On the third day of Zhao Chongyang's arrival in Beijing, the first issue of the Tokyo Evening News came out. Chen Dong assumed the pseudonym Shi Yan as the editor-in-chief, Zhao Yimin assumed the pseudonym Tieshan as the deputy editor-in-chief, and invited five upright and outspoken and well-written Beijing celebrities as editors.

A few of them are only in charge of the articles and arrangement, and the printing house of the Wantong Chamber of Commerce will naturally print them for them. At the same time, more than 50 children between the ages of 10 and 15 were taken care of as newspaper boys, and the first issue was ready to print 3,000 copies. Anyway, if you don't rely on this money, the price of each copy is 40 wen, the printing house charges 5 wen as the capital, and gives the newsboy 5 wen, and they get 30 wen for each copy, which is still a good income.

In the first edition, Chen Dong briefly reported on the destruction of the Western Xia Kingdom by the Western Army with the title of "Sweeping Hulu Like a Sweep".

After lunch at noon on this day, Zhao Chongyang went to Caifu to meet Taishi Cai Jing with the chapter to be played, the heirloom jade seal of the Xixia king, and several rare treasures brought out from the palace of the Xixia king.

Cai Jing heard that Zhao Chongyang had come to ask for a meeting, and knew that his war with Western Xia had a result, so he quickly brought him in for questioning.

Zhao Chongyang briefly reported the battle in Western Xia to Cai Jing, emphasizing that the reason why the battle of Dahengshan went so smoothly was mainly due to the following reasons:

First, his master Zhou Tong was improvised, commanded properly, and seized the fighter.

Second, they smashed the conspiracy of surrender and treason, resolutely implemented the policy of not connecting and not expanding, and won over 60,000 or 70,000 Zhejia troops to resolutely stand on the side of the Great Song Dynasty, share the same hatred for the enemy, and jointly resist the enemy.

The third is that the old commander offered fire to attack and annihilated 70,000 elite enemy troops in one fell swoop (including the 10,000 Jin cavalry they invited to help in the battle).

Fourth, the generals of all departments obeyed orders, and the sergeants worked hard. The whole army enthusiastically participated in the battle.

Fifth, the surprise attack on Xingqing Mansion was successful, and after killing the king of Western Xia, the jade seal of the Western Xia was displayed in front of the Western Xia people in time, so that the Xixia army had no fighting spirit, and the soldiers were centrifuged, and even the commander Li Chenghua absconded at the critical moment.

For his own merits, Zhao Chongyang did not do too much publicity, and said two simple sentences in the recital. In front of Cai Jing, he just said that Tong Wusong, Bao Daoyi, Yan Qing and others led 3,000 light cavalry to attack Xingqing Mansion, and traveled more than 2,000 miles in nine days. Climb over the Daheng Mountain, cross the Wuding River, cross the Gobi Desert, and stay overnight in the desert to fight the wolves. The raft flew over the Yellow River, and entered Xingqing Mansion in the middle of the night. Then, he and Dai Zong galloped day and night, running 1,500 miles in four days, and returned to the main battlefield of Dahengshan on the night of August 14......

When Cai Jing saw the end, he finally saw that on the back of the recital was written Gao Zigui and Cai Deren, the two military counselors of the forbidden army's eight-rank military attaché, in this war, risking arrows to convey military orders, rescue the wounded, and transport supplies, and behaved very well.

Cai Jing deliberately asked: "The price of the two of them has risen by six levels in a row, and the thousands of generals participating in the war will not be dissatisfied?" ”

Zhao Chongyang said: "The promotion of the two of them has not been made public in the Western Army, and no one knows about this matter. ”

Cai nodded, then pointed to a few rare treasures in the Xixia Palace and said: "These few good things you brought, two for the official family, one for Gao Yu, Li Yan, and Liang Shicheng, and the old man only kept two pieces, so he said that you gave them to them, so that Li Yan and Liang Shicheng will not hinder your protection of the generals of the Western Army." As for Lao Gao, let him remind the official family, don't forget your marquis. In short, it is estimated that there is no big problem with your performance, because Tong Guan is difficult to protect himself this time, and it is possible to be transferred out of the Privy Council. ”

Zhao Chongyang nodded and said goodbye.

The next day, dozens of newsboys began to sell the "Tokyo Evening News" in the small port of Kaifeng Prefecture with the "Tokyo Evening News" that they had received the night before.

"Selling newspapers and selling newspapers, Tokyo's first tabloid, the Tokyo Evening News, was launched, with an issue every five days." "Sell newspapers, sell newspapers, see that Zhao Chongyang led the Western Army to kill the Quartet and destroy the Western Xia." "Sell newspapers, sell newspapers, see the old kind of scriptures and slightly sacrifice fire to attack the clever plan, burning to death 70,000 elites of the Jinxia coalition army" "Selling newspapers, selling newspapers, the inaugural edition of the "Tokyo Evening News" is wonderful, and it is a true story of Zhao Chongyang, the prodigy champion, who led the Western Army to sweep away Hulu more than ten days ago, annihilating 200,000 enemies and capturing more than 100,000 people, which greatly boosted the ambition of the sons and daughters of China. ”……

At first, there were idle rich sons and young ladies who had never seen any evening newspapers, and when they heard the clamor for sale, they asked their subordinates to buy it and see, and saw that it was well documented and very wonderful. In the afternoon, Zhu Wu asked the printing house to print another 5,000 copies and hand them over to Chen Dong......

