Chapter 574: Xixia Attack

Li Ding grew up with the mother of the main housekeeper. He never knew who his biological mother was, and his father never recognized Qiu as Li Ding's biological mother.

When Li Ding grew up, he heard some rumors, and he was also very confused. After Qiu's death, he didn't know whether he should mourn, so he took three years' leave on the pretext that his father was old.

"I am determined to defend myself. I don't know that I am the son of an enemy when I tell the truth. Therefore, I dare not accept my doubts, so I serve as a servant and serve as an official."

Su You felt that it was reasonable for Shu scholars to talk about love, but by doing this, Li Ding actually felt that in his heart, he had already paid filial piety to this person who did not know whether she was his biological mother.

This is enough.

However, now that the matter has been exposed, it has immediately attracted concentrated firepower from the opposition parties.

This is actually ****, but it’s Wang Anshi’s fault for asking for it.

Zeng Gongliang believed that Li Ding should at least make up for the mourning ceremony, because the reason for taking leave before was that his father was old and there was no clear mourning ceremony.

Wang Anshi held a different opinion, thinking that a long time had passed and it was not certain that Li Ding was the Qiu family's child. Moreover, Li Ding had already avoided official duties for three years at that time.

However, for the sake of his students, Wang Anshi made a compromise and could no longer recommend Li Ding as censor, but instead recommended Li Ding as a storyteller in Chongzheng Palace.

However, the censors Lin Dan, Xue Changchao, and Fan Yu wrote a letter saying that Li Ding was an unfilial person and was not suitable to live in a place of persuasion. Wang Anshi's argument was absurd and should be punished as well.

Anshi immediately counterattacked and demanded the removal of the three people.

In the end, Li Ding only served as the school administrator of Jixian, inspecting and correcting official affairs of the Zhongshu Lifang, which were the most normal duties for foreign officials when they were promoted to court officials.

Su You got angry when he talked about this. After a long time of turmoil, things were back to the starting point. However, several Zhizhigao, several censors, and even Li Chang, the right official who Li Ding first visited, were demoted.

The remonstrance was all gone! I don’t know if Zhao Xu and Wang Anshi did it on purpose.

The matter is not over yet. Contrary to Li Ding, a super dutiful son Zhu Shouchang was born in the court at the same time.

When Zhu Shouchang's father was guarding the capital, his concubine Liu You came out pregnant and gave birth to him outside.

A few years later, Zhu Shouchang was returned to his father's house, and mother and son did not hear each other for fifty years.

When Zhu Shouchang grew up, he searched everywhere for his biological mother, but she couldn't find her.

"At the beginning of Xining, I said goodbye to my family, abandoned my official position, and vowed not to see my mother again."

Unfortunately, Zhu Shouchang finally found his biological mother who was over seventy years old in Tongzhou.

"When Zhu Shouchang was a few years old, his mother died, and Zhu Shouchang cried for a long time."

This is certainly a virtue worthy of praise, so scholar-bureaucrats "mostly used songs and poems to beautify it."

Su Shi wrote a preface to a collection of poems, but he was so fond of death that he ridiculed the unfilial people in the world.

I also wrote a poem, in which there is a sentence: "I feel the bitterness of your separation and reunion. This has never been heard of before."

There was no name in the poem, but after reading it, Li Ding thought that Su Shi was slandering him, and he hated him to the core.

…

A few months ago, Wang Anshi asked Zhao Xu: "Does your Majesty know why there is so much talk outside now?"

Zhao Xu said: "This is because Tai Jian is not the right person."

Wang Anshi said: "Your Majesty has no skills in controlling the ministers, and it will cause trouble. Therefore, even if the admonishment officer is replaced, I am still worried that even if we take measures, we still cannot avoid the current situation."

The two of them decided that it would be better to replace them all with their own people.

Today, the deployment was finally completed and the court finally became quiet.

However, the old ministers, prime ministers, Taiwan admonishers, Hanlin, relatives and friends, and old friends... were either exiled or relegated one after another, or they took the initiative to leave.

In addition to the big guys, Yushi Liu Shu, Liu Qi, Qian Yi, Sun Changling, Wang Zishao, Cheng Hao, Zhang Jian, Chen Xiang, Chen Jian, Xie Jingwen, Yang Hui, Liu Zhi, Lin Dan, Xue Changchao, Fan Yu;

Advisers Fan Chunren, Li Chang, Sun Jue, Hu Zongyu;

After Zhizhigao, Song Minqiu, Li Dalin and Su Song were all dismissed from the court.

Around Wang Anshi, there were gathered a group of people who were quick to advance. They lacked political practicality, lacked moral cultivation, were eager for quick success, and hoped to make achievements quickly and climb to a higher position. As for Wang Anshi, they were the only ones available.

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In Xixia, Xingqing Mansion, Liang Yi was doing the same thing as Wang Anshi - to eliminate dissidents.

The method is much more violent than Wang Anshi's, and there are knives that can be used to achieve the same effect. Compared to Wang Anshi, it can be described as relaxed and happy.

Jia Liang and Liang Yiduo Burian became his right-hand men.

