"What a lone hero!" Zhao Gou, the ninth son of Zhao Ji, said.

"Father, the ninth brother-in-law said very well. Li Jinglei was surrounded and refused to surrender. He fought hard for the country. He was indeed a loyal and honest minister of the Holy Dynasty. His father, the court should highly praise such loyal and honest ministers." Crown Prince Zhao Huan also spoke.

On October 10th of the first year of Xuanhe of Song Dynasty, at the birthday banquet of Emperor Zhao Gou of Song Dynasty, Li Gang, the Minister of Personnel, and Liu Anjie, the Shaoqing of Taichang, suddenly mentioned the matters of Liu Fa and Li Sanjian, and Zhao Ji and the ministers, concubines, princes, emperors and others were shocked.

Zhao Gou first blurted out and praised Li Sanjian, followed by the crown prince Zhao Huan.

The birth mother of the Crown Prince Zhao Huan, Empress Xiangong, died early, and thus lost a backer in the palace. Li Sanjian can be said to be the entrusted minister left by Wang to Zhao Huan.

Emperor Zhao Ji of Song Dynasty liked the third son, Prince Yun, Zhao Kai, but not Zhao Huan.

Zhao Ji once asked Li Sanjian about this, and Li Sanjian replied that the deposed eldest son and established young children should be cautious in order to cause disaster. In addition, the opposition from other ministers in the court, Zhao Ji made his eldest son Zhao Huan the crown prince during the Zhenghe period.

Why didn't Zhao Huan feel grateful to Li Sanjian for this? At this time, Zhao Huan lost the backer in the palace. In order to firmly hold the position of crown prince, he was relying on nothing more than the support of his father, Emperor Song Zhao Ji and the ministers in the court. Therefore, Zhao Huan must protect Li Sanjian.

Who is Li Sanjian? He is the confidant minister of Emperor Zhao Ji of Song Dynasty. At this time, Zhao Ji was already full of joy, so Zhao Huan came out to establish a rank and rewarded Li Sanjian highly.

However, this matter was taken first by Zhao Ji's ninth son, Zhao Gou, the prince of Guangping, so Zhao Huan held a grudge against Zhao Gou.

Zhao Gou was just born to a slut, and what did he dare to charm his father? Zhao Huan secretly hated him.

"Be serious about Li Hanren?" Zhao Gou asked with a happy face.

"Your Majesty..." Chen Guoting, who had been transferred to the position of the Chief Censor at this time, heard this and said, "Li Jingluo was an isolated army, hanging alone outside the frontier, fighting in the hinterland of the Western thieves. The Western thieves feared him like a tiger. This matter has long been known to everyone in the world, and Your Majesty does not know it!"

"Li Hanren will never let me down!" Zhao Ji sighed when he heard this, "But I am really ashamed of him... I feel guilty in my heart."

Zhao Ji then glared at Tong Guan fiercely.

Tong Guan was sweating profusely, and he just lay down and didn't dare to look up.

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"Your Majesty..." In the harem, Tong Guan kowtowed like pounding garlic and cried to the angry Zhao Ji: "This fact was a counter-attack made by the Western thief. I also fell into the traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's traitor's

"Liu Fa, did Li Hanren really violate the military order?" Zhao Ji asked coldly after hearing this.

"It's true..." At this point, Tong Guan had to hold on to the end, otherwise the crime of deceiving the king would take the life of his entire clan. Although Tong Guan was a eunuch, there were many people in his family.

So Tong Guan replied: "Everyone in the Western Army knows this, I dare not deceive the king, but Liu Fa is the main thing, Li Jingluo... He also acted on orders."

"Who has Li Hanren obeyed?" Zhao Ji asked coldly again.

"I am following the order of Liu Fa." Tong Guan replied.

Zhao Ji looked at Tong Guan coldly when he heard this, and saw Tong Guan sweating all over and did not dare to look up.

After a long time, Zhao Ji sighed and asked Tong Guan: "Li Hanren led his army to defeat the Western thieves. The Western thieves must be in a mess at this moment. Can you order the frontier army to advance in large numbers and defeat the Western thieves? In addition, Li Hanren has been fighting in the heart of the Western thieves for many days, and it is also very dangerous. Therefore, no matter what, he must respond to him. In any case, he must accept my brothers. Li Hanren will come back safely, otherwise I will be uneasy."

Tong Guan said it was painfully thoughtful, and after a long time he replied: "Your Majesty, Li Jingluo's command has only a few thousand soldiers and only a dozen generals, and the entire Western thief army is more than hundreds of thousands. Therefore, it is rumored that Li Jingluo defeated the Western thief army and the troops were at Xingqingfu City. It is just a rumor. According to my estimate, Li Jingluo was just a miracle in the hinterland of the Western thief. It is too early and out of place to talk about attacking and destroying the Western thief at this moment. Your Majesty is about to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. I have ordered the army to move east. As long as your Majesty gives orders, I will rush my troops northward to overcome Yanzhao, so no more trouble will occur at this time."

