son-in-law

Chapter 547
When the coldness of the night swept over, the same information was fermenting different breaths in different places.The death of Zhang Jue in the north was the result of a series of complicated reasons in the Wu Dynasty, but from the feedback of information, there was actually no one who was happy for this to happen.

In the imperial city of Yanfu Palace, the burning candles surrounded a warm atmosphere, and the eunuchs, guards, and palace maids guarded around, but in the night, only the sound of chess pieces falling occasionally sounded.The emperor was not in a good mood, and the queen who played chess with him to relieve his boredom also kept silent and did not speak.

"I, I did something... I don't know if it's right or wrong."

After a long time, Zhou Zhe opened his mouth slowly and in a low voice, holding the chess piece in his hand, which did not fall for a long time.The queen waited for a while: "What your majesty does is right and wrong, but the concubine knows that no matter right or wrong, what your majesty chooses is something that must be done."

In front of an emperor, saying that he has done something wrong, the average person is afraid that he will be punished immediately.But the queen has a deep relationship with him, but she knows that Zhou Zhe likes such a statement.Sure enough, after speaking, Zhou Zhe raised his eyebrows slightly, and after a while, he smiled bitterly.

"I killed Zhang Jue, and others didn't know. I'm afraid they would think that I was incompetent, but how could they know the difficulties in my heart. This Manchu civil and military, Cai Jing, Li Gang, Qin Siyuan, Tong Guan, Li Bangyan, Wang Qian... have One counts as one! They... misunderstood me..."

He dropped the chess piece and said it through gritted teeth, but he took all the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty into his pocket.The queen was silent, not easy to answer: "They...I'm afraid they also have difficulties..."

"Difficult! I put them in the position of the high officials of the court, I gave them power, I paved the way for them to do things, but in the end, they gave me something. A... messy mess--" Zhou Zhe forcefully He waved his hand, "In the end, I have no choice but to bear the blame for them, these... old things!"

He gritted his teeth, the pain in his heart was indescribable.As early as when he was actively raising troops and promoting the Northern Expedition, he had a lot of ambition in his heart-this ambition began at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, provoking civil strife among the Liao people, infiltrating the northern kingdom with the Secret Investigation Division, and investing a lot of financial and material resources to attract. People's greed heart, and later the alliance of black water.He really wanted to be a ZTE hegemon, and it was true that the court needed money to invest in the north.Although he left a lot later, it was also because the North did not need to invest any more.As an emperor, he has done a lot of things painstakingly, and in retrospect, these things have indeed played a role.

The Jurchen raised an army, and the Wu Dynasty waited for a good time. He made great use of Li Gang and restored Qin Siyuan, asked Cai Jing and others to make way for them, and actively promoted Tong Guan's northern expedition.Of course, there are many obstacles and unsatisfactory places. Yanyun's sixteen states have only recovered six of them, but Guo Yaoshi's achievements still give him a face.This was originally a strategy of buying bones with thousands of dollars. Before Yaoshi Guo made a great contribution, he gave the other party numerous rewards, including the mistakes of the other party in hitting Yanjing, and he also forgave the other party.Later, Guo Pharmacist killed Xiao Qian, which proved his vision to the world. He was very happy.

But Zhou Zhe didn't like the Jurchen who was arrogant and domineering at one time, at least he wanted to take it back from the sixteen states of Yanyun.Once recaptured, the mountains in the north are heavily closed, and it is impossible for Hulu to go south. He can also comfort the spirit of the ancestors and become the leader of a generation of pioneers.This kind of thinking makes him have an aggressive side in his attitude towards Jurchen, and accepting Zhang Jue is the follow-up to Zhaojian Guo Yaoshi.However, after this, the huge problem still has to bring him back to reality.

If the Jurchen reacted excessively to Zhang Jue's defection, should this battle be fought now, or not?
After Zhang Jue defected, in the initial period, this side was very happy: I used to talk to you about the sixteen states, but you didn't talk about it, now we can sit down and talk.For the Jurchens, the Wu Dynasty was not without precautions, but there was a consensus on some things, that is: there are few Jurchens, it is not easy to conquer the entire Liao Kingdom, and it is not easy to manage the Liao Kingdom, and there is no spare energy to go south.At the same time, Pharmacist Guo was training outside Yanmen Pass, defeating Xiao Gan and destroying Xiao Gan's deployment. At this time, Zhang Jue is not a soft persimmon. Intellectually speaking, he has a certain deterrent power. On the table, we have a conversation. qualified.

