Song Mingyue

Chapter 123 The plot to usurp the country
At the gate of the prison, the forbidden army gathered, guarded by strong bows and crossbows, and the front was blocked by horses and antlers. The defense was extremely tight.

Seeing someone coming forward, the feathered arrows have been aimed at them, ready to shoot at any time.

Na Yuhou hurried forward, negotiating with the other party, and finally the imperial guard in front moved away the antlers and let Zhao Hao and the other three come in.

Although places like Heavenly Prison, apart from appearing in novels and TV, it is unlikely that a prison robbery or escape will happen in hundreds of lifetimes, but the prevention work is extremely strict.

In addition to the imperial guards at the gate, there is also a twenty-foot-long corridor near the gate. There are iron gates at both ends of the corridor, which can only be opened from the outside.

Zhao Hao and the others walked into the corridor and followed the head of the cell. There were black lacquered railings on both sides. When they reached the gate inside, the cell unlocked the iron lock and opened the door. It was the official cell.

The prison cells on both sides are separated by single rooms. The sky prison has been peaceful for so many years, and it has always been a bleak place where rats are rampant.Now that many rebels have lived in at once, it has gained a bit of popularity, and it is no longer so desolate.

When Zhao Hao just walked in, the inmates in the hatchback cells didn't pay attention, it was not meal time, they just regarded it as the head of the prison patrolling, the prisoner was leading the way, Zhao Hao and Na Yuhou walked side by side, Wu Song, Fang Baihua and others Following behind, when passing through two cells, the prisoner in one of the cells noticed that another prisoner had come.

It's just that Zhao Hao and the three of them changed their faces, and no one recognized them. After a few glances, they thought that a few more heroes had been imprisoned—the enemy bandits, my heroes, those who can be imprisoned in the sky prison, for them Said they were all good men.

The group of people walked to the innermost cell, and Na Yuhou lowered his voice and said to Zhao Hao: "I will wait outside first, my lord, please do your own thing... The prison is heavy, and the time should not exceed two sticks of incense. Please understand, my lord. Even the Duke of Chu can't bear the burden."

Zhao Hao nodded, then Yu Hou and the prisoner turned around and went out, but locked the door again, and then heard the sound of the iron fence outside.

It is possible to probe into the prison, but it is absolutely impossible to break through the two impenetrable gates and the two iron fences thicker than a thumb behind.

In the passage in the middle of the cell, only Zhao Hao, Fang Baihua and Wu Song were left.

The felons in each cell seemed to have a premonition of something, and stood up one after another, lying in front of the fence at the door of the cell, and looked at the three of them.

On the contrary, Fang La's cell was very quiet. Fang La's hair was loose, his clothes were ragged, and his beard was full of old elders. Except for his eyes still gleaming, he no longer had the aura of sweeping Jiangnan with millions of soldiers in the past.

"Brother!" Fang Baihua couldn't bear it any longer, and lay down in front of the fence, crying to Fang La.

"Eleventh Sister!" Someone on the side exclaimed, but was stopped immediately.

Fang La was staring at Fang Baihua suspiciously, but when she heard Fang Baihua's voice, she suddenly jumped up in shock and rushed to the fence, staring at Fang Baihua tightly, and asked in a hissing voice, "Eleventh." Sister, you are here!"

Fang Baihua grabbed Fang La's handcuffed hands, but kept crying.

Zhao Hao sighed, and removed his and Fang Baihua's disguise charms, revealing their faces.

"Zhao Hao!"

The people lying at the door of the cell were in a mess again, with extremely complicated expressions.

It took a long time before Fang La calmed down Fang Baihua who was trembling from crying, and turned to Zhao Hao: "My lord, don't come here without any problems!"

Zhao Hao cupped his hands towards Fang La, and then turned around to the leaders of the rebel army on both sides, and then slowly walked to the fence: "Shenggong, you have suffered!"

Fang La didn't speak, but just stared at him.

"Brother Fang Qi and the two young masters are safe and sound. They are now hiding in Bangyuan Mountain. There are still three thousand elites there. Most of the other one hundred thousand brothers have returned to their hometowns. Only three thousand people were beheaded..."

