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Chapter 52

In a few days, the new city was stationed in Cheng. Most of the prisoners of war were taken away by Yang Wenguang, building Fengzhou New City, and building a road from Dongshengzhou to Fengzhou.

While Du Zhongxiao and Bao Zheng were busy arranging the army and prisoners of war, the imperial edict came. Du Zhongxiao changed his civil and military service to the military commander of Chongxin Army, and deployed the Hequ Road Strategy and Pacification Envoy and Hequ Road. Hequ Road no longer belonged to Hedong Road, but was alone. Fengzhou was changed to Shazhou, and Fengzhou was established between the newly captured Yellow River North and South Shuangliu, and the Hue Du area was changed to Hezhou, and Dongshengzhou was changed to Shengzhou. The geography and boundary of each state were detailed by Du Zhongxiao and reported to the court, and the mainland tried to immigrate to the border.

Such changes are mainly based on the counties set up in the Han Dynasty and the prefectures and counties set up in the Tang Dynasty, and try to remove the prefectures and counties set up in the Khitan as much as possible. Fengzhou in the Tang Dynasty was originally between the north and south of the Yellow River. Later, Fengzhou in the Khitan and Fengzhou set up in the Song Dynasty were all from this. Fengzhou in the south of the Song Dynasty had been defeated by Dangxiang and abandoned, and moved to the old Tang Dynasty. Dongshengzhou was Shengzhou in the Tang Dynasty. After being captured by Khitan, it moved eastward and changed back to its original name. These two states marked the repetition of the hometown here during the Tang Dynasty, and had a special meaning.

During this great victory, all the officials in the capital were extremely excited. The civil officials called it comparable to the style of the Han and Tang Dynasties, which was first reflected in the place names. In the future, the population increased and the county was set up. The names of the Han and Tang Dynasties would be re-marked one by one and re-marked on the map.

Du Zhongxiao changed from civil servants to military officials, and there was no discussion, so the imperial edict was directly brought down. First, the military achievements were too great, and civil servants were not easy to be promoted, so they were changed to military officials. Anyway, the military governor was at the top, and the military governor was second to the prime minister. In the future, he could change his civil servants to the prime minister. As a civil servant, he had never been sent to the court for four years, and there was basically no precedent for promotion to the prime minister. With the military officials in the court as the prime minister, Di Qing was prepared in both directions. Another way was to balance the conflicts between civil servants, Du Zhongxiao changed to military officials, so it was not easy for civil servants to suppress military generals.

Another imperial decree was that Han Qi was sent back to the court from the Hedong Road to serve as the Privy Councilor. Except for Du Zhongxiao's reign as the governor of Chongxin Army and his arrangements for Hequ Road, the rest of the military achievements had not been described, and he just waited for Han Qi to return.

At the same time, Wang Yiyong was allowed to resign because of his old age and weak body. Di Qing was promoted from deputy Privy Councilor and Xuanhui Court to Privy Councilor.

Although Di Qing was still the Privy Councilor, it was different from the previous arrangement. Before this great victory, Zhao Zhen's arrangement was that Di Qing replaced the civil minister Privy Councilor Gao Ruone, and Wang Yiyong remained in office. The two Privy Councilors were all military generals. After the great victory, Han Qi actually replaced Gao Ruone, Di Qing replaced Wang Yiyong, and the Privy Council maintained the original pattern.

In history, civil officials opposed Di Qing as Privy Councilors, not because military generals could not take charge of Privy Councilors, but the practice was that there were two Privy Councilors, one civil and one martial. Di Qing was the Privy Councilor, and Zhao Zhen asked Gao Ruonne to resign and Di Qing took over. In history, Di Qing's position was the usual civil and ministers' Privy Councilors. Whether before this or after Di Qing was forced to resign, another Privy Councilor was always a military general. This incident shows that the emotional descriptions of the Song Dynasty suppressing military commanders and civil officials' suppression of military commanders were based on not being clear about it. For example, soldiers scrambled to be surrounded and saw it, and it felt honorable at a glance. Di Qing had the same effect as taking Wang Yiyong. The opposition of civil officials was based on breaking the convention. Gao Ruonne was forced to leave the office for no reason because he gave Di Qing a position, which was even more unjust than Di Qing was forced to resign a few years later. On the other hand, the Privy Councilors used all military commanders, which might turn the Privy Council into another three yamen and change the military system.

