Chapter 151 Wang Lin and the generals are promoted to the title

Under Wang Lin's great achievements, the saint's family was Zhenglong, and Zhao Ji agreed. Lu Yihao realized that at this time, he would be able to rebel with his own troops in the future, which was tantamount to seeking death.

Besides, Zhao Ji felt that holding the troops in the hands of his disciples would still save his life at critical moments, which was better than falling into the hands of the Zong family or other warlords.

Facts have proved this.

For example, in the past, Tong Guan, how much I trusted him, but what was the result? He betrayed me and almost took my life.

There is also Cai Jing’s son-in-law Liang Shijie.

Let’s talk about just one hundred thousand soldiers, the current Fuhu Army and Wang Lin, not to mention that compared with Tong Guan in his heyday, even the forces of the northwest of the Zong family, Jiangnan, Huainan, Jiannan, and southwest of Jiannan, are far behind.

It is in the stage of growth and development, and it is not yet time to suppress and balance.

This is Zhao Ji's true mentality.

As for Zhang Shuye, he was completely open-minded.

In Zhang Shuye's view, a talented man like Wang Lin must be strongly supported. In the future, either resisting foreign enemies or checking and balancing the forces of generals in the country will be beneficial to the Song Dynasty court without any harm.

Before this, he also communicated with Zhao Ji and Prince Zhao Huan.

Supporting Wang Lin’s rise as a new force is a shortcut to preserve the stability of the Song Dynasty.

The Western Army's position as an elite imperial guard was unshakable. There is no need to doubt the loyalty of inherent forces such as the Zhong Family Army and the Zhe Family Army, but there are still major variables in the future. To support a powerful Fuhu Army, it is in line with the political interests of checks and balances in the royal family.

This is the most wisest decision Zhao Ji has made since he ascended the throne.

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Liang Shijie's rebels were destroyed.

Liang Shijie was killed by Suo Chao in front of the formation.

Wenda died at the hands of Yang Zhi.

Li Tiancheng was shot to death by Hua Rong with an arrow.

Yu Dajiang was knocked down by Wu Song with a knife.

Lu Bin, the Jade-faced Little Zidu, was once Luan Tingyu's apprentice. Luan Tingyu failed to persuade him to surrender, but Li Kui beat him to the cold son and chopped off his head with a sharp axe.

Although Yue Fei had never killed the generals in front of the battlefield, he led the entire army to rush to support and stabilize Yingtian Prefecture as scheduled, and the authorities made the first contribution.

Two days later, Yue Fei led his headquarters to the capital to set up camp outside the city.

Yan Qing led the cavalry from the headquarters to the army.

After soliciting Wang Lin's opinions and suggestions, the Privy Council and the Ministry of War discussed, and after discussion by several ministers from the Political Affairs Hall, they reported to the official Zhao Ji for review, and the enthronement edict for Wang Lin and his generals was brought down.

Of course, before this, the emperor also issued an edict to praise Li Gang and Zhang Shuye. They were originally extremely ministers and had no choice but to be granted the title of Jin, but both of them added the political glory of the Kaifu Yitong Sansi, one civil and one military officer, and their status in the court was more stable.

"Wang Lin, for his merits, was appointed as the Jinzi Guanglu Dafu, and was appointed as the goldfish bag. He was the chief minister of the Privy Council. The Duke of the Bohai County of Jin was the state of the country. The other officials were sent to the position as usual. He was the governor of the Fuhu Army and was in charge of the affairs of the six states in Shandong and the coastal defense affairs."

For Wang Lin, since he was promoted to the second rank, he has obtained a lot of beautiful titles and a title of county duke. In fact, the real power lies in the general system of the Fuhu Army and the general governor of the six states.

But for the generals under Wang Lin, it was like fish jumping over the dragon gate and the bird gun was replaced.

"Yue Fei was awarded the title of Doctor Xuanzheng, the commander of the Shangqi and the governor of Qingzhou for his merits. He was actually awarded the title of Deputy Commander of the Cavalry and Infantry Army of the Fuhu Army."

Yue Fei is a fifth-rank official, and thus officially established the military status of the first person under Wang Lin.

"Hu Rong, the former deputy magistrate of Qingfeng Village, was appointed as the Zhongwei Doctor and the Qingzhou Prefecture for his merits, and was actually appointed as the commander of the Fuhu Army. He was from the fifth rank."

