Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 544 The Undercurrent Surges (Subscribe!)
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Zhang Jue's betrayal of Jin and restoration of Liao Dynasty was quickly grasped by Song State.

Zhao Ji gave Zhan Du an imperial pen, the original text is as follows:
"The Kingdom of Jin sent people from Yanshan to Pingzhou, and returned to Yun immediately. Zhang Jue led the way and rode five thousand walls of Songting Pass. He copied his car and dared not go forward..."

To sum it up briefly, what Zhao Ji actually means is:

[-]. Zhang Jue's betrayal of gold is already obvious;

[-]. Zhang Jue is still using the reign title of the Liao Kingdom, and there is no sign of belonging to the Song Dynasty;

[-]. Zhang Jue is contacting Han Qingmin and others to fight against gold;
[-]. In order to prevent Zhang Jue from becoming a border trouble, you can contact him in secret to comfort him, but you must keep it secret and don't let the Jinren know about it;

Fifth, use Bian Zhuang's strategy of stabbing a tiger to sit back and watch the changes;
Sixth, don't fall out with the golden man for Zhang Jue.

Zhan Du then sent someone to find Zhang Jue's in-law Wang Yi, and asked Wang Yi to go to Pingzhou to send a message to Zhang Jue to show his friendship.

Zhang Jue responded quickly, and immediately sent Zhang Xingyou to Yanjing to contact Zhan Du and find out Song Guo's true intentions.

From then on, Song Guo and Zhang Jue began flirting.

Soon after, Zhao Ji gave an order to Zhan Du: try to recruit Zhang Jue, and even Xiao Qian, in order to peacefully recover the three states of Pingluanying, close the last gap for the Hu people to go south, and solve the problem of border troubles by the way.

Zhan Du immediately held a meeting to discuss the possibility of recruiting Zhang Jue and Xiao Qian.

The participants all believed that it was unlikely that Xiao Qian would surrender, because he had once been an enemy of the Song State, defeated the Song State, and made the Song State lose face. But Zhang Jue has many worries, but Zhang Jue is not. He wanted to join for a long time, but he just felt that the treatment given to him was not as good as that of Guo Yaoshi, and did not meet his wish, so he postponed until now, and has not made a clear statement.

Zhan Du reported the discussion opinions to Zhao Ji.

A few days later, Zhao Ji ordered Zhan Du: "Secretly send people to lure them, and order the people to attach them, and give them generously with gold."

At this time, Yanmin returned to Yandi one after another.

Zhao Ji then issued an edict to Wang Anzhong and Zhan Du, ordering them to care about and inspect the scholar-bureaucrats in Yandi carefully, select available talents from them, and pay travel expenses to those who had official positions, let them go to Beijing to go to the palace, and exchange for assignments.

In order to let the people live and work in peace and contentment, Zhao Ji also exempted the three-year regular tax.

Zhang Jue was overjoyed when he heard about these policies of the Song Dynasty, so he decided to surrender to the Song Dynasty with the three states of Ping, Ying, and Luan.

Zhang Jue sent Gao Lu to Yanjing to make formal contact with Wang Anzhong.

Gao Lu once served as the third envoy of the Liao Kingdom, but was captured by the Jin people. He was released because of Zhang Jue's help, so he is very grateful to Zhang Jue.

Gao Lu changed his name to Gao Dang and tried his best to plan for Zhang Jue.

Gao Dang knew that Zhang Jue's treason against the gold would definitely attract the Jin army's attack. Therefore, if the Song Dynasty did not accept them, then the end of Pingzhou would come when the Jin army came to attack Pingzhou, so Gao Dang He tried his best to make Song Guo accept them.

Gao Dang said to Wang Anzhong: "Pingzhou has been a place of great shape since ancient times. It is hundreds of miles away and has more than [-] armors. The handsome minister Zhang Jue is full of civil and military talents, enough to resist the Jin people and check and balance Guo Yaoshi. If it is for our Song Dynasty If it is used, it must be able to protect the royal family, otherwise, I am afraid that he will meet Emperor Tianzuo in the west and Xiaoqian in the north, and together become our border troubles in the Song Dynasty, so how can Yanshan be safe?"

Wang Anzhong felt that Gao Dang's words were reasonable, so he wrote a memorial to report to Zhao Ji, asking to recruit Zhang Jue.

