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"That's true, but Uncle Wen wants to remind him that we only have one chance to assassinate Chen Qing, and we must be cautious. There is no absolute certainty, and we would rather give up the assassination."

"I told him that our major task is not just assassination."

"Uncle Wen has news about the Marshal?"

Li Wenzhu nodded, "Marshal needs to know the exact time when Chen Qing attacked Hedong, it's not easy!"

Golden Fox pondered for a moment and said: "If Chen Qinghou goes to Tongzhou to inspect, maybe he can see some clues."

Chapter 717 Meeting the Alliance

To the north of Yuancheng County, Daming Prefecture, Hebei East Road is a vast pasture, covering an area of ​​tens of thousands of acres. This place was originally farmland, but it was forcibly enclosed by Jin Guo to graze horses.

At this time, large tents were set up on the pasture, horns were blaring, and groups of Jurchen cavalry rushed between the large tents.

In front of a huge tent covering an area of ​​several acres, stood a huge banner with a huge "Jin" character embroidered on it. This was the handsome tent of King Wanyan Nianhan of Jin.

At this time, the sound of horns was faintly heard in the distance, and Wanyan Nianhan, who was tall and burly, came out. He was 55 years old and had gray hair, but he was still majestic and his waist was straight. Wanyan Nianhan laughed and said: "Wushu is finally here!"

A few miles away, a ten thousand cavalry team guarding Wanyan Wushu galloped from the south, ten thousand horses galloped like a galloping tide, the momentum was frightening.

At this time, a group of cavalry came from a distance, Wanyan Wushu raised his hand, and the horn blew, and the ten thousand cavalry stopped running immediately, as if the sea tide was suddenly frozen.

The person who came was a Jurchen chief, Wanyan Xiebao, Nianhan's second son. He was about [-] years old, tall and majestic, and he followed his father in the north and south, and made great achievements.

He stepped forward and bowed to salute, "Nephew is here to welcome Uncle Four!"

Wanyan Wushu was the son of Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguda, but Nianhan was not. He was the eldest son of the Prime Minister Wanyan Sagai, and Wushu and Wushu could be regarded as uncles and brothers.

Wanyan Wushu smiled slightly: "Xiabao, is your father in better health?"

Wanyan Xiebao shook his head, and sighed: "We advised him to take care of his health, but he just refused to listen, there is no other way, I hope Uncle Four persuades him."

"Let him alone! At this age, just have a good time."

Wanyan Xiebao smiled wryly, "Fourth Emperor Uncle please!"

Wanyan Wushu walked slowly with the army, not long after he came to the camp, he asked his men to go down to rest, but he got off his horse and walked quickly to the commander's tent.

Wanyan Nianhan greeted him with a big smile, and the two embraced tightly. Wanyan Nianhan took Wushu's arm and entered the big tent. Come to salute.

Wanyan Wushu smiled wryly, "Why don't we talk about the business first."

"You can talk while drinking."

Wanyan Nianhan clapped his hands, and a group of Jurchen girls entered the tent with wine pots in their hands. The two of them sat down at the main seat, and a strongman performed wrestling in the big tent. Nianhan got up and said a few words, and everyone drank happily stand up.

"I heard that the Song Dynasty is going to negotiate peace again?" Nianhan asked without showing any signs of expression.

Wanyan Wushu sneered and said: "They have occupied Jianghuai, and they have no money to fight, so they want to seek peace, and treat me as a sick cat!"

"Why didn't the fourth brother fight back?"

"There are people in Shangjing, how can I fight back? My [-] troops were buried in Xixia in vain, without even an explanation. Does he regard me as the clay god of the Earth Temple?"

Nianhan said indifferently: "Tatlan likes to kill with a knife. It's not a day or two. Now his ass is on fire, Chen Qing has destroyed Xixia, and the next step must be Hedong, so he is eager to negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty. He just wants to transfer the fourth brother's army. Emergency help from the east of the river."

