Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 672 A Crime

Ever since the brothers Zhao Yuan and Zhao Qiu made the decision to reorganize the Western Army, corresponding arrangements began to be carried out in an orderly manner.

The first thing is to redefine the four Sichuan-Gangster routes.

The Four Routes of Sichuan and Shaanxi were administrative divisions created during the Northern Song Dynasty, but most of Shaanxi has been lost today, with only some prefectures in southern Shaanxi still under the control of the Song Dynasty.

These prefectures were also incorporated into the territories of the three giants of the Western Army, so the current four routes of Sichuan and Xia actually include part of the original Shaanxi territory.

Therefore, the imperial court later made some detailed arrangements for these areas.

For example, there were originally Lizhou Road, Yizhou Road, Zizhou Road and Kuizhou Road, among which Lizhou Road has now been divided into Lizhou East Road and Lizhou West Road.

Now the imperial court had to further subdivide and define Lizhou Road based on local actual conditions, especially based on the actual control areas of the three giants of the Western Army, and set up Lizhou East Road, Lizhou Central Road and Lizhou West Road to completely divide the territories of the three giants of the Western Army.

For the three giants of the Western Army, there was no change in the territory they actually controlled, only the name changed.

Especially for the Yang family and the Guo family, they were originally deployed together on Lizhou East Road, which was two hilltops in one administrative division.

Now the entire Lizhou Road has been divided clearly according to their respective spheres of influence, into three parts: west, middle and east. This makes the boundaries between them clearer and avoids unclear boundaries and disputes over some matters, which is naturally what they want.

Subsequently, the imperial court adjusted the jurisdiction of the other three routes, mainly Yizhou Road and Kuizhou Road.

At this time, the cases of officials such as Tang Situi and Tan Shangshu had all been concluded, and those who deserved to be executed were executed, those who deserved to be sentenced were sentenced, and those who deserved to be exiled were exiled. The need for additional officials led to a series of personnel transfers at the court and in the localities.

Among them, the Yizhou Road General Manager and Pacifier was transferred to the capital and served as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

The prefect of Lin'an, Qiao Zhen, became the only prefect who escaped unscathed after several successive failures of his predecessors, and went to Yizhou Road to serve as the governor and pacification commissioner.

He once served as the deputy envoy of Yizhou Road Transportation and was familiar with the local situation. Now he has been the prefect of Lin'an for more than three years. Naturally, he is qualified to be in charge of Yizhou Road.

Yizhou Road still uses the old name, and the official correct name now is Chengdufu Road.

Chengdu Prefecture Road administered Yizhou, Meizhou, Shuzhou, Pengzhou, Mianzhou, Hanzhou, Jiazhou, Qiongzhou, Jianzhou, Lizhou, Yazhou, Maozhou, Weizhou, Lingzhou and Yongkang Army.

This is the largest of the four routes in Sichuan and Xia, covering fourteen states and holding both military and political power, just like a governor of an important city in the Tang Dynasty. It is much stronger than the prefect of Lin'an who was walking on thin ice.

Mr. Qiao, who was always calm and experienced, could not contain his joy. For seven consecutive days, he held banquets every day and invited officials, gentry, colleagues and friends from all sides to drink.

So much so that the officials in Lin'an Prefecture who were used to seeing his stern face, saw him with a smile on his face and a rosy face every time they saw him these days.

Until the eighth day, the day before he was to take office, after entering the palace to meet the emperor and listen to his teachings, Old Qiao returned home in a daze. Despite repeated questioning by his wife and two concubines, he remained silent and sat in the study room in a daze, like a wooden sculpture.

The next day, Old Joe took office.

He did not bring his wives, concubines and family members with him for the time being because he had just arrived and needed to familiarize himself with the environment. His official duties and social activities were much busier than usual.

However, he also made arrangements that his wives and concubines would move to Chengdu to meet him in the early spring of next year.

In August, Luxi gave birth to a son.

Even though Yang Yuan always treated everyone equally at home, the birth of this son still attracted the attention of everyone in the Yang family.

As for the outside world, it goes without saying. This son was born to Yang Yuan's legitimate wife, and his biological mother was the eldest princess of the Song Dynasty. Even the royal family had prepared generous gifts. How could the civil and military officials in the court not come to congratulate him?
Now Yang Yuan is the Imperial Counselor of the Menxia Province and has to deal with every government office.

For a while, there was a constant stream of carriages and sedan chairs coming out of Zhuangyuanfang, wearing red, purple, blue, green and other colorful hats, almost crushing the threshold of the Yang family.

