The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 496
In the next few days, Mu Xu spent the whole day with Cai Youxu, arguing with each other until Tong Guan's reply came.

Similar to what Mu Xu had thought in advance, Tong Guan is now focused on making meritorious service and doesn't care about anything else. He agreed to Mu Xu's request privately without asking Zhao Ji for instructions.

Of course, the final outcome of this matter depends on the outcome of the negotiations between Ma Kuo and Yeluchun. If Yeluchun can understand current affairs, then everyone will be happy.

If not, then Mu Xu had no choice but to teach him a lesson, so that the Liao people in Yanjing could understand what it means to be different from what it used to be.

Fortunately, Yeluchun was also sensible. After learning about the conditions of the Song Dynasty from Ma Kuo, he thought about it again and again, and finally he gritted his teeth and agreed, promising to subdue the domestic opposition.

After a lot of intrigue, Yeluchun officially issued an edict on August [-]th, and the whole country surrendered to the Song Dynasty.

As soon as the news spread, the Khitan people, Xi people, Mohe people, and even some Han people in the land of Yan burst into tears, feeling sad for the former big empire, and there were not a few people looking for death and life.

On the contrary, Tong Guan, who lives in Xiongzhou, was elated after receiving the official letter sent by Ma Kuo, and hurriedly sent someone to send a good news to Tokyo, and asked Zhao Ji on it, who should do it Accept Liao's surrender.

Tong Guan thought with all his heart that Zhao Ji would definitely leave it to him to handle such a show of face, but he didn't know that before his happy news arrived in the capital, Mu Xu's secret letter had already been sent to Yun by Zhang San. In the hands of Wang Zhaokai.

In this secret letter, Mu Xu first boasted about his achievements, then changed the subject and smeared Tong Guan, and finally suggested to Zhao Kai that it would be best to ask the Zhao official family to go north on his own initiative. Come to preside over the surrender ceremony of the Liao Kingdom.

As mentioned earlier, Zhao Kai is proud to learn from his father Zhao Ji in everything, so his artistic accomplishment is extremely good, but his political accomplishment is a bit so-so.

When this guy saw Mu Xu's letter suggesting him to go north, his first reaction was to frown, worried that the journey would be too tiring.

Fortunately, Princess Yun Zhu Fengying was by Zhao Kai's side at that time. After seeing Mu Xu's letter, she immediately persuaded her husband, "Your Majesty, there is no reason to hesitate for such a great thing! You should enter the palace immediately. Before the Emperor received the summons from Privy Tong, he made a decision on this matter, so as not to let others get ahead of him."

After finishing speaking, she saw that Zhao Kai was still hesitant, so she couldn't help but paused and said, "My good king, recovering Youyun is the behest of our ancestors, and my father is very concerned about this! If it weren't for you for Mu Jie You have the friendship of being a matchmaker, how can such a good thing fall on your head?"

Having said that, Zhu Fengying got up and came to the door of the study, and after looking around, she said in a low voice, "Father, the former emperor intended to change the king to be the heir, but the ministers in the court thought that the king is not a direct descendant. Oppose on long grounds.

If Your Majesty can make some contributions in such a major event as regaining Youyun today, not only can he give his father a face, but also make those princes shut up, wouldn't it be a good thing for both sides? "

After hearing Zhu Fengying's words, Zhao Kai finally understood Mu Xu's deep meaning. He thanked his own princess first, then shook his head and smiled, "This Mu Xu is real, just say what you have to say, you have to beat around the bush like this, let I almost made a big mistake!"

Zhu Fengying gave her husband a blank look, and said angrily, "This is what he looks like to do big things. If you are not careful and let this letter fall into the hands of others, it will not be good for everyone!"

"Yes, female Zhuge is right, it is Xiao Wang who uses the heart of a villain to save the belly of a gentleman!"

"Don't play tricks. Hurry up and enter the palace. Before the court finds out about this, it's important to surprise father and get the errand in hand. You can't take advantage of the prince."

Zhao Kai followed suit immediately, and without notifying the palace, he flew from the palace to the palace and found Zhao Ji who was painting in the Qunyu Pavilion.

"Why is the third brother here, can you find me for something important?"

Zhao Kai wanted to answer directly, but when he saw Liang Shicheng by his side, thinking that this fellow had spoiled his good deeds, he deliberately looked embarrassed and kept looking at Liang Shicheng.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Ji waved to Liang Shicheng, drove him out, and said to his son, "Okay, now there are no outsiders, so my son will speak up if he has something to say."

Only then did Zhao Kai put on a smiling face, and bowed to Zhao Ji, "Congratulations, father, congratulations, father, I have something great to report to you!"

