The next morning, a shocking news broke out inside and outside the court and the country. The emperor removed the position of chief commander of the crown prince because he was unable to suppress the Liangshan riot bandits and removed him from the position of deputy commander of Zhong Shidao, and ordered him to hand over the military power to Zhang Shuye for a temporary resignation and immediately returned to Beijing to report his duties. In addition, he was not able to arrange the army effectively, and he was removed from his position of chief of the Privy Council and was renamed the Minister of Justice.

Just one hour later, several decrees were issued one after another, appointing Tong Guan as the envoy of the Privy Council, the pacification envoy of the two routes in the west of Beijing, and sentenced Yunzhou to the military, and was fully responsible for the elimination of the Liangshan bandits. He was ordered to set off immediately and go to Yunzhou to take over the military power.

A series of decrees caused sensation in the court and the public, laymen watched the excitement, experts looked at the tricks, and discerning people knew that the dismissal of Zhong Shidao and Gaoshen were false, and the key was the removal of the prince's military position. I don't know what happened in the palace, but the prince's status was a bit unstable.

At noon, Zhang Bangchang and Yu Shen hurried to Cai Jing's mansion and reported the important news to Cai Jing.

Although Cai Jing had been dismissed from prime minister, he did not return to his hometown and still lived in the capital. He used Zhang Bangchang, Yu Shen and other confidants to continue to influence the affairs of the Song Dynasty, so some people in the court also called him the wild prime minister.

In the study, Cai Jing listened to Zhang Bangchang and Yu Shen's report expressionlessly. He picked up the tea bowl and drank a sip of tea. Then he smiled faintly: "The government asked the prince to serve as the head coach of the bandit suppression to test him. If he is smarter, he should ignore him. But he cares so much about the army and really treats himself as the head coach."

"Mr. Cai thinks that the official is warning the prince?"

"Of course it is a warning to dismiss Gao Shen and Zhong Shidao, crack down on the prince's power, demote Zheng Baishi, and cut off the prince's wealth. If the prince is not honest, it is really possible to change the prince."

"Will it be detrimental to us if you can re-activate Tong Guan?" Yu Shen asked with some concern.

Cai Jing laughed, "Don't worry about this. Tong Guanqi was my expectation. He was just a convict slave. If he didn't meet, how could the official use him again? Tong Guan is no longer Tong Guan. I believe he has learned a lesson and will honestly implement the official's intentions. The biggest loser in this game is Liang Shicheng. If I guessed correctly, Wang Fu will soon abandon Liang Shicheng and burn Li Yan's incense."

After taking another sip of hot tea, Cai Jing continued: "Zhong Shidao was dismissed, and I'm afraid the Liangshan bandit suppression will cause changes. I heard that Fang La is very difficult. I guess the official will use Song Jiang to demonstrate Fang La. You must pay close attention to the official's intentions and grab the negotiation power in time to take the right to yourself. Do you understand what I mean?"

Zhang Bangchang and Yu Shen bowed together, "The official understands!"

The imperial edict for the position of deputy commander of Zhong Shidao was sent to the Yunzhou military camp in just one day and one night in a hurry with a quick report. The camp was shocked for a moment. Zhong Shidao's superb strategy and his generous manners made everyone in the army respect him very much. When he heard that Zhong Shudao was dismissed, many soldiers were sad and crying.

More soldiers flocked to the central army's tent and tried hard to keep Zhong Shidao, but Zhong Shidao calmly received the imperial edict and transferred the military power to Zhang Shuye. After experiencing the vicissitudes of the world, how could he not understand the truth? In fact, the prince was exempted, and he was just implicated.

Zhong Shidao had no time to say goodbye to everyone, he had to return to Beijing immediately. He simply packed his luggage and stood up with more than a dozen followers. The generals kept sending Zhong Shidao out of the camp. Zhong Shidao once again told Zhang Shuye, "The Liangshan army's military rations are not maintained, and the morale has been dispersed. As long as they are strictly guarding and not fighting, they will not be able to defend the city at most for a month. At that time, they can defeat them in a battle. But remember, don't let Song Jiang go to Liangshan again, otherwise they will be letting the tiger return to the mountain. Remember! Remember!"

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhong, Shuye will definitely remind Taiwei Tong."

Master Zhong came out of the camp and suddenly saw Li Yanqing standing outside the camp waiting. He waved to let Li Yanqing come up and sighed to him: "I wrote to the emperor to ask for the increase of the naval army, but I never responded. You continue to persuade Tong Guan to make sure that he must increase the naval army. Without the naval army, we cannot conquer Liangshan."

Li Yanqing nodded silently. If Tong Guan was changed to the head coach, he would probably not have a good life, but Li Yanqing was also helpless. Unless he abandoned his official position and refused to do it, he could only bear this tone.

Mr. Zhong understood Li Yanqing's mood, patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "A real man works for the country and has no guilt. Don't be afraid of setbacks. Frustrations when he was young are our best teachers and friends."

"Yanqing will remember the teachings of the Grand Marshal in his heart."

Master Zhong laughed and urged the horse to leave. Li Yanqing looked at his figure and walked away, and felt an indescribable loss in his heart.

Two days later, Tong Guan led an army of 30,000 to Yunzhou. The first thing he did when he took office was to re-adjust the army and demote all his confidants. The first thing he was to bear was the veteran Zong Ze. Zong Ze was originally in charge of the logistics of the entire army. Tong Guan removed him from his post and demoted him to Jeju Tuanlian. He appointed his confidant general Chen Xun as the logistics commander, and seized Zong Ze's power.

