Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 40 I shed blood for the Song Dynasty! (Seeking for further reading)
  It has been a month since I returned to Zhuozhou. Except for the weather getting colder and colder, many other things have not developed as Liu Ling expected.

"Wear more clothes so you don't catch a cold."

As the wife spoke, she put on a thick black fur coat for Liu Ling. She looked up and said, "I'll send Huai'er to deliver food to you during lunch time."

Liu Ling went to the school grounds every day to watch the soldiers training and could not return to his private home until evening.

Although he is already the "ruling class" of Zhuozhou, the official Chinese documents from the imperial court have not yet been sent, and he still has to restrain himself in many places.

"No need, I'm eating in the army, and it's not good for her as a maid to come and go at will."

Liu Ling still kept Yelu Huaixian by his side, but this was the suggestion of Pharmacist Guo. The latter only took away Taizong Liao's title, Baojian and gold seal from Liu Ling, and promised Liu Ling an official position and Qian Liangbing. A, also told Liu Ling that it was not suitable to send another Daliao princess to the court at the moment, not to mention that they all knew that she was not a princess when the Liao Kingdom fell.

Liu Ling is not short of money and food now, but the people of Song Dynasty are indeed so rich that people can't help but stretch out their hands to grab a handful. Medical Master Guo is also a bit generous, but since the things he promised have already been Having it delivered to him would save Liu Ling from having to worry about slowly wrangling with those Song Dynasty bureaucrats.

The bride was wearing a thin coat, and there was no makeup on her face, but she was still fair and attractive. Liu Ling stopped thinking and couldn't help but stretched out his hand to pinch her cheek. The latter wanted to say something, but he hesitated. look.

Liu Ling didn't pay attention to her appearance and said, "Let's go."

Outside the door, there was a team parked outside, and in the middle of the team was a sedan.

A small official wearing a green official robe walked up to Liu Ling. He was obviously from the Song Dynasty in both appearance and demeanor. He cupped his hands in front of Liu Ling and said: "The governor is here and I want to say a few important words to the general. "

Liu Ling caught a glimpse of the team, half of which were soldiers, and the other half were civil servants. He stopped and asked, "Is there anything I can't say to the government office? It has to be stuck at the door of my house. Could it be that the door of my house is..." The government office of Zhizhou?"

The Zhuozhou magistrate has not been here for a few days, but he is waiting at his door today. He sounds very humble about what he has to say about business.

But Liu Ling immediately realized that Cai Zhizhou was preparing to give him a blow first.

The official's face immediately turned ugly. He thought for a moment and replied:
  "If the governor wants to speak somewhere, do he have to ask for the general's permission first? Please note that this is the territory of the Song Dynasty, so please speak with some respect, general."

Liu Ling ignored him, looked at the sedan and said:
  "Come on, I know Cai Zhizhou, you are a noble person from the imperial court, but you are not a good general. You have to go to the school field to watch the soldiers and horses drill later, which will not waste much time. Please tell me what is going on."

During the few months of leading troops, he also experienced several fierce battles and desperate fights.

Although Liu Ling has not yet developed the aura to shake off his tiger body and make people kneel down on the spot, the reckless aura in him that does not take human life seriously is truly intimidating.

The man sitting in the sedan was named Cai Jing, who is now the magistrate of Zhuozhou.

According to the historical process, he should have gone to Yanjing to replace Wang Anzhong, but now he has become the magistrate of Zhuozhou, which is equivalent to putting a lock on Liu Ling's head out of thin air.

However, the imperial court also made up for this, appointing Liu Ling as the defense envoy of Zhuozhou, and actually controlling the military power of Zhuozhou, while the power of governing the state was handed over to Cai Jing, which indirectly equaled Liu Ling's original idea of ​​"farming development". Directly stillborn.

After a moment of silence, Cai Jing lifted the curtain, bent down and walked out of the sedan. He has a fair face, a short beard, a scarlet official robe, and a silver fish bag hanging around his waist. The latter represents that he is the favorite of the Zhao family.

"This is a dog, and he speaks without reason. General, please don't blame me."

