, and allocated 2 million yuan as the settlement fee for the loyal and brave army...

The imperial edict was issued on the sixth day of the sixth month. The Zhongyong Army was transferred to Hedong to go to Hezhong for farming. As he expected, Zhao Qi still had no news of returning to Beijing, so he could only live in Taiyuan temporarily. Tong Guan was also very interested and bought him a mansion in the inner city for him to rest. Although everyone didn't care much about him, he was monitored when he went in and out. He was too lazy to deal with them, so he read books at home every day, practiced martial arts and rarely went out. However, he was extremely anxious. Now the situation is getting more and more tense, but he is disguised. Take care of it.

‘The scholar did not go out, but he knew the world’s affairs.’ Zhao Qi sat in the mansion, but he also knew the changes in the outside world through the Intelligence Department, and all he could get were bad news.

First, Nianhan ordered the Changsheng Army, who defected from Longde Prefecture, to send troops to Fanshi County, Wutai Mountain, and the Changsheng Army, who defected from Yizhou, and Han Minyi and other troops to fly to the border of Song and Jin, to explore the border of Song Dynasty. Prepare for the truth. This matter was discovered by Ma Kuo, who was sent to the Jin Dynasty, and secretly protected Tong Guan, asking him to send troops to defend, and suggested that some of the troops in Shaanxi be transferred to Zhongshan and stationed in Zhending two places. He immediately chose to form an army of wise and brave border residents. Stationed in Yizhou to prevent possible attacks by the reserve army. However, Tong Guan and Cai You ignored this suggestion.

Then the frequent sending of envoys in the Jin Dynasty also aroused the vigilance of some people in the Song Dynasty. At this moment, the Hedong Guardian reported to the court that the Jin army on the border was carrying out military mobilization under the command of Nianhan. The only explanation was that it was preparing to attack our Song Dynasty. , there may be a danger of invasion of the south. If you want to dispel their idea, you can send a hundred thousand troops to the north to patrol the border and show our dynasty's strength. This not only can consolidate the border defense, but also force the Jin army to give up the idea of ​​invasion of the south, but it was rejected by Tong Guan again. .

At the same time, in order to successfully invade the south, the Jurchens made plans to re-use the land and lure the people of Xixia to come and help, hoping that the people of Xia could restrain the Song army and make them have no worries. They always advocated supporting Liao and resisting Jin. Li Ganshun was also moved. Yelu Yanxi's capture had already cut off his thoughts. The nature of snakes and rats was exposed again. Finally, he poured a pot of urine with Brother Cha, who had been trying to invest in gold.

The two brothers thought this was a god-given opportunity. The Jurchens were progressing too smoothly, but the Songs were vulnerable. They also thought that their fists were not as hard as the Jurchens, and their arms were not as thick as others. With the victory of the Jin war against Liao, Jin The military power has expanded to approaching the border of Xixia, posing a serious threat to Xixia, but his past backing was already in name only and meaningless.

It turned out that they were still afraid of Zhao Qi and his loyal and brave army, but now there has been news that Prince Yan was dismissed and the loyal and brave army was adapted into a military farm. His biggest enemy had disappeared and he regretted the promises he had made in the past. So greed encountered cunning, and they believed that they should surrender to the Jin Dynasty and seek protection from Jin in order to gain more benefits from it.

Just when Zhao Jie was worried about the future of the Song Dynasty, God looked down upon it. A fox in the capital fled from Gen Yue and occupied the imperial throne. Of course, Zhao Ji was furious and ordered people to destroy the Fox King Temple to suppress evil spirits. The matter did not end because of this. He soon received an urgent report - the northwest earthquake. Perhaps thinking that his son was idle and idle, he ordered Zhao Qi to be the Hezhong appeasement envoy, help the victims and organize earthquake relief...

Zhao Qi was about to perform his duties and said goodbye to Tong Guan. Of course, Tong Guan would not let the prince run away in vain. Not only did he prepare gifts, he also held a banquet to see him off. After saying a few gossips and drinking a few glasses of wine, Zhao Qi turned the topic to In the current situation.

"Taiwei, the Yanjing area is a plain, which is easy to attack and difficult to defend. Although we have recovered the six states, there is no danger to defend. Once the Jurchens break the promise and drive the troops south, they will be passive everywhere. The Taiwei needs to add more Beware of it!" Zhao Qiong said, this has always been his hidden worries.

