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Chapter 32 Tong Guan's Sorrow

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The sentence cannot be broken like this. Li Hu has the initiative in Yanjing, and he will be able to invest. The gold is strong. Although he is limited in strength, he is sandwiched between Song and Jin, and is attacked by the Xixia people, no matter which side he throws on, he will directly determine the development of the situation in the north...

For the Song Dynasty, there was actually a consensus that no matter how much the price was, they had to get Youyan first to ensure the safety of Hebei and the Central Plains. However, since Li Hu had betrayed his faith and occupied Youyan, it would be difficult for the Song Dynasty to get it back. Therefore, Bianjing had a lasting idea and asked the Jurchens for help if there was no way.

Li Hu's existence seriously threatened the Jurchens to unify the north. If the Jurchens wanted to eliminate Li Hu, they must get help from the Song people. Just imagine that Li Hu had the Song people as their backer. It was too difficult for the Jin Kingdom to destroy him, so the two countries had the basis for joint cooperation. Therefore, if the Song Dynasty proposed to jointly eliminate Li Hu in exchange for Youyan, the Jurchens would definitely agree, and the Song Dynasty would have paid some high price.

With this last fatal blow, the Song Dynasty had great confidence in the negotiations and believed that Li Hu would surrender, but Li Hu beat their confidence in one sentence.

If you force me to get angry, I might as well join the Jurchens and fight you with the Jurchens. If this becomes a fact, the disaster of Shi Jing from that time will definitely happen again. Li Hu killed the Central Plains with the help of the Jurchens, while the Jurchens unified the north. In the future, the Song Dynasty will definitely fall into a hard battle with the Jin Kingdom.

Wang Anzhong and Zhe Yanzhi were shameless and did not leave without waving their sleeves. Huang She and Chai Yun came out to sing red faces and mediated in the center.

"It's true that you are wrong with this matter." Huang She said angrily, "We followed the agreement and conquered Juyongguan and fought to the city of Yanjing, but your army collapsed without fighting and fled back to Baigou overnight. What do you want us to do? Then retreat to Juyongguan? Now, in order to conceal their own guilt, Tong Guan and Cai You made a fuss and said that we joined forces with the Liao army to beat you, saying that we were betrayed Youyan, and this shameless behavior of turning against black and white is really unbearable."

"We repeatedly supervised Tong Guan to go north to Yanjing, and we wrote to Bianjing repeatedly to ask Bianjing to urge Tong Guan to go north immediately, but Tong Guan ignored it and ignored it without giving us any reply." Chai Yun said angrily, "Now the emperor actually listened to Tong Guan's one-sided remarks, saying that we were traitors, which is too much."

Wang Anzhong and Zhe Yan knew the whole story of this matter clearly. This was what they did. Now, in order to achieve their goals, they must be careful and be cautious. They must not only anger Li Hu and make things more complicated, but also ensure that Li Hu will not betray the Song Dynasty. The grasp of this "degree" is very, very important. If there is a slight mistake, all previous efforts will be wasted.

"What conditions do you need to return Youyan to the Song Dynasty?" Wang Anzhong asked.

"First, Bianjing will declare the world to the king of Han to recover the great merits of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun." Huang She said immediately, "Secondly, to return the King of Han to the innocence. Bianjing must severely punish Tong Guan and Cai You, and make their crimes of framed the King of Han public. Third, we have paid a heavy price to recover Youyan. Now our army is fighting on the two battlefields of Yanyun, Datong is in danger, Youyan is in danger, and the Song Dynasty must provide us with assistance immediately.

Bianjing must immediately give compensation to Hulie Mansion, otherwise we will withdraw Youyan immediately and hand it over to the Jurchens. Fourth, this incident gives us a profound lesson. The Song Dynasty did not believe us. Bianjing regarded us as a barbarian. We are always in a crisis of existence. Therefore, we must strengthen our strength to protect ourselves. The Han King's vassal state should be expanded. Yanyun will be the Han King's vassal state from then on, and the descendants of the Han King have inherited it from generation to generation."

Wang Anzhong and Zhe Yan were furious. After talking for a long time, it was all wrong for the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty not only had to bear all the responsibilities, but also had to raise a big tiger at the door of the house. You dreamed.

The two refused to talk again. They quickly returned to Xiongzhou and reported to Bianjing.

Tong Guan heard Li Hu's request and knew that he was in a deep crisis. This time he had to use all his strength to save himself. Otherwise, he would be killed by Bian Jing and Li Hu.

It is obvious that the Song army could not defeat Li Hu. He could not fight Yanjing again. That was to seek death and die faster. Bianjing was forced by Li Hu and had no way out. In the end, he had to agree to Li Hu's conditions. At this time, in order to ensure his own interests, the king of Bianjing, Liang Shicheng and others must turn against each other and blame all the land to Tong Guan. In other words, even though this matter was not done by Tong Guan, he had to frame Tong Guan, which made him ruined his reputation.

This move is too poisonous. The pit is too deep. The opponents in Bianjing have no strength or courage to dig such a pit. If you are not careful, it will bring disaster to the Song Dynasty. Therefore, Tong Guan can conclude that the pit digger is not only the opponents in Bianjing, but also Li Hu. When did Li Hu become the pit digger? Undoubtedly, the marriage between the Zhe family and Li Hudi was the beginning of this conspiracy.

Tong Guan figured it out, but it was too late. He has now lost the emperor's trust. The only way he can save himself is to go to Yanjing again and negotiate with Li Hu again.

On November 25, Tong Guan quietly arrived in Yanjing in the whistling cold wind.

Li Hu went outside the city to greet him. When he saw Tong Guan's pale hair, he suddenly felt a sad feeling of a sad and sad feeling of a rabbit's death.

