Fenghou

"Your Majesty, it's the fastest speed now."

Gradually, black lines appeared in the distance, and as they got closer, the sound of horseshoes became louder and louder. Dust flew all over the sky, dyeing the sky red and yellow.

Zhao Kai was going to despair, there is no cavalry in Bashu, this must be Chen Qing's cavalry, there are about 6000 people in front of his eyes, the horn sounded, and the cavalry slowed down, getting slower and slower , finally stopped.

The leading general is Gao Ding. He followed Chen Qingzhi's order to catch up with the fleet and must bring the fleet back to Chengdu.

Gao Ding shouted from the shore: "Transporter, please dock the fleet immediately, otherwise we will block the river."

To block the river, either use ships to block the waterway, or use iron chains across the river. The fleet can only stop obediently. In fact, this is not bad. Zhao Kai watched thousands of cavalry shooting bows and arrows, so he could only sigh, "Fleet Come to shore!"

Chapter 577 The Game ([-])

The fleet sailed back to the Minjiang Wharf in Chengdu Prefecture again. Zhao Kai stepped off the big ship and saw Chen Qing at a glance. Zhao Kai had dealt with Chen Qing when Chen Qing was the envoy of Qinzhou.

He stepped forward and saluted helplessly: "See Jinglueshi!"

Chen Qing scolded him and said: "20 soldiers are fighting bloody battles with the Jin soldiers. Their families are waiting for the military salary to support their families, but Zhao Gong wants to transport the money away. Do you do this to the soldiers who are fighting on the front line?"

Zhao Kai argued: "The humble post is only to transfer the tax money back to Lin'an under the order of the imperial court. If the imperial court orders to transfer it to Jingzhao, the humble post will not hesitate to transfer the money and food to Shaanxi. This is the duty of the humble post. Please understand !"

"Don't forget the transshipment envoy, you are the transshipment envoy of the Sichuan and Shaanxi Provinces, and it is also your responsibility to ensure the food and salaries of the soldiers on the Shaanxi Road."

Zhao Kai had a tough temper, and he looked at Chen Qing without fear and said, "Since Chen Dutong keeps talking about his duties, then I don't understand. Chen Dutong is the envoy of Shaanxi Road, no, I remember wrongly, it is Shaanxi Road. What does it mean that Xuan Fu envoy is now leading an army to Chengdu?"

Chen Qing looked at him for a moment, then said indifferently: "I will invite the emperor, and ask the emperor to grant me the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan and Shanxi."

"If that's the case, I'll ask for my resignation!"

Chen Qing nodded, "Please ask the transshipment envoy to do one thing for me first. I want to open a large tea-horse silk cloth market in Longqing Mansion to distribute materials from the north to the south."

Zhao Kaixin was very against Chen Qing, but out of a strong sense of responsibility, he endured his dissatisfaction and said to Chen Qing: "I have been thinking about opening a large tea-horse market for many years, but the main reason why it has been difficult to succeed is the road problem. North-South goods cannot be transported in large quantities.

In addition, too many checkpoints are also a big problem, and merchants are afraid of difficulties and are reluctant to leave. If these two big problems can be solved, the circulation of materials will flourish. "

Chen Qing immediately said: "The transshipment envoy reminded me in time, I will immediately order the removal of all checkpoints, including Jianmen Pass, and implement the exemption of commercial tax in Sichuan and Shaanxi, and then I will invest [-] yuan to repair the Shu Road, but the tea horse silk Cloth market, please do transshipment first."

Seeing Chen Qing's sincerity, Zhao Kai eliminated most of his dissatisfaction, nodded and said, "If we run a tea-horse market, it is recommended to put it in Chengdu Mansion. Although Longqing Mansion is the closest to the Shu Road, it is inconvenient for the Bashu prefectures. Well, the water system here in Chengdu is well developed, which is convenient for merchants from various states to transport goods to trade. I have already chosen the place, which is in the large wilderness outside the northern city."

Chen Qing was very anxious. He still had a lot of materials piled up in the warehouse in Zitong County, and there was no way to sell them. He was very anxious about the tea horse market, so he quickly said, "Why don't we go and have a look now."

Zhao Kai nodded, "I also hope to do it as soon as possible!"

……

Chen Qing and his party came to the north of the city, and there was indeed a large piece of wasteland in the northeast of the city, covering more than a thousand mu. Chen Qing asked the judge Li Jiong, "Excuse me, Li Tongpan, what was this land used for?"

