"If the Shi Jing Lue Envoy is also captured, Henan will really be in chaos..."
On the long street, Shi Tianze was striding amidst the pointing fingers of the people. He was not wearing a shirt, his hands were tied behind his back, and he was carrying dry firewood on his back.
In this way, he walked step by step into the temporary residence of the left prime minister of the province, Alan Dal'er...
"Shi Jing Luo Envoy, what are you doing?"
"I'm here to apologize to the Prime Minister."
Shi Tianze's rise as a general and then as a prime minister seemed to Mongolians to be very scheming and decisive. But the strategies he used were actually all well-known allusions, such as extending the order of grace, and today's pleading for forgiveness... Although the strategy is simple, it is the means that is used well.
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"At that time, the Han Dynasty was not under control, the population was dispersed, and the land was barren. The Great Khan ordered me to conduct a military expedition to Henan. In recent years, I have done more, and I have done more, and I have done more and made more mistakes. In short, the blame lies with me and no one else.
She. If the Prime Minister wants to punish me, just punish me."
Alan Da'er stared at Shi Tianze's strong and burly body, looking at the numerous scars on it, with some fear in her eyes...
He is a Mongolian, but he is no more powerful than Shi Tianze Kongwu and is experienced in battles.
In terms of military exploits, he is far inferior to Shi Tianze. The reason why he is in a high position is because he is from Meng and is a close confidant of Brother Meng.
This time when he went south to take the exam, Alain Daer thought that he and Shi Tianze had a tacit understanding... Shi Tianze did not completely belong to Kublai Khan's lineage, so Shi Tianze should not have an extreme reaction if he did not touch the historians.
Unexpectedly, something like this happened today.
"You want me to punish one of you and let the others go?" Alan Daer asked.
Shi Tianze said: "Yes, Prime Minister, please punish me."
"Are you trying to embarrass me?" Alan Da'er asked again: "On the basis of the favor of the Great Khan, you are forcing me to take the exam?"
Ordinary Han officials would never ask directly like this, but Mongolians are very straightforward.
Shi Tianze thought quickly, raised his head, and looked directly at Alan Da'er, his majestic aura of commanding thousands of armies gradually revealed.
"Since the Prime Minister has said it directly, I won't hide it." Shi Tianze said word for word: "The Prime Minister suspected that I was disloyal and captured my son, so why not capture me directly."
The two Mongolian officials looked at each other, and the atmosphere became tense.
Just when Shi Tianze was about to face Alan's angry questioning, he saw Alan's eyebrows raised.
"What did you say? I captured your son?"
"At noon today, the Prime Minister sent someone..." Shi Tianze was halfway through his words, when he said the word "noon", he suddenly stopped.
The wind blew against his shirtless upper body, and he felt an inexplicable chill...
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Hu Legen majestically escorted Shi Zhang into a dilapidated house.
Turning his head again, he saw more than 20 Qingfu troops behind him. The majestic look on Hu Legen's face dropped, and he put on a flattering look. He smiled and said, "I can do whatever you ask me to do."
alright."
"I know." Jiang Fan had a cold face and threw a piece of clothing over, "Change this clothes."
"Yes, yes, that..."
"You guys, continue to watch him. If he makes any move, kill him immediately."
Hu Legen said aggrievedly: "Don't be like this, I am so loyal..."
"Shut up." Jiang Fan hurriedly climbed up the ladder and took a look outside the wall.
"Everyone, according to prior arrangements, will be dispersed and relocated immediately..."
When Jiang Fan said this, his face tensed up and he looked very nervous.
He did not come unprepared. When Li Xia led the Qingfu Army southward, Jiang Fan was teaching masters in Qingfu County. He and his people learned Mongolian from Hu Legen, and also learned to imitate the Northland soldiers.
accent, and even learned to dress up...
The twenty people who went north this time were those who had been trained by Jiang Fan personally for more than ten months. They did not follow Li Xia and Yu Dechen, but used Hu Legen to pretend to be the A-shu sect to send messages to Hara and Lin.
After arriving in Kaifeng, he met Li Xia.
In addition to rescuing Yang Guo, ten people will be left in Kaifeng Mansion during this trip.
Jiang Fan could feel Li Xia's long-term plan, but he couldn't help but murmur.
"When the imperial court sent the county magistrate to the north last year, why didn't they leave some manpower behind?"
"Because the imperial court has no intention of returning to the north." At that time, Li Xia patted Jiang Fan on the shoulder and said, "But we do."
That calm tone still made Jiang Fan feel proud in his heart... even though he was doing something as trivial as dressing up as a beggar.
The twenty people quickly dressed up and dispersed from the small courtyard.
Jiang Fan hooked up Shi Zhang who was packed in a sack.
"Tomorrow at noon, if the person wanted by the county has not been released from prison, I will cut off one of your ears and give it to Shi Tianze."
"Ugh..." A muffled voice came from the sack.
Jiang Fan directly put the sack into a dung bucket, hunched over, and pushed the dung cart through the alley.
