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Chapter 316 Start the War!Go to war!
Gengyin (the first day) of the first month of the first year of Yuanyou.

After the imperial edict to change the Yuan Dynasty was issued, the ministers brought the Liao State envoy He Zhengdan, the Yongzhou observation envoy Xiao Qia, the Lizhou observation envoy Xiao Jia; the deputy envoys Zhongsan Dafu, Shou Tai Changqing, and Chongshi Guan Li Yan, to discuss the matter at court. The doctor and the guard lieutenant Shaoqing Zhao Jin waited outside the Funing Hall and closed the door on the east side to pay their respects and express their congratulations.

Zhao Xu sent Feng Jing to express his thanks and congratulations to the Liao envoy.

He also continued to donate twelve volumes of books to the grandson of the Emperor of Liao Dynasty as a thank you.

But in such a joyful atmosphere, someone wanted to cause trouble for the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty.

That afternoon, Zhao Xu was in Baoci Palace, chatting and laughing with the two palaces.

Guo Zhongxiao, the newly appointed cabinet minister, sent a side report to Zhao Xu and the two palaces.

"The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, the official family..."

"Urgent report from Guihua Prefecture on Guangnan West Road..."

"Yang Jingtong of Guangyuan Prefecture in Jiaozhi invaded the bandits, robbed border residents, and killed officials..."

Suddenly, the festive mood of the two palaces completely disappeared.

The Empress Dowager's expression turned stiff instantly.

Today is Zhengdan!
It's the first day of the new year!
It’s the first day of the first year of Yuanyou!
The Cochin man slapped her on the face!

So, with a livid face, she took the side newspaper, read it, and was already furious.

"Jiaozhi thief, do you think there is no one in my court?"

The Empress Dowager was extremely angry at the moment.

In the eyes of the Empress Dowager, even the envoys from Beilu wanted to sing praises and say good things in front of her.

This time Xiao Qian, the Zhengdan envoy of Beilu, came to the palace yesterday to see the majesty. When he presented his credentials, he even said in front of the ministers: The empress dowager and the empress dowager's daughter are named after Yao and Shun. I and others have also done something in the capital. I heard that my lord, the Emperor of Liao Dynasty, even taught his ministers: The Empress Dowager of the Song Dynasty, the Empress Dowager protects the holy king, supports the young master, the Duke of Zhou among the women...

Of course, the Empress Dowager had no idea that the old emperor of Liao Kingdom praised her and Empress Dowager Xiang so much purely out of practical political interests-the old emperor was already old.

With each passing year, he ages one year.

Today, he is already the longest-lived monarch in the history of Liao Kingdom.

Naturally, he will be worried, fearful and afraid.

At this time, the news that the two heroines of the Song Dynasty came to court, raised and protected the young master, and continued to delegate power were reported back to the Liao Kingdom.

What would the Lord of Liao think?
Of course, I praise it vigorously!
Let this be used to tell the queens and concubines in the palace, as well as the nobles, Han people and officials - all watch and learn from it!

So, in the eyes of the Empress Dowager, this became—all the northern captives respected me, the Great Song Dynasty, because of their reputation and the reputation of the Empress Dowager!

Now, the little Jiaozhi jumped on her face and slapped her hard on the first day of the new year and the first day of the new year.

How can this be tolerated?
Even the Queen Mother couldn't bear it!
"Little Jiaozhi dares to join the bandits and kill our border residents and officials..." The Queen Mother said angrily: "If Jiaozhi is not shown some color, I'm afraid the Western bandits will follow suit!"

This time on Zhengdan, the Western thieves did not send envoys to the court.

This makes the hearts of the two palaces always hanging.

Now, on the first day of the new year, news came that the Cochin people had invaded.

In the opinion of Queen Mother Xiang, if she is not punished, she will shock everyone.

So, this is encouragement to the Western thieves!

Encourage them to join the invaders!

This is something that must never happen.

Zhao Xu was at the side, looking at the expressions of the two palaces, took the side newspaper, and then took a deep breath and said to the two palaces: "Mother, Queen Mother, this matter is probably not as simple as Jiaozhi being invaded... "

Empress Dowager Xiang immediately looked at Zhao Xu and asked, "What do the officials mean?"

Zhao Xu took the side newspaper and sighed: "Mother, Queen Mother, please look, this is an urgent report from Nong Zhihui, the guardian of Guihua Prefecture!"

"This is not signed by the Guangxi Economic and Strategy Department..."

