Lu Yijian arched his hand and said: "Since the emperor wants the minister to say, it is inconvenient for the minister to hide it, so he will tell His Majesty and you what the minister has learned in this hall. ”

Zhao Zhen frowned and said, "Is there a discrepancy?" Could it be that Su Jin didn't settle the Yangzhou incident? Or is it a lie? ”

Lu Yijian said: "Your Majesty, the old minister doesn't know much about the affairs of Yangzhou, and the grain affairs belong to the authority of the three divisions, the old minister doesn't dare to say anything, and this matter of exterminating the bandits in Bagong Mountain is a little said." ”

Zhao Zhen said: "Tell me quickly." ”

Lu Yijian said: "I also have a letter from Lord Wang Qinian of Shouzhou, what the letter said shocked the old minister, and I wanted to meet the Holy Admiral alone after retiring from the court, but now it is publicly read by the emperor." ”

Zhao Zhen said: "Wang Qinian? Is he the transfer envoy of Huainan West Road? ”

"It is he, recommended by the old minister in the first year of Kangding, transferred from eastern Zhejiang, Jingyou entered the Shike and the first in the second year, because he is familiar with the old minister, and he is also familiar with each other, so there are some uncertain things, he occasionally writes to ask the old minister."

Zhao Zhen understood that this was Lu Yijian confessing to himself, he did not have any ulterior deeds with this Wang Qinian, but a normal interaction among officials, and it was normal for officials to communicate with each other, and they were as elegant as Yan Shu and others, and they often sent their proud poems to various officials and asked them to taste them, which was not surprising.

"Read it, don't have any scruples." Zhao Zhen nodded.

Lu Yijian thanked him, stretched out his hand and took out a letter from his sleeve and read it: "Lu Xiang Dajian, after a meeting with Xiangye in the capital two years ago, he was in a hurry for several years of cold and summer, I don't know how Lu Xiang's health is? The student wishes Lu Xiang good health, and being able to share more worries for my Great Song Society is the blessing of the imperial court and the blessing of the emperor......"

Lu Yijian paused and said: "Your Majesty, Wang Qinian's nonsense is just some polite greetings, please don't blame the emperor." ”

Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "That's the case, he is right, Lu Xiangde is high and long, it is the spine of my Great Song Sheji, and your health is my blessing, don't scruple about it, continue to read!" ”

Lu Yi sighed and continued to read: "The student rushed to write today, but it was really forced to do it, because there have been a lot of incidents under my Huainan Road recently, and some facts dare not make their own claims, nor do they dare to make arbitrary judgments, so I turned to Lu Xiang for help, and asked Lu Xiang for guidance. ”

"Presumably adults know, Huaixi Road Bagong Mountain bandits are rampant, the imperial court has issued a strict order several times to students and the state capitals under its jurisdiction to encircle and suppress it, and the army under my jurisdiction in Luzhou Shouzhou and other places has also waved the army several times to encircle and suppress, greatly hitting the arrogance of the bandits, and there are many gains, 79 bandits were killed in July, 64 bandits were killed in August, two bandit chiefs were captured, and 113 were killed in September. Although it failed to eradicate the bandits, there were several more times, and the bandits in Bagong Mountain had no place to stand. ”

"Your Majesty, these numbers were verified by the ministers yesterday, and the Privy Council did have a report from Wang Qinian, and the emperor must have seen it." Lu Yijian arched his hand.

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "I know, but five or six thousand soldiers have moved the people, and the bandits have not been eliminated in March, and these numbers are nothing to show off, I did not condemn him, but also hoped that he would make persistent efforts, did he mean that the court did not give him a reward?" It's a joke. ”

Lu Yijian hurriedly said: "The emperor is benevolent, and it is the greatest incentive not to judge success or failure by temporary gains and losses; However, the old minister thought that Wang Qinian's listing of these figures was not to invite merit, but to say that the bandits were running out of time, and they consciously adopted this countermeasure in order to avoid large casualties among officers and soldiers, biting down more than 100 people every month, and after a few months or even half a year, the bandits should be eliminated, which was just a strategy of Wang Qinian. ”

Zhao Zhen said: "It seems to make some sense, but what does this have to do with Su Jin's banditry?" ”

Lu Yijian said: "Rong Chen will know if he continues to read." After that, he opened the letter and continued to read: "The bandits of Bagong Mountain are fierce and strong, they come from their own bandits, burning, killing and looting everything, they are really unforgivable outlaws, since the students surrounded and suppressed the bandits, the bandit chieftain Huanghuang can not live all day, he has asked to consult with the students several times, and said that he has the intention of recruiting peace and sincerity, although the students are not talented, but they also know that the scourge of this gang of bandits is deep, and the people all cut their teeth, and hate to eat it, if it is to recruit bandits, it is true that the bandits can be eradicated, but it is difficult to suppress the anger of the people, and it also teaches the people who are cruel to the bandits, so they refuse to say itand told the bandits that there was no reason to compromise unless they surrendered unconditionally. ”

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he nodded and said: "Wang Qinian's words are not bad, how can there be bandits who do evil, the officers and soldiers encircle and suppress, and they feel that the end is coming, so they surrender to the act of exempting themselves from responsibility, so it will not cheapen this gang of villains who harm the people. ”

Lu Yi Jiandao; "What the emperor said is very true, and the old minister also thinks so, this Wang Qinian does not seem to be confused, what should be done and what should not be done, but it is also clear."

