In Baochuan County, Huizhou, Liu Qiong has led his army to capture the county. At the moment of civil strife, Xixia has completely abandoned Xihe Road, and there are only less than a thousand people guarding Baochuan. The Song army has not yet arrived, and the soldiers guarding the city have He abandoned the city and fled, allowing the Song army to occupy Baochuan County without any bloodshed.
Currently, Baochuan County is guarded by General Cheng Huan with an army of 3,000, and the garrison of Ganquan County has been reduced to 1,000.
In mid-April, a team of more than 100 Xixia envoys crossed the Yellow River. The leader was Bali Zuren, the prime minister of the Xixia censor. He was Li Qianshun's most trusted minister. This time he went south to Chengji County in order to negotiate with the Song Dynasty. The army negotiated and redeemed 23,000 prisoners of war.
Xixia is now in big trouble. Xiao Heda's rebellion is intensifying. Not only are they supported by the Qiang people, but also several remnant tribes from the Liao Kingdom living on the grasslands have also raised their troops to go south and captured the Hetao area.
However, the Jin Kingdom has always had an ambiguous attitude and has been reluctant to send troops to help.
In desperation, Li Qianshun could only mobilize the whole country. All men over the age of sixteen and under sixty must join the army to counter the rebellion. But even so, they could only mobilize 120,000 troops, far from the 200,000 they expected. The gap between the armies is too great.
The fundamental reason is that their three expeditions on the Xihe Road ended in disastrous defeats, and they lost more than 100,000 elite soldiers. One was reduced and the other was increased. Xiao Heda's army had reached 80,000.
At this time, the anxious Li Qianshun finally thought of the more than 20,000 Xixia army prisoners of war who were still mining in Qinzhou.
Cheng Huan sent a thousand soldiers to escort the Xixia envoy south. That morning, the envoy team arrived at Chengji County.
Receiving the envoy's team were the newly appointed military commander of Jiedu Prefecture, Zhang Xiao, and military officer Qiao Changshun.
The Xixia envoy checked into the Second VIP Hotel, where the two parties held preliminary negotiations.
Zhang Xiao immediately rushed to Jiedu Mansion to report the negotiation status to Chen Qing.
"Reporting to the Jiedushi Envoy, both of us agreed to exchange sheepskins for prisoners of war as usual. However, we differed on the number of sheepskins. We asked for thirty sheepskins per person, but the other party was only willing to give twenty."
Chen Qing smiled lightly and said: "It seems that the situation in Xixia is not good. They are so eager to redeem the prisoners of war. Ignore them, just thirty sheepskins, not even one less!"
"My subordinate understands!"
At this time, a soldier reported at the door, "The supervisors are here!"
Chen Qing signaled Zhang Xiao to retreat, then smiled and said: "Please come in!"
Since sending 200,000 taels of silver, the relationship between Chen Qing and the military supervisor has been completely relaxed. Wang Mian basically does not care about military affairs. Chen Qing has formulated the structure of the Jiedu government, and he happily signed and acknowledged it, and concurrently sent it to the court. Recognition.
Wang Mian walked into the official room and sat down carelessly. Chen Qing ordered the tea boy to serve tea. Wang Mian said calmly: "I just heard that the Xixia envoy has arrived. Is that true?"
Chen Qing nodded, "That's true, they just arrived!"
"Since you are the special envoy of Xixia, should you notify the court to deal with it?"
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "It depends on what happens. If it is an armistice agreement or something like that, I don't mind letting the court come to negotiate, but they are just here to redeem prisoners of war this time. There is no need to alarm the court for such a small matter. "
Wang Mian laughed dryly and said, "Understood! Understood! It's good to have meat. It's better to eat it yourself."
Chen Qing was a little surprised. Mister Wang represents the interests of the emperor! He actually said, "You have to eat your own meat." Chen Qing's mind changed and he immediately understood that this bastard wanted to get a share of the pie. As long as he had benefits, the emperor and the court would
He doesn't care whether it's any good or not.
Although this kind of person is very greedy, he is easy to deal with. Anyway, no matter how much you give him, it will only be temporarily stored for you.
Chen Qing laughed again and said: "For this ransom, I will offer thirty sheepskins to redeem one person, a total of 690,000 sheepskins, part of which will be distributed to the soldiers and civil servants, and the supervisory army will also have a share, and the rest will be put into the treasury as military supplies.
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"I still have it!"
Wang Mian smiled so hard that she couldn't close her mouth, "I wonder how many I can have?"
"Three thousand prisoners of war! How about ninety thousand sheepskins?"
Wang Mian was overjoyed and quickly stood up and saluted, saying: "Then it's better to be respectful than to obey!"
"If the supervisor doesn't want the sheepskin, it can be converted into money, and the military will buy it according to the Qinzhou market price of two guan per piece."
Wang Mian quickly made a calculation in his mind. Although he could sell it for five pieces of money in Lin'an, it would be easy for the emperor to find out. It would be better to change the money in Qinzhou. He hesitated and said, "Can it be converted into silver?"
