MTL - Poor Family-v2 Chapter 992 Fan Xiang discusses politics

  Chapter 992 Fan Xiang discusses politics

  The person who came was really Fan Zhixu, Li Yanqing welcomed him into the big tent, and asked with a smile: "Is there no one following Fan Xianggong when he is out of the city?"

Fan Zhixu laughed and said: "I don't live in Lin'an City, my own mansion is in Yuhang County, Zhao Ji sent people to watch me before, but these two days seem to be too much for me, so I ride a donkey leisurely rounded around."

Li Yanqing still admires Fan Zhixu's strength of character. Although he does not completely agree with his own views on some issues, he is still remarkable in maintaining orthodoxy and daring to resist Zhao Ji's despotic power. The resignation and departure affected a large number of officials.

  It was his and Gao Shen's resolute resignation that made Zhao Ji's wish come true, and the court is still in a state of dishonesty.

Li Yanqing asked Fan Zhixu to sit down, and served tea to his soldiers. Fan Zhixu smiled and said, "I really didn't expect that Yanqing could reverse the situation in just half a month. Now the people in Lin'an City are in turmoil, and the gang of thieves Everyone in the rat generation is in danger, and it is estimated that Zhao Ji has begun to regret launching a palace coup. He already has the power to intervene in politics, but it is a pity that the hearts of the people are not enough, and he wants to restore himself, so he can only destroy himself in the end."

Li Yanqing also smiled slightly, "Recovering the East Road, destroying the country in Xixia, the official reputation is at its peak, but Zhao Ji launched a palace coup, which shows his political short-sightedness. He always thinks that he has been in power for decades, and everyone still thinks Support him, but times have changed, the situation is changing, and people's hearts are also changing."

   "What a person's heart is changing!"

  Fan Zhi vainly praised: "Has Yanqing considered how to proceed in the future?"

   This is the main reason why Fan Zhixu came here today. Once the palace coup is quelled and the court is restored, how will Li Yanqing plan to arrange the court? This is related to Song's future and destiny, how can Fan Zhixu not care?

  Li Yanqing took a sip of tea and asked, "What suggestion does Mr. Fan have?"

  Fan Zhixu pondered for a while and said, "It is estimated that the official family is no longer there, but now the Master of Palace Taiyi is still here, can you think about it?"

The Lord of Taiyi Palace is the former Emperor Zhao Huan. After he came back from the north, he lived in Taiyi Palace and did not care about foreign affairs. Zhao Gou named him the Lord of Taiyi Palace and sent his wife and children to live with him. Almost forgotten.

  Li Yanqing shook his head, "When he was in power, he was indecisive and he resisted gold and capriciousness. It is not a blessing for the people of the world to restore him to the throne again."

  Li Yanqing made it clear that he opposed Zhao Huan's re-employment.

  Fan Zhixu also knew that it was unrealistic for Zhao Huan to be emperor, so he sighed and said, "It would be great if the crown prince is still around, but it's a pity that his whereabouts are still unknown?"

  Li Yanqing did not answer, drinking tea and laughing without saying a word, Fan Zhixu suddenly came to his senses, "Could it be that His Royal Highness is with you?"

  Li Yanqing nodded, "It's the government's last decree. A little maid risked her life to send the prince to me. I'll show Fan Gong something."

  Li Yanqing took out a wooden box from the box and put it in front of Fan Zhixu, "Fan Gong will know what to do after reading it."

  Fan Zhixu slowly opened the wooden box. Inside was a piece of white satin, obviously a piece of skirt torn from his clothes. He opened it slowly with trembling hands, and an imperial edict written in blood appeared before his eyes.

  Fan Zhixu knelt on the ground with a thump, and burst into tears. Li Yanqing waited for him to calm down a little, then helped him up and said, "This is the official decree, what other ideas can we have?"

  Fan Zhixu wiped away his tears, and said with a choked voice: "The official left His Highness alone, and we will help His Highness rebuild the new Song Dynasty even if we are smashed to pieces."

  Li Yanqing asked him to sit down, and said with a smile: "The most urgent task now is to sweep away all evil spirits, and then we will support the crown prince as the throne."

  Fan Zhixu nodded, "That's right, I wonder when Yanqing plans to attack?"

   "Hurry up, as soon as the news of Cao Sheng comes, it's time for me to attack."

  After three days of sailing, 300 ships finally entered Hangzhou Bay and sailed slowly to the south of Hangzhou Bay. According to Cao Sheng's idea, they finally landed in Qiantang County and directly approached Lin'an City.

  But Li Yanqing did not agree with this plan, but asked them to build momentum. Their task was not to attack the city, but to build momentum to defeat the enemy's morale.

Cao Sheng accepted this decision, and he also knew that if the time was not ripe to attack Lin'an City, even if he entered Lin'an City, it would trigger fierce street fighting and cause a large number of people to die. Although it was successful militarily, it was a complete failure politically. .

