Chapter 256: The courage to never regret death

Zhao Xing was silent for a moment, took out his wallet from his arms, and pulled out a stack of flying tickets from his wallet.

This kind of flying ticket is known to Shuai Fan. It is said that it uses advanced technology to print it. The paper is smooth and cannot be written with brushes. In addition, metal wire is mixed in the paper, so that this paper can be sensed by iron-absorbing stone. This paper is printed with a special pigment, and the whole body shows a light pink and the pattern is dark purple. It is not printed much, and each ticket costs 10,000 yuan. The transfer procedures are still very complicated, and the parties need to finally sign and recognize it.

Zhao Xing had about twenty stacks of flying tickets. He counted two stacks, each stacking ten, and pushed them to Wan Qi Yong and Shuai Fan, and explained softly: "The two of you are running around the front line with me. Those who work hard and make great contributions will first make some money for each position. This little money is nothing, but it can allow the two to freely decide their future actions."

Wan Qiyong and Shuai Fan hesitated for a while, and without any hesitation, put the transferable tickets for ten thousand face value into his arms, and then patiently listened to Zhao Xing's continued explanation.

Zhao Xing was silent for a moment and said quietly: "I used to advise the teacher to go back rather than go back. Now I also feel this reluctance. Shuang'er, remember when we went to the West, did I tell you the reckless warrior who charged at the windmill?"

Cheng Shuang smiled: "Remember, that story is so ridiculous. I remember that person's surname is Tang and his name is Quixote. You also told us that the surname "Tang" means aristocrat. In France it is called "Rang" and in Germany it is called "Feng"..."

Zhao Xing said slowly: "I walked all the way, looking at the windmills on Huanqing Road, and the reckless man who was charging towards the windmills were wandering in my mind. Do you know that the badge of the Western doctor is Don Quixote who was charging towards the windmills."

Wan Qi Yong and Shuai Fan did not say anything, and Cheng Shuang couldn't help asking: "Uncle Qi, why did the Western doctor choose such a ridiculous pattern as his logo?"

"Courage - they chose courage!" Zhao Xing said calmly: "Compared with the huge windmill, Don Quixote is small, and this battle is asymmetric, but Don Quixote still launched an impact with a hundred times confidence - is he a laughing stock?

Western doctors believe that disease is powerful, and personal power is insignificant in the face of disease. Sometimes, many of their efforts and many studies seem ridiculous because they are in the wrong direction. However, as a doctor, their only responsibility is to launch an indomitable charge in the face of disease, and even if their personal power is insignificant, they must insist on charging. This is the most basic courage to be a human being."

Cheng Shuang stood for a moment, reminiscing about what Zhao Xing had just said, and he bowed and replied: "I understand! The teacher wants to be a Don Quixote, and let his disciples follow him."

Shuai Fan agreed as quickly as he pounded the table: "How can such a wonderful thing be selfless?!"

Shuai Fan then slapped his chest, and the stack of flying tickets in his arms rustled. He continued, "Now I have no worries, and I should follow Lord Zhao and move forward."

Wanqi Yong was careful. He first expressed his willingness to follow him, and then asked carefully: "What will sir do in the future?"

Zhao Xing smiled and said the most thrilling words in the plainest tone: "Since I can't be a wise minister, let me be a warlord."

Shuai Fan's eyes flashed, and Wan Qi Yong muttered in a low voice: "Warlord, I have only heard of the 'arists'. Where does this warlord say? Sir, abandoning literature and following martial arts is not a good choice..."

Shuai Fan cut off Wan Qi Yong's words and said, "This adult will make arrangements, and we just need to follow us."

After the discussion, Lin Xi walked out of the inn with his hands behind his back. His face was full of smug smile. As soon as he saw Zhao Xing, he habitually continued to persuade: "Mr. Zhao, you want to go to Yan'an Prefecture. I think it's better to formally submit an official post. If you submit an official post, you need an official seal..."

