Di Qing came from the north, and many of the generals in the south did not recognize him, but it did not hinder him from doing anything. He was not satisfied with anything in this business, but the only thing that satisfies him was the intelligence work. Before the people arrived, all kinds of information, including nearby terrain, dangerous places, miasma attacks, people's customs, and the performance of the generals in front, were continuously delivered to him.

One is the official’s report, and the other is the secret information brought by the scouts of the secret agent camp.

Start to name: "Chen Shu, Yuan Yong..."

There were thirty-two people in total, and all the generals who were called stood up with their heads down. Punishment was definitely inevitable. In the battle before Kunlun Pass, the battle was too ugly. Eight thousand soldiers were wiped out without resisting. The entire army was wiped out many times in the history of the Song army, but the leading generals fought to the end. Even like Liu Ping, they were captured and captured until the end. Unlike this battle, more than 7,000 soldiers died. Dozens of major generals, except for a few, fighting bloody battles, all the others fled back first regardless of their subordinates' safety.

They did not realize the seriousness of the matter. First, Yu Jing commanded them to fight. Although Di Qing was the commander, how could he not give Yu Jing face? Second, since the founding of the Song Dynasty, only Zhao Kuangyin had killed people for the regular military discipline. Since Song Taizong defeated Gao Lianghe, at most he was demoted to defeated generals and never killed a single general.

Yuan Zhi and others were Ban Zhi, and Chen Shu was the commander of Guangxi, equivalent to the commander of the Guangxi Military Region in later generations. Although his military position was not valuable in the Song Dynasty, the court sent troops to him in three batches, and there were multiple commanders, including several commanders. Yang Wenguang also held this position. But in the end, he was a military general who could count in Guangdong and Guangxi. What could Di Qing do? At worst, he could beat dozens of boards. Dozens of generals shook each other, and they were almost taking off their pants and preparing to be beaten.

Di Qing looked at them coldly and said, "The orders are not unified, so the soldiers are defeated."

Giving Yu Jing face, not to say he disobeyed the military order. In that case, even Yu Jing would be involved, and only saying that the military law was relaxed. Nong Zhigao's army was in front of him, and the soldiers were still throwing dice to bet on money. This reason was enough.

Thirty-two people still had their heads hanging down. What should I do? I lost too ugly.

Di Qing suddenly slapped the table and shouted, "Eight thousand good men. I was killed by the thief because of you. Eight thousand families separated their wives and children. Can you tell me if you are wrong? The person comes and goes out to the military gate to kill him."

A team of foreigners rushed over and pushed the thirty-two people out.

Sun Mian and Yu Jing were stunned and said that they were listening to myths. How many years did the Song Dynasty kill officials above the commander?

Sun Mian did not come back to his senses for most of the day. Yu Jing had to stand up because he forced Chen Shu to fight and bowed: "Shu's loss of law is also the crime of Jing's restraint."

It would be very difficult to let Yu Jing bow to Yiwu. Otherwise, what would happen? Thirty-two heads were about to land.

Di Qing looked at Yu Jing and said, "The sacrificial minister is a civil servant. The responsibility of the military is not your responsibility. Behead you!"

You are a civil servant, and your ancestors do not kill scholars or officials, otherwise I will even kill you.

All the generals of the big tent changed their colors and their legs trembled.

Di Qing then sent people to rectify military discipline, kill people to establish authority, and could not help himself. The south suffered several defeats, his morale was dispersed, and his morale was no longer able to be rectified, but the military discipline could be rectified, which would slightly improve his combat effectiveness. Otherwise, he would only have 5,000 foreign cavalry, and among the masters of Nongzhi, there were tens of thousands of brave barbarian soldiers, most of whom would lose.

Thirty-two people hung their heads on the flagpole outside the gate, and tens of thousands of Song soldiers were silent, not even loudly making noises.

Di Qing looked at the south, where was there a mountain called Kunlun Mountain, not the Kunlun Mountain in the Western Regions, but the Kunlun Mountain located at the intersection of Pennsylvania and Yongzhou.

Zheng Lang went to the northwest and felt that the role of the checkpoint declined, which made sense. Human activities expanded. For example, the southeast Chongguan Zhaoguan still played an important role in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. However, since the Song Dynasty opened Jiangdongwei, many piers rose, and the south was no longer a lake, and the role of Zhaoguan disappeared. For example, the three heroes fought against Lu Bu, and Li Shimin fought against Dou Jiande, but with the development of the Song Dynasty, the role of Hulaoguan also decreased. However, some heroes played a role for a long time due to their special geographical location. For example, Pingxingguan, or Kunlunguan.

