Chapter 316 Let the war begin! Let the war begin!(1/2)
Gengyin (the first day) of the first month of the first year of Yuanyou.
After the imperial edict to change the Yuan Dynasty was issued, the ministers and ministers of the Liao State brought Zhengdan envoys from the Liao Kingdom, Xiao Qia the Yongzhou observation envoy, and Xiao Jia the Lizhou observation envoy; deputy envoys Zhongsan Dafu, Shou Taichang Qing, Li Yan, who served as the historian to compile, and the court discussed The doctor and the guard lieutenant Shaoqing Zhao Jin waited outside the Funing Hall and closed the door on the east side to pay their respects and congratulate him.
Zhao Xu sent Feng Jing to express his thanks and congratulations to the Liao envoy.
He also continued to donate twelve volumes of books to the grandson of the Emperor of Liao Dynasty as a thank you.
But in such a joyful atmosphere, someone wanted to cause trouble for the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty.
That afternoon, Zhao Xu was in Baoci Palace, chatting and laughing with the two palaces.
Guo Zhongxiao, the newly appointed cabinet minister, sent a side report to Zhao Xu and the two palaces.
"The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, the official family..."
"Urgent report from Guihua Prefecture on Guangnan West Road..."
"Yang Jingtong of Guangyuan Prefecture in Jiaozhi invaded the bandits, robbed border residents, and killed officials..."
Suddenly, the festive mood of the two palaces completely disappeared.
The Empress Dowager's expression turned stiff instantly.
Today is Zhengdan!
It's the first day of the new year!
It’s the first day of the first year of Yuanyou!
The Cochin man slapped her on the face!
So, with a livid face, she took the side newspaper, read it, and was already furious.
"Jiaozhi thief, do you think there is no one in my court?"
The Empress Dowager was extremely angry in her heart at this moment.
In the eyes of the Empress Dowager, even the envoys from the North had to sing praises and say good things in front of her.
This time Xiao Qian, the Zhengdan envoy of Beilu, came to the palace yesterday to see the majesty. When he presented his credentials, he even said in front of the ministers: The empress dowager, the empress dowager's daughter has the name of Yao and Shun. I and others have also done something in the capital. I have heard that our lord, the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty, even taught his ministers: the Empress Dowager of the Song Dynasty, the Empress Dowager protects the holy king, supports the young master, the Duke of Zhou among the women...
Of course, the Empress Dowager had no idea that the reason why the old Liao emperor praised her and the Empress Dowager so much was purely out of practical political interests-the old emperor was already old.
Every year that passes, he ages one year.
Today, he is already the longest-lived monarch in the history of Liao Kingdom.
Naturally, he will be worried, scared and afraid.
At this time, the story that the two heroines of the Song Dynasty came to court, raised and protected the young master, and continued to delegate power was reported back to the Liao Kingdom.
What would the Lord of Liao think?
Of course, I praise you vigorously!
Let this be used to tell the queens and concubines in the palace, as well as the nobles of various ministries, and the Han people and officials - all watch and learn from it!
So, in the eyes of the Empress Dowager, this became - all the northern captives respected me, the Song Dynasty, because of their old age and the reputation of the Empress Dowager!
Now, the little Jiaozhi jumped on her face and slapped her hard on the first day of the new year and the first day of the new year.
How can this be tolerated?
Even the Queen Mother couldn’t bear it!
"Little Jiaozhi dares to join the bandits and kill our border residents and officials..." The Queen Mother said angrily: "If we don't show Jiaozhi some color, I'm afraid the Western bandits will follow suit!"
This time on Zhengdan, the Western thieves did not send envoys to the court.
This makes the hearts of the two palaces always hanging.
Now, on the first day of the new year, news came that the Cochin people had invaded.
In the opinion of Queen Mother Xiang, if she is not punished, she will shock everyone.
So, this is encouragement to the Western thieves!
Encourage them to join the invaders!
This is something that must never happen.
Zhao Xu was at the side, looking at the expressions of the two palaces, took the side newspaper, and then took a deep breath and said to the two palaces: "Mother, Queen Mother, I am afraid that this matter is not just as simple as Jiaozhi being invaded...
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Empress Dowager Xiang immediately looked at Zhao Xu and asked, "What do the officials mean?"
