Chapter 460: Driving the Tiger and Devouring the Wolf
On September 25, the king of Wei received an urgent letter from his son Zhao Hongrun.
For the eighth son Zhao Hongrun, Wei Tianzi is now more and more satisfied, after all, although this son is sometimes quite unorthodox, he is so naughty that he almost blows up his father's lungs, but it is undeniable that once this son gets serious, Wei Tianzi really can't imagine whether there are still young people like this son among his peers of the Ji Zhao royal family.
There may be another person, such as the sixth son of the Qi Kingdom, "Rui Wang" Hongzhao.
"Your Majesty, this letter from His Royal Highness King Su must be good news."
In the vertical arch hall, Zhongshu Zuo Cheng Yu Ziqi seemed to remind with deep meaning.
You must know that although Qiu Yu, the imperial history supplement who served as the supervisor of the "First Army", would write down the current situation every few days and send someone to report it to Da Liang, so that Da Liang could know the battle situation on the Sanchuan side in time.
But it is undeniable that the things reported by Qiu Yu are not as detailed as what Zhao Hongrun wrote in his own handwriting, after all, the former is just a full number of supervisors, and Zhao Hongrun is the real decision-maker.
Because of this, the three Chinese book ministers of the Vertical Arch Hall were all very interested in the letter written by Zhao Hongrun himself, but Wei Tianzi pinched this letter and sighed secretly, and he didn't know what he was feeling, which made the three Chinese book ministers who were waiting for him feel as uncomfortable as a cat's claw scratching his heart.
Probably noticing the look of anticipation that the three Chinese book ministers were waiting for, Wei Tianzi laughed, temporarily stopped thinking about his sixth son Zhao Hongzhao, and slowly spread out the letter.
This is from Zhao Hongrun's official good news, and the imperial history supplement Qiu Yu who served as the supervisor of the army is different, I saw that the good news in the foreign sun wrote several articles, detailing the process and results of Zhao Hongrun's expedition to Sanchuan, in comparison, the imperial history supplement Qiu Yu every few days sent back the message of the Liang, short like grapevine, unconvincing.
"That's good news."
After a few cursory glances, Wei Tianzi nodded and slowly walked from the side of the dragon case to the hall.
Regarding the battle report, Wei Tianzi complained a little about his eighth son Zhao Hongrun.
Obviously, the Battle of Sanchuan, which ended at the end of August, but the good news was not delivered to Daliang until September 25, as if the bad son didn't care about the matter of "sending good news to the royal capital".
But to tell the truth, in Wei Tianzi's opinion, his son may really not care about this.
After all, Zhao Hongrun has already made it very clear that the reason why he did this is only because he is the "prince of the Wei people" and a "member of the royal family", and he does not intend to invite merit, and second, he does not want the imperial court to hold any "victory to welcome the army".
For example, the last time he conquered the Chu State, Zhao Hongrun sneaked back to the palace with the guards, and gave his father Wei Tianzi a great surprise.
If it weren't for the cleverness of Baili Ba, the general of the Junshui Army at that time, who temporarily found a white soldier to pretend to be King Su, I am afraid that the imperial court really didn't know how to explain to the more than 100,000 people who went out of the city to greet him.
In this regard, Wei Tianzi could only helplessly think about the bright side, and repeatedly reminded himself that this was his son who was not greedy for fame and fame, and was a very good character, and definitely not that the inferior son didn't care about the feelings of others who were anxious about the battle situation in front of him day and night.
It's a pity that this kind of "reminder" is really unconvincing, especially when Wei Tianzi gradually has a clear understanding of what kind of character his eighth son is.
"Hey, all the generals in the world who are going out on expeditions are all successful after winning the battle and immediately sending good news to the royal capital, but this is the son...... When that bad boy returns, I'll talk about him. He is so smart, can't he consider how many people on the side of Daliang are worried about the battle situation on the front line? Wei Tianzi complained while flipping through the good news.
"I'm afraid it's not that I can't think about it, but I don't care at all......
Zhongshu Ling Lin Yuyang and Zhongshu Zuo Cheng Yu Ziqi glanced at each other and muttered secretly.
However, the latter said a good word for Zhao Hongrun: "When His Royal Highness King Su does things, he has always been engrossed and distracted, maybe he really forgot it, maybe he ...... it."
"Well, that makes sense." Wei Tianzi nodded and got off the donkey down the slope.
After all, he didn't really want to blame his son, it was just a disguised show-off, just like those parents who complained about their children in front of outsiders, "My child studies so hard every day, his grades are enough to get into a good school, I really don't know what he is doing so hard".
In fact, when it comes to good news, Zhao Hongrun's summary of winning this battle is nothing more than a few lines, such as "The soldiers use their lives, the horns are destroyed, the Tatu is bowed, and the remnants are surrendered."
And after that, there are several articles, which are his rewards and pension arrangements for the merchant army, which are dense and very detailed.
In fact, it stands to reason that the rewards and pensions after the war should be decided by the Ministry of War, but it is obvious that the relationship between Zhao Hongrun and the Ministry of War is not good.
It is obviously an act of overstepping authority, but I believe that in the case of a big victory, the imperial court will not care, even if it is the military department, it can only pretend to be deaf and dumb, and there is no such thing as power.
No, Wei Tianzi tore down those pieces with a smile on his face, and instructed the chief eunuch Tong Xian to hand over these pieces of paper to the household department, and asked the latter to prepare a reward and bereavement pension.
