Chapter 74 Be low-key
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The letter was written by Luo Sinan, which involved many secrets of Hu Lie Mansion. I thought about it and handed the letter to Zhe Keqiu, not only because Zhe Keqiu was his brother-in-law, but more importantly, Li Hu trusted him. For a long time, the relationship between Hu Lie Mansion and the Zhe family has been intimate.
Hu Lie Mansion moved south to Taiyuan, and in fact there was a conflict of interest between the Zhe family, but because of the strength of Hu Lie Mansion and the long-term intimate relationship between the two parties, the Zhe family did not suffer any loss in terms of interests.
This time, Li Hu gave up entering Bianjing. If the Zhe family had not come forward, Li Hu would never have agreed unconditionally. The Zhe family's entry into Bianjing also represents the interests of Hulie Mansion in a sense. Although the Zhe family only occupies a place in the center, its strength behind it is enough to make Bianjing frightened.
After reading the letter carefully, Zhe Keqiu probably understood Li Hu's thoughts. The initiative of the Hebei War was actually controlled by the Jurchens. Bianjing was willing to launch an attack around September, but the Jurchens keenly guessed the changes in the situation in the Song Dynasty from the changes in the Daibei battlefield, and they were going to take the initiative to attack.
Li Hu went south to Taiyuan, and there were many troubles. Not only did he have serious conflicts with Bian Jing and the Northwest General Sect, he also needed a process of adaptation. It would take a long time to stabilize it. Therefore, in the eyes of the Jurchens, taking advantage of the Hulie Mansion to launch an attack in Taiyuan without stable foothold is obviously the best opportunity to occupy Hebei.
"Is this Wuyan a Jurchen?" Zhe Keqiu handed the letter back to Li Hu and asked casually.
"He is from the Song Dynasty." Li Hu said, "He once served in the Ministry of War and knew many secrets of the Song Dynasty."
Zhe Keqiu was startled, "Has he betrayed the Song Dynasty?"
"No, he didn't." Li Hu said, "He went to Liaodong to avoid disaster."
"Do you know his past?"
Li Hu shook his head, and the terrifying face under the mask appeared in his mind. "He had an enemy in the Song Dynasty. And that enemy tortured him in every way and tried to kill him. I guess. His enemy's status is very high. However, recently, there have been many turmoils in Bianjing. People in high positions die and exile. The enemy's family may be gone."
Zhe Keqiu was silent for a long time and asked, "Do you trust him?"
Li Hu nodded. "When I was in Liaodong, I received a lot of help from him."
Zhe Keqiu's expression was solemn and he lowered his head to ponder.
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Zhang Jun was nervous. He didn't know what was written in the letter. But he believed that he was not qualified to learn about this kind of secret. Li Hu could let him sit here. It was a gift from heaven and earth. You should know that Li Hu is now the only vassal state in the Song Dynasty. He has a high position and a powerful position. Now he holds the military and political power of the Northwest. Such a person has not appeared in the Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years. Zhang Jun sat opposite him and felt a feeling of rising up to him.
Today's conversation actually determined the fate of the Song Dynasty. Before leaving the capital, Zhong Shidao repeatedly instructed Zhang Jun that after arriving in Luoyang, he listened to Zhe Keqiu's arrangements and tried to win Li Hu's favor. The situation is too complicated now, and even Zhong Shidao cannot see the situation clearly, let alone make a correct judgment. But one thing he knows very well is that Li Hu has become an important figure in determining the future of the Song Dynasty.
Suddenly, Zhang Jun saw a letter appearing in front of him, which was the letter that Zhe Keqiu had just read. He suddenly felt suffocated and looked up at Li Hu. Li Hu smiled and signaled him to take the letter, "Let's take a look, too."
"Can I see?" Zhang Jun was unbelievable, and countless thoughts surged in his mind in an instant, but the strongest thing was surprise. He had a premonition that his future had already taken a turn from this moment on.
Zhe Keqiu was a little surprised, but he was relieved immediately. Li Hu was about to report these things to Bianjing and told the people of the Northwest in advance that it didn't matter. However, Li Hu's behavior was too shocking for a low-level officer who had been fighting on the battlefield for more than ten years. No wonder Zhang Jun was stunned for a moment.
Zhang Jun watched very slowly. His mood fluctuated too much, which was shocked and excited, making it difficult to calm down.
