A knife in love

Chapter 1959
Wang Xiaoyu was dissatisfied when she heard Feng Wei's words accusing her, and was about to refute, when Li Qiufeng glared at her, and said in a deep voice: "Miss Wang, Mr. Feng is an official of the Song Dynasty, how can what he said be false? You The things I told you are all from the mouth of Mr. Storyteller. They are just jokes. The most important thing for us right now is to find a way to escape. There are many ways to rely on Mr. Feng. We must listen to him carefully. You don’t want to Extraordinary events!"

Li Qiufeng spoke harshly, and there was a bit of anger in his eyes.Wang Xiaoyu's heart trembled, although he was still dissatisfied in his heart, he didn't dare to say any more, so he put the long sword back into the sheath, angrily took two steps back, and stood beside Murong Danyan, his eyes were red, and he almost shed tears .Seeing her like this, Murong Danyan wanted to comfort her, but after thinking about it, Sister Xiaoyu is too arrogant, so it's better to let her suffer.In case she talks nonsense again, she doesn't know what troubles she will cause.Thinking of this, Murong Danyan deliberately pretended not to see it, just looked at Li Qiufeng and Feng Wei, and did not look at Wang Xiaoyu more.

Li Qiufeng saw Wang Xiaoyu backing away silently, then turned his head and said to Feng Wei: "Miss Wang is rude, please don't mind Mr. Feng. I don't know what happened next?"

Seeing Li Qiufeng's words to dismiss Wang Xiaoyu, Feng Wei felt a little calm, so he nodded and said, "Although General Pan Mei and Wang Yu led the army back into the territory of the Song Dynasty, the loss of the army, horses, food and grass was not much, but the deputy commander-in-chief Yang Ye died in battle, and the Khitan people chopped off his head, put his head in a box and presented it to Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao Kingdom. After the Empress Dowager Xiao inspected it, she ordered Yang Ye's head to be displayed in front of the army to strengthen the courage of the soldiers. Yang Ye guarded Bianguan is known as "invincible". Such a general was beheaded by the Khitan people, which made the soldiers of the Song Dynasty terrified. Emperor Taizong Longyan was furious, dismissed Wang Yu from his official position, and reduced Pan Mei's rank Third class, downgraded to inspector Taibao. Later, although General Pan Mei's official position was slightly promoted, both inside and outside the court blamed Yang Ye's defeat and death on him. Failure to save his colleagues on the battlefield made Pan Mei lose The military spirit, no soldiers are willing to serve him anymore, Emperor Taizong never used him to lead troops again. However, after a few years, Pan Mei died in depression. It is really a pity that a generation of famous generals will end up like this.

"Master Tong Guan said to me that Yang Ye was defeated and died. Pan Mei, as the commander of the West Road Army, is naturally to blame. However, the root cause is that a general was lost in vain because of the indiscriminate behavior of the supervising army king. Now I went to the Northwest Army as a supervising army. If I force General Wang Hou to allocate [-] sergeants to listen to him, I am afraid that I will miss the military plane and end up in the same fate as Wang Yu. Therefore, Mr. Tong Guan weighed it again and again, and finally Still no sergeants were called to arrange the army formation according to the formation map. Fortunately, General Wang Hou commanded well, and the three armies used their orders to defeat the Dangxiang people and retake the four prefectures on the right side of Shaanxi. Before the formation map could be used, the battle ended it's over.

"Master Tong Guan sighed heavily when he said this, and told me that the victory in the Battle of Shanyou was due to General Wang Hou's commanding skills and the dedication of the three armies, so that the party members were defeated and fled. He Every day, he just read military newspapers in the big tent, studied Taoism with Master Zhou Wenzhao, and never interfered with the wars planned by General Wang Hou and other generals. But from then on, the emperor regarded Master Tong Guan as a wonder in the world, and every time he had Conquests are often handled by Mr. Tong Guan. However, compared with the Battle of Shanyou, these battles are not worth mentioning at all. They are nothing more than riots caused by some rioters, which are quelled in a blink of an eye, so it is not difficult.