After this, Wei Tianzi continued to read the good news, and suddenly, his eyes widened and he looked surprised.
Seeing this, Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi and the others couldn't take much care of it, and came to Wei Tianzi's side and poked their heads to look around, wanting to see what was so surprising to the majesty in front of them.
Only Feng Yu, the right man of the Chinese book, stood aside and didn't dare to step forward, after all, it seemed that Lin Yuyang and Yu Ziqi's behavior at the moment was quite unorthodox: the side of the Son of Heaven, that could also stand casually?
However, just as Feng Yu was about to secretly remind these two colleagues, he saw Wei Tianzi, Lin Yuyang, and Yu Ziqi glancing at each other, and the three of them were all full of joy, and exclaimed in unison: "Fifty thousand three Sichuan rides?!" ”
"W-What?" Feng Yu's face was puzzled.
It's a pity that no one paid attention to him at this moment, so he saw Lin Yuyang and Yu Ziqi take a step forward, bow down to Wei Tianzi, and congratulate: "Your Majesty Hongfu, you have to serve 50,000 cavalry of the Qian tribe." ”
Wei Tianzi also seemed quite pleased, and said in a loud voice: "Is it my Hongfu? I am blessed by Great Wei, blessed by Great Wei. After that, he touched the dragon's beard and said, "As far as I know, the cavalry of the Qiang tribe is no less than the elite cavalry of Korea?" ”
"There are advantages and disadvantages of each other, and it is difficult to distinguish between the advantages and disadvantages." Lin Yuyang seemed to have some understanding of the Korean cavalry, and commented pertinently: "The Korean cavalry is better than discipline, if it meets the cavalry of the Qian nationality, more than 10,000, then Korea will win; But if the two sides meet with thousands of horses, the Korean cavalry may not have a chance of winning. ”
After that, Yu Ziqi also happily echoed: "With this 50,000 three Sichuan rides, my Great Wei should not be afraid of ****." ”
Looking at the joyful faces of the three monarchs and ministers, Feng Yu secretly regretted that he hadn't been able to stand up just now.
While chatting and watching, Wei Tianzi gradually saw a few articles about the "Alliance of the Rivers", and when he saw the sentence "The ministers set up a banquet and invited a hundred tribes to gather, they all came, and no one dared to disobey", Wei Tianzi spat out viciously.
Obviously, the behavior of the Qiang tribe not giving face when he was hunting made the king of Wei deeply hateful, and now, his son gave Lao Tzu this bad breath, to say that Wei Tianzi was not happy, it is obviously a lie.
It is worth mentioning that after the Hundred Tribes Alliance, the alliance of the Hundred Tribes has expanded to more than sixty tribes, which is almost half of the tribal strength in the land of Sanchuan.
In other words, Zhao Hongrun brought half of Sanchuan to the Wei camp.
It's no wonder that after seeing this, Lin Yuyang exclaimed: "The minister thought that the 50,000 cavalry of the Qian clan would be King Su's biggest gain, but he didn't want to, King Su actually won over half of Sanchuan!" ”
Yu Ziqi also followed up and exclaimed: "This strategy can calm my Great Wei for a hundred years!" ”
Listening to the exclamations of the two Chinese scholars, Wei Tianzi was greatly satisfied.
In addition to being satisfied, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
Such an excellent son, a son who has done a very good job of leading troops to fight or pacifying foreign tribes, has no interest in that position at all.
As a father, Wei Tianzi felt gratified; But as a monarch, Wei Tianzi was undoubtedly disappointed.
But just when he was extremely disappointed, he suddenly saw Zhao Hongrun's only request in the good news.
And from the side, Yu Ziqi had already said this: "The Qiang tribe and the Ling tribe actually want to get the support of my Great Wei to attack the country of Ba? ”
As soon as the words came out, the atmosphere in the hall immediately changed slightly, and Lin Yuyang and Yu Ziqi, who were standing beside Wei Tianzi, also quietly took half a step back, holding their breath lightly, not daring to disturb Wei Tianzi's contemplation.
In fact, at that time, in addition to the Qian tribe and the Lingyuan tribe, there was also the Wubian tribe that has now joined the Yushui Alliance, and the patriarch of the Wubian tribe, Cheralhe, hoped that Wei would support them to resist the attack of "Qin".
And this matter, Zhao Hongrun has already agreed, after all, because of the relationship between Longxi, Wei and Qin have become hostile, even if Zhao Hongrun and Qin Shaojun regard each other as good friends, it is not enough for Zhao Hongrun to abolish the public for personal reasons, after all, once Qin intervenes in Sanchuan, it will not only damage the interests of the Sanchuan tribe, but also damage the prestige of Wei.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun had to support the Wubian tribe, not only out of consideration for interests, but also to let the allies of the Yushui Alliance see that Wei was committed to maintaining the stability and peace of Sanchuan, not just talking.
But Pakistan is different, although the Wei people and the Ba people are said to have a feud, but because of the relationship between each other, there is no conflict of interest between the two at present, the Wei people have never started diplomatic relations with Pakistan, purely ignoring them, at most scolding a few words of "despicable villain" after dinner, that's all.
And in this case, whether it is necessary for Wei to support the tribes of Qian and Ling to attack Ba has become a major matter that even Zhao Hongrun has no right to claim, or rather, a national policy.
In the vertical arch hall, there was no sound, only the sound of Wei Tianzi pacing while contemplating.
After a long time, Wei Tianzi said slowly with a straight face: "Yun!" (To be continued.) )