Veteran Zhao Hongyi drove 8,000 troops out of the frontier for 1,000 miles, and burned the Dading Prefecture of Zhongjing, Khitan.

When the good news came to Youzhou, it was not only boiling, but everyone was blown up.

Hanlin scholar Wang Pu ran out of the room with barefoot and wearing a single dress. When he was sure that the good news was true, he cried and danced, ran to the kitchen and carried out two jars of wine. Not only did he drink wildly by himself, but he also asked the guards and servants around him to drink the wine together.

"Go, go to the street quickly and buy more wine and come back. If you go late, you will be gone!"

When the servants ran out, they could hear more and more explosions on the way. This was not a war, but an excited crowd, igniting fireworks and celebrating victory.

The number of fireworks in Youzhou is limited. The gang of gangsters in the army actually took out the gunpowder from the warehouse, wrapped it in red paper, and ran to the shooting range to ignite it... Everyone was crazy, exhausted all the means and expressed their joy in their hearts, which was thousands of times more enthusiastic than a year ago!

On the streets of Youzhou, an old Taoist priest with white beards was walking around. He was Fuyaozi Chen Tuan!

The old Taoist squinted his eyes and smiled happily.

The heart of Tao, as strong as a rock, is also blooming in spring at this moment.

Chen Tuan subconsciously touched a iron inkstone in his arms, which was given to him by the former prime minister Sang Weihan.

Speaking of which, there are only two people who can understand the current situation best in the world, one is Feng Dao, an old teacher in Yecheng, and the other is Fuyaozi Chen Tuan!

After all, they both knew the most. What happened in the past few decades, and both of them were the most critical witnesses!

Everything starts with Sang Weihan... This man's father was named Sang Gong and he was a small official. Sang Weihan was born into a family of officials and had great ambitions since childhood. However, Sang Weihan had a shortcoming, he looked too ugly.

In the future, you need an interview when looking for a job, but in fact, you have to look at the imperial examination.

Because officials represent the emperor and govern the people, if they look too ugly, they will lose face of the court. For the sake of the officialdom, several appearances suitable for being officials were summarized, called "Tongtian Guanri".

The first-ranked "Song" body is about a burly man, with big ears and mighty and majestic.

The font shape of "Tian" is wide shoulders, thin waist, and slender limbs.

The font "安" is tall, thin, straight, and similar to a model.

The font shape of "Ri" is short, concise, capable and smart.

These four types of body shapes are all good materials for being an official.

As for Sang Weihan, he was not good at taking possession. He was short and ugly, and had a long face. Therefore, he repeatedly hit the imperial examinations. However, this guy was very resilient. He told people that "a seven-foot body is not as good as a face of one foot". He also cast an iron inkstone himself, swearing that only if the iron inkstone is worn through can he give up the imperial examinations.

After countless encounters and countless ridicule, Sang Weihan finally passed the imperial examination. That year, he was 26 years old. After he passed the imperial examination, Sang Weihan moved to Shi Jingtang's subordinates and served as the chief secretary of the Jiedushi, becoming Shi Jingtang's confidant adviser.

The so-called Jiedushi is a very easy-to-developed official position. As long as you follow the right person, you can reach the top in one step. For example, Wei Renpu is Guo Wei's secretary, and Wang Pu is Chai Rong's secretary.

San Weihan's luck was not as good as these two, and the person he followed was targeted by the emperor.

Shi Jingtang was the son-in-law of Li Siyuan, the Mingzong of the Later Tang Dynasty. After his father-in-law died, Li Siyuan's third son Li Conghou succeeded to the throne. However, as soon as he became emperor, he was seized by the stronger Li Siyuan adopted son Li Congke.

In order to show his loyalty, Shi Jingtang even handed over his brother-in-law Li Conghou to Li Congke for the treatment in exchange for the trust of the new king.

However, as a general under the command of Emperor Mingzong Li Siyuan, Li Congke was afraid of Shi Jingtang for a long time and wanted to get rid of it quickly.

Faced with the increasingly dangerous situation, Shi Jingtang gathered at the Civil and Military Affairs Department to discuss countermeasures day and night. With his strength, he could not compete with Li Congke. After thinking about it, there was only one way left, which was to ask for help from the Khitan.

