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Chapter 328 The whole city worships and shouts "Champion Marquis"!

Chapter 328 The whole city worships and shouts "Champion Marquis"!
In the eighth year, at the end of October, after the defeat of the Liao Kingdom, Western Xia also chose to retreat due to the pressure brought by Tubo.

In early November, the Liao Kingdom ceded the three prefectures of Shuozhou, Huanzhou and Yingzhou. Thus, three of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were recovered.

In mid-November, after further negotiations between the Zhou and Liao countries, the Liao Kingdom paid a compensation of 10 million taels of silver and 10 million pieces of silk, and at the same time paid tribute of 1 million taels of silver and 1 million pieces of silk to the Zhou Dynasty every year.

At the end of November, Wei Yuan received an imperial edict ordering him to lead troops to inspect the three states of Yanyun.

At the same time, General Qin Lie has returned to the capital. His body is almost unable to hold on, and he wants to spend the last days of his life with his family.

In mid-December, Wei Yuan led only 100,000 soldiers to Daizhou.

The rest of the troops are returning one after another.

This is the first time Wei Yuan has come here since the battle of Daizhou.

Accompanied by Chen Daniu, Liang Da and others, Wei Yuan came to Yanmen Pass.

At that time, a hundred thousand soldiers from the entire Daizhou had gathered at this pass, waiting for Wei Yuan's inspection.

When everyone arrived at the Yanmen camp and Wei Yuan got off the carriage, the 100,000 soldiers all knelt on one knee and shouted loudly:

"Meet the Champion!"

"Bye."

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The sounds came and went.

There was no general serving in Daizhou who was not grateful to Wei Yuan.

It was he who made Daizhou the cradle of generals.

It was also he who gave the people of Daizhou some hope for the future.

Almost every citizen in Daizhou has a tablet dedicated to Wei Yuan in their home.

It can be said that Wei Yuan’s reputation in Daizhou is far greater than that of the emperor.

Not only the soldiers were convinced by Wei Yuan, but even the scholars in Daizhou praised Wei Yuan.

At this time, outside the camp.

Wei Yuan looked at the soldiers in front of him, his mind full of thoughts.

Several years ago, he joined the army in Daizhou and in the first year of Jiayou, he participated in a national war, known in history as the Battle of Yanmen.

It took him only eight years to rise from a small soldier to the position of a marquis.

He is a well-deserved legend in the military!

"Men of Daizhou, please stand up!"

Wei Yuan just finished speaking.

The next moment, these border soldiers, who could be described as a group of tigers and wolves, stood up in unison, tightly gripping their weapons, their eyes all directed towards Wei Yuan.

“Daizhou is mighty!”

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Wei Yuan had a thousand words to say to these young generals in Daizhou.

But when the words came to his lips, he only uttered the four words "Daizhou is mighty", but just this was enough!
“Daizhou is mighty!”

All the soldiers were repeating this sentence.

Those four words echoed in this world for a long time.

Later, Wei Yuan inspected the camp and saw some novel slogans everywhere in the Yanmen camp, such as "capable of winning battles and having good work style" and "we would rather freeze to death than demolish houses, and would rather starve to death than plunder" and so on.

This is a unique and novel feature of the Daizhou barracks.

Liang Da followed Wei Yuan and said, "Since you left Daizhou, the soldiers still keep the rules you set, such as practicing drills and shouting slogans in the morning."

Hearing this, Wei Yuan nodded and said, "That's right, but remember, no matter how beautiful the slogans are, it will be useless. As a border army, you must put combat capability first. Don't just shout slogans without taking action. That's just a show."

Liang Da smiled and said, "To be honest with you, Commander Wei, the current border army's combat power is not as good as the Danglu Army that you personally trained. Looking at the world, it is definitely a fierce and victorious army."

Afterwards, he introduced some things to Wei Yuan.
"Every year, the Daizhou Barracks holds a military competition for the entire army, with the top ten winners chosen as the best. The competition is not just about boxing and kicking, but also about military tactics."

"From those ten men, select three or four loyal and brave generals and transfer them to the Sweeping Enemy Army for training."

"Daizhou can send no less than three generals to the imperial court every year, and this is just the beginning."

"There is also the Litigation Council that you created before you left Daizhou. According to your instructions, the Litigation Council was not only established in the army organized as battalions, but also penetrated into every soldier."

"In short, as you said, I cannot guarantee that there is absolute fairness and justice in the military, but at least there is some fairness."

