Fenghou

"It really is!"

Liu Kai said bitterly: "The general of the Western Army was assassinated without any explanation. This will seriously affect the morale of the army."

"Then what should we do? The officials will definitely not pursue the responsibility of the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin, and they dare not pursue it, otherwise Wanyan Nianhan will kill the Yangtze River soon!"

Liu Kai whispered a few words to Yang Yizhong, and Yang Yizhong nodded repeatedly, "Since there are Han Chinese accomplices, it's easy to handle, I'll tell the officials!"

Liu Qi immediately ordered the entire army to retreat back to the camp, and the Jin Guoguan resumed normal order.

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At dawn, the four ministers and Li Hui, a privy secretary, gathered in the emperor's study. The four ministers all looked very solemn, delivering the eight hundred li express letter that had just been delivered.

The [-] Song army encountered [-] gold soldiers and iron cavalry. Unfortunately, the entire army was wiped out. Liu Guangshi fled back to the south of the Yangtze River alone. This result was like a boulder, weighing heavily on the hearts of every Prime Minister, especially Lu Yihao, whose face turned deathly gray.

This time, he sent troops to regain Yangzhou under his strong urging. Now not only Liu Guangshi can't escape the guilt, but even he can't escape the guilt.

"Ai Qing, what do you think now?" Emperor Zhao Gou asked in a hoarse voice with red eyes.

Zhao Ding sighed and said, "The top priority is to prevent the Jin soldiers from crossing the river. Immediately send Zhang Jun to lead the Shenwu Zuo Army to the north to replace Liu Guangshi in Runzhou."

Zhao Gou nodded, "I think so too. I have already ordered Zhang Jun to lead the army northward. I am worried about the lack of troops and want to transfer Yue Fei to the front line of Jiangning. What do you think?"

Zhang Jun hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Yue Fei is guarding the front line of Xuanzhou. He must not leave now, otherwise the front line of Xuanzhou will become a gap again. If the troops are insufficient, he can order Liu Kai to lead an army northward."

"Quasi-playing! Immediately announce the decree and order Liu Kai, the commander of the capital, to immediately lead the [-] imperial front battalion horse infantry to garrison on the front line of Jiangning."

After arranging two armies to go north, Zhao Gou's tension eased a little. He asked Zhang Jun again, "Signed an armistice agreement with Wan Yanchang, what new conditions does he have?"

"The conditions are the same as last year, but yesterday afternoon he seemed to put forward a new condition. He said that it has not been clarified yet, and he will reply to Weichen this morning."

"Go and negotiate with him immediately. As long as the conditions are not excessive, you can agree. I request that the armistice agreement be signed today."

Zhao Gou was really terrified. The [-] Jurchen army was driven to death by [-] Jurchen iron cavalry. If Wanyan Nianhan's [-] Jurchen army killed the Yangtze River, they would be completely finished. At this time, he just wanted to sign an armistice agreement, no matter what He is willing to pay any price.

Zhang Jun bowed and said, "Humble job, go and negotiate with Wan Yanchang!"

Everyone left and left, Zhao Gou gave Qin Hui a wink, Qin Hui understood, he did not leave, but stayed.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. I believe that the Jin people will not attack Jiangnan for the time being. After all, Wanyanchang is still in Lin'an! Wanyanchang's status is extremely high, and the emperor of the Jin Kingdom will not allow Wanyan Nianhan to take the risk of attacking."

"I hope Ai Qing is right, otherwise I will have to go to the south for inspection again."

Zhao Gou had completely calmed down at this time, he pondered for a while and said to Qin Hui: "The [-] army was completely wiped out. I must hold accountable for this, not only Liu Guangshi, but also some important court officials. Pushing hard for this adventure battle."

Qin Hui immediately understood that the government wanted to dismiss Lu Yihao's status. Others didn't know, but he knew that his wife's constant provocation in front of the Queen Mother finally worked, and the Queen Mother must not tolerate Lu Yihao.

"Your Majesty, Lu Xianggong was indeed overly enthusiastic about sending troops to Yangzhou. He has a great responsibility, but it is a little far-fetched to hold him accountable based on Yangzhou's defeat.

As far as Weichen knows, he is selfish. His clansman Lu Yingwen, his disciple Han Xi was an official in Jianzhou and Quanzhou, exploited the common people and merchants, and took tens of thousands of stolen goods. Yushitai had already secretly sent supervisor Yushi to the two states, With solid evidence, he can be dismissed and questioned, and Lu Yihao's recommendation can be held accountable. "

Qin Hui had long arranged for Yushitai to secretly investigate Lu Yihao's handle, and he was also waiting for the opportunity. Once the emperor decided to dismiss Lu Yihao, he would immediately produce evidence to make Lu Yihao unavoidable.

