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The good news that Zhao Junchen led the Ming army to annihilate the Mongol coalition army on the south bank of Weishui soon spread throughout Shaanxi and Gansu, and quickly spread to the surrounding provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu, such as Shanxi, Zhili, Sichuan, Hunan, and other places.

For a time, the officials and gentry and businessmen in the territory of the Ming Dynasty can be said to be full of enthusiasm and joy, such a scene is said to be the whole country jubilant, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the whole country is jubilant, and it is not an exaggeration to say that every state and county where the good news and fast horses pass by, you can see the government and the people competing to celebrate, firecrackers are ringing in unison, and the cheers are endless!

In this era, the existence of the Mongol tribe was too special for the Han people—in short, it was hatred and fear, contempt and fear.

Since Genghis Khan unified the Mongolian tribes, this steppe nation has become a major problem for the Han people, and has been threatening the safety of the Central Plains for more than 500 years, and has never been able to make the Han people feel at ease.

After Kublai Khan destroyed Song Jianyuan, Middle-earth fell to Mongolia, and the Han people became "fourth-class people", enslaved and humiliated like pigs and sheep - that was the darkest period of time for the Han people since the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms - to this day, the miserable situation of the Han people during the Yuan Dynasty is still passed on by word of mouth, and the horror of the Mongolian iron cavalry can still make children stop crying at night.

Subsequently, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, was born, and the Ming Dynasty became the orthodox Chinese by virtue of the immortal merit of destroying the Yuan and driving away the Mongols, but it was only to drive the Mongols out of the Middle Earth, and still could not completely eradicate the threat of the Mongol tribes"This kind of emperor and Manchu civil and military are both defeated and imprisoned!

Today, the Mongol tribes are gradually declining, compared to their ancestors are no longer the same, the threat to the Ming Dynasty is far less than the Northeast Jurchen, but in the eyes of the Han people, the Mongolian tribe is still the biggest threat to the Ming Dynasty, far from the Jurchen comparison, hatred, hostility, fear and other psychology of the Mongols is still unabated, this concept has long been deeply rooted.

In this way, Zhao Junchen's record of annihilating the 100,000 troops of the Mongolian coalition army in one fell swoop naturally caused a great sensation!

Even in this era, there is no concept of "country" and "national consciousness" has not yet been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but people everywhere are still excited and excited from the bottom of their hearts after learning the good news.

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"Good news! Good news! Victory on the front line! Zhao Junchen, the lord of the Qincha, led the army to defeat the Mongolian coalition army on the south bank of Weishui and captured the Mongolian coalition commander Bagen alive! After three battles of Weishui, Jiezhou, and Xiaochuanhe, they completely annihilated the 100,000 Mongolian Tartar army! ”

"Good news! Good news! Victory on the front line! Zhao Junchen, the lord of the Qincha, led the army to defeat the Mongolian coalition army on the south bank of Weishui and captured the Mongolian coalition commander Bagen alive! After three battles of Weishui, Jiezhou, and Xiaochuanhe, they completely annihilated the 100,000 Mongolian Tartar army! ”

When the fast horse messenger shouted the good news and rode his horse into the city of Chang'an, it immediately caused an uproar.

Since the Song Dynasty, Chang'an City is a place of cultural gathering, with numerous literati and countless Confucians, and the style of lecturing and preaching is extremely prosperous.

The most talked-about place in the Chang'an literary world is the Eight Academies, whether it is Guanzhong Academy, Lishan Academy, Luzhai Academy, etc., all of which are holy places in the minds of contemporary readers.

Among them, Guanzhong Academy is the first of the eight academies in Chang'an, the first Zhang Wenhua is also a contemporary Confucian, the status of the literary world is very high, and he once served as the official position of the Ministry of Rites for several years, but the career was not smooth in the later period, and offended Wen Guanliang, the former minister of the court, and had no choice but to return to his hometown, and in recent years, he was invited by Guanzhong Academy to serve as the head of the academy.

