Poor Family Chapter 886

  Chapter 886 Emergency Council

  Seven or eight knights galloped on horseback in the dark night, the wind whistled in their ears, and the horseshoes hit the ground, stirring up billows of yellow dust.

  The knights on horseback wore soap-colored official uniforms, and the leader had a letter box wrapped in red satin on his back. The satin had five large characters, "Golden Letters of Urgent Foot Order", and several followers behind him shook bells in their hands, "Ding Dong! Jingle! ' The crisp ringtone spread far and wide on the official road.

Not long after, the Jinzi Jijiao's letter delivery team rushed all the way to Yuhang Gate in the north of Lin'an City, and the leading knight shouted to the head of the city, "We are the Jinzi Jijia from Pingjiang Mansion. We have urgent military information to report. Please open the city gate immediately!"

   Jinzi Express has the privilege of entering the city at night, but their reasons are confusing. The soldiers on the city asked: "What is the military situation in Suzhou?"

   "It's not Suzhou, it's Suzhou that received the orange military pigeon letter from the Northwest, and it can't be forwarded by pigeon letter at night, so we can only rush to deliver the letter."

  Orange military intelligence is the highest level of military intelligence, and there can be no delay for a moment. The gates of the city were opened slowly, and the suspension bridge was lowered. Jingle! ' and ran towards the south of the palace.

Before dawn, civil and military officials took ox carts, sedan chairs, and rode horses from all directions to Lin'an Palace to attend the early court. The emperor Zhao Gou was a hard-working emperor who insisted on the early court system, rain or shine, but the recent morning court made the ministers They were all a bit heavy-hearted, the tense battles in the Central Plains and Shandong made everyone tense their heartstrings, for fear that they would hear the news that a certain army had been wiped out and the prefectures and counties had fallen when they came to the palace early in the morning.

  Right Chancellor Fan Zhixu entered the palace gate as usual, but he found that the atmosphere seemed a bit wrong today. The ministers in twos and threes gathered in the square of Daqing Palace and talked about something, their words and expressions were quite excited.

   "Pan Yushi, what happened?" Fan Zhixu asked Pan Liang, the imperial servant who was closest to him.

  Pan Liang hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "I want to report to my lord, there is news that the Song army has captured Taiyuan Mansion, I wonder if it is true or not?"

   "How is it possible? How can any army fly to Taiyuan?"

  Fan Zhixu just finished speaking, but suddenly realized, could it be Li Yanqing's Jing Zhaojun?

  He quickly asked again: "Where did this news come from?"

  Pan Liang shook his head, "I don't know, I just heard people say so."

  At this moment, a deep bell sounded from the front of the Daqing Hall, 'Boom! ' This is the ringing of the calling bell.

  Hundreds of officials walked towards the jade steps one after another, only to see Zhu Yun, the young supervisor in the hall, saying loudly: "His Majesty's oral order is that today the Great Court will be canceled and changed to a small court. Please come to the Chui Gong Hall to participate in the court meeting."

   There was a lot of discussion in the square. The cancellation of the Great Dynasty must be due to a major event or an emergency military situation. Could it be that the Song Army really captured Taiyuan Mansion?

   All the officials refused to leave, and they were still standing in the square waiting for the news. At this moment, Gao Shen came out and smiled at the officials: "Everyone, go back to your chambers and do your work!"

  Someone asked loudly: "Mr. Gao, is the rumor true? The Song Army captured Taiyuan Mansion?"

  Gao Shen smiled slightly, "I can tell everyone that the rumor is true. I got the news in the middle of the night yesterday. The Jingzhao Army Li Dutong led the army to capture Taiyuan Mansion three days ago."

  The square was filled with jubilation. Some of the officials hugged each other excitedly, while others clenched their fists and waved their arms, cheering loudly.

  Fan Zhixu was ecstatic, this is what Li Yanqing said before, he would restrain the Jin soldiers from the rear, preventing the Jin soldiers from going south to the Huaihe River, and it really succeeded, capturing Taiyuan would indeed greatly hinder the Jin soldiers from going south.

  However, Fan Zhixuan was also a little puzzled. Didn't Li Yanqing fight fiercely with Wanyan Loushi's army on Shaanxi Road? Annihilate tens of thousands of Jin soldiers who invaded Shaanxi so quickly?

