The dream of a lonely hero

King Jin thought that Guo Jin's death was a serious problem, but he didn't expect it to be so serious. It seems that he can't escape the blame, but he can't just sit there and wait for death, so he said: "Your Majesty! It's all my fault for neglecting my duty, but Guo Jin is not the only one who will die."

The emperor said disapprovingly: "Oh! You are right!" He sat down slowly.

King Jin said: "I dare not, since ancient times, all treacherous heroes and traitors have been meritorious officials, such as Cao Cao in the late Han Dynasty and Sima Yi in Cao Wei. Guo Jin's tyranny is known to the world. He once sent the Xishan Division to encircle and suppress the Tianlang Mountain Golden Spear Society. Did he leave the garrison secretly?"

The emperor said: "No, he once submitted a secret report to me. Why didn't you report it at that time?"

King Jin was shocked, it turned out that nothing could be hidden from the emperor.

The emperor said: "I didn't tell you at that time because I was concerned about the face of the royal family. I gave you the credit for destroying Tianlang Mountain. Guo Jin has done you a favor."

King of Jin said: "Your humble servant is stupid! I still don't understand. Guo Jin has guarded Xishan for nearly ten years and has never paid a penny to the court. He privately recruited soldiers and expanded his armaments. Is this a deliberate rebellion?"

The emperor said: "No. That is the privilege I gave him. Guo Jin's only 10,000 soldiers resisted 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands of Liao cavalry. Can he not recruit soldiers and privately raise spies?"

King of Jin said: "The new house built by Guo Jin on Daodefang Street in the capital is the standard of a prince. Is this called exceeding the regulations?"

The emperor said: "No. It was built at my order. Is he still hiding the dragon robe?"

King of Jin was shocked again. This emperor actually Know, try to say: "This-this is the crime of rebellion and extermination of the clan!"

The emperor sneered and said: "The dragon robe was given to him by me. He took it wherever he went to motivate himself to serve the country with loyalty."

The King of Jin was completely dumbfounded. He wanted to use this to exonerate himself from his guilt, but he didn't expect to shoot himself in the foot. He cried: "Guo Jin is loyal and courageous. My Song Dynasty has lost a pillar! Your Majesty, the death of General Guo has nothing to do with me. I hope Your Majesty will understand!"

The Emperor said: "Haha! Understanding, can you understand? Losing carriages and horses to protect generals and protect the borders of my Song Dynasty is really a last resort. The two officials of the Imperial Wine Shop were wronged. I will give generous compensation to their families, but I can't do it openly."

The first half of the emperor's sentence "Understanding, can you understand?" made the King of Jin shudder. Did the emperor really know that he wanted to assassinate Guo Jin, or did he doubt it? Now all he could do was kowtow and apologize, saying, "I have failed the grace of the Holy Spirit, and I hope Your Majesty will punish me!"

The emperor summoned Li Fu, the attendant, and said, "Li Fu drafted an edict. Xishan Commander Guo Jin died of a serious illness on his way back to Beijing. The imperial envoy Zhao Guangyi, the Prince of Jin, failed to invite the imperial physician in time, and he was guilty. He was stripped of his title of Prince of Jin and demoted to the ninth rank of Dingzhou. He will leave Beijing to take office ten days later. Guo Jin has been stationed at the border for a long time, shocking the enemy and making many outstanding achievements. He was posthumously awarded the title of Prince Su'an, the governor, and his wife Han was named the first-rank imperial lady and given 100,000 strings of money and 1,000 taels of white gold."

After the morning court the next day, the emperor Zhao Kuangyin summoned his trusted prime ministers, Zhao Pu, the prime minister of the East Palace, and Shen Shunyi, the Privy Minister of the West Palace, in the Purple Palace Hall., and Chu Zhaopu, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, to discuss matters.

The emperor said, "I originally wanted Guo Jin to be the commander-in-chief of the Palace Front Division (the commander-in-chief of the Palace Front Division), but it's a pity that Guo Aiqing has a short life! The current commander-in-chief of the Palace Front Division, Zhang Jin, is loyal and brave, but he is not capable of commanding the three armies. I want to give him an assistant." He looked at Zhao Pu, Shen Shunyi, and Chu Zhaopu with an inquiring look.

