After bidding farewell to Yelu Dashi, Zhao Jiu returned to Xingqing Mansion. After processing some official documents, he led the Imperial Guard to cross the river to Lingzhou. He stayed there for two days, but then chose to go south along the Lingzhou Sichuan River and pass through Weizhou.
Cross the vast sea and arrive at Huanzhou.
From here, he went all the way south along the Jinghe River, passing through Huanzhou, Qingzhou, Ningzhou, Banzhou, Yaozhou and other places, staying at least one or two days, sometimes three or four days, or inspecting the autumn harvest.
Either to inspect the treasury or to go deep into the villages and towns. In addition to the time spent on the journey, it was not until the beginning of August that we entered Jingzhao.
By the time we arrived in Jingzhao, the results of the chaos in the northwest had been spread throughout the world, and even the details of the Jinhebo Alliance were known to the world.
And just as Zhao Jiu thought, this time, the Song Dynasty was the first to attack the enemy, and the second was to attack the enemy. Whether it was using skill to destroy the century-old enemy Xixia; or taking advantage of the Jurchens' strategic contraction to sweep the northwest;
Or the alliance with a foreign country as a concubine, all were unprecedented deeds, and they really aroused the excitement of everyone in the Song Dynasty.
There is no way, since Jingkang, the entire Song Dynasty has been full of bad news, even the Yaoshan War was a defensive war. Although in the eyes of a truly understanding person, this result is caused by the Jurchens' own strategic contraction, it still seems like a dream.
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After all, even those who understand have to admit that Zhao Song's official move is really powerful... Everyone in the world thought it was a Jurchen who was beaten and stepped back! What's more, he defeated the court and defeated the conspirators.
Fighting, using general trends and strategies to avoid fighting and gaining so much territory and results is also something that is extremely in line with their values.
Relatively speaking, they were more regretful about the haste in their alliance with Jinhebo and regretful that they could not participate in this grand event.
Therefore, after Zhao Guan's family set off from Xingqing Mansion, Zha Zi never stopped writing congratulatory memorials along the way. After Chang'an, they became aware of the violent political, military, and even cultural and economic reactions brought about by this great march.
For example, after Zhao Jiu arrived in Chang'an, he discovered that the Tubo tribes had already sent envoys to wait here in large numbers, and pilgrim envoys from all over the Western Regions also gathered... According to Yu Wenxuzhong's report, this time the Tubo tribe was north of Jinchuan
Almost all the tribes in Qinghai have arrived. After losing the protection of Xixia and the Western Regions becoming the territory of the allies of the Song Dynasty, these tribes have completely lost the foundation of their independent existence and can only surrender.
On the other hand, over in the Western Regions, calculating the time and distance, I am afraid that caravans took the opportunity to pretend to be envoys to defraud money... It can also be regarded as a traditional art of the city-states in the Western Regions.
In this regard, Zhao Jiu will not be taken advantage of? Of course, the Tubo people who come here must be kind to them, they should be given official posts, they should be included in the system, they should be given business treatment, but there is no extra money and food for them.
As for the 'envoys' in the Western Regions, Zhao Jiu just asked Yu Wenxuzhong to meet with them in unison, and proposed the plan of setting up an independent, low-tax large market in Lanzhou for east-west transportation, and invited experts like them to participate in the discussion.
Of course? The affairs of Tubo and the Western Regions are just scraps after all, and the violent internal reaction is the real key.
First, there is the administrative division plan... In Tokyo? I don’t know who came up with it? They directly proposed a plan for the integration of Kansai Six Roads.
According to this plan, the entire Guanxi Sixth Road, including several states in Hewai and Hedong that have not yet been included in the administrative coordination, will be unified and merged into three roads.
It is Chang'an and Shaanxi to the north, including part of the east side of Hengshan Mountain, all the way to the three prefectures outside Hewai and the northernmost Dongsheng Prefecture, unified into the Shaanxi Road.
After removing some prefectures and counties in Hengshan, Ningxia Road will gain Huaidejun, Huizhou, Xi'an Prefecture, Zhenrongjun and other places in the south.
As for the remaining part, Qinfeng Road is the core to unified control of the northwest region, including Lanzhou, the northwest hub, to form a new large Qinfeng Road.
This arrangement certainly makes sense. For example, on Shaanxi Road, there is Chang'an as the center of relations in the south, and there are envoys sitting there, but the north is mostly a war zone, with Han Shizhong and his imperial camp left army, as well as the imperial camp rear army units led by Wu Jie.
It is obviously necessary to set up defenses here, so as to facilitate the unified dispatch of logistics and command and response to the military confrontation with the Jurchens.
