At the end of February of the fifth year of Qingli, the order of Wang Chu, the governor of Yongzhou, had already arrived in Yongzhou, and he was demoted to the order of Wuping County, Fujian because he did not report it.

It's just that before the arrival of the new governor, he still has to carry out the handover work, and he can't leave for the time being.

So when he saw Nong Zhi enter Yongzhou City with his toes high, and called him "Wang County" with a smile from the Huang brothers, his nose was almost crooked.

But it can't be helped.

This matter was found out by the Imperial City Division, and it happened that the imperial court dealt with the Western Xia and the Liao State, and freed up his hands to prepare to eliminate the Yue Dynasty, but he found out about this matter, who will be demoted if he is not demoted?

After Nong Zhigao entered the city, he became the Tongzhi of Yongzhou, and before the new Yongzhou Zhizhou did not come, he became the temporary leader.

He didn't make any arrangements immediately, but just stayed in his own prefect and waited.

After all, now that my identity is different, I have to think about my career. In case the new Guangnan West Road Transit Envoy and Yongzhou Zhizhou messed around at will before they came, angering Shangguan, it would be a big problem and not conducive to their careers.

A few days later, Zhao Wenzuo, the former governor of Gaozhou, arrived first, and after the smooth handover with Wang Chu, the governor of Yongzhou and Tongzhi were all in place.

Nong Zhigao began to contact him, and the two worked together for more than ten days.

The reason why Zhao Wenzuo took office was not only because he served as a co-governor in a neighboring prefecture and was familiar with the local situation in Yongzhou, but also because he had the advantage of having outstanding political achievements and a very good understanding of the ethnic minorities in the border areas.

The imperial court sent a secret letter to Zhao Wenzuo, asking him to establish a good colleague relationship with Nong Zhigao, and also expressed the imperial court's determination to recover the southwest and beat Vietnam this time.

Knowing the meaning of the imperial court, he went in and out with Nong Zhigao during this time, and even if he encountered something, he often had to discuss it with the other party, so that the two people soon established a preliminary friendship and the relationship became increasingly close.

In early March, Yang Cha, the transfer envoy of Guangnan West Road, finally arrived.

He was appointed as the governor of Suzhou at the beginning, and was appreciated by Zhao Jun, and was repeatedly promoted, first promoted to the governor of Yingzhou, and then transferred to the governor of Shouzhou, and then the Shenglong Pavilion to be made and supervised the imperial history, and last year he was also appointed as a bachelor of Hanlin and the governor of Kaifeng Mansion.

Now Kaifeng Mansion is basically managed by Bao Zheng, the same governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, and Bao Zheng was officially promoted this year, so there was an unwritten rule in the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture before.

That is, the prefect of Kaifeng is an excessive official, and after a month or two, he can often be promoted to various departments as a waiter.

But after Yang Cha became the prefect of Kaifeng at the end of last year, when he was about to be promoted to various ministries, he was suddenly assigned to Guangnan West Road as a transfer envoy.

Only Yang Cha himself knew that this was the important task entrusted to him by the imperial court, asking him to organize and lead the southwest troops to completely wipe out the Yue Dynasty in the south.

So when he arrived at Guangxi South Road, he did not stop in Guizhou, Guangxi, but went directly to Yongzhou.

March 9, outside the city of Yongzhou.

As the ancient period of Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Province, Yongzhou's geographical environment is still quite good.

The Yongjiang River passes through it, irrigating a plain area in the north and south, coupled with fewer hills, dense forests, rich timber resources, and a bias to the southwest subtropical region, which is suitable for reclamation and human habitation.

Yang Cha rode on horseback, surrounded by the transport envoy guards, and could already see the Yongzhou city sitting on the bank of the Yongjiang River in the distance.

The city is not very tall, and the nearby plains are densely populated with countryside, and some villages thrive. But more often than not, there are countless dense forests and seas nearby, with almost no end in sight.

This Guangxi South Road is really full of jungles, and it is no wonder that there is a miasma.

Although in recent years, the imperial court has widely publicized that the miasma is spread by mosquitoes, so that the people in the south have set off a war to exterminate mosquitoes, but seeing this endless subtropical forest sea, Yang Cha still feels a little afraid.

After about twenty minutes, he finally arrived at the bottom of the city.