Zhao Xu took the side report and sighed: "Mother, Queen, please look, this is an urgent report from Nong Zhihui, the guardian of Guihua Prefecture!"
"This is not signed by the Guangxi Economic and Strategy Department..."
"I'm afraid this is unusual!"
"I'm afraid that the Guangxi Economic and Strategy Department may conceal the report, hide the report, or even deliberately delay the report!"
As the two palaces listened, their expressions gradually became serious.
"In addition..." Zhao Xu pointed to the words attached to the side report by Nong Zhihui: "Nongzhihui said that Guangyuan Prefecture was rich in gold in the past, and thousands of taels of gold could be mined every year!"
"Nong Zhihui also said: I heard about Yang Jingtong and others in Guangyuan Prefecture, so they wrote poems, ridiculed our dynasty, and even slandered Huang Kao... He actually said that Huang Kao was: because of greed, he lost Guangyuan gold..."
As Zhao Xu spoke, he grabbed the newspaper and his face turned red.
He had been preparing for today for more than half a month.
From last night to now, I have practiced it several times!
Yes, he had already read the side report of Nong Zhihui last night!
Guo Zhongxiao personally took it to Funing Hall and showed it to him - Guo Zhongxiao was the son of Guo Kui, the coach of the Southern Expedition back then!
So, the fact is that Zhao Xu has been preparing for the current performance since last night.
How could the two palaces know that they were very angry when they saw Zhao Xu's appearance, so they all said, "How dare you do this, thief An?!"
Especially Queen Mother Xiang, she was almost furious!
Because of greed, Guangyuan gold was lost?
This is blasphemy and slander against the husband!
The late emperor showed great mercy and returned Jiaozhi Guangyuan and other places because of his pity that too many soldiers who were stationed in Guangyuan Prefecture died due to barrier fever.
Now the people of Jiaozhi don't care about the kindness of the late emperor, but they actually make rude words, slander and slander the late emperor?
As the first wife of the late emperor, Queen Mother Xiang naturally couldn't bear it!
So, he asked the Empress Dowager: "Guan family, Madam, how should we decide this matter?"
"Sending an envoy to reprimand or not?"
Zhao Xu has been ready for a long time!
As soon as the Empress Dowager finished speaking, he immediately said: "Send an envoy to reprimand me. I'm afraid there is a minister in Guangxi who is secretly colluding with Jiaozhi..."
The two palaces looked at him and asked the Queen Mother: "Why does Sixth Brother have such thoughts?"
The Economic and Strategy Department is a civil servant. Why don’t civil servants believe it?
Zhao Xu said: "Mother-in-law, queen mother, do you still remember the incident in October when the censor impeached Jingdong Road Kumamoto and illegally ceded territory?"
The two palaces thought about it for a while before they remembered that there seemed to be such a thing.
Zhao Xu said: "I remember that at that time, the imperial censor impeached Xiong Ben to inspect the Yongjiang River, and Xijing Zuozangku sent Cheng Zhuo to negotiate. However, Cheng Zhuo went to the court behind the emperor's back and secretly demarcated the boundary with Jiaozhi Li Wensheng.
The six counties belonging to the Guihua Prefecture were divided into two Dong and Jiaozhi!"
The two palaces listened, recalled it, and finally remembered that there seemed to be such a thing.
But at that time, their energy was not focused on this at all, and they all felt that it was a barren and barren land, and it was no big deal to just cut it off.
I won’t pay attention anymore!
Now, Zhao Xu mentioned this matter again, and the expressions of the two palaces became serious.
Because the side newspaper in their hands did not have the signature of the Guangxi Economic and Strategy Department.
In other words, this can only mean that people in Guihua Prefecture feel that the Secretary of Economic Affairs cannot be trusted!
Why can't you believe it?
There must be a reason!
Zhao Xu observed the expressions of the two palaces, struck while the iron was hot, added fuel to the fire, and continued: "In addition, I wonder if my mother-in-law still remembers that I said twenty days ago that there was no rain, and I was tossing and turning... I'm afraid.
There is a military disaster..."
"Now, if something goes wrong in Guangxi, it may come true!"
Both palaces are confused. What else can little Jiaozhi do?
Are they worthy of becoming the scourge of the Song Dynasty?
Zhao Xu saw this and said: "Mother, you know that the emperor once told me when he was in the exam..."
To be continued...