The layout of Ningxia Road and Qinfeng Road is also said to be a design to divide the core area of Dangxiang people, and also to incorporate some traditional Han-controlled areas into Ningxia Road, which is conducive to sinicization.
Zhao Jiu approved this plan in principle, but made a slightly slower suggestion. This was because various places had just emerged from military operations, people's hearts were unstable, and the autumn harvest in some areas was currently in progress or had not yet been completed.
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In a sense, this method objectively reduces taxes in these places for half a year, and provides convenience to some generals in the military-occupied areas.
At the same time, Zhao Jiu himself was not idle either.
You must know that there is already an envoy named Yu Wenxu here. According to some unwritten rules since Jianyan, the emperor and the prime minister can basically exercise the highest power in a legitimate way...especially the sensitive ones.
It is far better to decide personnel issues here than to do it back to Tokyo.
Specifically, the Qinfeng Road Strategy enabled Wang Yan to receive commendations and additional rewards for his contribution to logistics planning. At the same time, he recalled the imperial camp to control the imperial camp capital, led the Privy Council to accept the decree, and also led the Privy Council to participate in the military.
Hu Yin's Fifth Road Transport Envoy was revoked and changed to Minister of the Ministry of Industry, but he had to be transferred after the reform of Shaanxi Road was successful.
Liang Yangzu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was transferred to the deputy prime minister of the capital and provinces. He also directed the capital and the Ministry of Rites to discuss his various achievements since Jingkang, and prepared to add a title to the title... This is what it means to give the prime minister status and then retire. Considering Liang Yangzu himself
His political posture and consistent stance are probably what he wants.
As for Wang Yuan, Zhao Jiu also thought of his hard work and promoted him to the position of Deputy Privy Council Envoy, allowing him to retire as a deputy national leader.
In addition, in Shaanxi, Zhao Kai, the transfer judge of Bashu Nine Roads, was transferred to Qinfeng Road for his merits. He was a transfer judge from a place during the Jingkang Rebellion in the past. After several years of hard work, he officially entered the highest level of the imperial bureaucracy.
The transfer of Hu Yin and Zhao Kai also means that the nine-way transfer system and the five-way transfer system that were used exclusively during the Kansai War were abolished.
At the same time, Lizhou Road Economic Envoy Liu Ziyu was transferred to the Ministry of War, Chengdu Road Economic Envoy Lin Jingmo was transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs, Jiangxi Road Economic Envoy Liu Hongdao was transferred to the Ministry of War and Water Prison, and Hubei Economic Envoy Ma Shen was transferred to the Criminal Department
Shangshu.
Hu Shijiang, the Minister of the Ministry of War, was transferred to Shaanxi Road Economic Envoy, Lin Qi, the Minister of Hubu, was appointed as the Military Envoy of Lizhou Road, Wang Shu, the Minister of Criminal Affairs, was appointed as the Military Envoy of Chengdu Road, and Lu Zhi, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was appointed as the Military Envoy of Jiangxi Road.
As for the other various filling vacancies, they are also coming in waves.
It can only be said that a series of personnel arrangements were enough to shock the court. At first glance, I thought that the Zhao family, which always values the stability of the court, was going to cause trouble.
But in fact, if you take a closer look, you will understand that it is nothing more than taking advantage of the opportunity of Northwest Integration and Liang Yangzu's retirement to exchange internal and external officials who had previously performed well or outstandingly.
Not to mention being compared with the Shao-Song Revolution, this kind of exchange seems to be weaker than the round of adjustments after Yaoshan, because at that time, adjustments were made directly at the level of the governor, and this time,
In order to maintain the consistency of the court's policies, and in response to the excellent performance of the governors in previous years, the four governors in the court and the two envoys of Chang'an and Southeast did not move at all.
However, the same move, from a high-level perspective, certainly showed that the Zhao family did not intend to take drastic measures, but in the eyes of others, it still resulted in some misjudgment from one perspective.
Just when Zhao Guan's family was making large-scale personnel adjustments in Chang'an, suddenly, there was an official who had worked hard and became the magistrate of Huangzhou. He had served in the army as a scholar and as a capital official.
A person named Liang Jiaying who followed Hu Hongxiu on a trip to the Western Regions wrote directly to advise Zhao Guan's family not to return to Tokyo, but to stay in Chang'an and not move away!
There are certainly sufficient reasons. After pacifying Xixia and sweeping the northwest, the entire Guanxi has become completely stable. Moreover, the return of the Xingling grain-producing area and the opening up of the trade route between the Western Region and the Hetao will also greatly stimulate the revival of Chang'an. Conventional sayings such as the topography of Guanzhong
, no need to ask more, it has been tested for thousands of years.
