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Chapter 136: I don't know the treasure



The climate and environment in the south are more suitable for agricultural development.

In addition, since the end of the Tang Dynasty, wars have been frequent in the north and relatively stable in the south, which has provided a relatively stable social environment for economic development.

In addition, most of the territory ruled by the Northern Song Dynasty was in the south.

In addition, the northern population migrated south in large numbers due to war, difficult living environment and other reasons.

Therefore, the economic center of the Northern Song Dynasty had long shifted to the south.

It is no exaggeration to say that if there were no economic support from the south, according to Zhao Ji's defeat, the Northern Song Dynasty would have been destroyed long ago.

The Fang La Yi army suddenly rose, cutting off the economic lifeline of the Northern Song Dynasty.

In other words, the money is gone.

This kind of thing can be hidden for a while, but it will never be hidden for too long.

Therefore, it is impossible for Wang Fu to keep blocking the news of Fang La's uprising.

Therefore, when Wang Fu saw that things were not good, he quickly took the initiative to report the Fang La uprising to Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji, who was dreaming of regaining Yan Yun, finally learned about this bolt from the blue.

Zhao Ji was frightened and quickly attracted all his trusted ministers to discuss countermeasures. Cai Jian, who was loved and trusted by Zhao Ji recently, was also recruited by Zhao Ji.

...

The Chakong Hall.

A large number of senior officials from the Northern Song Dynasty, including Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Gao Qiu, Deng Xunwu, Zheng Zhongju, Cai You, Li Bangyan, Bai Shizhong, Zhang Bangchang, Xue Ang, Tan Zhen, Liang Fangping, Lin Rong, Cai Chong, Wu Min, Mei Zhili, etc., all stood heavy on a detailed map of the southeast, watching Zhang Yuan, the Zhejiang West, explaining to them the general situation of the Fang La Yi army.

Zhang Yuan obviously did his homework and he roughly explained the distribution of the million-strong army of Fang Layi Army.

After Zhang Yuan finished speaking, Zhang Bangchang said, "Millions? Is this number too exaggerated?"

Zhang Yuan explained: "There is no exaggeration. The rebel Fang La climbed up to rebel. Within half a month, more than 100,000 people gathered around him. After a little reorganization and training, Fang La immediately led the tens of thousands of rebels northward, rushed to the state and collided with the prefectures, captured the city and villages, and soon conquered the important town of the southeast - Hangzhou. Then there were already 300,000 to 400,000 rebels in his hands. He claimed that he had a million troops. Seeing that Fang La was in great momentum, he was a major town in Dieke, and was a powerful city in all directions. He jumped up to rebel one after another. Shisheng, Suzhou, gathered more than 100,000 mobs, and declared that he had 300,000. Lu Xinger, Gui'an County, Huzhou, gathered 70,000 to 80,000 mobs, and announced that he would be able to do so.

It is said that it is 500,000, Zhu Yan, Lingshandong, Lanxi County, Wuzhou, and Wu Bang gathers about 50,000 mobs, claiming that it is 300,000, Chen Shisi of Fangyan Mountain in Yongkang County gathers about 300,000, and 100,000, Huo Chengfu, Chen Zuotong and others gather more than 100,000, and 300,000, Lu Shinnang of Xianju County in Taizhou gathers about 40,000, and 500,000, and 500,000, and 200,000, and 200,000, and 200,000, and Zheng Demon King of Quzhou gathers about 500,000, and 500,000, even if the news I have obtained is a bit untrue, the people who have risen will only be more than one million, and will never be less than one million."

After a pause, Zhang Yuan said again: "And the news I have obtained is half a month ago. The rebels' troops will increase sharply every day. Sometimes one of them can increase by tens of thousands in a day. Half a month has passed, and now there are 20,000 or not."

"Two million?"

Everyone was frightened by the numbers Zhang Yuan said.

