Volume 8: The End of Prosperity is the Beginning of Chapter 716 of My Hometown (7)
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In March of the sixth year of Xianning in the Great Qin, the envoys of the Later Zhou Dynasty entered Qin, carrying countless gold, silver and satin, in order to bribe the Qin people, from the west of Tongguan, the convoy stretched for dozens of miles, it can be described as spectacular, the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty who dragged on for several months in Chang'an did not leave saw the convoy entering the city in the Zhou season, and were shocked, but also ashamed to death, in contrast, the Southern Tang Dynasty, which boasted of Zhengshuo, was extremely shabby. (To read the latest chapters of this book, please visit the biquge.info of Wèn Aishang Novel Network)
After the Zhou envoys entered Chang'an, then handed over the credentials, please see the Emperor of the Great Qin Emperor, Emperor Jing set up a banquet in the palace, entertained the envoys of the Zhou Dynasty, the banquet was full of wine and food, singing and dancing, and called the banquet ministers to chant poems against each other, in order to remember the prosperous scene here, a means down, although the banquet did not talk about the main thing half a sentence, but not only the Hou Zhou several envoys drunk drunk, but also made it have a delusion, thinking that this trip is a lot of gains, and the Great Qin has no intention of regretting the alliance, let alone raising troops to help the Southern Tang Dynasty.
In January, Emperor Xi of Great Qin "occasionally felt cold and unwell", and dragged the envoys of the Later Zhou Dynasty to Chang'an, and the envoys of the Later Zhou Dynasty did not doubt him, and ran up and down in Chang'an, which can be said to have spared no effort, even the eldest princess's mansion on the outskirts of Chang'an, and did not escape its harassment......
But no one is a fool, a day or two is still successful, so after more than a month, the envoys of the Later Zhou Dynasty never saw the Emperor of Great Qin again, and several important ministers of Great Qin met a few times, although they all said well, but after thinking about it, there were many flashing words, and the more you pondered, the more obvious the prevarication.
In March, the sixth year of Xianning, the Great Qin sent envoys to the Western Xia, in April, the transfer of forbidden troops in various places became more and more frequent, and the northwest was calm for many years, not to promote the war, and transferred 10,000 troops from the northwest town to the Beijing division, and so on until the spring ploughing passed, the people everywhere immediately carried out the requisition.
At this time, no matter how many excuses Great Qin has, he no longer has the intention of covering up his troops.
At this moment, the envoys of the Later Zhou Dynasty woke up from the secret reports from all over the place, and for a while, they were all frightened, and at the same time, the Later Zhou had already transferred heavy troops to Huaizuo, and the various naval armies were also waiting for the day, and the war between the Southern Tang Dynasty of the Later Zhou Dynasty had also reached the point of breaking out.
In April of the sixth year of the Great Qin Xianning, the envoys of the Later Zhou Dynasty hurriedly sent people back to report the changes in Western Qin everywhere, and at the same time asked His Majesty to see him, wanting to turn the tide of the situation.
Emperor Jing saw it on the top of the Golden Palace, and the Zhou envoy asked: "Qin and Zhou are both Xia heirs, each other is the inside and the outside, and they have not been fighting for decades, and the ink of the alliance of Chang'an has not dried up, and I have not had a soldier in Qin, and there is no pawn in the border, why does Great Qin want to raise troops against me for no reason?"
It is really unwise to betray the alliance and abandon righteousness, to God is unknown, to virtue is derivation, to be rude to people, and to be abandoned by people and gods, it is really unwise......"
Later, the envoys of the Zhou Dynasty were in a hurry, and their words were sharp, and they had already put life and death out of the way.
When the ministers of the Great Qin heard this, they were ashamed, but Fang Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, sneered, and stepped forward and replied: "Hou Zhou lives in the hinterland of the Central Plains, thinking that the Chinese Miao descendants, I respect it deeply, and I have never moved the sword soldiers lightly before, and there is also the alliance of Chang'an, and Xu Bian City, the Jin people come to attack, I will respond to the support, and the soldiers will move forward bravely, but there is a ...... of negligence."
Speaking of this, the sneer on his face became more and more intense, and he continued: "Then Zhou Ruohe? Before and Hu Lu set an alliance on the river, called the minister to pay tribute, the children of the golden silk, dedicated to the side of the neck, and then wanted to send troops on the river, cut down my alliance, the ambition of the wolf, obvious, and now dare to misinterpret the righteousness, the dog barks in front, but there is still shame ......"