Zhao Xing stretched out his hand and replied calmly: "Mr. Lin, don't say anything more, bring the official seal and official body edict!"

Lin Xi was ecstatic and felt relieved. He thought that Wan Qi Yong and the other two had persuaded Zhao Xing, so he hurriedly bowed to the two: "Thank you, thank you for your help, thank you all. I will thank you all. Please wait for a while, and I will pick up the seal now."

Lin Xi didn't know that when he handed over Zhao Xing's seal, another warlord was born in the Song Dynasty.

In the original history, Xie Lin from Jingyuan Road also changed his mind after returning to Jingxiang and was determined to be a warlord. He controlled Jingxiang for more than 20 years and was called "King of Xie Nan" and "King of Jingxiang". Even Zhu Xie, one of the "Six Thieves", dared not enter Xie Lin's territory when he was most arrogant. Later, the people set up temples to pay tribute and praised him, "Two thousand stones of Jingchu Shanyi, the Duke was the wise prefect of the previous dynasty; 800 miles surrounded by Dongting, and the sky left this old town and famous mountains."

Now, history has added another new warlord: Zhao Liren.

A party struggle, two warlords - cruel reality taught the reality of the Song Dynasty officials.

Lin Xi ran back to his room to print the letter when he rushed in outside the door, and as soon as he entered the door, he shouted: "Where is Zhao Fufu, where is Zhao Fufu?"

Zhao Xing stood up, shook his head gently, and replied: "There is no Zhao comforting here, there, only one Zhao Liren who has stepped down."

"It's you who's waiting for it." A loud shout came from outside the door, and then a big man in armor broke in - it was Fuyan's road preparations, and the palace coach Zhe Keshi.

In January 1094, the Privy Council of the Northern Court of Liao Zhi, Yelu Ote, led a large army to attack the Tatars. When it was snowy, it defeated the four Tatars tribes and killed more than a thousand people. Later, it captured Mogus and returned to the Liao Dynasty to execute him. From then on, the Liao Kingdom suppressed the Tatar bandits.

At the same time, Lin Xi issued an emergency memorial on the road and Zhang Xi of Huanqing Road. He knew that the impeachment memorials issued by Fan Chuncui of Yongxing Army entered the capital one after another. The officials in the capital realized that they had caused a big disaster, giving the Xixia people a big handle in vain, and also gave the surrounding foreign countries a joke. This is not possible. In ancient times, China's diplomacy paid attention to be benevolent and righteous. If it was admitted that Huanqing Road privately detained the Xixia envoy, the Song people would suffer a moral loss in subsequent diplomacy, and no one would bear the responsibility.

Therefore, the court urgently sent another Xuanfu envoy, and summoned the new Jingyuan Road Manager Lu Dazhong and Zhao Xing to Beijing at the same time, with the name: the court intends to consult on the war in border prefectures and counties. In this way, Zhao Xing's appointment was shelved and the court also had a step forward.

Shortly after Xuanwei sent the envoy out, Zhang Dun returned home, and his son Zhang Yuan asked his father: "Legitimate father, I heard that the order to exile against Zhao Liren has been cancelled. How did his father plan to resettle Zhao Liren? Could it be that he would put him in the Privy Council?"

Zhang Dun clapped his high-high and said in annoyance: "I hate Su Laopo's blessing when I see Zhao Liren. Who is Zhao Liren? His decisive decision is more straightforward than his father; his methods of governing the local area are all kinds of ways, and he is more capable than Su Laopo. When it comes to military affairs, he is more fierce than a fierce general. If such a person is willing to help me, the group of mediocre people in the court will be in the eyes of his father.

Even if this person refuses to be in the court, that's fine. If he is willing to join me, he will be able to sleep peacefully for his father and will never be afraid of harassment from Huma. If he is released to Fuxian in the south, he is also a master of accumulating things and can make the court not worry about financial resources. This time he summoned him to the capital, he must make him express his opinion.

