Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

Different from other party members, Zhao Shanyu was indeed determined to bring his family down to the Song Dynasty, and he was more nervously observing Lu Ci's innocence.

While making tea gracefully, Lu Ci maintained a generous smile, and kept silent before pushing the teacup over, giving Zhao Shanyu enough time to calm down: "Use it slowly."

"Many, thank you Lu Qinzhou."

Zhao Shanyu had a lot of dealings with Song merchants. Although he was not proficient, he could speak Chinese quite well.

So after receiving the tea, he hurriedly expressed his thanks in Chinese to the governor of Qinzhou, who was said to be one of a kind.

Hearing his broken Chinese, Lu Ci's smile did not change, but Di Gao couldn't help frowning.

——Gongzu's Dangxiang dialect has only been learned for less than a year, but he is much better than the person in front of him!

But to their surprise, Lu Ci, who is clearly fluent in party language, did not communicate with others in party language as they imagined, but endured the other party's strange accent without changing his expression. He even listened seriously.

On the contrary, if they are just some easy-to-understand words, they will have to think hard for a long time before they can distinguish those words that are easily confused.

From Lu Ci's point of view, the shocking news from the party aristocrats that Zhao Shanyu brought was much more important than caring about the broken Chinese.

According to what he said, although the party king on the surface is still Li Deming, but since a few days ago, the real son Li Yuanhao has been in power.

It turned out that Li Yuanhao first blatantly attacked the market, kidnapped Wang Qinruo, a high-ranking official of the Song court, and was ambushed by the Song army, losing a thousand party elites... Such a big movement, naturally, it is impossible not to alarm his father Li Deming.

When Li Deming heard it for the first time, he still couldn't believe his ears: Not long ago, he responded to Xu Xutu's request, why did the big ax fall in the blink of an eye?

With a chop, he hit his foot hard!

Not only could Li Deming not understand Li Yuanhao's youthful vigor, but he fell into the trap of the Song people, and he felt deeply afraid.

He tossed and turned for several nights, becoming more and more restless.

On the one hand, he was afraid that he would be implicated by Li Yuanhao, so that all his painstaking efforts over the years would be wasted; heart of.

Although he has always been quite proud of Li Yuanhao, the disaster of this dispute shows that he is so arrogant that he has despised the royal power, and it really touched his rebellious scales.

If you still pick it up high and put it down gently, how will the clansmen pay attention to yourself, the king of the party, in the future?I'm afraid they simply obeyed Li Yuanhao's orders!

It would be better to hand over Yuan Hao to the enraged Song Ting first. Most likely, he can show his attitude, and it can be regarded as an explanation, and strive to make big things small and small things small.

And with Song Ting's usual weak and deceitful behavior, as long as his posture is lowered, Yuan Hao will not really hurt his life.

Li Deming, who was determined to pay attention, didn't know that the jackal, tiger and leopard he raised and indulged by himself not only penetrated his mind, but also figured out the tricks of Song Taizu before he ascended the pole, and even relied on being more decisive than him. Severe this point, come to strike first.

Before Li Deming assembled the elite and wanted to take Li Yuanhao secretly, Li Yuanhao, who smelled the danger, was already one step ahead. Seriously injured, put under house arrest.

When the party nobles, including Zhao Shanyu, who were deeply favored by Li Deming got the news, everything was settled.

Li Deming's life and death were uncertain, and he didn't know where he was. They could only watch helplessly as Li Yuanhao, who was soaked in blood, sat on the throne carelessly, proclaimed himself king, and issued orders to them, and arranged to divide his troops into three ways to challenge the Song Dynasty.

Not to mention that Zhao Shanyu was not at all optimistic that Tubo, who had always been ambitious, was waiting around, and the Liao Kingdom made it clear that the Dangxiang tribe, who had been watching from the sidelines, could resist the angry Song army again. The position of Wang Li Deming is enough to make them resent him.

People's hearts are scattered, even if Li Yuanhao, who knew that he had committed the anger of the public, stopped the chaos by killing him in time, he couldn't prevent Zhao Shanyu and others from leaving.

