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Chapter 135: Prelude to Recruiting

Gao Qiu made careful arrangements before, just to kill Yang Lin tonight and avenge Gao Rong. Yang Lin was unable to advance and retreat at this time, and he was undoubtedly sure to die. Unexpectedly, Lao Wang Huan came out halfway. Gao Yang's two families had personal grudges, and they were not told by outsiders. All those who acted were Gao Qiu's confidants. These Jiedu governors were just temporary dispatches, especially Wang Huan, who was Liang Zimei's man and Cai Jing's man. Although Cai Jing was also Yang Lin's mortal enemy, Gao Qiu could not use this old man Wang.&1t;/p>

Wang Huan was a hard-working man, and after a lifetime, he became the title of a Jiedushi. The Jiedushi at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty was not comparable to that when Zhao Kuangyin founded the country, the Jiedushi was highly powerful and he was in charge of the other side. Now, he was just a commander of the army in one place. The so-called Jiedushi was also a granted false title.&1t;/p>

This old Wang Huan is quite stubborn. When he was young, he joined the army because he was bullied by a powerful man and had no way to sue the official. Therefore, emotionally speaking, he did not like the act of using power to suppress others. Gao Qiu's behavior was disgusted by him, and Pu Jin came to tell him that Gao Qiu was fighting with both defeats regardless of the life and death of his friendly troops. Whether Wang Huan was trying to save his friendly troops or kill thieves and attacking Dong Ping's army, it was understandable.&1t;/p>

But Wang Huan, Zhang Kai and others were privately voluntary soldiers, Dong Ping, Gao Qiu didn't know. Dong Ping was fighting happily, but Yang Lin was about to die when he was arrowed. Suddenly, his crossbow formation was attacked violently. Dong Pingjun was caught off guard and was washed away.&1t;/p>

Gao Qiu was on the ridge of the mountain, and he was shocked: "This, this, this, whose soldiers are here? How can they appear here?"&1t;/p>

Both sides were carefully distinguishing, and Hong Qing's eyes vaguely saw the big flag of "Wang" and "Zhang". He hurriedly reported to Gao Qiu: "Taiwei, look at the flag, like Wang Huan, the open people."&1t;/p>

Gao Qiu was so angry that he almost bit his teeth. He had already expected Yang Lin to last for half a moment. At this time, someone came out to make trouble. Can he not be resentful to him?&1t;/p>

However, so many people appeared on the battlefield, so it is said that there are many people and eyes. If you don’t attack Dong Ping and kill friendly forces at this time, isn’t the impure motive for you to be too obvious?&1t;/p>

"Taiwei, Liangshan has added troops, Qin Ming, Sun Li, Hua Rong, and Lei Heng are attacking the infantry formation under the royal concubine Yang."&1t;/p>

Gao Qiu didn't even glance at Wen Huanzhang, and ordered: "The whole army will push forward, cooperate with the two veteran generals of Wang and Zhang, and take down the thieves in one go."&1t;/p>

Song Jiang and Gao Qiu have a tacit understanding. Tonight is a battle between officials and thieves tomorrow, which is actually to avenge personal revenge. Lu Junyi defected to Yang Lin, and Luan Tingyu also defected to Yang Lin. Both of them have a grudge against Song Jiang, and with the Hu family, Song Jiang became Yang Lin's death hatred.&1t;/p>

Qin, Sun, Hua, Lei and others' fighting targets are not head-on with the imperial army, so when Gao Qiu attacked on the side, he retreated regardless of whether he was willing or not.&1t;/p>

Yang Lin saved his life again. Although he knew it was a trap set by Gao Qiu, he had no evidence. He completed the task of destroying Liangshan camp, so Gao Qiu had no choice but to do anything to him.&1t;/p>

After returning to the camp, he immediately visited Wang Huan and opened these life-saving benefactors. Yang Lin had the knowledge of later generations, knew very well "politeness and manners", and his conversation was also humorous. These styles may be inequality for the current scholars and officials, but they are very good seasonings for the soldiers in the army.&1t;/p>

