Li Er of the Tang Dynasty: Ancestor Xie is here!

Chapter 228 Next to my dragon chair, there will be a dragon-headed bow!

The relationship between Yang Yizhong and Yue Fei is certainly not fake. After all, it is impossible for Yue Fei's grandson Yue Ke to lie in this regard.

It is recorded in the history books that Qin Hui ordered Yang Yizhong and asked him to capture "Living Yue Fei", and it was probably Zhao Gou who took the blame.

Qin Hui was indeed in a hurry, but he could not order Yang Yizhong.

Just kidding, Qin Hui only returned from the north in the fourth year of Jianyan, and Yang Yizhong has been following Zhao Gou since the fourth year of Jianyan. He is a die-hard Zhao Gou confidant. How could he be ordered by Qin Hui in just a few words?

Without Zhao Gou's command, it would have been impossible for Yang Yizhong to catch Yue Fei just by listening to Qin Hui's words.

Lao Zhu was very satisfied with Yang Yizhong's answer. After comforting Yang Yizhong with a few words, he asked him to wait outside the palace.

After Yang Yizhong walked out, Lao Zhu's face immediately darkened.

"Zhang Youde?"

Hearing Lao Zhu's call, Zhang Youde quickly knelt in front of him.

"Is what Yang Yizhong said true?" Lao Zhu's eyes were deep.

"Back to the official house, what Commander Yang said is indeed true." Zhang Youde said immediately.

Lao Zhu nodded slightly and suddenly asked: "Do you think it should be war or peace against the Kingdom of Jin?"

Zhang Youde immediately fell to the ground: "How can a servant, a man who has been spared from punishment, dare to speak nonsense about such a major military and national matter?"

"I pardon your innocence, go ahead." Lao Zhu paused for a moment: "I also want to know how the public comments on it."

Seeing that he couldn't escape, Zhang Youde took a deep breath.

Forget it, you can't hide from the left and right. Even if you die, you have to speak clearly before you die.

"Back at the official's house, I haven't studied for a few years, so I don't know whether it's good or bad. But I also know that there is no reason in this world to cede land and pay compensation after winning a battle."

"Not only the servants are confused, but the common people are also puzzled by this. What if the Song Dynasty really can't defeat the Jin Kingdom? Why is General Yue so powerful on the front line, but Qin Prime Minister insists on negotiating peace with the Jin people, and even... even……"

"What even?" Lao Zhu asked with a frown.

"They even asked the officials to bow to the Jin people and kneel down to accept the canonization ceremony from the Jin people..."

After Zhang Youde finished speaking, he fell on the ground.

He didn't wait for Lao Zhu's reply for a long time. When he secretly looked up, he found that Lao Zhu's eyes were extremely deep.

"We understand." There was no emotion or anger in Lao Zhu's voice, but his eyes were full of coldness.

Promise? Still have to kneel down to accept the canonization of the Golden Man?

It's a shame they figured it out...

Even though we faced all kinds of difficulties, we never accepted the canonization from Yuan Ting. Could it be that now that we own several provinces south of the Yangtze River, we still have to surrender to the Tatars?

Of course, there are many parasites that Safeguard Soap can kill that spread rumors, making it far-fetched that the Yuan Dynasty sent the special envoy Zhang Chang to Yingtian to recruit surrender, and it became Zhu Yuanzhang's surrender to the Yuan Dynasty. But Zhu Yuanzhang did not even meet the envoy, and ignored the official titles awarded by the Yuan Dynasty, such as Ronglu Dafu and Pingzhang Zhengshi, Jiangxi Xingzhongshu Province. How can he be said to have accepted the canonization of the Yuan Dynasty?

Lao Zhu himself also said, "I have observed that the words in rare books are euphemistic and flattering. They just want to taste me. How can I be so willing to seduce them? What's more, if someone comes to me with a letter and does not return to me, his true feelings can be seen."

After a long moment of silence, Lao Zhu said: "Call Yang Yizhong to come in."

As if Zhang Youde had been granted amnesty, he didn't even bother to wipe the sweat off his face, turned around and ran out of the palace.

Without him, the current pressure from officials is too great.

If the former official family was a poisonous snake lurking in the dark, then the current official family is like a sharp sword.

After Yang Yizhong came in, Lao Zhu glanced sharply at Yang Yizhong and asked, "Yang Yizhong, can I believe you?"

"Your Majesty, Yang Yizhong, is willing to die for the government!" Yang Yizhong immediately knelt on the ground to show his loyalty.

