"Great victory in Qingtang! The Western Expeditionary Army captured Qingtang City and captured the prince for a blind expedition."
The second year of Shaosheng had just arrived. When the good news from Qingtang came back, the civil and military officials in the court cheered.
The Song Dynasty lacked land to raise horses, but Qingtang was an excellent pasture. The Song Dynasty obtained Qingtang, which made up for the biggest weakness of the lack of war horses, and could also form a pincer attack on Xixia. The strategic position was extremely important.
"The officials are wise! God bless the Song Dynasty."
Even though the three parties in the court worked hard and argued endlessly, now they were all overjoyed when they heard the good news.
Zhao Xu also breathed a sigh of relief. This time the Song Dynasty sent troops in winter, which was a bit risky. Now that he heard that the Song army was successful, he finally felt relieved.
"Fan Aiqing made great contributions in this westward expedition to Qingtang, and the cotton armor made by the Ordnance Supervisor was indispensable." Zhao Xu looked at Fan Zheng appreciatively.
Fan was in charge of the weapons inspection and created cotton armor that could keep out the cold, and he also provided a strategy for winter surprise attacks. Otherwise, everyone knows that if the Song Dynasty attacked Qingtang in the spring and Qingtang responded, the price would definitely be high. Much more than now.
Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "The humble ministers dare not take the credit. They all rely on the frontline soldiers to fight to the death."
Seeing that Fan Zhengke did not take the credit as he did in the second battle of Pingxia City, the officials nodded slightly.
The privy envoy Zeng Bu came out and asked: "I am reporting to the officials that General Zhong captured Prince Qingtang and marched blindly. He will be sent to Kaifeng soon. I don't know how the officials will deal with it."
"Do you have any love advice?" Zhao Xu asked.
Zeng Bu suggested: "Xian Zheng is the prince of Qingtang and has a high prestige in Qingtang. It is better for us to make Xian Zheng the king of Qingtang."
Lu Dafang suggested: "It is not appropriate to establish the King of Qingtang. When we established Ali Gu as the champion general and the governor of Liangzhou, it is better to abolish Ali Gu's official title and let his son Xizheng inherit it. In the future, he can be a justifiable general." Prefectures and counties were established in the Hehuang Valley."
"Can!"
Zhao Xu nodded in agreement.
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When Zhongpu sent people to escort the captured Qingtang Prince to Kaifeng City! The messengers from Liao and Xixia arrived almost at the same time.
"Informing the officials, the Liao State sent an envoy to deliver a letter from Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji, accusing the Song Dynasty of betraying the peace treaty and innocently attacking Qingtang."
"The envoy from Xixia arrived and asked us, the Song Dynasty, to withdraw from Qingtang immediately, release the prince to fight blindly, and restore the annual currency. Otherwise, don't blame the three kingdoms of Xixia, Qingtang, and Liao for jointly attacking the Song Dynasty."
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Cai Bian, the Minister of Rites, frowned and reported.
"Liao and Xixia are bullying people too much!" The civil and military officials in the court couldn't help but look hesitant.
This attack on Qingtang did not violate the peace treaty signed with Liao and Xia. The two Xia actually took the initiative to intervene.
Zhang Dun said: "The Liao Kingdom is too far away from Qingtang and there is no need to worry about it. However, Xixia and Qingtang have always been in collusion with each other. If our army captures Qingtang, Xixia will definitely not let it go and will definitely cause trouble."
Zhao Xu said loudly: "I am sending an order to Zhang Kai. If Xixia dares to make any changes, he will immediately tear up the peace treaty and continue to carry out the strategy of shallow attack and disturbance of farming."
"yes!"
Zhang Dun took the order.
Su Song solemnly said: "Officials must not be careless. Although the Song army has conquered Qingtang, Ali Gu has escaped to the hinterland of Qingtang, which will cause great trouble to our army in the future."
"Ali Gu!" Zhao Xu looked at Fan Zheng with a solemn expression and asked, "Fan Aiqing! Can the Rhodiola rosea be ready?"
Fan Zheng came out of the queue and said: "I have informed the officials that Rhodiola rosea has been prepared and formulated into medicine. It will definitely be delivered to the frontline soldiers before spring."
