Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

Lu Ci had long been used to Di Qing's shy appearance in front of him, and said with a smile, "I heard that the younger brother showed great power today and killed countless enemies. He really is a hero born out of a boy, so we should not underestimate him."

Di Qing's face was flushed red by the teasing, and after a while he said softly: "...just please don't laugh at me again, Grandfather."

Hearing the meaning of begging for mercy in his words, Lu Ci deepened the smile on his lips, but let him go generously: "You guys come with me."

Di Qing remained calm, but the high temperature on the pinnae would not go down for a while.

So Gao Jixuan, who discovered this great secret, couldn't help but stared at the red ears in surprise as he walked, until Di Qing glanced at him fiercely with murderous eyes, and then said embarrassingly. Converged.

After Yang Wenguang glanced out of the corner of his eye, he wisely avoided that place, and only concentrated on calming down the intense breathing caused by the aftermath of the battle.

Even though Li Chao had already given a general report on the situation of the battle, Lu Ci still attached great importance to the opinions of the three people who fought at the forefront.After entering the barracks, he asked about the details one by one.

When listening to Di Qing's objective evaluation of the bravery and strength of the party soldiers, everyone is brave and not afraid of death, Lu Ci tapped his knuckles on the table thoughtfully: "It seems that I still underestimated them."

Although he had anticipated the disparity in strength between the two armies, he did not expect that when the Song army had the upper hand and had an absolute advantage in numbers, it would still make him escape after launching such a counter-ambush that caught the opponent by surprise. Not to mention a few people, even the efficiency of annihilating the trilogy of thousands of people is pitifully low.

If Li Yuanhao was present, it would definitely be even more difficult for the party soldiers with a backbone.

Thinking of this, Lu Ci became more determined to defeat Dangxiang and take back the racecourse.

Although Daliao and Xixia are very fond of porcelain and tea from the Central Plains, they have never loosened their control over confidential military supplies.

Those so-called good horses that Da Song spent a huge amount of money to buy were all defective products that were despised by the two forces after the first selection, and the number was pitifully small.

Not to mention the natural physical gap between Song people and Dangxiang and Liao people, there is a big gap in military supplies alone. In the long run, how can they be their opponents?

Lu Ci changed his mind, and asked Di Qing with a smile, "When you were chasing those escaped people, how did you think of shouting such a sentence?"

Even if the well-planned strategy fails and Li Yuanhao's elite trilogy is almost wiped out, it is doomed that the two traitors will have no fruit to eat, but with Di Qing's words as a reminder, the end will definitely be even more miserable.

Li Yuanhao is shrewd and cruel, so he may not be so easy to fool, but immersed in the grief and indignation of the death of his comrades, a party soldier with either rich or noble family, what he needs is nothing more than an outlet to vent his resentment, and he is unwilling to delve into the conspiracy and tricks at all.

Since this tone cannot be blamed on Li Yuanhao, who is closely related to the interests of the family, the two Han people who gave advice have become the best scapegoats.Even if it was just to appease the trilogy and family forces around him, Li Yuanhao had to kill Zhang and Wu.

"I just," Di Qing said embarrassingly, "I didn't expect to make the remnants run away. Since I really can't catch up, I can't let them run away in vain."

Lu Ci was noncommittal.

It's simple to say, but this intuition and the ability to make a quick decision are not something ordinary people will have.

After commending the outstanding three people, Lu Ci asked people to go back to change clothes and take a shower, and immediately summoned Teng Zongliang, who had been waiting outside, to discuss the next step together.

Teng Zongliang walked in excitedly, and before he could speak, he heard Lu Ci's "intimate" reminder: "In order to prevent Brother Teng from forgetting too much, I have to mention it more - the bet that was made earlier , I should be counted as the winner, right?"

Teng Zongliang's full admiration and praise for his clever calculations were suppressed by these words.

His eyelids twitched, and he said angrily, "Why are you thinking about this?"

Lu Ci said brazenly: "The next thing is to be busy. It would be good to get a few more days of rest from Brother Teng's hands."

He confessed so generously, but Teng Zongliang had nothing to say: "...Once a word is said, it is hard to follow. I will never renege on my debt, so you can rest assured."

The joke is over, let's get back to business.

"The Great Song Dynasty is a great country, and it pays attention to etiquette before soldiers," Lu Ci said solemnly: "However, the son Li Yuanhao personally led the army, and the party members wantonly destroyed the public affairs, burned, killed and looted, and openly kidnapped the court officials. I don't know what the etiquette is. Provocations are absolutely intolerable."

Teng Zongliang echoed logically: "Submit to Tianting immediately, unite Beiliao and Tubo, and must be tough on party items that willfully break the contract."

Lu Ci nodded: "Before the decree comes, we will cut off the business and trade with Dangxiang first, and spend a lot of money in the city to hunt down Dangxiang's secret agents."

There are two lists in the open and in the dark, and now they can be cleaned together.

In fact, Lu Ci was not without regret.

After all, what he and Cao Wei had tacitly agreed early on was that the core of subduing the party item was none other than Li Yuanhao.

When formulating the plan this time, Lu Ci also hesitated for a long time, whether to let Li Yuanhao successfully rob Wang Qinruo and then wipe out his trilogy; or take this opportunity to assassinate Li Yuanhao at all costs.

