Chapter 11 Internal and External Worry
With the support of Wu Yong and others, Song Qing could easily take over Song Jiang's position, but Song Qing also repeatedly stressed that it was only the authority to temporarily replace his brother. When his brother Song Jiang came back, he still had to give way to his brother.
There has always been a feeling in Song Qing's heart that Song Jiang is still alive.
Many people don't have much hope for whether Song Jiang can come back alive. After all, this matter is too strange. But Song Qing obviously appeased some loyal Song Jiang.
Song Qing first led the crowd to worship the spiritual throne of Chao Tianwang, and then returned to Zhongyi Hall and put a smaller chair under Song Jiang's chair. As Song Qing's seat, Lu Junyi's seat was cancelled without objection.
The ceremony was very low-key. Song Jiang's life and death were unknown. Although Song Qing had no feelings for him, he did not want to leave a handle on others. However, this further won the hearts of Liangshan heroes.
In the next days, to Song Qing's expectation, Wu used several old ghosts not regard him as a decoration, but took him to familiarize himself with the affairs of the cottage, inspect the mountains and rivers, and get to know the village leaders at all levels. There is no intention of hiding privateness.
It is said that if you are not at home, you don't know the value of firewood and rice. Song Qing has really experienced this taste now. At the same time, he also understood why Wu Yong and others were so eager to push him to the top.
It is not an exaggeration to describe Liang Shan's current situation in one sentence, that is, internal and external troubles.
Liang Shan has always paid close attention to the court of the Song Dynasty. Gao Yu was defeated and captured and killed by Song Qing. You should know that he was not a shrimp skin. He died when he died, and no one asked. It was the death of such a big man as the lieutenant and the emperor's favorite minister. After so many days, the court actually did not respond at all. The so-called abnormal things must be demons, and the court is obviously brewing greater actions.
Therefore, the first order of Song Qing's rise to power was to intensify the investigation of the imperial court, and no movement could be let go of.
Hundreds of thousands of horses up and down Liangshan. How much food does this man consume every day? As a cottage, Liangshan has almost no arable land. Most of the food used for food is looted. Although people are also sent to buy it, almost all the nearby states and counties have been looted by Liangshan. Is there any food to sell? The court obviously also thought of this and had blocked the road going south and north, forming an encirclement of Liangshan on the periphery.
If there are more, there will be no need. In two months, Liangshan will face a situation where there will be no food to eat. At that time, you can figure out what the situation will be like with your toes.
And Lu Junyi, a time bomb that may explode at any time, seems to be quite calm now. Everyone knows that he will never give up so well. Maybe he will jump out and cause some waves. Therefore, Liangshan Qunxiong is now on guard against him.
Song Qing regretted that it was not so fun to be a big brother. But now it's not fun and he has to continue to play, because although Song Qing has no ambition, he is a responsible and responsible person. Now that he has done this position, even if it is only temporary, he has to take responsibility.
Song Qing now seems to understand why Song Jiang is in a hurry to turn to the court. After these days of understanding, he has known that Liang Shan seems to be powerful, but in fact he is no different from a paper tiger. The space for activities is narrow, there is a shortage of food and grass, and people are mixed. In the current situation of Liangshan, the court actually does not need to send troops to destroy it. It only needs to besiege Liangshan to death.
So Liangshan is urgently needed not only food, but also more room for survival and development. In history, the real Song Jiang may also encounter such a problem. He had to run around and finally be captured and surrendered.
For Song Qing, who knows a little about this period of history, of course, he will not repeat the mistakes of Song Jiang. Under the premise of developing living space, the base of Liangshan must not be lost. The question now is how to develop living space.
This is a small-scale meeting. In addition to Song Qing, there are also Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng, Zhu Wu, Chai Jin, Li Ying and Jiang Jing. Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng and Zhu Wu are the people in charge of the overall situation, while Chai Jin, Li Ying and Jiang Jing are in charge of money and grain expenditure. So this meeting is also an internal affairs meeting.
After this period of training, Song Qing's temperament has become more stable, and he gradually reflects the momentum of the superior.
These people are not the kind of masters who only know how to fight and kill, and they are all in charge of internal affairs, so they are also best aware of the crisis faced by Liangshan.
It can be clearly understood, but for a moment, no one can come up with any good ideas.
Liangshan's location belongs to Jingdong West Road in the Song Dynasty, which is not the main grain-producing area. The nearby states and counties can grab almost everything, but the south can buy grain, but it can't be shipped back.
Li Ying is an alien in Liangshan. Although he is also in charge of Liangshan's lifeline, he is not the direct line of Song Jiang, and there is also a small circle around him. Therefore, he is not satisfied with Song Qing taking over the power of Liangshan. It can be said that he does not look up to Song Qing in his heart. It's just that his strength is not good, and the words he said have no weight, so he has been calming down, but he seems to have found an opportunity at this time.
"Now that Erlang is the master of the cottage, Erlang can do whatever he says. Brothers just do it. I believe that Erlang has his own way not to make his brothers hungry, hehe!"
Song Qing really wants to go up and give him a big ear scraper. How many days have I traveled to the Song Dynasty? How many days have you been acting for this boss? What do you want me to say? I asked you to grab the food. Can you get it back for me?
