Daojun Emperor Zhao Ji quickly asked: "What is one dozen and one pull?"
Li Gang said: "Your Majesty, Fang La from the south of the Yangtze River claimed to be the Holy Duke, established a false dynasty, openly rebelled, and his crimes are unpardonable.
Such people must be severely punished to serve as a warning.
However, Shi Jin from Shandong has never done anything to rob homes or harm the people.
Even if Now it occupies the land of seven states, He did not raise the flag of rebellion.
I thought that although Shi Jin was a bandit, he still wanted to surrender to the court.
I also heard that Shi Jin had intended to surrender, but there were villains in the court who were secretly trying to divide him.
Suppress them.
This Shi Jinyi and Bo Yuntian, They were brothers and sisters with many leaders, and they were unwilling to be separated.
Even if they died, Shi Jin did not agree to surrender to the Holy One.
The minister begged the Holy One to plan a state for Shi Jin and many other brothers.
As long as Shi Jinyi has a place to stay.
Surrender, the threat from Shandong will be lifted, and then Prime Minister Tong's army can go south to participate in the suppression of the Fangla rebels.
As long as the rebels in these two places are pacified, the Liao Kingdom and Xixia will see that the civil strife in the Song Dynasty has been settled, and the army will be ready.
Transfer back.
They don’t dare to make any more unreasonable demands.”
Wu Yong followed Bi Sheng to Beijing and lobbied everywhere.
There are many honest officials like Li Gang and Su Yuanjing among them.
Although Li Gang was dissatisfied with Tong Guan, he would definitely not agree to recruit thieves like An Shijin under normal circumstances.
But now that the Song Dynasty is suffering from internal and external troubles, Li Gang is not a stubborn person.
He heard the conditions proposed by Wu Yong and accepted them.
Therefore, at this court meeting, Li Gang advocated recruitment.
Li Gang felt that recruiting An Shijin would be beneficial to the Song Dynasty, but people from Wang Fu's group did not think so.
The eunuch behind Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng, had a better relationship with Yang Jian than Tong Guan.
Tong Guan relied on the emperor's favor and military merit.
But he is arrogant and domineering, and he chooses generals and officials to arrange his cronies.
At the same time, he distributed his wealth widely, and collected all the concubines in the harem with his wealth, and many eunuchs became his disciples.
This seriously affected the interests of the two eunuchs Yang Jian and Liang Shicheng.
Yang Jian and Liang Shicheng were naturally very dissatisfied with Tong Guan.
It's just that he has military merit as a child and can help the emperor supervise the army.
In the past, no matter how dissatisfied Yang Jian and Master Liang were, they could do nothing to him.
Now Tong Guan was finally defeated and lost the favor of the Holy One.
If Shi Jin is recruited, Tong Guan will have reason to go south to participate in the annihilation of Fang La, and he may be able to regain his important position by the Holy Emperor.
Yang Jian spent a lot of effort to obtain the status of serving as the supervisor of the East Road Army.
He wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make a great contribution so that he could cut off all the foundations of Tong Guan.
What's more, although Yang Jian placed the main responsibility on Guo Zhongxun for the fall of Hangzhou City recently, he also lost Zhao Ji's trust.
In this case, he was even more unwilling to see Shi Jin being recruited and Tong Guanneng leading his troops south.
As soon as Li Gang finished speaking, Wang Fu shouted: "Your Majesty, Shi Jin's gang are all treacherous and cunning people.
If your Majesty is gullible, they will repent and rebel when the army to resist these bandits is transferred to the south of the Yangtze River."
If there is no army to resist, wouldn't it be even more dangerous, Lord Mingcha?"
Tong Guan was prepared for any objections from his opponents.
Bi Sheng, the flying tiger general in front of the emperor, stood up and raised his hands and said: "To report to the Holy Lord, Prime Minister Tong led his troops to fight to the death to block the westward march of the Shijin bandits.
Now that the bandits see that they are unable to continue fighting, they have sent envoys to ask for their return.
