Ma Guangzu and Wu Qian sat silently in the political hall, two days without sleep was of course torture for them, especially for the fat Wu Qian, his eyes were already full of bloodshots, and his eyelids drooped involuntarily, but he tried hard to keep himself awake. At this time, up to the emperor and down to any of the six government offices, no one dared to go to bed at this time, and the battle report in front could come at any time, which was news related to the fate of the entire Jiangshan Society.

Wu Qian's eyelids drooped involuntarily again, it was already the second watch, although his body was much stronger than Ma Guangzu, but he couldn't help the torture of staying up late, he tried hard to support his upper eyelids with his fingers to keep the last point of sobriety, while Ma Xianggong on the opposite side was holding a copy of "Spring and Autumn" and sitting upright like a gentleman, Wu Qian thought that he didn't have such a good kung fu to nourish qi, if Ma Guangzu was not there, he really had to sleep well, no matter what the country's survival and social safety.

Suddenly, there was a vague sound in his ears, it seemed that the human voice came from a very distant place, he subconsciously thought that he was having auditory hallucinations in extreme sleepiness, but then, he heard another sound in his ears, Wu Qian was very confident in his ear power, he tried to cheer up, and listened quietly again, and sure enough, he heard it again, he hurriedly got up, and shouted to Ma Guangzu: "Father Hua, there is movement!" ”

Ma Guangzu sat upright and didn't answer, Wu Qian called twice, only to find that Ma Guangzu's eyes were like copper bells, but he snored slightly, he laughed, he didn't expect that this Mr. Quanxue actually had Zhang Yide's stunt of staring at sleep. Immediately stretched out his hand and shook Ma Guangzu awake, and said, "Listen carefully, there seems to be some movement!" ”

Ma Guangzu listened quietly, and sure enough, there were vague voices coming one after another, it seemed that four or five people were shouting something, his heart moved, and said, "Could it be?" ”

Wu Qian motioned him not to make a sound, and carefully discerned it carefully, and the distant voices in the silent winter night gradually became clear, and they tapped their eardrums one after another: "Great victory!" Jinghu Victory! ”

The two looked at each other silently, and they breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time sat down on the chair, Wu Qian said weakly: "Xianggong is really idle, what else is there to do at this time." ”

"That's when you should use a dew cloth!" Ma Guangzu was inspired by the good news, and his spirit was refreshed, and he shouted: "Hurry up and follow me to see Your Majesty!" ”

On the official road west of Lin'an, four dusty red-armored cavalrymen, each carrying a pennant with the words "Ezhou Great Victory" written on their backs, galloped on their horses, and loudly announced the good news of Jinghu. The west gate of Lin'an City was wide open, hundreds of lanterns and torches reflected the city gate as if it was daytime, and dozens of well-dressed cavalrymen lined up on both sides of the road, waiting for the messengers who rushed back from the front line of Jinghu, and cheered in unison: "Great victory, great victory in Jinghu!" ”

The windows towards the royal street are all opened, people are carrying lanterns, waving torches, helping the old and the young to crowd into the street, shouting loudly for victory, since the two countries have exchanged troops, Zheng Xianggong is like a god to bless the victory of the Great Song Dynasty, as long as the Zheng army appears on the battlefield, it must be invincible, the people far behind the capital will not experience the real cruelty of the battlefield, but they wholeheartedly believe that as long as Zheng Xianggong leads the team, even if it is these unsuccessful candy seeds near Lin'an, they can also defeat the ferocious and brutal Hu people in the north.

The officers and soldiers patrolling the streets of Lin'an Mansion, with the assistance of the soldiers in front of the palace, finally separated the crowd and opened a way for the messengers who came from afar. The messenger does not have to report to the Privy Council, follow me straight into the forbidden middle face saint! Your Majesty wants to get the first-hand report from the front! ”

The lights on the Daqing Hall are lit, the civil and military officials stand in order, the internal and external imperial soldiers are lined up layer by layer, the honor guard is brilliant, if the ordinary celebration is general, the emperor sits on the throne, his body trembles slightly excitedly, and asks loudly: "Zheng Yunming really won!" ”

Dong Huai, the secretary of the Privy Council under the order, looked sideways slightly, the emperor did not say "official army" or "our army", but he wanted to say that Zheng Yunming won or not, it can be seen that the emperor can no longer get rid of his dependence on Zheng Yunming in his heart, which may not be a blessing for the Great Song Dynasty.

