Chapter 42 Change

After Xu Jinghong wrote a letter to ask Wang Chong to send troops, the court really sent a transfer order, which made Wang Chong not doubt Xu Jinghong's situation at this time. The death of the emperor deepened his suspicion of Xu Jinghong's motives. He was afraid that once he really took people and horses to the capital, he would be used by him and become a traitor rejected by the world.

And this is unacceptable to Wang Chong. He is a person who is loyal to the court and the emperor. Otherwise, when he was in power, he would not have been squeezed and excluded, and almost no military power would be guaranteed. Although he has always appreciated Xu Jinghong's ability, Wang Chong will not send troops at will because of his own likes and dislikes.

As Wang Chong's eldest grandson and has been following him, Wang Liehai is very clear about his grandfather's thoughts. So after seeing his expression and speaking righteously, he knew that it was his grandfather's decision. And this is not what Wang Liehai hopes to see. As a young man, he naturally hopes to make a big career.

Just when everyone did not dare to refute, but only said yes, Wang Liehai said, "Marshal, there are a few words, I don't know whether to say it or not..."

"Tell! The man is open and aboveboard. Is there anything that can't be said clearly? Wang Chong waved his hand boldly.

"In this case, the grandson will be presumptuous." Wang Liehai immediately changed his name: "Grandfather, have you thought about why we border soldiers have not been valued over the years, but often receive unfair treatment?"

Wang Chong was stunned and then gave his own opinion: "Naturally, it is because there is the dictatorship of tyrans in the court, which blinds the reason."

"If this is really the reason, why did you get killed 30 years ago? At that time, those family ministers were not powerful enough to influence your majesty's thoughts, right? But didn't the court kill Feng Shuai?"

Although this matter has not been mentioned much within the court, it has always been remembered in the army, especially in the northern border army. So after hearing Wang Liehai's words, the other soldiers showed deep thought. Even Wang Chong couldn't give a suitable answer for a while.

And Wang Liehai quickly answered himself: "The reason for this matter is the emperor's distrust of my border troops. In fact, more than 30 years ago, has the imperial court really paid attention to our border soldiers for so many years? Every year, there are always some troops that can't get the money and grain on time, but once we encounter the invasion of foreign enemies, we have to fight desperately! Marshal, have you ever thought that this is fair to those of us who were born and died?

Wang Chonghan made a face and stopped talking. As a general who has been guarding the border for many years, he sees these more thoroughly than anyone else, but because of his loyalty to the court, he has never thought about this and is not allowed to mention them. But I didn't expect that my grandson would bring it out to the public in front of so many soldiers today.

"In fact, everyone understands the root cause of all this, but no one dares to mention it. Then I will make it clear today. Everything is caused by the strategy of suppressing martial arts that I set when I was the emperor. They don't believe us rude people who lead troops at all. They think that we have the intention to make trouble. Only by constantly suppressing our power can we ensure our loyalty to the court. So, commander-in-chief, you have been loyal to the court all your life in exchange for the other party's treatment. Can we really stand it?

"Can't!" I don't know which general answered loudly, and then many people shouted, "We need to change the current situation. The status of our generals in the court is no worse than those who play tricks and shake pen poles!"

"But this is not an excuse for us to oppose the court!" Wang Chong had to open his mouth and explained: "After all, we can only survive by eating the grain of the court and taking the money of the court. We must not do such a big rebellious thing!"

"Grandpa, you said that wrong!" This time, somehow, Wang Liehai's courage became extremely strong. He ignored his father's winking at all and still said to Wang Chongzheng, "Our silver grain is what we get from killing the enemy. It has nothing to do with the court. We don't need to thank them at all! And even if this statement is a little far-fetched, this grain is not created by the officials in the imperial court who only know nothing about intrigue all day long, but the people's income through their hard work! Therefore, those of us who have joined the army, what should really be maintained and protected is not those high-ranking officials and royal families, but our people!

"And this time, we sent troops, which is exactly why. Grandpa, do you want to see that those people have been stripped by some people, and even three meals are unbearable, but they have to pay for food to support us? Therefore, Sun Er thought that as long as he could seek benefits for the people of the Song Dynasty, he would have done that great rebellion, and it was not wrong!"

His words were sonorous and powerful that the generals around him had a sense of boiling blood. Many people have made up their minds that whether they are for themselves or higher ideals, they must take troops to Beijing this time.

Wang Junqing obviously had more ideas than his son, so after his son's words, he also added a little words: "Marshal, I thought I should also send troops. Because this is a serious military transfer order. If you don't obey it, you will disobey the order.

