Chapter 77 such a family

Many civil servants in the DPRK and China have expressed concern about this move to withdraw troops and seize power.Zhang Bin, the supervisory censor, advised Zhao Gou: "Liu Guangshi was dismissed last year, and the change in Huaixi was caused. Although there are good planners today, your Majesty will not believe it, but you must have skills." If there is a turmoil greater than that of Zhunxi, it will be self-defeating and self-immolation by playing with fire. For this reason, Zhao Gou and Qin Hui were sweating from beginning to end. Zhao Gou and Qin Hui breathed a sigh of relief until the military power of the three generals was successfully lifted.

But just this is not enough. Next, Zhao Gou and Qin Hui began to plan something even more incredible, insane, and shocking. In May of the eleventh year of Shaoxing (1141), the operation started. Yue Fei, who served as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council for less than half a month, received an imperial edict ordering him and Zhang Jun, the envoy of the Privy Council, to inspect Han Shizhong's old ministry on Huainan East Road. Zhao Gou said that the country is very difficult now, bandits are rampant, and although the frontier troops are well-trained in formation, they have no good strategy in defense. You two go for me to take a look and see, according to the actual situation Formulate combat defense measures to strengthen and improve various military defenses.And let them go to the political affairs hall where Qin Hui works to accept various specific tasks.

In the Zhengshitang, Qin Hui first pretended to say: "This is a simple task. It is just to check the Chuzhou army and count the number of people in the army." Xixi told them: "Go ahead and act with caution, be careful of any changes, and take effective self-defense measures as long as there is a slight disturbance." ("Beware of the opposite side.") Zhang Jun blinked mischievously, smiled and said nothing. Yue Fei didn't take it seriously, and said with great emotion: "Han Shizhong has returned the military power to the imperial court. The sergeants in Chuzhou are the imperial court's army. How could there be a mutiny? Your Qin Xianggong specially ordered us to take self-defense measures. What is the purpose?" ( "Your Majesty ordered you to fly to defend yourself, so why?")

Qin Hui was stunned. He didn't expect Yue Fei to ask this question. After a long while, he said angrily, "Are you really stupid or fake? Your trip is called an inspection, and it's really a collection of Han Shizhong's faults. Annex his army. Even if there is no mutiny, you have to find a way to provoke a mutiny, so that Han Shizhong can be sent to death row, understand?" Yue Fei's expression changed drastically, and he replied solemnly, "So that's the case, then you have found the wrong person." Qin Hui was choked to the point of being speechless. On the way back, Yue Fei's mind was filled with Qin Hui's words just now, and he was filled with indignation.

He remembered an unusual incident a few days ago: Hu Fang, the commander-in-chief of the Huaidong Army under Han Shizhong, sued the general Geng Zhe, saying that Geng Zhe had spread rumors in Chuzhou indiscriminately, and asked the higher authorities to investigate the matter strictly. . Ordinarily, this is a very boring case. Colleagues criticize each other. The core of the lawsuit is spreading rumors. But judging from Qin Hui's words just now, the Huaidong Army has entered an extraordinary period, and such things should not be taken lightly. Yue Fei keenly noticed that there was an extremely vicious conspiracy buried in it.

He decided to step in and investigate the matter. Soon, Yue Fei learned the ins and outs of this matter: Hu Fang sued Geng Zhuo for fabricating the rumor that "the second privy secretary came to Chuzhou, and he would divide the loyal army" to confuse the crowd and disturb the morale of the army. Opportunity to launch a rebellion, "seeking to return Shizhong to the military".For this reason, Qin Hui has already arrested Geng Zhuo, set up a task force, and vigorously investigated. Obviously, the arrest of Geng Zhuo is only the beginning, and the ultimate goal is to frame Han Shizhong.And the shadow standing behind Hu Fang is Qin Hui.

