Chapter 384 Fury
“I hope to see civil strife in Xixia. I don’t know if this reason is enough?”
Zhao Xing said lightly: “No matter how I guarantee it, you Liang family will be suspicious. But For the Song Dynasty, the Liang family controlled the power of Xixia It is very beneficial to the Song Dynasty. If the Liang family takes control, Xixia will fall into endless internal strife."
"Your Majesty is so confident that the Liang family cannot completely control the situation in Xixia."
At this point, there is no point in continuing to be secretive.
"It's not important. I believe that after the Liang family takes power, Xixia will fall into civil strife. The Liang family is confident that they can completely control the situation in Xixia. This makes it possible for us to cooperate, doesn't it?" Zhao Xing asked.
Liang Yimi was startled when he heard this and said with a smile: "What your Majesty said makes sense."
"So Minister Liang agreed?" Zhao Xing said with a smile.
“I can only promise to try my best, but there is no guarantee whether I can do it or not.” Liang Yimi said.
Zhao Xing sneered in his heart when he heard this, he was like a white wolf with empty gloves.
Whether you have tried your best or not, who knows?
But the same is true for the Song Dynasty. Although Zhao Xing is happy to see the Liang family take power in Xixia, if the Liang family does not contribute, he will not bother to act with the Liang family.
Looking at it this way, it seems that talking for a long time was a complete waste of time.
But that’s not actually the case.
Let the Liang family think that the Song Dynasty is an ally that can be used to better stimulate the ambitions of the Liang family.
Maybe the Liang family can be allowed to attack Li Liangzuo earlier.
"Since your Majesty is willing to cooperate, why did you ask Mr. Han to go to Honglu Temple to meet the foreign minister yesterday? Your Majesty knows that this move has caused a lot of trouble to the foreign minister." Liang Yimi said.
"Haha, I am doing this to help you."
Zhao Xing smiled and said: "The little emperor of Xixia is not stupid. You give up so easily in the court. You really think Xixia The little emperor won’t be suspicious?”
“Since I dare to do this, I naturally have a way to deal with it. Your Majesty’s doing this is a bit superfluous,” Liang Yimi said.
Zhao Xing was not angry when he heard this and said with a smile: "Then what kind of compensation do you want?"
"My Liang family has a caravan and wants to purchase some silk, porcelain and colored glaze from the Song Dynasty. Although there is also mutual trade, But the price is not low, and it is not the best," Liang Yimi said.
"This is all a trivial matter. I will arrange to contact your Liang family and provide you with a batch of official kiln porcelain and silk for the palace at a low price. As for the colored glaze, you can have as much as you want." Zhao Xing Don't care about Tao.
If you want a horse to run, you cannot just feed it.
Anyway, he can make money, it’s just a matter of making more or less.
"Then thank you, Your Majesty!"
Liang Yimi was very happy. Zhao Xing felt that he was doing nothing, and so was he.
Now that he can get some benefits from Zhao Xing, he thinks he has taken advantage, so he is naturally happy.
At this moment, a eunuch walked in from the side door, and Sanshui greeted him.
The eunuch whispered a few words into Sanshui's ear, then took out a stick and handed it to Sanshui.
Sanshui took Tashi, put it into his sleeve without leaving a trace, and returned behind Zhao Xing.
Zhao Xing noticed this scene and had no intention of talking nonsense with Liang Yi, so he sent him away after saying a few words.
"Your Majesty, this is the zhazi sent by Shen Xianggong's order!"
After Sanshui saw Liang Yimi leaving, he quickly presented the zhazi.
Zhao Xing took the zhazi and started to read it. The more he looked at it, the uglier his face became.
Xianggong Shen described the situation in Jiangzhou and some of his speculations in Zazi.
Zhao Xing is not surprised that there are officials in Jiangzhou who have connections with the rebels. He was angry that Mr. Shen was not decisive enough.