But it turns out that these are the considerations of the civil servants, and they really think too much.You can weigh it a thousand times and feel that the strength of the Wu Dynasty has greatly increased, but for the Jurchens, they are unhappy, and there is only one way to solve it: Come on, we have done it once, and see who loses and who wins.

When Wanyan's mother directly attacked Zhang Jue, Zhou Zhe had to seriously consider this matter.

In those one or two months, he asked many people for their views and opinions, including Tong Guan, Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, Li Gang, Qin Siyuan, various senior officials of the Ministry of War, and some people who stayed in Jinliao overnight. A minister who served as an envoy.The final combined impression made his heart shatter.

On the surface, we asked the other party if we could fight, and the other party of course said we could.But Zhou Zhe is not a fool, at least he can hear some of the voiceovers of these ministers clearly. He can see that Tong Guan, Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others all have doubts about the military's combat power. Li Gang and Qin Siyuan said: No matter what, we Now we have to fight to the death, we must fight!
What are you kidding me, you can hold on now, even if you die, you can still be a straight minister with a stiff neck. Can an emperor like me be so sloppy?Taking the situation together, he suddenly found that after fighting for so long, he still looks like a paper tiger on his side. He really wants to work with the Jinren. We are all ready. Are we ready?

He then issued a secret decree in the capital, informing Wang Anzhong that if the Jin people were not too much, he must not open the borders lightly, and when necessary, Zhang Jue could give up—and he could only give up. Can anyone understand.

He hates Cai Jingtong and these people, they have the overall situation, at least in the army, it is still like this.He also hated people like Li Gang and Qin Siyuan. He gave them so much support, but in the end, they didn't do anything decisive and satisfying.It is difficult for the army to win, and they know that they will fight, and they will fight to the death.What if you lose this first battle?
He thought about these things, and then remembered that he really gave Qin Siyuan and the others too much power and convenience in the disaster relief.During the recent party struggle, I tended to favor them, suppressing a lot of opposing voices. The influence of the two prime ministers in Beijing is getting higher and higher, and Taishi Cai and the others have to avoid the edge, which is a bit too much.

After weighing it up, disaster relief still needs to be done, but Zhang Jue's matter is a means of suppressing them.Otherwise, it is their credit to recruit Zhang Jue. After the surrender, they fully support Zhang Jue. For a Zhang Jue to fight with the Jin people with the power of the whole country, it seems too reckless after all. The emperor, it seems that he is not as good as a puppet.I can support all the ministers in their work, but this kind of move to put the country's fortunes on the back cannot be messed up after all.

On the other hand, disaster relief is not trivial, but compared to the Northern Expedition, there is a difference in severity. It is a good thing that Li and Qin have invested heavily in disaster relief, but there are too many people offended.After this incident, he suppressed the power of Li and Qin Erxiang, and asked Taishi Cai to rise up a little. In a way, it was actually to preserve their seats.A few hints in private, they should also understand my painstaking efforts...

All kinds of thoughts, all kinds of considerations, even in front of the queen, some can say, some can't.At the end, it can only be turned into a sigh. As the emperor, it is really difficult to be in a high place. I just hope that my hard work will eventually bring good results in the future, and I can get a fair evaluation in the history books. ...

****************
Upon receiving the news of Zhang Jue's death, Zhou Zhe's mood was complicated. In the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, Qin Siyuan could hardly bear the blow and fainted on the spot. After seeing the news, Left Prime Minister Li Gang was also stunned and speechless.At the Grand Master's Mansion, Cai Jing read the news after writing a word, his eyes full of complications turned into a sigh.Tong Guan looked at the map in his mansion for a long time with his hands on his back, and sighed with others: "After all, it is a last resort."

At the Censor's Desk, Qin Hui had not returned home when he received the news.He squinted at the news, clenched his teeth, and his guttural voice trembled: "Stupid, stupid..."

He went back to the room where he was dealing with official business, unfolded a blank piece of paper, and wrote the beginning of an exhortation letter.He was once captured by the Northerners, and because of this, he knew the ferocity of the people over there. How could he blindly give in, show weakness to such people, and show weakness to the enemy, it would only stimulate the ferocity of the other side, and in the end it would be hard to control. situation.

He is always in a state of being warm-hearted and righteous, which is his usual state, and because of this, many dignitaries have been pulled down by his impassioned performances.However, there is always more that he needs to consider.Halfway through the book, he felt that the words were too intense and stopped.I took out a few new pieces of paper and wrote the beginning twice, but the next two articles did not even get past the beginning.

