Fenghou

Chapter 80
In the afternoon, Lu Yihao had an audience with Emperor Zhao Gou in the imperial study.

"It stands to reason that such a small matter should not alarm the officials, but after all, the recruit training competition is arranged by the officials themselves. I think it is necessary to let the officials know and draw everyone's attention, so as to avoid bigger mistakes."

Zhao Gou sat in front of the imperial case and read Chen Qing's report. Although Lu Yihao tried his best to understate the matter, the fact that he came to report the matter itself showed that the matter was not simple.

Moreover, the report mentioned that the misunderstanding between the two armies led to the intensification of the conflict between the soldiers, and the conflict almost broke out.If it is not handled properly, wouldn't it become the second Liu Miao Rebellion?
Zhao Gou's face became more and more gloomy, and he said to the eunuch, "Immediately announce that Mr. Fan will come to see me!"

"Your Majesty, Chen Qing is waiting in Weichen's official room. Do you want to announce him to testify against this?"

Zhao Gou pondered for a moment and said, "Wait a bit first!"

Zhao Gou knew that it was Fan Zongyin who was wearing shoes for Chen Qing, but Chen Qing was unwilling to be humiliated and fought back. If the two met again, one would be unreasonable with a high position, and the other would be a low-ranked one with an unreasonable position. To be clear, it's not good for me to favor anyone, it's best not to meet each other.

Not long after, Fan Zongyin hurried over. He didn't know what had happened. Seeing that Lu Yihao was also there, he felt a little apprehensive, so he quickly bowed and saluted, "My minister sees Your Majesty!"

Emperor Zhao Gou threw the approval document from the Ministry of War on the ground, "Fan Xianggong, did you sign this bastard approval document?"

Fan Zongyin's heart clicked! 'Let's see, why did this matter come to the emperor?

He glanced out of the corner of his eye, and saw Lu Yihao half-closed his eyes, standing aside as if it had nothing to do with him. Fan Zongyin suddenly understood in his heart that it was Lu Yihao who made the move.

Fortunately, he discussed this matter carefully with Han Qi last night. As long as he resolutely denies his selfish intentions, then the responsibility lies with the Ministry of War. In fact, this is also Fan Zongyin's consistent style. A dead Taoist friend never dies a poor Taoist. It's a scapegoat, this time!I had to wrong Wang Hao, the Minister of the Ministry of War.

Fan Zongyin quickly picked up the approval document on the ground, and said with shame on his face: "This matter was careless, and I didn't check it carefully, so I signed it casually, because several troops wanted to station in that barracks. I signed my signature, and I never thought that the Ministry of War would make a big mistake by repeatedly approving the barracks."

Zhao Gou was noncommittal about Fan Zongyin's explanation, and he picked up Chen Qing's report and handed it to Fan Zongyin, "This is the report written by Chen Qing, the commander of the Western Army. It briefly describes what happened last night. Do you see any discrepancies?"

Fan Zongyin was annoyed, he didn't expect Chen Qing to write the report so quickly.

He took a look at the report and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the situation is basically true, but the description will be biased due to different personal positions, and some conclusions I disagree with."

"What's the difference?"

"Your Majesty, I heard that a conflict might break out last night, so I hurried to the barracks to quell the dispute. At this time, I knew that the Ministry of War might make a mistake. In order to calm the dispute, I considered that the two sides should live together temporarily until tomorrow. reprocessing.

However, General Chen has a prejudice against the minister, thinking that the minister is biased towards General Cao. He is emotional and forbids the minister to enter the barracks, otherwise he will shoot and kill the minister with the bow of the former emperor. I didn't ask about it again. "

"But he said in his report that you didn't approve of the Privy Council's approval and wanted them to be kicked out of the barracks. They wanted to force their way into the barracks. He forbade you to break into the barracks, so the conflict intensified?"

"How could Weichen not recognize the approval document from the Privy Council? Weichen just wanted to resolve the dispute between him and General Cao. He entered the barracks to see if there were no extra barracks. He was very excited and his attitude was so tough that it was unacceptable. It was clearly the following guilty

Lu Yihao said from the side: "Ministers are not allowed to enter the barracks casually, they must have the approval of the Privy Council. General Chen did nothing wrong in this regard."

Fan Zongyin immediately glared at Lu Yihao, "Is he not wrong for the next crime?"

Lu Yihao said indifferently: "It also depends on the specific situation! If something is wrong, then Fan Xianggong yelled at the truth more than once in the court."

Fan Zongyin almost fainted from anger, he restrained his anger and said coldly: "Then he should be rude to me?"

Lu Yihao still calmly said: "As I said just now, it depends on the specific situation whether you commit the following crimes or not. In the case of the military camp, the military department made mistakes first, and Fan Xianggong also made mistakes. The normal way is to find another military camp. Settling General Cao's army is a good way to calm the dispute, instead of running to the military camp to intensify the conflict. Knowing that the ministers can't enter the military camp at will, but to force their way in, accusing the other party of committing crimes at this time would be like using power to overwhelm others gone."

"you--"

Fan Zongyin's face was flushed with anger, but he didn't know how to refute. Lu Yihao was very scheming and kept his words tight. Fan Zongyin was no match for him.

