Chapter 1027: Grand Scholar, Duke, and Minister (first update)
The whole capital was immersed in the joy of the Lantern Festival and the great joy of regaining Huangzhou.
People in the capital's market paraded through the streets to spread the news of the Song Army's victory.
Although the Song Dynasty seems to be weak in external martial arts, the common people are different. Every year in the first month of the year, the people in the capital will cheer for the archer of the Song Dynasty who wins the shooting competition with the Khitan envoys, as if the opponent really defeated the Khitan for the Song Dynasty.
Now that the Song army had succeeded in the first battle, when the news came out about the victory of destroying the country, it was a hundred times better than the victory of shooting. The people in Bianjing rushed to tell each other.
Athletes waved their homemade cloths and made announcements along the streets. Whenever soldiers and officers entered restaurants and restaurants, people would compete to check accounts. Anyone with a Western accent or even a Fanyang hat, the common people would compete.
They gathered around and asked about the situation in the northwest.
The common people didn't understand why, after conquering Huangzhou, the entire Qingtang Dynasty was included in it?
But the people don't care, as long as they win, it's a rare occasion for them to be happy, and even our officials have a rare occasion to exhale and raise their eyebrows.
Many old people still remember how the Western thief Li Yuanhao bullied the Song Dynasty during the Qing Dynasty.
Later, the Liao Kingdom came to take advantage of the situation and added 200,000 years old coins.
Just in line with that sentence, Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty was the most generous and treated his subjects the most kindly, but he was bullied the most by foreign countries.
From the third year of Xining to the first year of Yuanfeng, the imperial court attacked the Qing and Tang Dynasties for eight years. Now the results have finally come, and all the land of the Qing and Tang Dynasties has been transferred to the Song Dynasty.
Any aspiring scholar would not read a few words of the scholar Wan Huhou. Taking advantage of their interest, the scholars used bowls and chopsticks as armies and wine cups as generals on the wine table. They dipped their chopsticks in wine and drew pictures of the mountains and rivers of the Qing and Tang Dynasties.
They were talking about war with great interest.
When some officials heard about it, they expressed their envy to the capable ministers and famous generals who have come out of Xihe Road in recent years. They are turning purple at a young age. This makes them envious of these white-haired humble officials who have not yet left the sea of election.
Now that the Qing and Tang Dynasties have been decided, it is Xixia's turn next, which is the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties even greater than the Qing and Tang Dynasties.
That night, many scholars set their ambitions to write and join the army. Ban Dingyuan and I in the Song Dynasty also had the same ambition. How could they be inferior to the ancients?
Bianjing will not sleep tonight.
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Compared with the joy and celebration of the people and the excitement of the officials, the Hanlin scholars seemed calm.
Wang Lian even said directly: "It's nonsense. Without verifying the truth, you will reveal the military information to the world based on the words of an eunuch? What if you make a mistake? What you will lose is the face of the official family, and also our ministers."
How can we make up for the loss of our reputation afterwards? Even Liao and Xia will see our jokes."
"It took nearly a month to attack the mere Miaochuan City. Zongge City and Qingtang City are no less than Miaochuan City. Ali Gu still has a hundred thousand troops in his hands! I don't think I'm in a hurry to congratulate you."
Zhang Dun said: "But Sunfutai has already announced it, what else can we do?"
"If the revelation is true, how can we not congratulate the officials? Hesitation is a sin."
Han Jiang and all the officials and officials were hesitant. The news of the recapture of Huangzhou, the capture of Ali Gu alive, and the surrender of Dong Felt was really shocking.
Even Han Jiang, who had the most confidence in Zhang Yue, was still skeptical.
Of course, for such a great victory, they must congratulate the emperor in person, and the prime minister must lead all officials to congratulate the emperor the next day.
But there is insufficient evidence at the moment. If He is wrong, that would be wonderful.
It was a big joke, it was really a collective shame from the officials to the governors!
At the moment of doubt, the second letter of disclosure arrived. These two letters of disclosure were jointly issued by Zhang Kai and Zhong Shidao.
The governors all know that the generals will do whatever they can to seize the opportunity for victory.
Li Xian was being cautious. Although he was stationed in Xizhou, he had been sending people to inquire about the intelligence on the front line, so as soon as the news came out, he would send it out first before Zhang Kai and Zhong Shidao could finish writing the news.
