Renting a wife is a very rare thing in the afterlife.

But in ancient times, it was a common thing.

The ancients were poor, and many of them could not afford to marry wives. The ancients also attached great importance to the inheritance of incense, so they gave birth to the matter of renting a wife.

Men who can't afford to marry a wife, when they reach a certain age and need to pass on the lineage, will find a middle-aged man, spend a sum of money, rent someone else's wife or concubine, welcome them home, and pass on the lineage for themselves.

The time is usually three years, and after three years, the wife and concubine rented by the man will return to the original husband's house, and will not stay for a moment.

If a man and his rented wife and concubine have a relationship within three years, they can also negotiate with the Chinese and spend a sum of money to completely turn the wife and concubine he rented into his own wife's room.

Whether it is in the eyes of Kou Ji or in the eyes of Li Di.

Renting a wife is a kind of sorrow.

When Hexi was first decided, some people from the Western Regions who stayed in Hexi retained the bad habit of co-wives, and the wives and concubines left by the father would be inherited by the sons, and the wives and concubines left by the sons would be inherited by the grandsons.

And so on until the woman died.

After Kou Ji discovered this vice, he picked up the butcher's knife and cut a large number of people in Hexi to stop such disgusting.

During his reign in Hexi, Kou Ji single-handedly stifled the vice of co-wives in Hexi.

During Li Di's reign in Hexi, if he pretended to be a bad habit of renting out his wife, it would be strange if Kou Ji didn't ridicule him.

Chong Shiheng was born as a scholar, and he was also very disgusted with the bad habit of renting a wife, so after hearing Li Di mention renting a wife, his face was slightly straight and said: "My Great Song Dynasty is now threatening the whole world, and the people of my Great Song Dynasty have no reason why they can't marry a wife." I didn't see it, and I can pretend I don't know, but if I do, there's no reason to ignore it.

Li Gong is relieved to leave this matter to me.

When I go to Illinois, I will definitely bring back those women from Illino. ”

Li Di heard Chong Shiheng's words, and laughed: "With your words, the old man is relieved." The old man's sheep and dried fruits were not sent to the wrong person. ”

While speaking, Li Di had already urged Du Yan, who was not far behind him, to push the wheelbarrow with dried fruits to the gate as soon as possible.

Chong Shiheng was also not polite, and smiled at all the sheep and dried fruits sent by Li Di, but did not invite Li Di into the barracks.

As Chong Shiheng said, today's military discipline in the forbidden army is very strict.

There is a clear stipulation in the military discipline of the forbidden army that no one who belongs to the forbidden army is allowed to set foot in the camp where the forbidden army is stationed, and no one is an exception.

Even the three Zai in the court are the same.

Although Li Di has an identity and qualifications.

But Chong Shiheng couldn't invite him into the barracks to drink a bowl of mutton soup together.

Doorway.

After Du Yan watched the soldiers of the Zhenxi Army push the last cart of dried fruits into the gate, he hesitated and said to Li Di, who was holding a shepherd and yawning with a whip on the side: "Duke Li, let the forbidden army of the imperial court go out to rob women, after it spreads, it will be very bad for our reputation." ”

Li Di glanced at Du Yan and asked nonchalantly, "Du Yan, how long have you been in Hexi?" ”

Du Yan was stunned for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "It's been almost eight years." ”

Li Di looked sideways at Du Yan, sighed and said, "You have been in Hexi for eight years, and you have not yet learned what is the way to be an official. Your career in this life will stop there. ”

Du Yan's face changed.

Li Di said to himself: "It's okay if you stay in Hexi, after the old man drives Hexi, you can take the old man's position and continue to sit in Hexi." ”

Du Yan gritted his teeth slightly.

Seeing this, Li Di snorted and said, "What, unwilling?" ”

Du Yan did not speak.

Li Di said sarcastically: "If you are unwilling, you will hold back...... You Du Yan have been an official for decades, and you have been in Hexi for eight years, and you still haven't understood the way to be an official.

Fame?

Does fame matter to the people?

We are officials for the sake of the court, for the people, not for ourselves.

If you only want fame, then what kind of official are you doing?

Let's go to the Wenchang School to teach.

Teach a peach and plum all over the world, and the good name will definitely spread all over the world.

Since he is an official, his reputation is the least important.

As an official, the first thing is to maintain the imperial court.

The second is to protect the people.