Zhang Shuye visited Shandong to solve the bandits in Shandong. Now there are bandits in Jianghuai, Hebei, and Zhejiang. If they continue to fight with Liangshan, Shandong, I don’t know when it will be pacified, let alone the whole country.&1t;/p>

The prefect of Qingzhou, Murong Yanda, was in Shandong for a long time, and Zhang Shuye also talked to him about these things. The prefect of Murong said: "Ming Prime Minister, Shandong has been in chaos since ancient times. Red Eyebrow Fan Chong, Wang Bo at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and Huang Chao at the end of the Tang Dynasty, all of them were in chaos in Shandong. As soon as the war began, the court was busy, the people were exhausted, the soldiers were killed and injured, and the people were in trouble, and the people were in trouble. The country was always the ones who were damaged in the end."&1t;/p>

"Mr. Murong, in your opinion, how should I deal with it?"&1t;/p>

"Ming Prime Minister, Song Jiang, Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo, Zhang Qing, Dong Ping, Qin, Hua, Sun, Huang, Dan, Wei, etc. Who are not from the imperial court? They either follow the thief or the prince, but they are blind for a while. The officials think that it is best to try to win them over."&1t;/p>

"You mean, recruitment?"&1t;/p>

Zhang Shuye thought of Xu Jing, Wang Wende, Mei Zhan, and others. They were defeated for a while and were later recruited to become generals of the court.&1t;/p>

The matter of recruiting peace has always been around since ancient times. If it is done properly, it will also be a group of talents for the country. Zhang Shuye felt that it might be possible, so he immediately wrote a memorial and ordered people to send them to Bianjing.&1t;/p>

Su Yuanjing was also the Grand Marshal of the Third Yamen and was treated well by Zhao Ji. He received Zhang Shuye's memorial and sent it to Zhao Ji without delay for a moment.&1t;/p>

Zhao Ji stayed in Tuoba Ziling Palace overnight. What a delicate woman Tuoba was. Seeing that Zhao Ji was depressed, he asked softly: "What's wrong with Your Majesty tonight? Is it because Ziling didn't serve me well, and I'm worried that I'm annoyed?"&1t;/p>

Zhao Ji is a master of picking up girls, and Tuoba is the one who pleases him the most after the second Concubine Liu. When he saw Tuoba Ziling's big eyes gradually seeping tears, he felt very distressed: "How come I am not serving my beloved concubine. I can't love her too late, so why would I feel annoyed? But, the state affairs have been complicated recently, and I have some thoughts."&1t;/p>

When Tuoba Ziling heard this, she pursed her lips and looked very adorable. Zhao Ji hugged her: "The beloved concubine has something to do, so why did she swallow it when she says it?"&1t;/p>

"I am a woman in the harem. I don't understand those big things, and I dare not discuss the government affairs without any reason."&1t;/p>

"Well, it's common sense that the harem cannot interfere in politics. But I really have some things that I can't figure out. I really want you to help me figure it out."&1t;/p>

"It is my blessing to be able to relieve your worries."&1t;/p>

"Beloved concubine, look, when Taizu Taizong started his business, the people were poor and weak, the neighbors were disobedient, and the country was in decline. Then, after the kings worked hard to govern, this powerful country and beautiful rivers and mountains today. Even many golden and blue-eyed Gentiles came to do business with us and communicate with each other. Bianjing is the most prosperous city in the world. I don't understand why there are so many bandits in Hebei, Jianghuai, and Shandong that are not reborn as kings. Isn't life more comfortable than their grass under my rule?"&1t;/p>

Although Tuoba Ziling is a royal daughter, she is not willing to make only a beautiful porcelain bottle. She is also very knowledgeable about the current social situation. She came to the Song Dynasty mainly to delay time so that Xixia can relieve the defeat. The task assigned by Yelu Nanxian could have already been completed, but she was too greedy that Yang Lin, who got it, flew again.&1t;/p>

