After much hesitation, Fang Qian finally presented the newly arrived transfer order to Tong Guan: "Tong Shuai, this is the new promotion and transfer order for military generals outside Beijing jointly issued by Captain Gao and the Ministry of War. Please take a look."
The Song Dynasty has always been extremely wary of military generals. This is not only reflected in the suppression of their status and power, but also reflected in the fact that they will be transferred from one place to another to serve elsewhere every few years. They buy off the morale of the military to prevent it from becoming too big to lose. This means that the generals on the northwest and northern borders who need stability will always be retained, while the generals on other military and state roads often stay in one place for less than three years.
As the privy envoy of the current dynasty, Tong Guan was naturally accustomed to this. Hearing this, he just reached out and took the order from Fang Qian casually. However, when he raised his eyes and looked forward, he discovered that there was a hint of hiddenness in the other person's eyes. The worry seemed to be unspeakable, which made him frown: "Why, is Gao Qiu making random decisions behind his back again?"
As a general who knew how to fight, Tong Guan looked down on Gao Qiu, who could win the emperor's trust just by flattering him, but had no real materials, and could finally control him. But he also knows that his identity is here after all, so even if the other party makes some stupid decision, he can't change anything.
"Others are fine, but this time Captain Gao actually took Sun Qianli's idea and decided to transfer him from Jiangzhou and send him to Qingzhou as the governor." Fang Qian finally gave the key to the problem. Clicked out.
After hearing this, Tong Guan's eyebrows immediately furrowed into a deep frown: "Sun Qianli has only been in Jiangzhou for one year, why should he be transferred elsewhere? This is against the rules. .”
"But the document clearly states that this is a commendation for his several meritorious services in Jiangzhou, and it is a promotion." Fang Qian smiled bitterly: "As long as a military attache has achieved military exploits, he will be promoted much faster than a civilian official, so the Ministry of War has This decision is not wrong, and Sun Qianli has indeed made great achievements in suppressing thieves and bandits in Jiangzhou this year, so we in the Privy Council cannot deny it."
"Hmph, do they really want to promote Sun Qianli to an official position? It's obviously just to transfer him from Jiangzhou, and Qingzhou..." Tong Guan seemed to have thought of something and raised his head to glance at Fang Qian.
Fang Qian nodded knowingly. Before he sent this transfer order, he had already understood the key point and said: "Qingzhou Governor Murong Yanchao is tough and has always held the local military and political power in his hands. Sun If Qianli were to serve as his servant, it would be difficult for him to stand out. Moreover, he was recommended by Taifu Liang... "
"Are you saying that this incident was a joint effort between Gao Qiu and Liang Shicheng?" Tong Guan's expression became more solemn now, and he sat up straighter, with a cold light in his eyes.
"This should be Taifu Liang's counterattack against Jiangzhou, and Taiwei Gao is naturally happy to go along with the situation." Fang Qian solemnly nodded: "So if Tong Shuai wants to intervene in this matter, I'm afraid there will be a lot of trouble."
Tong Guan pressed his hand between his eyebrows, and his face became colder and colder: "Liang Shicheng's revenge is really fast. If I kill his Yuan Wang, will he backhand kill my Sun Qianli?"
"That should be it. I just looked through some files and found that in the past three years, five military attachés affiliated with Qingzhou Prefecture have been deprived of their posts or even killed for various reasons. Although the reasons are different. But in the final analysis, there is only one thing, that is, disobeying Murong Yanchao's orders, which made him feel threatened." Fang Qian added another sentence.
"Hey, I want Sun Qianli to
Also sent to Murong Yanchao's sword? What a good calculation and a good method. Tong Guan narrowed his eyes: "If I can't even protect such a useful talent, will anyone be willing to do things for me in the future?" "
When Fang Qian saw this, he quickly spoke to dissuade him: "Tong Shuai can't do it. That will only give them an excuse to join forces. Taifu Liang and Taiwei Gao have already intended to cooperate. If we intervene in this matter, I'm afraid we will have to face them both." I’m afraid the gains outweigh the losses due to criticism.”
Tong Guan waved his hand: "It doesn't matter. Do you think I am fighting alone? With Cai Xiang here, I forgive them not to dare to be too presumptuous. Besides, Sun Qianli's actions this time are all to help his family's Jiu If the young master removes the constraints, he can't just pretend that he can't see anything, can he?"
Fang Qian hesitated for a moment, but finally said nothing more. In fact, he is not optimistic about this. With the government of Prime Minister Cai, I am afraid that he may not really care about this matter, let alone Sun Tu, Gao Qiu and Liang Shicheng, two close ministers who are deeply trusted by the emperor. Start a war. But he couldn't say this directly to Tong Guan. Only if he tried it himself would he have the answer.
Facts have proved that only scholars understand scholars. It is impossible for Tong Guan, a eunuch and a military general, to guess Cai Jing's thoughts. When the court meeting ended two days later, Tong Guan approached Cai Jing and asked him to come forward to deny the transfer order, but Cai Jing lightly pushed him out.