Chai Jin has been sitting silently since he came in, as if he was thinking about something. After listening to Li Ying's strange words, he couldn't help but look at him and said, "Now is the time for our Liangshan's life and death. Everyone should still focus on the overall situation. Erlang is just temporarily on behalf of Brother Gongming. If anything happens, we old brothers have to help him."
Chai Jin's words said everyone's voice. Looking at everyone's faces, Li Ying knew that he would be angry with the public again, curled his lips and turned his head aside.
Chai Jin is regarded as a son of a family, and his perspective of thinking is different from that of Liangshan Qunxiong.
"Erlang, several brothers, I have been thinking recently that Gongming's brother has been faked, but this fake Gongming brother led us to defeat the imperial army while strongly advocating to accept Zhao'an. What on earth does he want to do?"
"Now that the person pretending to be Gongming's brother is dead, and the lieutenant Gao Yu was also killed by Erlang. What a big deal? But so far, the court has not even responded at all. Don't you think it's strange?"
"Also, everyone must think the same as me. These things, including the whereabouts of Brother Gongming, are related to Lu Yuanwai, but as far as I know, Lu Yuanwai has now left home. He has planned so many things. Will he be so willing to admit defeat?"
Song Qing's head has not been free recently. It's not that he hasn't thought about what Chai Jin said, but he didn't have time to analyze it in detail. Chai Jin suddenly put it up at such a meeting to study internal affairs, but he couldn't help thinking about it.
"Does the official want to say that there is a conspiracy here?"
Chai Jin nodded and said, "Yes, I have a feeling that someone is secretly manipulating all this, and even he has calculated my current situation in Liangshan and is secretly waiting for an opportunity to move."
Hearing Chai Jin's words, Song Qing couldn't help bleeding again.
While he wanted to be recruited, he defeated the imperial army mercilessly, and he was nothing more than demonstrating to the court in order to seek greater benefits when he was recruited. Isn't Song Jiang doing this? But why did a fake Song Jiang suddenly appear to continue this matter? If this fake Song Jiang is from the imperial court, there is obviously no need to work so hard. Who will he be?
With a flash of inspiration, I couldn't help saying, "Let's assume that Gao Yu and Cai Jing are not the dominant party in the court. Some people want to replace them. This person has a certain position in the court, but his strength is weak and he is in urgent need of external help. And my Liangshan soldiers are strong and strong, and my brother wants to accept the court's recruitment, so he put his mind on us, so does all this make sense?
As soon as Song Qing's words fell, Chai Jin couldn't help clapping his hands and said, "This is exactly what I think in my heart. Erlangguo is a wise man."
Song Qing couldn't help but feel ashamed. If he hadn't watched too many messy TV series in his previous life, could he have come up with so many dog-blooded plots?
Wu Yong narrowed his eyes and said, "So our battlefield is actually in Bianliang, Tokyo?"
Seeing that everyone was meditating again, Li Ying couldn't help but be embarrassed by Song Qing.
"In this case, I don't know what Jilang has?"
With those bloody plots, Song Qing's brain has been running rapidly.
Squinted and smiled, "Under normal circumstances, the enemy does not move, I will not move. But it doesn't work now. Not to mention how long the food and fodder can last, a single mole is enough for us to have a headache, so I said that we must first settle inside, eliminate the traitors, eliminate those who are two-hearted, and work together to overcome difficulties together."
When Song Qing spoke, he always faced Li Ying, seemingly smiling, but his eyes did not hide his inner murder. Li Ying is really a little annoying. He is about to fight with Lu Junyi. If Liangshan is the same as him, how can he sit in this seat? If it is really necessary, Song Qing will not mind killing a hundred policemen.
Feeing the murder in Song Qing's eyes, Li Ying's heart couldn't help but burst, and then he remembered that the seemingly harmless teenager in front of him was not soft to kill people.
Zhu Wu stared at Li Ying coldly and said, "Erlang is right. If anyone doesn't accept Erlang, he will be handed over to Luti's jurisdiction."
Lu Zhishen is now a hardcore supporter of Song Qing. What will happen if those who oppose Song Qing fall into his hands? Li Ying is completely honest this time.
Gongsun Sheng frowned and said, "What excuse should we use to do it?"
Song Qing shook his head and said, "We don't need to do it directly. Now people who have doubts have been controlled by us. It is almost impossible for them to pass on the news, so I think people in Tokyo should be more anxious than us. He urgently needs to know what we will do next, and I don't think he really want to We are forced to die. In this case, as long as we let Lu out, the one in Bianliang in Tokyo should understand that we have seen through their plan. If everything goes well, someone will take the initiative to come to us soon. At that time, I think our opportunity will come."
In fact, Song Qing's meaning has not been fully expressed, but a meeting originally planned to solve the food and fodder crisis has now become a study of Liang Shan's future development, and some words can't be said too much.
Send away Li Yinghe and Jiang Jing, who had been sitting there honestly, and Song Qing said another sentence that had been in his heart for a long time.
"If I guess correctly, Brother Gongming is not only alive, but also in Bianliang, Tokyo"