Prior to this, the Great Qi army had never won a victory, whether it was the border garrison or the Beijing forbidden army, they had been suffering defeats.

In the two battles of Shanhaiguan and Yanping City alone, Daqi lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers and countless armor, weapons, ordnance and materials.

After the rapid fall of Hebei, the defense made the tentative counteroffensive fail, and the Great Qi army had little hope of defeating Beihu.

For the entire Great Qi Dynasty, it was a dark night, a long night with no starlight in sight, and everyone felt cold despair.

And now, Daqi has finally won a big victory.

In addition to announcing the good news to the world, which was inspiring, Song Zhi also sent officials to Jinyang to comfort the Hedong Army.

The emperor showed his sincerity, not only giving Zhao Ning and other meritorious people more officials and knights, but also giving a large number of rewards to the Zhao clan, including Wang Rouhua.

"Now, I have to admit that if I want to win the national war, I must reuse the family. ”

A few days later, Song Zhi received an official who went to Hedong to comfort him, and reported back - the task of these officials is, of course, not only to comfort the soldiers, but also to fully understand the current situation of the Hedong Army.

The purpose of this is, on the one hand, to assess whether the Hedong Army can block Charahan next, and on the other hand, Song Zhi must know the root cause of the forces of his subordinates.

After saying the above sentence, Song Zhi laughed inexplicably, and his eyes became deep:

"Within ten months, the Zhao clan has recruited 30,000 private troops, as well as a large number of folk cultivators, plus the rapid increase in the number of clan cultivators in the Zhao clan over the years, as well as a number of Wang Jijing, the current strength of the Zhao clan is enough to be called the king of Jindi. ”

When Jing Xinmo heard this, his eyes changed for a while, and he said tentatively: "This war has completely exposed the hidden strength of the Zhao family, should the imperial court pay more attention?"

The so-called attention is naturally a constraint.

Song Zhi shook his head: "The stronger the Zhao clan, the more likely it is to defend the Jin land, and the Great Qi needs the north of the Yellow River, as well as the area controlled by the imperial dynasty, which is the need of the overall situation of the national war." Not only will I not hinder the Zhao family, but I will also open the door to convenience and give them all the trust I can give!"

Hearing this, Jing Xinmo was a little puzzled.

But after thinking about it, he understood Song Zhi's intentions: "Your Majesty is wise, only in this way will all families have no worries about their lives." ”

Song Zhi picked up the notebook, read it carefully, and snorted coldly at the end: "Since the past two years, many families have been secretly expanding their strength in the location of their foundation, what are their thoughts, how can they hide it?"

"If I hadn't noticed this in time, I wouldn't have spent so much effort to rapidly expand the size of the defense army.

"What I didn't expect was that the power that the various families had prepared privately would be so strong. There are so many cultivators under the command of the Zhao clan, what about the other families?"

Jing Xinmo lowered his eyebrows and his head, and there was no stubble.

Song Zhi continued: "The family has a foundation after all, even if it loses power in the officialdom now, it will not lose its roots soon, if there is no time and great changes for more than a hundred years, the family will not really disappear." ”

"It's a good thing for the national war. At present, the imperial court army has limited combat strength, and the private army of the family clan is just on the vacancy in the battlefield to block the continued invasion of Beihu. ”

Jing Xinmo peeked at the emperor and saw that the other party's expression was the same, so he confirmed that the other party was from the heart, and there was no yin and yang weirdness.

This is also true.

Jing Xinmo echoed: "The eighteen generals of the Imperial Dynasty, the children of each sect have received strict and complete sets of military training since childhood, and their literacy is not comparable to that of the martial arts of the Hanmen, no matter their vision, knowledge, and means, they are far surpassed.

This time, the Zhao clan was able to find out the marching schedule of the Beihu army in time, seize the opportunity to take the initiative, and burned 20,000 elites of Beihu with a mountain fire, without letting the mountain fire get out of control, which shows the ability of the generals' disciples. ”

Song Zhi nodded: "In any case, in the early stage of the national war, you must rely on the family, especially the Jiangmen. Let their outstanding sons and private armies fill the holes for the court and stabilize the situation. ”

Jing Xinmo praised His Majesty's wisdom, and said along with the words, "Although the family has strength, they alone are not enough, and the national war requires the concerted efforts of all people in the world." ”

Of course, Song Zhi understood the meaning of Jing Xinmo's words, and his eyes became more profound,

"Not bad. Since ancient times, there have been many heroes in the recklessness, since the Zhao clan was able to gather so many cultivators in the Jin land, and I was sitting on the world, how could I not have ten times and a hundred times the number of cultivators to serve my life?"

At this point, the master and servant looked at each other and did not speak again.

At the beginning of the national war, Song Zhi called on the family to work with one heart and one mind, at that time he thought that the border pass could be defended, and there were reinforcements from the army of the defense envoy, and Beihu could not easily attack it, at least the Beijing division was safe.

And now, except for the Yanmen Army, the border army no longer exists, most of the imperial forbidden army has been lost in a battle, and the armies of the defense envoys in various places are not elite enough to compete with the Beihu army.

With the standing army of the dynasty alone, the army it originally had could no longer win the national war.

Song Zhi must gather the power of the world.

Let the family feel trust, can participate in the war without reservation, let the world's righteous people, folk bravery, and Jianghu cultivators, come to Bianliang together, and in the actual battle of blood and fire, create a truly strong royal teacher who obeys the orders of the imperial court, which is the current choice of this battle.

After the war, Song Zhi also needed these folk heroes as the backbone of the Hanmen forces to confront and suppress the family.

If Song Zhi's series of measures can be implemented, the national war will undoubtedly enter a new situation and stage.

