Song Gexing

Chapter 12 The Eunuch Legend
Wang Zhongzheng hated this title deeply, but Zhao Fang was a prince and was very kind to him. He came forward helplessly and unwillingly, looking at him with blank eyes.

The eunuchs of the Northern Song Dynasty are a legend, but because the history books were written by literati, and literati never had a good impression of eunuchs, most people in later generations did not know that there had been such a group of eunuchs who were good at fighting in history.

Except for the later Tong Guan, there has never been a great eunuch who threatened the imperial power, but eunuchs with the same famous generals appeared in every emperor's reign.

In the 150th year of the Northern Song Dynasty, there were as many as sixteen eunuchs who were awarded high-ranking officials for their military merits.

Among them, Tong Guan was the highest-ranked county king. His military achievements cannot be denied just because he was a traitor. It was he who led the troops to suppress Fang La, and it was through him that Xixia surrendered to the Song Dynasty.

Before him, fifteen eunuchs were given the title of high-ranking imperial officials, and even had titles such as General Zuowei, Jiedushi, and Taiwei.

Qin Han, Li Shenfu, Liu Chenggui, Zhang Chonggui, Wei Shaoqin, Deng Shouen, Sun Quanbin, Li Shunju, Han Shouying, Lan Jizong, Lu Shouqin, Li Xian, Wang Zhongzheng, Liang Congji, Gao Jujian...

There is a list of eunuchs with outstanding martial arts, and many of them have posthumous titles after death. Therefore, Tong Guan's martial arts is actually inherited, and he is not the only one who led the army in battle.

His godfather was none other than Li Xian, the prestigious eunuch of the Shenzong Dynasty, who had spent almost his entire life in the Western Army attacking Xixia.

Seizing control of the strategically important Hengshan Mountains created conditions for victory in the future when the Song Dynasty forced the Xixia to surrender.

Later generations thought that the weak Song Dynasty had poor military force, but it was actually an illusion. The Song Dynasty actually had a higher winning rate in foreign wars than the Tang Dynasty. The reason why it was regarded as a weak Song Dynasty was because it did not expand its territory.

As for the signing of the covenant by the Song Dynasty and spending money to avoid disasters, don't forget that it is better than the Han and Tang Dynasties and married the princess to the nomads, but the Song Dynasty did not marry.

It is even more ridiculous for someone to talk about the shame of Jingkang. Is it rare for a country to perish? Don’t forget that the fall of the Jin Kingdom was even worse than that of the Northern Song Dynasty. Can you say that the Jin Kingdom was cowardly?

The reason why it was unable to expand its territory was because the Song Dynasty did not have an organized cavalry. After defeating the enemy, it was unable to pursue it and expand its results.

And the opponents are basically cavalry. If they lose, they can run away. The culprit is Shi Jingtang of the later Jin Dynasty, which left the Song Dynasty without a place to raise horses.

The emergence of so many eunuchs with outstanding martial arts at least shows that men in the Song Dynasty are not lacking in sex.

This should be attributed to the training of eunuchs in the Song Dynasty. The training of eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty was learned from the Song Dynasty.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, a special class was opened in Yanfu Palace to teach and impart knowledge to young eunuchs. Wang Zhongzheng is one of the young eunuchs now.

"What's the matter with Dalang, the younger one still needs to study, and he will be slapped by the master."

No eunuch in the Song Dynasty claimed to be a slave. This is probably one of the reasons why many eunuchs in the Song Dynasty were able to go into battle to kill the enemy. To put it bluntly, they still retained the blood of men.

Seeing his unhappy look, Zhao Fang was happy.

She walked up to him with her hands behind her back, poked his belly and said, "If you keep being stubborn, I'll tell you about teaching me martial arts."

"Dalang, you..."

Rolling his eyes speechlessly, Wang Zhongzheng had no choice but to beat his head in annoyance, cursing himself for being so stupid and now being trapped.

Zhao Fang was deceived by his sweet words and taught him the martial arts he had learned and how to torture his body. Now it has become evidence of crime.