Daming Mountain is tall and has deep forests and lush vines, and it is difficult for the army to pass through. Compared with Daming Mountain, the situation of Kunlun Mountain is slightly better, with the highest point being only more than 300 meters. However, because of the dense forest, it is still difficult for pedestrians to pass through. There is only a small narrow road in the middle, and the terrain is very dangerous.

It is said that since the Han Dynasty, the military was not good at the Song Dynasty, but the best thing was to guard the city. The officials in the south immediately saw the importance of this place and set up the Kunlun Pass, Changshan Post, Dayangling Post, Jincheng Post, Guiren Post and other post passes here. This is also the official name of Kunlun Pass officially appeared in the world.

Di Qing then placed his eyes on Kunlun Pass.

Nong Zhigao rushed in and out of Yongzhou, but did not manage it at all, which made Di Qing feel very strange. It was a blessing and a shame. Even the importance of Kunlun was not seen. It was a reflection of Nong Zhigao's military cultivation, but this person actually turned the earth upside down between Guangdong and Guangxi. In comparison, how low the quality of officials and generals of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Song Dynasty was?

Di Qing's army went south, and Nong Zhigao then made up for the loss of the sheep and sent troops to repair Kunlun Pass first. If it was repaired so quickly, it seemed that there were not many troops sent. Di Qing sent two scouts to investigate. From the secret camp, Di Qing did not believe the many local soldiers in the south, and Zheng Lang did not believe it. God knew whether these local soldiers would be bribed by the enemy, and led the army to the dead end. There were not too many dead ends in Guangdong and Guangxi. So Qi Lin and eight other scouts who were familiar with the terrain here came to the surface one by one and served as guides.

Di Qing used two of them.

Before the two armies met, the two scouts went south to Kunlun Mountain to inspect the information and were waiting for their reply. At night, the two scouts came back quietly. Di Qing took them to his marching tent, and no one knew what he said. When Di Qing came out of the tent, he issued an order, and only transferred the ten-day food that could be eaten by the army. After fighting, Nong Zhigao grew up a little, including the brief repair of Kunlun Pass and the use of the scouts. After hearing this, he was very puzzled. Did Di Qing want to solve himself in ten days? He made the officials of the Song Dynasty want to go. Will he believe it?

Yu Jing didn't believe it, so he wrote another letter to Zheng Lang, "You have to come to the south quickly." Otherwise, Di Qing, a martial artist, wouldn't know what kind of demon girl he had to make in the end?

After receiving the letter, Zheng Lang replied, "The war is a weird way. Don't point fingers at Di Qing's command." But he was still not relieved. Time was coming. Even if he set out faster, the battle of Kunlun Pass had already ended in Yongzhou. This trip to Kunlun Pass was only a small starting point. Therefore, he left behind two thousand soldiers and horses, entrusted them to Zhong Yan, and rushed to the Wuling with one hundred elite cavalry.

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The Lantern Festival has not yet passed, and the war situation in the south is about to break out, and the court issued an edict. If Xichuan goes far away from the court, if the prefectures and county officials are greedy, cowardly, and sick, and harm the people to interfere with their affairs, they will be ordered to transfer their luck and raise the level of the prison and the prison to hear.

Five bad things about officials. Put greed first, and everything can be done, and the harm is the greatest. Secondly, harshness is not necessarily for greed. Some also want to make political achievements, and some have nothing to do with greed. Instead, they do not take the people in their hearts at all. Therefore, they are second, third, mediocrity, and fourth, cowardice. Since Zhang Hai's uprising, until Nong Zhigao, although the court has successively held some officials who are greedy and afraid of death, many civil officials still show disappointment, so they are ranked fourth, and fifth is disease, which hinders the ability to handle official duties. However, this hindrance is the least. For example, even if Fan Zhongyan is sick, how many officials can manage places as good as Fan Zhongyan?

It seems like a simple edict, but there is a story behind the scenes. This is Pang Ji's opinion.

He dared not bring Fan Zhongyan's new policy to the new policy, but he could absorb some of it, especially on the border. Many conflicts arise because officials do not pay attention to it. Zheng Lang wrote a story, and Pang Ji also noticed this problem.

Let’s start with Sichuan first. As for Lingnan, Pang Ji didn’t care, and he didn’t even ask.