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Wei Yuan said contentedly: "Your achievements in Daizhou are obvious to all. After returning to the court, I will report to His Majesty and appoint you as the governor of Daizhou and the commander of the militia. From now on, you will be the real leader of Daizhou."

In fact, with Liang Da's ability to command 400,000 troops in battle, it would be a complete waste of his talent for him to stay in Daizhou as the top leader.

His bright future should be in the capital.

But Daizhou cannot do without Liang Da.

Daizhou is the birthplace of talents for Daizhou Group and also the retirement home for everyone in Daizhou Group. Nothing can be lost here.

December 25th.

Wei Yuan came to Yunzhou City.

This place is less than two hundred kilometers away from Yanmen Pass.

When the people here heard that a high-ranking official from the imperial court was coming to inspect, they knelt on both sides of the street early in the morning.

The people who have lived in Yunzhou for generations are no longer considered Han people.

Because they not only changed their clothing and hairstyles, but also merged their bloodline with that of the Liao people.

When Wei Yuan arrived, he saw the people in the city kneeling on the ground, and he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

Once upon a time, this was Han territory.

However, the people here have long become "outsiders".

Wei Yuan was riding on his horse, looking down at the people kneeling on the ground, feeling mixed emotions. Suddenly, he saw a child with Liao hairstyle staring at him blankly.

He then dismounted.

At this moment, the child's mother hurriedly asked the child to kneel down, and the mother and child kept kowtowing to Wei Yuan, expressing their apologies in a Liao language that Wei Yuan could not understand.

"Sir, the child doesn't know the rules, please forgive me!"

Wei Yuan sighed, stood in front of the child, and no longer asked him to kneel. Instead, he asked earnestly, "How old are you this year?"

The child obviously didn't understand Chinese and just stood there in a daze.

Only when someone translated Wei Yuan's Zhou language to them did they understand.

The child said cautiously, "Nine years old."

The translator then told Wei Yuan what the child had said.

Nine years old
Then, Wei Yuan asked with a smile: "Do you know Tang poetry and Song lyrics?"

The child replied: “I don’t know.”

"Do you know Li Bai and Du Fu?"

"do not know."

"Do you know that Nuwa created humans, Fuxi created the Eight Trigrams, and Houyi shot down the sun?"

"do not know."

"you know"

Wei Yuan asked the child many questions.

But the child always answered with only three words, "I don't know." Wei Yuan frowned deeply, and he immediately issued a reward. In the city, any child around ten years old who could recite a Tang or Song poem would be rewarded with ten taels of silver.

But throughout the whole morning, only two or three out of more than a hundred children were able to recite a Tang or Song Dynasty poem.

Even most people don’t know what “Han” is.

They only knew that the soldiers in front of them, including Wei Yuan, were "invaders".

Some brave children even pointed at Wei Yuan's nose and cursed him, saying that one day he would recover the lost territory and drive the Zhou army out of the Liao territory.

Wei Yuan felt extremely helpless.

He was originally going to inspect the three states of Yan and Yun, but he ended up staying in Yunzhou for only one day and planned to return to the capital.

On the way, he met several officials sent by the imperial court to the three states and told them:
"The three states have been lost for a hundred years, and the people there no longer consider themselves Han people."

"I have left 60,000 troops in the three states. If there is a civil uprising, suppress it immediately without hesitation."

"When you take office, you must promote education and spread Confucian culture to the people, so that they can know the brilliant culture of our Chinese nation throughout the dynasties."

After that, Wei Yuan no longer hesitated and rushed to the capital as quickly as possible.

On the way, he sighed to Xu Changzhi and others more than once:
"In another fifty years, even if we recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, I'm afraid we won't be able to win the hearts of the people."

Xu Changzhi nodded and said, "In just a hundred years, the children there don't even know what Tang poetry and Song lyrics are."

Shen Qing said: "This is also what the Liao Kingdom did deliberately. Except for the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, the people of the Liao Kingdom in other places can read and learn Confucianism, but the people in the Sixteen Prefectures cannot do so."

Xiao Yuming said: "Not only that, even the people of the Sixteen States need to go to the capital or leave the Sixteen States, and they need to go through layers of security, which is extremely strict."

Wei Yuan said: "The Liao Kingdom did this because they were afraid."

afraid?
Chen Daniu was puzzled, "Where does the fear come from?"

Wei Yuan explained: "They are afraid of the culture of our Shenzhou, and they are worried that the people of Yanyun will rebel against the Liao Kingdom after understanding our Shenzhou culture."
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After the New Year, Zhao Xi changed the reign title to "Kaiwu".