However, it is not possible to ask the Khitan to send troops without paying the price.

Among the civil and military officials at that time, only two people stood up, one was Sang Weihan and the other was Guo Wei's boss, Liu Zhiyuan, the Emperor Gaozu of the Later Han Dynasty!

Among these two people, the one who supports Shi Jingtang the most is Sang Weihan!

The man who brought Shi Jingtang's letter to meet the Khitan Emperor Yelu Deguang, and tried to defend Shi Jingtang's need, saying that he would use his wealth to serve the great country, and "kneeled in front of the tent, from day to night, crying and fighting for it." Sang Weihan's hard performance finally moved the Khitan.

Yelu Deguang sent troops to help Shi Jingtang destroy the Later Tang Dynasty and establish the Later Jin Dynasty.

As the first hero, Sang Weihan reached the peak of his life. He was appointed as the Minister of the Secretariat Tong Pingzhang and the Privy Councilor. Later, he served as the Hanlin scholar and the Prime Minister. He became a veritable minister of the Later Jin Dynasty.

San Weihan has a sense of ruthlessness that he will never give up until he achieves his goal!

This is tortured by the failures of the imperial examinations.

Therefore, he would support Shi Jingtang without hesitation and betray Yan Yun. But if he thought that Sang Weihan was determined to sell the country, it would be wrong.

Chen Tuan remembers that when Sang Weihan was drunk, she cried bitterly several times and sweated through her clothes. He told Chen Tuan that if he betrayed Yan Yun, if he could not restore his hometown, he would be scolded for all generations in a hundred years.

Sang Weihan took active actions during his tenure as prime minister, working hard to make the granaries and strengthen the granaries, and communicating merchants to enrich their wealth and accumulate strength. In his memorial, he suggested to Shi Jingtang: "I hope that Your Majesty will train farmers and fight, raise soldiers and stop farmers. When the country has no internal worries and the people have spare strength, then observe the provocation and move, and the movement will be successful."

Sang Weihan wanted to wait until the time was right and take back the land of Yanyun... If he succeeded, he might become a typical example of sleeping on firewood and tasting gall, but God did not favor him again.

At this time, a "playful" appeared in the Houjin court, and this person was named Jing Yanguang.

He was Shi Jingtang's important official entrusted by the orphans. When facing the Khitan, Jing Yanguang put forward the most famous proposition, "It is okay to call the Sun, but it is not okay to claim to be a magistrate." Shi Jingtang recognized the Khitan Emperor as his father, which was a family matter. We admit it, so that the Great Jin Dynasty could submit to the Khitan. It was a state matter and it would definitely not work!

Of course, the Khitan was furious, and in the face of the Khitan's crime, Jing Yanguang shouted a bold statement of "Powering the great sword at the same time"

However, when the Khitan actually sent troops, the Later Jin sent two generals Fu Yanqing and Gao Xingzhou to fight against the enemy. However, Jing Yanguang, who spoke loudly, became extremely cowardly and did not even have the courage to lead troops to fight, so Gao Xingzhou almost died.

Needless to say, the Khitans entered Kaifeng and destroyed the Later Jin Dynasty. Jing Yanguang died by pinching his throat and suffocating himself to death. Sang Weihan died at the hands of the rebels... Yelu Deguang changed the country's name to Daliao in Kaifeng and ascended the throne and became emperor.

In the past few decades of war, countless people have been dominating for a while.

Only the rise and demise of the Later Jin Dynasty is the most embarrassing and leaves the greatest shame!

Yan Yun’s mistake, the humiliation of the son emperor, the fall of Kaifeng, and the trampling of foreign races... People with a little bloody nature will be filled with blood when they think of this passage!

A year ago, Guo Wei led the army to liberation of Youzhou and washed half of the shame.

A year later, the veteran Zhao Hongyin burned Dading Mansion and avenged Kaifeng's lost revenge!

The past lack is complete at this moment!

People can celebrate victory, and the Han and the Great Zhou subjects can all stand up and be a proud and proud man!

What is even more exciting is that the army is driving troops to attack and rushing across the desert, which is a feat that only the Han and Tang dynasties have. Now the Great Zhou can also carry the banner, and the revival of the Han family is just around the corner.