This is Pang Ji's over-estimation of Zheng Lang, and even Zhao Zhen had a similar feeling. Zheng Lang called soldiers who had been overseas to go to the south. Zheng Lang made arrangements in the northwest, temporarily allowing the Song Dynasty to resolve the crisis between the West and the North, and seemed to be preparing to manage the South with peace of mind.

Zheng Lang couldn't think of Nong Zhigao's business, but he had been planning the south for a long time, and Zheng Lang once did something inexplicable in the Secretariat.

He once asked Guangzhou to bring a bundle of sugarcane to the capital, and then eat it or not. The Guangzhou officials didn't know what happened, so they asked the postman to bring a bundle of the best sugarcane to the Zhongshu. After eating it, Zheng Lang said nothing.

However, Zheng Langto solemnly said this in his plan to go south. The people of the Central Plains misunderstand the south, including sugarcane. The Song Dynasty evaluated sugarcane and said that Sichuan Suining cane was the best. Secondly, in Liangzhe Siming cane, Panyu cane was ten times, with very fragmented frosting and light color and thin taste. It turned out that Zheng Lang was in Jiangdong and only wanted to develop Jiangdongwei and develop some side businesses, so he launched sugarcane, cotton and textile industries. He also ignored Lingnan and believed that Panyu cane was probably not evolved well because the varieties of Panyu cane were very poor.

It was not until this time when he was about to go south that Zheng Lang thought of something from the miasma. Later generations had doubts about whether there was miasma, and Zheng Lang also had doubts. However, some information feedback seemed to be true, but most of them must have been spread and demonized. So will this happen in Panyu sugarcane? After all, it is far away, and no one will transport Guangdong sugarcane to the Central Plains for sale at any cost. How much does it cost in this era?

So, let Guangzhou officials choose the best sugarcane to take to Zhongshu to taste. Nothing else, will it be sweet in Wuzhong or Guangdong and Guangdong in later generations? At least the yield of Guangdong and Guangdong cane is much larger. I brought it, and I saw that it is not as tall as the later Guangdong and Guangdong cane, but it is definitely much taller than the Central Plains cane. As for the sweetness, it is not very good, but it is not very bad. Zheng Lang then made an objective evaluation that Guangdong and Guangxi may not be unable to grow good sugarcane. The main reason why local people are relatively backward in planting technology and sugar making technology is also backward, which has formed the worst impression of Guangdong and Guangxi cane.

This evaluation provides unlimited operational space for the governance of the South.

The imperial court wanted to vigorously manage the south, but there was also a question of whether it was worth or not. It was unlikely to get its food. It was too far away and the freight was high. But it could be replaced by other methods, such as cloth, gold and silver, or other valuable materials, instead of tax revenue. With wealth, Guangdong and Guangxi could be closely linked to the Central Plains.

Since Zheng Lang proposed the Lingnan matter and would have a headache, I believe Zheng Lang would have a solution, so Pang Ji, the Lingnan area, simply ignored it. The result was correct, but the process was not very correct. Zheng Lang was not that long-term. On the contrary, Nong Zhigao had known about the rebellion of Zheng Lang for a long time.

Therefore, Pang Ji turned his attention to Sichuan. The Nong Zhigao riot made the court panic all day long. Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun's uprising was also very terrible, afraid that something would happen in Sichuan. Then Pang Ji and the four Khitan envoys formed an agreement to exchange nearly 500,000 kilns of materials for 100,000 kilns of goods. This was the previous payment. If the animal was of good quality and did not use those inferior products to pretend to be used, the Song Dynasty also added 100,000 to 300,000 kilns of materials according to different circumstances. However, he did not agree to another request from the Khitans to expand the detention field. This was also a place that many future generations did not know. The scale of the detention field was expanded and the transaction was actually not good for the Song Dynasty, and the currency was mostly circulated to the Khitan.

The Khitan envoy was not too satisfied or too dissatisfied with this result. He reluctantly agreed. The situation was different from the situation. Now the situation between the two countries was just reversed. He only hoped that their own country would defeat Beizhubu as soon as possible and then defeat Xixia, so that they could have the initiative to speak.

I haven't left for the time being. I want to stay and watch the Lantern Festival of the Song Dynasty. This is the favorite of every Khitan envoy who celebrates the New Year's Day. When I returned to the Khitan, I would never see such a prosperous scene again.

