my wonderful zoo

Chapter 194: Respond to him
May [-]nd, evening.

When Yue Fei was outside the city, he refused the boatman's offer to stay and disembarked directly from the boat. Along with a large number of Kaifeng people, they entered Kaifeng City on foot from Weizhou Gate (the westernmost point in the north of the city).

He wanted to see Kaifeng by himself, not under Hong Bo's arrangement.

Along the way, Yue Fei listened carefully to the conversations of the people around him. Yue Fei knew best that only the voices of these people could be considered the most authentic.

"I heard that Chen Jiajun has killed tens of thousands of Jin people at the four gates of the inner city."

"It's absolutely true. There are public trials every day. Now it's like going to a market outside the four gates. There are huge crowds of people every day."

"I heard that Chen Jiajun's soldiers don't care about the common people."

"How is it possible? If you don't take it, what will they eat?"

"I heard that Chen Jiajun was a rebel in the past. He defeated the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty on Guangnan East Road."

"Then, isn't it going to change?"

Various rumors gathered together, giving Yue Fei a preliminary understanding of Chen Jiajun.

After entering Kaifeng City, Yue Fei immediately discovered a big difference.

He had been here before. Although Kaifeng was prosperous and lively in the past, there were still many flaws filling every corner of the city.

Kaifeng City is very different now.Normally, there should be many refugees and beggars after the war, but since Da Yuefei entered the city, not even a single beggar was found begging along the street.

All the local gangsters who used to hang out in the city have disappeared without a trace. Except for the slightly confused people who have just entered the city, most of the people on the street seem to be in a hurry and walk in a hurry.

Of course, there are still some idle people shopping. Most of the shops on both sides of the street are open for business. From time to time, you will see one or two small groups of soldiers walking in a single file in the middle of the street.

What shocked Yue Fei the most was that in the past, only emperors and high officials were allowed to walk on the Imperial Street, but now there were a large number of common people walking on it.

"Are they really rebels?"

Yue Fei did not choose to take out the letter and go to see Chen Xun directly. He planned to stay in Kaifeng City for two days before talking.

……

On May [-]th, there were only three Qinwang troops left in the south of the city who were still refusing to leave.

These Qin Wangjun saw that everyone else had received "severance pay" and wanted it themselves.

However, Chen Xun was not willing to coddle them, so he sent eight thousand cavalry out of the city and swept through them one by one. Anyone who dared to resist was treated as an "enemy", and in the end, all the leading generals were brought to justice on the spot. , ordinary soldiers were selected and included in Chen Jiajun's recruit training system.

On the morning of May 500th, all the promised [-] million taels of severance pay had been paid out. Li Gang came back to report to Chen Xun and told him an unexpected news.

Sun Fu and Prince Zhao Chen found Li Gang's residence and begged Li Gang to contact various places to support Prince Zhao Chen as emperor and declare Zhao Gou as the false emperor.

"When did they know?" Chen Xun asked about Zhao Gou proclaiming himself emperor.

"I just found out today, and then I found it directly." Li Gang replied.

"Tell me about this Master Sun." The name sounded familiar to Chen Xun, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

"Haizhou native, Jinshi origin. Last year, the Song Dynasty official's family was summoned to serve as Minister of the Ministry of War, and he paid homage to Shangshu Youcheng." Li Gang briefly introduced: "It was Guo Jing who he recommended."

Needless to say, he is another treacherous and mediocre minister.

"A fish that slipped through the net..." Chen Xun muttered. When he massacred Shangshu Province that day, this person should not have been present, and he was lucky enough to escape. "What fish did the governor say?" Li Gang asked, not hearing clearly.

"Nothing. How did you talk to him? What does he plan to do in exchange for your support?" Chen Xun returned to the topic.

"Use justice!" Li Gang replied.

A white wolf with empty gloves, how shameless are you?Until now, Chen Xun never thought that he would be able to defeat the wolf with nothing.

"What do you think?" He had avoided discussing this issue with Li Gang before, because he was very loyal to the Song Dynasty before surrendering to Chen Jiajun, and Chen Xun didn't want to embarrass him.

It's different now. The topic has reached this point and we can't stop talking.

"I don't agree. Since King Kang is independent, we just don't have to make a choice. Let's keep the prince in the palace first. It might be useful in the future." Li Gang suggested using Zhao Chen as a bargaining chip to deal with Zhao Kang in the future. will be useful.

With Zhao Chen's identity, it can indeed be used as a bargaining chip to shake Zhao Kang's legitimacy as emperor, but Chen Xun doesn't like this because he has never looked at Zhao Kang before.

This "contempt" became even more emboldened after defeating the Jin Army.

Chen Xun believed that if Zhao Kang dared to jump out in front of him or block his own development, he would also call him "Zhao Paopao".

On the contrary, leaving Zhao Chen in Kaifeng seemed useless and unreasonable.

Since you don't plan to use it, then give this useless piece to Zhao Kang and let him go and deal with Zhao Kang.

"I want to send all the Zhao family members in the imperial city, as well as the eunuchs, maids, and concubines who are willing to follow the Zhao family, to Zhao Kang." Chen Xun expressed his opinion.

When Li Gang heard this, his first reaction was not to object, but to think about Chen Xun's deeper intention in doing this.

"You want to use this to create chaos in Zhao Gou's court..." After thinking about it for a moment, it may not be that simple: "Are you trying to force Zhao Gou to kill Zhao Chen in order to damage his reputation?"

Chen Xun was a little confused, was his intention so sinister?I don’t even know.

Chen Xun wondered if there was a little devil living deep in his heart, subtly influencing him.

But he clearly remembered that he just planned to confront Zhao Kang.

"Can it be done?" Chen Xun asked.

"It should be possible. If we want to achieve the purpose of confusing Zhao Gou's court, it is not enough to send the prince there. We must also send some important ministers there." Li Gang thought for a while and replied.

I cut off all the weight...

"Sir, do you already have someone in mind?" Chen Xun asked.

"There are some. These people have previously advocated surrender and fled south. They usually do not do practical things. They just happened to be sent over to fight for power and gain, which involved Zhao Gou's energy." Li Gang nodded.

"Is there Master Sun in it?" Chen Xun asked. If not, Chen Xun planned to cook this fish that slipped through the net.

"Yes, he is quite talented in deceiving people, which just makes him the leader." Li Gang replied.

"That's fine. Let me arrange it, sir, to send them away as soon as possible to free up the imperial city." Chen Xun settled the matter.

"Vacate the imperial city? Does the governor plan to use it for himself? Are you a little anxious?" Li Gang tactfully persuaded Chen Xun not to claim the throne too soon.

Although the Chen Jiajun has defeated the Jin Army, its foundation is slightly shallow and is not suitable for becoming a king and making enemies on all sides. Just look at Yuan Shu in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)