Chapter 441: Theory of merit and demerit
Looking at Ye Qing who was lightly silenced, Han Dao stood up again, looked at Ye Qing in disbelief, and asked anxiously: "Did you come from the grassland? Jing Kelie's tribe?"
"Yes, although the Krei tribe is not neighboring your country, the small tribes separated by you have not stopped you from getting back and forth?" Ye Qing said with a smile.
Ye Qing still knew something about the destruction of the Kelie tribe, especially the fate of Sangkun and his son. One was killed when they fled to Naiman, the other was to escape to Xixia, and then was killed after fleeing to Liao Kingdom.
The reason why Sangkun fled to Xixia first was because the Kelie tribe later became clear and hoped to get support from Xixia after the struggle with Temujin became clear. After the relationship between Xixia was good, his defeat on the grassland made him the first choice to escape to Xixia to avoid hunting.
Of course, there are still several tribes of all sizes between the two. The Krei tribe is still at its peak, but this does not mean that Xixia has no long-term vision and does not want to make friends with the Krei tribe.
However, these are all considered small secrets of the Western Xia carrying the Jin Kingdom. After all, the Jin Kingdom naturally would not want to see the Western Xia get along with the Kelie tribe, and it would be the Southern Song Dynasty to fight against them.
Now that Ye Qing told the secret of heaven, Han Daochong, who had already stood up, changed his face again. After watching Ye Qing sit down dejectedly, he was unable to say: "What else do you know?"
"My request is very simple. Even if your country cannot exempt all the taxes from the merchants in the Song Dynasty, I guess Lord Han would not mind the exemption from the taxes from the Imperial City Department?" Ye Qing looked at Han Daochong, who was confused, and then said slowly: "As it is, I might as well tell Lord Han that my Song court is not intrepid. When the tycoon of the tycoon, Wanyan Liang attacked us and finally defeated Yangzhou, and was killed by his subordinates. Han Tuozhou, one of the heroes who participated in the resistance to Wanyan Liang, has now been appointed as the plagiarism of Lizhou Road by the court. Lord Han should not forget that Han Tuozhou also serves as the Minister of War of the Song Dynasty."
Hearing Ye Qing say this, Han Daochong, who was a little decadent and confused just now, immediately became energetic and looked at Ye Qing and asked anxiously: "Are you serious about this?"
"It's true!" Ye Qing continued in a deep voice: "And if what I expected was right, just as you and I were talking now, I guess Mr. Han had arrived at Lizhou Prefecture."
Han Daochong looked at Ye Qing quietly. If what Ye Qing said was true, it would be enough to show that the Southern Song Dynasty court had indeed shown great sincerity in cooperation with Xixia this time.
Han Tuozhou, now the son of Han Cheng, the minister of the Southern Song Dynasty's Ministry of Personnel, and his wife is the sister of the Empress Dowager of the Southern Song Dynasty. What made Han Daochong even more pleased was not just Han Tuozhou's background, but Han Tuozhou was a Song general who hated the Jin people very much and had always advocated the resistance to the Jin people with his father.
Just as Ye Qing and Han Daochong began to discuss the next details, the Xingyuan Prefecture of Lizhou on the border of Songxia welcomed Han Tuozhou, covered in armor.
After entering the Xingyuan Prefecture Capital, Han Tuozhou ignored the officials at all levels of Lizhou Road who were waiting for him. He hurriedly said hello and led several generals into the main hall. Even the prefect of Xingyuan Prefecture was left aside and ignored it.
At the gate, there were all the officials in Lizhou who were pleasing to the front hall to discuss matters. No one dared to say that they were not here to be arrogance and rude attitude of their indifferent attitude.
After all, with Han Tuozhou's current identity, although he is just a minister of the Ministry of War, he cannot resist his family background. Han Cheng is the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, the head of the six ministries, and his mother is the empress dowager's sister. Such an identity and status of the royal relatives, for officials at all levels in Lizhou Road, even if they just nodded to them in a hurry, they would feel worthwhile.
Coming with Han Tuozhou, in addition to some of the old subordinates of the Wuhe Army, the Pu'an Army, who was welcomed by him today and was under the command of the Lizhou Road Pacification Envoy. Now, generals at all levels, including the commander, have been summoned by Han Tuozhou to the meeting hall.
"Is there a letter from Ye Qing?" The tall Han Tuozhou swept over everyone and asked in a low voice.
"The envoy of the pacification of the Korean army has not yet sent a letter." Guo Gao, the commander of the Pu'an Army, hurriedly stepped out and said.
"Can you write to Ye Shaoqing and tell him that I have arrived at Xingyuan Mansion and obey his orders at any time?" Han Tuozhou looked at Guo Gao straight away and asked as if he had been on a clockwork.
"Of course," Guo Gao replied respectfully.
The other generals present who obeyed the orders with Guo Gao were secretly surprised. They did not expect that after arriving in Xingyuan Mansion, Han Tuozhou, who had arrived in Xingqing Mansion, would not have the idea of competing for the power of commander and deputy commander with Ye Qing, who was far away in Xingqing Mansion in Xiaguo. As soon as he arrived in Xingyuan Mansion, he made it clear that he would obey Ye Qing and take Ye Qing as his Shangguan.