The red-armored knight bowed to the ground and said loudly: "Zheng Yunming, the military horse of the Zhulu Army, spontaneously marched to Ezhou, engaged the enemy, first took a small victory, and then entered Hanyang, cut off the communication of the Mongolian army with a naval army, crossed the river with the army, fought with the Hu people on the periphery of Ezhou, and broke the Mongolian army!" Kill the Mongol Khan Möngke! Capture and kill dozens of noble generals below the prince! Although the results of the battle have not yet been counted, so far 30,000 people have been beheaded and more than 50,000 people have been captured! ”

The messenger shouted, "Your Majesty, this is the greatest victory in the three hundred years since the founding of the country!" ”

The emperor had red eyes, panting rapidly, and his body trembled slightly, just like a poor man who had just won ten thousand dollars with a penny, and he said loudly: "Immediately draft an order, order Zheng Yunming to lead the army, pursue in the starry night, and immediately recover Xiangyang!" ”

"Majesty!" Suddenly, someone stood up at the bottom of the stairs, the emperor didn't need to look closely, at this time, there was no one else in the majestic hall, it must be Ding Daquan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, only to hear Ding Daquan said: "The prime minister has been busy since he recovered, and now he personally led the army to the decisive battle, not only for the prime minister himself, but also for all military horses have reached the limit, the art of war cloud, the end of the strong crossbow, the potential can not wear Lu Min, now the great success has been completed, the follow-up treatment should be cautious, otherwise there will be the defeat of Li Xianzhong on the dam back then, but it is not beautiful." ”

Wu Qian snorted and shouted, "According to Ding Gong's words, how about the bento?" ”

Ding Daquan said loudly: "Today's plan, when Zheng Xianggong is quickly recalled, a general is selected from the account to take charge of military affairs, on the one hand, he praises his merits, on the other hand, Zheng Xianggong can be allowed to have a moment to rest, and the army can also rest and replenish in front, and when the reinforcements arrive, the army will be restored, and it will naturally be able to go north to surround Xiangyang, sign an alliance under the city, and decide Xiangyang without a fight, and stop the army, and then the two countries will be blocked. ”

Wu Qian was furious, and when he was about to open his mouth to denounce, he raised his eyes slightly and glanced at the lord on the throne, but the emperor did not rush to refute, but slowly did it, the situation eased slightly, and the contradiction between the imperial power and the scholars resurfaced.

But Wu Qian still only has anger, if it is said that Zheng Yunming's influence on the scholar class in the past 20 years, the biggest impact is the establishment of the idea that the scholar is planning for the world, the so-called plan for the world, that is, the scholar class into a balancer of rivers and lakes and temples, this ideal is very distant, but it has caused a substantial impact, under the advancement of such an idea, the imperial power and the relative power have actually weakened in the past 20 years, if the world wants to do something, whether it is the emperor or the bureaucracy, None of them can be stopped by their own will. Therefore, a truly shrewd official is a tide maker in the tide of public opinion, and will not choose to be a stubborn rock in front of him. Ding Daquan claims to be extraordinary, and he does not take the discussions of fools and fools seriously, although it is okay in ordinary affairs, but it is really self-digging to dig his own grave to jump out and sing the opposite tone in front of such a major event.

He said loudly: "The death of the captive chief and the annihilation of the army are the rare opportunity for our army's Northern Expedition to recover the ancestral foundation. The minister asked to kill the thief immediately, and then His Majesty issued a holy decree, and ordered Zheng Yunming to command the army and take advantage of the Northern Expedition. ”

Of course, the emperor understands the joints in this, and for twenty years, he has exhausted all kinds of means to balance the various forces below, intending to maintain the revival of imperial power, because the years of serving as the puppet emperor under Shi Miyuan's power have caused him deep enough scars, so he will use Zheng Yunming to suppress the Simingshan party, and then use Jia Yidao to clamp down on Zheng Yunming, and he even vigorously supports Dong Songchen and the Imperial City Division, if it weren't for the fact that the reputation of the eunuchs in the Han and Tang dynasties was too bad to make it a consensus in the world that eunuchs should not interfere in politics, He almost had to resort to eunuch government and spy methods to fight against the increasingly powerful new party forces, but instead of reversing the decline of imperial power, he saw that the scope of affairs that the emperor could interfere in was slowly shrinking. He didn't understand the joints either, when Zheng Yunming was in charge, he even ceded some of his power to the emperor, compared with the arbitrary Shi Miyuan, he was more saint than a saint, but the result of a qiē made him more nominal as an emperor.

But even so, the emperor is not a person who is confused in major matters, at this point he has the demeanor of a high sect, and being able to hold big ideas in front of the ministers and the world is the most important foundation as a virtuous king.

He reprimanded: "Changing generals in battle, soldiers are taboo, although I am not Sun Wu, I am also rough in the way of soldiers, Ding Daquan's so-called recall of Zheng Yunming Yunyun is really a discussion of the eyes of the rat, the country should go north in a big way, how can it delay the great cause of recovering mountains and rivers because of such a small matter?" As for the tiredness of the horses, I"

He thought for a while and said: "I should order Zheng Yunhe, the commander-in-chief of Huaixi, to be the disposal envoy of Jingxi Road, lead the front division of the palace and 30,000 Huaixi soldiers, and hoard food, money, silver, weapons, gunpowder, camp tents and other useful things in the treasury, and rush along the river to reinforce the Jinghu army. ”