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Chapter 1018 The task is completed, return to Beijing, and become king
When Gu Qianfan walked out of the palace, he felt a cool breeze blowing behind him, and his eyes became hesitant.

"Officials, are you trying to move Duke Liang?"

He has lived in the officialdom for 30 years and has seen many intrigues in the officialdom.

Ever since Zhou Chen went to the border to take charge of the army, the civil officials in the court have criticized him a lot. Even if Zhou Chen destroyed Xixia and repelled the Liao army, these critics not only did not decrease, but became more.

In short, the meaning expressed is one, the warrior controls the army, and the way to disrupt the country.

So these civil officials have always wanted to transfer Zhou Chen from the frontier back to the capital, and send people to the frontier to take charge of the army, and the candidates are basically civil servants.

It's just that Liao's soldiers were too strong, and the official Zhao Zhen didn't dare to mess around. After all, looking at the Song Dynasty for decades, Zhou Chen was the only one who could defeat the Liao army head-on and win a big victory, so even if he No matter how fearful he is, he dare not act rashly.

Gu Qianfan only felt chills all over his body. He had known Zhou Chen for more than 20 years, and he clearly knew that what Zhou Chen wanted to do most was to recover the Sixteen States of Yanyun, and he had no dissent at all.

However, the actions of the officials undoubtedly began to doubt Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen led the soldiers to fight bloody battles on the front line, but the rear kept trying to facilitate peace talks, and now they wanted to secretly investigate Zhou Chen.

It was said that he was asked to return Zhou Chen's innocence, but in fact he was asked to investigate Zhou Chen. Once a problem is found, then.

"Brother Zhou, I can finally understand what you said now. The biggest problem in regaining the lost land is not the war, but the court. Not everyone wants to regain the Sixteen States of Yanyun."

Feeling sad and emotional in his heart, but as a courtier, Gu Qianfan still cannot go against the government's will.

He returned home, arranged for his wife and children, and led his men to set off for northern Xinjiang.

Zhou Chen knew that Zhao Zhen must be dissatisfied with him, but he didn't know that Zhao Zhen had sent someone to investigate him. Now his main energy is still on Yanyun Sixteen States and Liao Kingdom.

Seeing that he is not far away from completing the side mission, he must go all out.

Since there was no room for maneuver with the Liao Kingdom, Zhou Chen simply took the initiative to attack this time, leading the army, and launched an offensive directly against the territories of the Sixteen States of Yanyun.

The Liao Kingdom obviously didn't expect Zhou Chen to be so fast, and without giving them time to react, they launched an offensive, and those who were killed by Song Jun lost their helmets and armor in a short time, losing ground again and again.

The entire court of the Liao Kingdom scolded the Song Dynasty emperor and others. They all felt that Song Fang's visit to them for peace talks was simply a cover, and the purpose was to let them relax their vigilance, and then let Zhou Chen lead the army to invade. Hit them off guard.

Judging from the current situation, the Song people obviously succeeded, but this also aroused the anger of the Liao people. The Emperor Yelu Zongsheng of the Liao Kingdom was even more furious. He gathered the power of the whole country and gathered an army of 35. .

Taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the Liao people, Zhou Chen seized the land of five states in one go. Although the sixteen states of Yanyun have been occupied by the Liao people for many years, there are still many Han people living in this land, so when Zhou Chen led the army to fight over , After seizing the territory, it didn't take much effort at all to regain the lost ground and change the banner.

After Gu Qianfan received the emperor's order, he rushed to the northern border as quickly as possible, but when he reached the border, he realized that Zhou Chen had not been at the border for a long time, but had led the army to attack the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

What's even more astonishing is that in such a short period of time, Zhou Chen has already regained the land of the five states, and the Liao people who were beaten fled.

After hearing the news, Gu Qianfan no longer knew how to describe his feelings. As one of the few people who knew Zhou Chen best today, he knew Zhou Chen's ambitions well. In a Song-Liao war, the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun were recovered.

But while Zhou Chen was pleasantly surprised by the numerous victories, infinite worries arose in his heart.

Strictly speaking, Zhou Chen did not get the will of the capital and the officials to attack the Sixteen States of Yanyun. If the officials really wanted to attack Zhou Chen, they could definitely punish Zhou Chen for this crime.

Gu Qianfan was worried, but he still wrote Zhou Chen's victory in a secret letter and sent it back to the capital in the fastest way of the Imperial City Division.

Now he can only hope that the officials will pardon Zhou Chen's crimes after learning of Zhou Chen's earth-shattering achievements in regaining the land of Yanyun.

In this way, he still felt that he was not at ease, so he briefly investigated the situation at the border, and finally asked his subordinates to stay and continue to investigate, while he returned to Beijing with intelligence.

