The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

A nation is a stable community formed in history with a common language, common region, common economic life and common psychological qualities reflected in common culture.

Although the Youyun Han people in the Liao Dynasty still spoke Chinese language at this time, they had significant cultural differences with the Han people in the Central Plains of the same period. They were closely linked to northern ethnic minorities in terms of regional and economic life and were in line with the Central Plains. In a state of isolation, more importantly, it is completely different from the Han people in the Central Plains in psychological terms. The two have lost the key factor as the same nation - a sense of identity. It is hard to say that they are still a stable national community.

The Han people in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun have now become the most special group in the north. As the nation with the highest cultural level and the largest population in the Liao Dynasty, they are discriminated against in politics and cannot be perfectly integrated into the political life of any dynasty, regardless of Neither the northern ethnic minorities nor the Central Plains Han ethnic groups regarded them as their own, making them psychologically marginalized outside the various ethnic groups.

At the same time, in terms of their own mentality and cultural characteristics, the Han people in Youyun are different from ethnic minorities such as the Khitan and the Han people under the Central Plains dynasty. They do not necessarily tend toward any country, but are in the competition of various northern regimes. , formed a self-contained interest group. Their advantages in population, personality and cultural level have led to it becoming an isolated and important weight in northern China, and will not act according to the subjective will of any regime. When they turn toward When a certain regime is used, it will give the side a great advantage in the struggle, thereby fundamentally changing the balance of power in northern China...

Now Zhang Xiaochun called Yanyun Han people in front of Zhao Qi, which shows that the Han people in the Central Plains regarded them as not our race as having a strong sense of boredom. The existence of this emotion will inevitably make Youyun Han people unable to be in the Central Plains people. Identity is found there.

Based on Zhao Qi's understanding of history, it was the speculative policy of the Song Dynasty that was different and unmannerable that made some Han people who had hope for the Song Dynasty completely disappointed and even despaired. In addition, their already-behaved attitude towards the fence and the Youyan Han people The way of dealing with the world that has been seeking survival in the cracks for a long time has caused the Youyun Han people who surrendered to the Song Dynasty to either rebel against the Song and Jin Dynasties or die under the contradiction between the Song and Jin Dynasties, and there is no other way. Can be left.

It was the Song Dynasty court who made many mistakes in treating the Youyun Han people, which led to the outbreak of the Song and Jin War, and all the Youyun Han people who were disappointed were turned around, which led more Youyun Han people to another path. In the current complex international and domestic environment, Zhao Xiao knew that he could not change the views of the whole country, or even his father's opinions. What he could do at this time was to "know the destiny, do his best" and handle his own eyes But this is not easy to do!

Hedong faces the defense of Xixia and Liao Kingdom, but because it is mostly mountainous areas, it can be defended by danger and facilitated defense. The army must be less than Shaanxi Road and Hebei Road, but the 22 prefectures in Hedong Road are also stationed in the wings. More than 120,000, of which there were 95,000 imperial guards and more than 30,000 wing troops. These imperial guards all need to be supported by Hedong, which can be said to be a huge burden. Now, 50,000 Yisheng Army entered Hedong to obtain food and gave it to Hedong. The economic pressure brought by you can imagine.

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Li Siben and Geng Shouzhong are respectful on the surface, but they look down on this immediate boss who has just grown a beard, thinking that he was able to reach this high position just because he was born in the imperial family. In addition to Hedong's reputation in the stables, Zhao Qiong is the one who is famous in the stable.

It's not good. Li Siben, who is Tan Zhen's confidant, is certainly not unfamiliar with it. He is so energetic that he can deal with it.

Geng Shouzhong only heard of Zhao Qiong. He had only heard that he had led his troops to defeat Xixia. However, as a border general who guarded the Liao Dynasty, he also had a bloody battle with the Jurchens. He saw Zhao Qiong look weak.

'The little body looked down on him a little bit, and he became 80% disbelief of his record, but he had to bow his head under the roof. He still hoped that this 'boy' would pay for his salary!

Zhao Qi, a sensual man, saw their thoughts from the two of them smiling and unhappy faces. Of course, he would not scream, but instead asked them about their well-being and greeted their families one by one.

Is the old man in good health? Is the child married? Is he accustomed to living in Daizhou? etc.... The attitude is so good, without any arrogant attitude of the prince or a little official voice, it is all commonplace.

Li Siben was fine. After all, he had been in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty. He was still wary of the prince and answered in a normal manner. But Geng Shouzhong was fooled by the prince's appearance, and tears of emotion dripped on his beard again and again.

Then he started to complain and talked about the difficulties he had made after returning to the Song Dynasty. He was rolled around everywhere and was insulted by evil words at every turn.

Geng Shouzhong's words made Zhang Xiaochun, who was accompanying the comforter, feel uncomfortable, and was extremely embarrassed. He wanted to interrupt, but he saw that the prince was in high spirits but did not dare to say anything. He even winked at Li Siben, but the one pretended not to see him, and he was completely self-righteous.