And in the early days of the Great Song Dynasty, Emperor Zhao Ji of the Great Song Dynasty sent Cai Jing in the afternoon of the first day, let the eunuch on duty take it out and read it to the civil and military officials, and at the same time handed over the jade seal of the Western Xia Dynasty to Cai Jing for the civil and military officials to see. Finally, Zhao Ji asked: "Now that Western Xia has been patrolled by the Northwest and pacified by the ministers, this is indeed not a small achievement. When Zhao Qincha arrived at Daheng Mountain, through a secret visit, he found that the commander of the Western Army had fornicated with Western Xia. The Western Xia people believed that Zhao Xun had rebelled without knowing that he could ask for it, and deliberately sent an army of 250,000 to attack Daheng Mountain, and united with the Jin people to challenge him to fight to the death with the Western army at Daheng Mountain. The Western Army won, and the Western Xia destroyed the country. The Western Army was defeated and withdrew from the entire Shaanxi and Shanxi Road, which was a battle to gamble on the fortunes of the country, Zhao Qinhan did not dare to be self-dictated, and passed the book through the beggar gang flying pigeons, and the news was transmitted to the capital within three days. After receiving the news, I first passed on the oral message, and then passed on the holy decree: let the Qincha depend on the situation, and if you are not sure, keep the pass. If you are sure that you are fully responsible, as long as you destroy the Western Xia, the great merit will be crowned as a marquis, an earl and below, and let it be played. The commanders of the towns disobey the yang and the yin, and those who do not obey the orders will be cut first and then played. Now that Zhao Qincha has succeeded, I will naturally fulfill my promise, what do you think? ”

Wang Hao first stood up and said: "Although the merit of pacifying Western Xia is great, but the title is too high, is it a little inconsistent with the ancestral system?" Like that, what Zhou Dong, who is neither a two-rank jinshi nor a nobleman, was suddenly made a marquis by a grass people, and was in the same high position as Zaifu, which made it difficult for the Manchu Dynasty to convince the civil and military. ”

At the beginning of Wang Huang, he and Tong Guan and others' cronies nodded their heads one after another. And many hereditary nobles were also jealous of others for obtaining such great military merits, and also seconded the proposal.

This angered the loyal and upright Li Gang, and he retorted: "Wang Dazai's words are really ridiculous, what kind of knighthood is too high, too much, this is all the soldiers who participated in the war in exchange for their lives, the merit is nothing more than saving and destroying the enemy country, even the king should be crowned." At that time, Emperor Taizong left a will, and those who recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun could be crowned king. How many times as many as the sixteen states of Yanyun are the dozens of states in Western Xia? What's more, the emperor has words first, do you want the emperor to recite the name of a faint monarch who has no promises? ”

Wang Hao saw that Li Gang threw an iron hat on his head, and hurriedly argued: "The official family is not for everyone to put forward opinions, I am just talking about things, how dare I question the official family." ”

Uncle Zhang said: "I heard that Zhou Dong is both civil and military, and he is deeply versed in Tao Strategy, and I would like to come to the old man to protect him, but he was pressed by some people, thinking that it was in vain." Now we can see that this person is really a great sage like Jiang Taigong, if it weren't for this, how could he teach a prodigy like a demon? I think that I can agree to Lord Zhao's request, make him a marquis, and serve as the governor of the northwest, with him sitting in the northwest, it is absolutely impossible for the party members to restore the Western Xia. ”

Tong Guan couldn't help it, and said: "Lord Zhang is alarmist again, since the Xixia people have been destroyed, how can anyone restore it?" ”

Because the matter involved himself and his master, Zhao Chongyang stood in the court class and tried his best to exercise restraint, and after listening to Tong Guan's words, he said: "The Western Xia has been established in the northwest for more than 100 years, and there are no less than 100,000 nobles alone, we just eliminated his main generals and main elite soldiers, except for Li Chengqian and his son, as long as they gave up resistance and surrendered the Western Xia people, whether they were nobles or commoners, we did not kill." The poet Du Fu said that the bow should be long, and the thief should capture the king first... If you stop the invasion, you can't kill more. What if we kill all the members of the party and come and herd horses and crops for us? The establishment of the Northwest Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is to let the Governor's Mansion replace the imperial court to manage the Western Xia people there. If you and Lord Wang think that it is a beautiful difference, it is better for Lord Wang to be appointed as the governor of the capital, and it just so happens that his official rank is also from the first grade. ”

Wang Hao knew that the northwest was a bitter cold place, and he couldn't afford to bear the bitterness, so he hurriedly said: "According to Lord Zhao's request, let the old hero of Zhou sit in the northwest." ”

Seeing that Lord Wang was relieved, all the opponents no longer objected, so Zhao Ji asked Cai Jingdao, what does the Taishi think?

Cai Jing got the benefit, and his nephew and son-in-law, who were not angry, also took the opportunity to have a formal official position, and naturally agreed to Zhao Chongyang's request.

In this way, the titles and official positions of Zhou Dong, Seed Master Dao and others were formalized through the court meeting.

Then, Gao Yu spoke: "Of the three major meritorious ones, two people have been crowned marquis, although Lord Zhao did not ask for the title for himself in the recital, he should be named a marquis." It is better to make him a border marquis, and the official rank is also from the first rank, and he knows the soldiers, so he can serve as a deputy envoy in the Privy Council. ”

Tong Guan and the others knew that the opposition was invalid, so they acquiesced this time.

Zhao Ji saw that no one objected: "Then it's decided." "I was about to announce my withdrawal from the DPRK.

Zhao Chongyang said: "Qi Guan family, Weichen will return to the northwest to assist the master in dealing with the descendants of Western Xia, and plan to return to Beijing to take up his post in the spring of next year." Also, my Hou Mansion will also wait for me to come back and repair it. ”

"Quasi-play, quit!"