Song Dynasty

Chapter 215 Reserved

During the two months of fighting Kong Yanzhou, the two old friends, Wang Shen and Kong Shu, hadn't seen each other a few times.

Wang Shen and Du Shu rode side by side on horseback. Seeing Du Shu's face tanned from busy work all day, he couldn't help but feel emotional.This simple and kind old friend is almost exhausted since he took over the entire local civil affairs on his shoulders.You know, he is a person who waits to die for nothing, and takes being a rich and idle person as his ideal in life!
"Brother Yue, why are you thinking of sending medicinal materials to the troops this time?" Wang Shen asked with a smile.

Du Shu wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said angrily, "Daosi, you beat Qi and Huang into a mess, now it's all right, you lead the troops directly to Anlu, but leave me a mess. Qichun city is full of people. White bones, the stench is so strong that it is hell on earth. In order to restrain the bones of the dead, many people have been infected with the plague. I thought about it, this time our army attacked Zhang, Cao and other thieves, and I don’t know what to do. How many days. The weather is hot, if there is a big epidemic in the army, it will be bad, so I collected some herbs and sent them here, hoping to be useful...Why, Dao Si doesn't seem to welcome me?"

Seeing Wang Shen's calm face, Du Shu's eyes widened in dissatisfaction.

"No, no, how could I not welcome Brother Yue. But, this time, I'm afraid I will disappoint Brother Yue."

"How do you say, why can't I understand?"

Wang Shendao: "Although there are [-] thieves in the army, in my opinion, it is easy to destroy them all. The difficulty of this battle is not even comparable to the siege of Qichun."

"That's right, if we fight in the field, we, the Sizhou Army, really haven't been afraid of anyone?" Du Shu cheered up, with a pure smile on his face.

After Wang Shen asked about the government affairs of the two prefectures and counties, he said, "How is Ling Ai's health now, and when will she give birth?"

Du Shu said with a smile: "Everything is fine, my little girl. I guess it's time for the cold weather. I have already consulted the doctor for his pulse, and said that the fetal image is very stable."

Wang Shen smiled, Yue Yun is a strong man, the daughter of the Du family has big hands and feet, the husband and wife have good genes, and the child they gave birth to is naturally very strong, so there is nothing to worry about.

Du Shu asked: "Dao Si, you asked me to come and talk, you can't just talk about this, please talk about the future."

"There is an important matter, make an appointment. Now that the Jurchen has returned to the north, and the Yangtze River water transportation is smooth, I guess you have to go to Jiankang Mansion and bring me a letter to Du Xianggong. In addition, I have already sent the navy As soon as the order arrives, order Wu Tuo to select two large ships and take a hundred elite soldiers to accompany you." As he spoke, he took out a letter he had just written from his sleeve and handed it to Du Shu: "If it is convenient for you to make an appointment, set off immediately. , the sooner the better."

"What are you going to Jiankang for?" Du Shu was stunned: "If you really want to write a letter to my uncle, you can send a careful person there. , it will take a month or two every time, isn't it a delay in the business?"

"Haha, Yuezhi, you are a person who is used to being unrestrained and unrestrained. When did you become so hardworking? I see that Brother Yue has been too tired and hard these past few months. I want to give you a vacation and let you go to Jinling to have a good time. day, it is counted as a benefit. Why don’t you go, then I’ll go with someone else.”

"Go, go, why don't you go." Du Shu likes gourmet food and fine clothes, travels in mountains and rivers, and doesn't like mundane affairs.I have been busy these past few months, and my heart is already depressed. I have long wanted to let go of everything and have fun for a while.Hearing Wang Shen's words, he hurriedly snatched the letter over: "I really have to deal with this matter, no one can snatch it."

Wang Shen continued to laugh: "I knew you wouldn't refuse. By the way, what Du Xianggong likes, if you know, put him in a cart and send it there."

Du Chong thought for a while and said: "Uncle really doesn't have any hobbies, and he doesn't care about gold, silver and wealth. It's unnecessary." If you want to say what Du Chong likes, Du Shu, a nephew, naturally knows: that is power.

Of course, it's not good to say this in front of Wang Shen, it's a taboo for His Holiness!
Wang Shen: "Then don't send gold and silver money, it's a bit vulgar, just carefully select some specialties from Huangzhou."

Du Shu suddenly looked at Wang Shen suspiciously: "Daosi, that's not right. You asked me to see my uncle this time because you must let me be a lobbyist. Just tell me clearly what you want to do."

"There is such a thing." Wang Shen pondered for a moment, and said: "To tell you the truth, this letter is my suggestion to Du Xiang, but it involves a lot, even shocking the world, it may not be lively Du Xianggong. If you send someone else, I am afraid that Du Xiang will beat you out immediately. After all, you are Xianggong's nephew, and Du Xiang will not do anything to you. He can listen to what you say. "

"What's the big deal, let's talk about it." Du Shu still looked disapproving. As a good old man, he immediately slapped his chest loudly: "Don't worry, Dao Si, with our friendship, your business It's my business. If I don't handle this matter well, I won't come back to see you. "

"Don't make a promise so soon." Wang Shen smiled when he saw his puzzled face. A guarantee is a term unique to the Ming Dynasty. Du Shu naturally couldn't understand it, so he lowered his voice and said, "The thing is like this, I want you to persuade Du Xiangzuo to ask the officials to return to health."

"Ah!" Du Shu couldn't help screaming and almost fell off the horse.

After Taizu came to power, there were four capitals in the Great Song Dynasty: Daming Mansion in Beijing, Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, Henan Mansion in Xijing, and Yingtian Mansion in Nanjing, but the real capital, the imperial palace, and the central government were located in Kaifeng.

