Fenghou

With Chen Qing's words, Zhao Huanqing breathed a sigh of relief, "Let's talk about it after a few months of rest!"

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In Lin'an, a medium-sized cargo ship sailed into the West Lake. The person sitting in front of the cargo ship was Hu Yun, the steward of Jingzhao Newspaper stationed in Lin'an. After a month, he showed up again in Lin'an.

With the passage of time, the "Beijing News" matter has been gradually forgotten by people, and the county government no longer pursues the matter.

Inside the cargo ship, there were ten large boxes containing 1 copies of the just-printed "Beijing News", which needed to be distributed to various places in Lin'an again.

The ship docked in front of a freight south yard, and a bullock cart was parked on the pier. A few people got off and quickly lifted ten large boxes onto the bullock cart.

These people are intelligence scouts lurking in Lin'an from the Intelligence Department of the County Prince's Mansion. There are 80 people in total, collecting information from all aspects. Their task this time is to disperse 1 newspapers in Lin'an City.

In order to avoid being stared at, they used the simplest method to distribute 1 copies of newspapers to [-] taverns and teahouses in Lin'an, [-] copies for each family, and distributed them during the prime time of eating and drinking tea, because the imperial court did not prohibit , these taverns and tea house shopkeepers are not worried, they will naturally distribute it to their guests.

At dusk, 80 people acted together. According to their lists, one person was in charge of five companies. The planning was thorough and the action was quick. In just a quarter of an hour, all 1 copies were distributed.

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At night, Lu Jin trotted back to the inner house with a newspaper. In the study, Lu Yihao was reading "The Monkey King Havoc in Heaven" with great interest. This was the second time he read it, and it was the second time. , he came up with a lot of interesting things. For example, Patriarch Bodhi has been paying attention to the birth of the stone monkey for a long time.

In addition, the Dragon King of the East China Sea borrowed the hand of Sun Wukong to pull out Dayu Zhenhai's magic needle, and the number of flat peaches that Monkey King ate in the Pantao Garden was completely inconsistent, and he took the blame for all the peach thieves.

It was only the second time that Lu Yihao saw these clues, and he couldn't help but write a few comments on the book.

"Father!" The eldest son Lu Jin's joyful voice came from outside the door, probably something good happened.

"Come in!"

The door opened, Lu Jin walked in quickly, holding a newspaper in his hand, Lu Yihao's eyes lit up, "Is there another "Beijing News?"

"Exactly, it came out this afternoon. The shopkeeper of Jinshan Restaurant specially sent it. Someone sent [-] copies to our restaurant and distributed it to the guests."

Jinshan Restaurant is owned by the Lu family. It opened only two years ago, and the business is quite good. Lu Yihao quickly asked, "Who sent the newspaper?"

"Treasurer Wang said that the person who came here didn't know him, so he gave the newspaper and left without asking for a penny."

Lu Yihao pondered for a while, and suddenly realized that they must be the intelligence scouts of the Western Army in Lin'an. They understand the intelligence and are responsible for distributing newspapers most conveniently.

Lu Yihao quickly took the newspaper, and he was stunned by the big words on the front page, "The Second Emperor Returns to His Homeland!" '

It is another special edition, which introduces in detail the process of negotiations with Jin Guo and the situation of the two exchanges, especially when tens of thousands of people returned to their homeland, they all cried bitterly and choked up with tears. There is a picture with a man kneeling on the ground; holding the soil with both hands, crying to the sky, and the title is, 'Dad, mother, rest in peace!The baby is finally home. '

This scene even made Lu Yihao's eyes moist.

The following is the important point. The late emperor Zhao Huan and the prince returned, and the coffin of the Supreme Emperor also returned together. The accompanying picture is a huge picture of the coffin, "The Soul of the Supreme Emperor Returns to the Homeland".

Lu Yihao sighed softly, Chen Qing was applying eye drops to the emperor!It is estimated that the emperor will not accept the move this time.

At this moment, the housekeeper said at the door: "The second master is here."

