Chapter 466: Sitting in peace

Huang Tingjian nodded: "I ordered Zhao Liren to Danluo Island. If I don't go with him, the tiger will be furious."

After hearing this, Zhang Lei slapped his stomach thoughtfully. When Zhang Shangying heard this, his eyes rolled. After all, he could not let go like Huang Tingjian, so he asked tentatively: "Who will succeed Huang Xiang leave?"

Huang Tingjian pointed at Wang Qinruo and replied: "Our party has already planned it. Is it okay for Brother Qinruo to take my position?"

Zhang Shangying's question just now was equivalent to telling Huang Tingjian that Huang Tingjian could retire, but Zhang Shangying could not leave, so he asked himself who his future partner would be.

Wang Qinruo was grinding ink, and he seemed to be grinding ink for Huang Tingjian, but after Huang Tingjian finished writing, he had stopped writing. He was still turning the grinding block thoughtfully. When he heard Huang Tingjian's words, he nodded slightly to Zhang Shangying in frightened manner and continued to grind the ink leisurely. The ink pool was full, but he didn't care at all and continued to grind the ink blocks and grind the ink carefully.

Zhang Shangying glanced at the ink strip in Wang Qinruo's hand and said regretfully: "This is a piece of Huizhou ink from the Tang Dynasty. You have ruined half of the golden elves in just a while."

The incense ink in Huizhou in the Tang Dynasty was expensive, and each piece was sold for one gold tin (a gold bar). Although there were still many inks in the Song Dynasty, it was crazy to waste what Wang Qinruo was like to use grinding ink as exercise.

There were many people in the hall, but in fact, they gathered spontaneously according to their party. Privy Councilor Liu Kui was surrounded by a group of old parties, Zhang Shangying was a new party, and Huang Tingjian was a group of people who were purely centrists.

The methods of spending time in various parties are basically the same. Most of the old party members hold books and shake their heads and recite poetry and books, while the new party members spend their time playing chess. The middle school is all literati who likes to play calligraphy and paintings. In addition to Huang Tingjian writing, Zhang Lei is also writing, but he does not use Wang Qinruoyan's ink... In short, everyone is doing nothing and waiting for the other party to make decisions first.

Zhang Shangying paused and replied: "Brother Qin Ruo is the left prime minister, which is natural. I just don't know who will succeed the prefect of Kaifeng?"

Liu Kui interrupted: "Son of Fan E!"

Zhang Shangying opened his mouth wide: "Fan E has three sons who have passed the Jinshi. This guy is really good at raising a son. I wonder which son you are talking about?"

Fan E belonged to the old party, and the middle sect gave up the position of Kaifeng prefect, and the old party took over it. This shows that the two factions have colluded. Zhang Shangying just changed his mind and immediately asked: "What are the actions of Hou Meng?"

Liu Kui shook his head and sighed: "Since Zhao Liren, when did the Privy Council ask about the affairs of the Nanyang and Beiyang? Let them do it. I have the same thoughts as His Majesty Taoist Majesty: as long as you bring money, you won't ask about anything else."

Zhang Shangying echoed: "Yes, the tax revenue of Beiyang Yamen is gradually increasing this year. Tianjin City is becoming more and more able to make money. The people of Bohai dare to sell anything now. As long as we provide gunpowder, they even sell their wives and children."

After a moment of pause, Zhang Shangying asked again: "What are Qing Tang's actions?"

When Zhang Shangying asked this, the four envoys from Shaanxi's strategic envoys sent to the capital had just walked into the hall. When the court ministers were sealed off their offices, the four of them were also locked up in the palace. They could only receive external information, but could not pass on a few words to the outside world.

The envoy sent by Qin Fenglu's strategy envoy Liu Zhongwu replied: "'Qilanhe' agreed to take action as scheduled, but he also said: The Tatar tribe has given its most beautiful flowers and has given countless lives in the tribe. Now the Tatar tribe is an injured old dog. He can only stand aside to help bark, but cannot really do it. The news came before that the Tatar tribe crossed the Great Snow Mountain (Qilian Mountain), and now occupied the Yanzhi Mountain, cutting off the connection between the Gansu Military Office and the Xiliang Prefecture (Liangzhou Military Office).

A few words spoken by the envoy of Qin Fenglu made Zhang Shangying feel quite touched. He patted his thigh and praised: "In the past, Emperor Wu of Han sent Huo Qubing, Wei Qingyuan and the Huns, how did the Huns sing - I was destroyed by Qilian Mountain, so that my six animals would not survive; I lost my Yanzhi Mountain (Yanzhi Mountain), so that my women would be colorless... OK, my Song Dynasty reappeared today, and Huang Xiang's retreat, and there was no regret."