"The traitor Zhu Xi, I will go to kill him with Lingmei. The head of the Zhu thief has been brought by Lingmei to help the blood sacrifice to the dead brother..."

"This time, I abandoned the leisure and wealth in the south of the Yangtze River, and came to Beijing alone, for my own dream, and also for the dream of Shenggong and brothers..."

"Today, I ventured into the Heavenly Prison. Firstly, I wanted to make my brothers and sisters meet again, and secondly, I wanted to tell Shenggong: Zhao Hao will never break his promise to Shenggong!"

Zhao Hao's last words were spoken slowly but firmly, and Fang La was also moved by it.

"Okay, I am sure you are not mistaken, Young Master, Fang La died without any regrets!"

The two clapped their hands together and said nothing more.

Over there, Fang Baihua was meeting the generals one by one. These well-known generals of the rebel army were all ragged and haggard at the moment. Head all the way with tears in my eyes, very sad.Especially when she saw her sister-in-law, Zou Shi, she couldn't control her emotions, and started to cry while holding Zou Shi's hands.On the other hand, Zou seemed very calm.Originally thought that the whole family would be wiped out, but now hearing that her two sons have been saved, she felt that she would die without regrets. With a smile on her face, she gently patted Fang Baihua's head, comforting the one who always acted like a baby in front of her in the past. woman.

This kind of sadness of parting also infected Zhao Hao, and he also went forward to meet the generals, shaking hands one by one, the generals were also moved in their hearts, although they didn't say much, but the words "Master cherishes" came from the bottom of their hearts.

"My lord, I have something to say, please listen carefully!"

A pale face appeared in front of Zhao Hao, looking very excited, a pair of seemingly weak but powerful hands tightly grasped Zhao Hao's wrist.

General Lu, Fang La's advisor!

Lu Jiang, originally a student of Tai Tai, was abandoned by the court because of his criticism of Hua Shigang's policy.After the Fang La uprising, he organized troops to follow in Fuyang.After Fang La occupied Hangzhou, he advocated first capturing Jiangning, which was not heavily guarded, guarding the Yangtze River, and then taking advantage of the situation to seize the southeast states and counties. This is indeed an important move to establish a southeast base.However, Fang La was overly optimistic that the extremely corrupt Beizong Dynasty could not send heavy troops quickly, and the rebel army could calmly capture Jiangnan. As a result, Tong Guan's army quickly went south, Fang La had no danger to defend, and was swept by Tong Guan all the way.

When the Song army was approaching Hangzhou, General Lu said "withdraw from Hangzhou immediately", thinking that this was "the only feasible solution".Fang La was unwilling to give up the Hangzhou City won in the bloody battle, and was defeated in the end.

And the most amazing thing is that in history, General Lu escaped from Bangyuan Cave under Han Shizhong's eyes, and finally organized a team to resist the Song army. General Lu who was able to escape from King Han Qi was considered a brave and resourceful general.

"General Lu, strength 65, intelligence 81, politics 72, command 65, health 70, Fang La's loyalty 90."

Seeing that this person seemed to have something important to say, Zhao Hao immediately became solemn, looked at General Lu, and said in a low voice, "General Lu, but it's okay to say."

General Lu's voice was a little hoarse, and he said in a deep voice: "Young master is a relative of the great Song Dynasty. The Song court has the strictest precautions against clan relatives. It has always been superior to nobles, but not responsible for power. Even if you have immortal skills, if you want to succeed Big things are even more difficult!"

Zhao Hao knew that he must have something to say, so he didn't answer, just looked into his eyes and listened to him continue.

"First of all, it is difficult to be a powerful minister in the body of a son and clan, but he can be a favored minister first. Zhao Ji can do everything, but he can't be the ear of the king! His piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, garden architecture, cuju safari, gold and stone carvings and seals are omnipresent. Good... especially female. I heard that the young master is also knowledgeable and talented, and he has immortal skills, and he has a good relationship with Wang Wenqing. It is not difficult to become Zhao Ji's favorite minister. If he can become a favorite minister, he will take matters into his own hands in the court It is cheap and worry-free, even if the scholar-officials criticize it, it will be difficult to hurt the young master."