The three of them thought that the candidates for the commander-in-chief of the Palace Front Division ranged from Fu Yanqing to Han Yun to Guo Jin. Fu Yanqing and Guo Jin died of illness before they surfaced, and Han Yun was dismissed from the position of commander-in-chief of the Palace Front Division after less than two years. Who dared to say more? They kept silent.

After a moment of silence, Zhao Pu did not want to disappoint the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty! It's not that we are just standing by and watching. The commander of the Palace Front Department is in charge of the emperor's imperial guards. It's not that I dare not make any comments, but I really don't know which general is more suitable."

The emperor said: "Well! It's difficult for you dear ministers. Yang Chongsu, the ninth-rank commander of the Palace Front Department, is extremely brave. He once led hundreds of thousands of people in the Golden Spear Society. He abandoned the dark and joined the light and is loyal to our Song Dynasty. Let him be Zhang Jing's assistant."

The deputy envoy of the Privy Council, Chu Zhaopu, said: "Your Majesty is wise! Yang Chongsu jumped from a ninth-rank official to a sixth-rank important position. Even if he is only a dozen levels higher, how can he not repay your majesty's kindness with all his heart and soul! "

Emperor Zhao Kuangyin was not pleased with his flattery, and said to Shen Shunyi and Chu Zhaopu: "Wang Renshan, the deputy envoy of your Western Palace, was ordered to lead troops to attack Shu, robbed children's jade and silk, opened the treasury without authorization, concealed wealth, arbitrarily withheld money for Shu soldiers' travel, slaughtered surrendered soldiers, and allowed soldiers to plunder. How do you plan to punish him?"

Wang Renshan, Zhao Pu, Shen Shunyi, Chu Zhaopu and others were all loyal ministers. They were members of the "Eight Wings" of the Bafu when Zhao Kuangyin was the governor. They were all Zhao Kuangyin's confidants. Who dared to decide?

The emperor said to Zhao Pu: "Will Ze Ping not just stand by and watch?"

With his many years of political wisdom, Zhao Pu guessed that the emperor would definitely punish him but would also consider the old relationship, saying: "As a loyal minister of the emperor, Wang Renshan has done illegal things, which is indeed a betrayal of the emperor's grace. If he is not punished, it will not be enough to appease the anger of the people. 'The road to Shu is difficult, more difficult than ascending to the blue sky'. Wang Renshan destroyed Meng Shu in just 66 days. From then on, Meng Shu's 45 states and 198 counties were incorporated into the territory of our Song Dynasty, and 534,390 households became the people of our Song Dynasty——"

Chu Zhao Pu said: "The prime minister's words are very true. People's merits are devalued because of mistakes. Wang Renshan will make up for his mistakes without reward or punishment."

Zhao Pu shook his head and said: "Zhao Puzhi I cannot agree with what you said. Merits are merits and faults are faults. If merits are used to abolish faults, it is more likely that someone will have committed many faults. Now there are mutinies and civil unrest in Shu. If Wang Renshan is not punished, when will Shu be stable? Moreover, Jiangzuo has not been pacified. If all the generals who are conquering the south follow Wang Renshan's example, when will the world be pacified? Wang Renshan should be beheaded for multiple crimes." He paused and changed the subject. "But he is a meritorious official who pacified Shu after all. If he is really beheaded, it will also affect the mood of the generals who are conquering the south, and it will definitely have an impact on the pacification of Jiangnan. For the sake of the overall situation, I think he should be demoted to the third level of the Right Guard General, and return all the children's jade and silk and property he robbed. If he continues to commit crimes, he should be killed to make up for all his crimes."

The emperor nodded slightly and said to Shen Shunyi: "ShunyiHow is the progress of the dismissal of the various vassal states and counties?"

Shen Shunyi said cautiously: "Recently, the troops have been deployed in Jiangzuo and the southwest, and Wang Renshan, the deputy envoy of the Western Palace Privy Council, has been away from home for a long time, so the dismissal of the vassal states and counties has been temporarily shelved."

The emperor said: "The pace of unification of the world cannot be stopped, and the pace of dismissal of the vassal states and counties cannot be slowed down. Wang Renshan has now dismissed the Privy Council, and your manpower is tight enough."

Shen Shunyi said: "Thank you for your sympathy, Your Majesty. I am deeply terrified and have failed your grace!"