He had no choice but to stamp his feet and ask, "Tell me, what else do you want the little one to do?"

Zhao Fang suppressed his laughter and snorted arrogantly: "Go and check someone for me. I think Lu Zhailang from Honglu Temple knows about him. Check his detailed information."

"What! That's someone close to the official family. What does Dalang want to do?"

"What do you care about me? Just do it if you are asked. Don't forget who you belong to." Wang Zhongzheng questioned with wide eyes. Zhao Fang immediately stared back and gave a fierce warning.

Looking at him contemptuously, Wang Zhongzheng muttered, "The young one is naturally a member of the official family."

"Whose? Try saying it again!"

"I know, I'll go to the Imperial City Department later, right?"

Wang Zhongzheng, who didn't dare to talk back anymore, agreed with disgust, and looked at him to tell him to leave quickly, as he still had to study.

Only then did Zhao Fang proudly pat his belly. He had no choice but to do so. He was not tall enough to pat his shoulders, so he turned around and walked away with three unsteady steps.

He discovered this little eunuch by accident. He was honest, honest and very smart.

Moreover, because he is only in his teens, he has the pleasure of teasing children, which satisfies his desire to occasionally return to adulthood after pretending to be young.

Of course, he didn't know that this little guy would become a martial eunuch in the future. With a bow and a pot of arrows, he could kill the rebel Imperial Army to the point of death.

He only knew that this little eunuch was very playful, had a good temper with him, and was diligent in his work. He was also the godson of Lu Shouqin, the imperial envoy, and could collect information for him outside the palace.

Lu Shouqin was from Kaifeng. He was a chamberlain during Zhenzong's reign and led the governor of Changzhou. After Renzong succeeded to the throne, he successively served as the commander of Yongxing Army's soldiers and horses, the training envoy of Guizhou regiment, and the defense envoy of Rongzhou to defeat Li Yuanhao's invasion of the security army, and was transferred back to Bianjing. He served as the imperial city envoy and the special envoy to Zuo Qiji.

Later, he became an official as Zuowei General. After his death, he was given the posthumous name An Ke and was given a treasure to the military governor of Shun.

The industrious Lu Shouqin valued Wang Zhongzheng's simplicity and adopted him as a godson to teach him martial arts. Unexpectedly, he would teach this martial art to Zhao Fang.

Of course, he knew that his godson was close to Zhao Fang, but he was happy to see that the emperor's eldest son was now basically recognized by everyone as the next successor, so he naturally would not stop him.

What's more, the biological mother of the eldest son of the emperor is famous for not fighting or grabbing, gentle and low-key, and will not cause unbearable things in the palace.

"Where is Da Lang? Madam Yu is looking for you everywhere. Er Lang is in critical condition, why don't you go check on him!"

As soon as they returned to their courtyard, Gu Cai'er, the palace maid next to Yu, hurried in and shouted anxiously.

Zhao Fang was startled and immediately remembered that his younger brother also died at the age of two in history. He jumped up quickly and ran to Miao Meiren's yard without even bothering to change clothes.

The Yu family and the Miao family were both concubines of Renzong when they were young. The two girls had a very good relationship, and neither of them liked to compete for favor. Of course, he was also close to the Miao family, and he loved his younger brothers and sisters.

A gust of wind rushed into the hall, Zhao Zhen was also here at this time, Miao cried heartbreakingly, and her own mother cried with her.

"Step aside!"

Zhao Fang no longer cared about etiquette at this time, and pulled the imperial physician Wang Weiyi away with such force that everyone was shocked.

"Big brother..."

Zhao Zhen yelled angrily, but when he saw his son's anxious eyes, he reached out and pressed his brother's forehead, stopped questioning and looked at him in confusion.

"Deputy Wang, use your golden needle technique to prick my second brother's pericardial meridian, but the venting method cannot repair it!"

Zhao Fang didn't have time to pay attention to his father. He had just stored a little bit of energy and didn't care about using it himself. He injected it into his brother's body bit by bit and called the imperial doctor to start injecting acupuncture.

(End of this chapter)