Chapter 1772: Solving the Disaster

In February of the second year of Shaoshu, Aguda also recognized the reality under Su Lishe's persuasion.

The reason for this victory was, after all, because the troops sent by the Liao State were basically vassal armies of various ministries. If Yelu Yanxi was really irritated and mobilized troops from Jinshan, this battle would probably be a bit troublesome.

So he accepted Xiao Fengxian's suggestion and sent his younger brother Wu Qi to join Liao Dynasty, stating that the women were not rebelling, but that they were afraid of God's punishment and had to resist.

Xiao Fengxian also reported that the Liao army was defeated first and then won, and Wan Yan was convinced. He also said that the women of the Song Dynasty were facing each other across the sea, and the women of the Song Dynasty were just greedy for profit, and it was not worth raising an army and mobilizing a large number of people.

I also want to inform you that at the time when we are recruiting people, if the defeated former army does not recruit them without penalty, it may cause disaster.

Coupled with the empress and Yuan Fei's support, Yelu Yanxi actually believed it and avoided the defeat of the Liao's northeastern armies.

Xiao Sixian was also exonerated, so he saved his life and was only dismissed from his post.

Afterwards, Aguda plundered the craftsmen, equipment, military horses, and property of Ningjiang Prefecture, returned to the army victoriously, and returned an empty city to Xiao Fengxian.

Xiao Fengxian ordered Xiao Wuna to seize the surrounding tribes and add them to the army to make up for the loss of troops. At the same time, he reported the so-called "Ningjiang Prefecture Victory", saying that the soldiers used their lives, learned their shame and became brave, and the army fought bloody battles to regain Ningjiang.

In view of the fact that hitting a stick is to restrain a sweet date, I request the court to appoint Aguda as the female straight governor. With both kindness and power, Aguda will be docile.

Yelu Yanxi gave it a try, and sure enough, Aguda showed sincerity and fear in his words, and offered Nüzhi's famous horse, the Falcon, as an apology.

Yelu Yanxi was overjoyed. He followed the example of the Song Dynasty and appointed Aguda as the female straight governor. However, he was so poor now that he could only give a seal and could not be as generous as the Song Dynasty.

In March, Jiaxu, Empress Dowager Xiang of the Song Dynasty died in Cining Palace. She left an imperial edict to honor Zhao Xu's biological mother, and crown concubine Zhu as the empress dowager.

Empress Dowager Xiang is actually a smart person, good at assessing situations, but it is not true that she has no desire for power at all.

In real history, the establishment of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was actually a cunning maneuver carried out by Empress Dowager Xiang because she was afraid that if she established Zhao Xu's half-brother, Concubine Zhu would gain power as the biological mother of the two emperors.

However, when there was no chance, such as the period of Gao Taotao, Queen Mother Xiang was very content.

Of course, Empress Dowager Xiang had little chance in this time and space, so she was smart and left a will before her death, allowing Zhao Xu's biological mother, Zhu, to take the position of Empress Dowager.

This move will definitely make Zhao Xu and his son grateful for the rest of their lives. Although the Xiang family has no one in the inner palace, they will definitely be blessed by the two most powerful people in the Song Dynasty.

Empress Dowager Xiang is the daughter of her former prime minister Xiang Minzhong, and she is from an aristocratic family in Kaifeng City, and is well versed in the ways of preserving aristocratic families.

Speaking of the Xiang family’s fortune, there is an interesting anecdote.

Xiang Minzhong's father, Xiang Yu, served as the county magistrate of Fuli during the Five Dynasties and the Later Han Dynasty. He was a county magistrate during the troubled times. He had a serious and resolute temperament, but his family was not in a good situation.

When Xiang's mother passed away, in order to select acupoints, Xiang Yu spent a lot of money to have a Feng Shui master look at her.

This Feng Shui master is also weird. The good place he found was in the vegetable garden of a farmer's family.

For an ordinary person, this Feng Shui master would probably have received a good beating, but Xiang Yu believed it and was afraid that he would be rejected if he proposed to buy land, so he spent one night and secretly buried his mother in the vegetable field.

The next day when the farmers got up to plant their fields, they were stunned to find a graveyard appearing out of thin air in their vegetable fields. They filed a complaint with the Kaifeng Mansion.

The Kaifeng Prefecture sent people to investigate and found that this matter was actually a shameful operation by an official. The official said that it was me who did this, and I was willing to compensate at a high price.

The officials protected each other, so the judge had to call the farmers over and said that first of all, you were responsible for not taking good care of your own land; secondly, dead people, including the officials' family members, had been buried in this land and it was impossible to dig it out again; thirdly, the land was far away from the village.

, it actually has no impact on you; the fourth and most important thing is that Xiang Jia is willing to apologize publicly and pay ten times the compensation.

If you don't continue to complain, even if you sell the land to the Xiang family for ten times the price, the government can ask Lao Xiang to give you the money now.

If you want to continue filing a complaint, we can also accept the complaint paper, but the person concerned is now in Dingyou, so the trial of the case will have to wait until the two-year settlement in Dingyou, and the final solution is not yet certain.