He knew in his heart who was behind this matter, and he also understood that the matter had already happened, and the Sage would not want these people to make remarks like an afterthought.

What's the use of writing something like this yourself, it's just annoying...

Rubbing his forehead and thinking about it for a long time, he started writing again, but this time, he wrote an ill-conceived account of Qin Siyuan recruiting Zhang Jue to surrender.He quickly wrote halfway through, and stopped again: his thinking was still wrong, and it was not wrong for Qin Xiang to recruit Zhang Jue at the time. Although the one who killed Zhang Jue was the sage, but with the knowledge of the sage today, he may not be complacent about it. You can't participate in Qin Siyuan too much, but if you want to calm down some doubts, what should you do?

After thinking about it for a while, the content of the third book was changed to Wang Anzhong, the envoy who killed Zhang Jue, but his words were not too intense.He understood that the sage did not want Wang Anzhong to be questioned for his wrongdoing, and that he could not really nail Wang Anzhong to the pillar of shame. If his words were gentler, he would have room for discussion. In terms of image, when the time comes, when he comes to be this villain, the sage can take out Wang Anzhong and himself. I believe that he will reprimand him, but he will remember his intentions in his heart.

At the same time, in the courtroom, the matter could also be characterized, everyone calmed down again, and worked together to plan for the future.After thinking about it like this, the book was also written very smoothly and quickly, so he finished writing the memorial and handed it over the next day.

In Yanjing City, Wang Anzhong was also in a huge tangle.

Regarding the killing of Zhang Jue, he was equally helpless and aggrieved. Pharmacist Guo kept calling for a fight with Jin Ren all day long, but whether he could win a fight was the real big question.After Zhang Jue was killed, the atmosphere in the city of Yanjing was very bad. The atmosphere in the Changsheng army was sluggish, the rabbits died and the foxes were sad, and they seemed to treat these civil servants as traitors.During the initial period, Pharmacist Guo had to wear white clothes for Zhang Jue's mourning. Wang Anzhong visited several times, but the other party said that he was sick behind closed doors.There was a fire in the Wang An Center. If it was in the south, a general like you, look at me...

But he was unhappy, but he still had to try his best to pacify the impact of this matter. Thinking about being an official, he really did his best.Every day I come to visit Pharmacist Guo, with a warm face and a cold ass, what do I do, isn't it just for the peace of the North?
Fortunately, Pharmacist Guo didn't lose his temper for too long, and three days later, he opened the door to meet him.Wang Anzhong complained bitterly to him, compared the strengths of the two sides, and told him that the imperial court was not allowed to open the border, and the haggard Guo Yaoshi finally said: "After all, it was the young general who did not think carefully and made Mr. Wang wronged. "

"It's all for the country. General Guo is dissatisfied with this matter, and Wang can also feel the same way. It's just a matter of national destiny, so we can't be reckless and seek speed. , Wang must fully cooperate with General Guo."

"Master Wang is so righteous, it is Mr. Guo who is stingy. After that, Mr. Guo will give some local property and come to the door to make amends. I hope that Mr. Wang will forgive me..."

Pharmacist Guo answered with such hands, and then prepared a large amount of gold and silver to send to Wang Anzhong's mansion. Wang Anzhong knew that there must be some grudges in the other party's heart, but these things could only be resolved slowly, and it was impossible to imagine for a while.

****************
The fluctuations caused by Zhang Jue's death have never been calm. Most of the people who are qualified to understand this matter in the north and south of the Wu Dynasty have complicated and unspeakable emotions.In this complex, the north, in the royal court of the golden man, is another kind of appearance.

In Shangjing, the city that had only recently experienced war was no longer as prosperous as it used to be. After the Jinmen came in, most of the original Liao nobles were killed or made slaves. Now the imperial city is also in disrepair.The Jurchen people are still busy fighting and have not put the restoration of the city on the agenda, but when the New Year is approaching, when the wind and snow comes, they still return to this prosperous city, waiting for the wind and snow to pass, and then make a new one. year's plan.

The triumph of Wanyan Zongwang was a surprise to all the Jurchens.

Although speaking, in recent times, Jurchen has looked down on the people of the Wu Dynasty who cannot fight, but subconsciously, the impression that the other party is a strong and prosperous country is still there.Zhang Jue's rebellion made Agu furious, and everyone was clamoring to give Wu Chao some color, but when it really started, everyone was still cautious.

Everyone is waiting for the outcome of this battle.

