Chapter 46: The Zhongzhou Incident
Although the number of one thousand soldiers was not large, it was not easy to concentrate in Yongzhou. It took more than half a month to assemble in Yongzhou City. For the sake of these thousand regular combat soldiers, the inspections of several mountain villages at the junction of Yongzhou, Pennzhou, Hengzhou and Qinzhou were all replaced by the wing soldiers of the other three states. In addition to the city of Yongzhou, most of the soldiers and horses stationed in Yongping Village and Taiping Village deep into the barbarian areas, where the soldiers and horses cannot be moved, and the regular army seems to be stretched.
It was already early October that Cao Keming completed the military transfer.
That night, Xu Ping asked all the workers who went out to work to return to rest early, and the entire Ruhe County was in a curfew. Until midnight, the local soldiers on duty patroled places with residents and strictly prohibited the people from going out. A thousand gathered wing troops were supervised by the state's soldiers and horses, and quietly entered the patrol camp in Ruhe.
Where civil officials were appointed as magistrates, the magistrates generally served as military commanders, as the so-called horses were used to control the army and dismounted horses were used to manage the people. Cao Keming was a military minister and also referred to Xidong affairs. Yongzhou also had Ningdu supervision troops. Since entering the inspection camp, Ningdu supervision stayed there, closed the gates and silently waiting for the opportunity.
It is impossible to hide such a thing completely from people. The next day, it spread that a big incident happened at night, but the specific matter was not clear. Some people said that the inspectors changed their defenses, while others said that there were high officials coming to inspect and they were all over the place. After about ten days, as usual, nothing happened, and the news faded.
There is no result in Zhongzhou yet. Xu Ping and Cao Keming jointly signed the memorial to change Fujian Road and the squad left by the Shuxiang Army has arrived in the capital.
The Privy Council in the north of the Central Secretariat was small at this time, with soldiers, officials, households, and rituals crowding together, and officials of all sizes shuttled through it, dealing with various documents from all directions. At this time, the Xiang army was still under the Privy Council, and it was only assigned to the Ministry of War during the Yuanfeng period of Emperor Shenzong, and the affairs were particularly chaotic.
Outside the Chief Officer's Officer's Office, Fan Yong was wearing his sleeves and leisurely looked at the dead leaves rotating on the branches.
"Bang!"
The sound of a cup falling out came from the room, and Fan Yong raised his eyebrows and smiled at the corner of his mouth.
"A dog in the family! This dog in the family dares to point at my husband's nose and scold! His benefactor Ding Wei is still in Leizhou! He dares to be so arrogant!"
Privy Councilor Zhang Qi was furious and panting, holding the table with his eyes red.
The deputy envoys of the Privy Councilor Xia Shun and Jiang Zun looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
How did things turn out like this? I really can't figure it out even if I want to.
It was originally a small matter. Yongzhou wanted to keep the Gengshu Army on Guangnan West Road, but of course the Privy Council did not agree. This would cause them a lot of trouble and more things to do, and would oppose it if they were normal.
When the imperial court gathered for discussion, the Secretariat tended to discuss the three departments and disagree with the Privy Council. According to convention, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor asked them to discuss the three departments and unify their opinions and report the same report.
Zhang Qi was full of confidence and he could definitely convince others. In the Privy Council, except for himself, the three deputy envoys, Xia Shun and Jiang Zun, all rely on currying favor with the Empress Dowager or the people around him to take office, and they are on the same front as him. Only the other deputy envoy Fan Yong had an ambiguous attitude. He was still a three-level envoy last year, thinking about the feelings of his old colleagues. This attitude is understandable, but he will not directly oppose his superiors.
In the Secretariat, Prime Minister Lu Yijian was as deep as the sea, and no one could guess what he was thinking. But he had always been obedient to the Empress Dowager, and he thought he would not offend the old man around him to death.
