Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 452 The Situation Is Great (Please Subscribe!)
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Through interrogating the captives, sending out sentries, and conducting detailed investigations, Tong Guan and others soon learned that it was the Liangshan Army who guarded Wenzhou Port, including Shezhou City and Qingxi County. It was to divert Fang Layi's army and the mob who refused to accept the instructor.

After discussing with his staff and generals, Tong Guan came to a conclusion: Li Yan did not currently occupy the heart of the southeast. The reason why he was entrenched in Wenzhou Port and refused to leave was just to rob the population and wait for Liangshan. The army will take the initiative to withdraw the troops after transporting the population they want to transport away.

The order Tong Guan received was to wipe out Fang La and his gang of rebels and restore order in the southeast, but he did not start a war with the Liangshan Army. Therefore, as long as he wiped out Fang La and his gang of rebels, he would have made great achievements. It is necessary to provoke Li Yan.

Moreover, Tong Guan knew very well in his heart that Zhao Ji tried his best to avoid going to war with Li Yan, because Zhao Ji was very afraid that this would turn into a full-scale war, which would be another disaster for Song Dynasty (in the opinion of Zhao Ji and his ministers)— ——As for why Shuibo Liangshan, Li Yan’s stronghold in the Song Dynasty, was pulled out, one is because Shuibo Liangshan is too close to Tokyo, and if it is not pulled out, Zhao Ji and his ministers will have trouble sleeping and eating; It gave Li Yan the idea of ​​​​taking over the territory of the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, Tong Guan didn't want to and couldn't fight Li Yan again.

On the other hand, the generals of the Western Army did not want to fight the Liangshan Army again.

In the few times they fought against the Liangshan Army, the Western Army did not fight at all, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers were killed or injured.

Therefore, the Western Army was somewhat afraid of fighting the Liangshan Army, even if they killed and wounded 2 or [-] Liangshan Army.

Moreover, in the past two years since leaving Shaanxi, their Western Army has been fighting, it can be said that they have been fighting from the north to the south, which is really exhausting.

Therefore, in the face of this battle that can be fought or not, the Western Army sincerely does not want to fight from top to bottom.

From the commander-in-chief to the generals to the soldiers, they didn't want to fight anymore. As a result, after chasing Wenzhou Port, the Song Army stopped moving forward, only pretending to attack, and didn't dare to go too far.

This is the fourth compartment.

After several battles, more than half of the loss was lost, and now more than half of them are recruits, so I don't want to fight anymore.

More importantly, the order received by the fourth chamber was to escort Fang Layi's army to withdraw from the southeast, not to start a war with the Song army.

Therefore, the fourth chamber did not provoke Song Jun.

This led to a tacit agreement between the Song Army and the Liangshan Army to stop fighting.

After more than two months, the Sun Never Set Fleet finally transported Fang Layi's army and the southeast people who were willing to go with Liangshan Army, and then the fourth wing also evacuated Wenzhou Port.

The Song Army then regained Wenzhou Port, and Southeast finally recovered in full.

Tong Guan led the army to win a comprehensive victory against the rebellion and returned in triumph.

Not long after returning to the imperial court, Tong Guan found out that the imperial court had set up another service department to collect flowers and stones as before.

How is this going?

It turned out that Cai Jing had come to visit Zhao Ji a few months ago, and he was very puzzled to see that Zhao Ji started to cut back on food and clothing.

Zhao Ji told Cai Jing: "Now the imperial court has insufficient financial resources, and all kinds of expenses have been cut down."

Cai Jingdao: "There is so much wealth in the world, isn't it easy to take care of His Majesty?"

Cai Jing's move was actually directed at Wang Fu.

Zhao Ji used Cai Jing and Wang Fu to govern the world, not just because the two were sycophants and obedient, but more importantly, both of them had one advantage—they could amass money for Zhao Ji to squander.

Back then, when Cai Jing was in power, Zhao Ji was never short of money, so he could spend wantonly, promote Taoism, build large-scale construction projects, build Genyue, and gather rare treasures from all over the world for Zhao Ji alone.

Now it's Wang Fu's turn to be in power, he is struggling everywhere, and he has to borrow money from Li Yan to spend, it's really embarrassing and embarrassing.

At that time, Liang Shicheng was standing beside Zhao Ji.