"But... if all this is someone's conspiracy, can't we go back?"

"Actually, we can't turn back now." Wang Junqing smiled bitterly: "Look at this, more than 80%, Xu Jinghong is going to do something big. If he can make it, there is no need to mention it. If he fails, with the Zhulian technique that the court has always liked, coupled with our relationship with him, it is easy to be judged to be the same party. At that time, we will not become a mess. Instead, it's better to help each other now, so that we can control the development of things in our own hands.

Other generals are even more moved. Indeed, if something really happens over there and Xu Jinghong fails, they will inevitably be implicated. And with the intervention of their force, Xu Jinghong's failure will become very small. People always like to hold their fate in their own hands.

Wang Chong was silent, and he suddenly found that there was no one around him who was always loyal to the court like himself. Even his son and grandson are thinking about themselves, not to mention other generals. And he also knew that in such a situation, even if he did not agree with the decision, he was afraid that some people would act without authorization.

In everyone's eager eyes, Wang Chong said with difficulty, "Since everyone intends to send troops, it's not good for me to be too arbitrary. However... Benshuai is old and in poor health, so he can't go this trip. It's up to you to decide who will take the people to the capital. However, one thing I must explain is that this is, after all, this is the northern part of the Song Dynasty, so we must leave enough soldiers and horses to guard the border town!" However, this has acquiesced that everyone can send troops to the capital.

Everyone smiled and immediately agreed. Then there is the distribution problem of people and horses. As Wang Chong mentioned, after all, the location of northern Xinjiang is extremely important. Although the Hu people have been severely damaged, the hundred-legged insects are dead but not stiff. They must beware of them, so they must leave enough people. There are also generals who take people to the capital, and the candidates must be selected.

After some discussion, it was finally decided that Wang Junqing and Wang Liehai's father and son would lead 30,000 light riders to the capital. And this is also considered. There is indeed no more suitable candidate than these two people who have the deepest friendship with Xu Jinghong. As the Song army was a defensive party, the cavalry could not play much role in fighting against the Hu people. Instead, they could rush to the capital faster, so this decision was recognized by the vast majority of people.

On the day of the news of the emperor's death, Northern Xinjiang made a decision to send troops to the capital!

When the generals dispersed and left only the three ancestors and grandchildren of the Wang family, Wang Chong carefully looked at his grandson and said for a long time, "Your inspiring words are not from your own mind, are they? Who taught you to say that?"

Wang Liehai was shocked first, and then smiled bitterly, "You can't hide anything from Grandpa. Yes, these words are not from my own ideas, but are taught by others. Xu Jinghong was the one who taught me. While sending you a letter, he also gave me a letter, which said that once you refuse to send troops, it will be revealed at the last moment, so that everyone can decide whether to send troops, so as to change everything in front of you!"

"But have you ever thought about what our Wang family will be regarded as in history? I'm afraid the title of thieves is inevitable!" Wang Chong said with a little pain that he had been a loyal minister all his life, but he didn't expect such a change in his old age.

"I don't think so. Grandpa, do you think that once things succeed, we will not be a promiscuous minister, but a minister of Zhongxing. At that time, in the history books of future generation, we will only praise the correct choice. How can we belittle it? And in this matter, I believe that we are more than 80% to 90% sure that we can succeed!"

Seeing that Sun'er was determined and his son refused to stand on his side, Wang Chong finally gave up and continued to talk. He clearly felt that his own era has completely passed, and the current world will be the era for these young people to break through, make trouble, and turn over the clouds!

And everything was also guessed by Wang Chong. Not only did the generals agree with their grandchildren, but the soldiers also had general ideas. They also have the vision of making contributions, and naturally they are interested in this kind of thing that is easier to gain than a life-and-death battle with foreign enemies. So two days later, 30,000 light riders were selected, and then under the leadership of the father and son of the Wang family, they went straight to the capital.

At this time, Daliang City has changed from the previous two-person turn to the current Three Kingdoms. Because Zhao cong, the king of Jing, who has always been unknown and did not compete with his two brothers for a while, suddenly jumped out of everyone's eyes because of a disagreement on one thing, thus starting a clear battle.

And the origin of this disturbance is based on the disagreement about the suspension of the emperor. After a few days of mourning, the prince, who was already tired and bored, proposed to let his father enter the earth as soon as possible. His idea is not only to be comfortable, but also to gain more power as soon as possible. After all, in today's days when he kneels in front of the spirit, it is difficult for him to launch a direct battle against King Yong.

