Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 334: Rejecting rumors that Zhe Zong ruined the memorial, King Zhongshan returned to the throne victoriously
But some people are happy, and some people are sad.

The ones who are worried are the merchants in Song and Liao, as well as the Queen Mother's party.

Because of the war between Song and Liao, both sides closed their business areas, making it impossible for these businessmen to go out to do business, which cut off their financial resources. Naturally, they felt unhappy. After all, if you smuggle an old wild ginseng from the Jurchen tribe and sell it to the Han Dynasty, you can get ten times or even twenty times the profit. The salt, tea, and iron ore from the Han region were secretly trafficked to the Jurchen tribe, which was also valuable.

Now that the two countries are at war, the war is in chaos and they can no longer do business as before. Naturally, they are not happy.

As for the Queen Mother's party, they are worried that the power of the main war faction in North Korea and China will become stronger because of this victory. In the past, their right to speak in the court would be overshadowed by the voices of the main militant faction.

This weakened the influence of the civil servant group in the DPRK.

This time the Song army led by Zhao Mu and King Zhongshan achieved a great victory, and the Liao army could even be said to be vulnerable.

This time, the appeasement faction no longer talked about whether to start a war. Instead, they changed a routine, that is, the ancestral arts of civil servants can "advance slander" and "reduce military power."

Just after Emperor Zhezong finished offering sacrifices to his ancestors in the temple, he received a lot of "loyal words of advice" and "frank words of advice" on his dragon book table.

And all these admonishing officials reminded Zhezong to be careful that the King of Zhongshan, the "master of great power," might have a "disobedient heart."

Even if Zhao Mu really usurped the throne one day, Zhezong would only wonder if he had done something bad and caused any major losses to the country.

Everyone petitioned the emperor to seize the military power of King Zhongshan as soon as possible.

Now Zhe Zong can be regarded as having 100% trust in Zhao Mu.

Zhao Mu and King Zhongxiao stayed on the border for more than half a month. After finally consolidating all the results, Zhao Mu and King Zhongxiao led a small number of soldiers and horses back to the court.

However, in their eyes, Zhao Mu was much more dangerous than Di Qing. This was because Zhao Mu was a legitimate descendant of Taizu and a descendant of the clan. He has the natural qualification to inherit the throne.

Although Di Qing was also a master of great achievements at the beginning, he was just a military commander with a military background. No matter how great he was, they could only compare him to Peng Yue and Han Xin.

However, after Emperor Zhezong briefly read these memorials, he threw them directly into the wastebasket without even approving them.

Zhezong may have had some doubts about Zhao Mu before, but they were only doubts about his ability, not his loyalty.

On the way back to the court, Zhezong had already sent people to rush at a speed of 800 miles, ordering all prefectures and counties to approach the labor force.

If it weren't for the Song Dynasty's ancestral system of not punishing admonishment officials, Zhezong would really like to reward each of them with twenty royal sticks.

This time, their words were much more intense than the one with Di Qing.

Therefore, the officials of the Song Dynasty compared Zhao Mu to Wang Mang, Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, Sima Zhao and others. One of them even directly quoted the allusion "Everyone knows Sima Zhao's heart."

Everywhere Zhao Mu and others went, they were warmly welcomed by local officials and people. Just like that, he returned to the capital.

Compared with the last time Zhao Mu got married and welcomed the Dali country's pro-envoys. This time, Master Wang's triumphant reception was even more grand.

This was the Song Dynasty's first great victory in a foreign war, and it even conquered two of the sixteen states of Yanyun. This must be celebrated grandly. Just three days before Zhao Mu and others arrived, the entire Bianliang City began to be laid out. Loess paving the roads and splashing clean water on the streets were essential. The city is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, making it even more lively than the Chinese New Year.

And this time no one underestimated Zhao Mu anymore. Especially Gao Shengtai and Duan Zhengchun, both of them felt relieved. Fortunately, they chose to believe Zhao Mu and chose the most correct plan. If they had hesitated a little at that time, their pledge to Dali would have to be paid for again. Flow east.

Just before Zhao Mu returned, Gao Mei had already sent the details of the battle to his two fathers. Duan Zhengchun and others were surprised by Zhao Mu's amazing force value.

The forward battalion of the Liao Kingdom, which could kill one person with one sword, even killed King Yelu Yanping of Jin and captured the vanguard general Xiao Ye and the King of Nanyuan alive. And this is only in a short day and night.

They all now feel that Zhao Mu was not bragging at first. The Song Dynasty was really just recuperating its strength over the years. Now that the time is ripe, it is also an opportunity to use the topic to attack the Liao Kingdom. He completely magnified a small matter and took the opportunity to start a war with Liao.

When Zhao Mu led the honor guard into the city, in addition to the sound of silver bells on the flags, there was also the sound of drum music specially prepared by the Ministry of Rites.

Zhezong also stood on the tower of the Meridian Gate just like when he saw off the troops that day.

This time Zhezong still received everyone who returned in triumph with the courtesy of demotion.

Needless to say, this wedding banquet was much grander than the marriage ceremony.

Zhezong even used the pretext of victory to grant amnesty to the whole world. He released all those who had committed small sins that did not lead to death. The most important thing is to prepare to open Enke to get the soldiers. Select a group of people who are not cliques and replace those who are not obedient in the court to carry out the military reform that Zhao Mu had proposed before.

After the banquet, the uncle and nephew had a lot to discuss. Zhao Mu did not go back to the palace directly, but stayed in the palace directly.

Jie Feng's big banquet was over, but the small banquet in the palace garden was still "music playing and dancing."

Emperor Zhao Mu and Emperor Zhezong watched the singing and dancing outside the pavilion and poured wine to drink.

Zhezong raised his wine glass and said: "Uncle Emperor, with this glass of wine, I wish you a great victory. This battle not only demonstrated the national prestige of our Song Dynasty, but also took back the land that Emperor Taizong had never taken back. Uncle Emperor Emperor He can be called the number one hero of our Song Dynasty!"

Zhao Mu stood up, picked up the wine glass and said, "Haha, all this is just relying on His Majesty's divine power."

Before Zhao Mu had finished flattering him, Zhe Zong waved his hand and said, "Uncle Emperor, there are only two of you and my uncle and nephew at the moment. There is no need to say these words in a scene. It makes my ears hurt to hear them."

Zhao Mu smiled and said: "Haha, Your Majesty. I am not flattering you. If Your Majesty hadn't trusted me, withstood the pressure from the court, and given me the greatest independent power, I would not be able to use it even if I have extraordinary abilities. Come out. My victory this time is entirely due to your Majesty's trust and support. I said that I rely on your Majesty's power. Is this just a show of words? It is better than the military gods Li Jing and Li Ji. If there is no strong support from a wise king like Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, How can they achieve unparalleled achievements?"

Hearing this, Zhe Zong laughed and said, "Hahaha, the emperor's uncle is the emperor's uncle. Not only is he highly skilled in martial arts, he is also very eloquent."

Although Zhezong knew that Zhao Mu was flattering him in different ways, Zhao Mu could always find a suitable reason when flattering him.

After Zhezong finished laughing, the uncle and nephew drank all the wine in their glasses.

Zhezong put down his wine glass and said, "Okay, uncle, we will talk about the rest later. Let us, uncle and nephew, talk about serious matters first."

(End of this chapter)