King of Song

Chapter 544
When will the bright moon shine on me?
This is indeed Wang Anshi's emotion and expectation from the bottom of his heart. Leaving Bianjing has too much helplessness. If it is an aboveboard failure, that's all.

He had to accept it, but he didn't believe it in his bones, so he was not convinced.Reform, how can you give up so easily?

Especially what Zhao Xu said before leaving gave him hope, maybe one day, there is a possibility of going back.It was precisely because of this consideration that he spared no effort to push Lu Huiqing up.I just hope that this student can hold on to the foundation of the reform and plan for the future!
But Lu Huiqing didn't seem to think so. When he heard Wang Anshi's emotion, he just sneered coldly.Once upon a time, the teacher-student friendship between them had been broken, but Wang Anshi never noticed it.

The reason why Lu Huiqing stayed by Wang Anshi's side was to stabilize her position and power and wait for this day to come!
Shen Zhizhengshi, who was born as a Jinshi in the second year of Jiayou, unexpectedly managed to reach this point. He has already surpassed those of his same year, and became a leader, the leader of the entire Song Dynasty.

Although the deputy prime minister is the last among the eight princes of the two governments, he is the leader of the new party. With the firm support of the emperor behind him, his position is naturally unshakable.

The most important thing is power, which Lu Huiqing has been waiting for for a long time.With power, you can be superior, and you can get revenge!
As for the friendship between teachers and students, it has long been left behind.Wang Anshi is dead, and if he leaves, he will never come back.

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Lin Zhao also heard about this and just smiled.

After all, Wang Anshi was unwilling!But leaving this time, many things are already doomed.

When will the bright moon shine on me? In the original history, not long after the first prime minister was dismissed, Wang Anshi once recovered.It's just that it didn't take long before the prime minister was dismissed for the second time, and he completely left the power center of the Song Dynasty.

Now this time, what will happen to Wang Anshi?Will there be a possibility of being a phase again?

Perhaps, as he said in his own poem, it is impossible for the spring breeze to green the south bank of the river!
But it doesn't matter anymore, the end result is the same.

This time due to the drought, Lin Zhao is undoubtedly the winner!
Forcing Wang Anshi away, Zhao Xu's strength was undoubtedly hit hard.His hesitation in dismissing his prime minister was a huge blow to his image of being wise and martial, and the officials were dissatisfied.As for the lightning strike on Funing Hall, it had a huge impact on the emperor's prestige.This kind of thing will be recorded in the annals of history, and maybe it will be criticized by people in future generations.

All in all, Zhao Xu suffered a considerable loss in both prestige and strength.On Lin Zhao's side, not to mention the placement of some "confidants", Shao Yong's attachment is undoubtedly the biggest gain.

Inadvertently, a large net has been formed around Lin Zhao, and the characters in the net may not be known to him, but they have inevitably leaned on his side.

The balance of strength has changed again, and the day of openly fighting against Zhao Xu is not far away!
Especially after Zhao Xu fell into a coma this time, the urgency seemed particularly urgent. If there is any critical moment, it is really annoying that he is not qualified to inherit the throne!

In this way, the spring and summer of Xining's five years passed.

For the Song Dynasty, the rain took away the drought, and it was finally relieved.

As for the border negotiations between the Song and Liao Dynasties, Shen Kuo lived up to expectations. His rich knowledge of geography enabled him to negotiate with ease.

In the final result, the watershed of several large rivers at the border between the two countries was determined as the national boundary, which is in line with the convention.The most important thing is that the Song Dynasty did not have the slightest loss because of this, which is commendable!
Shen Kuo can be described as a great achievement!
The Liao Kingdom is very annoyed!
In particular, when Su Zhe and Cai Jing went to Korea as envoys, the King of Korea was biased towards the Song Dynasty, and Liaodong, the ancestral land of the Khitan, was threatened, so they did not dare to easily use force against the Song Dynasty, and the pressure on the northern border was greatly reduced.

Yelujun was very annoyed by this, especially after hearing that everything was suggested by Lin Zhao, he was even more upset.Could it be that he is really inferior to this person?They just sent a few people lightly, and they were able to see through the tricks and destroy their own arrangements?This made the prince of Liao who was known for his intelligence greatly frustrated!

He still doesn't know that the merchants of the Song Dynasty are quietly walking towards the white mountains and black waters of Liaodong through Koryo and the Bohai Sea.The Jurchens there have already started exchanging ginseng mink for gold, and then metal, weapons, and armor...

On the Song side, after entering July, Zhao Xu's body was basically healed.

The turmoil of dismissing the prime minister gradually passed, and Zhao Xu could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

But sometimes it just happened to be so evil, maybe Zhao Xu had a bad year this year, and the two concubines gave birth to him two sons.Unfortunately, before he could be happy, both children died young.So far, Zhao Xu has five sons who died young, and they still have no descendants.

Zhao Xu was already anxious about the matter of his heirs, but now he is even more anxious.

When he was seriously ill and comatose, he vaguely heard his mother and grandmother discussing that the younger brother Zhao Hao would be the heir apparent.This is what he doesn't want to see, even if he dies, his son must take the throne!
After Taizong succeeded to the throne, what happened to the heirs of Emperor Taizu?Ever since, Zhao Xu worked harder on the bellies of the concubines.

