Chapter 676: Japanese Pirates Slaughter Goryeo
Zhao Yulin continued: "As for Daddy's visit to Henan, let's wait until the repairs are completed. The ancestor we should really worship is the Yellow Emperor of Shaanxi Road. We should let the world know that we are all descendants of the Yellow Emperor and descendants of the dragon."
Is this appropriate?
Zhao Yulin asked his father-in-law in return.
His words were so shocking that the old emperor had been stunned for several times. Only after he asked this question did he come back to his senses. He looked at Zhao Yulin in confusion and said: "It's not appropriate to let me go to Huangling to offer sacrifices, right?" He is now a historian, how can he go to pay homage to Huangdi?
Zhao Yulin drank tea with a smile, put down the tea bowl and said to the old emperor: If I say it's okay, it's okay. My father was an outstanding emperor of the previous dynasty. If my father can't do it, who can?
Required.
Everyone was still in a daze, and Princess Jia said with a smile: That's enough, Yulin brother has instructed, my lord, just wait until next year to visit Luoyang, Kaifeng, and go to Shaanxi to worship your ancestors.
Zhao Yulin had already stood up and was pulling Shunzhidi as if to leave. He glanced at those people and said: Don't worry, the Ministry of Rites will take care of it.
The old deacon was already extremely excited.
Zhao Yulin directly assigned these matters to him to handle, especially the Huangling ancestor worship. However, this was a major event that had not been done for many years, and at least the deputy envoy of the Ministry of Rites should be involved. This showed the king's trust in him.
The girl trembled and asked Lord Zhao to rest assured, promising that everything would be done properly.
Zhao Yulin waved his hand, smiled, took Shunzhidi's hand and left.
The queen said excitedly: That’s great, I didn’t expect Yulin to entrust such an important state affair to the master.
The emperor was happy because Guanzhong fell and both sides of the Yellow River fell into the hands of the Jin people. When he first became the emperor of the Song Dynasty, he had no chance to go to Kaifeng and Luoyang to worship his ancestors, let alone go to Huangling to worship.
Now, Zhao Yulin actually asked him to go and worship the ancestors of the Chinese people with just one sentence. It was really a blessing he had earned in his previous life.
Old Mrs. Xie, who had always been cold and regarded Zhao Yulin as her mortal enemy, also looked at him with admiration and admired the magnanimity of her grandson-in-law. The whole family, young and old, gathered together to discuss the matter heatedly.
Zhao Yulin had already gone down the mountain and came to the rest pavilion of Natural Painting to sit down and rest. Zhidi asked him doubtfully: Is it really allowed that the old emperor is allowed to go to Shaanxi Road to offer sacrifices?
Go back to Luoyang to worship ancestors?
Aren’t you afraid that they will cause trouble?
Zhao Yulin nodded confidently and asked Jing Gang to give him a cigarette.
Jing Gang immediately took out a cigarette and handed it to him and lit it.
He blew out two smoke rings and asked Zhidi to take a good look, the scenery was really beautiful.
Huangling ancestor worship is a national event, and the woman has no time to enjoy the scenery. She looks at him worriedly.
While enjoying the scenery, Zhao Yulin said easily: We must believe that the old emperor has changed, that officials at all levels are aware of the situation, and that the people know that a good life is one in which everyone is equal.
He put out his cigarette and threw it into the garbage pool on the side of the road, told them to get going, and then pulled Zhidi down the mountain.
When the two men went back, Lao Cao and Fan Zhong smiled and told him that they had already discussed everything. Each route had officials who had retired from the positions of pacification envoy and deputy envoy, and they would start from this level. This year, they would first improve the Taijiantang at the route level.
However, Zhao Yulin believed that setting up a Taijian Hall at the road level should be done with caution, because after retiring, the pacification envoys would almost always enter the central Taijian Hall, and setting up a Taijian at the road level would not have sufficient power and would not be conducive to stability.
On the contrary, a prefecture- and state-level setup would be more appropriate.