Son, he has saved your life with you. When he arrives in the capital, you will come forward to entertain and let those people know: Zhao Liren is mine."

At the end of January, Zhao Xing stayed in Ganquan and met with Fuyan Road to prepare for the preparations. The palace commander was about to pass the imperial examination.

In February, Emperor Zhezong recalled Li Qingchen, a scholar in the Zizheng Hall, from Zhending Prefecture (now Zhengding, Hebei) to the capital, appointed him as the Minister of the Secretariat, and appointed Deng Wenbo, the Minister of War, as the Left Prime Minister of the Left Prime Minister of the Shangshu. Li Qingchen first proposed the suggestion of "Shaoshu", and Deng Wenbo immediately agreed, so the era of Zhezong Shaoshu Song Shenzong began.

On the same month, on Jihai, the founder of China's First Country Party Agreement, former prime minister, good-looking man, currently the deputy envoy of Shuzhou Tuanjiao, Xunzhou resettled Lu Dafang in Qianzhou. On that day, another founder of the "China's First Country Party Agreement", Jingyuan Road, Lu Dafang's younger brother Lu Dazhong arrived in Beijing and was summoned to ask about border affairs. When Emperor Zhezong saw this, he immediately greeted him affectionately and said, "I have seen you for a long time. Have you ever received the letter from Dafang recently?"

Lu Dazhong was extremely moved and replied: "I got it now."

The previous question asked: "Are you okay?" He also said: "The ministers should be demoted to Dafang and cross the sea (that is, demoted to Lu Dafang to Hainan). I specially arranged Dafang to be alone in Anzhou. Do you know?"

Lu Dazhong replied: "I am merciful to Your Majesty."

The emperor said, "You go back and send a letter to Dafang, and say it again and again, and be patient, Dafang is sincere and simple, and you will be sold by others. I will wait for you to see you again for two or three years."

Dazhong thanked him again and was very happy when he retreated.

The commander of the Fuyan Road Palace, Zhe Keshi, came to Zhao Xing to discuss this year's offensive plan. After the Queen Mother Liang suffered a severe blow last year, she was busy maintaining her rule and eliminating dissidents for a whole year. Now it is time for the Xixia people to be used to invasions, and at this time, the old group of commanders who were baptized by the war last year have been replaced. The new officials, Lu Huiqing, Huanqing Road, was a corrupt official, and Liu Fa, was a stickman, and he could not do anything except be able to write poems.

Originally, Zhao Xing planned to stay on Huanqing Road for three years, so after the attack last year, he had a meeting with Fuyan Road on Jingyuan Road to jointly determine this year's action plan. Considering that the potential of the Huanqing Road war has been tapped, and Fuyan Road was the main route of the Xixia people's attack last year, the damage was extremely serious, Zhao Xing and Jingyuan Road Strategy agreed that the two routes would use their financial resources to support Fuyan Road to resume production this year... But all three people who were discussed were removed from office.

Fuyan Road did suffer heavy losses last year. Because the Xixia people were invaded by spring farming, they had no harvest for a whole year. The compensation from the court could only make them survive. If they want to resume production, they still need to support them. During this period, Zhao Xing's role cannot be ignored. Therefore, although Zhao Xing resigned, Zhe Keshi decided to leave Liu Fa and come to seek opinions.

The consultation took Zhe Keshi ten days, and the two closed the door and stayed in the house to discuss secretly every day at dawn. Lin Xi wanted to rush into the house several times and listen to what they said, but there were Zhe Keshi's soldiers outside and Zhao Xing's servants inside. Their subordinates surrounded the inn in airtight. Lin Xi vaguely discovered that from time to time, some officials dressed up in the inn, evasively entering the inn under the guidance of Wanqi Yongshuai, and then said goodbye to leave. Five days later, Zhe Keshi looked very excited when he said goodbye.

