The struggle of the reborn prince

Everyone has a dream, and now the emperor of the Song Dynasty and several powerful officials have dreams: the emperor's dream is to expand the territory, recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and become the most accomplished emperor in the history of the Song Dynasty. Girls, the best things in the world are collected in the palace; the prodigal prime minister Li Bangyan wants to "play football all over the world, enjoy flowers all over the world, and be an official all over the world"; First, he was the prime minister of the court; Wang Fu went to Xiangguo Temple to burn incense when he first became an official. A bunch of huge official positions!" Since then, it has become the great motivation for him to pursue progress.upload update

Now, Wang Fu, who is just over 40 years old, was recommended by Liang Shicheng as the second chancellor. Due to his low qualifications, the former rank official was just a general counselor, and he was promoted to eight ranks in succession. This was never before when the Song Dynasty appointed a prime minister. .That ignorant and frivolous young man, Cai You, who was far behind his father, was so good at flattering and flattering that he even offered his wife to share with the emperor. Of course, the emperor also favored him. Incomparably favored, promoted from time to time by leapfrogging, he has opened the third division of the government and the same position as the ambassador; the rising star Li Bangyan also relied on his feet and golden voice to be promoted to the chief player of the Royal Football Team of the Song Dynasty. .Everyone is still one step away from their dreams, but this step is far away, and everyone needs a breakthrough. . .

Tong Guan fought in the northwest for 20 years, regained Hehuang, and occupied the Hengshan line.The cunning rabbit is dead, why keep a dog?How delicious it is to cook!There are evidences of the fate of heroes such as Han Xin in the distance, and Shi Shouxin in the dynasty near him. It is said that his best choice at this time is to retire after success, ask the emperor for more gold, silver, fertile fields and beauties, and find a seclusion in a paradise with green mountains and green waters. , Enjoy your old age.However, Tong Guan didn't want to be marginalized so quickly and squeezed out by his political opponents, because he still had a dream in his heart.

In fact, Tong Guan has created a record in the history of eunuchs: the eunuch who held the army for the longest time in Chinese history; the eunuch who controlled the largest military power in Chinese history; the eunuch who won the highest title in Chinese history;But he still struggled to dream of becoming the first eunuch to be crowned king in history, and erected a monument that no one has ever seen before. !.

The best way for soldiers to succeed is through war.Tong Guan knows his cards well.In the Shenzong dynasty, he was just an unknown eunuch, and he was able to rise to the top of the military rank because of the war. He used the blood of tens of millions of soldiers and common people.Paved the way to success.And if Tong Guan wants to realize his dream, the only choice is to launch a war, take back his homeland, establish military exploits, and win the favor of the emperor.War is a job that the little boys in the court can't do.Only in war can he defeat his political opponents and pursue his dreams!

For his own dream, Tong Guan wanted to take a gamble. As for who to fight with, Tong Guan had already chosen Liao, the "state of brothers", because everyone had no psychological burden to fight Liao.Including Huang.It boils down.It is nothing more than the following three reasons that played a major role: one is the long-cherished wish of the dynasty, the other is the sense of humiliation in reality, and the third is the mentality of taking advantage of the fire and taking advantage of opportunities.He has been planning this for years.The reason that prompted Tong Guan to implement the Northern Expedition as soon as possible at this time was also the change in the political arena.

Tong Guan has been fighting abroad for many years, and Liang Shicheng took the opportunity to build up his prestige in the palace step by step.He passed the scientific examination and became a Jinshi.He entered the political arena as a refined eunuch and literati, showing extraordinary skills.Daojun found another bosom friend similar to Cai Jing.The young minister Wang Fu, who was gaining power, called him Mr. Enfu.Be filial to godfather.The mansions of the two are next to each other, and there is a small door, the one walking around is warm.Now they are joining hands to suppress Tong Guan and Cai Jing and his sons, and the political power is gradually being monopolized by them. Some of the ministers who plan to conquer Liao believe that this plan is very risky, so there are very loud voices of opposition, including Wang Fu and Liang Shicheng , Li Bangyan et al.

Tong Guan then quickly repaired the gradually cooling relationship with Cai Jing, re-established the alliance, and let him support him in the expedition against Liao in exchange for jointly dealing with their political enemies.The situation involved a lot of twists and turns, and the two sides argued for a long time, and the emperor could not make a decision. In the end, a minister suggested that Emperor Tianzuo should use the appearance of Emperor Tianzuo to decide whether to send troops to conquer Liao, and the emperor agreed.It is self-evident as to who put forward the opinion, so the court sent a very accurate painter to go to the Liao Kingdom as an envoy, sneak into the palace to meet Emperor Tianzuo, keep his appearance in mind, and immediately paint and bring it back in the palace.

This battle against the Liao Dynasty is a gamble, Tong Guan is the banker, and the gamblers are the emperor and the gang of Song Zaizhi.The emperor's bet is his own country and countless people. Tong Guan and a group of courtiers have suppressed his own future and wealth. If he wins, he will realize his dream. This can be said to be the biggest gambling game in history, and this portrait is the first card that has not yet been opened on the gaming table.