"I'm afraid this is unusual!"

"I'm afraid that the Guangxi Economic and Strategy Department may conceal the report, hide the report, or even deliberately delay the report!"

As the two palaces listened, their expressions gradually became serious.

"In addition..." Zhao Xu pointed to the words attached to the side report by Nong Zhi Hui: "Nong Zhi Hui said that Guangyuan Prefecture was rich in gold in the past, and thousands of taels of gold could be mined every year!"

"Nong Zhihui also said: I heard that Yang Jingtong and others from Guangyuan Prefecture wrote poems, ridiculed our court, and even slandered Huang Kao... He actually said that Huang Kao was: because of greed, he lost Guangyuan gold..."

As Zhao Xu spoke, he grabbed the newspaper and his face turned red.

He had been preparing for today for more than half a month.

From last night to now, I have practiced it several times!
Yes, he had already read the side report of Nong Zhihui last night!
Guo Zhongxiao personally took it to Funing Hall and showed it to him - Guo Zhongxiao was the son of Guo Kui, the coach of the Southern Expedition back then!

So, the fact is that Zhao Xu has been preparing for the current performance since last night.

How could the two palaces know that they were very angry when they saw Zhao Xu's appearance, so they all said, "How dare the thief An do this?!"

Especially Queen Mother Xiang, she was almost furious!

Because of greed, Guangyuan gold was lost?
This is blasphemy and slander against the husband!
The late Emperor showed great mercy and returned Guangyuan, Jiaozhi and other places because of his pity that too many soldiers who were stationed in Guangyuan Prefecture died of barrier fever.

Now the people of Jiaozhi don't care about the kindness of the late emperor, but they actually make rude remarks, slander and slander the late emperor?
As the first wife of the late emperor, Queen Mother Xiang naturally couldn't bear it!

So, he asked the Empress Dowager: "Guan Guan, Madam, how should we decide this matter?"

"Are you sending an envoy to reprimand?"

Zhao Xu has been ready for a long time!

As soon as Empress Dowager Xiang finished speaking, he immediately said: "Send an envoy to reprimand me. I'm afraid there is a minister in Guangxi who is secretly colluding with Jiaozhi..."

The two palaces looked at him and asked the Queen Mother: "Why does Sixth Brother have such thoughts?"

The Department of Economic Affairs and Strategy is a civil servant. Why don’t civil servants believe it?
Zhao Xu said: "Mother, mother, do you still remember the incident in October when the imperial censor impeached Kyomoto on Jingdong Road and illegally ceded territory?" The two palaces thought for a while before they remembered that there seemed to be such a thing.

Zhao Xu said: "I remember that at that time, the imperial censor said that Xiongben sent the Yongjiang and Zuozangku envoys to inspect, and Xijing Zuozangku envoy Cheng Zhuo to negotiate. However, Cheng Zhuo went behind the emperor's back and went to the court to secretly demarcate the boundary with Li Wensheng of Jiaozhi and seize the territory. The six counties belonging to the Guihua Prefecture were cut off from Dong and Jiaozhi!"

The two palaces listened, recalled for a while, and finally remembered that there seemed to be such a thing.

But at that time, their energy was not focused on this at all, and they all felt that it was a barren and barren land, and it was no big deal to just cut it off.

I won’t pay attention anymore!

Now, Zhao Xu mentioned this matter again, and the expressions of the two palaces became serious.

Because the side newspaper in their hands did not have the signature of the Guangxi Economic and Strategy Department.

In other words, this can only mean that people from Guihua Prefecture feel that the Secretary of Economic Affairs cannot be trusted!
Why can't you believe it?

There must be a reason!
Zhao Xu observed the expressions of the two palaces, struck while the iron was hot, added fuel to the fire, and continued: "In addition, I wonder if the mother-in-law and the queen mother still remember what I said [-] days ago that there was a drought and no rain, and I was tossing and turning... I'm afraid... There is a military disaster..."

"Now, if something goes wrong in Guangxi, it may come true!"

Both palaces are confused. What else can little Jiaozhi do?

Are they worthy of becoming the scourge of the Song Dynasty?
Zhao Xu saw this and said: "Mother and Queen, you know that when the emperor was in the imperial examination, he once told me..."

"The Emperor Kao said: Jiaozhi is a small country and is not worth mentioning. However, once it is admitted to Huazhou, it will become another Western thief!"

"I didn't understand, so I asked Huang Kao why it was like this? Huang Kao then drew a map of Guangxi and taught me..."