  Cao Sheng accepted Li Yanqing's plan and landed in Shaoxing Prefecture.

  In the morning, the south bank of Hangzhou Bay was already more than ten miles away. Cao Sheng was standing on the bow looking for the entrance. At this moment, the watchman on the mast suddenly pointed to the southeast and shouted, "There! The entrance to the sea is there!"

  They want to find the mouth of the Huanjiang River, and then the fleet can enter Shaoxing Mansion along the Huanjiang River.

   Not long after, Cao Sheng also saw the mouth of the Huanjiang River, and ordered: "Full speed ahead, the fleet enters the Huanjiang River!"

  Three hundred sea-going ships headed for the mouth of the Huanjiang River. An hour later, Cao Sheng's boat entered the Huanjiang River first.

  At this time, the fleet was in Xiaoshan County, and about thirty miles away, a small town appeared in front of them. The small town was called Qianqingyan, and 30,000 soldiers began to land here.

  At this time, Xiaoshan county magistrate and county magistrate rushed over upon hearing the news.

  Xiaoshan County belongs to Shaoxing Prefecture, which is less than a hundred miles away from the capital Lin'an. Since Shaoxing Prefecture has publicly stated its position and demanded to return the government to the emperor, it actually betrayed Zhao Ji. Of course, the government of Xiaoshan County also supported the arrival of Li Yanqing's army.

  The county magistrate of Xiaoshan was surnamed Gu, a Jinshi in the fifth year of Xuanhe. He was brought in front of Cao Sheng by the soldiers. The county magistrate Gu bowed down and said, "My subordinate, Gu Ting, magistrate of Xiaoshan County, has a meeting with Cao Consort!"

  Cao Sheng smiled slightly and said, "Maybe I have to trouble County Magistrate Gu this time!"

   "Don't dare! Don't dare! It's my honor and my responsibility to do something for Kuang Fu Song Sheji."

   "How much grain is there in the official warehouse in the county seat?"

   "There are about 20,000 shi, all of which are tax and grain. There were originally 120,000 shi, but 100,000 shi have been transported to Lin'an. The 20,000 shi are still reserved by the military, and we are not allowed to move."

   There is enough food, Cao Sheng said again: "In addition, I would like to ask County Magistrate Gu to report the news that our 50,000 troops have landed in Shaoxing Mansion to Lin'an immediately."

   County magistrate Gu was taken aback for a moment, then quickly shook his head and said, "I dare not!"

  Cao Sheng laughed, "I'm not testing you, but I really need to spread the news to Lin'an and put pressure on Lin'an. It's best to spread the news throughout Lin'an City. This is our established strategy."

County magistrate Gu wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, nodded and said, "I understand, so I will arrange manpower. Just as there are businessmen coming to Beijing, I invite them to go to the capital to spread the news, and send someone to specialize in the news for the government. Send it."

  Cao Sheng immediately ordered the army to temporarily enter Xiaoshan County to rest, and ordered 300 ships to berth at the mouth of the Huanjiang River, waiting for orders at any time.

  Two days later, the news that Li Yanqing's 50,000 soldiers entered Shaoxing Mansion by sea spread throughout Lin'an City. Some people were rejoiced by the news, but others were in mourning and panic all day long.

  The streets and alleys of Lin'an City are discussing this matter. Even ordinary people understand that flanking is taboo for military strategists. Lin'an City has already been flanked by Li Yanqing's army, and the situation is probably quite bad.

Some subtle changes have taken place. For example, the seal sealing Baoyanzhai was quietly torn off, the goods confiscated by the government were also returned, all the more than a hundred arrested accountants were released, and the arrest warrant for Li Daqi was revoked immediately. , This is Pan Wenzi, Yin of Lin'an Prefecture, quietly releasing goodwill.

At the south city gate, an ox cart full of boxes and cages was leaving the city, but was intercepted and seized by the army. Someone recognized the owner of the ox cart as Yang Qiu, the servant of the Ministry of War. This incident immediately spread in Lin'an City. The first batch of officials appointed by the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji, he was originally a Fang Langzhong in the Ministry of War. He was promoted and reused because of his active loyalty to the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji.

  Of course, the escape of Yang Qiu is a weather vane, which means that there is a fission within the Zhao Ji Group.

   Zhao Ji was furious when he heard that Yang Qiu had abandoned his official position and fled and was arrested.

  Zhao Ji’s method of killing chickens to make an example of monkeys really calmed down many people, and many officials who also planned to escape temporarily gave up their thoughts and turned to close their doors and households, asking for leave to recuperate at home.

  On the second day when the news of Li Yanqing's army landing in Shaoxing Prefecture came to the capital, at least 50 of the 85 court officials who were originally loyal to Zhao Ji took sick leave and began to look for their own way out.

  Zhao Ji was also anxious. He sent someone to give a gold medal to Miao Fu that afternoon, ordering him to take the initiative to attack and defeat Li Yanqing, and then led his army back to aid Lin'an City.

  (end of this chapter)