Chapter 688: Wealth and Honor Demand the Truth
When these young people from Yibin were drinking and playing together, they revealed the military advisor's family affairs in front of Fugui, which made Zhu Fugui extremely angry and he ran to Zhao Yulin to demand the truth.
Zhao Yulin sighed and said: What is coming will come, it doesn’t matter.
Fugui will find out sooner or later. We have done a great job in keeping it a secret for him for twenty years. Don't blame the children, they are all innocent.
Miao Gui is still blaming himself.
After seeing Miao Gui off, Zhao Yulin thought of Fugui's father and the difficult times he had gone through in Yibin. The past was so vivid in his mind that he couldn't fall asleep.
Seeing him smoking one cigarette after another, Ma Ling'er knew that he was feeling upset, so she opened the windows in front and back and told him to go to bed early.
The next morning, Ma Linger took Wu Jing, Zhu Fugui and followed Lu Youpeng to Cuiping Mountain to trace their roots.
Shunzhidi accompanied Zhao Yulin to court and felt that he was as silent as if he had aged ten years.
The woman personally brewed a cup of Qingcheng tea and handed it to him. He asked Zhidi to send a letter to all the pacification envoys, asking them to come back for a meeting. From then on, except for the Tubo Road and the Western Regions, which were too far away and the pacification envoys were autonomous, the pacification envoys were called together every two years to discuss national affairs.
Zhidi nodded, thinking it was necessary. The pacification envoys from various places were almost always instructed by the court before taking office, and only met for the second time after leaving office. The interval in between was too long.
As the saying goes, you can know a person’s face but not his heart. If you can’t even meet the person, let alone know his heart.
Zhao Yulin shook his head and told her that the country was so big and the people were thousands of miles apart that it mainly depended on a complete system to manage people.
Who can see through his heart at a glance?
Shunzhidi said meaningfully: Yes, my brother hid it too deeply.
He glared at Zhidi and said: You are jealous, you just don't want to see the sisters worrying too much. Then he kept saying "go, go, go" and told Zhidi to get busy.
Three days later, Minister of War Yang Xingyun returned.
The first thing Miao Gui discussed with him was to transfer all the people who knew about the case of Fugui Niang who were involved with Zhu Fugui.
Yang Xingyun asked him in surprise: Is it necessary?
Since the young master is not going to pursue the matter, why should we send the children to the border to suffer? Each of these kids is a marshal, general, or admiral, and they all suffered a lot before they could live in the imperial capital.
Miao Gui said coldly: He forgot that we were all beggars at the Yibin dock. Why can't our children endure hardships?
Then he said with great guilt that he was old and confused, and how could he forget the oath he made. The military advisor worked hard for our Shenwei Army, but he did not keep the secret, which brought shame to the military advisor. The New Song Kingdom has just gained peace and someone has spread the scandal of the military god of the Shenwei Army. That is to throw dirty water and smear on our Shenwei Army, and it must be suppressed.
After Miao Gui finished speaking, he slapped himself twice and said: It was his own fault. It was all his fault for not being vigilant enough. His son must go to Malkhan to guard the border.
Yang Xingyun immediately told him to stop and made arrangements right away. Since these young men had all been in the military camp before, how about promoting them one level higher and transferring them to guard the border?
This was exactly what Miao Gui meant, and he asked Yang Xingyun to do it immediately.
The next night, Miao Gui’s wife caught him and got angry, asking him why he sent his son to guard the border in the Western Regions?
Miao Gui was furious, but had no place to vent, so he yelled at his wife like a machine gun: I don't know how many young men in the world have died on the battlefield. The third young master's eldest son is buried in Hebei. Why can't our children go to guard the border?
His wife cried and said: Ladies all heard that the border areas are bitterly cold, with snow several feet deep in winter and endless yellow sand. Only he was willing to send his son to such a faraway place to suffer.
Miao Gui turned on the machine gun and fired, blaming his wife for not disciplining her son , who had become lazy and only knew how to eat and play, and had become a playboy.
If you don't discipline him strictly, he will become a pest.
The woman was furious when she heard him comment on her son like that. After a big fight, the woman sobbed while packing her child's luggage.
Miao Gui's son was very happy when he learned that he was driven out of the capital to guard the border. He said to his brothers: Damn, you are such a troublemaker. Be well, and when we meet again in ten or twenty years, we will all be heroes.
The capital of Liaoyang Road was Shenzhou, and the commander-in-chief Feng Guiqi was receiving the Goryeo envoys.
When spring came, the sea was calm and the Japanese island country summoned 50,000 troops for reinforcement, and as soon as they landed, they launched a continuous attack with overwhelming force.
Both countries were well prepared, but the Japanese had a large population and strong bushido spirit, so they defeated Goryeo step by step.
Although Goryeo had the support of the Shenwei Army's new weapons, the soldiers were poorly fed and clothed, and their individual combat capabilities were low. In addition, the young emperor was worried about the Shenwei Army's attack and the instability in the rear, so he did not dare to send his entire army forward.
They also underestimated the reinforcements of the Japanese pirates. After two major battles, they suffered heavy losses and were forced to retreat 200 miles before they could barely hold their ground.
On the one hand, Goryeo urgently dispatched its elite troops stationed on the border of New Song to rush south to provide assistance, and on the other hand, it sent an envoy to New Song to seek support.
This time, the young emperor was dissatisfied with Wang Dian's good relationship with the New Song Dynasty, so he spoke for the New Song Dynasty and sent an elder from the Yang clan in the court to be the main envoy.
