"Wang Zhizhou, it's hard work," Zhang Qi stepped forward from afar and said.

Wang Wenyu did not bring many soldiers and horses, only 5,000 people, but all of them were the most elite cavalry from Lanzhou and Niche Valley.

As for Lanzhou, it was handed over to Li Xian. Maybe in the Song Dynasty, because Li Xian was a eunuch, everyone looked down on him, but this person was very capable of fighting, no less than Chongge, but compared with Chongge, there was less selfishness, so Wang Ju and Zhang Qi valued him.

However, Wang Wenyu is also not bad, at least a general at the level of high Yongneng.

Not only Wang Wenyu came, but also Yao Xiong of the Deshun Army, in short, the father and son of Yao's family were all reused in this battle, so that the world attracted attention.

But Yao Xiong served as the commander of the Deshun Army and belonged to the jurisdiction of Jingyuan Road, so there was no need to be too polite.

Zhang Kai and others are these two generals.

Everyone came, and Zhang Ji began to dispatch troops again, but first told him about the situation in Pingxia City.

Now that there are telescopes, it is conducive to scouts to inquire about the news, of course, because Xixia has also obtained some telescopes, it is also convenient for Xixia to inquire about information......

"That's all about the situation on the front line, better than one expected." Zhang Qi said.

In particular, Liu Fa's performance is really eye-catching, as for the death of the head Li Ping, Zhang Ji didn't think much about it. One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither, although it cannot be said absolutely, but Ci will definitely not be able to take charge of the army. It was Liu Fa's battle that won at least a precious night.

Why say that overnight, think about it, if it wasn't for Liu Fa's impact and let the Western Xia collect the troops and rest in time, then the city wall of Pingxia City would be knocked out more gaps by the Xia army, and the Western Xia would definitely take advantage of the large number of people. Attack Pingxia City day and night.

Although I don't expect Pingxia City to guard it for ten days or eight days. But a little later, a massive onslaught was launched. It's better to have an impact less dangerous than to launch it earlier.

Of course, Pingxia City will have to suffer even more tomorrow, but with Wang Wenyu arriving in time, Pingxia City only needs to hold on for another three days.

"Wang Wenyu, Wang Guangzu, and Li Shen listen to the order."

"Whoa." The three of them stood up and said.

"Wang Guangzu, you are the former army, Wang Wenyu, you are the Chinese army. Li Shen, you take the two generals and horses to the rear of the palace, and advance from Lanxiaochuan to Haoshui, just like the two soldiers and horses in front, it is better to be stronger, and there is no need to cover up. When you are close to good water, stop as well, and don't be greedy. But when you approach the good water, it will be about the afternoon of the day after tomorrow. Just a day off, about the day after tomorrow, the general offensive will begin. Get my order to launch a general offensive immediately. ”

"Whoa." The three generals led the troops to retreat.

"Yao Ji and Miao Xu listen to the order."

"Whoa."

"It's best for your trip to march in a low-key manner, if possible, try to travel day and night, go to Tiansheng Village first, and then start from Caiyuan River, but there are several villages along Caiyuan River, and a certain has already gathered them in advance."

"Zhang Gong, I know."

There are two Pingchuan in the north of Tianshengzhai, one is Lanxiao River and the other is Caiyuan River, and there are many Tibetan villages.

But unlike the Tibetan tribes north of the Dali River, these Tibetan tribes were not so exclusive to the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, the Liang clan was exhausted and dethroned, and in order to pay for the huge military expenses, they had to relevy harshly, which caused many people to live in poverty. Therefore, seeing this situation, Zhang Ji and Yao Ji joined forces to win over some tribes on the front line, including the Caiyuanchuan tribes, giving some benefits, and at the same time explaining some truths, once the Song Dynasty succeeded in going north, then these areas belonged to the Song Dynasty. Everyone understands the taxes of the Song Dynasty, the Han people have so many taxes, and if there are no miscellaneous taxes, the two taxes are one of ten taxes, and if it is a Tibetan person, as long as Ding Zhuang serves as a strong man and a strong horse, even the taxes are exempted.

These tribes were not so loyal to the Western Xia, and they were so close that they couldn't survive, not only the Song Dynasty had low taxes, but also Zhang Qi gave many benefits, so they expressed their allegiance to the Song Dynasty one by one.

"With their cooperation, as long as you march carefully, I believe that it is not easy for Western Xia to know the traces of your trip, and further north, it may be that Zhang Shouyu, the governor of Huanzhou, will lead more than 10,000 soldiers and horses on the Jingyuan Road, where to meet you, and then follow the path all the way to the west, turn to the east and bend the ditch, and go around to the rear of Pingxia City. When you arrive, it will be the time of the general attack. ”

"Whoa." Yao Ji said happily.

