Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 411 Insatiable Greed (please subscribe!)
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"First, to make up for the military claims owed to the Liangshan Army in the past, that is, 1000 million gold and silver and [-] million shi grains. Second, in the places where the Liangshan Army has passed, all officials, regardless of princes and generals, are dispatched by the governor. "

After hearing Wen Huanzhang's conditions, Zhao Ji's face immediately sank!

"Li Yan is just a Jiedu envoy, but he wants to control the dispatch of princes and generals. What does he want to do? Do he want to rebel?"

"How dare you ask me for 1000 million gold and silver and [-] million shi grains, you are greedy!"

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Everyone saw that Zhao Ji's face became very ugly.

Wang Fu, who is the most sycophant, stepped out and said: "Li Yan is just a military envoy, how can he dispatch princes and generals in a restrained manner? Besides, how could the Deputy Governor Wen not know that now is the time when the court is in trouble, so there is no way Without money, the money and silver used by the imperial court to suppress Tian Hu, Wang...Fang La was donated by your Anton Governor's Mansion."

Wen Huanzhang said: "The governor asked his ministers to convey his original words. In wars, the most taboo thing is mutual restraint and unclear orders. If the officials let him restraint and dispatch everyone, the Liangshan army will go north. If he cannot restrain himself To dispatch all the people, the official will ask someone else to be wise. As for the military salary, I heard that the Taizu once set up a sealed pile warehouse to receive the gold and silk hidden by the various separatist forces. In addition, the annual surplus of the Song Dynasty was deposited in this warehouse, specially for the recovery of Yan. It is used by the Sixteen Prefectures of Yun, and now the Liangshan Army is going north to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, which is in line with the conditions for starting the closure of the pile storage. How could the imperial court not pay our Liangshan Army's 1000 million gold and silver and [-] million shi grains? Military ring?"

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After Zhao Ji had vented his anger, Tong Guan said, "If we can regain the old place of Yunzhou and solve Li Yan's serious trouble, it will be worth spending 1000 million gold and silver and 50 million shi of grain... Wen Huanzhang has already admitted that An Dongdu There are 20 people in the Hufu, which can be proved by the fact that Li Yan dared to send [-] people to the north, Li Yan has so many people, it has seriously threatened the stability of our Song Dynasty, and we can no longer let it go!"

It's not that Zhao Ji didn't know that Li Yan, who had 50 million horses in his hand, could already threaten his rule, but 1000 million gold and silver and [-] million shi grains were too much.

Wang Fu said: "1000 million guan of gold and silver and 1000 million shi of grain are too much, let alone the gold and silver, the southeast grain road has been cut off by Fang La, we just want to collect [-] million shi of grain for Li Yan, and there is nowhere to get it, I think , let’s wipe out Fang La’s gang of thieves first, open up the grain road, and then make a fuss about it.”

Tong Guanxin said: "This person Wang Fu is incompetent and short-sighted, and he doesn't agree with me, so he can't be appointed as the chief executive... It seems that we have to find a way to get Cai Jing back."

Cai Jing's sons Cai You, Cai Shu, and Cai Jin, and Cai You's son Cai Xing, are all officials to bachelors, and they are quite in power.

When Cai Jing was the most favored, Zhao Ji went to Cai Jing's house seven times and received countless rewards. He asked Cai Jing to sit and drink with him, roughly using family etiquette.

Some of the servants of Cai Jing's family were high-ranking officials, and some of the dowry maids were named wives.

It's the ultimate honor.

But in the past few years, Zhao Ji has gradually favored Wang Fu and Cai You, who are more pleasing to her, and dislikes Cai Jing, who is getting older and older. In addition, public opinion gradually disapproves of Cai Jing.

Some time ago, Zhao Ji drove Cai Jing out of the court and promoted Wang Fu to be the prime minister.

When Tong Guan was under the eunuch Li Xian's family when he was young, he had a well-behaved temperament. From the time he was serving the palace, he was good at guessing the emperor's will and making obedience in advance.

Zhao Ji came to the throne and set up the Jinming Bureau in Hangzhou. Tong Guan was in charge of this matter as an enshrined official and began to communicate with Cai Jing.