You should know that all the troops of the Northern Song Dynasty were only more than one million, and they were scattered all over the country. Fang La actually gathered two million troops. What does this mean? This is to overthrow the rule of Zhao Song!

At the critical moment, Tong Guan, who had been through a long battle, was calm and composed.

Seeing that everyone was scared by the size of Fang La's rebel army, he snorted heavily and said, "So what about two million? Just a group of farmers who have not undergone any military training with hoes."

Tong Guan's words made everyone realize: "Yes, two million civilians who have not undergone any military training and are not fully equipped with military armor. What's there to be afraid of?"

but--

Although Tong Guan was shocked, everyone was still shocked by the number two million!

Among them, Zhao Ji was the most shocked!

In Zhao Ji's imagination, the Song Dynasty under his rule was a prosperous country and peace, peace in the world, peace in the world, and peace in singing and dancing.

But why did Song Jiang rebellion first and Fang La rebellion first?

Zhao Ji had no need to hide his confusion and anger, so he said directly: "When Song Jiang rebelled, you said that the mob was greedy and did not know how to be grateful, so they gathered to rebel. Now Fang La rebelled again, and it grew to one or two million people in just ten months. Tell me, what is the reason for rebellions in the south and north?"

Everyone heard the anger in Zhao Ji's words, but no one went to answer Zhao Ji's words.

Seeing this, Zhao Ji became even more angry. He said, "Why, they are all mute?"

Mei Zhili heard Zhang Yuan report to Wang Fu about the Fang La uprising two months ago, but just now Zhao Ji said that between ten months (that is, fifteen to thirty days), Wang Fu dared to hide something from Zhao Ji.

Mei Zhili believed that Wang Fu was abusing the country and endangering the rule of the Song Dynasty. The ability of Fang Layi's army to grow to this extent has a direct relationship with Wang Fu, and Wang Fu was not worthy of being the priest.

So Mei Zhili stood up and said, "Report to Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Zhao Ji looked at Mei Zhili and asked, "Your dear, want to tell me, is this?"

Mei Zhili said: "I am not very clear about the rebellion of Fang La. I only heard that the cause of the origin of Hua Shi Gang, the cause of the cause of the cause of Zhu Jie and his son. However, I have not investigated this matter yet, so I don't know what I know and dare not speak out. What I report is not this matter, but that I heard the sentence of Zhejiang Xixi report to the Taizai two months ago. The Taizai told the official that Fang La rebellion occurred between ten months and ten months, which was deliberately concealed. Fang La and his gang grew to one million, and they were inseparable from the Taizai."

What Mei Zhili didn't expect was that Wang Fu was not afraid of his participation.

What Mei Zhili didn't expect was that after listening to his participation, Zhang Yuan was very excited and said: "Your Majesty, Minister Mei slandered me. I have been collecting the movements and information of Fang La's rebels in the southeast recently and have never returned to Beijing. How can I report the rebellion of Fang La to the Dazai two months ago? As for Xunyue, it was also what I said to Your Majesty, not what the Dazai said. The original words I said to Your Majesty were that between Xunyue, the rebels fought from Qingxi County to Hangzhou to capture Hangzhou City. As for when Fang La rebelled before, I don't know, so I dare not say anything."

Mei Zhili underestimated Wang Fu again.

That's right.

In order to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, Wang Fu temporarily suppressed the Fang La Uprising.

But this does not mean that Wang Fu didn't care about Fang La's uprising.

On the contrary, Wang Fu was more concerned about the Fang La uprising than anyone else.

For this reason, Wang Fu even sent Zhang Yuan to the southeast to inquire about the Fang La Uprising.

It was not until Wang Fu thought that the Fang La uprising had been completely out of control and could no longer allow Fang La to continue to grow in order to recover Yan Yun, that Wang Fu summoned Zhang Yuan and reported to Zhao Ji about the Fang La uprising.

but--

Although Wang Fu reported it.

