Fu Song

Chapter 518 Complex
The standard of the reception was not low, and the officials and gentry in Hedong were not unenthusiastic, but when everything was implemented on the most terrible current affairs, they all returned to the original point.

Attending the welcome banquet, it can be said that almost all the prominent people in Hedong gathered. Whenever Wang Jun wanted to bring the topic to the assembly of soldiers and horses to rescue King Qin, someone would immediately jump out and change the topic.

When the number of times increased, and when the people who came out were different each time, Wang Jun seemed to realize something, and stopped talking, instead, he raised his glass frequently and invited everyone to drink, which made everyone in the whole banquet happy. And return.

The former appeasement envoy of Hedong and the former Duqian jurisdiction are still in Bianliang now!
When Wang Jun left Beijing, he happened to see these two being brought back.

What made Wang Jun quite emotional was that his predecessor was locked in the prison car.

But the instigator, former comforter Qin Xueshi, was dressed in commoner clothes and rode leisurely on a horse, and he didn't look like a guy who was about to be questioned at all.

After bribing the guards escorting him, Wang Jun met Du Qianxia, ​​a jug of spirits, a few catties of mutton, both of them were military generals, and they had a very happy chat.

After the Qianduqian knew Wang Jun's identity, he naturally knew what Wang Jun meant. After he put forward a condition to Wang Jun, he told Wang Jun everything he knew. More importantly, he handed over to Wang Jun the list of some of the officers he could trust in the army and trust him with confidence.

For Wang Jun, who was almost entering Hedong Road alone, it was timely rain.

And the only request of this former capital governor is to ask Wang Jun to help take care of his family.

If he goes, it will be difficult to go back, and his family may be bullied. In the officialdom, he will be bullied and trampled, especially for a guy like him who basically has no room to turn around, I'm afraid it will even make those gluttons in Hedong Let's have a carnival of sharing.

Hearing these words, Wang Jun immediately knew that the guy in front of him might have earned a lot of money in the east of the river, but now he has been reduced to a prisoner. It can be cheaper for others.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of himself.

After leaving the Guangrui camp, his official position also rose in a straight line. At that time, the court spared no effort to split the Guangrui army.

As for myself, after being appreciated by Ma Xing, he was not proud of his success on Hebei Road, and he also earned a lot of money. However, as Ma Xing, a strong comforter, gradually lost favor in front of the emperor, he also felt dissatisfied. It was begun to settle old accounts.

Not to mention anything else, it was an unforgivable original sin just because I was the deputy general of the Guangrui Army, so I went to Bianliang and became a prisoner in Zhao Prison.

In order to save himself, his family sold all their properties in Hebei at a low price, and then took the money to Bianliang to save themselves.

Sometimes, it is difficult for you to say what is a curse and what is a blessing.

If he was still in Hebei, he would have died along with Ma Xing in general.

If there is no skin left, how will the hair be attached?

In this loss in Hebei, not to mention the loss of the family property, the lives of the family members are also difficult to protect.

It's good now, because I went to the big prison, and my family followed me to Bianliang, so I escaped this catastrophe.

And what about Ma Xing?

Obviously he was dismissed.

If it were someone else, I'm afraid he would have slapped his ass and gone back to his hometown for the elderly.

But this one is lucky, but he still has to work hard in Hebei as a dismissal, while the newly appointed Hebei pacifier, Li Fang, pushed back and forth, walked slower than a tortoise, and was dragged to Hebei and lost.

This directly led to the death of Ma Xing and his son.

If Li Fang went to Hebei in time, he must be the one who died.

This filled Wang Jun with anger.

In the Great Song Dynasty, there are not many courtiers who, like Ma Xing, are desperate for the safety of the Great Song Dynasty, but such people are always suppressed and punished.

On the other hand, that Cui Ang, who did all kinds of bad things, was always proud of himself and rose up every step of the way. It was this person who, after spoiling the good situation on Hebei Road, buried an army of [-] troops in the northwest in the blink of an eye.

But now, this person has changed suddenly, but he has become the king of Zhao enshrined by the Liao people, and has become the precursor of the Liao people's attack on Bianliang.

When he arrived at Hedong, Wang Jun was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse when Dibao caught up behind him.