Li Jiong thought for a while and said, "I only know that this piece of land was requisitioned by the military. It seems that Zhang Xuanfu envoy used it to store supplies."

Zhao Kai couldn't help but interjected: "Li Tongpan is right, this piece of land was handled by me. It was originally woods and wasteland, but it was later bulldozed to build temporary warehouses. They were all big tents, mainly grain and grass. Xianggong demolished it, but the land has been empty here."

Chen Qing pointed to a small river in the distance and asked: "Is that river always there?"

"It wasn't there before. It was because of the construction of this warehouse that it was specially excavated and the materials were transported from the Minjiang River."

Chen Qing said happily: "Tomorrow I will send troops to level the land and roads, set up tents, build barracks, and then please ask the transfer envoy to plan how to arrange the market."

The two of them seem to have completely forgotten the unhappiness when they first met, Zhao Kai nodded, "I have already made a plan, and I will send it to Chen Dutong later. I don't know how to find Dutong?"

"I'm in the official office of the Xuanfu envoy, and I'm looking forward to Zhao Zhuanyun's plan!"

……

Zhao Kai took a step first, watching Zhao Kai walk away, Li Jiong said to Chen Qing: "This man is a business genius and an expert in financial management. If he can become Dutong's subordinate, he will definitely be a great help in the logistics support of Dutong."

"I know him, and Zhang Jun values ​​him very much, but I feel that he values ​​the court more."

Li Jiong smiled slightly and said, "Don't I value the imperial court? If the imperial court regards Dutong as rebellious, I don't think anyone in the prefectures and counties in Bashu is willing to do things for Dutong, so the most important and urgent thing for Dutong is to Obtain the approval of the court."

"Does Li Tongpan think the court will approve it?"

Li Jiong said calmly, "I'm concerned about whether Lu Xianggong will be dismissed. As long as Lu Xianggong is not dismissed, then there is room for negotiation. I suggest that Chen Dutong take the initiative to write a memorial to the officials. Clarify your intentions and try not to turn against the court."

Chen Qing nodded. What Li Jiong said made a little sense. It is easy to occupy Bashu militarily, but the key is to gain a firm foothold politically. The post of Shaanxi Xuanfu envoy.

My biggest bargaining chip is to cede land and proclaim myself emperor. This is what the court and Zhao Gou are most afraid of, and Zhao Gou also has a bargaining chip, which is to declare himself a rebel, which is also what I don't want to see.

Therefore, finding a balance between the two bargaining chips depends on the results of the negotiations between the two parties.

But Chen Qing didn't agree with Li Jiong's suggestion to ask him to take the initiative to write the memorial, and he must not take the initiative to admit cowardice.

After Zhao Kai returned to the mansion, he immediately sent someone to Chen Qing to send a market draft book, which was very detailed. If it can be successfully operated and expanded, even the materials from Jingxiang and Dongting Lake can be attracted to trade.

This made Chen Qing look forward to it very much, but at this moment, news came that Zhao Kai had fallen ill.

……

On the fifth day after Chen Qing captured Bashu, gossip began to spread to Lin'an, mainly from various big shops sending news through pigeon letters. For example, Baoji Qianpu got the news at the first time, and they immediately stopped A plan was made to transport [-] copper coins to Chengdu.

Lu Yihao also got the news from his in-law Li Jiong from Chengdu. The pigeon letter was placed on the table. Lu Yihao sat silent in the study, and Lu Jin said anxiously: "Father, do you want Chen Qing to write a letter?" , to remind him not to overdo it."

Lu Yihao glanced at his son and said, "You're thinking too much, I hinted him to do it when he sent troops to occupy Bashu."

Lu Jin was stunned, "Why?"

"No reason, since we want to do something big, we should simply make it bigger, and have more bargaining chips in our hands, so that the court has room to bargain."

"But he has already occupied Shaanxi Road before, which shocked the government and the public. Isn't it big enough?"

"You only see one, not the other."

Lu Yihao smiled and said: "The government and the public were shocked because he was able to defeat the Jin soldiers with his small skills. The court and the officials didn't care about Shaanxi Road. It was taken back from the Jin people, so the title was changed from Jing Guogong. Qin Guogong, do you think this is the importance given to Chen Qing when the official has been promoted from Doctor Yinqing Guanglu to Doctor Jinzi Guanglu?"

After a pause, Lu Yihao laughed again: "It's like you have hundreds of acres of land, and a bully snatches part of it. After a long time, another person drives the bully away and occupies the land by himself. This piece of land no longer belongs to me, and I took away the bully, just to express my anger for myself, but if this person continues to take away part of your current land, will you jump up in anger?"