"Both of you are Xiangguo, stop arguing over trivial matters like this."

The official spoke, and the two stopped arguing.

Zhao Gou walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said: "The right and wrong of this matter is as clear as a mirror. The Ministry of War has seriously neglected its duties and almost caused the two armies to clash. For the post of Wang Hao, the Minister of the Ministry of War is temporarily held concurrently by Zhu Shengfei, a bachelor.

Commander Chen Qing took the overall situation into consideration, took the initiative to invite friendly troops into the camp, bridged differences, eliminated misunderstandings, and avoided a conflict. His spirit is commendable, and he should be commended. He has been promoted to the rank of Doctor Wu Yi. I commend him! "

Fan Zongyin was shocked, and was about to intercede for Wang Hao, but saw the emperor's eyes sharply. He knew that the emperor asked Wang Hao to take the blame for him.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, I knew this would be the result, so why bother to be such a villain?
However, Lu Yihao secretly admired the vision of the Son of Heaven. He wondered at the time that when Chen Qing was promoted to be a commander, the lowest rank should be Doctor Wu Yi.

It turns out that this filling is here!It not only appeased Chen Qing, but also did not promote him too much.

The emperor is still wise, I am afraid he has already guessed that Fan Zongyin will not let it go.

Zhao Gou returned the report to Lu Yihao, and asked with a smile, "Is this report written by Commander Chen himself?"

"Weichen also asked him, and he said yes."

Zhao Gou nodded, "The handwriting is not bad, it's rare!"

The recruit training competition was a decision made by Zhao Gou at the beginning of the year. The root cause was related to the Liu Miao Rebellion. Those veterans who seemed to be completely trustworthy rebelled at the critical moment and forced themselves to abdicate, which really chilled Zhao Gou. It made him no longer believe in generals from the bottom of his heart, but the continuous threat of Jin soldiers going south made Zhao Gou have to rely on the generals with great military exploits.

In order to balance the contradiction between the two, Zhao Gou put forward the idea of ​​recruiting new generals. The opening of martial arts at the beginning of the year and the holding of recruit training competitions are all products of this idea. Simply put, the emperor Zhao Gou wants to promote a group of people who are loyal to himself The young generals in the army will select another group of recruits to serve as bodyguards.

The significance of this recruit training competition is so great that the governors of all regions attach great importance to it, sending their confidant generals and the best recruits to Lin'an to participate in the competition.

This morning, on the official road to the west of Lin'an City, a [-]-strong army was marching towards Lin'an. This army had bright armor and high morale. Yue' word.

The leader is a general, wearing scale armor, wearing a phoenix-winged hood, and holding a big iron gun. His eyes are stern, and a black beard is under his jaw. He looks about thirty years old. This person has just risen in the past two years. General Yue Fei.

Although Yue Fei fought south and north and made great achievements, it was the emperor Zhao Gou who really stepped into the official career. After he crossed the south, he fought against the Jin army's southern invasion and wiped out rebellious thieves everywhere. Finally, he was appreciated by the emperor Zhao Gou who was looking for a new general. , Promote him step by step, he has been promoted to the commander of the capital of the Shenwu Army, and finally walks out of Zhang Jun's team and stands on his own.

This time Yue Fei went to Poyang Lake to clear up the bandit Li Cheng, and stationed in Hongzhou. The army had just wiped out Li Cheng. While resting, Yue Fei took advantage of this gap and personally led two thousand recruits to Lin'an to participate in the recruit training competition. .

Yue Fei was in charge of the capital, of course he was not the one to participate in the competition, but two of his confidantes Zhang Xian and Wang Gui participated in the competition. The soldiers also recruited [-] recruits from Hongzhou and trained for three months. Yue Fei selected [-] of them. Elite competition.

At this time, the opposite side was dusty, and two officials came galloping on horseback.

Two officials rushed forward, reined in the reins and asked, "Excuse me, is this Yue Dutong's army?"

Yue Fei clasped his fists and said, "I'm Yue Fei!"

The two officials hurriedly saluted, "We are officials of the Privy Council, and we have been ordered to arrange teams for the recruit contest. The barracks and food supplies for your army have been arranged. Please, Yue Du, come with us!"

"Thank you!"

Yue Fei felt a little strange. The Privy Council is notoriously difficult to deal with. Now not only has the camp been arranged, but they have also taken the initiative to send people to contact and lead the way, which is a bit overwhelming.

Yue Fei is not a troublesome person, but he was also worried that he came too late, so he asked, "Have all the other participating teams arrived?"

"Most of them have come, but there are still a few that haven't arrived!"

The general Wang Gui next to him asked: "Will the Privy Council arrange food and accommodation like this for each team?"

An official said with a wry smile: "Some things happened in the past two days, and the officials ordered the Privy Council to make arrangements so that no more incidents are allowed."

Wang Gui still wanted to ask what happened, Yue Fei gave him a glare, telling him not to be troublesome, so Wang Gui had to swallow the words that came to his mouth.

Two officials led a team to speed up towards the east of the city
(End of this chapter)