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"The great victory in the northwest, the great revitalization of the country's prestige, the good news came, and the whole country celebrated; In this battle, the northwest Yanyan, Huanqing 2nd Road passed through a little to appease the edge of the border to recruit Fan Zhongyan, Qinfeng Road passed through a little to appease the edge of the border to recruit Han Qi, Jingyuan Road through the slight pacification of the edge of the envoy, Weizhou prefect Su Jin, planned properly, responded calmly, with the limited military resources and materials in the northwest, defeated the West thieves of more than 100,000 people, annihilated more than 60,000 enemies, so that the West thieves returned with a feather, and tried to ensure the peace of the border, and the merit was high and hard work, and should be commended. ”

Huang Peisheng's high-pitched voice echoed above the main hall, and the ministers listened with bated breath.

"I hereby decree today to reward and promote the three ministers of the first meritorious service, and promote Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan to the post of deputy envoy of the Privy Council, plus two levels, in view of the fact that the situation in the northwest is not yet completely clear, and the peace agreement between Song and Xia has not yet been completed, Fan Zhongyan still retains his original post on duty, and Han Qi will take up the post of deputy privy envoy on the same day; promoted Su Jin, the prefect of Weizhou, to be the envoy of Jingyuan and Qinfeng to pacify the edge, and added two levels to know Qinzhou; Reward Han Qi Fan Zhongyan Su Jin Qian 100,000 horses, 50 silk horses, and give Su Jin's mother a jade Buddha in Xingguo Temple under the order of Mrs. Wang. ”

The ministers exploded, such a reward was simply shocking, Han Qi Fan Zhongyan was promoted to the Privy Council, as early as the year later, there was a proposal for these two people to be transferred back to the capital to take important positions, after all, these two people are good enough to take on important responsibilities, and they also enjoy a good reputation in the Great Song Dynasty; However, Su Jin's appointment greatly exceeded everyone's expectations, although this person is the new champion of this year, but the appointment as the prefect of Weizhou was already the emperor's special decree, and it was not in line with the official system; And with the Northwest War, it is already great to be able to sit firmly in the position of the prefect of Weizhou, I thought that at most I would add a false title such as a scholar, but I didn't expect the emperor to promote him to the position of the envoy all of a sudden, and even Qin Fenglu was under his jurisdiction.

In this way, Su Jin became the number two person in the Northwest Fourth Road, Fan Zhongyan's position in the Northwest was unbreakable, and Su Jin replaced Han Qi as the Northwest Real Power faction, although the location of Qin Fengjing Yuan and the two roads was slightly inferior to that of the two roads in Yanyan and Huanqing, but the area and population were much larger, and everyone was dumbfounded, faintly feeling the rise of a new star in the court; Such a promotion speed is comparable to the momentum of flying into the sky, there is no one before the Great Song Dynasty, and I am afraid that there will be no one in the future.

The three of them shouted long live and knelt down to thank him, Su Jin felt that he was like in a dream, the emperor reversed the previous stinginess, this time the generosity was excessive, he used to run his own food affairs, punished the officials of Yangzhou and Luzhou, and retired the Liao envoy without damage, and the rewards given were all fur benefits, but he didn't expect that as soon as he arrived in the northwest, he suddenly opened the city, and suddenly sat on the post of Qin Fengjing's original two-way road envoy, and even he couldn't believe it.

Naturally, some officials had different opinions, and Du Yan, Xia Zhu and others were displeased, but the battle in the northwest completely reversed the decline, and the whole country was immersed in peace and joy inside and outside the court. Moreover, how difficult it is to manage this mess in the northwest, Xia Zhu knows better than anyone else in his heart that as soon as the war stops, the imperial court's relief to the northwest will inevitably stop, and from then on, the northwest roads will have to be self-reliant, and nearly a million destitute people will have to eat, drink, and sleep, which can not be blown by bragging; Once the people have nothing to eat, and the thieves are not chaotic, there will be chaos inside, it is better to let this seventeen-year-old hairy boy make mistakes by himself, and then it is more appropriate to come forward to accuse and participate in the impeachment.