Jingkang was humiliated, Tokyo fell, and Zhao Gou first succeeded to the throne in Nanjing.He was frightened by the Jurchens. Even if Tokyo was restored, he felt that this place was too close to the Kingdom of Jin. As long as the enemy wanted to, they could cross the Yellow River and come to him at any time.

So, he fled all the way south.

Zhao Gou first set up his trip in Yangzhou, but later he couldn't stay in Yangzhou anymore, so he crossed the river and fled to Jinling. Why did he take this place as his capital.Later, seeing Jurchen showing signs of going south, he felt that Jiankang was still too close to the enemy, so he simply fled to Hangzhou in one breath.Changed the name of Hangzhou to Lin'an Mansion, and planned to live here in the future.

Today, Lin'an City is already the de facto capital of the Southern Song Dynasty. Zhao Gou probably loves the beauty of Hangzhou's mountains and rivers, and has no idea of ​​returning to Jinling.

It can be said that all the resources of half of the country in the south of the Yangtze River are now invested in Hangzhou, and now it is too big to invite officials to return to Jinling.Not only was Zhao Gou unwilling, but the court officials were also unwilling.

If Du Chong asked for permission, it would be unwise to take the risk of offending the officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the officials.

Although Du Shu didn't have any schemes, he understood this truth.

Du Shu: "Daosi, how important this matter is, uncle has his own decision in his heart, we are humble, how can we dictate the important affairs of the court?"

Besides, warriors meddling in the country's affairs was a big political taboo in the Song Dynasty, and if they were not careful, they would be smashed to pieces.

How could Wang Shen not understand this truth? In fact, the Song Dynasty was the worst era for warriors, and there were more taboos in it.For example, relying on civil servants and getting involved in the political struggle of the court.

However, since he joined Du Chong's family, his feet have been wet.When the war between Song and Jin ceases in the future, and there will be a period of peace between the two countries, Zhao Laojiu will go back and deal with the leading generals.

He has no relationship with Zhao Gou, and leading a strong army like the Sizhou Army to occupy the important town of Jianghan, he will definitely be the first target to be hit.Besides, he, Wang Shen, is a modern person after all, and he still can't behave like Han Shizhong in front of the emperor, and he doesn't even want his personality.

Today, I have worked so hard to win Jianghan at such a high price, but in the end I still have to give up everything I have.

At that time, will I be willing?

The so-called those who do not plan for a moment, cannot plan for a lifetime, and many things must be prepared now.

Yes, as a military general in the Song Dynasty, not getting involved in the party and government of the court, always treating himself as the emperor's running dog, and doing what the court tells him to do, is indeed a good strategy for protecting himself.But now he has become a leader of the Du Party, and his feet are already wet before his feet are wet.

So, now we have to do our best to strengthen the power of the Du Party.As long as Du Chong can cover the sky with one hand in the court and reach the height of Cai Jing, with his support, after I, Wang Shen, take Jianghan, no one will be able to take this fast land from me.

Du Chong is now the right minister, and the Jiankang left-behind department stays behind, in charge of all the soldiers and horses in Jianghuai. On the surface, it seems that the power is the same for a while.But there is a big problem here, he is far away from health, and the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty is in Hangzhou.

As the minister of the political affairs hall, he has been away from the center for a long time, and the movements of the court are fed back to his ears. If he wants to take action, the day lily will be cold.That's right, the reason why Du Chong can have today's status is not because he has the ability to manage the world.In fact, this is a cowardly, cruel, narrow-minded villain.The crux of the problem is that Du Chong was just a small magistrate in the past, and he was promoted to the right minister step by step after being caught in Zhao Gou's eyes due to a predestined meeting.It can be said that Du Gongmei can also be regarded as the emperor's protégé, the face of Zhao Laojiu.

In the real history, after Du Chong surrendered to Jurchen, Zhao Gou was hit hard. He didn’t eat all day long and said angrily: "I treat Du Chong from a common man to an official to worship the prime minister, which can be called a kindness. Why did you rebel?"

It can be seen that Zhao Gou and Du Chong have feelings.

That being said, the relationship between people needs to move around a lot to be intimate.If you don't shake in front of the emperor for a long time, even the most prosperous holy family will gradually become indifferent.

Therefore, the only way now is to let Zhao Gou return to Jiankang.At that time, with Du Chong's affection in front of the emperor, and his holding the military power of the Jianghuai army, he will surely become a power minister of a generation.

At that time, even if others wanted to move Wang Shen, they would be moving Du Xiang's right-hand man, and he had to consider the consequences he would bear.

Wang Shen: "Mr. Du's affairs are complicated, and some things may not be expected. We think so deeply. The people below have to think of it for him. Yes, we don't care about court politics, but you don't care about politics. Politics is here to care about you. We share honor and disgrace with Du Xiang, and we are closely related, so how can we stay out of it. By appointment, you are also an old man in the officialdom, and this matter is of great importance, why can't you figure it out?"

Du Shu: "What kind of old man in the officialdom am I? I wasn't an official at the beginning, I was just a petty official. Since Dao Si asked me to go to Jiankang, I'll go. I've been away for so long, and I still miss the mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River. It's water."

Du Tongpan became happy when he thought of the busy business trips that he could put in his hands.

The old friend is a wealthy and sage who likes to play, Wang Shen is naturally aware of this, and he didn't say anything, he said with a smile: "Go ahead, as for what I want to tell Du Xiang, I will write it in the letter, and you will pass it on. It’s important, don’t tell anyone about it.”

"I know, I know." Du Shu couldn't help but nodded.

(End of this chapter)