"Okay! Ali Gu doesn't know that the Song Dynasty has mastered the method of cracking the air epidemic. Our army used troops in winter to capture Qingtang. It already has an advantage. This battle will definitely defeat Qingtang." Zhao Xu said with high spirits.
Since he ascended the throne, the Song Dynasty has been on the defensive in the face of foreign enemies. Now that Qingtang was destroyed in one battle, Zhao Xu couldn't help but feel proud.
"Then the Liaoxia envoy!" Cai Bian frowned.
Zhao Xu waved his hand and said: "The original peace treaty was signed by Fan Taicheng and Master Cai, so you can just come forward and send the Liao Xia envoys."
"I will take your orders!"
Fan Zheng and Cai Bian came out.
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"I'm waiting to see the Emperor of the Song Dynasty!"
In Honglu Temple, envoys from the Liao Kingdom and Xixia envoys kept making noises.
"The Song Dynasty broke the contract without any reason and will be severely punished!" The Xixia envoy was even more arrogant and pretended to be powerful.
However, they did not wait to be summoned by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. Only Fan Zheng and Cai Bian came together.
Fan Zheng snorted coldly and said: "You two, please go back! Qingtang is a vassal state of the Song Dynasty. It has attacked the Song Dynasty twice in a row. If the Song Dynasty does not punish them severely, how can it establish its authority?"
The envoy from the Liao Kingdom frowned and said: "The Song Kingdom must not insist on going its own way. Although the country is large, if it is warlike, it will perish. This is a famous saying of the Han people. I send this message to the Song Kingdom."
Cai Bian sneered and said: "I admire the Liao envoy Zhishu Dali. However, it seems that the Song Dynasty is the country that has always been oppressed. Moreover, there is another sentence in this sentence. Although the world is peaceful, if you forget to fight, you will be in danger. The Liao envoy may have forgotten it, let alone The world is not at peace now, Qingtang attacked the Song Dynasty for no reason, and the Song Dynasty is just fighting back."
The Liao envoy was speechless.
The Xixia envoy threatened: "Since the Song Dynasty does not listen to the advice, aren't you afraid that the three countries will send troops to divide the Song Dynasty?"
Fan Zheng was unmoved and said: "Divide the Song Dynasty into two? Our Song Dynasty has thunder and thunder, and we are not afraid of any threats. It is enough to make all invading enemies unable to return."
"Shaking thunder!"
When the Xixia envoy heard this, he suddenly felt helpless.
Originally, among the countries, although the Song army had the upper hand in numbers, it was the weakest in force. But now the Song Dynasty has Zhentian Lei, which makes up for the biggest shortcoming in force. Although it lacks offense, it has more than enough defense.
The two consecutive pings of Xia City were the best example, which made the Xixia envoy quite helpless.
"This is the grudge between the Song Dynasty and Qingtang and has nothing to do with Xixia. If Xixia dares to make any changes, don't blame the Song Dynasty for not abiding by the armistice and peace treaty." Cai Bian warned.
The Xixia envoy's arrogance suddenly subsided. He naturally knew Xixia's trump card. Xixia was now unable to attack the Song Dynasty again, and the Liao Kingdom would naturally not stand up for Qingtang, which was not far away.
Seeing the envoys from Xixia and Liao leaving in despair, Cai Bian finally gained the confidence of a great nation and couldn't help but feel happy in his heart.
"A weak country has no diplomacy! We, the Song Dynasty, must keep this lesson in mind and never make the same mistake again."
Fan Zheng couldn't help but sigh when he saw this.
"A weak country has no diplomacy! Fan Taicheng's words are profound."
Cai Bian couldn't help but lamented that he had been on a mission to the Liao Kingdom during the Shenzong period, and the Liao Kingdom was so arrogant that Cai Bian felt greatly humiliated.
But now that the Song Dynasty is reforming to become stronger, even in the face of the combined threats of Liao and Xia, the Song Dynasty still has the confidence to protect itself. Even the people at Honglu Temple can't help but change their mentality.
"Next, there will be a blind expedition by Prince Qingtang."
Now the two of them went hand in hand to the place where Blind Zheng was imprisoned.
"The guilty minister has met the two envoys blindly."
When Xiang Zheng saw Fan Zheng and Cai Bian, he quickly bowed respectfully.