In February, on the day when Lu Dazhong entered Beijing, Zhao Xing led Lin Xi into Hedong Road. Lin Xi vaguely guessed what Zhe Keshi discussed with Zhao Xing. When Zhao Xing set off again, Lin Xi pretended to sigh and tentatively said: "Liu Fa and Liu Jingluo have not shown up in the past few days. I have sent him a letter, but this guy didn't even reply to a letter. I think his manager may be boring."

"It's boring to be a person" - the word is the key. Zhao Xing grinned and replied disdainfully: "Now I am a demoted official, who would be willing to have close contact with a demoted official, except myself."

The key point of the sentence Zhao Xing answered was also in the last few words, which was a pun. Lin Xi could not answer, and smiled awkwardly and continued to test: "Mr. Liu has been busy taking over the government affairs of Fuyan Road these days and has not come to greet him. Isn't it true that Lord Zhao is not surprised?"

Zhao Xing laughed up to the sky and said Lin Xi's concerns directly: "Mr. Lin, you have seen officials coming and going to my inn these days, and you are worried that Lord Liu will be overthrown by the military and men - but why are you not worried about Dingzhou? Dingzhou is the front line. When Liang Yibi invaded at the beginning of last year, he was attacked by several groups of us and had to ask the Liao people to send troops. The Liao commander ordered the general Xiao Haili to station troops in Dingzhou. For this reason, I learned about the situation in Dingzhou.

It is said that all the prefects of Dingzhou were overthrown by the military and the military, and all the weapons in the treasury were stolen and sold out by them. When the Liao army was pressing in, the Dingzhou arsenal could not find a useful bow and arrow, a pair of armor that could be worn, and the entire arsenal was either scrap iron or rotten wood. In this case, there were no people in the entire Dingzhou who wanted to fight. The people fled in large numbers, and the generals were trembling and wanted to surrender.

I checked the military and political situation in Dingzhou and described it in two words: bad luck. The guards were arrogant and lazy. The military academy robbed their ranks and gifts. The past magistrates did not dare to say a word about this phenomenon. There were 37 commanders in Dingzhou, but they could not get three full commanders in the war. Seeing that the invasion of the Western Xia was about to be, you sent my teacher to Dingzhou. What is this doing? This is murder! This is killing with a knife!

It’s funny that Lin Dahanlin, you are still in the mood to care about Liu Jingluo’s affairs. To be honest, what does Liu Jingluo’s life and death have to do with me? This year, if the Xixia people invade, they will not dare to come to Huanqing, so the military commander is either Jingyuan or Fuyan. If the Liao people respond, they must be Dingzhou. Lord Liu should take care of the situation. He can survive this war, and let’s talk about other things. As for before the war, the more power is seized, the greater the responsibility! I want to see what kind of ability Mr. Liu has to live until the end of the year."

Lin Xi thought for a long time and agreed that Zhao Xing was right. He wrote a letter at night that day and sent someone to give it to Liu Fa. After Liu Fa got the letter, he suddenly realized it. When he hurriedly sent someone to meet Zhao Xing, he was about to ask Zhao Xing for advice in person. But at this time, Zhao Xing's team had already left the Fuyan Road and entered Hedong Road. Liu Fa, who could not catch up, felt lost. From then on, Liu Fa turned a blind eye to the military and political affairs of Fuyan Road and became a general.

In early February, Zhao Xing crossed Hedong Road toward Daming Mansion. The court issued an official edict to change the reign of Shaosheng.

Lin Xi had long seen that Zhao Xing's purpose was to go to Dingzhou, but due to years of war in Hedong and the heavy burden of military pay by officers, many soldiers fled and became bandits, so there were numerous bandits along the way, and three or five people did not dare to go on the road easily. In this case, Lin Xi also felt that it was safest to go to Daming Mansion with Zhao Xing's brigade of men first, and then return to Beijing from Daming Mansion.