His colleague was a gunman and tacitly agreed to his "spoken" complaints, but the prince listened with relish.

It turned out that it was just a routine brief visit, but because of Geng Shouzhong's long-windedness, he turned into a long talk. When he saw noon, the prince ordered someone to prepare a banquet. How could the boss eat casually? According to the rules, Zhang Xiaochun refused in every way, but Geng Shouzhong

I made a real move and took it seriously. I sat there and stopped leaving, so everyone had to eat with him.

As soon as the rice was served, Geng Shouzhong was happy. The food was Liao Dynasty flavor and his appetite for the prince increased by 50%. The two of them frowned and thought it was vulgar.

The meal was hard to eat, so I just tasted it and I just watched the two of them have a feast.

After drinking and drinking tea for a while, Zhang Xiaochun couldn't help it and said he had something to deal with and stood up and said goodbye, and the two of them could not sit down again. This was the first time they both paid their respects to their superiors, of course they wouldn't be empty-handed.

When they said goodbye, the prince personally sent it out and ordered someone to prepare a return gift.

There seemed to be not many things, each of them had a small box. When they returned home, they swallowed their saliva. The prince's gifts were more than twice as much as he gave them. Li Siben was uneasy and suspected that the prince was hinting at him.

What, is it because I gave it less? Geng Shouzhong didn't think so much. Instead, he felt that it was the prince's love for him and did not think that he gave it less!

The next day, the prince went to the camp to express condolences to the soldiers of the Yisheng Army. Flocks of sheep rushed into the camp. Everyone got closer to the prince. Seeing that he was only following a few people, his heart felt even warmer.

Think about it, when Lord Tan Zhen, who proposed to form their Yisheng Army, came to inspect the army, not only were the generals and staff members who were entrusted with him, but even the personal troops who followed him into the camp were not less than a thousand. I am afraid that these people would harm him.

It's.

Look at this new boss, not only is he bigger than Tan Zhen, but he is also a prince, but he doesn't have that big battle. This is a great trust in himself! But not all the people in Yisheng's army are like this.

I thought, but felt that it was precisely because of my "strength" that the prince of the Song Dynasty had to put down his figure and show kindness to him and try his best to win over him. The purpose was to make him work hard for him!

But no matter what, Zhao Qi's people-friendly policy still had some effect, at least it made these Yisheng Army people feel that the prince is still different from other Han people, and at least it would not scold him as a foreigner like they did. And with Taiyuan

The stored grain was transported in large quantities, and the imperial guards no longer ate old grain. Zhao Qi convened a meeting of officials and gentry, reiterated the ethnic policy, and warned them to treat their compatriots well. After a series of measures, the crisis in front of them was somewhat different.

Easing.

In March, the annual review of Hedong will be held in Daizhou. In addition to the imperial guards and the loyal and brave army who are responsible for the garrison mission, even the Daizhou prefecture army will participate in the review. After the review, the code name "Counterattack" will be held.

Zhao Qi has three purposes for military exercises:

One is to improve combat readiness through this military exercise, because Daizhou is the first barrier between Hedong and Taiyuan and is the traditional path for nomadic people to invade the Central Plains, so he must familiarize himself with the local terrain through this military exercise, so he can be able to

Respond quickly according to the plan and know how to deal with it without panic.

Second, I hope that through this review, everyone will have some understanding of the Yisheng Army, eliminate each other's prejudice, reduce mutual friction, and thus affect the Youyan Han people who returned to the Song Dynasty, so that they can integrate into the Han people in the Central Plains...

When the loyal and brave army and tiger, who participated in the school review, entered Daizhou City, the Yisheng Army, who claimed to be the first general in Hedong, immediately disappeared. They immediately understood what the tiger and wolf army was called the army of tigers and wolfs. Geng Shouzhong suddenly understood that the prince could be

Hedong won such a reputation as such is definitely not a false reputation. He had fought against the people of Xixia and the Jurchens, and the quality of the team in front of him was no less than that of the Jin army, which was known as invincible.

The next demonstration of the cavalry charge formation of the loyal and brave army, the roundabout encirclement of the dragon cavalry, the infantry defensive formation, and then the muskets and artillery shooting pushed the entire review to a climax. The deafening sound of cannons, four hundred steps away

Is it a big tree or a stone wall, which turned into powder and wood chips flying all over the sky in the violent explosion. The arrogance of the Yisheng Army soldiers who watched on the scene also turned into white clouds in the air due to the explosion, and they dared not turn the prince's

Good intentions are regarded as win-win, and we have to admit that Yisheng Army is a pile of scum in front of the loyal and brave army!

Zhao Qi looked at Geng Shouzhong's pale face, his hands trembled slightly, and smiled with trembling hands. His soft hand had already made him feel his differences and sincerity. This fire was to tell him that he was not afraid of respecting him.

If he wants to rebel, he should look at the loyal and brave army in front of him. He can eliminate them at any time. It is best to put away any bad intentions...