Lord of the House

The colder the sky, the bluer the sea.

The "Lin Zhengjun" slowly entered the berth at the wharf on the west coast of Jinwei Island. Sun Shangwang was standing on the dock. He had received a notice earlier that the "Lin Zhengjun" was going to Jinhai for a trial voyage. to the stalwart appearance of this super-giant ship. Hearing that such a giant ship, Chongzhou started to build two new ships before the festival, Sun Shangwang couldn't wait to get on the ship and have a look.

After finally waiting for the "Lin Zhengjun" to be anchored securely and the ship stack was set up, Sun Shangwang was the first to board the ship, bowed his hands to Hu Qiaozhong, and asked with a smile, "How does it feel to command such a ship to sail? How does it match the agreed time? It's ten days late, tell me to wait here and wait for the fall?"

According to the sea trial plan, the "Linzhengjun" will go to the Jinhai Sea before the New Year's Day, but there is a reason for it to be late. Hu Qiaozhong said: "When crossing the Heishuiyang, the wind and waves were strong, and the hull was too slanted, so I was forced to Stopped in Jeju for ten days..."

Sun Shangwang wondered in his heart: The current in Heishuiyang is very fast. If the "Lin Zhengjun" is not suitable for traveling in Heishuiyang, it must be returning to Chongzhou, and it should not take big risks to force it over. Seeing Hu Qiaozhong's eyes squeezing to the side, Sun Shangwang looked over, and on the side of the boat stood a man wearing a blue jacket and a Pigua hat. When the man in the green jacket turned around, Sun Shangwang was taken aback and asked, "Why is Mr. Gao on the boat? I always thought that Mr. Gao was in western Liaoning!"

"Master ordered that Mr. Gao's whereabouts must not be leaked, and Master Sun should secretly arrange someone to **** Mr. Gao to Changli!" Hu Qiaozhong said.

Lin Fu didn't want Gao Zongting to go back to western Liaoning at this time, but he couldn't make it too obvious. Hu Qiaozhong stayed in Jeju for ten more days due to the problem of the current, but before the festival, a fleet came to Jinhai from Jeju, and Hu Qiaozhong could not drag it any longer, so he formed a fleet with shipping ships. Hu Qiaozhong hoped that Sun Shangwang could find an excuse to delay, but in front of Gao Zongting, the words could not be explained. According to Lin Fu's meaning, it is best to delay the war in western Liaoning after the outcome of the war.

"Mr. Sun," Gao Zongting bowed his hands to Sun Shangwang and asked, "Is there any latest news from Western Liaoning?"

"There is no new news from Western Liaoning." Sun Shangwang couldn't guess what Gao Zongting was going to do in Huaidong at this critical moment. Since it was a top secret, he also kept his curiosity and answered Gao Zongting's question. , said hesitantly, "The court appointed Zhou Zongxian as the Minister of War. Some time ago, Master Wu of the Military Intelligence Department came to Jinhai in person, and went to Beijing in person two days ago..."

"Crack!" Gao Zongting punched the ship's side with hatred, and said to Sun Shangwang, "I'm going to Changli today, please ask Mr. Sun to make arrangements..."

"Is it a hurry to leave today?" Sun Shangwang asked.

"Please!" President Gaozong couldn't bear it.

Sun Shangwang looked at Hu Qiaozhong hesitantly. Sun Shangwang was Huaidong's contact person in Jinhai and knew the secrets, so he knew that the court's appointment of Zhou Zongxian was a sign that Li Zhuo would be dismissed. At this time, I didn't know what excuse the imperial court would use to remove Li Zhuo's general position.

Hu Qiaozhong smiled bitterly, Gao Zongting insisted on leaving, and they could not force him to be detained.

At this moment, a boat was coming from the direction of Jinhai Port. Sun Shangwang looked over and saw a man in a sheepskin jacket standing at the bow of the boat. He said, "Maybe Master Wu is back..."