Zhao Ji was taken aback when he heard the words, put down the pen with a smile, and guessed, "Could it be that the daughter-in-law is pregnant again?"

Zhao Kai shook his head and denied, "I already have Chen Er and the three of them. Even if Feng Ying and the others are pregnant again, it is not a great happy event. What I want to talk about today is related to the north. The most important thing right now."

Zhao Ji was not calm now, he didn't dare to believe it, "My son is not going to be fooled again, tell my father quickly!"

Zhao Kai knelt down and bowed three times, then raised his head and said in a loud voice, "Thanks to the blessing of our ancestors, You Yun has finally returned to our Han hands. My son congratulates the emperor and the Great Song!"

Zhao Ji's face was flushed with excitement, and he came to Zhao Kai with trembling hands, pulled him up, and then asked impatiently, "Where did my son get the news? It's true, why didn't I receive it?" Tongguan Zoubao?"

Facing Zhao Ji's barrage of questions, Zhao Kai hastily replied, "Returning to my father, I learned about this from my fifth sister-in-law, and as for Tong Shumi's report, I think he is already on his way to Beijing at this time. "

"Great, tomorrow I will open the Taimiao to worship the ancestors, and tell Taizu Taizong that the Youyun they have been thinking about has been recovered in my hands."

While talking, Zhao Ji excitedly walked around the hall for several times, and finally calmed down, he thought of a question, looked at Zhao Kai suspiciously, and asked inadvertently, "Why did Mu Xu send third brother a letter? "

"Father didn't know about it. Because of You Yun's incident, the marriage between Brother-in-law Mu and Fifth Sister was delayed again and again. He felt very sorry, so he wrote to ask his son, asking me to explain to Fifth Sister for him. The letter inevitably mentioned about You Yun, so my son was able to know about such a happy event first."

After all, he is his most beloved son, so Zhao Ji never doubted it, and teased Mu Xu, "This kid surnamed Mu is quite cunning, I am a little worried now, he will fool Fifth Sister in the future!"

Zhao Kai got Mu Xu's help, so if he wanted to speak well of him, he listened to him, "Mu's brother-in-law said in the letter that since his father betrothed his younger sister to him, he has been terrified and worried about what dowry gift should be prepared.

Just at this time, Tong Shumi was defeated and the situation was not good for our Song Dynasty. In order not to disappoint his father, he angrily sent troops to help, and finally surrounded the main force of the Liao army, forcing Yeluchun to surrender. "

"What, there is such a thing? Tell me carefully!" Zhao Ji only knew that the Song army was defeated for a while, but he didn't know much about what happened after that. This was the first time he heard that there was something wrong, so he couldn't help ask.

At that moment, Zhao Kai revised Mu Xu's words and passed them on to Zhao Ji.

After hearing this, Zhao Ji cursed angrily, "This Tong Guan is really outrageous. In his report to Zhende, he only said that the teacher lost his army and lost the general, but he never mentioned that it was Mu Xu who sent troops to turn the tide of the battle. What a loss. I thought that the ability to recover Yan land this time was all due to his command, but I didn't expect that to be the case."

In fact, Zhao Kai was speaking for Mu Xu, but he was deliberately targeting Tong Guan, because he had tried to win Tong Guan over several times in the past. In other words, he chose not to help Prince Zhao Huan and Zhao Kai, which made Zhao Kai very angry.

Today I finally got this opportunity, Zhao Kai didn't want to miss it, so he listened to him,

"I'm afraid my father doesn't know. My son-in-law heard from my brother-in-law of the Mu family that our army was not at a disadvantage when we fought against the Liao army at first. It was the Privy Tong who forced the army to retreat, which caused our army to be attacked by the Liao cavalry. lead to such a tragedy.

That's all, afterward Privy Tong actually told all the soldiers that according to his father's order, they are not allowed to fight against the Liao people, so he ordered the whole army to retreat as a last resort! "

"You bastard! I only said that I want to give preferential treatment to the soldiers and civilians of the Liao Kingdom who surrendered. When will the army be beaten passively? How dare he misinterpret my meaning, I can't spare him!"

At this time, even if Zhao Ji issued this imperial decree, he would not admit it.Especially when he thought about Tong Guan's audacity to do so far, it's all right not to share the worries of the emperor, and dared to push the responsibility for the defeat on him, how would those soldiers think of him as the emperor?
The more Zhao Ji thought about it, the angrier he felt, and he had already made up his mind that after Tong Guan returned to the court, he would be made an official and honored support, and he would never use this guy again in the future.