"It is your Majesty's decree that the people below Qingtang deceived the superiors and attacked the superior country innocently. Today we are sending troops to teach you as punishment." Cai Bian shouted coldly.
"Your Majesty, please don't blame me. It was my father Ali Gu who sent out troops for no reason. Blind Zheng never had any intention of offending the Heavenly Kingdom." In order to survive, Blind Zheng betrayed his father without hesitation.
"The officials know that you are loyal, and today they have specially appointed you as the champion general and the governor of Liangzhou. What do you think?" Fan Zheng raised his eyebrows.
"Liangzhou Governor?"
Blind Zheng couldn't help but hesitate. He naturally knew that this official position was a Song Dynasty official position, and the Song Dynasty's intention was already clear.
However, he had no choice. He immediately said without hesitation: "Blind Zheng will only follow the orders of the officials of the Song Dynasty."
Seeing this scene, Cai Bian couldn't help but sigh, and felt even more deeply about Fan Zheng's words that a weak country has no diplomacy.
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The Song Dynasty fought continuously with foreign enemies, and now it even defeated Qingtang City. There was even more cheers in Kaifeng City, and the whole city was in an uproar.
"This is the real reform!"
There are many knowledgeable people in Kaifeng City who can't help but sigh.
It has been more than three years since Fan Zheng rose to power, and Zhao Xu has been in power for two years. Whether it is a medical reform or a court reform, just like Shang Yang's reform, Hufu riding and shooting, all have immediate results.
Comparing it with today's Shaosheng Shaoshu, it is simply incomparable.
"If you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you will be prosperous! The Great Song Dynasty reformed to become strong! The evil doctor Fan Zhengzheng took the lead. If the New Party is allowed to reform, there is no telling what kind of chaos it will be."
In Kaifeng City, a lot of people were talking about it.
This is not because the people of Kaifeng prefer Fan Zheng, but because Fan Zheng has used the unbeatable evil recipe time and time again to create miracles one after another.
Compared with the previous sixteen years of hard work by the New Party, instead of making the Song Dynasty rich and powerful, Fan Zheng's evil methods turned the Song Dynasty upside down in a short period of time.
The reform of doctors has greatly improved medical skills, and many difficult and complicated diseases can be cured and solved easily.
The Chaotang Reform even introduced the law of farm service, which replaced the law of exemption from labor, and artificial insemination of horses to replace the original horse preservation law that had been criticized by countless people.
Thunderbolts, bastions, cold-forged armor, cheeks, all new types of equipment allowed the Song Dynasty to win consecutive victories in foreign wars, making the people of the Song Dynasty have never been so proud as they are today.
Not to mention the medical treatment method that has benefited the city of Kaifeng immensely, the city-wide compulsory education, and the newly popular medical insurance, which has made the evil doctor Fan Zheng's reputation soaring.
"This is simply unreasonable!"
In Zhang Mansion, Wang Di said angrily.
The trend in Kaifeng City naturally spread to the ears of the New Party. Wang Di naturally couldn't accept it when he heard that his grandfather's achievements in reform were denied by the people of Kaifeng.
Zhang Dun also smiled bitterly and said: "It is rumored among the people, and it is also true in the court. The practice of evil medicine is at its peak, eclipsing the achievements of the Xining Reform of the New Party. The old party even believes that the liquidation of the New Party during the Yuanyou period is just to bring order to the chaos. Let's continue like this. , No matter how great the achievements of the new party's reform are, I am afraid that they will also serve as a wedding dress for the evil doctor Fan Zheng."
"It's a shame that Fan Zheng is now deeply trusted by officials. As time goes by, the status of the New Party in the hearts of officials will gradually decline." Wang Di said bitterly.
If the new party wants to make a difference, it must gain the trust of the officials. But now that the party is at its peak, evil parties are making an immediate impact and stealing all the limelight.
If things go on like this, the status of the New Party will inevitably become lower and lower. On the contrary, the New Party will prevent all the activities of the reform that offend people, but in the end it will not lose much good reputation.
"Don't worry, Xianggong Zhang. Although doctors claim to be able to help the world by hanging pots, doctors are still human beings, and they still have bad qualities." Cai Jing suddenly interjected from the side.
"Cai Jing?" Zhang Dun couldn't help but frown.
