The number one scholar of the Song Dynasty

The First Champion Chapter 152

In Yangzhou back then, Cai Jingtong and himself called each other brothers and sincerely helped each other. At that time, although everyone's heart was for today's high-ranking officials and nobles, it was impossible for each other to have no friendship at all.

But if there is a chance, stepping on each other can make a step forward, who among the three will be soft?

At the beginning, the depressed and relegated officials, the courtiers and servants who served others, and the sons of merchants worked together to curry favor with each other, reject dissidents, form cliques for personal gain, and step by step entered Bianliang, Kaifeng.

Three years have passed, and everyone has been promoted together. Cai Jing is the chief chancellor and governs the world; It is an exaggeration to say that they have already stood at the highest point of the Song Dynasty Temple.

It will be the top of the mountain, and you can see all the small mountains.The dangerous peak is very good, but the ground is narrow and steep, and there is no room for two people.

Chapter 1

Many prefectures and counties in Xixia were originally the territory of the Song Dynasty, but now they have regained the lost land.

But more places have been occupied by foreign races since the Tang Dynasty. For example, many Hetao areas have long been robbed by the Tubo people.

Later, Xixia rose and Tubo fell, and Xixia snatched it back from Tubo.

In Weizhou, which is less than a day's journey from Hehuang, along the flat sides of the official road and close to the water source, a large army camp has already been set up.

At this moment, it was time to bury the pot for cooking, and the fragrance of rice and meat wafted in the air, and laughter and laughter rang out in the camp from time to time.

Tubo, which was powerful for a while, has long since failed at this time, and has been reduced to a belly that is bullied by others.

Together with Xixia, they almost made Da Songkeng miserable, and now it's their turn to pay for it.

When Xingqing Mansion fell, the Tubo people fled faster than rabbits, now that the army was overwhelming, they hurriedly sent people to make peace.

The last time Tong Guan scared them, the battle of Hehuang was Tong Guan's highlight moment, and it was also the fear in the hearts of Tubo people.

Holding the petition for peace, Yang Lin sneered. If appeasement of Hexi Longyou requires a combination of kindness and prestige, then the prestige falls on the Tubo people.

First, they are weak, torn apart, easy to bully;

Second, they still occupy quite a lot of land, and they have enough fighters, they must be subdued and used for their own use.

Tong Guan is sticking to his own Shengjie army now, and he doesn't express his opinion on anything, anyway, he has a share of the credit.

The remaining major generals of the Western Army also agreed to use Tubo as a knife, so as to establish prestige in the newly laid vast northwest land.

The war was about to break out, but there was no sense of tension. Everyone knew that Tubo had fallen.

More soldiers of the Western Army, their minds have long since ceased to be here, and they all want to go to Bianliang to have a good time.They practiced day and night near Xingqing Mansion, and selected those who were burly and strong, with excellent equestrian skills, and prepared to go to Bianliang to show victory.

Taking advantage of this time, Yang Lin also bid farewell to everyone, and went for a tour in the newly established counties, saying that it was late spring to inspect the cultivation in each counties.

The generals in the Northwest did not doubt it, so Yang Lin took the opportunity to promote and install low-level officials everywhere. By the time Tong Guan realized it, he had already installed most of the low-level officials in counties and counties.

The appointment and removal of officials in the Song Dynasty originally had a set of strict rules. Yang Lin took advantage of the particularity of this place to make a fuss, but no one could rule him.

Jingzhou, in front of the government office.

Yang Lin rubbed his hands, heaved a sigh of relief, and pointed to the open space in the distance cursingly: "Here, there is a Taoist temple called Chiyang Temple!"

These two days have been bitingly cold, Qin Qingqing wore a light fur coat made of lambskin, and handed it to Yang Lin with a fox fur hand stove. Zui chuckled and said: "Eating sheep restaurant? The name is too straightforward."

Regardless of the people around him, Yang Lin slapped his buttocks and scolded with a smile: "Chiyangzi is your lord's Taoist name. From now on, he will serve by my side. You are not allowed to smile. I am the number one scholar and I am familiar with sages." The ancient teachings are the most solemn and upright."

Qin Qingqing smiled, but leaned over and hugged his arm tightly.When Yang Lin came to the place where the emperor was far away from the high mountains, he completely let go of himself. He put his arms around her pink neck and turned around and said, "Freedom of belief is a great benevolent government. The people can believe whatever they want. It is the atmosphere that this official brings to the northwest, and it will be blown all over the river to the right!"

