Chapter 385 Fishing
“No, Your Majesty!”
Hu Zhongyan quickly objected: “If troops and horses are mobilized from nearby states and counties, what should we do if the rebels spread to these states and counties?”
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"Chen He believes that the right approach should be to order nearby counties and counties to guard against the rebels, and then increase troops to quickly quell the rebellion!"
Hearing this, Zhao Xing looked at Han Zhang and asked, "Do you have any good ideas?"
"Your Majesty, what Hu Shangshu and Privy Envoy Zeng said are both reasonable. In my opinion, it is better to take a compromise approach and dispatch a group of Xiang troops from the prefectures and counties near Bianjing." Han Zhang said.
"Huh?"
Zhao Xing was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he looked happy.
He fell into a misunderstanding all along.
The soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty are not only the imperial army, but also the armies from various places cannot be ignored.
The Song Dynasty now has nearly 1.4 million soldiers and horses, but the Forbidden Army has less than 800,000 soldiers and horses. The remaining 600,000 soldiers and horses are all local troops.
Although the local Xiang army is less powerful, it is completely sufficient to suppress the rebellion.
Deploying Xiang troops from other places may affect local stability, but deploying them from states near Bianjing has no impact at all.
Although the Song Dynasty had constant rebellions over the years, there were almost no rebellions in the states near Bianjing.
Without him, Bianjing is surrounded by the Central Plains, and there is nowhere to hide.
Moreover, the imperial court responded very quickly. Launching a rebellion in the Central Plains was no different from seeking death.
"Zeng Aiqing, I leave this matter to you. As soon as possible, mobilize 30,000 troops from the states near Bianjing and rush to Jiangzhou to follow the command of the Song Dynasty!" Zhao Xing ordered.
"I obey the decree!" Zeng Gongliang responded.
"Okay, the increase in troops has been decided. Next, let's talk about the thorough investigation of funding the rebels. I am going to send Hanlin bachelor Wang Anshi to Jiangzhou to be responsible for the thorough investigation of this matter." Zhao Xing said calmly road.
“Your Majesty is wise!”
There are still debates about whether to increase the number of troops and where to mobilize them. However, there is no dispute over a thorough investigation of those who secretly funded the rebels.
Funding the rebels is like treason. Who dares to prevent a thorough investigation?
"Your Majesty, Jiangzhou is suffering from floods and is very short of food. If more troops and horses are deployed, more food and grass will be needed. Now the imperial court is building the Great Wall, quelling the rebellion, and increasing the troops in Hehuang will consume a lot of food and grass. After the rebellion is put down, food and grass will be needed to resettle the people. Although the autumn tax has been collected, it cannot withstand such a hassle," Hu Zhongyan said.
"Hu Aiqing said so, could there be a way to solve the food and grass problem?" Zhao Xing said with a smile.
"Is there anything I can do? If I want to solve the problem of food shortage, it is nothing more than increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. But food is grown on the land, and it is too late to increase revenue, so I just cut expenditure. I..."
"Hu Aiqing is the Minister of Rites, not the Minister of Household Affairs. Since Aiqing has nothing to do, then Aiqing shouldn't worry about things that Aiqing shouldn't worry about!"
Zhao Xing didn't wait for Hu Zhongyan to finish speaking. He interrupted him directly.
"I've said too much." Hu Zhongyan bowed and stepped back.
Zhao Xing glanced at Hu Zhongyan indifferently and announced the dismissal of the court.
He had already made up his mind to deal with Hu Zhongyan when the rebellion in Jiangzhou was put down.
If Hu Zhongyan hadn't seemed to be connected with the Wizard Cult, Zhao Xing would have wanted to touch him.
After all, the Minister of Personnel is in charge of personnel appointments.
For the emperor, as long as he firmly grasps personnel appointments, financial and military power, and delegates power in other areas, his rule cannot be shaken.