Xue Kui, the deputy general of the government, was just like Fan Yong, who had just taken the throne from the Three Divisions. He was mainly because of his insistence on the opinions of Kou Yu, who was the main force in the controversy.
Chen Yaozuo, the assistant minister, has always been a maverick character and takes a fierce and fierce path. Once he admits his mistake, he will not give anyone any face. However, he did not express his attitude. He usually has a good relationship with Lu Yijian, so it depends on the direction of the prime minister.
Another deputy general, Wang Shu, was promoted from the Censor Central Censor. The Censor Central Censor, the Sansi Envoy, and the Hanlin Scholar, knew that Kaifeng Prefecture was the springboard for the Northern Song Dynasty to be promoted to the prime minister, and has always been called the Si Rentou. During the Censorship, Wang Shu sneered Zhang Qi a lot, but because the Censor did this, the two had no deep hatred. His relationship with Kou Yu was different. Wang Shu was Kou Zhun's son-in-law, Kou Yu was Ding Wei's lackey. The two were really a big revenge on life and death, and they were like black-eyed chickens when they met.
In Zhang Qi's opinion, the so-called gathering of discussion is to go through a formality. Just suppress Xue Kui's opinions together, and the discussion will be completed in a few words.
Unexpectedly, Kou Yen dared to point at his nose and scold him. The prime minister and all involved in politics were watching him make a fool of himself like nothing happened.
What was Zhang Qi's origin? At the age of eleven, he entered the Eastern Palace residence to serve Emperor Zhenzong. His head was so beautiful that he turned three times. He was a military minister and became a Privy Councilor without military achievements. He was obsessed with Emperor Zhenzong and angered Emperor Taizong, and forced Emperor Zhenzong to send Empress Dowager Liu out of the house. In those years, Empress Dowager Liu lived in his house, and he was not until Emperor Zhenzong ascended the throne and then called back to the palace. What kind of friendship is this with the Empress Dowager? The world of the Song Dynasty is still the world of the empress dowager. Who in the world dares to be crazy with him Zhang Qi!
Kou Yu, the stray dog, is about to rebel today!
What's even more incredible is that Kou Yu won in the end. The Privy Council obediently cooperated with the three departments. Zhang Qi came out of the Political Affairs Hall and felt that his head was about to explode. The whole world was crazy.
Kou Yan pointed at him and scolded no one to care about it. Lu Yijian, who was the only one in the world, seemed to have not seen it. Only the two deputy envoys Xia Shu and Jiang Zun helped him say a few words, and Wang Shu, who was irreconcilable with Kou Yan, did not say a word. He now realized that Lu Yijian must have been angry, and he clearly wanted to show his ugliness.
Kou was so excited about scolding. Zhang Qi replied, and the others immediately came up to stop him. It’s not good that you are angry at the age of your boss. Is there a young man in the Political Affairs Hall?
At this time, Fan Yong's attitude was deadly.
Zhang Qi refused and said that the Privy Council was so annoying that it was impossible to do this. Fan Yong immediately said something that was not difficult, and he could even explain the steps of how to do it clearly.
What else can I do?
Finally, Lu Yijian said indifferently that in the past two years, the transportation and sale of sugar in Yongzhou has greatly benefited the imperial court's finances, and it can only be rewarded but not punished, so it is decided to settle the matter.
The power of a prime minister in the Song Dynasty may not be great, but the authority of the Secretariat was extremely heavy. Especially at this time, the two saints were in power, the sun and the moon were in the sky, and Lu Yijian was the only prime minister, so the queen mother had to deal with it carefully.
Zhang Qi's final struggle was a joke.
Chen Yaozuo didn't scold him, but what he said was even worse than Kou's scolding, and almost made him unable to get out of Taiwan.
What else can you do? Put your sleeves and start fighting? The three of them together can't beat Chen Yaozuo.
