The struggle of the reborn prince

Gao Chong completed what he wanted in one go and handed it over to Zhao Lishen to see that he had his support, so the two joined forces to play Pegasus and send it to the capital, and the rest was waiting anxiously.Generals who are good at discussing state affairs have always been tabooed by the Song Dynasty, especially generals like them who lead troops abroad. Even with good intentions, it is easy to make people think of the self-respect of supporting soldiers and separatist overseas. It will cause a storm, not to mention that Xiliao sent troops to interfere, and their own people recalled them.

Although he was worried about being impeached by the courtiers, Gao Chong did not give up his idea. Of course, he did not dare to set up prefectures and counties to appoint local officials. Wouldn't it be that he labeled himself a rebel.Therefore, he can only start from the most basic things. After following the emperor for so many years, he still knows that the emperor started his career by farming, and that agriculture and animal husbandry are the foundation of a place's development. The lack of facilities, especially in this semi-arid area, the perfect water conservancy facilities guarantee farmers' income and agricultural development, especially providing a strong guarantee against natural disasters.

Therefore, Gao Chong took dredging the canals as the top priority in the construction of Zhenzhou. According to the local conditions, when constructing the canals, he adopted the plan of main canals first and then branch canals. Considering the poor land of the local people, he asked the army to support the construction of agricultural and water conservancy projects, and they were responsible for the main canals. , the local people are responsible for branching canals.In order to mobilize people of all ethnic groups to participate in the construction of water conservancy projects, they also introduced the inland method of labor-for-relief, recruiting people in the name of the military commander's mansion of the Western Expedition, building channels, and distributing food to the people as compensation after the autumn harvest.

Considering that the local people only knew Khitan and not Chinese characters, the Shuaifu promulgated a law requiring that all announcements, grain and tax lists, and contract documents be written in both Khitan and Chinese.Make it clear to the local people at a glance, so as to prevent the farmers and herdsmen from bullying ordinary people who don't know Chinese characters and blackmailing them at will.at the same time.Gao Chong also carried out a strict rectification of the local officialdom, cleaning up all the powerful landlords who oppressed the people.A series of measures have stimulated the enthusiasm of the local people to develop production.The situation is becoming more and more favorable to Da Song...

Two months later, the Western Expeditionary Army helped the local people build 400 main canals and more than [-] branch canals, which greatly improved the basic conditions of local agricultural and animal husbandry production. The longest main canal was called "Gaogong Canal" by the locals. To commemorate.Facing the excellent situation in front of him, Gao Chong couldn't be happy. It was snowing outside the Great Wall in August, and if the army continued to march, it still needed to climb two mountains. If it didn't move, it would have to wait for the next year.

"Report to the Commander. The supervising army, please return to your residence quickly!" Just as Gao Chong was staring at Nangui Feiyan in a daze, a personal soldier flew to report.

"Oh, when did you get so anxious?" Gao Chong asked, frowning.

"Commander, the imperial envoy has arrived and is waiting at the commander's mansion!" The soldier replied.

"The imperial envoy has arrived, why did you report it!" Gao Chong was taken aback, the imperial envoy's visit was equivalent to the emperor's arrival in person, and they had to go out of the city ten miles to meet them, but he didn't know until now that everyone had arrived at the commander-in-chief's mansion.Don't you commit the crime of deceiving the king.

"Marshal, the imperial envoy has never had a guard of honor, only a dozen or so followers, and no prior notification. Therefore, everyone does not know when the imperial envoy will enter the city." Seeing Gao Chong's unkind expression, the guard shrank his neck in fright and explained. .

"Who is coming?" Gao Chong asked again, if the old brothers could still play around.I wouldn't blame him for his lack of etiquette. What I fear most are those civil servants who have a lot of things.

"Report to Commander. I don't know it, but it is said that it is Mr. Chen Dongchen, Yushi Zhongcheng!" The soldier looked up at Gao Chong and replied cautiously.

"How could it be him? Sigh. It's a blessing, not a disaster, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided!" Gao Chong's frown deepened, his worries became reality, and his performance must have caused the trouble.

But the matter seems to be more serious than Gao Chong thought, this Yushitai is specialized in investigating and punishing lawless officials, and Chen Dong is a well-known ghost in the court, no matter how close he is, it will be bad luck for him to catch the pigtails.But splashing water is hard to stop, and I also thought that such a result might happen, anyway, the matter has come to this point, I can only face it, I think the emperor will not kill me because of my past affection, at most I will lose my job and be dismissed that's all...

"Master Chen, I am unable to greet you in person, please forgive me!" Gao Chong returned to the commander's mansion and saw someone sitting in the hall, Zhao Li was drinking tea with him, and it was none other than Yushi Zhongcheng Chen Dong, although he had already washed But it is still hard to hide the exhaustion. It seems that this journey has been very hard.

"Shuai Gao doesn't need to be too polite, he is ready to receive the order!" Chen Dong said with a calm face, bowing his hands and returning the salute.

Gao Chong felt cold when he saw Chen Dong's indifferent attitude. Although the two of them didn't have a deep friendship, after all, they had been ministers in the same palace for many years, and they met thousands of miles away from their homeland. , it must not be a good thing, otherwise it would not be this attitude.Feeling up and down, but etiquette is essential, after Gao Chong washed and changed his clothes, the incense table had already been set up in the hall.