Recently, the most beloved one is a concubine named Zhu.At the same time, Queen Xiang took good care of her husband during his serious illness, and won Zhao Xu's love and favor, which also increased a lot.

It didn't take long to recover from the serious illness, and coupled with the successive blows, Zhao Xu's health was not very good.Working so hard in the palace, the body is naturally more and more deficient, and sometimes there are even situations where strength is insufficient.But Zhao Xu didn't follow the advice of the imperial physician to take good care of his body. Instead, he began to take the medicine of tiger and wolf to ensure that he was still as strong as a tiger.

Finally, after a period of hard work, Queen Xiang and concubine Zhu Shi were both pregnant. While Zhao Xu was excited, his body became more and more exhausted.

Bianjing spent the summer in peace!
However, this year was doomed to be unsettled. The summer heat in Bianjing had not faded away, and the northwest of the empire began to be turbulent.

The problem this time is not Xixia, but Tubo, to be precise, Tubo in Hezhou.

Tubo in the Song Dynasty was far less powerful than in the Tang Dynasty, and it had already fallen into a state of fragmentation.

Among them, Hehuang Tubo was the most powerful and had the most connection with the Song Dynasty.

During the reign of Zanpu Jiaosiluo, the predecessor of Hehuang Tubo, he was powerful, occupying a large area of ​​land centered on Hehuang, and ruled the western frontier.Even on par with Xixia, it is the fourth largest country on the East Asian continent.

It's a pity that after Jiaosi Luo's death, Hehuang Tubo split inside.

Zanpu Dongzhi, who came to the throne, did not have the prestige and ability of his father, and his control over various ministries in Tubo was much worse.What can be controlled now is only a part of the Huangshui River Basin. Although other places are attached to each other in name, they are actually independent.

Among them, the one who has the most special relationship with them should be Hezhou, where Dong Zhan's elder brother Xia Zhan lives. Because of his mother and grandfather, Zhan Zhan is not favored by Jiao Siluo, and he also has conflicts with Dong Zhan.Since the death of his father, he has established himself on the basis of Hezhou. The Song Dynasty and Xixia intended to use him as a buffer zone with Hehuang Tubo, so they all acquiesced and supported his existence.

Dong felt also hoped that the tribe of Xia felt could separate Hehuang from the Song Dynasty, so as to avoid the confrontation between the two powers, and the Song Dynasty's army would oppress them head-on.But this peculiar balance will eventually be broken.

Zhao Xu, the emperor of the Song Dynasty in Bianjing, was a restless person. He had always had the heart to expand the territory, which coincided with Wang Anshi's idea of ​​restoring the old environment of the Han and Tang Dynasties.Although Wang Anshi left, Zhao Xu's determination never changed.As early as a few years ago, he sent Wang Shao to the northwest to prepare for the war against Tubo.

After the Battle of Qingzhou against Xixia, Wang Shao made outstanding contributions and was deeply trusted by Zhao Xu. Now he has commanded the military affairs of Huanqing Road and Qinfeng Road, and his troops are pointing directly at Hehuang.

Naturally, it is impossible to send troops for no reason, so Zhao Xu's order to Wang Shao is to wait for the opportunity.

The Tubo people seem to have noticed this, especially Tubo in Hezhou, which is next to the Song Dynasty. Their young master Mu Zheng is a talent, and he has always been very strict with the people below him. He pays tribute on time every year and does not leave any excuses for the Song Dynasty.

Wang Shao had no choice but to wait silently, until not long ago, he finally got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The leader of Tubo in Hezhou is blindly dead!

For a country, the death of the emperor is prone to turmoil.The same is true for a tribe.Especially for a tribe like Hezhou, which is surrounded by enemies and full of dangers.

Mu Zheng is very busy during this time, he has to handle his father's funeral and control the internal power of Hezhou.At the same time, we must also guard against sneak attacks from Hehuang, Xixia, and the Song Dynasty.After all, human energy is limited, and Mu Zheng is too busy, so he has relaxed a lot of the management and control below.

Maybe it was because Hezhou was too poor, and the Tubo warriors under Muzheng's control were very depressed, so they relaxed a little, and rebounded strongly.

A Song Dynasty caravan passing through this place was robbed, and a nearby Han village was looted, some people were killed and injured, and some women were raped by the Tibetans.

When such a thing happened, the Song people were naturally very indignant, and the conflict with Tubo in Hezhou deepened for a while.

Excuse me, this is the excuse I have been waiting for for a long time!
Naturally, Wang Shao would not let it go. Upon receiving the news, he immediately mobilized his army to enter the border with Hezhou, before Mu Zheng punished the culprits and took the initiative to apologize.The euphemistic name is to suppress bandits, but the real intention is obvious!
At the beginning, Mu Zheng wanted to calm things down, but later found that the situation was far worse than expected, and the people of the Song Dynasty were ambitious.

For a time, the Song Dynasty and Tubo in Hezhou were at war, and the war was imminent.

While Wang Shao dispatched troops and generals, the expedited memorials of six hundred miles were also sent to the Chuigong Hall in Bianjing!

(End of this chapter)