novelonline Chapter 1451: Fighting in the South and the North
Chapter 1451: Fighting in the South and the North
Chapter 1451: Fighting in the South and the North
Jiankang City.
At the residence of Prime Minister Zhao.
Song Ying, looking embarrassed, stood in front of Zhao Changping, bowed his head deeply, and saluted: "Father-in-law...Father-in-law..."
Mr. Zhao still kept his head down and wrote something, as if he didn't hear anything.
Song Ying was about to cry. With a trembling voice, he spoke again: "Father-in-law..."
Only then did Prime Minister Zhao raise his head and look at him.
"I heard it. Tell me what happened."
Song Ying knelt down in front of Mr. Zhao with a plop, bowed his head, and then said, "Father-in-law, Shen Yi is too tyrannical. Just because I handled some things for him during the six months since I came to Jiankang, he was angry with me and forced me to resign. He holds the military power, my son-in-law, my son-in-law..."
"I had to come back."
Mr. Zhao put down the brush in his hand, glanced at his son-in-law, and said calmly: "Are you done?"
Song Ying lowered his head and swallowed his saliva: "Father-in-law, did Shen Yi say something bad about me in front of you, you...you..."
Zhao Changping lowered his head silently, looked at Song Ying, and then slowly said: "Ziheng has written to me and told me exactly what you did in the north in the past four or five years. In the letter, he said that in order to prevent you from being embarrassed, the relevant evidence will not be sent."
"If the old man doesn't believe it, he will send someone to deliver the evidence immediately."
"Accepting bribes and keeping a mistress."
Zhao Changping glared at Song Ying fiercely, then said in a muffled voice: "You have been with me for twenty years, and only then did I feel at ease to let you leave Jiankang. I didn't expect that you were acting so well for the past twenty years, but it was all just an act."
Song Ying wiped the sweat from his forehead and bowed his head, saying, "Father-in-law, I was just confused for a moment. Besides, you are the Minister of State, so you should know better than anyone that among the provincial governors, every one of them is ten times more greedy than me... You..."
He lowered his head and shed tears, saying: "I may have let Xiuying down a bit, but I have never let the court down. Father-in-law, please understand..."
Zhao Changping said silently: "Putting aside these things, what have you done in the past six months when Ziheng was away in the north?"
"In the past six months, you have submitted petitions to the imperial court, intending to change the positions of the three prefects of Northern Zhili. You have also rejected 40% to 50% of the decrees made by Ziheng before he left. What do you want to do?"
At this point, Zhao Changping couldn't help but pat the table and said in a muffled voice: "If it weren't for the fact that this old man's face still has some use, you can't say whether you can leave Yanjing alive!"
"Father-in-law, I am the governor of Northern Zhili. What's wrong with me doing some things within my job? And didn't you say in your letter to me that the court would move north?"
Song Ying lowered his head and gritted his teeth.
"My son-in-law is making necessary preparations for the imperial court's move north!"
"But what's the result?"
"You think you're a smart guy."
Prime Minister Zhao said coldly, "You submitted your resignation letter to His Majesty in the morning, and His Majesty accepted it before noon. Do you really think you are on the same page with His Majesty?"
"You are so stupid!"
Mr. Zhao couldn't help slapping the table again, gritting his teeth and saying, "Is it to arrange you to be a frontier official in the north, just to let you plot against him behind his back?"
"After you did these stupid things, Ziheng might be angry with me and our Zhao family."
"Ziheng and I have been together for more than 20 years. Before you do anything, have you ever asked me?"
Song Ying knelt on the ground again, bowed his head and kowtowed, "Father-in-law, our family is in the court after all. I think it doesn't matter if I anger Lord Shen, as long as His Majesty can see our family's loyalty."
"As for my son-in-law's personal future..."
He gritted his teeth and said, "It's nothing to mention."
At this point, even Song Ying himself has thought it through. After he accomplishes all these things, they will inevitably be reported to the court. With this incident, even if the emperor likes him in his heart, as long as Shen Yi is still in the court, the emperor must take Shen Yi's thoughts into consideration.
He...will never be reused before Shen Yi falls.
"I told you that you are stupid, but you still don't believe it."
Prime Minister Zhao said expressionlessly, "How do you know that your majesty and Ziheng must be competing with each other?"
Song Ying looked up at his old father-in-law, his face full of shock.
He couldn't understand, given the current situation and His Majesty's wisdom, how could he not compete with Shen Yi?
"Let's take a step back and say that even if His Majesty is really competing with Ziheng..."