What really shocked Di Qing's officialdom and the people was his origin. He started from ordinary soldiers and went to Privy Councilors with military merits, not his status as a military general. Whether before Di Qing or after him, there were more military generals. However, these Privy Councilors were either from general clans, from royal relatives, or people around the emperor. Di Qing was different from these people. He was an ordinary family and had no experience with the emperor, breaking the limitations of his origin. This is why the people talked about and the soldiers of the imperial guards were proud of. Another person who had this experience in the Song Dynasty was the later Yue Fei. The generals of the Di family were later stories about it. In fact, there were no generals of the Di family, and Di Qing himself might not have been recruited by the generals as his own. Most of the descendants of Di Qing were literary officials, and most of the people who were dating were literati. These literati friends helped the Di family leave Di Qing's reputation.

Before Han Qi returned to Beijing, he went to Hue Du New City, which is the new Hezhou, to say goodbye to Du Zhongxiao and Bao Zheng.

We welcomed the official hall, and after the ceremony, the three of them sat down.

Du Zhongxiao bowed to Han Qi: "Congratulations to my grandfather for returning to the North Korea and preside over the military aircraft."

Han Qi said: "Master, I have really divided your military achievements this time when I return to Beijing. Don't worry about it. There is a precedent for Taiwei Di to pacify Nong Zhigao and return to the court to serve as Privy Councilor. If you win this great victory, you should return to Beijing to be the prime minister--"

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "I was originally a peasant son, but I have only been in the first ten years. Before, the officials were just peaceful all the way, so how dare I be the magistrate!"

Bao Zheng said: "It's not entirely true. Taiwei Di was promoted to the army, and it took only ten years from instructing to becoming the prime minister. Duke Kou Lai has been in the first place and has been in politics for less than ten years. Although his seniority is a little short, his military achievements are great. What's wrong?"

Du Zhongxiao just smiled and shook his head, not saying much. What age is he? Now that he is a priest, he still doesn't know how to be tortured in the next few decades. No matter how tempting that position is, Du Zhongxiao will not do it now, otherwise his life will be too fun.

Seeing that Du Zhongxiao was not concerned about this, Han Qi also smiled: "Although Jinglei is young, he is broad-minded. He said it, I returned to Beijing to be the Privy Councilor this time because I am very good at Hequ Road and cannot be so calm. Jinglei is not because of his seniority, but because he has been an official in the local area, and the emperor and the officials in the capital are not familiar with him. After a few years, the court will know your ability, so why should the court abandon it!"

Du Zhongxiao was silent for a while and said to Han Qi: "My husband, I can think clearly about this matter myself. It is not appropriate to enter the court now. It is better to stay in this Hequ land for a few years and build this great victory firmly. The Tang people said that they would not let the flying generals of Longcheng be there and not teach Hu horses to cross Yinshan. Although I am not talented and dare not to compare myself with Wei Huo, I can still make the Hu people dare not to go south and shed horses!"

Han Qi nodded: "Okay, okay, the manager has this courage and the mind, so why is it difficult to do this!"

Bao Zheng did not speak. He was angry about Gao Ruonai giving up Di Qing. Han Qi returned to Beijing to relieve his military achievements, but it was at the cost of Du Zhongxiao's military achievements. Gao Ruonai was afraid of his little time. This time, he was demoted from the Privy Councilor to the same group of herds, sentenced to the Shangshu Province, and the poem was made by the Sheren, instead of the Hanlin Bachelor, which was too much for him. The reason was that when he was traveling, the ceremonial guard drove away the passers-by, causing death. Gao Ruonai immediately sent his guard to the government and punished the crime according to the law, but did not protect him. The Censor still wanted to be willing to play Gao Ruonuo, and the political participation was suitable for interference, Gao Ruonai was demoted. In history, Di Qing was attacked by civil servants several years later, which was related to Gao Ruonai's experience at this time. Gao Ruonai soon died of illness after leaving the Privy Councilor.

After uncovering the knot of this matter, Han Qi was very happy and said to Du Zhongxiao: "I won't discuss the military achievements of this battle for now, and make clear the strategy with the officers and soldiers. After I return to the capital, I will be rewarded with me. This is a great victory that has not been seen in this dynasty for decades. If I don't give me reward, it is not enough to persuade the soldiers to use their lives!"

Du Zhongxiao thanked him. He knew in his heart that his military achievements were too great this time, and part of them was given to Han Qi, and the other part was given to his subordinates. The subordinates were rewarded to comfort the morale of the army. He was too young and had too shallow experience, and there was no real support in the court. Using the military commander as the commander is already the limit. If he goes further, he will cause attacks from others and even be suspicious of the emperor.
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