Sichuan is the barrier of the northwest of the Great Song Dynasty, bordering Dali, Tubo, Western Xia, and Jin Kingdoms. Location is important.

In the early years of Shaoxing in 1131, the Jin army once raised a large army to attack Sichuan, and the famous generals Lou Mu, Zong Bi, and Sa Liyu all participated in the battle. In the first battle of Fuping, the Song army was defeated by 150,000 troops. Later, the two brothers Wu Jue and Wu Ling stepped forward and led the remaining Song army to defend the pass, and defeated the Jin army in the monk plain, and even Yan Zongbi was hit by two arrows and almost died. This is to keep Sichuan. Wu Jue was also envoy to the Western Army of the town because of this merit, and he was in charge of the Jingyuan Road Mabu Army. Wu Lan is the deputy head of the Ma Bu Army on Jingyuan Road. Since then, the Wu brothers have been stationed in Sichuan.

Subsequently, in the second year of Shaoxing in Raofeng Pass, and in the fourth year of Shaoxing in Xianren Pass, the attack of the Jin army was defeated twice, and the Sichuan people called it "the three battles of Shukou". Wu Jue was also appointed as the deputy envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi Xuanfu. He is in charge of the military and political power in Sichuan. In the ninth year of Shaoxing, Wu Jue died, and his younger brother Wu Ling took over as the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan, and still presided over the military and political power of Sichuan.

Since the "Shukou Three Wars", Jin Guo believed that the terrain of Sichuan was dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to defend, and there were Wu brothers stationed in Sichuan, although there were still wars from time to time, but Jin Guo gave up a large-scale attack on Sichuan. In the later Wanyan Liang southern invasion and this southern invasion, the Sichuan side was only used as a containment, not the direction of the Jin State's key attack.

After the Song Dynasty crossed to the south, to Shaoxing in the early years, Sichuan included Chengdu Fu Road, Tongchuan Fu Road, Lizhou Road, Kuizhou Road four roads, thousands of miles of places, a total of 11 prefectures, 40 prefectures, 10 armies, 4.13 million households, 11.94 million people. Since ancient times, Sichuan has been known as the "land of abundance", with thousands of miles of fertile soil, a large population, rich products, and it is also one of the few areas in the Great Song Dynasty that has not been robbed by the Jin army, so it has maintained a rich and stable situation. After the Song dynasty crossed to the south, Sichuan has always been an important economic and grain pillar area of the imperial court. When Yan Liang invaded the south, Zhao Goudu once planned to move the capital to Chengdu Mansion.

At present, Sichuan has three imperial garrisons in Xingzhou, Xingyuanfu and Jinzhou, with a total of nearly 100,000 horses, plus the local Xiang army and Fan soldiers, which can mobilize 200,000 troops, and at least have the potential to recruit 100,000 troops. For the current imperial court, Sichuan can not only provide a large amount of materials, but also provide at least 100,000 troops to support, which is of great importance. If Sichuan makes a mistake, not only will it lose a base for logistical support, but once the Jin army will go down the river from Sichuan and form a north-south attack with the Jin army in Jianghuai, then the Great Song Dynasty will really have its own momentum.

Therefore, after receiving an urgent report from Sichuan, Yang Yan did not dare to slack off, and he didn't even return to Longxing Mansion, so he rushed to Tianlin Mansion from Guangzhou overnight. After returning to Tianlin Mansion, Yang Yan didn't even care about the mansion, so he was led into the palace by a few chamberlains who had been waiting at the city gate.

At this time, the emperors Zhao Chen, Chen Junqing, Liang Kejia, Han Yanzhi, Hong Shi, Shi Hao, Liu Hui, Yang Yi and others were all in the palace, obviously discussing the affairs of Sichuan.

After Yang Yanjin met the emperor, he first reported to the emperor and several ruling ministers about his trip to Guangdong. The list of merchants who supported the imperial court this time, the details of the number of donations made by each merchant, and the joint letter written by the merchants expressing their support for the imperial court. There is also the purchase of grain from overseas and the use of grain to offset customs duties.

Knowing that Yang Yan had raised more than 14 million yuan in money and nearly 800,000 stone of grain from Guangdong merchants during his trip to Guangdong, Zhao Chen and several ministers all showed a look of joy. Not only because of the money and food raised, but also because it showed that Zhao Chen's throne was recognized by Guangdong merchants. Especially in such a critical situation, it is no less than sending carbon in the snow, which is even more valuable. Therefore, Chen Junqing and others congratulated Zhao Chen. And they are all in favor of using grain to offset tariffs.

Zhao Chen read the joint letter, looked at the list again, and said to Chen Junqing: "Chen Lao Aiqing, although these businessmen are willing to support the imperial court, but the imperial court can't accept their support in such vain, do you think the imperial court should do something to reward them?" ”

Chen Junqing said: "What Your Majesty said is that those who assist the court should be rewarded, on the one hand, it can show Your Majesty's wisdom and benevolence, and on the other hand, it can also tell the people of the world that the court will not treat anyone who loyally supports the court." In the opinion of the ministers, the list can be handed over to the Ministry of Rites, and how to reward it. ”

Zhao Chen nodded, and asked the inner minister to put away the list and hand it over to the Ministry of Rites for consideration. Then he said: "Yang Qing not only recovered Xinzhou and Huizhou this time, but also raised so much money and grain from Guangdong, which is not a small contribution." ”

Yang Yan said: "These are the efforts of the soldiers in front, the court's grace and His Majesty's holy virtue, as well as the patriotic heart of Guangdong merchants. The minister did not dare to claim his own credit. It's just that I don't know what happened in Sichuan, and His Majesty wants to urgently recruit ministers to return to Tianlin Mansion. ”