More than half an hour later, a group of historians' guards rushed into the small courtyard and kicked in the door, but no one was seen.
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"Commander, after our investigation, we found that the team did not go to the Goukao Bureau. However, after searching several streets and alleys, we still lost track of them."
Outsiders called Shi Tianze the "Jinglue Envoy", but close friends among historians mostly called him "The Marshal".
"With Li Xia's caution, you can't find it." Shi Tianze said: "There's no need to look for it, just go down."
"This... subordinate obeys your orders."
Unlike Zhang Hongdao, Shi Tianze would do something as thankless as hunting down Li Xia.
He has a higher official position, sees further, and will only choose methods that are less harmful and more labor-saving. This is the difference between a politician and a general.
To solve the problem at hand, he thought about it and finally wrote a memorial.
In the middle of the year, Meng Ge proposed to appoint his eldest son Shige as the new army's ten thousand households. Shige was taught by Shi Tianze since he was a child. He was already a famous general at a young age, so he was worthy of this position...
But today, Shi Tianze petitioned to appoint Shi Shu, the son of his second brother Shi Tianan, to replace his son in the position of commander.
Shi Tian'an passed away two years ago, and Shi Shu was appointed as the new army's ten thousand households, which could disperse the military power of the Shi family and reduce Meng Ge's suspicion without losing power.
After writing this memorial, Shi Tianze wrote another resignation letter, asking Meng Ge to allow him to retire and return to his hometown.
After folding the two letters without sealing them, he went to see Alan Da'er again...
"What does this mean?"
"As mentioned in the memorial, I have decided to resign." Shi Tianze seemed to have aged ten years in a day, and sighed: "But I still said what I said, I am an officer, and I should bear the responsibility for my merits and demerits.
How can I feel at ease now that the Prime Minister is letting me go and blaming others?"
Holding these two letters in her hands, Alain Da'er felt furious.
Shi Tianze's first letter was to once again lower his strength and express his loyalty in front of Brother Meng.
As for the second letter... Meng Ge was ambitious and wanted to conquer other countries. He had to use Shi Tianze to command the Han troops in the north, so it was impossible to agree to his resignation.
At present, Alan Dal'er does not have any substantial evidence to prove that Shi Tianze is guilty.
This resignation letter is tantamount to expressing his dissatisfaction with Goukao to Meng Ge, pointing the finger directly at Alan Dal'er.
"Are you going to make it clear that you are against me?" Alan Da'er has a character of speaking out clearly when he has something to say, so he asked directly: "Do you want to side with Kublai Khan?!"
Shi Tianze frowned.
He really didn't like this way of putting the contradiction in the open.
There is no hint of the implicitness of a politician.
"Prime Minister, my son was captured by someone else, or someone else from the Goukao Bureau, or a member of the official who was being held accountable. The fire in Goukao has been burned on my head. As a manager, I will not
How about coming forward to express your opinion..."
"I'm just asking you, are you on Kublai Khan's side?" Alan Daer asked him again.
The attitude is rough, direct, practical, and unabashed.
Shi Tianze had no choice but to speak more clearly.
"At least ask the prime minister to release some officials. Not all of the officials in Kaifeng are vassals of King Monan. There are also many loyal ministers of the Great Khan."
Although Alan Da'er was direct, he was not stupid. He asked, "Do you think these 'loyal ministers of the Great Khan' captured your son and forced you to express your stance? Then what you should do is kill them."
Shi Tianze said: "Prime Minister, please understand something. The Han land is not the Han land of King Monan, but the Han land of the Great Khan. The Prime Minister has captured all the Han officials, who can the Great Khan let govern in the future?"
Alan Da'er was furious.
Shi Tianze, however, was not afraid. He took a step forward and said, "How big does the prime minister want to burn the Goukao fire? Is it possible to burn down the Khan's property?"
Hearing the words "Property of the Great Khan", Alan Dal'er finally calmed down.
Shi Tianze slowed down his speech and said slowly: "It was not the loyal ministers of the Great Khan who captured my son, but someone wanted to use this fire to burn and kill the loyal ministers of the Great Khan."
Alan Dal'er only thought that this "someone" was one of Kublai Khan's people.
He finally fully understood what Shi Tianze meant. It was Kublai Khan's people who captured Shi Zhang and provoked a conflict between the historian and the Goukao Bureau.
It was Kublai Khan. Because he could not calm Goukao, he deliberately made the matter worse.
"Who do you want to release?" Alan Daer asked.
"Zhang Junmei, Yelu Zhu, Yang Guo..."
"Yang Guo can't be let go, he has contact with Li Fen."
Shi Tianze's eyes narrowed, and a look of surprise flashed across his eyes.
"Prime Minister, do you have any evidence?"
Alan answered: "Yang Guo has exchanged letters with Wang Wentong, and he secretly met with Wang Wentong's son Wang Xun several times."
A cold light flashed across Shi Tianze's eyes, he gritted his teeth and said, "I ordered Yang Guo to do this..."