Zhang Wenhua was certainly unable to fight Wen Guanliang when he was in the center of the imperial court, but he was full of disciples in Chang'an City, with his hands and eyes reaching the sky, and his prestige was not inferior to that of the previous prefects, so he soon received good news.

After receiving the news, Zhang Wenhua immediately summoned all the disciples of Guanzhong Academy.

After the professors and students of Guanzhong Academy gathered, Zhang Wenhua slowly announced: "There is good news from the Huamachi camp, Zhao Junchen, the minister of the Qin Mission, Zhao Junchen and Zhao Junchen have completely annihilated 100,000 Mongolian coalition troops who invaded Shaanxi and Gansu, and even captured the commander of the Mongolian coalition army Bagen alive!" It can be described as a great result and exciting! ”

After hearing Zhang Wenhua's statement, all the Confucian scholars present had different reactions, some had happy expressions, some looked suspicious, but the vast majority of them had a complicated expression that could not accept the facts.

These scholars have a close relationship with the Qingliu of the DPRK and China, and they are extremely disgusted with Zhao Junchen in the depths of their hearts, and Zhao Junchen's bad reputation among the people is largely because of the promotion of these scholars.

Taking in the changes in the demeanor of all the Confucian scholars, Zhang Wenhua's expression did not change much, but he continued to say slowly: "This is a great thing!" We are all the people in Shaanxi and Gansu, and we understand the dangers of fire screening into the Kou, and we have been suffering from it for many years, and now Zhao Junchen, the minister of the Qin Mission, has annihilated 100,000 allied troops, and since then, the vitality of the Mongolian tribes has been greatly damaged, and I am afraid that they will not be able to threaten Shaanxi and Gansu in the next ten years, and we will all benefit greatly......"

After characterizing this matter, Zhang Wenhua accentuated his tone slightly, and said: "On the occasion of this grand event, we in Guanzhong Academy cannot stand idly by, and we should make a contribution...... The old man heard that after he received the good news, the old man had already issued official documents and announced to the people, just to inspire the people and let the people celebrate together, but after all, there were only a few people who read and read and read and discerned, and the people could not understand the great significance of this matter in the shortest possible time, so the old man had decided that all the professors and students of Guanzhong Academy were going to go to the bulletin boards in the city to take the initiative to read the good news for the people and explain in detail the great significance of this victory. Let the world know the great achievements of Zhao Junchen, the minister of the Qin Mission, this time! In addition, send a message to all the returning students so that they can participate in this event in their respective hometowns! ”

Hearing Zhang Wenhua's statement, all the Confucian students present were shocked and looked at each other.

You must know that Zhang Wenhua has the closest relationship with Qingliu in the DPRK and China, and on weekdays, Zhang Wenhua has the strongest hatred and the strongest hatred for Zhao Junchen, and Zhang Wenhua's decision is simply to take the initiative to build momentum for Zhao Junchen and make a name, which is even more incredible than Zhao Junchen's brilliant achievements!

After everyone looked at each other for a long time, a professor asked hesitantly: "Dean, let's not talk about the truth or falsity of this good news, even if Zhao Junchen really annihilated 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Mongolian coalition army, he is a corrupt official and traitor after all, and he is despised by the world...... We are doing this, but we are suspected of making a name for traitors and corrupt officials, which seems to be a little inappropriate......"

Zhang Wenhua had long expected that someone would question his decision, but as a great Confucian in the world, he didn't have much else in his mind, but there were countless "big truths", and naturally he could easily find legitimate reasons to persuade everyone.