The person who came back was Wu Qi the crow. Wu Qi just came back from Beijing and stopped Lin Xuwen in Jinhai to talk about it. At this moment, he saw the "Lin Zhengjun" moored at Jinwei Island from a distance in the port. He knew that Gao Zongting had also come, and hurriedly found an excuse to talk to Lin Xuwen. Okay, take a boat to Tsuwei Island.

Wu Qi hurried ashore and met Gao Zongting, Sun Shangwang, Hu Qiao and others. Knowing that Gao Zongting insisted on going to Changli today, he thought for a moment: "Okay, I will accompany Mr. Gao..."

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be tired of General Wu's danger." Gao Zongting refused to resign. Wu Qi was a senior general at the first level of Huaidong's commander. If he went north to western Liaoning and made a mistake, it would be a heavy loss to Huaidong. He couldn't drag Huaidong's generals in because of his personal insistence.

"It's not that I made a special trip to send Mr. Gao there; if I don't send Mr. Gao, I will also go to the north." Wu Qi said.

When Wu Qi said this, Gao Zongting no longer insisted, and asked, "General Wu tell me the truth, where has the situation in western Liaoning come?"

"There are some bad news rumors in Beijing. For example, Li Bingbu has been bribed by the Donghu people and is occupying Songshan, negotiating terms with the Donghu people - such rumors are nonsense, but Li Bingbu has been in Songshan City for a long time. If they refuse to advance, it will be difficult to protect the thoughts of the palace and the guilds in the DPRK. The spread of rumors should be done by Donghu Xizuo secretly. On the other hand, there is also news that the conditions for Donghu to withdraw from Datong will be from the compensation of fifty silver. The 10,000 taels dropped to 200,000 taels, and news came from Datong that the prisoners there were showing signs of gathering and withdrawing. At the same time, Liaoyang continued to send people to Songshan for peace talks... In fact, the prisoners in Datong at this time, Whether it is to withdraw troops or not, this kind of news is confusing, or mixed with facts or facts, and it will make Beijing suspicious. Of course, it is not easy to spread the news from the market to the palace, and maybe there is already a big court. A member or a person in the palace was bribed by the Donghu people. In addition, when Mr. Gao was in Huaidong, the Metropolitan Procuratorate had a series of articles about impeaching Li Bingbu. Although he did not directly impeach Li Bingbu for collaborating with the enemy, it was absolutely not good! There are accusations Li Bingbu delays the march, some accuse Li Bingbu of condoning his children’s rampage in the countryside, and he also impeaches Li Bingbu for secretly deducting food wages and transporting them to Beijing for private purchases—especially the impeachment discounts for deducting food wages, who are Zhang Xie’s protégés in the Metropolitan Prosecutor’s Office Huang Cheng's advance is very detrimental to Li Bingbu..."

"..." Gao Zongting looked frustrated and didn't say anything.

Of course, deducting grain is nonsense. He did secretly transport grain for Li Zhuo from Huaidong to Beijing for private sales, but everything was used to subsidize the military, and not a tael of silver fell into his personal pocket, but who would believe it?

The Beijing Zhongliang City is naturally controlled by Zhang Xie and the grain merchants who are backed by officials from the Ministry of Households. It is impossible for them to hide the secret sale of rice grains in Beijing completely from Zhang Xie.

In normal times, this is not a big deal; how many people with hands and eyes, such as Liang Shi, such as Hao Zongcheng, such as Zhang Xie and household officials, are not doing this?

It's just that Zhang Xie pulled this matter out at this time, and directly accused Li Zhuoke of deducting food and wages, which was extremely lethal. They can't justify it yet, how many people in the world would believe that Duke Li Zhuo is so selfless? If Li Zhuo obeyed the man in the palace, this matter would be nothing, but when combined with the rumors of fornicating the Donglu and Li Zhuo's insistence on not sending troops, it would only increase the suspicion of the man in the palace.

It is not difficult to understand that Zhang Xie will pull Li Zhuo off his horse at this time.

At the beginning, the situation in Yanbei was dangerous, and Li Zhuo was not able to turn the tide, so Zhang Xie could only count on Li Zhuo to come out for emergency.