The farmer said that I would not sue him, and ten times the compensation would be quite nice.

In this way, the Xiang family acquired this Feng Shui treasure land, and Xiang Minzhong was born shortly thereafter.

Xiang Yu only has one son, Xiang Minzhong, who educates and supervises him personally and never puts on a false face.

Xiang Minzhong is also very smart. Xiang Yu once whispered to his daughter-in-law: "He is the one who is the most powerful in our family."

After Xiang Min was in middle school, he followed Xiang Yu to the capital and returned to Kaifeng. From then on, he studied at home.

One day, a scholar passed by the door and saw Xiang Minzhong. He said to the neighbor's mother: "This child has a good character and will definitely be noble and live a long life in the future."

The neighbor's mother told Xiang Minzhong's house about this incident. When Xiang's mother came out, the scholar had disappeared.

However, Lao Xiang was not able to see his son's achievements, because when Xiang Minzhong was twenty years old, Xiang's father and Xiang's mother passed away one after another.

But the character cultivated by Lao Xiang came into play. Although his parents died, Xiang Minzhong was still determined and self-reliant, ambitious and did not care about poverty.

In the fifth year of the Taiping Xingguo reign, Xiang Minzhong passed the imperial examination, and later served successively as a doctor in the Ministry of Industry, and was given a secondary position. In the fourth year of Xianping of Emperor Zhenzong, he was promoted to Tongping Zhangshi, a bachelor of Jixian Palace, and officially paid homage to the prime minister.

It should be said that Xiang Minzhong did a pretty good job and was known for being diligent in political affairs and mature and prudent. Except for the fact that he suffered some stains due to the dispute over his wife when he bought a house, he was also considered a famous prime minister at the time.

In the end, he was promoted to Zuopushe, a bachelor of Zhaowen Hall. He lived to be seventy-two years old. After his death, he was awarded Taiwei, Zhongshu Ling, and his posthumous title "Wen Jian".

Later, the great-granddaughter of the Xiang family was elected to the palace and became Zhao Xu's queen. Although she had no biological children, her status was surprisingly stable, and she became the empress dowager.

Everyone said that the Xiang family's good luck was all due to that feng shui treasured land, so there was a local folk song called "Mian Mian Wang Gang", which is as powerful as a running sheep. If you touch the front acupoint, the concubine will be lucky.

Empress Dowager Xiang's last edict before her death really brought huge benefits to the Xiang family.

Zhao Xu convened a meeting to confer the posthumous title of Queen Qin Sheng Xiansu, and ordered the palace to record Xiang's visit to the Queen Mother, and also presented a gift to the Queen Mother's great-grandfather Xiang Minzhong, King of Qi, her grandfather Xiang Chuan, King of Liang Zhou, her father Xiang Jing, King Wu, and her brother Xiang Zong, who returned to Handong.

The prince of the county expressed his utmost compliments to the prince of Zongliang and Yongjia.

…

Liao Kingdom, outside Tokyo, Nanxian Station.

It was almost dusk, and there was a curfew at the city gate.

A line of cavalry honor guards came outside the door, with a jade chariot sandwiched in the middle, heading this way.

The guard looked at the city wall in the distance and rode back to the car: "Master, we have arrived. However, a peace cart pulling wood broke in front and blocked the way. Do you want to change horses?"

Wang Jing lifted the car curtain: "What's going on? Can't you drag it away?"

But when he glanced at the person drinking under the thatched pavilion of the inn, his face changed drastically: "Stop first, wait for me to enter the inn and rest for a while."

The leader of the guards was a little confused. The prime minister hurried back from halfway, urging him all the way. When he reached the city gate, he suddenly stopped. What on earth were you planning to do?

However, he was just a Ma Zhi squad leader, and he ordered his subordinates to clear out the post house with a wave of his hand.

Wang Jing stopped him and said: "How many times have I said that even if the prince is traveling, he must not disturb the people, let alone you and others? If you are all standing here, I will go and sit in that grass pavilion."

The leader of the guards whispered: "Master Xiang, there is someone in the pavilion."

Manager Wang trimmed his beard: "How can a scholar eat me? Let me chat with you, maybe I can find a talent for Daliao?"

The guard couldn't help but laugh: "Is there a talented person in the wild who is sitting in a pavilion outside the capital gate and waiting for a price? The prime minister really cherishes talents."

Wang Jing cursed: "Young Master Hu Qin, I would rather make a mistake ten thousand times than let it go once."

The guard smiled and cupped his hands: "The prime minister will go on your own, if you have anything to say to me."

Wang Jing then stepped to the grass pavilion, bowed to the man, and pretended to greet a stranger, but when he bent down, he anxiously whispered: "Jiedu, how dare you come here! This is

I am the capital of the Liao Dynasty, Tokyo! If people find out, how can I be impeached for having access to foreign countries? And how can you, the great Song Dynasty clan, survive if you make a mistake?"

That person was Zhao Zhongqian, and he also saluted Wang Jing: "My husband is joking, but I am not here to bring trouble to my husband, but to relieve it."
Chapter completed!