Chapter 543: Beheading for Mischief
Mr. Ding told them: Settling the feud with the grassland empire in this way will not only preserve the prestige of our New Song Dynasty, but will also inspire the fighting spirit of our New Song men, so that they will work hard to fight the enemy bravely and recover our beautiful territory. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
Feiyan was very happy and kept saying that it was Sister Yangjin who came up with the idea and that it was her sister's credit.
Yangjin smiled and said: Summon the National Security Bureau quickly, have you forgotten?
Zhao Feiyan nodded immediately and asked the maid to go out and pass on the message.
When Mr. Ding saw Feiyan was alive and well again, he said with a smile that it was time for him to go back as he had to deal with the troublemakers in the Censorate.
Zhao Feiyan raised her eyebrows and said: Mr. Ding has to worry about this again. Give her a good beating.
The old man received the order, bowed and left happily.
The atmosphere in Shi's son's house was a bit depressing.
After arriving in Chengdu for some time, this fellow discovered that Shu was a land of outstanding people and abundant resources, truly a land of abundance. He regretted not having moved the capital of the previous dynasty to Chengdu.
Now I live in this prosperous city but can only be a censor. I can't even be the head of the Censorate. I feel seriously unbalanced.
This guy slowly began to plan to leave the mountain.
This time the grassland empire wanted to sell the captured ministers and emperor of the previous dynasty. Shi's son thought it was a great opportunity for him to turn the tables, so he racked his brains to do something.
He thought of a common tactic used by the previous dynasty, which was to mobilize students and pedantic scholars in the court to take to the streets to petition and demonstrate, and to kneel down and cry loudly at the gate of the imperial city to express their demands in order to win the emperor's tolerance and concession.
This guy immediately came up with an idea and quickly found a spokesperson to spread . Coincidentally, the secret agents of the grassland empire were also distributing leaflets to build momentum, and the two sides fanned the flames and created negative public opinion that the northern barbarians wanted to return the former officials and loyal ministers, and the court was reluctant to spend money and unwilling to save people, inciting the ignorant students to take to the streets to cause trouble.
After the students of the provincial school took to the streets, some college students from Caotang Academy, who did not understand the situation, also took to the streets in a confused manner . They even agreed to gather together, hold up banners, and go to the gate of Jinguan City to shout and demonstrate.
This is an open demonstration and challenge to the Central Council of the New Song Dynasty.
Yangjin is a time traveler from the future, and she is sensitive to the seriousness of the problem. She will not be like the literary and artistic emperor of the Song Dynasty who allows himself to be manipulated by these scholars. She immediately discusses with Feiyan, mobilizes the garrison troops to go to the streets to maintain order, and asks Huayue to come forward to explain and clarify the situation before arresting the people and putting them in jail according to the law.
After the students listened to the speech by Lord Hua of the Censorate, and then saw the majestic garrison troops standing densely on both sides holding Zhuge Crossbows, their calves began to drum quickly and they dispersed immediately.
This was not enough. The Inspection Office and the Shunfeng Office soon entered the Fuxue and Caotang Academy to investigate who was the leader?
Who provided the leaflets?
Who provides them with lunch meals?
After digging deeper and deeper step by step, they found the research room of Taijiantang and caught the research official and dug out the mastermind behind the scenes.
This is a typical case of conspiracy to restore the monarchy and manipulate public opinion.
Shi's eldest son reported to him: two of the three investigation officials were arrested by Shunfengsi, leaving only one unexposed.
The eldest son found a close friend who was in contact with the investigating official and promised him a generous reward after bringing him back to the government. Now, seeing that the situation was not good, this close friend had already left the city and went to Jiading, intending to hide there before returning to Chengdu.
Shi's son immediately waved his hand and said, "That's not right. Tell them to go directly to Hangzhou and return to their hometown. They can't come back."
The eldest son said disdainfully: "What are you afraid of? Our father is just too timid. Zhao Feiyan will definitely bring her father back, and then our Shi family will rule the country. Our father has the emperor in his hands, so who is he afraid of? No fear."
Shi's son slapped his eldest son in the face and said viciously, "Have you forgotten what your father said about keeping a low profile? Are you going to keep a low profile again? You haven't even started yet, what are you talking about?"
"Put a padlock on your mouth and lock it up."
Shi's son waved his hand and told his eldest son to go do the work. He shook his head helplessly as he watched his eldest son leave.
This time, he couldn't find a suitable white glove to encourage the students to make trouble, so he had to use his own son. Hearing his eldest son's brainless words, he regretted it again, thinking how could he have such a simple-minded and stupid son?
Shi's son began to sigh that there was no one to succeed the Shi family.
The next day, in Jinguan City, the Central Council convened a meeting of officials, and the participants were expanded to include the ministers of various ministries. After dealing with various matters, Zhao Feiyan raised the issue of adding a deputy director to the Central Council.
She said: After General Meng resigned as deputy director, there are too many vacancies for deputy directors in this term. She proposes that Minister Yu of the Ministry of Water Resources be promoted to the position of deputy director of the Central Council. Please discuss this.
She believed that when Yu Gong was in charge of Jiangdong in his early years, he was a staunch general who advocated war and made great contributions to the fight against the grassland empire. After returning to Chengdu, he was in charge of the Water Department. He was down-to-earth and well-planned, and was fully capable of performing the duties of deputy director. She proposed that Yu Gong be appointed as deputy director and take over Meng Gong's past affairs.
Everyone immediately started talking among themselves.
Yu Jie quickly stood up and spoke. He first thanked the King of Feiyan for his kindness, but then said that he was not talented enough and was not worthy of the King's kindness, so he asked the King to revoke his decision.
Fan Zhong then affirmed that Yu Jie could do it, and said that the King of Feiyan made the nomination after careful consideration and sought his opinion.
