"Well done Zhangduan! Well done! ”

In the Chongzheng Palace, Zhao Ji rarely gave up the reserve of the Son of Heaven and loudly applauded the good news at the front.

Lu Huiqing arched his hand and said, "Zhang Dian is still above Wang Shao in terms of intelligence. Today's victory is only the beginning, and the big victory should be in the back. ”

"The day before yesterday, I heard that Zhang Dian used an inhuman person, which caused many envoys to be killed. Today, it seems that he is still prepared. ”

"If you don't know what to do and come to each other with swords, how can the court serve people from afar? Therefore, Zhang Dan sent people to make envoys. If Jing Man submits immediately, then of course it is the best. If they refuse to obey, the conscription of the heavenly soldiers is justified. The barbarian thief killed the court envoy and killed himself! ”

Zhao Ji nodded again and again, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and praised again: "Zhang Dian did a good job." ”

In the name of the visiting envoy, Zhang Dian went to Jinghu and Lianglu to control the Nanjiang incident. It was still autumn. By the time Zhang Dian sorted out the chores he had just taken over and was ready to enter the army, it was already early winter in October.

At the beginning, Zhang Dian did not attack immediately, but first sent Li Zi, Ming Yizhong, Yuan Cheng and other monks and laymen as envoys to persuade Tian Yuanmeng, the mountain barbarian chief of Chenzhou. It is said that among the barbarians, they acted arbitrarily and even insulted women, and the barbarians who could not bear it until they could not bear it killed all the envoys, leaving only one monk who wished to become a monk to come back and report the news.

In the days when this news was transmitted back by Jinghu Horse, Zhao Ji had a gloomy face, and everyone was afraid, even with the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace, he had to hold his feet when he walked.

But today there is finally some good news.

Half a month ago, the official army and Chenzhou Shanman fought in Wushan. This army of officers sent 4,000 troops. And there are more than ten barbarian thieves, each according to the danger, a total of 10,000 people.

Although the art of war has ten clouds to encircle it, five to attack it, and multiple times to fight, Zhang Dian attacked several stockades located on dangerous terrain with less than half of his troops, which seemed to be a very crazy move, but it was Zhang Dian who laughed the most.

In that battle, Li Xin, who commanded the front army, was the first to go into battle. He was heavily armoured and armed with a shield, followed by two colonels each carrying a bundle of throwing spears. With 300 crossbow archers transferred from the Western Army, they rushed to a place more than forty steps under the wall.

The mountain barbarians are condescending, and arrows fall like rain for a while. However, the bows and crossbows used by the barbarians were all soft, far from being comparable to the strong bows and hard crossbows used in the Great Song army. Bathed in such a rain of arrows, as long as they have heavy armor, they are simply fearless, and the Song army's divine arm bow can easily suppress them. And Li Xin threw spears continuously, and in a blink of an eye, he killed several barbarian generals who were commanding the army to shoot back on the wall.

At the same time, Liu Zhongwu, a close confidant of Zhang Dan, led two hundred jumps, quietly climbed the cliff, and directly entered the main village of the thief army from the rear. Fighting back and forth, the barbarian chief Tian Yuan fled in a hurry, and there were countless people who fell on the cliff.

In this battle, a total of six villages were broken, 100 people were captured, and more than 300 people were beheaded. For the people in the middle of the mountain, few families can afford such a loss.

In Zhangdun's recitals, he is also full of his appreciation for Liu Zhongwu and Li Xin.

Since Liu Zhongwu became official three years ago, because of the fall of Xiang Bao, it has been very tragic to count the stars in Zhedabao. Fortunately, he was kind to the Zhang family and had his own talents, so he was recommended by Zhang. And Li Xin was originally recommended by Han Gang, and the day before yesterday, he killed seven generals with seven spears in Cage Pole City, and made a great reputation.

When Li Xin went to Beijing the day before yesterday, Zhao Ji also saw his martial arts. Seven four-foot iron spears flew fifty paces away in the blink of an eye, piercing the seven iron armors lined up in a row, perfectly showing how he killed several enemy generals in one fell swoop under the cage pole city.

Exquisite archery, Zhao Ji has seen a lot. is also an outstanding general of the new generation in Kansai, Wang Sunsin's beaded archery skills once amazed Zhao Ji. But comparable to him, in Zhao Ji's memory, he can still find a few people. But Li Xin's spear-throwing technique is the first time he has seen it.

Li Xin personally risked the arrow and stone, and fought bravely. This time a victory, it should be led by its merits. He gave his father one official, and he changed two officials, and the reward was doubled. I hope that he can be diligent and prudent as before, and make new contributions in Jinghu as soon as possible. This is the original words dictated by Zhao Xuan to the Zhongshu Sheren, and let the Zhongshu Sheren draft the edict according to this. For a partial general like Li Xin, a separate edict was used, which shows that Zhao Xuan values him.

"Li Xin is Han Gang's cousin, and his father is the brother of Han Gang's mother." Zhao Ji was in a good mood at this time, and half-jokingly, "The day before yesterday, I also heard Li Xin personally say that his spear-throwing technique is a family tradition, so I don't know if he understands Han Gang?" ”

Lu Huiqing said: "Whether Han Gang knows how to throw spears, the minister doesn't know. However, Han Gangdang is also excellent in martial arts. In the Bao Yu Department, he once personally killed the envoy of the Western Thief, forcing the Bao Yu to surrender. Although this matter is attributed to Bao Yue, who was actually killed, Xihe knows to everyone. ”

Lu Huiqing said, Zhao Ji has long known that "Han Gang has always attached great importance to national affairs, and often blames others. This is true in the Baoyue Department, in Luowu City, and under Xianyang City. This son has the style of the ancients, and it is rare to see it in the court. ”

Zhao Ji's admiration for Han Gang was endless, and with Lu Huiqing's wisdom, it was easy to understand the reason. On the one hand, Han Gang himself has indeed made great achievements, and on the other hand, there is also the beautification of Han Gang in his heart after the Son of Heaven always wanted to see it but couldn't see it.

