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Chapter 301 Xiao Qi Awarded Eight Sage Kings
Chapter 301 Xiao Qi was awarded the title of Eight Wise Kings
In the remaining month, Ma Shoucheng led [-] Changsheng Battalion cavalry in a frantic pursuit northward.
Less than [-] remnants of the Qiyan tribe led by Temujin chased into the cold hinterland of Siberia.
Seeing that the climate in Siberia is getting colder and colder, the extreme cold that has never been experienced has caused frostbite on the hands and feet of a small number of Changsheng Battalion cavalry.
Ma Shoucheng, who wanted to wipe out the Qiyan tribe in one fell swoop, knew that it was impossible to eliminate the Qiyan tribe this year, so he had no choice but to lead the [-] Changsheng Battalion cavalry back to the original Xixia territory.
After placing all the cavalry troops of the Changsheng Battalion in several newly built barracks, Ma Shoucheng rushed back to Lin'an, the capital, with his own troops, and returned to the emperor and Xiao Qi, the King of Zhenbei.
Emperor Zhao Shen of the Song Dynasty and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were shocked by how Changsheng Battalion had secured a vast territory for the Song Dynasty in less than half a year!
They knew that the strength of the Great Song Changsheng Battalion was unparalleled in the world, but no matter how hard they thought about it, they would never have imagined that the Great Song Changsheng Battalion had become so powerful.
In just half a year, not only did Xixia Kingdom be taken down and assigned to the territory of Song Dynasty, but also the northern nomads who had troubled the Han nation for thousands of years were tidied up.
The Mongolian Qiyan tribe who tried to assassinate Zhenbei King Xiao Qi before was killed and almost exterminated.
There were less than 2 people left, and Ma Shoucheng led the Changsheng Battalion to chase them into the extremely cold place in the extreme north!
Today, the territory of the Great Song Dynasty is unprecedented, from the northernmost Siberian hinterland to the southernmost Java and other places, it is more than ten thousand miles!
Nowadays, the size of the Song Dynasty has long exceeded the imagination of Emperor Zhao Shen and all the civil and military ministers of the Song Dynasty!
This is not far away from the countless countries that have professed their vassals to the Song Dynasty. Now the territory of the Song Dynasty is almost the entire imperial court. Everyone who doesn't know much about today's geography can't even think about it!
Just when the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were dizzy by the huge pie, Qin Tu and Lin Zheng, two generals who took a boat to the far west to conquer the alien race, had received the military order of King Zhenbei and returned to the Great Song Dynasty. .
Zhao Shen, the civil and military emperor of the Manchu Dynasty, suddenly remembered that when Qin Tu and Lin Zheng came back this time, Xiao Qi, the king of Zhenbei, asked the court to ennoble them together with Ma Shoucheng and Zhang Jiangong.
At this time, some ministers suggested that Lin Zheng, Qin Tu, Zhang Jiangong, and Ma Shoucheng had established great military exploits for the Song Dynasty. They could no longer be dismissed by a small marquis, and asked the emperor to confer the title of king on them.
In fact, these ministers who were hostile to Xiao Qi once again set their hands on Xiao Qi, King of Zhenbei.
In their view, Qin Tu and the other four are Xiao Qi's most powerful four generals, and they have always obeyed Xiao Qi's order.
If all four of them were crowned kings, then their status would be the same as Xiao Qi's. For a short time, they would respect Xiao Qi's orders because they were Xiao Qi's subordinates.
After a long time, these four people who are in the same high positions as Xiao Qi will definitely no longer respect Xiao Qi because of the same status as Xiao Qi, and even feel dissatisfied because Xiao Qi is used to giving orders to them .
Over time, Zhenbei King Xiao Qi and the other four subordinates who have already become kings will have rifts, and even turn against each other.
This is also the last and most insidious time for those people who have inexplicable hostility towards Xiao Qi to attack Xiao Qi. If their goal is achieved, they will achieve the goal of killing three birds with one stone.
First, it can weaken the situation that Xiao Qi, the King of Zhenbei, almost promised everything in the Song Dynasty, and made Xiao Qi's status drop invisibly.
Second, it can make Xiao Qi and his most capable subordinates have a rift, and even turn against each other. It would be best if they can turn against each other.
Because if these four people have conflicts with Xiao Qi, they will definitely find an alliance, so they, civil servants and ministers, will become the best targets to win over!
The third is that civil servants who can make their status decline day by day, because they are vying to win over these people, and their status rises back to the peak period again.
The minister who suddenly highlighted this idea in the court also came up with this poisonous plan at the last moment. He himself also felt that this plan was a wonderful plan. Regardless of whether the emperor agreed or not, he would benefit.
Even if Emperor Zhao Shen and all the ministers vetoed his proposal, Qin Tu and the other four would still have a good impression of him because he proposed that they be crowned kings, which would cost them nothing!
After hearing this proposal, none of the civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty came out to oppose it. Xiao Qi, the King of Zhenbei, only took back the land south of the Yellow River, and was named King of Zhenbei.