If Zhao Ji really thought, if he really conquered the Western Xia, the first great achievement would fall on Li Sanjian, and Tong Guan's dream of becoming a king might be lost, so this was something that Tong Guan didn't want to do.

However, it was indeed Song at this moment. The alliance of Jin seas had been completed. According to the alliance, Song army was about to cross the Baigou River and join forces with Jin to attack Liao and conquer Yanyun's sixteen states.

"Your words are not unreasonable." Zhao Ji nodded after hearing this, "But Li Hanren... Isn't it too bad for him? If so, I will definitely bear the infamy."

"Your Majesty, the envoy of Xia has arrived in the capital, and I have arranged for him to go to the office." Tong Guan said after thinking for a while.

"Xia envoy? Why did he come from?" Zhao Ji asked after hearing this.

"Your Majesty, Xia's envoy came just to seek peace." Tong Guan smiled slightly and replied, "I congratulate you on your majesty, Xia has bowed his head and praised you!"

"Is this true?" Zhao Ji was overjoyed when he heard this and asked hurriedly.

The arrogant Xixia finally bowed its head. Although it was not as good as the attack and destruction of Xixia, it was unprecedented and basically the Song Dynasty's wish was fulfilled. Zhao Ji's previous monarchs had basically not achieved it. It was also a great achievement for Zhao Ji to succeed to the throne. Therefore, Zhao Ji was very happy at this moment.

"Your Majesty, I dare not deceive the king." Tong Guan replied after hearing this: "I have discussed with the envoy of Xia. Xia Zhizhe is willing to restore the old name Zhao Qianshun, bow down to his head and submit to the ministers, and give the land thousands of miles."

The surname of the Lord of Xia was given to the surname Li, which was given to him by Emperor Xizong of Tang Dynasty. After Emperor Jingzong of Xia, Li Yuanhao rebelled against Song Zixuan, he gave up the surname and changed his name to Weiming Nanxiao. Later, he changed the surname Li and Weiming repeatedly. At this moment, Emperor Xia was willing to restore the surname Li, which showed that Xia was willing to submit to the Song Dynasty.

"This is your contribution." Zhao Ji said happily when he heard this: "Li Hanren also made an indelible contribution."

"I dare not take credit for me." Tong Guan was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly thanked him. At this moment, Tong Guan's heart was finally put in his stomach. Tong Guan, who was about to be in trouble, quickly became safe with his silence.

"But what should Li Hanren do?" Zhao Ji then sighed: "I can't let him hang alone outside the border, right?"

Zhao Ji wanted to defeat the sixteen states of Yanyun and establish great achievements that were unparalleled, so he must rely on Tong Guan.

Of course, the number of Song troops is quite large, about one million, but those who have experienced many battles and have experience in battlefield fighting are actually the Western Army. Zhao Ji wants to defeat the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, so

It must be relied on Tong Guan. After all, Tong Guan has been in charge of the northwest for many years, and many generals in the Western Army came from his disciples.

Furthermore, Zhao Ji did not want to let the elite imperial guards in Kaifeng Prefecture and other places advance northward and defeated the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. The reason was self-evident. The elite imperial guards in Kaifeng Prefecture of Tokyo, such as the elite imperial guards of the three yamen commanded by Gao Qiu, went north, so what did Zhao Ji use to defend the capital? What would he use to ensure his safety? Therefore, Zhao Ji did not reward or punish Tong Guan this time, and his merits and demerits were offset.

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Tong Guan was powerful, and someone had to restrict him, and someone had to decentralize his power. At present, Li Sanjian was the best candidate. After several battles with the Western Xia, he became famous all over the world and must have prestige in the Western Army of the Song Dynasty. This is the main reason why Zhao Ji wanted to recall Li Sanjian.

Of course, the premise is that Li Sanjian is destined to come back.

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Li Sanjian was a minister of Zhao Ji's hidden residence, and the king and his minister had been more than ten years. Li Sanjian's loyalty to Zhao Ji and his loyalty to the Song Dynasty was no longer doubted at this time, so Zhao Ji wanted to use Li Sanjian to balance Tong Guan and others.

The most important thing is that Li Sanjian is an absolute literati. The literati's son is the family law of the ancestors of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, at this time, Zhao Ji subconsciously trusted Li Sanjian.

As for brotherhood, it is just a high-sounding statement.

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"Your Majesty can order Xia and let him return to Beijing." Tong Guan said after hearing this.

When Li Sanjian was so troubled by Xia's heart, the Xia people must have hated him to the core, so how could it be so easy to let him go? Tong Guan secretly thought in his heart that even if the Song court asked Xia to let him go, the Xia people might not be able to let him go easily. The Xia people could agree in person and make a bad move behind his back. On the way back of Li Sanjian and his Black Flag Army, they killed him all, and then pushed the matter to the bandits, and the horse bandits were.

"I ordered Liu Anjie to enter the palace." After Tong Guan left with relief, Zhao Ji issued an order.

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To be continued...