Water Margin people

Chapter 708
Seeing that no one dared to answer, Gao Qiu sneered in his heart.

"Sun Lei, Sun Lei, I will definitely kill you!"

Gao Qiu gritted his teeth in his heart.

"Your Majesty, although Sun Lei and Fang La are ferocious, not all of his subordinates are genuinely willing to rebel. As long as the leader of the bandit is killed, the rest will be captured without a fight. These people can be transferred to the north to conquer Liao!"

Taiwei Su continued to speak. He advocated recruiting security. Naturally, he thought that some people would not like it, but any anti-thief gang is not monolithic. Facing fame, fortune, prosperity, and wealth, most thieves will give in. After all, thieves go to kill people. Setting fire is just for these reasons.

"Su Taiwei, if you speak for the thief like this, don't you get the benefit of the thief?"

Gao Qiu was furious, glared at Su Taiwei and said, he and Sun Lei had a deep blood feud, no one in the court knew it, no one dared to say a word for Sun Lei or Liang Shan, only this Su Taiwei didn't wink at all.

"What did Gao Taiwei say? I am wholeheartedly for the country, and I want to recruit more people to take back Yanyun."

Su Taiwei could hear Gao Qiu's words with a gun and a stick hidden in his words, and said with a smile.

Gao Qiu's face turned livid with anger at these words, now that Zhao Ji is focused on regaining Yanyun, Taiwei Su's words were obviously meant to be said.

Zhao Ji watched Gao Qiu and Taiwei Su arguing, and he couldn't make up his mind. It's really a good idea to recruit security. These four giants can have more than one million troops. If they can recruit Yan Yun, they will be able to recover soon.

But the bandit is a bandit after all, if the bandit is really allowed to achieve such a feat, Zhao Ji feels that his face will be dishonored.

"Your Majesty, it will take time to mobilize the army. Why don't you try to recruit them first. If they are willing, they can make atonement. If they are not willing, everything that the army has done will be wiped out!"

It's the right time for Li Gang to speak up.

"Then what should we do! Cai Jing, arrange the recruitment! Tong Guan, mobilize the soldiers and horses, and come up with a charter. If the thieves are stubborn, let them know the power of my Song army!"

Zhao Ji finally accepted Li Gang's suggestion that the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun were what he wanted most. Compared to this, bandits were nothing worth mentioning.

The court was dispersed, and all the officials left the palace.

Gao Qiu's Taiwei Mansion.

"Is that Le He who can play, play and sing?"

The gatekeepers of Taiwei's Mansion stopped Le He, who was carrying a musical instrument.

"I don't care if I see you."

Lehe smiled and cupped his hands.

"Go in through the side door! There are many distinguished guests today, so you didn't go through the main door!"

Du Guan pointed to the side door not far away and said, there were many people coming in and out.

"Thanks for everything!"

Le He is not angry, he is an entertainer now, in a low-level business, those high-minded people in the Taiwei Mansion naturally look down on him, but he doesn't care at all.

When he came to the side door, Le He happened to see Cao Zheng who was about to enter the side door carrying a load, which contained processed beef and mutton.

Cao Zheng also saw Lehe carrying the musical instrument, smiled at Lehe, and entered Taiwei's mansion as if he didn't know him.

Not long after, Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Yang Jian and others arrived at Taiwei's Mansion in sedan chairs. They all opened the main entrance, and the servants lined up to welcome them.

Today is Gao Qiu's banquet for all the senior officials.

"Gao Taiwei, why are you so polite today?"

Tong Guan looked at the musicians and singers in the hall, the standard of this banquet was high enough.

"Tong Xiang, please take a seat!"

Gao Qiu looked at Tong Guandao with a smile.

Tong Guan smiled and took the seat, Cai Jing and Yang Jian had already sat down.

"Teacher Yang, I heard that you have been in poor health recently, do you want Tong to find some famous doctors for you?"

Tong Guan smiled and looked at Yang Jian. Yang Jian has been in poor health recently, and he has not attended the court meeting. He did not expect to come to the banquet today.

"Thank you Tong Xiang for your concern. This old man has an old problem. Recently, he was angry, and this is the old disease relapse."

