Jiaxu (twelfth) in June of the eighth year of Yuanfeng.
Zhao Xu had just finished his breakfast when the Empress Dowager came to him with two side newspapers and said happily: "Sixth brother, Lu Huiqing did a good job in sending troops this time!"
"He is indeed a teacher of benevolence and righteousness. He only beheaded more than a hundred people..."
"However, we successfully rescued more than 40,000 Qiang tribes and party items..."
"We also brought back more than 100,000 cattle, horses and livestock!"
Zhao Xu took the side report handed to the Queen Mother and read it briefly.
Lu Huiqing's side newspaper simply stated that he was ordered to send troops to "save the nation" and when the king's troops arrived, "the rebel army was so frightened that they did not dare to fight" and "I will abide by the benevolent decrees of the two palaces. The emperor His Majesty's order of benevolence and righteousness orders all generals to only save people and not to cause trouble.'
So 'the people of all tribes and tribes ate pots of pulp', and 'the discipline of the king's army was solemn, and there was no offense in autumn'.
So they returned to Jialuzhai with a large number of Qiang and Dangxiang Shengfan who "voluntarily" became subjects of the Song Dynasty and paid taxes on the farmland of Zhao Guan's family.
Zhao Xu knew that most of Lu Huiqing's side newspaper contained decorative words.
I'm afraid except that the numbers of the Qiang people brought back in the end match those of the Dangxiang students.
The rest are all in Spring and Autumn style.
After all, everyone knows the military discipline of the Song Dynasty.
Even though things have improved a lot now, Qiu has done nothing wrong and is just a fairy tale.
If the Song army could not kill Liang and take credit, it would be Amitabha!
After reading Lu Huiqing's report, it is Zhe Kexing's report.
Zhe Kexing's report has a lot more content.
There are detailed combat processes and many detailed cases.
The names of many leaders of the Qiang tribe were mentioned. In the description, Zhe Kexing used the phrase "XX tribe saw Wang Shi's flag, knelt down and cried to greet him: Wang Shi is coming!" We are saved! '.
Zhao Xu smiled in his heart.
"The Zhe family has also learned bad things!"
wrong!
"Why does the Zhe family need to learn to be bad?" Zhao Xu shook his head in his heart: "It would be good if the Zhe family doesn't teach others to be bad!"
They are semi-independent hereditary generals who have survived from the troubled times of the Five Dynasties to the present day!
The ability to maneuver according to the wind and ride on the wall, Zhejia's family is no worse than the civil servants and officials!
Compared with the Zhe family, the other families of the generals of the Western Army appear to be so 'simple' and 'upright'.
However, Zhao Xu still trusts the Zhe family!
It's not just because the Zhe family and the Zhao family have had a monarch-subordinate relationship for more than a hundred years.
What's more, because Zhao Xu was in modern times, he had seen the performance of the Zhe family in the late Northern Song Dynasty.
When Bianjing fell and Hedong, Hebei and even Shaanxi had been captured by the Jin army, the Zhe family still resisted.
Although Zhe Keqiu was later forced to surrender.
But there is no one to blame!
At that time, the Zhejia family was surrounded on all sides and was trapped in an isolated city with no reinforcements from outside and no savings inside.
Moreover, even if you surrender at a low price, there is a high probability that it is just a false offer of money, and you will rebel in the future!
This can be seen from the fact that the Jin people never trusted the Zhe family, were always on guard, and finally poisoned Zhe Keqiu to death. They killed all the remaining Zhe family members and destroyed the ancestral graves of the Zhe family.
Moreover, the remaining strength of the Zhe family later went south and continued to serve the Zhao Guan family.
For a feudal military general family and a semi-independent hereditary vassal town, achieving this is already worthy of the Zhao family!
It would be too much to ask for anything more!
Zhao Xu put down the side newspaper, and then said to the Queen Mother, "Mother, this minister named Lu Huiqing has done a really good job!"
"Without too many killings, we fulfilled the expectations of our son and mother and rescued those poor Qiang people!"
He smiled and nodded to the Queen Mother: "Yes!"
"The Queen Mother also feels that this Lu Huiqing is a capable official!"
For Empress Dowager Xiang, she actually didn't care at all. How many beheads did Lu Huiqing behead during this march? How many Western thieves have been defeated?
None of this matters.
The important thing is - he won!
The first battle that Sixth Brother personally commanded after he came to the throne was won!
And win beautifully!
Others can lie, but more than 40,000 people and more than 100,000 or 200,000 livestock cannot lie!
The sixth brother has newly ascended the throne and commanded an army to win a great victory!
It is a good thing for strengthening Sixth Brother’s position and for Sixth Brother’s prestige in the military!
And... in this way, when the Northern Envoy comes to Bianjing, he will see the victory of the Song Dynasty official army.
It was enough to scare the Northern Ambassador so that he would not dare to behave out of the ordinary in Bianjing!
"Does your mother-in-law know about this happy event?" Zhao Xu asked.
He nodded to the Queen Mother: "Of course I know!"
