Chapter 532: The Youngest Temperance Envoy

As soon as he thought of this, he said Zhao Chen: "Xu Wei, you have to be very attentive, he is a military minister personally cultivated by his father back then, loyal and brave, and has repeatedly performed miraculous feats, although he is young and has little qualifications, but he has a lot of prestige in the army." No ads ~Niu Wen*~ Reading Network) Now that he is in charge of the Western Army, the imperial court should lean on the Great Wall. You have not seen him, and you have not had the slightest favor to add to him, and on the occasion of the great victory of the Western Army, you will reward Xu Wei and his subordinates to show your great grace as the Son of Heaven. ”

Zhao Chen heard the fog cover of the clouds and mountains, and asked: "Specific ......"

"First of all, Xu Wei must build a festival, as early as when he went to Hedong Town, I promised him to build a festival, and after so many years, I can't say it if I don't give it to him again. His title can be mentioned to the county duke, and I don't know if he has any heirs, and if so, his son can be specially awarded the official rank. Secondly, you should personally write an edict and praise him highly. Also, Xu Wei is also in a difficult situation in Shaanxi, isn't he short of money? Be generous and give him a reward. ”

"How much is appropriate?"

"One and a half million yuan, you say that it is a reward for him. With Xu Wei's style, he will use most of this money for public use. Zhao Huan talked endlessly, I didn't know, I thought he was still the emperor, teaching the prince.

"In addition, he led the Western Army in the War of Resistance and won a lot, you can follow the custom, let Shaanxi send people to Xingzai to sacrifice prisoners. If Xu Wei has a son, he shouldn't be too old, so if he can't let his nephew come. At that time, you will promote his nephew again, in a word, let the Xu family feel the emperor's meticulous care and extraordinary trust. ”

Zhao Chen wrote them down one by one, and when he was leaving, Zhao Huan repeatedly told him to do a celebration and reward or something, just get it. But when it comes to the follow-up use of troops, we must be cautious, and the emperor agreed as he said.

The next day, Zhao Guan's family wore a silk robe, crowned through the sky, and came to the palace in full costume to accept the congratulations of hundreds of officials and celebrate the victory at the front. Subsequently, at the request of the minister, in order to commemorate the victory of the Song army, the year name was changed to "Jianwu", and the fourth year of Jiading was the first year of Jianwu.

Originally, the opinion of the ministers of the central government was to give amnesty to the world, reward the ministers, and celebrate it solemnly. However, he gave up because of the opposition of the minister. It is just to announce to the world to boost the morale of the people. Immediately afterwards, Zhao Chen ordered Si Cao Zhao to reward the front-line generals, for the Shaanxi system envoy Xu Wei, the emperor's imperial pen personally wrote, written into a Jiamian edict, before the official reward came out, let the inner servant take it, and give the royal robe and armor, and hurry to Shaanxi.

After the news came out, the government and the opposition were shaken, and the whole country was jubilant, and the soldiers and civilians of the Great Song Dynasty, who were overwhelmed by the second Longxing Peace Conference, heard the good news and rushed to shout

At a time when the whole country was excited about the victory at the front, Xu Shao intended to promote the recovery of Tokyo. However, several times the emperor was invited, and the emperor had an ambiguous attitude. Even his request for food and armaments for the Xianghan War Zone was unsuccessful. was really forced to be in a hurry, Zhao Chen said what was in his heart.

The victory at the front line is certainly worth rejoicing. But the reconquest of Tokyo has no more impact than anything else. Pseudo-Han, we are not afraid, but the Jurchens still have to be a little afraid. What if we regained Tokyo and angered the Jurchens, and they poured all the country's troops to attack, what could they do? So far, the officers and troops have not only completed the defensive task, but even counterattacked for a time, which is enough. In a word, take it when you see it, don't be too greedy. The rice should be eaten one bite at a time, and the road should be walked step by step.

Xu Shao was very disapproving, Lao Jiu was in Shaanxi, defeated the main force of the Jin and Han coalition forces, captured Gao Wan, the son of Gao Xiaogong, the king of the puppet Han Qi, and beheaded one person from 10,000 households and seven people from 1,000 households in the Jin army. Doesn't this slap hurt? Not enough to provoke the Jurchens?

However, the emperor's attitude was resolute, and Prime Minister Zhu Feisheng and Governor Qin Hui also supported this opinion, and Xu Shao could not act arbitrarily, so he could only make compromises. Order the front-line troops to stick to Xianghan. The front-line Zhe Keqiu and He Guan received this order, although they were very dissatisfied, but they had no choice but to return to Xiangyang, and the Zhejia army then withdrew to Jiangxi.

The three-year war of Song Jiading ended with a complete victory for the Song army and a crushing defeat for the Korean army. After the retreat of the Song army, Gao Xiaogong made hastily arrangements in Tokyo and returned to the Daimyo's Mansion in disgrace. The puppet dynasty was terrified, but the people of Hebei cheered, thinking that the recovery was imminent.

This incident also caused a great shock in Jinguo. Although Jin Guojun didn't expect much from the pseudo-Korean newspaper, he really didn't expect to lose so badly. Especially in Shaanxi, the Jin army alone mobilized 60,000 people, why was it completely defeated and lost a large area of city land?

