In the evening of that day, Du Zhongxiao was ordered to enter the palace to discuss matters. Needless to ask, it must be because Han Qi's good news that the emperor summoned the ministers.

After entering Chongzheng Hall, the courtesy was polite. The ministers present all smiled.

Zhao Zhen said: "Today, Han Qi reported his victory. His army had occupied Xingqing Prefecture and captured countless officials below Dangxiang's prime minister, Mozang Epang. The Taiwei of Mibu led the army into Helan Mountain, and had contacted Han Qi and was willing to surrender to the court. The king of Dangxiang's country Liangzuo was in the hands of Mibu. If Mibu led his troops to surrender, Dangxiang would be destroyed. Since the state took Taiyuan, within the world, this is an unprecedented great achievement!"

Everyone congratulated each other. After occupying Xingqing Prefecture, it can be considered that the demise of Dangxiang is a great symbolic significance for Han Qi's victory.

Wen Yanbo said: "Since Du Zhongcheng led his troops to rescue Tang Longzhen a few years ago, this dynasty has used troops to the outside world, and has won no defeat. This time, the troops of the commander of the Han Taiwei Zhao Zi came from Xingxing Gorge east, and had more than 3,000 miles of road, broke countless cities and entered Xingqing Prefecture. This is a rare victory."

Zhao Zhen nodded: "Since Yuanhao's rebel traitors started to treason, Dangxiang's reputation was difficult to cure, which was a problem for the northwest. Han Qi's destruction of this powerful enemy this time was a great achievement. Dangxiang had been destroyed, so I summoned all the ministers to discuss what the court should do next."

Jia Changchao said: "Your Majesty, although Han Qi has entered Xingqing Prefecture, other places in Dangxiang have not yet surrendered. The most urgent task is to pacify the Dangxiang area and incorporate it into the rule so as not to cause any more trouble."

The Deputy Envoy of the Privy Councilor Tian Kuang said: "After the destruction of Dangxiang, we must also discuss in detail how the local area is governed. With Yuan Hao's previous lessons of treason, it seems that it is not feasible to use local tyrants to govern the local area. If they are weak, they cannot control the local area, and if they are strong, they want to treason and directly use the county and the area."

Yaochen, the deputy political officer, said: "Du Zhongcheng opened up Hequ Road, so he did not need local tyrants to directly manage the county and county, and the court sent officials to manage it. In recent years, this method seems very good. Although he was expending some money and grain at the beginning, in the past two years, the taxes were no longer required to withdraw money and grain to pay the salaries of officials. It is best if the new places of Dangxiang were obtained, so as not to cause trouble again."

Hu Su, a Hanlin scholar, said: "For so many state prefectures, I'm afraid there are not enough officials."

Wang Yaochen said: "This year, we can pick up more people from the students."

Tian Kuang said: "Jinshi is a person who governs the world by the country, and should not open the door to gratitude and happiness. Although the party is large and the population is indeed small, it can be merged into the prefectures to govern first. When the population grows and the number of officials gradually increases, then it will be said."

This year is the year of the imperial examination. The Hanlin Bachelor Ouyang Xiu is the tribute examination, and the provincial examination has not been held yet. Du Zhongxiao did not know that the imperial examination this year was very important in history. Whether it is the system or the talents who have passed the imperial examination, it has a profound impact on future generations.

Seeing a few people talking nonstop, Wen Yanbo said, "What we are discussing now is what we have after the victory of Dangxiang. If there is not enough officials, it will be left for the future. Han Qi commanded Zhao Zi and Liu Ji's 80,000 troops, and after occupying Xingqing Prefecture, what will happen? Di Qing led his army to attack Lingzhou, but the city has not yet been destroyed. What should we do? There are also tens of thousands of Dangxiang troops in Shanheguan, and there are tens of thousands of Dangxiang troops in Helan Mountains. Although after occupying Xingqing Prefecture, Dangxiang was destroyed, there were many remaining forces. Many things were mixed and we could not ignore them."

