Poor Family Chapter 880

  Chapter 880 Retirement Conditions

  Du Chong returned to the study, asked the old butler to invite Chen Ran, and asked, "Are you sent by Wanyan Xie to persuade me?"

  Chen Ran smiled slightly: "Actually Marshal Du wants to talk to Du Shangshu about their cooperation."

   "How to cooperate?" Du Chong was already faintly tempted.

"Marshal Du can order the Jin soldiers to withdraw from Kaifeng Mansion. As long as Du Shangshu is in Kaifeng Mansion on one day, the Jin soldiers will not attack Kaifeng Mansion to ensure that Du Shangshu successfully completes this term. Shangshu can ascend to the position of Xiangguo."

  Du Chong nodded, "The conditions offered are very attractive, so what do I need to do?"

"As long as Du Shangshu does two things, first, transfer Zongze away from Bianliang, such as transferring to recover Shandong, etc., as long as he leaves Bianliang. The situation provides us with these two conditions.”

  Du Chong walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and asked, "You just said that you gave me a credit. What do you mean?"

Chen Ran took out a booklet from his arms and handed it to Du Chong, saying lightly: "This is a joint letter from the fourteen prefectures of Hebei to the officials of the Song Dynasty. With the Great Song in mind, as long as Master Wang sends his troops to Hebei, we will rise up, respond to the imperial court, and restore the Great Song society!"

Du Chong was stunned when he took the brochure. Of course he knew that these people were duplicity, it was a brochure deliberately concocted, but Wan Yanxie also spent such a large amount of money in order to support himself as a minister. Did he really think that Will he become the internal support of the Kingdom of Jin? "

  Du Chong shook his head, "Although I really want to be prime minister, I can't surrender to the Kingdom of Jin, and Wanyan Xie may have made the wrong idea."

"No! There is no need for Du Shangshu to surrender. Jin Guo just wants to have another way out. If one day Jin Guo doesn't want to fight with the Song Dynasty and wants to rule the river with the Song Dynasty, Marshal Du hopes that there will be such a prime minister in the Song Dynasty to support the peace talks. These are the original words of Marshal Du, I will not deceive my brother."

  Du Chong remained silent for a while, and then said after a while: "How do I know if Wanyan Xie is lying to me? He really doesn't want Kaifeng Mansion?"

Chen Ran laughed, "Marshal Du didn't say not to want Kaifeng Mansion, it's just two years later, as long as Du Shangshu is in Kaifeng Mansion for one day, the Jin soldiers won't attack. Relatively speaking, Marshal Du wants Du Shangshu to be the prime minister, which one is better?" Marshal Du knows which is more important, but if Du Shangshu himself gives up Kaifeng Mansion and moves south, Marshal Du will take Kaifeng Mansion at any time."

  Chen Ran took out another letter and handed it to Du Chong, "This is the letter of commitment written by Marshal Du and his seal. I hope Du Shangshu can seize this opportunity."

   Du Chong pondered for a long time, finally nodded and said: "I can give it a try!"

  He said to Chen Ran again: "It is estimated that someone is watching outside, you don't go out for now, you will be safe when I transfer Zong Ze away!"

Du Chong immediately wrote a memorial and reported it to the imperial court, "He is willing to lead the army to guard Tokyo Bianliang, and is willing to guard Tokyo Bianliang with his life. .”

  Du Chong sent his confidants to Lin'an overnight to send his memorial to the court.

The Jin soldiers aggressively attacked the Central Plains, Shandong, and Shaanxi, which really shocked the government and the public in Lin'an. The officials in the court quickly split into two factions. In Shandong, the other faction, represented by Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan, advocates a peace negotiation with the Jin soldiers to prevent the Jin soldiers from continuing to attack the Huaihe River. In addition, there are a large number of centrists, represented by Lu Yihao, Zheng Wangzhi, and Fan Zongyin. He opposes peace negotiations, but also opposes direct confrontation Jin Bing, but advocated that the army should return to the front line of the Huaihe River.