In the duel between Wanyan Jammu and Zhang Jue, they won two and lost one, but this was not something that everyone paid too much attention to. The one who was really waiting behind was the giant in the south.The first battle with the Wu Dynasty really touched everyone's mind.Therefore, it was Wanyan Zongwang who was the most capable of fighting among the Jurchens who then stepped aside to lead the army.At this time, the wind and snow have arrived, and it is not easy to attack the city. If the southerners hold the city to defend, theoretically, the battle will not have a result until next spring.

Therefore, most people think that Wanyan Zongwang will spend this year in Yanjing City.

Who knew that the result was so easy to force the other party to give in, and even they were a little surprised.

In the golden hall of the imperial city, a huge cauldron was lit with a roaring bonfire, and in the staggered banquet, Wanyan Zongwang laughed and strode forward.At this time, in addition to Zong Gan, Zong Yao, Zong Bi and others from Aguda's family, there are also many ministers who initially followed Aguda's uprising, such as Gushen Wanyan Xiyin, Lou Shi, Yinshuke, Pull away from speed and others.In a sense, they will be the most shining stars of this era.

Of course, as people in the game, they may not see themselves this way, but as part of a new dynasty, the savageness and savagery of their blood cannot hide their high-spirited vigor.Although it is above the Golden Hall, this kind of banquet does not pay too much attention to the rules. Everyone drinks and sings happily. When Wanyan Zong looks in, several brothers also jump up to greet him, and you talk to me.

Wanyan Zongwang laughed and walked forward, came to a table, put a human head in his hand on the table, and raised his chin: "Haha, how!" Then he walked over and greeted his father Agu.

On the other side of the table was the only person in the Golden Palace who ordered the food in a gentle manner. He wiped his greasy mouth and looked at the heads on the table with a smile.Wanyan Zongbi came over and said, "Haha, Zhang Jue...Wu Shi, what, I told you earlier, the Nanren are weak and incompetent, and can't take a single blow.

Wu Shi is Wanyan Xiyin's real name, and he is the most versed in Sinology among the Jurchens.In the past, because he admired the culture of the Han people, he was also the most respected of the Wu Dynasty, and told everyone not to take it lightly. At this time, he was also a little helpless: "Maybe I was wrong, find a place to bury him."

"What's there to bury?" Wanyan Zongbi waved his hand, Zhang Jue's head flew out of the golden hall with a bang, and he propped himself up in front of the other's table, "Wu Shi, you have nothing to say... Hey, I say everyone. Brother, after conquering the Liao Kingdom, let's also take down the Wu Dynasty by the way."

This sentence made everyone clamor, some said: "Our manpower is small after all." Others said: "After all, it is too far to go south." Among the discussions among the people, they were finally looking at Aguda from above. Aguda, in his fifties, was wearing a fur suit and sitting on the throne. He said a few words to Wanyan Zongwang and said with a smile, "Although people from the Wu Dynasty sent Zhang Jue this time, we haven't really fought. It’s also on the one hand. The Liao Kingdom is yet to be decided, so whatever you say is fine, don’t be too arrogant. A cautious warrior will not be eaten by a bear, but an arrogant warrior will be eaten by a bear.”

Everyone readily agreed, and soon after the banquet dispersed, everyone walked out of the golden hall in twos and threes, Wanyan Zongbi looked at Wanyan Xiyin over there, and snorted coldly, in later generations, people will be more familiar with his daunting Her real name: Wushu.But at this time, he would even be afraid of Wanyan Xiyin, who is both civil and military. Jin Wushu has been warlike since he was a child, and he has a good impression of many brothers with high martial arts skills. Only this Wanyan Xiyin, Han people's books There are too many, and it makes him feel uncomfortable when he does things in a delicate manner, but even in martial arts, he can't beat the opponent.

At this time, in addition to them, there are also people who will leave their names in the history books of later generations, either to develop a career, or to be the emperor of the Jin Kingdom.Most of them have experienced mountains of corpses and seas of blood.Outside the Golden Palace, there was snow everywhere, and the north wind was howling. No one frowned at such weather. For them, such coldness was the norm in this world.

On this day, this group of people turned their attention to the Wu Dynasty in the south, and then took it back indifferently, focusing on the piece of fat still around their mouths.

The Liao Kingdom, after all, is still big...

Xueluo was silent, and only Zhang Jue's head rolled down the steps. At this time, he was buried alone in the white snow, facing the sky alone, ignoring him.

Not long after, the servant who had cleaned the head was carried away in a bamboo basket and thrown into the field.

****************
In the south, it was quiet in Zuo's house. Zuo Duanyou read the information in his hand, leaned back on the chair, and closed his eyes...

(End of this chapter)