Seeing that the heat was almost ready, Zhao Kai said at the right time, "Father, for the current plan, when ordering important officials to go north to canonize Yeluchun, we still need to appease the hearts of the soldiers in the Northern Expedition, so that they don't feel resentful towards the court and Father. "

"That's right, my son's words are very kind! It's just that I can't make up my mind about who to send there!"

Seeing that the time was ripe, Zhao Ji immediately recommended himself, "My son is not talented, and I am willing to share my father's worries!"

"Is there something wrong with you? My son has never traveled far. How can I rest assured that I have traveled so far and are still in the enemy's territory?"

"Father, where is there any enemy country? From now on, the land of Yan will be the territory of our Great Song Dynasty. Besides, sending ministers there only represents the imperial court, but it is not the case with son ministers. Not only can they represent the imperial court, It can better reflect the concern of the father on this matter."

Hearing Zhao Kai's righteous words, Zhao Ji couldn't help but nodded his head, and immediately said, "That's fine, when Tong Guanzuo reports, I will decree that the third brother will be a peace envoy, in charge of the Liao Dynasty. Regarding the matter of canonization, by the way, I will comfort the soldiers of the Northern Expedition for my father."

In this way, without Tong Guan noticing, he was already rejected by Zhao Ji. This guy didn't know anything about it yet, and he planned to go to Yanjing with great joy, ready to make a splash.

In Tong Guan's mind, as the supreme commander of the Northern Expedition, it would be better to recruit the Liao Kingdom than anyone else, but whoever wants to live a few days, the imperial court suddenly sent a decree, and the king of Yun Zhao Kai took full responsibility for this matter.

Tong Guan was quite critical of this, and felt helpless, if it was an ordinary courtier who came, he could make trouble for it, but it was Zhao Kai who came.

To this Zhao Kai's most beloved son, Tong Guan not only could not take revenge, but forced a smile on his face. On the day Zhao Kai came, he took people thirty miles out of the city to meet him.

Seeing the high-spirited Zhao Kai, Tong Guan tried to test him again and again, wanting to find out why the Zhao official family made such a decision.

But Zhao Kai was not stupid, he kept his mouth shut all the time.Until the next day, when Zhao Kai received the generals of the Northern Expedition on behalf of the Zhao officials, it was revealed inside and outside that the emperor was very concerned about the previous defeat, and hinted to the generals that the officials did not have an order to withdraw the troops.

At this moment, Tong Guan didn't know what went wrong, his face turned pale immediately, he realized that his family had violated the taboo of the officials this time, if this misunderstanding could not be resolved, his future would be dark.

And this matter is extremely difficult to handle, he can't take out the imperial decree and show the world that he, Tong, is completely following the will, right?
After thinking about it, Tong Guan couldn't help but cast his gaze on Zhao Kai in front of him, secretly wondering if he could use this master to save his family from the officials.

Tong Guan didn't expect that Zhao Kai was responsible for him falling into such a situation, and now he went to sell to him because he entered the wrong temple and worshiped the wrong Buddha.

And Zhao Kai was also quite narrow-minded. With the intention of watching Tong Guan's jokes, this guy would accept all the benefits Tong Guan sent him, and he also made a solemn promise that after he returned to Beijing, he would be with his father. There, intercede for Tong Guan.

In this way, under the service of Tong Guan's horse and horse, Zhao Kai and his party passed through Baigou, and came to join Mu Xu near Langoudian, and the team drove towards Yanjing City.

On the way, Mu Xu saw Tong Guan's frowning expression from time to time, so he asked Zhao Kai privately, and when he learned that it was Zhao Kai's handwriting, he immediately gave him a thumbs up.

In his previous letter to Zhao Kai, the reason why he deliberately mentioned Tong Guan's actions was just a leisurely move, the purpose was to add some trouble to Tong Guan.

Whoever let this guy get his benefits this time, it's fine if he doesn't appreciate it, but he wrote to him many times, revealing that he wanted to monopolize the success of regaining Yandi, it is really greedy and annoying.

Mu Xu is not his Tong Guan's subordinate, so why spoil him?
So, he wanted to use Zhao Kai's hand to give Tong Guan some eye drops at Zhao Guan's house, but he really didn't expect that Zhao Kai would be so powerful that he would give this guy a drastic blow.

And he was not afraid of retaliation afterwards, since he was far away in Yundi, Tong Guan couldn't do anything about it, let alone Zhao Kai in front of him.

Secondly, judging from Zhao Ji's historical deeds, he was originally a person who was extremely fickle and ungrateful, and cared about his reputation very much.This time Tong Guan touched his backlash, and when he returns to Tokyo, nine out of ten he will end up in the same fate as Cai Jing.

(End of this chapter)