Wei and Jin Cooks

  Chapter 648 Retaliation

  Gou Chun was extremely angry, he rushed to the General's Mansion and questioned his brother, "Zhao Hanzhang is completely prevaricating, brother, are you just letting Mingyu and Zhao Hanzhang go?"

   "It's nothing like this, who will be in awe of elder brother after this incident?"

  Gou Xi looked up at him and asked, "Did you not cross the border to plunder the people of Yuzhou?"

  Gou Chun loudly denied: "I didn't!"

  He said: "That is our Yanzhou people, those untouchables, dare to play us like this, they should have been killed in the first place."

Gou Xi slapped the table and asked angrily, "Do you think that I don't know what you did on the border, and all the officials in the court don't know? Not yet. Although the person who complained hasn't entered Yuncheng, rumors have spread all over the place. Yuncheng is here!"

  Don't say that the emperor and all the officials would not believe Gou Chun, neither would Gou Xi.

   "The court gave you a lot of food and grass, plus the income from the garrison, it is enough for you to raise soldiers. Why do you still want to send troops to plunder the people's food, even crossing the border!"

Gou Chun: "I don't recognize that border. Originally, Yuzhou was under our control. When Inspector He was around, nearly half of Yuzhou was in our hands. Zhao Hanzhang was a girl. Even if she became Inspector, we instead took over the territory that originally belonged to us. give it out?"

  Gou Xi's complexion darkened, and he said coldly: "Are you blaming me for not being able to defend the territory?"

  Gou Chun's momentum weakened, he lowered his head and said, "I don't mean that, I just feel sorry for my brother."

   "There is no need for you to complain about me," Gou Xi said coldly, "This is a deal between me and her, and it is the price for His Majesty moving the capital."

   It was she who came to Luoyang first, and she was the one who forced Liu Cong back and killed Wang Mi. The emperor was in her hands. If she disagreed, he would not be able to take the emperor away.

  One Donghai King left, and another Zhao Hanzhang came. He was equivalent to making a trip for nothing.

   Returning Yuzhou is his concession, so that he can replace Zhao Hanzhang as the person next to the emperor.

   Facts have proved that his choice is correct. The emperor is here, and the world will obey him.

  Do you really think that Gou Xi is not short of money if he is strong?

  He is also very poor. It is a daily life for the soldiers below to suffer from hunger, and they can only eat enough when they go to the battlefield to fight.

   But in this way, their life is easier, at least much better than the people outside who starved to death.

  But since the emperor came to Yuncheng, all places have to support the emperor, Jiangnan, Lianghu, Yuzhou, and even the semi-independent Shu and Xiliang, the emperor issued an edict, and they also sent support materials and troops.

  The living conditions of the Gou Family Army have improved a lot in the past few months. In the past, Gou Xi needed to frugally prepare food and grass, but now it is allocated by the imperial court. In addition to the Gou Family Army’s original money, the soldiers have enough food and grass, and even some military pay.

  Gou Xi also relies on the support of the emperor and the flattery of officials to live a luxurious life today.

   It's just that Gou Chun is envious of his elder brother's good life now, who can sleep in a gentle village, who wants to go out to bask in the sun to train soldiers in the hot summer?

   Come and go in the wind and rain, and you still have to bask in the sun and sweat?

  However, he does not have the flattery of all officials. If he wants beautiful concubines, talented actors, BMWs and precious swords, he has to spend his own money to buy them.

  Where does the money come from?

   Naturally, it came from the soldiers' salaries and food.

  He took the military pay and food allocated from above, and the soldiers at the bottom are not as good as before. Isn't the reason why they become soldiers is to have a bite to eat?

  If soldiers have to starve to death, why would they risk their lives to fight on the battlefield?

  Gou Chun naturally understood this, so in order to prevent the soldiers from rebelling, he first raised taxes and collected money and food for legitimate reasons.

  But because the summer harvest has just started, the taxes at the beginning of the year have emptied the common people, and the added tax is so heavy, not to mention the common people, even the wealthy families have to emptied their families, so the common people have been secretly resisting the tax.

   There are private rumors in several border counties that this is no longer a miscellaneous tax, but a tax for breaking the family.

   There is also a saying that "small dogs are cooler than big dogs".

  I don’t know if Gou Chun heard this rumor. Anyway, when the tax collection effect is not good, in order to prevent the soldiers below from rebelling, he directly ordered the soldiers to go to the fields with knives to grab wheat and other grain.

   This is why this dispute was caused.

  Why Yan Heng scolded him so suddenly, Gou Xi thought it was because of Gou Chun, so he was slightly angry, and said to Gou Chun: "I will send another person to guard the border of Yuzhou, you go back to Qingzhou."

  Gou Chun pursed his lips, his chest rose and fell sharply. He felt that his elder brother was bowing his head to Zhao Hanzhang, and he was very resentful.

  Gou Xi said: "You are the governor of Qingzhou, and it's time to take office. Now go to Qingzhou and get along well with King Langya."

  Gou Chun reluctantly complied.

  The next day when he went to court, he saw Zhao Zhongyu. He gave him a cold look.

  Gou Chun was so angry that he clenched his fists. When he was leaving the palace that day, he ran into Zhao Ji on the street. Then Zhao Ji was beaten up because Zhao Ji hit his frame.

  Zhao Ji was beaten terribly. Although he survived, he should have been lying in bed for several months. When Zhao Zhongyu heard it in the palace, he fainted.

  Then immediately rushed back to the mansion, seeing his son who was beaten with a bruised nose and face covered in blood, and seeing that his hands were still limp, he knew that he had been broken.

Zhao Zhongyu's face was ashen, and while he asked people to invite more doctors, he went directly to the palace to find the emperor, "Your Majesty, Gou Chun is disobedient to the imperial court's disposition and has resentment towards us. He died because of him." There are many people, His Majesty just let him go back to Qingzhou, and did not punish him, this is already a great kindness, but he does not want to repay, but resents us; "

   "You hate us, but you dare not report it to His Majesty, nor dare you refute it to your minister, but take your anger out on your son. Your Majesty, do you dare to hand over Qingzhou to someone like him?"

   said again: "Grand General Gou can't even restrain his own brother, how can he feel at ease when His Majesty entrusts all palace affairs and defenses to him?"

  Everyone knew the news that Zhao Zhongyu's son Zhao Ji was seriously injured, and they all agreed.

  They look down on Zhao Ji very much, but in this matter, what is Zhao Ji's fault?

  He didn't even have anything to do with this matter. Zhao Zhongyu teamed up with Zhao Hanzhang and Gou Xigouchun brothers to fight. If you have the ability, you go to Zhao Hanzhang and dare not do anything to her. Isn't there Zhao Zhongyu?

  What's the matter if it affects the family?

   Besides, Zhao Ji is still Shang Cai Bo, he has a title, although the official position is lower than Gou Chun, but the title is higher than Gou Chun.

  The family background is even higher than Gou Chun.

   Gou Chun's move can be regarded as the following offense.

  So after Zhao Zhongyu, several ministers and censors entered the palace, all of whom impeached Gou Chun.

   But Gou Chun ran away after beating Zhao Ji, and he took his people directly to Qingzhou to take up his post, without giving everyone a chance to criticize him.

then what should we do?

  Everyone can only point the finger at Gou Xi.

  (end of this chapter)