Chapter 101 Infighting

Zhao Ta and his entourage arrived in Taiyuan, it was already the twentieth day of the lunar month, and the next day was the day of the seal holiday, and the yamen were closed, so he didn't have to go to work, but it didn't mean that he was very relaxed, Hedong Road had jurisdiction over three prefectures, fourteen prefectures, eight armies, eighty-one counties, hundreds of walled forts, and the new officials took office, which one didn't mean it, send some charcoal money!

In previous years, there were many people who gave gifts to the palace, but everyone knew that the prince of Lu Dao was very annoyed by these things that ushered in the send-off, he rarely came forward in person, and it was all dealt with by the Xixi and the official family, but this year it was very abnormal, and he would personally come forward to receive anyone from the state army. Inquire about the situation, ask how the family is, no matter whether the person who comes is an official, a big official, a young official, an old or a young person, he can find a topic with others and talk speculatively. When leaving, you generally have to send out in person and give some return gifts, even the horse stables and porters who come with you will also get a red envelope, anyway, what you do is decent, and no one can find fault with it.

Zhao Ta is like this, which makes everyone have a great change in the image of the prince, in the past, it was said that the prince of Yan was like the prince of Yama, what jealousy and hatred, good fighting, bullying, extortion... It turned out that the rumors were wrong, and I felt that the prince was very easy to get along with, although his face was tender, but he was old and understood the rules and regulations, and he was definitely a person in my generation!

For the change of the prince, the 'old man' around him felt incredible, and now the sunny and straightforward, chivalrous and righteous little prince is gone, and now he has been replaced by an official who is full of official words, thinks he is a snake, and has three swords! But there are also people who are happy about the changes in the prince, and Huang Jingchen is very relieved, feeling that his years of hard work have not been in vain.

Zhao Ta can only smile bitterly at this time for everyone's strange eyes, he knows that his identity has changed, the environment of his life has also changed, and he has no ability to change the current environment now, so he can only change himself for the time being. Because he summed up a truth from the experience of his two lives, in China, whether ancient or modern, it is not enough to have the ability to do something, and the ability alone does not necessarily mean that someone will use you.

People live in the world by two things, courage and wisdom, and Zhao Ta's 'career' is based on two hands and one body of courage to break out. But people who have the ability and courage may not be able to succeed, because there is a type of people who are more capable, the more arrogant and arrogant, they are very capable, and they are also very upright, brave and upright, but the shortcomings of this kind of people are: they are good at "conspiracy" and do not know much about "conspiracy", and they often underestimate the despicability and viciousness of their opponents, so they are murdered.

He Qufei, Wang Jin and others around him are all like this, with outstanding abilities, but they seem to be 'ignorant of current affairs' in the officialdom at this time, resulting in ups and downs in life and repeated setbacks in their careers. Huang Jingchen, you can't say that he is timid, nor is he incapable, he knows that 'when you do it, you can do it, when you stop it', he is cunning and cunning, proficient in power arts, and now after three dynasties, he not only protects himself, but also lives more and more nourishingly!

Huang Jingchen and He Qufei have both been up and down in the Huan Sea, there are surprises and joys, they are of the same age, but He Qufei is already full of gorgeous hair, but Huang Jingchen is just sideburns and frost. There are also many people who were in the same period as Cai Jing, Zhao Tingzhi, Zhang Shangying, Zhang Chun and others all went early, Cai Jing was ousted three times, made a comeback three times, and is still fighting on the front line. Therefore, the psychological endurance of engaging in politics must be a thousand times stronger than that of ordinary people, otherwise you will not be able to live at all, you will not be scared to death, you will be angry to death, you will not be angry to death, and you will be wronged to death. Without a strong spirit, you will never be able to survive in the duel arena of power, nor will you be able to laugh at the bottom.

In history, emperors generally have a short lifespan, in addition to physical reasons, the psychological quality is also very critical, even the wise and martial Tang Taizong Li Shimin only lived fifty-two years old, which cannot be said to have nothing to do with his mental state. When he killed his own brother and ascended to the throne, on the one hand, he did well in politics. On the other hand, there is a great shadow in his heart, and he often dreams in his sleep that his brother comes to him to ask for his life, and he is in a trance all day long, unable to eat, unable to sleep. According to today's standards, it is definitely a very serious depression, but at that time, there were no special sleeping pills, so he could only let the generals Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong stand guard for him, so that he could sleep more peacefully. In his later years, he was obsessed with divination, alchemy, and beauty, and relying on these things could bring him some comfort and make him mentally calm a little. …,

Zhao Ta had experienced harsh training in his previous life, and he didn't know how many times he had walked on the edge of life and death, and his mental quality could be described as strong, but he was also depressed in the face of this kind of chaos, he didn't want to rectify, and he also knew the purpose of these people giving gifts to him, and understood how their money came from. But what can I do, although I am a prince, but there is also a saying that 'the tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by dogs, and the dragon was played by shrimp in the shallows', and now I have left the Beijing Division, there is no protection from my father and the emperor, and I am far away from the base that I have operated for many years, so I am desperate to remove them all and kill them, I am afraid that they are not dead, they will die first, even if everyone engages in a 'non-violent non-cooperation', they can't bear it, so they can only endure it before their fledglings!