The generals present thought that one was the Minister of War of the Court and the other was the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. Although the two were not together, they must have to make a fortune for the main and deputy matter.
So before this, they were still a little hesitant and entangled. If they were asked to take the team at that time, which side should they choose? Now it seems that this problem they have been struggling with for several days, because of Han Tuozhou's words, they immediately relaxed.
"Does Shaoqing think Han Tuozhou will obey us?" Wu Zong followed Ye Qing and walked out of Chengtian Temple and asked impatiently.
"Who knows?" Ye Qing responded lightly, standing in an inconspicuous corner, watching Han Dao rush into an extremely ordinary carriage and leaving, and then said: "I think as a general, Han Tuozhou should know which end is heavy and which end is light, and he should not be entangled in such matters as who is the leader and who is the deputy."
"Why are you so sure?" Wu Jue asked with little confidence.
Whether in the court or among the army stationed in various places, it is not uncommon for generals to compete for the main and deputy. Even the Divine Army, which he and Ye Qing had been together back then, was not the eventual defeat of Jiankang to the Jin people because of such a disagreement of the generals.
"Guess." Ye Qing smiled with a relaxed expression, and then continued: "When Li Xianzhong had no choice but to lead his army to resist the Jin people as a civil official before Li Xianzhong arrived, he finally defeated the Jin army. But it was precisely because of this battle that the court had the confidence to hand over the army to him to command. Later, whether in Yangzhou or Zhenjiang, to put it bluntly, this was the territory of Han Cheng and his son. The Wuhe Army and other troops had always obeyed Han Cheng and his son, but I guess you know what happened later?"
Wu Zong showed a deep thoughtful expression and thought for a while and said, "In the war, Lord Yu became famous in one battle. Although he was unable to continue to stay in the army, he became the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. In this battle, Han Cheng and his son did not compete for the power to command the army, and even accepted the orders and commands of Lord Yu as a civil minister without any objection. But Shaoqing, don't forget that the reason why Lord Yu was transferred back to Lin'an to serve as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple was not because there was no position in the army that could be supported by Lord Yu, but because Lord Yu had too great military achievements. If he wanted to be rewarded with military generals, I am afraid that Han Cheng and his son would not have the prestige in the army today."
"Yes, Yu Yunwen's contributions were eventually taken over by Han Cheng and his son. In order to appease Yu Yunwen, the court had to transfer back to Lin'an to serve as Dali Temple." Walking on the bustling street, Ye Qing picked up the goods of the vendors next to him from time to time, and then said: "Actually, when I was drinking with Yu Yunwen, Yu Yunwen said that when he thought that the court transferred him back to Lin'an, he must have either transferred him to the Ministry of War or the Privy Council. Even on the way, he felt that he had a great chance of going to the Privy Council to serve, but he never expected that he would be the Shaoqing of Dali Temple in the end."
Finally, Ye Qing's mind again appeared in his depressed face when he was drinking in Yangzhou, so he couldn't help but laugh out loud again.
"So Shaoqing, aren't you worried about anything?" Wu Jue ignored Ye Qing's gloating laughter. He knew very well that Ye Qing dared to ridicule Yu Yunwen in front of Yu Yunwen. Now he was far away in Xingqing Prefecture in Xixia and mocked Yu Yunwen who could not hear him. He was already very proud of Yu Yunwen.
"What are you worried about?" Ye Qing asked with the silver hairpin on the vendor.
"If this matter is done, the credit will naturally not be your Shaoqing. It is likely that it is the credit of the newly promoted Lizhou Road Pacifier Han Tuozhou. After all, the credit for exempting the Jin people from the annual monies is enough to make others jealous. Therefore, the Xixia area must not only be the court, but also Han Tuozhou, but will enjoy it exclusively. But if we fail this time, you will be the first to be the criminal. Not to mention the credit at that time, I am afraid that the saliva of the censor and the censor will flood you after returning to Lin'an. And more importantly, the responsibility of the Lizhou Road Pacifier will not be shared with you at all." Wupan said.
"That is, the credit will be Han Tuozhou's. If it is replaced by the blame, then it is my Ye Qing. It has nothing to do with him, Han Tuozhou, but right?" Ye Qing turned his head and asked with a smile.
"No, thankless, we are thankful for this trip." Wu Jue nodded and said.
The earthen houses built by loess have made the streets where merchants and camel caravans come and go. Although there is a bit of lively and noisy atmosphere, because of this unique building in the Western Xia Kingdom, Xingqing Mansion seems to be less colorful than the flowers as imagined, and less poetic and picturesque and exquisite and elegant than Lin'an City.
At the end of the vast earth is continuous and thick green mountains. The blue sky above the head seems to have become closer to people's heads because of the plateau. It seems that because of the plateau, it seems that it is closer to people's heads than when I was in Lin'an. It seems that standing on the top of Chengtian Temple, you can reach out and touch the flying clouds.
So the people on the top of the tower did not look away from them since Ye Qing and Wu convicted Chengtian Temple. They watched them enter a tavern and said, "It's always okay to give them some bitterness, right?"
Chapter completed!