The Central Government also immediately expressed its support for Yu Gong to serve as deputy director of the Central Academy of Sciences.
After hearing what Yang Jin said, Hua Yue immediately supported Yu Gong's promotion to deputy director.
Zhao Feiyan said with a smile that Commander Zhao had said when he left Beijing that his vote would be counted on her, so it meant unanimous approval for Mr. Yu to be the deputy director of the Central Council. It was passed, and she immediately led the applause.
The gentlemen applauded and congratulated Yu Jie on his promotion.
Feiyan shouted happily: "Please take a seat, Mr. Yu."
Yangjin said with a laugh: Come quickly, Mr. Yu, we are all waiting.
Yu Jie walked over and bowed to everyone solemnly, thanking them for their kindness and promising to do his job to the best of his ability.
Everyone applauded him again.
Fan Zhong said with a laugh, "In this way, the position of Minister of Water Resources will be vacant. For now, Lord Yu will continue to take over. You all should share the worries of our king and recommend good ministers for further discussion. What do you think?"
Zhao Feiyan nodded and told everyone to go away.
Soon, she, Fan Zhong, Du Fan, Yang Jin, Hua Yue and Yu Jie were the only ones left at the table. Zhao Feiyan said: Commander Zhao has the vote in her hands, so we can hold a meeting.
First, let’s talk about the grassland empire asking us to use silver to redeem the officials and ministers who were captured by the previous dynasty.
Shunzhidi immediately asked the deacon to deliver the documents to the gentlemen.
Fan Zhong explained: The Censorate suggested that we redeem the hostages. First, our compatriots in the New Song Dynasty are in the hands of the grassland empire, so we must be cautious and not use force. Second, after the battle of Linzhou, our army suffered huge losses, especially the main cavalry. Even the Lord of Cao was not sure of victory and crossed the river to the north to rescue people.
Furthermore, the Northern Barbarians sent the hostages to Jiuyuan City for exchange, which is close to Phosphorus Province where we are stationed. We cannot let these hostages who have suffered for many years suffer any more.
Lord Cao has proposed that Zhang Guoan, the garrison commander of Chengdu, be sent as the special envoy of the New Song Dynasty to Linzhou to handle the redemption of the hostages.
Please discuss this further.
This matter involved the father of the state leader Zhao Feiyan, the old official of the previous dynasty. How much money to spend was just a matter of Zhao Feiyan's words. Everyone was silent, and each of them cast their eyes on Zhao Feiyan.
Yangjin said: Since you all have no objection, let's call Guoan in.
The maid quickly brought Zhang Guoan in.
After Fan Zhong gave some instructions to Guoan, he asked Zhao Feiyan to give him a lecture.
Zhao Feiyan said: General Guoan is a good brother that the Third Young Master trusts. I believe he can get things done. I have only one thing to say: I will never bow my head. I can do without my father, but we, the people of the New Song Dynasty, will never bow our heads.
Zhang Guoan stood at attention and saluted the officials, shouted "I will never bow my head", then took the documents and left.
Yangjin reminded everyone that at this time when the captured compatriots in Jiangdong are about to return to the new Song Dynasty and Chengdu, the old forces plotting restoration will definitely be ready to make moves and commit evil.
Commander Zhao wrote an article in the newspaper, clearly demanding that all localities take strong measures to govern, in the hope of preserving the hard-won stability of the New Song Dynasty and uniting as one to resist the crazy invasion of the grassland empire.
We are about to win, and we must not lose in the internal strife among our own people.
Everyone nodded solemnly.
Fan Zhong reported that Lu Youpeng of Xuzhou had resigned from his post and proposed that Wu Yuqi, the chief steward of the Shunfeng Division, take over as the governor of Xuzhou. He thought it was a good idea and that it was a waste of talent for Wu to be the governor of Xuzhou.
Yangjin looked at Fan Zhong, then at Feiyan and said, "Then promote Xuzhou to a prefecture, clearly govern Xinshi and the counties in the south, and then upgrade the villages such as Huanglang, Yongshan and Shimen to counties, which will increase the efforts to unify Dali."
Zhao Feiyan thought it was a great kindness and felt that Sister Yuqi had made great contributions and was very capable. She would be qualified to be the king even if she came back, so she upgraded Xuzhou to a prefecture.
Du Fan nodded immediately and wanted to plan the details with Fan Zhong.
After everyone left, Feiyan sat on a chair to rest as if she had some free time.
Yangjin asked her: Girl, are you tired?
Is it that serious?
Feiyan said that she felt upset whenever she thought of the royal court in the northern grasslands, and her father was about to come back to compete for the throne. However, the Great Song Dynasty had become the New Song Dynasty, and the New Song Dynasty had been a republic for several years. How much power did he have as the emperor of the previous dynasty?
Yangjin believes that this should not be underestimated. The people of the New Song Dynasty have been educated with the idea of loyalty to the emperor for thousands of years, and they have an inseparable complex towards the emperor. If his father really wants to come back to fight for power, there will definitely be people willing to serve as pawns.
However, I can order Zhang Guoan to execute the old emperor on the road and put an end to it once and for all.
Zhao Feiyan immediately opened her mouth in surprise, then she slapped her lips twice and said: She can't do it, so let Brother Yulin give the order.
Yangjin said with a smile: Brother Yulin would never use such despicable means.
Shunzhidi approached them and asked: The abducted people are about to come back, how should we accommodate them? There is no place for them to live.
Yangjin said: It is not easy to find a house in such a big city like Chengdu, but it is not appropriate to let the old emperor live in the city. Once these people return to Chengdu and see such a prosperous city and the powerful strength of the new Song Dynasty, they will definitely have some ideas. Wouldn't it be convenient for them to make trouble if they live in the city?
