While reading the letter, Lu Gongbi slapped the table and said, "Prince Dongping is really like the reincarnation of a champion!"
"Haha," Wen Yanbo took a sip of tea and twirled his beard and said, "The son of a rich man cannot sit down in the hall. I don't agree with taking such risks." Even so, he couldn't help but smile and said: "But it really looks like Huo Qubing...
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The two of them looked at each other and smiled, and their thoughts went back to a thousand years ago... After the two defeats in Hexi, King Hunxie and King Xiutu of the Xiongnu decided to surrender to the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, not knowing the truth or not, ordered Huo Qubing to go and accept the surrender. Who knew that others would still surrender?
Before they arrived, the Huns' army began to mutiny, and the two kings Hunxie and Xiutu were also hesitant. As a result, Huo Qubing led only a few soldiers and rushed across the Yellow River to the king's tent of the Huns. He ordered the two Huns kings to calm down.
Rebellion!
For thousands of years, people can't imagine how courageous Huo Qubing was to take risks alone. You must know that he caused the Huns to lose my Qilian Mountain, so that my six animals can no longer live; to lose my Yanzhi Mountain, my married woman has no color.
'The Huns are likely to kill him or detain him as the culprit!
However, Huo Qubing actually suppressed nearly 50,000 Huns and took them back to Chang'an...
Although Zhao Zongji's opponents are far from comparable to Huo Qubing's opponents. However, this is not the era when the Han people were vigorous. In this era of overall sluggishness and weakness, Zhao Zongji's actions require courage and wisdom that are no less than those of Huo Qubing!
This is indeed a different descendant of the Zhao family!
After coming back from his thousand-year admiration, Lu Gongbi realized a serious problem: "Why haven't you heard of it before?"
"Of course it was suppressed by the Privy Council." Wen Yanbo said lightly: "Most of the people in the Xifu are Han Qi's cronies. It is not difficult to suppress the news for months."
"It seems that they want to wait until Zhao Zongshi becomes the crown prince." Lu Gongbi suddenly said.
"Yes," Wen Yanbo nodded and said, "But now that the matter is over, if you spread the news, they won't cover it up anymore. It won't be long before the officials can justifiably recall His Highness to the capital!"
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What Wen Yanbo said was not wrong at all. Three days later, in the morning, the Privy Council reported that Dai Xiaoba had been conferred, and the Yanzhou Rebellion had basically been put down.
The officials were very happy when they heard this and asked all the ministers how to reward him.
Wang Gongchen said: "There is a slight rebellion and a disease, so I sent Prince Dongping and Sun Miao to lead a large army. It was suspected of killing a chicken with a bull's-eye. Now if we give out rewards in large quantities, I am afraid that the people will think that the officials are unfair!"
"What Wang Shuxiang said is wrong." Wen Yanbo shook his head and said: "It is said that those who are good at fighting have no great achievements. If another person had put down the Qianzhou salt bandit rebellion, I am afraid that the bandits would have merged together and become a disaster.
.The same was true when fighting against Jiaozhi in Guangxi. If not for the ingenuity and charisma of King Dongping, he recovered the barbarians in Guangyuan Prefecture and made them available to the imperial court. At the same time, he also cut off the minions of the Jiaozhi people and those ferocious Jiaozhi.
How can people surrender so quickly? If Prince Dongping hadn't been here, I'm afraid the court would have spent tens of millions more taels of silver and mobilized hundreds of thousands more troops, but it might not be as effective as it is today."
"These two battles were fought to quell civil strife, not to open up territory for our Song Dynasty. Whether the credit is great or not does not depend on whether the battle was big or not, whether the victory was large or not, but whether it ended quickly or not, to avoid
How much loss has been caused. Therefore, Wei Chen believes that Prince Dongping has made great contributions to the country, and the reward last time was too small, so this time it will be just enough to make up for it."
When Wen Yanbo said this, others could not refute it for a moment. Zhao Zhen nodded in agreement and said: "Not bad, not bad. According to Wen Yanbo, how should I reward you?"
"Since ancient times, military merit has been the most important! How can we consolidate mountains and rivers without rewards?" Wen Yanbo said solemnly: "I think that in addition to money and silk, you should be promoted to the first level of nobility!"
"Absolutely not!" Several ministers shouted at the same time. Zhao Zongji is now a county king, and if he goes up one level, he will be a prince! What a joke!
"Why not?" Wen Yanbo looked at Wu Kui coldly and said.
"This..." Under the cold gaze of Mr. Wen, Wu Kui felt the pressure when facing Han Qi, shrank his neck and said: "Prince Qingling... is the king..."
"What does this have to do with anything?" Wen Yanbo asked in a deep voice.
"Uh..." Wu Kui wanted to say, you can't let him get on top of the future prince! But when he took a quick look, he saw Mr. Han shaking his head slightly, so he had to swallow his words: "It's not relevant..."
"Your Highness, the fifth prince, was bought back with swords and guns on the battlefield." Wen Yanbo looked at the court and said loudly: "If anyone is jealous, go to the battlefield for a while. If you can come back victorious, I will
Wen Yanbo will fight for him as well!" After he said this, it seemed that it was certain that Zhao Zongji would be crowned prince!
Han Qi didn't speak, and the court hall was silent. The official said calmly: "Just follow the words of Prime Minister Wen!"
Seeing that this time it was a sure thing, the expressions of the civil and military officials in the court were wonderful... some were surprised, some were confused, some were angry, and some were thoughtful.