"My son understands what my father means. This time when Chen Qing captures Sichuan, the officials will definitely be furious!"

"And then?" Lu Yihao asked again.

"I think the imperial court will definitely send troops to Bashu to drive Chen Qing out of Sichuan!"

"But what if you can't get it back?"

Lu Jin was speechless for a while.

Lu Yihao smiled slightly and said, "When the imperial court is beaten to death, they will consider negotiating."

"Then what should father do now?" Lu Jin asked after a moment of silence.

Lu Yihao smiled faintly, "What I have to do now is to immediately complain of illness and resign as Prime Minister."

Chapter 578 The Game ([-])

In Lin'an City, gossip has been flying all over the sky, and everyone is talking about Chen Qing's seizure of Bashu.

In the lobby on the second floor of Hukou Restaurant, the drinkers are all talking about Zhenghuan.

A drinker spattered and said: "In my opinion, Chen Qing still thinks that the official position is too small. Generally, they are Xuanfu envoys of Sichuan and Shaanxi. How can there be only Xuanfu envoys of Shaanxi, and Jing Guogong became Qin Guogong, not once. Is something wrong? Chen Qing must be dissatisfied, since the court refuses to reseal it, he will play with a big vote!"

Another thin, tall drinker sneered: "It's simply ignorance, doesn't understand anything, just talking nonsense here!"

The drinker suddenly said angrily: "You understand, then what reason do you say?"

The tall and thin drinker drank his glass and filled it up again, then he said in a calm manner: "Do you think that the people who fight in wars are the soldiers of the army? Wrong! The people who fight in wars are money and food. Why did Chen Qing want to fight?" Seize Sichuan, because Shaanxi Road cannot support his 10,000+ army. Every day when he opens his eyes, 10,000+ mouths want to eat. Every month when the salary comes, the families of 10,000+ soldiers are waiting for the rice to be cooked. Chen Qing is in a hurry ?Shaanxi Road was squeezed dry by Jin Bing again, he can only get money and food from Bashu, so when he seized Shaanxi Road, I predicted that his next target must be Bashu.”

"nonsense!"

The drinkers jumped up one after another, "You predict that his next target is Hedong Road."

"You must have heard it wrong, I'm talking about Sichuan!"

"So many people remember it! How could you have heard it wrong? You were talking about Hedong Road, and you also said that you falsely attacked Pujin Pass and actually attacked Taiyuan."

"I never said anything about Pujin Pass!"

The crowd was arguing, and at this moment, there was a rush of horseshoes on the street, and someone shouted: "Get out of the way, it's an urgent military situation!"

When everyone came to the window, they saw a few messenger soldiers galloping on horseback from a distance. The people on the road stepped aside one after another, and some cavalrymen shouted: "Sichuan's military situation is urgent!"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, this should be the official military situation.

……

The emperor Zhao Gou has also been restless these days. He also heard the gossip that Chen Qing occupied Bashu. Although the ministers advised him not to believe these unfounded rumors, there is no such thing as a wave. If Bashu is safe, how could it suddenly appear? these news?

Zhao Gou vaguely guessed that something might have happened to Bashu, which made him even more restless.

In the imperial study room, Zhao Gou was discussing with Zhang Jun, Qin Hui and other prime ministers about measures to consolidate the occupation of the Jianghuai River.

Due to the east-west attack of Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, after Li Cheng lost more than 1 troops in Hefei, he abandoned Luzhou and retreated to Shouchun. The army of Yue Fei and Han Shizhong was attacking Shouchun together. The first line is already a matter of time.

Zhang Jundao: "Weichen believes that we can rely on the Huaihe River for defense, especially the most important strategic places must be guarded with heavy troops, one is Shouchun, and the other is Chuzhou. Weichen recommends Wu Lu to guard Chuzhou On the front line, as long as Chuzhou is defended, Yangzhou can be kept."

Zhu Shengfei snorted, "Wu Lin colluded with Chen Qing in Hanzhong, he has no responsibility whatsoever, and he wants to guard Chuzhou, does Mr. Zhang think it's appropriate?"

Zhang Jun immediately glared at him and said, "If you hadn't repeatedly demanded Wu Ling's dismissal, how could Bashu fall? Don't I know Wu Ling's ability? If he guards the gate of Jianmen, the Shaanxi army can't even fly through it."

There was a sudden silence in the official room, and Zhang Jun's angry reprimand pointed out a news that was spreading wildly in the court, that Chen Qing had captured Bashu.