Is this fucking okay too?

The huge mansion under the jurisdiction of the capital is deserted.

I lived in with dozens of gold gun squads, but it only took up a small yard, which was about one-tenth of the size of this big mansion. I can see the prestige and financial resources of this former man.

There was no charcoal fire in the room, this was specially ordered by Wang Jun, he wanted to calm himself down, and coldness is undoubtedly the best soup to sober up.

The two followers made the bed and walked up to him.

"You are tired too, go down and have a good rest. Tomorrow, go and find out where Zheng Qianxia's family is!"

"General, shouldn't we go to the general Zheng Qianju said first?" a personal attendant whispered.

Wang Jun shook his head: "It is estimated that these people are all standing aside now, and they are really useful. I am afraid that Zheng Qian will not give it to me easily. When talking with him, the meaning behind what he said is obvious."

"So, what is really useful is in the hands of his family?"

"In the hands of his wife." Wang Jundao: "So we have to find his family first, arrange them properly, and then we will get what we want. And by doing this, we will undoubtedly show other people who stand aside. Follow me, you won't suffer."

"Understood!"

The former brother Zheng was not a waste, but he was unlucky and met a comforter who took it for granted.

A self-righteous surrender was taken advantage of by others, and the obviously advantageous situation was immediately reversed.

It seems that those high-ranking civil servants above the court all have this hobby.

I think I have read military books thoroughly, and the Thirty-Six Strategies can be said clearly and logically, which can make a thousand generals who wandered between life and death on the battlefield stunned, but if it is really applied to practicality, it will immediately be full of flaws.

The comforter of Qin was like this, and so was Cui Ang.

Among the civil servants I have experienced, there seems to be only one Ma Xing who does not interfere with how the generals fight.
It's a pity that such a person died like this.

If you want to gain a foothold in Hedong, you must have soldiers.

Wang Jun vaguely felt that this era might not be the same as before.

It seems that I heard a saying a long time ago that political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

It should be General Xiao's younger brother Xiao Erlang who said it.

That Xiao Erlang is now said to be the appeasement envoy of Guizhou Road in the Song Dynasty. In fact, he is basically similar to the vassal town in the late Tang Dynasty. He not only controls Guizhou Road, but also controls Yunnan Road. He also has great influence on Guangnan West Road. influence.

Such a person, what he said must not be wrong.

If you want to make a difference, you must have the force you can master.

Before, I ignored this.

When he was in Hebei, Ma Xing's conciliator did reuse him, but he only let him train the soldiers. Group after group of soldiers went out from him, and Ma Xing assigned them to the generals one by one. In the end, not a single soldier was left behind.

Or, the horse comforter is not at ease with himself.

After all, it was still the relationship with General Xiao.

In my life, the only wrong step I took was leaving Xiao Dalang.

If he is still following Xiao Dalang now, he will be the number two figure in the Western Army.

Wang Jun smiled bitterly.

Life is really unpredictable. At that time, what I thought was the way to reach the sky, but now it seems that it is just a joke.

However, since God has given me such a chance again, I will never let it miss it again.

God has taken pity on me!

Wang Jun closed his eyes.

The oil lamp on the desk was flickering by the wind coming from nowhere.

I don't know how long it has passed, and there was a light knocking sound outside the door.

"Come in!" Wang Jun turned around.

A man dressed as a servant pushed the door open a crack, walked in quietly, and then gently closed the door.

"You are the head of the Qianfu Mansion." Wang Jun smiled and said, "I came in today, and you opened the door."

"Qian Xia has a good memory, even remembering the face of such a small person as me." The man said with a smile.

"Can you not remember?" Wang Jun sighed: "When I left Beijing, Ambassador Quan told me that someone would come to see me. So when I arrived in Hedong, I would try my best to remember every person I met. , Of course, those people in the banquet hall today don’t count.”

The person who came in walked up to Wang Jun, took out a cup of seal from his arms and handed it to Wang Jun.

After examining it carefully, Wang Jun nodded.

"What's the current situation in Hedong? What exactly does Gao Yao want to do?" Wang Jundao: "It seems that he doesn't care about King Qin's affairs at all."

