A knife in love

Chapter 1972
When Li Qiufeng was thinking about it, he only heard Feng Wei continue to say: "After I heard Mr. Zhao Liangsi finished speaking, I was terrified and regretted. Both Mr. Tong Guan and Mr. Cai Jing are famous people in front of the emperor. I thought The two communicated with each other and controlled the government. Unexpectedly, they were incompatible with each other. I offended Mr. Cai Jing before, and I already caused a catastrophe. Now I am involved in the vortex of the two parties and politics. If you are not careful, you will be smashed to pieces. If you knew this, you might as well resign quietly and find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to live in seclusion. Maybe you can survive and escape with your life.

"It's just that although I regret it in my heart, I dare not show the slightest difference on my face. Lord Zhao Liangsi continued, Lord Tong Guan has been thinking hard all these years, not only to subdue the rebellion of the party members, Qiang people and various places, but also to guard against Lord Cai Jing's secret tricks , It can be said to be extremely hard work. Fortunately, Emperor Huizong trusted Master Tong Guan very much. Mr. Guan and Mr. Zheng Yunzhong went to Khitan to celebrate the birthday of the emperor of the Liao Kingdom. At that time, I was serving as Guanglu Qing in the Liao Kingdom. I heard that the envoy of the Song Dynasty had arrived in the capital of the Liao Kingdom, and the No.1 Song Dynasty sent Mr. Tong Guan to Liao as a deputy envoy. Since then, I have made up my mind to take advantage of this good opportunity to marry Master Tong Guan, offer a plan to destroy the Liao Kingdom, retake the Sixteen Youyun Prefectures, and seize the upper hand to deal with the increasingly powerful Jurchens.

"Master Tong Guan and I hit it off right away. He was favored by Master Tong Guan. He brought me to the Song Dynasty and recommended me to Emperor Huizong. Master Tong Guan regarded me as a confidant and kept everything from me. Even Master Cai Jing secretly I also told me everything about framing him. Although Master Tong Guan didn’t mention some things, I guessed it pretty well. For example, Master Tong Guan holds military power in his hands and is a popular person in front of Emperor Huizong. It is better to say that the less troubles are the better, there is no need to talk about swords and soldiers. He has become a privy envoy, which is the highest military position in the dynasty. If he leads troops to go out, even if he wins the battle, he will have no official reward. If he is defeated, not only Shaking the prestige of a whole life, and being punished because of it, is tantamount to setting yourself on fire. I guess Master Tong Guan followed my idea and advocated the alliance with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty. The power of the people is excluded from the imperial court."

When Feng Wei said this, Qi Jiu said: "Mr. Feng, I think Mr. Zhao Liangsi's words are not true. He also said that Tong Guan was a privy envoy and was No. 1 in the Great Song Army. Naturally, he and the emperor have the final say on the matter of conquest. However, Cai Jing is a civil servant, and his cronies are also civil officials. Tong Guan is a military commander. No matter how powerful he is, he cannot kill civil officials for no reason. Mr. Zhao Liangsi said that Tong Guan intends to Taking advantage of the opportunity of uniting Jin to destroy Liao to get rid of Cai Jing's minions and drive his forces out of the court, where did this come from?"

Feng Wei had conflicts with Qi Jiu before, but Qi Jiu was just discussing the matter, and he was not as unreasonable as Wang Xiaoyu, so Feng Wei didn't have much ill feeling towards him.Hearing Qi Jiu's question at this moment, Feng Wei was not annoyed, but just nodded, and said in his mouth: "At that time, I was also at a loss. After thinking about it carefully, what Master Zhao Liangsi said is not bad. Chao Up and down the hall, there are undercurrents everywhere, and many things cannot be speculated with common sense. It is true that Master Tong Guan and Master Cai Jing are not subordinate to each other. The rule of "Wenzhiwu" is that although Lord Tong Guan is among the three princes and has military power in his hands, he is still slightly inferior to Lord Cai Jing. On weekdays, when all the ministers go to court, Lord Tong Guan must let Cai Jing My lord goes first, this is a custom, and the courtiers dare not change it. But once the war starts, Lord Tong Guan will hold the military power, and his words and deeds will reach the heavens, and Lord Cai Jing will not be able to suppress him. At that time, Lord Tong Guan can write a book and play it. Transfer the confidantes of Mr. Cai Jing to the military counselors in the army. As the commander, Mr. Tong Guan can pick out the faults of these people at any time in the army. Killing people in the army is not like beheading people in the usual places. They have to be reported to the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Kaifeng Mansion, and finally the emperor will make a decision before the criminals can be executed. If they are in the army, they only need to say a word from Master Tong Guan, and these people will be killed."

When Feng Wei said this, he paused for a while, and then said: "The reason why Cai Jing can call the wind and rain in the court and suppress the ministers is not only because he has the respect of Emperor Huizong, but also because he has many courtiers around him. These people and Mr. Cai Jing are both prosperous and harmed, and they have formed the "Cai Party". If these people are not brought down, it is impossible to deal with Mr. Cai Jing. It is Tong Guan who advocates the war , when he leads the army to go out, he can bring all of Cai Jing's cronies into the army, find a reason to kill them all, and cause Cai Jing's power to be greatly damaged. When we return to the court, the power will definitely be far greater than before. And Mr. Cai Jing loses everyone's help, and his strength is greatly reduced. Mr. Tong Guan can start to get rid of Mr. Cai Jing. That's why he listened to my idea and advocated Allied with Jin to destroy Liao, in fact Master Tong Guan’s move is not only to regain Youyun Sixteen Prefectures for the Song Dynasty, but also to uproot Master Cai Jing and his gang.”

Qi Jiu nodded when he heard what Feng Wei said, and said in his mouth: "Thank you, Mr. Feng, for taking the trouble to solve the doubts in my heart."

Feng Wei said a few words politely, and then said: "Master Zhao Liangsi told me that he went to the Song Dynasty with Master Tong Guan that day, and planned for more than [-] days in a row. He made a memorial and told Emperor Huizong that he would unite with Jin to destroy Liao. Although there were some twists and turns, Emperor Huizong finally listened to Master Tong Guan's plan. He asked Master Tong Guan to select elite soldiers and generals, and at the same time send envoys there as soon as possible. The Kingdom of Jin discussed the alliance between the two countries and the attack on Khitan from the north to the south. It was just that the southeast was unstable that year. Fang La, the thief, rebelled in Muzhou, gathered [-] to [-] rebels, killed officials and people, and wanted to overthrow the Song Dynasty. Southeast It is the foundation of money, food and taxation in the Song Dynasty. If there is chaos, before the Khitans, party members or Jurchens come to fight, the Song Dynasty will have internal strife. So Fangla was in chaos, the government and the people were shocked, and they were wiped out. The Fang La Rebellion became the most important thing.

"At that time, the No.1 general of the Song court was Master Tong Guan. After Emperor Huizong received the military report, he immediately summoned Master Tong Guan into the palace to discuss the matter of exterminating Fang La. He ordered Master Tong Guan to suspend his role as Lian Jin Mie Liao made preparations and gathered the elite soldiers who had been selected to attack Khitan in the south of Bianliang, Tokyo, worshiped Mr. Tong Guan as the Xuanfu envoy of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Huainan, and immediately led the army to attack Liao to the south to eliminate the traitor Fang La. It is not too late to discuss the matter of forming an alliance with the Jurchens to attack the Liao Kingdom after Fangla's rebellion is suppressed."

(End of this chapter)