"And he taught me: Guihua Prefecture is the place where Youjiang River controls the throat, and it is the key road to control the barbarians in Jiaozhi, Dali, and Jiudaobaiyi (the Hani tribe in today's Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan)!"

"If Jiaozhi can be brought back to Huazhou, then there will be no danger for our Youjiang River to be defended, and Jiaozhi can be given Dali's horse!"

"In this way, the little thief in Jiaozhi will become a big trouble in the long run!"

The two palaces looked serious as they listened.

Since taking charge of the government, the two palaces can often hear the reports of ministers from the ruling and opposition parties.

Among them, there was the most discussion about the Western Bandit, and among these discussions, the most regrettable thing for the scholar-officials was that during the Zhen Temple, they fell into the trap of the Western Bandit Li Deming's seemingly being submissive, which resulted in a catastrophic disaster!

Could it be that the current Jiaozhi will also become the new Western thieves in the future?

Zhao Xu looked at the two palaces and knew that the heat was almost there, so he took the side report of Nong Zhihui, pretended to have just seen it, and said to the two palaces: "Mother, queen... the Jiaozhi people are the contemporary Western thieves." ah!"

"Mother, Queen, look at this poem..."

The two palaces looked down and saw a poem in the appendix of Nong Zhihui written by Li Changjie, the Grand Lieutenant of Jiaozhi, the General of the Fu Kingdom, and the Shangzhu Kingdom under Tong Zhongshu.

At first, the two palaces were so angry that they didn't look carefully.

Now that Zhao Xu pointed it out, his eyes suddenly turned red.

That’s not how you ride on your face!
What is 'Nanguoshan Henan Imperial Residence'?
What is 'completely determined in the Book of Heaven'?
When they see how the enemy invades, you will be defeated in vain.

My head is buzzing and I can no longer sit still.

"What a thief!" Xiang Queen Mother shouted.

Because she had already seen the introduction of Nong Zhihui - this Jiaozhi thief Chang Jie made during the Holy Dynasty Xining's southern expedition.

This is no longer a slap in the face, it is completely a provocation!

Especially for Empress Dowager Xiang - if they knew that Jiaozhi was so domineering and disobedient and would not be punished, then all the barbarians in the world would look down on the Song Dynasty!

Coupled with the fact that Cochin people will cause trouble in the two palaces on the first day of the new year.

Superimposed on Zhao Xu’s conclusive teachings from the Imperial Examination.

Coupled with Zhao Xu's threats - Jiaozhi may become a serious national disaster in the future!
At the same time, the two palaces also remembered the past when Jiaozhi invaded Guangxi and killed and plundered the officials and people of the Song Dynasty before Xining's southern expedition.

I have no doubts about Zhao Xu's words.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t believe it – what if Cochin turns out to be a serious problem in the future, but they fail to take timely action, causing disaster for their descendants.

This will be recorded heavily in youth history.

It may also make the official family (sixth brother) dissatisfied and complain, which will affect the future of the descendants of the Gao family and the Xiang family!

In addition, both palaces despised Jiaozhi and did not think that the people of Jiaozhi could cause any great harm to the Song Dynasty.

As long as the elites of the Song Dynasty arrive, they will naturally flee.

Therefore, the Queen Mother first said: "These thieves must not be spared lightly!"

"Come here, tell Di Yong to enter the palace!"

"Send someone to the capital hall again and invite all the ministers to the palace!"

The crime of not letting her live in Jiaozhi on the first day of the new year is already serious.

What's more, he was so ambitious that he pretended to be submissive and went to slander and slander the Song Dynasty in private!
Never let it go lightly!
must be severely punished!

　Note: Guangyuan Prefecture had a huge rich gold mine in the Northern Song Dynasty, which has not been exhausted after more than a hundred years of mining.

　　It was the existence of this rich gold mine that allowed Nong Zhigao to dare to found a country!

　　Then he was beaten by mixed doubles.

　　Note 2: During the Southern Song Dynasty, because they lost the north, they could only buy Dali horses from Guangxi.

　　PS: I’ll write [-] today, and I’ll have to save the manuscript starting tomorrow, because the author will have a long trip on the [-]th.I won't be back until the [-]th.

　　When typing in other places, I might only be able to write two chapters at most in one day.

　　I can only save some manuscripts and guarantee three chapters a day.

　　If you owe money, wait until the author comes back before you start paying it back
　　
　
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