Chapter 235 From prosperity to decline
The world in the book is very different from the present world, and the fate of many people has also changed, including Zhang Suqing. Because Xu Wugui was the only one in the temple, Zhang Suqing was unable to enter the cabinet early as the title of Emperor Tianbao, but instead wasted his career. As early as the second year of Tianbao, Zhang Suqing was just the Minister of Rites. Although the Minister of Rites was also a second-rank official, it was still not worthy of justice compared to the chief minister of the cabinet. Moreover, among the six ministries, although the Ministry of Rites was noble, the real power was insignificant. The Minister of Rites was not a good idea. Most of the Ministers were in retirement positions. Zhang Suqing was arranged in this position. If it was not unexpected, he would stop here.
But no one expected that the Song Zheng army swept the world and seized half of the country. The court lost all its elite troops and had to issue an edict to ask the governors of various places to raise grain and recruit soldiers on their own. At the same time, Zhang Suqing was moved to the Minister of War and served as the governor of Jingzhou. In the past, the governor of Jingzhou was still a well-deserved man, but now Jingzhou has fallen into the hands of the Qingyang Sect, and the governor of Jingzhou has become an empty name. Others regard it as a fear of the way, either pretending to be sick and refusing or taking the way. Only Zhang Suqing accepted it calmly, leaving his son and daughter in the imperial capital, and only brought an edict and went out to the capital with two followers.
However, Zhang Suqing did not go directly to Jingzhou to die. He first went to Longmen Mansion in Zhongzhou. He studied at the Vientiane Academy and had many old friends and classmates here. Zhang Suqing relied on these connections to recruit soldiers in Zhongzhou. With the help of Qin Xiang and Zhao Zheng, he began to train troops and train navy troops to prepare for the future crossing of the river.
In the battle at Jiangbei Camp in Guangling Prefecture, Zhang Suqing also responded to the call of the court and led his army to the army. Strictly speaking, Zhang Suqing was a literati, and this was his first time to lead troops. Although he was effective in training troops, he was dispersed by the defeated troops. On the way back, he saw the formation of the Liaodong New Army's chariot formation, which was greatly shocked. Such chariot formations were not invincible, but were really as strong as a city. If it weren't for the Qingyang Army's final call to bombard the chariot formation, the Liaodong New Army would even have the tendency to counter-defense and offensive. This made Zhang Suqing have the idea of imitating Liaodong to train the new army.
In fact, Zhang Suqing had also heard rumors about Liaodong. The one that attracted the most attention was the eldest daughter of the Qin family. She was nearly aged and never married, and she did not seek marriage. She was alone and had outstanding talents. She was in charge of Liaodong. It is said that the various decrees of the governor of Liaodong, Qin Daofang, were all from the hands of this young woman, so she was called Shadow Governor. It was a pity that she was not a man and could not become an official. His daughter Zhang Baiyue was not convinced in life, and was most convinced by this sister Qin, but she had never met her.
Inspired by the new Liaodong army, after Zhang Suqing returned to Zhongzhou, he began to recruit good families to join the army, develop military farms, and vigorously develop firearms. He even established the Jingzhou Ordnance Bureau with the help of Qin Xiang and Zhao Zheng. However, this matter has become a small joke. After all, the Ordnance Bureau of Jingzhou was opened in Zhongzhou, and even Zhang Suqing's governor's yamen was in Zhongzhou. Fortunately, Zhao Zheng was the governor of Qinzhong at this time, and Zhongzhou had no governor, so there was nothing to say.
Because of Xu Wugui, although Zhang Suqing was relieved of his worries of death, he also became a governor from a presiding assistant. Another famous presiding assistant in the world, Sun Songchan was not very good at this time. His hometown was Songjiang Prefecture, just south of the Yangtze River. At this time, he had been occupied by the Qingyang Army. More than 100,000 acres of fertile land in his family became Song Zheng's possession. It is conceivable that he had no choice but to worry in the imperial capital. At this time, Qin Su from Liaodong sent someone to contact the master Sun.
The performance of the Liaodong New Army was obvious to all in the battle of Jiangbei Daying. This was still a ten thousand elite army, and there were still tens of thousands of elite troops in Liaodong. At this time, there were already voices in the court that the Liaodong cavalry entered the pass to quell the chaos, but Xu Wugui refused to let go. However, the status of Liaodong was already extraordinary and could no longer be regarded as an ordinary governor. It was almost a vassal king. Whether it was for the sake of Liaodong's hometown or his future considerations, Sun Songchan agreed very happily and formed an alliance with Liaodong. If it was a peaceful time, the governor would naturally respect the governor. Now, he was the reverse. The governor held the military power, and the governor would rely on the governor.
At this time, Liaodong was in power, of course there was no need for someone in the court. If someone really needed someone, it was Xu Wugui himself. However, Qin Su needed a spy to quickly understand the internal trends of the court and also could speak out for Liaodong at the right time. Sun Songchan was undoubtedly the most suitable candidate. Zhang Suqing was upright and could not do such a thing, but Sun Songchan did it, otherwise he would not be able to replace Zhang Suqing as the chief assistant in this world.
Nowadays, although the court and Liaodong still have a subordinate relationship, it is fundamentally no different from the Spring and Autumn Period, and they only respect the emperor on the surface.