But as a shrewd politician, Wang Fu didn't say anything, but asked Zhang Yuan to say it.

And Zhang Yuan is Wang Fu's man, how could he fit Wang Fu in it?

Therefore, Mei Zhili wanted to defeat Wang Fu by relying on this trivial matter, which was utterly a dream.

really!

Without Wang Fu clarifying it, Zhao Ji himself said: "This matter has nothing to do with Wang Aiqing. The first time Zhang Yuan came back from the southeast, Wang Aiqing brought Zhang Yuan to see me. It was Zhang Yuan who told me about Fang La rebellion, and it had nothing to do with Wang Aiqing. Mr. Mei should not speak nonsense and wrongly accused Wang Aiqing."

It was not the first day that Mei Zhili had been in the officialdom. Therefore, when she saw Zhao Ji coming out to speak for Wang Fu, Mei Zhili knew that things were not going well.

But Mei Zhili is a straightforward person and has always been upright and strict and does not avoid the powerful. How could he retreat?

Mei held a ritual and bowed to the ground, saying, "Your Majesty, if I have any false words, I am willing..."

Zhao Ji summarized the incident of Mei Zhili "fraudulently accusing" Wang Fu as a party struggle.

This kind of thing happened almost every day during Zhao Ji's more than 20 years in power. Making up false lies and accusing the other party was nothing. Sometimes the ministers of the two factions even fought in court.

Zhao Ji has had enough of these party struggles, and at the same time, he has no choice but to do anything about these party struggles!

In this way, Zhao Ji could only mix with the party struggles.

It is precisely because of this that when the party struggle was about to happen again, Zhao Ji, who was upset because of Fang La's uprising, directly interrupted Mei Zhili and said, "Okay, okay, don't talk about it anymore. The most urgent task now is to find the reasons for the rebellion of Fang La and why Fang La responded as soon as the rebellion came, and how to solve Fang La's rebellion, rather than prosecuting when Fang La's rebellion rebelled."

Mei Zhili thought to himself that since Wang Fu had already revealed his secret, he must overthrow Wang Fu. Therefore, he refused to give in: "Your Majesty, this is not when did Fang La rebels rebel, but as the prime minister, Taizai concealed such a big deal and refused to report it, which would ruin the country and his Majesty!"

Seeing that Mei's rituals were endless, Zhao Ji, who was in a state of confusion, could no longer control himself and said sternly: "Get out of here!"

Mei Zhili wanted to fight again, but immediately the Tingwei general Mei Zhili "invited" her to go out.

No one looked at Mei Zhili for a second.

Isn’t this a fool to try to defeat the current Dazai who is strong in the holy family with his own strength?

Only Cai Jian, who was in the corner, looked at Mei Zhili with some regret!

After the Jingkang shame happened, Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan and his son were detained by the Jin people in the Jin camp. Mei Zhili fought for nothing and went home and said to his mother, "What are you doing when you are humiliated when you die? ". His mother also understood the righteousness and said, "Loyalty and filial piety are hard to achieve. If you receive such kindness from the country, you should report it to the elderly. Don't think of the elderly." So Mei Zhili entrusted his brothers to support his parents, resolutely discussed with the generals, planning to attack the enemy at night to rescue Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan and others, and then secretly contacted the military and civilians with generals in the name of relief. In the name of relief, he secretly contacted the military and civilians with generals, and obtained more than 100,000 people in several days.

Although Mei Zhili and others' rescue plan failed in the end due to Fan Qiong's obstruction, when no one from Emperor Zhao Huan dared to stand up to resist, he dared to put life and death outside the Jin people's noses to plan such major events, and he was definitely a loyal and courageous man.

Looking at Mei Zhili's unwilling back, Cai still thought silently: "It's a pity that you met a fool like the father and son of the Zhao family who do not know treasures, which makes you not famous for the eternal period..."
Chapter completed!
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