Wang Anzhong said to Gao Dang: "I agree with your opinion, and dare to take responsibility for it, but this matter concerns the interests of the military and the country, so I dare not report it to the imperial court, and let the imperial court decide."

Therefore, Wang Anzhong sent people to escort Gao Dang to Beijing to go to the palace, and then Gao Dang secretly lived in Wang Fu's mansion.

At this time, Zhao Minxiu, a scholar of Yankang Palace and promoted Taiyi Palace, also often came and went to Wang Fu's mansion.

This Zhao Minxiu is not an ordinary person, he is Li Chuneng, the son of Li Yan, the former prime minister of the Liao Kingdom, and Li Chuwen's cousin.

After Li Chuwen was executed by Nv Xiao Puxian, Li Chuneng became a monk first, then escaped from Yanjing and came to a sea island to become a monk.

After Xiao Puxian learned about it, she ordered him to return to the vulgar, and ordered him to go to the palace immediately on a post horse, intending to reuse him.

When Li Chuneng went to Pingzhou, he heard that Li Yan had occupied Yanjing, so he crossed the border to seek refuge in the State of Song, and was awarded the title of official in the capital. Li Chuneng's mother, Mrs. Xing, and his children also came Came to Tokyo from Pingzhou.

During this process, Zhang Jue was of great help, so Li Chu can owe Zhang Jue a lot of favor.

Therefore, Zhao Minxiu and Gao Dang went in and out of Wang Fu and Cai You's mansions day and night to discuss matters. The imperial court believed his words and made up their minds to communicate with Pingzhou and accept Zhang Jue.

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As Wang Kai's grandfather, Li Ziqian dictatorially ruled the country's fate, and his power was poured into the government and the public. The amount of rotting meat is tens of thousands of catties, and they plunder people's soil and fields, and let their servants plunder chariots and horses to lose their own things.

Li Ziqian is so domineering, which has long caused the dissatisfaction of many ministers in Korea.

In addition, Li Ziqian insisted on going his own way to use troops against Shuibo Liangshan, resulting in an extremely passive situation in Koryo today.

Therefore, Wang Kai entrusted Queen Li and Princess Li to send people close to him, and they soon gathered the servant Jin Can, the servant An Fulin, the Privy Council official Zhi Luyan, the general Cui Zhuo, and Wu Zhuo. , General Kwon Soo, General Gao Shuo and other ministers.

Under the operation of Queen Li and Princess Li, Jin Can and others sneaked into the palace to meet Wang Kai secretly.

Wang Kai cried to Jin Can and others: "The country is unfortunate. First, it was robbed by Li Yan and lost half of the country. The father died young. This king inherited the throne at a young age. , Taishi Li is too self-willed, and now Liangshan's army is approaching the city... At this time of crisis, loyal and upright ministers are needed to turn the tide and save the country from embarrassment. Are you willing to take on this great task?"

Jin Can and the others heard their blood boiling, and said in unison: "The ministers are willing to obey the orders of the king!"

Wang Kai said: "After all, Grand Master Li is my grandfather and father-in-law. I really don't want to meet Grand Master Li."

Jin Can and the others were a little confused, wondering what Wang Kai meant by this?

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Many of these people have quick reflexes.

As soon as An Fulin rolled his eyes, he understood that Wang Kai hoped that they would launch a palace coup to eradicate Li Ziqian, and he didn't want to come forward himself to make a fuss about the future.

An Fulin immediately said: "Li thief deceived the master and the young, and committed transgressions. Everyone should be punished. This matter has nothing to do with the king."

When An Fulin was reminded like this, the others also reacted, and said one after another: "Let me get rid of Thief Li. How dare you bother the king?"

Only then did Wang Kai nod his head in satisfaction, but he still reminded: "There is also Tuo Junjing, if not for the support of Tuo thief all the time, how could Grand Master Li dare to be rude to this king?"

Although Tuo Junjing was defeated in the front, Tuo Junjing fled back with thousands of troops after all, and transferred [-] to [-] Korean troops from the right line back, so the military power of Korea is still in Tuo Junjing's hands , Therefore, if Tuo Junjing is not eradicated, it is impossible for their palace coup to win.

Jin Can and the others said in unison: "No!"

Wang Kai said again: "In addition, you send someone to tell Li Yan that this king is willing to become a vassal, pay tribute every year, and become a minister every year. If Li Yan is willing, this king is willing to marry Li Yan's daughter as the queen. Li Yan supports us."

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(End of this chapter)