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Chapter 291 Transformation

After seeing this remark about Wang Shao's extermination of Mu Zheng's rebellion, Wang Jinghui felt relieved. In this rebellion, he also saw an acquaintance - Jing Sili. Wang Jinghui remembered that this man should have been wiped out in Baicheng and he died. However, due to the butterfly effect caused by his arrival in this era, although Jing Sili was defeated, he was not wiped out. Wang Jinghui had known the ending of Mu Zheng for a long time, because the poison that poisoned Mu Zheng was given to Wang Shao himself. Mu Zheng wanted to rebel if he didn't die. It would be a disaster for such a person to keep him. Moreover, Wang Shao could not always stay in the Xihe area. In history, it was because Wang Shao returned to the court that Mu Zheng seized the opportunity to fight back successfully, and in the end, Wang Shao returned to Xihe to quell the rebellion.

Now Wang Shao designed to indulge these Tubo tribe leaders, which made Mu Zheng jump out of the rebellion himself. That would be a pity. However, the court has always been very generous to such tribe leaders. After quelling the rebellion, they will most likely save their lives, and give them an official position and give them a name. At least Wang Jinghui knew that Mu Zheng's final outcome was Yingzhou Tuanjian Envoy, giving him the name Zhao Sizhong.

"Zhao Sizhong? It would be better if you become a dead person!" Wang Jinghui thought in his heart that he agreed with the court's lenient and reception policy for the ethnic minority tribes that surrendered to the Song Dynasty. However, if a rebel like Mu Zheng appeared once, he would not give them a second chance. Not all the soldiers in the border areas of the court were Zhuge Liang, who could capture and plunder Meng Huo seven times. Think about the fact that after Wang Shao recovered Xihe in history, the rebellions of all sizes and big times never stopped in the first few years.

Just as Li Qing was afraid that the Song army that robbed everywhere could destroy the situation he worked hard to manage, Wang Jinghui was also afraid that the rebels in the Xihe area with abundant water and grass were rampant - this would scare the merchants who pulled him over to develop the Xihe River. Think about the later generations of Beirut, Lebanon, was a famous tourist resort in the world, but as a result, there was nothing left when the gunshots came.

However, the most interesting thing is that Wang Jinghui also knew that a famous place in history - Huang Tingjian. Wang Shao stabilized the rule of the Song Dynasty in Xihe. It was a very meaningful thing in the Song Dynasty. Su Shi and Huang Tingjian both wrote poems to praise Wang Shao's achievements and praised the victory of the Xihe Battle. However, Wang Jinghui has long since disappeared from the yearning for celebrities when he first arrived in this time and space. Now he looked around and saw that everyone he saw was Wang Anshi, Ouyang Xiu, Sima Guang, Su Shi, etc. At this time, Huang Tingjian was only twenty-six years old. He was awarded a Jinshi at the imperial talent ceremony three years ago, and is still a local official in Ye County. It really cannot attract Wang Jinghui's attention.

Su Shi and Huang Tingjian wrote poems to praise Wang Shao's achievements. From a political standpoint, they were reformists. However, in their limited contact with Su Shi and Su Zhe, Wang Jinghui had already keenly noticed that the political standpoints of the Su Shi brothers were changing. They were all caused by Wang Anshi's excessive speed of implementing the new law, which made the Su Shi brothers feel that the new law was not as good as they imagined. Moreover, Su Zhe was the prosecutor of the Sansi Regulations Department, and was one of the important figures in Wang Anshi's revision of the new law, but in this small place, Su Zhe already had resentment.

"It seems that there is no need for Lu Huiqing to come back, and Su Zhe will change the flag of the king on the top of the city!" Wang Jinghui was very concerned about the transformation of Su Shi's brothers, not only because they are all figures with the greatest style of writing in Chinese history. In this era, he realized what "the rare talent" is. As long as Su Shi can control his stinky mouth, it is not impossible to enter the political affairs hall ten years later. The atmosphere of openness and change in the court cannot be launched for a while, and the reform of the Han Dynasty did not make full use of it in ten years. It is a long process to achieve a prosperous country and strong people through reform. Wang Jinghui did not have such a long-term political vision. What he could do was to combine some experiences and lessons from later generations to avoid the same mistakes in the Song Dynasty.