Zhao Gou's face suddenly became very ugly, and Qin Hui said coldly: "Mr. Zhang, please be careful, there is no definite news about the situation in Bashu now!"

As soon as Qin Hui finished speaking, an eunuch reported at the door, "Officials, Li Hui sent someone from Jiangling Mansion to send an urgent military report!"

Sure enough, the official news they have been waiting for for a long time has finally come.

"Bring it up!"

An eunuch came in and presented a military report to Emperor Zhao Gou. This was an urgent military report from Li Hui from Jiangling Mansion.

Zhao Gou's hands trembled a little, and he slowly opened the memorial. Not only was it the same as the gossip, but it was even more extreme. Chen Qing's army not only occupied the entire territory of Sichuan, but also occupied more than 500 million yuan in taxes and food last year. .

Zhao Gou's face gradually turned purple, his hands began to shake violently, and the fury in his heart was hard to contain.

"Too deceiving!"

He slammed the memorial to the ground, and with a swipe of his hand, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table were overturned to the ground together with dozens of memorials. Zhao Gou stood up and walked to the window, his chest heaving violently.

Everyone could feel the emperor's thunderous anger. Only when Liu Miao mutinied would he see such anger. This was the fury of being touched by someone.

At this time, everyone can only be silent, and no one wants to touch the emperor's Ni Lin again.

At this time, Zhao Gou turned his head and said coldly to Zhongshushe: "Draft the decree!"

Qian Xun, a member of Zhongshushe, spread out the paper quickly, and Zhao Gou said with a chill in his voice: "Accept Lu Yihao's resignation, and remove one post and title, and order him to retire, remove Lu Qingshan from the post of Suzhou General Judge, and demote him to County Captain of Pingyang County, Wenzhou."

After a pause, Zhao Gou said again: "Appoint Liu Guangshi as the military envoy of Sichuan, and immediately lead an army of [-] from the headquarters to the Three Gorges Road, take back Bashu, and be restrained by Li Hui, the envoy of Xuanfu of Sichuan and Shanxi, and then send [-] elite troops to Yuefei. Anyone who enters Guanzhong from Shangzhou, attacks Jingzhao, takes back Sichuan, or captures Chen Qing alive will be crowned king!"

Zhang Jun still bowed his head and did not say a word, but his eyes narrowed.

In the few edicts that seemed to tear the skin apart, a key link was missing. The officials did not dismiss Chen Qing from office.

This is interesting.

……

Yue Fei was in Gwangju at this time, and when the will of the emperor reached him, he was really helpless. Among his [-] troops, [-] troops were deployed on the Jianghuai line, and [-] troops were deployed on the Nanyang line to defend the Jin soldiers. Ten thousand troops.

Now the emperor asked him to send troops to Shangzhou to attack Jingzhao, how should he respond?

Yue Fei's head was very big, and he was pacing back and forth in the big tent with his hands behind his back. At this moment, Xue Bi, the counselor, said with a smile, "The general is undecided, why don't you ask me?"

"Do you have any good suggestions, sir?" Yue Fei asked.

"I first need to know the general's attitude. What does the general think of the emperor's edict?"

Yue Fei sighed and said, "I shall obey the edict of the Son of Heaven, but I also know that it is meaningless!"

"How to say?"

"It doesn't matter whether we should attack or not, first of all, can I win? I only have 20 troops, and Chen Qing heard that there are [-] troops, and there are excellent soldiers, well-trained troops, and experienced soldiers. General, the morale is high. First of all, I lost in terms of strength.

Secondly, I am going far away, how can the logistics be guaranteed?Do you want me, Yue Fei, to burn, kill and loot all the way like the Jurchen, and rob the people of their food?I can't do it, so what about the logistics?

Third, how many troops should I send there?Only [-] troops can be sent at most. Can [-] troops capture Wuguan?The only thing I was afraid of was that [-] troops were blocked in Shangzhou, and finally disappeared without a sound. "

Xue Bi nodded and said with a smile, "It seems the general is very sober!"

Yue Fei nodded, "Too sober is not a good thing, I really don't want to go into this muddy water."

Xue Bi smiled slightly and said, "The imperial edict didn't specify how many people the general will send, and the officials probably know that the general will not be able to spare any manpower. I suggest that the general send [-] people and try to delay the time in Wuguan until Liu Guangshi is defeated." When the news comes, or it is delayed until it snows heavily, the army can retreat."

Yue Fei understands, and waits for changes. Although this is not his style of doing things, it seems to be the best way at present.