Although it was a second-hand victory, Li Xian was the first to win, only an hour ahead of Zhang Kai and the others.
Zhang Kai, Zhongshi Dao's second victory, was much more concrete than Li Xian.
Only then did all the officials understand why Huangzhou was destroyed, Ali Gu was captured, and the entire Qing and Tang Dynasty surrendered to the Song Dynasty.
It turns out that Zhang Kai, after Zhongshi Dao conquered Huangzhou.
The Qingtang army led by Aligu, with more than 70,000 troops, has dispatched troops from Qingtang City (Xining, the capital of Qinghai Province) and has reached the front line of Zongge City (Ping'an District, Haidong City).
Zongge City is located on the upper reaches of the Huangshui River, only a few dozen miles away from Miaochuan City (Ledu District, Haidong City). The Qingtang Army was so powerful that its vanguard could be seen without the Song Army conducting reconnaissance.
The generals of the Song Army thought that there would be heavy casualties after capturing Miaochuan, and since they were guarding the city, they should not rush forward greedily for profit.
At this time, Aligu knew that Miaochuan City had fallen and was helpless. The Qing and Tang Dynasties were horrified. Aligu immediately sent envoys to the Song military camp to cede the west of Keluling to the Song Dynasty to ask for peace.
Seeing that Qing Tang asked for peace and spoke in such humble terms, all the generals thought they could just go down the steps.
However, Zhang Kai instead ordered Wang Fan to lead an attack with 3,000 troops. The Qing and Tang forwards collapsed at the first touch, and Ali Gu had to retreat to Zongge City.
But in the middle of the night, Qiao Zong, the guard of Zongge City, suddenly opened the city gate. Qiao Zong was born in the Qiao family in Lijing City. The third wife of Zuosiluo was from the Qiao family in Lijing City.
Later, the Qiao family gave birth to a son, Dong Xiang, who is now the nominal head of the Qing Tang Dynasty. Dong Xiang married another wife who was also from the Qiao family in Jinglic City.
Qiao Zong once worked as a businessman and was captured alive by Zhang Yue. Later, he was treated as a courtesy by Zhang Yue and was given free access to Xihe to do business. Qiao Zong also secretly communicated between Zhang Yue and Dong Xiang. He also served as an envoy on behalf of Dong Xiang to persuade Zhang Yue.
The more you stop conquering Ghost Chapter.
Dong Felt's son, Qing Ding, was jealous of Ali Gu, and was assassinated by him. Later, Ali Gu took charge of major affairs inside and outside the Qing Tang Dynasty as his adopted son, and sidelined Dong Felt.
Dong Felt ordered Qiao Zong to submit a letter to Zhang Yue, willing to allow the Song Dynasty to eliminate Ali Gu on the condition that the Qing and Tang Dynasties submit to him.
Now Ali Gu retreated to Zongge City, but Qiao Zong opened the city gate in the middle of the night, and the Song army from outside the city swarmed in.
Wen Xixin and other Tibetan leaders were originally dissatisfied with Ali Gu, but when they saw Ali Gu being captured alive, an army of 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers was able to surrender or escape.
Dong Fei immediately presented his petition and soil to submit to the Song Dynasty.
It was indeed a battle that determined the Qing Tang Dynasty and brought our Han people’s homeland back to China, which had been in decline for hundreds of years since the end of the Tang Dynasty!
The six prime ministers Han Jiang, Wang Gui, Yuan Jiang, Feng Jing, Xue Xiang, and Zeng Xiaokuan looked at each other. They looked at Lu Bu from beginning to end, and it seemed that he had no clever strategic plans or excellent tactical arrangements.
The Song Dynasty under the Miaochuan City spent a lot of effort and the attack was extremely difficult. They almost thought that the entire army would be annihilated. But instead, Ali Gu's seven or eight armies were defeated by the Song army in one day, as if they were like a cook and a cow.
Take it.
That's an army of 70,000 to 80,000 people, not 70,000 to 80,000 pigs!
Could it be that Zhang Yue, the strategist, had anticipated all this?
There were no unexpected tricks in this battle, but it just came naturally. In the end, it can only be described as being easy and effortless.
Could it be that it is just like the official saying, I can only know the depth of Zhang Yue, but not its shallowness.
