Chapter 51: Destroying the Turks in the North, Shocking the Government and the Public

The first year of Jian'an, September 18th.

Under the command of King Chen Huaian of the Jin Dynasty, Huo Qubing, the leading general of the Longcheng Northern Expedition, led 10,000 tiger and leopard cavalry out of Mobei to attack the Turks in the north.

At the foot of Shifeng Mountain, they attacked the Turkic royal court at night, beheaded and captured more than 22,800 people.

Among them, 13 people including Timur, the Great Khan of the Turkic Empire, and leaders (deputy leaders) of various Turkic tribes were killed, and more than 30 people including the military advisor of the Turkic Prime Minister, Kurlie, generals, and householders were captured.

In addition, we successfully rescued more than 29,000 men and women at the Shuobei Border Pass who were plundered by the Turks.

After this battle, the main Turkic forces were defeated by Jin King Chen Huaian, and the Dragon City Northern Expedition army swept across Mobei. The empire fell apart, and the remaining troops fled far away. There was no longer a royal court in Mobei.

King Chen Huaian of the Jin Dynasty raised troops from Longcheng, and Fengtian Jingnan was unable to come. He destroyed the Turks in the north and captured Yunzhou in the south. His power was unstoppable.

In just two months, they successively annihilated the captured Yunhui army of the New Dynasty, as well as more than 400,000 Turkic soldiers and horses, and actually controlled the northwest region of the New Dynasty, three military towns and 98 counties.

Such a sensational and shocking event occurred in the northwest of the dynasty. Even if the traitor Qin Ruhui wanted to conceal it, he could not hide it!

In fact, when the news that Wu Qingyun, the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Army, was defeated in Yunzhou and died on the battlefield, came back to the Prime Minister's Office in the capital, Qin Ruhui was already preparing for relevant matters.

Then, when the news of the Turks' annihilation of the country came back, Qin Ruhui became even more confident.

This means that in the past ten years, he secretly instigated Wu Qingyun to eat empty wages, drink soldiers' blood, and secretly collaborate with Turks to make music, all of which were completely covered up with the deaths of Wu Qingyun and Timur one after another. In the long flow of history.

In addition, in recent times, Qin Ruhui has spent a lot of money to establish contact with the trusted eunuchs around the harem concubine Wen Renyu.

He dedicated the rare treasures he had collected over the years such as the Luminous Pearl, the Nine Phoenix Crown, the Jade Lotus, and the Nine Exquisite White Jade Pagoda to Concubine Yu, and asked her to blow the pillow breeze in the ears of Emperor Zhao Qian, showing that Prime Minister Qin worked hard and dedicated his life to the country. , The merits of hard work in Sheji are high.

Qin Ruhui was confident that with this set of operations, he should be able to keep the black gauze hat on his head.

Therefore, he decided to confess everything to Emperor Zhao Qian when the court meeting begins tomorrow, and let Zhao Qian make his own decision.

The next day.

Daxin Chaotang, Jinluan Hall.

The prime minister Qin Ruhui and the civil and military officials of the court had been waiting for a long time. The tired-looking emperor Zhao Qian arrived belatedly with his rosy-faced and charming concubine Wen Renyu.

As soon as Zhao Qiang sat down on the dragon chair, he yawned loudly and said: "My beloved sirs, if you have something to do, please leave the court if you have nothing to do!"

Next to him, the naturally charming demon concubine Wen Renyu nestled on Zhao Qian's chest obediently and quietly, winking at Qin Ruhui with a pair of charming eyes.

The latter understood the idea and immediately stood up and stepped forward, saying: "Your Majesty, the border crossing 800 miles away was urgent last night. Mobei was victorious and the Turkic country was destroyed!"

"The great Turkic Khan Temur and all the tribal leaders (deputy leaders) were all executed. The remaining ones fled far to the south of the desert, but there is no more royal court in the north of the desert!"

hiss!

As soon as Prime Minister Qin Ruhui said these words, everyone in the Jinluan Palace was shocked!

Only Shen Guangming, the Minister of War, who knew the truth, and Sun Heling, the Minister of Rites and Imperial Envoy who had gone through all kinds of hardships and returned from Longcheng, looked as usual.

Soon, Qin Ruhui’s party members in the DPRK stood up, bowed their hands, and congratulated Emperor Zhao Qian: “Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Majesty!”

"Turkic barbarians, entrenched in Mobei, often go south to plunder our border residents, disturb our border, rob supplies, and kill innocent people indiscriminately. They are actually a serious problem at the northwest border of the dynasty."

"When the late emperor was in power, he ordered Jin King Chen Polu to conquer Mobei five times and attack the Turks in the north, but to no avail!"

"Now, less than a year after His Majesty succeeded to the throne, our border master of the Great New Dynasty has swept away the Mobei, swept across the Turks, and completely eliminated the banditry in the northwest border. This is another feat that will benefit the present and the future!"

