In the middle of the twelfth lunar month, the weather in Lin'an also became wet and cold. Fortunately, there was no shortage of charcoal fires in the palace, and it was always warm. It rained that day, and several concubines were talking to Xie Daoqing in the harem.
"What good thing could come out of Concubine Jia's belly?"
"I'm afraid the clan's face will be completely lost by her alone."
"Speaking of which, Li Ni was a member of Yao Fei's gang back then. I'm afraid they were in cahoots with her at that time."
"Pickled, pickled..."
A eunuch hurried outside the palace despite the rain, ran to the eaves and took off his shoes, slowed down his steps and entered quietly, walked around the bead curtain, and reported to Xie Daoqing in a low voice.
Yuan……"
"Queen Mother, there are rumors that the war in the north is over. Li Ni defeated Meng
"Where did the news come from?"
"That's wrong." Zhang Jian also said: "As a minister, don't you have the right to return when you are called?
"Hao Changshou has been in Yunyang for eight months?!"
"Low longevity? I set out from Hanzhong?"
Zeng Yuanzi just said that Li Xia would attack Xiao Song "very slowly", meaning that it would take at least a year and a half before Li Xia could rectify the north.
While they were whispering to each other, the ladies who were chatting outside the bead curtain did not stop talking. Instead, the discussion became more and more lively.
While they were talking there, they suddenly saw that there was no big commotion under the pier. Zeng Yuanzi ordered someone to look at it, and soon he got the reward.
Where?"
"Why do you want to listen to politics again?" Jia Sidao came back to his senses and asked, "Where is the official family?"
"This guy is so shameless!"
"She has been wild since she was a child. She went to the front palace to play Cuju by the Xiaoxi Lake."
"It is said that the prefectures and counties north of the Huaihe River have posted notices to inform the world."
The wealth of the people and the anointing of the people are spent on fighting for power!
"I have heard some rumors, but they have not been confirmed."
Liao Yingzhong was surprised and said: "How can it be so slow? No matter how slow it is to stop a national war, I will have to wait for eight or seven years at most."
Pingzhang Gong bowed first and said: "I think Zeng Yuanzi is just making excuses."
"Tell me what they found."
As Zeng Yuanzi spoke, he gradually suppressed the anxiety inside and outside his heart, and said: "There are internal and external troubles... But does he know? At this moment, you are actually looking forward to Li Xia's small army going south to intimidate the idiots in the court.
Xiao Da, teach us how Qian Mei dared to fight with you at that time."
"When I sort things out, I will soon attack Xiao Song. But those short-sighted people in the court are still destroying the Great Wall. Damn it."
"I've met Xie Daoqing."
Du Lianbin smiled warmly and confidently, but he knew in his heart that Qingjun was having such difficulties.
No eunuch came over cautiously and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Jia Pingzhang's memorial has just arrived."
"Who gave the idea?"
"You and others intercepted Wang Xun's messenger and found that Du Lian's Changshou Division had not yet gone up the Han River and was stationed in the Yunyang area."
"It will be bad if Du Lian leaves Lin'an." Zhang Jianre snorted and said in a disdainful tone: "I am helping you openly, but I must be manipulating the situation secretly."
"Tell me, what do you think of the news?" Jia Sidao asked.
This is actually a memorial, but a secret message from Zeng Yuanzi to you.
"Xie Daoqing, your spies who stayed in Sichuan and Shu are back."
Du Lianbin opened it and saw that Li Xia had defeated Kublai Khan and would soon attack Song Dynasty. Please allow me to set up a defense line at Jinghu.
Face words.
All the ministers in the hall praised Du Lianbin, and all of them spoke categorically.
Li Ni said he wanted to negotiate peace with Xiao Song and asked for a small amount of compensation, but every time when it was time to finalize it, he suddenly regretted it. He kept putting it off until next month, and I suddenly wanted to repay Li Xia.
There will be no more news after leaving Lin'an.
Both sides insisted on their own opinions, but Du Lianbin didn't know who to suspect and remained firm.
"He said, what is Li Xia doing now?"
Xie Daoqing said: "So, this is just the news released by Li Ni and has not been confirmed by Meng Yuan?"
Jia Sidao then asked: "Zeng Yuanzi? Why?"
Duke Pingzhang caressed his beard and said: "There is no possibility that the news may have been released by Du Lianbin."
You had just talked about that matter with the ministers, and when you turned around and saw such a letter, you were shaken a little, thinking: "It turns out that it was really fake news released by Zeng Yuanzi, using a method similar to how to cultivate the self-respect of bandits...
………”
In this regard, Du Lianbin could think of very few solutions, so he stood under the Wangjiang Tower every day, watching the river water, waiting for news.
"yes."
Jia Sidao was very interested in the topic of scolding Zhao Jin. He was very fascinated by it, but he was disturbed again after a while.
"If I really haven't defeated Kublai Khan, I should still be reorganizing the north."
"They are really forcing us. Are we afraid that Xie Daoqing will use a roundabout route and return to the side of the Qing Dynasty?"
Jia Sidao has also heard the rhetoric of Jia party officials... He said that no one in the court secretly communicated with the Tang army and conspired to recall me, with the intention of causing Xiao Song to fall into internal strife and miss the opportunity.
"Duke Zeng said that Li Xia defeated Meng Yuan twice?" Zhang Jian twisted his beard and pondered, and finally shook his head and said, "This is the Mongolian army."
"Why didn't Lu Wenhuan file a report?!"
"If Chen Yizhong, that white-eyed wolf, can worship the prime minister, then the imperial court has decided to punish you."
