A tea cup was hit hard on the ground and shattered into pieces. Emperor Zhao Gou was so angry that his face turned red and he roared like thunder, "He is so brave. Who gave him the power? Does Hanzhong belong to his family? Say let me."
Even so, does he still put the imperial court and me in his eyes?"
Several prime ministers stood aside silently. They rarely saw officials lose such a big temper. This also shows how afraid the officials are of Chen Qing.
Lu Yihao, who was standing in the back row, felt uncomfortable. Every time he encountered this kind of thing, he could only remain silent. Now, seeing the official's furious look, he once again thought of resigning. This time he really
I want to say goodbye.
At this time, Qin Hui advised: "Your Majesty, the matter has come to this, and anger cannot solve the problem. Your Majesty should take care of the dragon body."
Zhang Jun also advised: "Your Majesty, Wu Gao does not understand the situation in the court. The minister is not explaining Wu Gao clearly, but the minister understands him very well. Wu Gao is just a general who fulfills his duties, not a commander who has an insight into the overall situation.
In his opinion, who is to guard Hanzhong is just a dispute over responsibility, and he will not think too deeply about it. The impeachment document said that he colluded with Chen Qing, which is a bit harsh."
Zhao Gou also slowly calmed down at this time. He waved his hand and said, "The left and right prime ministers will stay, and the other prime ministers should step back!"
Everyone retreated, leaving only Qin Hui and Zhang Jun.
Zhao Gou walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and asked, "Xiangong Zhang, how is the relationship between Wu Gao and Chen Qing?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, they are both generals of the Western Army. The Wu brothers and Chen Qing have a good personal relationship, but Wu Qi is a person who adheres to principles and will never betray the interests of the court for personal relationships!"
"Won't!"
Zhao Gou sneered and said: "If Liu Guangshi was in charge of Bashu, do you think he would go to Xicheng County to negotiate with Chen Qing? Do you think he would accept a symbolic stationing of only a thousand people in Nanzheng?"
Zhang Jun was immediately speechless. If it were Liu Guangshi, Chen Qing might not even pay attention to him.
At this time, Qin Hui said: "Wei Chen feels that what Mr. Zhang just said is right. Wu Gao is just a general and has no overall perspective, so he doesn't know the court's attitude towards Chen Qing. Wei Chen does not suspect that Wu Gao and Chen Qing have colluded."
, Wei Chen also believes that he is loyal to the court, but his ability is limited and cannot deal with the current complicated situation. Wei Chen believes that civilian officials should be in charge of the overall military and political affairs of Bashu."
Zhang Jun suddenly had a clear understanding in his heart. It was true that both Zhu Shengfei and Qin Hui wanted to depose Wu Gao, but they had differences on the subsequent appointment of new officials. Most of Zhu Shengfei's impeachment letter was devoted to criticizing Wu Gao and Chen Hui.
Qing You colluded in order to replace Liu Guangshi, who had a bad relationship with Chen Qing.
But Qin Hui was a little smarter. On the one hand, he agreed with his own evaluation of Wu Gao and affirmed Wu Gao's loyalty to the court. However, he also used his lack of ability and insufficient perspective on the overall situation to make matters worse. In the end, he finally showed his flaws and let a civilian official serve in Sichuan.
The Xuanfu envoy must be the civil official recommended by Qin Hui.
The interests of Qin Hui and Queen Mother Wei were different. They were both vying for control of Bashu. Thinking of this, Zhang Jun had a thought in his mind. Wu Zhu could no longer stay in Bashu, so he might as well support Qin Hui and provoke a conflict between Qin Hui and Queen Mother Wei.
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More importantly, after the Chen Qing incident, the official family would never accept officials recommended by themselves again, so simply using this incident to provoke a conflict between Qin Hui and Queen Mother Wei would be beneficial to themselves in the end.
Zhang Jun had a plan in mind, and he bowed and said: "Your Majesty, since the Shaanxi Road has been recovered by Chen Qing, the danger in Bashu has been eliminated. The ministers also support the sending of civilian officials as propaganda envoys. Wu Gao can be transferred to Jianghuai to fight against the Jin Dynasty.
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Zhao Gou nodded, "Who do you think is more suitable to go to Sichuan?"
Qin Hui said quickly: "Wei Chen recommended Li Hui, the transfer envoy to eastern Zhejiang, to serve as the Xuanfu envoy to Sichuan..."
Li Hui was a former privy minister. He was dismissed from his post due to the defeat of Jianghuai. He was recommended by Qin Hui to serve as the transit envoy to eastern Zhejiang. Li Hui was grateful and became a member of Qin Hui's party.
Zhao Gou turned his eyes to Zhang Jun again, and Zhang Jun nodded, "Li Hui also has experience in commanding troops and has a gentle personality. He is indeed a suitable candidate."
"Then let Li go back!"
Empress Dowager Wei had been waiting for Liu Guangshi's order to return to Bashu. She had previously planned to let Liu Guangshi go to Jianghuai to fight, but Liu Guangshi refused to obey the order under the pretext of training new soldiers. In the end, she had to let Han Shizhong cooperate with Yue Fei to attack Li Cheng from the east.
's army.