Lu Yihao quickly said to Lu Jin: "Your second uncle is here, please come to my study immediately."

Lu Jin walked out quickly, and not long after, Lu Qingshan walked in.

"Brother also read the newspaper?" Lu Qingshan asked with a smile.

"Second brother should have seen it too, right?"

Lu Qingshan sat down on the chair next to him and said, "I haven't read it yet, I guess big brother has it here, but I knew the contents yesterday."

"No way! The paper didn't appear until this afternoon."

Lu Qingshan smiled slightly and said: "I'm not reading the newspaper, but Chen Qing's memorial, which arrived yesterday afternoon and was presented to the emperor this morning."

"What did God say?"

"The Son of Heaven has issued a decree this afternoon, ordering Zhao Ding to be the welcoming envoy, and I, as the deputy envoy, to rush to Jingzhao to welcome back the Supreme Emperor's coffin."

"Second brother is going to Jingzhao?"

Lu Qingshan nodded, "So I'm here tonight to look for Big Brother, and I'm leaving early tomorrow morning, what does Big Brother want me to bring over there?"

Lu Yihao hurriedly said: "I'll write a letter home right away, you sit down for a while and read the newspaper."

After a pause, Lu Yihao asked again: "What about the late emperor? Will you bring them back to Lin'an?"

Lu Qingshan shook his head, "Chen Qing said that the late emperor is too weak and needs to recuperate for a few months. This time, he will only welcome the emperor's coffin, and we will welcome the late emperor back in a few months."

Chapter 817 Borrowing a Boat

In Baohe Square in the southern city of Lin'an, there is a mansion. This is the mansion of Zheng Tongquan, Duke of Hejian County. Zheng Tongquan is Zheng Ping's father. His official identity is the brother of Queen Mother Zheng. However, Empress Dowager Wei has converted to Buddhism and is in a semi-monastic state, so Zheng Tong's status as uncle is not taken seriously.

But Zheng Tongquan is a well-known big merchant of medicinal materials in Lin'an. The various medicinal materials provided by his family account for [-]% of the Lin'an market. In addition, there are restaurants. The Zheng family has more than a dozen restaurants in Lin'an, but this is nothing, another big business It is a maritime merchant. It is said that the Zheng family has hundreds of sea ships. They go to Nanyang every year and bring back countless spices and supplies. The huge profits can be imagined.

No one knows exactly how much money the Zheng family has, but last year the imperial court was financially stressed and asked various businessmen for help. Zheng Tongquan immediately pledged 100 million yuan.

At night, Zheng Tongquan sat in his study and read today's "Beijing News". He was really shocked. He didn't expect Chen Qing to welcome the second emperor back, and also rescued tens of thousands of Bianliang people who had been kidnapped to Liaodong.

He also thought of his son Zheng Ping, who was appointed as the Jiedu Envoy of the Yongxing Army and commanded an army of [-] soldiers in Sichuan.

At this time, the housekeeper outside the door reported: "My lord, there is a messenger outside the house, and it is said that Saburo sent the letter."

Zheng Tongquan was slightly taken aback, he had only received a letter from his son Zheng Ping's family not long ago, why did he come to deliver the letter again?

But it was strange, Zheng Tongquan immediately ordered: "Let him in quickly, wait in the guest hall, I will come right away."

Zheng Tongquan put on a coat, and suddenly realized that it must be because of the things explained in the last letter. The king of the county asked him to suspend all seagoing ships today. Although he didn't know what it meant, Zheng Tongquan complied and called a stop Sea-going ships in Mingzhou Port and Quanzhou Port have canceled their plans to go to sea this year.

When Zheng Tongquan came to the guest room, he saw a middle-aged man sitting in the guest room, drinking tea in a leisurely manner. Zheng Tongquan was even more surprised. The messenger sent by his son was his own soldier, and he knew it. This time came a middle-aged man whom he had never seen before?

Zheng Tongquan coughed heavily and walked into the guest room. The middle-aged man quickly stood up and saluted, "See Uncle Zheng Guo!"

"you know me?"