Mid-January of the first year of Kaiwu.

Wei Yuan, Shen Qing and other heroes who made great contributions to the Wei State finally arrived in Bian Jing.

Emperor Zhao Xi personally led all officials to welcome him.

When Wei Yuan saw the emperor, he quickly dismounted, walked in front of the emperor, and knelt on one knee.

"I will fulfill my mission!"

Zhao Xi looked at Wei Yuan deeply, then looked at the generals who were kneeling on the ground behind him. Finally, a smile appeared on his chubby cheeks.

He personally helped Wei Yuan up and said, "Master Wei, follow me."

Wei Yuan became curious.

Afterwards, Zhao Xi took Wei Yuan's wrist and walked towards the top of Bianjing city step by step.

The king and his ministers were speechless for a moment, yet it seemed as if they had said everything.

When he was about to reach the top of the city wall, Zhao Xi suddenly stopped moving forward, turned around abruptly, and stared at Wei Yuan.

"Master Wei, you and I should not hide anything. You are my teacher, the teacher I trust the most, and my relative."

Wei Yuan was flattered and bowed deeply, saying, "I am terrified."

Zhao Xi put his hands behind his back and said angrily: "All the subjects in the world should be terrified when they see me, but you, Wei Yuan, my Marquis of Guanjun, my teacher, should not be terrified!"

Wei Yuan gritted his teeth, looked up at Zhao Xi, and the king and his subject looked at each other.

After a moment, Wei Yuan asked, "Your Majesty, what do you want to say?"

Zhao Xi said: "I do have something to say, but I'm afraid if I don't say it, I'll have a grudge against you, Master Wei. I don't want that day to come!"

Wei Yuan clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, please speak frankly. I will not hide anything!"

"Okay!" Zhao Xi said in a shocking tone, "Let me ask you, you don't want to attack the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, but you are worried that after I recover the Sixteen Prefectures, I will abandon the donkey after it has done its work and abandon the dog after the rabbit has died?"

Wei Yuan was shocked.

Zhao Xi pressed the question: "I only ask you, yes or no!"

Wei Yuan took a deep breath and shook his head: "No."

Zhao Xi seemed to be relieved, and his tone was somewhat relaxed. He said: "Then why didn't the guards resolve the battle in the Central Plains as soon as possible? Why didn't they pursue the victory?"

Wei Yuan explained slowly: "Before I left Bianjing to march, I told Your Majesty that my lifelong ambition was to recover Yanyun. However, although our Great Zhou army is extremely large in number, it is mixed in quality."

"Your Majesty, I worked hard to win the battle of Xiangzhou. I had an absolute advantage in force against the Liao army, besieged them on all sides, and annihilated the enemy, but the battle ended with a near one-to-one loss ratio."

"If I fail to recapture Yanyun, do you know, Your Majesty, how much will the national strength of our Great Zhou be reduced? And how much will the national fortune of our Great Zhou be reduced?"

At this point, he sighed and said, "Your Majesty, you might as well think about how heroic Emperor Taizu was in the past. With a Panlong Staff, he swept across the Central Plains and was invincible, but Taizu still failed in the Northern Expedition and lost more than half of the elite soldiers who founded the country."

"Later, Emperor Taizong launched another northern expedition, and almost lost all of his founding soldiers! From then on, our Great Zhou and Liao were no longer able to fight!"

"Whenever the Great Zhou is prosperous, the Northern Expedition will inevitably fail. Once it fails, what good will it do to the country?"

"I say this not because I am afraid, but in accordance with Taizu's will, we must still adopt the strategy of nibbling away at the enemy to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun!"

Wei Yuan's words successfully frightened the little emperor.

Although the little emperor in front of him is too precocious, he is still a child after all and can be fooled.

However, what Wei Yuan said was not without reason.

Gradually eroding the Liao Kingdom and then recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun would better stabilize the domestic situation.

Hearing Wei Yuan's explanation, Zhao Xi smiled happily like a child.

For him, there will be plenty of time and opportunities in the future to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

But he couldn't bear Wei Yuan turning away from him.

Because Wei Yuan had a huge influence on him.

"Guardians, come, climb the city walls, and follow me!"

As soon as Zhao Xi finished speaking, he slowly climbed up to the top of the city wall.

Wei Yuan followed closely behind.

When we climbed to the top of the city wall and arrived at the inner city.