Wanyan Wushu said coldly: "My army will not go to Hedong, I have been refraining from going to war, and I am waiting for him to reach an agreement with the Song Dynasty on an armistice."

Nianhan's eyes lit up, "Is there a chance here?"

Wanyan Wushu nodded, "I got reliable news that Zhang Shao, Minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Song Dynasty, has already gone north, bringing with him 5 taels of gold. I specially ordered that all the passes should not be blocked, and let him go north. I heard that Talan is in Yanjing. Just to wait for Zhang Shao!"

"The 5 taels of gold was also for Tart Lazy?"

"Of course, without giving generous gifts, how could Ta Lan agree to negotiate peace?"

"Where's the opportunity?" Nianhan still didn't understand.

Wanyan Wushu said grimly: "Accepting bribes from the Song Dynasty and betraying Jianghuai, isn't this a serious crime?"

"Not bad!"

Nian Han clapped his fists and said: "This crime is very serious, it seems that I have to give way, so that Zhang Shao can go north smoothly."

Wanyan Wushu snorted and said, "Talan thinks that he can do whatever he wants because he has power over the government, but he forgot that the emperor is the ruler of the Kingdom of Jin. Take a blow head-on, cede the land and negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty, and if we give the emperor the evidence of Talan accepting bribes from the Song Dynasty, I don't believe the emperor will tolerate it?"

Nian Han said indifferently: "The Son of Heaven is not a matter of tolerance or not, he is also taking this opportunity to deprive Tan Lan of his power."

Wanyan Wushu gritted his teeth and said, "Brother is right. By that time, what kind of nonsense armistice agreement would be considered dirty if you wipe my ass. I must personally lead the army and drive all the Song army into the Yangtze River to feed the fish and shrimp!"

Nianhan suddenly frowned, "What about Hedong?"

Wanyan Wushu said coldly: "Brother thinks that when Chen Qing wins Hedong, where will he point his troops next?"

Nianhan was stunned for a while, Chen Qing took Hedong, and the next step was of course to target Hebei, he suddenly understood another meaning of Wanyan Wushu going north to Daming Mansion, and hoped to deal with Chen Qing by himself.

Wanyan Wushu lowered his voice and said: "The Son of Heaven has cleaned up his laziness, so he may not be able to accommodate us. At this time, only war is the best way to hold on to the military power. I asked my elder brother to deal with Chen Qing, but it was actually for the sake of my elder brother. "

Nianhan pondered for a long time, finally nodded and approved Wanyan Wushu's suggestion.

Wanyan Wushu's trip to the Daming Mansion was not in vain, he finally reached a consensus with Wanyan Nianhan, and used the Song and Jin Dynasties to bring down Wanyan Tarlan, that is, Wanyan Chang.

The two then divided the work, with Wanyan Wushu dealing with the Song Dynasty and Wanyan Nianhan dealing with Chen Qing, in order to protect the vital interests of the Kingdom of Jin in the Central Plains.

……

Another month passed in a blink of an eye, and the new year had passed. The imperial court continued to name it Shaoxing, and now it is the seventh year of Shaoxing.

On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Jingzhao City ushered in the annual Lantern Festival again. Three days of lantern viewing, the army and the people enjoyed together.

The inside and outside of Jingzhao City are decorated with lights and festoons, Dongxi Street and Zhuque Street have become a sea of ​​colorful lights, dazzling.

However, Chen Qing opposed luxury and extravagance and advocated frugality, so although the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival was lively, it was still the same as last year's lanterns, but the location was changed, giving the common people a sense of freshness.

On the large square in front of the Xuanfu envoy's yamen, the same colorful lanterns gather, and the lights are bright. This is the center of the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival in Jingzhao City, where thousands of colored lanterns gather.

Chen Qing also took his wife and daughter out to enjoy the lanterns in a carriage. They had special identities and did not dare to wander around with lanterns like ordinary people. However, being able to go out to enjoy the lanterns already satisfied the whole family.