In Ginting's review, the people of the Muhan faction made a big fuss about it. It is believed that the defeat of Shaanxi was caused by the imperial court's reorganization of the Western Route Army. Just imagine, the Western Route Army has been entangled with the Song Army in Shaanxi for many years, and they are very familiar with each other's situation. However, the imperial court relieved many generals of the Western Route from military power and recalled them to the court, which made the morale of the army waver. When the battle was about to be made, Chi Zhanhui, who had no experience in fighting with the Western Army, was sent to control the troops, how could he be undefeated?

Mu Han personally suggested that now that the situation in Shaanxi is critical, Yelu Mawu, who had defeated Xu Hu'er, should be immediately put back and let him preside over Shaanxi's military to recover the decline, otherwise, Shaanxi will be in danger of losing everything

But at this time, Emperor Jin, Wanyan Zonggan, Wanyan Zongbi and other powerful ministers were already ready to attack him and completely disintegrate his forces, how could they listen to his advice?

Under Wanyan Zonggan's proposal, Jin Ting decided to adopt both soft and hard measures against Song. On the soft side, it is to abolish the puppet Korea, which can be regarded as giving the Southern Dynasty some face. On the hard side, it demanded that the Southern Dynasties abide by the Second Longxing Peace Conference, and the Song army withdrew from the areas occupied in this war.

In March of the first year of Song Jianwu, Shaanxi spread good news again. Zhang Xian led his troops to conquer Shaanzhou, capture Tongguan, and open up the connection between Shaanxi and Henan in one fell swoop. This also means that the Western Army directly threatens the Central Plains, and once there is a change, the Western Army can not only hold on to Shaanxi, but also send troops from Tongguan and enter Henan.

Soon, the chamberlain who set off from Hangzhou rushed to Qinzhou with the edict of the Son of Heaven. This edict spoke highly of the achievements of the Western Army and gave great praise to Xu Wei personally. Zhao Chen wrote in this handwritten edict: "The Jin people threw soldiers to come, with the heart of devouring Sichuan and Shaanxi, it is difficult to protect the enemy, recover the lost territory, frustrate the sharpness of the tiger and wolf, and strengthen the power of rejuvenation. ”

Then, Zhao Chen unabashedly expressed his trust and expectations for Xu Wei. "If you are not arrogant and improve your military situation, then who is the so-called great business?"

In the end, it's a bit too gracious. Zhao Chen said in the edict, "I am very pleased to hear the victory, but I hate to hinder the distance, and I can't comfort Qing's back and my heart has also been sent to my own handwriting, and I have awarded the town of the Western Army Festival envoy, and then I gave the Qing the royal robe, armor and other things, which must have been reached." Today, the court saw the ceremony, first flew this number, and talked about it. ”

Look, I hate the mountains and the long way to go, and I can't touch your back myself to comfort my love for you......

I don't know who wrote the draft of this edict to the emperor, and it was too ambiguous. Xu Wei is a handsome, an army leader, an iron-like man, let you touch his back?

But no matter what, Xu Wei finally survived to the "festival envoy" and built a festival. As we all know, the Jiedu envoy in the Song Dynasty was only a fictitious title from the second grade, without his own territory and without any power. But for most of the generals of the Song Army, this is almost the ultimate of their promotion, and it is a great honor to be able to "build a festival". As a result, the Taiwei of the second grade can only be regarded as the icing on the cake, and its significance is not as great as that of the festival.

In April, the official reward from the imperial court came down. Xu Wei was promoted to the "county duke", and then he was promoted to the county duke, and then he was the national duke. This made Zijin Tiger not only the youngest envoy and county prince of the Great Song Dynasty, but also made him have super high treatment, and his status and material aspects were very different from before.

Prior to this, because of the three brothers Xu Mao, Xu Zhang, and Xu Shao, the Xu family was posthumously honored by the imperial court for three generations, and the ancestors of the Xu family who were no longer alive were posthumously crowned with official titles. This time, because of Xu Wei's merits, the imperial court chased the Xu family up to Rong VI.

In addition to these imaginary ones, there are also many practical ones. The emperor personally gave him 1.5 million yuan, and his wife, Zhang Jiujiu, naturally became a second-class wife.

The subordinates of the Purple Golden Tiger, as well as other generals of the Western Army, were also given special rewards. For example, Yang Yan, who commanded in front of the enemy, was awarded the four-rank Chengxuan envoy and became the "reserve festival envoy", and Wu Lan, who had meritorious service in guarding the pass, was awarded the five-grade observation envoy, and took the title of "deputy commander of the infantry division of the guard". There are also Xu Si and Xu Wu, all of whom have won the title of "General Zhuwei".

Although Yao Pingzhong, the commander of Xihe, did not have any rewards this time, his younger brother Yao Bilong led 8,000 Xihe Qiang Han warriors to help in the battle, and Xu Wei praised him for his merits and was also promoted to a sixth-rank rank.

