Yang Chuian whispered: "I remember very clearly that Wu Jie was controlled by Yue Fei, and now he has become a subordinate of the commander-in-chief. However, the defense structure promulgated by Yue Fei also contains Wu Jie's name. Wouldn't Wu Jie become
Are you doubly led?"
Zhang Jun nodded, "Sir, you are right. This is indeed an oversight by the court."
Yang Cui'an sneered, "It's not necessarily an oversight. The last time Yue Fei abandoned his official position to keep his filial piety, the officials asked Zhang Jun to apologize to him and appease him. Zhang Jun is a civil servant. He has always been narrow-minded. How can he not bear grudges against Yue Fei? This time it is obviously
Zhang Jun is giving Yue Fei eye drops!"
"Then what?" Zhang Jun asked again.
"Why don't the commander-in-chief hand over Wu Jie to Yue Fei? The vacant seat of Wu Jie will be filled by his own men, so that the commander-in-chief won't feel uncomfortable watching him all day."
Zhang Jun was silent for a moment and said, "I'm afraid Prime Minister Zhang will be dissatisfied."
"The method is also simple. Transfer him to Guangzhou, and then the commander-in-chief ignores him. Yue Fei will definitely use him."
Guangzhou happens to be the intersection of the middle defense and the western defense. Zhang Jun's defense line and Yue Fei's defense line overlap in Guangzhou. Let Wu Jie guard Guangzhou. He can obey both sides. If Zhang Jun ignores him, it will naturally be Yue Fei who calls him.
he.
Zhang Jun thought for a long time and finally nodded, "You can give it a try!"
Zhang Jun wanted to use his trusted general Zhang Zongyan as the commander of the capital, so that his people could be used with ease.
........
In the eyes of others, Li Qiong's behavior is so annoying and she complains like a resentful woman all day long, but in fact there is a reason for its existence.
For example, a soldier has not been paid his salary for several months, and the family has no rice to cook, forcing the soldier's wife to sell herself to support the family. As the coach, does Li Qiong have to ask his boss for military salary every day?
For another example, his army was followed by hundreds of thousands of family members and was placed in Jianghuai. Zhang Jun gave him a mountainous county. Every bit of land in the county belonged to others. How could he support his family of hundreds of thousands? Of course he would not do it.
It must be a plain county with land, so he made a fuss with his superiors every day and demanded to change the resettlement county.
For another example, his status in Liu Guangshi's army was higher than that of Wang De, and he had more troops than Wang De. He was the first to surrender to the court and made great contributions to cutting off Liu Guangshi's food and grass. Even after he surrendered, Wang De still hesitated.
Refuse to surrender.
But in the end, the imperial court appointed Wang Dedu to be the commander of the capital and himself the vice-capital, which completely confused Li Qiong. No one could accept the change. Of course, his mentality would lose balance, and he would certainly feel that the imperial court was treating him unfairly. He
But he can't react to his superiors, so it's normal to complain that the court treats him unfairly.
Li Qiong's army is currently responsible for the defense of Haozhou. More than 100,000 family members of his army are in Dingyuan County of Haozhou, while the army is stationed in Zhongli County.
At noon that day, Li Qiong was sitting alone in the tent, drinking wine. He was in a very bad mood. Just now, a group of low-level generals came over to complain to him. They had not received their military salary for another three months.
With no food available, they had to dig wild vegetables in the fields, and a Dutou's only son died as a result.
If the military salary has not been paid, that's it. But as far as he knows, Han Shizhong's army in Sizhou next door was paid three months of military salary more than ten days ago. He has never even owed military salary. His soldiers only have two months of salary.
Huge military salary!
In fact, Li Qiong has also heard that some upper-level generals use their military salaries to make money for profit, and they can earn a lot of money after leaving it for a few months. He doesn't know now whether it is because the court is discriminating against them, or whether the military salary has been diverted to make money for others.
The reason is that the imperial court itself has no money.
Now there are rumors below that Li Qiong has embezzled his military salary to make money. Such rumors are more uncomfortable than killing him.
At this time, the soldiers reported at the tent gate, "General, a fellow countryman is looking for you outside the camp gate and says he is your old friend."
"What's your name?" Li Qiong asked.
"He said his name is Liang Sen."
Li Qiong was stunned for a moment and immediately realized, wasn't Liang Sen his neighbor Liang Erlang? His best friend since childhood, he was very righteous. When his father passed away, it was Liang Sen who took care of his funeral affairs.
"Bring him in quickly!"