Yang Yuan's eldest son was named Yang Xi.

Old Man Song and Lu Xi were very satisfied with the name.

Yang Yuan already had six sons: Yang Sheng, Yang Jie, Wang Congyang, Yang Qin, Yang Guo, and Yang Zhi.

Among them, Yang Sheng and Wang Congyang are still relatively unknown.

But even among the remaining four, none of them has their mother's name embedded in their names.

This shows how much Yang Yuan doted on his first wife.

In October, Yuye also gave birth to a son.

At this point, all the members of the Yang family are here, which makes Yang Yuan very worried.

It is said that the most effective temple for praying for a child in Lin'an is Jingci Temple. Yang Yuan made a special trip to Jingci Temple, offered a large sum of money, burned incense and prayed, asking the gods to give him a daughter.

Moreover, he even changed his eating habits.

As the saying goes, sour food means boys and spicy food means girls. Yang Yuan tries his best to add some spicy flavor to his dishes.

Yuye’s children are named using Yang’s method, which emphasizes freedom of choice.

Her son's name is Yang Ye.

In fact, Yang Yuan had a moment of hesitation when naming his son.

If among all the daughters only the eighth and seventh daughters have their mother's name embedded in them, will the eighth daughter have any inappropriate thoughts in the future?

But on second thought, he felt that he was worrying too much.

There is no throne to inherit in my family, so what could my children dream of?
In the golden autumn of October, the brothers Zhao Yuan and Zhao Qiu had already made sufficient preparations in the Sichuan-Gorgeous area and could begin to arrange Yang Yuan's appointment.

"Brother Qu, take a look. This is the intelligence that was just sent by the Privy Council's Speed ​​Room."

Zhao Yuan handed a secret document to Zhao Yu. Zhao Yu took it and looked at it. On the secret document, there was a lifelike bird printed with dark patterns.

The little bird stands on the branch, slightly tilting its head to look at people, its eyes are lively and very expressive.

After opening the secret letter and taking a closer look at its contents, it turned out to be a secret report on some intelligence about the three giants of the Western Army.

Liu Shangqiu's Quefang was an intelligence organization specifically targeting Western Xia. As the Western Army was the front line facing Western Xia, it was naturally within his surveillance range.

He would report to the court from time to time about the actions of the Western Army.

After reading the contents of the secret letter, Zhao Yu raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Wu Lin, Yang Zheng, and Wen Xuanchen have some complaints about the court's division of Lizhou East Road into Lizhou Central Road and Lizhou East Road?"

Zhao Yuan smiled and said, "Yes, on the surface they welcome the move of the court, but privately they think that this is the court's precaution against the Western Army." Seeing Zhao Yu's slight doubt, Zhao Yuan explained, "The court has clearly divided the power and territory of the three commanders of the Western Army. Of course, there are fewer conflicts between them, but they are also more clearly separated from each other. In this way, isn't it more conducive for the court to let them check each other?"

Zhao Yu suddenly smiled and said, "So that's how it is. Although they are warriors, they are quite scheming. However, this is the purpose of the court, so it's normal for them to complain."

Zhao Yuan nodded and said, "It is reasonable and necessary to both use and guard against the generals stationed outside. Otherwise, he would not be a good king who is responsible for the country.

However, defense must be reasonable, and there must be means to defend. The court still values ​​the Western Army, and I don’t think they have any intention of rebelling. Reasonable defense purposes cannot be achieved by overbearing defense measures, which will cause complaints from the soldiers at the front. That would be counterproductive.”

"So what is the government worried about?"

Zhao Yu's eyes followed Zhao Yuan, who was pacing back and forth, for two circles, and suddenly he realized: "Yes, the emperor wants to send Yang Yuan to serve as the governor of Kuizhou Road.

Yang Yuan is deeply favored by the emperor. If the emperor only wanted to cultivate him, there is no need to send him to such a troubled place. The three commanders of the Western Army must think that the emperor intentionally sent him to supervise. "

"Not only that!" Zhao Yuan said, "If they suspect that I intend to replace him with my trusted aide, I'm afraid there will be even greater chaos."

Zhao Yu narrowed his eyes slightly and asked coldly, "Do they have the guts to do that?"

As long as the Song Dynasty remains standing, the Three Tigers of the Northwest will not dare to act rashly even if they have lost their loyalty.

What's more, the Jin Kingdom has lost all its arrogance now. Even if someone among their three major families has ill intentions, what can they do?