Zhao Gou was very satisfied with Qin Hui's assist, which was very timely. He nodded, "Since the evidence is solid, let's arrange impeachment on Yushitai!"

Chapter 272 Conditions

A low-key yet luxurious passenger ship sailed into Lin'an City. It is said to be low-key because its appearance is outdated, and it is no different from ordinary passenger ships. But when you enter the ship, you will find that its interior is very luxurious, although the layout is simple. , but it is all red sandalwood tables and chairs, famous calligraphy and paintings are hung on the ship wall, and official kiln porcelain is placed on the table.

But ordinary thieves can't recognize these precious woods, porcelain and calligraphy and paintings.

The owner of the boat is a middle-aged couple. They are Shen Gai's parents. His father is Shen Liang, and his mother is Lu. Shen Liang has not been an official, but he also has an official title. He was appointed by the court as the Huzhou Biejia. False officials do not have any actual powers, but their social status is relatively high. In addition, the Shen family contributed money to build the palace, and Shen Liang was named the Viscount of Wuxing County.

Shen Liang's father came to An'an this time, of course, for his son's marriage. In fact, Shen Liang and his wife did not approve of his son marrying the prime minister's granddaughter. This is not in line with the tradition of the Shen family. For example, Shen Liang himself married the daughter of the famous Lu family in Suzhou.

Shen Liang hoped that his son would marry the daughter of the Yu family in Kuaiji. Of course, his son must marry the granddaughter of the prime minister. For the marriage, they also need to investigate Lu's family style, and how is Lu Xiu's temperament?

Jiangnan aristocratic families are very strict in marrying a daughter-in-law, even if the other party has power, but if the family style is bad, such as bullying men and women, or notorious, or women are arrogant and arrogant, they will not be accepted by the Jiangnan aristocratic family.

Lu Yihao's reputation is not very good. The main reason is that the monthly pile money he promoted was regarded as an evil law by the people all over the south of the Yangtze River. I also know that this is actually the emperor's decision, and the prime minister is only the executor, so Shen Liang tolerated this.

"Husband, shall we go directly to Lu's mansion today?" asked his wife, Mrs. Lu.

Shen Liang pondered for a while and said: "Father means that we should first investigate the style of Lu's family. I think it is right. Let's stay here first and visit Brother Fang Ming tonight, and then tomorrow I will visit a few friends from my classmates. You will be able to understand the situation of the Lu family."

The brother Fang Ming that Shen Liang was talking about was Liu Jin, a college student. Liu Jin's alias was Fang Ming, and he was also from Wu Xing, and he was a family friend with the Shen family.

Mrs. Lu nodded, "Why don't we visit Second Uncle too."

Lu's uncle, Lu Sheng, is a well-known Confucian in Suzhou and is currently the chief professor of Guozixue.

Shen Liang laughed, "If you put it this way, my husband also has several brothers and uncles in Lin'an! I almost forgot. Let's stay here first, and then we can make proper arrangements."

The Shen family also has a mansion in Lin'an, it is a five-acre mansion, the mansion is facing the river, and has its own dedicated pier. Not long after, the boat slowly approached the pier, and the butler came out to welcome the owner.

Shen Liang said to his son: "You decide on your official career in the past two days. Where are you going to be an official? Make a decision quickly. As for the marriage, since your mother and I are here, we will naturally make decisions for you, so don't worry about it." gone."

"Yes! The boy obeys."

After a pause, Shen Gai said again: "Would you like to say hello to the Lu family first, and make an appointment for a visit, and they can arrange it."

What the son said made sense, Shen Liang thought for a while and said: "Tomorrow evening, I will come to visit Lu Xianggong, you should talk to the Lu family first!"

"Father, can't you do it today?"

Shen Liang glared at his son, "Why are you in a hurry? Can marriage be so hasty?"

"Yes! The child knows."

Shen Gai was really depressed, so he had to go in a hurry...

Shen Gai came to Liu's mansion. He wanted to find Liu Huan to contact Liu Jin, a scholar. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the gate of Liu's house, he saw dozens of soldiers standing at the door with spears in their hands. Shen Gai was stunned. What happened? thing?

At this time, several soldiers came out of the mansion with a man. His hands were tied, his feet were kicking around, and he was wearing a black hood. Although he couldn't see him, Shen Gai recognized him at a glance. This man was his friend Liu Huan. .

Although Uncle Liu Huan was a bachelor Liu Jin, his parents, like Shen Gai, were relatively low-key landlords in Wu Xing, but Liu Huan was very lively, and wanted to see the world and make more contacts, so his father paid him Donated a court guard's errand.

