Poor Family Chapter 576

  Chapter 576 Resigned in danger

   Not long after, Prince Zhao Huan hurried to the Imperial Study Room. He knelt down and paid respects.

   "The emperor's son is free from courtesy!"

   "Thank you, father!"

  Zhao Huan stood up and stood aside with his hands down. Zhao Ji smiled slightly and said, "Perhaps the emperor already knows the news of Yelu Chun's death?"

   "My son has heard about it."

   "Don't the emperor think this is a great opportunity? The Liao Kingdom is in chaos and has no master, and people are in panic. At this time, if we send troops to Yanjing again, we will be able to regain our homeland, completely destroy the Liao Kingdom, and wash away the century-old shame!"

  Zhao Huan was taken aback, and quickly knelt down again, "Please think twice, Father!"

   "I have been thinking about it for two days, and I have already decided to send troops. However, I am considering letting the emperor take the post of commander-in-chief of the three armies. I wonder what the emperor wants?"

Zhao Huan immediately understood that his father was going to use himself as a scapegoat. He felt great hatred in his heart, but he didn't dare to refuse. He suddenly remembered the words Li Yanqing asked Wu Min to bring to him. With Tong Guan, the Northern Expedition would definitely fail. , He pondered for a moment and said: "I am willing to share my father's worries, but I hope to be a real handsome!"

Real commander is to hold the real military power, how could Zhao Ji agree, he pondered for a moment and said: "The prince falsely leads the commander, this is the practice since the founding of the Song Dynasty, although I intend to make you a real commander, but I dare not break the line According to Zong's rules, let's do this! I allow you to recommend candidates for the governor.”

  Zhao Huan had no choice but to say: "I hope that Taiwei Tong can be removed from the position of envoy of Xuanfuzhi, and Zhong Shidao will be appointed as the capital of the Northern Expedition."

  Zhao Ji frowned, "Tong Guan has been in charge of the army for many years. With him sitting in Hebei, he can stabilize the morale of the army. Why should he be replaced?"

"I also read Taiwei Gao's report. Tong Guan was indeed responsible for the failure of the last Northern Expedition. He accused Liu Yanqing of being greedy for meritorious deeds, but concealed the fact that he refused to pay the rations. My minister was worried about being a teacher. In order to control the capital, Tong Guan will once again avenge his private revenge publicly."

Zhao Ji walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, pondered for a long time and said, "The failure last time was also caused by the lack of food transport in the north. Tong Guan can't be completely blamed, so let's do it! Let's use the strategy of attacking Xixia, planting the teacher's way to take charge of the east road, and not being affected by Tong Guan. Temperance, Tong Guan is in charge of the west attack."

  Zhao Huan also knew that this was the biggest concession made by his father. Tong Guan couldn't restrain his way of teaching, so it could be regarded as meeting Li Yanqing's condition for a tie, without Tong Guan's interference.

  Zhao Huan had no choice but to compromise, "Then follow Father's arrangement. In addition, I will make three more suggestions. I hope Father will approve!"

  Seeing that the prince compromised, Zhao Ji was overjoyed, so he smiled and said, "You say, as long as it is reasonable, I can accept it!"

   "First, we need to transfer grain to Hebei before we start the Northern Expedition"

   Before Zhao Huan finished speaking, Zhao Ji happily said: "This plan is exactly what I want, and I agree!"

   "Secondly, I hope that the father and emperor will transfer 50,000 Hedong troops to Zhongshidao, and Zhongshidao will command the Hedong army's northern expedition."

  Zhao Ji was still a little worried about the Zhong Family Army's statement. He pondered for a moment and said: "Hedong needs to be prepared for Xixia to take the opportunity to go south. If the army can't be transferred away, let's transfer 30,000 Hedong troops! The insufficient part can be recruited in Hebei."

  Father Huang also made sense, so Zhao Huan agreed, "Then transfer 30,000 Hedong troops, and the third suggestion is that I want to transfer a group of famous generals from various places to assist in cultivating teachers. I hope Father Huang will allow it!"

  Zhao Ji immediately saw through his son's purpose. He wanted to take the opportunity to insert his confidants into the Zhongshi Dao Army to gain military power. Normally, he would have rejected it, but now he needs to use his son as a shield. ． ． ． ．

  Zhao Ji thought for a while and said: "Too many assistant ministers is useless. I think five people at most are enough. The emperor can draw up a list for me. If there is no problem, I will approve it!"

Zhao Huan had no choice but to bow down and said: "I already have a list of ministers. I recommend Zhang Shuye, the magistrate of Jeju, Zongze, the magistrate of Jeju, Li Gang, the former supervisory censor, Zhong Shizhong, the Jiedu envoy of the Security Army, and the county magistrate of Jiayu County. Li Yanqing, transfer these five people to help cultivate the teacher's way."

Zhang Shuye, Zong Ze, and Li Yanqing were the original team when Prince Zhao Huan took command of the crusade against Liangshan. This time he also named these three to assist Master Zhong. He cooperates as the lieutenant general, so there will be less constraints in the way of being a teacher.

   Li Gang is a supervisory censor whom Zhao Huan admired very much. He was demoted to Sha County, Nanjian Prefecture, as a tax supervisor because he criticized Hebei's lax defense. Zhao Huan was deeply impressed by him, so he wanted to use this opportunity to transfer him back to Beijing.

  Zhao Ji heard Li Yanqing's name, he couldn't help hesitating and said: "No one else has a problem, but Li Yanqing is from the Fan Party, isn't it a bit inappropriate to transfer him?"

   "Reporting to my father, Zhongshi Dao is actually from Fan Dang's lineage, and my son thinks that Li Yanqing is a rare talent because of his outstanding performance in the Battle of Xixia and the bandit suppression in Liangshan. I implore my father for permission!"