"There, let's go to Baoci Palace with the queen to congratulate our great mother!" Zhao Xu clapped his hands and said.
He nodded to the Queen Mother and said: "It is indeed time to go to the Queen Mother to congratulate you!"
This is also the first great victory under the command of the two palaces!
This is a great event for both houses!
So, Empress Dowager Xiang took Zhao Xu to Baoci Palace.
"The bride congratulates the empress..." Congratulations to the Queen Mother first: "The empress is a kind and saintly leader of the three armies. She commands the army with a kind decree. She saves tens of thousands of innocent people without killing too many..."
"The bride congratulates the queen!"
The Queen Mother listened and immediately laughed: "I and the Queen Mother are happy together! We are happy together!"
She has naturally read the reports of Lu Huiqing and Zhe Kexing.
More than a hundred people were beheaded, but tens of thousands were saved!
This is good! Make the Queen Mother very happy!
The reason why she was happy was that Lu Huiqing obeyed her orders and did not cause any trouble. This can be seen from the beheading!
Just over a hundred!
This satisfied the good-looking Empress Dowager.
Now, hearing the congratulations to the Queen Mother in person, I was naturally very happy.
Zhao Xu stepped forward and knelt down in front of the Empress Dowager to congratulate: "My grandson congratulates the Empress Dowager! Congratulations to the Empress Dowager as well!"
"Yao and Shun, the great mothers and queens, commanded the king's troops with benevolence and righteousness to save the people from fire and water. Now the king's troops have returned with full success. My grandson congratulates the great mother and queen..."
"My grandson should follow the example of his mother-in-law and his mother-in-law. He should learn from them and be my great king of the Song Dynasty one day!"
As soon as these words came out, the two palaces looked at each other and laughed.
Especially the Empress Dowager. She helped Zhao Xu up, hugged the grandson, and said, "My mother-in-law is so happy that the official family has such thoughts!"
"Lu Huiqing won ten more battles, and it won't be as good as what the officials just said!"
The officials have told the palace that they must follow the example of the 'grandmother and empress'!
In other words, in the future, the evaluation and status of her mother-in-law will never be lower than that of Qing Dynasty!
She is determined to take over this great Song Dynasty!
And with these words from the official family today, the descendants of the Gao family will be able to enjoy blessings in the future!
So, the Queen Mother held Zhao Xu and the Queen Mother in her arms and discussed the reward.
Rewards for meritorious soldiers can only be implemented after the Privy Council and Yousi have inspected and inventoried the results.
But the merits of being a handsome minister can be rewarded now.
"Although Lu Huiqing has meritorious service in this battle, the reward should not be excessive..." The Empress Dowager looked deeply at the Empress Dowager Xiang.
Although Lu Huiqing seems to be well-behaved now.
But the Empress Dowager is always on guard!
That was the 'Dharma Protector and Good God' during the Xining Reform Period!
"Just move to an official position and become a bachelor of the Zhengdian Palace!" said the Empress Dowager.
He nodded to the Queen Mother, but had no good impressions of Lu Huiqing or the Queen Mother.
Of course, there is not much disgust now.
After all, she is now the queen mother in charge of politics and the sixth brother's aunt.
Lu Huiqing was one of the most trusted frontier commanders of Emperor Daxing during his lifetime, and was also Sixth Brother's minister.
His promotion, honor and disgrace, in Empress Dowager Xiang's mind, could only be handled by Sixth Brother.
Others shouldn't interfere too much!
Now that Sixth Brother is young and she takes the place of regent, as long as Lu Huiqing continues to be as he is now, she will not be embarrassed.
After a few years, the sixth brother got married and took office.
How to use him is up to Brother Six!
At that time, Queen Mother Xiang felt that she should already be in the harem, taking care of the prince for Sixth Brother.
"Zhe Kexing can move to an official position..."
"Xing Zuochen and Zi Hu can be the two officials..."
After the discussion between the two palaces, the reward for the meritorious generals has been decided.
Lu Huiqing obtained a bachelor's degree from the Zizheng Palace and entered the Zizheng Palace as a bachelor.
Zhe Kexing started from the Imperial City Envoy and the Rongzhou Tuan Lian Envoy, and then introduced the deputy envoys (the Song Dynasty system made it impossible for the Imperial City Envoy to be promoted to a close gate, so the promotion of the Imperial City Envoy directly skipped the east and west gate deputy envoys).
Xing Zuochen became deputy envoy of Chongyi and was promoted to deputy envoy of Dongzhoufang.
Zi Hu was appointed as the envoy of Zuozangku in Xijing and was promoted to deputy envoy Wensi.
Then the two palaces ordered people to send the rewards they discussed to the Zhongshu Province, where they were drafted by Zhongshu Sheren and sent to the lower provinces for review.
At noon, Zhongshu Sheren Cao Zhi and Menxia Sheng completed the review and confirmed that there were no violations.
The edict was sent to the palace again, and after being printed by the two palaces, it was sent to Hedong.
(End of chapter)
