Seeing that the Song army was in line up and the army left the city, Mebu was shocked. He hurried to the official hall and said to Han Qi: "Taiwei, are we waiting for the imperial court to summon the surrounding troops? I wonder where the army left the city like this?"

Han Qi said: "The Grand Marshal should not panic. The Grand Marshal Liu led his troops out of the city to attack Dingzhou. A few days ago, we sent envoys to Dingzhou to ask them to surrender early and surrender to the court. But I knew that the Dingzhou garrison refused to surrender, so I had to send troops to fight."

After hearing this, Mebu didn't know what to say for a moment. Dingzhou was in the middle of Helan Mountain and Xingqing Prefecture, with only more than a thousand garrisons. Why are there so many Song army opponents? When the country's generals were destroyed, there were always loyal ministers. The Dingzhou garrison refused to surrender. Who could do anything? However, if you attack such a small city, you would not be able to dispatch so many troops, and Liu Ji personally led it. In this way, the Song army must have intentions.

What is the intention? Mebu smiled bitterly in his heart. When he reached his position, he would not understand these things. If the Generals of the Dangxiang were required, the Song army would start a war and show them a look.

After a while of silence, Mebu bowed to Han Qi and said, "I wish you a victory in the flag of Liu Taiwei."

After saying that, he said goodbye and left. At this point, he should think more about his own affairs, but he would not be able to control other people's affairs.

After Wang Deyong retired, Tian Kuang was promoted from deputy envoy to Privy Councilor on the 17th day of the first lunar month. On the same day, Du Zhongxiao was appointed as deputy envoy of Privy Councilor from the Censor, and Zhang Sheng took over as Chief of the Censor. After the news came out, officials in the capital who had a relationship with Du Zhongxiao came to congratulate him and had been busy all day at home.

Du Zhongxiao's lyrics for the deputy envoy of Privy Councilor were written by Wang Gui. Du Zhongxiao prepared a gift and thanked him, he simply invited the same year in Beijing to drink and celebrate. In the second year of Qingli, he had been an official for more than ten years and gradually became the basic force of court officials.

In the Du family's backyard, Han Jiang, Wang Gui, Su Song and Han Zongyan congratulated Du Zhongxiao and sat down.

Wang Gui said: "I passed the first place together, but I didn't expect that more than ten years later, I would be the youngest person in the past to be the magistrate. It's a happy congratulations."

Du Zhongxiao said: "It's just luck. Now the court is in trouble, and this priest is not easy to do."

Han Jiang smiled and said, "It is because of the troublesome situation that you are so capable. I think the Dangxiang in the northwest has been destroyed, and many things in the court need to be done by Bian Zheng, who has worked in this way and are familiar with military affairs to go to the Privy Council."

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while, raised his glass and drank it all with everyone. He put down the glass and said, "A real man should make achievements, make achievements for the court, and seek happiness for the people. If I can really do it, it would be better for this life!"

Everyone applauded. In the past, Du Zhongxiao was mostly humble when talking about promotion, but today he showed his heroic spirit.

After three rounds of drinking, Wang Gui said: "After Xiao arrived at the Censorate for only half a year, he would be promoted to the Shufu Mansion. Although it is reasonable, it also shows that the officials of the Shufu Mansion are not satisfied with the emperor. Although Dangxiang was destroyed in the northwest, the army of Taiwei Di still surrounded Lingzhou without any further subsidence, so it is inevitable that there will be a lot of discussion. As the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, I think it is necessary to train the imperial guards in the capital."

Du Zhongxiao said: "The court has given me the order, I will do it. But we are ministers, so it is difficult to guess the holy intention."

To guess the emperor's meaning is a taboo for officials. Although they are all sitting in the same year, once the words are heard, they will cause trouble.

Wang Gui said: "When the Bachelor's College was preparing the lyrics, the emperor specifically told me that I knew that I was the same Jinshi as I was in the same year as I was in the same year as I was in the dynasty. I must use more good lyrics. The sage is so meaningful, and I will have a bright future in the future. Come on, let's drink a glass of wine and wish you success at the dynasty!"