Time entered the 20th year of Tianbao. This game of chess started from the eleventh year of Tianbao, so there was only one year left before the ten-year period. During this year, the situation stabilized. As the saying goes, one move will decline again and then it will be exhausted. Song Zheng failed to take down the imperial capital in one go, and it is no longer as sharp as before. The reason why the court was able to resist Song Zheng was that it was because it was the help of the governors of various places, and the governors of various places relied on local tyrants, and some of them were originally from local tyrants.
Under such circumstances, the people of the Imperial Party secretly supported by the Confucian Sect finally attacked Xu Wugui on the pretext of quelling the unfavorable rebellion and demanded that Xu Wugui return to power to Emperor Tianbao. Xu Wugui himself was in the realm of immortality and held the Qingluan Guard General's Office in his hand. He was not afraid of anyone attacking the imperial capital. It was just that the world was raging, and the situation was corrupt, which made him feel exhausted physically and mentally. Faced with the step-by-step pressing of the Confucian Sect, Xu Wugui was not the indomitable earth master in the present world. He agreed to give in and let Emperor Tianbao, who was over thirty, take charge of the rule. He was no longer the regent, but he was still in charge of the court. He served as the chief minister of the cabinet as his uncle, commanded the cabinet, and had six ministries under his jurisdiction, and Sun Songchan was the second auxiliary minister of the cabinet.
When the court was in a turbulent internal struggle, Song Zheng was also in trouble. Because Dan Tai Yun successfully entered the Changsheng Realm and had a rift with Song Zheng, and because of the unfavorable war, Dan Tai Yun broke up with Song Zheng during a discussion. The two fought each other and ran away openly, leading their troops back to Baidi City, which was at the junction of Shuzhou and Jingzhou.
Song Zheng, who was sitting upright on the white clouds, had a gloomy face, but he couldn't hear too much joy and anger. "I don't know when Mr. Qingping will make a move next to me."
Li Xuan, who was sitting opposite Song Zheng, smiled but refused to answer.
It took an opportunity for Dan Taiyun to rebel against Song Zheng. Li Xuandu started to make arrangements a long time ago. It took a lot of effort. He asked Qin Su to contact Li Feiyan through Lu Yanbing, then contact Shi Wuyue through Li Feiyan, and then contact the King of Greedy Wolf through Shi Wuyue. The King of Greedy Wolf had a good relationship with Dan Taiyun's confidant palace officials, and then contacted Dan Taiyun. This move took three years, and during this period, he did not know much about various temptations and gaining trust from the other party, which made him hide it from Song Zheng's eyes and ears.
Dan Taiyun had long been dissatisfied with Song Zheng. The more important point is that Dan Taiyun is the person in the game, not a chess game. Of course, she didn't know that Liaodong, which is far north, is the real enemy. In her opinion, the enemy of Qingyang Army was the court, so she did not refuse Liaodong's kindness, and Dan Taiyun, whose ancestors were the seventy-two sages of Confucianism, did not recognize Song Zheng's various actions, and finally the Jinling Mansion Incident changed.
The people watching the battle were talking a lot, and Sikong Daoxuan sighed, "Dan Taiyun turned from Jinling, and Song Zhengguan was about to decline from prosperity."
Chiyang Weng's face was slightly dark, "If those who have always accomplished things with strange powers and chaos, if they cannot make a solid decision in one go, they will not be able to escape the situation of falling apart. This was the case with Taiping Dao back then, and the Qingyang Sect is the same now."
Qin Qing also said: "I don't know if Song Zheng has other means. If there are no other means, I'm afraid..."
At this moment, Zhang Haishi came to Song Zheng with a bamboo stick and said, "Brother Yuebai, if Zifu wins, do you think there will be an extra female empress in this chess game?"
Qin Qing was stunned, "It's not that there is no possibility. It's just that Su Su in the chess game has never been married even if she is about to be in trouble. She can't say that she has to pass her stepson and nephew to her. Even if she ascends the throne and becomes emperor, it's not impossible."
Speaking of this, Qin Qing changed his subject, "But Zifu is the one who plays chess, so it depends on his choice."
At this time, although Qin Su had never gotten married, she had many children and nephews because of her age. She asked her cousin to marry Situ Xuanluo's daughter and marry her niece to Li Yuanying's son. Since ancient times, it has not been a strange thing to strengthen the alliance through in-laws, and Qin Su just followed the old rules.
During this year, as the situation in Qizhou stabilized, Situ Xuance retreated behind the scenes and resigned as the governor of Qizhou, with his younger brother Situ Xuanluo as the governor of Qizhou.
At this time, Emperor Tianbao had just taken power and was eager to seek external support. However, he also knew that Liaodong was in great power and could not allow him to continue to be promoted. So he sent people to win over the Qizhou faction. So at the instruction of Situ Xuance, Zhang Haishi led 800 Qingwei disciples to Beijing and served as the right governor of the Qingluan Guard Governor's Office.
For a time, the situation in the world changed unpredictably.
Qin Su's response is very simple, and he is determined to develop and strengthen himself. The more chaotic the situation, the less no one can interfere with Liaodong. Liaodong can follow Qin Su's established steps to plan slowly. This is like a martial artist in the martial arts world. I don't care about anything else, just improve my cultivation and improve my realm. After my cultivation level is complete, I will let you learn martial arts and magic like this just a wave of your sleeves.
Chapter completed!