Chapter 119: Emperor Maode came to the palace to beg me, and ordered Uncle Zhang to guard against Song Jiang’s invasion at night

Zhao Ji was 90% happy about moving Cai Jing down and sending him to Dali Temple for trial and conviction. He was 90% happy to deal with Cai Jing, the leader of the Six Thieves of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the other 10% was regretful that he had talent but no virtue.

If someone is in a high position, the harm will be great!

After Zhao Ji finished handling the Cai Jing case, he did not return to Yanfu Palace or Genyue to enjoy himself like the original owner Song Huizong did, but continued to stay in Chuigong Hall to review the memorial...

Some of these piled up memorials were submitted months or days ago without any approval.

Most of the memorials that Zhao Ji saw were praising virtues, talking about the balance of the world, reporting good news but not bad news, for example, various auspicious signs that appeared in various places, such as "If the water of the Yellow River is clear, a saint will come out" etc...

Zhao Ji was not interested in these and gave instructions on these memorials respectively. From now on, there will be no need to submit such memorials praising virtue...

Among the many memorials, Zhao Ji finally found three that aroused his interest.

These three memorials were submitted by the magistrates of Qizhou, Puzhou and Bozhou respectively.

Zhao Ji saw that the magistrates in these three places all mentioned that thousands of bandits led by Song Jiang had attacked and invaded the prefectures and counties under their jurisdiction...

In the first year of Xuanhe, Song Jiang gathered thirty-six people to revolt in Liangshanluo (i.e. Liangshanbo). He led the crowd to attack Heshuo and Jingdong East Road, then moved to Qingzhou, Qizhou and Puzhou, and captured more than ten counties and cities...
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"Songjiang starts from Heshuo and turns to ten counties..."

"Song Jiang's thirty-six men marched across the land, and there were tens of thousands of officers and soldiers who dared not resist..."

Zhao Ji looked at the memorial written by the magistrate of Qizhou and Puzhou,

He remembered that he had read "Water Margin" when he was in elementary school before time travel. When he grew up, he entered university and studied history. He knew that the Songjiang Uprising in the late Northern Song Dynasty really existed, but it was not written in the novel "Water Margin".

It's just that kind of justice.

In other words, the Song Jiang Uprising in "Water Margin" held high the flag of righteousness, robbing the rich and giving to the poor...

In real history, after the Songjiang Uprising, after conquering more than a dozen counties, they were indeed robbing the rich, but there was basically no record of helping the poor. If the Songjiang Uprising also helped the poor, then it was definitely for those who were willing to join the rebellion and follow the rebels.

People who attack and rob the city together...

Moreover, Zhao Ji knew that in real history, the number of generals (leaders) under Song Jiang was not as many as 108.

In the official history, there is no exact record of who the leaders of Song Jiang's army were. Gong Kai, a great painter in the late Song and early Yuan Dynasty, recorded in "Thirty-six People in Song Jiang and Preface" that there were three leaders in Song Jiang's uprising.

Sixteen people, and the names of these thieves leaders are recorded, such as:

Song Jiang, Wu Xuexue (Wu Yong), Lu Junyi, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Li Kui, as well as Ruan Xiaoqi, Liu Tang, Ruan Xiaoer, Dai Zong, Ruan Xiaowu, Guan Sheng...

The time traveler Zhao Ji decided to pacify the rogue bandits Song Jiang as soon as possible and not allow them to become bigger and stronger. As for after pacification, can they be allowed to conquer Fangla so that the two tigers can fight each other and lose their own money?

Zhao Ji thought about it and felt that it was not practical.

If, as in history, the expedition to Fangla is scheduled to take place in the third year of Xuanhe next year, then there will really be time for Zhang Shuye to ambush and kill the deputy leader of the rebel army in the future. Song Jiang's rebel army was

Then they accepted the recruitment. Then, they were transferred to participate in the battle of Fangla...

However, in that case, leaving Fang La alone in the uprising and waiting until the more threatening Fang La uprising becomes more powerful before trying to quell it will naturally be more gain than loss...

In other words, the Song Jiang Uprising was ultimately just bandit robbery and nothing to be afraid of.

But the Fang La Uprising was different. It had great ambitions to seize the country.

Therefore, the first priority is to quell the Fangla Uprising, which is also in line with Zhuge Liang's strategic policy of "reconciling the internal situation before fighting against the outside world".

Zhao Ji carefully looked through the memorial of Hou Meng, the governor of Bozhou...

"I, Hou Meng, the magistrate of Bozhou, sent a report to Your Majesty:

Today, Song Jiang leads thousands of thieves to repeatedly invade several counties under Bozhou's jurisdiction, breaking into county towns and robbing grain and money...

The officers and soldiers went to encircle and suppress them, and the thieves all fled.

The officers and soldiers were tired of long-distance pursuits, and the thieves were good at escaping, but they could not decide the outcome.

Therefore, the army could not annihilate Song Jiang's group of thieves...

Your Majesty, your Majesty, Hou Meng, would like to inform you that there are strategies for recruiting peace against the bandits in Songjiang River...

If Song Jiang is not summoned to peace, the imperial court can send a large army to attack and pacify it..."