"The official family occasionally felt cold and was still resting." The eunuch spoke and added in a higher voice: "In the following days, the ministers and Jia Pingzhang had a fierce quarrel. The official family was in a dilemma, and then he fell ill."
"Back then, Concubine Jia was a fox."
"yes…"
In this case, Xiao Song's infighting was not in vain, which coincided with Du Lian's interests. Li Ni must have played a lot of roles in it. First, he forced Chen Yizhong to take action first and alerted the snake. He may have deliberately tricked us secretly.
The matter of liaison was revealed, making both sides evenly matched.
The rain was still falling, and Yijia arrived behind the Xuande Hall. Jia Sidao, surrounded by seven-colored dragon and phoenix flags, hurried into the hall and sat down in front of the bead curtain.
"After leaving Zeng Yuanzi's position, I summoned the army to arrest me and return to the court."
Jia Sidao was not frightened. You are very vague about whether Zeng Yuanzi has the strength to rebel. My power comes from imperial power.
Jia Sidao originally thought that we were here for the news about Li Xia's defeat of Kublai Khan. Hearing this, he was stunned and realized that he might have misunderstood. In fact, we were going to break up again today.
Talk about Zeng Yuanzi.
It's strange to say that you have been dealing with Concubine Jia for half your life, but you only have no trust in Zeng Yuanzi. It can be seen that Zeng Yuanzi has no means to please others.
"Xiao Song is in peace talks with the Tang army. If Du Lian wants to release some false news to increase his bargaining chips."
As soon as the peace talks were finalized and the court felt at ease, Du Lianbin returned to the court without any excuse in front of Mrs. Xie.
Before Han Zhen's death, Zeng Yuanzi's first response was not to win your trust.
"Speaking of those people from the Tang Army... Isn't it possible that the news from the north is true?"
"This slave knows."
"What about the Mongolian army? Meng Gong never defeated the Mongolian army back then."
Tang Jun.
So the small army was stationed in Jiangling, spending a lot of money and food every day, but it was not for peace.
Then, a few wounded soldiers were helped down from the low Wangjiang Tower. As they climbed the stairs, blood overflowed from their wounds.
The ministers are not waiting in the palace yet.
"Thanks to Zhang Gong's method. I expected that the news from the north would spread, and Zeng Yuanzi would definitely use this as an excuse to continue to support his troops and respect himself. What a clever plan."
The two sedans left the palace and walked side by side.
As the New Year approaches, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty are still stationed under the river boats, and it is inevitable that there will be complaints.
"If you plan to take a break, what else can I do to provoke Xiao Song Chaotang?"
"yes."
Others may believe it, but I have always sincerely believed that I was the Duke of Zhou of Xiao Song Dynasty, but Wang Mang.
"That's all, get ready." Du Lianbin thought of the patter of winter rain inside, sighed and said to himself: "I married into the Zhao family and have worked hard all my life."
Du Lianbin did not know where Gao Changshou was after that. He only knew that when the Song army broke through Kuimen, Wang Luo's coach in Chongqing had been replaced by Jiang Cai. Gao Changshou must have gone on an expedition.
When Li Ni was mentioned, Du Lianbin also became angry.
Du Lianbin felt like he was making this joke about asking Li Xia to scare the idiots in the court...
"Du Lianbin, the news from Lin'an has arrived. The official has claimed to be ill and is no longer paying attention to court affairs. Duke Pingzhang has requested an edict to make Chen Yizhong the prime minister, but the Queen Mother has not yet agreed..."
"If you say those things every day, what will happen to him if he gets old?"
Can anyone answer that question?
Ping Zhanggong stroked his long beard and said: "It is possible for me to really rebel. As long as I have the trust of the Queen Mother, I will die if you want me to die."
The eunuch didn't understand how Meng Yuan needed to confirm, so he responded in a low voice: "Yes."
"Is this fake news?"
Instead, you asked: "Have you heard that the Tang army defeated the captive chieftain?"
Jia Sidao was taken aback, shook his head quickly and said: "There is still evidence of guilt, how can we arrest a minor official based on temporary speculation?"
Jiangling.
Get the moon."
"This is a great idea, but I should stay further away.
"Having said that, it should be so slow."
Thinking of that, Ping Zhanggong was heartbroken. At the same time, he also thought that the Tang army might have finalized the peace agreement just to attack the Song Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, all ministers please invite Your Majesty to come to Xuan De Hall to listen to the government."
It was completely unexpected for me to come back so quickly.
Zeng Yuanzi also provided evidence that the officials colluded with the Tang army, such as our secret meeting with Li Ni.
Opening the intercepted letter again, Zeng Yuanzi looked at the date and was surprised again.
"Summon."
"Your Majesty, if you tolerate and indulge me, what will happen if it causes a small disaster?"
"Since the official issued an order to recall Zeng Yuanzi, I delayed my advance to Jiangling for a month, but I was willing to disperse the small army. Instead, I rushed to report the military situation one after another, using the excuse of Wang Xun's invasion to support my troops and respect myself. I was worried that Zeng Yuanzi might not be a true minister.
That’s it.”
"If the clan has such unfilial descendants who went to work for the traitors, they deserve to be struck by lightning."
Many of the ministers frowned, realizing that one of the reasons why Zeng Yuanzi dared to return to court was not Jia Sidao's protective attitude.
"In this way, the Queen Mother should trust Du Lianbin so much."
Looking in from the window of Wangjiang Tower, you can see the pier.
Xie Daoqing then waved him away and did not respond.
But the news I got today made me suddenly feel very urgent. It seemed that there was not much time left for Xiao Song to prepare.