On the third day of the second month of the fourth year of Chongning in the Song Dynasty, the first hour of Xu Zheng, the residence of Cai Taishi in Bianliang was held.

It has been a quarter of an hour since the two top and powerful figures of the Song Dynasty sat on the chair of the Grand Master.

The time is not long, and the modern hourly system is 14.4 minutes.

What's amazing is that neither of them spoke, and even the fragrant tea on the table in front did not move. The only material enjoyment was to smell the fragrance of tea.

Such qi cultivation skills are extraordinary in maintaining quietness. At least Yue Fei is envious and feels that it is beyond the reach of the world, which is more difficult than asking him to guide a battle formation.

I don’t know if it was intermittent or in one go, but the two of them were gradually floating around themselves and some old and new things related to them.

Tong Guan remembered clearly that before he became famous, the person he worshiped the most was Li Xian, and Li Xian was also an eunuch, and the two of them felt sympathy.

He felt that even if he could reach Li Xian's level in his life, he would not leave any regrets.

Of course, it is a heart-wrenching pain that cannot be smoothed out if you don’t have the ability to have children.

But, isn’t Li Xian the same? It’s better to be alone than to be alone.

Li Xian was a eunuch that Shenzong particularly appreciated. At that time, Shenzong sent him as a military supervisor to help the leading general Wang Shao achieve the great victory in Xihe.

The Qingtang area is part of the Xihe victory. Tong Guan remembers the battle against Li Xian’s military achievements and the war of obtaining military achievements very clearly.

This is also the core part of his determination to be comparable to Li Xian. Other things such as the emperor's grace are something that is hard to come by.

Li Xian can meet the Shenzong, but what about me, Tong Guan, and can I meet the second Shenzong?

Yes, I, like Li Xian, have also done it.

But what about that special imperial banner?

Forget it, don’t think about it anymore. The higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment.

It is normal for eunuchs to be a military supervisor. What is unusual is that Shenzong wrote a banner in his own handwriting and "reward those who use their lives to defeat the thief" and gave it to Li Xian.

This life-saving talisman written by the imperial pen in person was not even the chief general Wang Shao, but was given to Li Xian, which shows the exclusive favor.

The purpose of Shenzong was also very clear, and Li Xian also understood very well that it was to save his life.

This shows that Shenzong would rather not win a battle than save Li Xian's life.

Victory can be achieved at any time, but Li Xian has only one life, and he will never be found again if he loses it.

It is rare for an emperor to care so much about a eunuch.

It also shows that Shenzong's vision of people is very unique.

It turns out that this god-making effort from the Emperor Sect not only guaranteed the victory of the war, but also created an unparalleled general.

It was this imperial pen and written by himself. At the critical moment, Li Xian took it out and motivated the soldiers, not to defend himself, but to kill the enemy.

Not only did he inspire the soldiers to fight fiercely with the powerful enemy, he also led the way, took the lead in charge, and directly fought hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.

Those soldiers were all firm supporters of Wang Zhao, with super strong combat power, and there was no reason to obey the command of a person he had never known, and they were also eunuchs.

The general impression of eunuchs is nothing more than being arrogant and prosperous. Whenever there is a battle, the first thing they do is to escape.

But this Li Xian was completely different. He was even more brave than them. He was the first to fight against the most fierce enemy.

These soldiers could not sit still at this time, and they shouted and rushed forward to kill.

They fought with each other, and fought with only a hand-to-hand combat, killing the powerful enemies who came to attack.

In fact, just one battle is not enough to establish Li Xian's prestige. After all, he is not a leading general, and he is just a eunuch.

However, he had that pennant, which was a good thing that even the chief general Wang Shao did not have!

If that thing is in hand, if I come in person, Wang Shao will have to kneel down. How dare the other soldiers be afraid of the scoundrel?

More importantly, the "those who use their lives to defeat the thief is rewarded twice" is not empty talk!

No one doesn’t believe in the Golden Word Imperial Order. Now the gains from war are twice as good as usual. How can you not be moved?

Also, this person holding a banner is the guarantee of double rewards. If he dies, all rewards will be ruined.

Moreover, that's not a simple waste!

The censors have all died in battle and you are still alive, so I ask you what are the tricks to save your life?

Therefore, Li Xian's leading charge was a key step, which actually brought the effect of everyone's hard work.

They were originally elite soldiers, and with their hard work, they could do ten.

In this way, starting from this turnaround of the battle, Li Xian showed his skills and won many battles. In the end, he defeated the strong enemy and won a great victory.

Huizong asked Tong Guan to use Li Xian's story, which shows that Huizong also held great hope for him and trusted him very much.

This kind of trust is like giving Tong Guan a second life.