Cai Jing went to Beijing to serve as an official, thanks to Tong Guan.

After Cai Jing became prime minister, he agreed to capture Qingtang, and told Zhao Ji that Tong Guan had been sent to Shaanxi and You ten times, and he was familiar with the situation of the five routes and the talents of the generals, so he strongly recommended him.

Since then, Tong Guan has made a fortune.

Although Tong Guan and Cai Jing are not always in harmony, they support each other after all, and they still have some affection for each other.

What's more, this Wang Fu always dismantles Tong Guan's platform, making Tong Guan fearful.

It's no wonder that Tong Guan wanted to get Cai Jing back and suppress Wang Fu.

Putting aside his distracting thoughts, Tong Guan looked at Cai You and said, "Master Cai, you have a private talk with Wen Huanzhang, what's the result?"

Cai You said: "I told Wen Huanzhang to ask him to ask for less, and hinted that he could be promoted to a noble, but he said that Li Yan wanted the 1000 million gold and silver and [-] million shi grains, and he just obeyed his orders. Acting, he also said that he is only the deputy governor, and there are not [-] or [-] people in the Anton Governor's Mansion who can replace him. The guard is also at the end."

Zhao Ji said angrily, "How can Li Yan be so overbearing!"

Tong Guan said: "Li Yan has long been disobedient, and he never put you in the eyes of officials. It is not surprising that you have such a performance." After a pause, Tong Guan said again: "This time is to solve Li Yan's disaster. The only chance is to break Li Yan's arm, and then drive Li Yan out of our Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty will be at peace. What's more, Li Yan is so happy that he is going to go north in person. The oldest of Li Yan's sons is not here yet. At the age of six, none of the subordinates has the strength and reputation to replace Li Yan. Therefore, as long as Li Yan suffers from three ups and downs, the Anton Protectorate will inevitably collapse. At that time, you can plan carefully, Le Lang, The three counties of Zhenfan and Jeju will definitely become the territory of Song Dynasty."

Zhao Ji was a little moved, and said: "Then... activate the pile seal storehouse?"

Tong Guandao: "In this situation, if our Great Song Dynasty can't take back Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures may never return to our Great Song's embrace. In my humble opinion, the officials should gamble on this game. .”

Wang Fu said: "For gold and silver matters, we can also activate the sealed pile warehouse to solve it. Food, where should we get it?"

Tong Guan looked at Wang Fu and said, "Is there really no food in Song Dynasty?"

Wang Fu met Tong Guan's gaze and said: "Then Taifu Tong said, how can we still have food in the Song Dynasty?"

Tong Guan said: "Will Wang Zaifu no longer object to this matter if I tell where there is food?"

Wang Fu turned his head quickly, thinking: "Where is there still food?"

suddenly!

Wang Fu thought of a place!
Wang Fu looked at Tong Guan and asked, "Couldn't the Grand Tutor be talking about the middle of Shu?"

Tong Guan said, "It's the middle of Shu."

Central Sichuan has the Chengdu Plain and the natural barrier of high mountains. It is the best area for developing agriculture. Therefore, Central Sichuan has always been known as the granary.

In the past few years in the Northern Song Dynasty, there were either droughts or floods in various parts of the Northern Song Dynasty, but the geographical conditions in central Shu were not greatly affected.

Therefore, there is indeed food in Shu, and there is a lot of it.

Wang Fu said: "It is true that there is grain in Shu, but the road there is far and dangerous. It will take five months instead of half a year to transport 1000 million shi of grain out of Shu. Can Li Yan wait so long?"

Tong Guan said: "Money can make ghosts turn the mill, as long as the freight is doubled or tripled, and the water and land are transported together, if I can't transport the 1000 million shi of grain to the Yellow River in two months, I, Tong Guan, will lose my head to you, Wang Fu. "

Wang Fu looked at Tong Guan and said, "The Grand Tutor really doesn't treat official money as money!"

Tong Guanli ignored Wang Fu, but bowed to Zhao Ji on the ground, saying: "Maybe this is the only chance, please invite the officials to judge!"

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(End of this chapter)