The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 406
Hearing Cai Jing's idea, both Gao Qiu's eyes lit up, and Liang Shicheng even clapped his hands and shouted, "Wonderful, we may not be able to fight a war, but it is not easy to deal with a few officials in court."

Gao Qiu also followed with a sneer and said, "Once those thieves are recruited successfully, then they will be ordered to suppress the thieves, let them come and bite the dog, and after their strength is exhausted, the heads of the thieves will be dispatched to different places." , Come and cut the weeds!"

Cai Jing caressed his beard and smiled, "That's right, this is called a soldier who surrenders without fighting. It is the best strategy among the best strategies, and it is much better than sending a large army to overwhelm the troops."

"In the opinion of the grand master, who should handle this matter?"

Before inviting the two of Gao Qi to come, Cai Jing had already thought about this problem, so he said without hesitation,

"I can't personally come forward in this matter, lest something goes wrong, it's not easy to deal with the government! In my humble opinion, it's better to push an outsider to do it, and we'll just be on the sidelines.

As for this candidate, the old man suggested Su Yuanjing, the chief officer in front of the palace. This person has always advocated a gentle approach to those bandits, as long as he finds someone to give him advice, he is not afraid that he will not be baited! "

Realizing that Cai Jing had arranged things so impeccably, Liang Shicheng and the two, apart from lamenting that Jiang was still old and hot, couldn't help but feel more jealous of Cai Jing, and at the same time secretly reminded themselves not to offend this old guy easily, so as not to be tricked by him one day.

After the three treacherous ministers had finished their discussions, they immediately split up and acted separately.

In the following period of time, from time to time, officials began to talk in Su Yuanjing's ears about the benefits of recruiting the two groups of thieves in Shandong.Sure enough, Su Yuanjing became concerned about this matter as Cai Jing expected, and brought it up on a certain day.

After hearing the play, Emperor Daojun Zhao Ji asked the opinions of all the civil and military personnel. After seeing that the voice of opposition was inaudible, he immediately issued an imperial decree to hand over the matter to Taiwei Su Yuanjing.

But Su Yuanjing received the imperial decree, returned to the front of the hall and sat down at the Si Yamen, thinking to himself, "If the decree of recruiting security is issued directly, it will appear that the imperial court is not dignified enough. Maybe we should think of a way to let those thieves ask for security on their own initiative."

After pondering for a long time, Su Yuanjing suddenly slapped his thigh, and said to himself, "Yes, I can seal the official letter to the officials in Jeju and Qingzhou first, and let them test it first."

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Just when Su Yuanjing's official letter arrived at Jeju Prefecture, the prefect sent someone to Liangshanpo.

Mu Xu also received a secret letter from Hua Rong. In the letter, Hua Rong said that the Taihang Mountain Village has been established, and the current hoarded food and grass are enough to consume more than ten thousand people for a year.In addition, he also found out that Tian Hu was already about to move, and he was afraid that he would raise his troops soon.

Knowing this important information, Mu Xu naturally did not dare to be negligent, and hastily summoned Xu Guanzhong, Zhu Wu, and Le He to discuss the matter.

When the three of them arrived one after another, Mu Xu first gave an overview of the matter, and then got straight to the point,
"Tian Hu's incident is imminent, and we should take some action here. Therefore, I would like to invite one of the three to lead five thousand soldiers and horses to go ahead and station them in Taihang Village. I don't know who would like to Past?"

Without waiting for Xu Guanzhong and Zhu Wu to react, Le He took the initiative to invite Ying and said, "My little brother is not talented. Since he joined the village, he has not made an inch of merit, but he is so loved by his brother, so he has been promoted to a high position in vain. Every time I think of this, I can't help but feel frightened." , now that I have this opportunity, I should let my little brother go through this, and I ask my brother to make it happen!"

Mu Xu glanced at Xu Guanzhong and Zhu Wu, and seeing that they had no intention of objecting, he immediately made a decision and said,
"Okay, then leave this matter to Brother Le! You must remember that when you get there, you only need to pay attention to two points. One, continue to hoard food and grass, the more the better. Second, keep an eye on Tian Hu's movements, As long as there is any change in him, immediately send troops to take down Huguan, no need to ask me for instructions!"

Le He stood up and replied solemnly, "Elder brother, don't worry, younger brother will definitely fulfill his mission!"

Mu Xu nodded in relief, and then asked, "I don't know how many leaders you need to accompany the army for this trip?"

