Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Give Yongzhou a farewell, order the supervising army to monitor, and give 50 yuan." Zhenzong said, "Prime Minister, just draw up the decree, and send it to Zhang Chonggui as soon as possible after he writes a reply letter."

"Yes, Your Majesty"

Shinzong said, "Recently, the Privy Council and the Ministry of War have also sent several reports, which are all good things."

"May I ask Your Majesty, is it a battle report?"

"Emperor brother, take a look." Zhenzong picked up the report, Defang got up and took it and looked at it one by one, and Li Hang also looked at it closely. , this congratulatory gift is precious, hehehe"

It turned out that the reports in several memorials were all about the submission of people from border towns, namely: Jingyuan Road reported the surrender of the Wang family, Li family, and Yan family to the imperial court; Shi and Xizhou reported the 45 chiefs of the Hexi Fan tribe Li Shangmo and others led his subordinates to submit to the imperial court; Tian Wenshan, the commander of the rebel army with five surnames in Gaozhou, submitted to the imperial court.

"Your Majesty" Defang said, "The Fan tribe has special customs, which are very different from the Han people in the Central Plains, and it is quite difficult to control them. Therefore, the imperial court mainly focuses on non-disturbance and appeasement. For decades, the results have been remarkable. Most of the Fan tribes have surrendered. The imperial court and the Fan Han are living together, and there is no dispute and exclusion, and at this time there are many surrenders, and I believe that there will be more Fan people in the border towns."

"It will be like this." Zhenzong was very happy, "I have drawn up an imperial edict to grant official positions to the leaders of the king, raccoon, and Yan tribes; in addition, Gaozhou will be abolished, and the commander Tian Wenshan will be rewarded with gold, silver and jade belts. By the way, the 45 tribes of the Hexi tribe sent As the envoys pay tribute, I plan to order Kou Zhun, the third envoy, to meet him in the inner city, oh, yes, Kou Zhun remembered his previous memorial, saying that Zheng Wenbao, deputy envoy of Hedong Transshipment, is familiar with both sides and can be appointed."

"Zheng Wenbao." De Fang nodded, "I do know this person, and I have met him several times."

"Oh? Brother Huang, have you seen him?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, Zheng Wenbao's name is Zhongxian, he is the son of Zheng Yanhua, the general of Zuoqianniuwei. In the Southern Tang Dynasty, Zheng Wenbao's father shaded the official school secretary, and he worshiped Xu Xuan, then Minister of the Ministry of Officials, as his teacher; Zheng Wenbao became a Jinshi in the eighth year of Taiping Xingguo, and he served as the master of martial arts; in the second year of Chunhua, he was transferred to Dianzhongcheng, and was ordered to go to Sichuan and Shaanxi to be in charge of taxation. When the Guangwu garrison in Kuizhou rebelled, Zheng Wenbao personally led the army to travel at night by boat. For hundreds of miles, the rebel army was wiped out in one fell swoop. During the Xianping period, Li Jiqian attacked and disturbed the border town. Zheng Wenbao was appointed as a member of the Ministry of Industry, a foreigner and an army transfer envoy, to quell the rebellion. He led his troops to attack Qingyuan under snow, defeated Li Jiqian in one fell swoop, and relieved Lingwu. Wei. Zheng Wenbao is not only capable of being an official, but also good at seal script. He learned piano from Taichang Chancellor Cui Zundu. He is famous for his poems. Han Xizai, a member of the Ministry of Officials in the Tang Dynasty, was as famous as Han Xizai, and Jiangdong called him "Han Xu"." Defang said, "At that time, he and his father came to Beijing from Jinling in the Southern Tang Dynasty. The minister was in charge of sorting out their official status. I heard that he was good at poetry, so I have met several times and heard that he is compiling "Jiang Biao Zhi" and "Recent Events of the Southern Tang Dynasty" about the Southern Tang Dynasty, and he is quite talented."

"It turns out that this time Kou Zhun made a great contribution." Zhenzong said, "The soldiers of the Menglong Army guarding Huanqing have not changed their defenses for seven years. Because of the war, they often cannot receive their monthly salary. They are homesick and dissatisfied. The feelings gradually increased, and there were signs of chaos. After Zheng Wenbao found out, he was very sympathetic to the officers and soldiers, and decided to borrow the state government treasury silver to pay the army first to stabilize the army. It will not increase the burden on the people,