In addition, this memorial also mentioned a point of view, that is, from Yaoshan to this chaotic war in the northwest, it has confirmed the correctness of the views shared by the commander-in-chief Yue Pengju and the minister Lu Zhi to destroy the Jurchens.
It is necessary to build a commanding position, sweep through Guanxi, and then go out to Hedong and capture Taihang. Only from a high position can we capture all of Hebei and advance to Yanyun.
In this case, it is better for the Guan family to stay in Guanzhong to operate and accumulate strength to go out to Hedong.
Although Liang Jiaying is a rising star, he himself is not worth mentioning at all, but today his memorial is truly groundbreaking, completely shocking Chang'an and Tokyo, and even the whole world.
Even Zhao Jiu had doubts for a moment.
And then, after waking up, local officials in Kansai wrote letters to express their approval. Immediately, memorials from Tokyo also flew in like snow flakes... But the interesting thing is that not all objections were expressed in Tokyo. My family is in Bashu, here.
It was said that the Privy Councilor Zhang Jun, who was almost mad with regret because he did not follow Zhao Guan's family to participate in the alliance event, took the lead and actually expressed his approval!
Several central officials who were about to be transferred to Kansai also immediately changed their positions and agreed with Lu Zhi, the Minister of Civil Affairs, to move the capital.
Several commanders on the front line, including Han Shizhong, Wu Jie, Qu Duan, and Wang De, also wrote letters immediately, advising the officials to stay... Yue Fei, who was still in Lanzhou and was responsible for wiping out the Xixia Shou Baotai Military Division, was also cautious.
He wrote a letter expressing a certain degree of agreement.
However, bureaucracies at all levels in Tokyo, mainly the provincial ministers, have expressed their opposition.
Just before our eyes, the situation that completely separated them due to their choice of capital in the early years of Jianyan was about to happen again.
However, Zhao Jiu hesitated for a moment and followed the advice of the provincial minister Zhao Ding and Chang'an envoy Yu Wenxuzhong, and gave up the idea. Again, the country needs a long-term stable situation, and policies need a sustainable political situation.
Guarantee, the uncertainty brought by moving the capital is too great.
As for the future counterattack from Hedong, in fact, the distance between Chang'an and Tokyo is not exaggerated to this extent. At worst, he, an official, will just come to Chang'an when the time comes.
Now that he had made up his mind, Zhao Jiu gave up his original plan of waiting for Shangshu Xiaolin and others. As soon as the Mid-Autumn Festival was over, he went directly eastward with Wang Yan, who arrived first, and took Yuqian Banzhi with him... just passing by on the way.
There was a brief pause in Shaanzhou to discuss the possible future Hedong strategy with Li Yanxian face to face, and asked Wang Yan to cross the river as much as possible to support Ma Kuo and go south again, and then set off again to cross Luoyang to worship Wang Boyan. Finally, at the end of August,
Returned to the city of Tokyo after a long absence.
Back in Tokyo, when this great victory came and the Western Xia Dynasty was about to be destroyed, naturally the ministers came out of the city thirty miles away to greet them. Zhao Guan's family took advantage of the opportunity to go to the mountain platform and led the ministers to worship the unnamed tablet. Then they returned to the city and saw each other holding their arms.
He brought a son...that is, two ugly babies, Zhao Yuanzuo and Zhao Dezuo...to welcome his two noble concubines.
This is destined to be another thing worth talking about, and there will definitely be a lot of troubles in the future. Just meeting once will give the Zhao Guan family a headache... Of course, raising a son is not a troublesome thing for any family?
Even if his family, Zhao Guan, has real estate, they can't hide.
What's more, for the Zhao Guan family at this time, the two sons had greater political significance, and were boring compared to their daughters.
As a result, Zhao Guan's family simply picked up their favorite little princess Yiyou and went directly to the palace over their two sons.
After returning to the palace, in the next few days, everything was complicated and people came and went.
Not to mention other matters, such as the exchange of the six ministers and local envoys, as well as the integration of administrative divisions in the northwest, both involve a large number of personnel... Those who are above are only those above, and a large number of middle-level officials are appointed, removed and transferred.
is the most terrifying thing. In addition, there is the issue of promotion and rewards for the officers and soldiers in the imperial camp who have made great achievements this time.
Under such circumstances, Zheng Zhichang, an international friend who had made great contributions this time, bid farewell and did not even go to Zhao Guan's family to see him off.
However, during this period, in early September, something suddenly happened, or the arrival of a person, which unreasonably attracted the attention of the entire empire... Regarding the extremely serious personnel issues of the court and the political situation, all of them
As this person arrived, he was temporarily covered up.
If someone comes to call you, please give me a discount.