Zhao Yuan said solemnly: "I am not afraid of ten thousand, but I am afraid of one. I cannot use the territory of the Song Dynasty and the lives of the people to gamble on a possibility or impossibility."

Zhao Yu frowned and said, "Then, what does the emperor mean... Is Yang Yuan not going to send anyone?"

Zhao Yu shook his head: "The Western Army is in charge of a place, and the emperor is far away. Over the years, it has indeed bred many arrogant people who have done many illegal things.

If we continue to indulge them, not only will the discipline of the Western Army be weakened, and they will lose their most proud combat effectiveness, but in the future, some people will inevitably be greedy and have even more greedy thoughts. A rectification is necessary."

Zhao Yu spread his hands and said, "Then I don't understand, what should I do?"

"You, you..."

Zhao Yuan nodded at Zhao Yu and said helplessly: "Of course Yang Yuan should be sent over, but we can't let the three commanders of the Western Army believe that Yang Yuan is the one I sent to deal with them."

"How to do it exactly?"

"You can let Yang Yuan do something that angers me and makes me dislike him. If he leaves the capital again, it will be because I don't want to see him anymore."

Zhao Yuan coughed a few times, picked up the tea and took a deep breath, then said with a smile: "Perhaps some of them still have doubts, but they have to keep them to themselves and cannot complain about them."

"good idea!"

Zhao Qu said: "It's a good idea, but...what kind of mistake should he make?"

Zhao Yuan spread his hands and said, "Brother Qu, you know that I am always honest. It is not easy for me to come up with such a dirty trick. I can't think of how to do it specifically, so I need you to make the decision."

Zhao Yu thought about it, slapped his thigh and said, "How about I say he flirted with my favorite concubine? Yang Yuan is a playboy, and others will definitely believe this accusation."

"Uh..., Brother Qu, this... your sacrifice is too great, isn't it?"

Zhao Yuan felt that the credibility of this charge was not very high, and it would also damage the image of his brothers. It was a bit like killing one thousand enemies but losing eight hundred of his own.

Zhao Yu rolled his eyes at him and said, "I was talking about teasing, not successful teasing."

"So that's an attempted crime, right? Well, anyway... I still wronged you."

Zhao Yuan couldn't think of a more credible reason at the moment, so he said, "Then let's do it!"

Zhao Qu was a man who did what he said. After returning, he called Handan and wanted her to cooperate with him.

Handan was originally a female official in the palace, and was close friends with Xue Bingxin and Leng Yuchan.

Now they often get together and go shopping together, so it would be more believable to make up a story that Yang Yuan flirted with Handan.

Because Yang Yuan had the opportunity to contact Handan privately.

"Handan, come here. The king has something for you to do."

As soon as Zhao Yu started talking to Handan, she covered her face shyly and said coyly, "Oh, my king, this is not very good. I am really a good sister to Bingxin and Yuchan. I am really embarrassed."

Zhao Yu was so angry when he heard this that he reached out and slapped her hard on the fertile part of her body: "What are you thinking? I just asked you to say that. You slut, do you really think he needs you to climb into his bed?"

"Oh, so I won't get to eat the fish but will get into trouble? I won't do that."

Zhao Qu glared: "Where's my knife? Bring me my knife."

Handan giggled and said in a sweet voice, "Okay, I will help you. But I have to inform Bingxin and Yuchan first, in case they really misunderstand me, then it will be difficult for us to meet in the future."

Zhao Qu also knew that she was teasing him without any respect for her parents and did not really want to find a knife.

Hearing her say this, Zhao Yu nodded and said, "Just tell them. I will also find Erlang and explain everything to him."

Handan received Zhao Qu's instruction and thought that she hadn't seen them for almost a month, so she asked someone to invite Xue Bingxin and Leng Yuchan to visit Wazi together.

The three of them found a restaurant, climbed up to a higher place, and ordered a table of side dishes. Handan then told the two girls what Zhao Yu had instructed her to do.

Although the story was fake, Handan still felt a little embarrassed and her face turned a little red.

After hearing this, Leng Yuchan and Xue Bingxin looked at each other with strange expressions on their faces.

Handan said cautiously: "You don't even need to put on a show. I won't touch your men. I just need him to admit it after I say it."

Leng Yuchan took a deep breath and said, "We are not unwilling, we just feel that... we don't need such a reason that can only make people half-believe and half-doubt."

"What do you mean?"

Xue Bingxin said: "What it means is that my Lord Sigong is about to do something that will offend the emperor and the King of Jin, and no one will doubt that it is fake."

(End of this chapter)