Chapter 143

Zhao Ji announced loudly: "I appointed Liu Yu, the envoy to Zhejiang and Zhejiang, as the left deputy envoy to Zhao'an, and Liu Lin, the administrator, as the right deputy envoy to Zhao'an. You and your son will accompany the chief envoy to Zhao'an, and Zhang Bangchang, the minister of the left, will go to the bandit camp together, and read out

My imperial edict orders the Fang La bandit army to surrender to the imperial court as soon as possible..."

"thump"!

"Plop!" Liu Yu and Liu Lin, their father and son, were paralyzed and kneeling on the ground, scared out of their wits.

The father and son had been treated politely and favorably by Zhao Guan's family before. They never expected that Zhao Guan's family would now ask him and his son to go to the dangerous Fang La camp to deliver this edict of recruitment that would probably anger Fang La.

"My official, Liu Yu, has just been to Liangzhe Road for only eight years and is not familiar with the southeast!

I fear that it will be difficult for my minister Liu Yu to take up the post of deputy envoy of Zhao'an.

Many Hangzhou officials in this government office are more familiar with the situation in the southeast than Liu Yu.

My minister, Liu Yu, has invited the officials to appoint ministers who are familiar with the southeast to serve as deputy envoys to assist Zhang Shangshu. It will definitely be a thousand times better than appointing ministers to do so."

As soon as Liu Yu said this, the officials who had been serving as officials in Hangzhou City for many years all glared hatefully at Liu Yu who resigned.

This is also understandable. Liu Yu postponed it because he did not want to take advantage of the bell to go to the enemy camp, which would be a dangerous job that could lead to death. He also recommended one of them to Zhao Guan's family, which would obviously be resented by other officials present.

Liu Lin, who had just been promoted to another level due to the praise of Zhao Guan's family, was so frightened that his young, slightly handsome and fair face turned pale. He was not stupid. He heard the Zhao Guan's imperial edict on drafting the edict of recruitment, even though he was present.

It was Fang La who accepted the invitation, which would also cure Fang La's personal sins.

When such an imperial edict was sent to Fang La's camp, how could he not anger Fang La and kill the envoy who sent it?

Liu Lin howled secretly in his heart: I am still young, I have not yet married a wife and have children, and I have not yet realized my life dream of becoming a high-ranking official and making a fortune. I don’t want to die!

Thinking of this, Liu Lin immediately kowtowed to Zhao Guan's family again and cried:

"In the official family, my minister Liu Lin is young and has not been an official for many years. He will definitely not be able to succeed in the position of deputy general.

I, Liu Lin, beg Zhao Guan’s family to take back the appointment and ask the official family to replace him with a suitable person to serve as the Deputy Recruiting Envoy.”

Zhao Ji smiled contemptuously and said to himself: "You two, father and son, are really hard-wired. According to historical development, a few years later, after Liu Yu was appointed the prefect of Jinan, he was afraid that the city of Jinan would be attacked by the Jin army.

, also after receiving the appointment, he submitted his resignation, but has been reluctant to go on his way."

Zhao Ji slapped the table and said angrily: "Liu Yu, Liu Lin and his son, do you want to resist and disobey the order? What is your crime for resisting and disobeying the order?"

Liu Yu and Liu Lin were both stunned on the spot. This disobedience must be a capital crime.

At the end of the day, neither Liu Yu nor Liu Lin could figure out why the Zhao Guan family was so targeting his father and son.

Zhao Ji didn't care whether Liu Yu and Liu Lin and his son agreed or not, he said:

"In order to protect the safety of the three chief and deputy envoys along the way, I will send Yang Zhi to lead 300 cavalry to protect them along the way. You three can go on the road with peace of mind!"

"Well?!"

Zhang Bangchang, Liu Yu, and Liu Lin were speechless:...

These three people were thinking, am I worried about danger along the way?

What the hell, I'm worried about my safety after entering the main camp of the anti-thief Fang La Army!

Of course Zhao Ji would not take into account the thoughts of these three people.

However, what I am carrying out is a conspiracy! I set up this trap for you three future traitors who will betray the Song Dynasty and invest money in the country.

Of course, Zhao Ji also thought of several possibilities after sending these three people to Fangla camp and reading out the edict of recruitment.

The first possibility is that Fang La was so angry that he ordered Zhang Bangchang, Liu Yu and Liu Lin to be sent to the capital to be sentenced to death.

The second possibility is that among the three envoys Zhang Bangchang, Liu Yu, and Liu Lin, some or even all of them surrendered to the Fang La tribe rebels when they saw that their lives were at risk.

In that way, after I put down the Fangla Uprising, these three traitors will be equivalent to exposing their traitorous nature in advance. In this way, I can not only kill these three people justifiably, but also implicate them.

Nine tribes.

Of course, Zhao Ji is still very merciful and may not necessarily destroy their nine tribes, but his family members who should be confiscated and exiled will definitely not be spared.

There is a third possibility, that is, Fang La saw that I wanted to use his help to get rid of these three people, so Fang La sent them back safely.

In Zhao Ji's view, Fang La really did not have such a strategy and long-term plan. Otherwise, every time his rebel army captured a county or state capital, they would not have allowed his rebel army to kill all the local officials.

Of course, Zhao Ji also understood that Fang La carried out the horrific killing of officials who destroyed the city in order to vent their anger on the local poor people who were oppressed and exploited, so as to attract many poor people to join the rebel army. However, doing so

, you really don’t have a mind and a mind that can conquer the world.

As for if Fang La secretly sends these three messengers back, then I will find other excuses to get rid of these three people in a short period of time.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ji issued an order, saying: "Zhang Bangchang, Liu Yu, and Liu Lin, the chief and deputy envoys of Zhao An, take these 300 copies of the Zhao An edict and set off immediately.