Once Li Yuanhao dies, among Li Deming's remaining heirs who are not successful, there will inevitably be a chaos surrounding the struggle for position. Although Li Deming himself can bear the humiliation, he lacks courage. No matter how much he hates Song Ting, he will probably let it go.

Only in this way, the nature of the whole incident has completely changed - in the eyes of the imperial court, which has always despised the party, Lu Ci was only the magistrate of Qinzhou, but he made his own claim to kill the son of the vassal prince and destroy the peace of the border. It's taboo for a minister.

For example, under the strong request of Li Deming, who hated him to the bone, in order to maintain diplomatic relations, the possibility of whether Song Ting would hand over him, the chief culprit, or deal with it by himself to calm the other party's anger is not ordinary.

Even though the little emperor would definitely try to protect him because of his past affection, the signing of the edict requires the countersignatures of the three provinces, and it is not the official's turn to go his own way.

Once this line is crossed, Kou Zhun and Li Di, who have been helping him secretly before, will never be unfavorable at this time.

Although Lu Ci doesn't mind doing good deeds without leaving a name, he is still not sensitive to sacrificial contributions.

In the current situation, although Li Yuanhao, a real big fish, was let go, he was also suspected of scaring the snake, which meant that it would be difficult to assassinate him in the future, but even if he blatantly robbed the imperial court official, it was undoubtedly a slap in the face of Song Ting. slap on the face.

Although Li Yuanhao has some ambitions and brains, he still doesn't know enough about the high-tension line that Song Ting really can't tolerate.

In the past, for Song Ting who was far away in Bianjing, party soldiers occasionally burned, killed and looted on the border, and harassed civilians. As for the disputes caused by the barbarians...

The one who is offended now is the dignified minister who went there under the emperor's order.

For this point, how can the court have the gift of turning a blind eye?

Just as Lu Ci thought, when the news that Wang Qinruo was abducted by party Xiang Li Yuanhao personally sent troops to the court reached Bianjing, it caused an uproar in the court instantly.

——Zi Zi Er dare!

The officials were extremely furious, and wished that Li Yuanhao's son who committed this crime was right in front of him, so that they could verbally attack him and humiliate him utterly.

Even if he knew the little master's plan in advance, Zhao Zhen's heart was beating violently at this moment.

Unexpectedly, what the little master said is true, the party members are so bold, they don't pay attention to the temple at all!

Kou Zhun and the others, who had somewhat guessed that there was something tricky in it before, didn't even think about the possibility of Lu Ci's intentional connivance at this time.

Facing Dangxiang who was suddenly torn apart, and thinking about the unpredictable Wang Qinruo, even Kou Zhun, who was usually in a confrontation with him, did not have the slightest intention of making trouble, but only shared the same hatred.

On the contrary, the courtiers who had always been with Wang Qinruo's faction were shocked and anxious, and without thinking about it, they bit Lu Cipan a few words: Although it would not be straightforward to suspect that he was colluding with the party to find opportunities to retaliate and eliminate dissidents, but a person who is unfavorable to the supervision The hat, but he was determined to put it on.

Hearing their nonsense, the more they said the more outrageous, Zhao Zhen, who was a little guilty at first, was amused, and reprimanded on the spot: "In your opinion, is it more important to save people, or to get Lu Qinzhou convicted first? "

Hearing the anger in the usually gentle and good-tempered official's language, the officials couldn't help but keep silent.

After subduing the people, Zhao Zhen had no intention of caring about the floating thoughts of the ministers, so he ordered a few of the most trusted military ministers and Zaifu to stay, and announced the dispersal of the court in advance.

Half a day later, the appointment edicts written by the emperor and signed by Zaifu were rushed to many counties on the northwest defense line, including Qinzhou.

It's just that before Lu Ci received the edict, it was a group of Xixia generals who met earlier.

At this moment when the situation is extremely delicate, Zhao Shanyu, who is Li Yuanhao's cousin, actually voted with his whole family, which makes people suspicious.

When the whole government objected unanimously, Lu Ci pondered for a while, and decided to send someone to go, and invited Zhao Shanyu, the leader, into the city alone.

Teng Zongliang disapproved, and said tactfully, "Why bother? Whether it's true or not, the court has its own policy. Even if we can be persuaded, others are unwilling to take this risk."

"As you said, it doesn't matter whether he surrendered for real or not." Lu Ci smiled: "The point is only to show the attitude of Song Jun."

If there are those who abandon the dark and turn to the bright, it is not necessary to investigate.

In particular, Zhao Shanyu was also related to Li Yuanhao, and even his own cousin did not approve of what this person did, and this alone could be used to make a big fuss.

However, in order to prevent the other party from possessing martial arts skills or having evil intentions to assassinate, Lu Ci, who thought he was terrified of his life, could not handle the busy Li Chao, so he invited Di Qing and Gao Jixuan from the army.

Although the two were born tall and big, but from their faces, it is easy to tell that they are quite young.

For the nervous Zhao Shanyu, it would not cause too much oppression.

Sure enough, when Zhao Shanyu, who was full of anxiety, was invited into the city to meet the magistrate of Qinzhou, he saw that there were two guards beside him. He was not surprised at all, but he was quietly relieved.

——Of course he didn't know that it was that tall, thin boy with an honest face and a penetrating eye, who could beat a cow to death when he became fierce.