Chapter 185: Chasing Dreams

Everyone has dreams, and now the emperor and several powerful ministers of the Great Song Dynasty have dreams: the emperor's dream is to expand the territory, recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, and be the most accomplished emperor in the history of the Great Song Dynasty. Li Bangyan, the prime minister of the prodigal son, wanted to 'play all over the world, enjoy the flowers all over the world, and be an official all over the world'; Cai You wanted to be the head of civil officials like his father since he was a child, and be the prime minister of the court; when Wang Hao first entered the office, he went to Xiangguo Temple to offer incense, and saw a text with the name of Taishi, Lu Guogong Cai Jing, and he was extremely envious, and sighed again and again: "I really can't imagine that Cai Yuanchang actually has such a huge number of official positions!" Since then, it has become a great motivation for him to pursue progress. 1——

Now, just over 40 years old, Wang Huang was recommended by Liang Shicheng as the second minister, due to his shallow qualifications, the original rank official was only a general doctor, and he was promoted to eight orders in a row and became a special advance, which was never before when the prime minister was appointed in the Song Dynasty. The unlearned, frivolous son-in-law, Cai You, who was 108,000 miles worse than his father, was good at flattery at this time, and even did not hesitate to sacrifice his wife to share with the emperor. The rising star Li Bangyan also relied on his feet and golden voice to become the chief main player of the Great Song Dynasty Royal Football Team. Everyone is still one step away from their dreams, but this step is far away, and everyone needs to break through...

Tong Guan in the northwest campaign before and after the twenty years, recovering Hehuang, occupying the Hengshan line, could have been successful and retreated, but the birds are exhausted, and no one knows the truth of the good bow. The cunning rabbit died, what do you still have a dog for? How fragrant it is to cook it! It is said that his best choice at this time is to retire after success, and give the emperor more sets of gold and silver and beautiful land, and find a paradise with beautiful mountains and rivers to live in seclusion and enjoy his old age. However, Tong Guan didn't want to be marginalized and ostracized by his political enemies so quickly, because he still had a dream in his heart.

In fact, Tong Guan has already set a record in the history of eunuchs: the eunuch who held the army for the longest time in Chinese history; the eunuch who held the most military power in Chinese history; The highest eunuch in Chinese history; The first eunuch in Chinese history to represent the country in a foreign country, but he still struggled to dream of becoming the first eunuch in history to be crowned king, and erected a monument that no one had ever come before.

If a soldier wants to soar, the best way is to fight. Tong Guan knows his hole cards very well, in the Shenzong Dynasty he was just an unknown eunuch, and he was able to rise to the top of the military rank, also thanks to the war, he paved the road to success with the blood of thousands of soldiers and people. And if Tong Guan wants to realize his dream, the only choice is to start a war, recover his homeland, establish military merits, and gain the favor of the emperor. War is a job that those little white faces in the court can't play, only war can he defeat his political enemies and chase his dreams!

For his dream, Tong Guan wanted to gamble, as for who to fight, Tong Guan had already chosen, that is, the 'brotherly state' Liao, because everyone had no psychological burden to fight Liao, including the emperor. In the final analysis, it is nothing more than the following three reasons that play a major role: one is the long-cherished wish of the dynasty, the second is the sense of humiliation in reality, and the third is indeed this kind of mentality of taking advantage of the fire to rob and take advantage of the opportunistic shortcuts. He has been planning for years. The reason for Tong Guan's active Northern Expedition at this time was the change in the political arena as soon as possible.

Tong Guan has been fighting abroad for many years, and Liang Shicheng took the opportunity to build up his prestige in the palace step by step. He passed the scientific examination and obtained the Jinshi, and entered the political arena as an elegant eunuch literati, showing extraordinary skills, and Daojun found a bosom friend similar to Cai Jing. Wang Huang, a young minister who is gaining power, calls him Mr. Enfu and is filial to his godfather. The mansions of the two are next to each other, and there is a small door, and the one walking around is hot. Now they have joined forces to suppress Tong Guan and Cai Jing's father and son, and the power is gradually monopolized by them, and some of the ministers who have planned for Liao believe that this plan is very risky, so the opposition is very high, including Wang Hao, Liang Shicheng, Li Bangyan and others. …,

Tong Guan quickly repaired his cooling relationship with Cai Jing and re-established an alliance in exchange for his support for his invasion of Liao, and jointly dealt with their political enemies. Among them, the situation was troublesome, the two sides quarreled for a long time, and the emperor was difficult to decide, or there was a minister who suggested that the face of Emperor Tianzuo should be used to decide whether to send troops to conquer Liao, and the emperor said yes. As for whose opinion was self-evident, the imperial court sent a painter who looked very accurate, and asked him to go to Liao as an envoy, and mixed into the palace to meet Emperor Tianzuo, keep his appearance in mind, and immediately paint and bring it back to the palace when he returned.

This battle for Liao is a gamble, Tong Guan is the dealer, and the gambler is the emperor and this gang of Song Zaizhi. The emperor's bet is his own country and hundreds of people, Tong Guan and a group of courtiers pressed their own future and net worth, won to realize their dreams, lost is to destroy the country, ruined reputation, plus their own lives, this can be described as the biggest gamble in history, and this portrait is the first card on the gambling table has not been opened.

