Fenghou

At noon, Zhao Gou returned to the Inner Palace for lunch. As soon as he arrived in the Inner Palace, an eunuch came to report, "The Empress Dowager is here, at the Qingliang Pavilion!"

Zhao Gou was taken aback, and hurried to the Qingliang Pavilion. He knelt down in front of the bamboo curtain to pay his respects, "The emperor pays his respects to his mother, please pay his respects to her!"

Empress Dowager Wei said calmly behind the curtain: "Aijia heard that Chen Qing is about to attack Bianliang and recover the Central Plains. Could it be that His Majesty just watched this rebel recover the capital and be embraced by the people of the world?"

Zhao Gou's heart skipped a beat. This must be because Wanyan Wushu used his mother to put pressure on him. The only person who can influence his mother is Wanyan Zongxian of the Kingdom of Jin. Zhao Gou was really annoyed. Just remember?

Zhao Gou had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "The emperor is also thinking about the Northern Expedition!"

"That's right, His Majesty is orthodox. The northern expedition to the Central Plains and the restoration of the old capital should be done by His Majesty. When will it be the turn of the traitor to intervene? The Ai family is here to remind the officials of this matter. Don't let that Jingzhao The rebel's limelight overwhelmed His Majesty and won the hearts of the world."

"The empress mother's teachings, the emperor will remember them in his heart!"

Empress Dowager Wei's pressure became the last straw that overwhelmed Zhao Gou's inner balance, and Zhao Gou decided to attack from southeast to north.

Of course, Zhao Gou's decision to make the Northern Expedition was only his own decision.

There are still a lot of face-saving things to do. For example, he has to build momentum to let the anti-golden faction gain the upper hand, and then let the ministers propose, and everyone signs a letter to form a consensus on the Northern Expedition.

He also needs someone to take responsibility for him if the Northern Expedition fails.

It happened that Zhang Jun was still recuperating in Lin'an, and Zhao Ding was also in Lin'an.

That night, Zhao Gou issued a decree to restore Zhang Jun and Zhao Ding to the positions of prime ministers, and appointed them as ministers of the left and right of Shangshu, and entered the government affairs hall of the cabinet.

Chapter 19 Save Yue

In the early morning, a thousand-stone passenger ship slowly stopped at the pier in the east of Yuhang County. Yuhang County is located in the northwest of Lin'an, more than [-] miles away from the temporary, and it also belongs to Lin'an Prefecture.

Affected by Lin'an's prosperity, the housing estates in Yuhang County have also risen rapidly in recent years. In the northern part of the most expensive county, the land price per mu is as high as thousands of guan. Of course, it cannot be compared with Lin'an. both.

A group of people walked out of the passenger ship. The leading woman was Yue Fei's wife Li Wa. The second son Yue Lei walked in front, followed by several younger siblings, Yue Lin, Yue Zhen, Yue Ting, and two daughters. The eldest daughter, Yue Anniang, and the second daughter, Yue Yinping.

Dozens of strong men got off the boat behind, none other than Zhang Bao and his thirty subordinates, and then there was Wei Yanzong and his dozens of subordinates on the front boat.

They originally came from the Yangtze River on a large passenger ship of [-] shi, and changed to several [-] shi passenger ships in Dangtu County. The journey went smoothly and they arrived in Yuhang County in just over half a month.

There were bullock carts at the pier. They hired several bullock carts and drove towards the county town. After a while, they came to a mansion. This was a mansion temporarily rented by the intelligence station. The child jumped up and down happily, and Li Wa, who had been depressed all the time, showed a smile on his face.

She said to Wei Yanzong: "Thank you General Wei for taking care of me all the way, I wonder if there is any news about my master?"

Wei Yanzong saluted and said with a smile: "Madam, don't worry! Our people are watching. If something happens, we will know it in Dangtu County. Generally, the court will not consider how to deal with Yuedu until the matter in Xiangyang is completely resolved. System, not so fast."

"Is General Wei going to Lin'an today?" Li Wa asked again.

Yue Lei came over and said with a smile: "Mother, boy, I will go to Lin'an with Big Brother Wei today, and hand over the gold medal, so as to save those people from focusing on this matter and making fuss."

"You child, can't you go a few days later? Mother saw your arrest warrant in Dangtu County, so you bring the gold medal to Brother Zhang."

Zhang Bao nodded with a smile and said, "That's what I mean too. Dutong hasn't come out yet, and the young master has been arrested again, causing trouble for others. Why don't I run away? I see that Zhang Bao on the arrest warrant looks like Zhang Fei." , it doesn't make sense at all!"