Zhao Ji responded to the memorial to Hou Meng, the magistrate of Bozhou, and said: "I am accurate in the memorial."

In fact, Zhao Ji knew that bandits like Song Jiang must be beaten hard first to make them know how powerful Chao Yan was before they could successfully recruit them.

Historically, the original owner of Zhao Ji's body, Song Huizong, also adopted the advice of Hou Meng, the magistrate of Bozhou, and recruited people to cross the Songjiang River. However, the first recruitment failed.

However, according to historical development, in February of the third year of Xuanhe, Song Jiang led the bandit army to fight south and attacked Huaiyang...

Later, in May, a group of bandits from Song Jiang took a boat from Shuyang to Haizhou. After Song Jiang led his troops to land, they were ambushed by the troops led by Zhang Shuye, the magistrate of Haizhou. The ship was burned. Song Jiang was defeated and the rebels accepted the recruitment...

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Thinking of this, Zhao Ji took up his pen and wrote an imperial edict, which he sent to Zhang Shuye, the magistrate of Haizhou, instructing him to train the Haizhou Xiang army and prepare armaments to prevent theft and thieves and bandit troops.

If an army of bandits invades, it is necessary to attack them head-on first, and then take measures to recruit them...

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Zhao Ji was handling government affairs in Chuigong Hall, reviewing memorials...

This made the eunuchs and maids in the palace feel very strange, but they did not dare to criticize it.

He could only exclaim in his heart: Zhao Guan's family has changed its past habit of ignoring government affairs. Are they going to work hard to become stronger?

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Outside the palace, the charioteers and servants left behind by Cai Jing before entering the palace were all a little panicked because they had not seen Master Cai coming out of the palace for a long time...

After inquiring, Cai Jing's followers found out that Taishi Cai was actually accused of crimes by his eldest son Cai You in the Chuigong Hall in front of the officials. Now Zhao Guan has sent Taishi Cai to Dali Temple for trial...<

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"Oops, something bad is going to happen!"

"I'm waiting, but what should I do?"

"Why are you still waiting here for the Grand Master? Go back to the Grand Master's Mansion quickly and report this huge matter to the young masters of the Grand Master's Mansion!"...

The servants Cai Jing left outside the imperial city immediately panicked. They felt as if the sky was falling and returned to the Taishi Mansion in a panic...

Under normal circumstances, Cai Jing's five sons in the Taishi Mansion should work in their respective yamen.

However, after Cai Jing conspired with the disciples last night, he decided to let all five sons take a day off to stay in the house when he went to the palace to meet Zhao Guan's family.

In order to be able to wait for him, the grand master who has become an official, to discuss what to do next after entering the palace and returning to the palace...

However, the five sons of Cai Jing in the Grand Master's Mansion did not wait for Grand Master Cai to return to the mansion. Instead, they were greeted by dozens of accompanying servants who were running out of breath, out of breath, and panicked...

When Cai Chi was about to be restrained in the Xuanhe Hall, he asked urgently: "Where is my father?"

"Too...Too...Master," the servant who replied was so nervous that he stammered and said:

"The grand master was...carried away by officials...and escorted to Dali Temple...for trial..."

The servants told Cai Jing's five sons the news that Master Cai was sent to Dali Temple for trial because his eldest son Cai You had exposed his crimes...

It's like a loud "boom"!

After hearing the shocking news, the five sons who stayed in the Taishi Mansion felt like they were hit by a thunderbolt from the blue, and their heads were buzzing...

They had gone through the current fate of Gao Qiu and Wang Fu, and had also considered whether the Zhao Guan family, which had suddenly become very powerful and centralized, would take action against their father, who had been in power for many years.

Will the Cai family of the Taishi Mansion, like Gao Qiu and Wang Fu, become a thorn in the side of the Zhao Guan family?!

In fact, they all showed a relatively optimistic attitude in their secret conversation with their father Cai Jing last night. There are three main reasons:

First, the relationship between their father and the Zhao Guan family is very deep;

The second is that their father has already retired (retired) and will not pose a threat to the monarchy like Gao Qiu and Wang Fu in high positions.

Thirdly, their father and Zhao Guan’s family are related to each other!

Not only did the five sons think so before, but Master Cai himself, who saw that there would be big changes in the court, after analyzing the situation and deciding on three countermeasures,

Cai Jing, who thought that Zhao Guan's family treated him relatively calmly, went to the palace to see Zhao Guan's family with his masterpiece of calligraphy.

Cai Jing’s disciples discussed anxiously and said:

"Alas! What should I do?"

"Father, how come you were arrested by Zhao Guan's family and sent to Dali Temple for trial?"

"I heard from the servants that our 'good' eldest brother Cai You revealed many evidences of my father's crimes to the officials..."

"Hmph! This Cai You should be expelled from my Cai family's genealogy from today on."

"Cai You, you are worse than a beast! From today on, you are not our brother."

"Right now, we must first think about how to rescue our father! The beast Cai You, we will discuss it later and scold him, it's not too late!"

The sons left by Cai Jing in the Taishi Mansion were extremely anxious and discussed countermeasures:

"Father, of the three strategies you have made with us, haven't the best and middle strategies been successful?"
To be continued...