He was not in a hurry to see the big and small Zhai, but first saw the mighty Western Army heading towards Bianliang City from outside the city.
The strongest field group in Da Ting was the Western Army. The first batch of Western Army to leave the border. After defeating Fang La, they went north to attack the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, but in the end they were beaten and fled away.
At this time, the group of Western troops had been wiped out, and now the last main force of the Western army was passing through the border heading to Bianliang City.
Lao Zhong and Xiao Zhong wiped out all the mobile combat groups of the Western Army and brought them all out of the pass.
If nothing else goes wrong, they will go north to rescue Taiyuan City. Then they will be killed by Wanyan Loushi, the number one general in East Asia at this time, and the whole valley will be filled with pits and valleys.
The result of the failure to rescue Taiyuan City was that the Song Army no longer had large-scale field legions, and the main forces of the Jin Kingdom's eastern and western armies gathered outside Bianliang City.
Looking at the mighty Western Army crossing the border in front of him, Li Yunze, who picked up his tea bowl, silently lowered his eyelids and said, "Such a field army cannot be wasted like this."
It is very terrible to have no field mobile troops, which will cause the enemy to attack wherever they want, as if they are in an uninhabited territory.
Furthermore, the troops and horses established subsequently lacked core strength and their combat effectiveness was also weak. They had to go through the baptism of fire and suffer numerous casualties before they could be gradually established.
In history, whether it was the troops of Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, or Zhang Jun and others, the core was the remnants of the defeated Western Army.
For Li Yunze, the hundreds of thousands of troops in front of him must be preserved no matter what.
Li Yunze did not go to visit the generals of the Western Army. The generals of the Western Army knew that King Kang was in Luoyang City, but no one dared to come and socialize with him.
The general leading the army made friends with the prince, hey~~~
Speaking of which, the identity of Zhao Jiumei assigned to him by the system this time did not provide much help, but there were countless constraints.
It would be better to let him do Fang La and Song Jiang and just start fighting.
After the Western Army arrived, Li Yunze inspected the spring plowing work around Luoyang City.
Before finally leaving, I finally met with Xiao Zhai.
Now that Zhai and Zhai no longer have official status, they don't have so many taboos.
After meeting and having a chat, Li Yunze asked in detail about Liu Fa's battle in Lingzhou and Tong Guan's battle against Yanyun.
As a person who has experienced it firsthand, Xiao Zhai inevitably brought his own emotions with him while explaining, and all pointed the finger at Tong Guan.
Whether it was forcing Liu Fa to go into battle or being defeated miserably at the hands of the remnants of the Liao people, the biggest fault was caused by Tong Guan.
Li Yunze looked at the young man behind Zhai Xing, "Who is this?"
"Your Majesty."
Zhai Xing hurriedly pulled the young man out and saluted, "This is the dog Zhai Cong."
"oh."
He is another famous general who fights against gold, and it is rare for a famous general to have a better ending.
Compared with Yue Fei, who died unexpectedly, Niu Gao, who died suddenly, Yang Zaixing, who was killed by dozens of arrows, Zhai Cong's ending was considered good.
"I see that your master Kong is powerful and has a sharp gaze. He must be a fierce general."
Faced with Li Yunze's compliments, Zhai Xing was happy but did not forget to be modest, "Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty. This guy is still young, but he is very reckless."
"Zhai Cong."
Li Yunze asked directly, "Are you willing to follow me?"
When it comes to this, how can you refuse?
If you refuse at this time, you will offend King Kang to death.
Zhai and Zhai looked at each other helplessly, and finally pushed Zhai Cong.
"Zhai Cong, a common man." Zhai Cong saluted immediately, "I am willing to do my best for the prince."
"Okay." Li Yunze nodded with satisfaction. "Although the golden thief has left, he will definitely go south again after autumn. By then, the Central Plains will inevitably suffer the disaster of weapons and weapons again."
Xiao Zhai can also see this. After all, he has been to Yanyun, so he naturally knows that the Jin people have launched large-scale battles every year since they raised their troops, and they have never stopped for more than ten years.
"I have a sum of money here." Li Yunze signaled to Niu Gao and handed the receipt of the huge sum of money enshrined in the Shaolin Temple to Xiao Zhai. "You two can use this money to train the local soldiers and purchase weapons and supplies in case of emergencies."
This time the brothers really hesitated.
If it was given by the emperor, even if it was given by the Supreme Emperor, it would be easy to say.
But a prince gave them money and asked them to recruit soldiers and horses for training in their hometown. Once this kind of thing was revealed, there would be no doubt that their heads would be lost.
"You two." Li Yunze stood up and walked to the two silent brothers, persuading him earnestly, "In these troubled times, the country is in danger of being destroyed and the family is in danger. At this time, don't think about anything. The only way to protect the elders in your hometown is to resist foreign humiliation."
First place!"
Although the words were very inspiring, the two brothers had seen the market and still remained silent.
Once you receive money, it is equivalent to being labeled as King Kang.
If something happens to King Kang, the Zhai family will never be able to escape.
"Zhai Cong." Li Yunze directly greeted the only person here who didn't understand yet, "Go and prepare, and follow me back to Bianliang."
As the most prosperous place in the world, the attractiveness of Bianliang City is far higher than that of the first-tier cities of later generations, and even more attractive than Xiangjiang in a certain period.
The young Zhai Cong had no idea that he had essentially become a surrender witness and a hostage. He was so excited that he happily agreed to the request without waiting for Zhai to say anything.
Now there is nothing that Zhai can do.
You can't fall out with King Kang now.
I had no choice but to choose to board this ship.
As for where the ship will go in the future, whether it will sink, etc., no one knows now because they cannot see through the fog of history.
