After leaving Zhengzhou, Zhao Yang led the Tianwu Army to continue westward, passing through Xingyang, Yanshi and other places, and finally arrived at Luoyang, Henan Prefecture, on the ninth day of April.
The chief official of Henan Prefecture is Xia Song, and the specific assignment is to "sentence Henan Prefecture and stay in Xijing". The "sentence" means that Xia Song's qualifications are much higher than the threshold for this position. Similar words are "Xing" and "Shou". , "test", "know", "quan", "quanfashu", etc.
Among them, "Xing" means that informal officials are higher than official officials, and "Shou" means that informal officials are lower than official officials - this official refers to vocational officials.
Take Zhao Yang as an example. Today, Zhao Yang is Tongzhilang, a doctor in the Ministry of Industry, a doctor in charge of matters, and a right-hand admonisher. Among them, Tongzhilang is a Wensan official rank, and the doctor in the Ministry of Industry is a Jilu official. The former has a fixed service, and the latter The latter determines the official rank and salary. Both are fictitious positions. However, if the official appoints Zhao Yang to a real position, such as being the Tuntian Yuanwailang to be responsible for the farming affairs, considering that Tongzhilang is a prose official from the sixth rank, and the Tuntian Yuanwailang If he is a seventh-grade official, then Zhao Yang's specific appointment is "Tongzhilang, Xingtuntian Yuanwailang".
The word "test" means that there has not been a formal appointment, which is very similar to the word "quan" which also means temporary. However, the word "quan" is often used for some official positions that are not suitable for officials to hold for a long time, such as knowing the affairs of the Kaifeng government, etc., to avoid officials from collaborating; The "examination" focuses on inspection and inspection, and is not a formal appointment. To put it bluntly, it is to see whether the person is qualified. If not, the official will be removed immediately. For example, if Zhao Yang is appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he can be called "the Minister of the Ministry of Industry on trial." ".
Once officially appointed, it is either called "acting" or "keeping".
"Judgment", "Zhi", "Quan", and "Quan Fa dispatch" are similar, but the standard is mainly based on sending a salary official.
Among them, "pen" means that the official with salary is much higher than the official, "zhi" means that the official with salary is enough to serve as the official, "quanzhi" means that the official with salary is one level lower than the official, and "quan" means that the official with salary is one level lower than the official. "Send" means that the salary officer is two levels lower than the official.
Xia Song's official titles are Doctor Zijin Guanglu, Taifu Jixiao, Tongping Zhangshi, Heyang Sancheng Jiedushi, Jiashizhong, and Zheng Guogong, which belongs to the highest level of "envoy" and has more seniority than the current dynasty. The Prime Minister Chen Zhizhong was even higher, so he was appointed as the chief official of Henan Prefecture, which was called "Jian Henan Prefecture".
As for "Xijing Liushou", Xijing refers to Henan Prefecture. Liushou is the chief of the capital and the capital. Generally, officials who judge and know the affairs of Henan Prefecture concurrently serve as prime ministers of Qiangu, military and civilian, and guard affairs. Different from the general magistrates, Liushou enjoys The privilege of "granting permission to act expediently" can be used to deal with affairs first and then reported later, which is a great power.
Compared with Duke Deyong of Qi State who personally led people to welcome Zhao Yang and his party, the Henan Prefecture where Xia Song was located was less enthusiastic about Zhao Yang and his party. Not to mention Xia Song personally went out of the city to welcome them, the Henan Prefecture did not even send any officials.
Of course, according to the normal process, the passing army should have sent people to report to the city first, and then there would be a reaction in the city. However, Wang De paid special attention to Zhao Yang, so he was extra polite. Today's Henan Prefecture has a normal reaction.
After the army was stationed outside the city, Zhao Yang was about to send Fan Chunren into the city to report and ask for food and grass. Gao Ruona came after hearing the news and opened his eyes and said: "This is Henan Prefecture where Xia Xianggong is! Are you crazy? Just send Erlang of the Fan family enters the city? What level is he?... You follow me into the city!"