In fact, Zhe Keqiu did not really come alone. This time he brought many children of the Zhe family, as well as Xixia clan general Weiming Yunge, Xixia Prince Li Renxiao, Yue King Li Renyou, and Xixia leader Li Qianshun
's head.
This is probably the reason why he delayed going to Beijing to meet the saint until now.
In fact, Zhe Keqiu did perform outstandingly this time. First of all, the timing was very good, and the Song Dynasty soldiers almost captured the states outside Hebei without a single blow. He also drove away Wanyan Huonv, controlled the Khitan tribe outside Hebei, intimidated Hengshan, etc.
They also played a very important role in military operations.
It can be said that the Zhao Guan family's large-scale march into the Hetao would not have been so easy if the Zhe family had not actually carried out the attack and defense at Hengshan earlier.
Coupled with Li Qianshun's first rank and Li Qianshun's two sons, there is no doubt about his military merit.
At the same time, there seems to be no need to discuss the loyalty of many of the accompanying Zhe clan members. Zhe can ask for the following. In fact, the Zhe clan has a large number of disciples who were kidnapped with the Second Saint in Jingkang. In Jianyanzhong, they would rather He was tortured outside the customs and was unwilling to return to Fuzhou after the surrender of Fuzhou. He was not sent home until the second saint of the Shaoxing Incident returned south.
This can be confirmed by many prisoners.
There is also Zhe Yanzhi, who has a very high status in the Zhe family. He is already over 50 years old this year. Regardless of the fact that his children are all in Fuzhou, he has experienced ups and downs in the past few years. He has been reprimanded and promoted without saying a word. He has always been sincere in his work. Fan Gang was dispatched from Bashu and was given the title of Minister of Household Affairs and Military Weapon Supervisor. He was promoted to an important minister at the level of the Secret Pavilion.
For these reasons, or from these perspectives, even if no one said it, some subtle breaths could still be felt... To put it bluntly, many people are leaning towards the court pardoning Zhe, especially this time Li Qianshun The contribution of father and son is indeed a huge step.
However, after all, Zhe Keqiu publicly surrendered to the Jurchens during the Jingkang-Jianyan War, and the Zhao Guan family issued an unpardoned order before he surrendered.
Of course, the converse continues: now and then, since the imperial court has taken all the northwest and Xixia, the century-old enemy, is gone, no one can deny the trend of revival.
In this case, should we still adhere to the previous stringent measures?
Is it most appropriate to relax appropriately and send a signal to many people in the north?
However, after thinking about it, these are just fantasies of the people below. After the great march to the northwest, the fall of Xixia, and the Jinhebo alliance, the authority of the Zhao official family has become increasingly powerful, and everything still depends on the official decision.
Therefore, Zhe Keqiu entered the capital that day, and the next day, the capital, province, and Privy Council jointly submitted a petition to the imperial court... This was also a kind of trial, because it was a kind of help to ask Zhe Keqiu to personally present Li Qianshun's head and two children. Already.
The first result of the test made people feel a little relieved. Zhao Guan's family promised to summon him to Shiting in the harem the next morning.
After receiving the order, early on the next morning, the following Zhe Keqiu and several of the accompanying Zhe family's children, dressed in white and stripped of their crowns, accompanied by Zhe Yanzhi, held the box with Li Qianshun's head in their arms, together with Brother Wei Mingyun and Li The brothers entered the harem together from Donghua Gate and came to the imperial palace.
"Is this Li Qianshun's head?"
In the nameless stone pavilion by the fish pond, Zhao Jiu, who had a stone table covered with documents, saw the person coming and put down the file in his hand, and then Lieutenant General Yang Yi presented the casket with the head of Li Qianshun... These days, according to the rules, every day Whenever an official enters Beijing or takes up a local post, he must personally verify and interview those who reach a certain level, which is troublesome.
"Yes!" As soon as the leader Zhe Keqiu came in, he prostrated himself on the ground and did not dare to raise his head. Just when he was about to answer, he was unexpectedly beaten by Brother Wei Mingyun, who was a prisoner. "So that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty knows that the king The head was cut off by the foreign minister himself, and there is no falsehood. Your Majesty, feel free to open it for inspection."
Wearing a box with a strong smell, Zhao Jiu raised his head and looked at Brother Wei Mingyun, and then at the two frightened children beside Brother Wei Mingyun. Having just given birth to two sons, he couldn't help but Frowning: "There is no need for an examination. How can anyone examine his father's head in front of a child? Take it away! Ren Baozhong will do it. Find a place to bury it seriously. Don't be too rude, but don't let anyone know. It just needs to be the tomb of the Xixia Emperor!"
The nearby minister Ren Baozhong who was accompanying him hurriedly stepped forward, saying "Guan Jiaren Nian", then picked up the head box and turned around to leave.