"The former commander of the Qingzhou military and horses, Qin Ming, was promoted to the position of the Yiwei Duke and the governor of Dengzhou for his merits, and was actually appointed as the commander of the Fuhu Army. He was from the fifth rank."

"Yang Zhi was appointed as the Chief of the Central Wei Doctor and the Zibo Defensive Envoy, and was actually appointed as the commander of the Fuhu Army. He was from the fifth rank."

"Yan Qing was appointed as the Central Wei Doctor for his merits and was actually appointed as the commander of the Fuhu Army, and was the Denglai Observer. He was from the fifth rank."

"Dong Ping, the former military commander of Dongping Prefecture, was appointed as the Chief of the Central Wei Dynasty for his merits, and was actually appointed as the commander of the Fuhu Army, and was also the governor of Weizhou. He was in the fifth rank."

"Wu Song was awarded the commander of the Duke of Bohai County for his merits, and was actually appointed as the deputy commander of the Fuhu Army and the chief military commander of Mizhou. He is the sixth rank."

"Luan Tingyu was appointed as the commander of the Duke of Bohai County for his merits, and was actually authorized to be the deputy commander of the Fuhu Army. He is the sixth rank."

"Huang Xin, the former chief of military commander of Qingzhou, was awarded the title of Zuowu Doctor and the Deputy Envoy of Dengzhou Observation for his merits, and was actually appointed as the deputy commander of the Fuhu Army. He was the sixth rank."

"Huarui was awarded the Feiqiwei of the Duke's Mansion of Bohai County for his merits, and was actually appointed as the commander of the Fuhu Army. He was awarded the title of the Sixth Class Gongren."

"Hu Sanniang was awarded the Yunqiwei of the Duke of Bohai County for his merits, and was actually appointed as the commander of the Fuhu Army, and was the seventh rank."

"Li Kui was appointed as the commander of the Fuhu Army for his merits, and was appointed as the commander of the Fuhu Army for his merits."

"Suo Chao, the general's merits were punished and was awarded the Yunqiwei of the Duke of Bohai County, and was actually appointed as the commander of the Fuhu Army, acting as the deputy commander. The seventh rank."

"Shi Jin was awarded the title of Wuqiwei of the Duke of Bohai County for his merits, and was actually appointed as the commander of the Fuhu Army, acting as the deputy commander. He was from the seventh rank."

"Tang Huai, Wang Gui, Niu Gao, and Hu Cheng were awarded Dunwulang for their merits and were actually appointed as the deputy commander of the Fuhu Army. They are the eighth rank."

"Yan Shun, Zheng Tianshou, Zhou Tong, was appointed as the commander of Chengxinlang and Fuhu Army. From the ninth rank."

Because of his contribution to destroying the Iron Forest Army, Zhao Ji actually gave the title of Deputy Captain Shouque Jinyong and gave him a red flower.

Of course, for Erhu, this is far less than giving a bunch of flesh and blood.

After this, everyone has their own place and has their own promotions. It can be said that everyone is very happy.

In fact, part-time jobs are not important, what is important is the position in the Fuhu Army.

Yue Fei was the biggest winner this time, of course, this was obviously Wang Lin's intentional promotion. As Wang Lin's deputy, he has since established his position in the Fuhu Army and no one can shake it.

To kill the enemy, we have to rely on generals like Hua Rong to fight. However, if we are in the middle of the battle, we still have to rely on Yue Fei to command the battle.

Hua Rong jumped from a sesame official to a fifth-rank high-ranking official. Not only did he have military positions, he also temporarily served as the prefect of Qingzhou. For Hua Rong, he truly shone the lintel of the Hua family.

Huarui received a formal military position. Even the officials heard that she was Wang Lin's concubine, Ru's wife, and a descendant of a famous family, gave her a sixth-class imperial edict on a whim. Although the level was very low, she was finally granted the imperial edict.

Hua Rong and his sister hugged each other and cried.

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Two more days later, the Longxiang army, which surrounded and suppressed the Liao people, returned to the army.

In this battle, more than 5,000 Liao war horses were seized. Wang Lin had this idea and sneaked into the palace to see Zhao Ji twice. He didn't know how many good things he said, so he took this group of Khitan war mana for himself.