Everyone laughed, Wei Yanzong said with a smile: "Actually, it's okay, this kind of arrest warrant is only a few days hot, unless someone informs, otherwise no one will be interrogated when entering and leaving the city. Maybe we can arrange to let Mr. Yue Meet his father."

This suggestion moved Li Wa's heart, and she asked, "It would be best to see his father, but is it safe?"

"Ma'am, don't worry! If we can't do this little thing, let's stop working in Lin'an."

Li Wa thought for a while, then said to Zhang Bao: "You want to protect Erlang's safety at all times!"

"Madam, please rest assured that the humble job must be done well, and there will be no mistakes."

Li Wa then wrote a letter and handed it to Yue Lei. Yue Lei, Zhang Bao, Wei Yanzong and a few of his men took a boat to Lin'an.

……

At noon, Wang Mu hurried to Liuweiju Teahouse. Liuweiju Teahouse is currently the headquarters of Lin’an Intelligence Station. three people.

One is the special envoy Hu Yun, the other is Dong An, the intelligence chief, and Wei Yanzong, the deputy chief.

"When did Xiao Wei come back?" Wang Mu walked into the room and asked with a smile.

"I arrived in Yuhang early this morning, and came from Yuhang again. I just arrived."

Hu Yun waved his hand and said, "Brother Shaofu, please sit down!"

The four of them represented the highest interests of the Western Army in Lin'an, and they rarely discussed matters together. Sitting together today, there must be something important.

"His Royal Highness has assigned us a mission!"

Hu Yun glanced at the crowd and said, "His Royal Highness King Yong asked us to put pressure on the court and release Yue Du."

Wang Mu knew it must be because of this, he asked: "Didn't the court just temporarily put Yue Dutong under house arrest, and after seizing the military power, he would be demoted to other places?"

Hu Yun shook his head and said: "It was like this before, but the situation has changed. Simply put, the Queen Mother has intervened. Zhu Shengfei suddenly proposed to investigate Yue Fei's collusion with the rebels. As a huge relationship, he produced a piece of evidence that Dong Xian was exposed by Yue Fei's department, saying that the Western Army used commerce as a cover, and a large amount of military supplies were sent to Jiangling via Xiangyang through Xiangyang. Yue Fei never stopped, and even tacitly agreed On one point, Zhu Shengfei believed that Yue Fei did not tell the truth when reporting on his duties, so he requested the establishment of three joint trials."

Wang Mu frowned and said, "This Dong Xian seems to have been a high-ranking puppet Qi in the past?"

Hu Yun explained: "Dong Xian was a civil servant at the beginning and knew about Shangzhou affairs. Later, he surrendered to the puppet Qi and became a high-ranking official. But because he took refuge in Wan Yanchang, even the puppet Qi didn't allow him, so he had to surrender to the Song Dynasty. Yue Fei treated him very well. That's right, he was appointed as the commander, and he was in charge of the army alone, and now that something happened to Yue Fei, he wanted to defect to the Wei Party, so he took Yue Fei as his vote."

Dong An laughed and said: "I am very clear about this matter. Before I came to An, I led a camel team through Xiangyang. The [-] camels were all goods. If the real army supplies do not go to Xiangyang, they must come from Bashu. The reason for transporting to Jiangling is very simple, Jiangling army is part of the garrison on Sichuan Road, it is impossible for Jingzhao to send military supplies to Jiangling directly by bypassing Sichuan Road, and directly transit through Xiangyang, it can only be goods.”

Hu Yun sighed and said, "The problem is that we know it's impossible, but the imperial court doesn't know it. Now there are records, and it is true that a large number of camels passed through the border, but it is not clear whether it is goods or military assets?"

At this time, Wang Mu said slowly: "The Empress Dowager Wei will not attack Yue Fei for no reason, there is a possibility that someone from the Kingdom of Jin is instigated behind it, especially Wanyan Wushu, if Yue Fei is in trouble, I am afraid he will not let this opportunity pass."

"It's useless to say these things, the key is how to get rid of him?"

Hu Yun glanced at the crowd and asked, "What do you think?"

Wang Mu lowered his head and pondered for a moment: "It's impossible to get rid of crimes, we have to participate and use our power to suppress the court."

"His Highness King Yong has this idea."

Hu Yun handed a letter to Wang Mu, "This is the letter from King Yong brought back by Wei Yanzong from Xiangyang, you can see it after reading it."