The power of the conservative atmosphere in the court is still very tenacious. Wang Anshi's spirit was greatly dampened after passing through this incident in Hebei. Moreover, Wang Anshi is not young anymore. The court's open and reform forces should have successors. Otherwise, Wang Jinghui's plan alone would not play much role in the court where the overall political conservative atmosphere spreads.

"Huang Tingjian, haha, you don't have to work in the local area for seventeen years!" Wang Jinghui thought with a smile. Most of Huang Tingjian's poems reflect the suffering of the people. Although this kid is very popular in literature, he does not do much in politics. However, the mediocre political achievements are not important to Wang Jinghui. After all, not everyone is talented, but there are very few people who can care about the people and the world. Wang Jinghui plans to help Huang Tingjian. Such people are more reliable to use, and he can see the damage caused by Wang Anshi's reforms at the bottom. He will not have a fever like the Su Shi brothers who were a few years ago.

Just when Wang Jinghui wanted to promote Huang Tingjian, Yan Sheng's voice sounded outside the study: "Sir, I'm in urgent response!"

After Wang Jinghui asked Yansheng to come in, he took the small letter tube sealed with fire paint. This was passed by a carrier pigeon. After checking, there was no problem and then he opened it to check it out-"On the first day of April, Li Qing launched a large-scale attack on the city, and the war was fierce. Fortunately, it was sufficiently prepared and nothing serious!"

"Hi! Is Li Qing's mind really getting into water? Or is it really April Fool's Day?!" Wang Jinghui thought bitterly in his heart that after coming to this era, the current calendar is still the lunar calendar, and April Fool's Day in the West may not have appeared. However, after seeing this information today, what rose in his heart was a helpless feeling - it seems that fate is not so easy to grasp.

"Sir, it is said that planning things depends on people and success is in heaven. Although the development of things is beyond imagination, there may not be no way out!" Yan Sheng, of course, clearly saw that Wang Jinghui's face was not very good.

"I care too much, and I'm too greedy!" Wang Jinghui sighed and said, it was not impossible for things to develop to this point. Wang Jinghui had long thought that the worst case would be Li Qing to attack the Song Dynasty with no chance. However, he believed that the defense of Wuning Sanbao was enough to scare Li Qing away. Moreover, although Zhou's neighbor was a Dangxiang person, what if Wang wanted to say that Li Qing was a Han Chinese, he was a Dangxiang person? Under this estimation, he did not expect Li Qingzhen to launch a fierce attack on Wuning Sanbao.

"In the eyes of students, Li Qing wants to completely consolidate his position in the Jianing Military Office, and this person has a great ambition!" Yansheng is not as regretful as Wang Jinghui. After years of training, Yansheng pays more attention to how to achieve his own goals. Perhaps it was because of the wandering experience of childhood that he had somewhat seen through the world. Except for his own teachers and companions, no one else is in his heart. His favorite thing, who has read all kinds of schools of thought, is "Guiguzi". After studying for a few years, his mind is much stronger than Wang Jinghui.

"Oh?! Yansheng, what do you mean by this?" Wang Jinghui knew that it would be useless to regret now. The most important thing now is how to re-evaluate Li Qing, how to solve the current dilemma, and make the right decision.

"Students think that Li Qing is not entirely grateful to him as his master said, but he is grateful to the wise and wise Lord Xia. I think that the Li family in the Western Xia has come to this day since Wu Hao established the country. Because of their small population, they are not as numerous as the royal heirs of the Song Dynasty and Liao Kingdoms. Only Bingchang, who is twelve or thirteen years old, remain today. Queen Liang is not an ordinary woman, and she is determined to kill. Except for her slightly inferior in intelligence, she can almost be compared with Queen Xiao of the Khitan!"