Originally, he felt that Jiangzhou had 20,000 soldiers and horses led by Xianggong Shen and Cao Qin, plus the local Xiang army, and even if they could not put down the rebellion, they could still control the situation.
However, Xianggong Shen lacked decisiveness, which resulted in most of the 20,000 soldiers and horses led by Cao Qin being dispersed to defend the city.
Each state in the Song Dynasty had thousands to tens of thousands of Xiang troops.
Jiangzhou is an important city in the south of the Yangtze River. There are tens of thousands of Xiang troops, and there are also many Xiang troops in nearby states. Isn't it enough to defend the counties within it?
After being dispersed, and with the government officials from each county, each county has nearly a thousand soldiers and horses. The rebels have no siege equipment, can they still attack the county?
Cao Qin's 20,000 troops can be used as mobile troops to curb the development of the rebels.
As a result, the county towns were unable to leave, allowing the rebels to plunder the vast territory outside the cities.
Many people who were not involved were also hijacked by the rebels.
For a time, the rebels were in full swing in Jiangzhou with great momentum.
“It’s so hateful!”
Zhao Xing forcibly restrained the anger in his heart, wrote a cursive edict and handed it to Sanshui.
“Let people follow this plan and send it to Jiangzhou!”
"Yes!"
Sanshui responded and hurried away.
“Alas.”
Zhao Xing sighed quietly. Now the rebels in Jiangzhou and other places have grown to hundreds of thousands.
Although there are many people, they are just ordinary people. He believes that the Song Dynasty can be pacified.
But as a result, Jiangzhou and other places may have to wait a few more years to recover.
However, the next day, urgent news came again from Jiangzhou. The rebels gathered more than 100,000 people to attack Jiangzhou City. Fortunately, the Song Dynasty arrived in time. Seeing the arrival of the imperial troops, the rebels immediately withdrew. Arrived in the mountains.
Following this came a report from Xianggong Shen.
In the report, Shen Xianggong stated his guess.
In Jiangzhou and other places, there should be many landlords and gentry secretly funding the rebels.
After Zhao Xing read the report, he immediately ordered people to summon the important officials of the court to discuss the matter.
After everyone arrived, Zhao Xing asked Sanshui to circulate the report of Xianggong Shen to everyone.
"My dear friends!"
After Zhao Xing and others finished circulating the report, he said: "The situation in Jiangzhou is seriously corrupt now. Even if the rebellion is quelled, if we don't find out who funded the rebels, Those people will definitely rebel again in the future! What can you do about this, your Majesty? At this time, it has grown to hundreds of thousands. Although there are many old and weak women and children, and less than half are young and strong, if there is no decision, the number of rebels will only increase. I feel that the top priority is not to find out who is funding the rebels. , but to withdraw the troops and horses that were sent to Hehuang, and mobilize these troops and horses to rush to Jiangzhou to put down the rebellion as soon as possible!" Hu Zhongyan said.
"Hu Shangshu, don't you understand what I just said? The rebels are simply outnumbered. There are now 70,000 forbidden troops in Jiangzhou. Isn't it possible that they can't deal with some civilians who lack weapons?" Zhao Xing said lightly.
"Of course it can be dealt with, but how long will this take? Your Majesty, the rebels are like locusts passing through the border. We cannot allow them to continue to develop." Hu Zhongyan said.
"Your Majesty, Hu Shangshu's words are reasonable. The rebels must be put down as soon as possible." Zeng Gongliang agreed.
Zhao Xing frowned slightly when he heard this and said: "Zeng Aiqing also agreed to transfer the troops and horses to reinforce Hehuang to Jiangzhou?"
"No!" Zeng Gongliang shook his head and said: "The rebels are now involved. It is only a few states near Jiangzhou, and Xiang troops can be mobilized from nearby states and counties that have not been affected!”
Zhao Xing's expression softened upon hearing this, which was in line with his thoughts.
(End of this chapter)