Hmph, you are at both ends of the first rat in the back of the week, I am ashamed to be together, and I am an alliance, and now it is cold, why not? In order to fight against the rebellion, it is in response to the hearts of the people of heaven and earth, and the children of the Zhou Dynasty will bow their heads and grab the ground, or they can take all their lives, otherwise the soldiers will be in the dust
The language is sonorous, as if it is a text, in fact, the debate in court, or alliance or enemy, to do that open and close the vertical and horizontal things, in the world, there is not much room for zài, and the way of vertical and horizontal in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, at this time, regardless of the scale of the war, or the purpose of the war, have changed greatly, for example, now, once the Great Qin Dynasty decided to send troops, in fact, in the previous time, many preparations have begun, want to make military preparations of this scale suddenly stopped, just rely on the lobbyist's mouth, how can it be done? Even if Su Qin and Zhang Yi make a comeback, I'm afraid there is nothing they can do.
And at this time, the biggest advantage of arguing, I am afraid that only the question of fighting for a righteous name is left, this has not changed much from ancient times to the present, and all the things of the army must always find an excuse to make the side of the army more reasonable......
Anyway, no matter what, above the Golden Palace, there are not a few old ministers of Great Qin left, and the young and powerful emperor and a group of courtiers, after this fierce words of righteousness and strictness, everyone is indeed excited, and they can't wait for the emperor to make an order in court, and drag out the Hou Zhou envoys who insulted the Great Qin state body and cut off their heads, and the Hou Zhou envoys are at a loss, and they have to argue again, and then they are expelled from the Golden Palace......
At the beginning of May in Xianning, the envoys of the Later Zhou Dynasty returned in panic, in the same month, the envoys of the Later Zhou Dynasty crossed the Yellow River to deposit gold, as for the secret discussion during the period, it is not known, there is no cover here in the Great Qin, the border city of Tongguan was closed first, and the army was mobilized more and more frequently, and in June of Dexianning, more than 100,000 Qin troops had gathered in Tongguan, ready to go, and the atmosphere of the war was getting stronger and stronger.
In May of the sixth year of Xianning, the second eastward leader of Daqin was also decided, and Zhang Peixian, the commander of Tongguan Town, was unexpectedly appointed as the commander of the army, and added the rank of squire of the military department, Victorious Bo, General Mingwei, Zhao Shi, the first class of Chengxian County, the commander of the front division of the palace made Wang Pei deputy, and the deputy envoy of Tongguan Town Guard was left behind the army, and turned the envoy to take charge of grain and grass affairs, and guarded Tongguan, with Duan De, the left attendant of the military department, as the military envoy, which was strongly recommended by Li Chengqian, the secretary of the military department, and also paved the way for Duan De to enter the Privy Council. In fact, it is Li Yanchu who took the path of Li Yanchu before, and planted the path from the end.
At the end of May, in addition to the exchange to stay in Tongguan, Zhang Peixian and Wang Pei returned to Beijing one after another, and once the two arrived in Chang'an, they immediately discussed with the Privy Council and the Ministry of War.
You must know that the most important thing to use in commanding the army is naturally the old department, this is not sloppy, whether it is Zhang Peixian, or Wang Pei, or even Zhao Shi, they are all fighting on the basis of reason, and they do not give up a cent, and there are many candidates prepared by the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, but under the almost picky selection of a few people, they have fallen one after another.
In the end, in June, the commanders of the various departments were partial to the generals, and the generals and the like appeared in the imperial palace newspaper, and everyone took a little look, and they all understood that the army was actually divided into four parts, except for the exchange rate to lead one to stay in Tongguan, the remaining three can almost be called distinct.
Needless to say, the general Zhao Shi has no objection to the command of the Tiger Wusheng Army, plus the first part of the forbidden army in front of the palace, and the deputy commander of the forbidden army in the front of the inner hall, Du Shanhu, the commander of the inner temple, is more than 30,000 people, and Wang Pei here, the selection is naturally the old department of the forbidden army in front of the palace, and although these two people are under the jurisdiction of the general Zhang Peixian, but the two of them have their own cronies, and Zhang Peixian's binding force on them is very doubtful.
However, the three generals led the army and waved the troops eastward, no matter from which aspect, it was the first time in decades, and then looking at the various departments of the Eastern Expedition, that is, the soldiers were strong and strong, and the sharp soldiers were really the crown of Great Qin for decades.
These people, Ren pulled out one, and they were all on their own, with slight flaws, not to mention the emperor's majesty, who else would dare to take their beaks lightly?
In addition, the sudden decision to send troops, the government and the opposition inevitably shook very much, after the shock, they were all busy, grain, military salaries, all kinds of ordnance baggage, there was no place to ignore and slack, to June, the situation was clear, and the various ministries were even more busy with their feet on the ground.