After hearing this, Wang Jinghui nodded and said, "Xiao Feng is not perfect. Although she is outstanding, she can actually know people with keen eyes. At that time, the Liao Kingdom was full of talents. Even if Empress Dowager Liang had the ability to recognize people, she did not have very good talents around her for her to drive. Moreover, the Liang family was too ambitious and wanted to replace him. This was essentially different from Empress Dowager Xiao, so Empress Dowager Xiao was able to make full use of talents to revive Liao Kingdom, and Empress Dowager Liang just got criticized for the world!"

Yansheng nodded with a smile and said, "Students have been taught! However, students may also have extraordinary ambitions when they see Li Qing. This is not something that Mr. Li Qing can express his gratitude to Liangzuo for his kindness!"

Wang Jinghui raised his eyebrows and said, "Does Li Qing want the same as Empress Dowager Liang?"

"No! It's very rare for students to see that Li Qing can do it now, just like Wu Hao!"

Wang Jinghui shook his head with a wry smile and said, "No way?!"

"It's very possible! After all, Bingchang is young, and Empress Dowager Liang is Bingchang's biological mother. Could it be that Li Qing wants to stir up the mother and son to get married in the future? Besides, Bingchang is firmly in the Empress Dowager Liang now. I guess even if Li Qing can guarantee his loyalty to Dangxiang Li's family, with Empress Dowager Liang's strength, it's probably only after Empress Dowager Liang's death that it will be his turn to be loyal. Can Li Qing wait for such a long time?! Who can guarantee that Li Qing will not die in front of Empress Dowager Liang? Don't forget that Li Qing is fourteen years older than Empress Dowager Liang!"

Yansheng looked at Wang Jinghui frowned, and said with a smile: "Li Qing has such ambition, but it was probably forced by his husband. No one can expect this to come to this point!"

"I was the one who forced Li Qing?!" Wang Jinghui asked back.

Yansheng smiled and said, "Yes, it was Mr. Li Qing who forced Li Qing to this position step by step. The battle of the security army was planned by Mr. Li Qing. Although he was unintentional, Li Qing left Xiangqing Army to guard the Jianing Army. Later, the gentleman planned to release rumors and provoked conflicts between Li Qing and Empress Dowager Liang, which eventually made the two of them have the same power. Li Qing, the smuggling activity leader, slowly stabilized his footsteps. After Li Qing's power was developed, his loyalty also became ambition!"

Wang Jinghui carefully recalled Yansheng's words and felt that Yansheng's analysis of Li Qing's current situation was very reasonable. It seemed that he was too limited to the historical process. After all, according to historical records, Li Qing's powerful combat team also participated in the war of invasion of the Song Dynasty, but the Poxi Army was stationed in Xiangqing's army, not far from Xingqing Prefecture. Liangzuo's kindness to Li Qing was not without limit. Li Qing and Poxi Army were basically Han people from top to bottom. I am afraid that even Liangzuo himself would not be relieved to put such a "alien" army in the eyes of the Dangxiang people on a border such as the Jianing Military Office, especially Li Qing never avoided his political tendency - Liansong!

Yansheng's words also made Wang Jinghui think of something - after Li Qing's death, there was a treasure missing! Wang Jinghui was not very clear about the origin of Li Qing's treasure, only knowing that there was indeed a considerable amount of treasure after Li Qing's death, and this was not a burial - because in history, Li Qing was killed by Queen Mother Liang, and did not die normally, so it was very simple to bury. It is said that the Queen Mother Liang's party did not find this treasure, and the whereabouts of the treasure became a mystery after Li Qing was killed. If Li Qing was loyal to the Li royal family in Xixia, then why did he secretly get this treasure?!

Wang Jinghui shook his head and said, "It seems that I underestimated Li Qing's ability!"

Wang Jinghui knew that this treasure was definitely not with Li Qing now. Otherwise, Li Qing would not have to rely on selling troops to maintain the daily expenses of the Poxi Army two years ago. He did not care about Li Qing's treasures, although it was assuming that Li Qing wanted to rebel. The number of treasures that could provide rebellion must not be a small amount, otherwise Empress Dowager Liang would not have spent so much energy to find the treasure. However, this has no meaning to Wang Jinghui. It is a clue that proves that the character Li Qing was so complicated. If Yansheng's analysis was correct, Li Qing really made Wang Jinghui feel a little creepy.

