Yue Yun handed his mother's autographed letter to Chen Qing. After Chen Qing read the letter, he said to the two of them: "I will do everything possible to save Yue Dutong, but there is one thing you must understand. Yue Dutong has been sentenced to three crimes."
Among the crimes, the third one is collusion with rebellion, and the rebel is me. If I help Yue Dutong, then his crime will be confirmed. Even if he is released from prison because of my face, the court will not give him any chance to return to the army.
The chance is that at best he can become a civil servant, or even be dismissed and become a civilian."
Yue Yun and Zhang Xian looked at each other, and Yue Yun quickly asked: "Your Highness, you mean that at worst, my father can be released from prison and become a civilian?"
Chen Qing smiled slightly, "Of course, if you still want to be convicted, what's the point of my rescue?"
Yue Yun was overjoyed and bowed: "Please leave everything to your Highness!"
Zhang Xian couldn't help but ask: "May I ask what method your Highness used to rescue Yue Dutong? Can you tell me something?"
Chen Qing said calmly: "There is a chess piece in my hand. It is the thing that today's people are most afraid of. Do you know what it is?"
Zhang Xian thought for a moment and suddenly blurted out, "First Emperor!"
Chen Qing nodded and said to Yue Yun: "General Yue, please rest assured. Your mother, brother and sister are going east this time. I have asked my subordinates to arrange for them properly. They will be taken care of along the way, not to mention their safety."
Yue Yun was moved and bowed again: "Your Highness loves you so much. Yue Yun can only do his best to serve His Highness and repay his kindness!"
Chen Qing said calmly: "You are not only working for me, but you are also earning a future for yourself. Your descendants will be blessed. Go and rest! Follow me back to Xuchang tomorrow. A big war is about to begin."
In the afternoon of the same day, Chen Qing issued an order from King Yong, appointing Xu Qing, Zhang Xian, and Yue Yun as commanders of the Shangjun. Thirteen people including Peng Qi and Yao Zhen were appointed commanders, and twelve more were appointed deputy commanders. The other generals all followed their original positions.
The title of commander and commander.
In addition, there were also civil servants Xue Bi, Li Ruoxu and others who served as staff officers and held civilian positions in the military.
Early the next morning, thousands of people were left to continue settling their families, while the remaining 70,000 troops returned to Yingchang Mansion in a mighty manner.
But the arrival of Yue Fei's army to surrender did not end. Although Wang Gui and Dong Xian did not come, many of their soldiers came north one after another to surrender. Within half a month, more than 10,000 people came to surrender. Chen Qing finally
Obtained 55,000 Yue family troops.
In Lin'an, night falls, but the streets are still bustling with people and business is booming, but the residential areas and government districts are gradually quieting down.
It was also very quiet in front of Qin Hui's mansion, but behind him there were more than a dozen servants standing in front of the creek pier, holding lanterns, waiting for someone.
At this time, a passenger ship came slowly and stopped at the pier. Xiao Yi, the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin who was stationed in Lin'an, stepped off the ship. The previous envoy of the Kingdom of Jin, Liu Si, was dismissed due to the fire incident at the Jin Kingdom Pavilion. Xiao Yi was last year.
The envoy of Jin State who just took office.
He is a Khitan, proficient in Chinese, Jurchen and Khitan, especially understands the customs and culture of the Han people, and has always won the trust of the Emperor of Jin.
He had sent someone to deliver a message during the day, saying that he would come to visit Prime Minister Qin Hui in the evening.
Envoys from the Kingdom of Jin usually came to visit Qin Hui by water. Of course, this was also Qin Hui's request. There was a street in front of his house, and people came and went. There were always envoys from the Kingdom of Jin visiting in the middle of the night. It was easy for people to criticize and influence
his reputation.
"Is your Prime Minister here?" Xiao Yi walked onto the shore and asked with a smile.
"I'm waiting for Mr. Xiao, please come with me!" the butler said, holding a lantern.
"Wait a minute, I have another companion."
I saw another Han coming off the boat. He was about forty years old, short in stature, and not very handsome, but he was dressed as a businessman.
"Who is this"
"Don't worry! He is one of ours, I will guarantee it."
Xiao Yi obviously didn't want to explain more to the housekeeper. The housekeeper had no choice but to nod and said, "Please follow me."
A lantern leads the way up from the pier. There are two gates in Qin Hui Mansion. One gate leads to the inner house, and the other gate leads to a long alley that leads to the front yard. Most people use the alley to go to the front yard.
But Xiao Yi walked to the inner house and came to Qin Hui's study yard.