Du Zhongxiao smiled and shook his head: "I have become the priest, so what else can I do if I advance step by step? What should I do if the other officials in the court continue to rise?"

Several people laughed together. The Deputy Privy Councilor was promoted to Privy Councilor, a political participation, and a prime minister. There were indeed not many positions.

It has been fifteen years since he became a Jinshi in the second year of Qingli. Du Zhongxiao is now the deputy envoy of the Privy Council. He was not an official who was promoted very quickly in the Song Dynasty. Among the Jinshi in the same year, Wang Gui has been a Hanlin bachelor for several years, and Han Jiang has become the deputy envoy of the group herder. The significance of this promotion is that Du Zhongxiao created a new military situation on Hequ Road. Only now has the court officially accepted it.

At this time, several people no longer talked about political affairs, but just talked about jokes to celebrate Du Zhongxiao's success.

Early the next morning, Du Zhongxiao was summoned to the palace to discuss matters, which was the first detailed discussion with the emperor after taking office.

After entering Chongzheng Hall, he performed rituals and was given a seat by Zhao Zhen.

Du Zhongxiao bowed the scepter: "I am so stupid that I am so frightened to be promoted by Your Majesty."

Zhao Zhen said: "Last night, Dangxiang's report came. Han Taiwei said that Maibu had already arrived at Xingqing Prefecture and agreed to surrender. However, many generals in the Dangxiang army in Helan Mountain wanted to be rewarded and refused to surrender directly. The Hu people were afraid of power and Huaide, so Liu Taiwei brought a large army to attack Dingzhou to show the Dangxiang people who refused to surrender, and what would it look like to be an enemy of the court?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "It is right for Taiwei Han and Taiwei Liu to do this. If you surrender Dangxiang people, you should be kind and powerful. There is no big battle ahead, so there will inevitably be generals of Dangxiang who are lucky and seek favors from the court and wander and wait and see."

Zhao Zhen nodded: "Look at the first month, the weather is about to warm up, and the Dangxiang war must be over as soon as possible. If you attack Dingzhou hard, you can take a look at the Dangxiang soldiers and horses in Helan Mountains, and don't be lucky. Also, the Lingzhou defenders have not surrendered, and Han Taiwei proposed whether to order Di Wei to force the city to break the city and punish it severely. With such rewards and punishments, the Dangxiang people will no longer wait and see, surrender to the court as soon as possible, and end the occupation."

Du Zhongxiao was silent for a while before saying, "I am afraid that the army attacking Lingzhou has already been resentful and killing them, and I am afraid that they will not be able to grasp it. Both kindness and power are used, and the court always needs to grasp the degree. Once it is too much, the remaining army will be hard to say."

Zhao Zhen frowned after hearing this: "Do you think the Lingzhou army is not like Liu Ji's troops?"

Du Zhongxiao said, "I think so. Your Majesty, don't make trouble. Just let the troops of Taiwei Di capture Lingzhou City. The troops of Helan Mountain will be handed over to Han Qi and Liu Ji as soon as possible to surrender. The Dangxiang people were just a rare reward. They were scared to break through Dingzhou and scared them. The court spent more money, but they thought they had no choice. Then Han Qi led the army back to Hequ Road to monitor the Khitans."

Zhao Zhen said nothing for a moment, and after a while, he said, "It's good that way. Now the Khitans are the great enemy, so there is no need to spend much effort on Dangxiang. The deputy envoy thought that if Yelu Hongji entered Datong Prefecture, how should the court respond?"

Du Zhongxiao held the scepter: "I think Han Qi gathered the army on Hequ Road as soon as possible, and then contacted Yelu Chongyuan. It would be best if Yelu Chongyuan was forced to surrender to our dynasty, so there would be less trouble."

Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment. He always thought that Du Zhongxiao was interested in the Khitan Xijing Road, and directly launched a large army to attack. Although some court officials mentioned attracting Chongyuan to surrender, most people thought it was impossible. The Khitan habits, the two emperors were fighting each other was not a big deal. In the end, Hong Ji won, and he might not have to take Chongyuan's life. However, Du Zhongxiao did not think so, and he still had to fight for Chongyuan.
Chapter completed!