Send troops to Youyan

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Send troops to Youyan

In recent days, the atmosphere in the court has become more and more solemn, the official's intention to name King Shu has become more and more obvious, and the differences between the Queen Mother and the official have become more and more serious.

Several Xianggong also held different views on this matter. Xianggong Han supported the official idea, but Xianggong Fan disagreed.

Because of this incident, the court, which was not so stable in the first place, gradually began to split. Yuan Wenshao looked on with cold eyes. Fan Xianggong's attitude softened more and more, and it seemed that he wanted to compromise with the officials because of the overall situation.

In fact, Yuan Wenshao felt that Xianggong Fan was good at this matter. The official request did not take into account etiquette. If several Xianggong had worked together at the beginning, this issue would not have been a big deal at all. The Zhongshu Province could just reject it directly. The rights of the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty

Actually not that

Da, it is impossible to act arbitrarily without the support of Zhongshu Province. Unexpectedly, Xianggong Han was the first to agree. Yuan Wenshao felt that Han Zhang was a bit flattering. He did not have the character of Xianggong Fan, but he only reluctantly agreed to it for the sake of the imperial court when he saw that the imperial court was unstable.

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As expected, on this day in the imperial court, Xianggong Han directly petitioned the officials to determine a title for King Xian Shu, and also asked the officials to appoint King Cheng Shu as the emperor, and Xianggong Fan also nodded to reconsider.

Empress Dowager Cao was very angry. Didn't she lose face to her husband and wife? The emperor had turned his back on the emperor and had secured the throne, and she didn't have any manpower on her side.

Sure enough, after a while Qi Heng came out to refute,

"The late emperor was the most important person in the country. He was selected from the royal family and granted great achievements. Your majesty personally became the son of the late emperor, and then inherited the inheritance. The late emperor should be called Huang Kao, and King Xianshu should be called Huang Bo!"

All the officials nodded after listening to many things. This was indeed a formal etiquette. Mr. Lu, the censor of the censorship station, had always been upright. Even the late emperor had a headache when he saw him, so he just went off and scolded:

"When a wolf is on the road, it is better to chase it away first; when evildoers are in the court, how dare you follow up after impeachment? I met Han Zhang, the political official, and was the first to start an evil discussion. He used false principles to please the master and failed the late emperor with short-term gain. The court was shocked and the world was disappointed; the political code

Those who are not forgiven will be abandoned by both humans and gods."

He regarded Han Zhang as a wolf and a treacherous evil spirit.

The Yushitai and the Remonstrance Courts came out one after another, refuting Han Zhang, scolding him for being a sycophant, being loyal to a traitor, etc., and demanding his removal.

Not to be outdone, the Zhongshu Province, led by Han Zhang, refuted it one after another, while Fan Xianggong and others did not speak.

Both sides went back and forth, quoting classics and debating, and after a while there was no result. The emperor directly named Gu Tingye. Gu Tingye was the emperor’s confidant. The emperor’s intention when he named his name was obvious. As expected, Gu Tingye did have some points.

The absurd reasoning, saying that not allowing the emperor to call his biological father his father, was to accuse the emperor of being disloyal and unjust, made the Queen Mother tremble with anger, and directly called the warriors in front of the palace to drag Gu Tingye out and beat him twenty times!

Except for a few of the noble military generals who were friends with the Queen Mother, no one spoke. Most of them were military men who didn't really care about this title. Moreover, Empress Dowager Cao actually came from a family of military generals. Emperor Renzong was very quick to honor the nobles.

Come and be friendly, everyone

People are actually getting closer to the Queen Mother, but the position of the noble military generals cannot be so clear-cut. Unlike civilian officials who can say anything, there is no precedent in this dynasty for civilian officials to be convicted for their words, but the military generals are different. They rashly opposed the emperor.

, the price is too high!

Occasionally, there were a few nobles who gave up the military service and became civil servants. Even though they felt that the emperor had done something wrong, they did not rashly refute it.

As a modern person, Yuan Wenshao also finds it boring. No one cares about national affairs now, and they are all arguing back and forth about the title.

In the end, this court meeting did not reveal any details. It was all about the father-in-law telling the public, and the mother-in-law speaking the law.

