Chapter 0564 The backbone of the Song Dynasty stood up
Zhao Zhen shivered and almost jumped out of excitement.
Zhao Zhen knew there was good news, but he didn't expect the good news to be so big.
Will all the land west of Hexi belong to Song Dynasty?
To open up new territory and expand the land to several states?
Under his governance, the Song Dynasty opened up territory and expanded several states. He will leave a mark in the history books.
From now on, when I go to the Ancestral Temple, I can stand up straight and talk to the soul of Taizu Taizong.
More importantly, with such great achievements at his side, among the veterans in the court in the future, who would dare to make fun of his age?
Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian were both shocked and inexplicably shocked. They were so shocked that they could not speak with their mouths open.
Previously, the two of them were still worried about the war in Hexi and were ready to give it a go.
But before the two of them could give it a try, Hexi was captured.
The surprise came so quickly that the two of them couldn't accept it for a moment.
Zhao Zhen, however, had slowly come back to his senses and urged Chen Lin excitedly, "Hurry! Bring the good news to me quickly!"
Chen Lin beamed with joy, trotted up to the soldiers, held the mailbox in both hands, and climbed up the imperial steps. Seeing Zhao Zhen anxiously looking for something, she was about to open the lock of the mailbox. Chen Lin gently twisted it with her hand.
He opened the mailbox and respectfully handed it to Zhao Zhen.
Seeing this, Zhao Zhen withdrew his pursuing gaze and praised Chen Lin.
"You're such an old guy, you're so considerate..."
Zhao Zhen took the mailbox, took out the good news, and couldn't wait to read it.
Chen Lin bowed and waited beside her with a smile.
Zhao Zhen read the good news at a glance, saw the end, saw that the land of Hexi was returned to the Song Dynasty, saw the red seals of Li Di and Kou Ji, and then threw the good news to Chen Lin boldly.
"Take it to your two beauties to see..."
Chen Lin received the good news and gave it to Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian.
The joy on Zhao Zhen's face could not be concealed, and he paced back and forth on the imperial steps.
After a long time, I finally couldn't suppress the joy in my heart and burst out laughing.
"Hahahahahaha..."
Zhao Zhen laughed very freely, laughing more heartily than ever before, and his voice spread throughout Zishi Hall.
When Zhao Zhen laughed loudly.
Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian also came to their senses. After taking the good news from Chen Lin, they couldn't wait to read it.
After reading the good news, both of them had a smile on their faces.
After their eyes met Zhao Zhen's, the three of them laughed loudly.
"Hahaha……"
"happy!"
"What a pleasure!"
"The land west of Hexi belongs to our Song Dynasty, and the national power of our Song Dynasty will rise to an unprecedented level."
"..."
It had been a long time since they had laughed so heartily, and now that the darkness in their hearts had dissipated, they could finally laugh loudly and happily.
Zhao Zhen said boldly: "Send someone to tell the descendant of Xue Tian who is kneeling at the gate of the palace to get out of here as soon as possible. Otherwise, I will exile their whole family for the crime of coercing the king."
Kou Ji made great achievements in Hexi, and Zhao Zhen could finally defend Kou Ji arbitrarily.
As for whether the Manchu Civil and Military Council would impeach him for this, Zhao Zhen didn't care at all.
Kou Ji now has great achievements in his career, and he is red and purple. Anyone who is not a stick would not go against Kou Ji at this time.
People who have made great achievements deserve some special treatment.
Otherwise, who will be willing to help the imperial court in the future?
Even Wang Zeng, who was usually very picky about Zhao Zhen's words and deeds, didn't say anything when he heard Zhao Zhen's arrogant words. Instead, he laughed even louder.
Zhao Zhen paced back and forth happily on the imperial steps. He seemed to feel that returning to protect Kou Ji was not enough to show his excitement, so he ordered: "Chen Lin, you go to the inner treasury to get some money and buy some wine and meat. Distributed to the people of Bianjing City.
The Song Dynasty has conquered all the land west of Hexi, so the whole country should celebrate.
The whole city should be singing."
When Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian heard this, they did not stop him.
When the officials were happy, they distributed wine, meat, rice and noodles to the people in Bianjing. This was nothing new in the Song Dynasty.
There were precedents as early as the Taizong Dynasty.
When Emperor Taizong was in power, it happened to be a severe cold winter, and many people froze to death. Emperor Taizong gave the people charcoal fuel with a wave of his hand to help them resist the cold winter.
This matter was also regarded as a routine by Emperor Zhenzong. During the cold winter, the court would distribute some charcoal fuel to the people.
Later generations of scholars cited it as one of the origins of the idiom "giving help in times of need".
After Zhao Zhen issued another imperial order to distribute wine and meat, he continued: "Preach the decree and grant amnesty to the world..."
Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian finally stopped being silent after hearing this.
After Zhao Zhen's words fell to the ground, Wang Zeng hurriedly said: "It's inappropriate for officials..."