Zhang Shouyue is also getting old, but this is also a tiger general who can fight well.

In short, this battle of the Song Dynasty is like a cloud, and the stars are dazzling.

…………

"Prince, are you healthy?" Wang Ju came to Wang Jue's bed and asked with concern.

"Zi'an, the old man is old, I'm afraid it won't work." Lao Wang said weakly.

Lao Wang is not old, he is only in his sixties, but in this era, people are running towards the age of sixty, and they can't get sick, and when they get sick, it will be very bad.

Wang Ju didn't know how to comfort him.

Lao Wang said again: "Zi'an, it's a pity that I can't see you when you recover Western Xia, the old man is very ashamed." ”

"Who in the world dares to despise the prince, at least the prince is there, for me, it seems that Fan Wenzheng has the protection of Duke Du."

Because Lao Wang has always been kind to the mud, the world ridicules him, and even openly says that he is the prime minister of the three decrees.

It's not right to say this, just like Fan Zhongyan launched a vigorous Qingli New Deal, and there is excitement, but don't take it seriously, it's lively, but it's nonsense!

Some people are unknown, but they are first-class virtuous ministers, such as Li Xin in the Song Zhenzong, Wang Dan in the Song Zhenzong, and Fang Du in the Tang Taizong. So many people underestimate Lao Wang, and there is one thing that can be explained. Before Xu Xi and the eunuch Li Shunju went to Yongle City, Lao Wang personally greeted the Chinese book and told Li Shunju that the imperial court had no worries about the west with the border vassals and Li Liuhou. ”

Li Shunju said: "There are many bases in the western suburbs, and the humiliation of the Qing doctor is also (referring to the lack of ability of the ministers of the imperial court, resulting in the northwest of the Song Dynasty can only be passively defended). The prime minister is in charge of the country, and the side affairs belong to the two ministers, but what? The ministers should not be forbidden to delay sprinkling and sweeping, how can they be the generals! ”

Lao Wang was ashamed and uneasy.

This incident shows that Lao Wang does not put on a show, and secondly, he can listen to the criticism of others.

In fact, under Lao Wang's harmony, the situation of the party and the difference caused by Xining's reform is gradually improving.

The situation in various countries is also improving.

Even with two fiascos, 600,000 soldiers and civilians were killed in the northwest, and there was no chaotic uprising and rebellion. It's not just because the treasury is full. It also shows that Lao Wang has a good plan in the Chinese book.

But anyway. These two fiascos happened when he was the prime minister, and the real king is not ashamed?

Also, Lao Wang's protection of Wang Ju.

But Wang Ju is not Fan Zhongyan, after Fan Zhongyan took the throne, he ignored Du Yan's various protections for him, and also put this four sages of heaven (Wang Zeng, Du Yan, Zhang Zhibai, Li Di) into the ranks of villains, which made Wang Ju speechless when he thought about it, but Wang Ju really always respected Lao Wang.

"The old man and his son have offended a lot ......"

"Maharaja, I said it. As long as it's not someone with ulterior motives and reversing black and white, I never blame you, Maharaja, you don't have to worry. Wang Ju interrupted him.

Lao Wang's grandson is Li Gefei, Li Qingzhao's Laozi, who originally worshiped under Han Qi, but whether Han Qi took this student to heart, only God knows, and later when Su Dongpo was the examiner, Li Gefei had to be a junior sergeant. and bowed under the Great Su Gate.

Wang Ju came back and forcibly introduced the Qi business tax. As a result, there were many disputes and conflicts in various states and counties, and Li Gefei wrote a letter to impeach Wang Ju.

In fact, this is really a confused account, Lao Wang is Wang Ju's patron, Da Su is Wang Ju's good friend, and Han Qi is a political enemy, but Han Qi and Wang Ju have little conflict, on the contrary, the cooperation between the two is relatively pleasant in the construction of Zheng Baiqu. By the time Wang Ju officially ascended the throne, Han Qi had died several years earlier.

Wang Ju left Wang Jue's house and went to see Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji asked, "How is the condition of the prince?" ”

"It's a little heavy."

Zhao Ji heard what this meant by being a little heavy, and he sighed.

"In the past, when the prince was there, the minister did not notice it, and it was not until he was seriously ill that the minister did not know the role of the prince. It seems that the prince has a weak personality, but without the prince in the middle, the court will not be so quiet, and even the minister's Qi business tax and banking department will cause greater controversy. Good is like water, but that's it. ”

This is a bit high-rated.

But Lao Wang is not as incompetent as some historical records record.