Surrender.
Shi Jin said that as long as the Holy One is willing to forgive his sins, in order to show his loyalty to the Holy One and the imperial court, he is willing to lead his troops to attack the Liao Kingdom.
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When Bi Sheng said that the bandit Shi Jin was actually willing to lead troops to attack the Liao Kingdom, the court immediately caused an uproar.
At first, when many civil servants heard Wang Fu's words, they felt that what he said made sense.
If Shi Jin and his gang of thieves were trying to delay the attack, they wanted to use this to reduce the imperial court's concerns.
When the imperial troops were sent to suppress Jiangnan, and they suddenly sent out troops, the Song Dynasty would be really in danger.
But now they heard that the bandit Shi Jin was willing to lead troops to attack the Liao Kingdom, which surprised many officials and reduced their suspicion of Shi Jin and his band of bandits.
Everyone is willing to attack the powerful Liao Kingdom, so there is no reason to question their loyalty.
You must know that the Liao Kingdom has nearly 700,000 elite soldiers and generals, but Shi Jin's gang of bandits only has 50,000 troops.
If we go to attack the Liao Kingdom with just a few soldiers and horses, what's the difference between that and risking death?
It seems that these bandits really want to submit to the imperial court.
In vain, Shi Jin always claimed to be unparalleled in loyalty and righteousness, but in fact he was just a treacherous villain.
He wanted to use the blood of his brothers to show his loyalty to the Holy One and obtain a high official and a generous salary.
When other civil servants were still discussing, Su Yuanjing immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, now Xixia and Liao have sent hundreds of thousands of troops to garrison the border, endangering the safety of our Song Dynasty.
Now that Shi Jin and other bandits are willing to surrender, It is just right for him to lead his troops to attack the Liao Kingdom.
Firstly, it will allow Prime Minister Tong to go south and wipe out Fang La's group as soon as possible.
Secondly, it will also reduce the harm caused by the Liao Kingdom to the Song Dynasty. , begging for holy scriptures” Cai Jing, who had been in conflict with Tong Guan since he became prime minister, also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the imperial court has been deploying troops for a long time, and now it is unable to make ends meet, so we can only postpone the construction of Gen Yue.
Wait until later.
After wiping out the bandits, the imperial court will have enough money to continue building."
Cai Jing was also dissatisfied with Tong Guan's increasing power, but Tong Guan's power was more in the army.
However, Liang Shicheng, Yang Jian, and Wang Fu had already reached out to the imperial court through the rebellion of Fang La and Shi Jin.
How can the powerful minister Cai Jing do this?
Compared with Tong Guan, Cai Jing was more afraid of Liang Shicheng and Yang Jian, who had Wang Fu and other subordinates in the court.
After many ups and downs, Cai Jing was still able to gain the emperor's favor and trust because of his scheming and his ability to figure out Zhao Ji's thoughts.
When he heard that the imperial court's expenditures were so tight that even his beloved Gen Yue had to stop, it was like the straw that broke the camel's back.
Zhao Ji finally made up his mind, "They are all slanderers and people who harm the country.
They are jealous of talents, block the way of virtue, use pretentious words, and ruin the affairs of the imperial court.
Since Shi Jin is still loyal to me, the Song Dynasty, and is willing to serve the imperial court, I How can you ignore it?
Send the order to pardon Shi Jin's crime and avoid further questioning.
They were suspicious, so that they could attack the Liao Kingdom boldly and confidently.
I specially appointed Shi Jin as the general who defeated the Liao Dynasty, Wu Yong as the magistrate of Dengzhou, and Sun Li as the commander of Dengzhou.
As for the rest, they will wait for their achievements.
He was promoted to an official position and received a title.
He sent Yuan Jing to attend the imperial edict and go to the camp before marching forward to start reading.
Upon hearing Emperor Daojun's decree, Cai Jing, Su Yuanjing, Li Gang, Bi Sheng and others hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty is aware of this
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