Brother Wei Mingyun quickly kowtowed and thanked him, but finally began to burst into tears.
As soon as the box was gone, Zhao Jiu took a few deep breaths, and then asked quietly: "Brother Wei Mingyun, where did you flee to?"
"Escaped to Dijinze." Brother Yun bowed his head with tears in his eyes. "The place where our ancestors started..."
Zhao Jiu was really at a loss this time. Although he had gained a lot of knowledge about Xixia before his expedition to Xixia, he still didn't know the past history because of the current geographical situation of Xixia.
However, Lu Benzhong was nearby and quickly explained. Only then did the Zhao Guan family know that the so-called Dijinze was the place where Xixia started. In the past, when the Song Dynasty was founded, Xiazhou was donated to the Song Dynasty by the party nobles. Li Jiqian, the founder of Xixia, refused to accept it and led the way.
The ten knights fled to Jinze, a desert oasis three hundred miles north of Xiazhou, where they accumulated strength and gathered tribes. In the end, they fought unyieldingly and not only recaptured Xiazhou, but also captured Hengshan, and then occupied Xingling and fought with Tubo.
The remaining tribes fought for supremacy, died on the way to the Western Expedition, and became the de facto founder of Xixia.
After hearing this, Zhao Jiu couldn't help but be curious: "Since you have fled to that place and are determined to restore the country, why don't you persevere and instead start internal strife?"
Brother Wei Mingyun was in great mourning when he heard this: "Your Majesty, the foreign minister is not fighting internally, but is being ordered to do it! The reason why we can't persist is not the foreign minister, nor the king, nor Wei Ming, who escorted the king to Dijinze.
General (Li) Liangfu... The country is in decline, but the leader of the country has been in charge of the country for forty or fifty years, and his authority is still there, while the rest of the people have narrowly escaped death. When the ancestors are revived, who is not a loyal minister who does not care about life and death?
"
Zhao Jiu became increasingly puzzled: "Then why did Li Qianshun lose his ambition again?"
"Because destiny is no longer in Dabai Gaoguo!" Brother Wei Mingyun cried more and more. "Only when the foreign minister arrived at Dijinze did he find that the oasis that used to be lush with water and grass, but was the foundation of the oasis has shrunk, not to mention grazing and planting.
, even drinking water was difficult... Only one or two thousand people gathered, but within a few dozen days, the springs were exhausted by drinking... The soldiers were scattered day and night, and the few loyal ones wanted to follow them until death, but they were often trapped by a pot of water.
! Later, General Weiming (Li) Liangfu simply killed his son, on the one hand to save water, and on the other hand to use blood and water to supply the soldiers... But the king noticed it, and he couldn't bear it anymore. He said that he could die, but
The prince and the King of Yue could not be reduced to blood-drinking, so they asked the foreign ministers to take action... and then asked the foreign ministers and General Liangfu to bring the prince and the King of Yue to Tokyo with their heads to ask for an audience with His Majesty, because the Song Dynasty had always been able to deal with the surrendered ministers with wealth and honor.
It's just that the Jurchens didn't know their nature... But when they were about to reach the edge of the desert, General Liangfu said that he killed his son for the sake of the monarch. Now that the monarch was gone, he killed his son like an animal, so he gave the last straw to the prince.
, the King of Yue entrusted it to me, and I turned back directly into the desert... The foreign ministers had no choice but to continue to take the prince and the King of Yue to the southeast, but they ran into Zhe's search troops."
When everyone heard that Xixia's final fate was so tragic, they all changed their minds.
Only the Zhao Guan family sighed differently: "I have told you that Xixia has been over-developed in the upper reaches and has suffered soil erosion. You still don't believe it..."
When the officials around him heard this, they were shocked and somewhat believed it.
"Forget it!" Zhao Jiu sighed. "In that case... I will give you a house, and you can adopt your two children as adopted sons, and you can live happily in Tokyo from now on."
Young brother Wei Mingyun burst into tears when he heard this.
Moreover, on the way to Tokyo this time, Brother Yun had already learned that it was Yelu Yujian who instigated this plan to destroy the country. Thinking back to his words that day, plus the guilt of killing Li Qianshun with his own hands, he repeatedly wanted to seek death... But since the king of the country is dead, Renduo Baozhong and others have turned around so quickly, and Li Liangfu is also dead. It would be easy for him to die at this time, but what about the seven or eight-year-old prince and the younger King of Yue?
If I don’t take care of myself, I’m afraid I might just catch a cold one day and deserve to die, right?