Zhao Wenzuo and Nong Zhigao, as well as other officials in the city, came over one after another and saluted him.

"Xiaguan Zhao Wenzuo, Nong Zhigao, Huang Wei, and Huang Shimi have seen Si Shuai."

The crowd bowed down.

"Well, it's all polite, let's talk about it when we go to the city."

Yang Cha nodded slightly.

Many officials secretly looked at him.

I found that he was not very old, he was only thirty-four years old this year, and his face was quite mature.

Everyone was quite surprised, and Huang Wei, the new Wuyuan County Commander who was mixed in the crowd, asked the Xuanhua County Commander next to him in a low voice: "Brother Zhang, is Si Shuai so young?" ”

Xuanhua County Ling said with a smile: "Brother Huang doesn't know, Si Shuai can be described as young and promising, Jing Yu won the first class in the first year, although he did not enter the top three, but he was also the fourth. And his political performance is outstanding, and he is appreciated by the Academy, and he has a bright future all the way, and his official fortune is naturally prosperous. ”

The world only knows that there are only three people in the first class, that is, the champion, Bangyan and Tanhua, but they don't know that it was the Ming and Qing dynasties. Before that, there were five people in the first class of the Song Dynasty, but only the top three had exclusive titles, and the fourth and fifth places did not.

But even so, those who can get into the first class, whether they are the first or fifth, are very smooth in their careers, especially Yang Cha, who only took seven years from just entering the office to becoming a transfer envoy in history.

Now eleven years have passed, and he should have gone up to the various ministries to be a waiter, and then returned to the local area to be a four-grade transfer envoy, which is already considered a bad career.

Hearing the words of Xuanhua County's order, Huang Wei was envious for a while.

Although he is also a Jinshi, he is the fourth Jinshi at the end of the list, the starting point is very low, and it doesn't matter, he has been in a state of selection, and he can't be selected before joining the Nong Zhigao team.

Compared with a proud son like Yang Cha, the gap is still too far away.

The group soon entered the city.

Zhao Wenzuo had already held a banquet in a restaurant in the city.

Yang Cha was really hungry all the way, and many words needed to be talked about at the dinner table, so he didn't refuse.

The restaurants in Yongzhou are not half a little worse than Bianliang, and the most luxurious restaurants are only two stories high, and as far as the eye can see, the city is full of bungalows, and even the two-story buildings are only a handful.

Zhao Wenzuo entertained Yang Cha and said guiltily: "Si Shuai, the southwest is remote, not as prosperous as the capital, please bear with me." ”

"It doesn't matter."

Yang Cha nodded slightly, then sat down and said, "Sit down." ”

"Yes."

Everyone took their seats.

Waiting for the food to be served, Yang Cha said in a deep voice: "Where does Yongzhou know with you?" ”

Nong Zhigao hurriedly said: "The lower official is here." ”

Yang Cha turned his head and looked up and down, and found that the other party was only about twenty, and said in surprise: "I don't know how old I am?" ”

"Back to the commander, the next official just turned twenty this year."

Nong Zhigao was a little uneasy, he was afraid that the other party would despise him because of his young age.

"I know that I am young and promising."

Yang Cha said with a smile: "I heard that as early as four or five years ago, Tongzhi was unbearable and greedy and raised troops to resist, doesn't it mean that Tongzhi was only fifteen or sixteen years old at that time?" ”

Nong Zhigao smiled bitterly: "Guangyuan Prefecture was originally the territory of the imperial court, but Li Yue blackmailed the border people and plundered the people, and the lower officials couldn't bear it. ”

"Okay."

Yang Chazan said: "Da Song Zheng needs a young man like Tongzhi. ”

Saying that, he looked around again and said: "The Zhiyuan has already named Tongzhi, saying that he has such courage, and he can be said to be the pillar of the Great Song Dynasty in the future." ”

"I have long seen that the same knowledge is extraordinary, and the future is limitless."

"Hahaha, if you can enter the Wisdom Academy, Nong Tongzhi will definitely be smooth sailing, if you are promoted in the future, don't forget me and wait."

"It turns out that Tongzhi started the army at the age of fifteen, which is really the courage of a young man, and this success is indispensable."