Cai Jing's tone and voice sounded comfortable, and then he smiled slightly and said: "I came here to serve as an official by decree. I saw the general's heroic appearance in the capital that day. Now I am very lucky to be able to serve as an official in the same state. . In the future, we should work together to serve the Song Dynasty."

"As for talking about things, there is actually nothing on business. I just happened to be passing by. I knew that the general was going to the school grounds today, so I thought of paying a visit and asking the questions by the way. There is no need to send anyone over to bother the general today."

"You ask." Liu Ling said calmly.

The speaker is intentional and the listener is intentional.

Cai Jing's tone was courteous, but there was something else behind his words.

"I came here as an official by decree. I have met the general in the capital. We should work together in the future."

Three sentences, one represents that Cai Jing is the governor of the state appointed by Zhao Guan's family, the other points out the status gap between Liu Ling and himself. Both of them were in the capital at the time. Liu Ling was just a small officer on the border at that time. He, Cai Jing, He is the minister of the DPRK. Now both of them are in Zhuozhou, and he, Cai Jing, has steadily surpassed Liu Ling in officialdom.

The third sentence asked Liu Ling to be more honest.

The second paragraph is even more unscrupulous. Cai Jing means that when he has nothing to do, he can block the door of Liu Ling's house and lecture him. In the future, if he has something to do, he doesn't have to talk to Liu Ling in person and sends a junior official to give instructions. Just one sound.

The people of the Song Dynasty had a sense of beauty in their military preparedness, which was like entering Kuma and setting off Nanshan with swords and guns. But when they spoke, they wanted to pierce their words and swords into people's faces.

Cai Jing has his own confidence: from now on, the money and food for Zhuozhou soldiers and horses will be provided by the Song Dynasty. As long as Cai Jing says a word, Liu Ling will be weaned directly to see if he dares to go against him.

But after all, he still wanted to convince Liu Ling with words.

"I heard that the general had intended to buy a large number of people from Pingzhou, Yingzhou and other places. Is this true?"

"Yes."

Liu Ling answered simply.

Cai Jing was slightly startled, then smiled and said: "Now that I think about it, I asked too early. When those refugees arrive in Zhuozhou, I will discuss it with you in detail. When the time comes, I will ask the general to cooperate."

This is a plan to directly get rid of this good thing.

Liu Ling's eyes were slightly cold.

The people you spent so much money to buy actually became your political achievements in the end?
  While they were talking here, from the other side of the street, Zhang Wu led a few soldiers on horseback. When he got there, he turned over and dismounted. Without looking at Cai Jing, he bowed directly to Liu Ling and saluted:

"General, the soldiers on the other side of the school field have already gathered and are waiting for you to come over and start training."

"I forgot about the real thing."

Liu Ling slapped his head and said sheepishly: "Cai Zhizhou, the general will host another banquet to apologize in the evening, but the military affairs are important, so the general will leave first."

Cai Jing was directly left on the spot, but he was not annoyed or angry, and still kept a smile on his face. Next to him, the green-robed official immediately said angrily after Liu Ling left: "Father, this guy has such a big air! Although Tan Zhen is a eunuch, he is right in saying one thing: this victorious army is, after all, a bunch of wolves that have not been raised well!"

"Tong Xianggong was deprived of military power, and Tan Zhen took over his errand. Naturally, he would not have anything good to say about the Ever Victorious Army." Cai Jing replied.

He sat back in the sedan and gave the order to lift the sedan. The team started to move slowly along with the sedan. His son Cai Songnian got on his horse and followed the sedan, talking to his father in a low voice.

Both Guo Yaoshi and Chang Shengjun surrendered when Tong Guan was in charge of Hebei affairs. In the eyes of many people in the court, even Guo Yaoshi himself knew that he was now Tong Guan's "direct descendant".

Tan Zhen and Tong Guan had a competitive relationship, so they incidentally recorded the Ever Victorious Army in their little notebooks. Before leaving Beijing, they reported to the officials several times, saying that the Ever Victorious Army was unruly and would be destroyed in the future. A big disaster!

"This was told to me personally by the official before I left Beijing. It shows that Tan Zhen is narrow-minded. As soon as he got the official position, he wanted to immediately accuse Tong Guan of everything he did."

