The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

In the eyes of the people of the Central Plains, the nomadic people north of the Great Wall were all barbarians who ate raw meat and drank blood, and even the Khitans who had almost completed the sinicization were no exception. What did the invasion of the Jurchens in a semi-primitive and semi-slave society allow the people of the Central Plains to see?

They are barbaric. In their imagination, nomads living in the northern desert are no different from savages. They are simply wild beasts walking on two legs.

The harsh environment outside the border and the difference between civilization and customs not only made the people of the Central Plains feel extremely afraid, but also made officials regard it as a terrible way to go to work outside the border. Those who go there can be said to have a determination to die and can live.

It's all profitable when you come back. Therefore, every year of the Mojian year, all officials who have been transferred will rely on their relationship to go through the back door to avoid being "exiled" to the north of the Sub-Shi. Choosing officials for the northwest has become the most troublesome thing for the Ministry of Personnel.

No one is willing to go there if he is promoted.

Now that the Western Expedition Army has captured Zhenzhou in Mobei, the emperor quickly approved the memorial of Gao Chong, the commander of the Western Expedition Army, to let the Shangshu Province implement it in reference. While being happy, he wanted to travel thousands of miles.

In the Gobi desert, facing the cruel Tatars, many officials in the court were frightened, especially those who stood in the wrong team and held the wrong foot not long ago, worried that they would be exiled to the desert as criminal officials.

North, then I will be returned with a horse and a corpse.

After the imperial edict, some people in the court guessed who would be pushed out by the emperor to die. The emperor looked at whom he looked wrong, and the priests asked whom a few more words would arouse endless reverie. Faced with the severe situation, everyone began to cross the sea of ​​Eight Immortals.

Everyone showed their magical powers. Some officials who thought they might die would start to inquire about the news and clear the relationship. When they saw the retirement age, they quickly proposed to retire. The parents of their families were looking forward to dying and writing a letter to go home to worry.

The flaws do not hide the merits. There are also passionate men in the Song Dynasty, and some people also volunteered to go to Mobei to make achievements...

Gao Chong's letter coincided with the emperor's idea, so it was quickly approved. Zhao Qiong understood that if he wanted to ensure the safety of the Central Plains, he must consolidate the northwest, and it was difficult to achieve it simply by simply military strikes.

It has been proved that this is just a temporary measure. It is difficult to last. Even if the birds in front of you are destroyed, the new strongman will not be able to grow up like tenacious weeds and become the new enemy of the Central Plains dynasty. So in addition to military strikes and deterrence

In addition, we also need a soft hand to establish a peaceful and stable living space. Everyone has eaten and drunk enough, and few people are willing to play with the knife and try their best to be robbers!

Since he decided to conquer the northwest, Zhao Jie's "ambitions" were not only Zhenzhou, but also a large area including the former Liao Kingdom Shangjing Road and Gaochang Kingdom, whose area is not inferior to the current territory of the Song Dynasty.

It is not easy to establish a new political system in a barren land, so selecting people has become the key. Those officials who are in corpse and incompetent officials do not want to go, even if they want to go, Zhao Qi is still worried.

Woolen cloth!

To accomplish this big thing, you must have a perseverance, be able to abide by your own responsibilities, have a strong enthusiasm for work, be proficient in the art of governing the military and the people, and have the loyalty and righteousness of seeking profit for the country, the people and relieving worries for the king.

People with hearts would not be able to complete this arduous task. People in the court, such as Li Gang, Xu Jingheng and others, all have such abilities. It can also reassure Zhao Zhen, but these people are either in high positions and difficult to leave, or are older

He could not bear the wind, sword, frost, sword in the northwest at all. He was afraid that before the person arrived, he would hold a memorial service for him.

At this moment, Chen Dong was pushed into Zhao Qi's sight again. No one would question him, and he always had fair and honest work. Even those who had prejudice against him had to do it.

Admiration. What is even more rare is that he has experience working at the grassroots level in the northwest and has also experienced the experience of serving important positions in the central government. He has resigned from his early youth and fanaticism and has become a calm and wise middle-aged senior leader, and his achievements have also been made.

It is obvious to all.

But the problem is that Chen Dong is now the chief censor, and is in the rank of the prime minister of the current dynasty. With his age and performance, anyone would think that he could become the prime minister of the current dynasty within ten years and reach the peak of power. And if

Going to Mobei is full of variables. Not to mention making achievements, even your life will be lost. Besides, the situation there is complicated, people from all sides are eyeing each other, and the people are tough and lacking education. It is not easy to gain a foothold, and the achievements are even better.

It is difficult. On the contrary, if something goes wrong, it will ruin all the reputation of half a lifetime, let alone a bright future.

Zhao Qi has always trained Chen Dong as the second tier. If he is sent to Mobei, it is indeed a good experience. If he can complete his term, no matter whether he succeeds or fails, it will be of great benefit to his future career. But then again,

Then anything could happen in a place, which might destroy him there. Just as Zhao Qi was hesitating and thinking about how to deal with it, Chen Dong took the initiative to come to the door and asked to send him to Mobei to work.

Do something for the country and the people in the northwest.

After listening to Chen Dong's remarks, Zhao Qi was of course very happy, but he still explained the pros and cons and risks to him. It is not a matter of time to manage the different battles in the northwest. It may take several years or even decades.