Although Zhao Yang felt it was a bit trivial, he did not refuse after Gao Ruona mentioned Xia Song's official position, so he took Wang Zhongzheng and others to the city with Gao Ruona to visit Xia Song.
When entering the city, Gao Ruona and Zhao Yang successively presented their respective ultimatums and official certificates. Naturally, the city gate guards did not dare to stop them. They even sent a group of sergeants to take Gao Ruona with them at Gao Ruona's request. He and Zhao Yang went to the government office where Xia Song worked.
After arriving at the destination, Zhao Yang raised his head and looked at the plaque of the government office in front of him, and asked Gao Ruona doubtfully: "Remaining Secretary? Isn't it Henan Prefecture?"
Gao Ruona rolled his eyes inexplicably, but he did not dare to show it, so he patiently explained: "The left-behind officials in Sijing are different from ordinary governors, who usually work in the government office of the left-behind department. ... Tokyo is an exception, and only has power. Know the affairs of Kaifeng Prefecture, and don't leave Kyoto behind."
Zhao Yang suddenly understood, and then he and Gao Ruona stood outside the left-behind government office and waited. After waiting for about half a stick of incense, no official came to greet him. Zhao Yang's face was inevitably a little ugly, and he turned to Gao Ruona and said, "This Xia Song, I remember that I have a good relationship with you and Xianggong Song, right? You guys were against Xianggong Fan’s new policy together before, so what’s wrong with you and me now?"
"I guess something has delayed me. What's the hurry?" Gao Ruona comforted him, looking at the house with a trace of doubt.
In his opinion, Xia Song would not deliberately leave him and Zhao Yang alone.
Just when the two of them were wondering, an official finally walked out of the government office and said respectfully: "The Duke sent his subordinates to welcome Xianggong Gao and Zhao Si into the government office."
Gao Ruona was relieved and hurriedly led Zhao Yang and others into the government office behind the man.
Under the leadership of that official, Gao Ruonei and Zhao Yang came to Xia Song's office and saw Xia Song who was sitting behind the desk writing something. The latter glanced up while writing quickly and spoke in a casual tone. He said: "You two sit down and wait for a moment until I finish writing this official document."
"Eh." Gao Ruona nodded quickly.
Even though he was only twelve years younger than Xia Song, his official rank was much lower, so he was inevitably restrained and didn't know whether to sit or stand and wait.
But Zhao Yang didn't care about this. He curled his lips and took the lead in finding a chair to sit down and looking at the interior decoration out of boredom.
Xia Song raised his head and glanced, but didn't say anything. However, Gao Ruona, who noticed his gaze, became more and more restrained. He hesitated for a while but still didn't sit down.
However, he didn't wait long. After only a few dozen breaths, Xia Song put down the brush in his hand, stood up and greeted Gao Ruona and Zhao Yang with a smile: "I'm busy with government affairs, so I apologize for neglecting you two."
After saying that, he ordered the officials in the mansion to serve tea.
Compared with Gao Ruona, who was submissive and didn't dare to say anything, Zhao Yang secretly curled his lips and didn't even bother to reply.
Seeing this, Xia Song smiled and said to Zhao Yang, "Is it possible that Zhao Sijian blames me for not treating him well?"
Zhao Yang held his fists and said calmly: "We are rushing to Shaanxi and ask Mr. Xia to send officials as soon as possible to replenish food and grass for our army."
"..." The smile on Xia Song's face faltered. Gao Ruona secretly screamed that it was bad. He was about to smooth things over when he saw Xia Song raised his hand to stop him and laughed loudly: "Ha, Zhao Sijian is really straightforward and quick to talk. ... Don’t worry, Mr. Zhao, I have already prepared the provisions for your army.”
Zhao Yang was a little surprised: "Xia Xianggong... also knows about me?"
Xia Song explained with a smile: "I have exchanged letters with the Prime Minister of Song Dynasty. I have mentioned Zhao Sijian many times. I even received one recently."
Gao Ruona secretly breathed a sigh of relief and guessed in his heart: Song Xiang must have said hello to Xia Song a long time ago... This is right! Why bother to compete with this evil boy, but...what was that before? Test?