For twenty years, although Tong Guan has been powerful, he has spent most of his time fighting in the northwest. He has recovered a large area of ​​territory in Xihe and Hengshan.

He established a defensive advantage and then spent another ten years to plan and implement the Northern Expedition, saying that he should be a meritorious official. Even though he had many defeats in the northwest and failed at the last moment of the Northern Expedition, his achievements were far greater than his faults. However, the opponents of Bianjing hated him to the core and wanted to overthrow him to the death. Is this fair to Tong Guan? If he was not an eunuch and had not gained the trust of the emperor, could he make achievements in the northwest and preside over the plan of the Northern Expedition? Of course, it is not possible for Tong Guan to make some achievements in the Song Dynasty because of his eunuch, but it is precisely because of his identity that he has many opponents, civil officials of Bianjing and military generals in the northwest want to overthrow him.

This is a sadness, the sorrow of the Song Dynasty.

Since the Yuanyou Party Case, Cai Jing became prime minister, and the New Party members were highly valued and vigorously promoted the new policy. However, the bloody battle between the literati made the literati lack trust, and the monarch and ministers lacked trust. So the emperor began to use eunuchs to let Tong Guan preside over the military in the northwest. The trust basis between the emperor and Tong Guan gave great results in the war in the northwest, which was also an important reason for the emergence of the Northern Expedition plan ten years ago. If the Song Dynasty had not gained an absolute advantage in defense in the northwest, the Song Dynasty would not have planned the Northern Expedition. Among them, Tong Guan made great contributions.

Everything has its pros and cons, and there are two contradictory aspects. If you emphasize the favorable side, it is merit, and on the contrary, it is guilt. The emperor saw that Tong Guan was beneficial to the Song Dynasty and believed that Tong Guan had achievements, but Tong Guan's opponent infinitely amplified Tong Guan's side that was not conducive to the Song Dynasty, so Tong Guan was a treacherous slander that must be eliminated.

Today, some "experts" in Bianjing have put their intelligence to the extreme and used Li Hu, the Han thief, to eliminate Tong Guan, the traitor. As for the current situation in Youyan, whether Li Hu or Tong Guan, they are all chess pieces in the hands of some people in Bianjing. They first use Li Hu to overthrow Tong Guan, and then use Jurchens to kill Li Hu. From a reality, they are sure to win, but how much the price of this victory is and what impact will it have on the future of the Song Dynasty, these people are unwilling to consider, and perhaps they are disdainful to consider it at all, because in their opinion, their strength is strong enough and invincible.

At the banquet, Tong Guan kept silent about the situation, but said something irrelevant, such as who initiated the Hanokashi, how the Yingfeng Bureau of Suzhou was established, for example, after he arrived in Jiangnan, he strongly advised the emperor to abolish the Hanokashi and Yingfeng Bureau, but in May this year, the court restored the Hanokashi and Yingfeng Bureau, which involved fierce disputes over interests and power. He obviously played a hated role in it, including the emperor who hated himself for this matter.

Tong Guan's expression was very calm and there was no emotional fluctuation when he spoke, just like saying something that had nothing to do with him, but the bitterness and helplessness revealed between his words made people feel the pain in the old man's heart deeply.

Li Hu had no grudges with him, and Huang She, Chai Yun and others had no conflicts with him. Hu Lie Mansion was involved in the struggle for the imperial rule in Bian Jing and into the whirlpool of the power struggle in Bian Jing. It was purely involuntary. So when I saw the white hair on Tong Guan's head and wrinkles on his face, I could not help but feel sympathy and compassion for him when I heard the resentment in his heart. If nothing unexpected happens, this old man loyal to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, who has been committed to the bloody struggle for the Song Dynasty for twenty years, will be overthrown and will be recorded in history as a treacherous charlatan of the Song Dynasty. This is indeed unfair and very unfair.

"Tai Shi, when I was in Bian Jing, I heard that the reason why you became enemies with Cai back then was because Cai Xiang was jealous of your achievements and advised the emperor not to reward you, and obstructed the emperor to grant you the title of Kaifeng Yitong Sansi." Huang She said, "Is this rumor true?"

This question was abrupt, but Huang She directly led the finger to Cai Jing, and Tong Guan didn't explain it. He smiled and said, "Kaifeng Yitong Sansi is the highest honorary position in the Song Dynasty. Those who are not outstanding in meritorious deeds cannot be rewarded. However, in this dynasty, there are many ministers who have received this honorary position, not more than me, not less than me. Does Cai Xiang have to offend me for this?"

Of course, Huang She knew that this kind of rumor was purely a lie that deceived the people, and he wanted to know the reason.

Tong Guan hesitated for a moment and decided to say that it might be helpful for this trip to Yanjing. "I was in charge of military affairs in the northwest and obeyed the officials directly. In fact, it was equivalent to bypassing the East and West governments, and had a great power. This violated the Song system, threatened the power of the East and West governments, and broke the checks and balances between the emperor and the East and West governments, so the contradiction inevitably broke out." Tong Guan shook his head, "If there was no emperor's authorization and tacit approval, and without the emperor's encouragement, I would not have the strength to drive Cai Xiang out of the court."

Li Hu, Huang She and others suddenly realized that this was the case. No wonder Tong Guan and Cai Jing fought for more than ten years. Not only did they lose any losses, but their power became increasingly stronger. It turned out that it was all the emperor's contribution. The emperor felt that Cai Jing was hindering him, so he asked Tong Guan to deal with him. One day he felt that Tong Guan was disobedient, so he asked Cai Jing to suppress Tong Guan again. Last year, Cai Jing stepped down, and the emperor must have thought that this old guy was in the way. Now Tong Guan is disobedient, and the emperor wants to kick Tong Guan away again. This is the important reason why the people in Bianjing can successfully implement the strategy.
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