There are many officials at the prefectural level. Wouldn't it be more targeted if we set up a Taijiantang in each prefecture to directly deal with the counties, towns, villages and forts at the lowest level?
The two old guys' eyes lit up and said in surprise : Yes. The pacification envoys and deputy envoys of each road are officials sent by the Central Council. They mainly perform supervision and management duties, which are different from the officials of the prefectures and states. Setting up the Taijian directly at the prefecture and state level also saves the trouble of the middle links and avoids delays in handling affairs.
Lao Cao said: In this case, the affairs of the central Taijian Hall will become heavy. Our elders need to make a good division of labor and strengthen the responsibilities of the office to complete the coordination.
Zhao Yulin nodded and said to him: In this way, no matter how many people there are in Taijiantang, there will always be something to do.
The two looked at each other and laughed.
Lao Cao relaxed and invited them to go to the stream valley in the back mountain to cool off.
On the Goryeo Peninsula in the northeast, the Goryeo Kingdom was mobilizing the entire country to fight against the invasion of Japanese pirates.
The young Goryeo emperor had not expected that the earthworm-shaped Amaterasu, a kingdom of several islands in the Pacific Ocean, would send troops to invade his Great Goryeo Kingdom.
However, Goryeo was indeed torn to pieces in the years of fighting against the grassland empire. In addition, the rising New Song Dynasty took back a lot of territory on the peninsula. Goryeo's hastily assembled troops were unable to resist the attack of the island country of Japan and were beaten back step by step.
After occupying the southwestern coastal city of Busan, the Japanese pirates launched a brutal massacre in the city. The coastal officials were frightened and surrendered one after another. The Japanese pirates were excited about having a foothold to march into Goryeo and massively increased their troops, completely ignoring the warnings from the New Song Dynasty.
The Goryeo army was beaten back again and again, the people of Goryeo were in panic, and they were about to retreat to the banks of the West Han River.
Xihanshui is the West Han River, a tributary of the Han River to the west. The Han River has two major tributaries, the North Han River and the West Han River. If the Japanese pirates really reach the West Han River, Goryeo will be destroyed soon. Because the border of the New Song Dynasty has been drawn to the North Han River, they can retreat into the narrow strip between the North Han River and the West Han River and the country will be destroyed in a matter of minutes.
At this time, Prince Wang Dian of the Peninsula was nervous. Even the powerful generals of the Li and Zheng families said worriedly that they must seek support from the Shenwei Army of the New Song Dynasty, otherwise Goryeo might face the danger of national destruction.
The young Goryeo emperor was anxious, so he stripped the Peninsula Prince of his military power and handed the military command to the Li family to deal with the Japanese pirates. He ordered the Peninsula Prince to go north immediately to seek the support of the commander of the Liaoyang Road garrison of the New Song Kingdom. He could discuss whether to become a vassal state or to merge into the New Song Kingdom, but he had to get the support of the New Song Kingdom and must not let the Japanese pirates take him prisoner.
Prince Peninsula knew that the military situation was extremely urgent, so he immediately set off for Liaoyang.
This guy hurriedly took a boat to the coast of the New Song Kingdom, then rode a horse to Buyeo City. When he learned that the commander-in-chief Feng Guiqi was in Shenzhou, he hurried over again. Fortunately, he was extremely lucky because Feng Guiqi was talking to the newly arrived Privy Councilor and Deputy King Miao Gui.
Miao Gui knew that the war situation in Goryeo must be tense, otherwise the Prince of the Peninsula would not have run to them in such panic, and asked the guards to come in and talk.
When Wang Dian went in and saw the two adults were there, he immediately begged the New Song Dynasty with a sad face to save Goryeo. The Japanese pirates had landed on the peninsula in large numbers, and the Goryeo soldiers could not resist and were about to be completely defeated.
Feng Guiqi glanced at Miao Gui and asked Wang Dian in confusion: No way? Prince, are you lying to us? Goryeo has countless elite soldiers and came here last year. How come they were defeated?
