Chapter 465: Promoted Again!
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In the deep palace of Xiyuan, Emperor Xinde is open today, and the palace maids and eunuchs who serve inside and outside the palace should all be rewarded.
"The great victory in the Northwest is amazing, Lu Zheng is not very old, he is talented, he can be civil and martial at a young age, and he is the pillar of my Dakang Dynasty! Senior Brother Xu, you really have a profound Taoism, everyone in the world thinks that the northwest will be defeated, Lu Zheng categorically can't retreat with his whole body, but you can see that my immortal fate is endless, and I want to reward you! Emperor Xinde said loudly.
Xu Tiandao smiled slightly and said, "Lu Zheng's son, firstly, because of his talent, and because he has the emperor's immortal protection!" The great victory in the northwest, Lu Zheng certainly showed his talents, but after all, it was because of the emperor's great fortune.
Therefore, Poor Dao thinks that Lu Zheng should not be rewarded more, because he has just been promoted, if the official is promoted too quickly and too eye-catching, it is easy to show off in the forest! ”
Emperor Xinde waved his hand and said: "Senior brother is reasonable, but since the founding of this dynasty, there have been rules, military merit first, and it cannot be taken away." Lu Zheng's establishment is a first-class completion, how can I not be rewarded?
I have already thought about it, and named him the lieutenant general of the Northwest Left Army, the five-rank military attaché, worthy of the name, he deserves it! ”
Xu Tiandao was stunned, thinking that Lu Zheng was famous in Jiangnan because of his literary talents, and after arriving in the capital, he was forced by the prime minister to step into the official career, but he didn't expect that as a civil official, he actually got the actual position of a five-grade military attaché, and I am afraid that there has never been a precedent for this situation since the founding of the Dakang Dynasty!
Xu Tiandao pondered for a while and said: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, now that all the gloom is gone, the emperor can reopen the furnace for alchemy!" ”
Emperor Xinde stroked his palms and smiled, and said, "Senior brother, I've been waiting for your words for some time, and recently I have asked the inner library to purchase all the things that have been prepared, just wait for everything to be ready!" ”
The deep palace of the West Garden was closed again, the emperor fasted and alchemy, and the alchemy was completed on the 7749th, and Emperor Xinde rewarded the Taoists without mentioning it......
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In the northwest, Lu Zheng's strategy to drive away the wolf and the tiger went extremely smoothly, and there were no bargaining chips in Hekuotai's hands, and Song Wensong and him did not have any obstacles to negotiate peace.
The Turks have a rough personality and advocate the strong in their bones, and Hekuotai can't capture Yumu County for so many days, although he is annoyed and angry, and he can't chop Lu Zheng into meat paste.
But calm down, Hekuotai has already commanded generals who are also afraid of Lu Zheng, originally Hekuotai went south to get the benefits of the eldest prince of Song and the second prince of Song, and there was a secret agreement between them.
Now, the situation has changed, the third prince of Song turned around and formed an alliance with him, allowing him to attack many prefectures and counties around Yumu, he can plunder wealth and not hurt people, Hekuotai is the time when it is difficult to ride a tiger, and the loss of going south is huge, if he returns empty-handed, how can he be worthy of his hometown father?
For a while, Hekuotai made a quick decision, quickly withdrew his troops, and turned to attack Cixi, Sangzi, Suiyuan and other prefecture counties, and for a while in the Northwest War, Cixi, Sangzi, Suiyuan and many other prefectures and counties could not block the front of Hekuotai's troops, and they fell one after another, and countless soldiers, horses, money and grain were plundered.
Song Wenjie and Song Wenhua really wanted to cry without tears, they had an agreement with Hekuotai, after Hekuotai got the elm, they reaped the benefits, they could immediately go straight to the elm and take Song Wensong's territory as their own.
Because, the garrisons of the surrounding counties, their eyes were all staring at the elm, and they never thought that they would be attacked, but they didn't expect that Hekuo was too untrustworthy to attack the elm, and they actually rushed to Cixi, Sangzi and other places like mad dogs, and they were unprepared and suffered heavy losses.
And Hekuotai's cavalry came and went like the wind, plundered a place and quickly retreated, and when Song Wenhua and Song Wenjie came back to their senses and wanted to rescue, the city captured by Hekuotai had been occupied by Song Wensong first, for a while, Song Wensong occupied Sangzi, Suiyuan and other five county towns in just one month, and the territory expanded five times from a Yumu County, which is equivalent to sitting on a place.
And the imperial court's reward for Lu Zheng also came down, not to mention the gold and silver given, Lu Zheng was awarded the title of Lieutenant General of the Northwest Left Army, which is actually equivalent to Song Wensong, the deputy of General Zuo, and has become a veritable No. 2 person under Song Wensong.
This reward of the imperial court is a bit subtle, because the Northwest Army is nominally the army of the imperial court, but in fact it does not obey the call, and the 100,000 Northwest Army is the private soldiers of the Song and Qi families, and like the Nanfu Army in the south of the Yangtze River back then, they all belong to the local powerful families.
Therefore, the officials at all levels in the Northwest Army were all arranged by the Jingxi Palace's Mansion and the General's Mansion, and they were just going through the motions in the Imperial Court's Military Department.
This time, the holy decree directly named Lu Zheng as the lieutenant general of the Northwest Left Army, and this decree was not known in advance by the General's Mansion and the Jingxi Palace, which was unique in the Northwest Army.