He secretly glanced at Xia Song's expression and secretly guessed.
In fact, Xia Song really wanted to test whether this boy named Zhao Yang was as unscrupulous as Song Xiang said. After some testing, he was indeed so.
Ten or twenty years ago, he would probably have thought about dampening this son's spirit, but now he has no such intention. After all, he knows that he is half dead. Considering the future generations, why should he offend the favored man? Where is Zhao Yang?
Again, there is no conflict of interest between them and this kid.
So instead of making things difficult for Zhao Yang, Xia Song invited Gao Ruona and Zhao Yang to his house for a banquet and entertained them warmly.
Zhao Yang initially thought that this old guy had some tricks. After all, Xia Song's reputation was not very good. He was even called a traitor by scholars who respected Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Fu Bi, Ouyang Xiu and others. But it turned out that Xia Song also There was no intention.
Even if Zhao Yang deliberately tried to test: "Don't you blame the official for speaking on behalf of Fan Xianggong and urging the official to call him back to the capital?"
Gao Ruona was horrified when he heard this: Aren't you guys deliberately looking for trouble?
Unexpectedly, Xia Song didn't take it seriously and laughed loudly: "Fan Zhongyan? Although I have different political views with him, we have no selfish grudges... I'm afraid Zhao Sijian doesn't know that in the past, Fan Zhongyan presented the "Hundred Officials Picture" to ridicule Prime Minister Lu Yijian and impeach his control. Government affairs, cultivating party members, and appointing cronies; Lu Yijian falsely accused Fan Zhongyan of overstepping his duties, colluding with cronies, and alienating the monarch and his ministers. In the end, Fan Zhongyan was deposed and known to Raozhou. On the day he left the capital, only Li Hong, a direct bachelor of Longtuge, and the king of Jixian School He went out to the suburbs to practice. Two years later, Li Yuanhao rebelled against the Song Dynasty. I served as the Shaanxi Fourth Route Manager to appease and recruit envoys. I felt pity for his talent but lack of ambition, so I recommended him and Han Qi to serve as my deputy... Zhao Si Jianyou said, do I have any favor with him?"
Zhao Yang was slightly stunned and said: "If that's true, then it is indeed... at least much better than the one next to me."
Xia Song glanced at Gao Ruona with a strange expression, and saw that his face was reddened but he did not dare to break out. He was secretly surprised, and then sighed: "At that time, I never thought about repaying my kindness. I just felt pity for him." He recommended him for his talent. I never thought that during the Qingli period, I would be called a treacherous minister by the world's scholars just because he disagreed with his political views. It's really..."
Gao Ruona hurriedly advised: "What do those scholars know? Fan Zhongyan has indeed made great achievements, but how can he be as good as the Duke?"
As he spoke, he detailed Xia Song's commendable deeds and achievements, such as ridiculing and impeaching the treacherous official Ding Wei; when the officials in the court were trying to cater to Zhenzong's praise of Fu Rui and immortals, he went on his own and opposed the persuasion, and prevented Zhenzong from building an altar. When he was transferred to Xiangzhou, he rescued the victims and saved more than 400,000 people. When he was transferred to Hongzhou, he eliminated local superstitions, banned 1,900 households of shamans, ordered them to return to farming, learn acupuncture and other medical skills, and eradicate superstitious evil spirits; not to mention Later, he took charge of Shaanxi and presided over the war with Xixia.
After hearing this, Xia Song waved his hands repeatedly, but he also looked proud.
Seeing that Xia Song and Gao Ruona seemed to be in harmony, although Zhao Yang remained silent, he had to admit that Xia Song, who was scolded as a traitor by scholars all over the world, had indeed done many meritorious deeds.
After the banquet, when Zhao Yang was about to say goodbye with Gao Ruona, Xia Song ordered his servant to bring a wooden box and handed it to Zhao Yang.
Zhao Yang frowned slightly, then heard Xia Song patting the lid of the box and saying, "The contents in the box are the manuscripts I wrote over the years when I was working in Shaanxi. Although they were recorded casually, I think there are some It’s valuable, Xianggong Gao and Zhao Sijian may be able to use it when they go to Shaanxi this time.”