And this time, King Yong did not raise any objection to this matter. Because Zhao Zhen himself was tired of such endless spiritual affairs, and he also wanted to get on the right track as soon as possible to have a positive battle with the prince. Moreover, now this villain has been made by the prince. If someone wants to oppose it, it is also against the prince. Why doesn't he do it?

It is precisely because of this idea that King Yong is also happy to see the success, so that court officials do not seem to be able to object. But everyone was wrong. At this time, King Jing, who had been silent, suddenly stood up and objected righteously: "In ancient times, the king's funeral should have been suspended for a month. Now less than half a month, he will send his father to the mausoleum, which is really beyond the capacity of human and ministers!"

With the first shot of this prince, who also has the status of regent and superintendent, other officials who were very disapproved of the prince's hasty decision are no longer silent. They also stood up one after another and said the same words as King Jing, thinking that the prince's decision was too rude for them to accept.

What surprised the prince was that many of these people stood up were still from the Ministry of Ceremonies. You know, the minister of the Ministry of Ceremonies is a man on his side. He always helps him, the prince, wave the flag and shout. Who would have thought that these people stand on their opposite side today? But he didn't think that this matter was about the great gift of the country, and of course, the people of the Ministry of Ceremonies had to fight for it.

King Yong looked on coldly and found that this was a good opportunity to suppress the prince's momentum, so he did not wait any longer and immediately winked at his own people. Immediately, the officials on King Yong's side also criticized the prince under the banner of salute, directly preventing him from coming to power. In the end, the prince had to make such a rude suggestion on the pretext that he was thinking of the ministers, and after kowtowed to the body of the late emperor, everyone spared him.

But in this way, the situation in the middle of the dynasty has undergone subtle changes. The prince was still stronger, but he was weakened by this matter. However, King Jing, who had never participated in the competition, suddenly emerged. Only then did everyone find that this prince, who was not valued much, was no worse than the two brothers in terms of ability and demeanor, and even stronger. In particular, his reputation among middle and low-level officials has been greatly enhanced.

And after realizing that the brother around him was not a fuel-efficient lamp and would also pose a threat to himself, the prince and King Yong also began to suppress King Jing. It is natural for King Jing to have such a thought. It must be his current identity, which makes him have a certain ambition. In this case, they should show their strength to completely eliminate the idea of this brother who does not have many courtiers.

But they are wrong. Although King Jing doesn't have many supporters on the surface, when they want to deal with him for various reasons, they find that the other party also has many supporters. Although these officials who stand up to speak for King Jing are not in high status, they all have certain real power, and they can't move if the two highnesses speak.

In just a few days, the prince and King Yong wanted to play on the topic more than ten times, but they were calmly resolved by King Jing. And this time, King Jing was even more noticed by the officials of the imperial court, and everyone found that the prince's ability was far above himself! At the same time, some officials who do not belong to either the camp of the prince and King Yong have the idea of serving under the account of King Jing. After all, they also have to plan for their own future. If they can climb a high branch and rise from then on, no one will let go.

When King Jing emerged, Xu Jinghong, who should have advanced and retreated with him, suddenly disappeared beside him, with a trace of unfathomable coldness on his face. Just because all this was not at his instruction, but by King Jing did it spontaneously. And such benefits are only beneficial to King Jing, which will disrupt Xu Jinghong's overall plan.

So after leaving the palace, Xu Jinghong had a deep discussion with Sun Zaiyuan: "It seems that King Jing no longer wants to be completely controlled by me, but has his own ideas."

After listening to Xu Jinghong's narration, Sun Zaiyuan also nodded and said, "This is very normal. He also has his own appeal, and he is even more noble. Naturally, he doesn't want to be controlled by others. Moreover, he did play beautifully, and he easily became popular today from obscurity in the past.

"Yes, as soon as he stood up this time, he became an opponent with the prince. Presumably many officials who do not belong to both camps will think of standing on his side. And this is also what he used to remind us to understand that in fact, he is not the only one who wants to compete for the throne. Xu Jinghong was a little annoyed.

A person who was originally under his control suddenly turned out, and no one would be happy. What's more, this is also related to his overall plan for the future, which makes Xu Jinghong even more uneasy.

"So it seems that our previous plan has to be changed." Sun Zaiyuan narrowed his eyes and said.

"You mean..." Xu Jinghong couldn't help clenching his fist.

"If King Jing succeeds to the throne again, with his mind and forbearance, I'm afraid he will become the second Zhao Zhe. Does the lord want to see the tragedy of the family happen to you again?

"That's what I said, but what excuse did I use to do such a thing?"

"No excuse..." Sun Zaiyuan's words are like a snake seducing Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit: "As long as it becomes a big thing, there will be any excuse!"