The middle-aged man smiled and nodded, "I have been in Lin'an for two years, and I have seen Uncle Zheng Guo many times!"

"Who are you? I seem to have seen you somewhere."

Zheng Tongquan suddenly felt that the middle-aged man looked familiar.

The middle-aged man tore off the fake beard on his lips and chin, Zheng Tongquan' ah! ’ with a sound, “Master Guo, how could it be you?”

Zheng Tongquan recognized the person in front of him as the shopkeeper Guo Da of Qingfeng Tea House. Although he was not very familiar with him, he had indeed dealt with him before.

Shopkeeper Guo took out a silver medal, put it on the table, and said with a slight smile, "My actual identity is the chief of the Western Army's Intelligence Division stationed in Lin'an. This is my military badge."

It's actually a silver waist card, the status is not low!

"It turned out to be Director Guo, I'm sorry, please sit down!"

The two sat down as guests and hosts. The shopkeeper Guo took out two letters and put them on the table and pushed them to Zheng Tongquan. The first letter was from Zheng Ping. Zheng Tongquan recognized it at a glance. The king's military order is of great importance and must be obeyed.

Zheng Tongquan was taken aback. Could it be that the second letter was from Chen Qingxin?He quickly picked up the letter, and it turned out to be Chen Qing's personal letter. Zheng Tongquan quickly opened the letter. Chen Qing's tone in the letter was very polite. The issue of pensions for soldiers killed in battle.

Chen Qing still remembers this incident, it was not easy!

Zheng Tongquan was secretly proud. After all, he helped Chen Qing when he was in the most difficult time, so Chen Qing never forgot.

He continued to read, and sure enough, he mentioned sea ships. Chen Qing hoped that he would moor hundreds of Wanshi sea ships to the Yangtze River Wharf in Jiangling City within two months. It would be of great use, and the time would start from the day he read the letter. rise.

It turned out that he wanted to transfer his sea ship to Jiangling. Zheng Tongquan silently calculated in his heart that he should send pigeon letters to Mingzhou and Quanzhou in time.

In fact, half of the hundred ships belonged to the business firm that Chen Qing and Zheng Ping co-founded back then, and they were handed over to the Zheng family for unified management. Twenty-five of the seagoing ships belonged to Chen Qing privately.

As for the money earned in these years, [-]% belonged to Chen Qing. Zheng Tongquan put more than half of it in Chengdu Baoji Cabinet Workshop and rented a large warehouse. As for how much wealth he had, Zheng Tongquan once gave Zheng Quan an envelope. Passed it over to Chen Qing, and finally gave it to Chen Qing's wife, Lu Xiu. After reading the list of wealth in the envelope, Lu Xiu was so shocked that the teacup in her hand fell to the ground and shattered.

Of course Zheng Tongquan would not ask what to do with the sea boat, and the person in front of him probably didn't know, so he nodded and said, "Please tell the county king, I will definitely do it!"

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In mid-March, the battle for the Jianghuai River broke out again. Wanyan Wushu sent 20 troops to attack the Jianghuai River. He divided his troops into two groups, one led by Wang Bolong as the main general, and Li Cheng and Li Qiong as the left and right deputy generals. .

The other route was led by Wanyan Wushu himself, leading [-] Jurchen troops, [-] Donghu troops, and [-] Xie troops to attack Gwangju.

General Yue Fei of the Song Army led a main force of 15 to face Wanyan Wushu's army, while Zhang Jun was in charge of defending Shouchun Road. Zhang Jun also mobilized [-] troops to prepare for a decisive battle with the signing army on the front line of Shouchun.

This time it was Zhang Jun who took the initiative to apply to go north to the center line. He had already discovered a rule. Every time the Jin soldiers invaded south, the center line was handed over to the puppet Qi army. Don't be afraid to sign the army.

Both sides were dispatching troops and generals. The war first broke out in Xiacai County on the north bank of the Huaihe River. Li Qiong led [-] signed troops to Xiacai County and launched a fierce attack on Xiacai County, which had [-] defenders.

