"The Ji Envoy (another name for the Transport Envoy), Xiao Pingzhang of the Liao Kingdom personally led an army of 50,000 people southward, and is now less than 300 miles away from the border!"
In the hall, Han Yi was shocked when he learned about this.
Duke Xiao Hui of Wei personally led the army south?
Xiao Hui was not an ordinary person. He was the nephew of Xiao Pai, an important minister of the Liao Kingdom. In his early years, Xiao Hui accompanied his uncle Xiao Pai to conquer Goryeo and defeated the Goryeo defenders.
This person is definitely a member of the Tiger General.
"Someone is coming!"
Han Yi shouted loudly and quickly summoned the chief officials of the mansion.
"Immediately send the news of the Liao army's southward movement to the capital within 800 miles!"
Generally speaking, the transshipment envoy is only responsible for the national economy and people's livelihood of the road, that is, supervising the finances and supervising the responsibilities of officials.
The vast majority of transfer envoys are not responsible for managing military affairs.
But Hebei Road is an exception.
In the early Song Dynasty, Hebei Road was adjacent to the Liao Kingdom. As the first line of attack on the Liao Kingdom, the Hebei Road transport envoys would not be exempted unless they were close relatives.
Han Yi was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Xianping (1002). He was the same year as Wang Zeng, Zhang Dexiang and Wang Sui.
Of course, he was able to take charge of Hebei Road not because of Wang Zeng.
But because of his father-in-law.
Han Yi was from Zhending, Hebei. The Zhending Han family was not a wealthy family in the area. Han Yi had a prosperous official career, and most of the help came from his father-in-law Wang Dan.
Although Han Yi had already married a wife before he became a Jinshi, and his wife Pu gave birth to a child for him.
But in the year when Han Yi was born, Pu died.
Not only that, when Wang Dan first saw Han Yi, he felt that this person was worthy of entrustment. He directly married his eldest daughter to Han Yi regardless of Han Yi's previous wife and children.
With the current prime minister as his father-in-law, even if Wang Dan was a fair official and did not open many back doors for Han Yi, he could not withstand the advantages of this status.
In addition, Han Yi's brothers-in-law, Wang Dan's other sons-in-law, are also not ordinary people.
Wang Dan's second daughter married Su Qi, the son of former counselor Su Yijian, and his third daughter married Fan Lingsun, the grandson of Fan Zhi, the prime minister of the early Song Dynasty.
Compared to the Zhending Han family, the Su family and Fan family are undoubtedly of higher origin.
But Wang Dan married her favorite eldest daughter to Han Yi. This shows how much Wang Dan appreciates Han Yi.
(PS: Su Qi's son Su Shunqin is even more famous. In addition, historical data records that Wang Dan, the eldest daughter, "had been choosing a son-in-law for a long time," until she saw Han Yi and fell in love with Han Yi at first sight)
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Two days later.
Funing Hall.
Seeing Fan Zhongyan's poem, Li Jie couldn't help but shook his head.
Fan Xiwen is still the same Fan Xiwen.
An iron-headed boy.
His descendants Wang Anshi and Fan Zhongyan were similar in that they were both tough-headed and would not look back even if they hit the south wall.
After thinking for a moment, Li Jie put Fan Zhongyan's note aside.
Stay in China!
This is the decision he made.
Fan Zhongyan said that Liu E's return to power was indeed out of good intentions, but since he was not in the capital after all, he did not know many things clearly.
Nowadays, the financial power and the power of personnel appointment and dismissal are all in the hands of Li Jie. Liu E has not yet returned the power. All that is missing is an imperial edict.
Things in name are not that important.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with being like this now.
Some policies will be difficult to implement if someone is pro-government.
For example, regarding changes in expenditures, if Li Jie now takes charge, it can be foreseen that when hundreds of officials gather in court, countless people will definitely remonstrate in court, even to the death.
But now, even if this group of people is angry, they can only endure it or remonstrate through memorials.
Although Li Jie is not afraid of these sticks, why bother if you can save yourself some trouble?
Why didn't Zhu Houcong go to court for more than 20 years?
It's not like I'm annoying.
Out of sight is pure.
Anyway, if you don't go to court, state affairs will not be delayed.
certainly.
Li Jie had no intention of imitating Emperor Jiajing. At most, he would not go to court for three to five years.
Three to five years later, there will be another situation. At that time, anyone who dares to criticize for the sake of criticizing will be demoted.
"Report!"
"Guan family, urgent report from Hebei Road!"
At this moment, Lei Yungong's voice suddenly came from outside the hall, followed by a burst of rapid footsteps, approaching from far away.
"The official, Ping Zhang Xiao Hui of the Liao Kingdom, personally led an army of 50,000 people to the south!"
As expected.
Liao Shengzong is looking for a place.
Li Jie had anticipated this day before deciding on the policy of "alliance with Liao to attack Xia".
After all, in the eyes of the Liao people, the Song army's combat effectiveness was not very good. In the process of fighting with the Liao country, they basically lost more than they won.
However, that is a mobile battle.
The Liao Kingdom still attached great importance to the performance of the Song Army in the city defense battle.
Otherwise, the Liao Kingdom would have sent its troops southward and taken control of the Central Plains!
On the other side, Lei Yungong was so anxious that he was furious. Who knew that when the officials heard the news, they didn't seem to be anxious at all?
Is this the official measure?
Mount Tai collapsed in front of me, but his face did not change!
Although Lei Yungong did not personally experience the Liao-Song War, the impression that the Liao army was invincible was deep-rooted in his mind.
Not only him, but also the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were more or less afraid of the Liao.
The Liao Kingdom also knew this.
Otherwise, the Liao Kingdom would not have frequently intervened in the disputes between Song and Xia.
It's a pity that the countless efforts made by the Liao Kingdom were completely reduced to nothing because of the battle of Xiaoguan.
Without Xiao Guan, the Xia people would be like tigers with their teeth pulled out.
"Convene the ministers of the two governments for a meeting."
"In addition, inform the Queen Mother of this matter and ask her to participate in this court meeting."
After a long while, Li Jie calmly issued the order.
The court discussion is actually a bit inconsequential. It is just a formal work, and it should be done as it should.
In fact, even if the court meeting had not started yet, Li Jie had already guessed what would happen at the meeting.
It's nothing more than the fear of Liao.
For the Xia people, most civil and military officials looked down on them, but for the Liao Kingdom, the situation immediately reversed.
The peace-seeking faction is likely to gain the upper hand.
Moreover, the core figure of the peace-seeking faction should be Liu E.
Liu E was a person who had actually experienced the War between Song and Liao. Her fear of the Liao Kingdom was much greater than that of others.
Privy envoy Cao Liang would probably support Liu E.
Although Cao used to be a military official and started his career with the battle of Chanyuan, this moment was the same as that moment.
After serving as Privy Councilor for nearly ten years, Cao Li was afraid that he could no longer even lift a sword, and his morale had been flattened.
If Cao Lili goes back in time and is given another chance, he probably won't be able to recreate his role in the Battle of Chanyuan.
As for the remaining Ding Wei, Lu Yijian and others, even if they wanted to support Liu E in their hearts, they probably would not dare to say so.
Both of them are smart people and can see the situation clearly. As long as Li Jie behaves a little tougher, they will definitely turn their guns in court and directly become the main militant faction.
war?
Then fight!
It's not an active attack anyway, so there's nothing to be afraid of.