Chapter Five Hundred and Three: The North Wind Swept The Flag Like A Knife
There was no turmoil on the way back to Sichuan and Shu. The Jin Kingdom's attention is now focused on the pass. With the skills of Yao Ruoyu and others, he could easily bypass the Jin Kingdom scouts along the way.
When they passed by Ganzi, they found that this place had already been included in Wenbang.
They were also bored. When the few people were staying in the inn, they asked the waiter and found out that two months ago, the Ganzi troops, who were beaten to the point of blood, decided to make a desperate bet and gathered a large army and the Yuanyang Army in Langduo City to launch the final decisive battle.
The battle lasted for three days, and finally ended with Zhen Aogu being killed by Xi Shi. Seeing that the situation was over, the Ganzi troops had to surrender, and the Yuanyang Army also occupied the last territory of Ganzi.
At present, Wang Dehou, who was in charge of the Ministry of Personnel because Xu Xuanrong traveled a long time ago, has led people to various places in Ganzi. According to the plan formulated by Xu Xuanrong, he promoted the laws and policies of the Wenbang and won the hearts of the people as quickly as possible.
Because he knew that everything was going well in Ganzi, Yao Ruoyu and others did not stop and walked eastward and returned to Chengdu Prefecture two days later.
However, when they entered the city, there was an ugly and strong man in Liao Dynasty costume among them. This was when they left Western Liao, they met a fifth-level general and were dying because they were seriously injured.
This person should be a military general from Western Liao, because after learning about the surrender of Western Liao, he was depressed for a long time and did not recover until he was about to arrive in Ganzi.
This time, he followed Yao Ruoyu and others to Wenbang, and the other party accepted Yao Ruoyu's invitation and agreed to join the Literary and Art Army.
After entering the city, Yao Ruoyu and others did not stop at all, and went straight back to the Palace of Wen and summoned all the civil and military ministers to discuss matters in Qiantian Palace.
A quarter of an hour later, the civil and military officials who had received the message gathered in Qiantian Hall and saw Yao Ruoyu who had disappeared for several months. Everyone had different expressions, and the ones who were disdainful or dissatisfied were mostly strange faces.
Since the first Hundred Schools Forum was launched, Wenbang has recruited a large number of scholars, some of whom came from Confucianism, some of whom were from stylists, some of whom had no specific factions, and had academic teachings from multiple schools.
After everyone arrived one after another, Yao Ruoyu rang the golden bell on the table with a golden hammer and said loudly: "Since you are here, the meeting will officially begin."
This time, Yao Ruoyu did not let Chen Meng preside over the meeting as before, but looked around everyone and said in a deep voice: "Before my long journey, I appointed Minister Song to convey several of my decrees. Among them, the ninth-rank official rank system has not been clarified because I was away for several months. It is better to choose a day than a day. Today, I will officially select these official positions."
While speaking, he had already looked at Xu Xuanrong, who would have left the line, walked to the high platform and turned to face the ministers, took out an imperial edict from his sleeve, and then unfolded it and read aloud the newly enthroned official candidates.
According to the ninth rank system, the six ministries will add two deputy ministers, which will add up to twelve people. Each one is incredible. Therefore, even if Xu Xuanrong takes charge of Wenbang and is deeply trusted by Yao Ruoyu, he is unwilling to decide this edict alone.
The twelve people who were appointed as deputy ministers this time were Wang Dehou, Yang Jialiang, Chujiang, Chuhe, Fan Hua, Cao Jun, Xu Yanli, Tang Daoyuan, Yang Feng, Chen Jinbo, Wu Xuan, and Zhao Tietong.
Wang Dehou was Bai Junru's fifth apprentice. He was originally the director of Jixun Department. Xu Xuanrong was in charge of the Ministry of Personnel before traveling for a long time. This time, he was naturally promoted to Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
Chu Jiang and Chu He were originally Yang Renjie's two uncles. They were very proficient in military and political affairs. They were originally a county magistrate in Suizhou. This time, they were transferred to the six ministries by taking advantage of their official positions.
Fan Hua, Cao Jun, Yang Feng, Chen Jinbo, and Wu Xuan are all old ministers of Wenbang. They are not top-notch, but they are successful in their deep qualifications and their abilities are also considered to be medium-sized, so they are naturally promoted to deputy minister.
As the person in charge of the Tielubao who sent the branch to establish a branch, Zhao Tietong himself had an official title in the Business Office. This time, he was transferred to the Ministry of Works through the reform. This time, Yao Ruoyu and others transferred him to the Ministry of Works in order to divide the power of the Dali tribe in the Ministry of Works.
As for Yang Jialiang, Tang Daoyuan and Xu Yanli, they were all scholars who volunteered to become officials in Wenbang after the Baijia Forum, who were moved by Wenbang's attitude of tolerating various schools of thought and unconventional style of being talented.
In addition to the three of them, there are Tian Cai, Gu Zhiwen, Wan Zhuo, Jin'an, Mu Jing, Pu Fu, Sheng Chengpan, Dai Xiaoyun and others. These people all come from the five schools of Confucianism, Zongheng, Medicine, Law, and Agriculture.
Most of these people are young people, but Tang Daoyuan was over mid-years old. Before coming to Wenbang, he was a famous scholar in the Raozhou area on Jiangxi Road. He was known as "Raozhou forbidden Tao". Not only was he knowledgeable, he was also the best in educating people. He had seven magistrates and two magistrates under his sect. Bailu Academy of Hangdu invited him to serve as a normal school several times, but unfortunately he was rejected by this person every time.