Cai Songnian didn't understand his father's point of view and retorted: "But he is right, the victorious army is what it is."

"There is nothing in the world that should be taken for granted. He, the Ever Victorious Army, was originally from the Liao Army, so why should he be loyal to the Song Dynasty? Even if Medicine Master Guo said in court how loyal he was to the Song Dynasty, was he really loyal? Isn't it just for the sake of it? They surrendered for the sake of money, food and situation. Tan Zhen is not worried about state affairs, but is deliberately trying to find trouble with Yaoshi Guo, but we can't foolishly charge into the battle for him. Do you understand this? "

Cai Songnian nodded hesitantly.

"That's right. I heard that Tan Zhen is still recruiting a large number of Liao soldiers as soldiers. He has already established a charter. It is called the Righteous Victory Army. It is expected that it will oppose the Ever Victory Army.

Oh, before Zhang Jue's matter has come to an end, Tan Zhen, an old dog, is eager to find something to do for Chang Shengjun.

Let them fight and make trouble. What we, father and son, can do is to defend Zhuozhou for the imperial court.

I see, this Liu Ling is not as rough a general as the rumors say, but after all, he shed blood for our Song Dynasty, and the officials still care about him, so it’s not a good idea to do anything to him; in the future, give him some future and send him away. Just leave and that's it.

He probably hasn't reacted to what happened today, but by doing this, we have already lost his face, and the officials and soldiers in Zhuozhou will soon know who to listen to.

The matter of military power cannot be rushed, so don't annoy him, just get along with him, promise him a future, and send him away. Let’s return Zhuozhou’s military power to the imperial court, and we won’t fight with blood.”

The father and son were talking when the bearers and the Imperial Guard soldiers suddenly stopped in front of them.

"what happened?"

Cai Songnian looked over impatiently, his eyes blank for a moment.

Outside the entrance of the alley, there were at least a hundred soldiers standing on three levels inside and three outside, blocking the entrance of the narrow alley tightly.

In the center of the team, Liu Ling was riding a black war horse and wearing armor. When he glanced over, there was a clear trace of contempt.

This,
  What is this going to do?
  Liu Ling's eyes made Cai Songnian feel a little insulted, but the energy he had just exerted on Liu Ling's face had disappeared. He saw that there was still unwashed blood on the surface of the armor worn by the soldiers. After that, the smell of blood Son, it seems to be so rich that it hits your face.

There was silence in the sedan for a moment, then Cai Jing lifted the curtain and walked out again, his face already ashen.

"General Liu, what are you doing?"

"This is my first time here, Zhizhou. I will remember that there is something I haven't told you yet."

"What's the matter?"

Cai Jing suppressed his dissatisfaction and looked at Liu Ling coldly.

The latter laughed while sitting on the horse and said: "When you first came here, the officials of Zhuozhou City held a banquet to welcome you, but you have never seen these Zhuozhou soldiers, right?
  No, it's just on the way anyway. I will bring them here so that everyone can have a good look at what Cai Zhizhou looks like! "

Cai Jing made a wanton sound that was stuck in his throat. He saw Liu Ling's hand pressed on the handle of the knife at his waist. No matter what Liu Ling thought at this moment, Cai Jing immediately and conscientiously chose not to gamble again. Instead, he stood silently, letting the joking eyes of the victorious soldiers sweep over him.

He could scold him based on his identity, but then he had to bet on whether Liu Ling, a common man, would be crazy enough to let his soldiers kill him directly!

Cai Jing didn't dare anymore.

Some things that the two sides deliberately did to make each other lose face were okay in private. If it really came to the court, it would be his fault in the end, because it was indeed Cai Jing who instigated it first.

The Song Dynasty court had no rules about protecting young children. The officials sent him here because they took a fancy to Cai Jing's ability. Now if he is rebelled against the general's army, they will send someone to the officials to complain.

What do you think this is?
  You actually want me to end up personally, so what do I need from you?
  Standing there, many judgments quickly flashed through Cai Jing's mind, and he also realized that with Liu Ling's presence today, his prestige would not be reduced, and his own prestige would definitely be greatly reduced.

"Since Cai Zhizhou has to go to the government office, we won't bother him. There will still be time to get to know each other slowly."