After confirming the military report jointly signed by Zhang Kai and Zhong Shi Dao, Han Jiang immediately led all the ministers to the Xuande Gate Tower. The ministers should not neglect their mission to report victory to the emperor.
After the prime minister has finished suing the officials, the officials still want to sue the Ancestral Temple and the ancestors of the Song Dynasty.
Yuan Jiang, Wang Lian, and Li Chengzhi felt extremely excited when they thought that they had to look at Zhang Yue's face at this moment.
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Because it was a victory, the dance music at Xuande Gate played the big drum of the soldiers returning home after victory, also to suit the occasion.
When the officials wanted to give Zhang Yue a heavy reward, listening to the sonorous and powerful drums, I seemed to have seen the scene of the Song army sweeping across the Qingtang Dynasty under Zhang Yue's strategizing, beheading generals and seizing the flag, and singing a song of victory.
The red flag, representing our raging Song Dynasty, stands on the western border.
What merit can be greater than restoring my old land?
I, Zhao Xu, have been on the throne for twelve years and have made real contributions to the foundation of our ancestors.
At the towering Xuande Gate, under the sound of majestic drums, sixty-four palace concubines in gorgeous costumes performed dances under the city.
The water sleeves are dancing in the air, and each one is graceful and graceful. The so-called beauty of the country, the beauty of the country, the beauty of the city, the fish sinking and the geese falling, the moon closing and the flowers shy are just like this.
No matter who sees this, they will have the feeling that the beauty of the country is under their control. The so-called emperor's heroic ambitions must also be here!
All the high-ranking officials and relatives in Duolou were toasting with their glasses at this moment, and drinking happily. It’s just that if you have wine now, you will get drunk now, so don’t let the golden bottles stand empty against the moon!
The situation was intoxicating, but Zhang Yue stood up very soberly and wanted to play back. The official held his arm and said, "Sit down and talk."
Shi De and all the other servants held their breaths and did not dare to look up at Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue sat down again and said: "I have thanked Your Majesty, but I dare not ask for a reward!"
"Oh?" The officials were not surprised at all by Zhang Yue's words. Others wanted to advance, but Zhang Yue wanted to retreat.
You can never be too cautious.
"Why? Please tell me carefully!"
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, it is your Majesty's great grace that three out of thirty of my ministers have already prayed for political participation. Su Yijian was only thirty-six years old at the time, and Wang Yigong was thirty-nine years old."
The officials thought that Zhang Yue was only thirty-five years old now.
As for the youngest person to serve as prime minister of the country, Wen Yanbo was appointed at the age of forty-three.
"Besides, the jade belly on my waist is a gift from your majesty. That's enough for me."
The official took a closer look and found that the jade belt he had given Zhang Yue from his waist was indeed tied around his waist.
Your Majesty has not forgotten your kindness for a day. Thinking of this, the official said: "How can I not be rewarded for my unparalleled achievements? I..."
At this time, Han Jiang and Wang Gui had led the governor, and Hanlin arrived.
Zhang Yue immediately stood up and stood aside.
But I saw a group of senior officials in purple saying: "I congratulate Your Majesty, congratulate the country, and congratulate the Great Song Dynasty!"
Seeing Han Jiang, Wang Gui and his prime minister came to congratulate him. The official smiled proudly, waved his sleeves and said, "When Xizhou was conquered in the past, Duke Shu wanted to lead hundreds of officials to congratulate him, but I didn't allow it."
"Now I receive your congratulations! As Sun Yong said, I still want to sue the Imperial Ancestral Temple!"
Han Jiang said: "Your Majesty, in the future, this will definitely be a highlight in history!"
Wang Gui said: "Your Majesty swept across the west and shocked the Western Region. At this moment, everyone is praising His Majesty for his immortal achievements!"
The officials laughed heartily when they heard this.
The musician used the hammer to play the chimes, making the sound of yellow bells and big lu.
During the palace music, the official said: "It's all thanks to Zhang Qing's hard work."
"Zhang Qing is a scholar who knows the military, and he is an indispensable talent. He plans to win, and attacks must be conquered. The civil servants of this dynasty have stepped in, and their achievements have never been surpassed."
"Jia Zhangyue was appointed as the Grand Scholar of Zizhengdian Palace, the Founding Duke of Jian'an County, and the Minister of Rites!"