Zhang Shangying said this, which was equivalent to acquiescing to Huang Luzhi's resignation and Wang Qinruo's arrangement for taking over. After hearing this, Huang Luzhi nodded slightly. He slowly blew at his copybook, trying to speed up the drying and hardness of the ink. It happened that a eunuch passed by the front of the hall with a few calligraphy and paintings, and looked happy. Huang Tingjian, who was worried, also had leisure. He waved to the eunuch and asked kindly: "What paintings have the official painted? Expand and take a look."

The eunuch bowed and replied: "It's not an official, but a painter named Zhang Zeduan..."

After a brief pause, the eunuch further explained: "Your Majesty Dao Lord summoned famous painters today to paint. The painters were all for a while. They were all roses. After seeing most of the paintings, there was no praise for them - including Mi Fu and Mi Dianzi's paintings. However, when Your Majesty Dao Lord saw the "Slanted Branch Rose" painted by Zhang Zeduan, a famous painter, he praised them and specially gave Zhang Zeduan a feather."

At that time, only a sixth rank could be worn with a scorching robe. The reward from Taoist Lord meant that he did not comply with the normal promotion procedures for selecting and promoting the official without permission from the Ministry of Personnel, so he specially promoted Zhang Zeduan to a sixth rank official.

It was so difficult for Zhao Xing to be promoted to the sixth rank. All the Jinshis were here. They all started as ninth rank officials and took their current position step by step. Therefore, Taoist's promotion to this painter was an insult to all the officials in the court, and they made their faces crackle.

When the eunuch saw that the officials in the court looked bad, he immediately explained: "Mi Dianzi was dissatisfied and asked the Taoist Majesty why this painting was good. Daojun's reason was: the roses are all four seasons, and the flowers and leaves are different in the morning and evening, which is extremely difficult to draw; and this person painted the roses at noon in spring, which is not bad at all. So he appreciated them."

Zhang Shangying pondered silently, and Huang Tingjian smiled faintly: "Then I will criticize it - this can be regarded as my last official document for office as the prime minister."

Liu Kui rolled his eyes and interrupted: "I attach the office."

Zhang Shangying looked moved and gritted his teeth and said, "How can Huang Xiang sign the letter alone? Don't show this rebuttal to the officials. Huang Xiang's memorial is discussed. I will directly use the ruling pen to post the yellow pen to reject the official's appointment to Zhang Zeduan - send it to the King of Yan to use a seal."

Now, Zhang Zeduan cannot become a sixth-rank official.

Not only that, Emperor Daojun's promotion order was as he wished, offended all the ministers in the court at that time and the imperial examination scholars who were studying in the world. Since then, the later minister of the court has continued to Huang Tingjian and Zhang Shangying's political views, and has always made things difficult for Zhang Zeduan, which has left Zhang Zeduan no chance to wear a scallion for life.

The dull atmosphere in the court was eventually driven away by Zhang Zeduan's unexpected promotion. The people of Xixia were not so lucky, and the Song army around the world gradually became more focused. That night, the Qinfeng Road where Liu Zhongwu was located first discovered something was wrong, and a scout came to report: "Liu Jingluo, the Xia army is gone, there is no soldier on the Kniuling, we only found the camp abandoned by the Xixia people."

Liu Zhongwu touched his beard and asked thoughtfully: "How long has this been the situation?"

The scout replied: "Just today. Although the Xia army retreated step by step, their scouts were still around us. They came to harass and spies whenever they had the chance. However, no Xia army scout appeared this morning. The brothers found it strange and went to search. As a result, they found the Xia army's camp hidden in the valley. But even the Xia army abandoned it, and they didn't even pack up pots and pans, and seemed to retreat in a hurry."

The combat plan between Zhao Xing and the Fourth Shaanxi Routes did not reach the intermediate officer. The scout level was not clear about Shaanxi's overall strategy, but the senior officer knew that the seventh general of Qin Fenglu (the chief general of the Qin Fenglu General Reserve Team of the Song Army) Lian Fu asked in surprise: "Is there any movement in the Grand Tutor?"

Liu Zhongwu thought for a moment and slowly replied: "Maybe it is the Xixia people's plan to lure troops... I will double the distance of the marching tomorrow and double the search range of the scouts."

In the past few days, Qin Feng Road has marched five miles a day and paused for a day every five miles. It was not until he built his temporary camp that he lazily left the original camp and advanced forward. Now Liu Zhongwu ordered to double the daily march distance, which means that he marched ten miles a day. At this speed, it will take about a year and seven months to wait for him to advance to Xingqing Prefecture.