It's just that other people have to hesitate for a while, and they are far less determined than Zhao Shanyu - he took the belongings accumulated for many years, led his wife, children, relatives, and tribes, and came to the gate of Qinzhou city day and night, desperate The ground voted for the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Shanyu knew that the timing of his vote was extremely sensitive, so in order to win the trust of Lu Ci, he knew everything and said everything.

However, the military information he knew about Xixia was very limited, and Li Yuanhao was furious after his escape was leaked, and he would definitely adjust the battle plan to avoid suffering a big loss in the hands of the Song people.

This also means that most of the information provided by Zhao Shanyu can no longer be used.

Lu Ci was well aware of this, but he patiently listened to Zhao Shanyu's narration, and finally got up himself, and politely sent him out of the inner hall.

When he returned to the hall, he saw Di Gao's dignified faces, he couldn't help laughing, and asked casually, "What do you think?"

Di Qing and Gao Jixuan looked at each other, and Di Qing took the lead to reply: "Back to Gongzu, Brother Gao and I both think that this person should be trustworthy."

"That's right." Lu Ci nodded, "I think so too."

If Li Yuanhao hadn't directly taken Li Deming's position, no matter how much Li Deming could bear it, he would not be able to let him go to this extent, and he would have to take some punitive measures.

It's just that Li Yuanhao's move was not wrong in terms of the final result, but it inevitably lost part of the hearts of the people.

Gao Jixuan said curiously with malicious intentions: "I just don't know if that Wang Shangshu is okay after the change of power."

As for Li Yuanhao's decisive reaction, Lu Ci was not a god, so naturally he couldn't predict it.

According to common sense, even if Li Yuanhao wanted to go to war again, he would have to stop because of Li Deming's suppression, and Wang Qinruo's safety would be guaranteed, at most he would suffer a little bit.

The ambitions and threats of the party project that the imperial court had to face up to, and the short-term goal of Lu Ci's plan were completely achieved.

Unexpectedly, in order to protect himself, Li Yuanhao would rather choose to kill his brother and hurt his father, and ascend to the throne in such a dishonorable way-this means that he had to rely on a real war with Song Ting to temporarily suppress the signs of civil strife, and then rely on fighting to win. It's time to prepare for the war, and it's time to sort out the internal affairs urgently.

The two countries are about to go to war, and whether Wang Qin, who was forced to be a "commander", can survive depends entirely on how many people in the court want him to live and how much they are willing to pay for it.

It is conceivable that Li Yuanhao, who is in urgent need of supplies, must ask the lion to open his mouth.

He said helplessly: "The official is kind and will definitely not abandon Wang Shangshu... As for the others, it depends on Wang Shangshu's luck."

To be honest, what Wang Qinruo, who is suffering, will definitely not believe is that compared to Kou Zhun, who hated him at the time and wished he could tear him into pieces, or Wang Dan, who has always been determined to suppress the other party and not let him stand out, he has no power after all. The deep-rooted thought of loyalty to the emperor, knowing that the source is still in Song Zhenzong, it is not too disgusting to this courtier who has a political record but is notorious among scholars.

... To put it bluntly, even this scheming was completely inexplicably intruded by Wang Qinruo himself.

Who would have thought that people could be so unlucky?

Lu Ci pressed the swollen eyebrows.

Although it is just preparations for war, the two countries will go through a symbolic negotiation process, ranging from one year to two years, and as many as three to four to five years... But the development is too rapid, and the lieutenant general of the Song Army is still in a state of inadequacy. The veteran is only Cao Wei, which is definitely not what he likes to see.

However, looking at it in reverse, Li Yuanhao is also in a hurry to face internal and external troubles, which is much more headache than Song Jun.

These words, of course, are not easy to say to Di Qing and the others.

"Okay, you guys go back. It's just that these days, since you are a little bit in the same party's language, you should bother more, and help a little bit if you have the opportunity," Lu Ci encouraged with a smile: "Let's not worry about the young brother, yes As far as Shunju is concerned, these achievements will be included and reported afterwards, remember to work hard."

Gao Jixuan smiled embarrassedly, and was about to say something when he was dragged away decisively by Di Qing.

Lu Ci looked at the two amusedly, shook his head, walked out of the inner hall, and just returned to the signing hall, he couldn't help being taken aback.

