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Chapter 473 Watching Its Advance and Retreat
Loufan County, Jingle County.

Song Jingang was sitting in the house drinking, and a pheasant was roasting on the bonfire in front of him, and the oil droplets were sizzling on the fire.

Song Jingang's wife walked into the room, took the pheasant from the bonfire, and added a bowl of wine to Song Jingang. Seeing that Song Jingang was still drinking and looked depressed, she sighed sadly.

She was originally Liu Wuzhou's younger sister, but in order to win over Song Jingang, Liu Wuzhou married his younger sister to him. Song Jingang divorced his original wife and remarried her as his regular wife.

Then there was a knock on the door.

A sergeant entered the interior and said: "King Song, I have important military reports."

"Come in." Song Jingang tore a piece of meat from the roast chicken, put it in his mouth and chewed.

The two generals entered the house, saw his wife was present, hesitated to speak, and then greeted each other: "The princess is here too!"

Song Jingang's wife understood immediately, smiled and said: "You are busy, I have some things to do." After speaking, he retreated into the room.

A general sat down and said to Song Jingang, "King Song, there is news from the south."

Song Jingang took a look at him and said, "What's the hurry, drink with me first."

The two generals looked at each other left and right, Song Jingang took another bag of wine, took a sip himself, and handed it to the two generals.

The two generals drank it immediately and said together: "Thank you King Song for giving me the wine."

Song Jingang looked at the two of them, and said with a sneer, "Thank you for what, we are still drunk today, tomorrow's business is up to him."

A general took a step forward and said in a low voice: "King Song, this time Lord Su of Taiyuan Mansion wrote a letter in person, saying that he can take the place of King Zhao and give King Song the post of General Huyalang, with a staff of 2000 men and horses. This organization is not Zhao Guoxiang soldiers, but the Dazhao Army. The Dazhao Army is not only well-equipped, but also soldiers are paid as soldiers. Brothers are staring at each other. King Song, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Please think about it carefully."

Song Jingang's eyes were fixed, he didn't speak, but continued to drink.

Another general said: "King Song, it's not that we saw Zhao Guo's benefits and turned our minds. It's really that Yuan Junzhang is too bastard. Since he has the support of the Turkic people, he squeezes us out. Yanmen After losing it, he himself sent people to live in Mayi and other counties in the building, and gave us Jingle County. This kind of place where the birds don't shit, the brothers can't even drink a bowl of porridge, how can they be energetic? fight."

"What's even more irritating is that since this spring, the man surnamed Yuan has cut off our food and salary, not to mention the brothers below. Now even the generals can't even eat enough, and people flee every day."

Song Jingang rolled his eyes and said angrily, "You guys just opened your eyes and made people run away."

The general called Qu Yan and said: "I can't control it, I can't control it, I killed someone, and the others ran after me. I sent people to arrest him, but in the end even the person I sent ran away. There is really nothing I can do."

Hearing this, Song Jingang threw away his skin and said, "Brothers, follow me, Mr. Song, to suffer."

The two generals sighed, and one general said: "King Song, this is an opportunity now. The governor of Su Jun heard that this man is very kind. He said that we are all from Zhaodi, so there is no need to fight each other." Yes, I wonder how the King of Song sees it?"

Song Jingang was silent for a while, and said: "To be honest, the two brothers, the emperor died at the hands of Li Chongjiu. Back then, the emperor treated me with great kindness, and made me the king of Song, almost on an equal footing with him. I will not take revenge for him." That's all, if you want to switch to work for Li Chongjiu, you will be ridiculed by the world."

Another general said: "The Son of Heaven was defeated in Yanmen because he did not have the luck to dominate the world. On the contrary, Li Chongjiu was strong in Youzhou and had the potential to dominate Hebei. It is not impossible to fight against Li Tang in the future." It’s possible. Why does the King of Song still stick to this point, now the brothers have nothing to eat, so let’s go aside.”

Song Jingang raised his head and glanced at the inner room, then lowered his head immediately.

A general guessed what Song Jingang was thinking, and said: "King Song, I heard that in the past, there was a man named Wu Qi who killed his wife and became rich. What is a wife? If a woman changes her clothes when they are torn, that's what a man wants. It is expensive to stand out."

Another general said it more bluntly, saying: "Yes, if King Song can't do it, his subordinates will do it for you. King Song doesn't hesitate, Liu Wuzhou died at the hands of Li Chongjiu, how could Li Chongjiu tolerate him?" Liu Wuzhou's younger sister is still married to his general, if she doesn't kill the queen, how will she win the trust of Li Chongjiu."

Song Jingang glared and said, "What are you talking about?"
The two generals bowed their heads when they heard this.

At this moment, a sound was heard in the room, Song Jingang and the two generals were startled, what they were plotting was a secret matter, it would be bad if people heard it.

After Song Jingang drew his knife from the wall, he strode forward and kicked the door open.

Song Jingang saw his wife falling to the ground, looking at Song Jingang in horror.The two generals behind him changed their expressions and exclaimed, "Queen."

Song Jingang and his wife looked at each other, and his wife suddenly covered her face and wept, saying: "Does the husband want to follow Wu Qi?"

Song Jingang's complexion changed, and the two generals behind him thought that they had already hated his wife, and they would not be able to keep her in the future, so they said aside, "King Song, don't be kind to women."

Song Jingang and his wife were already weeping, and the two generals were also ready to move, one of them stretched out his hand to press the saber at his waist.