Li Hu kept watching him, thinking. The story of Daddy gave him a deep-rooted view that Qin Hui is a bad guy and Zhang Jun is also a bad guy. But today I heard Zhe Keqiudi's introduction and saw a forty-year-old general, a man who had been fighting on the battlefield for more than ten years and grew from an ordinary local archer to an intermediate officer of the imperial guards. He could personally experience how much blood and sweat Zhang Jun had spent over the years and how many times he had been born and died on the battlefield. How could such a person who hung his head on his waist on his pants be a bad guy?
Li Hu sighed secretly. The winner is the king and the loser is the enemy. This is the case on the battlefield and the officialdom. Yue Fei's death at Fengbo Pavilion must be the result of the power struggle, but later he was wronged and the person who killed him naturally had to bear the blame. He could not let the emperor bear the bad reputation. From this, he thought of Cai Jing and Tong Guan... The little emperor named them the leader of the "Six Thieves", erased all the achievements he had made before, and turned the black and white around, and vowed to put the blame on them and let them be deviled for thousands of years. This is also the result of the power struggle.
From this, I thought of the Yuanyou Party Case and his grandfather Li Qingchen. Since Wang Anshi's reform, there have been party struggles. The party struggles are cruel, and both sides spared no effort to attack their opponents. I remember that I had heard Li Gang say that Su Shi was swaying between the two parties, but they did not please him at both ends. Whether the new party came to power or the old party came to power, they would hit him. Li Qingchen was also extremely disgusted with Su Shi. The emperor intended to value him. Li Qingchen immediately set up a plan of disagreement and drove Su Shi out of the capital. Cai Jing was the main force of the new party and was greatly hit, but his past position was low. Although Li Gang said it vaguely, it can be inferred from Cai Jing's false accusation of Li Qingchen and defeating Li Qingchen as an old party and openly engraved it on the Yuanyou Party Clerk, which can be inferred that Li Qingchen must have beaten Cai Jing very miserably, otherwise Cai Jing would not have hated him so much.
When Cai Jing died, the Cai family was defeated. Although I didn’t kill the enemy, I would think about it carefully. Even if I kill the enemy, what’s the point? This kind of power struggle is either you die or I live. Who can I blame? Tong Guan was more meritorious than a fault for the Song Dynasty, and the people in the Northwest were even more outstanding. But now both sides turned against each other and wanted to kill each other. It can be imagined that once Tong Guan fell, he, like Cai Jing, would be detained with a big shit pot and left a bad reputation for thousands of years. However, the reality is that everyone is interested in this kind of struggle), like a moth to the fire, without hesitation.
Li Hu looked at Zhang Jun with a hint of sympathy in his eyes. When he arrived at that position, he couldn't help himself. Either you kill me or I kill you, who can care about the future? Even if he has been infatuated for thousands of years, he has to do it, otherwise he will still be infatuated for thousands of years.
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Zhang Jun read the letter several times, and his excitement gradually calmed down.
He held the letter with both hands and respectfully handed it back to Li Hu. Li Hu pointed at the case and signaled him to put it down, "What do you think of Zhang Zheng?"
Zhang Jun looked at Li Hu in surprise, not understanding why he called him the general. Zhe Keqiu understood, and immediately said, "Thank you for being the minister."
Zhang Jun was ecstatic. He never dreamed that Li Hu would promote himself to the general.
From being promoted from (battalion) command to a general, it is equivalent to jumping to two levels in a row, but these two levels are too difficult to be promoted. Qin Fenglu General's command is under the jurisdiction of thirteen generals, and there are fifty-eight generals in the sixth route of Shaanxi. You can imagine how high the position of this general is. Of course, the general is a official and has a high position in the military. However, the Song Dynasty used civil service to build military military personnel, and the rank of the general (that is, the rank, equivalent to the current administrative level of the local government) was very low. Generally speaking, the corresponding rank of the general is from the seventh rank. Zhang Jun's current official is from the (battalion) command, and the rank of Chengjielang is from the ninth rank. Li Hu said that he was promoted two levels, and correspondingly, his rank can also be promoted to the seventh rank of martial arts doctors. Only from the seventh rank military officers are considered to be intermediate officers in the true sense.