At some point, there was a group of people quietly waiting in the hall. The front row was a line of guarded soldiers with pristine faces, and the leader... just happened to be someone he knew.

The moment their eyes met, relying on standing at the front so that no one would see him, the man's scrupulous face suddenly melted away, and he blinked quickly at Lu Ci.

Even though he had gained a little weight, it was not difficult to recognize that it was Habayashi Lang General Qi Luo who had a relationship with him.

I never thought that even on such an occasion, I could meet old friends for the first time.

Lu Ci smiled slightly, understood instantly, straightened his clothes and bowed his head to wait.

As soon as the edict arrives, he will either be sent back to the capital to explain the situation, or a high-ranking official will be airborne so that he can retreat to the second line and concentrate on assisting.

If it's the former, it's really not surprising: after all, he was recalled to the capital, but the little emperor has been talking about it for a long time, and it's hard for him to shirk it this time anyway, and he has to plead guilty to the little emperor and carry out the investigation because the matter is out of control. The explanation is.

If it was the latter, he could not have wished for it: to be able to stay on the familiar front line of Qinzhou, and with the kind treatment he received from the little emperor, Kou Zhun and others, the high-ranking official who would be sent along the way would not even know him. Most of them will be people who are quite compatible in temperament and philosophy.

Could it be Cao Wei?

As soon as this idea came up, it was rejected by Lu Ci himself.

Impossible, at this time the imperial court can only hope that this most useful and vigorous general will have the technique of splitting himself, breaking each person into several pieces, and putting one piece on each line of defense, and it is impossible to make a plan to tear down the east wall to make up for the west. The ridiculous decision of the wall.

So will it be Kou Zhun, Wang Zeng, or Lu Yijian, the political adviser who was temporarily promoted?

——"Qinzhou Zhizhou Lu Ci Lu Yuyu listened to the imperial edict."

Lu Ci guessed calmly in his heart, lowered his eyebrows, and replied calmly: "The minister is here."

Perhaps the government and the public were furious, and they also knew that the situation was extremely urgent. In this imperial edict, that Yang Zhizhi did not show too much literary talent, but only clearly listed the emperor's decrees that had been countersigned by the Zaizhi.

It happened to be such a rare and concise imperial edict, but Lu Ci's mind exploded just after hearing the first one.

"First, appoint Lu Ci, the prefect of Qinzhou, to know the Dingnan Army and the Dingnan Army route. At the same time, he will be awarded the title of Jiedu Envoy, who will be in charge of the defense of the route... "

Lu Ci was at a loss.

He never imagined in his wildest dreams that there would be no high-ranking officials who would be temporarily appointed, easy to get along with, or even know.

——His good student, who had been eager to make him like a spinning top, took the opportunity to give him an extraordinary promotion, and directly took advantage of the chaos to overcome all opinions and made him that high-ranking official!

The author has something to say: Notes:

1. Zhao Shanyu: In October of the first year of Baoyuan (1038), Yuan Hao, who had planned for a long time, abandoned all the titles bestowed by the Song Dynasty and officially proclaimed himself emperor in Xingqing Mansion (now Yinchuan City, Ningxia).In December, the Northwest Front reported the news to Kaifeng.Faced with this fact, the monarch and his subjects couldn't help feeling stunned, because just three months ago, the court had just finished dealing with a difficult incident involving Yuan Hao's conspiracy.The story goes roughly like this:

In mid-September of that year, Zhao Shanyu, one of Yuan Hao’s uncles (I changed it to Uncle Cousin here, because I think the cousin should have the same surname as Li Yuanhao...Although Li followed Li Tang’s royal family, he didn’t Should it be Zhao? It’s very confusing) and sent people to Jinmingzhai (located in the southeast of Ansai County, Shaanxi today, north of Yan’an City) to ask for surrender.According to people who came, Yuan Hao recently convened a gathering of clan leaders in the territory to discuss the division of troops to attack the Song Dynasty in three ways. Anyone who raised an objection would be killed immediately.Because Zhao Shanyu had persuaded Yuan Hao several times, he was afraid of being killed, so he planned to surrender to the court and was willing to provide Xixia inside information.Afterwards, Zhao Shanyu made an agreement with Li Shibin, the guard guarding Jinmingzhai, that he would lead dozens of his wife, children, relatives and tribes back home, and deposit a large number of treasures he had accumulated for many years with Li Shibin.