At this thought, Weiming Yun Ge not only suppressed his intention to die, but also kowtowed to the ground with tears in his eyes: "Foreign minister, please dedicate your head to me and ask for a useful background. The prince of my country, the King of Yue is here, and the foreign minister will never repeat it. Please Your Majesty has mercy!"
Zhao Jiu thought for a moment, turned around and exchanged words with several close ministers, and then nodded slightly: "If I don't use your situation, people will say that I am stingy. This is better. Since you are a local general of the party, you should know how to raise camels." Right?"
"Of course the foreign minister understands!" Brother Wei Mingyun quickly responded. "The foreign minister is willing to follow the example of Jin Rixi and lead the camel for His Majesty!"
"You don't need to lead the camels. I'm about to rebuild the Group Animal Husbandry Department, which is your party's Feilongyuan. There is a camel breeding site outside Tokyo. You can hang under the imperial camp as a logistics worker in charge of the camels... See if you can You can't help the Privy Council organize a Poxi army... and then you can join the imperial court with Ren Baozhong as a member of the Dangxiang royal family and give an explanation to Ningxia... How about that?" Zhao Jiu asked in a friendly tone.
"Foreign Minister...I am very grateful!" Brother Wei Mingyun gritted his teeth and changed his title.
"Then let's go down." Zhao Jiu waved his hand casually. "Ren Lushe will take them to settle down."
Brother Wei Mingyun quickly called Li Renxiao, kowtowed to the ignorant Li Renyou to thank him, and then hurriedly followed Lu Benzhong.
But after Lu Benzhong left, Zhao Jiu turned to look at the man in white who was prostrating in front of him, and his tone was much lighter: "Are you just asking for help?"
"The guilty minister is willing to ask for help." The man prostrated himself on the ground, not daring to raise his head at all.
"Raise your head." Under the attention of many surrounding ministers, Zhao Jiu signaled with an obviously unkind tone.
Zhe Keqiu, who was not wearing a hat, quickly followed his words. Although he knew that he was in a difficult situation, he still couldn't help but take a look at the young official in front of him... Starting from the year before last, after Yaoshan, he He especially wanted to take a look at the official who defeated Lou Shi, and after the fall of Xixia this year, his desire became even stronger.
In a sense, he has persisted until now mainly because he wanted to see this official in person.
In stark contrast, Zhao Jiu just glanced at the forty-three-year-old head of the Zhe family, the golden age of a general, and became impatient:
"Have you finished reading? Let's get down to business after reading. You call yourself a guilty minister. What crime do you have?"
"The guilty minister could not keep his integrity...he actually bent his knees and went to the north." Zhe Keqiu quickly bowed his head and answered.
Zhao Jiu took a long breath after hearing this. This breath was even more hurried than when Li Qianshun's stinking head was taken away. After taking a few deep breaths, the official looked at the fish pond to the north and shook his head: "I know. The process of your surrender must be dealt with honestly and on the basis of the facts. The crime is unforgivable but the circumstances are excusable."
"The sinner can get this..."
"But your matter is not just about surrendering once, you also have three other grave sins." Zhao Jiu interrupted directly without waiting for the other party's words. "One is that when the country is in crisis, you still regard the three states outside Hewai as the enemy. Private property, using the land of the three states as a bargaining chip for the continuation of the clan, unlike Suide Li Yongqi, Li Shifu and his son who dared to abandon the land and travel around to serve the country; the other one sat back and watched Xu Huiyan die for his country in the Jinning Army. I have ten thousand reasons to forgive you, But you can't stop a dead Xu Huiyan... You said that if I don't deal with you and go to Yuetai in the future, how can I deal with Xu Huiyan and the soldiers of the Jinning Army who died with him?"
After hearing this, everyone understood the official's intentions, and even if they had to give in, they bowed their heads again and remained silent.
"Besides." Zhao Jiu glanced at the other party and continued. "Your third crime is that you dare to come to see me! And you brought Li Qianshun's head to see me... What do you mean? Do you think that the head of a fallen king can pay for your crimes? Or do you want everyone in the world to say that the Zhao Guan family is so generous to the Dangxiang royal family, but treats the clan that has been guarding the border for a hundred years harshly?"
Zhe Keqiu came to a complete realization and hurriedly raised his head. Just as he was about to speak, he saw the official standing in the stone pavilion with his sleeves fluttering in front of him: "I'll give you a sword. Go out quickly. Go through Xuande Tower and Xinzheng." Come on, go to the Yue Tai for me to pay homage to the souls of Xu Huiyan, Li Yongqi and others!"
Zhe Keqiu was choked in his chest with all the words he could say. He could only kowtow on the ground a few times, then stood up in a daze, turned around and left. Behind him, several Zhe family disciples who were also wearing white clothes and without hats wanted to follow, but they were stopped by Yuqian Banzhi and turned away. , only Zheyanzhi lowered his head to follow Yang Yizhong's signal.