"Daddy!" Chen Ji gently pulled his father's clothes.

He looked out of the car window enviously, and Chen Qing also saw that a large group of children were jumping and jumping around an old man selling candied haws.

Chen Qing gave some instructions to the soldiers, and the soldiers immediately bought some candied haws, one for each of them, and even Chen Qing himself took one, it was very good, it was the best hawthorn candied haws.

"Ah! Whose is the extra one?" Yu Lian asked while holding the last candied haws.

Chen Qing lifted his cloak and said with a smile, "Here!"

Everyone looked together, only to find that Xue'er was curled up in her father's arms and fell asleep like a kitten, her little hand was still tightly holding a folded little goldfish lantern.

"give it to me!"

Lu Xiu took the candied haws with a smile, and carefully put them into a paper bag, "This candied haws has a lot of seeds, she is too young to eat it directly, let the cook deal with it later."

At this time, Zhao Qiaoyun suddenly pulled Lu Xiu, pointed to the outside and whispered: "Sister, who do you think is that?"

Lu Xiu hurriedly looked through the car window, and saw not far away, their master Li Qingzhao was sitting around a stall with a dozen female disciples, and the stall owner and his wife were busy roasting mutton and warming wine.

Li Qingzhao rolled up his sleeves, combed his hair in a high bun, and inserted a pendant jade hairpin at an angle. He let go of his long skirt and sat on a small stool. While eating mutton with great interest, he talked and laughed loudly. Her female disciples also ate it. I have to smile.

At this time, a female disciple brought her a bowl of hot wine. Li Qingzhao took the wine bowl and drank it down in one gulp. The disciples clapped their hands and laughed together.

Lu Xiu and Zhao Qiaoyun were stunned, this one is still haggard now, with wind and frost on her temples, afraid of going out at night.How about Xiang, under the curtain, listening to people's laughter' Yi'an Layman?

Chapter 718 Confidential

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the after-joy of the Lantern Festival has not disappeared, but the lanterns on the street have begun to be removed, and all the shops are officially open for business. Jingzhao City has quickly switched from festive leisure to usual busyness.

Chen Qing also came to his official room early in the morning. Half an hour later, in the meeting hall next to him, five cabinet members arrived one after another.

Ge Lao is the new name this year. The main building of the Internal Affairs Hall is called Baofeng Pavilion. It is usually the place where five senior officials of the Internal Affairs Hall discuss military and state affairs. In addition, the five senior officials are all older, all over 50 years old, so the officials will The five senior officials are colloquially called Ge Lao.

But their formal official position is to mention some official affairs in the internal affairs hall, which is equivalent to the imperial court's counseling and political affairs.

Today is the third meeting of the Internal Affairs Hall. Jiang Yanxian is in charge of daily government affairs, Zhou Kuan is in charge of the main officials, Guan Shigu is in charge of military affairs, Zhao Kai is in charge of finance and taxation, and Zhang Miao is in charge of supervision and intelligence.

Xuanfu envoys have a long history, a Sima, and three deputy envoys, that is, five high-ranking officials who serve as officials of the internal affairs department. Division, Department of Officials and Supervision Division, and then there are sixteen departments under these five divisions.

Many people with a discerning eye can see that this is actually a signboard of the Xuanfu Envoy, which is actually another team. It is not a problem to say that they are actually independent.

The first two discussions in the Internal Affairs Hall were to discuss support for spring farming on South Jingnan Road, and the promotion of eight generals in 210. Three commanders of the Western Army appeared. Yang Zaixing, Liu Cui, Zheng Ping, and Chen Qing were promoted to Taiwei and Marshal of the Western Army.

"Everyone is invited to come today, mainly to discuss two things!"