Through the victory, the Western Army regained confidence and swept away the haze. Through the rewards of the imperial court, the soldiers are each worthy of their own value, and the top and bottom are happy. Xu Wei's position in the Western Army is stable.

In April, Xu Churen, the supreme military and political governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, went to Qinzhou to meet with the generals of the Western Army and commend his merits. At the same time, discuss with Xu Wei the direction of today's Sichuan and Shaanxi. The two western governors reached an agreement, and the next thing for the western army to do was to accumulate strength, prepare to recover all of Shaanxi, and drive the enemy across the Yellow River.

That's when something earth-shattering happened.

The Emperor of the Jin State was completely embarrassed, and in view of the fact that the puppet Han had lost its role and became a burden to the Great Jin State, it aroused strong dissatisfaction among the magnates of the Jin State. It was decided to abolish the puppet Han, reduce the Han Emperor Gao Shiyou to the king, and depose the central court established by the puppet Han. The Jin State directly sent officials to administer the areas seized from the Great Song Dynasty.

This is not the end, Wan Yan Kang decided to move the capital to Yanshan Mansion in the Youyun region according to the smooth development of the cause of the Dajin Kingdom, so as to strengthen his control over North China. After doing this, Daejin sent a mission to the Southern Dynasty to solve the problems left over from last year's Song-Han War.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is mainly one thing. If the Great Song Emperor ordered Xu Wei to withdraw the Western Army to the front line of Fengxiang Mansion, the content stipulated in the Second Longxing Peace Conference would prevail.

As soon as the golden envoy arrived in Hangzhou, he brought up the matter. What is the uproar of public opinion in the DPRK and China? The soldiers of our Western Army shed blood and sacrificed, and Xu Churen and Xu Wei worked hard to recapture Jingzhao, Yaozhou, Ningzhou, Fangzhou, Huazhou, and Shaanzhou. You are now red-mouthed and white-toothed, and you want us to hand it over in a word? Is there such a good thing in the world?

Besides, now that the Western Army has broken the balance of strength between the Song and Jin armies in Shaanxi, and the signs of recovering the whole of Shaanxi have appeared, why should we return it to you? How do you want to self-destruct the Great Wall? Stop dreaming

Seeing Song Ting's attitude, the Jin envoy actually threatened nakedly. How? Don't say yes? Is that a desire to go back to war? We ourselves sent the army to fetch it? Zhao Chen felt that this matter was very difficult to do, and he had no idea himself, so he asked Emperor Zhao Huan for instructions.

Prior to this, Zhao Huan had already stopped He Guanzhi from recovering Tokyo behind his back. The purpose is not to irritate the Jurchens too much. Unexpectedly, the Jurchens were still stimulated, and now they want to be in Shaanxi, how is it good? Agree, it seems that if you are unwilling, the ministers of the DPRK and the central government and the generals abroad must have opinions. If you don't agree, what if you fight again? We can fight the pseudo-Han, but Daikin is not easy to say.

After thinking about it, Zhao Huan thought of a way. Now Song Jin is in the south, bounded by the Yangtze River. This is too dangerous, the Yangtze River natural danger Jurchen and I share, in case he develops a water division, one day is unsatisfactory, directly across the Yangtze River, where do we run? Since Dajin wants Shaanxi, it can't be in vain, you have to exchange the Huai River area, how about we take the Huai River as the boundary?

This proposal was strongly opposed by Vice Minister Xu Shao, strongly opposed by Privy Envoy Xu Han, and Governor Qin Hui also opposed it, and only Prime Minister Zhu Shengfei agreed. He believes that in order to ensure the safety of Jiangnan, it is worth setting aside a buffer zone and exchanging half of Shaanxi for Huainan.

Xu Shao's relationship with Zhu Shengfei was originally good, but he tore his face in this matter. What kind of place is that in Shaanxi? You Zhu Xiang haven't been in the west, I don't know. Then let me tell you, Guanzhong is where the cause of the king is achieved. Enter, you can go out of Tongguan to attack the Central Plains, cross the Yellow River to fight Hedong, and retreat to protect Sichuan according to the mountain risk. Even now, Shaanxi is still the hope for the recovery of the Great Song Dynasty, how can it be made? Are you worried that the Jurchens will share the Yangtze River with me, but don't you forget that our army is still holding Xianghan and threatening Henan? If the Jurchens want to develop in Jiangbei with peace of mind, how can it be so easy?

The ministers of the ruling government fought for each other, but Zhao Chen, who was planned by the Emperor Taishang behind his back, was stubborn, and the cadres were arbitrary, let Zhu Shengfei preside over the matter, and sent Shen Ze, an internal servant, to contact the golden envoy with him.

When the Jin envoy heard this suggestion, he couldn't be the master himself, so he asked the Southern Dynasty to send envoys to Yanshan Mansion with him to meet Emperor Jin.

The envoys of the two countries rushed to Yanshan Mansion in the starry night, and when the Jin court heard this, they were all happy, what did they think of beautiful things? You have already occupied the important town of Xianghan, and you want to plot against Huainan? If we return this area, do you still want to operate in this area, accumulate strength, and prepare to restore your homeland? It's not negotiable, don't even think about it