The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 1358 Awakening the Heart of the People
All the Wen family members were pleasantly surprised.

Until the eunuch who announced the decree left, he was still overjoyed.Wen Qingshu was surrounded by stars like the moon.

Wen Yuanli laughed from ear to ear.

It was a pity that he had a daughter like Wen Qingshu under his knees, but now all women can enter the court and be an official, and his daughter who got Zhongchangsha Xieyuan became his pride.

Who says women are inferior to men?
Wen Yuanli's back seemed to be straighter than before.

It is conceivable that the matter of her daughter being knighted will definitely cause a sensation in the entire Changsha city soon.

Just thinking about the envious eyes of those colleagues looking at him, waves of joy and pride rushed up in his heart like tides.

And Wen Qingshu seemed to be a little dazed, "Father, what do you mean by saying that the emperor suddenly made me a viscount?"

She didn't think that what she did could be rewarded by the emperor like this.

After all, in the final analysis, she just collected some silver notes for the imperial court, and most of those silver notes were paid by the emperor himself.

Wen Yuanli smiled and said: "It must be your act of fundraising that made the emperor happy. This is to make you a role model for scholars all over the world..."

It's just that they were far from expecting that the sensation caused by this incident was not limited to Changsha City.

Not long after the eunuch proclaiming the decree came to Wen's house to proclaim the decree, a notice about Wen Qingshu's donation was posted on the bulletin board in Changsha City.

Moreover, more than a dozen gallops galloped out of the city gate and headed towards the surrounding cities.

On this day, news of Wen Qingshu's fundraising and being knighted was widely circulated in Changsha and surrounding cities.

The threshold of the Wen family was almost crushed.

Many of them came to propose marriage.

Only these were naturally rejected by Wen Yuanli.

Most of them came to donate money on their own initiative.Not only limited to scholars, but also merchants, ordinary people and so on.

Wen Qingshu was too busy at all, all the servants of the Wen family had to set up desks at the door, and they all got busy.

Then more and more births joined the ranks.

In addition, the frontier war was also mentioned.

In the city of Changsha, it is no longer a scene of singing and dancing, and there are not a few people talking about the frontier war among the people.

These changes were naturally spread to the palace.

But at this time, Zhao Dongting had already returned to the bedroom.

Before he had time to rest, he was invited to Turandot's room by Taoer, Turandot's maid.

As soon as Zhao Dongting entered the room, he saw Turandot sitting by the bed with red eyes.

He realized something in an instant, walked up to Turandot, and sighed softly: "Do you know about the front line?"

Turandot's eyes were filled with resentment, "Why did the Emperor use troops on Nanjing Road without telling me?"

Zhao Dongting said: "I just don't want you to worry about these things."

He took Turandot's hand, and told the truth about the Yuan Dynasty's secret support for Xixia and the sending of troops to Xixia.

Turandot's face changed slightly after hearing this, "So...the other side declared war on their own initiative?"

Zhao Dongting shook his head, "They didn't directly declare war on our Great Song Dynasty, but they were forcing our Great Song Dynasty to declare war on them... I used to think that if we worked hard to make Great Song Dynasty prosperous and strong, sooner or later your father would be able to You are willing to bow your head and surrender, but now that your father has obtained the method of manufacturing projectiles and other things, he is unwilling to give me any more time. In a short period of time... there is no way to widen the gap between the armies of the two countries. Only first Only by curbing your father's ambition..."

There was a little light in Turandot's eyes, "Then what do you mean, the emperor, that you won't really raise the soldiers of the whole country to go to war?"

The last thing she wants to see is undoubtedly a situation where the two countries lose both sides.

Zhao Dongting sighed, shook his head and said: "This is beyond my control... I have already sent Marshal Yue and Su Marshal to attack Dengzhou, Tangzhou, Sizhou and other places in the Yuan Dynasty first. If they can win, maybe It can make your father afraid, so let's negotiate a peace for now, but it doesn't rule out the possibility that your father will continue to send more troops to the border. If so, then I can only really go to war with the Yuan Dynasty. No matter what, I can't let Yuan The army came to the territory of Song Dynasty."