It's just that he didn't know that besides him, the government also sent other people to investigate.

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After Zhou Chen regained the land of the five states with lightning speed, he could no longer continue, because Liao Emperor Yelu Zongsheng had already personally conquered and led an army of 35 to the land of Yanyun. On Zhou Chen's path forward.

The 35 Liao army surpassed Zhou Chen's 20 Song army in northern Xinjiang in number, but the two sides did not start fighting immediately.

Knowing that the Liao Kingdom had recruited 35 troops to attack the frontier, Zhao Zhen and all the civil and military officials who were far away in Bianjing were scared out of their souls.

At this time, the officials were extremely united, so Zhao Zhen dispatched troops to the frontier, led by Zhou Chen, to meet the Liao army.

The monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty had no choice. Even though they were afraid of and dissatisfied with Zhou Chen, a general, at this time, only Zhou Chen could resist the crazy Liao Kingdom.

Compared with the possibility of destroying the country, nothing else is important.

Zhao Zhen not only transferred the Xiang army and the township soldiers from the northern border, but even the fan soldiers were transferred over, all of which were handed over to Zhou Chen's command.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Zhou Chen has now reached a height that no general in the Song Dynasty has reached. He holds the military power of hundreds of thousands of Song troops. This is simply unimaginable in the Song Dynasty.

This situation also occurred because he pushed the Liao Kingdom too tightly, making the Liao Emperor desperate to conscript and attack the Song Dynasty. Zhao Zhen also had to appoint Zhou Chen in order to keep the country.

A year later, the news that Zhou Chen defeated the Liao army and recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun spread throughout the world, causing a sensation throughout the Song Dynasty. Now even the literati in the world highly respected Zhou Chen.

Bianjing city!
"Official, this is the letter of credence presented by the envoy of the Liao Kingdom."

The servant carefully placed the letter of credence of the Liao Kingdom in front of the official Zhao Zhen, and then stepped aside.

Zhao Zhen is in a good mood. The ceded Sixteen States of Yanyun were recovered during his reign. This alone makes him comparable to Emperor Taizu.

In the recent period, he has been praised by countless courtiers, and he has long been elated, calling himself a sage.

He opened the letter of credentials of the Liao Kingdom, and after seeing the content on it, he was happy at first, then frowned, and finally laughed again, his face changing back and forth.

This is Liao's letter of credence requesting peace talks, and it condemns Zhou Chen for breaking the diplomatic relations between the two countries and is the chief culprit of the war between the two countries. Let Song immediately recall Zhou Chen and punish him, otherwise Liao will fall The power of the whole country will fight to the end with Song Guo.

Obviously he came to ask for peace, but the lines between the lines are still full of arrogance, and even threatened.

The defeated party is still so crazy. Under normal circumstances, the victor would never give face, but Song Dynasty officials are special.

Although Zhou Chen defeated the Liao State, the Song Dynasty had been living under the oppression of the Liao State, and instinctively had a kind of fear of the Liao State, that is, Zhou Chen won a great victory, regained the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and annihilated nearly 20 people from the Liao State. The large army allowed the Song Dynasty to regain confidence.

But Zhao Zhen, as the emperor, thought more about it. He didn't like war, but civilized governance. The Great Song Dynasty had recovered the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. This was already the greatest feat and victory of the dynasty.

During the two years of war with the Liao Kingdom, the national treasury spent a lot of money. Even the emperor had to cut down on food and clothing. If the fight continues like this, who knows how long the treasury can last?

Besides, the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun have all been taken back, and there is no need to snatch the land of Liao. He simply doesn't like those barren lands.

So Zhao Zhen was more inclined towards the truce and peace talks, but he was dissatisfied with the Liao envoy's attitude and credentials. They had won the battle, and it was he who should make the conditions.

So he immediately summoned all the officials to discuss the matter.

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At the beginning, Zhou Chen just wanted to regain the Sixteen States of Yanyun, but after more than a year of fighting, he and the Liao people had already formed a deep blood feud, and they would never die.

So after defeating the Liao Kingdom, a thought surged in his heart to simply destroy the Liao Kingdom. Now that he is taking advantage of the victory, he might really have a chance.

And the Liao Kingdom, after discovering that Zhou Chen led the army to invade, the whole country was terrified. For more than a year, the Liao Emperor's personal conquests were all thrown away by Zhou Chen, and most of the country's troops were lost at the border. The confidence to fight again.

It is precisely because of this that Emperor Liao sent envoys to Song to request peace talks.

Zhou Chen led the army to attack the city in Liao, and was invincible, but at this moment, an imperial decree came from the capital, ordering him not to fight any more, and to return to the capital immediately.