Lao Zhu was very satisfied with Yang Yizhong's attitude. He nodded slowly and said in a deep voice: "You are going to select hundreds of talented people across the country. These people must be young, loyal, and bold and cruel. "

"It's up to you to form them into a secret team, let's call it...Jinyiwei."

"After rigorous training, he was sent to various places to act as spies and spies, specially monitoring those civil and military ministers of the fourth rank and above...including relatives of the emperor, high officials in the border areas, and even the Jin people."

"I want to know what they think, say, and do every day! Who they meet during the day, what kind of woman they sleep with at night, I want to know all of this!"

"Yes!" Yang Yizhong shuddered involuntarily. He understood that the official family, which had been dormant for more than ten years, was finally going to soar into the sky!

Hey, let me just say, the official family will not remain weak forever.

"You have been in the army for a long time. Which generals has Prime Minister Qin been associated with?" Lao Zhu took a knife and gently filed his nails.

Yang Yizhong immediately replied: "As far as I know...no. The officials have never allowed him to associate with the generals, and Prime Minister Qin can't get involved. He can only bribe some middle- and lower-level officers."

"Where's Zhang Jun?" Lao Zhu asked seemingly casually.

He had noticed Zhang Jun for a long time. He holds an important official position, and he is the one who framed Yue Fei.

"Zhang Jun is from your official family." Yang Yizhong immediately replied.

Lao Zhu suddenly felt a little constipated.

After working on it for a long time, it turned out that we were the ones who wanted to mess with Yue Fei?

Damn it...

No matter how confused he was, he understood it now.

It turns out that it’s not only Qin Hui who has always been a coward, but also himself.

He asked Zhang Jun to splash the dirty water; and he asked Yang Yizhong to catch the person.

The current peace was probably negotiated by Qin Hui.

Even if Qin Hui was 99% wrong, didn't Zhao Gou have 1%?

Lao Zhu didn't dare to think further.

The most terrifying thing in the world is not that the ministers want to betray the country, but that the emperor takes the lead in betraying the country.

However, he was relieved when he learned that Qin Hui did not have military power.

But he, always cautious, planned to take another look.

"Tomorrow, I will summon Zhang Jun." Lao Zhu said, "I am tired. You must watch this palace carefully."

"I obey the decree." Yang Yizhong said immediately.

……

The next day, Lao Zhu got up out of bed in a daze.

Damn, no wonder Zhao Gou doesn't care about betraying his country. He has been doing it for a long time but he can't do it. He has no descendants to inherit the family business, so he spends the family casually.

Now he understood better.

Having said that, perhaps Zhao Gou lived to be eighty-one years old in history precisely because he was not good enough. It is said that after the pig's gelding, his health improved, he no longer thought about anything, and his life span was long. It seems that this man is the same.

For a moment, Lao Zhu was also thinking, anyway, this Zhao family is not my Zhu family, why should he play football?

But this thought only lasted a moment. After all, his surname was not really Zhao.

When Zhang Jun came to see him, Lao Zhu was drinking porridge.

Seeing Lao Zhu who only had a bowl of porridge and two plates of pickles for breakfast, Zhang Jun burst into tears.

"The official family is so diligent and frugal, my minister..."

As he spoke, Zhang Jun grabbed his collar with his hands, looking extremely worried.

Lao Zhu didn't say anything, and just watched Zhang Jun's performance quietly.

He was also very happy. After working for a long time, Zhang Jun was such a living treasure?

Frankly speaking, Lao Zhu doesn't hate him.

This man is not afraid of his incompetence, but of his disloyalty.

Especially at this juncture, loyalty is even more important than ability.

As for Zhang Jun, he was able to defeat a popular general like Yue Fei just because of his words. He was so loyal that ordinary people did not have it.

He thought for a while, if he asked Lan Yu to frame Xu Da, Lan Yu would definitely not do it. Even Tang He couldn't handle it, let alone Feng Sheng and the others.

But Lao Zhu doesn't use these conspiracies to kill people. If he wants to kill someone, the charges certainly don't have to be fabricated or invented out of thin air. We are just going to kill you, don't you accept it?

Zhang Jun didn't feel embarrassed. It wasn't until Lao Zhu asked him to come to the table to eat that he went to the table and started to wolf down the porridge.

To be honest, Zhang Jun was not used to this kind of light breakfast, and he didn't like it either. But there was no way. Since the officials were all eating and seemed very happy, he certainly couldn't show that he didn't like it.

"Okay, I know you don't like it." Lao Zhu put down the bowl and chopsticks: "Stop holding on."

"It's my honor to have dinner with the official family." Zhang Jun said immediately. These words were very appropriate. They did not forcefully praise her, but also showed her loyalty in a small way.