However, compared with the year of sending troops to Shuzhong, although the preparation time is much shorter, but from top to bottom, it is much more organized, except for the treasury is slightly insufficient, everything else is in order, and the benefits of the Great Qin Dingge in these years have also faintly appeared, the responsibilities of officials everywhere are clear, each department is responsible, there is a big event, the upper is not flustered, the lower is not busy, and the efficiency is obviously not comparable to that year.
The outer hall of the Qianyuan Palace, the ministers sat or stood in twos and threes, patiently waiting for the emperor to summon them, it was June, the weather suddenly turned sultry, although the hall was still cooler, but at this time, the ministers had a lot of things at hand, although they were all waiting here, but the mood was irritating and imaginable, so when Zhao Shi came in under the guidance of the eunuch, he felt that it was hotter than the outside.
But he didn't have to wait, he was led by the eunuch, and entered the door of the main hall, and the people who were waiting looked at it, envious, and could only sigh helplessly in their hearts, at most they muttered a sentence of comfort, the victorious Bo Xu is here to resign, right?
They guessed it well, Zhao Shi was summoned here at this time, it is indeed the meaning of His Majesty's speech, and now the Tiger Wusheng Army is ready, just wait for the allocation, the general will go to the expedition, the royal resignation, the Holy Authority should give the opportunity, this is the proper meaning of the question, and it is not difficult to guess.
However, entering the palace this time is destined to not be so simple.
Entered the main hall of the Qianyuan Palace, swept over at a glance, but saw an acquaintance, this person is not a bystander, it is Qi Ziping, who was from the Jingwang Mansion with him, and is now serving as an envoy on Lizhou Road.
Qi Ziping returned to Beijing in May, and this Zhao Shi knew that he was just busy with military affairs and didn't have much leisure time, so although Qi Ziping had returned to Beijing for more than half a month, the two had not met yet, and they didn't want to meet here.
Over there, Qi Ziping saw him come in, smiled slightly, bowed his head, and Zhao Shi also nodded slightly, and then gave a salute to His Majesty the Emperor who was sitting on it.
Emperor Jing, who was buried in the bookcase, looked up and casually ordered, "You're here...... Excuse me, come and give me a seat. ”
Waiting for Zhao Shi to sit down, Qi Ziping got up and quit immediately, although the two still didn't talk a word, but when Qi Ziping left, they gave each other a salute, but they looked at each other and smiled as if they had a tacit understanding, especially Qi Ziping's eyes were faintly grateful.
This Zhao Shi understood in his heart that Qi Ziping's return to Beijing to report on his work this time was said to be to enter the Ministry of Households, and later changed to the Ministry of Rites, and concurrently led the post of National Military Supervision.
But now it is different, the national military supervisor is thriving in the hands of Zhao Shi, and almost alone in the six departments, all things involved, not to mention the six departments, for the future career, it will also be of great benefit, the national military supervisor is now thousands of students, who will serve as the national military supervisor, in the future, it will be convenient for the students of the national military supervisor to have the friendship of teachers and students, the so-called protégé of the old official, is not this how it came?
And after such a few years, unlike Zhao Shi, Qi Ziping is a civil official, and he is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, so it is natural for him to enter the Chinese book, and the future is bright.
Qi Ziping is an understanding person, if there is no strong recommendation from Zhao Shi in this matter, even if the saint is favored by him, he may not think of him here in this matter, so this matter must be, but it is much stronger than the hard work of the household department, and he owes Zhao Shi a great favor here.
In fact, he guessed well, but there was a slight deviation, after all, all these years in Shuzhong, far away from Chang'an, many things are half-understood, in this matter, Zhao Shi strongly recommended it is good, but Emperor Jing here is hesitant again and again, before the matter was settled, as for why the emperor is suspicious, there are many reasons, one, it is Qi Ziping is an official who is stable and calm, but to be honest, his talent is slightly insufficient, and his palm can be described as ingenious, and the unique national military supervisor is a little reluctant.
Second, although the national military supervisor is gradually showing its edge, but in the end the root is much weaker, whether it can break out of the cocoon into a butterfly, it will take some time to watch, just say that this time to send troops to the east, if the tiger army wins a battle and loses, then no matter whether it wins or loses, the national military supervisor will become the target of the public, spending countless money and food, but no effect, how can I not say, talk about the imperial history of the imperial history of those eggs in the eggs, the household department of the national military supervisor has become more and more dissatisfied, the military department can pounce on the national military supervisor and tear it apart.
So at this time, it is a bit risky to send a confidant like Qi Ziping to take charge of the country's military superintendent, and the above is also the root of Emperor Jing's hesitation, but this is the case, Zhao Shi is about to lead the troops out of Beijing, and most of the others are not satisfactory, so after hesitation, Emperor Jing still made such a decision
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