After traveling through time, I became Han Zhang’s grandson?

Chapter 178 Yuzhou Crisis

When the sad news of Bao Xiwen's death spread, the court and the public were shocked, and the whole city was in mourning. "All the officials and people in the capital were sad; the sound of sighs could be heard on the streets."

People feel sincere regret and sadness over the passing of Bao Longtu, Bao Gong, Bao Xiaosu, and Bao Qingtian.

However, birth, aging, sickness and death are the laws of nature and the helplessness of life. While people are mourning the passing of this old man, they are also paying attention to the court's subsequent personnel arrangements.

Bao Xiwen's final departure as the Deputy Privy Councilor also left the position of the second-in-command of the Song Dynasty military vacant.

According to the convention of this dynasty, the Privy Council implements the appointment rule of one director and two deputies.

That is, one Privy Councilor (in charge of Privy Council affairs, judge of Privy Council affairs) is the official in charge, and two Deputy Privy Councilors (co-director of Privy Council affairs, secretary of Privy Council affairs, co-signer of Privy Council affairs) are both deputy officials, who are here to "assist the emperor in military affairs."

Bao Xiwen's death just left a vacancy. Logically speaking, it should have been filled by the corresponding subordinate officials such as the Privy Councilor, or by a transfer from the Academy of Scholars such as the Secretariat, the Three Departments Yamen, and the Taichang Liyuan.

But now there is a problem, that is the newly promoted Marquis Han Ming.

Firstly, the official's family wanted him to take over the position, and secondly, the deceased Bao Gong also recommended him.

This made those who supported Han Ming feel comfortable, but the parties and conservatives who opposed Han Ming's position did not want him to enter the center so easily.

The position of Deputy Privy Councilor has basically the same duties as the Deputy Prime Minister. If the emperor protects him and gives him a title like Vice Prime Minister, he will be directly appointed as a prime minister and given a title of nobility.

Many people have worked hard for many years, but none of them are as fast as Han Ming, who took over the central government after only four years of high school. How embarrassing for a group of Beijing officials in their forties and fifties.

For this reason, a new round of political storm slowly gathered in the November day of Bianjing City.

Emperor Renzong, whose health was growing weaker, began to frequently summon Prince Yong to the palace, and even entrusted him with the New Year's prayers and sacrifices for the eighth year of Jiayou in advance.

This made the powerful people in the capital smell something unusual and tense.

At the same time, after failing many times in their attempts to contact members of the Han Party, Prince Yan's party began to turn their attention and use the "anti-Han and anti-Han" forces to seize power and strive to gain the throne.

Han Ming, who was guarding the Marquis' Mansion, saw all of this clearly, and he also told the relevant personnel to wait and see and not to cause conflicts.

In the south under the jurisdiction of Jingji Road, in a remote corner, Yuzhou, the birthplace of the world of "Knowing Your Destiny", is facing another crisis.

In early October, Gao Zunyu was ordered to transfer south to Yuzhou as a defense envoy, a fifth-rank military officer, one level higher than the training envoy of a certain "Quan Ge'er".

In short, Lao Gao now has the final say on the land in Yuzhou.

Therefore, the next day after delivering his transfer order and the imperial edict of encouragement, Gao Zunyu allocated several teams of soldiers from his personal guards to protect Zhao Zongquan and his family for twelve hours a day.

This made Zhao Zongquan, who had never seen such a situation before, stunned.

"Uncle, are you being too cautious?"

Zhao Zongquan looked at Gao Zunyu cautiously.

"You are well aware of the emperor's situation. The conflict between the two princes of Yong and Yan in Bianjing is very intense. At such a critical moment, wouldn't the decree in your hand attract those with ulterior motives?"

"I don't care what you think. Anyway, we must take good care of Congying, Congying, and Ceying."

"If you don't care, then I'll take the troops back. You're lucky and have a good life. Make your own arrangements."

Gao Zunyu confronted Zhao Zongquan without any hesitation, which made the local commander of the royal branch of the militia smile bitterly.

In the end, they had no choice but to follow Gao Zunyu's arrangement and "tighten the fence and guard against both inside and outside."

. . . . . .

Two months later, it was the end of the seventh year of Jiayou, and the entire Song Dynasty was still calm and peaceful, without any fluctuations.

Apart from the fact that Han Ming was summoned to the palace on New Year's Eve and had a secret meeting with Emperor Renzong, whose health had recovered a little, and Empress Cao for a period of time, nothing else happened.