As he said this, Qin Ruhui's henchman knelt down in front of the court, bowed three times and kowtowed nine times, and said loudly:

"In ancient times, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attacked the Xiongnu from the north and created a prosperous era of Han Dynasty; now, in September of the first year of Jian'an, the Holy Sage destroyed the Turks, and his achievements are comparable to that of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty."

"Wei Chen believes that the prosperous era of Jian'an is just around the corner!"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

After saying this, the official shouted long live in court.

Seeing this scene, the other officials in the court kowtowed and shouted long live!

Hahaha!

On the dragon throne, Emperor Zhao Qian was in a good mood and laughed loudly.

The face that looked like one was overindulged was filled with a look of satisfaction.

When he got up, he pushed away his favorite concubine Wen Renyu who was nestled in his arms. He stood up and walked around the Jinluan Palace. He placed one hand on his hip and shouted domineeringly: "I will work hard and work hard throughout my life!"

"Opening the canal, sailing to Southeast Asia, connecting the Silk Road, and destroying the Turks, which one is not a feat that will benefit the present and will benefit the future?"

"I recall that when I first ascended the throne, the old ministers and elders of the previous dynasty in the court were constantly questioning me, obstructing my policy agenda in every possible way, and criticizing the loyal ministers and good generals I promoted——"

At this point, Zhao Qian changed the subject, his tone suddenly became sharp, and he continued:

"Now, I want to make these old ministers and elders of the former dynasty open their eyes and take a good look at whether I am the ignorant king who died in the second generation, or the emperor who created a prosperous age through the ages!"

"Your Majesty!"

For a moment, all the civil and military officials in the court knelt down and shouted that the emperor was wise.

Only Sun Heling, the Minister of Rites, could only go with the flow in the court, but his face remained sober and rational at all times.

Hidden in the sleeves of his official robes, the "Manifesto of the Emperor to Repel the Rebellion" written by Jin Wang Chen Huaian himself, as well as the evidence of the Northwest General Wu Qingyun and the Turkic Khan Timur's secret communication, were also tightly held in his hands, waiting for a suitable time to present them to the current emperor.

At this moment, the Second Emperor Zhao Gan in the Golden Palace was in high spirits and decided to reward the three armies immediately.

Zhao Qian said: "Prime Minister Qin, please draft an imperial edict for me to reward the guards of the Shuobei border. All the soldiers who participated in the northern attack on the Turks will be given three months' salary as an encouragement, and the generals of the hundred and thousand households will be promoted on the spot;"

"As for the generals above the rank of general, you should draft a list and give it to the Ministry of War. According to the size of the military merits, they will be given titles and honors as appropriate!"

"Your Majesty, you can't do it!"

At this time, an inappropriate voice sounded in the court.

Afterwards, Sun Heling, the Minister of Rites, stood up fearlessly in the surprised eyes of the civil and military officials in the court and faced the current emperor Zhao Gan.

After kneeling, Sun Heling said with a firm and resolute face: "Your Majesty, I dare to advise you to temporarily grant titles to the soldiers of the northwest border!"

"Hmm?"

In the Golden Palace, Zhao Gan's face sank, and he was intimidating without anger.

Obviously, he didn't want to hear such opposition at this time when the emperor was very pleased.

But when he recognized the person who gave advice in the court, he still suppressed his displeasure and asked the reason.

Zhao Qian said: "Hey, isn't this Sun Aiqing? When did you return to the capital from Longcheng?"

At this point, Zhao Qian suddenly remembered something and continued to ask:

"By the way, Sun Aiqing, you just came back from Longcheng. How far has the matter of Chen Huaian, the prince of Jin, raised troops to fight against the court and killed Wu Fengxian, the major general of the Yunhui Army, progressed?"

Sun Heling replied: "Reporting to the emperor, this matter is a long story. I hope the emperor will allow me to tell you in detail."

"Allowed!"

Zhao Qian nodded and immediately expressed his approval.

After getting the emperor's approval, Sun Heling slowly got up from the ground and recited a poem in front of the court:

"The village is very desolate, suffering from drought and locusts every year;"

"Old men are hired to pay debts, and young children sell grain to pay for food;"

"The wall is broken and the wind blows in the house, the beams are crumbling and the moon falls on the bed;"

"How could the herdsmen refuse to report the famine!"

Swish!

When Sun Heling said this, all the civil and military officials in the Daxin court were shocked.

Especially Qin Ruhui, the prime minister, his cunning face was twisted into three lines, and his eyes were viciously glaring at Sun Heling, wishing to cut two taels of meat from his body.

Sun Heling, the pedantic and stubborn old Confucian scholar, was clearly making innuendos, no, he was directly reporting to the emperor that he was the prime minister of the dynasty!

Why does the old Confucian scholar need to use a sword to kill people? He can kill people with just a few words!