Zhao Zhen said: "Well, is there anything else below?" ”

Lu Yi Jian Zhanxin read: "Because of this, the students take the month and month to encircle and suppress, set up ambushes everywhere, a small group of bandits for me to annihilate hundreds, students think, the matter of suppressing bandits needs to be pressed everywhere, but not rashly aggressive, the terrain of the Bagong Mountain bandit village is treacherous, if it is forcibly attacked, it will be counterproductive, only everywhere to strike, always blockade, the bandits trapped in the mountains, in order to minimize the damage, get the maximum benefit, for several months, the students rely on this policy, the bandits are trapped in the mountains, its arrogance is declining, and there is gradually a sign of defeat. However, at the end of October, the imperial court sent Su Jin, a special envoy to raise grain, to Huainan Road on a business trip, but he destroyed all the strategies set by the students, which really made people sigh. ”

The letter mentioned Su Jin's name for the first time, and in one sentence, it directly pointed to Su Jin's strategy of destroying Huaixi to suppress bandits, which shocked everyone in the court, Su Jin sabotaged the plan to suppress bandits, but the fact is that Su Jin destroyed the bandits in Bagong Mountain, and this Lord Wang Qinian's brain was broken by the door?

Everyone pricked up their ears and listened to Lu Yijian continue to read the letter, Zhao Zhen Yan Shu and others knew that the following content was the point, Zhao Zhen straightened up, Yan Shu turned his ears sideways, for fear of missing a word.

"The matter of Yangzhou grain affairs is the responsibility of Su Jin, and the students are not easy to interfere, but the matter of transporting the grain from Luzhou to Yangzhou, Su Jin, the special envoy of food affairs, has a lot of biases, and the students have no intention of blaming others, but this move does sabotage my plan to suppress bandits, so I am willing to risk the slander behind my back, and I want to say it in front of Lu Xiang."

"Since I came to Huainan Road to do errands, and it is the supreme responsibility, how can I act arbitrarily without consideration, the Su envoy came to Huainan Road and did not speak with the students, and second, did not cooperate and coordinate with the state government, and let me fall into an extremely passive situation in the matter of transporting grain, which cannot but be said to be too many fallacies. First of all, 500,000 stone grain was transferred from Luzhou to Yangzhou, which should have been directly reached Yangzhou from the waterway down the river. Secondly, knowing that the bandits in Bagong Mountain were in trouble, they took the risk of transporting grain from the official road, giving the bandits an opportunity to take advantage of it, so that the grain was robbed, which was even more dereliction of duty; Third, when transporting grain, the state capital was not invited to escort the soldiers, but only sent 200 horse troops to escort them, which was too negligent, and it should be known that after several months of attacks by our soldiers, the bandits in the Bagong cottage had already run out of food, and when a large amount of grain passed by, how could they not take risks? The food was robbed, which was equivalent to giving a lot of funding to the bandits, so far my difficult and coercive strategy turned into flowing water, and it cannot but be said that it was Su Jin's fault. ”

Everyone was stunned, Wang Qinian's accusations were like a few knives inserted into Su Jin's key points, in the eyes of everyone, Su Jin's image suddenly became an arrogant and reckless, reckless man who did not know how to be flexible, neither communicated with the local state capital, nor did he choose the best route, although it was unintentional, but it provided a large amount of grain and grass for the bandits in disguise, not only his own errands were blocked, but also the Huainan Road states painstakingly designed to destroy the bandits' strategy, it was too stupid.

Zhao Zhen was silent, not knowing what he was thinking, Yan Shu couldn't help but say: "Lord Lu, these accusations are unfair to Su Jin, maybe Wang Qinian thinks so, but the fact is that Su Jin not only snatched back the grain, but also exterminated the bandits, so what is the point of this Lord Wang's accusations?" Isn't Su Jin doing enough? In my opinion, Wang Qinian wrote this letter to Lu Xiang at this time, I am afraid that he has ulterior motives. ”

Everyone nodded one after another, and someone said: "Yes, it makes no sense for people to make up for all their mistakes, but they still come to blame others." ”

"I think it's just jealous that Su Jin stole his limelight, what do you think, what kind of troublesome and pressing strategy did he make, he killed two hundred bandits in a few months, and they overturned the bandits' nest in a few days, where did he put his face? That's why I just said these strange things. ”

"It makes sense, I think the same is true of Bacheng, this person is really not kind, this Wang Qinian, I still admired him very much."

"Villain Psychology ......"

Everyone was talking, and not a word of the words fell into Lu Yijian's ears, Lu Yijian's expression did not move, and he said with a smile: "Lord Yan, according to what you said, everything only needs to be done, and the process is not investigated, right?" I want to talk to you about this, Su Jin exterminated the bandits and snatched back the food, but do you know how he used to get it back? ”

Yan Shu said: "What way?" ”

Lu Yijian said coldly: "Falsely passing on the holy decree, making indiscriminate promises, and refusing friendly assistance in order to take the lead and ignore the life and death of officers and soldiers, may I ask, shouldn't this kind of process be investigated?" ”

Lu Yijian's words were shocking, and everyone was stunned on the spot.