Prime Minister

Chapter 827

Zhang Yue wrote to Zhang Zhi every month, but Yu Zhang Shi didn't have any letters, so he just sent him a letter of greetings through Zhang Zhi.

For Zhang Zhi, Zhang Yue has great expectations, and he is the only one who can express his thoughts on the Xihe matter.

For this time the emperor placed Li Hao on Xihe Road, Zhang Yue also talked about his distress, and at the same time expressed his intention to lead the army abroad for a long time.

Zhang Yuexin talked about the Taohuayuan mentioned by Tao Yuanming, showing his yearning.

Sometimes after retiring from the official position, you can hide from the world and go to a place where no one knows you and live with your family for three to five years. Whether or not the Jinbing invades ten years later is also a first-class spiritual pleasure.

For example, Zhao Yu, who participated in politics at the beginning, was so angry that Wang Anshi left the field, he lived in seclusion in his hometown and called his residence Gaozhai. For the villagers who came to visit and ask for acquaintance, he wrote a poem: "The gold on the waist has been withdrawn from Tibet, The news is also unusual.People at that time wanted to know Mr. Gao Zhai, but Acun Zhao Silang. '

Even Wang Anshi wrote the poem "Shuangyun Xuezhu Zhongshan Temple" when he was worshiping and participating in politics.

Although being in a high position is rich and prestigious, the pressure is extraordinary and comparable, so while actively participating in the world, there is a sense of avoiding the world, but ordinary people seem to only talk hypocritically.

Zhang Yuezhi's notes on the daily life of fellow practitioners Zhang Zhi also exhorted in letters that the way of life should be to use stupidity as a clear, softness as a strong, you have a straight temper, you must not speak out because things are not straightforward or logical.

Zhang Yue also learned that Zhang Zhi had sent a letter asking him to teach him calligraphy.Zhang Yue then wrote back and said that he studied under Zhang Youzhi, but unfortunately he died of illness a few years ago, and now he has practiced many methods.

At the beginning, Du Ling once said that "books are expensive, hard and thin", which means that masculinity is better than femininity, and the word is like a person.

Things in the world must be formed by a stubborn and unyielding spirit in the heart, but getting along with others is due to ignorance and softness.

When the letter was written here, Zhang Yue thought that he was admonishing Zhang Zhi, so why not admonishing himself.

After Zhang Zhi's letter was finished, he wrote a letter to Shi Qi Niang.

Shi Qi Niang wrote one or two letters every month, and now the two of them talked about the education of their two children.

The eldest son, Zhang Gen, is extremely intelligent, which makes Zhang Yue very pleased, but intelligent children are often difficult to obey.

Because of Xihe's military exploits, Zhang Gen obtained the status of Yin official, even if he didn't pass the imperial examination in the future, he could directly come out to be an official, and he was still a Beijing official.

However, Zhang Yue still asked Shi Qi Niang to supervise him. Whether he passed the exam was secondary, and the most important thing was to study.

A person's temperament is related to the family of origin, and only reading can change one's temperament. The ancient fortune teller often said that reading can change one's life, which is not false.Zhang Yue asked Shi Qiniang to urge the eldest son and the second son to study first to establish a strong ambition for governance, and then to do it later.

The second son's studies are not as intelligent as the eldest son's, but Zhang Yue asked Shi Qiniang to urge him not to be obedient in his studies, but to improve every day.

As Zhang Yue’s favorite writer said, people will definitely regress. If you don’t work hard, then there should be only all kinds of pain in this world that can grow naturally with you.

Without the management and progress of a lofty goal, it is easy to be burdened by various setbacks and pains on weekdays.So if you can't bear the hardship of reading, you will suffer the hardship of life.

It is the difference between active and passive.

At the end of the letter, Zhang Yue couldn't help but say something to himself, to temper his mind and make it into steel.

Studying is a training, and being in the officialdom is also a first-class training.

