Song Gexing

Chapter 197 Dun is just stupid and bold

At this time, the Gao family of Dali had not yet taken power. The leader of the country was Duan Silian, the 11th king of Dali. Duan Silian, the fourth king of Qingli, succeeded him as the leader of Dali.

Historically, it was involved with the Song Dynasty. When Di Qing put down the rebellion of Nong Zhigao, Nong Zhigao fled to Dali and was taken in by him.

This angered the Song Dynasty and almost caused the kindhearted Renzong to start a war. Duan Silian did not dare to confront the Song Dynasty, so he had to kill Nong Zhigao and behead him.

But now there is no Nong Zhigao Rebellion in the Song Dynasty, so there is no need to anger the Song Dynasty. Duan Silian is still willing to accept the canonization, which actually leaves a way out for the descendants of the Duan family.

Of course he didn't know this, but his confidant Gao Zhisheng would usurp power more than ten years later, forcing him to abdicate and pass the throne to Duan Lianyi, who was favored by the Gao family.

Then there were two consecutive kings, both supported by the Gao family. Finally, Gao Zhisheng's son Gao Shengtai simply deposed Duan Zhengming and proclaimed himself emperor.

Although Gao Shengtai returned the throne to his son-in-law Duan Zhengchun before his death, the Duan family in Dali became a puppet and was controlled by the Gao family.

Duan Silian is not a Mingjun, it is because of his reign that the Gao family became powerful ministers, the reason is that Gao Zhisheng quelled the two successive rebellions.

Moreover, these two rebellions could overthrow the Dali regime, which shows that he is unpopular with the people.

Especially in the second rebellion, the power minister Yang Yizhen usurped the Dali throne, Duan Silian was forced into exile, and Gao Zhisheng successfully quelled the rebellion by sending troops.

Therefore, it is not unusual for Duan Silian to hide his female relatives in the mission. Zhao Fang didn't understand what these female relatives were for.

"Forget it, we'll find out when they present the memorial. It won't harm us anyway."

Zhao Fang couldn't figure it out, so he didn't want to waste his brain cells. Why would he want to play and kiss his sister Xue'er?

He wanted to enjoy it quietly, but it was very lively outside. The news about Song Dynasty's promotion of the prime minister spread after Han Qi and others went out. Now everyone was surprised.

The pros and cons of this matter were being debated everywhere in Bianjing City, especially the students were the most enthusiastic, and the matter quickly spread to Zhao Zhenna.

The old man was anxious when he heard this. How could he appoint a prime minister to do this? But seeing that it was getting dusk, it was really difficult for his son to come out of the palace to ask questions, so he could only wait.

Early the next morning, a eunuch was sent to inform him. Zhao Fang scratched his head and felt dizzy.

"Xiao Xianzi, go tell Fan Xiang to come with me to Jinmingchi!"

With a roll of his eyes, Zhao Fang came up with an idea. It would be better to let Fan Zhongyan explain this matter together.

Li Xian is now his personal eunuch. This meritorious eunuch who is famous in history is a true master of military art. He entered the palace as a eunuch at the age of seven.

Historically, it was he who came up with the tactics, building fortresses step by step to trap the Hengshan tribes in Xixia, and blocking the Liao Kingdom in Taiyuan Prefecture.

It can be said that there were many martial eunuchs in the Northern Song Dynasty, but Li Xian definitely ranked among the top three.

Moreover, he was the first eunuch commander in the Song Dynasty who took charge of his own role. The leader of the eunuchs in the Song Dynasty usually existed as a supervisor.

Either follow the commander, or divide the troops to fight, but he is the first eunuch to lead the entire army, command the army to fight and achieve great victories one after another.

And several times, when the Song army was weak, it reversed and won a complete victory, especially the Hezhou Battle in the first year of Xining.

When the Manchu Dynasty retreated and Wang Anshi decided to abandon Hehuang, Li Xian was stunned to defeat the besieging Xixia army outside Hezhou City.