This guy led the delegation all the way to Pingyang. The border army commander Liu Zheng accompanied him to eat and said coldly: "My duty is to defend the land and protect the peace of the new Song Dynasty. If you want assistance, please go to Shenzhou to talk to General Feng. He does not have this right."
The mastermind was stunned for a moment, but after he came to his senses, he said goodbye in a hurry and rode his horse back to Shenzhou.
Envoy Yang rode non-stop to Shenzhou, his buttocks were rubbed raw, and the insides of his thighs were covered with rashes and the pain was unbearable.
The girl had no time to rest, and walked quickly despite the pain, seeking to see Feng Guiqi, the commander-in-chief of the Liaoyang Road garrison and the pacification envoy.
However, the steward of the government office told him that the commander-in-chief was on a border patrol and would not be back for another ten days.
This girl was so anxious that she was about to cry. She tried every possible way to find out. After confirming that Feng Guiqi was really on a border patrol, she had no choice but to stay in the inn and wait.
Only at this time did Envoy Yang realize that being sent as an envoy was not an easy job.
This girl had been living a life of luxury for a long time, and suddenly she had to ride fast horses continuously. How could her delicate body withstand it? The tender flesh on her buttocks and inner thighs were rubbed and it was painful as if she was being tortured. She could only lie on the bed in the inn, and when she felt uncomfortable, she got up and walked in a duck's gait, waiting for Feng Guiqi to come back in a daze.
It just so happened that Commander Feng was out and had not returned yet, so the foreign envoy living in Shenzhou found a skilled imperial physician to take his pulse and prescribe some good medicine for internal and external use to help him recuperate.
However, this guy did not rest there. As a messenger, he was responsible for gathering information.
After lying on the kang for a long time, he wanted to go out for a walk. After seeing the newly built streets and the newly repaired city of Shenzhou, he secretly admired the strong financial resources of the new Song Dynasty and the strong organizational ability of the officials. However, the official road from Pingrang to Shenzhou that he walked on was smooth and widened a lot. The docks on both sides of several large rivers were built spaciously and magnificently. The ferries on the docks were all new and large ships. The lively scenes of unloading and loading cargoes could be seen everywhere.
He began to doubt how his emperor governed the country.
Why did the New Song Kingdom do so well after the land came into its hands?
Ten days later, Feng Guiqi summoned Chief Envoy Yang. As soon as he entered the government office, Yang burst into tears and lamented the brutality and aggressiveness of the Japanese pirates, and begged General Feng to send troops to help immediately.
Feng Guiqi shook his head and said: He had no right to send troops on his own. He thought that the Goryeo army could defeat the Japanese pirates. The fierce fighting in the southwest corner was raging, but Goryeo still deployed heavy troops on the border of New Song. It was clear that they did not trust our New Song Kingdom and dispersed their troops.
Envoy Yang was shocked that Feng Guiqi knew the deployment of the Goryeo border troops very well.
He asked angrily: How many spies did the New Song send to spy on Goryeo's military intelligence, and what was their purpose?
Feng Guiqi smiled and told him: The Goryeo garrison is in the barracks, there is no need to inquire. If the New Song Kingdom really wants to send troops to occupy Goryeo's territory, a few tens of thousands of people cannot stop them.
The Kingdom of Goryeo keeps saying that it wants to be a vassal state of the New Song Dynasty. It seems that such lack of trust in the superior country is nothing but lies.
Feng Guiqi didn't look at him, but picked up the teacup and drank tea.
This action meant to see the guest off. Envoy Yang was an expert on China, so of course he understood it.
But how could this guy just walk away when he hasn't received the aid yet? He shamelessly reiterated that the New Song Dynasty had announced in the newspapers that the New Song Dynasty would intervene when its neighbors were in trouble and would not sit idly by and watch the Japanese pirates harm Goryeo. Could it be that the New Song Dynasty was just talking, and that was how it would manage the island of Japan?
Feng Guiqi was unhappy and said coldly: Same here. The New Song Dynasty must take care of the injustices in this world, but how to do it is the New Song Dynasty's own business, and it will not allow others to interfere.
"see a visitor out."
Feng Guiqi immediately stood up and turned to go to the back hall.
Yang was left sitting in the chair in a daze.
After he woke up, he returned to the posthouse for a collective discussion. His entourage knew that he had offended the highest commander of Liaoyang Road and had no room for maneuver, so they could only return home.
This guy is helpless and wants to save the situation. I advise him to go back and report to His Majesty as soon as possible. There is no point in saying more. The military situation at the front is urgent and we need reinforcements urgently.
After realizing the situation, Yang did not dare to delay. He did not care about the injuries on his body and set off with gritted teeth.
The young emperor was furious when he saw the delegation returning empty-handed, and scolded them for being a bunch of trash.
The generals of the Li and Zheng families urged the little emperor to calm down and quickly send the prince to the New Song Dynasty again. Only the prince could knock on the door of the New Song Dynasty.
The little emperor turned his gaze to Wang Dian.
Wang Dian spread his hands and said: If he goes to Shenzhou and tries to get something for nothing like Yang did, he will also return empty-handed.
He turned to his ministers and said: We said we would be a vassal of the New Song, but we just kept talking and didn't take concrete actions. We also deployed heavy troops on the border of the New Song, and the New Song's lookouts knew it. How could the New Song help us if we didn't trust the upper country so much?
General Li nodded and said: The current military situation is urgent, and we should transfer elite troops near Kaifeng to the south to participate in the war.
He thought that what Commander Feng said was very good. If the New Song Dynasty's Divine Mighty Army really attacked, our small number of troops would definitely not be able to resist. We might as well go all out and drive the Japanese pirates into the sea first.