After writing this point, Zhang Yue stopped writing, and realized something.

Every time Zhang Yue is not on business, he also writes letters to his family and friends, non-stop every day, no matter how busy he is, he has to write two or three lines.

Seventeen Niang knew Zhang Yue's meaning, and often sent her two sons' homework to Zhang Yue's army.

Zhang Yuechang corrected his homework under the lights in the middle of the night, and this was also the happiest moment of his day.

This is also the meaning of the world's father's hope that his son will become a dragon.

The next day, when the staff learned that Li Hao was under the jurisdiction of Xihe Road, they all thought that Zhang Yue was in a bad mood, but they saw that his expression was normal.

Cai Bian knew some details about this matter, thought it over and said to Zhang Yue: "Recently, there have been a lot of gossip in Beijing, but in the past, it sounded like nonsense, and the second government is not without thoughts."

Zhang Yue listened and nodded.

The meaning of what Cai Bian said was not caused by Wang Anshi.

Cai Jingdao: "Marshal Qi, I thought maybe the imperial court was urging us, but it's hard to say."

Of all the economic and strategic appeasement routes in the world, only Zhang Yue's route was created by officials, almost like the treatment of Jiedu envoys.If it was half a year, it would be fine, but now a year has passed.

The imperial court is not at ease either.

Cai Bian said: "Before the achievements of stepping on Baicheng, capturing the wood, and conquest of ghosts, it can be seen that the imperial court has always valued the generals, and this has not changed."

As soon as Cai Bian said, all the staff also nodded.

Zhang Yue said: "Then what is Yuandu's opinion?"

Cai Bian said: "Actually, the imperial court's worries can be saved. I, Xihe Road, did not make any merits after the battle of Tabai City. Now, as long as I make more meritorious deeds, everyone's mouths can be silenced. The imperial court will naturally feel relieved."

Su Zhe said at the side: "Make another meritorious service? One is to defeat the enemy, and the other is to open up borders. Now the tribes in Hehuang, Taozhou, and Minzhou are very obedient. We have no excuse."

Xing Shu said with a smile: "After the Battle of Tabai City, all the ministries of the Qingtang Dynasty were indeed frightened. Let them attack again, and they don't have the courage for a while!"

Xu Xi said: "No matter what, if they don't call, we can call."

Su Zhe said: "You must learn from a famous teacher! If an unknown teacher has missed the imperial court's plan to appease the Tibetan tribe, how can we rest assured that the Tibetan tribe will surrender to us in the future? Once the morality is lost, the commander-in-chief Pinghehuang's strategy is to change first and then change." Difficult, how to succeed in order to succeed?"

Xu Xi said: "I think it can be like this. The Minzhou and Taozhou tribes are one. As long as we make some noise about the Minzhou tribe, we are not afraid that the Taozhou tribe will not be happy."

"Actually, last time Bian Sibojie killed five chieftains who were close to the imperial court. Recently, he secretly recruited troops from the Minzhou Fan tribe. I think this side servant Bojie did have objections, but there is no sign of rebellion."

Zhang Yue listened to the ideas of the staff and summarized them.

Now the servant Bojie is about to move, but after all, he is still very submissive on the surface, and there is no real rebellion. To send troops at this time is to send troops out of nowhere.

Learning from teachers is the foundation of benevolence.What is benevolence is morality in me.

Although Zhang Yue said that morality is useless if there is generality, it also reflects the fact that when you suddenly do not talk about morality, most of them have generality.

From Qingtang and Xixia's point of view, you attacked Taozhou for no reason, so what are you going to do next?
But how do I appear moral to me?

All the staff members discussed for a while, at this time Xu Xi suddenly said: "It's winter now, and the rotation of soldiers and horses has already ended!"

After winter, soldiers and horses will be rotated on Xihe Road as usual.

Because it was difficult to eat in Xizhou and Hezhou, Zhang Yue took advantage of the fact that there was no war in Hedong, so he withdrew one-third of the soldiers and horses on Xihe Road to Qinzhou and other counties on Qinfeng Road for food.

