When Empress Dowager Xiang arrived at Baoci Palace, the Empress Dowager told her that this morning, Mrs. Han and Mrs. Lu entered the palace to work as lobbyists for Wen Yanbo.
After hearing this, Empress Dowager Xiang was stunned at first, and then started laughing: "Mother, even Grand Master Wen is eyeing Brother Six!"
"It seems that Sixth Brother has indeed won the support of both the government and the public!"
Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, has there ever been a senior official who thought about sending his granddaughter to the palace after the new king came to the throne?
Most people avoid it for fear of not getting there!
Because becoming a relative means that future generations will probably not be able to enter the three provinces and two prefectures again.
At most, it is a noble and generous position among the local magistrates or among the six ministries.
Wealth is wealth, but it no longer has the opportunity to dominate national affairs, and it is no longer possible to influence the world.
Therefore, as long as there is still hope for an ordinary family of senior officials and ministers, they will never take the path of their relatives.
Now, Grand Master Wen Yanbo is actually willing to make this bet!
The Queen Mother was really surprised and overjoyed.
reason?
Even Wen Yanbo and Grand Master Wen eagerly sent his granddaughter to the palace.
It is clear at a glance which people in the world are opposed to each other!
The Queen Mother was also very happy.
After all, this matter is too embarrassing for her!
"Queen Mother, you might as well send someone to tell each family to postpone the date when each family's young lady enters the palace by a few days..."
This means leaving enough time for Wen Yanbo's granddaughter or great-granddaughter.
He smiled and nodded to the Queen Mother: "Just follow your Majesty's wishes!"
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When Zhao Xu arrived at Baoci Palace, he found that the expressions the two palaces looked at him seemed a little different from the past.
"Mother, Queen..." Zhao Xu sat down and asked, "Why are you looking at me like this?"
"Is there flowers on my face?"
The Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Xiang immediately laughed, and the Empress Dowager said: "Although there are no flowers on the official's face, it's almost the same!"
Zhao Xu probably guessed something. He sat calmly between the two palaces, touched his little face, and pretended to be suspicious: "I washed up before coming here..."
The two palaces laughed again.
Empress Dowager Xiang stopped teasing the child, touched his head and said, "My son has no flowers on his face!"
"But my son is already able to attract bees and butterflies!"
"Um?"
"My son will know for himself in the future!" Queen Mother Xiang didn't want to, so she just said this.
Although Sima Guang's words are a bit silly, there is some truth to them.
Especially when it comes to women!
Brother Six is still young, so he should be careful not to get infected prematurely.
According to historical records, Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty seemed to have died young because of his premature exposure to female sex.
Another thing is that the adopted girls are indeed prepared for Brother Six.
But whether they can please their sixth brother depends on themselves.
At this time, Liang Weijian's voice came from outside the palace: "The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, everyone...good news..."
"Pass!" The two palaces looked at each other.
Then there was an internal minister, holding a side newspaper delivered to the Tongjian Department by horseback. He knelt outside the curtain and read the words on the side newspaper: "Quan Tiju Xihe Lanhui roadside to prevent wealth and use it to prevent money. Secretary Zonghui
, the same officer in charge of Gouxi Helanhui roadside to guard against wealth and use the ministers and officials to pay their respects before paying homage to the two palaces, His Majesty the Emperor..."
The two palaces suddenly frowned and their faces darkened.
In just a few days, the two bastards Xiang Zonghui and Gao Gongji have already provoked Bian Pan?
Then I heard the minister say: "The benevolent sages of the two palaces of Fuwei are wise, wise and far-sighted, and His Majesty the Emperor is powerful in the world... I am equal to Qin Fenglu, and when he encountered the army and bandits Wang Chong's group... Thanks to the blessings of the benevolent sages of the two palaces and the blessings of His Majesty the Emperor,
More than a hundred people below Wang Chong have been captured, and more than four hundred have been beheaded..."
The expressions of the two palaces turned from gloomy to clear.
Army thief Wang Chong?!
They all remembered that it was Wang Chong, the rebellious army sergeant who had been reporting to the local magistrates since last year?
After the two palaces took charge of the government, they heard more than once reports from officials about Wang Chong's gang of thieves, who took advantage of the terrain in the border areas to continuously harass and engage in guerrilla attacks.
Some local officials even shouted: This Zhang is the most vicious and stubborn thief after Guo Erni!
It means we have to hit hard!
Of course Zhang and Guo Erni and the two palaces knew that they were the leaders of the Shaanxi mutiny that caused a sensation in the world during the Renmiao era.
At their peak, these two rebels traveled across most of the world's military states and repeatedly defeated the Song Dynasty's official army.
There was panic in both the government and the public.
Finally, under the personal deployment of Renmiao, more than 8,000 elite Yang Wenguang troops under Fan Zhongyan were recruited, and ministers from all directions were appointed to dispatch the Eighth Route Army to block the entire Shaanxi traffic.
Only then did this group of thieves be strangled to death!
When Zhang and Guo Erni were active, the Empress Dowager was still serving Cisheng Guangxian in the palace, but she remembered clearly that there were three surprises in the palace at that time, and Renmiao did not think about it until the side report said that he had been captured.
After killing Zhang Ni and Guo Ni, and purging the rest of the evildoers, I finally became happy.
As for the Queen Mother?
When she was a child, even though Zhang, Guo and others had already been executed, the names of these people were still very loud among the people, and they had the effect of stopping children from crying!
The Wang Chong traitor was based in the Shangluo area where Zhang and Guo Erni started their careers.
They also followed the practices of Zhang and Guo Erni.
They traveled around the country, harassing the government, and when they had the opportunity, they captured the county town and opened warehouses to provide relief.
Learn from the anti-king style of the late Sui Dynasty!
Naturally, when the two palaces found out, they were very worried.
Last month, a special edict was issued, ordering the local authorities such as Yanyan Road, Huanqing Road, and Yongxing Army to carry out strict encirclement and suppression. They also ordered Fuyan Road to dispatch a deputy general to personally lead the elite cavalry of the border army as the main force of the encirclement and suppression.
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Unexpectedly, Wang Chong's traitor escaped to Qinfeng Road, and fortunately, he survived and ran into the hands of Xiang Zonghui and Gao Gongji who were on their way to Xihe to take office.
Although the two palaces knew it well, Xiang Zonghui and Gao Gongji were forced to die, so they just sat in the back and watched the elite generals of Xihe who accompanied them charge and kill them.
But still very happy!
After all, one is a biological brother and the other is a biological nephew, and both of them have been discussed.
Now they have achieved such military exploits!
It’s really flattering for them!
The two palaces said almost immediately: "Send the good news quickly!"
Zhao Xu was standing by and took the opportunity to say: "Two close relatives of the country have actually made meritorious service to the country even on the road!"
"It can be seen that the two close relatives are actually good ministers of the country!"
When the two palaces heard this, they couldn't even close their mouths with laughter.
Liang Weijian sent the good news to the two palaces.
Opening the two palaces and taking a closer look, the smile on his face became even brighter.
Zhao Xu was beside him and also read the good news.
He was not surprised!
Xiang Zong replied, Gao Gongji’s team included a lot of war gods from Xihe Road!
Wang Wenyu, Akemi, Qin Gui, Li Hao...
They are all brave generals who were killed in the blood sea of corpse mountain!
Including the cavalry accompanying them and the cavalry from Xihe to greet them, there are more than four thousand cavalry!
Not to mention a group of wandering rebellious sergeants, even if they encounter the Liao Lord's Pishi Army, the Palace Army can still defeat them!
Therefore, Wang Chong was unlucky. He had just jumped out of the siege on Huanqing Road and bumped into two royal relatives who were eating beef and singing songs and planning to go to Xihe to plant cotton.
"Mother, Queen..." Zhao Xu said: "I remember that someone reported that Wang Chong was causing trouble in the place, killing officials, stealing treasury... he was really a huge thief!"
"Two close relatives were captured and killed in a single battle. They killed them all and captured their members..."
"You are truly worthy of being the son of a great general of our dynasty and a famous minister!"
"This is a great compliment!"
When the two palaces heard Zhao Xu's words, they felt happy in their hearts.
Of course, Lianggong still pretended not to care.
"Young man, I just managed to capture and kill a thief by luck!" The Empress Dowager said calmly, "It's nothing to congratulate!"
Empress Dowager Xiang also said: "Xiang Zonghui is just lucky, not much credit!"
"Besides, Sixth Brother has already awarded them a beautiful official, no more rewards!",
"Lest the world think that the Queen Mother and the Grandmother are nepotistic!"
However, the smiles and looks on their faces had already betrayed them.
Zhao Xu said: "Seven to eight hundred people gathered together to cause chaos, and thieves roamed the prefectures and counties? Where have such thieves come from since ancient times?"
"These giant bandits and thieves are a nuisance to the country!"
Zhao Xu looked at the two palaces seriously, like an adult: "My mother-in-law, mother-in-law, and two relatives of the country, if you capture and kill the giant bandit for me, you must be rewarded!"
"Otherwise, rewards and punishments will be unfair, and the country will be ruined!"
This is the truth that Zhao Xu has engraved in his mind after reading the deeds of emperors in the past dynasties, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign emperors in modern times, and studying the deeds of several outstanding ones.
For the army, reward must be quick!
When good news comes from ahead, the prepared rewards must be distributed immediately without delay!
You can't imitate Emperor Taizong and be stingy with the reward money, and end up losing your whole life's reputation!
Note: The uprising of Zhang Hai, Guo Miaoshan, and Shao Xing was a great uprising in the Qingli era that shook the entire Northern Song Dynasty.
Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu and others were all frightened by it and believed that if they were not wiped out quickly, the Song Dynasty would take jujube pills.
The scale and destructiveness of this uprising exceeded that of the later Liang Shanshui Po.
Moreover, this is a true rebel army.
On the contrary, the Song army that encircled and suppressed them had broken military discipline and killed good people while taking credit for their merits!
Even Song Ting's own scholar-bureaucrats had to admit: officers and soldiers...are better than thieves!
Therefore, readers are advised to pay attention to screening.
Scholar-officials, the emperor will not sit on the side of the common people!
Note 2: The Wang Chong Uprising was a sergeant uprising that occurred again in Shangzhou, the base of Zhanghai Uprising in the seventh year of Yuanfeng.
The sergeant uprising is a characteristic of the Northern Song Dynasty. Generally speaking, the peasant uprisings in the early and middle period of the Northern Song Dynasty were small-scale and would not form a large peasant uprising. Therefore, in the Northern Song Dynasty, those who resisted were generally sergeants!
According to the records in "Xu Zizhi Tongjian Long Chapter", Wang Chong's uprising was wiped out on Qinfeng Road in mid-June. Based on previous records, it is speculated that Wang Chong met the elite border troops of the Northern Song Dynasty on Qinfeng Road after jumping out of the encirclement of the Northern Song Dynasty official army.