Hearing him say this, the joy of the ministers just now disappeared, and they returned to a sad appearance. Zhao Chen immediately picked up an official letter from the dragon table in front of him, and before he could hand it over, he handed it to Yang Yan with his own hands, and said, "Please look at it, this is an urgent letter from Sichuan." ”

Yang Yan took it and took a look, it turned out to be an official document sent back by Wang Yan, the envoy of Sichuan Xuanfu, saying that Wu Xi, the deputy envoy of Sichuan Xuanfu, had collected military power, appointed cronies, and had hidden plans, as if he had the intention of betraying Song Dynasty and becoming independent, and asked the imperial court to execute him as soon as possible. And in the article, Wu Xi's various actions are listed, mainly: Sichuan Xuanfu envoy Siben is in Chengdu Mansion, there are 3,000 soldiers guarding, Wu Xi took advantage of Wang Yan to go to Xingzhou to inspect and inspect, all the 3,000 soldiers were withdrawn, replaced by his own guards, and acted as the Xuanfu envoy, and replaced the local officials in Da'an Army, Lizhou, Longqing Mansion, Langzhou, Mianzhou, Tongchuan Prefecture and other places for his own cronies, and now Wang Yan can't even go back to Chengdu Mansion, so he can only live in Xingzhou temporarily; The imperial garrison of Xingyuan Mansion is all Wu Xi's henchmen, and the deputy capital is under the control of Wang Dajie and Jingquan is hollowed out, and has no real power; After Wang Yan, the commander of the Jinzhou Imperial Garrison, died of illness, Wu Xi appointed his confidant Wang Xi to take over as the commander of the Jinzhou Imperial Garrison without consulting anyone.

After reading it, Yang Yan was also taken aback, if what the article said was the truth, then Wu Xi really had to rely on Song Zili. But how true is this official letter? Wu Xi is the grandson of the famous general Wu Lan, the second son of Wu Ting, his grandfather and father are both generals in Sichuan, guarding the barrier in the northwest for the Great Song Dynasty, and it can be said that he is loyal to the Great Song Dynasty. Yang Yan and Sichuan Xuanfu envoy Wang Yan have never dealt with each other, so I don't know what kind of person he is. However, for the Wu family, he and Wu Xi's uncle and uncle Wu Gong have worked together for a period of time, and they still have a good impression of Wu Gong's demeanor. Could it be that it will change in Wu Xi's generation? Could it be that Wang Yan deliberately falsely accused Wu Xi?

Yang Yan suddenly remembered that his uncle Yang Chaoguang is now in Sichuan, serving as the commander of the Xingzhou Imperial Garrison, and his cousin Yang Changpeng is in the Xingzhou Imperial Garrison Division, so does he know about this matter? Thinking of this, Yang Yan subconsciously raised his head and looked at Yang Yizhong.

Yang Yizhong understood what he meant, and said: "Wang Xuanfu is in Xingzhou now, and this official document was sent by a general of the Xingzhou Imperial Garrison Division. ”

Yang Yan nodded, which meant that Yang Chaoguang knew the content of this official document. said that Yang Chaoguang agreed with Wang Yan's opinion. In this way, the authenticity of this official document is very likely. However, it cannot be ruled out that Wang Yan used his power to force Yang Chaoguang to agree.

At this time, Liang Kejia said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that since Wang Yan's official document has come, this matter would rather be believed than not." The top priority is to send someone into Sichuan as soon as possible to arrest Wu Xi in order to prevent future troubles. ”

Chen Junqing said: "Your Majesty, this matter is too important, not to mention that there is only Wang Yan's words here, it may not be credulous, and it needs to be very serious, if you rashly send someone into Sichuan to arrest Wu Xi, I am afraid that Wu Xi has no objection, but he is also forced to rebel." Therefore, the minister thought that he could send someone to Sichuan to inquire about the real situation first, determine whether the matter was true or false, and make a decision. so as not to make mistakes. ”

Han Yanzhi frowned on the side, and said: "Although what Chen Xianggong said is true, but Sichuan is remote and the road is inconvenient, this trip will take as little as twenty days, and at most a month, which will take time, if Wu Xi is really anti-willful, wait until he hears the truth of the matter clearly, I am afraid that it will be too late." ”

When they heard this, they all felt that it was very difficult. At this time, Liu Heng came out of the column and said: "Your Majesty, according to the opinion of the ministers, you can select a capable minister from the court and appoint him as the minister of the Qin mission to look at Sichuan. After entering Sichuan, he secretly investigated the truth, if it was really as Wang Yan said, Wu Xi did have objections, then he tried to hold him on the spot in Sichuan, if Wu Xi had no objections, but Wang Yan made false accusations, then appease Wu Xi and cure Wang Yan's crime of false accusations, so that they can do both without delay. ”

After he finished speaking, the ministers fell silent again. What Liu Heng said is a good way, and it is also the only feasible plan at present. But it's easier said than done. Who will bear this mission, and who will have the ability to do so? If Wu Xi really intends to turn his back on Song and become self-reliant, as Wang Yan's official document said, then it is very dangerous for this Qin to enter Sichuan. Because the three generations of the Wu family have been stationed in Sichuan for more than 40 years, it can be said that they are deeply rooted and their influence is all over Sichuan. Moreover, according to Wang Yan's official document, Wu Xi had collected military power in Sichuan, appointed cronies, and wanted to capture him locally in Sichuan, which was not easy to say, and if he didn't get it, he was afraid that he would even throw his life in Sichuan.

After a long time, Zhao Chen said: "Then according to Liu Qing's words, who can serve as a messenger to inspect Sichuan?" ”

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