The officials behind him were all selected by Yang Lin from among the local Confucian scholars. The folk customs in the northwest here are relatively civilized. Seeing that the Shangguan in Bianjing is so romantic, he is not only not angry, but also kind.

Hearing Shaozai's remarks, an old official squeezed his beard and said: "Young Zai, this policy can still be implemented in our Jingzhou, but it will be difficult in the west."

Yang Lin didn't take it seriously, and said: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, and it will be subtle, and sooner or later there will be a day. It is worth shedding a little blood and killing people."

Deep-rooted religious ignorance of the people is the biggest obstacle on the road to Sinicization, and Yang Lin knows this very well.

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Khitan, Shangjing, inside the imperial palace.

The Khitan people received a secret report from Xiao Baoxian, and they firmly believed that the Song Dynasty had something wrong with itself, and Xixia was safe and sound.

They didn't expect that no matter whether it was from Xixia or Song Dynasty, they were all ready to deal a fatal blow to each other.

When the Xixia battle report came, the whole Khitan exploded.

It is Khitan's national policy to use Xixia to contain the Song Dynasty, and it started when Li Jiqian was in those days.

Now that Xixia has been destroyed, there is no reason for the Song Dynasty to have a vast horse breeding land and a recruiting area for high-quality soldiers.

Khitan, who had been stabilizing the Song Dynasty, suddenly felt the pressure, but it was a done deal. Xixia was not defeated, but directly subjugated.

In this way, the relationship between Song and Liao will inevitably change, even if it will not happen in a short period of time, there will be such a day sooner or later.

Everyone knows that Da Song's desire for Yanyun Sixteen States and their hatred.

Even though Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi was blindly hunting, living a dissolute and extravagant life, and ignoring the government, he was also worried about this, and summoned the important officials of Daliao to discuss the matter for the first time.

At that time, Khitan and Song Xixia barely counted as one of the powerful countries in the world. Now that the Song Dynasty has annexed Xixia, the balance has been broken, and 10,000+ Western troops who are accustomed to fighting have been liberated. Will the Song people still support Khitan every year?

The person in power in Khitan is actually the privy envoy, Xiao Fengxian, King of Lanling County. His two younger sisters are the queen and the concubine Yuan.

This old boy is a real treacherous minister, he knows how to coax his brother-in-law Emperor Tianzuo to have fun, while he himself controls the Khitan government.

He said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the Song Dynasty has always been weak and incompetent, and there is no threat to our Daliao at all."

"What Uncle Guo said is true?" Yelu Yanxi didn't want to think about these things at all, he dared to believe what others dared to say.

Xiao Fengxian chuckled and said: "Your Majesty, the people of Song Dynasty only won Xixia, which is nothing compared to our Daliao. I will write a letter of state, reprimand them, and tell them to send Princess Anqing back to Khitan .If Song people send her back respectfully, it means that Da Song is still afraid of us Khitan."

What's the point of sending a princess back? People with a little brain don't believe this. Yelu Yanxi clapped his hands and laughed: "Okay, uncle Guo, go and write quickly. Let's see if the emperor of Song is afraid. If he is, Let him send another princess of Song Dynasty to make a marriage."

Under the hall, a young Khitan official gritted his teeth with hatred and made a terrifying sound.

Someone gently tugged at the hem of his clothes, motioning him to keep silent, the officer stomped his feet resentfully, but he still didn't go out in the end.

After the dynasty was dispersed, the petty official said to the older Khitan nobleman: "Dutong, the Xiao family is deceiving the emperor and harboring evil intentions. Why don't you let me speak?"

"You Yelu Dashi, why do you fight Xiao Feng first? Going out now is not to die? The more people in our Yelu family die, the happier Xiao will be."

The person who spoke was Yelu Yujian, who belonged to the clan of Daliao. The young general opposite him was later the famous Yelu Dashi, the eighth grandson of Yelu Abaoji, Taizu of Liao Dynasty, and he was just a minor official of the clan.

Khitan's court is not much stronger than Song Dynasty now, Yelu Yanxi is dozens of times more stupid than Zhao Ji, Xiao Fengxian, Xiao Delidi and other courtiers are dozens of times more treacherous than Cai Jing and Liang Shicheng.

The two clans sighed helplessly, and continued to bear it. The Khitan just sat and watched the Great Song annex Xixia.

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