Taking advantage of the victory, they pursued the victory and conquered more than a dozen cities, and captured the important town of Tabaicheng in Xixia, forcing the Xixia general Mu Zheng to surrender.Moreover, he was also very courageous. He defied all opinions and appointed the demoted general Mu Zheng to lead the army, put down the rebellion of Tubo Dong Fei, and won a great victory.

There is a record of Li Xian's power in the history of the Song Dynasty. In one battle, he and Zhong E had differences in strategic analysis.

As the coach of that battle, Zhonge believed that he was right and forcefully implemented his own strategy, resulting in a miserable loss.

Zhong'e is a famous general who is famous all over the world. He can surpass Zhong'e in strategic analysis, which shows that his military talents are not made up.

Of course, later generations are more familiar with his godson Tong Guan, and the reason why Tong Guan is good at fighting is because he taught him.

In Water Margin, Tong Guan is a idiot, but in real history, Tong Guan bravely championed the three armies and made most of the Western Army soldiers of the Song Dynasty willing to obey orders.

Even the rebellious Han Shizhong did not dare to disobey Tong Guan's military orders, not because he was afraid of him, but because he knew that his command was correct.

As for the failure of the Liao expedition, that was naturally the biggest stain on Tong Guan. The even bigger stain was that he was rated as one of the four thieves and was fixed in history as a traitor.

But these cannot erase his martial arts in the first half of his life. It is normal for a eunuch who dared to hide the emperor's imperial edict to withdraw his troops, who took the blame for losing his head after a failure, who ordered the army to attack the enemy and won a complete victory, and to be awed by the soldiers of the Western Army.

Because if he wins, the fruits belong to everyone, if he fails, he has to bear the consequences alone, but he did this when he was young.

Song Huizong felt that the omen was bad and ordered the Western Army to withdraw during the battle. Tong Guan, who knew that his master was insane, was the supervisor of the battle at that time.

After asking about the situation of the battle, he believed that the battle must be won, so he hid the imperial edict to withdraw the troops and ordered to continue advancing to fight. After the victory, he took out the imperial edict, which shocked the Western Army soldiers all over in cold sweat.

"Dad, you can't blame me for this! Let Lao Fan explain it to dad."

Adhering to his usual shamelessness, Zhao Fang took Fan Zhongyan to Jinmingchi and immediately took the blame.

Zhao Zhen patted him on the back helplessly: "Brother is still like this, it's embarrassing for Prime Minister Fan."

Fan Zhongyan no longer pretended to be deaf and dumb, and explained with a smile why this situation occurred, and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry, I think this court recommendation is very good and can show fairness, and A prime minister who is promoted by most people himself can be more convincing in handling political affairs and reduce objections."

Zhao Zhen was always soft-spoken, but when he heard the old minister he valued most say this, he naturally believed it, and the emperor, minister, father and son chatted happily.

Old Zhao is too busy now. He took the opportunity to chat today, but Zhao Fang was depressed. He had to deal with government affairs, but he couldn't interrupt his father's interest.

Let’s talk about the Tamna Kingdom on the other side. The First Fleet has been here for more than four months. After expanding the port, they built a water fortress and built a city behind the water fortress.

Although it was just a city wall with nothing inside, it gave the port and water village security.

"Brother Zhongping, Zhongshouweng and Zhezundao are due to arrive in the next two days. Should we plan a trip to Japan?"

Zhang Dun and Zhang Junzhi are nearly 20 years apart in age, but they are of the same generation. Although they are not a family, they are brothers from the same clan and ancestors.

Both of them were from Pucheng, Fujian, which is why Zhang Junzhi did not look down on him because of his young age when Zhao Fang appointed Zhang Dun as his instructor.

The fellow Jia people naturally knew each other's talents very well, but they were still shocked by his boldness today. Zhao Fang had said that after the Tamluo base was stabilized, he would look for opportunities to attack the Japanese country.

(End of this chapter)