Li Yunze, who could see through the fog of history, quietly arranged a troop of troops outside Luoyang City and immediately set off back to Bianliang City.
The guy over there is about to lose his mind.
The Emperor, who returned with force, led his party members to quarrel wildly with Zhao Huan and his confidants in the court, even to the point of directly paralyzing the country's political affairs.
Even when the main force of the Western Army moved to the surrounding areas of Bianliang City, they did not know where to go without receiving orders from the Privy Council.
All government affairs are almost paralyzed, because the only theme of every court session is quarreling and quarrels.
The imperial edicts issued by Zhao Huan would always be pushed back by Zhao Ji with edicts with the opposite content.
In the crucial political hall, all the ministers could only make peace with each other when faced with completely opposite imperial edicts.
This kind of conciliatory approach angered Zhao Huan, causing him to constantly change his husband.
In the more than two months since Li Yunze went out to inspect spring plowing, he had already changed four ministers of the political hall.
This was absolutely unbelievable in the past hundred years.
In fact, if nothing unexpected happens, Zhao Huan will replace a total of 26 political ministers in more than a year!
When Li Yunze finally returned to Bianliang City, Zhao Huan, who was distressed because he had gradually fallen into a disadvantage in the struggle, immediately summoned him to the palace to see him.
"Kuro!"
Zhao Huan, who was wearing a red robe, walked quickly towards Li Yunze, shaking the turban on his head, "You are finally back. If you don't come back, I will be dead~~~"
As he was talking, he cried without caring about his decency.
Previously, he felt that Li Yunze's advice was useless, so he easily agreed to his request to inspect spring plowing.
But I didn't expect that the Supreme Emperor and his entourage would return so quickly. Even before he sent out the imperial edict denouncing the six thieves, they came back with their troops and horses in great force.
After all, he has been the emperor for decades, and he has only left office two months ago, so his power is naturally still there.
If it weren't for the fact that his reputation was so bad, there's no way Zhao Ji would have been able to take back the throne as soon as he came back.
At this time, Zhao Huan again thought of Li Yunze who could give him good ideas, and naturally he was very enthusiastic when they met again.
From this point of view, Zhao Huan is worthy of being the descendant of Zhao Ji, and his cool temperament is exactly the same.
"Why are the officials like this?" Li Yunze looked surprised, "My brother only went to inspect the spring plowing for two months, why is he doing this?"
"You don't know." Zhao Huan burst into tears and told him about the fight between the two sides after Zhao Ji came back.
In fact, Li Yunze had known about these things for a long time. He had left people from Prince Kang's Mansion behind to collect the happenings in Bianliang City and send them to him on Kuai Ma every day.
"I didn't expect it to be like this." Li Yunze, who was hearing these stories for the first time, clapped his hands bitterly, "There are capable people over there. Mr. Geng and the others don't have any good ideas to deal with it?"
Xianggong Geng is talking about Geng Nazhong, who is Zhao Huan's true confidant.
He served as Zhao Huan's teacher in the East Palace for ten years. As soon as he succeeded to the throne, he was appointed as a minister under Zuocheng, the Minister of Finance.
By the way, Geng Nanzhong, who was the emperor's master, was a peace advocate, that is, a surrender faction, the kind who proposed to cede territory and seek peace.
"Teacher," Zhao Huan looked a little ugly, but finally explained to Geng Nanzhong, "He is too busy with his affairs."
Geng Nanzhong had mediocre abilities, so he naturally couldn't think of any good way to deal with the powerful return of the Emperor and his followers.
Zhao Huan, who had been the prince for so many years, would never give up once he ascended the throne.
His original intention was to follow Li Yunze's suggestion and gradually eliminate Zhao Ji's confidants headed by the Six Thieves one by one, and then put them under house arrest to completely eliminate the threat.
I really didn’t expect Zhao Ji’s reaction to be so quick. Just after he had dealt with Liang Shicheng, a lot of them came back directly.
It was easy to deal with them one by one, but when everyone came together, and they were obviously on guard, the situation immediately reversed.
What's even more terrible is that Zhao Ji directly asked Tong Guan to lead the Shengjie Army to move into the imperial city, and asked Gao Qiu to lead the imperial guards to move into Bianliang City, so that Zhao Ji's house arrest plan came to nothing. It even threatened him.
If Li Gang hadn't been there to control the troops and horses that had been defending the city, Zhao Huan himself would have been placed under house arrest.
Zhao Huan didn't have many confidants, and they were all incompetent people.
He had no choice but to ask his smart ninth brother for advice.
"It's easy."
Li Yunze, who took out his hands, first gave Zhao Huan a reassuring pill, and then sat down and said in detail, "Everyone in the world knows that thieves are causing trouble to the imperial court? If the imperial court cannot deal with it, then mobilize public opinion."
The so-called people here are of course not those Guizhou leaders.
Just like the so-called poor families are actually declining aristocratic families, those who can be called people are those who have status, status or a certain amount of wealth.
Zhao Huan asked eagerly, "What's the explanation for this?"
"The reputation of thieves has been ruined for a long time." Li Yunze explained with a smile, "We can mobilize the imperial students to lie down and submit a letter. First, we can capture a typical example and attack them with force."
After being stunned for a while, Zhao Huan suddenly clapped his hands and said, "That's right."
At this time, there was no imperial examination for Datong, and the three-part method was used.
The Tai students are all prepared officials, and their influence is very huge.
Once they are able to mobilize, they will inevitably cause a chain reaction, forcing the impeached person to retreat.
Zhao Huan was overjoyed and asked repeatedly, "Who will move first?"
Li Yunze shook his head slightly, he didn't even understand this, what a waste.
He directly made the topic clear, "Of course I'll do the surgery on Tong Guan first. He's in the palace with his troops!"