Not long after, a man of about thirty-seven or eighteen years old was brought in by the soldiers. It was Li Qiong's good friend Liang Sen. Li Qiong was really excited and stepped forward to hold his hand and was overjoyed.
The two walked into the tent. Li Qiong asked Liang Sen to sit down and asked the soldiers to get some side dishes and a jug of wine. He poured a full glass of wine for Liang Sen and asked with a smile: "I haven't heard from my dear brother in three years."
, you have been doing well recently!"
"It's not a peaceful and prosperous age. How can anyone live well? They are all just for a living, and they are satisfied if they can support their families."
Liang Sen's words aroused Li Qiong's thoughts, and he nodded, "It's really not easy to support a family now!"
"Brother is talking about the fact that the soldiers under my command have not been paid for three months!"
Li Qiong was startled, "How do you know, dear brother?"
"To be honest, brother, I am currently serving in the Qi State Intelligence Agency and I know the situation of the Song Dynasty very well."
"Brother Xian...surrendered to Qi?"
Liang Sen laughed, "What does it mean to surrender to Qi State? I have been a member of the Jin army for ten years. Our entire Xiangzhou, the entire Linzhang County, our village, your second uncle, your cousin, my parents and brothers
, they are all citizens of the Kingdom of Jin. Isn’t it normal for me to do things for the Kingdom of Qi? I actually want to do things for the Song Dynasty. Whether the Song Dynasty wants me is one thing, but what about my family? My parents, wife, children, brothers, nephews are all here
Who will feed them in Linzhang County? My uncle is eagerly looking forward to seeing his brother!"
Li Qiong felt uncomfortable. His father passed away in Xiangzhou five years ago, but he could not go home to see his father for the last time.
"Brother Xian, are you here to persuade me to surrender?" Li Qiong asked with a sigh.
Liang Sen shook his head, "This kind of persuasion is the most useless. I don't advise my brother. I'm just here to build a bridge for him. If he wants to know about the situation in Jiangbei, I'll contact him. If he wants to know about the situation in the Song Dynasty, I can also do it."
Find out through the Intelligence Agency.”
"This is good!"
Li Qiong nodded and said with a smile: "Brother, you might as well tell me about the financial situation of the imperial court first. I really want to know about it."
Liang Sen picked up the wine glass and said slowly, "The imperial court's financial resources start from sending envoys to the Jin Kingdom to negotiate peace. Why do we need to negotiate peace? It sounds complicated, but it is actually very simple. The imperial court has no money and the war can no longer support it."
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It has been almost half a month since Chen Qing returned to Jingzhao City. In the past half month, two major events occurred in Guanzhong. One was the demonstration in the five counties of Fengxiang. More than 20,000 people marched in Jingzhao City to oppose the land.
An investigation revealed that this matter was serious, but Chen Qing always felt that something was fishy, so he sent internal guards to investigate the matter.
The second thing is the Zhaoling Blood Monument incident. Five days ago, farmers in front of Zhaoling in Jiujun Mountain, Liquan County dug out a huge stone monument from the wheat field. They didn't find it before burying it in the soil. It was like it was dug out from deep underground.
After digging out, this stone tablet was two feet long and eight feet wide. There was only a mottled word "东" on it, and the whole body was brownish red, as if it had been soaked in a pool of blood for hundreds of years and then dried.
This blood tablet was a sign of great evil. It caused a sensation in Jingzhao when it first appeared. Various versions were popular in Jingzhao City. One of the most popular versions was that the word on it was actually the word Chen, with half of the side being corroded.
The blood tablet and Ban Chen are obviously allusions to Chen Qing.
People gradually forgot about the parade incident, but the blood monument was mysterious and evocative, so it attracted great attention. Even Lu Xiu and other sisters had heard about the blood monument incident.
While eating, Lu Xiu couldn't help but said to her husband: "Husband, what exactly does that tablet say? Has the government investigated it?"
Chen Qing glanced at his wife and said calmly: "Don't take this nonsense to heart at all. Even if it is an ancient object, it has nothing to do with me, not to mention that it may not be an ancient object."
"What could it be if it wasn't an antique?" Lu Xiu asked anxiously.
Zhao Qiaoyun said at the side: "It's either an ancient relic or a man-made one! I just find it so strange. It only took two days from when it was discovered to when it became known to the whole city. You know, it takes more than 10 days to walk from Liquan County to Jingzhao."
It’s only two days!”
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "Is Qiaoyun hinting at me?"
Zhao Qiaoyun said with some embarrassment: "Actually, I think if this matter needs to be investigated, the news will be spread in one direction."