Lu Yihao also wanted to raise criticism, but was blocked by Li Gang's understatement.

This battle was Wang Lin's merit. What's wrong with seizing the war horses into the Fuhu Army? Besides, the Fuhu Army had just formed an army, and the court provided far insufficient supplies and equipment.

The Song people just lacked horses.

If you want to build a cavalry with strong combat power and compete with the Jin Iron Cavalry, the rest of the equipment is easy to say, and the most difficult one is the war horse.

If you want to have cavalry, you must have war horses. The difference between war horses and ordinary horses can be described as the difference between clouds and mud.

One man and five horses have very high requirements for fighting horses.

In other words, if Wang Lin wants to form 10,000 cavalry, he will need at least 40,000 to 50,000 war horses.

Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi obtained 40,000 war horses during the Northern Expedition.

To this end, Zhao Guangyi formed the strongest cavalry in the history of the Song Dynasty - Jingsai Army.

The Jingsai Army once defeated the Khitans, which shows that the Han cavalry was well trained, at least not as weak as the Mashang nation.

For the Han regime, where does horses come from? There is only one answer, horse politics.

During the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu established as many as 36 pastoral gardens in six counties in Hexi, with a total of nearly 300,000 horses.

The Tang Dynasty was even more terrifying. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong alone, the number of horses raised was as high as 700,000. Good horses were introduced from more than 30 surrounding countries. The good horses bred were called "Tang horses". They were tall and amazing.

In fact, there was no shortage of horses in the Song Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong, there were 200,000 horse farms. Most of them were near Tokyo.

But by Zhao Ji's period, the court rules were in chaos and Ma's government was basically abolished.

Liao and Jin dynasties had strict control over war horse trade, and the tea and horse trade was closed during the trade, so the source of war horses was mainly purchased through high prices by merchants.

On the afternoon of that day, Wang Lin accidentally learned from Han Jiayan that there was a naturalized Hu man named Murong in Tokyo. He was a major merchant in the Song Dynasty and the main customer of the imperial tea and horse corps. He controlled the secret channels for the current private trade between the Song Dynasty, Liao, Western Xia and even Jin people, so he went to visit him.

Wang Lin decided to purchase a batch of war horses at a high price to provide basic guarantees for the formation of the Iron Cavalry of the Fuhu.

As for funds, it is definitely impossible to count on the imperial court.

Wang Lin was going to buy war horses from the beginning, preferably Mongolian horses.

Tokyo, Murong Mansion.

Although this family is famous for Murong, it has actually become naturalized for three generations and has long been completely Han people.

When he heard that Wang Lin, the chief general of the Fuhu Army of Bohai County, was visiting, the head of the family Murong Cheng smiled with his eldest son Murong Cong and said, "Cong'er, the opportunity for my Murong family to transfer luck has arrived!"

Murong Cong was stunned: "Where did my father say this?"

"Do you know why this Bohai County Office came from? My family is a merchant family, a second-rank official, with a high position and a powerful prince. He made a special trip to visit him, and his meaning is profound."

Murong Cheng smiled slightly.

Murong Cong immediately woke up: "For the sake of war horses?"

"Yes, the Fuhu Army wants to build cavalry, and war horses are indispensable. It is not helpful to expect the court to use. Now there are only a handful of war horses that the court can use, all of which are among the Western Army. Do you think that kind of home can be released?"

"So he can only come to our Murong family. I had hinted to the Han family that day, and Wang Lin came."

Murong Cong thought for a moment: "I don't know what my father wants?"

Murong Cheng laughed: "See you first. Cong'er, let's go out to welcome you with me."

Murong Cheng and his son knelt at the door to greet him, and Wang Lin smiled and helped the father and son up.

The guest and the host sat down and served tea again. Wang Lin was never the kind of person who was beat around the bush, and he immediately expressed his intentions.

"I would like to ask the head of the Murong family. At this moment, a war horse, for example, was born from the Liao and Jin Dynasties, how valuable is it?"

Murong Cheng didn't think about it and said directly: "The market price is at least 120 guan, and it is very rare to have a price but no market."

Wang Lin was shocked. Isn’t this too expensive?

(End of this chapter)
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