Chen Qing said slowly to everyone: "I believe that everyone can read the report of the supervisory department. The governor of Tongzhou Wang Xingmi and the magistrate of Heyang County Han Sangnong are bold enough to send relatives to pretend to return to farmers and claim [-] acres of land with fake title deeds. When Wang Xingmi took office as magistrate of Heyang County four years ago, he arranged for his wife and brother to pretend to be landlords in northern Shaanxi to buy [-] mu of land, and forged the records of the gold soldiers receiving money. The two are still suspended and detained, and the Supervision Department is still investigating other officials in the same state."

Jiang Yanxian said: "In fact, we have discovered this problem a long time ago. At that time, the introduction of farmers from northern Shaanxi to grant land was very loose and hasty. As long as the local people bribed a little bit, they would be considered as northern Shaanxi people to grant land. In general, the real people from northern Shaanxi were forced to go south, and they could not benefit the officials, so the officials gave them a few acres of Susukida, unable to support their families, so they had to rent and plant the fields of the local people. , all identified as farmers in northern Shaanxi, and it is too common to give hundreds of acres of land to the field.”

Zhou Kuan also said: "This problem is more difficult to deal with. The law does not blame the public. If such a thing is punished, it will definitely stir up civil uprisings in Guanzhong, but if it is not punished, it will be too much."

At this time, Zhao Kai raised his hand and said: "Humble job has some ideas."

"Zhao Sizheng, please tell me!"

Zhao Kai leaned slightly and said: "Actually, it's the word "excessive" that Zhou Sizheng said, we only need to punish the excessive part. I have also seen the fake Qi State recruitment order at that time. If we strictly follow the method of the recruitment order Do it, no problem.

We can deal with it in this way. First, I don’t care if you are a local or a farmer in northern Shaanxi. Each household has [-] acres of land. The extra land will either be confiscated or you will pay for it. Mu of land, we also recognize it, but those who want to grow wheat must grow wheat, whether they grow it themselves or rent it to others, it is fine, but it cannot be left unused, and it will be confiscated if it is left unused for three consecutive years. It is reasonable to do so If there is evidence, it will not hit a large number of people. "

Zhao Kai's thinking is very clear and simple, everyone agrees, Chen Qing is also very satisfied, simplifying complicated things, and reasonable, this is the right arm he wants.

Chen Qing nodded and said: "Please ask Zhao Sizheng to write a report. After approval, a special Qingtian nuclear production team will be established. This is what Zhao Sizheng said. We will keep what is reasonable and correct what is excessive. At the same time, we must maintain the political situation." Stablize."

After a pause, Chen Qing said again: "I may go to Tongzhou for inspection in a few days."

Jiang Yanxian laughed and said, "Actually, we only need to take Wang Xingmi and Han Sangnong back to Jingzhao for trial. There is no need for the county king to go to Tongzhou himself."

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "As you all know, I have deployed [-] troops at Pujin Pass in the same state. Everyone thinks that it should be an attack on Hedong! I guess the Kingdom of Jin thinks so too, but in fact I'm trying to pretend To destroy Guo, take Shanzhou and Guozhou first."

"Great!" Guan Shigu blurted out.

Chen Qing said with a smile to Guan Shigu: "Guan Si is a senior military strategist. You should be more aware of the strategic value of Shanzhou and Guozhou. Please introduce it to everyone!"

Guan Shigu quickly leaned forward and said: "The king of the county thinks highly of the lowly position. In the face of the strategic plan of the county king, the lowly position is nothing, but it is true that the lowly level knows Shanzhou and Guozhou better. It has been stationed there for many years, so I will give you a brief introduction. Say."

Chen Qing took out a map from the cupboard and spread it on the table. Guan Shigu pointed to the map and said, "Shaanzhou is the iron armor of Guanzhong. Only after taking Shanzhou can Guanzhong be safe. It may not be able to defend Guanzhong. Simply put, Shanzhou is a city, a road, and a pass.

The city refers to Shan County. The city is tall and strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Wanyan Lou Shi once led an army of 10,000+ to attack Shan County, and tens of thousands of people died in battle to capture this fortified city.

