In just half a day, word of the "Great Victory in Northern Xinjiang" had spread throughout Daliang City, and countless people rushed to congratulate them.
In the past, those who talked about military affairs and listed all kinds of remarks that "Wei cannot be hostile to Han" have long since disappeared and dare not show their faces.
For example, "Chao Lidong", the governor of the General's Mansion, was a staunch "anti-Suppressor" - yes, he was not actually targeting the armies of Northern Xinjiang in their crusade against South Korea, but was simply targeting the Su King Zhao Hongrun.
Chao Lidong was the uncle of the eldest prince Zhao Hongli and a member of the Zhengcheng Wang family. His family had a marriage relationship with the Zhengcheng Wang family. Therefore, even after Zhao Hongli was deposed as the crown prince, Chao Lidong never and could not change his family to join Yong.
Wang Hongyu was a staunch member of the former Donggong Party.
Once upon a time, the Wang family of Zhengcheng had a grudge against King Su Zhao Hongrun. After all, the interference of King Su Zhao Hongrun led to the separation of the Wang family of Zhengcheng and the expulsion of the Wang family of Anling, so that now Anling has become Zhao Hongrun and his third uncle Zhao Hongrun.
Laiyu was the territory of the Zhao family, but Zhao Laiyu switched his allegiance to Zhao Hongrun.
Therefore, the Wang family felt that they had been deceived and framed by Su Wang Zhao Hongrun and the original Zongzheng Zhao Laiyu, so that they lost their territory in Anling.
What's more important is that the youngest son of Wang Yu, the head of the Wang family in Zhengcheng, the younger brother of the current Queen Wang, and the younger uncle of Zhao Hongli, the former prince of the East Palace, Wang Ting was also traveling to and from Anling because of the "Wang family in Anling" incident.
On the way to Zhengcheng, he was captured by the great thief Huan Hu who happened to be fleeing. In the end, due to Zhao Hongrun's tough attitude during the negotiation, Wang Ming was killed by Huan Hu on the spot.
Because of this, the Wang family of Zhengcheng and Su Wang Zhao Hongrun forged an intractable grudge.
But later, because King Huan Zhao Hongxuan hated Yong Wang Hongyu and was close to the former prince Zhao Hongli, the Wang family of Zhengcheng temporarily put aside their grudges with their brother Su Wang Zhao Hongrun for the sake of King Huan Zhao Hongxuan's face.
Especially when King Huan Zhao Hongxuan traveled thousands of miles to help his brother Zhao Hongrun, King Su, and later joined the Handan battlefield, the Wang family in Zhengcheng did not express their opinions and remained silent.
There are two reasons:
First of all, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan was recognized by the former crown prince Zhao Hongli, and Zhao Hongli handed over all the power of the Northern Army to King Huan Zhao Hongxuan. Therefore, from the perspective of the Wang family in Zhengcheng, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan can be said to have inherited the former crown prince Zhao Hongli.
ideal person.
Secondly, although Wang Yu, the head of the Wang family in Zhengcheng, hated Su Wang Zhao Hongrun, he quite recognized his younger brother Huan Wang Zhao Hongxuan.
For these two reasons, when all the Wei armies, including King Huan Zhao Hongxuan and the Northern Army, joined forces to attack Handan, although the Wang family in Zhengcheng did not support the main battle, they did not dissuade the imperial court.
Perhaps they secretly expected that King Huan Zhao Hongxuan would lead the Northern Army to shine in this war against South Korea and restore the bad reputation of the Northern Army. In this way, Zhao Hongli, who had been deposed as the crown prince, would naturally have a look on his face.
Guang——after all, it was Zhao Hongli who recommended Zhao Hongxuan, King Huan.
However, even though the Wang family in Zhengcheng remained silent, Chao Lidong of the General's Mansion still jumped up and down, trying his best to dissuade the imperial court from quarreling with Wei.
The reason is that he also had a grudge against Su Wang Zhao Hongrun. Who made it happen that in the case of Zhou Yan, the Minister of Punishment, Su Wang Zhao Hongrun kicked this high-ranking official into the canal in the city.