In mid-January of the eighth year of Jiayou, Gu Tingye, who had been away from Beijing for several years and had been suppressing a rebellion of foreign tribes in the southwest, retired after completing his mission. After accepting the court's reward, he took the stone back to Yuzhou to rest.

They happened to meet Zhao Ceying, Shen Congxing and his group who were training at the Tuanlianshi Yamen. They were extremely excited to see each other and found an empty room to drink.

"Come, come, drink, drink!"

Gu Tingye, Zhao Ceying, Shen Congxing, Lao Geng, Xiao Duan and a group of five people sat together and raised their glasses to congratulate Gu Tingye on his promotion.

"Second Brother Bai, please stay in Yuzhou for a few more days. Your General Xie is relying on you and won't urge you to go back."

Xiao Duan put down his wine bowl and spoke to Gu Tingye in a casual tone.

"That's right, you can just join us and have some fun. What's so good about going to the military camp over there? If you ask me, I'd better ask the militia to write a letter and ask them to bring you back."

Lao Geng said indignantly that he hoped Gu Tingye, who used the alias Bai Ye, could stay in Yuzhou.

"Hey, Lao Geng, are you drunk? My father won't let anyone stay..."

Zhao Ceying's face turned serious and he interrupted Lao Geng to warn him about his father's current situation.

Old Geng suddenly realized and sighed with a look of regret and helplessness.

Afterwards, everyone expressed their congratulations to Gu Tingye for his achievement, and at the same time they were also thinking about whether they could leave this small and broken place of Yuzhou and go out into the bigger world to make a name for themselves.

Gu Tingye said that everyone was just jealous of his achievements and the titles he received.

Shen Congxing pointed at Lao Geng and Xiao Duan and said with a smile that each of them had a tigress in their family, unlike himself, who had a virtuous wife like Da Zou.

Hearing this, everyone burst into laughter, and then they started eating and drinking, making it very lively.

After dinner, Zhao Ceying left Gu Tingye alone to discuss things, especially the emperor's secret decree and words of encouragement to them father and son.

At the same time, he hoped that they would perform their duties conscientiously, serve the court, and assist the new emperor.

Gu Tingye immediately thought of something and said solemnly, "The crown prince has been chosen. The emperor is entrusting people everywhere to pave the way for the new emperor!"

"My father and I are descendants of Emperor Taizong, and we have been neglected for many years. When we encounter talents like you, we dare not keep them and can only recommend them."

"Now that the emperor has issued this decree, my father has been so worried that he hasn't slept well for days and nights."

"But the government might have had some intention to send my mother and my uncle to Yuzhou to stay behind. This would have put my father's mind at ease."

Zhao Ceying revealed his family situation in detail, which was also a recognition of Gu Tingye's character and ability, and he was not afraid of some rumors.

"Uncle?" Gu Tingye was a little confused. He had never heard Zhao Ceying talk about having such an uncle.

"He is my grandfather's sworn brother, the grandson of the meritorious official Gao Qiong and the son of the famous general Gao Jixuan, Gao Zunyu!"

As soon as Zhao Ceying finished speaking, Gu Tingye's pupils shrank immediately.

General Gao is a well-known figure. His grandfather and father are famous generals of the time. Like the Gu family, they are from a family of military generals and nobles.

The only pity is that although the Gao family is famous, there is no one who has been granted a title of nobility, so compared with the Gu family, the foundation is still a little worse.

But when it comes to being successful in the army, starting from Gu Tingye's father, they can no longer compare with the Gao family.

If Gu Tingye had not emerged in the future and revitalized the Gu family, the Gao family, which was a royal family, would basically be no match for them in the future.

"I can't believe General Gao has moved to Yuzhou. I've always wanted to seek his advice!"

Gu Tingye's eyes lit up and he was very excited.

"Hahaha, these are all trivial matters. Uncle has a good temper, but what I want to talk about is another matter."

"After my uncle brought the imperial edict this time, he seemed to have been instructed to deploy a large number of elite troops inside and outside Yuzhou, especially around our family."

"It's said that Prince Yan and his followers might attack Father and us, but it's been several months and there's been no movement."

"Zhong Huai, you are from Tokyo Prefecture. I'd like to ask what you think of the newly appointed Marquis of Anyang who has recently caused unrest in the world."