"What? Say it again!" In the Luoshen Hall on the top floor of the Luoshen Tower, Young Master Haoyu, who was always known for his elegant demeanor, almost roared out these words.
Ye Shuai stood below him, his whole body still covered tightly by the black cloak. No expression could be seen, but from the hands that he kept clenching and releasing, it could be guessed that his emotions at this moment were absolutely nothing. will be happy.
The person who can stand in the Luoshen Hall is definitely the most trusted confidant of Young Master Haoyu. But the person in front of him who was yelled at by Young Master Haoyu has a surprisingly cold expression, and does not show any uneasiness caused by being yelled at by his master. Or fearful, still using a voice without any emotion, repeating the information just reported again.
"An Si and Ye Wu who were lurking in Fu Yanqing's department died suddenly. Before his death, An Si left a message using the secret method of An Ye Hall. Tsing Yi envoy Xue Jinyuan defected to Fu Yanqing. After receiving the secret report, his subordinates quickly rushed to Dezhou City, the headquarters of Henghai Jiedu. It was still a step too late, and all the secret envoys of Anye Hall, Haoran Hall, and Jianghu Hall in the three states of Henghai disappeared mysteriously. Their residences were also destroyed, and all the secret files about Henghai in recent years were also taken away."
This news, for Young Master Haoyu, is definitely the most shocking one since he took charge of the two halls in place of his grandfather.
There are nearly one hundred states in the six prefectures of the Jin Dynasty, and there are three secret envoys in almost all regions. The secret envoys of the Dark Night Hall are generally responsible for collecting information from various states and accepting assassination missions. The secret envoys of the Haorantang can no longer be called secret envoys, they have become everyone on the surface. The familiar Tsing Yi envoy.
These Tsing Yi envoys are all Confucian scholars. Most of the Tsing Yi envoys in the upper prefectures are Jinshi and have official status. Most of the Tsing Yi envoys in the middle and lower states are from civil servants or scholars, but it is undeniable that they All of them have been personally selected by Feng Dao, Mrs. Feng. No matter whether they are literary talents or loyal, there will be no problem.
But now that Xue Jinyuan has defected to Fu Yanqing, the situation has become serious.
Once the first one defectes, there will be a second, a third, and even more. This kind of thing is like a plague, it is contagious.
Moreover, Xue Jinyuan already has an official status. He was a Jinshi in the previous dynasty, and his official rank is now an official of the eighth rank. Among all the Tsing Yi envoys, his official rank ranks among the top ten, which is especially terrible. What's more, Fu Yanqing is a military governor from a foreign town whom the Confucian Haorantang attaches great importance to.
Among the twenty-eight town Jiedushi envoys in the world, there are four town Jiedushi envoys that are most valued by the imperial court and the most feared by Haoran Hall. These four town Jiedushi envoys are Liu Zhiyuan, the Hedong Jiedushi envoy, Du Chongwei, the Yiwu Jiedushi envoy, and Huaibei Jiedushi envoy. Du envoy Tang Tianbao and Henghai Jiedu envoy Fu Yanqing.
The Qingyi envoys arranged by Haorantang in these four towns are all Confucian scholars with official status as Jinshi. These four Confucian scholars are all from Feng Dao's sect and are very familiar with the internal affairs of Haorantang. If any of these people rebel The threat to Haorantang can be imagined.
"It's broken!" Ye Shuai suddenly exclaimed, "Yedu is in danger!"
"Not only Ye is in danger, but the entire Central Plains is in danger! Alas, the great rivers and mountains will be devastated this time. My ancestors have worked hard for many years, but I didn't expect that they would be destroyed in the end. I don't know what choice my ancestors will make this time." Hao Hao Young Master Yu sat down slumped, his face full of unwillingness and resentment.
Fu Yanqing made it clear that he wanted to stay out of the matter. As long as he could get rid of the control of Haorantang, it also meant getting rid of the control of the imperial court. Now Kyoto is empty, and the only elite soldiers guarding the city are the 1,500 armored soldiers of the Guards. .
All the forbidden troops under the control of the Jin royal family were sent to the front line, and even the rural and town troops below were not much left. If the Khitan broke through Yedu and marched all the way straight to Kyoto, I am afraid that in a hurry,
Even if all the rural and town troops from nearby prefectures and counties were transferred to Kyoto, there would not be many.
Nowadays, the movements in the Forbidden Palace are unknown, and the court is in chaos. There has been a lot of quarrels for a long time. Emperor Jin has been hiding in the palace for a long time, obviously trying to escape.
The three principals of the Chongzheng Yuan, the Northern Political Bureau, and the Privy Council held different opinions. The Privy Council's opinion was to issue an emergency document and urgently dispatch the military envoys from the three towns of Hedong, Hezhong, and Jianxiong to Yedu to relieve the siege of Yedu.