The old prime minister looked at his son-in-law coldly: "You are too clever for your own good and took action in advance, disrupting His Majesty's plan and arousing Ziheng's vigilance."
"Based on this alone, His Majesty will not only not think you are a loyal minister, but will be annoyed at your stupidity."
At this point, Prime Minister Zhao patted his desk and said in a cold voice, "You'd better hope that His Majesty and Ziheng can still walk side by side. Otherwise, if His Majesty knows what you have done in the past six months, not only you, but I will also be implicated by you."
Song Ying knelt on the ground, his face pale, and did not speak for a long time.
Mr. Zhao was still very angry and said, "Forget it. There is no point in talking to you any more. Please go down."
Song Ying got up from the ground, lowered his head and said in a trembling voice: "Father-in-law, how will the court arrange for me to be your son-in-law..."
"Mostly a sinecure."
Zhao Changping said expressionlessly: "If Your Majesty does not participate, it is also possible that it will be a lateral transfer."
Song Ying was distraught: "Father-in-law, I just resigned from the post of Governor of Northern Zhili, I didn't do anything wrong..."
Zhao Xianggong sighed: "Everything depends on what Your Majesty thinks."
At this point, he glanced at his son-in-law, still a little angry: "The court has already decided that after the New Year, the capital will be moved immediately. After the capital is moved, I will retire. If you are in Yandu at this time, you can immediately make a further step at this juncture!"
"you really…"
The old prime minister waved his hands angrily and said, "Go down."
Song Ying had no choice but to carefully leave the old man's study.
At the door of the study, Zhao Jizhou had been waiting for him for a while. Seeing him walking out of his old father's study, Zhao Er strode forward and hit Song Ying's shoulder hard, causing the latter to stagger.
"Brother-in-law, I don't have any food prepared at home, please go home."
Song Ying looked up at Zhao Jizhou and said in astonishment: "Erlang, you...I..."
"No need to say more."
Zhao Jizhou said in a muffled voice: "I already have a rough idea. In my life, I, Zhao Er, hate people who are ungrateful the most."
"Mr. Song, remember this: no matter how high your position is in the future, if I, Zhao Er, ask you for a favor, I will be your grandson!"
After saying this, the second young master Zhao snorted angrily and walked away in anger.
At the door of the study, Zhao Changping silently opened the door, glanced at Zhao Jizhou's departing back, and shook his head slightly.
After so many years, the second brother still has this temper.
Still refuses to change at all.
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In the autumn of the 29th year of Hongde, Lord Shen Yi, Grand Secretary of Zhongji Hall of Dachen, Governor-General of Northern Zhili, and Right Imperial Censor, personally led his troops north out of Shanhaiguan and headed straight for Shengjing, intending to completely wipe out Zhuli Zhenren.
At the same time, Su Ding's troops, who had returned from Japan, also headed north from Goryeo and joined forces with Shen Yi to attack Zhu Li Zhenren.
The two armies were strong in both men and horses, and with the addition of a lot of new firearms, they rarely suffered defeat even in Liaodong. Before winter, they had advanced to the outskirts of Shengjing and successfully joined forces near the city.
In the central army tent under Shengjing City, Su Ding, dressed in military uniform, strode in. After entering the tent, he first glanced at Ling Su, then half-knelt on the ground and bowed to Shen Yi: "I am General Su Ding, and I pay my respects to Lord Shen!"
Behind him, a tall young man in his twenties also knelt on the ground and bowed his head, “I am Su Fang, the last general, and I pay my respects to Lord Shen!”
Master Shen smiled and raised his hand, saying, "General Su, my dear nephew, both of you stand up and talk."
After the two of them stood up, Su Dingcai took his son to pay his respects to Ling Su.
The two of them just clasped their fists silently without saying anything more.
After Su Dingxiang reported the specific battle situation to Shen Yi, he smiled and said to Shen Yi: "Mr. Shen may not know that when I landed in Goryeo and headed north, the Goryeo king was scared to death. He led his troops to follow me and sent me out of their country, fearing that I would occupy his Goryeo country."
Mr. Shen stood and nodded: "These small countries are naturally afraid of General Su's prestige."
He paused, then asked, "How strong are those Goryeo soldiers?"
Su Ding was very confident, and bowed his head and said: "I will lead 30,000 Huai'an troops, and it will take at most one year to take it!"
Mr. Shen nodded again.
General Su grinned and said, "King of Goryeo was just about to send someone to see Lord Shen."
"see me?"
Mr. Shen was stunned for a moment, then he smiled.
"It is time to meet them."
(End of this chapter)