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Spring in the Hexi Corridor comes late, and March in Guanzhong is mid-spring, but in the Hexi Corridor, it is still early spring. to the bone.

A scouting cavalry of the Song Army appeared near Liangzhou City. The scouting cavalry consisted of about 300 people. The leader of the scouting cavalry was Tang Qian, who led [-] people to Liangzhou ten days ago. Some were sent to Ganzhou to monitor.

At present, the situation around Liangzhou has been figured out. The only thing Tang Qian cares about is the situation inside the city, the enemy's troops, equipment, and defense. The city is closed, but the interrogation is extremely strict, and the Han people will definitely not be able to enter the city.

Tang Qian could only send people to patrol around the city to see if he could meet a caravan going out of the city.

At noon, the soldiers were eating lunch in the woods. Several cavalry came galloping with a Qiang man, and they finally found someone who knew.

This Qiang man was a businessman brought from Lanzhou by Tang Qian. He was called Sai Ge. He often went to Xizhou to do business and had friendship with some high-ranking Uighur officials in Xizhou, so his caravan easily entered the city.

After staying in the city for two days, I went out of the city to prepare to go north.

Tang Qian politely asked Sai Ge to sit down, and Sai Ge smiled and said, "There are about [-] defenders in the city. The massacre of the Han people you are worried about has not happened, and the other side also needs farmers who work in the fields. It's just that the taxes paid by the Han people are relatively high. As for The equipment is basically leather armor, leather helmets, spears and small square shields."

"How's military discipline?"

Tang Qian can't see the combat effectiveness, so it depends on the military discipline. Generally, the army with better military discipline has good combat effectiveness.Brother Se nodded, "Military discipline is generally not bad. Of course, it can't be compared with Song Jun. There are no incidents of murder, arson, or rape of women, but there are many incidents of forced buying and selling, and stealing chickens and dogs."

Tang Qian asked some other questions, and Brother Sai answered them one by one. At this time, Tang Qian had a preliminary grasp of the information on Liangzhou City.

Chapter 818 Decryption

Two days later, Chen Qing personally led an army of [-] to Liangzhou City. This was only the first batch of troops. Another [-] army with [-] camels loaded with food and supplies had already left Lanzhou and was rushing towards Liangzhou City. Come.

Fifty thousand Song troops set up a big camp in the south of Liangzhou City. At this time, Chen Qing was listening to Tang Qian's report in the big tent.

"Is this Brother Sai credible?" Chen Qing asked.

"Reporting to the county king, Brother Sai's son is in our army and stationed in Huangzhou. His family has lived in Lanzhou for generations, and he has no reason to threaten him in Liangzhou City. His humble position can confirm that he is trustworthy."

"Where is he now?" Chen Qing asked again.

"His caravan went to Ganzhou with his humble subordinates."

The reason why Chen Qing didn't pay much attention to the information itself, but paid more attention to the person who provided the information, was because there were doubts in it, did the enemy army seal the city?If the city is not closed, why haven't other people left the city for a few days?If the city is closed, why can this brother Sai go out of the city again?

"Reporting to the king of the county, Liangzhou is indeed currently in a state of closure. There is no special reason not to allow entry and exit from the city. This brother Sai is a high-ranking official who knows the Uighurs in Xizhou. He said his name, and the other side is lenient. The lowly position is also in Lanzhou. With this in mind, I chose Sai Ge."

Chen Qing said lightly: "Your answer is barely qualified, but it can only be qualified, but it is not enough to satisfy me. I mean, have you verified what he said? I am not saying that he is an enemy For example, he asked the shopkeeper at the inn how many soldiers there were in the city, and the shopkeeper told him there were about 5000 soldiers, so he thought it was 5000. Maybe the innkeeper was just talking nonsense, you understand me mean?"

What Chen Qing said is exactly the basic elements of a scout, verify!

"The humble officer fully understands the meaning of the king of the county. The humble officer observed the situation of the guards at the top of the city. There are very few soldiers patrolling the top of the city at night, no more than 300. Today, the number of patrols suddenly increased to more than 2000, and a few hawks flew out. Judging from experience, the defenders are indeed around 6000."