The Hebei War was defeated, and the army of Zhong Shizhong and Qin Fenglu were wiped out. Even if Zhang Jun broke back, he would be punished. However, the situation in Bianjing changed too quickly. As soon as the young emperor sent out the dismissal of Zhong Shidao and Yao Gu and others, Zhao Kai rushed in to change the world. Then Zhong Shidao and Yao Gu received the imperial edict and their official positions were restored, but they were excessive figures, with high positions but limited power, and they could not speak. Zhong Shidao and Yao Gu were eager to launch the Hebei War, and wanted to change from excessive figures to those who were in charge of real power. It was precisely because they couldn't speak that although Zhong Shidao was willing to promote Zhang Jun's local official and leave a general army for Qin Fenglu, he could not help, so he entrusted the Zhe family and brought Zhang Jun to Luoyang.
When Zhang Jun arrived in Luoyang, he represented Zhong Shidao, and Zhe Keqiu also implied Li Hu that Zhong Shidao intended to promote Zhang Jun to the general, which was equivalent to telling Li Hu that you should help with this small matter.
Among Li Hu's official positions was a minister of the Secretariat, Pingzhang, who was the prime minister in the past. (In the Song Dynasty, the Minister of the Secretariat, the Left and Right Pushe, and the Left and Right Prime Minister were the prime ministers, as the ministers, the Minister of the Secretariat, the Minister of the Secretariat, the Left and Right Prime Ministers, the Minister of the Secretariat, the Left and Right Prime Ministers, the Left and Right Prime Ministers, the Left and Right Prime Ministers, the Left and Right Prime Ministers, the Left and Privy Councils, the Deputy Envoy of the Privy Council, and the Tongzhi Privy Councils were the ruler, and collectively called the Prime Minister.) In the fifth year of Yuanfeng of Emperor Shenzong (1c82 AD), the Song Dynasty changed the official system, with the Left and Pushe as the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and the Right Pushe as the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, the Tongzhi Privy Councils, and the Right Pushe as the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. This Tongzhi immediately became a void position, a kind of honorary position, just like the Prince, the Privy Council, and the Left and Privy Councils, and was called the Prime Minister.
Zhao Kai became the emperor. Considering Li Hu's special status, he granted Tongpingzhang a real position and ordered the prime minister to show his favor. Li Hu was in the northwest, and even if he gave him the title of prime minister, he could not play a role. He was named a real position, but a virtual position. Bianjing was able to play this trick easily.
However, since Li Hu is a veritable prime minister, it would be an insignificant matter for him to report to the emperor and promote one or two people.
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Zhang Jun knelt on the ground and thanked him.
Li Hu waved his hand and signaled him to get up, "This is the meaning of Lao Zhongshuai. You have to thank him. Xiao Zhongshuai sacrificed his life for the country. Lao Zhongshuai wants to keep some old people for Qin Feng. It is reasonable to promote you." After pausing, he asked again, "How many subordinates do Xiao Zhongshuai have?"
"There are more than 3,000 people." Zhang Jun said hurriedly, "Before we were surrounded by the Jin army, Xiao Zhongshuo sent a general's army to Hejian Mansion first. This army followed Zhan Du and Chen retreated. In addition, hundreds of people also broke through the siege, and now they are all under the tent of the old Zhongshuo."
Li Hu thought for a moment and decided to do a good job to the end.
The influence of Zhong Shidao in the northwest is far greater than that of Zhe Yanzhi. After Zhe's family, after Zhe Keshi, there has been more than ten years, and no one can replace him has appeared. Although his son Zhe Yanzhi is also wrong, compared with Zhong Shidao, Yao Gu and Liu Yanqing have a much smaller influence. If you can establish a good relationship with Zhong Shidao and bring the Zhe family line to your own side, it will be of great benefit to you to control the northwest as soon as possible.
"You write a list." Li Hu said, "Xiao Zhongshuo's subordinates should be promoted, so don't miss any one."
Zhang Jun was overjoyed and kowtowed again to thank him.
"The Prime Minister, what about Yao Shuai's subordinates?" Zhe Keqiu reminded.
"You can do it." Li Hu said, "I am in Luoyang now. Your Majesty and Master Tong will not make things difficult for me in such small matters."
Zhe Keqiu smiled when he stroked his beard and deliberately joked: "The dignified prime minister has only this power, just kidding."
Chapter completed!