The reputation is insignificant compared to the court and the people.

As long as we are worthy of the court, the people, and our conscience.

Even if someone becomes a butcher or executioner, it is as happy as a glutton.

What officials are most afraid of is putting the cart before the horse.

blindly pursues fame, but forgets the fundamentals of being an official.

Then you are not worthy of being an official.

Koji knows this better than you can see.

So Kou Ji is now my Great Song Privy Envoy.

And you, Du Yan, can only eat sand in Hexi. ”

Du Yan lowered his head with an ugly face.

Seeing this, Li Di sighed, "The old man knows in his heart that people like us have their own insistence on being an official deep in their hearts, and they will not be shaken easily. The old man doesn't want to change your insistence, he just wants you to see more of the people in your spare time.

It's better to do more for the people than to chase for those ethereal fames. ”

Du Yan obviously didn't want to discuss this issue with Li Di, so he still kept silent.

Seeing this, Li Di didn't say anything more.

What should be said, he has already said it, whether he can understand it or not, it depends on Du Yan himself.

The Great Song Dynasty is changing day by day, and the center of change is on Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji.

They not only control the power of the Great Song Dynasty, but also control all the changes in the Great Song Dynasty.

What they need most now is people who do practical things for the people and the court in a down-to-earth manner.

And not the kind of person who pursues fame and fortune for himself.

People who don't fit their minds will never be able to get into their eyes for the rest of their lives.

If you can't get into their eyes, you can't get into the center.

Even if you try your best and go to the center with all your might, you won't have much right to speak.

Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, and Zhang Zhibai are the best examples.

Don't look at Lu Yijian's majesty in the court, but they don't actually have much right to speak.

The three of them are now following Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji's thoughts, so what they say will be easy.

If they were to fight against Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji, then what they said would not be easy at all.

In a few years, their influence in the court will also weaken.

The reform of the imperial court road to the government system did not affect the interests of officials and families.

But officials and families did not benefit from this.

There are only two people who really benefit from the imperial court road reform system, one is Zhao Zhen and the other is Kou Ji.

Everyone in the government and the opposition is staring at the positions of the prefects, inspectors, and generals of the various prefectures.

But no one cares, the states under the jurisdiction of the government have some new faces.

Those protégés of Kou Ji who came out of the Heavenly Saint Pavilion have now quietly spread all over the Great Song Dynasty and have become the governors of Yizhou.

Those guys, all of them are heroes.

They are destined to gain a foothold at the local level, and then gradually move into the center of power.

In a few years, some of them will be appointed prefects, and some will be sent back to Beijing.

Wait until they speak in the court.

There were only two voices left in the courtroom.

One is called Zhao Zhen and the other is called Kou Ji.

In this case, if you don't follow Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji's thoughts to be an official, how good can the end be be?

Just when Li Di was thinking wildly, Chong Shiheng had already ordered the soldiers of the Zhenxi Army to remove the dried fruits and other things from the wheelbarrow and return the wheelbarrow to the gate of the wheelbarrow.

Li Di said goodbye to Chong Shiheng and instructed Du Yan to take people and push a wheelbarrow to leave the place where the military camp was located.

It's night.

The lights in the Zhenxi military camp were bright, and the fragrance of mutton drifted to all parts of Hexi with the wind.

The soldiers of the Zhenxi Army had a full meal of mutton, and each of them was given a small leather bag of dried fruits, and by the way, they also remembered the military order conveyed by Chong Shiheng to kill men and not women.

The Zhenxi Army was stationed on the border of Shazhou for five days.

Three fast horses, coming from the east.

The soldiers on horseback carried the letter flag on their backs, braved the wind and sand, ran all the way to the gate of Yuanmen, and rushed into the gate.

The officers and men of the Zhenxi Army at the gate did not stop it.

In today's Great Song Dynasty, those who dare to break into the barracks of the forbidden army are only 800 miles expedited with military orders.

After the soldiers of the Zhenxi Army at the gate of Yuanmen rode their horses into the Yuanmen, they immediately changed from a defensive posture to a defensive posture.

Eight hundred miles of expedited soldiers rushed into the gate of Yuanmen, and ran all the way to the front of the Chinese army's tent.

"The Privy Council has an urgent order, and with the knowledge of the Privy Council, Shiheng, lead the whole army of Zhenxi Army, immediately march westward, and send troops to Yizhou!"