"anything else?"

"In addition, I sent people to check the cultivation of the farmland to make sure that it has been cultivated and sowed."

Chen Qing nodded, this verification is not bad, it indirectly confirmed that the Han people in the city were not massacred.

"Okay, you pass!"

Tang Qian breathed a sigh of relief, his back was soaked.

"Have you sent someone to contact Da Dou to pull the valley?" Chen Qing asked again.

Tang Qian hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Reporting to the county king, I have sent someone there, and it is estimated that there will be a reply within two days."

Only then did Chen Qing slowly say to the generals in the big tent: "Military affairs are an extension of politics. Although you are generals, it doesn't mean that you don't have to think about politics. Otherwise, you can only be generals and not be able to become Commander, the reason why Guan Shigu is better than you is not that he has seniority and high prestige, but that he understands politics, so I will tell you today, what is politics?"

Liu Cui, Gao Ding, Liu Qiong, Tang Qian and several other commanders stood in the big tent. Chen Qing was not only teaching them today, but also deploying his own Hexi strategy.

"Everyone knows that Cao Changchun and I are sworn brothers, but I have never met him before, and we can't say we hit it off, and we don't have any great cause to pursue together, but we all believe that we must sworn brothers, otherwise the Hexi Corridor will not be stable. , This kind of sworn brotherhood between the chiefs of different races is actually a strengthened contract. You can't just rely on a piece of paper to agree on the division and ownership of the Hexi Corridor between the two families. He won't believe it, and I won't believe it either.

At the beginning, Cao Changchun and I made an appointment to destroy Xixia together, but he broke the appointment because the Xizhou Uighurs betrayed the agreement and suddenly occupied Shazhou by force. Is this the truth?In fact, it is not. The truth is that Cao Changchun invited the Xizhou Army to enter Shazhou. In other words, he reached an agreement with the chief of Xizhou, Bi Lego, to introduce the Xizhou Army into the Hexi Corridor. "

"Why did Cao Changchun do this?" Gao Ding asked puzzled.

Chen Qing smiled and nodded, "Good question, everyone remembers that Cao Changchun brought his family to visit Jingzhao! Are you here to visit relatives? No, he has already told me clearly why he brought his son Cao An here. I hope that the brotherly contract between me and him can continue with his son. At that time, he proposed to set up a Uyghur class in Taixue, and he would send a group of noble children to study. Do you know what this means?"

"Hostage!" Liu Qiong blurted out.

Chen Qing gave a thumbs up, "That's right. After the establishment of the Anxi Protectorate in the Tang Dynasty, many small countries in the Western Regions sent their princes to study in Chang'an. This is actually a hostage, a sign of their surrender to the Tang Dynasty, so Cao Changchun offered Sending Uighur noble children to study in Jingzhao is actually testing me, so I told him clearly that his son Cao An must be included in these noble children. I just told him that I can agree to the continuation of the current agreement on his son, but The premise must be that the Yellow-headed Uighur must submit to me and send his son to Jingzhao as a hostage.

Afterwards, he never mentioned the fact that Uyghur children came to Taixue to study, but he gave my son a land deed of Jiuquan City, saying it was a gift for my son. Everyone, he is the great chief of Uyghur. Everything has a deep meaning. Giving the land to my son is actually the same intention. Let me continue to recognize that the Hexi division contract will continue to be valid in future generations.

In order to achieve this intention, he even asked his son to send a precious gemstone to my daughter.

But the next day, he left in a hurry. The reason was that Li Yanwu, the governor of Shazhou in Xixia, attacked Jiuquan. In Zhouzhou, Cao Changchun refused Lugui's army to go north to help, saying that the Xixia army had been repulsed. Later I found out that there was no such thing at all, because I explicitly asked his son Cao An to come to Jingzhao to study, which made his plan fail. He was afraid that I would detain him in Jingzhao, so he found an excuse to escape from Jingzhao. "