The soldiers and horses on Qinzhou Road withdrew to Fengxiang Mansion, and even Yongxing Road to eat.

Xu Xi looked around at the crowd and said, "You can transfer another third of the troops to Qinzhou for food!"

As soon as Xu Xi's words came out, Zhang Yue knew that he was trying to make a fool of himself!

It is indeed a good strategy.

However, the aides have questioned that if another third of the soldiers and horses are transferred to Qinzhou for food, then there will be only [-] to [-] Han troops left on Xihe Road, and only Bao Shun, Mu Zheng and others will be left. up.

Bian Sibo knotted to see if Song Junkong on Xihe Road would take the initiative to attack, but would this move be too risky?
Two-thirds of the Song army's troops stationed in Xihe were taken away. What would happen if Baoshun and Mu Zheng responded to the rebellion of the side servants?
It seems dangerous.

Finally, Zhang Yue said decisively: "This strategy is feasible!"

With Zhang Yue's approval, Xu Xi was overjoyed when he heard the words.

Cai Jingdao: "If the side servants are rebellious, then we will have an excuse. Even if we don't rebel, we can move two-thirds of our troops to Qinzhou to eat, and we can save 10,000+ military expenses on Xihe Road."

Everyone laughed when they heard the words.

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A few days later, Bian Si Bojie learned that the Song army had moved to Qinzhou for food.

Taking Hezhou City as an example, the Xihe Third Army, which was supposed to be a teacher, was stationed here, but now only [-]% of its strength remains.

When Bian Sibojie learned that the Song army only placed so many troops in Hezhou, he was not sure, so he asked the Han counselor for advice: "What do the Han people mean? Only so few troops are stationed in Hezhou, Minzhou?"

The Han counselor said: "After the winter, the Han army has always moved troops to eat. Some officials in the court thought that the opening of the Xihe Road would cost a lot, and last year the harvest on the Shaanxi Road was not good, so they withdrew more troops than before. Eating is also common sense."

Bian Sibo concluded: "Sir, do you see if it was the last time you used the countermeasure to work, so Song Ting cut Zhang San's authority?"

The Han counselor thought for a while and said, "There may be some truth, but it's hard to say."

But the servant Bojie laughed out loud, thinking it might be like this.He said: "The Song people have been appeasing the local tribes in Minzhou, and at the same time they are not allowed to buy goods from the market and then transport them to Taozhou for sale. The leaders below have long been dissatisfied, I can let them make a fuss The reality of the Song people."

A few days later, the Taozhou Fan tribe crossed the border between Tao and Minzhou, and burned, killed and looted several Fan tribes who were leaning toward the Song Dynasty.

Regarding the border news, the Song army in Minzhou only defended the fort, and did not fight back against the invading Taozhou Fan tribe.

After looting for a few days, these Tibetans saw that the Song army did not go out to fight, so they finally left.

Such actions further boosted the confidence of the Taozhou abstinence in the power of Song Yongbing. They began to persuade the side servants to rebel against the Song Dynasty. The reason was that Taozhou had high mountains and a long way to go. At worst, just hide in the mountains.

At this time, Hezhou sent monks to Yigong City to ask Bian Si Bojie why he sent people to attack the Minzhou Fanbu, and asked the other party to compensate for the loss and hand over the perpetrator.

Bian Si Bojie agreed perfunctorily.

At the same time, continue to indulge those Tibetans who have no food and clothing for the winter to go to Minzhou to snatch them.

This time, Hezhou sent people directly to Yigong City, and asked Bian Sibojie to go to Hezhou City to explain the matter.

Bian Si Bojie refused to accompany the envoy to Hezhou City due to physical discomfort.

After the Song Dynasty envoy left, Bian Si Bojie ordered his subordinates to actively prepare for the battle.

(End of this chapter)