  The three factions refused to give in, and fierce debates were launched in the court, but on one point, the three factions reached an astonishing consensus, that is, to hold Yao Gu, the guard of Luoyang, and Li Gang, the promulgator of Jingdong, accountable.

  Yao Gu was dismissed from the position of capital control and demoted to Guangzhou Tongjuan. Liu Guangshi took over the position of capital control. He led the remnants of Luoyang to defend Dengzhou and Tangzhou, and was ready to go north to Luoyang at any time.

  Although Li Gang has the responsibility of being the chief official, he has not been in office for long after all, and the responsibility for the defeat cannot be imposed on him.

  This afternoon, Emperor Zhao Gou summoned Fan Zhixu and Gao Shen in the imperial study.

"I received an urgent eagle message from Li Taibao today. Although Shaanxi Road is currently being invaded by Jin soldiers, Li Taibao is confident in defending Shaanxi Road and defeating the invading Jin soldiers. What Li Taibao means is that he will use Shaanxi Road is here to contain the eastern Jin soldiers from invading southward, and I hope that the imperial court will not retreat lightly, and cannot retreat to the Huaihe River unless it is absolutely necessary."

Fan Zhixu and Gao Shen glanced at each other, both of them were very excited. At present, the centrist faction in the imperial court has the upper hand, advocating avoiding the edge of the Jin soldiers, abandoning the Central Plains and Shandong, and retreating to the Huaihe River. Their main combat faction has also been criticized, the most important point is that they are criticized for being unrealistic, they will exhaust the last bit of troops, and in the end they will not even be able to keep the front line of the Huaihe River.

Unexpectedly, Li Yanqing, who had the most prestige in the military, was also the main combat faction. Fan Zhixu hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the timing for the Jin soldiers to go south this time is not well chosen. Even the Jin soldiers were not fully prepared for going south. It was mainly due to the influence of Xixia being forced to sue for peace that they decided to launch a southward offensive temporarily. Their strength has been exerted to the limit, and it is impossible to go south again. At this time, if we voluntarily abandon the Central Plains and Shandong to give the Jin soldiers a chance to breathe, I am afraid that the next step for the Jin soldiers will be to use the Central Plains and Shandong as the foundation to attack the Huaihe River on a large scale. , Can we hold back the Huaihe line? If we can't, will we have to retreat to the Yangtze River line again?”

Gao Shen also said: "Your Majesty, even if our line of defense is in the Huaihe River, we must not show our bottom line easily. If we want to keep the bottom line of the Huaihe River, we must work **** the upper floor, otherwise our bottom line will be further breached." danger."

Zhao Gou nodded, "I can understand the painstaking efforts of the two lovers. In fact, I don't want to retreat directly to the Huaihe River. I can't easily retreat until the last step. I am deeply disappointed by the weakness of Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan. The nature of the centrists is actually weak, and I am also very disappointed, but thanks to Li Taibao's urgent letter, I have seen a ray of hope, and I want to discuss with you two about the anti-gold deployment on the front line in Shandong."

   "Does Your Majesty have any ideas?" Fan Zhixu asked.

Zhao Gou picked up a memorial from the table and said: "This is a memorial sent by Du Shangshu of the Ministry of War from Bianliang, Tokyo. He also advocated never making peace, and suggested to me that General Zong move to Shandong to fight against Shandong. His reason is that General Zong has known about Jeju for a long time and is very familiar with the situation in Shandong."

  Fan Zhixu and Gao Shen looked at each other and felt that this plan was inappropriate. At present, Tokyo can keep its position because of Zongze. Once Zongze is transferred, will Bianliang be able to keep it?

  Fan Zhixu pondered for a while and asked: "If General Zong is transferred to Shandong, who will guard Bianliang in Tokyo?"

   "Du Shangshu took the initiative to invite Ying to guard Bianliang!"

  Gao Shen was taken aback, "How could he hold on?"