"Then I... go back and ask Father to withdraw his troops?" Turandot asked eagerly.

Zhao Dongting rubbed her head with a smile, "Do you think your father will easily change his mind because of your persuasion?"

Turandot remained silent, leaning into Zhao Dongting's arms.

Zhao Dongting didn't stay in the bedroom for a long time. After leaving Turandot's room, he teased Zhao An and Zhao Ru again, and then he took Li Goudan to the Military Science Department.

The development of cannons can be regarded as an imminent matter right now.

Zhao Dongting knew in his heart that the only way to make the soldiers of the Song Dynasty as invincible as before was to develop more powerful munitions.

After all, although the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty are all elite, it is also a fact that they are stronger.

Not to mention, there are still some small countries nowadays, I am afraid they are all waiting for the opportunity to bite Da Song.

He wants to dominate Asia, the only way is to keep the army invincible.

In the blink of an eye, another two days passed.

The matter of Wen Qingshu has become a good talk in many places in the Song Dynasty.

Whether it is out of selfishness or influenced by Wen Qingshu, the number of people from all over the country who voluntarily donate to the imperial court is increasing day by day.

One person's donation is nothing, but the sum of many people's donations is definitely not a small amount.

In fact, the Finance Department of Song Dynasty is not so short of money now, but after the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Finance and other departments reported the incident, Zhao Dongting still instructed them to accept these donations.

This is not for money, but to make the people truly realize that each of them has a responsibility and obligation for the stability of this country.

Several good news from the front reached Changsha one after another.

Tangzhou News.

Dengzhou News.

Caizhou News.

Only from Sizhou, there is no news yet.

When the government and the public learned the news, the city of Changsha once again fell into a sea of ​​joy.

Under such circumstances, Zhao Dongting made another astonishing move.

Although he spread the good news to various places as usual, but in this good news, he even made public the losses of the various armies.

When such a notice was posted in Changsha City, the festive atmosphere in the city seemed to come to an abrupt end.

The common people seemed to realize at this time that it turned out that it was not easy for the soldiers to win on the front line.

Some people can't help but think back to the era when the Song Dynasty was turbulent.

At that time...

They have no food to eat and no place to live.

At that time...

The soldiers of the Song Dynasty were defeated steadily in front of the iron hooves of the Yuan army.

What the hell, did you forget that past event before you knew it?
Why do you think that the victory of the soldiers on the front line is easy and effortless?

Countless people didn't wake up until this time.

The current prosperity of the Song Dynasty has not come easily.

at the same time.

The flames of war in Xixia finally ignited again.

A total of [-] troops from Yuanqingyuan Road, Yanyan Road, and Northeast Hebei Road gathered at the frontier of Fengxiang Road in the south of the Xiangqing Military Division.Before the forbidden army of the central Shu military region, it blocked the way for the forbidden army of central Shu to support Zhongxing mansion.

The Baimaqiang Town Army Division, Heishan Weifu Army Division, Heishui Town Yan Army Division, and Xiping Army Division occupied Xiazhou and Xiping Mansion respectively.

The total army of the four major military divisions is nearly 20, ready to go.Maybe at some point, a general attack on the Zhongxing Mansion will be launched.

There are dozens of miles along Weizhou on the northern border of Fengxiang Road, and there are countless companies from the other side.

Beacon towers appeared on the top of the mountain.

As early as two days ago, both sides had scouts to investigate each other.

It is obviously impossible for Zhang Guangbao to lead Zheng Yihang and others to easily break through the enemy's line of defense.

Although both sides only invested [-] to [-] troops, they are now fighting with hot weapons. With such a number, it is destined to be an earth-shattering battle.

The two armies have not formally confronted each other, and the scouts alone have lost hundreds of dollars each.

(End of this chapter)