Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 233 I want to see a river of blood

It is completely normal for officials to push out a few people who take the blame, even in the imperial court. When something goes wrong, someone has to come out and take the blame.

The impact of the disastrous defeat of the Song Dynasty's previous Northern Expedition is still continuing to ferment, and this is also the reason why the court does not dare to take major actions against the two rivers. Zhang Xiaochun has already spent a lot of money, food and military expenses, and now almost all of the soldiers and horses re-established in Lianghe can be regarded as his direct descendants.

In some of Liu Ling's private "little moves", he used money to create a world in Lianghe. Even Zhang Xiaochun didn't know why he originally wanted to help the court manage the defense of Lianghe, but in the end he became his Directly represented the local forces in Lianghe and confronted the imperial court.

Scholars in Hedong, Hebei, were very enthusiastic about creation. The messy scripts and stories they compiled for Zhang Xiaochun can be given a unified title - "I was a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty".

In fact, the Song Dynasty never understood Liu Ling's style of play. Although Liu Ling was not omnipotent and omniscient, he eliminated the size of the Song Dynasty in a variety of ways, allowing the Song Dynasty to constantly give up its existing advantages to compete at different levels. "Start a war" with the Han Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty always showed off its prosperous domestic culture, but this also meant that there were many frustrated scholars in the Song Dynasty. Ordinary farmers would drink a few more drinks at home during the holidays, and they could not help but point out the country to their relatives and friends. Let’s express our feelings about the current state of affairs, not to mention some scholars who think that their talents are underappreciated?
And behind these scholars who were bribed were the rapidly rising Lianghe clans.

After Xu Kangzong left, Tong Guan was still serving him. After the defeat, Tong Guan was caught by several woodcutters alone in the mountains and sent to Yanjing to receive the reward. At first, he was often taken by Liu Ling. In the back camp, I also take care of raising horses. Occasionally, I will be called over by Liu Ling to ask some questions.

Some people are better off dead, and some people are just one more mouthful of food alive, but raising them will be of great use in the future.

From the beginning, the Song Dynasty court assumed that Tong Guan had died in Yandi. However, as it became a trend in the court to defeat eunuchs and chamberlains, all of Tong Guan's posthumous gifts were deprived of him. On the head.

"The ones that have become popular are none other than Zhong, Yao, Cao, and Zhe. However, due to the failure of the Northern Expedition, these generals should have suffered a lot. I think the king knows better than the old slave."

"This person is now informed of the Jinning Army and serves as a pacifier. He has the power over the troops and horses of the Shaanxi You Road."

No one believed what a prisoner said, but if Tong Guan once again sat in a high position in Dahan, and then used his previous connections, it would come in handy.

This old guy is indeed a cunning person, and his words clearly imply that he wants to seek an official position again.

"Forget it, you're not used to waiting on others."

Liu Ling suddenly smiled.

Liu Ling moved his body slightly and said, "Tell me who the generals are in Hedong and Shaanxi."

At noon, Liu Ling put down his pen, and Tong Guan immediately said: "Master, if you want to eat something, I will pass it on to you."

He wrote three characters: Xu Huiyan.

Tong Guan shook his head slightly, "The old slave is now a prisoner of Chu and has no official or position. There is no harm in writing a letter, but it is just to alert the Song Dynasty court in advance, and no one will really believe it."

Liu Ling picked up a pen and wrote a name on the paper, then tapped the paper, "Do you know this person?"

"If you were asked to write letters to solicit, how many people would listen to you?"

Tong Guan thought for a moment and replied: "Xu Huiyan's father died in the war against Xia. His family was an official and he should have had many paths in the court. To be able to sit in this place, he himself has some abilities, but it's not like that. Wrong calculation."

"It's just that this man has a very upright character. If he is trying to alienate people, within three months, either he and Lianghe Xuanfu Zhang Xiaochun will turn against each other, or he will be captured by the imperial court and his head will be hung up. With his temperament, there is no way to go up. Can go.”

Liu Ling then wrote down a few more names, and Tong Guan knew most of them, so he answered directly in detail, and even directly told the story of one of them. You know, most of the previous Lianghe soldiers and horses can be said to be his direct descendants from Tong Guan.

Tong Guan is not good at external affairs, but he can hit hard internally. If he had no ability, the Song Dynasty officials would not have allowed him to grow bigger step by step.

After answering Liu Ling's words, Tong Guan took the initiative and said:

"Zhe Keqiu was stationed in Fuzhou, but he was weak; Yao Pingzhong was in charge of Guanzhong, but he was just a reckless man; Liu Guangshi was appointed to Hebei, and he seemed to be a general with a tiger breed, but in fact he was a dog father and a dog son, unable to be used for much purpose. The heroic generals of the two rivers, Most of them had already died in Yandi along with Lao Nushu.

If the king wants to use troops again, these people are not good people, but they can be allowed to cause chaos among themselves. "

"good."

Liu Ling said lightly, playing with the brush, and then said: "The Song Dynasty court has not killed Zhang Shuye, Zongze and others, but only imprisoned or exiled them. Is there any possibility of their coming back?"

"Naturally there is."

Tong Guan nodded and said: "In the Great Song Dynasty, lives would only be caused when there was conflict with each other. In addition to this, they were also concerned about face. Unless it was absolutely necessary, there was still some face and kindness between each other. Among the people, Zongze's name was still considered Quite good, after all, he has sheltered many refugees in Jizhou before, and the court may re-appoint him as a signboard. "

While he was talking, the meal had been delivered. Tong Guan stopped talking and served the dishes and chopsticks familiarly. When he was about to step aside, Liu Ling said, "Sit next to us and let's eat together."

Tong Guan was overjoyed immediately, but still pretended to be respectful, and knelt down beside him to eat slowly.

He didn't eat much. After eating a small bowl of rice, he put down his chopsticks and stood up.

"Don't you like Yandi's food?" Liu Ling glanced at him.

"Returning to your Majesty, the old slave was just feeding the horses at the back and eating simple meals. These meals in the palace are already considered delicacies."

"Just eat this, I'm afraid you won't be full."

"That's enough," Tong Guan said with a flattering smile, "I don't have a big appetite. Today's meal just feels so delicious. I will think about it every day and night in the future."

The August wind blew through the long field ridges. A small group of sentinel riders rode on the official road. Two of the horses had bloody heads hanging on them. There were some farmers farming in the field ridges on both sides of the official road. When I saw them, I was not afraid. , on the contrary, his face showed longing.

In Yanyun, the treatment of soldiers has always been enviable to the point of drooling. Most civilians in Yanyun are still barely able to farm and have food to feed themselves, but the soldiers have enough money and food. It is said that in Yanyun, There is plenty of meat and fish every day in the army.

In this regard, the common people didn't have any particular jealousy - thank God if these Qiu Ba didn't come to rob them.

The Han army's military discipline is considered to be good, but when it went to places such as the Song Dynasty, the grassland, and the Xia Kingdom, even Liu Ling sometimes could not prohibit the army from looting. He only maintained restraint in Yanyun and would not condone them. .

After the sentinels entered the city, they sent a message from the Song Dynasty to the government office.

"Urgent report from Lianghe, there is chaos in Song Dynasty!"

(End of this chapter)