I saw that Zhang Wenhua's expression became a little more serious, and said: "I have read the books of the sages, all of them are self-proclaimed as righteous men and gentlemen, and naturally we must judge impartially and hold our hearts to be right, Zhao Junchen used to have some mistakes, so we have always strongly condemned him at the beginning, and we have never been afraid of the revenge of the powerful, this is our bottom line and conscience as Confucian disciples, but now that Zhao Junchen has done good deeds, we naturally have to praise it, there is no contradiction between the two, they are all out of the teachings of the sage!" According to the old man, Zhao Junchen has rarely been rumored to be greedy and bribery in recent years, and he has done many good deeds in the center of the imperial court, which is quite impressive, obviously he has the idea of repentance, in this case, we should also give him a chance to mend his ways, are we just a group of rotten Confucians who only stare at the mistakes of others in their eyes, but are not willing to admit the benefits of others? Ladies and gentlemen, don't forget the purpose of our Guanzhong Academy. ”

Hearing Zhang Wenhua's words, all the Confucian scholars present changed their faces, and said in unison: "Change customs, education first!" ”

In this era, Confucian scholars did not have the courage to challenge authority, and Zhang Wenhua was the greatest authority in Guanzhong Academy and even Shaanxi and Ganshilin, and everyone did not dare to challenge it.

Therefore, after saying this, all the Confucian scholars were persuaded by Zhang Wenhua, at least on the surface, they did not dare to disobey.

Zhang Wenhua nodded with satisfaction and said, "In this case, you can do things according to the plan!" ”

As Zhang Wenhua's words fell, all the Confucian scholars got up and saluted Zhang Wenhua to say goodbye, and then left the lobby of Guanzhong Academy and went to the bulletin boards in Chang'an City to read official documents for the people.

It's just that after leaving the lobby, the Confucian scholars discussed with each other, constantly speculating about the real reason for Zhang Wenhua's change in attitude towards Zhao Junchen - Zhang Wenhua's great truths are irrefutable, but they are not really convincing.

In fact, Zhang Wenhua's change in attitude towards Zhao Junchen this time is naturally not because he wants to give Zhao Junchen a chance to "know his mistakes and change them" and "the prodigal son turns back", but just wants to give Zhao Junchen a favor, and he also has some bets to show goodwill!

During this period of time, Zhao Junchen led the Ming army and the Mongolian coalition army to fight repeatedly, which can be described as earth-shattering and world-watching, but for the scholars in Shaanxi and Gansu, the most important thing during this period of time is not this war, but a "literary disaster" that endangers everyone in the Shilin literary world!

More than a month ago, because a lot of "anti-poems" were found in a book of "Crane Poems" by the young master Guo Tang, Emperor Deqing was furious, and in the end, not only Guo Tang himself lost his official position and was imprisoned, but also Emperor Deqing would strictly order the factory guards to supervise the world's scholars and strictly investigate all kinds of anti-poetry cases, so as to curb the trend of scholars criticizing the court.

In this way, the entire Shilin literary circle was implicated.

And the Chang'an literary world is an important place in the world, so it is naturally the first to bear the brunt.

Zhang Wenhua is a great Confucian in the world, and has a close relationship with Qingliu, when he offended the ministers and was forced to resign and return to his hometown, he was quite cynical for a period of time, and there were many controversial contents in his poems and articles during that time, so he was soon targeted by Dongchang.

However, when Dongchang was secretly collecting evidence, Zhao Yuanzhen, the shopkeeper of the Chang'an branch of "Yuerongfang", reported to Zhang Wenhua in time, so that Zhang Wenhua quickly destroyed all his controversial poems and articles.

"Yuerong Fang" is Zhao Junchen's industry, and Zhang Yuanzhen, the shopkeeper of the Chang'an branch, was Zhao Junchen's housekeeper, and his report to Zhang Wenhua this time was all from Zhao Junchen's indication, so Zhang Wenhua naturally owed Zhao Junchen a natural favor.

After receiving Zhao Junchen's favor, Zhang Wenhua's attitude towards Zhao Junchen was naturally completely different.

In addition, after Zhao Junchen completely annihilated the Mongolian coalition army, the rise of the trend was unstoppable, so Zhang Wenhua had such a move to build momentum for Zhao Junchen today.

In the final analysis, all the great truths are false, and everything is just for personal gain.