"The minister is also worried about the pattern of the court after the minister goes to Shaanxi."

"Zhang Qinghu?"

"I originally thought that Zhang Zihou could be the prime minister, but now that I think about it, Zhang Zihou's personality is still a little intense, this article is not as good as the prince, with the improvement of the imperial court's economy, the country only needs to maintain this situation. Therefore, the most suitable person is the minister of Shoucheng, so I don't know if Fan Chunren can do it. ”

"Fan Chunren?"

"Although he disagrees with my political views, the minister is the prime minister of the country, and he cannot recommend talents to His Majesty from his own position, but must recommend the right people to the right positions."

Now several of his good friends are officials in the capital, Zhang Dian is the prime minister, Zeng Xiaokuan is the secretary of the ministry, Xiao Su is the secretary of the Zhongshu, Zhang Shangying is the bank envoy, Shen Kuo is the supervisor of the people, Kumamoto has a good relationship with him, even if Cai Bian, another Zhongshu scholar, also admires Wang Ju, but these people are not suitable to take over his position with Lao Wang.

"Fan Chun Ren......"

"Fan Chunren's talent is slightly lacking, but he can play this role in reconciliation. And it can't be appointed next year, it must be appointed from now on, transferred to Zhongshu, it just so happens that Chen and Cai Gong are in Zhongshu, you can grind in advance, and you can also cooperate with Cai Gong in advance. ”

"You're talking about the use of gentle courtiers."

"Not necessarily, but Xining's change of law has caused serious party disagreements among the ministers, so it is necessary to let the moderate ministers preside over the government. In fact, before the minister visited the prince at the prince's house, he never imagined that he would recommend Fan Chunren. ”

"Let's see." Zhao said.

Now the king is not dead.

Zhao Ji asked again: "Wang Qing, Shaanxi is in trouble, do you really want to go to the other side?" ”

"Your Majesty, although some people take advantage of the affairs of the ministers and the eldest princess to attack the ministers, it is indeed true. Since ancient times, not to mention Wang Mang and Emperor Wen of Sui, it is said that the dictatorship of foreign relatives in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the chaotic government of Yang Guozhong also know the harm of foreign relatives, and it is so unclear that the ministers are so unclear. ”

This is a small matter, Guan Jian I will not go to the other side in the future, can you still trust it like this now?

Also, you're better, you're not here, and I don't know how your mother will spoil me in the future.

But this cannot be said.

Zhao Ji didn't think of this section either, he sighed in disappointment: "My aunt has hurt my ......."

You're happy, you're happy, you even have a son, but you've lost a good minister...... He added, "I have heard that you have a daughter. ”

"It's two daughters."

"I'm referring to your eldest daughter, is she married?"

"She's still young."

"I want to take her to the palace."

"Ahh

"You're mistaken, I'm thinking in a few years. Marry her off to a maid. Zhao said.

In this way, Wang Ju went to the other side in the future. There was something going on in the Song Dynasty. He'll help. Let's talk about appearance, when Wang Ju, the eldest daughter, was in the capital before, Zhao Ji saw it once, although she was still young at that time, her appearance was not weak. But in other words, with the looks of Wang Ju and that little lady Li, how bad can the children be?

"No, the minister's daughter is several years older. And the future goes to the other side, it is the other side, and it can no longer have anything to do with the court," Wang Ju directly refused, he thought to himself, marrying Cao'er to your son may not be a good thing, not to mention how powerful your mother and wife are in the palace, and your son is not a longevity, thinking of this, he asked: "Can Your Highness increase the amount of food these days?" ”

"Not bad. The amount of food has grown a lot, but the queen mother rebuked me. But seeing that the amount of food for the maid increased, the queen mother did not object anymore. ”

"That's good, but His Royal Highness can indeed book a family affair in advance, although it is a little early, but from now on, you can focus on cultivating the woman, so that she can be a mother in the future. You can even observe its character from now, and in case the person is not chosen properly, there is still room for refusal. ”

"Hey, that's a good idea, do you know who has a suitable little lady?"

Although this topic was provoked by Zhao Ji, in fact, Wang Ju had his own intentions, that is, the witch Gu case in the palace of the Song Dynasty in history.

Zhao Xu grew up and was going to choose the queen, and the ministers chose the little lady of the Di family, who wanted to have good looks, because she was the biological daughter of Di Yong, she wanted to be virtuous and virtuous, and she wanted to have a family background.

But as soon as Gao Tao inquired, he immediately refused.

Because the identity of this little lady Di is a bit complicated, she has three mothers, one mother is Di Yong's wife, one mother is Di Yong's wife, and one mother is Di Yong's concubine.