"Minister Gao Chong accepts the decree!" Gao Chong was willing to go all out anyway, knelt down and kowtowed loudly after offering incense.

"I'm so relieved!"

"Master Chen..." Hearing the first sentence was not bad, Gao Chong felt a little relieved, but he knelt on the ground with his buttocks up and waited for a long time but there was nothing to say. He raised his head and asked suspiciously.

"Gao Shuai accepted the order and thank you!" Chen Dong had already rolled up the imperial order, holding it in his hands and waiting for him to receive it.

"This... the minister accepts the order, long live, long live, long live!" Seeing that Zhao Li nodded with a smile to signal him to accept the order quickly, Gao Chong knew that his junior was always too lazy to write, but this was so far away that someone gave it to him. It's too much to bring four words by myself!

"Master Chen, does Your Majesty have any other orders?" Gao Chong got up and took the imperial decree, opened it to see that there were only four words, and asked in puzzlement.

"Your Majesty has no other orders!" Chen Dong shook his head and said, there was still no smile on his face.

"Master Chen, I am stupid, and I still don't understand the holy meaning, please explain a little bit!" Gao Chong was even more confused, not sure if these four words were a compliment to him, or dissatisfied with what he did?If it's a compliment, but he didn't clarify his next move; if he's dissatisfied, what's the point of sending such a person to preach.

"Haha..." Zhao Li and Chen Dong laughed together seeing Gao Chong's embarrassing appearance, but it made him even more confused.

"Gao Shuai, Your Majesty's will has been made clear, and I highly appreciate your strategy of managing Mobei. I praised you in front of the ministers as a rare general with both civil and military skills in the Song Dynasty. I have ordered Shang Shuxing to implement it. This book The official came here and saw that you have already made the first move, which saved me a lot of effort, thank you in advance!" Chen Dong said after laughing enough.

"It turns out that Mr. Chen can also joke, but he scared me into a cold sweat, thinking that His Majesty sent an adult to investigate me!" Gao Chong then said with a sigh of relief, "How can I save my energy? speak?"

"Marshal, no matter how good the strategy is, there must be someone to implement it. Master Chen volunteered to ask His Majesty to take charge of Mobei, and has been appointed by His Majesty as the Northwest Road System Envoy to manage Mobei!" Zhao Li said with a smile after taking the words.

"Oh, then congratulations to Mr. Chen, but why did you come here alone?" Gao Chong cupped his hands in congratulations and said with a smile. The class teacher returned to the court, and the vigorous Western Expedition ended in such an anticlimactic manner.

"Hehe, I need a lot of guidance from the commander-in-chief when I'm new here! Originally, it would take a few days to select officials and mobilize the army, but His Majesty was worried that the military plane would be delayed, so I had to rush on the road to pass the order, and the follow-up brigade It will arrive soon, I am just one step ahead!" Chen Dong replied with a smile.

"Well, so that's the case, once the brigade arrives, the commander-in-chief can return to the court to hand over orders!" Gao Chong said sadly, he was still lucky, thinking that the emperor would use the commander's mansion as a team to manage Mobei, I heard from Chen Dongyi that he had completely lost his thoughts.

"Gao Shuai may not be able to go back for a while, the Privy Council has ordered the Western Expeditionary Army to continue to attack Gaochang from the west!" Chen Dong waved his hands, and asked for a letter box from the entourage behind him, and handed it to Gao Chong.

"Great, if Xixia hadn't broken the contract, our army would have already marched to the south of Tianshan Mountain by now!" Gao Chong slapped his thigh and cried out.

"It's not that simple. The westward movement was stopped because of a major event that happened in the court, and it has just subsided..." Chen Dong told the two of them the whole story of the abdication incident, explaining the risks at that time, but fortunately, the unrest has subsided cause a big shock.

"It turns out that someone wanted to kill the emperor, and fortunately they stopped in time, otherwise I would lead the army back to the country to suppress the rebellion and kill them all!" Gao Chong was furious after hearing this.

"Calm down, Commander-in-Chief. Your Majesty is worried that you will not be able to hold your breath so you have not informed us so as not to affect the plan of the Western Expedition. Now Your Majesty has sent envoys to Xixia to question why he broke the contract, and he is also worried that the winter in the Northwest will be snowed early and the mountains will be difficult to cross. A big mountain missed the opportunity of the war, so I sent my official to take over the affairs of Zhenzhou day and night!" Chen Dong quickly changed the subject, he knew that these two people had a very special relationship with the emperor, what happened really caused it? Not easy to clean up.

"Your Majesty is planning a strategy to win a decisive victory thousands of miles away. All these things have been thought of!" Zhao Li and Gao Chong looked at each other and said that they had thought of something with the emperor.

"Your Majesty has one more thing to tell you. I want you to convey it to the Commander-in-Chief and the Supervising Army." Chen Dong said with a smile, feeling that the reason why the Emperor was able to quell the turmoil smoothly and forced Jin to make peace was not because of his luck, but because of his careful planning. Design, with every aspect of things considered, is ready before danger befalls.

"Your Majesty still has instructions, Mr. Chen, please tell me!" Gao Chong said respectfully.

"Your Majesty thinks that a battle with Xiliao is inevitable, but we have to treat them differently..." Chen Dong truthfully relayed the emperor's words to the two... (to be continued...)