"Urgently recalled back to Beijing, it seems that Zhao Zhen saw that the Liao Kingdom was no longer able to fight anymore, so he thought about it, but he didn't know what he would do to me."

Of course Zhou Chen knew the principle of the master of high merit, but in order to complete the task before, he had to do that.

Now that things have come to this, he will not regret it, but he has long been prepared to face it, but he just doesn't know how this Emperor Renzong will deal with him.

However, Zhou Chen's eyes flashed sharply, no matter how Zhao Zhen tried to deal with him, he would not be caught without a fight. He had been in Tokyo for nearly 20 years, and he hadn't really done nothing.

Big deal, just turn the world upside down, anyway, Xixia has been destroyed by him, Liao has also been maimed by him, he has plenty of time.

Zhao Zhen not only sent the imperial decree, but also sent [-] forbidden troops to 'escort' Zhou Chen back to Beijing.

The generals under his command also had smart people. Seeing this situation, many people tried to persuade Zhou Chen, but Zhou Chen had made up his mind and returned to the capital with the imperial army.

But on the eve of returning to Beijing, he secretly summoned a few of his most trusted subordinates and gave them orders.

With [-] imperial guards escorting him, Zhou Chen's marching speed was of course not fast enough. It took a full month from the frontier to the capital.

After three years, returning to Tokyo City again, Zhou Chen was filled with emotions.

Although he has been exchanging letters with his family, after all, he hasn't seen each other for three years, and he misses his wife and children very much.

Under the 'escort' of the forbidden army, Zhou Chen could only go to the palace first to meet the official Zhao Zhen.

In the past, when Zhou Chen and Zhao Zhen met, they were very harmonious with each other, but this time when they met, Zhou Chen clearly felt the change in Zhao Zhen's attitude towards him.

He was still smiling on the surface, but there was a chill in the depths of his eyes. Zhou Chen was such a keen person, all of this could not be hidden from his eyes.

Zhao Zhen rewarded Zhou Chen generously, conferring on Zhou Chen the post of Taibao, and making him king of Changping County.

It is definitely extremely rare to be crowned king in the Song Dynasty, not to mention having the post of Taibao, so this award is already considered the highest standard.

In addition, there are countless financial rewards, land rewards and so on.

Zhou Chen stayed in the palace for a long time before leaving. On the way back home, he keenly felt that his surroundings were covered with eyeliner, which made him sneer endlessly.

Before Zhou Chen returned to the mansion, Zhao Pan'er and others had already received the news in advance and stood in the courtyard waiting for Zhou Chen.

"My lord is back, my lord is back."

He hasn't returned for three years, and when he comes back, he has already been crowned king. This makes the servants of the original Hou's mansion extremely excited. How can the servants of the Hou's mansion compare to the servants of the Wang's mansion?
Zhou Chen walked into the mansion slowly, and saw Zhao Pan'er and his daughters in the center of the crowd at a glance, and his own sons and daughters.

He didn't say anything, and first hugged Zhao Pan'er in the past.

"Pan'er, I'm back."

Zhao Pan'er was so excited that she forcibly stopped her tears, choked up and said, "It's good to be back, it's good to be back."

After reporting for a while, she left Zhou Chen's arms: "The two younger sisters also miss the prince very much."

Zhou Chen nodded, walked over and hugged Gao Hui into his arms, Gao Hui was not as calm as Zhao Pan'er, hugged Zhou Chen tightly, and cried softly.

Comforting Gao Hui, he hugged Song Yinzhang into his arms again. Song Yinzhang was worse than Gao Hui, and his clothes were already wet with tears.

After talking to the three wives and concubines, Zhou Chen looked at his children again.

"All grown up, okay, okay."

"Daddy, Daddy hug."

The youngest, Zhou Qin, could still remember Zhou Chen, and asked Zhou Chen to hug her loudly. Zhou Chen did not disappoint her, picked her up, and kissed her hard.

"Ah, ah, Daddy, the beard is prickly, giggling..."

Zhou Qin's happy laughter infected everyone.

Zhao Pan'er said, "My lord, take the children into the house."

Zhou Chen nodded: "Okay." But he didn't put Zhou Qin down, but hugged Zhou Qin and walked into the main hall of the palace.

Zhou Chen sat on the top with Zhou Qin in his arms, Zhao Pan'er sat down next to him, Gao Hui and Song Yinzhang sat down below, and the children stood up.

After not seeing each other for three years, Zhou Chen felt infinite tenderness in his heart when he saw his wife and children now. On the battlefield, he was an iron-blooded killer who killed countless people, but at home, he was a gentle husband and master, and a majestic father.

He hasn't returned for three years, but his home hasn't changed much, and it's still the same as when he left. This makes him feel very warm and relaxed, as if all the fatigue has dissipated after returning home.

A real home is warm!

(End of this chapter)