Which hermit was not conscripted before he let the Son of Heaven look at him? It's just that after seeing it, I was disappointed a lot...... Of course, Lu Huiqing also knows that if the Son of Heaven sees Han Gang, he should not be disappointed - Han Gang's own ability is far above fame.

Now Zhao Ji is in a good mood, and Lu Huiqing sees the opportunity, "If everyone in the DPRK and China does not love authority like Han Gang, they will be ashamed of fighting for merit." How could state affairs be so difficult? Just like Nahuazhou, it has been several months since the earthquake, but the governor of Shaanzhou [now Sanmenxia City] is on the top, and there are still displaced people in the road. ”

Lu Huiqing is just a waiter in Tianzhang Pavilion, and a fellow practitioner, and according to common sense, he is not qualified to discuss such court affairs. But as a close minister of the Son of Heaven, he casually made a few comments, and no one could say that he was not.

Zhao Ji didn't care about Lu Huiqing's behavior of crossing the line, "It's already deep winter now, and the matter in Huazhou really can't be delayed, and Guo Yuanming is indeed incompetent." Yi Lu Qing, what do you mean? ”

Originally, Wang Anshi wanted Lu Dafang to go to Zhihua Prefecture. But Zhao Ji felt that Lu Dafang was a rare person, so he left him in the court and put him in the West Courtyard of the Inquisitor. But now it seems that this disposition was indeed wrong. If Lu Dafang, a capable minister, was in Huazhou, there would not have been Huazhou refugees in Layue.

Lu Huiqing said: "It is better to send envoys from the DPRK to visit first, whether the affairs of the displaced people in the Tao are true or false, and how many people there are." If there are 100 people, it will be alarmist if Shaanzhou is there. As for whether it is a matter of rewards and punishments, or wait until the people of Huazhou are saved, and then talk about the rest. ”

Zhao Ji nodded silently, Lu Huiqing's opinion is the way to be loyal to the country. Save people first, and then wait until the relief is over. Unlike some ministers, who are preoccupied with political contention. A few days ago, under the pretext of an earthquake and landslide, the Son of Heaven was asked to send Wang Anshi's recital to the Chongzheng Hall like snowflakes. On the contrary, there are very few articles on how to provide relief and disaster relief.

Zhao Ji read a lot of history books, and he has seen a lot of stories in history books about using disasters as weapons to attack political opponents. At that time, I thought that I should be vigilant about this in the future, and when the matter fell on my head, my thinking was different. It is groundless, it may not be without a reason, God's warning may be true, as soon as Zhao Ji thought so, he felt more and more frightened. Thankfully, things didn't get that bad.

Lu Huiqing watched Zhao Ji's expression change coldly.

The Son of Heaven he served, said to be smart and smart, he has been the Son of Heaven for nearly six years, and he is clear in political affairs, and many things are hidden from him, and even the news of his ears and eyes in Beijing is becoming more and more keen, and he is no longer comparable to the immaturity in Xining's early years.

But Zhao's biggest problem is that he is not strong-minded and is very vulnerable to foreign interference. The Huazhou earthquake landslide caused a group of important officials of the old party who opposed the new law to rise up and attack, taking the city law as a breakthrough, claiming that this was a warning from God to the Son of Heaven not to be virtuous. During that time, the emperor had the idea of abolishing the City Law. If it weren't for the desperate persistence of Wang Anshi and the people in the New Party, state affairs would have been devastated.

Lu Huiqing has never had much reverence for the Son of Heaven. The farther away from the emperor, the more the emperor will be regarded as a god. In other words, those of them who can see the emperor every day know that the so-called Son of Heaven is just an ordinary person. It's just a coincidence, or a blessing in a previous life, that I sat in my current position.

Seeing Zhao Ji's upset appearance a few days ago, Lu Huiqing didn't sneer in private, she was really worried about state affairs, so she simply made an edict against herself.

In front of the Son of Heaven, with such rebellious and unreasonable thoughts, Lu Huiqing felt an indescribable pleasure in his heart. However, the addiction to pleasure was only for a moment, and in the time of exhaling and breathing, reason had reoccupied Lu Huiqing's mind.

In accordance with Wang Anshi's order, he has taken control of Huazhou's right to visit, and the old party should do nothing about it. As long as the relief food from the nearby states arrives together, Huazhou will be safe. Don't worry about someone playing on it.

Lu Huiqing's focus now is not outside, but within the Xiao wall.

Some time ago, in the two months when he tried his best to save the City Change Law, Zeng Bu, who was Wang Anshi's deputy, did very little action, and when he wrote the book, he also linked several new laws together and said that he did not single out the City Change Law alone.

Zeng Bu's attitude, the Son of Heaven and Wang Anshi both ignored the past. But Lu Huiqing has been staring at Zeng Bu and will not let him be blinded.

Judging by Zeng Bu's reaction, it should be that he doesn't think about the City Change Law, but I don't know what Lu Jia will think after asking Zhilu Dao?