Biography of the traitorous officials who dominated the Song Dynasty

Chapter 213 Useless work
Hearing Zhao Gou's sudden words, Yue Fei was in a fog, and he thought for a long time, but he didn't think about it.

After a long time, Yue Fei scratched his head and said with a smile: "Prince Kang, brother, I don't understand what you mean. You... can you tell me directly?"

When Zhao Gou heard what Yue Fei said, he laughed uncontrollably and turned to look at Han Shizhong.

"Brother Han, what did I just say? Brother Yue is good at everything, but he is too upright and can easily not hear the underlying meaning in other people's words."

Han Shizhong covered his face and chuckled, while Yue Fei asked again and again.

Han Shizhong pulled Yue Fei and said: "Brother, maybe you are still too young now. Wait until you really experience the world."

"After you have tasted the bitterness and bitterness of the human world, you will be able to understand what King Kang said today."

After Han Shizhong finished speaking to Yue Fei, he turned to look at Zhao Gou and chuckled: "Kang Kang, when he is older, he will understand."

Zhao Gou shook his head and smiled bitterly. He said nothing more, lay down and slowly closed his eyes.

Zhao Gou felt that Han Shizhong's remarks about Yue Fei's young age were just complimentary words.

If we talk about age, I am several years younger than Yue Fei.

In fact, in all fairness, if you followed Yue Fei's words and reported to the imperial court that Wang Yun was beaten to death by the people on the spot, then it would be tantamount to harming Zhao Gou.

This time Zhao Gou took Wang Ming and Wang Yun, the Minister of Punishment, went to Xiangzhou to recruit troops and horses. Now Wang Yun was beaten to death by the people. If the court learned about this, then they would definitely blame Zhao Gou in every possible way.

There are even many people in the court who want to bring down Zhao Gou, who has just risen to prominence. Small things will definitely turn into big things, and big things will turn into explosions.

A few crimes were imposed on Zhao Gou abruptly.

How did Zhao Gou get here all these years? Can Yue Fei still not understand?Is there still no point in my heart?

But unfortunately, Yue Fei couldn't understand such a simple truth.

Zhao Gou and Han Shizhong lay down on the bed one after another, preparing to sleep.

Yue Fei sat there stunned for a long time, but in the end he didn't understand what Zhao Gou said. After more than half an hour, he finally lay down and fell asleep.

For the next two days, just as Zongze said, the heavy rain never stopped.

Zhao Gou, Han Shizhong and Yue Fei had been staying at Zongze's house, eating and sleeping, feeling extremely confused all the time.

On the night of the second day, as the rain gradually subsided, Wang Boyan, the governor of Xiangzhou, made a special trip to Cizhou with his troops and horses to welcome Zhao Gou to Xiangzhou.

Zhao Gou's heart was burning with anxiety like a raging fire. Wang Boyan's sudden appearance was equivalent to doing Zhao Gou a big favor.

Zhao Gou immediately followed Wang Boyan to Xiangzhou.

The war between Song and Jin was changing rapidly all the time.

No one can predict what will happen in the next moment or what kind of sudden change will occur in the next moment.

On the way from Cizhou to Xiangzhou, Zhao Gou was always in an extremely anxious state, dreaming about arriving in Xiangzhou in the next second.

It took a full eighteen hours and the two fast horses were exhausted to death. Zhao Gou finally arrived in Xiangzhou.

After arriving in Xiangzhou, Zhao Gou didn't even dare to take a breath, and he didn't even have time to sleep, so he began to urgently deal with the recruitment of troops.

Facts have proved that completing the task assigned to him by Emperor Huizong is actually as difficult as climbing to the sky.

Not to mention that Emperor Huizong did not give him a cent of food and salary, even Zhao Gou relied on the little allocation from the Xiangzhou Prefecture.

However, training ordinary people into orderly soldiers takes time and cannot be accomplished overnight.For two and a half days, Zhao Gou never slept a wink and was always busy with matters related to recruiting troops.

And the results were not significant. After all the hard work and exhaustion, we only managed to get a mere handful of tens of thousands of people.

Zhao Gou made a temporary decision to send the tens of thousands of people he had collected to the King of Internal Affairs in Bianliang City for the time being.

The rest will be discussed later.

But just when Zhao Gou was about to lead these troops and prepare to dispatch, Emperor Huizong issued another imperial edict.

From the concealment of this imperial decree, it is enough to see that the Holy Spirit has good intentions.

This edict was even hidden in a small wax ball, and this small wax ball was also hidden in the secret envoy's hair.

Zhao Gou, Han Shizhong and Yue Fei impatiently took out the imperial edict from the small wax pill, quickly unfolded it, and held it in front of their eyes for a closer look.

I saw that it roughly said: The imperial court has begun to decide to negotiate peace with the Kingdom of Jin. King Kang should not rush to King Qin for the time being, and stay where he is, waiting for the arrival of the next imperial edict at any time.

Zhao Gou was confused by this imperial edict and didn't understand what it meant for a while.

Speaking of which, since the imperial court had already decided to confront the Jin State head-on and fight on the battlefield, why did it suddenly want to negotiate peace with the Jin State?
The soldiers under Wang Boyan unanimously believed that this imperial edict was false and could not really come from the hands of the Holy One.

Han Shizhong watched for a long time, and gradually came to his senses, so he said to Zhao Gou: "This so-called imperial edict is definitely false. King Kang, we need to send troops as soon as possible, and we can't waste even half a moment!"

Zhao Gou nodded thoughtfully, holding the so-called imperial edict tightly in his hand, and slowly turned around.

He raised his head high and stared deeply at the ceiling.

After a long time, he said in a deep voice: "The matter of sending troops to serve the king in Bianliang City will be put aside for the time being. I will make some plans before talking about it."

Everyone below knew that since King Kang had decided so, they had no choice but to follow it.

At this time, Zhao Gou had already figured out his situation.

Just relying on these tens of thousands of people to go to Bianliang City, let alone break the siege of Bianliang, even if these tens of thousands of people enter Bianliang City, they can only end up like a sheep in a tiger's mouth. end.

It sounds nice to say that King of Qin and King of Qin are actually just risking the lives of these thousands of people.

But as the saying goes: raising a thousand soldiers costs a lot of money every day.

The funds within the Xiangzhou Mansion are really limited, so keeping these tens of thousands of people in hand is not a problem after all.

Horizontal and vertical, left and right, Zhao Gou was in every possible difficulty.

At this moment, Wang Boyan said anxiously: "What nonsense! Why do you say that this edict is false?"

"As ministers, you must keep these four words "act according to the decree" in your heart for the rest of your life. Since Your Majesty does not allow us to go to Bianliang City with these soldiers and horses you have recruited, we can just wait here. Got it!"

Han Shizhong was about to speak when he saw that Zhao Gou was completely convinced by Wang Boyan. Since Wang Boyan had said so, Zhao Gou had also decided so.

An ominous premonition emerged in Han Shizhong's heart, and he thought over and over again: Oops, if we keep waiting like this, once the Jin people attack Bianliang City, won't it be too late?

At this time, the Jin army, which was going south to attack the Song Dynasty for the second time, was unstoppable. It had broken through four cities and eighteen towns, and was about to reach the outside of Bianliang City.

The soldiers and civilians in Bianliang City were on tenterhooks, waiting for the moment when the Jin army came to the city.

Troops and horses from all walks of life gathered in Bianliang City from all over the world, performing military formations day and night, and did not dare to take it lightly at any time.

(End of this chapter)