As the emperor, Chai Rong laughed happily and was ecstatic when facing the good news.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, this victory in this battle is enough to be comparable to the Han and Tang dynasties. The champion Hou used troops like a god, making people provoke the ground." Wang Pu, who was drunk, said excitedly.

Chai Rong suppressed his excitement, "Sir Wang, my Great Zhou has not yet unified the world, and his national strength is weak. Although he won, it is still far from the Han and Tang Dynasties. It will take some time to completely appease the border and eliminate the threat of Khitan."

Chai Rong said, looking at Ye Hua, "Champion Hou, what do you think Dazhou lacks the most at the moment?"

Ye Hua said: "Your Majesty, it is certainly gratifying to burn the Dading Prefecture of Zhongjing and wash away the previous shame. However, after losing Zhongjing, the Khitans will become ordinary nomadic tribes, living by water and grass, living without a fixed place, and wandering around, and becoming more difficult to deal with. I think that in the next Great Zhou Dynasty, our Great Zhou should focus on cavalry, raise more war horses, select elite soldiers and generals, go out to sweep the barbarians, and attack the barbarians in order to create a real peace!"

"good!"

Chai Rong extended his thumb, "Ye Qing thought about the long term and was not fascinated by the victory in front of him. He is really a rare pillar of the country, my strength!"

Chai Rong said happily: "To develop cavalry, you must raise more good horses, but although the world is big, it is hard to find good horses!" Chai Rong smiled and said, "Ye Qing, have you ever thought about how to obtain a war horse?"

Ye Hua pondered: "Your Majesty, I think the most easy-to-get good horses are in the Western Regions. Can you send heavy troops to open up the road to the Western Regions and obtain war horses!"

Chai Rong laughed, "This method is good. It seems that Emperor Wu of Han sent troops to attack Dayuan in order to seek bloody horses. Is this a matter?"

"Yes!" Wang Pu immediately said: "Emperor Wu of Han sent an envoy to carry a pure gold horse in exchange for a sweat-blooded horse, but Dayuan refused and killed the Han envoy. Emperor Wu was furious and sent Li Guangli to lead tens of thousands of cavalry and drove for 4,000 miles. The initial battle was unsuccessful, and the people and horses fled back less than one tenth. A few years later, Emperor Wu sent Li Guangli to attack Dayuan again. In this battle, he led 60,000 troops, 30,000 horses, and 100,000 cattle. He also brought two masters of the prime minister to Dayuan. Finally, he obtained dozens of good horses and 3,000 male and female horses below. After a long journey, he only had more than one thousand sweat-blooded horses when he arrived at Yumen Pass."

Wang Pu sighed: "Emperor Wu went to war twice for the bloody BMW, spending several years, and the number of casualties and injured no less than 100,000 people. It can be said that the price is heavy... But since then, the good horses of the Central Plains have emerged one after another. The Han cavalry looked down on him and went to the desert, which was awesome. The old ministers secretly thought that Emperor Wu's actions were really far-sighted, which was extraordinary!"

Ye Hua upheld the same view that Emperor Wu of Han might not be able to command the army personally, but in terms of martial arts vision and courage, he was the best emperors of all dynasties.

"Your Majesty, I think even if I pay a greater price, I will get a good horse and sweep the desert!" Ye Hua said seriously.

Chai Rong nodded, "What Ye Qing said is very true, but I am much lucky in the Great Zhou Dynasty, because the Khitans have already helped us!"

Ye Hua took a breath and expressed confusion.

Chai Rong then stuffed the good news into Ye Hua's hands, "Look!"

Ye Hua hurriedly unfolded, and Wang Pu also leaned over.

One literary and one martial, one old and one young, two people read the last, and their eyes widened, showing a look of surprise!

The Khitan got a good horse from the Western Regions, but before he could get enough heat, he was seized by Zhao Hongyin!

"It's really God bless the Great Zhou, God bless Your Majesty!" Wang Pu knelt on the ground excitedly, shouting long live the mountain.

Ye Hua was equally excited, but he remained calm.

"Your Majesty, Xiao Siwen knows that the war horse is lost, and he will definitely attack the old general Zhao with all his strength. The most urgent task is how to protect the old general and the war horse back to Youzhou safely!"
Chapter completed!