Everyone saw that Yang Cha attached great importance to Nong Zhigao, so they hurriedly praised him.

Officialdom is like this, there are people above to praise, and the people below are only envious, jealous and hateful.

Nong Zhigao was really flattered and hurriedly returned the salute. In the Song Dynasty, the status of these border people was not high, like Huang Wei and Huang Shimi, who were still from Jinshi.

Just because the identity of the border people has not been valued, they can't even be dispatched when they are selected, so they can only be redundant and idle.

He is a person who has fallen off the list, and he is not even a jinshi, so he is naturally looked down upon in Yongzhou officialdom.

Now that I have such treatment all of a sudden, it feels like living in a dream.

Yang Cha smiled when he saw his flattered appearance, Zhao Jun asked him to appease Nong Zhigao, after all, before this, Da Song had treated him a little badly.

Ming Ming Nong Zhigao wrote many times to request to be attached, but because of the selfish desires of the governor of Yongzhou, the imperial court could not get the news.

It not only chilled the border people, but also made the Great Song Dynasty invaded by Xiaoxiao without knowing it, which was simply a shame.

But after a while, Yang Cha straightened his face and said, "But Nong Tongzhi, before the prefect came, there was a sentence for me to remind you. ”

Nong Zhigao hurriedly said: "Please reprimand the marshal." ”

"The prefect said that the Great Song Dynasty is a country that encompasses all the seas. No matter what nationality it is, whether it is Han or Yi, since you are willing to be my Great Song people, it will be treated equally and will not be treated differently. ”

Yang Cha Zhengse said: "Since you are willing to belong to the Great Song Dynasty and become an official of the Great Song Dynasty, you should eat the king's Lu and be loyal to the king." Like your father, you must not do anything like your father to build a country and usurp the emperor, understand? ”

Nong Zhigao was able to be forgiven this time, because he repeatedly wrote books explaining the reasons for the founding of the country. Second, he also expressed his heart of attachment many times, and did not try to usurp the emperor.

He founded the country in order to erect a banner and call on border ethnic minorities to join him under this banner.

Now is the establishment of the kingdom.

It was not until he rebelled and rebelled in history and conquered Yongzhou that he established the Great Southern Kingdom and proclaimed himself emperor.

So judging from the behavior, at least the current Nong Zhigao is a bit like a Li Yuanhao who is bent on belonging to the Song Dynasty, and has not raised troops to rebel and try to stand on his own feet as he did later.

Now his power is not strong, there are only thousands of people under him, and his ambitions have not swelled with the growth of his power, and the imperial court has given him a Tongjinshi and Yongzhou Tongzhi, which has already made Nong Zhigao excited, how dare he have any arrogance?

Therefore, hearing Yang Cha's words, Nong Zhigao was so frightened that he hurriedly got up and said again and again: "Si Shuai, the court must be clear." The founding of the country by the lower officials was all in order to let the border people join and called on the border people to fight against Li Yue together. Otherwise, Li Yue invaded the border, claiming that it was Li Yue's land, and if the border people did not have the protection of the country, how could they dare to fight them? ”

"Okay, the court naturally knows, if it weren't for that, would you be able to sit here safely? That is naturally His Majesty's clear observation, and the Imperial Court is aware of it. ”

Yang Cha arched his hand to the north, and then said with a smile: "Tongzhi doesn't need to panic, the imperial court will also reward you for your merits." This time, you only need to be conscientious and cooperate with the court to eliminate Li Yue, which is a great credit. ”

As he spoke, he looked at the rest of the officials around him and said: "The imperial court will not forget the meritorious ministers, meritorious service will be rewarded, and punishment will be imposed if there is a mistake, which is the rule set by the Constitutional Yuan, and this rule also applies to everyone." Therefore, this official is here to make a statement, as long as there can be meritorious people this time, I will report it truthfully, and you all have generous gifts. ”

"Thank you, Sir!"

The crowd stood up and saluted.

"Sit down."

Yang Cha pressed his hands down and motioned for everyone to sit down.

By the time Nong Zhigao sat down, his back was already soaked with sweat.

Yang Cha first gave a jujube and then a stick, and after a beating, it already made him panic.

However, the latter words still made him feel at ease.

Because Yang Cha's words reveal a meaning - that is, if he can make a contribution in this war of annihilation of Vietnam, then he is afraid that he will soar in the future.