What's even more interesting is that if Lu Zheng's position is just a fictitious position, everyone in the northwest now knows that Lu Zheng and Song Wensong are brothers who worship the son, and this time Yumu County can hold it all by Lu Zheng's means, without the imperial court to seal it, Lu Zheng has actually become Song Wensong's arm.
Now that the imperial court has been rewarded, Lu Zheng has changed his name to a veritable one, with him as a lieutenant general, if the Northwest Army is now angry and wants to clean up Song Wensong, Song Wensong may completely pull the tiger skin as a banner and fall to the side of the imperial court, in that case, the disputes within the northwest will become disputes between the court and the local government, and the situation in the northwest will really be precarious.
Therefore, Song Wenjie and Song Wenhua didn't dare to act rashly at all, they could only watch so many counties being captured by Song Wensong, and Song Wensong's territory skyrocketed, which meant that he could collect more taxes and have more food next, and then he could buy more military horses and weapons, and the split of the Song family became more and more obvious.
Yumu County, in the big camp, Song Wensong pulled the two Lu Zheng brothers to drink together, the wine was half drunk, Song Wensong said: "Second brother, your civil official military position, rare throughout the ages, since the founding of my Dakang Dynasty, you are the first!"
You are now the lieutenant general of the Left Army of the Northwest Army, the people and horses in this battalion, you and I share, brother, I have to plan with you, occupy five counties, and now I finally have a firm foothold......"
He paused, and then said, "It's just that if you really leave the second brother in the future, can I still keep these things, brother?" So, second brother, you and my brother have made an agreement today, you will stay in the northwest for another three years, within three years, you and my brother will work together to take the northwest, and at that time, even Dai Gao will not dare to provoke us easily, second brother, what troubles do you have? ”
Lu Zheng laughed and said, "Big brother, you are drunk, I am an official of the imperial court, and I should obey the holy order." This is the duty of my courtiers. ”
"Shit! I, Song Wensong, don't believe in fate, and anyone's life is useless! Lao Tzu has wanted to be a good child since he was a child, but what's the use? I was still sent to the border army, and the first time I went to the battlefield, I almost died, if it wasn't for the brothers next to me who sacrificed their lives to save me, I would have died a long time ago!
Later, I swore that I must give myself a future with my military merits, so I was indignant, practiced martial arts hard, fought to the death, and rolled in the sea of corpses and blood countless times before I climbed step by step to the position of General Zuo.
Hehe, as a result, you see, in this position, I have become a thorn in the side of others, a thorn in the flesh, don't want to get rid of me all the time, fortunately, big brother, I met a nobleman, my noble person is the second brother you!
It's the second brother you taught me, a good child should not be, he must die in the sky, not die for thousands of years, give up his life, no matter what kind of father and son he is, and use the knife in his hand to kill a bloody way for himself.
Now that this road is open, there is no turning back when you open the bow, second brother, you have taught my eldest brother, you have to start and finish well, but you can't give up halfway! ”
Lu Zheng was speechless, Song Wensong's inner torment was very clear to him, the things he was doing now could be said to be a complete break with the Lu family, and the matter had come to this point, and he and his two brothers had absolutely no possibility of being good.
Brother Xiao Wall is down, in the end he is bound to face Song Naifeng, he wants to dominate the northwest, Song Naifeng is a hurdle that he can't get around, how can he get over this hurdle?
All these things have a beginning, Song Wensong's attack on Qiaotan and the killing of Cheng Juhu is the beginning of everything, and this beginning is because of Lu Zheng's instigation.
Lu Zheng opened Pan Luola's box, and Song Wensong embarked on this road of no return, this man with the potential to be a hero, after all, has not become a real hero, he still has fear in his heart......
Lu Zheng and Song Wensong drank a few more glasses of wine, Song Wensong's mood became more excited, and he howled and cried in the Chinese army tent today, making a group of thousands of subordinates look at each other, Lu Zheng hurriedly gave everyone a look, everyone retreated, and only Lu Zheng was left in the tent to accompany Song Wensong.
Song Wensong cried for a while, his emotions seemed to be released, he pestered Lu Zheng again, and asked Lu Zheng to stay in the northwest for another three years, Lu Zheng couldn't help but think in his heart, Song Wensong was so hard to stay, could it be that he heard some rumors?
As soon as he thought of this, Lu Zheng's heart was a little uneasy, in this place in the northwest, he had been in this place for two years, and it was really miserable, especially in Yumu County, he almost lost his life, if he was allowed to choose, he really didn't want to stay in this ghost place for another day.
After all, he is a southerner, and more importantly, he still thinks about the wonderful beauty in the capital! If it wasn't a last resort, how could he be willing to stay in the Northwest?
As for Song Wensong's retention, he is looking at the fire in his heart, although Song Wensong now occupies a certain territory, but the soldiers under his command are few and far between, and they are still in a weak position.
There is a more important point, Lu Zheng is in Yumu, and he has started the trade routes in the northwest, and he can provide him with a steady stream of silver, once Lu Zheng is gone, can Song Wensong still get this kind of help?
"Big brother, let's look back at this matter and think about it in the long run, at the moment our first thing is the problem of tax money and food in the five counties, the problem of recruiting soldiers in the five counties, and finally the most important point, that is, the attitude of the general!
Big brother, the little brother is willing to go to the General's Mansion to help the big brother, how about it? ”