Yang Jian said coldly.

"Who dares to praise the Taiwei?"

Tong Guan asked pretending not to know.

"Who else is there besides Sun Lei?"

Yang Jian looked at Tong Guan and said.

"Sun Lei? The Liangshan bandits? Why did he offend Taiwei Yang?"

Tong Guan still smiled and pretended to be confused. The moment he entered the door, he had already guessed that the purpose of Gao Lian's banquet was to target Liang Shan Sun Lei.

Gao Qiu and Sun Lei, who hosted the banquet, had a deep blood relationship. Yang Jian's promotion of Xicheng was destroyed by Sun Lei, and Cai Jing's subordinates even had conflicts with Sun Lei.

"Is this a big gathering of Sun Lei's enemies?"

Tong Guan sneered in his heart, except for the four of them, the rest were officials of the third and fourth ranks, so it was not worth mentioning.

"Tong Xiang, I won't beat around the bush anymore, we all want to get rid of Liangshan Sun Lei, we need Tong Xiang's help."

Seeing that the child was pretending to be confused, Gao Qiu simply pointed out the matter directly.

"Didn't Your Majesty issue an order today, to call for security first, and then attack the thieves if they are stubborn and unaware!"

Tong Guan said.

"Tong Xiang, we are not going to let Sun Lei recruit! With us here, he can't do it even if he wants to!"

Yang Jian said coldly, the people present are all powerful, and the emperor can't do anything about what they don't want.

"Three, how do you want Tong to help?"

Tong Guan looked at Cai Jing, Yang Jian, and Gao Qiu and asked, his thoughts were all on Yan Yun, and he couldn't do it alone to recover Yan Yun, there were many opposition voices in the court, if these three people helped, then It's much simpler.

"Soldiers!"

Yang Jian looked at Tong Guan and said.

"Teacher Yang, soldiers and horses should look for Taiwei Gao!"

Tong Guan looked at Gao Qiu and said.

"Tong Xiang, of course I can mobilize the forbidden army, but only the forbidden army can't destroy Liangshan Po, where the lake is surrounded, it can't be done without the navy!"

"I heard that there is a navy in Jinling Jiankang Mansion. The chief commander is called Liu Menglong. He knows the nature of water well. He once made meritorious deeds in the Xichuan Xia River and was promoted to be an officer. Now there are [-] sailors with five boats. Hundreds, I don't know if Tong Xiang is willing to transfer him to Liangshan!"

Gao Qiu looked at Tong Guan and asked, although he is a Sanya Taiwei, his prestige in the army is not as high as Tong Guan's. Today, almost all the elite soldiers and horses in the world are under Tong Guan's command.

"It turned out to be this person, no problem, but I heard that the Liangshanbo warships are extremely powerful, and the Jiankang mansion's warships are probably no match for them!"

Tong Guan said with a smile.

"Don't worry, Tong Xiang, I have already summoned a group of boatmen, and the construction of the warship will start soon."

Gao Qiu looked at Tong Guan and said.

After finalizing the matter, everyone chatted and laughed and began to have a banquet. Cai Jing smiled and didn't say much.

"Master Cai, why don't you speak?"

Tong Guan looked at Cai Jing and asked, compared to Yang Jian and Gao Qiu's gnashing of teeth, Cai Jing was a little too indifferent.

"Tong Xiang, I heard that Cai You also wants to touch Yan Yun?"

Cai Jing squinted his eyes and asked Tong Guan in a low voice.

"Grandmaster Cai's good son!"

Tong Guanpi smiled and said, Cai You's ambition is not small, and he led the recovery of Yanyun, and Cai You wanted to take credit without even calling to say hello.

"If possible, Tong Xiang can take him with him this time."

As soon as Cai Jing picked it up, he said in a low voice, Cai You has murderous intentions towards him now, and the rest of the Cai family are no longer safe. For the safety of the Cai family, he can only be cruel.

"He is now a close minister of His Majesty, how dare I!"

Tong Guan shook his head, he didn't want to get involved in this kind of dispute.

(End of this chapter)