Du Zhongxiao said: "In addition to Dangxiang, there are also Khitans. After Yelu Chongyuan retreated to Datong Prefecture, one day was worse than another. On the contrary, Yelu Hongji stepped forward step by step, and I think Chongyuan would not last long. Since Xingqing Prefecture was broken, if Mibu led his army to surrender to the court, with Liangzuo in hand, Dangxiang would not need a large army. He ordered Han Qi's troops to immediately enter Hequ Road from Shanhe Pass and gathered heavy troops in Shengzhou and Shazhou to prevent the Khitan from changing. After the troops of Di Qing commander captured Lingzhou, he immediately took Yanzhou and cooperated with Fuyan Road to pacify the Hengshan area."

Jia Changchao said: "The army all went east, and there were fewer troops west of Helan Mountain. Only 10,000 or 20,000 people from Zhao Zi's troops were afraid that they would not be able to intimidate Hehuang Tubo. When Dangxiang was still there, Dasi Luo was close to the court. If Dangxiang was destroyed, it might not be like this. Without Dangxiang people, the troops belonging to Dasi Luo might not have been left to rise. The Lanzhou area is afraid that it will be in chaos."

Du Zhongxiao said: "The population in the Hehuang area is not large. Even if the Lanzhou area is in chaos, it will not affect other places. When the Khitan stabilizes, it will send a large army to manage Hehuang. The most important thing now is to pacify Dangxiang at the fastest speed and concentrate all efforts on the Khitan."

Zhao Zhen said: "The two Khitan emperors were together for several years, and the court has not intervened. Now Hong Ji obviously has the upper hand. Is it appropriate to intervene in the Khitan at this time? At this time, the court intervenes, and after the Khitan unification, it will inevitably be an enemy of the court."

Wen Yanbo said: "Your Majesty, now the country is clear and the Khitan is in a clear and powerful force after destroying the Khitan. When will Yanyun be restored at this time? If you want to win Yanyun, how can you respect the Khitan again? What's more, after the Khitan defeated Dangxiang a few years ago, a large army came to attack Tanglong Town, which was our dynasty, and never took into account the brotherhood of the two countries!"

Jia Changchao said: "Yanyun is the best in the world. Now Chongyuan is in Datong Prefecture, which is a great opportunity to take Yunzhou. But even though that is, Dangxiang is unstable and cannot draw the army eastward. After all, the most important thing now is that Di Qing's troops must quickly take Lingzhou."

Zhao Zhen nodded, was silent for a while, and said decisively: "When he established his country, Taizu Taizong wanted to take back Yanyun and get in the world. But the heavens did not follow the wishes of others, and Taizong failed to defeat him several times, but he was ineffective. Since I have destroyed Dangxiang, I dared to forget the ambition of my ancestors! I ordered Han Qi to surrender to Mebu, immediately break the Shanhe Pass, and lead the army back to Hequ Road. No matter what, the Khitan's opportunity cannot be easily let go!"

All the ministers bowed and said yes.

Jia Changchao said: "Lingzhou has not been broken now, and Di Qing's more than 200,000 troops were blocking the city. What should we do?"

Zhao Zhen said: "I ordered Di Qing to send people to surrender the garrisons of Lingzhou. If they offer the city, the court will definitely not treat it unfairly. If they do not surrender, I will order Di Qing to step up the attack. After Han Qi took Xingqing Prefecture, there were no reinforcements in Lingzhou, so it should be easy to take it."

Jia Changchao held the scepter and said, "We can order Fuyan Road to Xia'an period and lead the army from Suide Army to the north, preparing to order Di Qing's troops to take the Hengshan area. Dangxiang started his business in Hengshan, which was the fundamental place. Only by taking Hengshan would he be the final decision."

Cheng Kan, deputy envoy of the Privy Councilor, said: "You can order Jia Kui's troops on Hequ Road to lead the army south to take Hengshan together."

Du Zhongxiao said: "There are not so many soldiers in Hengshan. The reason why it is difficult to attack is that the road is difficult to move, and then the desert is when crossing Hengshan. Di Qing's troops came from the west, bypassing the mountains and advancing north and south with Fuyan Road. It is enough. The soldiers and horses on Hequ Road were to deal with the Khitan, and the intention was to Datong Prefecture, so they should not be involved in the Dangxiang war. Zhao Zi and Liu returned to Hequ Road, plus the original Yang Wenguang, Zhang Ke, and Jia Kui's troops, and nearly 200,000 troops on Hequ Road can shock the Khitan. After defeating Xingqing Prefecture, Dangxiang was already destroyed, and Di Qing's troops were left to sweep the tail."
Chapter completed!