"Okay, it can be converted into thirty-six thousand taels of silver. Once you get the sheepskin, you can deal with it immediately!"
"Then we have to negotiate carefully with the other party, just thirty sheepskins, and we won't give in at all!"
Chen Qing narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Don't worry, supervisor! None of us want to give in."
The two of them laughed tacitly, and Empress Wang returned with satisfaction.
Wang Mianshen went back with one foot and one foot. He didn't expect that Chen Qing would go on the road so much. He could make a fortune by negotiating the ransom, thirty-six thousand taels of silver!
When the supervisor returned in a few years, wouldn't he have made hundreds of thousands of taels of silver?
The more I think about it, the more beautiful it becomes, and I go back lightly under my feet.
The next day, the two sides began formal negotiations. Zhang Xiao and Jiang Yanxian participated in the negotiations together. The Song army took a tough stance and refused to give up a cent of the ransom. They only agreed to allow the prisoners of war to return to Xixia immediately.
In the end, the Xixia side was eager to redeem the prisoners of war and had to agree to Chen Qing's request and redeem all the prisoners of war at the price of thirty pieces of high-quality sheepskins each.
The two parties further negotiated various handover details, and finally decided to deliver the goods at Huangkou Wharf in Baochuan County, with a ransom first and then release.
The Xixia envoy rushed back to his country overnight, but time on the front line was running out.
In Lin'an, the Emperor and the Queen Mother finally saw the report from Queen Mother. This harshly worded but devoid of actual content made Queen Mother Wei very dissatisfied. In anger, she threw the report directly to the ground.
"Can you fool the Aijia like this?"
Empress Dowager Wei said angrily: "The Ai family spent a lot of time to convince the officials to let him serve as a supervisor. The first report contained this content. He might as well not have written it!"
Another confidant eunuch Deng Quan picked up the report, read it briefly, and then advised: "After all, Wang Mian just went there, and he doesn't understand many things. Even if Chen Qing has problems, he will hide it. Wang Mian can't
I suddenly realized that this takes time.
But the old slave thinks that there is nothing wrong with Miao Wang’s attitude. He is obviously standing on the standpoint of the Queen Mother. He has criticized and criticized Chen Qing’s achievements in various ways. He also said that Chen Qing’s contribution is ruthless and inconsiderate to the people. Queen Mother, there is no problem in the report. Let’s be patient with him.
Months!”
Queen Mother Wei's anger calmed down a little, "Okay! If the Ai family just waits for him for a few more months, if Chen Qing can't be caught, he will be a huge disappointment to the Ai family."
She snorted again and ordered: "Go and see what the official's attitude is?"
"Old slave understands!"
Contrary to the attitude of the Queen Mother, Emperor Zhao Gou was very satisfied with the report. The Queen Mother was dissatisfied that the report had no actual content, but Zhao Gou was afraid of seeing any actual content. What if it was Chen Qing, a self-respecting soldier, who should
How to deal with it?
Zhao Gou handed Wang Xian's report to Lu Yihao, "Lv Xianggong, take a look at this military supervisory report!"
Lu Yihao looked at the supervisor's report and was a little surprised. In fact, he knew that Chen Qing had some problems. His son Lu Wei's letter home mentioned that his immediate boss was Jiang Yanxian, the minister of the puppet Qi Ministry of War, and Xuan He
During this period, he was the magistrate of the Song Dynasty, but later surrendered to the Puppet Qi.
The imperial court has clear regulations on the appointment of such high-ranking officials who have surrendered to the puppet Qi. They must pass the review of the Ministry of Personnel and even the emperor's approval, otherwise they will never be appointed.
This is a big flaw of Chen Qing. The report did not mention it. It only criticized Chen Qing for being a nepotist without considering seniority and court rules. This feels like avoiding the truth and making false claims.
Lu Yihao secretly wondered, could it be that Chen Qing bribed this supervisor?
Thinking of this, Lu Yihao smiled and said: "Actually, what I am most worried about is that Chen Qing will not accept the supervision of the army. After all, he is relatively young and not as stable as Wu Jie. Suddenly a eunuch comes to supervise the army, and his attitude will be arrogant. I
I was really worried that Chen Qing would kill the supervisor in anger, but now that I have seen this report, I am relieved. Chen Qing is also slowly maturing and starting to accept the rules of the court. Your Majesty, this is actually a good thing."
Zhao Gou nodded happily and said: "Xiangong Lu is right, no one is perfect, I won't care about some small flaws, the key is attitude is the most important, he can accept the supervision of the army, this attitude itself is worthy of praise, and more importantly, he
I have restored the Xihe Road for the imperial court and opened up Xinjiang hundreds of miles westward. I must commend you for this great contribution!"
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[Sad and haggard, coupled with the cold weather, Lao Gao fell ill when he came back. He really couldn't write three chapters. Let Lao Gao take a break for a day or two, and there will be two chapters today. 】