Chapter 502 Pretending to Explode
Zhao Yulin felt that these small dynasties were inherently unstable, so it was normal for such things to happen and it had nothing to do with the New Song Dynasty.
He nodded and asked: Yes, so what?
Li Shu stammered and said: The current King Chen uses him as a pawn, using him when he is useful and throwing him aside when he is not. He also believed in slander and intended to murder him.
If a palace coup occurs, his situation will be extremely dangerous.
In recent years, many knowledgeable people in the Chen Dynasty have seen through the King of Chen's tyranny and extortion without regard for the lives of the people, and are interested in rebelling against the King of Chen and joining the New Song. They ask the Third Young Master to give them a chance. He wants to lead this group of warriors to rebel against the Chen Dynasty and join the New Song.
Zhao Yulin heard a buzzing sound in his head, as if he had accidentally bumped into a wall while walking. He looked at Li Shu with stars in his eyes, at a loss as to what to do.
Li Shu actually knelt down with a plop and begged the Third Young Master to save him earnestly. They knew that their own strength was not enough to overthrow King Chen, but with the help of the Divine Power Army, they would be able to succeed.
Zhao Yulin immediately helped him up and told him that the Shenwei Army did not practice kneeling, and asked him to sit down and talk. After listening to Li Shu's detailed introduction, he thought it was complicated and he would discuss it with Minister Miao of the Ministry of War before making a decision.
He asked Li Shu to go back to the post house first, and stay there for a day to wait for news, saying that he had not agreed to the arms sale yet. Then he asked Ke Zhenxie to invite Minister Miao.
After Li Shu left, Zhao Yulin solemnly told Li Liang and Xie Lingyun that this was a serious matter and must be kept secret . Not to mention our ambition to expand our territory, but we cannot harm those who are truly loyal to us.
The two of them nodded solemnly and vowed not to leak the secret.
However, Zhao Yulin was full of doubts. Li Shu suddenly made this request. It can be understood that this person traveled between New Song and Yue State, understood our New Song, and was fascinated by it.
However, could he build a team in Vietnam that could compete with the Chen Dynasty?
This was the first reason, and the second was that Li Shu only wanted 10,000 soldiers, and at most 50 warships to help. This made Zhao Yulin feel that he was adding strength to Li Shu's team.
I always feel like something is wrong.
Later, Miao Gui came in.
Li Liang informed him of Li Shu's request just now. Miao Gui looked at him with some embarrassment and said that the war in the north was imminent. If the south started a war again, he was worried that the court would be under great pressure.
Zhao Yulin nodded, thinking that the news about Li Shu was very important and it was still an opportunity for us to recover the country that had been divided for many years.
He asked Miao Gui to find an advisor to make secret plans, and go to his house at night to discuss the matter with the king. The king must know clearly how to use the troops.
This means that the Shenwei Army is going to fight abroad.
Miao Gui of course knew the rules, so he said goodbye and left immediately.
He then told the two officials from the Ministry of Rites: No matter what, some weapons can be sold to Li Shu, but there are no new weapons, all of which are stored by the Shenwei Army after replacement. As for how Li Shu will distribute them after getting them, that is up to him to think about.
Li Liang and Xie Lingyun nodded repeatedly and assured him that they would do their best to make this happen.
When Zhao Yulin returned, his maid reported to him: "Your Majesty, please go as soon as possible. We have important matters to discuss."
He immediately went into Zhao Feiyan's public room, and the maid immediately led him into the small living room and sat him down. Zhao Feiyan came in soon.
The woman let out a long sigh and said that it was okay, but when there is something wrong, troubles will come one after another.
He asked what was bothering him?
Is Gao Jia going to resign?
Feiyan said that it was not just Mr. Gao, but Mr. Wu Sicheng from Gansu Road also came to submit his resignation.
Zhao Yulin thought for a moment and asked her if Wu Sicheng had reached the age to resign and was willing to do so.
Feiyan nodded and asked him what to do.
He said: Ask the Ministry of Personnel. If Old Wu is willing to come to Chengdu, then he can go to Taijiantang. This man has been loyal to our Shenwei Army since he joined it. He has done his best to manage Gansu and has made great contributions.
Feiyan nodded again and asked him where Mr. Gao was. She asked Mr. Fan to go and exchange a few words with the old man, and the man couldn't stand it anymore and decided to resign.
Zhao Yulin said that Gao Jia had also approached him and was firm in his attitude. Mr. Gao was almost old enough to retire, so he should be allowed to retire early.
Chengdu is the capital of our New Song Dynasty, and ordinary people really can’t get around it.
Feiyan glanced at him and said, "Mr. Gao is doing a great job. If this man can't do it, who else can?"
He asked Feiyan to transfer Chen Chen back to Chengdu. Chen Chen, who was fearless, was sure to have a great time.
Zhao Feiyan's face lit up with joy, and then she asked: Will people in the court say that we are nepotism and that the whole court is full of Zhao family members?
Zhao Yulin smiled and told her that this was originally the Zhao family's empire. So what if the whole court was full of Zhao family members?
He took a sip of tea and said, who doesn't talk about others behind their backs? Of course there are some. But you guys can't find a suitable candidate to take on the responsibility. Take the problem of the bald guy who caused trouble during the investigation this time, who would deal with it immediately?
He thought that in the whole city of Chengdu, Hua Yue from the Censorate was the only one who dared to do it immediately. As for the rest, there was no one else who could do it.
Zhao Feiyan hummed and fell into deep thought.
Zhao Yulin asked her to go home early in the evening and got up and went out.
As soon as he returned to the public housing, Yang Jin arrived and asked him where he was going on this tour.