Kung Fu. But Chen Dong said that even if there are many difficulties ahead, it is not as hard as the emperor's hardship when he started his business. He is willing to devote his life to the country and His Majesty to govern the northwest. The northwest will not be determined for a day... The result is that Chen Dong holds a

The three big words "real husband" mentioned by the emperor's emperor's pen have left the hall gate.

A few days later, the imperial edict was issued to establish Northwest Road, which governed the prefectures in the northern desert. The Zhenzhou was temporarily used as the road management, and Chen Dong was appointed as the commander of the Northwest Road and was appointed as the Shaobao; Qiao Kun, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was appointed as the transfer envoy of Northwest Road.

He was given the title of Shangshu; Yue Fei, the general manager of the Hebei Prefecture Army, was appointed as the Northwest Road Pacifier and General Manager of the Army, and led 20,000 troops out of the Frontier. At the same time, all the retired imperial guards and state soldiers went to the northwest to join the military field army. At the same time, the officials and soldiers were sent to the frontier, and the soldiers were appointed to the frontier.

Salary will be raised by two levels and those who bring their families will be given settlement fees and properly resettled.

Two days later, the Ministry of Revenue issued an edict, ordering the Ministry of Revenue to recruit people to go to the northwest to farm, which can provide travel expenses, provide land and distribute agricultural supplies. Of course, it also calls on merchants to go to the northwest to do business and purchase land; the Ministry of Justice was instructed to sentence all prisoners to more than three years.

He moved to the northwest to settle down; then he recruited 30,000 herdsmen from Hedong and Xiazhou and Lingzhou to move to the northwest to consolidate border defense.

After the imperial edict was over, all the ministries were busy, but the border was in urgent need of emergency, so Chen Dong went to Zhenzhou to pass the imperial edict and took office together. He was also very brave, and in order to hurry, he only brought more than a dozen personal guards and

Several staff members set out from the capital. After arriving in Datong, they found two guides to prepare some supplies and plunged into the desert. There was no need to say about the hardships on the way. Fortunately, they did not encounter any horse bandits or fleeing soldiers along the way.

After arriving in Zhenzhou, the food and drinking water were almost exhausted. If I delayed for two days, I would be in the vast sea of ​​sand...

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Gao Chong and Zhao Li did not dare to neglect after receiving the imperial edict. They immediately ordered the army to prepare the necessary materials and hand over to Chen Dong at the same time. Considering that it will take some time for the subsequent troops to arrive, and once the army leaves, there is a chance that someone will come.

Come to fight. Therefore, after the discussion, the Western Expedition Army left a brigade of supplies here, which can raise and receive materials, and also assume the responsibility of defending the city.

Three days later, the Western Expedition Army embarked on the road to the west again. They crossed the Hangai Mountains and walked along the Zabulun River. Although they were still walking through the Gobi Desert, there were many oasis and water on both sides of the river, so there were no need to be a source of water.

I was worried, but at this time the northwest was already late autumn, and I missed the best time to enter. If it was an oasis on the summer march, it would provide sufficient grass for war horses to eat, reducing the pressure on logistics supply. But now the grass is yellow, some

The rivers had dried up in the season, forcing the army to carry some extra horse materials in case they were needed from time to time.

Because it was a large group of people marching and carrying the great victory to block the victory of the Bu tribe, the horse bandits dared not move forward, and the nomadic tribes here also avoided it early to avoid military disasters. Therefore, the journey was very smooth and there was no one.

Dare to come forward to try whether the Song army's blade was sharp. After more than 20 days of rapid marching, the army entered the western part of the Mongolian Plateau. Mountain Altai was already in sight. As long as you turn over the mountain in front of you, you will enter the territory of Gaochang, but it doesn't matter

I thought of encountering the robbery here.

The one who dared to challenge the Western Expedition Army of the Song Dynasty was the Naiman tribe who lived here. They belonged to the ancient Turkic tribe. They first lived in the Qianhe area, but later gradually moved south and spread around the Altai Mountains. They were adjacent to Kelie in the east and reached Yeer in the west.

The Shihe River reaches Geelygis in the north and Uygur in the south. It believes in shamanism, Nestorianism and Buddhism. It was the most civilized tribe on the Mongolian grassland at that time. It has its own writings, has left the primitive tribal stage and has a simple country.

Institution, its monarch is called Sun Khan.

The Khitan was destroyed and the Jurchens gradually declined. The Naimans became the Chinese people in the Mongolian Plateau, the most powerful tribe, with excellent and huge troops, and often fought with the surrounding Khire tribes to fight for land and pastures, which was also considered to be from the Western Regions.

One overlord. When they learned that the Song Dynasty's army was coming, they immediately mobilized tens of thousands of troops to block their way.

The main opponent of this Western Expedition was the Gaochang people, and they were also ready to fight against the nomadic peoples in Mobei. However, due to the delay of time, Gao Chong did not want to conflict with the Naiman people, so as not to get entangled here and affect the marching.

The Naiman tribe had a close relationship with another Uighur, who belonged to the same Turkic tribe. The ancestor of the Uighurs, Bugu Khan, was also the ancestor of the Wanggu people, so the Wanggu tribe had a special alliance relationship with the Naiman tribe.

The acquaintance was easy to talk to, so Gao Chong sent Wang Guren in the army to negotiate with him, telling them that the Song army was going to attack Gaochang, but only passed by by way of passage, without intention of robbing their territory, and did not want to have a conflict with them...