Cai Jingnai is Cai Bian's brother, but Cai Jing is not favored by Zhang Dun, and it is said that Cai Jing and the evil doctor Fan Zhengnai are cousins, which makes Zhang Dun more wary.
However, what surprised Zhang Dun was that Cai Jing took the initiative to oppose the doctor.
"Master Cai, why did you say this!" Wang Di raised his eyebrows.
Cai Jing stroked his beard and said: "Wang Hanlin doesn't know something. Cai has also been paying attention to doctors recently and found that the inside of the doctors has deteriorated. He is no longer the doctor who hangs the pot to save the world."
"The doctor has gone bad?" Everyone in the New Party couldn't help but be surprised and couldn't believe it.
Cai Jing nodded and said, "That's right. Before the reform, except for the Hanlin Medical Academy, doctors practiced medicine independently. Their medical ethics were noble and the doctors were benevolent, which is why they won such a great reputation."
Everyone in the new party nodded. The reputation of doctors has always been excellent. Otherwise, there would not be so many officials with both Confucianism and medicine in the court with extremely high moral standards.
In particular, Fan Zhongyan's idea of not being a good prime minister, but a good doctor, even compared good looks and good doctors, which made the doctor's reputation famous in both the government and the public.
"However, since the evil doctor Fan Zheng presided over the medical reform, the medical skills of doctors have indeed been greatly improved, and hospitals have spread all over the cities of the Song Dynasty. The prosperity of medical schools can be said to have surpassed all previous dynasties. For this, evil doctor Fan Zheng is indispensable, and no one can Deny his credit." Cai Jing said with admiration on his face.
Everyone in the New Party couldn't help but sigh. Although they couldn't stand the evil doctor Fan Zheng who had succeeded at a young age. However, no one doubted Fan Zheng's achievements in transforming himself into a forensic doctor. After all, doctors were prosperous and even they benefited from it.
"However, the medical hall is a practice of medicine by individuals, while the hospital is a collective practice of medicine. After making money, the merits are distributed. As long as you work for the public, there will be a drawback that you can never escape." Cai Jing changed his words.
"Corruption!" Wang Di said with bright eyes. He finally found a breakthrough point to break the glorious image of doctors.
Everyone in the New Party also sighed slightly. The profession of doctors is indeed sacred, but doctors are also human beings, and they will have weaknesses. There are corrupt officials when they are in office, and there are naturally evil doctors among doctors. This is the root of human nature.
Cai Jing shook his head and said: "The problem of doctors is not just corruption, but also other problems. Doctors also distinguish between ordinary doctors and famous doctors. In reality, famous doctors often have an endless stream of patients, while ordinary doctors' patients are ignored. "
"Especially when doctors have cracked Hua Tuo's secret knowledge, the chance of recovery and survival is very high under the operation of famous doctors, but in the hands of ordinary doctors, there is an extra risk. However, the patients in the hands of famous doctors are already full, and other patients want to Let a famous doctor treat you, or the patient at the back of the queue wants to be treated in advance, what should you do?" Cai Jing asked rhetorically.
"Bribery!" Zhang Dun said with a serious look on his face.
Cai Jing smiled bitterly and said: "Doctors have a more pleasant name, called red envelopes. The evil doctor Fan Zheng stipulates that doctors' surgical fees are already very expensive. However, some doctors are still not satisfied. They charge extra red envelopes for each operation. Patients Life depends on the doctor's thoughts, so he can only obey."
"This is simply not possible!" Zhang Dun angrily said. There was almost no difference between the behavior of doctors and corrupt officials, which made the stubborn Zhang Dun furious.
Cai Bian frowned and said: "Since we have discovered such shortcomings in doctors, why not inform Fan Taicheng and let him correct it."
Cai Jing shook his head and said, "Second brother's thinking is too simple. This is an internal matter within the medical family. If we take the initiative to interfere, wouldn't it mean that we are not human inside and outside."
Cai Bian couldn't help but sigh. He naturally knew that although what Cai Jing said was biased, it was not impossible.
"And this matter may not be an opportunity for the new party." Cai Jing sneered.
"What Mr. Cai said is true!"
The New Party's eyes couldn't help but light up. If the doctor's corruption was used to attack the evil doctor Fan Zheng, the New Party might regain the trust of the officials.
(End of chapter)