Because of this incident at that time, Chao Lidong, the official of the new government office "Shangjiangfu", was disgraced and almost became the laughing stock of the people in Daliang City.
You must know that the "General's Office" is the government office in charge of "Wei Ji (Military Status)". It has a transcendent status. In front of it, even the Ministry of War must bow its head.
But just because of that kick, the "General's Mansion", which was originally promising, was completely underestimated. Not to mention that the generals stationed in the Sixth Battalion turned a blind eye to him.
After many days of creation, it is still just an empty frame, in name only.
It is precisely for this reason that Chao Lidong privately wished that King Su Zhao Hongrun had died in battle in Northern Xinjiang. So when he heard that King Huan Zhao Hongxuan had rushed thousands of miles to help his brother King Su Zhao Hongrun to relieve the siege, Chao Lidong stamped his feet and beat his chest.
How much porcelain is there in the house?
At that time, he could only hope that Zhao Hongrun would defeat the battle, but unfortunately, it backfired. King Su's army of King Su Zhao Hongrun was particularly powerful in northern Xinjiang, defeating Jin Mao, Feng Ting, Bao Yuan, Han Yang and other Korean generals, and finally captured them.
Handan, the capital of the Korean people.
So, today, after hearing the news of "Great Victory in Northern Xinjiang and South Korea's Defeat", Chao Lidong was so angry that he fainted on the spot. He was so frightened that his family members hurriedly sent all over the city to find famous doctors for treatment.
After waking up, Chao Lidong simply excused himself from illness because he had said too many alarmist things before and believed that the "main war faction" in the DPRK was waiting to ridicule him at this moment.
The "main war faction" mentioned here refers to only a small group of people in the Wei court, almost all of whom are serving soldiers and generals with Wei status.
For example, Sima An, the general of the Dangshan Army, was an unswerving leader of the war effort.
It has to be said that although Sima An and Zhao Hongrun had an unhappy time, it didn't take long for them to shake hands and make peace. The reason is that their war concepts are very similar - when words cannot communicate
, to make the other party surrender through force.
The only difference is that Zhao Hongrun's principle is "beat you until you surrender, and you are willing to be used by me, the Wei Dynasty", while Sima An's principle is "beat you until you die, and it will be over".
After the Sichuan-Luo Alliance sincerely surrendered, under the influence of Zhao Hongrun, Sima An's war concept of "killing all those who are not our race" inevitably changed. Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that Sima An can be said to be the leader of the sixth garrison.
The general who supported Zhao Hongrun the most in the camp, because in Sima An's view, among the princes, only King Su Zhao Hongrun matched his temper.
In contrast, although Bailiba of the Junshui Army and Zhu Hai of the Chenggao Army also supported the main battle, they were not as firm as Sima An. These two generals believed that as long as they could hold Hedong County, there was no need to do so.
Counterattack South Korea and break up with South Korea.
Sima An's thoughts were more consistent with Zhao Hongrun's: Since we want to fight, we must beat the shit out of South Korea so that it will not dare to underestimate Wei in the future, otherwise it is better not to fight.
Compared with the warring faction, the court officials tended to negotiate for peace.
Two figures need to be mentioned here, one is Li Liang, the Minister of Household Affairs, and the other is Du You, the Minister of Rites.
Some people say that the Hubu got rich because of the war, and this is absolutely true.
I remember that five years ago, when the only fourteen-year-old Su Wang Zhao Hongrun had not yet set out to conquer Chu, the financial situation of the Wei State's Ministry of Household Affairs was still very difficult. Even if Zhao Hongrun later improved the candle making technology and cooperated with the Ministry of Household Affairs, it was only
It only slightly makes up for the fiscal deficit of the Ministry of Accounts.
Therefore, the Ministry of Household Affairs once tried its best to reduce the military expenditure of the Sixth Battalion of the garrison, so it was naturally opposed to generals such as Bailiba, Sima An, and Zhu Hai.
