Volume 1 Born Out of Thin Air Chapter 15 Dali Kingdom
The important ministers of Dali have been accustomed to the once wise and martial king issuing "broken thoughts", they salute together according to the routine, and they dare not say that they dare not, please take care of your majesty. Duan Qirui sighed, reluctantly asked them to excuse himself, and rolled his eyes.
Lu Yiming, as the head of the hundred officials and the Dinghai Shenzhu of the civil officials of Dali, was the first to speak: "Your Majesty Wan'an, please ask the king to withdraw the military order to send troops to Lingnan and reconcile with the Great Zhou." ”
The prime minister is so direct! In the venue, civil officials, military generals and clans whispered, the scene was noisy, and the banquet attendants knocked on the fork to signal silence.
After Lu Yiming waited for the scene to be quiet again, he continued: "Although most of the elite soldiers in the southern part of the Great Zhou were attracted by Fang La, and the Great Zhou was indeed severely damaged by the Liao State a few years ago, its foundation was not damaged. The Great Zhou is rich all over the world, and the people of Dali are poor, if you provoke ......"
On the contrary, Dali Cheng was on the other hand about the expedition to Lingnan, which mainly included the present-day Guangdong and Guangxi, and the Great Zhou was called Shannan East Road and Shannan West Road respectively. Fang La sent an envoy to ask the Dali troops to attack the Great Zhou from the north and south, and after the matter was completed, Lingnan and Fujian were rewarded.
Although the important ministers of Dali were not optimistic about Fang La, they were greedy for Lingnan and wanted to take advantage of the weakness of the Great Zhou to take it without telling him, anyway, the Western Xia Kingdom also grabbed a lot of territory from the Great Zhou.
The civilian-official clique represented by Lu Yiming and some veterans do not want to start a war with Da Zhou and undermine the hard-won long-term peace between the two countries, but some people do not think so.
"The prime minister's words are wrong. Niu sent troops in a hurry five years ago, and as a result, he lost more than 100,000 troops in the so-called battle for land, fully exposing the weakness of his army. Now it has been disturbed by Fang La, and the displaced people in Guanzhong are all around......" A Tusi general who has emerged in recent years talked eloquently, and the military generals from Tusi on the scene echoed it, but most of the civil and military forces present showed disdain.
"At this time, the national strength of the Great Zhou Dynasty is weak, and it is the time when I expand the territory of Dali. How can the prime minister grow the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige. Could it be that the prime minister has a daughter who is married to a Great Zhou person, so he regards himself as a Great Zhou person and wants to take refuge in the Great Zhou court? A young general from the clan was indignant and said something heart-wrenching.
The countries of the Quartet may have a slight complaint about the army of the Great Zhou, but without exception, they yearn for Chinese culture. It is the admiration of a hundred birds and a phoenix, and it is also a yearning for civilization. is still the same sentence, the Great Zhou Dynasty is the most prosperous in all dynasties, like the sun in the sky.
Lu Yiming was a little angry, he was married to the Great Zhou royal family well, and he admired the culture of the Celestial Empire well. But as a Dali, how could he abandon his ethics and go against the way of the saints?
I still doubt the integrity of the old man, most of the important ministers and generals here, which family doesn't want to marry the Great Zhou Shi clan? If you want to climb high, you can't look down on the famous family of the Great People's Congress Zhou!
Prime Minister Lu Cheng's temper came up, and he was furious at the moment, and he stood up and pointed at the clan general.
The old king Duan Qirui narrowed his eyes, and the corners of his mouth smiled. The old minister also knew that this prime minister, the first merry and talented man in Dali was about to go crazy, and they were watching the play one after another. There are a few veterans of civil officials who have abandoned the mustard in the past, handed each other melons and fruits, and watched while eating......
Lu Yiming stood in the main hall, raised his head, and his Confucian clothes were straight. Sideways, not facing away from Duan Qirui. "The erector insults me, thinking that my Lu family has been rooted in Dali for more than 200 years, and has always adhered to the way of the sage, and the son said ......"
That clan general knew that he was speechless, why didn't he hold back and provoke this stubborn turtle?! This young general is on the side of the second prince, the main battle faction, and he was eager to refute Lu Yiming, so he was in a hurry.
This sucks! When I go back, my mother will definitely beat me, what should I do, this old man is notoriously unprovoked!
Lu Yiming is at least in Dali, and no one dares to mess with him. He was born in the first scholarly family in Dali, once the champion of Dali in high school, suppressed the entire Dali literary circle in more than ten years, and was really invincible in Dali.
The Lu family has strict family mottos, and generations of famous ministers and important ministers are continuous, and they are the pillars of Dali's literary circle. And he only follows the literature and does not follow the martial arts, and has many marriages with the royal family and the Dali clan, and is deeply trusted by the kings of previous dynasties. It is an exaggeration to say that the Lu family can walk sideways in Dali if they don't rebel, not to mention that there is no reason to rebel.
Lu Yiming not only pressed Dali, but also traveled to study in Dazhou. Because he was not angry with the slander of some Great Zhou scholars on the Dali literary circle, he debated for three days in the Great Zhou Guozijian, and finally attracted Wang Qi to come forward before he was defeated, and the Great Zhou, Liao and Xixia cultural circles were famous.
The news was transmitted back to the southwest, and since then, the famous families of Dali have often staged such a scene: the noble lady beat her son's little hand with a wooden stick, and did not forget to count: "Look at Prime Minister Lu Cheng, how young he was... Look at you, how did I give birth to such a son as you. This scene has become a childhood shadow for several generations, causing many young people to hate and fear the prime minister, and stay away.
Not long after the young general who was close to the second prince was promoted, he dared to scold Lu Yiming angrily for the first time when he participated in such a big occasion, it was really not such a thing for many years!
