Chapter 260: It’s a scam! (Here it comes!)

Author: The Cat on the Wall 1

Chapter 260: It’s a scam! (Here it comes!)

Zhang Heng didn't take Yu Jing's objection to heart. He impeached him if he wanted.

As the pacifier and handler of Guangdong and Guangxi, he did not need to discuss with Yu Jing about strategic arrangements for Guangdong and Guangxi, he just informed him.

Zhang Heng asked Di Qing to send forwards to explore the road and prepare to go to Guangyuan Prefecture, but before that, he summoned the two Huang brothers. In order to avoid suspicion, he even took Di Qing with him.

In the Yongzhou government office, Huang Wei and Huang Shimi were very cramped and ashamed.

They were so ashamed that they almost wanted to run away, but of course they couldn't escape. In other words, they wanted to dig a hole and crawl in.

The jailer said that Mr. Zhang wanted to see them, which made the two of them feel very ashamed.

This shame comes from meeting each other in the same year in the past.

Because they were in high positions in the same year, but they were already prisoners, their persistence in life and death became much weaker.

They didn't wait long before Zhang Heng arrived. When they saw Zhang Heng again, they couldn't help but open their mouths.

Zhang Heng smiled when he saw this and said: "You two came in the same year and are fine."

Huang Wei and Huang Shimi quickly bowed their hands in return, with awkward looks on their faces.

Zhang Heng, however, turned a blind eye. Not only did he not show any disdain, but he Wen Yan asked about their experiences over the years.

Huang Wei and Huang Shimi were very ashamed and told the story one by one.

Huang Wei and Huang Shimi talked about their experience in leading the Nong family to fight against Jiaozhi in Guangyuan Prefecture, as well as their attack on Guangnan West Road.

When talking about Guangyuan Prefecture's fight against Jiaozhi, the two brothers had proud looks on their faces.

But when they talked about the conquest of Guangdong and Guangxi, the two of them looked very ashamed.

But they thought Zhang Heng would despise them for this, but Zhang Heng's expression never changed.

Huang Wei was a little surprised by this: "...Brother Ju Zheng, don't you think our two brothers are traitors?"

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "What are the traitors? Guangyuan Prefecture is the territory of the Song Dynasty. Nong Zhigao is a Song Dynasty. Jiaozhi invaded the territory of the Song Dynasty. You help Nong Zhigao resist foreign invasion. What's wrong with this?"

?”

Huang Wei and Huang Shimi looked at each other in confusion.

Huang Wei said: "Then let's help Nong Zhigao attack Guangdong and Guangxi..."

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "This is rebellion, rebel."

The two brothers Huang Wei suddenly looked bitter.

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "I have received the letter you sent to the capital before..."

Huang Shimi was surprised when he heard this: "Since you have received it, why do you still attack us?"

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "When we sent the letter, we had not yet captured Yongzhou, let alone entered Lingnan.

But after sending the letter, he immediately captured Yongzhou and Wuzhou, and even entered Lingnan.

I can probably guess what your plan is, which is to conquer these places first, and then ask the court to compromise with you and put Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road under the command of Nong Zhigao.

In order to achieve the goal of turning the Nong family into the Yang family in the southwest, and even the Li family in Xixia, right?"

Huang Wei smiled bitterly.

Zhang Heng chuckled: "You have a good idea, but you are not strong enough. If you can withstand Di Shuai's attack and make the court unable to do anything to you, then it is not impossible for Guangnan East-West Road to be given to Nong Zhigao, but

Since you don’t have this ability, how can the imperial court give you Guangdong and Guangxi?”

Huang Shimi looked at Di Qing, who had been silent, and then said with a wry smile: "That's the truth. In the final analysis, you still have to see if you have the ability."

Zhang Heng held up his palms and smiled: "That's true, but I still have to give you another chance."

Huang Wei narrowed his eyes and said, "Brother Ju Zheng, what do you mean?"

Zhang Heng said with a smile: "I'll let you go. You go back to Guangyuan Prefecture. Nong Zhigao must have fled back. In this way, you can go back and continue to assist him. Let's fight openly again. This time it will be your home court."

, I will take the army to Guangyuan Prefecture to fight you once, what do you think?"

Huang Shimi was surprised and said: "Xianggong Zhang, why is this? We have no idea of ​​going against you. After this defeat, we have no more ideas. If we fight you and the court one more time, we will only be injured."

Song people’s lives, this is completely unnecessary!”

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "Don't you want to live?"

Huang Shimi and Huang Wei looked at each other, and then said firmly: "Brother Ju Zheng, we two brothers are not all selfish people. In your eyes, we are thieves, and we even led people to attack the Song people. But

We had no choice but to enter Guangyuan Prefecture originally because we wanted to have a successful career and prove that we two brothers were not bad at all.

At first we wanted to help the Nong family fight against Jiaozhi and protect Guangyuan Prefecture, but later Jiaozhi was really strong and beat us out of breath, so we asked the Song Dynasty for help, hoping that the Song Dynasty could take care of Guangyuan.

We must not let Jiaozhi oppress us wantonly, but no official in the Song Dynasty is willing to take care of it.

But it hasn’t worked in the past two years. Jiaozhi was afraid that we would become bigger in Guangyuan Prefecture, so Jiaozhi ordered Taiwei Guo Shengyi to conquer us. After an arduous war, we defeated Guo Shengyi, but we were already in trouble. If Jiaozhi sent people again

If we come to attack, we won't be able to hold on.

