"Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Your Majesty."
He was awarded a Jinshi in the high school and was granted a marriage by the emperor. It was a double happiness. Weng Dayou was so happy that he raised his hand to Zhao Yun repeatedly to express his gratitude. His eyes could not see the joy.
Then Wang Huilong, Liu Wenxing and others answered one by one. Zhao Yun expressed his satisfaction. Finally, after answering correctly, Zhao Yun selected Jiang Wanli as the top pick, Weng Dayou as the second pick, and Wang Huilong as the third pick.
After the imperial examination was successfully completed, many high school students were directly assigned to serve in various yamen and prefectures and counties. Their arrival greatly alleviated the aging of officials and provided assistance for Zhao Yun's further governance.
Zeng Yinglong was appreciated by Zhao Yun for his meritorious service in presiding over the imperial examination, and he was promoted to Minister of Rites, taking over Gou Mengyu's post. This also moved Zeng Yinglong greatly and made him more respectful to Zhao Yun.
"Your Majesty, Minister Zhu of the Ministry of Punishment wishes to see you."
Zhao Yun was reviewing the memorial when Zhu Zhu came to see him. Zhao Yun knew without guessing that it was about Cui Cheng, Li Jinfang, and Feng Yan.
"Xuan."
Zhu Zhu came in, and after saluting Zhao Yun, Zhu Zhu said: "Your Majesty, Cui Cheng's case has been found out. Cui Cheng secretly planned this matter and encouraged Li Jinfang, Feng Yan and Liu Yan to follow him. He has pleaded guilty. As for the
Yang Cishan, Yang Gu, Yang Shi, and Zhang Chi did not know anything about it in advance. Here are their confessions. Your Majesty, please read them."
Gao Shi stepped forward, took the booklet from Zhu's hand, and handed it to Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun opened it and saw that it was the confessions of Cui Cheng, Feng Yan, and Liu Yan.
After looking at it, Zhao Yun closed his eyes and didn't speak for a long time. Gao Shi and Zhu Zhu were too nervous to breathe, so they waited carefully.
Suddenly, Zhao Yun opened his eyes, and the cold light flashing in his eyes was shocking.
Zhao Yun said: "Cui Cheng, Feng Yan, and Liu Yan committed treason and were punished without mercy. Yang Cishan, Yang Gu, Yang Shi, and Zhang Chi were dismissed from their posts and demoted to common people, and their property was transferred to the state treasury.
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"Yes, Your Majesty."
Zhu Zhu was careful not to plead for anyone, nor to ask for mercy, and finally resigned.
After Zhu Zhu left, Zhao Yun continued to review the memorials, and suddenly saw that one of the memorials was written by Yu Jie. Zhao Yun looked serious and picked it up to read it carefully.
In the memorial, Yu Jie wrote that Mongolia was aggressively attacking Xixia, and Xixia was about to be unable to support itself. He predicted that Xixia would fall into the hands of Mongolia. At that time, Mongolia could fully encroach on the Jin Kingdom. At the same time, Mongolia also had
He may take the opportunity to enter the Song Dynasty and test the reality of the Song Dynasty.
This test was extremely important. Yu Jie believed that if the Mongols were beaten painfully when they invaded the country for the first time, the majesty of the Song Dynasty would be established. In a short period of time, at least until the Jin Kingdom was destroyed, the Mongols would never dare to go south.
But if this first time did not hurt Mongolia and allowed Mongolia to take advantage, there will be endless wars waiting for the Song Dynasty, Sichuan, Shu, and Jingxiang, and they will enter the serious war in advance before the Jin Kingdom is destroyed.
period.
Faced with this severe situation, Yu Jie's mountain city defense system was far from being completed. He expected that he would be unable to withstand it and hoped that the court would make plans early.
Yu Jie's memorial was also Zhao Yun's worry, which was why Zhao Yun couldn't wait to form a new army.
Fortunately, the new army's combat power was good and the results satisfied Zhao Yun. Before the Jin Kingdom was destroyed, Mongolia could not attack the Song Dynasty with all its strength, but now it has no fear of the Mongolian threat.