Among the four routes in Shaanxi, Huanqing's actions were the most bold. Although the Xia army increased its troops in Huanqing since Zhao Xing took office, which made it extremely difficult for Huanqing's Song army to advance, on this day, when they noticed the Xia army's dynamics almost at the same time as Liu Zhongwu, they almost blindly trusted Zhao Xing, which made them launch a full-army assault without hesitation and push the front directly to Yinjing. On that day, Huanqing broke through the Qingyuan Army, rested for a while, and continued to advance to the Jingsai Army.

At the same time, Jingyuan Road Master was less courageous than Liu Zhongwu. After discovering the abnormal situation of the Xia army, he not only did not speed up the itinerary, but instead retreated. In addition, the Fuyan Road was also hesitant. As a result, the attack of the Huanqing Army immediately made himself a distinctive prominent position.

On the third day, the military strategist of Fuyan Road received a news from Huanqing from the fast horse. He was shocked. He rushed to the map and studied the situation of the troops while stomping his feet: "Jingyuan Road is as timid as a mouse, Qin Feng Road is still hesitant. Except for Huanqing, everyone is sitting quietly, which makes Huanqing a prominent part - a bad thing, a bad thing."

Zhe Keshi looked at the shape of each army from behind the head of the Zong Division, sighed and said, "It's too late. Xia army is going to take action now. Huanqing Road has been destroyed - we have no time to remind them."

After a moment of stopping, Zhe Keshi said again: "It is estimated that the Taiwei should go over Huehua. Perhaps the Taiwei's actions have alarmed the entire Xixia. We should stick the army and make Xiangyou Army unable to escape."

Zhong Shizhong continued to stamp his feet: "It has been found that the four major military departments of Xixia have drawn elite troops to gather in Yaode City, facing Huanqing... You are right. Yaode City is only one day away from Huanqing Army. Maybe they have surrounded Huanqing Army now."

Zhe Keshi took a map and urged: "Be bold, we should be bolder - we clearly know that the Taiwei is going deep into the army alone, so we should lean on it tightly, so that Xiangyou Army will not be able to escape."

Zhong Shizhong sighed: "It's estimated that the Taishi should take action, but the road is long, how can we know the progress of the Taishi... The Xia army is full of cavalry. If we attack, the Xia army's cavalry can return to attack the Taishi after the attack."

Zhe Keshi was also confused at the situation in front of him: "The Grand Master made an appointment with us to arrive at Hue Du in ten days. Now it's fifteen days. I guess he should take action."

"It's not enough, it's not enough," Zhong Shizhong shook his head frequently: "It's estimated that the Taishi should take action, but it will take at least two days for the news of Xixia to be sent to the front line. If the Xia army suddenly retreats in two days, I will definitely lean on it, but now - two days is enough for the Xia army to eat our rampant army and then safely withdraw from the battlefield."

Jung Shizhong was still worried, and a soldier rushed in with a panic expression and shouted in disregard of etiquette: "Zhong Jingluo, someone from Xiangyou Army has come. The envoy actually said... He is planning to surrender to us?"

Mr. Zhong and Zhe Keshi looked at each other and showed surprise on their faces. Mr. Zhong hurriedly said, "Please please, please!"

According to convention, the word "Appointment" cannot be used to refer to the envoys of the enemy country, but Zhong Shizhong was too excited and couldn't help but use polite greetings in the officialdom. The Song army soldiers who reported the news did not notice the mistake. He could no longer care about it, and turned over and rushed out of the tent.

After a while, a man wearing a cloak was welcomed into the tent. The Xia man was wearing the uniform of a Xia State official and looked like an ordinary general. Zhong Shizhong was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered the appropriate etiquette. He drank deeply: "The person who came here is a common name?"

The man came and bowed with grace. This was the etiquette of the Song people - the Song people did not kneel. But the etiquette of the Dangxiang people should be kneeling, but the emotion of the Zhong Shishi was stirred up and did not pursue it. He held his breath and heard the common name of the calmness of the person: "The pseudo-Xia Left Guard General, Shizhou Jiedushi, the lecturer in the imperial front, and the back door palace waiting for the order, Li Mochou, specially asked the Song army to surrender."

The people of Xixia have been in stalemate with the Song army for many years, and they know all the generals in Shizhou, Fu Yanlu. This Li Mochou is the distant nephew of the Li family and an important commander of the Li family. Zhong Shizhong and Zhe Keshi looked at each other and knew it intentionally. Zhong Shizhong asked indifferently: "Why did the people of the Li family surrender? What's wrong?"

Li Mochou glanced at Zhong Shizhong and replied calmly: "Is Zhong Jinglu still hiding from me? The attack on Xia by five routes of your country was just a feint, and your surprise troops have worked - my Xiangyou Army Division has to surrender now, but I have a condition to ask your army to save my Li family's life no matter how it is. Otherwise, my Li family would rather burn the city together than surrender."
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