After pondering for a while, Le He replied, "It is enough to have brothers from the Xie family!"

Before Mu Xu could reply, Xu Guanzhong suggested, "It's better to bring another horse army, it may come in handy in the future."

Mu Xu made sense when he thought about it. After all, soldiers are expensive and fast. If they were all infantry, they might miss the chance of fighting.Immediately, they ordered Shan Shiqi, Lu Fang, and Guo Sheng to go with them with an army of two thousand horses.

It took two days to get everything ready, and Mu Xu took Xu and Zhu to the Golden Beach to bid farewell to Lehe and his party.

When the three of them were about to return, they saw a fast boat approaching from a distance, Zhu Guili shouted from the bow, "Brother, go slowly, younger brother has something important to report!"

When Mu Xu heard the sound, he stopped in his tracks and waited for Zhu Gui's arrival.Not long after, the boat was leaning against the shore, and Zhu Gui quickly came up to him, bowed to the three of them, and replied in a low voice,
"Today, the Governor of Jeju sent a messenger here, do you want to see him?"

"Didn't say what it was for?"

"The messenger said that it was to discuss the matter of recruiting security."

"These words have no beginning and no end. When did I say that I wanted to recruit security, and where did the governor of Jizhou hear this news?" Mu Xu was startled at first, and then he was surprised.

Zhu Gui hurriedly explained, "Brother, don't blame me, my younger brother didn't make it clear! According to what the messenger said, the imperial court intended to recruit us, so the governor of Jizhou wanted to ask my brother what he meant. If he really wanted to recruit us, he could take the initiative to write to the imperial court." , someone will come and take charge.”

Hearing this, Mu Xu couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, and then said in a mocking tone, "Go and tell the messenger, and say that if the imperial court really wants to recruit me, then send a person of sufficient weight to come with me." Talk face to face."

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and then continued, "Well, this person should be Taiwei Gaoqiu, I can't trust anyone else!"

Mu Xu almost refused bluntly, Zhu Gui didn't dare to say more, he clenched his fists and was about to turn around and leave.Xu Guanzhong didn't want to but stopped him and asked,

"Brother Zhu, did you ever ask the messenger why the imperial court suddenly decided to recruit?"

Zhu Gui was stunned for a moment, and replied, "The messenger doesn't know the specific reason, but I heard that it was Su Yuanjing, the Taiwei in front of the palace, who proposed it above the court, and the official Zhao's words were well-spoken, ordering him to supervise this matter."

When he heard that Su Yuanjing was in charge of the recruiting, Mu Xu believed that it was true.After all, in the original book, it was this Su Yuanjing who contributed to the recruitment of Song Jiang and his gang.

Thinking of Song Jiang, Mu Xu couldn't help but feel moved, and asked Zhu Gui, "Have you ever asked, is this recruiting only for our Liangshan family?"

Zhu Gui replied honestly, "Brother, please forgive me, the messenger doesn't know the details."

The more Mu Xu thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was strange, but he couldn't think of the joints inside, so he had to ask Xu Guanzhong and the two, "I wonder if the two military advisers taught me?"

Zhu Wu frowned and said, "As the village master said, this matter has no beginning and no end, and there are too few useful clues, so it is really difficult to judge."

Xu Guanzhong didn't mention this, but reminded a few people, "It's best for the four of us to know this news, don't let it out, or it will make people panic!"

Seeing that several people nodded in agreement, Xu Guanzhong persuaded Mu Xu again, "Even if the imperial court sincerely recruits us this time, it may be difficult to reach a consensus in a short period of time. You might as well ask Brother Zhu to go back to the Governor of Jeju , let’s say that the chief of the village persuaded the brothers to agree to this matter, and asked the court to wait for me a little longer.”

When Mu Xu heard this, he immediately understood Xu Guanzhong's implication. He was deliberately delaying time!I have to say that it is indeed better than directly refusing to come.

"Alright, brother Zhu will go back to the messenger according to what the military adviser said, and send someone to Qingfeng Mountain to investigate and see what's going on there."

Watching Zhu Gui board the boat and leave, Xu Guanzhong asked in confusion, "Why does the village master care so much about the movement of Qingfeng Mountain?"

After hearing the words, Mu Xu gloated and said with a smile, "I just want to watch the fun. If Qingfeng Mountain is also on the court's recruiting list, there will definitely be a big show going on."

(End of this chapter)