In the past two years, Liu Huan has been in Lin'an, and he has also participated in the imperial examination, and passed a Mingjing subject, but Liu Huan does not want to be a civil servant in the county, but still wants to stay in Lin'an. He has made many connections, including climbing up with Qin Hui. His nephew Wang Bo.

Liu Huan and Shen Gai grew up together, studied together, and have a very good relationship. The difference is that Shen Gai regards Liu Huan as a close friend, but Liu Huan regards Shen Gai as a contact, which is valuable.

Liu Huan was pushed into a carriage and imprisoned, and the soldiers escorted the carriage away quickly.

Shen Gai saw the housekeeper chasing him out of the gate, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Uncle Zhong, what happened?"

The butler stomped his feet and said, "For some reason, the soldiers said that my young master colluded with the Jurchens and was a spy of the Kingdom of Jin. He was taken away. How can I explain to the old lady!"

Shen should be taken aback, Jin Guo spies, this crime is serious.

He didn't dare to get into trouble with his upper body, he quickly said: "Uncle Zhong quickly send someone to inform Liu Huan's parents, it's important to find a way to save people!"

"Yes! Yes! Yes! I will go back to Wu Xing now."

The butler ignored Shen Gai and ran back to the house, but Shen Gai didn't dare to stay for a long time, so he turned around and left.

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At noon, Zhang Jun finished his negotiation with Wan Yanchang, and he rushed to the palace immediately to hand over the first draft to the emperor Zhao Gou.

Zhao Gou didn't care about lunch, so he quickly took over the first draft of the negotiation, his eyes showed a hint of astonishment, he was concerned about the additional conditions, and Wan Yanchang really put forward the additional conditions.

It's just that this additional condition was really beyond Zhao Gou's expectation. He thought it would be such a harsh condition, but he didn't expect the additional condition to be about Chen Qing.

The Song army must withdraw all the troops north of Dasan Pass to the south, and control Chen Qing to leave Sichuan and Shaanxi. '

The additional condition was just such a sentence, Zhao Gou was puzzled and said: "This condition is completely acceptable! Why didn't you sign it on the spot?"

Zhang Jun smiled wryly in his heart. Wan Yanchang's initial condition was to hand over Chen Qing to the Kingdom of Jin, but he firmly refused to agree to it. After going back and forth for nearly an hour, he reached this compromise.

"Your Majesty, we have reached an agreement with Wan Yanchang verbally, and your majesty still needs to make a final confirmation. In addition, we suggest that it is best to have a talk with Chen Qing. After all, it is not easy to establish the foundation of Ganquan Castle. It is best for your Majesty to appease you." him."

Zhao Gou also calmed down. He pondered for a moment and said, "Chen Qing was transferred from Sichuan and Shaanxi, how about sending him to Fujian?"

Zhang Jun shook his head, "Your Majesty, Chen Qing is good at fighting, and the Jin people have nothing to do with him, so they transferred him out of Sichuan and Shaanxi through negotiation, but it's a pity to leave him cold in Fujian. I suggest that he lead the army to pacify Dongting." Water thief."

Zhao Gou took a few steps with his hands behind his back and said to Zhang Jun, "That's the decision. You go and talk to him. If you have some unreasonable demands, you can agree to him. In addition, I decided to promote him to be in charge of the capital."

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Although the Empress Dowager only agreed to promote Chen Qing to the position of Deputy Governor, but since he was transferred from Sichuan and Shaanxi, he was no longer a thorn in Zhu Shengfei's side, so if he was appeased a little bit, the Empress Dowager would not object.

After a pause, Zhao Gou said again: "Mr. Zhang will tell Chen Qing again that he was assassinated last night. I will give him an explanation as soon as possible."

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Chapter 273

Chen Qing was planning to visit Zhang Jun in the afternoon, but he didn't expect him to come to the door on his own initiative, and Chen Qing hurried out of the house to greet him.

Zhang Jun looked at the mansion with his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "This house is not bad, the location is good, and it is next to the river. You can take a boat to the West Lake directly. You should build a private dock."

"Reporting to my husband, there is a pier, but there is no boat for the time being."

"You can buy a boat! A good cruise ship only costs a few hundred dollars, can't you afford it?"

Chen Qing was taken aback, "So cheap? Isn't it rumored that someone spent tens of thousands of dollars to build a cruise ship?"

Zhang Jun smiled slightly, "The boat itself only costs a few hundred guan, but the two paintings of Yan Liben hanging inside will cost ten thousand guan."

"That's it, I understand!"

The two walked into the lobby and sat down. The corpse was cleared away by the military before dawn. Chen Qing asked someone to clean it thoroughly again, and there was no more bloody smell before.