Eight hundred miles of urgent soldiers shouted in front of the big tent of the Chinese army.

Chong Shiheng quickly appeared outside the big tent of the Chinese army, and while he walked to the side of the 800-mile expedited soldiers, he ordered the general of the Zhenxi Army to gather the whole army.

Wait until Chong Shiheng walked to the side of the eight-hundred-mile urgent soldier, took the military order of the Privy Council, and read it carefully.

The entire Zhenxi Army has quickly assembled together.

Chong Shiheng had long expected that the imperial court would send troops to the Uighurs in Xizhou, so he had already made preparations.

This trip to the Uighurs in Xizhou can be said to be a race against time, and the sooner it is, the less risky it is.

Therefore, Chong Shiheng shortened some unnecessary wasted time as much as possible.

After the whole army of Zhenxi Army was assembled, Chong Shiheng immediately ordered the whole army to be mobilized.

50,000 soldiers, under the leadership of Chong Shiheng, left the barracks and quickly rushed to Yizhou in the Uighur territory of Xizhou.

In order to save time, they did not bring tents or baggage.

Only some simple rations were brought.

In order to save time on the march.

The cavalry was in front, the musketeers were in the center, and the artillery was in formation.

50,000 soldiers and horses rushed to Yizhou day and night.

The border of Shazhou, two and a half days away from Yizhou.

It took only one and a half days for the Zhenxi Army to arrive in Yizhou.

If it weren't for the artillery drag, the time could have been shortened even more.

After Chong Shiheng led the Zhenxi Army to Yizhou, he ordered the whole army to recuperate outside Yizhou.

He sent scouts to investigate the movements of the Liao soldiers, and at the same time sent people to the city of Yizhou to negotiate with the Uighur Khan of Western Prefecture.

After going out for a day, the scout returned to the temporary military camp and informed Chong Shiheng that the Liao soldiers had arrived at Nazhi and were attacking Nazhi.

After Chong Shiheng learned the news, he was relieved.

The Liao soldiers are still attacking Nazhi, and then they will conquer Yidu, and it is impossible to reach Yizhou without three or five days.

There is plenty of time left for Chong Shiheng.

As long as he was fast enough, when the Liao soldiers arrived in Yizhou, he had already returned to Shazhou with everyone.

In this way, the conflict with the Liao soldiers was avoided.

The envoys who went to the city of Illustration to negotiate with the Uighur Khan of Western China stayed in the city for a full day.

After returning from Yizhou City to the temporary military camp.

Chong Shiheng asked dissatisfiedly: "Do you know that our time is very precious, and if we delay for a moment, it is very likely that we will have to pay for the lives of dozens or even hundreds of soldiers?" ”

Chong Shiheng was in the big tent of the Chinese army, surrounded by generals in armor and blades, and when he said this, he was full of deterrence.

The envoy who went to negotiate heard Chong Shiheng's words, his face was bitter, and he bowed down and said, "The lower officials don't want to stay in Yizhou City for a day. The lower officials entered the city of Yizhou, and the Uighur Khan of Naxi Prefecture shirked left and right and refused to see the lower officials.

In the end, Xia Guan threatened to go to war, and only then did he meet the Uighur Khan of Western Prefecture. ”

When Chong Shiheng heard this, he frowned and said, "What did that old boy say?" ”

The envoy said with a bitter face: "He said that if my Great Song Dynasty is willing to help him defend the three cities of Yizhou, Yidu, and Nazhi, he can offer half of the money accumulated by the Uighurs in Xizhou to my Great Song Dynasty." ”

Chong Shiheng snorted coldly, "He has a good calculation!" ”

The envoy smiled bitterly and did not speak.

Chong Shiheng asked: "What did he say about letting him go back to Shazhou with us?" ”

The envoy said frankly: "He shirked left and right, and did not agree. ”

Chong Shiheng narrowed his eyes slightly, "Give a shameless thing." ”

Chong Shiheng slowly got up and said loudly: "Pass the order, and the whole army will attack." ”

The 50,000 Zhenxi Army, with the order of Chong Shiheng, pressed towards Yizhou.

The Uighur Khan of Xizhou originally thought that even if the Great Song Dynasty turned against him, he would be able to resist one or two with the soldiers and horses in his hands, and he would continue to consume the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty until the Liao soldiers arrived, and then sit and watch the two tigers fight each other, and pick up the advantage himself.

