Yi Song

Chapter 314 Where is my backer?

"Guo Yong restored Xindu from Cangzhou, and Liu Kai restored Hejian City by himself, cutting off the Liao army's retreat, and openly responded to the prince's banner and denounced Zhao Gou and his like as traitors.

All states and counties in Hebei responded one after another, and the situation was reversed. The rebel group was soon destroyed. At this time, the prince should send his ministers to lead the elite troops to form a formation on the Yellow River. When the bandit army crosses south, they will attack halfway across and defeat them in one fell swoop, thus spreading their authority over the world. "

Geng Nanzhong stood in front of the hall, wearing a purple robe, and said loudly and powerfully.

At this time, he was unexpectedly promoted to the position of Young Zai. By virtue of his seniority, he was the prince's teacher. He even looked down upon Tai Zai Wu Min and the other two Young Zai Bai Shizhong and Xu Churen.

"Elite division, where should we mobilize the elite division?"

"There are tens of thousands of Sanya forbidden troops in Gyeonggi, Nanjing, and the west of Beijing. They are the best in the world. If we mobilize soldiers from all walks of life, we can have an army of 100,000. The soldiers are bright, the flags are fluttering, the food and grass are abundant, the righteousness is with me, all the people are united, and the thunder One blow will definitely defeat the enemy."

Zhang Shuye, the judge of the Privy Council, objected: "Most of the imperial troops of the three government offices in Beijing were transferred during the Northern Expedition of the late emperor. Now the troops are empty. If we transfer them again, Bianjing may have no troops to defend."

Geng Nanzhong angrily rebuked: "Absurd! There are millions of soldiers in the Song Dynasty, how can there be no soldiers to defend Bianjing? Now King Qin's edict has been conveyed to the world, and elite soldiers and generals from all over the world are about to gather in Bianjing. There are only a few hundred thousand, and there are many generals. How come there are no troops to defend?"

Zhang Shuye was so angry that he was half dead.

After Geng Nanzhong was promoted to Shao Zai, he took it upon himself to take charge of the affairs of state for the prince. He would intervene in everything and give instructions without giving a clear plan.

If you make a slight rebuttal, he will turn into a bully, stand on the so-called moral high ground, and criticize you to a bloody pulp.

He was happy, but it didn't help.

Now is the most critical moment, and everyone is doing their best to maintain the situation. In doing so, he did not help in the slightest and added a lot of trouble.

"Who will be sent to lead the army?" Xu Churen asked.

"Jiyingdian edited and wrote Du Chong. He was a Jinshi, and was famous in Donghuamen. He was well versed in classics and righteousness, well-read military books, resolute and resourceful. He also served as the magistrate of Cangzhou, purging soldiers and horses, and investigating spies. He was quite famous. If it works, he can be appointed as the coach.”

It’s really nepotism.

This Du Chong, everyone knows that he loves fame and is pedantic and dull.

There is no such thing as fortitude, just cruel nature. It was first known that Cangzhou Prefecture, in order to catch Liao spies, killed all the Han people who had escaped from Liao, regardless of whether they were women, children, old or weak, and then used their heads to pretend to be military merits.

Scheming? You can tell. He does like to think blindly when he has nothing to do, but when big things happen, he gets blinded. You recommend him not because he is close to you.

But if you retort, Geng Nanzhong can come up with ten reasons and put twenty hats on your head. The prince Zhao Huanyong was weak, but he had great trust in his mentor.

How to win?
Forget it, Du Chong is Du Chong, do whatever you want, no argument.

"Du Chong is the commander-in-chief, and the leading generals must be carefully selected. The Sanya Forbidden Army belittled Gao Qiu's remaining party, should we wait a little longer?" Zhang Shuye said.

Geng Nanzhong jumped up again, "Gao Qiu's evil is famous all over the world. He deceived the late emperor and caused chaos to the three armies. It was because of such a treacherous man who controlled the imperial army that the Northern Expedition was defeated."

The prince is kind, but he is just a high-ranking thief from afar. However, the elimination of the remaining high-ranking thieves must be carried out to the end.

"The righteousness of Qingqinggang is pure and lush. A gentleman behaves with righteousness, while a villain behaves with evil. If the qi is not righteous, why should we order the three armies?"

"But after clearing out the three government officials, who will lead the troops in battle?"

Zhang Shuye was so angry that his breath was smoking, but he still had to fight.

When Gao Qiu gained power, the military attachés of the Sanya Imperial Army had no choice but to bribe him and curry favor with him in order to keep their positions. Killing him with one shot is too harsh now.

Besides, leading troops to fight is a very professional matter. These military attaches have poor personal ethics, but after all, many military attaches have been in the army for many years and have accumulated merits with one sword and one shot.