"Hedong was originally regarded as a place with strong soldiers and horses, a wealthy place, and the army's equipment is not too bad. Although Zheng Qianzhi is greedy for money, he still manages the army quite well."

The visitor smiled and said: "This big defeat was a real defeat in the early stage, but in the later stage, it's not the same thing. It was the Hedong families who united to bring down Qin Xueshi and Zheng Qianju. Zhang Yun, the Western Army, was driven straight in, causing huge losses to Hedong, and at the same time, the Eastern Route Army, which wiped out the Western Army, was completely useless."

Wang Jun was shocked.

"Qin Xueshi and Zheng Qianju are not locals, they were sent by the court. These two made the clans in Hedong feel short of breath. All along, they have been looking for opportunities to completely overthrow them. It's a rare opportunity!"

"Disregarding major national affairs?" Wang Jun was furious.

The visitor smiled and said: "Qian Ju Mo Nu, the clans in Hedong have been established for thousands of years, and I, the Great Song Dynasty, have established a country for less than three hundred years!"

Wang Jun sat down slumped.

"I probably understand that if these two are overthrown, the imperial court will not be able to send competent people to Hedong for a while, and no one is willing to take over the situation in Hedong. Even if someone is willing to come, they will not be able to clean up the mess. For stalls, we can only pick one from among the locals to quickly stabilize the situation, so as not to be taken advantage of by Zhang Yunsheng and completely smash Hedong into a chaotic sieve!"

"That's right!" the visitor said, "Of course, if the imperial court insists on ignoring it, Hedong will not be turned into a mess. After all, the interests of these big clans will be lost in the end, but the imperial court can't afford to take such a risk!"

"That's why Gao Yao, the son-in-law of the Liu family, was overthrown to serve as a conciliator on Hedong Road!" Wang Jun gritted his teeth.

"That's right. The Hedong tribes have been suppressed all these years, but they are also working hard to cultivate an official who can step up when the time comes. Gao Yao is the one who ranks first!" Lai Humane said.

Wang Jun nodded: "Gao wants to come to power because he was pushed up by the clans, so he naturally puts the interests of the clans first. The general situation in this world has changed, they can even choose a tree to live in, hehe, isn’t that what they have been doing all along?”

The visitor bowed slightly, but he didn't answer Wang Jun's fault.

"Cui Ang has already surrendered to the Liao Kingdom, and has been named the King of Zhao, do you know?" Wang Jun looked at the inconspicuous scout of the Imperial City Department in front of him. I'm afraid this guy doesn't know that this guy is still being desperately concealed. news.

Sure enough, the man's eyes widened, looking at a loss.

"So, those people in Hedong don't necessarily mean to imitate Cui Ang. We have to be careful every step of the way, but we must do everything we can to hold more power in our hands. Nothing can be done."

The voice of the visitor was a little trembling: "But Qian Xia, his job is just a spy of the Imperial City Division."

"Can Hedong's horse-riding bear be trusted?"

"Nominally all the spies of the Imperial City Department in Hedong are under the command of Zou Ma, but people like me are under the direct control of the Imperial City Envoy."

"This person can't be trusted!" Wang Jun sneered: "He didn't report such important information. You should find a way to contact more trusted brothers. Remember, it is better to have less than to be absolutely safe."

The visitor nodded repeatedly.

"Think of a way to send someone to the side of Shanxi Road. Luo Song is there. Find Luo Xianggong and tell Luo Xianggong in detail about the situation here. No one on my side can move. If you move, it will make people they know."

"Yes!"

"Where is Zheng Qianju's family now?"

"It is well known that they now live on a farm outside the town. Are you going to call on them?"

"Of course, it's a matter of loyalty!" Wang Jun said with a smile.

People come and go quietly.

Wang Jun stood up and paced back and forth in the room.

The situation in Hedong seems to be more complicated than I imagined.

There are too many smart people in this world.Before the Song Dynasty fell, some people were already ready to play against the wind.

Walking to the table, Wang Jun stretched out his hand to pick up the saber on it, drew it out, and let out a soft groan, with a cold light overflowing.

How long has it been since you killed someone?
He narrowed his eyes trying to remember.

(End of this chapter)