But he said that after all the Confucian students left the hall, Zhang Wenhua closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, and then exhaled and whispered to himself: "In this way, the old man can be regarded as returning a favor to Zhao Junchen...... What's more, after this battle, Zhao Junchen will definitely be in a big position, even Emperor Deqing and Zhou Shangjing will not be able to suppress him in a short period of time, the old man will build a reputation for him this time, it can be regarded as a bet, and it may be beneficial afterwards......"

And just as Zhang Wenhua was muttering to himself, a professor from Guanzhong Academy hurriedly turned back to the lobby and reported to Zhang Wenhua: "Dean Zhang, according to your instructions, when we went to the bulletin boards in various places in the city to read the official documents of good news for the people, we found that the professors and students of Lu Zhai Academy were also doing the same thing, and it seems that the president of Lu Zhai Academy, Master Lu, has the same idea as you...... is also impressed by Zhao Junchen, and intends to give Zhao Junchen a chance to mend his ways. ”

Hearing the professor's report, Zhang Wenhua couldn't help but be stunned, first his expression was a little puzzled, and he secretly thought, "Lu Guangdao? Why did he also want to make a name for Zhao Junchen? Could it be that he owes Zhao Junchen a favor like me because of this literary disaster? No, this person's temperament has always been cautious, and there have been few articles and poems over the years, and most of the occasional works are just annotations to the scriptures, and it is impossible for the factory guard to catch the handle......"

But soon, Zhang Wenhua was already in a daze, but he figured out the trick: "By the way, I heard that Zhao Junchen married Cui Mian's granddaughter Cui Qianxue a few days ago, so Cui Mian must mobilize connections to reverse Zhao Junchen's reputation, and Lu Guangdao and the old Cui Mian in the former cabinet are friends with the same door, classmate, and department, and it is also the proper meaning of the question to help at this time......

Thinking of this, Zhang Wenhua had already subconsciously smiled, and muttered softly again: "With the great military exploits of 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Mongolian Coalition Army, and Cui Mian's connections secretly promoting, if Zhao Junchen makes a good relationship during this literary disaster, then his impression in the minds of the world's scholars will inevitably be reversed, and after the world's scholars have reversed their impression of him, Zhao Junchen's folk reputation will also improve...... By that time, Zhao Junchen's popularity, military spirit, power, and meritorious deeds are all available, and his status in the imperial court will be as stable as Mount Tai...... Hey, it looks like the right bet this time! ”

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In fact, not only the Confucian students of Guanzhong Academy and Luzhai Academy took the initiative to shout for Zhao Junchen and sing praises for different reasons, because Zhao Junchen's good news of annihilating the Mongolian coalition army was too exciting, and many scholars in various places did not need to be promoted behind the scenes, they had already taken the initiative to change their attitudes and actively build momentum for Zhao Junchen.

And the impact of Zhao Junchen's illustrious military exploits is far higher than Zhang Wenhua's expectations.

On this day, the good news entered Shanxi, and Pingyang Prefecture, which is adjacent to Shaanxi, also received the news quickly.

After the messenger of the post station rushed into the yamen of the palace to report the news, Zhang Zhi, the prefect of Pingyang, repeatedly confirmed that the news of the good news was true, and was immediately surprised, and immediately ordered people to set off firecrackers, ring bells and drums outside the palace, and asked the staff to copy a number of official documents of the good news and post them on the bulletin boards in various places in the city.

In this way, it was only half a day, and Zhao Junchen's brilliant record of annihilating the Mongolian coalition army was already well known to passers-by in Pingyang City.

The people spontaneously gathered in front of the bulletin board, repeatedly confirming the good news, and everyone was happy!

Like the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, Shanxi is also the hardest hit area every year, especially Shanxi still shoulders the important responsibility of guarding Zhili and the capital, so it is responsible for the supply and logistics of the two major military towns of Taiyuan and Shanxi at the same time, and all the people are miserable.

Therefore, after learning the good news, the joy of the people of Shanxi is not inferior to that of the people of Shaanxi and Gansu.