He said Miao Gui had military duties, so he would not arrange it. He went to Zizhou Road, visited Cuiping Mountain and Luzhou, and then went directly to Jiankang Prefecture.
Yangjin said with a smile that the Third Young Master was really busy with official duties, and his patrol routes were so tortuous that it made people feel distressed.
Zhao Yulin didn't want to argue with Yang Jin and said that there were a lot of things to do. He asked: Wu Sicheng in Gansu is going to retire, who will be sent to take over?
Yangjin told him that Fan Gong was very worried because he couldn't find a suitable person.
Zhao Yulin thought that the chief officer of Gansu had been in office for nearly ten years and it was time for him to be replaced. He asked Yangjin to go home early in the evening, as Miao Gui was coming and it was a good opportunity for them to discuss the matter.
The woman told him that she wanted to go to Lhasa and promised her that she would be the queen of Tubo.
Zhao Yulin went up to give Yangjin a shoulder and neck massage, and said slowly that Chengdu had not been sorted out yet, so she was not allowed to give up. He felt that the pressure this year was too great.
The woman said confidently, "What is there to be afraid of? We have millions of soldiers and control more than a dozen roads. The worst that can happen is we lose one or two, but we can get them back."
That being said, Zhao Yulin didn't dare to think so. He had seen those counties and cities that had just been recovered, and they were all in tatters. The people were suffering too much and couldn't afford to be tossed around.
On the Mobei steppe, the empress of the steppe empire was hosting a banquet in the royal court to welcome her son and his friend.
The imperial officials who were sent on a diplomatic mission to the New Song Dynasty returned. Although they did not fulfill all of the empress's wishes, they at least brought back 100,000 strings of new currency. They also brought back a large number of new and rare items from the New Song Dynasty to comfort the captured officials, including 500 jars of grains alone.
The empress ordered that five altars be sent to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, and the rest were all intercepted.
Look, the tables in the hall are full of grains. Everyone is opening the seals with great enthusiasm, tearing off the fresh and tender lamb legs, and shouting, "This is great wine! Let's drink it!"
The Crown Prince was stunned when he saw the words "Gift to the New Song compatriots" engraved on the wine jar. He then looked at the wine jar of his friend at the next table, which also had words of condolences from the New Song to the captured Song people. He realized that he had been tricked by the King of New Song.
It turned out that the New Song Kingdom knew that the royal court wanted to seize these things, and had already made some moves in advance.
Soon, some die-hard Han ministers stood up and reported that the New Song Dynasty was intentionally humiliating the grassland empire and bullying them because they were illiterate.
The New Song Kingdom regards the Grassland Empire as its vassal state. They want to unify the world and conquer our Grassland Empire.
Haha, the New Song Kingdom doesn’t have that intention at all.
This is a willful misinterpretation by these slaves, who want to show off their merits in front of the empress. It is obvious that they drank the love wine that the New Song Kingdom gave to their relatives, but instead slandered the New Song Kingdom for humiliating the grassland empire and the empress.
It is true that when you want to accuse someone of a crime, you can always find a pretext for it.
There was an immediate commotion in the royal court. Everyone was picking up the wine jars on the table to examine and look at them. An irritable prince smashed the jars directly to the ground. The sounds of "pa pa pa" and "hua hua" were endless.
The empress was so angry that her face turned red. She cursed the southern barbarians for having no conscience and wanted to gather the men from the grassland to march south to pacify the New Song Dynasty.
Hubili sat in the back, drinking without saying a word , watching the group's realistic performance. He didn't care who the wine was for, he just thought it was on the table and he could drink it as he pleased.
When Subutai saw that Hubili was calm and had more kingly bearing than his assistant Mengge, he was filled with admiration and silently thought that the Toure family had successors and none of them were mediocre.
These people quarreled in the royal court and there was no result for a long time.
Your friend is very unhappy.
He thought that as soon as he arrived at the royal court he would be able to sit on the throne of Khan, but he did not expect that his mother, Lemazhen, would not want to step down after sitting on the throne.
Lemazhen earnestly advised him to be patient and told him that the royal court was unstable. The princes and ministers all wanted to nominate Mengge to be the Khan. Especially since Mengge had the support of the powerful Badu and the strength of the Toure family had greatly increased, our family must defeat them.
When Guiyou saw that his mother refused to give up the throne, his heart was already filled with raging fire, and when he was doused with the news of a bumper harvest, it exploded. He threw away the jar of wine in his hand and shouted loudly, ordering the troops to fight a great battle with the New Song Dynasty. He then entered the New Song Dynasty from his brother Kuangdian's Linzhou and seized their Guanzhong area.
Guiyou glared at Mengge and Hubili and shouted, picked up the milk tea and said, "Cheers, look at him."
Damn, this is clearly a challenge to the Toure family.
You know, after the grassland empire conquered Guanzhong, Tian Khan granted it to the Ture family. It was Ogedei who took it from his sister-in-law, and then the Shenwei Army took the opportunity to snatch it away.
Now, your friend is going to lead troops to seize Guanzhong, which can be said to be revenge for himself. In fact, people on the grassland believe that it belongs to the Toure family.
Mengge saw that his arrogant friend was already filled with anger and was about to explode, but Hubili stood up and shouted that it was great kindness. They had just been defeated in the Central Plains and had sent troops to the west, so they had no more soldiers to send. They were willing to give their newly made hot air balloon and three hundred Huihui cannons to the emperor to help him in the battle.
Mengge was so angry that his nose was crooked. He tried to stop Hubili from talking, but Subutai held him down and signaled him not to interfere.
Your friend was unhappy because he did not receive Mengge's reinforcements. He was not interested in Hubili's military equipment and shouted that he did not need it. He said that his grassland cavalry could flatten Guanzhong and make the New Song Kingdom surrender under his crotch.