"Sir, there is no need to be upset. What about Li Qing? This is a good thing for the Song Dynasty. Even if the three forts in Wuning are lost, it doesn't matter much to the Song Dynasty. The only thing the students are worried about now is that they are unintentional and frozen. Now they are behind Li Qing. The safety of the soldiers and horses is really a big problem!" Yan Sheng said. He could be indifferent to anyone and regard everyone as pawns, but he would never to be hurt for his closest person.

Wang Jinghui turned his head and patted Yansheng on the shoulder and said, "Yansheng doesn't need to think too much. I won't push them into the fire pit. Wuxin and Bingfeng both know how to protect themselves. Even in the most unfavorable circumstances, Bingfeng can wear makeup and disguise to escape, and Wuxin's special forces can retreat from Yanzhou to the Song Dynasty. The only thing that worried me was Yang Chongyue, who was guarding Wuning Fort, was afraid that he would be young and energetic and did not know how to advance and retreat to the end. That would be a pity for such a great young man!"

"Not everyone can be regarded as Wuhao. At least Li Qing still lacks the identity of a Hu man. Besides, the Liao Kingdom will not tolerate a Han regime in the west of his land. Even if he can conquer Wuning Fort, it will be nothing at all!" Yan Sheng said.

Wang Jinghui nodded in agreement and said, "No matter what, after this time, Li Qing and his Poxi Army will no longer exist. The key is what the Song generals paid for this! Yansheng wrote to Fu Hangong, asking him to step up Wuning Fort, firearms, soldiers, etc., and poisons must be transported to Shunning Village, while the poison juice will be delivered directly to Wuning Fort, and the receiving army will be sent to pick up Yang Chongyue and the others at any time; in addition, he can also write to Yang Chongyue, and he can be allowed to retreat at critical moments, just to kill the enemy to the maximum extent. No matter how long the two letters are, they must be transmitted by carrier pigeons. Do you understand?"

After Yansheng wrote the letter and handed it to Wang Jinghui for a look, he hurriedly sent it. Wang Jinghui changed his court ward and immediately went to the palace to meet the saint. No matter what, the Western Xia regime was dead. If Li Qing established his own independent kingdom, he would certainly find a soft persimmon to pinch it. The object was not someone else, of course, Queen Liang. With Wuning Three Forts in hand, he didn't have to worry about the Song Dynasty treating him. However, although Wang Jinghui thought that the current situation was tense and full of variables, as long as the Song Dynasty responded carefully and increased its investment in the northwest, he might not be unable to gain any benefits!

Xixianai Wangjing

Wuxin's special forces quietly approached this small town after nightfall. Naiwangjing was only 150 miles away from the Jianing Military Office, and 50 miles eastward was Guwuyan City. Wuxin led his team deep here two years ago. Of course, although Wuxin's team was not as powerful as it is now, it was more like a bandit than it is now. In addition to the fear of angering the nearby area, Naiwangjing and Guwuyan City were basically in charge of an empty city. Two years have passed, Wuxin carefully looked at Naiwangjing on a slope far away. Although he had seen many towns of this size in the Song Dynasty, in the northwest, due to the influence of barrenness and war, it was not easy to operate such a town like this. It can be seen that Li Qing had put a lot of effort into governing his territory.

According to the soldiers who were alone in the Poxi Army who Wuxin took makeup and caught here two days ago, after torture, he learned that two days ago, Li Qing personally led a large army of 120,000 to Naiwangjing, who had already gone to Wuning Sanbao. Since Naiwangjing was so close to the base camp of the Jianing Army, and the ancient Wuyan City fifty miles away was another place for permanent troops, there was no earthen city wall on Naiwangjing. However, what made Wuxin even more interested was that Naiwangjing could be regarded as a trading center, so in recent times, a large amount of goods in Xia were detained here by Li Qing for the reasons of war, and the grain and other materials transported from the Jianing Army were also piled up here - although there were garrisons in the ancient Wuyan City, the city was really pitiful, and it was so close to the headquarters of the Jianing Army, the Poxi Army, that they did not believe that anyone could avoid the Poxi Army and sneak attack here.
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