They are brave and have combat experience. Without them, how can we command soldiers to fight?

"Absurd!" Geng Nanzhong's momentum increased again, "The world is short of reading seeds and talented scholars, but there is no shortage of Guizhou leaders who farm the land and vulgar warriors. Military laws are used to inform military strategies, and only the commander can strategize. We will definitely win from thousands of miles away!”

Straight bitch, losing your life in a war is easier than singing a ditty with a fan.

However, the prince Zhao Huan nodded repeatedly, with a look of deep approval, and added: "Send Liang Fangping, the prison guard of the East Palace, as the supervisor of the army to accompany the army on the expedition." The ministers looked at each other and reached a tacit understanding, we will not follow this Just like the stones in the pit, otherwise things will get more and more troublesome.

Wu Min had no choice but to move on to the next topic: "The edict on the prince's accession to the throne should be issued in the name of the queen and signed by the eldest princess of Jin."

"This is Si Chen the hen!" Geng Nanzhong jumped up again.

The ministers' teeth were itching with hatred. Zhang Shuye clenched his fists and almost rushed forward to punch the old man with his fists.

How can the prince ascend the throne if the official family is not around?

It is necessary to follow the usual practice and let the queen issue edicts, which is in line with the country's common sense of governing the country with filial piety. Asking the eldest princess of Jin to countersign is actually an endorsement for King Liu Erlang of Qin.

In this critical situation, everyone who cares knows that the way to stabilize the situation cannot rely on the scriptures of sages or the words of literati, but must rely on real swords, real guns, and elite soldiers and strong generals.

And who is the most powerful person in the world today? Of course it was King Qin Liu Erlang.

Although his main army, the Western Army was contained in Longyou, and the Hedong Army was isolated behind the mountains and could not get through for two or three months. But just because you can’t make it through two or three months doesn’t mean you can’t make it through.

Once the army is deployed in the Central Plains and drinks from the Yellow River, negotiating terms with him will probably be astronomical!
Now asking the eldest princess of Jin to counter-sign the enthronement edict as an official posthumous edict and in charge of military and state affairs is equivalent to endorsing Liu Erlang in front of the world. If he wants to regret it in the future, he will just break his promise.

But how can you express this meaning easily?

He would be impeached by those admonishers like crazy, and he would also offend the princess of Jin and King Liu Erlang of Qin.

You can only rely on self-enlightenment.

But you are already a young master, and you don’t have any understanding at all. How dare you stand in court?

Geng Nanzhong had the nerve to stand in the court, and boasted that he was responsible for the great righteousness of the world and was the most upright minister in the court. The rest, no matter whether they were the chief minister or the young chief minister, were just mediocre and idle people.

"No, we absolutely cannot allow the eldest princess of Jin to counter-sign. There is no such ancestral method!"

After arguing back and forth, Geng Nanzhong gave in and agreed to issue the accession edict in the name of Queen Zheng, but firmly disagreed with the counter-signature of the Princess of Jin.

Moreover, I have an attitude that even the Queen would not agree with.

A court meeting ended unhappy!

Zhao Huan returned to the East Palace, and Crown Princess Zhu caught him.

"Your Highness, I have heard that you do not agree with the fifth sister's signature on the enthronement edict?" Zhu asked impatiently as soon as he served Zhao Huan and sat down.

"I am the brother and she is the sister. Do I need her countersignature when I ascend the throne?" Zhao Huan replied unhappily.

"Your Highness, the late emperor's edict instructing the eldest princess of Jin to handle military and state affairs has profound meaning."

"What's the deep meaning?"

"Your Highness, the sea is in turmoil and people's hearts are in turmoil. The late emperor and the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom are in charge of military and state affairs, and he is also the Duke of Yan Kingdom as the King of Qin and the general of the world's military forces. He just wants to use his elite soldiers to intimidate Xiaoxiao."

Zhao Huan said disdainfully: "I am the crown prince of the Song Dynasty, and I need Liu Erlang to scare Xiao Xiao."

At this point, he suddenly came back to his senses, as if he couldn't control himself.

In the past, only Liang Shicheng and later Liu Ruoyu were kind to him. Among the rest, Yang Jian, Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Gao Qiu, Wang Fu, and Huang Jingchen, none of the civil and military officials in the dynasty were better than him.

Liang Shicheng and Liu Ruoyu, who were kinder to me, are gone now. They are surrounded by people who don't care about him, and there are aggressive careerists like Lao Jiu.

Who can we rely on to calm down internal and external troubles?
Geng Nanzhong?
If he had a louder voice, Zhang Shuye could shut him up with one punch.

Zhao Huan slowly came to the realization and sat on the chair without speaking for a long time.

(End of this chapter)