"I listened to Mr. Tong Guan, and when he mentioned his achievements in the past, he felt a little depressed. I thought to myself, as a minister, Mr. Tong Guan has become one of the three princes of the imperial court and has the title of Jiedushi. It is unprecedented, and I am afraid that there will be no minister in the future who can be such a high-ranking official like him. There is only one person in the world with such a blessing. But Lord Tong Guan doesn't seem to care about it, and is a little depressed on the contrary, which is really strange.

"While I was thinking about it, Master Tong Guan slowly said that I was a court official from the background of a minister. I know that there are many discussions inside and outside the court, and many people are jealous and framed me behind my back. Over the years, I have written to the emperor There are no less than a hundred officials impeaching me in the memorial. Therefore, although the emperor has great trust in me, I am trembling and worrying every day. But the world has been peaceful for a long time, and those who do not lead soldiers do not know how big the future will be. Difficulties are right in front of us. I have received the great kindness of the emperor, so I have to do my best to complete the errands. For example, the rewards, punishments and promotions of officers and soldiers in the army, if they are reported one by one according to the usual practice, many of them are shady Those who do meritorious deeds often get nothing, and those who only flirt can be promoted to high-ranking officials. If things go on like this, morale will decline, and if there is another war, they must be defeated. Therefore, I had to break the bad habits and have This is played directly in front of the emperor, so that meritorious deeds can be rewarded and punished, and good generals will not be humiliated. In this way, although the soldiers are happy and happy, those dirty officials have lost the way to get rich, so naturally they hate me to the bone."

When Feng Wei said this, Li Qiufeng and Qi Jiu both thought that Tong Guan is a cunning and insidious traitor. After he became a high-ranking official, he spread his influence in the army and fought against dissidents.All those who voted under his sect became high officials.And those generals who refused to serve him and bribed him, no matter how great their credit, would not be promoted.Relying on Emperor Huizong's admiration, Tong Guan did not follow the court rules to report the military situation step by step, and even the Privy Council did not pay attention to him, but sent the memorial directly to Da Nei.Tong Guan himself was born as a courtier, and all the eunuchs in the palace were either his subordinates or his accomplices.As soon as Tong Guan's memorial arrived, even in the middle of the night, there would be an eunuch on duty to deliver his memorial to the emperor.Emperor Huizong had great trust in Tong Guan, and all the generals he recommended were promoted.These people were recommended by Tong Guan and naturally became his accomplices.The corruption and incompetence of the officials and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty was rooted in Tong Guan's mischief.But listening to Feng Wei's narration of the past, Tong Guan, the traitor, said that he was trying to get rid of the bad habits, so he could play it straight, without passing it to the imperial court through the Privy Council, it was pure nonsense, and he was putting money on his own face.

Feng Wei didn't know that Li Qiufeng and Qi Jiuxin didn't take what he said seriously, so he said to himself: "I heard Master Tong Guan say this, and I admire it in my heart. Many officials and common people called him a big treacherous official. After listening to Mr. Tong Guan say this today, I realized that he has his own difficulties. Mr. Tong Guan can tell this matter to a small official like me, and he thinks too much of me , it made me a little uneasy. So after he finished speaking, I felt uneasy and didn't know what to say for a while.

"Lord Tong Guan went on to say, Cai Xiang is now an extremely personable minister, and he is the most popular person before the emperor. He is full of economics and proficient in Danqing characters. The emperor respects him very much, and there is no second person in the world. Every word and every word uttered can not only make the officials and the people prosperous, but also make them bankrupt and ruin their families.

"When Mr. Tong Guan said this, he paused for a while, took a look at me, and then continued. I think Mr. Feng has already learned about Cai Xiangzhi's power."

(End of this chapter)