She regretted it. If she had known that Yang Lin was so "strengthful", she would have stabbed him to death that night, and would not have to exchange his mind with powerful officials like the Cai family and Gao family. She was very happy about Zhao Ji's worries. Only the internal and external troubles of the Song Dynasty were the most in line with the interests of the Western Xia.&1t;/p>

"I don't understand these things either. Tong Shumi and Gao Taiwei are all pillars of the court. I believe they will not let His Majesty down. Maybe they will have good news in less than two days."&1t;/p>

"The beloved concubine is very confident in them."&1t;/p>

"Your Majesty, I have an immature idea, that is, I don't know whether to say it."&1t;/p>

“But it’s okay.”&1t;/p>

"Didn't Mr. Yang create a stunning and powerful 'divine beast' in the northwest? If it is your destiny..."&1t;/p>

"Oh, you mean artillery. My beloved concubine, why don't I want to use such a magical artifact to eliminate all these ignorant thieves? However, after I ordered Yang Lin to hand over the drawing formula, I studied and manufactured it by my confidant. They spent a lot of supplies and also created more than a dozen. But once I experienced it, it was either a blow-off or a silence of fire, which was really useless."&1t;/p>

"How is this possible? When the prince-consort was great to me and the Western Xia army, he was extremely powerful, and even Tong Shumi praised him."&1t;/p>

"Yes, I also asked Tong Guan, and he also admitted that it had earth-shaking power at the beginning. But the more you used it, the more likely it was to have problems. Not only did the cannons hit far, but they also killed many of their soldiers. Later, those cannons turned into a pile of scrap iron."&1t;/p>

"Your Majesty, those drawings..."&1t;/p>

"Okay, my beloved concubine, let me think about it again."&1t;/p>

He had read the memorial of Zhang Shuye just now. Zhang Shuye's meaning is that instead of spending money and food to wipe out these bandits, it is better to invite them to control the bandits with them. He then asked them to deal with other bandits.&1t;/p>

Another thing is that the envoys of the Wanyan clan of the Jin Dynasty secretly met with Zhao Ji, intending to unite and attack the Northern Liao. After the Song and Liao reiterated their brothers and friendly countries again, Yelu Dashi and Yelu Yuji put down their minds and specifically dealt with the Wanyan clan. Although Aguda was fierce, his people were sparse in their population and poor in their country. Northern Liao was still too huge for them.&1t;/p>

The Land of Youyun has been a place for the Han people since ancient times, but it was occupied by the Khitans for more than a hundred years. Wanyan believes that this may be used as an opportunity for the cooperation between Song and Jin Dynasties.&1t;/p>

The Song Ting also noticed this. At this moment, Xixia surrendered, and Zhao Ji thought that this was the best opportunity given by heaven. So he hit it off with Wanyan's suggestion. The two sides secretly swear to jointly send troops to eliminate the Northern Liao.&1t;/p>

Unfortunately, within almost a few months, the civil unrest in Hebei, Shandong, and Jianghuai 6 continued to riots, Tian Hu, Song Jiang and Wang Qing, these big bandits attacked the city and resisted the court, and established their own side.&1t;/p>

If you want to fight against foreign countries, you must first settle down.&1t;/p>

Zhao Ji couldn't understand this very much. Just imagine that the imperial army was fighting against the outside world, but these bandits plundered territory, killed people and set fires in the rear, stabbed the knife hard. Can the front-line troops still fight with peace of mind? That's why Zhao Ji temporarily suspended the war against Liao, and transferred Tong Guan, Gao Qiu and others to lead troops to quell the rebellion.&1t;/p>

On the night when Zhao Ji read Zhang Shuye's memorial, an eunuch left the palace and secretly met with a man. After the eunuch left, he left Bianjing overnight and rushed to Yuncheng.&1t;/p>

Gao Qiu received a message from Tokyo and said to himself: "It seems that Zhang Shuye has made a decision. Since the official family also has this idea, I think it's time."&1t;/p>

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