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Chapter 108 Xihe General Star
In April of the eighth year of Yuanfeng, Xinsi (eighteenth).

The sky is about to brighten, inside the imperial city, there is the Zichen Palace and the Biandian.

Zhao Xu was wearing a Chu yellow uniform and a small cape, sitting on the throne.

Following the call of Hemen Tongshisheren.

Zhao Xu sat up straight.

The two palaces behind the curtain also sat facing each other, maintaining majesty and uprightness as much as possible.

Because, it is not just the Xihe Road generals led by Li Xian who will enter the hall to worship.

There are also four Xifan chiefs on Xihe Road, although they and their tribes have already surrendered to the Song Dynasty.

However, they still retain a great deal of autonomy.

It even has its own weapons!
Therefore, the two palaces attached great importance to today's pilgrimage, and even took the risk to bring Zhao Xu to the hall.

Yes!

In the eyes of the two palaces, in fact, Zhao Xu shouldn't appear on such an occasion.

In case, what if the generals from Xihe Road are too scary to scare the officials?
The official house is still so small!

Is it ridiculous?
But that's the reality!
That is to say, the governors of all halls said that the new king came to the throne, and the chiefs of Xifan came to the capital for the first time. If they didn't see each other, there might be twists and turns.

Even so, on the way to the Zichen Palace this morning, the Empress Dowager Xiang was still very worried, and repeatedly told Feng Jing to be more careful and not to surprise Zhao Xu.

Soon, dense footsteps came from under the imperial steps outside the hall.

Zhao Xu looked over, and saw the person who was introduced by the head of the army to the outside of the hall with a group of generals.

More than a dozen generals and officers in purple robes and official uniforms lined up at the gate of the hall.

Then he bowed three times to the hall.

A deep voice said respectfully outside the hall: "The envoy of Jingfu Palace, the deputy governor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the embassy of Wu Xinjun, the envoy Xian of the Xihe Lanhui Road Jingshuo appeasement system, respectfully ask the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager All blessings to the Empress Dowager and His Majesty the Emperor!"

The other generals behind Li Xian followed suit and said, "Greetings to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and the Emperor!"

The Empress Dowager behind the curtain said at this time: "Please Li Duzhi to come into the palace to speak!"

"Empress Dowager, please know that Li Xian and others will enter the palace for pilgrimage!"

Standing in the hall, Hemen Tongshi Sheren shouted his orders to the outside world.

"Thank you, Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, Your Majesty Long En!" Li Xian's etiquette was still very strong, and he bowed respectfully again.

Then he got up and led the generals into the side hall of Zichen Palace.

All the generals lowered their heads, followed Li Xian closely, and entered the Zichen Palace.

Then followed Li Xian, walked into the hall, knelt down again with a plop, and bowed their hands again: "I will pay my respects to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty the Emperor..."

Zhao Xu found out from the throne that several of them were fake.

He couldn't help laughing, thinking of the few foreign generals he had met in his previous life, the first time he entered the pilgrimage, they were all pretty much the same.

Today's Tubo is no longer the super empire that kicked the giant Tang, punched Central Asia, and went to India to fight grass valleys in the early and middle Tang Dynasty.

Like Datang, after falling into civil strife, it inevitably fell into the abyss.

When the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was abolished at will by the eunuchs of the Beiya, the Tubo Zanpu on the plateau also suffered a similar fate.

Up to now, even through the efforts of Jiao Siluo, although a Xifan regime was barely established in the Qingtang area.

However, the wealth, culture, and system of the Tubo Empire have been completely destroyed, and it is impossible to restore them.

The so-called Qingtang Tubo is just a loose alliance that is barely kept together under the call of Zanpu's blood.

Therefore, although these Fan generals on Xihe Road were tribal leaders and nobles in the local area.

But they really haven't seen the world.

Of course, it is not ruled out that these seemingly 'simple' Tibetans deliberately expressed themselves in Song Dynasty in order to reduce Song Dynasty's vigilance towards them.

However, it doesn't matter!
In the face of absolute power, even the Turkic Khan could only dance for Li Shimin.

While Zhao Xu was thinking about it, the Hemen Tongshi Sheren in the hall had already started to roll his name.

"Gyeongbokgung Palace envoy, Deputy Governor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wu Xinjun left behind, Xihe Lanhui Road economical appeasement system and envoy constitution..."

"Chen is here!"

"Introduction envoy, Rongzhou regiment training envoy Wen Yu!"

"Chen is here!"

A veteran who was a head taller than Li Xian came out and bowed slightly.

Zhao Xu fixed his eyes on the past, and took a closer look at this fierce general who was under the city of Lanzhou with [-] million and [-].

Contrary to what he had always imagined, this veteran's figure was actually not burly, and his beard and hair were also a little gray.

It doesn't look like a fierce general like Zhang Fei at all.

But such a person was able to lead [-] light cavalry to raid in the middle of the night at the most critical time in Lanzhou City, sweeping away thousands of troops, breaking [-] in one battle!

Zhao Xu turned over Wang Wenyu who was in his hand and confessed.

Then he saw a prominent note.

"The general was recommended by Mr. Han Zhongxian?" Zhao Xu asked.

This is a magical development that even Zhao Xu has never thought about.

All the generals in the hall were stunned for a moment, and then they realized that it was the young master sitting on the throne who was asking the question.