The emperor said: "Old dear minister, I also came from a military background, how can I not know the difficulties. Are Fu Yanqing's disciples and former officials still safe?"

Shen Shunyi said: "After Fu Yanqing died of illness, most of his disciples and former officials were like frightened birds and were in a state of panic all day long. ”

The emperor frowned slightly and thought: "It is necessary to consider it."

Shen Shunyi said: "Your Majesty is right! The court is fighting abroad, and we must not let the trouble come from within."

Chu Zhaopu said: "It is better to remove the firewood from the bottom of the pot than to try to stop the boiling water. Lure them to the capital and catch them all in one fell swoop to eliminate the troubles in the future."

The emperor said: "Zhao Pu, killing is not omnipotent. It is only used when necessary. The way of civil and military affairs should be relaxed and tense."

Shen Shunyi said: "This old minister thinks that appeasement is the best." Looking at the emperor listening carefully, "Choose a few or one of Fu Yanqing's disciples to promote him to a higher position to show his importance, and the others will be at ease."

The emperor said: "Do you have any candidates, my dear? ”

Shen Shunyi said: "I have been inspired by your majesty and have gained something, but I haven't decided on a candidate yet. I think it's best if this candidate doesn't get involved too deeply in the Fu Sect and his prestige can't be too high, so as not to become the second Fu Yanqing and then form an important force."

The emperor said: "Who can do it?"

Zhao Pu said: "The words of the prime minister (Shen Shunyi) reminded me of a person. His prestige is not high and his ability is average. He has no close connection with the Fu Sect, but he is from the Fu Sect."

The emperor thought for a moment and said: "Zeping is talking about Li Weidong, the earliest servant of Fu Yanqing and the current governor of Anguo? ”

Zhao Pu said: "Your Majesty is wise. I am talking about Li Weidong. This Li Weidong is a group of people who are not partisans. He can get along well with his colleagues inside and outside the court. He once asked Fu Yanqing to intercede with the court on his behalf and not to dismiss his branch county of Anguo Fanzhen."

The emperor said: "How could Fu Yanqing agree to his request?"

Zhao Pu said: "That's right. He thought that his old master Fu Yanqing had abandoned him, so he came to me."

The emperor said: "It's really a double-edged sword."

Zhao Pu said: "Your Majesty will definitely turn decay into magic."

The emperor said: "Alas! He is really lucky."

Zhao Pu teased: "That's because he met a wise monarch."

The emperor said: "What a wise monarch, even villains are not far away."

Zhao Pu said: "It is the act of a wise monarch to do what ordinary people cannot do. ”

The emperor smiled and said, “Don’t flatter me! Li Weidong will be the deputy envoy of the Western Palace Privy Council, Wang Renshan.”

After more than a year of competition between Zhao Guangyi’s party and Zhao Guangmei’s party, the chief of the Palace Front Division finallyWhen the dust settled, Zhao Guangmei's efforts were in vain, and Zhao Guangyi lost a lot of rice. This loss was too miserable for him. He fell from grace to 30 levels. That night, Zhao Guangyi sat in the Yin'an Hall of the Jinwang Mansion. Jia Su, Chai Yuxi, Liu Qi, "One-armed" Cen Chongxin, "Lame" Shang Feng, An Xi, Liu Qi, Yang Shouyi, Wang Deyan and other staff members all stood on both sides with their heads down, knowing that their master was depressed and didn't know how to comfort him.

Zhao Guangyi glanced at them and said, "Look at you, you are listless, like you have lost your exam papers. What's wrong?"

The staff members knelt down in panic and said, "It's all because of my incompetence that my master lost his job and title."

Zhao Guangyi's "haha" laughter shook the roof tiles. The staff members looked at each other and thought that their master was mad, and they dared not breathe. Zhao Guangyi laughed and said, "All of you look up at me - see if my head is still there?" The staff were even more frightened. Zhao Guangyi said, "Don't be afraid! Look up." Still no one dared to look up. Zhao Guangyi shouted, "You are all deaf!" The staff carefully looked up slowly. Zhao Guangyi said, "See, my head is still there!" Chai Yuxi was extremely smart and reacted very quickly. He stood up and laughed "Haha". The other staff were stunned. The master was crazy. It was contagious so quickly. Chai Yuxi was also crazy. Who should be crazy next? Jia Su also straightened up and laughed, "Congratulations! Congratulations!"

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