From this moment on, Tong Guan vowed to repay the emperor and repay the emperor's kindness even if he was heartbroken.

Moreover, his agility was his special ability to understand the emperor's will from clues, and once again helped him.

It also proved that Huizong did not read him wrong, thus giving him a chance to stand out.

Soon Tong Guan and Wang Hou led a 100,000 army to the Longyou front.

Unfortunately, at this moment, a fire broke out in the imperial palace in Bianliang City.

This had no connection with the Western Expedition. No matter how big the fire was, it would not burn the Western Expedition Army. Isn’t it a blessing for the imperial court?

However, Huizong, the emperor who was not very identifiable, actually wrote a royal decree by hand and gave it to Tong Guan with a quick horse because of this occasional incident.

From this incident, we can see that the military supervisor is powerful.

The emperor did not look for the leading general when he had something to do, but contacted the military supervisor on a single line. It would be easy for the military supervisor to make trouble and the leading general?

Fortunately, Wang Hou met a kind military supervisor and was very agile in his work.

The content of the imperial letter Huizong gave to Tong Guan was to stop moving forward, not to recover Qing Tang for the time being, and to suspend military use against the enemy.

Aside from the topic, it is a family tradition that the emperors of the Song Dynasty commanded thousands of miles away. This has always been like this. It is really good luck to be able to survive for two or three hundred years.

Tong Guan opened the emperor's imperial letter and looked at it, said nothing, and put it into his boots.

If it were someone else, wouldn’t you kneel down immediately and kowtow like pounding garlic?

So don’t look down on him just because he is a eunuch. His bones are much harder than those high-ranking officials and great scholars.

Tong Guan's operation completely made the veteran general who was extremely smart Wang Hou stunned.

The imperial edict was put into the boots and marched for days. Who doesn’t know that there was a strong foul air there?

I don't know what's the point here, nor what's the role.

Does the emperor’s letter need to add some flavor to enhance the effect?

Or does this military supervisor have any special hobbies?

The general Wang Hou, who was watching next to him, was still preparing to kneel down on the ground to receive the imperial edict immediately, but the imperial edict was put in the boots and he didn't even see it. What's going on?

The generals were all straight-tempered and asked if they didn't understand: "Mr. Military Supervisor, what's going on with your imperial edict? Doesn't it need to be executed?"

If it is an ordinary general, he will not ask questions at this time, but use his sword.

Blasphemous imperial edict, so brave you!

It can be seen that Wang Hou is not ordinary. He just asked, without any intention of making a big deal, and did not even write a small article.

Tong Guan replied: "It's okay, the emperor urges us to start the war quickly, and wish General Wang a success!"

Tong Guan deserves his success if he has such courage and agility.

In this way, Tong Guan also established trust on the battlefield with General Wang Hou, forming a sincere cooperation relationship between the military supervisor and the chief general.

The two cooperated tacitly and had no worries, so the troops came out like tigers, and they were invincible. They won consecutive battles and recovered the four states in the strategic goal.

Of course, his main military achievements were won by Wang Hou, and Tong Guan was rewarded second by the second, because his military achievements were too great, even if they were not the first reward, Tong Guan was rewarded more.

The most important part is not just one of the rewards. Tong Guan was promoted to the Jingfu Palace Envoy and Xiangzhou Observation Envoy.

These two official positions can only be held by military and political officials who are independent, and then they directly manage one aspect of affairs.

Being an official is not important. What is important is that the eunuchs served as two envoys by making meritorious service, and they began here, breaking the rules of eunuchs in the Song Dynasty that they did not interfere in politics.

Li Xian, who was favored by Shenzong, did not have this treatment. He was only posthumously awarded the title of "Wutai Army Jiedushi" after his death.

Therefore, Huizong was also quick and decisively broke the rules of his ancestors and promoted the eunuch who made contributions.

At this time, Huizong was determined to be enterprising and boldly broke free from the shackles of his ancestors, and his performance was remarkable.

But this kindness of Tong Guan became great.

The reason why Taizu and Taizong strictly prohibited eunuchs from interfering in politics was because they understood the painful lessons of eunuchs in the Tang Dynasty that ruined the country and strictly prohibited eunuchs from entering the temple.

In fact, it was not just the Tang Dynasty, but the eunuchs before the Tang Dynasty were already very serious.

Is Qin Shihuang so powerful? He was so hurt by the eunuch.

No one doesn’t know the idiom “pointing a deer to make a horse”, right?

This idiom was created by Zhao Gao, the eunuch who served Qin Shihuang.

He was just the driver who was responsible for driving the car for Qin Shihuang, but because he was close to the emperor, he did not want the crown prince whom he disliked to inherit the throne.
To be continued...