Wang Wenyu immediately replied respectfully: "Your Majesty Qizuo, the veteran once served as a patrol inspector in the prefecture, Han Weigong recommended the court because of the bravery of the veteran..."

Zhao Xu asked, "When did that happen?"

"I remember, the old minister, it was the second year of the Qingli... that year, the old minister was only less than twenty... now the old minister is sixty-two..."

Zhao Xu nodded and sighed, "Han Wei Gong, the real prime minister!"

The two palaces behind the curtain also reacted at this time, and took a look at the confession in hand.

This Great General of the Song Dynasty, who has now been promoted to Yao County Official, was really recommended to the imperial court by Han Qi and Han Zhongxian back then!
So they all praised: "Han Wei Gong, you live up to your loyalty!"

Zhao Xu kept his mouth shut and stopped talking.

Wang Wenyu in the palace bowed his body in gratitude.

He knew very well that the young master just mentioned it casually, and linked him with Han Weigong, the most famous prime minister of the country.

From now on, he can call himself a student of Duke Han and Wei without worrying about being ridiculed by others or attacked by scholar-bureaucrats.

And this is a talisman!

……

Hemen General Office continued to roll the roll.

Zhao Xu also stopped talking, just watched quietly, and wrote down the names of the generals.

Li Hao - a general who participated in five Lanzhou battles, and has always served as a border minister who knew Lanzhou.

The first time he was timid, he didn't dare to let Wang Wenyu attack.

Afterwards, he dared to take people with him to cross the border to attack the assembled army of western thieves.

Lu Ji - the fierce general who crossed the border last year and beheaded the general of the thief.

Akemi——was originally the leader of a small tribe in Xihe. After joining the army, he was promoted from an envoy all the way to the current Dasong Yaojun: the governor of Jiachangzhou with the imperial city!
And Qin Gui, the youngest general in the palace, was less than 35 years old, and he was known as the fifth deputy general of Xihe Road in Dingxi City.

Last year, the western thieves besieged Dingxi City. Encouraged by Qin Gui, the whole city, men, women, old, young, women, children, Han and Tibetans all went up to the city wall to defend.

In the end, he repelled the army of thieves and ensured that the nail in Dingxi City was not lost!
And these people...

However, in his previous life, he was implicated by Li Xian, and either left him idle or simply demoted him.

Well, not anymore.

After the general's name was called, the four Xifan chiefs stepped forward.

"Chen, Sizhong..."

"Chen, Chunzhong..."

The two were over 60 years old and had raised some wealthy ministers in the Song Dynasty, bowing down.

These two are the only surviving grandsons of Jiao Siluo, and the only surviving Tubo Zanpu direct lineage.

The others either died or were killed!
Before they were named, one of them was called Mu Zheng and the other was called Bazenjiao.

Then, two thick and short old men stepped forward to salute.

"Chen Shun..."

"Commissioner..."

These two are interesting.

To be precise, they should be Qiang people.

When Wang Shao of Xining opened the border, the two men voluntarily joined after seeing the might of the Song army, and there was a disturbance in the court at that time.

Sima Guang firmly believed that these two people should not accept the surrender of hundreds of thousands of tribes and hundreds of miles of land.

It is believed that this is the same disaster as Zhao Guo accepted the Shangdang area of ​​Korea during the Warring States Period.

Fortunately, Zhao Xu's father did not listen to Sima Guang at all.

This is how the current Xihe Lanhui Road came into being.

And after they belonged to the Song Dynasty, they took the initiative to submit a form and asked the court to let them use Bao Zheng's surname, because-the ministers have long admired the name of Duke Bao of the Holy Dynasty, and are willing to follow the virtue of Duke Bao.

Zhao Xu's father is naturally good at what he does.

As a result, the Bao family sat at home, and inexplicably had relatives on Xihe Road.

Moreover, there are quite a lot of people!
It is said that most of the people in the tribe later changed their surname to Bao.

As for the family of Bao Shun and Bao Yue, after changing their surnames, I don't know if they were really influenced by Bao Gong's loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness.

Since returning to the Song Dynasty, not only has he never rebelled.

He also took the initiative to lead the army to participate in the military operations of the Song Army many times, and made outstanding contributions to the logistics support of the Song Army.

Zhao Xu's father had repeatedly issued edicts to reward him.

Zhao Xu looked at the four chieftains of Xifan who were saluting to him in the palace, but he remembered yesterday, when the news of Li Xian's return to court spread.

Xiang Zonghui and Gao Gongji immediately entered the palace, pretended to go to Baoci Palace and Kunning Palace to greet him, and finally ran to him mysteriously and asked him: Can an official family really have Sanguan?

After being confirmed by Zhao Xu, the two left the palace with gratitude.

But their looks, especially Gao Gongji's look after receiving Zhao Xu's assurance, were like monkeys who saw the fruit on the tree finally ripe.

Scratching my head and ears, eager to try!

Last night, when Zhao Xu was about to go to bed, Feng Jing told him: The two relatives seem to have used tricks to invite the chiefs of Xifan to the other garden of Tonglifang...

It can only be said that he really deserves to be a foreign relative with great powers.

Li Xian had just returned to Beijing, and they had figured out where all the people brought back by Li Xian were housed?Even found a way to invite them out!

What can these people discuss when they get together?
(End of this chapter)