Lao Zhu was noncommittal. After he tried it last night and it didn't work, he and his concubine started talking about the previous affairs.

Among these courtiers, we have already made a rough judgment about who is named Zhao, who is named Qin, and who is named Wanyan.

"How do you judge Yue Fei's matter?" Lao Zhu asked.

"Yue Fei has an evil plot. I have a confession from one of his generals, Zhang Xian. He weeps every word, which proves that Yue Fei is treason!" Zhang Jun said categorically.

"Oh? Really?" Lao Zhu looked at Zhang Jun with a half-smile.

Zhang Jun is a bit incompetent.

Official, isn't this what you meant? I am just following orders...

Why don’t you know better than me whether Yue Fei was wronged or not?

How come a fox who has been around for thousands of years suddenly starts playing with me?

Suddenly, Zhang Jun thought of an unpleasant possibility.

Could it be that... the officials have changed their minds? After seeing the content of the peace agreement, I suddenly wanted to take the blame, so I wanted to throw myself out and take the blame?

The more he thought about Zhang Jun, the more scared he felt. He was not afraid of getting a bad reputation, but he was mainly afraid that he would not be able to enjoy it in the future.

But changing one's words is not that easy. For a moment, Zhang Jun didn't know how to make amends.

After all, he is not Qin Hui, so he is still slightly lacking in long and difficult sentences.

In desperation, Zhang Jun could only choose to bear it.

I hope that the officials will give themselves a way out for their courage in taking the blame.

"Everything I said is true!"

"Zhang Jun, I want to hear the truth." Lao Zhu's eyes were sharp: "If Yue Fei is really a rebel, why do the Jin people claim that they will only negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty if Yue Fei dies?"

"If Yue Fei really has rebellious intentions, the Jin people who are hostile to me, the Song Dynasty, should support him in every possible way. Why do you keep saying that you want the Song Dynasty to kill Yue Fei?"

Zhang Jun is a smart man and heard the hints in Lao Zhu's words.

This is to make yourself betray...

"Sheng Ming has no fault with the officials! I feel strange when the officials say this." Zhang Jun immediately said righteously: "The confession of Zhang Xian is full of errors and omissions. I suspect that it may be Wan Qixi and others. People secretly used their hands and feet to promote Yue Fei's unjust case!"

"Zhang Jun, you are a smart man." Lao Zhu looked at Zhang Jun with a satisfied expression: "I like smart people, and I also like loyal ministers."

"I will go back and retrial Zhang Xian immediately!" Zhang Jun said righteously: "I will never wrongly accuse a good person, and I will never let a bad person go!"

"There's no rush." ​​Lao Zhu grinned and said to Zhang Jun: "Put Zhang Xian's matter aside for now. When you go back, just pretend that nothing happened. Everything will be business as usual. Just do whatever you want."

"If Qin Hui comes to find you, do you know what you should say?" Lao Zhu added another question.

"Everything is as usual, Yue Fei is still a heinous rebel." Zhang Jun understood immediately.

Lao Zhu nodded with satisfaction.

"Zhang Jun, I like your intelligence very much."

Zhang Jun felt happy, and then Lao Zhu's words made him fall from heaven to hell.

"To be an official, you need to be good, but not too good."

"I understand! I will obey the official's teachings!" Zhang Jun immediately knelt on the ground.

"Get up." Lao Zhu glanced at Zhang Jun, "Although Huo Qubing and Zhao Yun don't care about family affairs, they are them after all, and we still have to take care of family affairs. When the peace talks are over, I will give your wife a royal title. Bar."

Zhang Jun's wife, Zhang, is quite knowledgeable and sensible. During the Battle of Zhegao, Zhang Jun's family letter instructs the Zhang family on some family affairs. In the reply, the Zhang family quoted Huo Qubing and Zhao Yun as saying that they did not care about family affairs, and ordered Mian to serve the country. After Zhang Jun returned home, he handed this family letter to Zhao Gou for reading. Zhao Gou was very happy after reading it and wrote the reward in person.

The concubine in the harem told Lao Zhu about this matter last night, and now he is learning and applying it.

Zhang Jun was overjoyed when he heard this and knelt on the ground to thank him repeatedly.

"Remember," Lao Zhu looked at Zhang Jun meaningfully, and finally said: "The attitude you had before is the same attitude you have now... Okay, please step back."

Zhang Jun bowed his head and bowed again before leaving the hall.

As expected by Lao Zhu, at noon that day, Wan Qixi came to Zhang Jun's house with a greeting card.

"Master Privy Council, the official family is..."

