The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 1267 Ye Lang is arrogant
It seems that the great Central Plains has not been so peaceful for a long time.

This cold snap, which lasted for nearly half a year, seemed to have wiped away all the gunpowder smoke that had filled the air.

Li Xiushu still did not return to Xixia, but it did not cause any trouble in Xixia.

The old grand master Zhongsun Qifu officially assisted the country, and took charge of the domestic affairs of Xixia on behalf of Li Xiushu.

He Liancheng was named the right prime minister of Xixia by Li Xiushu, and his status in Xixia was second only to Zhongsun Qifu.

After discussing with Zhao Dongting about making Li Zuoxiao the crown prince, Li Xiushu was not in a hurry to announce it.

The territory of Xixia is also calm.

The four major military commanders and the Empress Group all knew that there would be a big battle in the future, so both sides suffered heavy losses in the battle of Longzhou City, and both sides were trying their best to accumulate strength.

Of course, due to the annihilation of the expeditionary army in Longzhou City, there must be many undercurrents surging in the families of the four major army divisions.

The big families are vying for power, and many low-level methods that are not on the table are naturally emerging one after another.

Especially Yanjun Division of Heishui Town.

Because of the downfall of the two pillars of She Tuo's family, She Tuoli and She Tuoba, there were even more open and secret struggles inside.

They don't talk about accumulating power in order to confront the Xixia Forbidden Army in the future, and they are afraid that they are still in the midst of continuous internal friction.

And this kind of situation, of course, is what Zhongsun Qifu and others in the Xixia court like to hear.

In the city of Changsha, the imperial examination selection, which had been postponed due to the cold weather and freezing weather, was finally on the agenda again.

Zhao Dongting appointed Wang Wenfu, who was formerly in charge of the Imperial College, as the chief examiner of the imperial examination, and Luo, the dean of Yuelu Academy, and the palace master of Guigu Xuegong, who was promoted to the Imperial Academy to offer wine, were also the examiners.

In the Song Dynasty, countless talents gathered in Changsha.

With the gradual rise of imperial examinations, the imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty were divided into categories, no longer the previous four books and five classics, stereotyped essays, etc., which really injected a lot of vitality into the academic circles of the Song Dynasty.

In the past, when students met, they did not recite poems and fight against each other, show their coquettishness, or talk about state affairs, but now they can dabble in various majors.Its argument is not as false as before.

Zhao Dongting was at leisure, so he was quite comfortable in the palace with the daughters and children.

Although he didn't experience any more life-and-death fights, his martial arts cultivation was steadily improving.

At his current level, it is obviously not easy to make another breakthrough.

March eleventh.

Zhao Dongting was reviewing the memorial as usual in the imperial study.

The eunuch's voice suddenly came from outside the door, "Your Majesty, Director Xuan of the Military Intelligence Department is asking to see you."

Zhao Dongting raised his head from the desk and said, "Xuan!"

Then I saw Xuanxue walking into the room with a warm smile.

Zhao Dongting was affected by her mood, so he couldn't help but smile, and before Xuanxue could salute, he asked, "Mr. Xuan, why are you so happy?"

Xuanxue took out a piece of paper from her sleeve, saluted and said at the same time: "Here is the ranking list of Japan's Jianghu, please have a look at it, Your Majesty."

Zhao Dongting was slightly stunned, and said with a smile, "When did Japan come up with this list?"

Xuanxue smiled and said, "It should have been made two months ago, but the spies of our military intelligence department who turned into merchants brought this thing back now."

Zhao Dongting nodded, and took the paper from Xuanxue with great interest.

As soon as I opened it, I couldn't help laughing, "This is a small place, and I really regard myself as the center of this world..."

He never thought about it, since the collapse of Guigu Academy, even Japan has the idea of ​​making Jianghu rankings.

It seems that Japan still has some understanding of the Central Plains.

But this is not surprising, after all, Japan has been doing business with the Central Plains for many years.In the past, it could barely be regarded as a close relationship.

But the Jianghu list written by Japan is too funny.

The person at the top of the list is obviously not Kong Qiangu from the Extreme Realm, nor Luo Tuo, Qi Wulie and others from the Pseudo-Extreme Realm, but Ben Zenichiro, whom Zhao Dongting has never heard of.

On this Jianghu list, Ben Zenichiro's title is Juggernaut.

This seems to be the master of the Bushido or Ninja series in Japan.

But if it is said that Zenichiro has the cultivation base of true martial arts, then Zhao Dongting absolutely does not believe it.It is not even estimated that the pseudo-extreme realm will not be reached.