Now Qin Tulin and the other four people have secured more than twice the territory for the Song Dynasty as that of Xiao Qi, King of Zhenbei!
All places must be added up ten times!
Emperor Zhao Shen was also confused after hearing this proposal. There was no problem at all in conferring the title of king on these four people based on their merit.
But why didn't this bastard Mao mention the reward for Zhenbei King Xiao Qi?
These four people are the territories that Xiao Qi ordered to lay down!
At this time, it is not okay to say no, but I always feel that there is something wrong with saying yes, Zhao Shen had no choice but to push back: "I am tired, I will stop here for the morning, and I will continue the discussion tomorrow."
After finishing speaking, Zhao Shen immediately got up and went back to the harem, and went to discuss with his cheap father Zhao Gou.
After listening to Zhao Shen's retelling of what happened in the court, Zhao Gou, who was already an old fox, just lowered his head and thought for a while before he understood the sinister intention of proposing to make Qin Tu and four other people kings.
Zhao Gou told Zhao Shen the possible consequences if these four people were crowned king, and finally snorted coldly: "Hmph! A wolf is ambitious, my son will definitely put this person in prison tomorrow, and he will never let him go lightly!"
Zhao Shen didn't understand why and asked quickly.
Zhao Gou took a deep breath and said, "Why did my son and father dare to use Xiao Qi so much in the first place?
Is it difficult for my son to forget that Xiao Qi is a disciple of a master, and he is not greedy for worldly power at all, so we father and son dare to rely so heavily on him?
Those thieves in the court today have sinister intentions, and for the sake of their status, I don't care about Da Song Jiangshan, they should be killed! "
Zhao Shen asked in confusion: "Why do you say this, father? The contributions of those four people are indeed enough to be crowned king."
Zhao Gou was furious when he heard this, and slapped the table with a 'bang':
"I'm confused!
We know that Xiao Qi is an expert disciple who will never be greedy for worldly power, but are Qin Tu and the other four?
How can they have the same rights and status as Xiao Qi?
In the future, if they really had a quarrel with Xiao Qi, or recruited a lot of ministers, wouldn't my Great Song Dynasty be in chaos?
What if one of these four people has a different intention, declares himself king, or intends to attack my old Zhao family? "
After hearing Zhao Gou's words, Zhao Shen was also shocked and quickly got up to plead guilty to Zhao Gou: "My son is stupid, thank you for your advice, my son knows his mistake."
Then the cheap father and son discussed in the harem for most of the day, and finally decided that Qin Tu, Linzheng, Ma Shoucheng, Zhang Jiangong and others should all be named kings.
Since someone has already proposed it, and the contributions of the four people are indeed enough to be crowned kings, then let’s crown them kings!
However, Xiao Qi can't be pulled down. Qin Tu and the other four must be below Xiao Qi's status, and they can't reach them even if they jump high.
Before Zhao Guangyi's family, that is, Zhao Gou's family, didn't occupy Zhao Kuangyin's family, that is, Zhao Shen and his family refused to give the throne to Zhao Kuangyin, the eight sage kings, in order to appease people's hearts. Title?
Eight thousand years old is only a little short of long live, the real No.1 under the emperor, just do it like this!
Anyway, Xiao Qi will never be the emperor. It doesn't matter if you grant him nine thousand years of age, but if he has to give him the Zen throne and give him the emperor, Xiao Qi will definitely give up and run away.
As for the boy who proposed in the early court to seal only the four of Qin and Tu and never mention anything about Xiao Qi, he will be directly arrested tomorrow morning and sent to prison to ransack his home and then exile the whole family.
Such scourge must be severely punished!
After the cheap father and son finished their discussion, they ordered a banquet and drank from cup to cup.
Now almost every day I hear good news. The Great Song Dynasty is now definitely considered a prosperous country and a strong country. The daily urgent reports are all good news. Whether it is how much the territory of the Great Song Dynasty has been expanded after being defeated here, or which small country has surrendered, it makes people feel happy ah!
What Zhao Gou feared most in the first half of his life was receiving emergency reports, because that was the signal for him to run quickly.
What Zhao Gou wants to hear most now is the urgent report. Hearing that the Song army is still looking down on them thousands of miles away, it feels comfortable.
Damn I don't have to run away anymore!
Feng Shui takes turns, and now it's finally changed to someone else!
In the morning of the next day, Zhao Shen was thinking about how to find an excuse to arrest the boy he proposed yesterday.
Seeing the proposal made the day before, Yang Wei, the Minister of Rites who only crowned Qin Tu and four other people as kings, jumped out again:
"Report to Your Majesty, yesterday morning the courtiers suggested that the four generals Qin Tulin Zhengma Shoucheng and Zhang Jiangong be named kings. The officials said that they were tired and retreated to the court to rest. Today, the officials are asked to make a decision!"
After saying this, Yang Wei proudly glanced at the ministers around him. It seemed that he was very satisfied with his idea.