The two sat down, and Yu Lian came in to serve them tea. Chen Qing has learned how to hide his secrets now. The sisters Yu Lian and Yu Ying are too eye-catching. I am afraid that Zhao Gou will also call them into the palace when he hears about them, like Zhang Jun. The rich and powerful had better not see it.

Yu Lian came in alone to offer tea and didn't attract Zhang Jun's attention. Chen Qing gave her a wink, and she immediately retreated.

Zhang Jun took a sip of tea and said, "Actually, the officials asked me to come see you."

"Is it related to the negotiations in the morning?" Chen Qing asked with a faint smile.

Zhang Jun was taken aback, "How did you guess that?"

"I have dealt with Wan Yanchang countless times. I know him too well. He will use all means to get rid of me, even using assassination methods, but even the assassination methods fail. Then he will definitely add me to the negotiation. Going in, just like last year when he proposed to exchange me for the Queen Mother, since the Jin Bing defeated the Song Army in Yangzhou, he will definitely repeat the old trick."

"You're right. The Song army suffered a disastrous defeat, and Wan Yanchang had the advantage in the negotiation. We all thought he would put forward such harsh additional conditions, but we didn't expect him to propose only one condition."

"Give me to Jin Guo?"

Zhang Jun smiled lightly, "He proposed this additional condition, but I can't agree, and neither can the soldiers of the Western Army."

"Finally?"

"In the end, a compromise was reached and you were transferred from Sichuan and Shaanxi."

"Then what about my army?" Chen Qing asked anxiously.

"Your army also gave up on Qinzhou and retreated south. There can be no Song army in the north of Dashan Pass."

"Is this the final decision?"

Zhang Jun nodded, "The Son of Heaven has already approved it, and the official document will be signed in the afternoon, and then the Son of Heaven asked me to appease you. If you have reasonable demands, you can raise them, as long as they are not excessive."

"I only have one request!"

Chen Qing said without hesitation: "My army will still be led by me, and there are no other requirements."

"This request is not too much, and I can agree to you. In addition, the emperor is going to officially appoint you as the governor of the capital, and asks you to lead an army to participate in the suppression of the water bandits in Dongting Lake, and be restrained by Li Gang, Huguang Xuanfu envoy."

Chen Qing nodded silently. Li Gang, the boss, is much better than the disgusting Zhu Shengfei. More importantly, his foundation has not been lost. The foundation is neither Qinzhou nor Ganquanbao, but people, a group of soldiers loyal to him. His foundation, just like Yue's army, Zhong's army, and Wu's army, this Chen's army is the capital of his invincibility.

Zhang Jun smiled again and said: "Actually, it is a good thing for you to leave Sichuan and Shaanxi. Zhu Shengfei will not let you go. Although he does not have the right to recall, he has the right to transfer troops. Don't underestimate the right to transfer troops. He can easily take it away." Take your army, leave you unemployed, or let you go to southern Xinjiang to train troops, he has the support of the Queen Mother, sometimes he does a little too much, and the officials can't do anything to him."

"I know, I will rush back to Fort Ganquan as soon as possible and lead the army south."

"That's the reason. You'd better leave in two days. I will push back the withdrawal time limit by two months in the negotiation treaty, which is enough for you to withdraw troops calmly."

Zhang Jun still had formal negotiations in the afternoon, and he got up to leave. Chen Qing hurriedly said, "I also have a private matter to ask Mr. Zhang."

"It was the assassination last night! Don't worry, the officials promise you and give you an explanation as soon as possible. I guess I will clean up Liu Huan and Wang Bo and give you a bad breath."

Chen Qing shook his head hastily, "It's not about this matter, it's about the lifelong event of Humble Job. I want to ask Mr. Zhang to be a matchmaker for Humble Job."

Zhang Jun hesitated and said, "Are you really determined to marry Lu Yihao's granddaughter? I advise you to be more cautious."

Chen Qing was startled, "What happened?"

Zhang Jun lowered his voice and said: "Top-secret internal information, the officials have decided to dismiss Lu Yihao's position, and he bears the unshirkable responsibility for the defeat of Yangzhou. He tried his best to promote the dispatch of troops to Yangzhou. The emperor was a little hesitant. He was the one who did it for the emperor. As a guarantee, and the two confidantes he appointed were found to have serious problems by the censor, he was dismissed this time, and it will be very difficult to stand up in the future, you better think about it carefully."

Chen Qing shook his head, "I want to marry Miss Lu has nothing to do with Lu Yihao, even if Lu Yihao is dismissed as a citizen, it will not affect my decision."

Zhang Jun laughed, "Okay! I promise to be a matchmaker for you, and I will go to Lu Mansion tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

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