Only then did Zhao Yang realize that he had misunderstood. He straightened his brows and said seriously for the first time, "Thank you, Lord."
"No need."
Xia Song shook his head and sighed: "In the past, I, Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and others worked hard to manage Shaanxi. However, they were greedy for power and took advantage of the opportunity to advance and fell into a trap and were defeated. After that, they were defeated by Xixia in two consecutive battles, resulting in the defeat of 100,000 soldiers. This revenge I will never forget this hatred for the rest of my life. I hate that I am old and have no hope of revenge. Now I heard that Zhao Sijian valued sergeants and military attachés and had the ambition to overthrow Xia and annex Liao. If Zhao Sijian can defeat Xixia in the future, and I am still alive at that time , I will definitely take credit and reward Zhao Sijian!"
"..." Zhao Yang looked at Xia Song in surprise. Seeing the latter's stern expression, he couldn't help feeling a little emotional. He chuckled and cupped his hands and said, "Then it's Duke Chengguo's auspicious words."
After a while, Zhao Yang and Gao Ruona left Xia Song's residence and got on the carriage they came from.
After the carriage started slowly, Zhao Yang asked Gao Ruona: "It's rare that you still have the time to praise others... Just now you sang with Xia Xianggong and detailed his achievements. Do you hope to dilute my prejudice against you?"
"..." A trace of surprise flashed in Gao Ruona's eyes, and then he sneered: "I'm just complaining for Xia Xianggong, what's the point?"
Zhao Yang raised his eyebrows. He could roughly guess what Xia Song, Song Xiang, Gao Ruona and others were thinking, but since Gao Ruona didn't want to talk openly, he didn't bother to delve deeper.
Anyway, he had his own standard in mind from the beginning.
After leaving the city, he returned to his Tianwu Fifth Army station and called the Zhong brothers to ask. Sure enough, Xia Song had sent people to replenish their supplies of food and grass. This made Zhao Yang secretly nod, at least Xia Song did not make things difficult for him.
The next day, the tenth day of April, Zhao Yang and Gao Ruona led the Tianwu Fifth Army to slowly leave Luoyang.
There are actually two roads from Luoyang to Shaanxi. One is to go north to Mengjin Ferry, first ferry to Hanoi, then cross the Taihang Mountains to Hedong, then northwest to Yongxing Military Road, and finally arrive in Shaanxi; while the other is along the The Yellow River flows upward, first to Jingzhao Mansion, that is, Chang'an, and then north to Yongxing Military Road.
These two roads are equally difficult to travel, and they have to go over mountains and ridges. However, considering that Jingzhao Mansion is the rear area of Shaanxi Province, Zhao Yang needs to go and say hello to the local officials, so he has to choose the second one. The Privy Council is also based on the same reason. Reasons for setting the course.
Luoyang is no less than 800 miles away from Chang'an. During this period, there are many mountains and ridges to cross, and it is even more rugged and difficult to travel. Zhao Yang, who had a carriage to ride in, was beaten to death, and his imperial guards, miscellaneous soldiers, and civilian servants were even more disturbed. Complain.
After learning about it, Zhao Yang waved his hand: "When we arrive in Shaanxi, each of the imperial guards will be given a lamb, plus a dime of wine; the mutton will be five kilograms for the miscellaneous soldiers; the master will add five hundred coins."
As a result, the morale of the 2,500 forbidden troops, hundreds of miscellaneous soldiers and nearly a thousand civilians was suddenly high.
Fan Chunren immediately found the Zhong brothers who were familiar with prices in Shaanxi. After calculating the cost, he secretly exclaimed: "This sentence will cost two to three thousand dollars."
Zhao Yang didn't take it seriously: "I spent nearly 20,000 guan on one exercise. Two or three thousand guan is nothing. Anyway, I have the official's endorsement."
Fan Chunren and Wen Tong looked at each other, the former shook his head and the latter laughed.
Encouraged by Zhao Yang's promise to reward the troops, Tianwu's fifth army and the logistics battalion did not slow down their march even though they had to cross mountains and ridges. In just three days, they arrived at Guo on the easternmost side of Yongxing Military Road from Beijing North Road. state.