Gambling is considered by gamblers to be the greatest and most exciting activity in the world, and it is a superb performance art. Gambling stimulates your poor, sluggish, aging imagination and can be earned with ease! Wealth can reflect its own extraordinary value, wealth is lost and gained, fate is joyful and sorrowful, and it is more enjoyable.

There are two kinds of people who love this activity the most: one is the poor, in order to get rich and turn their fortunes around, they especially like money, but they have no other way to get money, so they hope to gamble and turn over. The other is the rich and powerful people of the country, such as emperors, high-ranking officials, etc., who are rich in the world, and they also love gambling, which is a pastime and fun, and also in order to obtain more and more wealth and beauties. This is especially evident in Chinese people, who Chinese prefer gambling more than foreigners. Huge lottery sales,Hundreds of millions of shareholders,Isn't it all gambling in nature?

The status of people is different, the resources at their disposal are different, and it is determined that each person has different chips. People rub mahjong, play poker, and gamble a dollar or even a few cents per game. Big money, bosses may take tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions as the betting unit, while the emperor and king use the country, wealth, beauty, etc. as bargaining chips, put the right gambling, if you win, these are owned by yourself in an instant, what a tempting activity!

The portrait was quickly made, the card was turned over, and after the analysis of many physiognomy and immortals, it was asserted that Emperor Tianzuo was born with a dead country. At this time, there was a lively bystander who said to Wang Hao: The card is good, if you want to make a big thing, it is not difficult to reach the status of Mrs. Cai. What's the big deal? It is to destroy Liao and recover Yanyun. And the national politics of the Liao State are not repaired, under the blow of the Jin State, like dead wood and rotten trees, vulnerable to a blow, the husband has made meritorious contributions and has been promoted to the rank of knight, at this time. The imperial court was boiling, and Wang Hao, Liang Shicheng, Li Bangyan and others turned the bow of the ship, actively advocated uniting the Jin State to fight Liao, and officially entered the gambling game. The pro-favor faction has clearly become the majority, and it is difficult to pass it.

So everything began to be implemented smoothly, in the first month of the first year of Xuanhe, when the Jin envoy Li Shanqing and others arrived in Kaifeng, the capital of the Song Dynasty, in order to show friendship, the Song Dynasty awarded Li Shanqing and other Jin envoys to the Song official position, and gave it to Yu Lu, and decided to join the Jin to attack Liao and recover the lost land of Yanyun. It was also decided to take Zhao Youkai and Ma Zheng as envoys, hold the edict and gifts, and cross the sea with Li Shanqing and others to report to Jin, so as to make friends with Jin and attack Liao together. But Zhao Youkai and others had just arrived in Dengzhou after leaving Kaifeng, and Zhao Youkai suddenly fell ill and died, and hurriedly sent another envoy. This is just a small episode, and at this time, the ambitious Tong Guan is in real trouble.

Of course, the trouble encountered by Tong Guan does not refer to the defeat of Tong'an City, although Liu Fa fell off a cliff and was beheaded by Xia Zu, and the Song army lost 100,000 teachers before and after, Tong Guan actually didn't take it seriously, because he was deeply promiscuous as an official and knew more about the temper of the saint. Zhenwu City was relieved, as soon as the Xia army retreated, Tong Guan sent the battle report up, concealing the defeat, needless to say, even the annihilation of Liu Fa's entire army was also made into an unprecedented victory, and Zhenwu City annihilated tens of thousands of enemies, and defeated the 100,000 army of Chage. …,

He is not worried that everyone is not stupid, and they all know the real situation on the front line in their hearts, but the rules in officialdom are like this, everyone knows the things of the Tao, and they know each other tacitly, don't break it, otherwise you will be regarded as an alternative and squeezed out; The emperor is also easy to deal with, he likes to listen to good words, whoever speaks well can be added to the ranks, and he hates his subordinates very much to expose the malpractices of the court, whoever tells the truth will suffer misfortune, it is a 'confused car'. With the great victory in the northwest, the courtiers congratulated the emperor, patted the emperor's sycophants, and celebrated the empire's great 'victory' again, can the emperor not be happy, this is the goal that the fathers did not achieve, the ministers are all added to the first rank, Tong Guan has been promoted to the Taifu, it is said that he has been appointed to take charge of the Privy Council, and he can take office only when he returns to Beijing.

Tong Guan's trouble came from Zhao Ta, the Prince of Yan, and he just wanted Zhao Ta to help him relieve the siege of Zhenwu City at first, but he didn't expect this. After Brother Cha withdrew from the siege, the Xia State did not want to fight, so he sent someone to contact him to seek peace, and the emperor agreed, but in the good situation, he killed the birthday envoy of the Western Xia Dynasty to send Liao, which was a slap in the face of the emperor of the Xia State, and the peace negotiation mission that had already arrived in his own camp also terminated the talks, provoking Brother Cha Ge to lead the troops to the east, and the state was gained and lost, but it can still be made up, as long as the peace talks are bounded by the actual occupied area, and the loss of Hezhou and Fengzhou will not suffer。

The problem is that this kid doesn't want to stop now, and the more he plays, the bigger he gets, he actually blocked Brother Cha in the Turbidity Wheel River, secretly attacked Xiazhou City, and today actually sent a letter to let him send troops to take Henan and Xingzhou. It turns out that this kid also has his own dreams, but if he fulfills him, then he is getting farther and farther away from his dreams...