But when the 50,000 Zhenxi army was killed under the city of Yizhou.

He realized that he was wrong.

His soldiers and horses were completely vulnerable in front of the Zhenxi army.

A salvo of 100 artillery pieces shot a large gap in the wall of Yizhou City.

The Uighur soldiers and horses of Western China in the city of Yizhou were in chaos.

The Uighur soldiers and horses of Xizhou, after suffering heavy blows from the Black Khan Dynasty and the Liao State in succession, had already filled their hearts with fear.

In the roar of the artillery fire of the Zhenxi army, they did not have the slightest courage to fight.

The Uighur Khan of Xizhou organized a group of soldiers who were very loyal to him, and rode out of the city of Yizhou, hoping to suppress the momentum of the Zhenxi army's attack.

It's just that those pro-soldiers rushed out of the city of Yizhou and rushed into the range of the muskets, and were killed by the rounds of guns.

After all the soldiers sent by the Uighur Khan of Xizhou were killed, the Zhenxi army rushed into the city of Yizhou.

The Western Uighur soldiers and horses in the city of Yizhou knelt down and asked to surrender.

The Uighur Khan of Xizhou, with his princess and children, expressed his submission to Chong Shiheng at the gate of the temporary palace in the city of Yizhou.

On behalf of the imperial court, Chong Shiheng accepted his surrender.

After the surrender of the Uighur Khan in Western State.

Chong Shiheng ordered all the Uighur males of Western Prefecture in the city of Yizhou to be taken prisoner.

Then he drove the captives and looted all the goods, cattle, sheep, horses, and people in the city of Yizhou.

In the end, Chong Shiheng took everything in Yizhou City and left Yizhou City overnight.

A day and a half later, Xiao Pidi led a force of 30,000 soldiers and horses to appear outside Yizhou City.

Looking at the cleared Yizhou City, Xiao Pidi's face was gloomy and could drip blood.

"After learning that the Song soldiers had appeared in the territory of the Uighurs in Xizhou, I left a large army to attack Yidu and Nazhi, and rushed here with a detachment of divisions. I thought I would stop Song Bing, but I didn't expect it to be too late. ”

Xiao Pidi straddled the horse, subconsciously clenched his fists, and said resentfully: "We have fought hard for several months, and in the end it was the Song people who took advantage.

The accumulation of hundreds of years of accumulation of the Western Uighurs was so easily taken away by the Song people.

Outrageous. ”

"General, the matter has come to this, it is useless to talk more."

Wen Chen, who was following Xiao Pidi's side, whispered an admonition, "The Black Khan King didn't capture much property in Gaochang, and he also seized a lot of property in the Uighur Northern Court in Xizhou.

Although the King of the Black Khan was very generous in handing over Yidu, Nazhi, and Yizhou to us.

But the money in the hands of the Uighur Khan of Western Prefecture was not explicitly handed over to us.

The accumulation of a hundred years of accumulation by the Uighurs in Western Prefecture must have been a great fortune.

The Black Khan must have been thinking about that wealth.

All the general had to do now was to send someone to inform the Black Khan King of the Song people's looting of Yizhou.

lest the Black Khan think that we have monopolized the savings of the Uighurs in Western Prefecture for a hundred years, and come into conflict with us. ”

Xiao Pidi gritted his teeth and said, "I'll leave this matter to you." By the way, I would like to remind the Black Khan King Yu Sufu that the promise that my Liao State promised him has been fulfilled, and the promise he promised us should also be fulfilled.

Compared with the Western Uighurs, the Great Song Dynasty was even wealthier.

When they invaded the Great Song Dynasty, they got a hundred or a thousand times more than the Uighurs in Xizhou. ”

"Xia Guan understands."

The civil official agreed, and left the outside of Yizhou with a group of people.

Xiao Pidi took 30,000 horses and stationed them outside Yizhou City.

Chong Shiheng returned with a full load, and as soon as he entered the border of Shazhou, Li Di appeared on the border with people.