Japan took him as the top of the list, and it was all forcibly putting gold on its own face.

What made him even more delighted was that the next top five were all masters from Japan.

What kind of sword god, sword demon, ninja master, etc., are weird and weird.

It was not until the end of the top ten that Zhao Dongting saw Luotuo's name.And Qi Wulie, Jun Tianfang, and Chen Yidao were even outside the top ten.

This made him shake his head uncontrollably.

Looking at the beauty list, it was not beyond his expectation.

The top of the beauty list is the royal princess Mei Qingzi who ranks third in the beauty list compiled by Skynet.

It's just that they ranked Meiqingzi at the top of the list. After all, Meiqingzi can be ranked third by Skynet, and she must have a beautiful appearance.

But after that, there were several women in Japan one after another.

This made Zhao Dongting dumbfounded again.

He really didn't know where the self-confidence of the people who wrote the world's top rankings in Japan came from. He thought that his country really had the world's top experts and beauties.

After reading it, he then burned the paper on the oil lamp, and said with a smile: "I don't know what it is, I don't know what it is..."

His eyes narrowed slightly.

It can be seen from this Jianghu list that Japan is now confident.And myself, I haven't settled with them the incident at the head of the city of Lin'an Prefecture!

Xuanxue looked up at Zhao Dongting's face, and said softly: "Your Majesty, according to the reports from our military intelligence department's spies, Japan and the Yuan Dynasty have been in close contact recently. Japanese ninjas assassinated you in Lin'an Mansion, so it must be no different from the Yuan Dynasty. Besides, just this year In the beginning of spring, our caravans going to Japan from North Korea were attacked by pirates one after another. According to the investigation, it seems that it was ordered by the Japanese shogunate. Take a look, do you want to beat them?"

Zhao Dongting's complexion became a little ugly, and he pondered.

He didn't expect that this matter had something to do with the Yuan Dynasty.

Could it be that the Yuan Dynasty planned to save the country in a curve, using Japan to attract the attention of the Song Dynasty and delay the development of the Song Dynasty?
But this is too whimsical. With the speed of the development of the advanced Song Dynasty, even if it is a confrontation with Japan, can the Yuan Dynasty catch up?

Before the Yuan Dynasty, wars were used to support wars, and they had little energy to develop people's livelihood, but now it is far from the Song Dynasty.

But he shook his head in the end and said: "Don't worry about this matter, the natural disaster has just passed. There is not enough food and grass in the country. Let's wait for taxes and food collection from various places to discuss."

"Yes."

Xuanxue nodded slightly.

But Zhao Dongting suddenly said again: "Since the Japanese shogunate uses such a trick, then we can't suffer from such dumbness."

He smashed his mouth, didn't say anything more, but let Xuanxue retreat first.

Xuanxue resigned.

Zhao Dongting removed the memorial on the case, and said to Li Goudan, "Goddam, pen and ink."

Li Goudan quickly spread the paper on the table.

Zhao Dongting wrote quickly.

After finishing writing, he dried the ink marks on the paper, and said to Li Goudan: "Send this imperial decree to the Ministry of State, and let them draft it and pass it on to Dongsha."

Li Goudan took the order and left.

Zhao Dongting looked out the window, with a smile on his lips, "It's not bad to use you to practice the navy."

Up to now, the navy and amphibious troops established by Song Dynasty in Dongsha Islands, Qiongzhou, Zhenguo Military Region, and Xingguo Military Region have also completed their transformation.

With the help of navigators and navy generals from the Mayi Kingdom, he can also play with great vigor when acting.What is lacking is actual combat.

Zhao Dongting originally planned to go to Japan to try it out after the initial results of the military training, but now, those pirates cultivated by the Japanese shogunate can be regarded as appetizers!
In the imperial decree, he appointed Diabolo, the comfort envoy of Crescent Island, as the chief general, and let Diabolo lead five thousand elite soldiers of the local army to travel to Japan.

Only letting its army go to Japan is not a war with Japan.Instead, let him pretend to be a pirate and fight those pirates overseas in Japan.

Most of the navies of Crescent Island and the North and South Ring Islands were originally recruited by pirates, but now it is easy for them to dress up as pirates and act in their true colors.

On this day, after the Ministry of State drafted the imperial decree, it was sent to Crescent Island.

Time is fast approaching April.

Zhao Da led the Flying Dragon Army, along with Qingshan, Mo Wenwen, Tie Liduan and others, they arrived outside the Longxing Mansion in Dejiangnan West Road Fucheng.

Wang Yinglin, the transshipment envoy of Jiangnan West Road, greeted him at the gate of the city.

(End of this chapter)