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After Hu Zhongyan left Longtuge, he returned to the Libu Yamen for a while and then went home, citing physical discomfort. It must be said that the officialdom system in the Song Dynasty was very loose. Officials had many holidays, and no one would say anything if they just found an excuse to go home when they were at work.
After returning home, Hu Zhongyan asked Ruyu to be found and went directly to the study.
Not long after, Ruyu came to the study.
"My lord!"
Ruyu bowed and said with a smile: "I wonder why my lord summoned me here? Your wife is still very jealous despite her age. If it is a trivial matter... ”
Hu Zhongyan directly interrupted Ruyu's words and said: "His Majesty just issued an order to mobilize troops and horses from several states near Bianjing and rushed to Jiangzhou to suppress the rebellion."
"What?"
Ruyu Hearing this, his face changed and he asked: "Didn't your Excellency promise that the officials would definitely not send more troops to Jiangzhou?"
"What I promised is that I will not continue to send the imperial army to Jiangzhou." Hu Zhongyan corrected.
“Huh…”
Ruyu laughed angrily when he heard this: "Do you think this is interesting, sir? We are all grasshoppers on the same rope. If anything happens, we people have only one life, but what about you? Now the officials are afraid that they want to kill you. It's very tight. Once the matter is exposed, I'm afraid that nine My family is not safe!"
"I have expected this day since I started cooperating with you. This kind of threat is of no use to me. I will tell you the news now. You can definitely inform your people. Evacuate." Hu Zhongyan said calmly.
"Evacuate?"
Hearing this, Ruyu sneered: "Your Majesty, it is easy to say. In order to launch this rebellion, do you know how much effort our people have put in? Evacuating now is the same as before. All you have done is in vain!”
“You don’t have to worry about not having firewood to keep the green hills. Don’t you understand this?”
"But at this time, there is a rush to evacuate. Many people cannot leave at all. The mountains are gone, and where is the firewood?"
"Anyway, I have told you the news. What you do is up to you."< br>
“Do you think that just letting a bastard leave will help you? Are you preserving your bloodline for the Hu family?”
“What did you do to Xu’er?”
Hearing this, Hu Zhongyan stood up fiercely, put his hands on the desk, glared at Ruyu, and gritted his teeth. Said: "Do you really want to beat me to death?"
"Don't worry, my lord, your son and several grandsons are fine. And my lord is wrong. Sometimes the fish may die but the net may not break." Ruyu said with a smile.
Hearing this, Hu Zhongyan sat down dejectedly and was silent for a while before saying: "Tell me, what do you want to do?"
"I need Mr. Hu to stop the imperial court from increasing its troops on Jiang. State." Ruyu said.
“You don’t think that the 70,000 forbidden troops can’t deal with the hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangzhou, most of whom are holding farm tools, right? Even if we don’t increase the number of troops, it won’t be sooner or later that they are put down, and the distance will not be Too big." Hu Zhongyan said sarcastically.
The imperial court's increase in troops was just to put down the rebellion as quickly as possible, not because of a shortage of troops.
But Ruyu meant that if the imperial court did not increase its troops, they would have a way to deal with the 70,000 forbidden troops in Jiangzhou.
"This is not something you need to worry about." Ruyu said lightly.
"I'm sorry, I can't do it. Why do you think I would send someone to send a bastard away? Because His Majesty has already suspected me. At this time, the entire Hu family is under surveillance. Maybe you exist The officials have known about it for a long time." Hu Zhongyan sneered.
“Impossible!” Ruyu’s face changed drastically when she heard this and said, “If you knew, why didn’t the officials take action?”
“I heard that the officials liked fishing since they were young, but I didn’t know you Have you ever fished? ”
Hu Zhongyan didn't wait for Ruyu to answer, and said to himself: "When fishing, you can't just pull the fish when you see it bites the hook. You have to wait for the fish to bite tightly, so that the fish can't run away after pulling the hook."
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