Zhao Yun picked up his pen and reviewed it: "I also understand the concerns of the Qing family. Soon General Meng Gong will lead the new army into Sichuan and Shu. You two will be in charge of the government and the other will be in charge of the army. There are rivers and seas in Jingxiang, and Du Gao and other veteran generals are stationed there.
, In this way, Sichuan, Shu and Jingxiang depend on each other and have nothing to worry about."
After the instructions were completed, Zhao Yun wrote another letter to Meng Gong, briefly describing the current situation, and appointed him as the commander of the Sichuan Military Affairs Capital, with an overview of all the troops and horses in Sichuan, and launched military affairs reforms in Sichuan, transforming the former Xiang Army and the Forbidden Army into
, the Turkish army and militia were reorganized and trained into a new army.
Now that the new law has been implemented smoothly, wealthy and powerful families from all over the country have handed over their cultivated land, which has greatly increased the land controlled by the imperial court. Those soldiers who have been laid off can allocate land and go home to cultivate. In this way, there will be no unrest.
After the order was issued, Zhao Yun also breathed a sigh of relief. Zhao Yun slowly stood up, walked out of the study, came outside, and looked up to the north.
"Xixia is going to die, and the grassland is going to be in chaos."
Zhao Yun put his hands behind his back, thinking about everything, and his mind gradually drifted to the distant grassland.
The distant Xiliang Mansion in Western Xia was currently experiencing a brutal siege battle. Countless Mongolian troops were launching a frantic attack on the city.
Previously, Genghis Khan used Xixia to accept the enemies of Mongolia, but also refused to send the prince who promised to be sent as a hostage, treating Mongolia as if it were nothing. On this grounds, Genghis Khan personally led his army and launched a war of annihilation against Xixia.
At this time, Genghis Khan was already sixty-five years old. His old injuries had recurred due to his long battles, and he could hardly ride a horse alone. Most of the time, he could only live in a mobile royal tent, and outsiders could not see him at all.
This was rare and very unusual in Genghis Khan's previous conquests.
Genghis Khan was in poor health because he knew his father better than his son. His four sons, Jochi, Chagatai, Ogedai, and Tolei, all went with the army and never left Genghis Khan's side.
In the royal court tent, Genghis Khan squinted his eyes, as if sleeping. On one side was his first civil servant, Yelu Chucai. At this time, Yelu Chucai was reporting the battle situation on the front line to Genghis Khan.
Xiliang Mansion is an important town in Xixia, second only to the capital Zhongxing Mansion in terms of status and importance. It is also the last barrier for Zhongxing Mansion. It can be said that once Xiliang Mansion falls, Zhongxing Mansion will be difficult to hold, and the entire Xixia is destined to perish.
The city is so important, so naturally everyone in Xixia worked hard to defend the city. This also caused the Mongolian army to attack for a month, but they still failed to break the city.
"King Khan, Tahaihab, the guard of Xiliang Prefecture, is very brave, and the siege battle is relatively fierce. However, King Khan, rest assured that our Mongol army is sweeping across the world, with invincible fighting power. The general trend will not change. I estimate that the city is close to being destroyed.
Already."
Genghis Khan did not answer and did not speak for a long time. Suddenly, Genghis Khan gently waved his hand and asked everyone in the tent to retreat, leaving only Yelu Chucai.
Even his beloved concubine followed suit and let her go down at this time, which shows how much Genghis Khan attached great importance to the following conversation.
After clearing the tent, Genghis Khan slowly opened his eyes, glanced at Yelu Chucai, and said: "Sir, if this Khan is dead, what is the future of Mongolia?"
Yelu Chucai was shocked and turned pale. He hurriedly knelt on the ground, walked forward on his knees, held Genghis Khan's hand tightly, and said with tears in his eyes: "King Khan, you are an eagle in the sky, flying thousands of miles. There are still many mountains and rivers in the world.
Waiting for you to conquer, your injuries will be healed."