Wang Mu read the letter hastily and nodded, "I think this is a good idea. It's not too late. Let's go back and arrange it now, and it will be published in the Beijing News tomorrow."

Wei Yanzong, who has been silent all this time, said: "I think we need to work on both sides. It is best for Yue Dutong to write a letter to defend himself, so that the emperor can understand that Yue Dutong is fine, and then the pressure from the "Beijing News" will have a better effect. .”

Hu Yun nodded, "I agree, you can arrange it!"

……

As night fell, an important guest came to the mansion of Xiangguo Xu Xiantu, and it was Hu Yun, the special envoy of King Yong.

At this critical moment, the arrival of Hu Yun made Xu Xiantu somewhat suspicious, but he still received Hu Yun politely in the guest hall.

The two exchanged some pleasantries, and Hu Yun said with a smile: "Last month, the Sichuan-Shaanxi Propaganda Commissioner submitted a proposal to borrow a piece of land in Liyang County to build a cargo ship wharf, but there has been no news. I heard that the application report is under pressure in the Privy Council. I wonder if Xu Xianggong has read this application report?"

Xu Xiantu was taken aback. He didn't expect the other party to come here for this matter. He said lightly: "If you are docking at the dock, you don't need approval. There are so many docks along the Yangtze River. You can dock at will without any hindrance! Just don't I understand why the wharf should be built separately, there are many issues involved here, the key is whether to garrison troops, these are very vague, I am afraid that the possibility of approval is not high, I heard that Qin Xianggong has clearly expressed his opposition."

Hu Yun nodded, "I'm just asking, and I haven't seen the report, so I don't understand the situation."

Xu Xiantu frowned, and couldn't help but said: "If you just want to ask, you can go to the Privy Council during the day to inquire. Could it be that Special Envoy Xu came here for such a trivial matter?"

"of course not!"

Hu Yun took out a letter from his bosom, put it on the table and pushed it to Xu Xiantu, "This is a personal letter specially written by His Royal Highness King Yong to Xu Xianggong. I am actually here today to deliver the letter."

Hu Yun said goodbye and left, Xu Xiantu looked at Chen Qing's handwritten letter over and over again, and remained silent for a long time.

His third son Xu Shou came in to salute and said, "Father, my son has already sent Special Envoy Hu away."

"Did he say anything?"

"He said that the family is the country, the world is the world, there is a family to have a country, and a country to have a world. After a hundred years, our family is still there, but I don't know whose country or world it will be?"

Xu Xiantu looked at his son's young and energetic face, and thought of his grandson, he should think about the future generations.

Xu Xiantu took out the silver medal from his pocket and handed it to his son, "Go to Dali Temple immediately and find Li Ruopu, the Prime Minister of Dali Temple. He is my man, and he should be on duty tonight. Just tell him like this..."

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At two o'clock, Wei Yanzong took Yue Lei into the soft restricted area of ​​Dali Temple through a small side door, and came to the small courtyard where Yue Fei was under house arrest.

Although it was late, Yue Fei hadn't rested yet.

Under the lamp, Yue Fei was concentrating on reading a book, Yue Lei rushed over excitedly, "Daddy!"

Yue Fei put down his book and looked at his son in surprise, "Lei Er, why are you here?"

"The boy is here to visit Daddy!"

Yue Lei pointed behind him, "Brother Wei brought me in. We were able to leave Lin'an because of Brother Wei's help. Mother is also in Lin'an."

Yue Fei was startled, "Your mother is here too, where is she?"

"Temporarily living in Yuhang County, Brother Wei has made arrangements."

Wei Yanzong stepped forward to salute and said: "My next Wei Yanzong is the deputy manager of the Western Army's intelligence station in Lin'an."

Yue Fei nodded, he has been treated very well for more than a month, and it probably has something to do with them.

"Thank you, General Wei, for helping my family, and telling His Royal Highness King Yong for me. I, Yue Fei, will always remember his great love."

"Yue Dutong knows what happened in Xiangyang!"

Yue Fei sighed and said: "Yesterday, officials from the Privy Council came to me and mentioned the situation in Xiangyang. A large number of my troops defected to the Western Army. The remaining troops were also disbanded by the emperor's order. Hey, ten years of military training was ruined in one fell swoop. !"

At this time, a jailer said in the courtyard: "Someone is here to inspect, you should leave quickly!"

Wei Yanzong hurriedly said: "Let me just say one thing, the Western Army on South Jingnan Road belongs to the Bingma Mansion on Sichuan Road, and is under the jurisdiction of Zheng Ping, the governor of the capital. All army food, grass and military supplies must be distributed by Chengdu and sent to Jiangling by water. The Jingzhao Mansion will directly transport supplies across the level."