Seeing that Zhao Ji's complexion is not good, he seems to be attached to Cai Jing.

At night, Liang Shicheng quietly told Wang Fu about this.

Wang Fu was very worried about losing his current power, so he said to Zhao Ji the next day: "Fang La's riot was caused by the tea and salt law. Tong Xuanfu said it was caused by Hua Shigang, who was raped. If you are deceived, I want to attribute it to Your Majesty."

The Tea and Salt Law is a fiscal and taxation reform implemented by Cai Jing when he was in power.

Wang Fu's words were actually killing two birds with one stone, attacking both Cai Jing and Tong Guan.

Then, Wang Fu suggested that a special minister should be set up in the imperial court to continue collecting the world's most precious treasures for Zhao Ji's entertainment.

In addition, in order to put an end to treacherous schemes, he, Wang Fu, can be in charge.

Gen Yue has not been fully built, which is very unbearable for the artist Zhao Ji.

Moreover, Zhao Ji, who is used to extravagance, really can't live in such a poor life.

In addition, Wang Fu said that the root cause of the riots in the southeast was caused by the Tea and Salt Law, not because they made a big fuss about Huashigang. Cai Jing also said that there is a lot of wealth in the world, and it is right to support him alone. no problem.

Therefore, Zhao Ji agreed with Wang Fu's proposal to set up another department of service, making Wang Fu the chief and Liang Shicheng the deputy chief.

In addition, Zhao Ji resumed the effective work of Zhu Zhi and his son.

Moreover, because Zhu Xi soon found a huge Taihu stone for Zhao Ji (up to four feet high, carried by a huge ship, and transported to Bianjing after several months with thousands of trackers), Zhao Ji was very happy and gave this huge stone Named "Shenyun Zhaogong Stone" and granted it the title of "Pan Guhou", Zhu Wei was promoted to Weiyuan Jiedushi for this reason.

As a result, the entire southeast was harmed, more than 300 million people died in the southeast, more than 300 million people in the southeast were unable to return to their homes, and Zhu Xi, who caused the national power of the Song Dynasty to retreat, was not punished at all just because he got a strange stone. , On the contrary, he was promoted, and got the post of Jiedushi that countless generals who threw their lives and blood for the country could not get.

When Tong Guan and the others came back, what they saw were strange objects coming from all directions, such as lead pines and strange rocks, rare birds and beasts, beauties and treasures, pearls and big shells, rhinoceros and zithers. palace.

In fact, most of them went to Wang Fu and Liang Shicheng's house, and Zhao Ji's was only one or two tenths.

And Ying Fengsi's disturbance is more than that of Hua Shigang.

Tong Guan was very angry with Wang Fu's actions. He said to Zhao Ji: "Your Majesty, I have just removed an Encouragement Bureau in Suzhou. Why did Wang Fu set up an Enforcement Bureau in the capital? People in the southeast have not yet had a meal. Steady, it’s time to engage in Hua Shi Gang again. The army killed and wounded 7 to [-] people before the banditry was wiped out. What if the common people rise up to rebel again?”

Zhao Ji didn't say anything on the surface, but he was very angry at Tong Guan's questioning in his heart, thinking that Tong Guan was taking credit for his pride and losing his duty as a courtier.

Tong Guan was also very disappointed when he saw that Zhao Ji had reactivated Zhu Ying and his son, continued to collect flowers and stones and indulged in the same old ways, but refused to listen to his advice.

Wang Fu saw Zhao Ji's thoughts, so he said to Zhao Ji: "The grand master is nearly [-] years old, and he has been doing more for the country in recent years. You should let him live in his old age to show the kindness of the official family."

Soon, Tong Guan, who had made great contributions to the stability of the country, became an official.

At this time, the situation in the Yanyun area became more and more clear, and the Liao Kingdom could be said to be dying.

In the Song Kingdom, Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La were all wiped out, and Li Yan and Li Yan's elite troops were all locked in the Yunzhong area. The internal troubles seemed to be gone, and the situation was good.

Zhao Ji's heart was divided again: "Do you want to take this opportunity to take Yan Yun back?"

With this idea, Zhao Ji quickly called Wang Fu and Cai You who supported the recovery of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures.

After the three of them discussed it, Zhao Ji called the two gold envoys who had been forced by him for more than half a year...

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(End of this chapter)