In the eyes of gamblers, gambling is the greatest and most exciting activity in the world, and it is a superb performance art.Gambling fires your poor, dull, aging imagination, and it's easy and easy to earn!Wealth can reflect one's own extraordinary value. Wealth is lost and gained suddenly, and fate is full of joy and sorrow. How enjoyable it is.

There are two kinds of people who love this activity the most: one is the poor, in order to get rich and reverse their own destiny, they especially like money, but they have no other way to make money, so they hope to turn around through gambling.The other kind is rich and powerful, such as emperors, high-ranking officials, etc., who are rich in the world, but they also love gambling.This is especially evident in China, where Chinese people like to gamble more than foreigners.Huge lottery sales, hundreds of millions of shareholders, isn't it all gambling in essence?

People's status is different, and the resources they have are different, which determines that each person's chips are different.Common people play mahjong and poker, betting one yuan or even a few cents per game.Big money and bosses may use tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions as betting units, while emperors and kings use land, wealth, and beautiful women as bargaining chips to place right bets. If they win, all of these will belong to themselves in an instant , What a tempting activity!

The portrait was quickly produced, and the card was turned over. After analysis by many physiognomy masters and gods, it was asserted that Emperor Tianzuo was born with a subjugated appearance.At this time, some onlookers said to Wang Fu: "The card is good. If you want to achieve a great event, it will not be difficult to reach the status of Mrs. Cai."What's the big deal?It is to unite Jin to destroy Liao and recover Yanyun.However, the state affairs of the Liao State were not improved, and under the attack of the Jin State, they were like dead trees and rotten plants, vulnerable to a single blow. It was at this time that a man made great achievements and promoted his official career.The imperial court was boiling, and Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng, Li Bangyan and others turned the bow and actively advocated uniting with the Kingdom of Jin to discuss the Liao Dynasty, officially entering the game.The faction in favor has obviously become the majority, and it is difficult to think otherwise.

So everything went smoothly. In the first month of the first year of Xuanhe, when Jin envoy Li Shanqing and others arrived in Kaifeng, the capital of Song Dynasty, as a gesture of goodwill, Song granted Li Shanqing and other Jin envoys official positions in Song Dynasty and gave them salaries. Attack Liao and regain the lost land of Yanyun.It was also decided to use Zhao Youkai, Ma Zheng, etc. as envoys to cross the sea with Li Shanqing and others to apply for employment with Jin with gifts from the edict, so as to form a good relationship with Jin and jointly attack Liao Dynasty.But just after Zhao Youkai left Kaifeng and arrived in Dengzhou, Zhao Youkai died of illness suddenly, and he hurriedly sent another envoy.This is just a small episode, but at this time the ambitious Tong Guan has encountered real trouble.

Of course, Tong Guan’s troubles did not refer to the defeat of Tong’an. Although Liu Fa fell off a cliff and was beheaded by Xia Zu, and the Song army lost [-] soldiers, Tong Guan actually didn’t take it seriously because he was deeply slandered as an official. Dao, better understanding of Sheng's temper.Zhenwu City broke the siege, and Xia Jun sent the battle report as soon as he retreated from Tongguan. Needless to say, concealing the defeat, even the annihilation of Liu Fa's entire army was fabricated into an unprecedented victory. Brother's one hundred thousand army was defeated and left.

He is not worried that everyone is not a fool, he knows the real situation on the front line in his heart, but the official rules are like this, what everyone knows is tacit to each other, don't tell the truth, otherwise you will be regarded as a different kind, The emperor is easy to deal with, he likes to listen to good words, whoever speaks well can be promoted to the rank, and he hates his ministers to expose the political abuses, whoever tells the truth will suffer disaster, it is a "confused car" .Taking advantage of the great victory in the Northwest, the courtiers congratulated the Biao, flattered the Emperor, and celebrated the great "victory" of the empire again. Could the Emperor be unhappy? This is the goal that the fathers did not achieve. All the ministers Tong Guan was promoted to Taifu, and it is said that he has been appointed to be in charge of the Privy Council, and he can take office only after returning to Beijing.

Tong Guan’s trouble comes from Prince Yan Zhao Tun. At first he just wanted Zhao Tun to help him break the siege of Zhenwu City, but he didn’t expect that this ‘second-hand guy’ would become bigger and bigger, besieging Fengzhou, it’s a plan to besiege Wei and save Zhao , understandable; after Brother Cha withdrew from the siege, Xia Guo didn't want to fight anymore, so he sent someone to contact him to ask for peace, and the emperor agreed, but under such a good situation, he killed the birthday envoy who sent Liao from Xixia. Xia Guohuang's face, the peace talks mission that had already arrived at his own camp also terminated the talks, causing Brother Cha to lead the army to the east and lose the state. It's fine if you lose Hezhou and win Fengzhou.

The problem is that this kid still doesn't want to stop now, and the more he played, he blocked Brother Cha in Zhuolunchuan, secretly attacked Xiazhou City, and today he sent a letter asking him to send troops to take Henan and Xingzhou together.It turns out that this kid also has his own dream, but if he fulfills him, he will be farther and farther away from his dream. . .To be continued. .