Chapter 286 Let him go
It turned out that after the General's Office withdrew yesterday, Chen Yizhong was restless, so he asked the Empress Dowager to summon everyone to discuss matters and proposed that it was not safe to stay in Qiongzhou. The General's Office could go back at any time. Now that the King of Wei has left, he will act unscrupulously. If the General's Office takes advantage of the time and place, he will threaten the safety of the Empress Dowager and His Majesty. Ali Hague is already preparing to attack Qiong, and the Strait will be cut off. The court should go to Chameng as soon as possible to take refuge, otherwise he will not be able to leave.
The evacuation of Qiongzhou waters coincided with the meaning of several big bosses in the court, because today's incident really scared everyone, and it was also a tradition of the Song Dynasty to prevent the inside from being more important than to prevent the outside world. Although Liu Fu raised objections, few people supported him and had to give up. However, the ministers had disagreements on where to withdraw, and the two sides had a fierce quarrel.
Chen Yizhong insisted on his own opinion and wanted to go to Chameng. His reason was based on the re-proposal of the old tune, but only increased the threat of the general's mansion. However, Zhang Shijie believed that the situation had not yet deteriorated to the point where he had to go abroad. The Spring Festival was approaching, and the soldiers in the army missed their hometown. Now they would definitely cause chaos, so they refused to go.
Of course, Zhang Shijie also has selfish intentions. He has always been incompatible with Chen Yizhong. He was the left prime minister of the dynasty and also served as the Privy Council envoy. It can be said that the military and political leaders were all in charge, so he could not raise his head. Now he is taking the opportunity to attack Chen Yizhong and finally forced him away. Then his life will be much better. And Liu Xiufu was excluded from the dynasty by Chen Yizhong and just came back with Zhang Shijie's strong recommendation, so of course he stood on his side at this moment.
Chen Yizhong was alone, but this time he made up his mind to leave. This time he was "sneaked" by someone, and now he was opposed by all ministers. Therefore, not only did he list the General's Mansion as an important target of suspicion, but all the people in front of him also became suspects. In the serpentine shape, he put forward a mixed opinion, and went to Chameng first to investigate the situation. If it is feasible, he would invite the Empress Dowager and His Majesty to come over.
Chen Yizhong's proposal was accepted by most people, and it was more in line with Zhang Shijie's wishes. After some discussion, he made a decision to divide the troops. Chen Yizhong led some ships across the strait to Chameng City, and the imperial brigade protected the Queen Mother and His Majesty to move to the northeastern waters of Leizhou to wait for news, and then decided whether to go or stay. At that moment, everyone wrote a letter to report the results of the court's proposal and submitted the Empress Dowager and His Majesty. What can the two of them do? They can only approve your request.
Thinking of the mysterious man who had no trace, Chen Yizhong could not sleep, so he decided to leave early tomorrow morning. So after receiving supplies from Qiongzhou, everyone split up overnight, and then went their own way, and after dawn, they went their separate ways. This made Liu Qian feel worried. He was unable to contact other people from the Affairs Bureau in a hurry, so he could only write the situation in his arms and hoped to try to hand it over to the person in the General's Mansion when he said goodbye tomorrow. But soon it was revealed that Chen Yizhong did not want to say goodbye to His Highness at all, but planned to sneak away.
Liu Qian was unwilling to go to Chameng City, so he wanted to leave and return to the general's mansion. But thinking about his responsibilities, he had no order from his superiors at this time and had to give up. After all, he had to endure this point, both himself and the general's mansion paid a considerable price. In the face of embarrassment, his subordinates caught a deserter who had the same intention as him, so he made him a messenger under some coercion and temptation...
Zhao Bing learned from the letter and had basically restored the truth of the matter. He read the letter again and felt that nothing was missing, so he threw the letter into a basin of water. After a while, the letter paper was soaked in water and the handwriting became blurred. He rubbed it with his hands a few times and it turned into a pot of ink-colored pulp. Even the gods couldn't tell what they had written. Then he called in a small yellow door and took the water out and splashed it away, and everything was gone without a trace.
Liu Qian was already taking risks enough. He was useless in a hurry. Although choosing a deserter to deliver a letter was a helpless act, if he had opened it or failed to deliver it, the mild case would lead to the inability to deliver the message, and the severe case would also reveal his identity and cause a disaster. Fortunately, the deserter was greedy for money and sent it, so Zhao Bing could not make any mistakes. Destroying was of course the safest way.
After dealing with everything, Zhao Bing returned to the inner hall and sat back calmly, without telling everyone the news. One is that there are too many people here, and it is inevitable that someone will accidentally say that he got the news in advance. If a trained person can analyze that the General's Mansion has nails buried beside the important officials of the court, it will inevitably be exposed after strict investigation. Furthermore, to judge the accuracy of the intelligence, it is necessary to verify from multiple channels and verify each other, avoiding the enemy's counter-espionage plan. Now we have to wait until the sentry ship sent by the General's Mansion Army returns before comparing and making a decision.
"Your Highness, if only Chen Xiang ran away, will we intercept him and persuade him to go back? After all, he is one of the officials in the court. Leaving at this critical moment will have a great impact on the morale of the army and the people." Ying Jieyan looked much more relaxed after seeing His Highness come back. Although he didn't know the reason, he guessed that His Highness had already known the result and asked at him with a smile.
"What's the point of persuading him to come back? You have to leave sooner or later. You can't keep it. When the situation improves, you don't have to ask him to come back." Zhao Bing waved his hand and said.
"Your Highness said that it would be bad for him to stay in the court." Ying Jieyan said, "Who will the lieutenant general in the future when Chen Xiang leaves?"
"Now under Chen Prime Minister, there are four other ministers, Wen Tianxiang, Deputy Privy Councilor Zhang Shijie, Deputy Privy Councilor Liu Xiufu, and General Secretary Liu Fu." Zhao Bing thought to himself that the old man was testing him. Thinking about it, "Mr. Wen and everyone avoided him and would never cause trouble to get him back; and Liu Chanzheng has never participated in the struggles in the court. In theory, he is more appropriate in charge of the government, but his character is straightforward and lacks flexibility, and it is difficult to control the unpredictable situation and stabilize the current chaotic situation. Deputy Zhang has always been in charge of the army, and his strength is second only to Chen Chan. But he is a military officer, and he cannot be the prime minister, but he can be the prime minister."
"There are only six officers left in the court." Ying Jieyan said thoughtfully.
"Yes, it is the credit of Deputy Envoy Zhang who was able to recover this time. He still has a shallow foundation in the court and needs help. There is no major conflict between the two. Deputy Envoy Zhang should support him in charge of political affairs." Zhao Bing nodded and said.
"Report to Your Highness, I'll send it back in front of me. The Empress Dowager and Your Highness are in the fleet heading to Leizhou. Chen Xiang led more than 200 warships of all sizes to Cham City. It is said that they are going to inquire about the situation and fight for the front station in Cham City for the trip!" Zhao Mengjin rushed in and reported.
Chapter completed!