So when he entered Shu, he caused a stir in the Song Dynasty. Some scolded this person for being ungrateful, some insulted to Wenbang, who had a wolf-like appearance, and of course there were young scholars who followed him to enter Shu.
With this person's knowledge, even if he is a minister, he is more than enough, but no one has made any mistakes in the six ministers, so he can only temporarily put this person in the position of deputy minister.
Seeing that whenever Xu Xuanrong read a person, another person walked out of the queue, Yao Ruoyu suddenly sighed secretly.
Although he relied on the Hundred Schools Forum to recruit countless scholars to enter Sichuan, none of the military and Mohists who were most looking forward to entered Sichuan. The former was because he needed to be good at fighting and had many battles to become a great man, so he had few successors, and some had long been attracted by major Chinese forces, while the latter was purely unwilling to interact with Wenbang.
For some reason, the Mohist attitude towards Wenbang always maintained a sense of distance. Even with Mo Shu helping, Yao Ruoyu finally failed to wait for the Mohist answer.
Of course, God closes a door for you and will inevitably open a window for you. Although Yao Ruoyu failed to reach a cooperation agreement with the Mohist family, there was a sect in the Jianghu area who took the initiative to show his affection, that is the Pili Hall in Yi'an County, Jiangxi Road.
Both Pili Hall and Mohist family are located on Jiangxi Road, and they are also forces to develop military ordnances in the agency. Unfortunately, the Mohist family has accumulated over thousands of years and has always been on the top of Pili Hall. I think this is also the reason why Pili Hall is willing to take the initiative to show goodwill to Wenbang and actively reach cooperation.
When the position arrangement was completed, Yao Ruoyu nodded to Chen Meng. The latter understood and immediately announced the official start of the meeting as usual. At that time, officials took the lead and started the report. After 66 continued to resolve the affairs one by one, it was already an hour later.
After the matter was handled completely, Yao Ruoyu's expression slowly became serious. Seeing him like this, everyone was shocked and knew that Yao Ruoyu would talk about the serious matter.
"Seven days ago, the whole country of Western Liao surrendered, and Empress Dowager Xiao, who had eighth level cultivation, all surrendered to the Jin Kingdom," Yao Ruoyu looked around and his face changed suddenly, and said in a deep voice, "In other words, the Jin Kingdom now has two eighth level, and has added 80,000 brave and combat-ready elite Liao army."
Song Kai bowed his hand, and now his face was a little more calm, and he said solemnly: "This matter is urgent, be sure to notify the Song Dynasty immediately. If you are not prepared, it is probably impossible for Chongqing Prefecture to resist the Jin Dynasty's military front."
Yao Ruoyu nodded softly and said, "Minister Xu and I have discussed on the way back. Now the Jin army should still be stranded outside the Great Wall. We need to notify the Song Dynasty as soon as possible, and it is best to launch a surprise attack before they return to the Jin Kingdom."
Looking at Bai Qiuyu, Yao Ruoyu said solemnly: "Minister Bai, the Ministry of Rites quickly wrote a letter to inform the Chongqing Prefecture Road Staff of the Song Dynasty, Xu Jingmiao and Chu Kuangge, commander of the Yanggu Army."
Bai Qiuyu quickly took the order, but Song Kai suddenly sneered and said coldly: "No need to write a letter."
Yao Ruoyu was stunned when he heard this. Seeing Bai Qiuyu, Duan Shaojie and others were all confused. Only Yang Renjie, Fu Feng and others all showed a strange smile. He immediately realized it in his heart and laughed: "What do you say?"
"Chu Zheng is in Chengdu Prefecture," Yang Renjie hugged his arms and said with a wicked smile, "Just just call him over."
Yao Ruoyu was stunned and then realized it. He couldn't help but look at Song Kai with a smirk, and joked: "No wonder that guy Wu Xue doesn't even come to welcome me when I come back."
Seeing that Song Kai's face turned gloomy, Yao Ruoyu laughed again and then ordered Chen Meng to send someone to call Chu Zheng to see him.
Afterwards, Yao Ruoyu issued a series of orders, led by the Ministry of War to inform the garrisons of various states and the three major military regions of Pengzhou, Liangzhou and Dazhou to rectify their troops and prepare for the war at all times. The Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Commerce also made every effort to raise the materials needed for the war.
As soon as the civil and military officials dispersed, Chu Zheng and Wu Xue appeared at the gate of the hall. Song Kai, who had not left, had his eyes become more gloomy when he saw this, which made Yang Renjie, Fu Feng, Chen Meng and others feel overjoyed.
When he first entered the hall, Chu Zheng thought it was Yao Ruoyu who wanted to "get in" the matter of pursuing Wu Xue. Unexpectedly, before he could speak, he learned from Yao Ruoyu that the Western Liao was annexed by the Jin Dynasty. He was shocked for a moment.
If he can rank on the list of beautiful strategies, Chu Zheng's strategy is naturally the top in the world. Although he can only be ranked at the bottom of the top ten because of his lack of practical experience, his eyesight and wisdom are still enough to overlook ordinary people.
The moment he learned the news, Chu Zheng had already analyzed the various consequences of the matter, and did not care about continuing to pursue Wu Xue. He quickly bowed, said goodbye in a hurry, and returned to Chongqing Prefecture directly.
Seeing that Song Kai's face had improved slightly after Chu Zheng left, Yao Ruoyu laughed silently and was about to tease him a few words, Chen Meng, who was standing beside him with a knife, suddenly came over and said a few words in a low voice. His face changed immediately. He frowned and asked back. After getting the answer, he immediately stood up and floated out of the hall.
Chapter completed!