Jingzhao Prefecture, where the Yongxing Army was governed, was called Chang'an, later called Xi'an. It governed Jingzhao Prefecture and Hezhong Prefecture, as well as Shaanxi, Yan, Tong, Hua, Yao, Yi, Fu, Jie, Qing, Guo, Shang, In Ning, Fang, Dan, Huan and other prefectures, the Baoan Army, Suide Army, Dingbian Army, etc. were stationed, and there were as many as one million households under their control.
The so-called Shaanxi Fourth Road is actually to re-divide the northern part of Yongxing Military Road and Qinfeng Road into the three roads of Yanyan, Huanqing and Jingyuan. As for why the re-division is needed, in addition to better resisting the Xixia invasion, it is mainly for the purpose of better resisting the Xixia invasion. Clarifying responsibilities will make it easier to convict after an incident occurs, so that local officials will not blame each other.
After a full eleven-day journey, Zhao Yang and his party arrived at Jingzhao Mansion, also known as Chang'an, on April 24.
The chief official of Jingzhao Mansion was a doctor from the Ministry of Industry, Zhi Yongxing Military Road, Shaanxi Capital Transport Envoy, and Tianzhang Pavilion was waiting for Xia'an period. This person was Xia Song's eldest son.
His father, Xia Song, was going to host a banquet in honor of Zhao Yang and Gao Ruona. How could Xia Anqi offend them for no reason?
As soon as Zhao Yang and his party arrived outside Chang'an City, Xia Anqi led a group of officials out of the city after hearing the news and personally greeted Zhao Yang and Gao Ruona.
After some pleasantries, Zhao Yang learned that Xia Anqi and he were both doctors in the Ministry of Industry, and curiously asked the other party's age. He learned that Xia Anqi was forty-one years old, and couldn't help but secretly gasped - only after this comparison did he know What a weight it is to be a doctor from the Ministry of Industry and Trade who is from the sixth rank.
That night, Xia Anqi hosted a banquet for Zhao Yang and Gao Ruona at his residence in the city. Needless to say, they entertained them so warmly.
In view of the 22-day journey, Zhao Yang ordered the entire army to rest outside Chang'an City the next day, and asked Xia Anqi to send people to provide wine and meat to the soldiers of the Tianwu Fifth Army's Forbidden Army as a comfort to the army.
How could the imperial guards who passed by get such treatment? Even if Gao Ruona made such a request, Xia Anqi had to consider it. However, it was Zhao Yang who made the request. Xia Anqi agreed immediately and immediately sent someone to bring fifty pigs. There were twenty heads and sheep and dozens of other poultry, which made Zhao Yang have a good impression of Xia'anqi.
During the visit to the army, Zhao Yang, Gao Ruona, Xia Anqi and other officials from the Jingzhao Mansion held further discussions. Xia Anqi vowed to support the two men in establishing households to equalize the people.
On April 26, after talking with Xia Anqi, Zhao Yang and Gao Ruona led their troops straight to Weizhou on Jingyuan Road.
The reason is very simple, that is, among the four roads in Shaanxi, three roads, namely Fuyan Road, Huanqing Road and Qinfeng Road, all have dangerous areas that can be defended according to danger. Only Jingyuan Road, from Zhenrongjun to Weizhou, then to Jing and Yi Er Road, Most of the prefectures have open terrain, which can be called a flat plain. There is no danger to defend. It is a place that is easy to attack and difficult to defend. It is the weakest border defense area among the four roads in Shaanxi.
After the Battle of Sanchuankou, Xixia successively attacked the Song Dynasty, most of which took this road. Therefore, Zhao Yang decided to lead his army to station on Jingyuan Road and start building the fortress from Jingyuan Road.
In addition, Zhang Kang and Guo Kui, whom Fan Zhongyan recommended to Zhao Yang, happened to be on Jingyuan Road: Zhang Kang was appointed as the training envoy of the Guozhou regiment in charge of Weizhou, while Guo Kui was appointed as the governor of Jingyuan Road.