However, when the Xixia generals arrived at the Baoan Army (now Zhidan County, Shaanxi Province), Guo Quan, the highest military and political officer in the region, was suspicious and dared not accept it.Seeing his boss's negative attitude, Li Shibin also changed his mind. He treacherously denied the agreement with the other party in order to embezzle valuable treasures for himself.Guo Quan immediately sent an order to the defenders along the border not to accept the descendants of Xixia without authorization, and reflected his opinions on handling it to the imperial court.Therefore, the emperor issued an order to all parts of northern Shaanxi, and if he met Zhao Shanyu's subordinates, he should be ordered to return immediately so as not to affect the peace of the border.After receiving the edict, Guo Quan wanted to repatriate the visitor.At this time, Zhao Shanyu told the court magistrate that he had been opposed by many relatives before his surrender. In order not to drag him down, his mother let her son burn him to death, so he could not return anyway.However, Guo Quan and others were afraid of causing trouble, and they did not want to believe that Yuan Hao would tear up the decades-old peace agreement, so they ruthlessly rejected the plea to surrender, and finally sent troops to escort them out of the country.When Zhao Shan met his family and was deported to the territory of Xixia, Yuan Hao led the cavalry to come, and a burst of arrows shot and killed the fugitives.

As the saying goes, "There are no two suns in the sky, and there are no two masters in the earth."In the past, the vassals harassed the frontier, even burned, killed, and looted. The court could tolerate it and treated these ignorant Rongdi with a lenient attitude. Once they declared themselves emperors, they would be a confrontation with the authority of the dynasty, and naturally they could no longer forgive them. .War is a continuation of politics. Since the political conflict between the imperial court and Xixia has reached the point of irreconcilability, the only remaining solution is to deal with it by force.

After Song Ting got the exact news that Yuan Hao proclaimed himself emperor, he immediately made a strong statement: First, he appointed Xia Song, the third division envoy, to know the deployment of the Yongxing Army (now Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province) and the Yongxing Army Road. Yong served as the magistrate of Yanzhou and the deployment of the governor of Yanzhou and the deployment of Fuyan Road, as well as the appeasement envoy of Fuyan and Huanqing Road. Shaanxi and Hedong regions issued an edict to cut off border trade with Dangxiang; secondly, an edict was sent to various places to search for Xixia spies, and rewards of [-] yuan were given to those who captured one person; finally, the Tubo chief was awarded the title of envoy of Jiesiluo Jiedu and rewarded with property , to mobilize it to use troops against Yuan Hao.

In June of the second year, Song Renzong issued an edict to the world again, announcing the removal of all the officials and titles of Yuan Hao, and recruited people to assassinate Yuan Hao. Leaders of various ethnic groups in the territory who are able to surrender will also be rewarded with kindness.Seeing the content of this edict, I don't know how the officials who buried the lives of Zhao Shanyuju's family felt. ("Born in the Song Dynasty: Talking about the General Altar of Shilin in the Northern Song Dynasty")

2. Jiedu envoys, observation envoys (called two envoys), etc. are official officials.And Jiedu envoys with false titles such as Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, Zhongshu Ling, etc., or the prime minister dismissed from office and go to the local area to wear the false titles of Jiedu envoys, are called envoys, which is especially honorable (that is what Kou Zhun always wanted in the end The most respectable retirement position is obtained by Wang Dan's intercession): it is generally awarded to military officers, but it can also be added to Wenchen Xunjiu.It is not included in the Chang Tiao Mo Kan, and it is not easy to get those who have made meritorious service on the frontier. It is known as a "precious product".It is an honorary title, equal to the prime minister.

After Yuanfeng was restructured, it became Zhengsanpin.No office.No need to go to town.Waiting for the descending hemp, bestowing Jingjie, casting festival envoys and seals.

Zhezong didn't grant it easily before, but Huizong was flooded, and six of his servants got it.

"Dictionary of Official Positions in the Song Dynasty" P33, p635