But then, Su Wang Zhao Hongrun defeated Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo, opened up the secret smuggling trade between Chu State Pingyu and Wei State Shangshui, and went out to conquer Sanchuan to surrender, opening up the Sanchuan trade. These two trade routes made the Ministry of Household Affairs It suddenly became rich, so much so that the proposal to reduce military expenditures for the Sixth Battalion of the Garrison was now long forgotten.
Perhaps the princes and nobles in Wei State also made considerable profits from these two trade routes, but in comparison, the profits earned by these people combined were not as much as those of the Hubu. After all, behind the Hubu was the financial resources of the entire country.
But even Li Liang, the Minister of Household Affairs who had made the greatest profit, did not support war with South Korea this time. The reason was that the disastrous defeat in the "Battle of Wei-Han Shangdang" made the Wei people naturally weak in front of South Korea.
It is precisely because of this reason that Du You, the Minister of Rites, who had strongly supported Zhao Hongrun's crusade against Chu during his first expedition, also stood on Zhu He's side this time. Together with other ministers in the court, they jointly signed several letters to dissuade Wei. The emperor insisted on going his own way and allowed the armies in northern Xinjiang to attack Korea.
But what shocked all the courtiers was that Wei actually won the battle.
The victory mentioned here does not refer to the night attack by Su Wang Zhao Hongrun a while ago to seize Handan, the royal capital of South Korea.
In fact, after learning about this incident, the Wei court officials were panicked because they knew that South Korea still had several powerful border troops stationed at the border of South Korea. Now that King Su Zhao Hongrun had conquered Handan, the royal capital, they believed that the Koreans would definitely I will ask you to mobilize those border troops.
Therefore, based on the idea that "it is useless to talk about the matter now", the peace advocates in the DPRK can only fully support the armies in northern Xinjiang.
Unexpectedly, within half a month, South Korea actually admitted defeat, which surprised and delighted many ministers in the DPRK.
On the tenth day of August, Chui Gong Hall officially announced the decree to the whole city, telling the people in the city the result that "the war in Northern Xinjiang ended with Wei's victory".
After confirming this incident, the people of Daliang were shocked and excited again.
You must know that this "Confrontation between Wei and Han" is of great significance to the Wei people, because it embodies the Wei people's desire to wash away the humiliation of the defeat in the Battle of Shangdang and the annihilation of the first generation Wei Wujun. It is related to the Wei people's ability to Can we display our fear of Koreans from now on? Can we straighten our spine in front of Koreans?
It is precisely for this reason that when the news spread quickly, the military households and military families in the Wei State whose ancestors had died in the Shangdang Battle still did not hesitate to raise money to host banquets for guests and friends, even though their families were now increasingly depressed. , celebrate the victory of this battle.
Especially in Daliang, the great victory in northern Xinjiang directly caused the price of chicken, duck and fish in Daliang market to increase by 30% compared with before. However, even so, the supply was still in short supply, so that the imperial court had to secretly intervene in order to stabilize prices.
Just as Emperor Wei had guessed, the imperial censor indeed reported the impeachment of Su Wang Zhao Hongrun and Yue. After all, negotiating and signing a peace treaty with the Korean royal family should be presided over by the Ministry of Rites. Although Zhao Hongrun is a prince, he is still essentially on the front line. General, you really shouldn't rush to negotiate peace with South Korea, even if you pretend to ask for instructions from home.
It's a pity that in the atmosphere of national celebration, who will care about this memorial to impeach King Su by the censor?
Therefore, this impeachment memorial was quickly buried without even a single ripple. In fact, perhaps the imperial officials had already expected it. After submitting the memorial, they saw no response from Chui Gong Palace and raised the issue.
They didn't even mention this matter - anyway, these officials have already impeached the matter. As for how to deal with it, it is a matter between the emperor and the supervising king Yong.
It is worth mentioning that Zhao Hongrun guessed something wrong.
He originally thought that the domestic nobles would not be satisfied with the peace agreement he signed with South Korea, but in fact, under his influence, the vision of the Wei nobles gradually broadened, so that South Korea still had no clue about sending troops to Hexi.
There are already many noble forces eyeing the position of "Hexi Ling" or "Hexi Shou".