Chapter 376 The Situation in Jiangzhou
"The rebellion in Jiangzhou is nothing to be afraid of. It should be put down in a short time. The land of Hehuang is very important to the Song Dynasty and it is worth taking some risks." Zhao Xing said.
Although he suspected that the people in Jiangzhou were in rebellion and that there was a shadow of the wizarding sect.
However, the current situation in the Song Dynasty is not so bad that the people will rebel and endanger the safety of the Song Dynasty.
Even if the Wizard Cult is instigating and guiding behind his back, Zhao Xing is not very worried.
The Supreme Emperor nodded slightly when he heard this and said: "The Jiangzhou rebellion is indeed nothing to be afraid of. But Xixia will not sit back and watch the Song Dynasty occupy Hehuang. This time the Xixia envoys came, I am afraid this is the reason."
"Father is wise!"
Zhao Xing flattered him first and said with a smile: "It is precisely because Xixia envoys came that my ministers are not worried! Xixia sent envoys here, which shows that Xixia is unwilling to give up the advantages it has gained on the plateau and wants to use this The method is to force the Song Dynasty to retreat. Even if the Song Dynasty increases its troops, Xixia will only send troops to the border to force the Song Dynasty to retreat. It is impossible to really fight against the Song Dynasty.
The Supreme Emperor pondered for a while after hearing the words, then suddenly smiled, shook his head mockingly and said: "I'm old, I said I don't care about the affairs of the court, but I still can't help but worry about it."
What Zhao Xing said may not have occurred to the Emperor.
It's just that the Supreme Emperor was more worried that adding troops to Hehuang would trigger a war with Xixia.
Worry in this regard prevented him from thinking so much.
Now that I saw Zhao Xing considering Zhou Xiang, I was relieved, but at the same time I felt that my worries were unfounded, and I couldn't help but laugh at myself.
"My father is checking for my son's omissions. How can I worry blindly? My son is young and has not yet succeeded to the throne. In the future, my father must give me more guidance." Zhao Xing said with a smile.
"Now that we are all officials, we still like to flatter people as before."
The Supreme Emperor smiled and cursed, and said: "Okay, go and do your work, don't disturb me fishing."
"Father, it's been so long since the fish caught the bait. Could it be that he didn't make a nest?" Zhao Xing looked at the calm water and smiled.
"Making a nest?" The Supreme Emperor looked at Zhao Xing doubtfully.
Zhao Xing knew as soon as he heard that his father had not made a nest, but when he thought about it, the eunuchs in the palace were usually the children of poor families bought from the private sector, or the children of criminal officials who were relatively young.
But my father was so kind that he didn't even kill officials, so how could he have children who were officials?
Therefore, the eunuchs in the palace were all from poor families and did not know anything about fishing and making nests.
My father used to be busy with government affairs and didn't have time to fish, so it's normal to not understand.
"Father, there is a saying that if you don't let go of your children, you can't trap the wolf. When fishing, you must first spread more fish food to attract the fish."
Zhao Xing said, picked up the fish food on the side, grabbed a handful and sprinkled it near the float.
"If you want to fish, you have to be willing to take bait."
After scattering all the fish food, Zhao Xing put down the plate and clapped his hands.
"Then Tong Ping Zhang was also a bait thrown by you?" the Supreme Emperor suddenly asked.
Zhao Xing was startled when he heard this, and then said with a smile: "What are you thinking, father? I want Wang Anshi to serve as Tongping Zhangshi, but now he is only a fifth-grade Hanlin bachelor. If he is promoted, the courtiers will not be willing." I deliberately hesitated because I wanted to wait.”
Yesterday it was decided to promote Zeng Gongliang to Privy Council, and he was thinking about who should take over the vacant Tongping Zhangshi.
Although he is only a deputy prime minister, after all, with a prime minister, he can be respectfully addressed as Mr. Xianggong.
He also has a certain say in major matters, so Zhao Xing naturally wants to support his confidants.
It's a pity that Wang Anshi's qualifications are too young, and Zeng Gongliang's promotion to Privy Council is actually a grade skip.