Lu Yijian took the words and said: "I just read the document handed over by the bandits. The document mentioned that all the people in Hexi have been slaughtered by the Xixia people. Now there are not many people left in the huge Hexi.
There are no disasters in the Song Dynasty this year, so there are no refugees to move there.
The important task of replenishing the population of Hexi will fall 80% on the prisoners.
If you are an official and you grant a general amnesty to the world and release the guilty prisoners from their cells, and the bandits and officials ask you for someone, what will you give them?"
Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "What I said makes sense, but I was too excited and did not consider the lack of people in Hexi."
"Speaking of which, are the people in the land west of Hexi really slaughtered by the Xixia people?"
Wang Zeng interjected at an inappropriate time.
Zhao Zhen and Lu Yijian were stunned when they heard this.
After Lu Yijian was silent for a moment, he said loudly: "Of course the people in the land west of Hexi were massacred by the Xixia people. Only those brutal Xixia people would massacre and rob people.
The Song Dynasty is a country of etiquette, and the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty are naturally people who abide by etiquette. How could we do such cruel things?"
Zhao Zhen and Wang Zeng nodded, agreeing with deep understanding.
"Ai Qing's words make sense..."
"Xiang Lu is right..."
"..."
The three of them tacitly agreed to put all the bad reputation on Xixia.
Just when the three of them were excited about the great victory in Hexi.
A young eunuch hurried into Zishitang and reported in a low voice.
"Reporting to the official family, all civil and military officials gathered outside the palace gate. It seems they have something to ask for..."
Zhao Zhen heard this and nodded slowly, "It seems that they have also got the news... Otherwise, they would not have arrived at the palace gate so quickly... Go down and tell the soldiers guarding the palace gate to let them in and wait in Chuigong Hall... …”
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Half an hour later.
Zhao Zhen put on his imperial robe and led Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian to the Chui Gong Hall.
Civil and military officials from all over the dynasty gathered in the Chui Gong Hall. When Zhao Zhen arrived, they all saluted.
After they saluted, Zhao Zhen joked: "They all arrived together, even more than when I usually summon them..."
Manchao Wenwu had a wry smile on his face, but said nothing.
Zhao Zhen sat upright and continued: "Everyone is here, I guess you have got the news..."
After saying this, Zhao Zhen stopped talking.
All civil and military officials in the court were stunned.
They got the news, but they didn't know the specific news.
They hurriedly and slowly rushed to the palace, just wanting to know the specific news.
Zhao Zhen stopped talking halfway.
Those who were neither above nor below made the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty very uncomfortable.
Zhang Zhibai couldn't help but ask: "Guan Guan, do you know what the specific war situation in Hexi is like?"
Zhao Zhen pretended to have a sudden realization, "Zhang Aiqing didn't tell me, I had forgotten about it. I have seen the victory report, Hexi is a great victory, and the land in Hexi will belong to our Song Dynasty."
Then……
Then Zhao Zhen stopped talking again.
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty almost scolded me on the spot.
They all know what Zhao Zhen said.
They just want to know something they don't know.
Seeing Zhao Zhen playing with the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, Lu Yijian couldn't stand it any longer. He coughed and said calmly: "Following the orders of the officials, the Kou officials led heavy troops to rush to the aid of Shazhou and went through four battles.
In the territory of Huangtou Uighur, with thousands of elite soldiers, they defeated the 150,000 elite soldiers of Huangtou Uighur.
In Shazhou City, he used firearms to defeat Tie Yaozi and forced Li Yuanhao to retreat to Yumen Pass and Yang Pass.
Later, the bandits ordered Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang to each lead 50,000 elite troops to capture Guazhou along the north and south routes, and raid Yumen Pass and Yang Pass.
Li Zhaoliang bravely captured Yangguan and marched into Suzhou, Ganzhou and other places.
Li Yuanhao stood firm at Yumen Pass and wanted to use the power of his iron kites to raid the Song Dynasty's grain and grass camp in Shazhou.
He also asked for help from Xixia and dispatched 50,000 reinforcements. After burning down our army's grain and grass camp, he planned to gather the reinforcements and attack Li Zhaoliang's troops from both sides.
The Kou officials saw through Li Yuanhao's conspiracy and sent Li Di into Qingjian City holding the Emperor's Sword, and asked Zhong Shiheng to lead his troops to the west of Hexi.
He also sent an envoy to Qingtang and asked the Marquis of Qingtang to lead his troops to help.
After the Xixia reinforcements arrived in Xiliang City, Li Yuanhao sent troops to raid Yangguan.
Zhu Neng sent troops to annihilate the Xixia reinforcements who raided Yangguan.
And outside Yumen Pass, with the help of the Yuanshan tribe's cavalry, they completely wiped out the Tieyaozi.
Li Yuanhao was defeated and fled.
Later, Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang led their troops to Xiliang City. Together with Jiao Siluo, Zhong Shiheng, troops from all directions, and an army of 200,000, they stormed Xiliang City and wiped out all the Xixia troops in Xiliang City.