When Wang Dian heard Feng Guiqi mention that their army had invaded the Buyeo City of the New Song Kingdom, he knew that Commander Feng was still angry and did not dare to respond. He calmed himself and said: The Japanese pirates are coming ashore to rob with all their might, and those who are in the front are warriors from various families on the island of Japan, all of them are very skilled in martial arts. Although the imperial guards of the Goryeo Kingdom are experienced in battle, they are only hiding in the mountains as guerrillas, waiting for opportunities to launch sneak attacks. How can they confront the Japanese pirates head-on?
Please, General, send troops quickly to save our Goryeo.
Miao Gui immediately shook his head and firmly denied it, saying: "The Shenwei Army is going to go abroad to fight. How can we send troops without the king's order? Absolutely not."
We are all loyal subjects of the New Song Dynasty. Prince, please be careful with your words and actions.
Wang Dian had just been choked by Feng Guiqi and then hit by Miao Gui with a stick. He was so confused that he didn't know how to start.
Seeing his silly look, Feng Guiqi said: How about this, we will reduce the size of the Liaoyang garrison and reorganize the army, collect a batch of weapons and ordnance, and give them to the prince to take back and arm the imperial guards. With suitable weapons, the army's combat effectiveness will be improved, and it should be able to resist the Japanese pirates.
How about he send another reconnaissance team to see how powerful the Japanese pirates are?
Wang Dian knew that this was the only way for the time being, so he begged Miao Gui to send troops to Goryeo to help expel the Japanese pirates. Goryeo wanted to become a vassal state of the New Song Dynasty.
Miao Gui waved his hand and said: These are all later. At present, he has no military order from the Central Court and has no right to dispatch troops to fight abroad. Prince, go back first. Fortunately, weapons and military supplies are stored near the capital of Kaijing on the North Han River near the border of Goryeo. Goryeo can quickly get weapons and arm its troops.
Wang Dian was delighted that he could get the weapons so quickly. He thanked them repeatedly and immediately went back to Pyongyang with peace of mind.
Pyongyang is also called Xijing because of the large number of willow trees planted in the city. It is also called Liujing. It was formerly the location of Lelang, one of the four counties of the Han Dynasty. At this time, the new Song Dynasty re-established Lelang Prefecture, and the area has been tidied up. The roads are better than those during the Goryeo rule, which made Wang Dian feel mixed emotions.
In the Shenzhou government office, after Wang Dian left, Miao Gui and Feng Guiqi looked at each other and smiled, then shook their heads in confusion.
Feng Guiqi said that retribution came too quickly. Last year, Goryeo was still trying to seize the city where we were. They really didn't know their place.
Miao Gui smiled and told him: What the Third Young Master said is so accurate, they have forgotten the pain once the wound has healed, they come to us for help when they are in trouble, but forget the benefactors who helped them once the trouble is over, alas.
Remember, next time they come to ask for military supplies they must pay silver. Our New Song Kingdom does not treat anyone unfairly. It is all about equality and mutual benefit. We will not do business at a loss.
On the next day, the two men made a division of labor. Miao Gui led a large number of guards to the north to patrol the border. He had to implement Zhao Yulin's national defense order that all places with people must be under control and all places that could be reached must be defended.
In Chengdu, Zhao Yulin was still on vacation at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain, reading a letter from Hubili. The brother-in-law was completely furious at the way Zhao Yulin's Shenwei Army chased him, and asked Zhao Yulin where he was going to chase him.
Aren't we still a family?
It made him laugh and cry.
Dongmei, who was delivering the letter, also brought military reports and various military intelligence from the front: First, there were signs that Hubili was going to proclaim himself emperor in Shamar Khan. Mr. Yao from Taiji Academy urged the civil officials to give Hubili advice many times, asking him to put on the yellow robe, proclaim himself emperor and lead all ethnic groups in the world to gather strength and fight against the New Song Dynasty.