When Zhao Shen saw this bastard running out on his own, he immediately slapped the dragon bookcase:
"Bold Yang Wei! Yesterday I thought you were negligent and thoughtless, and I didn't hold you accountable. Who knows that you are still like this today!
It seems that it was not a lack of consideration, but a deliberate act. Someone took this dog thief and sent him to prison, and ransacked his family and exiled him to Mongolia! "
Zhao Shen suddenly arrested someone and ransacked his home, which immediately confused everyone else in the court.
Xin said that the emperor who is usually sprayed with saliva is not angry, what happened today?
Could it be that the concubine from yesterday made him unhappy?
At this time, several ministers from the same line as Yang Wei hurried out to persuade the emperor to withdraw his order, and asked Zhao Shen why he got angry.
Zhao Shen said angrily: "Qin Tu and the four others deserve the title of king for their contributions, but this bastard Yang Wei deliberately missed King Zhenbei and did not report it.
The four generals of Qin Tu all obeyed the military orders of the King of Zhenbei and followed the deployment of the King of Zhenbei to achieve this unparalleled military exploit for our Song Dynasty!
Yang Wei's dog thief deliberately did not mention the merits of King Zhenbei, as long as I reward Qin Tu and other four people, he should be killed for his sinister intentions! "
After hearing Zhao Shen's words, other people in the court who originally wanted to plead for Yang Wei stopped.
Xin said: The current emperor is not the same as it was a few years ago. It was easy to be fooled back then, but now he is shrewd!This Yang Wei's method is really ruthless, but unfortunately it is too obvious to stand up to scrutiny!
At this time, Yang Wei also realized that his little thoughts had been seen through by the emperor. He quickly kowtowed and said that he was surprised by the achievements of the four generals and asked the emperor to forgive him for not thinking carefully.
His line of officials also pleaded with the emperor, asking the emperor to spare Yang Wei this time.
Seeing that several ministers wanted to confront him again, Zhao Shen got angry!
You guys really think I like to wash my face with your saliva!
Don't come here, you have bad breath, don't you know?
Quickly slapped the Long Shuan in front of him: "Shut up! If anyone thinks that I am wrong today, wait until I summon Qin Tu and other four generals into the court, and you wait to argue with them!"
At this time, the ministers of his line who originally wanted to intercede for Yang Wei all returned to their original positions and stood still.
What a joke, those four people have killed a mountain of heads now!
Moreover, he argued with them face to face, saying that they were the only ones to be rewarded but not Xiao Qi, King of Zhenbei. Given the admiration these four people had for Xiao Qi, they would definitely draw knives and kill people.
Yang Wei's strategy wanted to create a rift between them and Xiao Qi, which would only happen long after they were brought to the same level as Xiao Qi.
Now block their face and suppress King Zhenbei by force?
What a joke, whose neck can withstand the knives of these four people here!
Yang Wei was quickly taken off his official hat and uniform by the forbidden army who came in from outside the palace, and he was carried out of the court hall and imprisoned.
Seeing that the ministers in the court were all honest, Zhao Shen said:
"I went back to the palace and thought about it all night, Qin Tu and other four generals should be crowned kings for their merits, but the king of Zhenbei is the real meritorious one!
I have decided to confer on Xiao Qi the eight virtuous kings who have been vacant in the court for a long time. You can help me think about the titles of these eight princes.
There are also the titles of Qin Tu and the other four princes. After thinking about it, I will report it to Zhenzhi, and I will retire from the court! "
After a few days, the ministers discussed the titles of Qin Tu and four others, as well as the other seven titles of the Eight Wise Kings of Xiao Qi.
Emperor Zhao Shen summoned all five of them, including Xiao Qi, to the court, and granted Xiao Qi the eight titles of Zhenbei King, Pingnan King, Zhongjun King, Four Seas King, Zhengxi King, Backing Mountain King, One Word Side by Side King, and Great Song Xianwang Wang Jue, collectively referred to as the New Eight Sage Kings of the Great Song Dynasty.
Qin Tu was the king of Pingyi, Lin Zheng was the king of Zhengyi, Ma Shoucheng was the king of Zhenyi, and Zhang Jiangong was the king of Dingyi.
In the end, under Xiao Qi's suggestion, Long Yongsheng, the commander of the Naval Division of the Changsheng Camp, was named a first-class ocean-going honor.
At the same time, a decree was made to announce to the world, and announced that this year was the beginning of the new heyday of the Great Song Dynasty, announced that the new country name would be changed to the first year of Yongchang, and announced that the entire Great Song people would be exempted from taxes for this year, and everyone celebrated together!
With this imperial decree, the whole Song Dynasty boiled!
In the past, if there was a big happy event in the imperial court, it would be very difficult to reduce some taxes, but now the tax is completely exempted for a whole year!
This is something that has never happened before!
The Great Song Dynasty can now be described as a truly prosperous country and a strong people. Whether it is the state capital below or the treasury of the imperial court, even the inner courtyard of the imperial palace is very full of money. The emperor and officials at all levels don't know how to spend the money!
(End of this chapter)