When the cunning rabbit dies, the lackey cooks; when the birds are exhausted, the good bow is hidden; the enemy's country is destroyed, and the advisers die.This kind of live and bloody drama has been staged many times in Chinese history. Yue Fei also knows that Zhao Gou is a person who is "under a big name and hard to live with for a long time". .However, now that the powerful enemy of Song Dynasty is on the side, the rabbit is not dead, the bird is not exhausted, and the dangerous period has not passed, why did they start killing the donkey and murdering the future? Yue Fei looked up to the sky and sighed: "Han Shizhong and I are both loyal to the king. If I watch him go to prison innocently, I will really fail him." , I am loyal to the world!")

On the same day, I wrote a letter and flew to report to Han Shizhong, so that he could make early preparations. Han Shizhong was shocked when he read Yue Fei's letter, he didn't eat anything, he even crawled into the palace to meet Zhao Gou, and defended himself with snot and tears all over his face, Zhao Gou didn't want to push people too much, he pretended to be surprised Said: "How could such a thing happen?!" (An Youye!) Turning around, he ordered Qin Hui to let Han Shizhong go. Seeing Han Shizhong's distressed appearance, Qin Hui was very relieved. Although Zhao Gou had an intention, Liang Zi had already made a knot, how could he let it go easily?He instructed his party members to "report Han Shizhong's crimes" to Zhao Gou, determined to put Han Shizhong to death.

But Zhao Gou "leave a chapter and come out", so he ignored it. Han Shizhong finally escaped from the dead and escaped a catastrophe. So far, many people have said that Zhao Gou knew how to repay his kindness, and thanked Han Shizhong for saving him during the change of Miao and Liu, and spared Han Shizhong a way out. This is a well-intentioned guess, completely ignorant of Zhao Gou's character. The real reason is that Zhao Gou felt that the purpose of restraining and suppressing Han Shizhong had been fully achieved, and there was no need to kill them all.In terms of saving lives and even saving the country, Yue Fei traveled thousands of miles into the Huaihe River to rescue him several times.

Qin Hui and his gang didn't get Zhao Gou's approval, so they didn't dare to fabricate crimes to harm Han Shizhong again, so they closed the case hastily, and assigned the stick to the Jiyang military prison, and the incident came to an end. In mid-May, Zhang Jun and Yue Fei began their inspection of Chuzhou. Yue Fei was the youngest among the three generals. In the past ten years, he had wiped out the Jiangxi, Hu, and Guangju bandits, and regained the six counties of Xianghan and Han. Han Shizhong was indignant because of this "benefited with anger and illness".Yue Fei was aware of their emotional changes, and proceeding from the overall situation, he regarded himself as a junior, and took the initiative to write letters to them, exchange feelings, or present some spoils of war to show his respect.If things go on like this, Han Shizhong was finally moved by Yue Fei, let go of his past suspicions, and extended a hand of friendship.Zhang Jun, on the other hand, is narrow-minded, jealous of talents, and thinks that Yue Fei is being courteous.Yue Fei once sent him a captured building ship, and he also believed that the other party was provoking him and showing off his military exploits.In short, Yue Fei "treats him respectfully", and he becomes more "comfortable".It is foreseeable that their trip to Chuzhou will not be pleasant.