After leaving Linhua Gate, Yang Yizhong, who had been accompanying him, gave him another sword and asked him to hold it and leave.
In the morning, when the sun began to rise, Zhe Keqiu turned to the south from Linhua Gate and walked to Yiyou Gate with his sword in hand. He was more or less clear-sighted and knew that the official wanted to humiliate him and then let him stand on Yuetai. He wanted to die for the world to see, so that he could give an explanation to the world... After his death, the three states outside Hebei would probably return to the direct rule of the imperial court, but his children and the Zhe family were more or less preserved.
As soon as he thought of this, the man who had been mentally prepared felt a little relaxed.
However, Zhe Keqiu, who had a desperate mentality, walked out of Yiyou Gate and turned left to the Yintai Gate to enter the front palace. He was suddenly stopped because when he got here, he saw people coming and going in front of him, all coming from Xuande Tower. The two entrances and exits of the side gate and Donghua Gate are the bureaucratic generals of Chongwen Yuan where the front province, the Privy Council, and the Secret Pavilion are located.
Civil and military ministers and officials were walking back and forth, either wearing purple, scarlet or green robes, or wearing armor and swords. They all looked around proudly, facing each other from left to right. The atmosphere was high and warm, so much so that even those wearing white clothes, without hats and holding swords could have prayed as soon as they set foot here. On the way, he fell into onlookers.
People have a sense of shame. Even though they had long understood that this was Zhao Guan's original intention, Zhe Keqiu still couldn't help but hesitate for a moment, then lowered his head and hurriedly started.
However, the further we went, the more people gathered to watch the civil and military affairs. What's more, everyone knew that Zhe Keqiu was summoned by the officials today, and Zhe Keqiu was dressed like this, and there were Zhe Yanzhi and Yang Yizhong leading the soldiers following him. , who can’t wake up if they pay attention for a moment?
Besides, there are actually quite a few old friends in the court who directly recognize Zhe Keqiu, the so-called Zhe Keqiu.
Therefore, when Ke Qiu arrived at the main gate in front of Chongwen Academy, many ministers in the courtyard, such as Du Sheng and the Privy Council, had already heard the news, and they all came out to watch. They were the Du Sheng, the four ministers of the Privy Council, and several ministers who were working here.
, the minister, Jiuqing, and the judge heard that Zhe Keqiu had achieved results, and they all went out to see it...just like watching Yue Fei pass by with the banner of loyalty to the country that day.
Up to this point, Zhe Keqiu was completely embarrassed. With his face flushed and ears flushed, he was almost ashamed of himself. He could only hurry up more and more in order to get out of trouble.
However, when he arrived in front of Xuande Tower, he suddenly stopped and then slowed down... It is said that Yang Yizhong had given the order long before he arrived to open the middle door of Xuande Tower. At this time, he was on the Imperial Street in front of him.
, bustling with people, there are countless Tokyo citizens looking curiously, wondering why this door is opened? What kind of people want to come out from this door?
Isn't it even more glorious than Yue Pengju's last time?
I originally thought that I could grit my teeth and go to the altar for the sake of my family and die in front of the altar in exchange for the safety of my family. But when I came to the door, I was frightened. I was in a dilemma for a while, and then I was completely panicked.
But I dare not stop!
As he walked forward slowly, he looked back behind him and saw countless officials from the current dynasty swarming behind him, either watching in astonishment, standing silent, watching with cold eyes, or sighing with hands tied. Of course, they were also pointing and pointing.
There was a lot of discussion, and even his own nephew, Zhe Yanzhi, who was already over fifty years old, was so embarrassed that he hid his face in front of him.
Looking further forward, outside the main entrance of Xuande Tower, countless Tokyo scholars and civilians gathered on both sides of the imperial road. The number of people far exceeded the number inside the door. They were all watching curiously. Some people even followed his steps and caught a glimpse of him.
Whisper with the person on the same side.
Not only that, it was only at this time that Zhe Keqiu remembered that opposite Xuande Building, on the boundary of the former Shangshu Province, this was where the Liubu Jiuqing public house was located, and the printing place of Di newspaper where Tai students gathered was opposite the Liubu public house.
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If you go out this time, you will really make the whole world laugh!
Frankly speaking, Zhe Keqiu had already realized that he would laugh at the world when he faced Xu Huiyan with the Lou family when he surrendered in the past, but he always thought at that time that he could survive this for the sake of his family, and he always had a feeling
He was moved by the narcotic feeling of sacrificing his reputation for the sake of his family...so this time the officials directly humiliated him, he actually came to his senses.
