Chapter 213 He Shen Is Restless

Afterwards, more information about the battle in Liaodong was reported back.

"In the battle of Ningyuan, the central army used itself as bait to lure the enemy deep into the territory, flooded the Jurchens, and defeated them!"

Li Zhao couldn't help but smile happily as he read the battle report.

It can be seen that.

The Houjin, which I just established, suffered such a loss, and it must not dare to make any more changes in the next ten years.

This gave Li Tang a sigh of relief for the already corrupt situation in Liaodong.

There was one more thing that made Li Zhao fall into deep thought for a long time after reading it, and a strange color flashed in his eyes.

That is, Zhao Kuangyin died.

This important minister of the previous emperor who was regarded as a great enemy by Li Zhao.

When the previous emperor was alive, Zhao Kuangyin started his career with military merits and emerged.

Until the new emperor Li Zhao came to power, he also received support from Zhao Kuangyin.

However.

Various signs indicate that Zhao Kuangyin, a minister in the court who was loyal to Li Tang on the surface, had many private plans.

For example, the White Lotus Sect incident was vaguely related to Zhao Kuangyin.

But Zhao Kuangyin was so powerful that Li Zhao had to keep it secret and wait for the opportunity.

But he didn't expect that.

Before Li Zhao could take action, Zhao Kuangyin died in Liaodong.

What made Li Zhao even more confused was the cause of Zhao Kuangyin's death.

According to Lin Chen.

Zhao Kuangyin was betrayed by his own brother, Zhao Guangyi.

He was accidentally ambushed and killed, and even his head was presented to the old slave by Zhao Guangyi.

In the imperial study.

After reading all the details of the Liaodong War, Li Zhao put down the memorial and breathed a sigh of relief.

In this battle, Li Tang was able to claim a great victory.

But the price of this victory was quite high.

Half of the three armies led by Zhao Kuangyin were lost!

And some of the lands that were robbed by the old slaves were also unable to be recovered by Li Tang.

The best situation.

That is, Li Tang took back Xipingbao, and then used it to build the defense line of Jinzhou and Xipingbao.

At the same time.

Lin Chen also mentioned the situation of Liaodong border generals in his memorial.

It is no exaggeration to say that the generals are not available, and the border troops under his command are even more uneven.

What made Li Zhao even more angry was that the Liaodong border troops, which the court spent so much money to support, had a one-third shortage, and all of them were eaten up!

In addition, the Liaodong border generals had the intention of surrendering to the old slaves, which made Li Zhao determined to rectify it.

Investigate, investigate thoroughly!

Li Zhao made a decision in his heart.

If you want to stabilize Liaodong, you have to make a big change.

However.

Li Zhao thought of this, and his eyes were also difficult.

If you want to stabilize Liaodong, you have to send a capable commander to take charge and take an overall view of the situation.

Li Zhao did not have such a confidant to do it.

Lin Chen was competent.

But Li Zhao was reluctant to send Lin Chen to Liaodong to see the snow scene.

"When Lin Chen returns, you can ask him about the situation in Liaodong."

After this thought flashed through Li Zhao's mind, he said to Wang Chengen in a loud voice, "The battle in Liaodong has been decided, and the barbarians have been defeated."

Wang Chengen understood what he said, and immediately smiled and chanted praises for Li Zhao's civil and military achievements.

"Shut up, I want you to pass this news on!"

Li Zhao couldn't help but laugh and scolded when he heard it.

Soon.

The news about the Liaodong war spread in the capital.

The ministers who were extremely concerned about this matter and the people of the capital had different reactions after learning about it.

"Victory? But Zhao Kuangyin died?!"

After learning the news, Heshen's expression was very exciting.

"Congratulations, sir!"

At Heshen's house, a group of confidants were excited when they heard the news.

You should know that Heshen and Zhao Kuangyin did not get along well. Now that Zhao Kuangyin died in battle, Heshen has lost a political enemy!

However.

These Heshen followers looked ugly when they saw their master.

"Shut up!"

Heshen could not help but scold.

This made the smiles on the faces of the followers who were still happy for Heshen freeze, and then they restrained themselves.

"You bunch of idiots!"

Heshen glanced at the followers in the hall, with a look of disappointment on his face.

Could it be that these guys could not see the situation in the court clearly?

Why could Heshen hold the position of Minister of Revenue and hold the money bag of Li Tang?

Emperor Li Zhao turned a blind eye to his private corruption.

Is it really the emperor's grace?

Wrong!

It was just because Li Zhao needed Heshen to stand up and fight against Zhao Kuangyin.

Now Zhao Kuangyin is dead.

Can Li Zhao still let him become big?

Heshen saw this very clearly.

The good days ahead may be gone.

Thinking of this, Heshen sighed.

Looking at his followers who were all confused, he immediately lost the idea of ​​pointing out.

"Go down."

With a wave of his hand, he let these embarrassing things roll down.

Heshen's followers looked at each other in bewilderment and had to leave as he was told.

"If you want to keep the He family rich..."

After everyone left, Heshen's eyes showed a trace of anxiety.

At present, under his management for so many years, the assets owned by the He family can be regarded as rich enough to rival a country.

Because of this, Heshen just realized that all this money was just a cloud to the emperor.

With just one imperial edict, the whole He family could be imprisoned.

In the end, the one who accepted the money with a smile was Li Zhao.

Heshen didn't want his efforts over the years to go to waste.

So.

He had to find a way to save himself.

Of course.

For Heshen, he still had time to prepare.

Because Li Zhao won't pay attention to him for the time being.

As for the ordinary people in the capital, they were naturally jubilant.

After all, winning a battle is something worth celebrating.

only.

When the troops from the Beijing camp return to the court, it will be a headache to provide for the families of the dead soldiers.

Fortunately, Li Zhao has to worry about this problem.

at the same time.

Also paying attention to Lin Chen's situation is Lin Ruhai's family.

"Miss, miss!"

Zicuckoo hurriedly came to her young lady's room.

It turned out that after Lin Ruhai returned to Beijing, he was highly regarded by Li Zhao.

Lin Ruhai had been a salt patrol censor in recent years, and his family was quite wealthy, so he purchased a house in the capital.

Therefore, Lin Daiyu no longer needs to live in Jia's house.

During this time, Zijuan discovered that her young lady was much more cheerful than when she was in Jia's house.

"I just heard from the Jia family that Master Jia is quite unhappy these days."

Zijuan thought of this and came to Lin Daiyu's side according to some small thoughts.

"What's wrong?"

Lin Daiyu looked at the anxious Zicuckoo and asked curiously.

Hearing this, Zicuckoo couldn't help but tease her young lady.

"Miss, this is the news you asked us to pay attention to, which is about General Lin."

"Brother Lin?!"

When Lin Daiyu heard this, she quickly called out a nickname.

For saving her father's life, Lin Daiyu had a good impression of Lin Chen.

"Brother Lin?"

Zijuan was shocked when she heard this title.

Even in the past in Jia's house, Lin Daiyu had never called out to Jia Baoyu, who had the closest relationship with her.

Lin Daiyu didn't see anything strange in Zicuckoo's eyes, only a little shy.

Zicuckoo suppressed some thoughts and quickly told the news about Lin Chen.

After learning that she had won the battle, Lin Daiyu's heart, which had been anxious recently, finally calmed down.

…