In addition to Zong Ze, more than a dozen generals transferred from Hedong were demoted, and the other commanders and above generals must write loyalty letters to him, otherwise they would be demoted. For a moment, the officials and soldiers were panicked.

Outside the camp, Li Yanqing gathered with several friends on a hill in the name of a patrol. Tang Huai asked Yue Fei: "I heard that Ding Wenjiang refused to write a letter of loyalty and was directly demoted from the commander of the capital to the capital. Is it true?"

Ding Wenjiang is Zong Ze's right-hand man and Yue Fei's boss. Yue Fei nodded silently, "He has resigned from office and stopped."

At this time, Wang Gui couldn't help but ask Li Yanqing, "Today is the last day to submit the letter of loyalty. Are you really not going to write it?"

Li Yanqing snorted coldly, "What kind of virtue does he have to let me be loyal to him?"

Niu Gao was a little anxious, "The other commanders wrote it, and even Liu Qi wrote it. He offended Tong Guan. You have made so many contributions, aren't it all gone?"

Wang Gui was also anxious, "Old Li, Tong Guan used to treat you well, and he also particularly won over you in Tangyin County. I think you should talk to him. Sometimes people are under the roof and have to bow their heads!"

Yue Fei said on the side, "Don't persuade Lao Li anymore. I think Lao Li is doing the right thing. A real man should be open-minded and honest in his life. It's better not to have anything you get from being in a favorable way!"

"This is not a temptation to attract the power. Do you know how many contributions Lao Li has made? How can he say it is gone if it is gone?"

Li Yanqing waved his hand to stop the quarrel among several people. He calmly said to everyone: "The grudge between Tong Guan and I cannot be solved by just a book of loyalty. If I write a book of loyalty to him, I can only bring shame on myself. He wants to use me, and even if he doesn't write a book of loyalty, he will use it. If he doesn't want to use me, even if I write it, it will be in vain. I have already seen it. The so-called "Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, sometimes being demoted may not be a bad thing."

He smiled at Yue Fei again and said, "Does the fifth brother want to stay or leave?"

Everyone looked at Yue Fei in surprise, and Tang Huai said in surprise: "Fifth Brother, are you leaving?"

Yue Fei sighed and said, "General Zong asked me to go to Jeju with him. I have decided to go with General Zong."

Li Yanqing nodded, "This is a wise decision."

Wang Gui was silent for a moment and suddenly said, "Old Li, if you want to leave, I am willing to go with you."

Li Yanqing laughed, "I don't know yet!"

At this time, a cavalry rushed to the distance. It was Li Yanqing's personal guard Yang Guang. He panted and said to Li Yanqing: "General, Taiwei Tong wants to see you, please go to the commander's tent quickly!"

Li Yanqing laughed, "I said it! The letter of loyalty is meaningless to me, let's go! Let's go back to the camp."

Everyone urged the horse to go to the camp with their worries. Li Yanqing entered the camp and came directly to the commander's tent. Tong Guan's personal soldiers came in to report to him, and came out for a moment and said, "General Li, please!"

Li Yanqing walked into the tent and saw Tong Guan sitting upright in the position of Master Zhong in the past. Several aides next to him were busy organizing a bunch of loyalty books for him.

Li Yanqing stepped forward to salute, "I am not good at the position to meet the Grand Marshal!"

Tong Guan looked at Li Yanqing with a complicated expression and asked lightly: "So far, only three commanders and above have not written a letter of loyalty, and you are among them. I want to know why you didn't write it?"

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment, "I am a little confused!"

"Tell me, what do you don't understand?"

"When Beijie was promoted to commander-in-chief of the army, he had already expressed his opinion that Beijie would be loyal to the Song Dynasty and the Emperor, but now the Taiwei wants to change his loyalty to the people of his life, so Beijie is a little confused. Who should Beijie be loyal to? "

Tong Guan's eyes suddenly became cold and said coldly for a while: "It's worthy of being Tanhua, you are very good at speaking!"

Li Yanqing glanced at the thick stack of loyalty books beside him and smiled faintly: "What is the point of the Taiwei's letter asking for so many insincere loyalty books? Don't be caught by the censor, just take a copy of the Taiwei."

Tong Guan's face suddenly changed slightly. Only then did he remember that Li Yanqing was appointed as the Censor of the Censor, but he had the right to supervise impeachment.

"Are you threatening me?"

Li Yanqing shook his head, "I am a small official with a small position. I dare not threaten the head coach with a hundred courages. I actually just want to tell the Taiwei that his identity is quite special, so it is not easy to write any loyalty letters."

Tong Guan stared at Li Yanqing viciously for a while, and suddenly shouted: "Get out!"

Li Yanqing bowed and bowed, turned around and left.

Tong Guan drew an arrow, hesitated for a moment, and finally ordered: "Transfer my military orders to abolish the Xuanwu and Zhuque battalions, and rebuild the heavy armored cavalry battalions. The cavalry envoy was appointed by Liu Qi, and the former commander of the Xuanwu camp army Li Yanqing was appointed as the Qizhou defense."

Tong Guan was still a little afraid of Liang Shicheng and did not dare to do too much. Instead, he transferred Li Yanqing from the main battlefield in a simultaneous manner and sent him to Qizhou to work unemployed.
Chapter completed!