After finishing speaking, Wei Yanzong pulled Yue Lei, "Let's go!"

Yue Lei hurriedly stuffed his mother's letter to his father, and then hurried away with Wei Yanzong.

Yue Fei was at a loss when he heard this, what does the delivery of supplies for the Jiangling Mansion garrison have to do with him?

……

Just as Wei Yanzong left with Yue Lei, Li Ruopu, the Chancellor of Dali Temple, walked in quickly. He looked at Yue Fei and said, "I got the news in the afternoon that the gold medal you lost was found, and someone gave it to the Privy Council from Xiangyang Mansion. It should be your subordinate, even if this matter is settled, the arrest of your son Yue Lei should be revoked soon."

"Thank you Li Sicheng for telling me!"

Li Ruopu waved his hand to let the jailer back down. He said in a low voice: "This morning, Qin Xianggong and Zhu Xianggong jointly proposed to the emperor to ask the emperor to set up three joint trials to strictly investigate the collusion between Yue Dutong and Jingzhao. Their ultimate goal is to I want to blame Yue Dutong for the crime of rebellion, I heard that Zhu Shengfei was reported by Mr. Dong..."

"Mr. Dong?"

Yue Fei was taken aback, "Why would Mr. Dong report me?"

"The Empress Dowager Wei has recommended Dong Xian to serve as the envoy of Eastern Zhejiang. Doesn't Yue Dutong understand?"

Yue Fei let out a long sigh, "It's a pity that I don't care about the past, treating him like that is unpredictable!"

Yue Fei asked again: "How did he report me?"

"I heard that he reported the collusion between Dutong and Chen Qing, and allowed the Western Army's food, military supplies and troops to pass through Xiangyang for many years, which led to the deterioration of the situation on Jingnan South Road."

Yue Fei suddenly understood the meaning of Wei Yanzong's words. He allowed Jingzhao's camel caravan to pass through the border, but only for commercial goods. He would never allow the army's grain and military supplies to pass through the border. If he had no reason, he would really be slandered Framed, still unclear.

What Wei Yanzong said is the best rebuttal. Jingnan South Road Garrison belongs to Sichuan Road Bingma Mansion. How could Jingzhao leapfrog the delivery of military food and supplies? Besides, wouldn’t it be more convenient to transport food, grass and supplies from Chengdu by boat?There is no need to use camels to transport thousands of miles from Jingzhao.

Yue Fei suddenly said angrily: "I want to write a letter to the emperor, I want to explain the situation clearly, and I will never allow them to wantonly frame me."

"Yes! You should write a letter. Yue Dutong swallows everything, and they will be even more unscrupulous!"

……

At noon the next day, the "Beijing News" was distributed throughout Lin'an Prefecture as usual. The content of today's newspaper was a bit special, which immediately aroused a lot of discussion.

The headlines on the front page published two poems, one was Yue Fei's "Man Jianghong", full of anger, leaning against the corner, resting in the rain, looking up...

This song "Manjianghong" was already a few years ago, and almost everyone in Lin'an knew it, and everyone was confused, why this song was published on the front page.

However, another poem was also published on the headlines of the front page, which immediately attracted the attention of many people. It was actually written by the late emperor Zhao Heng. It was the first time that the people and officials in Lin'an had read it.

""Drunk and Desolate"·Zhao Heng

Choked for words.Look at the lights to remember the season of the year.Xing Xing refers to the theory of walking on the moon.May the moon be always round, and not be short for a while.

This year's flower market lights are listed.Good lamps fight against people's hearts.Don't dare to say clearly in front of people, can't bear to look up, ashamed to see the old days. "

This is Chen Qing's move. High-level political struggles never need to be so straightforward. Wen Xian knows the meaning, and putting Yue Fei and Zhao Heng's words together is an out-and-out threat to the emperor Zhao Gou.

Secondly, it was also published in the education column of the fourth edition, "There is a controversy in the Jiangning government test, whether the candidates surnamed Lin should be the first." '

This is using Lin Yifei to beat Qin Hui.

"boom!"

In the imperial study room, the emperor Zhao Gou lost control of his emotions again and smashed the teacup into pieces. Zhao Gou's face was livid, and he gritted his teeth and said, "What a Chen Qing, you are too deceitful!"

Xiangguo Xu Xiantu just walked in. When he saw the tiles and newspapers thrown on the floor, he immediately understood and asked the eunuch to clean it up.