Liu Guangshi remained on the south bank of the Yangtze River for defense, but Empress Dowager Wei still hoped that Liu Guangshi would go to Bashu, so that she could control the money and food of Bashu through Liu Guangshi, and she would have more say in the court.
But Empress Dowager Wei never expected that Zhu Shengfei would impeach Wu Gao, and in the end it would be Li Hui who became the envoy to Sichuan. This drove Empress Dowager Wei crazy.
"Useless thing, the Ai family values him so much, but he can't even handle this little thing? Does he still have the nerve to explain to the Ai family?"
A liaison eunuch said tremblingly: "Xiangong Zhu said that he had no chance to mention Liu Guangshi to Bashu. The political hall should have discussed the candidate first, but Xianggong Qin broke the rules and nominated Li Hui first, and the officials directly agreed.
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Empress Dowager Wei slapped her palm on the table with 'Bang!'. Although her palm hurt, she could not restrain her inner anger. She gritted her teeth and said to herself: "What a Qin Hui, the Ai family planted a tree, you
Come and pick the fruit, wait and see, Aijia will make you look good!"
In front of Jianmen Pass, a huge team of thousands of camels was marching towards Jianmen Pass. The camels were loaded with 100,000 sheepskins, and every two camels were taken care of by a waiter. There were 500 waiters in total.
, the number of people is slightly larger, but it doesn’t matter.
Among all the goods in the northwest, sheepskins are the most popular. The winter in Bashu is cold and difficult, so the demand for sheepskins arises. The Shaanxi Road Trading Company organized several batches of sheepskins to go south to make huge profits, and at the same time purchased a large amount of cloth and tea cakes.
, brown sugar and dried meat go north.
This time is the fifth batch of camel caravan. The leader is called Wang Qun. He is responsible for transporting the goods to Zizhou and then transporting the goods north. He is only responsible for transportation. Naturally, there are officials responsible for sales and procurement in Bashu.
But Wang Qun also has another hidden mission, which is to secretly send the army to Bashu. His team has five hundred people. Once they enter Bashu, they will not come back. The five hundred people stayed in Zitong County.
After going south again and again like this, the troops that flowed into Bashu accumulated from a small number to a large number, preparing for the internal and external cooperation to seize the Jinniu Road.
It was already the tenth month of the golden autumn, and a month had passed since the meeting between Chen Qing and Wu Gao. Wu Gao had been transferred to Jianghuai by the imperial court to serve as the military governor of Xuyi Army.
At present, the deputy general Li Qiong is temporarily responsible for the security of Bashu. The reason why it is called temporary is because he will also be transferred to Jianghuai and continue to serve as deputy general under Liu Guangshi. When Li returns to Bashu, he will be appointed as the envoy of Xuanfu.
Li Qiong was resentful and drank all day long to drown his sorrows. He ignored the army and relaxed his control over the army. At night, tens of thousands of soldiers came out in twos and threes to rob homes, steal property, block roads and rob, and raped women.
It happened from time to time. For a time, people in the northern states of Bashu were boiling with dissatisfaction, and the government could do nothing. Even the Yongtai County Government Office in Tongchuan Prefecture was set on fire by the soldiers in retaliation for interfering with the soldiers' robbery.
Without the constraints from above, Jinniu Road has also become a place for the guards to make a fortune, and they desperately exploit the caravans. Even Chen Qing's official and merchant caravans have to pay money to pass the customs, and they will not lose a penny.
However, because money is recognized but people are not recognized, the checkpoints along Jinniu Road have also been obviously relaxed. Unlike Wu Zong's strict search at that time, the current search has become a kind of making things difficult. As long as the money is enough, there will be no search at all, or even
Crossing is also allowed at night.
Today's general on duty is called Pan Ping, who is the commander of Li Qiong's tent. He is drinking and listening to music with two prostitutes in his arms. When he heard that the officials and merchants from Shaanxi Road were coming, he was so happy that he didn't care about drinking anymore. He got up and went to Guancheng
Run outside.
Everyone knows that the Shaanxi road official caravan is a fat sheep, generous in spending money, and can earn at least one hundred taels of silver in one visit, which is equivalent to five hundred guan of money! After several visits, they all made a fortune. As for Chen
Any conflicts between Qing and the imperial court are none of their business.
At this time, Wang Qun's camel team had arrived below Jianmen Pass, and saw the opponent's general Pan Ping leading dozens of soldiers to greet them.
"So it turns out that General Pan is on duty today!" Wang Qun clasped his fists and saluted with a smile.
Pan Ping laughed dryly, "It's getting dark and Manager Wang is in a hurry. How about we get things done early and I let Manager Wang pass?"
Wang Qun chuckled, "Are you still following the same rules?"
"No! Double this time."
"Why is this?"
Pan Ping took out a sign and said with a smile: "It is not safe along the way. This is the safety sign issued by my General Li. With this sign, you will not be harassed along the way. The money does not belong to me."
Wang Qun didn't bother with the other party. His goods this time were special and he had to pass the customs as soon as possible. He took out a cloth bag and handed it to Pan Ping, "Two hundred taels. If you want more, I'll go back!"
Pan Ping happily took the money and said with a shameless smile: "Everyone follows the rules and won't ask for more!"
He waved his hand and said, "Open and close the door!"
A thousand camels passed through Jianmen Pass in a procession.