"Old Master Liu, I heard that the official government issued an official document, saying that it was the Imperial Court's Lord Qincha who completely annihilated the 100,000 troops of the Mongolian Tartars, is this really true? We are all coarse and illiterate, please read the official documents to us? ”

In front of the crowded bulletin board, several people who had arrived in a hurry pleaded with an old man in a Confucian robe.

The old man in the Confucian robe is named Liu Chengxu, but he is an old talent who has repeatedly failed to pass the test, and in recent years he has extinguished the idea of continuing to gain fame, so he set up a private school in Pingyang City to recruit some children from small rich families to study, but this time he took the initiative to come to the bulletin board to read official documents for the people.

Although Liu Chengxu is only a loser on the road to the imperial examination, there are only a few scholars in this era after all, so Liu Chengxu still has a certain status among the people, and now the people gathered in front of the bulletin board are illiterate, and Liu Chengxu is needed to read and explain the content of the announcement for them.

In fact, since this official document was posted on the bulletin board, Liu Chengxu has repeatedly read and explained to the people around him more than ten times, but there is an endless stream of people who come to confirm the news, and Liu Chengxu always needs to read and explain repeatedly.

At this time, with the request of these newcomers, the surrounding people also echoed loudly, and also asked the old man in the Confucian robe to read the official text again—they had gathered here to listen to it many times, but they still couldn't get tired of listening to it, and they would cheer loudly every time they listened.

On the other hand, Liu Chengxu also felt that he was out of the limelight today, and he didn't feel bored, and after coughing lightly, he read aloud to the bulletin board again: "Huamachi Camp came with good news today, Zhao Junchen, the minister of the Qincha and the head of the household, led the Shaanxi-Gansu border army and the forbidden army reinforcements to defeat the Mongolian coalition army on the south bank of Weishui, and after three battles of Weishui, Jiezhou, and Xiaochuanhe, they completely annihilated the Mongolian Tartar army of 100,000!" Nearly 30,000 enemy leaders were captured, more than 13,000 prisoners were captured, a total of more than 8,000 war horses were captured, and countless military funds were captured, and the commander of the Mongolian coalition army was captured alive! After this war, the vitality of the Mongolian tribes was greatly damaged, and the morale of our Han people was greatly increased, and the northwest frontier will be worry-free in the next ten years! ”

As Liu Chengxu finished reciting the official documents, the surrounding people also cheered loudly again, and the atmosphere was extremely warm.

For the people present, no matter how many times they heard this good news, it was so uplifting!

However, just as the cheers of the people fell, a young man asked emotionally: "Old Master Liu, you are a person who understands, tell me, the Lord Qincha of the imperial court really wiped out 100,000 Mongolian Tartars this time?" Is the news true? It's not fake, is it? In previous years, the fire was sifted into the Kou, and the military towns in various places also received good news, but the actual situation even we, the common people, know in our hearts that we are just lying about military achievements. If we lie about our military exploits again, won't we rejoice in vain? ”

After hearing the young man's words, the atmosphere near the bulletin board suddenly cooled, and the expressions of the people also appeared suspicious.

It has long been an open secret that the military towns in various places have lied about their military exploits over the years, not only the local people are well aware of it, but the emperor and the princes of the imperial court are also clear in their hearts, but no one is willing to debunk it, and it is precisely because there are countless precedents that the people will inevitably have doubts at this time.

Liu Chengxu has read a book all his life, and his knowledge is more clever, but he shook his head solemnly and said: "This time it should not be a lie, the lie in previous years has never had such a big movement, but it is just killing dozens of enemies, driving more than a thousand enemies, etc., saying that it is killing the enemy and driving the enemy, but it is often neither captured nor captured, and occasionally the head of the Tartar is also a perjury of killing good and imposting, this kind of good news is not painful, and the court will not make a big move to investigate and verify...... But this time the good news is enough to kill 100,000 enemies, such a big move will inevitably be repeatedly verified by the imperial court, no official dares to deceive in this matter, the minister Zhao Junchen is an important minister of the imperial court, he dares to assure the imperial court that the northwest frontier will be fine in the next ten years, naturally has great confidence, not afraid of turning over the account afterwards...... What's more, it is clearly written in this good news that after the war, more than 30,000 Tartar heads were collected, more than 13,000 Tartar prisoners were collected, and 8,000 war horses and countless military funds were captured, and even the commander of the Tartar coalition army, Bagen, was captured alive...... None of these things can be faked, at most they are slightly exaggerated, but the results will never be fake! ”

Hearing Liu Chengxu's explanation, the surrounding people also cheered loudly again, and the cheers were even louder and more joyful than just now.