The actual biological mother is Di Yong's concubine, but according to the rules, the children born by the concubine must be handed over to the wife to feed, so Di Yong's wife became Di Xiaoniang's second mother, but Di Yong's wife is very bad to Di Xiaoniang, as a father, he can't bear his daughter's sin, so he gave her to his eldest brother Di Jian to raise.

In fact, it doesn't matter, the main Gao Tao is worried that there are too many mothers, and the power of relatives is great, which will affect her rights, so he rejected this little lady, and gave clear conditions, the background should be low, the family background should be small, and the person should be low-key.

In the end, I chose Meng Xiaoniang, my grandfather was Ma Jundu Yu Meng Yuan, and my grandfather was the great calligrapher Wang Guangyuan, both of whom were not bad, Guan Jian and these two died, and the Meng family began to fall in the hands of Meng Xiaoniang.

Especially the little lady Meng, her appearance is very ordinary.

So he suddenly took a fancy to Gao Tao and was selected as Zhao Xu's queen.

But how can such a woman be favored by Zhao Xu. Therefore, Zhao Xu concentrated his love on Liu Jieyu. In fact, this Liu Jieyu has a more ordinary background, giggling all day long, and she doesn't know the etiquette, but she was originally a village girl. However, think about the domineering of Gao Tao, what kind of outstanding-looking women are in the palace, and the generals are chosen among the short, and Liu Xiaoniang is a great beauty for Zhao Xu.

Queen Meng was in a hurry, she reacted to dementia, and even worse, she also had an adoptive mother, Yan, who was good at dancing with long sleeves and could often go in and out of the palace. Then he taught Meng a few tricks, and the first trick sprinkled talisman water on the road that Zhao Xu had to pass, so that Zhao Xu would pamper Meng.

It didn't work, the second trick came, and let Zhao Xu drink the talisman water.

Still didn't work, the nirvana appeared, and Yan asked her sister to go to the folk to collect evil things such as donkey foals, kowtow insects, and snake mist, make a talisman, and put them directly on Zhao Xu's bed. Think about what would happen to you in ancient times.

Zhao Xu was angry, he wanted to take a break from the Meng family, so he could pay it back, think about how much Fan Zhongyan fought for Song Renzong's Xiu Guo family...... The minister objected together, she is not only your wife, but also the mother of the world, and you are not allowed to take a leave of absence. Originally, Zhang Ji wanted to pit the 300,000 soldiers and horses of Western Xia in the northwest, and it was the time to pursue the victory, but because of this witch case, no one was in the mood to care about the mess in the northwest.

But now it's good, Gao Tao can't interfere.

As long as this family affair is set, even if she does not enter the palace, she is the future mother of the world, as long as Di Xiaoniang does not make serious mistakes, then Gao Tao has no way to refuse this family affair.

Why is it still Di Xiaoniang, the first candidate in history was not selected by Gao Taotao, but many ministers went door-to-door to investigate, and finally chose Di Xiaoniang, which has little to do with appearance, mainly good morality. It has something to do with her life experience, even if she is in the Di family, she doesn't have the arrogance of the eldest lady.

In fact, appearance is also very important, if it is Di Xiaoniang, not Meng's, it may make that village girl Yang Jieyu fan the flames in the palace?

Wang Ju recommended this little lady Di, and now she has been passed on to Di Zhen, Wang Ju also lightly talked about her life experience, and said: "It is precisely because of this life experience that this girl is gentle and not arrogant, and has excellent morality. ”

That's the right choice.

And it's Di Yong, Zhao Ji understands, the battle of Gyeongju has not been reused by Wang Ju because Di Yong did not cooperate, and now Wang Ju recommends his daughter, about this woman is indeed good, otherwise Wang Ju will not recommend it. He thought for a moment and said, "Is that person like Di Yong?" ”

"That's him."

"Is this woman too beautiful?"

"What does beauty have to do with virtue? Empress Jia of Emperor Hui of Jin is ugly and famous, but what about morality? Besides, the appearance is beautiful, the husband and wife can be harmonious, the harem is peaceful, the harem is peaceful, and the world is peaceful. ”

"I've sent someone to inquire." Zhao Ji was interested.

"I don't know what's going on in the northwest."

Hearing that Western Xia had mobilized more than 100,000 elite soldiers, and it was Renduo Lingding as the main general, Zhao Ji was still a little worried.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, Ren Duo Ling Ding is a defeated general under the minister, and he will also be a defeated general under Zhang Zhifu, I believe that soon, there will be good news back to the capital."

As soon as Wang Ju finished speaking, a small yellow door took out a piece of music in his hand and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, the privy council has received a report from the front, and the front line has won a great victory!" (To be continued.) )