This year, due to Zhao Xing's departure, people were panicked, so they entered the pre-war mobilization in advance. The atmosphere of war also quickly spread to Hedong Road. There were few pedestrians on Hedong Road, and the road was wandering with bandits waiting for opportunities to rob. When the green and yellow teams were not in contact, they were particularly crazy. Even a fully armed team like Zhao Xing dared to launch a tentative attack. Zhao Xing defeated hundreds of bandits along the way, arrived in Hengqu with difficulty, and then boarded the Yellow River Clippers. In a few days, they arrived at Daming Mansion.

At this time, the Daming Mansion was left behind by former Prime Minister Liu Zhi. Zhao Xing prepared gifts to visit him. However, Liu Zhi was an old party member. Lin Xi and him disliked each other. In addition, the imperial examination was about to be imminent, so he did not enter Daming Mansion. He broke up with Zhao Xing on the Yellow River and continued to take Zhao Xing's boat to the capital.

In February, Zhao Xing said goodbye to Liu Zhi and began to march towards Zhending Mansion. At this time, the memorial that the court summoned Zhao Xing to Beijing to report finally caught up with Zhao Xing. After Zhao Xing received the order, he ignored it. He sent the envoy Xuanwei and continued to march towards Zhending Mansion.

Zeng Bu, the remaining subordinate of Zhending Prefecture, had already returned to the court by the imperial edict. The new official of Zhending Prefecture happened to be a big boss of the old party. Wang Yansou, the former Privy Councillor. When Zhao Xing saw this stubborn old man, he opened his mouth and couldn't speak in shock. After a while, Fang stammered: "Wang Weng was also demoted. So who will preside over the Privy Council this year? The Xia people are about to invade. I don't know if the Xixia people invade our territory. When the Xixia people invade our territory, will the new Privy Councilor be familiar with the work at hand?"

Wang Yansou smiled bitterly. Zhao Xing was moved by the demotion at this time without any scruples. He laughed and introduced to his colleagues: "Everyone comes and see, this is the big man in "The Collection of Elegant Collection of Xiyuan", the big man who gave Zhang Xianggong a barbecue. People in Yangzhou called "Golden Finger" and people in Xiazhou called Huanqingyuan Biangui's "can't be provoked" - Zhao Laohu.

Haha, I remembered the gathering in the West Garden, as if yesterday. I remember that you, Zhao Liren, had trembled us with fists in the West Garden, but I didn’t expect you to come to visit me... Come on, haha, I heard that you were in Huanqing, and the song "Langya Song" failed the Xixia people. Come and talk to me."

Literati likes extreme exaggeration when speaking - the full name of "Langya Song" by Wang Yansou is "The Langya Stone Carvings of the Emperor of Qin Climbing Mount Tai", which is the Qin song "under the world". The people of Xixia were not defeated by songs, but by Zhao Xing's hard battle, and the role of "Langya Song" here is to boost morale and declare the culture of the Song Dynasty to the people of Xixia.

But literati like this. They like to beautify a bloody battle to beautify a kind of elegant thing. Zhao Xing is also a literati. How could he break the rules of literati? He bowed to Wang Yansou, first apologized for the recklessness of Xiyuan, and then said: "Linweng (Wang Yansou's name is Yanlin, so he called it Linweng) If you want to listen to "Langya Song", it is not difficult. I will ask Huanqing Road to send you a few people to teach you."

Wang Yansou just mentioned Zhao Xing's original official position, which was because he was wrong. Zhao Xing now vaguely reminded the other party that although he had resigned, he could still partially control the military affairs of Huanqing Road. Wang Yansou understood as soon as he heard it. He narrowed his eyes and instructed Zhao Xing into the mansion with one hand: "Leave people, speak in the mansion."

Zhao Xing bowed and the two entered the Daming Mansion's official yamen hand in hand. The gate was immediately closed, and the yamen runners came out to disperse the onlookers.
Chapter completed!