When they heard Hu Yin's appearance, the two people who were waiting for their meals in the corner of the restaurant, one old and one young, who looked like father and son and both dressed as scholars, almost all raised their heads and expressed a little concern.
"Yunwen, are you trying to say that this was done by the three great officials of Guanxi, who were deliberately trying to kill Wang Xie, and Zhang Caosi was just the one who did it?" The food started to be served, and Hu Quan was still pouring wine, but he still spoke without caring about anything. "Besides, since it was done by the three great officials, it is possible that the emperor already had the details. Even judging from the previous behavior of our emperor, it is possible that it was his instruction. It's just that we don't know, and we are telling it as news?"
The young man named Yunwen, whose courtesy name was Binfu, was naturally Yu Yunwen, a descendant of a famous family in Shu and the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, Yu Shinan. Hearing this, he said nothing more, but after a slight hesitation, he nodded slightly... which meant he acknowledged what Hu Quan had said.
Not only that, many people around were also thinking about it, except for the older of the two people in the corner who shook his head slightly.
By the way, the so-called recent event that caused a stir was nothing else but the dispute between generals and ministers in Guanxi that had reappeared. Moreover, compared with the incident in which Qu Duan detained the governor Wang Shu and whipped the chief censor, this time it was even more excessive. Zhang Jun, the transport envoy of the five routes of Bashu, suddenly took action and directly killed Wang Xie, the highest-ranking military official in Guanxi!
The course of events was very simple and clear... Previously, Song Jiang's remnant Shi Dalang proclaimed himself emperor and plotted rebellion in Xingyuan Prefecture (Hanzhong) and attacked the city of Xingyuan Prefecture. However, because there was already an envoy like Yuwen Xuzhong in Guanxi, the court did not interfere too much.
Therefore, it was almost a matter of course that Wang Xie, the governor of Fengxiang Prefecture, as the closest and the chief military official in Guanxi who was far superior to other generals, was immediately appointed as the commander-in-chief and sent to Hanzhong to take charge of the military operations to suppress the rebellion.
However, this fellow had been suppressing the rebellion in Hanzhong for several months, and the war with the Pseudo-Qi in Jingdong in the east had been fought and ended, but he was still suppressing the rebellion... What's more, last month, in July, he actually let Shi Dalang sneak out of the mountain ditch in Hanzhong!
No one knows whether it was a surprise attack on Ziwu Valley or an intentional attack on Qishan, but Shi Dalang suddenly appeared in the west of Chang'an, ready to attack Chang'an.
Then something even more absurd happened. Shi Dalang, who had been unable to be defeated despite the combined efforts of Fengxiang Prefecture, Xingyuan Prefecture, Xihe Road, and the four routes of reinforcement from Bashu, and even the assistance of Xin Xingzong, the defender of Wuguan and the commander of the Imperial Camp, was destroyed in one battle by the reinforcements from Jingyuan Road hastily dispatched by Hu Yin, and his head and body were separated.
It is said that the only people who actually participated in the battle were the 5,000 troops led by Wu Jie, the military commander of Jingyuan Road.
Wang Xie had an explanation for this. What he meant was that Shi Dalang's elite troops had been wiped out in Hanzhong by his General Wang, and Shi Dalang who fled to Chang'an was just an empty shell, so the credit and hard work still belonged to him. Wu Dujian certainly also had credit, but it was a bit of a trick... You know what, this statement does make sense. At least the logic is very smooth and difficult to refute.
Therefore, Zhang Jun, the transport envoy of the five routes of Bashu, who was previously stationed in Lizhou (Guangyuan and Jiameng areas) near Xingyuan Prefecture, sent a letter at that time, saying that he would personally bring a large amount of money and supplies to Xingyuan Prefecture to comfort the troops, and asked Wang Xie to wait for him before returning to Fengxiang Prefecture.
And the following drama was almost exactly the same as what Emperor Zhao had done in Yanling that day... Zhang Jun rode lightly into Hanzhong and entered the military camp. He first found Liu Ji, the Protector General of Xihe Road and Longyou, who was considered his subordinate. Then he asked Liu Ji to connect and gather the main generals of various troops. Only then did he enter the city of Xingyuan Prefecture openly to meet Wang Xie.
By this time, Zhang Jun had actually gained control of all the troops in Hanzhong.
However, Zhang Deyuan was a cultured man after all, and no matter how much he imitated, he would not lose face like a certain person. He first had dinner with Wang Xie, and while eating he was still talking about entertaining the troops. Halfway through the meal he got up to go to the toilet, and when he came back, Wang Xie was already dead.
It is said that even Liu Qi had the style of a Confucian general and did not do the killing himself. He just ordered the soldiers to tie him up and then suffocate him to death with a wet linen cloth on the mat without spilling a drop of blood.
Speaking of which, although there were the cases of Liu Guangshi, Ding Jin, Fan Qiong, and even Du Chong as the basis for this kind of thing, and although one can imagine with closed eyes that Wang Xie would definitely end up dying in the same way as Liu Guangshi, after all, those were the bad things done by the Emperor Zhao in the name of the emperor, and everyone has been accustomed to the misbehavior of the Emperor Zhao Song for many years.
This time, Zhang Jun, a mere transport envoy, did such a thing, which inevitably made the people of Tokyo City, which had been immersed in the cultural and elegant atmosphere, feel horrified for a moment.
Not to mention the special geographical environment of Shu. After Zhang Jun killed Wang Xie and took over the military power as the transport envoy, it would be a big deal if someone burned down the plank road.
It is no wonder, then, that the Censorate and the Imperial College students submitted impeachment memorials one after another, and that the students of the Imperial College were discussing the matter.
“It’s no wonder, actually!”
Everyone ate a lot of dishes at the table, forced the young Yu Yunwen to drink two glasses of wine, and talked about their expectations for the upcoming palace examination. The atmosphere gradually became better, but the loud-mouthed Hu Quan suddenly stopped drinking and sighed.
"No wonder what's going on?" Chao Gongwu put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth and asked... There is no need for supporting roles when young people communicate with each other, because everyone can't help but talk about their personalities.
"No wonder this incident caused such turmoil." Hu Quan sighed. "I just figured out the reason... Have you ever calculated how many years the Song and Jin have been at war?"
"Do we need to calculate this?" Someone at the table answered casually. "Jing Kang was one and a half years, Jian Yan was two and a half years, exactly four years!"
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