Zhao Gou smiled slightly and said, "I thought it was unrealistic at the beginning, but Du Shangshu's reasoning is indeed reasonable. The main reason why Bianliang in Tokyo could not be conquered by the Jin soldiers was that Li Taibao established a set of effective tactics in Bianliang. As a result of General Zong's plan to defend Tokyo, Du Shangshu said that he would also strictly abide by Li Taibao's plan for defending the city, and was willing to use his life to protect Bianliang in Tokyo. Instead of sending someone To go to Bianliang, it is better to use Du Shangshu, who is familiar with Bianliang, to let General Zong go to Shandong."

  Fan Zhixu was silent for a moment and asked, "Has Your Majesty made a decision?"

  Zhao Gou nodded, "I have made up my mind!"

   "Since this is the case, the two ministers can only support His Majesty's decision!"

In the afternoon of the same day, a decree came out from the palace that Feng Zongze led 20,000 troops from Tokyo and 10,000 remnants from Shandong to fight in Shandong in order to sign the Privy Council and set up an envoy for the economic strategy of Jingdong. He stayed behind and presided over the anti-gold affairs in Bianliang, Tokyo. At the same time, he appointed the commander Yue Fei as the defense envoy of Tokyo's four walls to assist Du Chong in guarding Tokyo.

Taiyuan City has been captured by the Jin soldiers for nearly two years, and there are still nearly 200,000 people in the city. The Jin soldiers have stationed 80,000 troops in Taiyuan for a long time, and there are also 30,000 Han troops stationed in the states on the East Road. This time, the Jin soldiers launched an attack. The offensive of the Song Dynasty mobilized garrisons from various places, and all the troops stationed in Taiyuan were also mobilized. Together with some Jin soldiers from Datong Mansion, they were divided into two groups. One was led by Wan Yanchang to attack Luoyang Mansion, and the other was led by Wanyan Loushi. Attack Yan'an Mansion.

  Taiyuan City was empty, leaving only 5,000 standing troops responsible for defending the city and maintaining order.

There is a restaurant near the northern city of Taiyuan, called Zuiyue Restaurant, which was closed for several months after Jin Bing first captured Taiyuan, and opened again in March this year. The business is neither good nor bad, but its The wine is quite strong, and gold soldiers often come to drink it.

The shopkeeper is no longer the old shopkeeper, but a young new shopkeeper. The new shopkeeper's surname is Guan. He is very smart and capable, and he can also speak well. Barely maintain a small profit.

In the evening, the Zuiyue Restaurant was buzzing with people. This was the best time of the day for business. At this time, a man walked into the restaurant quickly. He took a look at the situation in the lobby and asked the shopkeeper who was standing behind the counter to close the shop. With a wink, he went out through the back door. After a while, the shopkeeper Guan slowly left the counter and walked towards the backyard.

  The shopkeeper Guan pushed open the door of a small room, and saw that man just now was standing in front of the table, writing something on a thin piece of tissue with a sharpened quill pen?

   "Is there any definite news?" Shopkeeper Guan asked.

  The full name of the shopkeeper Guan is Guan Lin. He is the leader of Jing Zhaojun's intelligence point in Taiyuan. This man is an intelligence scout, and he is responsible for investigating the intelligence of the Jinbing in Taiyuan.

  The man handed him the written tissue paper, "Immediately send it to Yan'an Mansion. This is the latest information from the Taiyuan Jinbing. There are only 1,000 Jurchen soldiers and 4,000 Han soldiers in the city, and there are no garrisons near Taiyuan."

After reading the information, Guan Lin took out a small red letter box, rolled up the thin silk and stuffed it in, sealed it with wax, then found a bartender, handed the letter box to him and said, "Go outside the city quickly, put The eagle letter is sent to Yan'an Mansion, remember, it is sent to Yan'an Mansion!"

"I see!"

  The bartender put away the letter box and left the restaurant on a donkey, heading outside the north city.

  (end of this chapter)

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