  Fan Zhixu wanted to know the details, so he turned his head and walked towards the Chui Gong Hall.

The Chuigong Hall is the place where officials deal with government affairs and summon ministers. It is also called Changchao Hall. It is located in the south of Ningfu Hall, the second hall of Lin'an Palace. It is a small palace. Compared with the empty hall, it looks like a It is relatively small and warm, the second half is the imperial study room, and the first half is the meeting hall where the small court meeting is held.

  Twenty or so important officials from the third rank and above all came to the hall, found their seats and sat down, Fan Zhixu asked Gao Shen beside him, "What's the specific situation?"

  Gao Shen smiled bitterly and said: "Although I was on duty last night, I only received a pigeon letter from Pingjiang Mansion. The content of the letter is relatively simple, that is, Li Taibao led an army of 30,000 to capture Taiyuan City."

   "What about the golden soldiers on Shaanxi Road? Did you mention it?" Fan Zhixu asked anxiously again.

   "The language is unclear, but I just said that I was trapped in Fuzhou."

   "Wait! Where are you trapped?" Fan Zhixu suddenly heard the clue.

   "Yuzhou!" Gao Shen said affirmatively.

  Fan Zhixu previously served as the economic envoy of the Sixth Road in Shaanxi, and he stayed in Shaanxi Road for a year. He knows the situation on Shaanxi Road very well. Isn't Fuzhou the location of the Luoshui Grand Canyon? Could it be.

  At this time, a guard shouted, "Your Majesty is here!"

  Everyone stood up one after another, only to see Emperor Zhao Gou briskly walking out of the imperial study room, waved his hands and smiled at everyone, "I've kept you waiting for a long time!"

  Zhao Gou sat down and said with a smile: "Today is the most comfortable day for me in half a month. I believe everyone knows why."

  Everyone laughed, "Great news, congratulations Your Majesty."

Zhao Gou nodded, and sighed softly, "It's a pity that it's a pigeon letter, only a few dozen words, and many details can't be understood. I especially want to know how the Jin soldiers who attacked Shaanxi Road are? I can't let it go!" "

  Fan Zhixu smiled slightly and said: "This humble minister can relieve His Majesty's worries!"

   "Fan Xianggong knows?"

   "Weichen used to be the envoy of the Sixth Road in Shaanxi Province, and he is familiar with the situation of Shaanxi Road. Weichen can analyze it, but we need a map of Shaanxi Road."

   "I have it in the Imperial Study!"

  Zhao Gou hurriedly ordered the two eunuchs, "Go and get it!"

  Two eunuchs rushed away, and after a while they carried the wooden frame and the map. Fan Zhixu asked the eunuchs to put the wooden frame in the middle of the hall, facing the emperor Zhao Gou. The ministers gathered around and looked from both sides.

Fan Zhixu pointed at the map with a wooden pole and said with a smile: "Northern Shaanxi is a loess mountainous area, full of ravines, broken ground, and many mountains. It is difficult to enter Guanzhong from northern Shaanxi. Since ancient times, there have only been two roads, one is from the west. The Maling River-Jingshui Valley Road, which is basically the way that northern Huqi enters Guanzhong, and the other is Luoshui Valley Road, which also enters Guanzhong through Luoshui Canyon, but the valley bottom of this road is not easy to walk. Qin Dynasty The first emperor built the Qin Zhidao on the mountainside, and it can be used today. From Yan'an Mansion, you can follow the straight road to the south and enter Guanzhong. First of all, it is very important to understand these two roads for the following analysis."

  Fan Zhixu asked Zhao Gou again: "May I ask your Majesty, is there a sentence in the pigeon letter that the Jin soldiers are trapped in Fuzhou?"

  Zhao Gou nodded, "There is indeed such a sentence!"

   "This is the key. Where is Yanzhou? Please see, it is the Luoshui Road in the east. If Jin Bing can be trapped there, there is only one possibility. Jin Bing is trapped on Qin Zhidao."

   "Even if you are stuck on the straight road, can't you break through?" Lu Yihao, the left minister, asked puzzled.