At the same time, some people also said loudly: "I also don't think there will be a fake, we have all heard of the Minister Zhao, who did it himself when he exterminated the locusts in Lu'an Mansion last year, and did not hesitate to offend the locust god in order to protect the harvest of our people, such a Qingtian lord is naturally impossible to lie about his military exploits!" ”

"Yes, this Zhao Daren can stabilize the country and defend the territory with martial arts, such a strange man is usually only in the drama, I really hope that the emperor can appoint this Lord Zhao as the prime minister, so that the life of our ordinary people may be better!"

"With such great achievements as Lord Zhao, let alone being the prime minister, even if he is named a prince with a different surname, it should be ......"

Because of last year's locust extermination, Zhao Junchen's reputation in Lu'an Mansion is extremely high, and Pingyang Mansion is adjacent to Lu'an Mansion, and the people here have also been affected, and they have a good impression of Zhao Junchen, but it is very easy to classify Zhao Junchen into the category of "Qingtian Lord".

On the other side, hearing the discussions of the people, although Liu Chengxu did not refute, he was noncommittal.

The people's comments are full of mistakes and omissions for Liu Chengxu, a scholar, not to mention that the dynasty no longer has the position of prime minister, and Zhao Junchen's achievements are far from reaching the standard of being named a king with a different surname, you must know that the achievements of Wang Yangming, Yu Qian, Qi Jiguang and others are much more prominent than Zhao Junchen, at most they are just marquis.

"However, although Zhao Junchen's merits are not enough to be crowned king, he must be given a knighthood...... I just don't know what a title it is! Liu Chengxu thought secretly.

And just when the people were talking and Liu Chengxu was secretly thinking, the young man who had just questioned suddenly cried loudly, and then turned around and left.

Seeing the young man's performance, everyone was puzzled, and someone shouted at his departing back: "Zhang Niuzi, what are you going to do?" Why was it shocked? ”

Zhang Niuzi still had tears on his face, turned around and said: "Lord Zhao avenged my blood, I will go and prepare a pair of immortal tablets for him to enshrine at home!" ”

After speaking, Zhang Niuzi turned around and left.

Seeing Zhang Niuzi's performance, the people near the bulletin board were talking again, during which someone in the know told everyone about Zhang Niuzi's past.

It turned out that Zhang Niuzi was originally a person from Yulin, four years ago during the fire screening into the Kou, his village was broken by the Mongolian Tatars, and the whole village was slaughtered, including Zhang Niuzi's parents and fiancée, only Zhang Niuzi escaped because he went up the mountain to chop wood, so Zhang Niuzi and the Mongolian Tartars have a blood and sweat feud, these years he came to Pingyang City to become a coolie to make a living, but the hatred for the Mongols in his heart is still not reduced at all.

Now, Zhao Junchen has annihilated 100,000 Mongolian coalition troops in one go, and Zhang Niuzi is a benefactor who avenges him, so it is not surprising that Zhang Niuzi wants to set up an immortal tablet for Zhao Junchen.

Hearing the insider's explanation, the people present sighed again, and only felt empathy.

is also because of Zhang Niuzi's story, these people's gratitude and favor towards Zhao Junchen have also become more and more profound.

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At the same time, after receiving the good news of Zhao Junchen's annihilation of the Mongol coalition army in one fell swoop, although the folk scholars and ordinary people had a huge response, their fierce reaction was far less than that of those feudal officials and tycoons with a keen sense of politics.

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