"Tong Taiwei, there is a difference between civil and military affairs. I won't comment on such matters. Since Sun Tu has the ability to make great contributions in suppressing bandits in Jiangzhou, it is also a disservice to the imperial court to serve in a place like Qingzhou where bandits are infested. It's something that is of great benefit to both the people and the people, so you can't be partial because of some prejudices."
"And I also believe that Sun Tu can accomplish great things in Qingzhou. As long as he can quell all the bandits in Qingzhou, I will personally recommend him to Your Majesty and let him go to the border areas to show his talents and fight with the Xixia people. , to start a war with the Liao people in order to promote the prestige of the Song Dynasty. Such talents should be well-trained, don’t you think?"
Faced with Cai Jing's high-sounding statement, Tong Guan had nothing to say. Only then did he realize that it was impossible for Cai Jing to stand up for himself or Sun Tu. Although Sun Tu had just eliminated a potential opponent for his son, his nature as a politician allowed Cai Jing to burn bridges without falling out. Recognize people.
It wasn't until he watched Cai Jing slowly walk away and could no longer see his back that Tong Guan snorted softly, and then sighed again. At this point, it is impossible for him to take the risk to protect his grandson: "It only depends on his own destiny. The only thing I can do is to delay the matter a little so that he can be prepared." This is also It can be regarded as the most benevolent and righteous thing.
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When Tong Guan's letter was delivered to Jiangzhou, it was already March. At this time, the people of Jiangzhou had already come out of the previous accident and injury, and started a new year of spring plowing and busyness. After all, No matter what kind of harm they have suffered before, they will always have to live their lives.
As for Sun Tu, he was still practicing to send soldiers to the countryside as always. In his opinion, after eradicating Yuan Wang this time, he was able to establish a firm foothold in Jiangzhou officialdom. He could finally open his mind and work in the countryside. Here you can show off your skills and train a truly capable elite for the Song Dynasty.
But at noon that day, the steward of the Tong family from Tokyo suddenly came to the military camp and presented this letter written by Tong Guan: "Mr. Sun Guan, this is what my master asked the young Kuai Ma to deliver. Urgent letter, saying it is related to your future."
When Sun Tu heard this, he thought
Slightly sinking, for Tong Guan to pay so much attention to it and send a close associate to deliver the letter, this matter must not be a big deal. He immediately opened the envelope and read it quickly. After reading the above content, his face sank as expected. After a while, he showed a slight smile and said: "Thank you very much for Tong Shuai's concern. I also asked the housekeeper to go back and report to Tong Shuai. I know that he has worked hard." .”
When the housekeeper left, Lu Da and Yang Zhi, who had noticed that Sun Tu looked unhappy, came over and said, "Sanlang, has something happened again?" Then they realized that Sun Tu's hands were clenched. His fist had actually crushed Tong Guan's autographed letter into a ball, and his eyes were filled with uncontrollable anger.
It wasn't until he heard what the two said that Sun Tu let out a breath: "It seems that I still overestimated the character of those court officials, be it Tong Guan or Cai Jing. What they are best at is crossing rivers and demolishing bridges. I didn't expect that I was in the river. Zhou's efforts this year have only yielded this result!" As he spoke, he handed the deformed letter into Ruda's hands: "Take a look."
At this glance, anger suddenly appeared on the faces of the two people: "The imperial court actually wants to transfer you, Sanlang, to Qingzhou? In other words, our year of hard work in Jiangzhou was all in vain, and we only benefited the latecomers and Cai Jiu in vain. ?”
"That's right. I didn't expect that even though I had done so much, I still couldn't make Tong Guan regard me as one of his own. Just because of Liang Shicheng's threat, he abandoned me without hesitation." Sun Tu smiled coldly: "In his letter, he said It's nice to say that he told me to be careful about Murong Yanchao, the prefect of Qingzhou, and asked me to prepare in advance, but apart from these useless reminders, what can he do for me?"
"Then Sanlang, how are you going to deal with this?" Yang Zhi asked worriedly, and Luda even snorted: "I had said earlier that the Song Dynasty government was unreliable, and I was right. "
"What else can I do? The transfer orders from the Privy Council and the Ministry of War will be sent soon. Unless I don't want to be an official anymore, I have no choice but to obey their wishes. Even if the Qingzhou prefect regards me as a thorn in his side, I can only Go and face it." Sun Tu gritted his teeth and said. Then, he looked at the two people in front of him: "I wonder what your two brothers have planned? If you want to stay here, I will make arrangements. I believe Cai Jiu will be happy to have you helping him rule Jiangzhou." Soldier training..."
Before he could finish his words, Luda said loudly: "The Sa family is not so unloyal. Naturally, I want to go to Qingzhou with you!"
Yang Zhi hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said: "It's all thanks to your kindness, Sun Sanlang, that Yang Zhin can return to the army. How could I abandon you at this time? And I believe that with our ability, even if Qingzhou is really a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, , I also want to accompany you to have a try!"
When Sun Tu heard the two talking like this, a smile finally appeared on his face: "I feel reassured by these two brothers' words, so let's go to Qingzhou together and fight a bloody road for ourselves!" Finally, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, and some of the shackles that had been imprisoning him were all broken at this moment!
(End of this volume)
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