"If you are just a favored minister, you may be no different from Cai Jing, Liang Shicheng, and Tong Guan. Therefore, if you are a favored minister, you must focus on gaining fame, or helping the poor and eliminating evil, or paving roads and bridges, or punishing traitors, or Risking his life to admonish...Since the young master is a favored minister, if he does not hold real power, the officials will not be too guarded. Do everything that can increase your reputation. Even if there is a danger, it is difficult to kill The son wants to let the people of the world, especially the scholars, know that the son is loyal to the country and hates evil like hatred, which is what the world looks forward to... Although scholars are not things, they are the ones who bring disaster to the country and the people, but before the son takes power, he still has to rely on the scholars The tongue and pen and ink. This is the second."

"Thirdly, although you can't hold the military power, the young master will sooner or later break the Liao Dynasty. In the future, there will be a battle with the Jurchens sooner or later. You can invite the young master to join the army to gain prestige in the army."

General Lu talked eloquently, and Zhao Hao listened very carefully, because General Lu's words hit his heart, and the general direction almost coincided with each other.

"The officials are extremely vigilant against the clan, how can they let Zhao join the army and join the war?" This is a question that has been entangled in his mind in recent days, and he couldn't help asking when he heard General Lu coming.

General Lu laughed, and said in a low voice: "Zhao Ji is fatuous and incompetent, but he is not stupid. He is the best at balancing, which is the so-called emperor's scheming. The young master does not see Cai Jing as clever, but he does it a few times, and is repeatedly reprimanded." But why? This is Zhao Ji's way of balance. He doesn't want Cai Jing to sit on the throne for many years, so he suppresses it. Now in the court, although the five thieves and other traitors secretly collude with each other, they are fighting each other openly and secretly; Su is lonely and helpless, now that Wang Wenqing has been added, it can be regarded as a faction; other censors, civil servants, generals, harems, relatives, clans, eunuchs, etc. are also factions. However, no matter what faction or faction, they are just Zhao Ji's pawns. He is well versed in the way of balance, and will not let any one side take the lead. How can Zhao Ji not be suspicious of Tong Guan for 20 years, so he appointed Gao Qiu as the commander of the capital in front of the palace, to control the Imperial Guards in the capital, so as to contain Tong Guan. If you are a favored minister, you can follow the path of balance and become Zhao Ji's clan to restrain Tong Guan or Gao Qiu. Although you may not be able to control the military power, it is not necessarily impossible to follow the army to monitor."

Hearing these words, Zhao Hao was dumbfounded.This person is indeed a genius, not only can see the whole situation of the imperial court extremely thoroughly, but also can clearly see the ninety-five supreme officials.

Win Zhao Ji's favor.

Gain fame among scholars and warriors.

Follow Zhao Ji's way of balance and do it, and take things from the midst.

Although it was only a few words, it drew a blueprint for Zhao Hao.The status of the clan, coupled with the expectations of all civil and military officials in the world, so that once one day has the opportunity to soar into the sky, there will not be too much resistance...

"Although the Song Dynasty is extremely corrupt, there are not a few civil servants and generals who are loyal to the emperor. It would be even more difficult to directly rebel. Only..."

General Lu looked at Zhao Hao for the last time, took a deep breath and said, "The only way is to break first and then build up. At that time, when the Dasong Mansion is about to collapse, it will be the day when the son will be dressed in a yellow robe and rule the world!"

Zhao Hao almost jumped up in shock... He wondered if the system's judgment was wrong. This person has more than 81 intelligence points?
General Lu slowly put down Zhao Hao's wrist, and said in a low voice, "Lu is just talking in general terms... It's easy to plan, but it's easier said than done to get things out of the way? You can do it yourself... I hope that when you come to the world, you will never forget your original intention , Don’t fail the common people!”

Zhao Hao stayed for a long while, and when he heard the door of the cell, he knew it was time, so he had to leave.

(End of this chapter)