Lord Chongzheng Yuan, they thought that the reason why the Khitan army invaded the border areas year after year, but eventually turned into harassing people by clearing grass and valleys, was because they wanted to gain some benefits from the Central Plains, but in fact they did not have the strength to annex the Central Plains. However, Lord Beizhengsi
Surrender, the Jin Dynasty has no way to recover, and there are no more usable soldiers. The major separatist vassal towns all have a disobedient heart. Now they can only surrender to the Khitan, like the great ancestor. At worst, they will surrender again. Anyway, these years, they have been like Sun Tzu every year.
, it is not a shame to keep supporting the Khitan people.
But as Haorantang, who has been controlling the government, no matter which way it is, it is not a good thing for them.
The influence of Haorantang is too great now. No matter which force finally takes over the Central Plains and proclaims the emperor, the first thing I'm afraid is to eliminate Haorantang, which can influence the situation of the court.
Dajin does not have the strength or time to do it now, otherwise, it would not be possible for Haorantang to grow to such a large scale.
In other words, the only situation that is beneficial to Haorantang at present is to keep the Jin Dynasty alive, and then install cronies in the Forbidden Army to control the military power. In this way, Haorantang controls the military and political power, even if it is abolished in the future.
Lifting is also very easy.
However, how easy is it to keep the Jin Dynasty alive? Liu Zhiyuan from Hedong is extremely ambitious. Since his strength has increased greatly, he has become obedient to the imperial decree and even controlled the appointment and dismissal of all officials in Hedong. It is simply a dream to ask Liu Zhiyuan to send troops to defeat the Khitan army.
To put it more clearly, I am afraid that there must be Khitan envoys in Hedong now. Maybe they have promised Liu Zhiyuan some benefits to force him not to send troops.
Except for Tang Tianbao, the military envoy of Huaibei who now has as many troops as Hedong, all other towns have sent more or less troops. Tang Tianbao is now restrained by the Southern Tang Army, and it is absolutely impossible to send troops to help Yedu.
Therefore, Henghai Fu Yanqing's actions now put the Jin Dynasty in danger and Haorantang into extinction. If there is no accident, when Du Chongwei leads the Khitan soldiers into Kyoto, it will be the day when Haorantang and the Feng family are exterminated.
Neither the Khitan Army nor Du Chongwei would let go of the Feng family or Haorantang.
"Shuai Ye, where is Kang Long now? Do you think he can deliver this batch of grain and grass to Yedu safely this time?" Young Master Haoyu asked in a low voice.
"This Kanglong is really not simple. Not only did he solve the eldest son's personal problem, but he was also able to control the soldiers and horses of the Pro-Military Division. They should be approaching Sanhekou Town now, which is an important land transportation area. Yedu stayed behind early in the morning.
People are there to help. I believe good news will come from the front line soon." Ye Shuai said.
"Hmph, this time the Emperor of Jin suddenly promoted his unqualified captain to the rank of nine-rank Renyong Colonel because of his third son's affairs. Do you really think he was so kind? The imperial court usually sends people, and there will always be one.
As a supervisor of the army, this time he did not send a chamberlain to accompany him, and he left all affairs to the people of Haoran Hall. How vicious is his intention? Not to mention that the war is difficult now, he actually has thoughts of fighting among himself.
, want to take the opportunity to move my Feng family. For the emperor to do this, it is indeed the end."
Young Master Haoyu said angrily that when he mentioned Emperor Jin, he showed no respect at all. It seemed that he had seen through Emperor Jin's mind. Emperor Jin appointed Feng Chenfeng, the third generation of the Feng family who was well-known and well-known, as the grain escort.
, already had evil thoughts.
Even if something happened to Feng Chenfeng, he immediately promoted Kang Long, who was recommended by the Feng family, to take over, and promoted him from a humble commoner to the rank of Renyong Lieutenant in the ninth rank. People who don't know the details of this matter,
One must think that the Jin Emperor was magnanimous, not only did he not blame the Feng family, but instead hired talents recommended by the Feng family.
But if something unexpected happened during Kang Long's mission, he would have an excuse to attack the Feng family, and he could use the opportunity to eliminate all the Feng family's influence in the court.
Eradicating the power of the Feng family's Haorantang in the court has always been the intention of the Jin emperors, and even of the emperors who served under the Feng family.
The influence of the Feng family in the Central Plains court was so great that no matter who sat north and faced the south and became the emperor, they had to rely on the power of the Feng family to control the world's scholars.
"Send a letter to Kang Long. There must be no mistakes this time. If you do well, our Feng family will fully support him in joining the army. If you do not do well, we will make him the scapegoat for this incident!" Young Master Haoyu said to the man.
Said a subordinate with an ordinary appearance and a solemn expression.
The man agreed, turned and left.
"Hmph, don't think that he and that old fox Fu Yanqing can hide their dirty deeds from me and play tricks with me. You Kanglong is still far behind. That old fox Fu Yanqing is still a good opponent." Young Master Haoyu whispered to himself.
, there was an unconcealable loneliness in the voice.