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Li Yuanhao was defeated and fled Hexi.
Our army conquered the entire territory of Hexi.
From then on, all of Hexi has returned to our Song Dynasty."
Lu Yijian briefly told the story of the Battle of Hexi.
After hearing this, all civil and military officials in the court looked incredulous.
When did our army of the Song Dynasty become so powerful?
Beating Xixia soldiers and horses is like beating a son?
We haven't received any news yet, and we haven't decided whether to have a fight with Xixia in the land of Hexi. The land of Hexi has been conquered?
It's incredibly fast.
It's so fast that people can't react.
After the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were stunned for a short time, they hurriedly saluted.
"Congratulations to the Song Dynasty! Congratulations to the official family!"
"..."
Just as the civil and military officials from all over the court were congratulating each other, an inappropriate voice sounded in the Chui Gong Hall.
"We, the Song Dynasty, made enmity with Xixia in the land of Hexi and took away Hexi that should belong to Xixia. This is really inviting trouble."
"From now on, we, the Song Dynasty and Xixia, will fight to the death without stopping and fight for years. I don't know how many sons will die tragically at the hands of the Xixia people."
"Sad! What a shame!"
"..."
The sound was not loud, but it attracted the attention of everyone in the civil and military circles of the court.
Zhao Zhen, as well as the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, all looked over, but it was a censor who was looking around.
Zhao Zhen narrowed his eyes, stared at the censor and said: "In your opinion, what should I do in the Song Dynasty to avoid this disaster?"
"Of course, we will return the land west of Hexi to Xixia, and send envoys to Xixia to show Xixia that we, the Song Dynasty, have no intention of becoming an enemy of Xixia."
The censor said plausibly.
(This is not the author's fault. There were always some officials in the Song Dynasty who liked compromise strategies. The most famous one was Sima Guang. During his reign, Sima Guang took over the four villages of Anjiang, Jialu, Futu, and Mizhi that had been recovered by the Song Dynasty.
cede it to Xixia and cede the land for peace.)
Zhao Zhen smiled, his smile full of coldness, "Ai Qing is truly a worthy minister of the country..."
The censor said proudly: "I don't dare to praise you as an official..."
Zhao Zhen squinted his eyes, glanced around the hall, and asked, "Who else has the same idea as him?"
All civil and military officials in the court were silent and silent.
I scolded the censor in my heart.
Do you think the current officials are the former emperors?
Do you like peace and stability?
Nowadays, the official family is in a vigorous age and full of vigor. How can they like such weak words?
Today's officials are surrounded by ministers who are both tigers and wolves. Which one is the one who compromises with others?
Kou Ji and Li Di are not in the court, otherwise you will be beaten to death in the Chui Gong Hall.
Seeing that the civil and military officials in the court were silent, Zhao Zhen nodded slowly, "Since he is the only one, I don't need to involve him too much..."
"Left and right, push it out and divide it into pieces!"
"Send all his family members to Hexi!"
"..."
Two big-bodied imperial guards entered the Chui Gong Hall, held the censor on their backs, and walked out.
The censor shouted in shock: "Guan Jia, I am the censor, how can you be punished for your words? Guan Jia, stop your act of subjugating the country immediately."
"Crack!"
Zhao Zhen slapped the table and stood up, saying angrily: "I know it's wrong to punish the censor because of his words, but are you considered a censor? You are just a pig!"
Zhao Zhen watched as the royal guards took the censor out and looked at the ministers angrily: "Who recommended this pig? He was demoted to the third level."
Someone immediately left the job and said with a sad face: "I would like to thank the officials for not killing me."
Zhao Zhen glanced at him and snorted coldly, "On the big day, before I was happy for long, someone jumped out and took out their pig brains to show off to me.
The land of Hexi, what a good horse ranching land?
You actually want to give it up?
To say he has a pig brain is an insult to a pig.
If Hexi hadn't needed people, I would have hated the nine tribes there."
"Calm down the official's anger... Don't worry about some stupid people on your big day."
Wang Zeng left work and gave Zhao Zhen an admonition.
Zhao Zhen snorted coldly and said: "Wang Aiqing, go back and check for me to see if there are any such things with pig brains in the court. If there are, get out of Bianjing City as soon as possible."
Wang Zeng quickly bowed and agreed.
Zhao Zhen continued: "From now on, when you elect officials to the dynasty, I will open my eyes and see clearly. Don't let such things into the dynasty again. I am not as wise and mighty as Taizu Taizong, but I know that,
Every inch of the mountains and rivers are covered with white bones.
Those are the bones of our Song Dynasty soldiers.
How can the mountains and rivers exchanged for bones be given up so easily?"
Zhao Zhen looked around at the ministers and said loudly: "If you cut my flesh and blood, I can pretend that I can't see it, but if you dare to cut my mountains and rivers in the Song Dynasty, I will make you regret coming to this world, and I will make your descendants
I regret coming into this world.
Such people are thieves of the country, big thieves of the country, and should be punished by the whole country."