The Tao refers to the ancient Weihan Road, which stretches for five hundred miles, with mountains on both sides. This is the only road connecting the Central Plains and Guanzhong. As long as heavy troops are sent to cut this road, the Jin soldiers will not be able to kill it.

The third pass refers to Hangu Pass. Everyone knows its dangerous and strategic position, but what I want to say is that many places on the Weihan Ancient Road can build passes, and its dangerous position is no less than that of Hangu Pass. There are several Hangu Passes, but the key is the Xiaohan Ancient Road. "

"How important is Guozhou?" Zhao asked with a smile.

Guan Shigu said with a smile: "Guozhou is not as important as Shanzhou, but it also has two advantages. One is that it can take a boat to Luoshui to kill Luoyang, and secondly, there is a small road through Xiong'er Mountain to kill Dengzhou. Or the southern part of Henan Province."

"Guan Sizheng spoke very well!"

Chen Qing took over the topic, and said to everyone: "Accordingly, I shouldn't hide it from everyone, especially the military department, but I'm afraid that the news will leak out, Wanyan Wushu will massively increase troops in Hangu Pass and Shanzhou. Wanyan Wushu's attention is on Jianghuai, Song and Jin are in peace talks, but Wanyan Wushu will not admit it, he should do his best to prepare for the war in Jianghuai, at this time we will seize Shanxi and Guozhou, which will make him very uncomfortable, but he I can only admit it, so I want to keep it absolutely secret, only the six of us know about it, and I don't want the seventh person to know about it."

Everyone nodded silently, this is really an absolute secret!

"The king of the county is worried about Jin Guo's information point in Jingzhao?" Zhang Miao asked.

Chen Qing nodded, "This information point is hidden very deeply, and I can't find it now. The inner guard suspects that someone in the Xuanfu envoy was bribed by them, and I can't find out who it is at present, so I have to use the land case to go Tongzhou, raid Shanzhou and Guozhou."

……

Everyone got up and left, Guan Shigu stayed behind, and said with a smile to Chen Qing: "The military envoy of Shanzhou is the commander of Kong Yanzhou, the capital of the puppet Qi State, does the county king know this person?"

Chen Qing nodded, "I have dealt with this person in Jingxiang. His character is despicable and shameless, but he still has some skills in leading troops."

"He led [-] puppet Qi troops to sit in Shanzhou, which is not easy to attack, especially in Shanxian County, where there are [-] troops. Kong Yanzhou is in Shanxian County. Does the county king have a plan to seize the city?"

Of course Chen Qing knew that Guan Shigu would not stay and talk to him about this for no reason.

He smiled lightly and said, "Currently, we can only play by ear, but if Guan Sizheng has a good strategy to attack the city, I can't wait for it."

"Although Shanxian County is difficult to attack, the most feared thing is the internal response. I can introduce someone to the county king, and he will definitely help the Song army capture Shanxian County."

Chapter 719

Li Tieqing, the leader of the samurai, came to the humble alley again and met the chief manager, Jin Huhu. He presented a piece of information to the golden fox, "To the general manager, this is Chen Qing's itinerary for Tongzhou."

The golden fox opened the note and took a closer look. He set off by boat the day after tomorrow, first to Fengyi County of Tongzhou, then to Heyang, then to Xinshi Town, then to Pujin Pass, and then returned to Jingzhao. He stayed in Tongzhou for a total of five days. day time.

"Is this information reliable?"

"It's absolutely reliable. We should say that we saw it on Zhang Xuan's desk with Chen Qing's signature on it. Chen Qing will set off by boat the day after tomorrow. Zhang Xuan must make arrangements now."

Golden Fox nodded. He just asked casually. From the itinerary, he knew it was true. It was a long way from Heyang County to Pujin Pass. Depart from Yangyang, rest and eat in Xinshi Town at noon, and arrive at Pujinguan in the evening.