At this time, Zhang Xie and all the princes in the DPRK were hot-headed, thinking that the Pinglu had hope, and they did not want this "great achievement" to fall on Li Zhuo's head.

Li Zhuo commanded Bian Zhen with the title of Minister of War, and he won the victory of Songshan, which brought him a step closer to the phase. Zhang Xie may not believe that Li Zhuo is having an affair with the Donghu people, but he will not fail to prevent Li Zhuo from fighting for his position.

Zhang Xie was well aware of Emperor Chongguan's thoughts. He would not oppose the march to Liaoyang, but he refused to march after Li Zhuo occupied Songshan. How could he not pour dirty water on Li Zhuo?

For Zhang Xie, it would be better to give Hao Zongcheng the achievement of breaking Liaoyang than to give it to Li Zhuode.

Hao Zongcheng is an internal minister, and no matter how great his achievements are, there are precedents for titles, princes, and kings, but it is impossible to compete with him.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if Li Zhuo could not be dismounted, Zhang Xie also hoped that Li Zhuo would be defeated in Liaoyang and offset the achievements of the Songshan victory.

"What is the attitude of the Liang family? Liang Xi and his son have been guarding the border for a long time. They should have a clearer understanding of the Donglu. They should not want the Yanbei defense line to collapse..." Sun Shangwang asked. The person behind the Liang family is the Empress Dowager Liang, and Liang Xi is the Duke of Lu, occupying Hezhong and most of Shandong, and has a deep foundation in the court and has a great influence.

"The Liang family really doesn't want the Yanbei defense line to collapse completely," Wu Qi said. "But the Liang family doesn't think that the Donglu has the ability to break the capital in one fell swoop. At this time, the Liang family hopes that the Li Bingbu will rush to Liaoyang to send troops to defeat the battle!"

Sun Shangwang glanced at Gao Zongting, saw his gloomy expression, and thought that he should have an accurate understanding of the Liang family's mind.

Even in Huaidong, especially when they saw that Huaidong had the potential to compete in the world, not many people hoped that the Yuan clan would restore the rule of ZTE - it is not surprising that the Liang family has such a mentality.

As for Hao Zongcheng - Hao Zongcheng was able to sit back and watch the Jinzhong Army collapsed~www.readwn.com~ I hoped that Hao Zongcheng could take care of the overall situation, it is better to rely on a pig - but the man in the palace had a surprising trust in Hao Zongcheng.

"When I left the capital, the palace sent another decree urging Li's army to march to Liaoyang to western Liaoning," Wu Qi continued in a heavy voice, "According to the news from the palace, those who followed this decree to western Liaoning, There is also a secret order. As for what is written in the secret order, and who is the secret order, I can't find out any news..."

"We've come this far!" Court Gaozong sighed, turned around and looked at the vast sea, two lines of clear tears fell on his cheeks.

Change coaches? Sun Shangwang and Hu Qiaozhong looked at each other.

Everyone knows that changing generals in front of a battle is a big taboo in the military, but the suspicion of monarchs and ministers, and changing generals in front of the war, have always been in the history books - Li Zhuo personally led Jizhen troops to attack Liaoyang, which is very dangerous; at this time It is natural to imagine what the outcome will be if someone else leads Jizhen troops to fight Liaoyang.

Gao Zongting's despair, Wu Qi and the others saw it, but didn't say anything.

In any case, no matter what the Donghu people will do next and what kind of layout they will have, Jinhai has to prepare on the premise that the Yanbei line of defense is about to collapse completely.

Wu Qi instructed Sun Shangwang and Hu Qiaozhong to say, "Mr. Gao and I will go to Changli and wait for Huaidong's latest instructions. It may take a while, but it can't be delayed any longer. From today, all grains that come to Jinhai will be delayed. Ships, rice and grains will not enter the official warehouse, but will be unloaded to Jinwei Island. The ship will retreat as far as possible to the south, in case the weather is still cold. I have just discussed with the eldest son, and now we will evacuate people to the south. Large-scale, can only be evacuated to Yangxin by land; all reservists will be incorporated into active duty, and all iron works will be converted to military use..." My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter