Gengzi in June of the first year of Yuanyou (fourteenth month).
The main force of the First Yulong General, commanded by Di Yong, has entered Hengzhou on Jinghu South Road.
The army is here to repair temporarily to save strength for the next hike through the rugged mountain road.
At this time, a messenger from Bianjing rushed to Hengzhou City on a starry night journey and delivered a letter from Bianjing to Di Yong.
The letter was written by Di Yong's brother Di Zhen last month.
Di Yong opened the letter and after reading it, he let out a deep breath.
"Qiang'er might actually be selected into the palace..." Di Yong rubbed his hands, his palms were slightly sweaty, and his heart was beating loudly.
Who are the officials today?
As his close minister, Di Yong knew it very well.
Although this official is young, he has a lot of thoughts.
Whether inside or outside the palace, few things could escape his discernment.
It's just that he doesn't care about most things.
However, once he intervenes in something, it means that he is going to make a big move.
A typical example is this southern expedition.
Di Yong remembers it very clearly - the original cause was just the northern vassal town of Jiaozhi. Yang Jingtong, the governor of Guangyuan Prefecture, led his troops to attack the territory of Nong Zhihui, the prefect of Guihua Prefecture, and killed hundreds of Nong family members in Jisi Prefecture of the Song Dynasty. young and strong, and then robbed about two thousand people.
Originally, this was just a small matter.
If in the past, the imperial court found out, they would only reprimand Yang Jingtong a few times and let Yang Jingtong return the captives.
But this official took advantage of this to make a big fuss and stir up public opinion.
Finally, he persuaded the two palaces and the original court officials to promote the southern expedition.
So Zhang Dun went out to control Guangxi as the ruler, and personally appointed his generals and worshiped him as the military commander of Guangxi.
Only after Di Yong arrived in Guangxi did he find out.
What he knew about the official family was just the tip of the iceberg.
Because long before Yang Jingtong joined the bandits, he had already been preparing for war.
Long before that, he had sent an envoy to Guangxi and used an imperial edict to revive the former Guangxi envoy Kumamoto, who had been under house arrest in Guizhou in order to ease relations with Guangxi.
Not only that, the officials also specially decreed that Bainong Zhihui should be appointed as the general of Youwuwei.
He was ordered to prepare for war and actively respond to the threat from Jiaozhi.
The decree was also given to Nong Shengde, the magistrate of Shun'an Prefecture.
At that time, it was only June of the eighth year of Yuanfeng.
There are still six months until Yang Jingtong joins the bandits!
Half a year in advance, the officials were already actively preparing to use troops against Cochin.
From what Di Yong knew in Guangxi, the official envoys at that time not only conveyed the decree to Nong Zhihui and Nong Shengde.
Mo Shiren, the governor of Nandan Prefecture, Cen Ziting, the inspector of Youjiang in Yong Prefecture, and Su Ziyuan, the magistrate of Yong Prefecture, have all received official orders, requiring them to train soldiers, store grain and fodder, and wait for the order.
Moreover, by the end of July at the latest, the official messenger had already sent the decree to Tian Shiru, the governor of Sizhou and in charge of Lunan affairs, who was working under Wang Guangzu of Luzhou at that time.
The decree ordered Tian Shiru to select Sizhou elites and wait for orders.
Therefore, when the war broke out, the Sizhou soldiers could immediately set off from the Nanping Army and directly participate in the war in Guangxi.
Therefore, Jiaozhi was not unjustly defeated!
Before the war, the Song Dynasty had already prepared half a year in advance.
Nong Zhihui and Nong Shengde had already done preliminary intelligence work for the Song Dynasty.
The spies of the Nong family entered Jiaozhi early and contacted those wealthy families.
This was the basis for Zhang Dun's subsequent recruitment and surrender, which was extremely smooth.
Those Jiaozhi wealthy families and local officials had already talked to the Nong family early and received some kind of promise.
When Zhang Dun, in his capacity as the ruler, made promises and guarantees to them, he also issued a lawsuit.
These people immediately turned against the enemy and ate the slurry from their pots one after another to welcome Master Wang.
What amazed Di Yong even more was the aftermath of the war.
After all, since ancient times, there have been countless cases where military victories were won but political defeats were a complete mess!
However, under the official's micro-control and remote control.
Gao Zunhui, Lu Jiawen, Lian Nong Zhihui, Nong Shengde.