Then he received another good news. Seeing that Zheng Lang was approaching Lingnan, the court changed his edict to be appointed as the Guangnan General's General Pacification and Recruitment Envoy, and also appointed him as Duke of Chu. This was unknown how many times the court awarded the title of Duke of Zheng Lang, but Zheng Lang refused several times. He was originally going to be appointed as Duke of Yue, but Zhao Yan's words were inappropriate. Yue was not Wu Yue. During the Spring and Autumn Period, they all called Nanyue from Lingnan to Jiaozhi, or Gu Yue. Originally, Zheng Lang had an important position and was in charge of military, political and financial power in Guangdong and Guangxi, which was contrary to the law of ancestors. If he got this position, it would be inappropriate. If he did not say the following, if there was any change, Zheng Lang had this title and had the right to be the king, and he had the name of splitting the earth and becoming the king. So he was re-entered as Duke of Chu.

In fact, whether it is Chu or Yue, it is the same thing. If Zheng Lang wants to manage the south for the court, and Zheng Lang may not be given a gift. Pang Ji also deliberately wrote a private message to Zheng Lang. Jun always praised the Master for not receiving tribute to Zilu for not receiving gold and Zilu for taking cows, but why did he not know why he did not know!

Confucius said that Zigong refused to pay monies. After all, not everyone has the spirit of Zigong. Once the case is made, no Lu people will redeem Lu slaves and return to their country. Therefore, it is right to collect some rewards appropriately when doing good deeds. The subtle words are that you are not obedient to the Duke of the Kingdom, but we, Wen Yanbo and others have made great contributions, and we have all obedient to the Duke of the Kingdom. How can we step down?

Unexpectedly, Zheng Lang actually accepted it this time.

The reason was that Zheng Lang wrote a simple memorial to report it.

I was not suitable to be awarded the title of Duke of the Kingdom of China, but the group in the south took pacification as the main and suppression as the auxiliary. Therefore, I was named Duke of the Kingdom of China to intimidate the chiefs of the southern tribes.

After arriving in Quanzhou, Zheng Lang discovered something.

The number of chiefs of various tribes who came to visit him gradually increased, which was something that few officials in the south had ever experienced before. So I thought of Ding Wei, why the chiefs of the southern part were closely related to him, and Ding Wei once became the powerful prime minister of the Song Dynasty. These chiefs believed that they had face when dealing with Ding Wei. Dante Wei was demoted at the beginning, which was different from Zheng Lang. Therefore, when Zheng Lang came, there were more chiefs of various tribes. After arriving in Quanzhou, there were more barbarians, and some of the young man came out of the Five Ridges to come to visit.

It once made Zheng Su and Zheng Xia very nervous. The two Jurchens were like two generals, Hun Ha, and accompanied Zheng Lang, and kept pace with each other, saving them from fear of an accident in Zheng Lang.

However, Zheng Lang saw an opportunity.

It is best to win over and influence it, so why bother to use a knife and a gun? Killing is not a solution. The ultimate goal is to make them convinced and accept the government's management so that the people can live a good life, rather than slashing and burning like they are now.

If a senior minister of Jixian Academy, Zhengfeng, the Minister of Personnel, Tongpingzhang, was appointed as the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and was appointed as the minister of the Ministry of Personnel. (The title of the meritorious minister, the first-class one is the title of the loyalty, the first-class one is the title of the loyalty, the cooperation, the same virtue, etc., the sum of the four characters, each time one is the number one, the second-class one is the title of the sincere, the moral integrity, and the integrity of the emperor. Fan Zhongyan was awarded the title of the hero of the great honor, and the third-class one is the title of the 10 guards. Most of them were given to the princes or civil and military officers who had great merits) and sentenced to Guizhou as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi to appease the envoy and recruit the envoy to the state of the country to give the purple goldfish bag, and then add a duke's name?

Moreover, these long list of names may not be able to figure it out. It is better to have a simpler situation with Duke Chu. Pang Ji also made it reasonable. He could no longer block the way of these ministers. He was not afraid of being in the temple, but when he came to the south, he was also afraid that these ministers would draw ladders in the back. He simply took it down.

When Zhao Zhen found out, he was overjoyed and said, "Hey, I actually suffered."

I was very happy that Zhao Zhen knew very well how much Zheng Lang had done for this country over the years, but how to repay it can only be trusted. Could it be that he would be able to cut off his territory and make him king? Even if he did not care about doing this, it would have harmed Zheng Lang.

After being favored, Zhao Zhen felt somewhat relieved.

It was not until this time that Zheng Lang received this title, and it was not only Zhao Zhen, Pang Ji, Wen Yanbo and others who felt at ease.

But compared to this matter, the monarch and ministers are more concerned about the war situation in the south.

It didn't take long, and good news came. (To be continued...)

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