The Yanshan area is surrounded by Zijin Pass, Juyong Pass, Gubeikou, Songting Pass, Yu Pass and other important passes together form a barrier. If these passes are in the hands of the Song Dynasty, it will be difficult for the Jin army to step into Yanshan even if there are millions of soldiers. But this time, Song and Jin exchanged money for land. During the negotiations, they did not know that these passes were no longer under Yanshan Road and were under the jurisdiction of Pingzhou Road, so they missed the opportunity to return to these passes. In this way, the Song Dynasty took When I arrived at the land of Yanshan, I had no danger to defend, and a little mistake turned into an irreversible big mistake.

"The prince is too worried. The situation has not reached such a serious level. The people who have just occupied the land of the Jin Dynasty are dissatisfied and there is a risk of civil strife at any time. When the rear is unstable, they dare not declare war on our Song Dynasty easily." Tong Guan said with a smile. "After a while, I will go to Yanshan Prefecture to arrange the Changsheng Army and various troops in Hebei to guard the borders. Even if they come, we will not be in a hurry."

"The Taiwei is best prepared, but I am troublesome!" Zhao Qi smiled bitterly and shook his head. Tong Guan made a serious mistake in judging the situation and held hope for the Jurchens, but he didn't know that it was a scam with the tiger.

"The prince is worried about the country and the people, how dare I think too much!" Seeing that Zhao Qi was unhappy, Tong Guan quickly called and said, "After the prince leaves, I will leave Taiyuan and go to Beijing. I am preparing to ask the emperor to place a deposit in Hebei. The Fourth General Manager, Xin Zongxing of Zhongshan, calm Wang Yuan, Daming Wang Yu, and Yang Weizhong of Hezhong, ordered them to recruit fugitives and those vagrants as their army, which would allow them to guard the border and serve as their country, and prevent them from gathering crowds to cause chaos!”

"The Grand Marshal was very careful. I have left office. It is said that I should not talk too much. But I think the morale of the Yisheng Army is unstable, so I need to comfort it. Once they have a strange intention, the Dangxiang people seem to be uneasy now.

, If we help the Jurchens, the situation in Hedong and even the northwest will not be cured!" Zhao Qi sighed and said, "What can the army formed by scattered soldiers and scattered soldiers have to use a waste of food, but the national policy of the Song Dynasty is like this, and he can't change it.

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"I understand that the prince's heart is lacking in the court. When I return to the capital, I will definitely distinguish the prince in front of the emperor. When I return to Hedong as soon as possible, I can also be lazy!" Tong Guan said as if he was distracted.

But he was quite impatient. He knew that with his own strength, he could not complete the major task of regaining Xijing. He had to rely on the power of the Jurchens. He was too late to please the Jurchens. He wanted to shrink his defense and withdraw the merger when he returned to Beijing.

If several military prefectures in Hebei are posing tough stances, how could the Jurchens help?

Zhao Qi knew that Tong Guan was just perfunctory, but he felt that he should still say these words. Even if he gave himself a comfort, he felt that it was a little better. He had already said everything he should say, and he no longer had more.

Yan, let go of his drink and returned home drunk...

Two days after receiving the order, just as Zhao Xiao set out to Hezhong in his luggage, he had already known that the epicenter of the earthquake was in Lanzhou, and the loss of the Hezhong area was not great. His comfort envoy was just an optional job, and it must be those people in Beijing.

I didn't know how to settle myself, but I was afraid that I would be transferred out rashly to induce troops to cause chaos, so I gave such comfort and comfort the morale of the army.

On that day, they arrived in Linzhou. When they had just settled down, someone suddenly came to report Zhao Ren to ask for a meeting. Zhao Jie was stunned when he heard this. Zhao Ren returned to Beijing to serve, so why did he suddenly come to Taiyuan? Although he was suspicious, he was still very happy.

I don't know what he has become after several years of separation.

"Zhao Ren, the commander of the Hezhong Army, met the prince!" As soon as Zhao Qi's words were heard, Zhao Ren could not wait to trot to the hall, kneeling on one knee and saluting.

"No gift, I really miss me!" Zhao Qiliu pulled Zhao Ren up and hugged him tightly and said excitedly.

"Prince, my subordinates also want to be the prince and his brothers..." After a while, the two separated, and Zhao Ren choked and said.

"How did you work in Hezhong?" Zhao Qi asked after his emotions calmed down and the two of them sat down.

"Your Majesty, I feel ashamed to speak. I am really here to recruit the Loyal and Brave Army!" Zhao Ren stood up again and said hesitantly... (To be continued...)