Duan Qirui rubbed his brows, looked at the Jiaoshou above the main hall, and began to pluck his ears regardless of the image. The Wenchen generals below gathered in three or five groups, laughed at themselves, and while inquiring about the young man, they also began to ridicule Lu Yiming's history of intimidation. There are also a few old guys who are not authentic, and they are not in the officialdom anyway, and they actually began to bet on how long the prime minister will be in this fight.
"Kong said Chengren, Meng said to take righteousness, Lu Mou even..."Half an hour passed, Lu Yiming still quoted scriptures and scolded the young man, and Dali's civil and military began to sympathize with the confused clan.
The voice of the one was continuous, and the eldest prince was fascinated by it. The second prince looked at the clan brother angrily, thinking in his heart why are you messing with him, I don't know if Lao Tzu can't afford to mess with him......
The old king began to feel a little sleepy, and Du Chenqi hurriedly stepped forward to massage His Majesty to relieve stress. After all, Prime Minister Lu is old and a little panting, and he can't bear to see Duan Qirui, who is tired alive, throw out the bench.
"What's that, little wooden stick, don't apologize to the prime minister, go back to the Zongren Mansion to face the wall for three days. Prime Minister Lu Cheng is the pillar of Dali State, you are young and a clan, how can you speak lightly. ”
The clan, who had already begun to sobble and was about to doubt his life, suddenly heard His Majesty shouting his name, and he was moved and hurriedly apologized to the prime minister. Remind yourself fiercely that you really have to control this mouth in the future, especially in front of the prime minister, it's too terrible!
With the steps down, it's almost the same to say, the main thing is that his physical strength can't keep up, so Lu Yiming happily accepted the young man's apology.
Touching the little young man's head, Lu Yiming said some heartfelt words such as being teachable, which almost made the other party stumble again. Many people present breathed a sigh of relief, but also a little regretful, ten years ago, the prime minister could have scared the person who provoked him to a mental breakdown!
Lu Yiming sat back in his seat, and in this way, the two sides who were originally opposed were also disturbed by him, and the atmosphere was very embarrassing. The old fox is the old fox, Lu Yiming's salt for so many years has not been eaten in vain, and he has worked hard to maintain the increasingly divided court.
In the end, it was a veteran who resigned, and seeing that the old king couldn't bear to be cold, he questioned whether Dali could fight the Great Zhou and how to prevent the Li Dynasty of South Vietnam. The two sides of the war began to fight more "civilized......
The battle between the eldest prince Duan Liangjie and the second prince Duan Linlie has become public, the eldest prince has the support of the civilian official group and some veterans, and the second prince has the support of some young generals and most of the Tusi.
The eldest prince Duan Linjie didn't want to fight, but it was impossible to stay out of the matter, so he could only be pushed to fight. During Duan Qirui's reign, he rectified the rule of officials and developed production, and was very supported by the people and civil officials.
The generals of the main battle are all from the second side, and these cutting-edge generals and toasts want to make achievements, improve their status, and gain wealth. The second prince also wanted to overwhelm the eldest brother with the credit of defeating Da Zhou, and the two sides hit it off.
debated until late at night, and in the end, the main battle faction prevailed, and the cheap did not take advantage of nothing! Dali decided to send troops, and Lu Yiming was worried that the South Vietnamese State would take the opportunity to attack, and wanted to make a final effort.
However, the main battle faction had already had an idea, proposing to let the eldest prince guard the southern border to guard against South Vietnam. This proposal killed three birds with one stone, not only kicked the eldest prince away, but also blocked the South Vietnamese country, and at the same time it seemed that the eldest prince had made great achievements.
After the feast, the old king was tired, as if muttering to himself. "Chenyi, what do you think is the way to make the eldest and second shake hands and make peace?"
With a plop, Du Chen, the old eunuch, hurriedly knelt down. "Emperor, don't make fun of the old slave, the slave can't stand it. This kind of national event, how dare the old slave put his beak in it, and he was not eaten by those literati. Du Chenqi sweated like rain, panicking to the extreme.
"Get up, you old slippery head." Duan Qirui also knew that it was difficult for him, and after being happy, he laughed it off.
Dali is on par with the Celestial Empire everywhere, and the tradition of literati governing the country is even better. It's just that Du Chenqi and these eunuchs are greedy for money, after all, they are the king's henchmen, but as long as they dare to stretch out their hands to the government, it is really a bit of abuse. What's more, unlike the unification of the world in the Great Zhou Dynasty, there are still many Tusi wealthy families in Dali.
"Emperor Xie! Grandpa Xie Huang! Du Chenqi looked servile and finished his performance, but there was bitter hatred flashing in the depths of his eyes.
At the beginning of the second year of the Great Zhou Qinzong, Dali secretly sent 60,000 troops and suddenly knocked on the Lingnan of the Great Zhou. The Great Zhou army retreated for hundreds of miles, and at the same time carried out the clearing of the strong walls, and successfully blocked the Dali army between the mountains of Guangxi, and could not advance an inch.
The Li Dynasty of South Vietnam immediately attacked Dali, and the prince of Dali, with the help of several veterans, blocked the enemy army at the three passes of North Vietnam.
Fang La broke through the encirclement and was about to capture the entire Jiangnan East Road, but was attacked by guerrilla attacks by civilian armed forces that suddenly appeared in various places. At the same time, the surrounding prefectures and counties contracted their defenses, and materials could only enter and exit, so Fang La had to retreat to Hangzhou Mansion.
Before the decisive battle of the Jurchen Liao State, the Great Zhou, Dali and Nanyue Kingdom had already started a three-kingdom melee, coupled with Fang La's ferocious momentum. It's really not calm everywhere, and I hear the sound of war all the time.