Therefore, we can only look north, hoping that the Song Dynasty can save us, but no officials of the Song Dynasty pay attention to us. We can only adopt this desperate method, hoping that the Song Dynasty will see our efforts... But

This does not mean that we are crazy people. If we lose, we lose. We will admit it. If you want to kill or cut into pieces, our brothers will also admit it!"

Huang Shimi said this, and Huang Wei also nodded in approval.

Zhang Heng smiled when he heard this: "Since you have no ambition to compete for supremacy, that's it. Then I will give you a way. You take me to Guangyuan Prefecture, find Nong Zhigao, and then fight with Huang, Wei, Zhou, etc."

The cave masters and chiefs are discussing several important matters together. After all, I am not very familiar with them. With you taking care of them, maybe we can communicate better."

Huang Wei was surprised and said: "What do you want to discuss with them?"

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "You don't have to worry, it's naturally a good thing. If you can help me accomplish this, I can not only help you get rid of your guilt, but I can even help you get an official position."

Huang Shimi hesitated and said: "Can you reveal a little more, otherwise we don't know if we can help you make it..."

Zhang Heng thought for a while, nodded and said: "I want to develop Guangnan West Road just like Guangnan East Road, but Jiaozhi and Guangyuan Prefecture are related to the stability of Guangdong and Guangxi. If this hidden danger cannot be solved, not only Guangnan West Road will not be stable.

development, even Guangnan East Road must be threatened at any time.

Therefore, I want to completely control Guangyuan Prefecture in the hands of the Song Dynasty, do you understand what I mean?"

After listening to this, the two Huang Wei brothers had troubled looks on their faces.

Zhang Heng said: "If you have any difficulties, you can speak up."

Huang Wei smiled bitterly and said: "This matter is not simple. The Dongman people on Guangnan West Road have always been unruly. Not only do they not submit to the jurisdiction of the Central Plains, they are also unwilling to be governed by Jiaozhi, so they have maintained this state for thousands of years.

If you want to use military force to intimidate, that probably won't work. Your idea of ​​letting Di Shuai defeat the many cave barbarians this time is a good idea, but the shock is only temporary.

The crux of the problem is that most of these cave barbarian settlements have "rocky valleys, dangerous bird paths, and caves connected to various roads."

They relied on the terrain to fight, and they appeared and disappeared, making it difficult for the army to guard against, but easily causing a large number of casualties.

Even if they win for a while, they will only succumb for a while and rebel again as time goes by.

Therefore, your idea of ​​completely taking Guangyuan Prefecture into your hands is probably very difficult to achieve."

Hearing Huang Wei's statement, Zhang Heng became happy, because since Huang Wei said this, it meant that he was discussing the matter seriously and was not lying to get away.

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "Well, of course I have a way. What I want you to do is to act as a middleman to communicate with the four surnames of Nong, Huang, Wei and Zhou.

As for how to convince them, it is my business, how to control Guangyuan Prefecture, that is also my problem, how to make Jiaozhi no longer dare to look north, is also my business.

As long as you can smooth things over, sort out the relationships for me, and provide detailed information about the major names, I will consider you to have made a great contribution, how about it?"

The two Huang Wei brothers looked at each other and nodded. Huang Wei said: "Then there is no need to hesitate. Brother Ju Zheng, we brothers have surrendered!"

Zhang Heng waved his hands and said: "Why is that? I still remember the Mid-Autumn Festival in the first year of Qingli, when Gui Xianzhong drank and sang together in my yard, looking forward to the future together.

Although you were later dismissed in the palace examination, in my eyes, you are my peers, and the friendship of the same generation is inherently more precious than gold. It is my duty to be able to lend a helping hand to you and pull you out of the quagmire.

.”

Zhang Heng's words made Huang Wei and Huang Shimi shed tears.

Huang Wei choked up and said: "How humble our brothers are. Among the many proud men of heaven at that time, we must have been as humble as dust. I didn't expect that among so many people, Ju Zheng actually remembered us. This is really too great."

...so... touching!"

Zhang Heng patted Huang Wei on the shoulder with emotion and said: "You don't have to think so. Even if your starting point is different in the beginning, there is always a place where you can shine.

For example, what we are going to do next, if we can succeed, we can set the direction for the southwest of the Song Dynasty for a century!

In the future, when scholars study this period of history, their names will inevitably be listed in the most conspicuous places. Isn't this also a way of leaving a name in history?

Therefore, there is no need to despise yourself so much, but you should pay attention to the present, see what you can do, and shine as much as you can. This is the bounden duty of scholars in the Song Dynasty!"

As soon as Zhang Heng said these words, Huang Wei and Huang Shimi became even more excited. They had escaped from their original shame and anxiety, and were replaced by enthusiasm that they had never experienced before.

They feel that their minds have been broadened because of this, and the things they see are not just one place and one moment, but the whole world, looking forward to the rise and fall of great powers for hundreds of years... Damn, this feeling is so refreshing!

Di Qing had been standing quietly aside. Although he did not speak, he was listening to the conversation between the three of them very seriously.

He just watched the two brothers Huang Wei and Huang Shimi being brought step by step by Zhang Heng into the current situation. Seeing the two brothers' determination to go through fire and water for Zhang Heng, Di Qing was speechless in his heart.
To be continued...