  Zhao Ji walked a few steps with his hands behind his back. After all, Li Yanqing was young and his qualifications were inexperienced, so he had little influence in the court. As long as he was not transferred back to Fan Zhixu, it should be acceptable, and it was also a way to give the Cao family a face.

  Thinking of this, Zhao Ji nodded and said: "Okay! I agree to all three suggestions!"

  Zhao Huan was overjoyed, "Thank you, Father, for your permission!"

  Zhao Ji immediately ordered: "Scholar Xuan Chengzhi, I want to draw up a decree!"

At the beginning of July in the fourth year of Xuanhe, Zhao Ji appointed Prince Zhao Huan again as the Grand Marshal of the Three Armies of the Northern Expedition, resumed all official positions in the Zhongshi Mansion, appointed him as the commander of the East Route Army Capital, announced that he would immediately enter Beijing, and at the same time appointed Xin Xingzong as the West Route Army Capital Under the control, Tong Guan continued to serve as the envoy of Hedong Xuanfuzhi, and only controlled the West Route Army. At the same time, he transferred 30,000 Hedong troops from Taiyuan to Beijing to prepare for the war.

  The end of June and the beginning of July are the time for harvesting rice and planting the second season of rice.

There are endless rice fields in the field, and the mature ears of rice are undulating with the wind, which is very spectacular, but the farmers are very anxious. No one appreciates this scenery. They have to harvest the rice before the eighth day of July and start watering and transplanting. Now only The next three days.

  The sun is scorching hot, and the rice fields are full of hard-working people. Many urban residents also go out of the city to help their relatives harvest rice. Bundles of rice are piled up like mountains. This is rice that has been in the sun for a day.

  Li Yanqing carried more than one hundred catties of heavy rice to the threshing ground, followed by Zhou Ping, Yang Ju and a team of yamen servants, who also carried rice.

  They are not skilled enough in harvesting rice, and manpower is needed to pick and thresh rice, so they are responsible for picking and threshing.

  The threshing ground is next to a village one mile away. The weather is extremely hot. Everyone wears straw hats on their heads, but they are still sweating profusely. They wear a wet cloth around their necks to wipe off the sweat.

  At this time, the yellow dust was billowing in the distance of the official road, and several fast horses came galloping, and the riders on the horses kept ringing their hand bells.

   "The county lord, it seems to be an urgent delivery from the post station!"

  Li Yanqing immediately said to the yamen servant: "Stop them!"

   "Hey—this way! This way!"

   More than a dozen yamen servants shouted and waved together. Several post couriers saw them and quickly stopped the post horse.

   "We are looking for County Magistrate Li, is he here?"

  Li Yanqing raised his hand and said, "I'm here!"

  A courier hurriedly got off his horse, ran up and bowed to salute: "There is an urgent document from the official department, and we have to deliver it within two days, so we delivered it in gold letters."

  The postman took off the package from the back, took out a sealed container and handed it to Li Yanqing, on which was written 'Urgent Mail from the Ministry of Officials' in gold letters, and the seal of the Ministry of Officials.

  Li Yanqing signed for the sealed tube, and asked Zhang Hu to pass three taels of silver to each postman, and the three postmen left gratefully.

  Li Yanqing opened the sealed container, took out the document and looked at it, he turned his head to Zhou Ping and Yang Ju and said, "The Ministry of Officials asked me to return to Beijing immediately to prepare for another new post."

  Zhou Ping and Yang Ju were taken aback at the same time, "Is the county monarch going to be transferred?"

  Li Yanqing nodded, "It's clearly written on it, go to Beijing to take over the new position."

When the yamen servants in the back heard that the county magistrate was going to be transferred, they all bowed their heads sadly. Li Yanqing was also sad. He had been here for almost a year and a half, and he already had deep feelings for this place. I really feel a little bit reluctant.

  At this time, Zhou Ping smiled and said: "Everyone, don't be sad, this is a good thing! The county lord was demoted and came to us. Now that he has entered Beijing, he should be promoted. We should be happy for the county lord."

  Yang Ju sighed, "I don't know what the next county magistrate will look like?"

   "There may not be a new county magistrate. I think it will promote the county officials. Last year, both of them contributed to the suppression of bandits. The county magistrate was born as a Jinshi. They should be promoted to county magistrates, and county captain Zhou to county magistrate."

   "Mr. Li County is joking!"

  Li Yanqing patted the shoulders of the two of them, "I still have some contacts in the capital. You two have been with me for a year and a half. After I come to Beijing, I will find connections for you two. It's my kindness."

  The two were overjoyed and bowed together to thank them. Li Yanqing looked at the rice field again and sighed: "I wanted to leave after I was busy, but it seemed impossible."

  Yang Ju quickly asked: "When is the county lord going to leave?"

   "Clean up today, and leave by boat tomorrow morning. My wife is pregnant, and the boat is bumpy. I have to find a big boat with a thousand stones."

   Zhou Ping thought for a while and said: "I remember that there were still a few Qianshi cargo ships parked at the pier yesterday. I sent someone to check if they are still there. If they have already left, the county lord can also go to Jiangxia to change ships."

  Yang Ju said with a smile: "What about the cargo ship? Why don't Feige send a letter to the state government, asking them to send two thousand-stone passenger ships over immediately. They will depart from Jiangxia this afternoon and arrive in Jiayu County tomorrow morning."

  This is a good way, Li Yanqing nodded, "Then trouble the county magistrate to send the letter for me!"

  Li Yanqing couldn't participate in the busy farming anymore, so he had to rush back to the county seat.

  (end of this chapter)

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