Take the sugar cane and recruit people everywhere.
The wealthy families and local officials from all over the north of Jiaozhi were inspired by their propaganda. They went to Guihua Prefecture and Shun'an Prefecture to see the sugar cane fields that had been planted, and tasted the white sugar candies given to them by Gao Zunhui.
Every eyeball popped out.
They all cried and shouted that they wanted to grow sugar cane with Uncle Song.
The local officials and wealthy families in the northern states of Cochin have refused to obey anyone for thousands of years.
But now they are conquered by a sugar cane.
This is a killer!
When the sugar cane fields are in full bloom in the northern states of Cochin.
Even the most ignorant people should know that the north of the Furiang River will become the territory of the Song Dynasty from now on - even if these places are named after Jisu, belong to local officials, and are the places where wealthy families talk about themselves.
The evidence is - last month Lu Jia asked the Youjiang Comfort Department to issue an order.
The wealthy families and local officials from the northern states of Jiaozhi lit up their own young men one after another and went to the Fuliang River to transport the 200,000 shi of rice from Jiaozhi to the Song Dynasty.
Tens of thousands of men came from all directions, bringing their own dry food to transport rice for the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.
The grand occasion shocked everyone and shocked all Guangxi officials who witnessed it.
Because let alone Guangxi.
It is in Henan, Hedong, West Beijing and other places in the hinterland of the Song Dynasty.
If the government wants to mobilize tens of thousands of people to participate in project construction, it will take a lot of effort.
so……
After Di Yong read his brother's letter, he couldn't calm down for a long time.
It's not that he is worried about what problems his daughter will have after entering the palace.
Because Di Yong knows that today's officials, despite their many thoughts, are not like children at all.
However, his "pure holy nature", "kindness and humility", and "generousness and love" are the consensus of all the ministers who have served around him.
I can't find any problems with you.
It can even be said that since ancient times, kings have been unparalleled in their kindness to their subordinates.
He would even encourage and praise the female officers around him with eyes or nods after serving him.
Even if the people around him did something wrong, as long as it was an honest mistake, he would generously forgive them.
As for confidants like him - not only on his birthday, but also on his birthday, someone will be specially sent to visit to reward him.
Even on the birthdays of wives and parents, envoys will be sent to congratulate and reward them.
Although it is usually given by the emperor with words, words of encouragement from the saints, or clothes and swords.
However, all the ministers around him were filled with gratitude and wished they could die for him!
Therefore, Di Yong knew that his daughter would definitely be treated well after entering the palace.
Therefore, Di Yong was really worried about only one thing.
"What if Qiang'er is chosen and favored..."
"Even being named queen..."
"Where should I go to prepare the dowry for Qiang'er?"
The emperor met his ministers favorably and chose his daughter as his queen.
On the wedding day, the whole Bianjing will stare at the minister's family.
Everyone will compare it secretly with the dowry that Ci Shengguang gave when she married into the Ren Temple.
When Ci Shengguang offered her in marriage to Ren Temple, the dowry was nearly a million dollars, which shocked the whole world.
If the time comes when his daughter gets married, the dowry will not be as generous as the dowry offered by Ci Sheng Guang.
Then the entire Di family will be humiliated and criticized by the world - what happened to your family?
Look down on today?
If you don’t want to be a queen, you can just say so!
Our dowry is fully prepared.
But the problem is that Di Yong knows that even if he empties the whole family's six wallets - his, his brother's, his father-in-law's, brother-in-law's, brother-in-law's, and brother-in-law's.
Then borrow it from everyone who can borrow it.
I can't even get a million dollars together.
Absolutely not enough.
The Di family has no business talent and cannot do business.
Fortunately...
"I can't afford the material dowry..."
"But you can use your life to give Qiang'er and prepare a dowry."
Di Yong clenched his fists.
He is a military minister - his duty is to hold the knife in his hand and earn a rich future and favor for his children.
There is no way to collect a dowry worth millions.
The only way is to use military merit and use the land of the enemy country as a dowry.
Naturally, it cannot be Jiaozhi - Jiaozhi is a small country and has already been conquered.
At the very least, it must be the land of the Western Bandits.
And no less.
At least it has to be a stronghold of Western thieves like Lingzhou and Yanzhou.
At least it has to be a land of more than a thousand miles!
If the country can be destroyed, it is of course the best thing to do - to take its chief and offer prisoners to the Ancestral Temple.