"Messenger Xiao hasn't been here for a long time. What news did he bring today?"
Qin Hui greeted Xiao Yi with a smile, but his eyes fell on the middle-aged man behind him. His intuition told Qin Hui that this was a scribe, not a businessman.
Xiao Yi stepped aside and introduced the businessman behind him to Qin Hui, "This Mr. Xu is the staff of King Liang and has just come from Bianjing!"
The middle-aged scribe bowed and said, "I am Xu Houde, and I am responsible for the evaluation of officials in Prince Liang's Mansion."
Qin Hui was shocked to find that this middle-aged man with an unattractive appearance was actually Wanyan Wushu's head of staff. He became confused again as to why Wanyan Wushu came to find him, considering that Qin Hui had always been in contact with Wanyan Chang.
"Please sit down, both of you!"
Qin Hui quickly asked the two of them to sit down and asked the maid to serve tea.
Xiao Yi held the tea cup and tasted it slowly. Today he was the guest, and Xu Houde was the real host.
Xu Houde was not in the mood to drink tea. He said seriously: "I wonder if Qin Xianggong knows the war situation in the Central Plains?"
Qin Hui glanced at the "Beijing News" on the table, laughed dryly and said: "I know something, the Western Army captured Xuchang, forming a two-sided attack on Bianliang."
"Didn't your court respond?" Xu Houde asked again.
Qin Hui picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, and said calmly: "Of course I care, we are more concerned about the refugees!"
Xu Houde took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Qin Hui, "This is a personal letter from King Liang to the Prime Minister."
Qin Hui took the letter and read it over, his face uncertain. Wanyan Wushu actually asked him to persuade the emperor to send troops to Huaibei and attack the states on the north bank of the Huaihe River.
Of course Qin Hui understood Wanyan Wushu's intention, which was to attack the back of the Western Army. In fact, it became an alliance between Song and Jin to jointly attack the Western Army.
Qin Hui was in a bit of a dilemma. First, he did not contact Wanyan Wushu. He had always been in contact with Wanyan Chang. Now Wanyan Wushu wrote a letter very abruptly, asking the Song army to send troops to the Northern Expedition. Who did he think he was? What could he do?
Representing the Kingdom of Jin?
Secondly, the imperial court is now busy taking back military power, so how can it bother to care about the affairs of the Central Plains?
Wanyan Wushu did not send soldiers to deliver the letter, but sent his staff to deliver the letter. He also hoped that the staff could convince Qin Hui. Of course, he knew that Qin Hui had been in contact with Wan Yanchang.
"Does Mr. Qin think there is anything wrong?" Xu Houde asked, staring at Qin Hui's expression.
"Well, it's useless for me to agree to send troops to the Central Plains. The key is to get the emperor's consent. Now the military power is in the hands of the officials. Of course, I can try my best to persuade the emperor, but I can't give the King of Liang any guarantee as to whether I can send troops."
Xu Houde took out another letter and handed it to Qin Hui, "This is a personal letter from King Liang to your emperor. Please ask Prime Minister Qin to deliver it to the emperor, and then try his best to persuade the emperor."
This is okay. Qin Hui took the letter and said happily: "I will forward the letter to the emperor early tomorrow morning, and I will try my best to persuade him."
If you can't convince me, then it's a matter of writing your own letter. If you can't convince yourself, how can you still count on me?
"Xiangong Qin, can you arrange for me to meet the emperor of your country?" Xu Houde continued to make requests.
Qin Hui glanced at Xiao Yi, with some dissatisfaction in his eyes, meaning that this person named Xu doesn't understand the rules, don't you understand the rules?
Xiao Yi laughed dryly and said: "Qin Xianggong mentioned Mr. Xu when he reported. If the emperor wants to see him, make arrangements. If he doesn't want to see him, then forget it."
"Okay! I'll mention it tomorrow."
Xu Houde added: "In addition, we need to tell Qin Xianggong that Li Qiong, who surrendered to the Jin Kingdom before, has now surrendered to Chen Qing. His 30,000 troops are deployed in Haizhou, Xuzhou, Pizhou, and Suzhou. You can attack Li Qiong.
, not only to avenge the betrayal of the past, but also to take advantage of the situation to occupy the four states of Xu Pi Hai and Su, threatening the back of Chen Qing's army, you can also use it as an excuse to recover the Central Plains! Do you really want Chen Qing to successfully recover Bianliang?"
Qin Hui narrowed his eyes, and he suddenly felt that maybe the emperor was really willing to make the Northern Expedition.