Liu Ling released his hand holding the handle of the sword and snapped his fingers. Zhang Wu understood and began to substitute the order, asking the soldiers to turn back to the school field. In his heart, he kept thinking about Cai Zhizhou's face.

Now red, now white, now green,
  Gee, it's like opening a dye workshop.

Liu Ling acted as if nothing was wrong and rode forward, saying:

"We already have more than 3,000 troops, and you can't be the only one in charge. I'm going to promote a group of people."

His headquarters originally had more than 900 soldiers and horses, but some were lost while defending Yuyang City. Then he continued to replenish the defeated soldiers and refugees, and finally expanded to 3,000 men. It was not just Liu Ling who took advantage of this time to expand his troops. , including Guo Yaoshi, the victorious army, took this opportunity to develop their strength and digested all the money and food of the Song people into soldiers and horses.

Zhang Wu asked: "After all, your official position was awarded by the imperial court. If you promote us without permission, will it violate the imperial regulations?"

"In the land of Yanyun, in fact, only these high-ranking officials such as prefects and prefectures are directly sent by the imperial court. The appointment and removal of large and small military officials are nominally submitted to the Xuanfu Department and submitted to the Privy Council and the Ministry of War. In fact, they are under Guo Yaoshi's side. You can pass it directly.

The memorial submitted to the court was just a formality. "

Zhang Wu nodded to show that he understood, "Since he is an official personally sent by the imperial court, he should be brave and resourceful. But at the end of the day, both Wang Anzhong and Cai Jing seem to be a little bit different."

Logically speaking, since the land of Yanyun has recently been conquered, and there is such a respectful and loyal hero like Yaoshi Guo, we should send capable ministers to garrison the land of Yanyun and slowly regain the power from Yaoshi Guo. Completely suppress the land of Yanyun.

How did Da Song do it?
  One is to block the money and food of the Changsheng Army when Xiao Qian attacked. He wanted to see if Guo Yaoshi and the soldiers of the Changsheng Army had the intention to "serve the country".
  The second one was when the Ever Victorious Army was fighting Xiao Qian. It was clear that the Song Dynasty had no troops in the north that could fight except the Ever Victorious Army. However, whether it was Wang Anzhong or Tan Zhen who succeeded Tong Guan, They all immediately sent envoys to communicate with Zhang Jue, persuade him to betray the Kingdom of Jin, and suddenly created a second battlefield in the land of Yanyun.

Three, these are the "pillars of the country" who were sent to guard the land of Yanyun. First of all, these people were able to come to the land of Yan. Most of them were recommended by Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Zhu Meng, Liang Shicheng and others, so in the end these people You can also imagine what the ingredients are.

These are all things that actually happened in history and were recorded.

Liu Ling also knew that in about June next year, the Song Dynasty court would send Xu Kangzong and others as envoys to the Kingdom of Jin. When these people were in the Kingdom of Jin, the Jin people would give them a banquet. According to the rules, the envoys needed to make a statement to express themselves. of thanks.

These envoys wrote the four words "only neighbors" in the "form", in which "bang" is the name of the country below, which implies discrimination. However, the Jin people saw it and asked to change it. They argued repeatedly and firmly disagreed. Finally, the Jin people People find it boring and just let them write whatever they want.

Anyway, I would rather argue for a word, but a million-year-old coin can be easily given without any distress.

How could Zhang Wu know so many twists and turns? He just said:

"Then Cai Jing, will he confront you next?"

"He dares."

Liu Ling sneered and said:
  "As long as I don't rebel here in Yan, no matter what happens, there will be people in the court to help suppress me."

"Is there anyone in our court?" Zhang Wu blinked, becoming even more confused.

Although Tong Guan was deposed from the military power in Hebei, he still had great prestige and power in the court. Guo Yaoshi was regarded as his direct descendant, and Liu Ling, as Guo Yaoshi's "direct descendant", was naturally Tong Guan's.

That's why Tong Guan would speak for Liu Ling when he was in court.

But Liu Ling just kept these in his heart. Facing the soldiers around him, he patted his chest and said loudly:
  "The officials will definitely remember,
  We are people who have shed blood for the Song Dynasty! "

(End of this chapter)