Fan Yong did not follow the three people in the door, standing outside the door alone to watch the scenery, leisurely and contented. The capital earthquake two days ago, and the sky changed in this year and month. Those three people still didn't understand that the sky in the Song Dynasty was about to change.
Zhang Qi was so angry that he didn't even care about the names signed in the memorial. The other top figures in the Song Dynasty at this time were not as big as him. Many people were still thinking about Xu Ping's background.
The empress dowager is already old. A few years ago, some people were afraid that she was Wu Zetian of the Song Dynasty, and two years later, some people were worried that she was Empress Lü of the Song Dynasty. Now, Fan Yong smiled and shook his head, and those with brains began to arrange their way out.
As soon as the empress dowager went, no one dared to hide it from the emperor's tomb. Xu Ping and Li Shunrong's younger brother Li Yong and Haode's family were the same. Not to mention that Zhang Qi had only served Empress Dowager Liu, even Empress Dowager Liu's younger brother, could he not do it. Can the biological and adoptive mother be the same?
Xu Ping, a small frontier official, is a towering tree in the eyes of insiders. Even if he doesn't get any benefits, he will leave a way for his descendants.
Kou Yu was crazy and fought with Zhang Qi. It was a complaint of his reputation. He had once mistakenly got on Ding Wei's pirate ship, and this time he could not miss the opportunity.
Not all the priests know this secret, Xia Shun and Jiang Zun must not know it, otherwise they were as good as monkeys to scheming, so how could they hold Zhang Qi's thigh? How many people in the Secretariat know about Fan Yong, and Prime Minister Lu Yijian must have known it. It is not a secret that he has ears and ears in the palace.
With Lu Yijian protecting him, Kou Wei was not afraid of Zhang Qi's revenge.
The Privy Council was the only institution in the Song Dynasty that was established for a long time to divide the power of the prime minister. One official and half of the post understood this. Although the Sansi was known as the plan, they were actually subordinates of the Central Secretariat. The prime minister could directly intervene in terms of personnel and specific affairs.
By the Zhenzong Dynasty, the independence of the Privy Council no longer existed. The system of the Political Affairs Hall collaborative party allowed the prime minister to legitimately interfere in the affairs of the Privy Council, and the prime minister became a rule of law again.
In the current situation, unless Ding Wei is recruited back, Lu Yijian will be irreplaceable in the position of prime minister. But if Ding Wei is recruited back, then everyone will definitely think that Lu Yijian is good in power. What is Zhang Qi's grievance? For the sake of the overall situation, he should be honest with his tail.
It is already late autumn in the Central Plains, but Yongzhou is full of green grass and flowers.
The court was not spreading, a remote place in Yongzhou, and Xu Ping had no idea that anyone was thinking about him.
Relying on the big banyan tree and bathing in the warm sunshine, Xu Ping looked at the letter of home in his hand, over and over again, reluctant to let go.
Lin Suniang has made a fortune and has learned to write poetry.
"The bleak autumn wind is gone and the dream is broken, and my daughter has always been passionate. I saw the yellow orioles under the willows. After the storm in my hometown, I joined hands to count the sunny flies.
It was getting deeper in the middle of the night, and I was still taking pictures of my young girl and asking her father for her name. My father was outside the official ridge, and my father was on his way back."
Xu Ping is too lazy to go into the details of this song "Linjiangxian"? After all, is Lin Su Niang a beginner? Besides, this kind of interest between couples is just like his wife sings a love song in a video in his previous life. Which husband would take the score to see if he was out of tune?
What you want is the meaning that can only be understood but not expressed in words between husband and wife.
I have a beautiful wife at home and my daughter is learning to speak, but I can't meet in this deserted mountain ridge. Xu Ping suddenly became a little bit enough.
Just as Xu Ping was thinking infinitely, Tan Hu ran over panting: "Report the magistrate, the people from Shendong report, Zhongzhou magistrate Huang Chengxiang led his people to attack Shendong!"
Chapter completed!