Just a while ago, news came from Xizuo that the leader of the Liao Dynasty was preparing to send troops to conquer the Jurchens eastward. Yelvxiu, the king of Liang who was guarding Youzhou, sent troops to attack the two states. Yuan Wenshao took the initiative to request to go to Guannan to guard the land, instead of listening in the court.

They were talking in vain. Why not go to the frontier to see it? He was still in a state of tranquility and had not been on the battlefield for a long time.

The new official took office, and he was considered a promising king. He agreed to Yuan Wenshao's request and appointed Yuan Wenshao as the envoy of Guannan Road to command the army and horses of Xiongzhou, Bazhou, Mozhou, and Yingzhou to resist the Liao army and act expediently.

The position of appeasement envoy was a temporary official position during wartime and had to be returned after the war. This shows that the officials did not want Yuan Wenshao to be able to station a large army in the local area for a long time.

When she returned home, Yuan Wenshao told Hua Lan her decision. Although Hua Lan was worried, the government had already issued the decree and it was not easy to stop her. He just told Yuan Wenshao not to forget to visit her uncle Wang's family. Hua Lan's uncle Wang's family

In the knowing state of Yingzhou, Hualan's maternal grandmother's family are all in Yingzhou.

In May of the same year, Yuan Wenshao led 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry to aid the Guannan area.

I arrived in Yingzhou in June and had friendly negotiations with Uncle Hualan and his family.

In the same month, he passed through Mozhou and arrived at Xiongzhou.

The land of Guannan actually originally belonged to the land of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. In fact, the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun is divided into two regions according to their geographical distribution, the Yanbei region and the North China Plain region. They are basically spread along the line of the Great Wall, roughly ethereal

The Yanbei region is divided into Wu, Ru, Gui, Xin, Wei, Yun, Ying, Huan, and Shuo Jiuzhou, and the North China Plain region has You, Ji, Tan, Zhuo, Ying, Mo, and Shun.

, a total of sixteen states.

It's just that when Taizu of this dynasty founded the country, he joined forces with elite soldiers and strong generals to conquer the three passes and two states in one fell swoop. Mozhou and Yingzhou regained the land south of Guannan in one fell swoop, so now there are still 14 states in the Liao Kingdom.

It is a pity that Taizu died young and before he had time to recover other lost lands, he suddenly fell ill and died young. Taizong succeeded to the throne as a young man, and his foothold was not stable, so he missed a great opportunity.

By the time Taizong launched his Northern Expedition, the Liao Kingdom had already sent troops to prepare, but the two sides only fought several battles without making much progress.

In fact, the Liao Kingdom in the north has been established for a long time, and it has inevitably declined. Instead, the Jurchens in the northeast have established the Jin Kingdom with strong soldiers and horses, looming as a threat to the Liao Kingdom. The Jurchens were originally affiliated with the Liao Dynasty, and they have repeatedly invaded and occupied the Liao Kingdom in the past few years after the founding of the country.

In terms of land, the Liao State's energy in recent years has mainly been on the crusade against the Jurchens. A few years ago, Xixia and Daliao had a war in the land of Hequ. The Western Xia's victory over the Liao State's 100,000 elite cavalry can vaguely show the weakness of the Liao State.

It's just that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. The Liao Kingdom is vast and has millions of soldiers and horses under its command. It is still the most powerful country in the surrounding area. The Zhou Dynasty has been mostly defensive in the face of the Liao Dynasty in recent years. Fortunately, the Liao Dynasty has great energy.

Not in Dazhou.

After Yuan Wenshao arrived in Xiongzhou, he summoned General Zhang Li, the defender of Xiongzhou, General Wang Kai, the defender of Bazhou, and General Wang Shuang, the defender of Mozhou.

What the generals meant was that although the Liao State had mobilized an army of 200,000 troops this time, dispersed in three areas: Yizhou, Zhuozhou, and Gu'an, it was mainly to harass and contain the Zhou army so that they could concentrate their energy.

Destroy the Jurchens.

Yuan Wenshao looked at the map and combined with the opinions of the three generals, he also believed that the situation was probably the same. This time, the Liao Kingdom mainly harassed the cavalry and did not besiege the prefectures and counties.

Yuan Wenshao then made arrangements, gathering the cavalry from the three states and handing them over to his command, a total of 25,000, and the 20,000 infantry under his command were handed over to three generals to defend the city to prevent the Liao army from attacking the city.
Chapter completed!