It was at this point that the meal finally began to come up.

Yang Cha didn't get down to business immediately, but greeted everyone with a smile to eat and eat.

With what he just said, the atmosphere quickly warmed up.

Everyone's motivation to eliminate Li Yuechao has also increased a few points, and they are full of longing for the future.

The main reason is that the soldiers and horses of the imperial court have been too strong in recent years, and the Liao State and Western Xia have been defeated in the north.

Compared with the Western Xia of Liao, the Li Dynasty of Vietnam is really a small country.

Even if the population of the Li Dynasty was two or three million, the Liao State was less than 10 million, and the Western Xia was only 800,000.

But when it comes to combat effectiveness, Li Chao's side can only be described as sparse.

Because of the high mountains and dense forests, the road is blocked, and the degree of sinicization in Vietnam is not even comparable to that of Goryeo, Japan, and the information is extremely closed.

This led to the fact that Vietnam's smelting technology level was quite backward at that time, and the weapons and equipment, soldier and horse training, and logistics and supply were very poor.

Like during the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty easily wiped out Vietnam and incorporated it into the Chinese territory.

Therefore, these officials, who were temporarily transferred from other places to reshuffle the local officials in Yongzhou, were actually quite confident in eliminating the Yue Dynasty.

Only Nong Zhigao knew that even if the Great Song Dynasty sent heavenly soldiers over, it might not necessarily wipe out the Yue Dynasty.

Because of the lack of adaptation to water and soil, and the problems of susceptibility to diseases, they have been bothered.

Even if Emperor Yang of Sui casually destroyed the Yue Kingdom, what about after that?

It was not the fall of the Sui Dynasty, but it immediately became independent again.

So that's a nuisance.

But think about it carefully, if the imperial court destroys Vietnam in the future and performs better, the imperial court will take care of Vietnam by itself?

With his familiarity with Vietnam, maybe he can be a little king there.

Thinking of this, Nong Zhigao suddenly became excited again, and immediately after the meal, he asked Yang Cha: "Si Shuai, the border people have been harassing the court for a long time, and they have long been full of anger, so they are waiting for an order from the imperial court. I don't know when the imperial army will arrive, so I'll prepare early. ”

Yang Cha said with a smile: "Wait for your relief, the imperial court soldiers and horses have already set off, and they will arrive in Guangxi in a few days." ”

"Oh?"

Nong Zhigao said happily: "I don't know how many soldiers and horses? Is the coach Fan Xianggong? Xiaguan and Zhao Taishou also had to prepare and mobilize some grain and grass. ”

"Yuer is a small country, why do you need to make a big move?"

Yang Cha shook his head.

Li Chao is really not worthy of Fan Zhongyan.

Hearing that it was not Fan Zhongyan, the god of war of the Great Song Dynasty, Nong Zhigao was a little disappointed.

But he immediately said: "Could it be Wang Xianggong or Zhang Xianggong?" ”

If Fan Zhongyan can't come, it would be good for Wang Deyong and Zhang Kang to come.

It has long been said that in addition to Fan Zhongyan, the Great Song Dynasty made Wang Deyong and Zhang Kang, the deputy privy envoy, used troops like gods.

In particular, Zhang Kang, who is now famous, went hundreds of miles deep to attack the hinterland of Western Xia, intercepted the retreating main army of the Liao State, and won countless victories, and made immortal war honors.

If one of these two people comes, they should be able to beat Yue Chao.

"Not really."

Unexpectedly, Yang Cha waved his hand and said, "Use a knife to kill chickens?" ”

"That's?"

Nong Zhigao was shocked.

Although the Li Dynasty is not worth mentioning in front of a behemoth like the Great Song Dynasty, it can't be so despised so much.

Anyway, we should send a big future.

However, I heard Yang Cha say: "The imperial court plans to send 10,000 troops this time, led by General Yu Houdi in front of the palace of the guards. ”

"Ten thousand?"

Nong Zhigao almost collapsed at that time.

Court.

I only plan to pay 10,000?

And it's a little-known guard who is waiting in front of the palace?

That moment.

Nong Zhigao only felt that this time the imperial court had a plan to destroy Yue, as if it was a joke.

(End of chapter)