Shi Deyi moved quickly, and not long after, a thick jade book was delivered to Zhao Xu.

"Brother Six, take a closer look..."

"This is the current list of all the envoys and pacification envoys in the world..."

"He is also the Emperor of Daxing, leaving the important ministers to Sixth Brother!"

Zhao Xu nodded and opened the jade book.

First page, number one, number one.

Bachelor of Zizheng Palace, Hedong Economic Envoy, and Taiyuan Prefecture: Lu Huiqing.

Zhao Xu's brows twitched slightly. He knew that no one would want Lu Huiqing to go to Xihe.

Because there is no difference between letting Lu Huiqing go to Xihe and inviting Lu Huiqing to the three provinces and two governments - with the talent, skill and prestige of this great Song Dynasty veteran and border commander.

When he was in Xihe, Ali Gu could hang up the opponent with just one hand and beat him.

Maybe in a year and a half, he will be able to expand thousands of miles again like Wang Shao did back then.

It is even possible to attack the hinterland of the Western Bandits from the flank in case of a big victory.

Then no one can stop this Fujianese from returning to Beijing!

Whether it is a new party or an old party.

No one wants Lu Huiqing to return to the court!

It is a fact recognized by the world: except Wang Anshi, Wang Jiefu, and Lu Huiqing, no one is convinced, and no one can suppress him.

This man is very capable and has a very strong character.

When he was in power, Wang Anshi had already resigned.

Therefore, without Wang Anshi to suppress him, he was like a wild horse running wild, and even Zhao Xu's father could not pull him back.

So, he did something big.

Practical methods!

Directly challenging the entire ruling class, and also directly going to war with interest groups from top to bottom.

People in the New Party were frightened by him!

Why?

Because of the so-called practical method, although it was indeed implemented in some places in the Song Dynasty in the past, it also achieved good results.

But this thing is challenging the thousand-year-old censorship method since the Qin and Han Dynasties.

The so-called Jiakuo is a system in which the local gentry and the government work together to assess the abundance of the people's land and determine the level of household registration.

After Taizong of the Song Dynasty, the records of household registration were actually copied and reported by the "elderly elders" in the countryside one by one.

In other words, the property and household status of most farmers are actually determined by these people.

If you are said to be from a high-class household, you'd better really be from a high-class household.

Otherwise, it will only be a matter of time before the whole family is destroyed.

This is how the villagers gain great prestige in the countryside!

However, Lu Huiqing wanted to bypass this system that had been implemented for a thousand years and challenge the privileges of rural households after Taizong!

He asked the people to declare their own land and property.

The most terrible thing is - he allowed others to report those who concealed property, and also issued regulations that as long as the report is verified, one-third of the confiscated property will be rewarded to the whistleblower.

Isn’t this a copy of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty’s Admonishment Order?

The world is in commotion!

Naturally, Lu Huiqing's practical methods encountered unprecedented resistance and could not be pushed forward at all.

Therefore, after Wang Anshi returned to the court, he felt bored and took the initiative to invite the county.

Unexpectedly, this inadvertently allowed him to open his new talent tree: Bian Shuai!

As we all know, the scholar-bureaucrats and scholars of the Song Dynasty were indeed not very talented in leading troops to fight.

Only a few special cases such as Fan Zhongyan and Wang Shao can truly know how to fight.

And Lu Huiqing's ability to command troops and combat capabilities were so high that he was almost unlike a scholar-official!

In Zhao Xu's previous life, he re-appointed Lu Huiqing as the envoy of Yanyan Road.

An army of 500,000 Western thieves besieged Yanyan Road, but they were beaten back by Lu Huiqing!

It was precisely because the main force of the Western thieves were attracted by Lu Huiqing to Yanyan Road that the main force of the Song Dynasty on Jingyuan Road and Xihe Road directly let go.

The fuse of the two Pingxiacheng battles was personally lit by Lu Huiqing.

At that time, Lu Huiqing was already old, already in her sixties.

Lu Huiqing is now in her early fifties.

If he were to gain military glory or achieve an unprecedented victory...

The governors of the three provinces and two governments will have nightmares when they sleep at night.

Especially Han Jiang, Zhang Dun, Zeng Bu and others who have experienced Lu Huiqing's power...

However, Zhao Xu still pretended to ask.

"Queen Mother..." He pointed to Lu Huiqing's name on the jade book and asked, "Who is this minister?"

Queen Mother Xiang was shocked.

Lu Huiqing?!

Even in the palace, she knew that the husband from Fujian was the exact replica of Ao Xianggong - no, although Ao Xianggong was stubborn, he was not as cool as this man!

Known as Sang Hongyang of the Song Dynasty!

It is said that Lu Huiqing, not Wang Anshi, led most of the reform regulations in Xining.

"Brother Six, let's not talk about this minister for now..."

"Look at the others..."

Zhao Xu looked at Empress Dowager Xiang's eclipsed appearance and thought of the few times he met Lu Huiqing in his previous life.

That is indeed a character that sends chills down your spine!

Strong! Fierce! Sharp!

Even in front of you, you can always feel that it is not a person, but an unsheathed sword standing in the court!

You know, Lu Huiqing was already in her sixties at that time.

But he is still like a sharp sword, making people feel uneasy.

Even Zhang Dun was extremely afraid of Lu Huiqing.

As soon as Zhao Xu asked Lu Huiqing to enter the court, Zhang Dun immediately shook his head like a rattle.

So, Zhao Xu smiled and said: "Okay..."

…

Zhao Xu was in the Kunning Palace, looking at Lu Huiqing's name on the jade book.

Beyond the distant Hedong border fortress.

The hoofs of the horses are restless, and the people and horses are gathering together.

Everything on the battlefield has calmed down.

Only the corpses of the Western thieves and the prisoners who were driven together by the cavalry were left on the ground.

Lu Huiqing rode his horse and walked on the battlefield. Although he was not wearing armor, wherever he passed, both the Song generals and the captured Western bandit generals lowered their heads and did not dare to look up at him.

"Mr. Jinglue!" Behind Lu Huiqing, Zhe Keke, who was following him closely, reported: "This time, according to the military order of the Prime Minister, our army has wiped out all the Western bandits and me since we sent out troops on the 17th.

There were six military strongholds located eighty miles away. Sixteen generals were beheaded, thirty-eight seals were captured, six hundred were beheaded, and thousands were captured. More than a thousand hectares of Western bandits' fields were destroyed, more than ten granaries were burned, and thousands of stone cattle and horses were obtained.

Ten thousand……"

"Good!" Lu Huiqing turned around and nodded appreciatively: "In this way, we can withdraw our troops back to the camp and report the victory to Bianjing!"

Since taking office in Hedong, Lu Huiqing has led his troops to send out troops every year in spring and autumn to raid the Western Bandit Army's stronghold near Hedong Road.

This is a method Lu Huiqing learned from Beilu.

Beilu called it Dacaogu, while Lu Huiqing called it "nuisance farming".

The purpose was to force the Western thieves to choose between transporting food from the rear or retreating.

No matter which choice he made, Lu Huiqing won.

Ever since the strategy of disturbing farming was proposed by Lu Huiqing, Emperor Daxing praised it and awarded it with a decree.

This further stimulated Lu Huiqing's bellicosity.
To be continued...