"Zuo Xiangguo's question is quite right. Could it be that the Song army built fortifications at both ends of the straight road, making it impossible for the Jin soldiers to break through? If this is the reason, then Li Yanqing did not dare to send his troops to attack Taiyuan. There is a possibility of breaking through, so I guess, it must be another situation where the golden soldiers cannot break through."

  Zhao Gou couldn't help asking: "What's the situation?"

   "Your Majesty, the situation I mentioned is that the road is blocked by heavy snow."

   "Ah!" All the ministers around exclaimed.

Fan Zhixu smiled lightly, and continued: "There is a saying in Yan'an Mansion, "When you go to Guanzhong in the wind and snow, be careful to die." It was close to death, so Ge ​​Xin said that Jin Bing was trapped in Fuzhou, and Wei Chen deduced that Jin Bing must have encountered heavy snow blocking the road, or even encountered an avalanche before he was completely trapped."

   "Can the golden soldier escape?" Zhao Gou asked again.

  Fan Zhixu shook his head, "If there is an avalanche, escape will definitely be impossible. Whether you can live until next spring depends on God's will."

  It was only then that everyone understood the mystery. While excited, everyone was thinking about what to do next?

  Zhao Gou walked a few steps with his hands behind his back on the steps, and said to everyone: "I hope Li Taibao can keep Taiyuan, but I don't know how we can help Jing Zhaojun. Let everyone talk about it!"

Cao Yan, the Yin of Lin'an Prefecture, got up and said: "Your Majesty, the battle between us and the Kingdom of Jin is actually about national strength. Whether the Jingzhao Army can persist will depend on whether there are sufficient money, food, materials, and military sources to support it. Zhao Jun can solve the problem, the key is money, food and material, Wei Chen suggested to adjust Li Taibao's authority, implement the integration of Sichuan and Shaanxi as soon as possible, and use the materials, money and food from Bashu to support the Shaanxi road to fight against gold."

Gao Shen also responded: "Cao Fu Yin's suggestion is very correct. When Li Taibao was appointed as the economic envoy of the Northwest Three Routes, he mainly considered dealing with the Xixia crisis. Now that the Xixia crisis has been resolved, Li Taibao has also changed from fighting against Xixia to fighting against the Kingdom of Jin. , it is indeed necessary to implement the integration of Sichuan and Shaanxi.”

   "What about Fan Xianggong's opinion?" Zhao Gou asked Fan Zhixu again.

  Fan Zhixu nodded, "I think it's possible!"

Immediately afterwards, Lu Yihao and Zheng Wangzhi also agreed. Except for Zhu Shengfei, the new prime minister, who went to Jingxiang for inspection, and Fan Zongyin, another new prime minister, who expressed the need for further discussion, four of the six prime ministers have already expressed their approval, which means that Zhizhengtang has passed the proposal. this scheme.

Zhao Gou then decreed: "In this case, Li Yanqing will be removed from the post of economic strategy envoy of the Third Northwest Road, and will be appointed as the envoy of Sichuan-Shaanxi Economic Strategy. At the same time, he will also serve as the defense envoy of Hedong Road. Envoy, Zhang Suo, the transfer envoy of Qinfeng Road, was promoted to the envoy of Jinglue of Qinfeng Road."

  Zhao Gou then made a second order to immediately transport the money and food from the state treasuries of the two Sichuan routes to Guanzhong to support the great cause of the Shaanxi Jingzhao Army in fighting against the Jin Dynasty.

  At the same time, in order to prevent the Jin soldiers from breaking through the defense line of the Huaihe River and retaking the Central Plains and Shandong, Zhao Gou named Zhang Jun, Liu Guangshi, Wang Yan, Yue Fei, and Han Shizhong as the capitals, and each led elite troops to fight against the Jin in the Huaihe River and the Central Plains.

  In order to solve the problem of insufficient troops, Zhao Gou specially issued a self-recruitment order, allowing various anti-golden generals to recruit troops on their own.

This is also an impromptu countermeasure to solve the financial difficulties of the imperial court and the inability to recruit troops. Many ministers believed that this would lead to the danger of military commanders supporting themselves. However, after weighing the pros and cons, Zhao Gou decided to focus on the anti-gold plan All anti-gold generals are allowed to raise their own troops.

  (end of this chapter)

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