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Chapter 163 The Battle of Glory

Shi Quanbin walked along the way, because he had to wait for the documents of the Privy Council and was not moving fast, so he had already known the situation in Yongzhou.●⌒

Speaking of this now, this document is just a joke. I am afraid that Jiaozhi will offend Song. Now Xu Ping will not lead his troops to attack Jiaozhi. As for Guangyuanzhou, the Nong family was uprooted. Now the sugar sugar business has begun to organize manpower to build roads to Qiyuanzhou. It will extend there within a year or two, and there will be no possibility of another development in the future.

If the communication is not timely, such jokes are inevitable, so local officials have relatively large authority. Especially here on Guangnan West Road, as long as it does not violate major policies, local officials can propriety themselves in many things.

There is another reason behind this point that Xu Ping didn't know. Zhang Dexiang, the nephew of Zhang Pin who is currently a Hanlin bachelor, was supported by Lu Yijian in his career. Due to this relationship, Zhang Pin himself also turned to Lu Yijian. At present, in the political arena, Lu Yijian's party and the Empress Dowager's party are the two largest political groups, and Zhang Qi is the leader of the Empress Dowager's party in the outside dynasty. As the Empress Dowager grows older, the emperor grows older, the cooperation between the two factions decreases and the confrontation increases. The incident in Yongzhou is just a small incident under this big background.

The more complete the bureaucracy is, the more stubborn the matter of forming parties. When officials are in it, they will often fall into it involuntarily. Xu Ping is alone, without relatives and friends, has no correct understanding of this kind of party politics, and is naively just following the policy. This is true, others are not careful about him, knowing that he is a lonely minister, and he can tolerate him in small matters.

But once the changes in the political power of the two factions are really affected, the consequences will be unpredictable.

However, Xu Ping didn't know this, so he threw the orders of the Privy Council behind his head. When he submitted a memorial to express his gratitude, he wrote a letter to explain the matter of Yongzhou. The scope of the war is nominally all under the jurisdiction of Yongzhou. The term border quarrel cannot be used, but he can guarantee that he will stay in the future.

After talking about the main business, Shi Quanbin received another letter from Lin Su Niang to bring him, as well as a gift from his family to Xu Ping. The two met since Xu Ping was still white. It has been many years since Shi Quanbin intended to accept it. The relationship between them is already considered close. When Xu Ping was not in the capital, Shi Quanbin often came to his house and knew Lin Su Niang. Before leaving this time, he went to Xu Ping's house.

After finishing these things, it was almost evening. Xu Ping prepared a dinner to welcome Shi Quanbin.

After taking a sip of the good wine treasured at home brought by Shi Quanbin, Xu Ping closed his eyes and felt a little intoxicated. Although he was not a person who loved wine, after five or six years of life in the border area, the wine not only had the taste of wine, but also a unique taste of Xu Ping, which is worthy of his savoring.

After three rounds of drinking, Xu Ping said to Shi Quanbin: "The head of the Pavilion is here in Lingnan this time. Anyway, it's okay, so why not stay for more days. After a month, I will return to the Central Plains to be the season when spring is in full bloom. I have escaped the cold winter."

"Since I say that, I'll disturb you more days. The day after tomorrow is the New Year Festival. Why did I celebrate the Shangyuan Festival in Yongzhou? By the way, Yunxing, what's the fun in Yongzhou recently?"

Xu Ping smiled and said, "Hiking fun? Is it a matter of war?"

Shi Quanbin was startled: "Guangyuanzhou has been pacified, and there is still a war here?"

"Guangyuanzhou is just a small matter. I took over Liangzhou because of the big deal. I am afraid that the people of Jiaozhi will not give up. They will not be able to attack after a long time."

"Longzhou? Isn't that the place where I am the Song Dynasty?"

Speaking of this, Xu Ping smiled happily: "Yes, since the reign of Emperor Taizong, our Song Dynasty has appointed the magistrate there. But the people of Jiaozhi don't think so. They also have the magistrate of Rongzhou and firmly occupied that place. A few years ago, our army dispatched and took their magistrate to prison and locked up."

Shi Quanbin was just serving the emperor. He could still talk about some of the big bosses in the court, but he knew nothing about these specific political affairs. He heard Xu Ping talk lively and became interested and asked, "I thought that only Guangyuanzhou is in Yongzhou, but I didn't expect that there would be chaos in Liangzhou. By the way, if you do this, will the Privy Council say anything? They have repeatedly ordered the local government not to cause trouble without authorization."

"What does it mean to cause trouble without authorization? The places I take control of myself are just administrative orders. If the land I take control of is all mermaid meat, then what is the meaning of my official position?"

Shi Quanbin couldn't tell the reason about the middle joint, and just asked, "I think this is just an ordinary border town? Why did you think Jiaozhi will send troops? No wonder people are busy around the city. It turns out that they have to guard against Jiaozhi. However, Yunxing, Jiaozhi is not comparable to small local officials like Guangyuanzhou. Emperor Taizong also suffered a lot there back then."

"This time and that time cannot be generalized. Tomorrow, the head of the Pavilion will follow me to the valley entrance and see the formation I set up there. If I am good, the Jiaozhi people will attack you before you leave, and you just happen to watch the war with me and go back and have something to say to the Lord."

Although Shi Quanbin also heard some rumors, he was not detailed. He was concerned about Guangyuan Prefecture along the way. As for Liangzhou, he heard that Xu Ping sent people to occupy it. He thought it was just like other Tuzhou caves in Zuojiang Road, but he wanted to practice Ding Fa, but he didn't expect to provoke Jiaozhi. As for how he provoked Jiaozhi, Shi Quanbin had no idea how important Liangzhou was to Jiaozhi. But when Taizong was still in the shadow of Jiaozhi, he always felt that Jiaozhi was a very terrible opponent. If Xu Ping had not spoken easily, he would have spoken to dissuade him.

Looking at Xu Ping's look full of confidence, Shi Quanbin stretched his head to the center of the table, looked at Xu Ping and asked carefully: "Yunxing, tell me the truth, do you have confidence in this?"

Xu Ping smiled and said, "We have known each other for so many years. When did you ever see me say big talk?"

"Then, how about such a victory than a battle in Guangyuanzhou? Big or small?"

"President, you don't know much about Yongzhou. Guangyuanzhou is just a remote small Tuzhou, how can it be considered a big battle? When inspector Sang arrived, it collapsed like a local chicken and a tiled dog. Jiaozhi was considered a great country in the surrounding areas of the Song Dynasty. If any troops were sent, it would not be comparable there."

Shi Quanbin's eyes lit up and he said to Xu Ping: "What I meant was that I wanted to listen to you talk about the battle against Guangyuanzhou these days, go back to the official family and say a few good words to you. I, the border official of the Song Dynasty, can I really wipe out the rebellion as cleanly as you? If you can fight against the Jiaozhi people and win another big victory, this is an invincible achievement!"

Xu Ping was stunned. He had never considered this issue. In his calculations, he had very sufficient strength. It was extremely common to have a counterattack that was worthy of boasting. Now, after Shi Quanbin mentioned it, he remembered that he was in the Song Dynasty and was defeated repeatedly.

If we can really wipe out 10,000 or 20,000 troops from Jiaozhi, it seems that such a great victory will not be much in the history of the Song Dynasty since the unification of the Central Plains? Is it really an amazing honor? (To be continued.)
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