After the change to summer saving, Liang Yimi quickly gained support from the Xixia royal family, and the Liang family disciples took important positions one after another and stabilized the regime.

Jialiang and Liang Yiduo buried themselves, both internally and externally, and made great contributions in supporting Empress Dowager Liang to govern.

Jialiang is now the Deputy Privy Envoy of Xixia, and a solid general after being retained by the Jingsai Army Division.

Of course, it is impossible to directly command the army in Jingsai, which is the front line facing Shaanxi.

In the process of pacifying the tribes who opposed the Liang family and purging the old forces in the court, Liang's outstanding talents, strategies and leadership abilities aroused Liang Yi's fear.

He is capable of both literary and military skills. It is better to keep this kind of person by your side. It is better to be Zhang Liang and Zhuge Liang who can only give out ideas. If you let him out and become a constant temperature, you will cry your eyes out.

Therefore, similar to the system of the Song Dynasty, this post-Jiedu post can only be regarded as a temporary post, which shows that Liang Yimi attaches great importance to him.

His real duty was to help Liang Yimi handle military intelligence on the Song-Xia border and provide strategic ideas for the Song Dynasty.

The advantages of this family are very prominent. My wife's family is a tribe in that area. Together with the various spies sent out before the Weizhou War, the affairs of the Privy Council were quickly managed in an orderly manner.

Wang Shao opened the Xihe River and the Xixia people were overwhelmed by the aggressive momentum of the Song Dynasty. In order to relieve the pressure, the Queen Mother Liang decided to fight back.

Jialiang found a key vulnerability of the Song Army on the map, which suddenly made Song Dynasty jump in pain.

Liyuan Fort in the southeast of Gyeongju was specially set up by the Song Dynasty to recruit soldiers and peasants who had defected from Xixia.

The Song-Xia border, like the Liao-Xia border, was theoretically an area where farming, fishing, hunting, and tree felling were prohibited.

And these soldiers and civilians who defected from Xixia secretly farmed outside Liyuan Fort in order to make a living.

Therefore, Xixia has very good reasons. Not only does it occupy justice, but it can also crack down on defectors from Xixia, which is very beneficial to political rule. The so-called teacher is famous.

The most important thing is that this place is only 20 miles away from Gyeongju, but it is also the junction of the two military districts of Shaanxi Road and Yongxing Military Road. The defense is weak and there are gaps that can be exploited.

Moreover, the Xia army had great geographical advantages and could march from a high position along the Baima River.

What's even more terrifying is that as long as this place is captured, the Xixia army will be inserted between Huanzhou and Qingzhou at once, cutting off the connection between the two states at any time, and then surrounding Huanzhou and attacking the reinforcements coming from Qingzhou.

Classic siege and rescue plan!

After Jia Liang found this location, Empress Dowager Liang and Liang Yi were overjoyed. They immediately dispatched an army of 30,000 troops, known as 100,000, to kill the Xixia rebels here and build Naoxiao Fort. At the same time, twelve nearby cities were built to communicate with each other.

echo.

A heavy punch hit the waist of the Song Army's defense line.

This is a place that must be saved if the enemy captures it!

During the Song Dynasty, Li Zongliang, who was inspecting the Tibetan ministry, was horrified after analyzing the situation. While reporting the situation to Qingzhou, he led more than a thousand Song troops under his command to prepare to recapture the fortress.

The two sides fought a big battle at Naoyou Fort. Li Fugui, the governor of Qingzhou, received the news that regardless of whether his subordinates were united with Tibet, the Han army only had 3,000 soldiers, so he sent generals Li Xin, Liu Fu, Zhong Yong and others to fight.

Li Xin and others told Li Fugui that they were outnumbered and could not fight like this.

Li Fu Guiwei used temperance and personally drew formations and strategies to teach him;

"The troops advanced and were defeated."

Li Fugui was frightened and wanted to escape responsibility, so he arrested several generals and ordered the state official Li Zhao to retrieve the "tips and tricks" he had given them before and impeach them for violating temperance.

Zhong Yongyu died in prison, Xin, he was just beheaded, and he was exiled to Guo Gui."

In order to cover up his incompetence, Li Fugui "returned to Qiongzhou Fort, entered Lanlang City at night, and plundered hundreds of people, old and young;"

"We attacked Jintang and White Leopard again. At this time, the Xia army in the stronghold had already gone, so we killed one or two hundred of them, old and young, to achieve victory."

Border quarrels broke out, and the Song-Xia Huanqing War officially kicked off.

In the center, Wang Anshi was preparing to take away the power of Privy Councilor Han Qi.

Under the old system, the Inquisitor's Court was responsible for the transfer of civil servants and the Privy Council was responsible for the transfer of military officers.

Wang Anshi suggested dividing the Court of Examiners into East and West Courts, with the East dealing with Wen and the West dealing with Wu.

This is actually preparation for the reform of the army and the implementation of methods such as placing generals, protecting armor, and raising horses.

Wen Yanbo said to Zhao Xu: "If this is the case, how can the privy envoys be in contact with military ministers, and how can they know their talents and entrust them with orders?!"

Zhao Xu still trusted Wang Anshi, "The emperor refused to listen."
Chapter completed!