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Time passes, some people feel that time is like an arrow, and some people feel that life is like a year.

Today, the governor Kong Yanhua rested in his house. He felt very uncomfortable, even if he was lying on the brocade couch, and Concubine Yumei was serving and listening to music and drinking, he was not happy at all.

It is said that it is its own house, but in fact, after arriving in Bianliang, it was arranged by the imperial court to live, the house originally belonged to a businessman, four in and four out, and several other courtyards, a huge garden, the scale is not small, the scenery can be described as beautiful.

However, all the officials of the imperial court have arrived in Bianliang, and they want to arrange the residences of thousands of people with heads and faces, and in a hurry, they can't do it perfectly, and it is a period of national disaster, so this mansion and Kong Yanhua's mansion in Yanping, whether it is luxury or grandeur, can not be compared at all.

This made Kong Yanhua feel like a phoenix perched on a chicken nest.

As a poor official, Kong Yanhua's background is the lowest among the Shu landlords, and his family's acres of land are only enough to feed about 20 people, with no special industry, and he is in a poor and remote area.

Although the ancestors of the Kong family were generous, and they had a relationship with a famous gate valve in the previous dynasty, it was already a passing thing and did not help the reality at all.

In his grandfather's generation, the family was almost reduced to the bottom of the commoners, but fortunately, his father was hardworking and courageous, and at the time of crisis, he sold all the family property and moved from the vicinity of the state town to the countryside, and used limited money to buy some land, which slightly turned the family around.

Kong Yanhua has been strictly educated by his father since he was a child and has high hopes.

The sons of other small landlords occasionally help the family do things, but Kong Yanhua's father only let him study, even when the disaster year came, and the family had no surplus food, he never let him put down his books.

Kong Yanhua is extraordinarily talented, from a child to a talent to a lifter, he is the leader in every exam, famous far and wide, and he has been ordered by his father for more than ten years, he must be prominent, glorify his ancestors, and buy back the ancestral house and ancestral field near the state city, so he has a great desire for fame and fortune.

He has never been willing to be left behind in everything, even if he goes to the capital to take the exam, in the face of the world's handsome people, he always maintains a heart to win, whether it is poetry and poetry or policy articles, he does not allow others to be better than himself.

Strong jealousy and desire to win make him always able to spur himself to be angry and strong.

Later, he became a jinshi, and with the arrogance of a genius cultivated since childhood, Kong Yanhua refused the invitation of the family, thus ushering in a long dark decade of life.

In these ten years, he has done a lot of achievements that are worth mentioning, but he has never been promoted.

Seeing that those scholars who were inferior to themselves in the past, who always flattered themselves and called themselves brothers, climbed on their heads one by one, and began to be arrogant and disdainful of themselves, Kong Yanhua had a huge gap in his heart, tossing and turning night after night, and it was difficult to sleep.

Before that, he always felt that human affection was just an article in a book, and the reality would not be so cruel and ridiculous, but when the real thing came to an end, he realized that the reality would only be more absurd than what was written in the book.

Those who he thought were confidants, who would still recognize his talents when he was down, comfort her and encourage him, and whose friends were confident in his future, immediately changed into a face of inflated pride after their status surpassed him, and they no longer respected him, only looked down.

After being ruthlessly beaten by reality, Kong Yanhua's temperament gradually changed greatly.

Ten years later, he no longer had the morals and etiquette in the sages that he thought were useless, only a pure yearning for wealth and wealth, and a desire to get ahead.

After learning from the pain, just when Kong Yanhua was about to put down his dignity and take refuge in the door, Song Zhi ascended the throne.

Under the excavation of Feiyuwei, he entered the emperor's field of vision, and finally ushered in a turning point in his life.

At this point in life, Kong Yanhua can be described as high-spirited.

As the highest-ranking existence among the civil officials of the Han family, his mansion was always full of people, and those so-called friends who were disrespectful to him in the past flattered him in every way, groveling in front of him, and looking at everything only by him, and all kinds of rare jewels continued to contribute, making him extremely comfortable day and night.

Having become the person he dreamed of and enjoying all kinds of the ultimate beauty in the world, Kong Yanhua only thought about two things all day long.

First, to keep his glory and wealth, and second, to further become the prime minister.

Just when Kong Yanhua wanted to enjoy his good life and success, he unexpectedly Beihu suddenly invaded, and Wang Shi was defeated one after another, and was forced to move the capital from Yanping to Bianliang.

His wealth in the capital had shrunk by half in the middle of the day, and now he could only live in a four-hall mansion - although he lived in a two-hall mansion when he was young, and had no garden or other courtyard, he felt that it was completely unbearable.

As the governor of the imperial dynasty, Kong Yanhua's vision is certainly not limited to gold and silver, he must see the overall situation.

After thinking about it, Kong Yanhua began to feel that Daqi did not seem to have the military strength to defeat Beihu, and the war continued, but he was afraid that Daqi would continue to lose and they would continue to flee south.

When is it a head?

What will happen in the end?

So Kong Yanhua came to the conclusion that Daqi should sue for peace!

Only to seek peace, only the dynasty continues to exist, even if it is to lose Hebei, even if it is to pay tribute every year, even if it is partial to the south of the Yangtze River, Daqi is still a country, he is still a governor of political affairs, a leader among civil officials, and one of the most powerful ministers of the dynasty!

But if the dynasty is defeated by Beihu, then he really has nothing.

Kong Yanhua decided to probe the emperor's tone, and if he had the opportunity, he would try to gather his henchmen to persuade the emperor to cede the land and sue for peace, and seek the possibility of peaceful coexistence with Beihu.

The heavens and the earth are big, the ancestors are great, what is greater than their own survival?

Kong Yanhua made up his mind and stood up from the brocade couch.