"That's enough," Song Jingang raised his sword at this moment and said loudly: "No need to say any more, I will surrender Zhao, but I will not kill my wife. It doesn't matter if King Zhao can tolerate me or not, let him go."

The two generals looked at each other.

Song Jingang turned around and shouted, "What are you still thinking about?"

The two generals agreed to retreat together.

Song Jingang stepped forward to help his wife up and said, "You were shocked."

His wife looked at Song Jingang and sighed quietly, and said: "Husband, thank you for your pity, if you want to vote for Li Chongjiu, let him go, I will never say anything."

After speaking, his wife looked at Song Jingang's blade and slammed forward.

The point of the knife pierced through his wife's body, Song Jingang suddenly turned pale with shock, and turned to look at his wife, but saw that the other party was in pain, but had a smile on his face.

Song Jingang immediately embraced his wife's body, looked up to the sky and wept bitterly.

The next day, Song Jingang led more than 2000 people to announce the change of banner in Jingle County, Loufan County, and voted for Zhao Guo.

Su Su immediately sent General Xue Wanjun with 3000 troops to take over Jingle County, while Song Jingang led 2000 troops to go south to Jinyang to accept Zhao Jun's adaptation.

In this matter, Su Su wrote a letter to Li Chongjiu as Gao Chu, and Li Wei and Li Wei made contributions. At the same time, he asked Li Chongjiu to write a letter to designate Song Jingang as Huyalang General and reorganize his troops into the government army.

The matter of Song Jingang's surrender has not yet arrived at Zhongshu Province with Su Su's letter, but regarding the matter of Song Jingang's surrender, the memorials written by officials in Yanmen and Taiyuan are like snowflakes. Among the provinces of Zhongshu.

At the end of June, Youjing was already scorching hot.

The Zhongshu Province of the Great Zhao Kingdom is located in the outer hall of Linshuo Palace, opposite to the Shangshu Sheng on the left and right. These two halls can be called the center of the Zhao Kingdom.At this time, in Zhongshu Province, the servants brought bowls of drinks to the room, and gave a bowl to the officials in each office.

This drink is made from medicinal materials and fruits, which can relieve summer heat and thirst, and has become a popular drink in Youjing.

All the officials took off their clothes and drank some drinks to relieve the heat.An official at the side said: "This matter is difficult to handle. Originally, it was a happy event for Song Jingang to serve, but the imperial historians said that he killed his wife and begged for the general. He is a cruel and easy-to-kill person. It shall be dismissed."

The official said: "But it's not good, Mr. Su has already promised him before. It's not an act of dishonesty to go back on it."

All the officials insisted on their own words.

At this time, someone looked at Zhao Xin from Zhongshushe and asked, "Zhao Sheren, you have always had great opinions, why don't you comment."
Zhao Xin smiled slightly. Since he was promoted to Zhongshu Sheren, he has handled government affairs well and is very skilled in human relations. In addition, his father Zhao Heran, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and his status as a descendant of a family are deeply appreciated in Zhongshu Province.

Now seeing other people asking questions, Zhao Xin said: "Mr. Su did not need to save the decision for the king and Zhongshu. The king has not agreed. It is Mr. Su who reneged on his promise. What's more, the so-called faith is not Should we speak to those who have faith? How can we speak faith to such an unfaithful and unrighteous person?"

After Zhao Xin finished speaking, all the officials nodded unanimously, and started discussing this matter again.

At this time, there was only a cough, and the door curtain was raised. When everyone saw that it was Xue Wanshu, the servant of Zhongshu, they immediately shut up and stopped discussing, and buried their heads in the book case.

Xue Wanshu walked around the room with his hands behind his back, and asked, "Wen Zaifu has spoken, and asked about the impeachment of Song Jingang by the censors. Our Ministry of Education has an order. What did you do?"

At that moment, an official of Zhongshu Province told Xue Wanshu what Zhao Xin said just now.Xue Wanshu nodded, and said: "In this way, before the imperial censor's memorial, I will attach my opinion from the Secretary of State, and Wen Zaifu will personally submit it to the king."

"promise."

Soon the memorial was sent to Wen Yanbo's desk by the officials of Zhongshu Province.

Wen Yanbo read the memorial, and a few important memorials that had already been negotiated, polished the words on the attached comments from the Ministry of Education, and then strode to Li Chongjiu's study.

In the study, Wen Yanbo delivered the memorial, and Li Chongjiu spread out the memorial, first read through the Zhongshu Province's opinion on disposal, and asked, "Wen Yanbo, then the Zhongshu Sheng's opinion is to dismiss Song Jingang from his military post, and never Hired."

Li Chongjiu said: "Song Jingang is greedy for fame and reputation, and he does not hesitate to ruin his integrity. However, he is indeed a talent when it comes to using troops. At present, except for Xu and Xue, no one in Dazhao can compare with Song Jingang. The world is in chaos now, and there is no one to use. It would be a pity to discard talents who are not worthy of virtue."

Wen Yanbo said: "But if you use it, I'm afraid the officials will disappear, and no one will abide by the ethics."

Li Chongjiu said: "Forget it, let Song Jingang be indifferent, first watch his advances and retreats, if he has resentment, then don't worry about it, if you can let it go, it won't be too late to use it in the future."

Wen Yanbo cupped his hands and said: "The king is wise."

(End of this chapter)