Chapter 250: Correspondence (Part 2)
In the winter of the fourth year of Jianyan, Emperor Zhao got a new princess and was so happy that he issued a general amnesty. With Emperor Zhao's joy and amnesty, many people finally let out the breath of caution that had been in their hearts, and many things began to return to their original track.
However, this track may not necessarily be a speed-up track, nor may it be the right path.
For example, at the end of October, after Yue Fei, the commander-in-chief of the front army of the imperial camp, crossed the river from Jiangling, he successively recovered Gong'an, Ou Chi and Shishou which were captured by Zhong Xiang's army, and defeated the main force of Marshal Yang Yao under the command of "Great Sage" and "King of Chu" Zhong Xiang in Huarong, and approached Dongting Lake. Yang Yao also gave up the attempt to stop the government army on land and retreated into the lake.
At this time, Yue Fei was preparing for a naval battle while formally reporting to Tokyo, proposing a strategy of "recruiting amnesty".
Yue Pengju explained his reasons in detail in his long memorial... He believed that "Yang Yao's followers were originally villagers. They were first deceived by Zhong Xiang and his son with monsters, and then they were sent to the north and the court made excessive demands," which led to the chaos.
The so-called "rebellion in name only, but in reality just to save lives and gather people to beg for survival".
Therefore, he hoped to divide Zhong Xiang and his son, core bandit leaders such as Yang Yao, the rebel soldiers, and the civilians who were abducted into four groups, and except for Zhong Xiang and his son, all of them should "not be killed". As for the soldiers and the abducted fishermen, they should be pardoned, appeased and relieved.
In other words, he believed that the military victory had played a certain deterrent role, and that it was time to slow down and not advance in a violent manner for the time being. Instead, he took the initiative to adopt a strategy of appeasement to lure and trap the rebels in the Jingxiang Rebellion to surrender.
When the memorial was sent to the capital, Zhao Ding immediately raised an objection. His reason was simple, that is, 'to resist foreign aggression, one must first stabilize the country', and to stabilize the country, one should cut the Gordian knot quickly... Since the military progress is going well, there is no need to waste time on appeasement, and the correct thing to do is to defeat the enemy quickly and end the war.
After all, even if we don't consider the economy, there will still be the Miao rebellion in the Wuling area, northern Shaanxi and Jingdong, as well as a bunch of things in the "Plan for Pacificating the Jin Dynasty" that Yue Fei personally submitted!
At the same time, perhaps because the word "excessive demands" seriously irritated Liu Ji, Liu Xianggong, the main person in charge of Jingxiang, chose to support Zhao Ding without hesitation.
But relatively speaking, Privy Councilor Zhang Jun also took a clear stand and chose to support Yue Fei.
This is not to say that Zhang Jun wanted to oppose Zhao Ding just for the sake of opposing Zhao Ding... The reason was actually very simple. According to Zhang Deyuan's experience of following Emperor Zhao and his ability to guess the Emperor's mind, and considering that the Emperor had specifically chosen Yue Fei for the two rebellions to the south and had directly given orders to send troops, and considering Yue Fei's style and some rumors about his subordinates, he had already realized Emperor Zhao's basic attitude towards this matter.
As expected, Zhang Jun stubbornly started arguing with the governor again, insisting on doing things according to Yue Fei's memorial. Zhao Ding and Liu Ji had no choice but to request to discuss politics in front of the emperor and let Emperor Zhao make the decision.
However, Emperor Zhao Jiu, who went to the Military Equipment Bureau with another Prime Minister, had no intention of showing up. He just wrote a reply on the note - "That's why Yue Fei was employed."
Zhao Ding and Liu Ji were silent immediately. Zhang Jun took on two opponents at once and unexpectedly won!
However, let's not talk about how Zhang Jun gained power and terrorized Tokyo, and how Yue Fei changed his strategy to recruit people and deal with the Dongting Rebellion, let's just talk about another small matter... The loyal servant who came back with Zheng Yinian left Zheng's mansion early when he saw the bad situation, but he didn't rush to Jinan. Instead, he worked odd jobs in the water gate area northeast of Tokyo... After Yaoshan, Tokyo became more and more lively, with more and more merchants, officials, and students gathering here. Although it is certainly impossible to compare with the period before Jingkang, it is still easy for a person to hide.
Especially since this person did not make any inquiries or reports.
However, as Emperor Zhao issued a general amnesty that day, this man no longer hesitated, and disguised himself as a refugee from Hebei to work as a delivery boy, following a merchant from Dongping Prefecture to Jingdong... These were legitimate merchants, and the court also encouraged wealthy people to employ more refugees, and this servant had no flaws at all, so he actually allowed him to arrive safely in Dongping Prefecture.
After arriving here, this person continued to work steadily. He prepared enough drinking water and dry food before leaving without saying goodbye. Finally, he took advantage of the frozen Yellow River and successfully crossed the river to Liaocheng, Bozhou, and entered the area occupied by the Jin army.
However, this man from Yan named Gao Yigong did not go to look for his master Qin Hui, but came here directly to look for another person who had been waiting for a long time according to the previous agreement. It turned out to be the Prime Minister of Da Qi, Hong Ya.
Moreover, although Hong Ya was called the Prime Minister of Qi, he actually lived in Liaocheng, which was located between Damingfu and Jinan, so that he could receive instructions from the nobles of Jin in Damingfu and then go to the other side of the Yellow River to give instructions to the people in the pseudo-Qi. Even for this job, in the past, he could occasionally go to Jingdong to fool around with Liu Yu, Li Cheng, Li Qi and others, but after Yaoshan, he was unwilling to move to Jingdong, the deadly place, and even his family and clan in Jinan were brought to Hebei early.
Of course, this move was undoubtedly a loyal act in the eyes of Talan, who was still the top figure in Daming Prefecture at that time.
However, just as Yang Yizhong and Wanqi Xie joked when they let this man return to the north, people like Hong Ya, since they have become treacherous and have no stance, are basically just drifting with the wind.
This time, the Zhao Song government won a great victory over Wanyan Loushi at Yaoshan, which shocked the whole country. Even the top leaders of the Jin Dynasty had some ideas, let alone these people?
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