The three of you, after arriving at the main camp of the rebel Fang La army, and before you meet Fang La, you must recite the contents of the Zhao'an edict loudly, and at the same time scatter the extra recruitment edict among Fang La's army, so that Fang La's bandits can

The officers and men all knew that whoever could get rid of the culprit Fang La would be appointed a third-rank official and receive a reward of ten thousand gold.

Moreover, even if Fang La cannot be killed, if he can find out his way back as soon as possible, those who surrender to the court may be rewarded regardless of their previous crimes.

You three, you must take care of your fate.

Don’t bully me!”

When Zhang Bangchang, Liu Yu, and Liu Lin heard what Zhao Guan's family had explained, the three of them immediately frowned and were extremely reluctant.

Their thoughts and concerns were generally similar: Damn it, Zhao Guan's family, they are not asking me to wait to recruit people, they are asking me to wait in Fangla's military camp to die!

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However, the emperor's order is like a mountain, and disobeying the holy will will lead to death. The three of them can only bite the bullet and slowly count the hundreds of recruitment edicts copied by the civil servants just now...

The three of them did not dare to disobey the Zhao Guan family's holy will and do this hard work of a narrow escape.

Zhang Bangchang knelt in front of Zhao Ji again and began to play with tears in his eyes:

"I think that the rebels are rebelling against the rebels and the soldiers are sending out imperial edicts. They are all illiterate, how can they understand it?"

Zhao Ji smiled slightly and said: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand! Didn't I ask you to enter the enemy's army and issue a recruitment edict while the bandit army, and you shouted out the contents of the recruitment edict?"

When the rebellious rebels and soldiers saw the imperial edict stamped with jade seals, even if they did not recognize the words on it, they could still recognize the red seal stamped with jade seals, which would let them know that I sincerely wanted to recruit them to peace.

Furthermore, how do you know that the anti-thief soldiers did not bring with them literate people from various prefectures and counties, such as scholars?"

Zhao Ji's answer left Zhang Bangchang, the minister Zuocheng, speechless.

"Report!"

At this moment, the eunuch who delivered the message loudly said: "Intensify the military report - rush to deliver it"

Zhao Ji secretly asked: "What's going on?"

Zhao Ji knew that the Song Dynasty was always in danger of a sudden war breaking out due to its borders with Liao or Xixia. Therefore, as early as the early Northern Song Dynasty, a military express delivery business—Ji Pi Delivery—was established.

The talisman used in quick delivery is the Xipai. The gold-character talisman is one of the Xipai, and it is also the fastest one.

According to the "History of the Song Dynasty·Yu Fu Zhi": "There are plaques with gold characters, green characters, and red characters. The gold-character plaque can travel four hundred miles a day, and it is the fastest postal service. All pardon letters and military orders

Use it if you have any secrets, and send them to you from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. At the end of the main road, the Privy Council will place an oval sign with green characters, and it will travel three hundred and fifty miles a day. Use it if the military is urgent.

At this time, Zhao Ji saw the eunuch who had delivered the message enter the palace, and when he knelt down, he was holding a female-yellow [green-character tablet] in his hand.

Zhao Ji guessed that it should be an urgent military report from the Privy Council. The most likely one should be an urgent military report from Tong Guan, the eunuch in charge of the Privy Council and the newly appointed envoy to Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Zhao Ji asked Liang Shicheng to take over the military report and read it to him...

Sure enough, Zhao Ji guessed very accurately that it was Tong Guan who led the Northwest Army on hundreds of large ships, along almost the same waterway as Zhao Guan's family, and arrived at Yangzhou, the transit hub of waterways in the southeast.

Moreover, the military newspaper reported that Tong Guan was not in Yangzhou and continued southward along the canal from Yangzhou to Suzhou and then to Hangzhou. It is expected that at midnight tomorrow, he will lead the northwest army to Hangzhou City to protect it, and is willing to

Obey the official will and send troops to annihilate the bandit army who rebelled against the traitor Fang La...

The signature date written on this urgent military newspaper is yesterday. Of course, this "urgent delivery" military newspaper will naturally take time on the road.

"Hahaha..." Zhao Ji laughed.

In fact, all these troop dispatches, including letting Tong Guan lead the northwest army that was good at fighting south to prepare to put down the Fangla Uprising, were all planned and implemented by the time traveler Zhao Ji when he was in the capital.

Zhao Ji's laughter was more of a reassurance to the officials who were in such a dangerous city of Hangzhou.

Sure enough, all the officials were overjoyed and shouted sincerely: "O sage officials! If the officials can predict the future, they will be prepared for the Fang La uprising.

Master Tong leads the army, and the Fang La bandit army will definitely be defeated..."

At this time, Zhang Bangchang, Liu Yu, and Liu Lin heard that Tong Guan had led the northwest army by boat and was heading south by boat. They should be able to reach Hangzhou City tomorrow morning. This gave them a life-saving straw.

Because Liu Lin was young and held a low official position, he did not dare to say anything. He just kept winking at his father Liu Yu.

Liu Yu understood this and immediately knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Liu Yu, I am telling you that even if the northwest army is coming to Hangzhou City tomorrow for reinforcements, why worry about defeating Fangla's bandit army?

Therefore, the three of us went to rebel against Fang La's troops and then went to the court to recruit them, which was really unnecessary.

I, Liu Yu, sincerely request the officials to come back and be ordered to do so!"

Zhang Bangchang, the minister Zuocheng, also knelt down and said helpfully:

"My minister Zhang Bangchang believes that what the envoy Liu Cha visited is absolutely true..."

Before Zhang Bangchang could finish speaking, Zhao Ji slapped the table angrily and reprimanded:

"There is a saying in the art of war: the first is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, and the third is to attack the city.
To be continued...