As he spoke, he made a slash at the side of his neck.

Wan Qixi couldn't tell directly what the officials said, so he asked in a roundabout way.

Anyone who understands this matter will naturally understand it. We are all human beings, so there is no need to guess the riddles.

"The official just asked me some questions about Zhang Xian, and asked me to do things cleanly and beautifully, and not to let others take advantage of me." Zhang Jun replied ambiguously.

Wan Qixi breathed a sigh of relief after receiving such an answer.

Today's officials are suspicious by nature, and they will inevitably not have any thoughts when they see the content of the peace agreement. Even he, a die-hard peace advocate, felt that the content of the peace agreement was a bit excessive, let alone the emperor Guan Jia?

He was also panicked, but since the officials' desire for peace had not changed, it was easy to say.

After chatting for a few words, they heard a message from outside that the officials had asked them to enter the palace.

After Zhang Jun and Wan Qixi entered the palace, they found that the officials not only called them, but from Qin Hui to Han Shizhong, the main war faction, the main peace faction, and the wall-timing faction had all declined.

The purpose of calling these people here is also very simple, that is, to let them talk about whether it is war or peace.

The two parties were noisy and no one would give in to the other. But for now, the peace faction has the upper hand. After all, the leader of the war faction, Yue Fei, has been imprisoned. Now Han Shizhong is considered to be alone and is no match for the Prime Minister Qin Hui.

Lao Zhu may not understand what Qin Hui wants, but Lao Zhu understands the thoughts of the big families in Jiangnan better than anyone else.

After having dealt with them for so many years, it goes without saying that they are such evil minds.

Spend money and people from the south of the Yangtze River to win back the land, snatch back the scholars from the north, and come back to compete with them for officials?

It’s not that Jiangnan’s big players are privy to information. On the contrary, they know better than everyone else, but they just like to settle small accounts.

What is the relationship between the northern military and civilians and them? What a stinky person from the north, come to Jiangnan to beg for food?

Even people with lofty ideals like Xin Qiji who escaped from the Jin Kingdom were labeled as "reformers" by them.

The so-called "returners" are those who fell to foreign countries and returned to their own dynasty, that is, those who surrendered to orthodoxy. "Reformed people" were discriminated against in the Southern Song Dynasty court and were considered to be suspected of having different intentions. The Southern Song Dynasty court stipulated that regular officials were only allowed to add a certain official position, but not to assign official duties, that is, they were only given an idle official position without real power. After that, the Southern Song Dynasty not only adhered to the national policy of being suspicious of military generals since the founding of the Song Dynasty, but also added another one-suspicious of "reformers".

In addition, people led by Qin Hui claimed that "southerns return to the south, and northerners return to the north." Since the fall of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, the northern and southern Han people have fallen into further divisions. By the end of the Song Dynasty, they almost became two ethnic groups. .

This policy was a major blow to the large number of northerners who fled to Jiangnan at that time. If they were willing to accept the rule of the Jin Dynasty, who would come all the way to Jiangnan? It's a good thing now, I brought my family and my family to join Zhengshuo, but in the end, I was regarded as being despised by Zhengshuo's court, and even abandoned...

This kind of forced relocation will inevitably lead to their resentment towards the Southern Song Dynasty court. If the Jin people give them a little sweetness in time, then they will inevitably turn to the Jin people.

Thinking back to the time when the Jin Dynasty moved southward, a large number of people from the Central Plains went southward, giving the Jin Dynasty a sufficient supply of troops. The Beifu army that defeated Fu Jian at Feishui was composed of a large number of northerners.

The Jin people are afraid that there are not enough "reformed people", and you, the Dabian people, are afraid that there are not enough "reformed people", right?

Lao Zhu is not stupid. After these two days of raiding historical materials, he has finally figured it out.

The Song Dynasty was after the Tang Dynasty and before the Ming Dynasty, with a Yuan Dynasty in between.

Thinking of the North-South issue when he ascended the throne, he wanted to curse.

Just when the two factions were quarreling, Lao Zhu suddenly spoke up.

His voice swept away the soft and gloomy tone of Zhao Gou in the past and became masculine and domineering.

"Whether it is war or peace, it seems difficult to get an explanation today."

"Tomorrow during the court meeting, there will be a dragon-headed bow next to my dragon chair."

Lao Zhu's eyes were stern, like a dormant blue dragon waiting to rise.

"At that time, I will listen to your thoughts and have a heart-to-heart talk in front of me about whether we should fight or make peace."

"I advise you to think twice before speaking. If anyone has evil intentions, I will shoot him with my own hands..."

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