However, after thinking and realizing, when he came under the gate of Xuande Tower, he was afraid to the point of panic.
Who would have thought that a battlefield veteran who was not afraid of death, a border lord who was willing to sacrifice everything for his family, would be so afraid of being glanced at just because he was facing more people?
You must know that in the Loushi military camp that day, he only faced the gaze of Xu Huiyan!
At that time, although he was frightened, ashamed and angry, how could he have imagined that once people's eyes gathered together, it would be so terrifying?
And this sense of fear reached its peak as Zhe Kexu suddenly stepped inside the Xuande Tower door. He was in a panic, not daring to move forward, not back, not to stop, and not to speed up.
He staggered and cowered, and there was only one thought in his mind. If he had known this before, why did he do it in the first place?
Isn’t it just death?
Under the shame and anger, perhaps and indeed, there was a sense of security that the family would eventually return to the Song Dynasty. Zhe Keqiu did not hesitate anymore, but looked back at his old friend's son Yang Yizhong and his nephew Zhe Yan with a pleading look, and then directly
Pull out the sword given by Zhao Guan's family in the Xuande Tower door. :(/
Yang Yizhong and Zhe Yanzhi moved together, but then stopped together.
Then, Zhe Keqiu, who was wearing white clothes and without a hat, just tried his best to slash the blood vessels in his neck, and blood came out like pulp, and then he fell to the ground as if he was relieved.
The border general who was poisoned by the Jurchens in another time and space was actually killed at the main entrance of Xuande Tower in front of Tokyo officials and people.
"There is an oral order from the officials... After collecting the corpses, no monuments are allowed to be erected, no monuments are allowed to be returned, and a place is found directly outside the city, and they are buried in the ravines, just like those who died without a burial place in Jingkang." Yang Yi
Zhong stood solemnly for a long time. After a long time, when the blood on the ground spread, he turned around and confronted Zheyan to explain the official's instructions. "After this incident, the Zhe family's accounts were cancelled, but no matter what, the Zhe family's children will live and die.
It’s impossible for them to return to Fuzhou!”
Zhe Yanzhi was exhausted both physically and mentally, and just wanted to end the matter as soon as possible, so he nodded hurriedly.
A moment later, Yang Yizhong also reported the matter to Zhao Guan's family.
"Really?" Zhao Jiu, who was watching Hu Yin's memorial, should not have taken it seriously when he heard this, but when he heard the news, he seemed a little relieved and empty.
After all, no matter how insignificant it is, Zhe Keqiu's death and the arrival of Li Qianshun's head represent the complete end of the turmoil in the northwest.
As for Yang Zheng, although Wu Jie never had the heart to take action, he was trapped by Hu Yin who was about to be transferred back to the capital and was about to be escorted back to the capital.
It can only be said that with this chaos in the northwest, now that all things have come to a final outcome, regardless of whether they are satisfactory or not, the Zhao Guan family cannot help but feel bored.
But for some reason, he always felt that there was some regret somewhere, but he couldn't explain it clearly.
It was mid-autumn, and the wind was blowing, and the autumn leaves were falling one after another. Yang Yizhong carefully turned to his side and stood in awe, while Zhao Jiu was preparing to continue counting personnel appointments and summoning relevant officials.
However, suddenly, there was a cry of wild geese overhead, causing Zhao Guanjia to raise his head, and saw dozens of south-flying geese in the autumn sky in front of him, flying in a herringbone formation from north to south, and then
It didn't stop at all, until it disappeared out of his sight.
In a daze, Zhao Jiu finally realized what was going on.
So, he tore off a piece of paper at random, picked up his pen and started writing. After finishing writing, he handed it directly to Liu Yan:
"Send this letter to Lanzhou and give it to Yelu Dashi, saying that he forgot to give it to him at the foot of Helan Mountain."
After saying this, the official cheered up and continued to deal with government affairs.
On the other side, Liu Yan lowered his head and saw a poem. After experiencing the situation in Helan Mountain that day, he immediately realized and left without stopping at all. However, even though Liu Tongzhi had always been recognized as a real person, at this time, everyone
The prickly white paper was placed in his hand, unobstructed. On the way to pack the box, the Liao Jinshi couldn't help but lower his head and glance a few times.
As the saying goes:
The sky is high and the clouds are light, and you can see the geese flying south.
He who does not cross the Yellow River is not a true man. He has to travel tens of millions of miles.
At the peak of Helan Mountain, red flags swirl in the west wind.
Today I have a long tassel in my hand, when will I bind the blue dragon?
(End of this volume)
PS: Let me go and thank the invisible justice boss for joining the three leaders in one go. This is also the 146th cutest episode in this book! I also want to thank the invisible boss for being cute. This is the 147th cutest episode in this book!