'Thousands of miles of officials are only for money', Zhao Ta received gifts in a big way, and the signal released was that I don't block everyone's financial road, don't trouble me, you have to let me go, I can make you feel better, we should all cooperate and have to cooperate, take the road of common prosperity, don't make me anxious! As the saying goes, 'in the great waves, if you don't like it, you don't like it, you don't have to do it, you have to do it, and you don't have to worry about it.' ’

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Western Xia is a multi-ethnic kingdom established with the Dangxiang ethnic group as the main body, calling itself Great Xia, also known as the White Shang Kingdom, and known as Western Xia in history. The Dangxiang ethnic group was originally a branch of the Qiang ethnic group, originally living in the northwest of Sichuan Province and the southeast of Qinghai Province. In the sixth century AD, the area of activity gradually expanded. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, its leader Li Yixing was attached and awarded the title of Tai Lieutenant. Taiping rejuvenated the country, five years, Li Ji was established, and there was internal strife within the ruling group of the party for the sake of succession. Song took the opportunity to edict Li Ji to enter the dynasty and wanted to obtain five states. In seven years, Li Jishuang was difficult to control the situation, led the people to dedicate the land to the Song Dynasty, and asked to stay in Beijing.

After Song Huizong succeeded to the throne, under the influence of Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others, he broke the state of "peace" with Xia for many years, and took the initiative to launch an offensive in Chongning for three years to seize the strategic place of Shibaozhai. As a result, the Song and Xia fought each other, and the two countries fought in the border area, known as the Hehuang Kaibian in history, Tong Guan stepped onto the military stage of the Great Song Dynasty, and fought in the northwest for eight years, and the two sides ceased under the mediation of the Liao State.

In the fourth year of Zhenghe, the Tibetan chieftains Xi Luosa and Doroba surrendered to Xia, and joined forces with Xia to attack Xuanwei City, and Gao Yongnian, Zhishanzhou, led an army to help, but was captured and killed by Doropa on the way. Xiana rebelled against Li and joined forces to besiege Song Dingyuan City. The Western Xia invaded and besieged the Dingbian army for 25 days, breaking the record of the Western Xia army besieging the city for no more than 20 days, and then the Western Xia built a castle at the mouth of the Fokou Valley. The Western Xia offensive was aggressive, and the Song Dynasty was forced to counterattack because of its unbearable strength.

In the temporary marshal's mansion in Weizhou, Jingyuan Road, Tong Guan looked at a few boxes of gifts sent by Zhao Ta in a daze, he had already learned the news that Prince Yan went to the northwest to give his deputy, and even their daily itinerary, and even what they ate were clear, and what they did after arriving in Taiyuan could not hide from him. Although Prince Keyan said that he was his deputy, but he was a prince and a prince, it was said that he should have gone to say hello first, but he took the initiative to send a gift first, was he showing favor to himself, or did he have other plans?

Tong Guan thought for a long time and couldn't figure it out, but he couldn't help but be upset and irritable, "Hmph, they all have taken a fancy to the military power in Lao Tzu's hands, and they all want to intervene!" Tong Guan couldn't help but scold, after the Western Army went through the successive and frequent wars against Western Xia and Tubo during the Shenzong and Zhezong periods, it can be said that it was a rare "strong branch" under the strong and weak branch system of the Song Dynasty.

Regardless of the overall situation of the Song Dynasty, at least in the areas under the jurisdiction of the Western Army, it can almost be said that there is "no difference between soldiers and people". Although the central government of the Song Dynasty did not send commanders to the Western Army, the Western Army had already formed an independent system of its own. Within the Western Army itself, there is basically no situation in which "generals do not know the soldiers, and the soldiers do not know the generals." At most, the commanders who have been parachuted in do not know the generals in the Western Army, or the generals in the Western Army do not know the commanders who have been parachuted in. …,

For Tong Guan, the Western Army has now almost become his own private army, he has been leading the Western Army for more than ten years, although there is a short period of shortness, but it is difficult to shake his position in the Western Army. But what happened in it is also a stomach full of bitterness.

At the beginning of the opening of the Hehuang border, although Cai Jing advocated the opening of the border, in order to seize military power, he also took the opportunity to use Tao Jiefu to make meritorious contributions to the northwest frontier and compete with Tong Guan for favor. In order to resist Tong Guan, he promoted Tao Jiefu to take charge of the Eastern Front, and used Tao Jiefu to advance into Western Xia, trying to establish a greater side merit than Tong Guan, so as to achieve his goal of mastering military power. But later Cai Jing found that although Western Xia declined, it was still a hard nut to bite, and he was really not good at military affairs, plus Song Huizong always favored Tong Guan, so Cai Jing adjusted his attitude towards Tong Guan after the most reluctance.

As for Tong Guan, he would not be caught, and he once took advantage of the disadvantage of the war in Western Xia to squeeze out Cai Jing, but he also knew that Cai Jing had a wide range of connections and amazing energy, and he was not so easy to dismiss, so Tong Guan didn't want to force Cai Jing too quickly, lest Cai Jing jump off the wall in a hurry. Therefore, after some negotiations, the two decided on the way to divide the spoils in the future -- Cai Jing was in charge of internal politics, and Tong Guan was in charge of external military affairs. Since then, the two have been at peace for the time being, and Tong Guan can also concentrate on the affairs of the northwest!

Honeymoons are always short-lived, and the thirst for power once again puts the two at loggerheads, and this time the victim is a famous general!

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