When he returned to the pledge room in the next court, Wu Kui complained to Han Qi and said, "Why don't your husband let us fight?"
"Shut your mouth!" He was angry. Han Qi was so angry that he broke his usual teapot and roared: "You idiot, you have the nerve to say it! Just say Zhao Zongji, why bother?"
Does it involve the prince?!"
"I..." Wu Kui blinked his confused eyes and looked at the angry Mr. Han in fear.
"What if Wen Yanbo seizes the topic and asks you about His Highness's merits? What if he gets involved in the Erguhe case?" Han Qi stared at him fiercely and said: "How can you give His Highness any face? Where is his prestige?
?!His Highness’s big things are ruined by fools like you!”
Wu Kui lowered his head after being reprimanded. Only then did he realize that the situation was not as good as he imagined. Mr. Han was more of a bluff...
"Are we just going to watch Zhao Zongshi become the prince?" After Han Qi calmed down, Wu Kuicai asked cautiously: "Wouldn't your Highness be under him?"
"If we don't solve the Erguhe case, the situation will always be like this!" Han Qi gritted his teeth and said: "Speaking of which, I still underestimated Wen Yanbo. This veteran's grasp of the situation has reached an advanced level. Facing such an opponent
,You should never take advantage of your strength!"
Han Qi has already begun to regret the showdown with the officials that day. The so-called trump card is the most intimidating when it is often played out before it is played. Once played out, it will make himself constrained...
"This time, I think that guy won a move," Han Qi sighed deeply, "There's a long way to go, if we can get it back..."
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But Wen Yanbo is obviously not the kind of gentleman who just gives up when things go well. Once he succeeds with one move, there will be endless back-up moves!
At the next court meeting, he also proposed that he would like to welcome Zhao Zongji, who is still the king of the county, with a grand ceremony in the suburbs.
Now Han Qi couldn't help it anymore and said: "What Xiang Wen said is unbelievable. When you put down the rebellion of Wang Ze in Beizhou, did the imperial court greet you with a grand ceremony in the suburbs?"
The Beizhou Wangze Rebellion was the second largest civil strife in the past few decades. The first was the Nong Zhigao Rebellion. At that time, the entire Lingnan region fell. So after Di Qing put down the rebellion, he enjoyed generous gifts from the emperor.
However, after Wen Yanbo put down the Beizhou Rebellion, he returned to Beijing quietly. In the minds of the officials, the Dai Xiaoba Rebellion in Qianzhou was obviously not comparable to the Beizhou Rebellion, not to mention that Zhao Zongji had already won the title of prince.
, it really doesn’t make sense to enjoy the welcome gift from the suburbs.
"If it were just the triumphal return of the Duke of Dongping, it would be fine for Xianggong Han to say so." Wen Yanbo said with confidence: "But Prime Minister Han didn't know something. The King of Dian also wanted to come to Beijing for an audience, and now he has joined the Duke of Dongping. This is
After Dali surrendered, he came to Beijing for the first time to see him, and Dali made great efforts to pacify the army in Guangxi. Due to his feelings and reasons, he should be treated with the courtesy of a suburban welcome."
When Han Qi heard this, he was shocked. In order to build momentum for Zhao Zongji, these people did everything they could! They even brought Duan Silian here to make the scene! He naturally knew that the King of Dian, Duan Silian, wanted to come to Beijing to pay tribute, and the Holy Father had given him permission.
Yue, but he has yet to leave. It turns out that he is waiting to go with Zhao Zongji!
"This is how we should welcome the King of Dian in the suburbs." Seeing that Han Xianggong was absent-minded, Hu Su, the minister of the Ministry of Etiquette of Shangshu, quickly stepped in and said: "But welcoming a triumphant victory is a military ceremony. This is not the same thing as welcoming a vassal king. How can it be the same?
talk?"
"Shilang Hu's words are wrong." On Wen Yanbo's side, Feng Jing, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, also stood up... This Feng Zhuangyuan who "married the prime minister's daughter twice, and was the leader of the world" can be said to be the top person in the Song Dynasty. Before
Because his father-in-law Fu Bi was in the court, he had been working as a local official in order to avoid suspicion. After Fu Bi and Ding You died, Zhao Zhen summoned him back as soon as possible. This was because of his father-in-law's face, but he also had to deal with the officials.
His good impression is inseparable.
Just listen to his loud voice: "In the eighth year of Kaibao, King Wu Hui returned from destroying the Southern Tang Dynasty. Also with him was King Wu Yue who came to Bianjing for an audience. At that time, Emperor Taizu treated him with great courtesy in the suburbs, but no one said,
Military courtesy and guest courtesy cannot go hand in hand!" King Wu Hui was Cao Bin, and of course this king was posthumously granted the title.
"This..." In the Song Dynasty, the laws of ancestors were heaven. When someone cited Taizu as an example, Hu Su was speechless.
"It's okay to welcome him from the suburbs, but the official family is the father of the king, so there is no reason to welcome his son." Fortunately, Han Qi came back to his senses at this time and said: "I sincerely request that the king of Qingling County judge Zhao Zongshi of Kaifeng Prefecture.
Welcome the emperor on behalf of the emperor!"
As soon as Mr. Han said these words, Wen Yanbo couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in his heart. He secretly thought that this old ghost should not be underestimated. In such a short period of time, he thought of a way to resolve it and even defeated me!