Privy Councilor and Prime Minister are of the same rank, but in fact they are half a rank higher. Zeng Gongliang is the Deputy Prime Minister, so there is a difference of one and a half ranks.
But at least in terms of rank, the Xianggong and the Privy Council were at the same level. Seriously, they were only promoted one level. In addition, Zhao Xing did not give the courtiers a chance to react, so no one objected.
But Wang Anshi was only in the fifth rank, and it was too big a span to be promoted directly to the second rank.
It just so happened that the imperial examination was about to end completely. Zhao Xing planned to hold off until the end of the imperial examination and promote Wang Anshi to one or two levels. Later, he would find an opportunity to give Wang Anshi a chance to make contributions. It would be easy to promote him to Tongping Zhangshi. Some.
But he didn't expect that his father would treat him as bait that he deliberately left behind. "That's because I've overthought it. Okay, go ahead and get busy." The Supreme Emperor waved his hand.
"My son, please retire!" Zhao Xing bowed.
He really didn't have time to delay now.
The purpose of supporting Zeng Gongliang to ascend to power was to increase the number of troops.
Now that the Xixia envoy is about to arrive in Bianjing, the matter of increasing troops should be decided and cannot be delayed any longer.
After returning to Longtuge, Zhao Xing asked Sanshui to send someone to summon the Prime Minister and the chiefs and adjutants of various ministries to hold a small court meeting.
At the Xiaochao meeting, Zeng Gongliang, who was not familiar with the operation of the Privy Council, directly reported to Hehuang to increase his troops.
The others had already expected it, perhaps because Li Jin's resignation shocked them, and no one objected.
The matter of increasing troops was thus decided.
Zhao Xing asked Zeng Gongliang to select 30,000 elite soldiers from the western suburbs camp and rush to Hehuang as soon as possible to follow Gu Tingye's dispatch.
Now that both the Tubo and Qiang people are present in Hehuang, deploying too many troops will inevitably cause fear on both sides.
Moreover, Xixia won't particularly care if there are fewer additional troops.
Otherwise, if Zhao Xing sends 100,000 soldiers and horses over, Xixia may immediately withdraw its troops from the plateau.
The most important thing is that Bianjing's military strength is somewhat empty, and too many troops cannot be transferred.
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Song Chaozhong led 50,000 troops and horses after several days and finally arrived at Jiangzhou City.
Xianggong Shen and the officials of Jiangzhou personally greeted him at the city gate.
"I've seen Mr. Shen, and he welcomed him personally. It's really a shame for me!" Song Dynasty got off his horse and bowed.
"General Song's words are serious. If you had been a little later, Jiangzhou City would have been in danger. Now I can finally breathe a sigh of relief." Xianggong Shen sighed.
"When the officials heard that the rebels were besieging Jiangzhou City, they sent people to strictly order the docks along the way. No ships were allowed to sail at night, and then they sailed over at night. Are those rebels really so bold? They actually dared to attack the city?" The Song Dynasty was surprised. road.
On the way here, the night was not dark and it was impossible to take a night boat. It would have taken him a few days to arrive.
But halfway, news was received that the rebels were besieging Jiangzhou City.
The Song Dynasty did not think that the rebels had the ability to capture a strong city like Jiangzhou City, but they still informed the docks along the way that ships were not allowed to sail at night, and then traveled day and night, arriving only a few days in advance.
But now listening to Xianggong Shen's words, Jiangzhou City is almost destroyed.
"Let's talk about the details of entering the city. I will introduce General Song to you. This is Chen Zhizhou, and this is..."
Xianggong Shen introduced several important officials in Jiangzhou to the Song Dynasty.
Then the group entered the city and came to Zhizhou Yamen.
Now that the situation is urgent, there is no time to hold a banquet.
Arriving at the main hall of Zhizhou Yamen, Mr. Shen told the Song Dynasty about the situation.
After hearing this, Song Chaozhong frowned. The situation here was more complicated than he imagined.
The rebels only had tens of thousands of people at the beginning, and they included men, women, old and young. There were not many real young people.
Even though several counties were plundered, there were not many weapons.
However, these rebels were secretly commanded and did not attack civilians. They coerced and bewitched, and they gathered together.
(End of chapter)