Passing through Zhenjiang, Zhang Jun suddenly had a whim, and proposed to dismantle Han Shizhong's personal soldiers stationed there and organize them into other troops.He said to Yue Fei: "The emperor left Han Shizhong in the court, and the purpose of sending us here is to let us divide up his army. You should have imagined this point?" Army, you can know the intention of the court.”) Yue Fei said decisively: "Otherwise, we are the ones who the country relies on to restore the Central Plains. If the Lord restores Han Taibao to command the army, how will we see him?" ("Otherwise, what the country relies on Those who rely on the recovery are the three or four generations of their own family. The Tang Lord restored the Han Taibao Dianjun, how can we see it?") Zhang Jun was so angry that he stared blankly, resenting Yue Fei endlessly. Speaking of which, Zhang Jun and Han Shizhong were Wang Yuan's subordinates in the early years, and they were still relatives of sons and daughters. Zhang Jun's second daughter married Han Shizhong's second son, and Zhang Jun's fifth son married Han Shizhong's youngest daughter. The relationship was very chaotic. Said the relationship between the two is good.However, in order to bring down Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun would be so active, lively and impatient. On June 16, the two arrived in Chuzhou (now Huai'an City, Jiangsu). Yue Fei went into the city of Chuzhou to visit the heroic soul of Zhao Li, and Zhang Jun stayed in the "guest house" outside the city of Chuzhou. In the early morning of the next day, Wang Sheng, the commander of the central army of the Han family army, assembled the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, dressed all in uniform, and drove towards Zhang Jun's residence. Seeing Wang Sheng in shiny armor from afar, Zhang Jun, who had a dark heart, couldn't help but suddenly became frightened, and shouted loudly: "Why do you wear a helmet and armor?" Wang Sheng was puzzled: "Didn't you say that the envoy came to order troops? Don't dare not wear armor." Zhang Jun stomped his feet and shouted, "Get off, get off soon." Wang Sheng ordered the whole army to remove their battle armor, Zhang Junwu felt lingering fear and hatred in his heart. Yue Fei got the report, and came out from the city, and together with Zhang Jun, checked all the soldiers and horses of the Han family army according to the military register. He was surprised to find that Han Shizhong's army was only more than 30,000 people, and he had dealt with the Jin people in Chuzhou for more than ten years. , Not only forced the Jinren not to dare to offend, but also had the strength to march into Shandong, which I couldn't help but admire. After the army inspection, Zhang Jun failed to find any faults, so he was willing to hold Yue Fei's hand and inspected along the city. Finally, he saw that several city walls were damaged. As if he had found a treasure, he excitedly said to Yue Fei: "Damn! This Han Shizhong really deserves to die! The city of Chuzhou is dilapidated, and I don't know how to repair it. If the golden soldiers come, what should we do?" Zhang Jun said again: "Han Shizhong is ineffective in governing the army, he is passive and slow at work, he can't even repair a city wall, and he talks about defending his family and the country and fighting against the enemy. If you ask me, this is simply a vegetarian meal, a waste of taxpayers' money and food. It’s time to dismiss him and investigate!” That’s enough, Yue Fei couldn’t help but choke him: “We have received great kindness from the country, and we should work hard to restore the Central Plains; if we are only dedicated to building cities for the purpose of defending and surrendering insurance, how can we motivate soldiers? Go forward?" ("I, Cao Meng, is very kind to the country, and I will work hard to restore the Central Plains; if the city of Chuzhou is built today for the purpose of defending and surrendering insurance, how will it motivate the soldiers?") Zhang Jun was dumbfounded and speechless. Back at the court, in order to overthrow Yue Fei, Zhang Jun shouted "Catch the thief" and "the villain first sued". He shamelessly distorted Yue Fei's words and gave Yue Fei a shit basin, saying that Yue Fei felt that the soldiers had no intention of stationing in Chuzhou, so he catered to them and publicly declared that : Sooner or later, Chuzhou City will not be able to defend, so there is no need to build the city. ("Chu can't be defended, the city needs to be repaired. The generals and soldiers are tired of guarding the mountains and sun for a long time, and they want to abandon them.") Soon, Zhang Jun ordered people to demolish the city and force the local residents to move to Zhenjiang Prefecture on the grounds that "Haizhou (now Lianyungang, Jiangsu) is in Huaibei, and it may be acquired by the Jin people". Move, all weeping." Zhang Jun's performance made Zhao Gou and Qin Hui very happy, and they quickly included him in the list of organizing committee members of the "whole person group". Encouraged, Zhang Jun was so excited that he withdrew Han Shizhong's Huaidong Army to Zhenjiang, dismantled the most elite Beiwei's army, and transferred them to Lin'an Prefecture. Then he turned his spearhead again, ready to attack Yue Fei...