After meeting Chong Shiheng, Li Di did not ask Chong Shiheng if he had brought back the poor women from the Xizhou Uighurs, but asked with some concern: "Are there any soldiers injured, and how many have they been injured?" This time they snatched food from the Black Khan Dynasty and the Liao people, and they will definitely not give up. The doctors in the army may not have so much time to take care of the wounded soldiers, so you hand over the wounded soldiers to the old man, who has already ordered people to prepare a lot of empty houses in Shazhou and Guazhou to recuperate the wounds. ”

Chong Shiheng ordered the general of the Zhenxi Army to bring people in, he jumped off his horse, walked in front of Li Di and said: "Li Gong don't worry, some of the soldiers are injured, but there are not many of them. ”

Li Di breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

Chong Shiheng said in a deep voice: "However, this time to snatch food from the Black Khan Dynasty and the Liao people, they will definitely be annoyed and angry. The Liao and the Black Khan Dynasty have the intention of joining hands to fight our Great Song Dynasty.

It is very likely that they will use this as an excuse to Chen Bing on the border of our Great Song Dynasty.

So, in the days ahead, we may have a hard time.

I can't take care of the wounded soldiers and local people, and then there will be Lao Li Gong. ”

When Li Di heard this, his expression became solemn.

"It's still winter now, and the people of the Liao and Heihan Dynasty shouldn't do it. Because the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu could not lead the other soldiers and horses of the Liao State, he formed a two-sided attack on us.

However, we also have to guard against it, if the enemy does not act according to common sense, we will suffer in the end.

The old man will give an order when he turns around, temporarily move the people of Shazhou to Guazhou, and vacate Shazhou for you to be a battlefield.

The wounded soldiers in the camp, you can hand them over to the old man to take with them.

With the old man sitting behind you, you can let go of your hands and feet to deal with the people of the Black Han Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom.

As long as the old man is alive, the old man will not let anything in the rear stumble your feet. ”

Chong Shiheng bowed to Li Di and said, "Then there is Lao Li Gong." ”

Li Di bowed and returned the salute, "It's all for the court and the people." ”

After the two finished speaking, they began to count the seizures.

After the money was counted clearly, Chong Shiheng ordered someone to pack it and handed it to Li Di, so that Li Di could send local soldiers and people to transport the money to the Yizipu in Xiliang City.

Cattle, sheep, horses, and grain, after being counted, were stored in Shazhou.

The captives who surrendered, among whom could be organized into soldiers and horses, were kept by Chong Shiheng, and the rest were handed over to Li Di.

Li Di has a lot of experience in how to divide and manage those Uighurs in Western Prefecture.

As for the Uighur Khan of Xizhou, he was sent respectfully to Bianjing by Li Di and Chong Shiheng.

Since the Uighur Khan of Xizhou voluntarily surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty, rather than defecting to the Great Song Dynasty, the set of treatment methods agreed upon by the imperial court was naturally not applicable.

After everything is taken care of.

Chong Shiheng led the Zhenxi Army and began to deploy defenses on the border of Shazhou.

Half deployed.

The armies of the Black Khan Dynasty and the Liao State appeared on the border of Shazhou.

When the black-pressed soldiers and horses appeared on the border of Shazhou, everyone on the border of Shazhou looked numb.

The Black Khan Dynasty had 700,000 soldiers and horses, and 100,000 Liao soldiers.

There were 800,000 soldiers and horses, covering a piece of land.

When the 800,000 allied troops of the Black Khan Dynasty and the Liao State appeared on the border of Shazhou, Chong Shiheng appeared on a high ground.

Looking at the black and oppressive army, Chong Shiheng said in a deep voice: "Before the beginning of spring, 800,000 soldiers and horses pressed over, and they wanted to start in advance." ”

The soldiers and horses of the Black Khan Dynasty pursued a strategy of feeding war with war.

There was no war, and they were all out in the army, just looking for death.

for their baggage and rations were in the camp of the enemy.

Therefore, once the army of the Black Khan Dynasty is dispatched, there will be war.

Now the Black Khan Dynasty has pressed an army of 700,000 on the border of the Great Song Dynasty, making it clear that it is to take the lead in attacking the Great Song Dynasty before the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu leads the Liao soldiers south to attack the Great Song Dynasty.

"The enemy's actions were different from what the officials and Kou Shumi had expected, and they sent someone to immediately send the news back to Bianjing. Let Kou Shumi's troops and horses come to the aid as soon as possible. At the same time, we sent people to Yuanshan and Qingtang to deliver the message, and asked them to send a group of soldiers and horses to come to our aid. ”

After confirming the purpose of the Black Khan Dynasty, Chong Shiheng solemnly ordered the people around him to ask for help.

Chong Shiheng not only asked the imperial court for help, but also asked for help from the two allies Qingtang and Yuanshan.