The ministers congratulated Su Jin and the other three one after another, and the three of them also returned the salute in a group, being modest and polite.

"Three Aiqing, we still need to make persistent efforts, and I still need you to work harder, and you must not be complacent." Zhao Zhen smiled.

Fan Zhongyan said: "How dare the minister, the minister wants to ask, what is the extent of the peace agreement with the western thief, if the peace agreement is not completed, production will not be able to recover, and it will affect the livelihood of nearly one million people in the northwest, and I hope that the imperial court will have an accurate answer as soon as possible." ”

Zhao Zhen asked Du Yan: "Du Shumi, the matter of peace is yours, can the Xia envoy have a new proposal?" ”

Du Yan said: "Your Majesty, since the victory in the northwest, the attitude of the Xia envoy has changed greatly, and he made a few new suggestions yesterday, which have been quite restrained, and the minister thought that he could agree." ”

Zhao Zhen said: "Oh? What are some of the new proposals? ”

Du Yan said: "The ministers ask the ministers to declare the meeting and the chief Han Jiang to go to the palace to explain in detail." ”

Zhao Zhen said: "Accurate! ”

The chamberlain immediately passed the decree, and after a while, Han Jiang, who was tall and arrogant, came to the palace, and the worship was over, and he stood aside respectfully. Su Jin was a little familiar when he heard the name Han Jiang, and when he saw others, he immediately remembered that this person was the top three list with the title of the gold list of his own subject, but he didn't expect that this person was also very talented, and he actually got into the position of the chief negotiator between Song and Xia so quickly, obviously not a general.

Su Jin wanted to say hello to him, but after looking at him, Han Jiang's eyes had a faint indifference, and he didn't seem to see Su Jin in his eyes at all, Su Jin knew that this person was not very easy to get along with, and when the list came out that day, there were rumors that Han Jiang was not convinced by his high school champion, although Su Jin didn't take these to heart, but at the moment the hot face was attached to the cold buttocks, and he was still quite unhappy in his heart.

"Han Jiang, you will tell me about the peace with the Xia envoy in the near future." It can be seen that Zhao Zhen appreciates Han Jiang a lot, and he speaks with a kind smile.

Han Jiang stepped forward and said: "Emperor Qi, the Xia envoy is rude and rude, and initially put forward many rude requests, and the ministers refute them one by one. ”

Zhao Zhen said: "You can talk about it here, it just so happens that the three adults in the northwest are also here, they have an understanding of the situation, or have better suggestions." ”

Han Jiang nodded and said: "Obey, yesterday Xia envoy Yeli Renrong put forward three new proposals, the first is that the boundary division is still bounded at the beginning of the war in the first year of Baoyuan, and the two sides will retreat fifty miles, and there will be no soldiers stationed in the border walled city for a hundred miles, so as not to cause conflicts." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "This is still a sincere move, compared with the first year of Baoyuan, my Great Song Dynasty has suffered a little bit compared to the first year of Baoyuan, so it is equivalent to recovering the lost territory of the border without a fight, and you can agree." ”

Han Jiang said: "The minister also thinks so, since the emperor thinks it's okay, this article will be ......."

"Wait!" Someone shouted in a deep voice.

When everyone looked at it, it turned out that Fan Zhong came to interrupt Han Jiang's words with a black face.

"Fan Aiqing, is there anything wrong with this?" Zhao Zhen was surprised.

"Your Majesty, the minister has no objection to the demarcation of the border, but how can the two sides agree to retreat fifty miles each?"

"What? Isn't the withdrawal of each army a sign of mutual sincerity? ”

"Your Majesty, don't be deceived by the Western Thieves, the border of the Western Thieves is quite different from the border of my Great Song Dynasty, take my border around Qing and Yanyan, my Great Song Dynasty has established at least fifteen or sixteen walled fortresses along the border, these walled cities form a three-dimensional blocking situation on my border, and the Xia army will attack these cities to be a favorable guarantee for blocking along the way; And the border of the western thieves is a desert of white land, they use cavalry as the main battle, and they can cover up and kill them overnight, so there is no need to build a walled city, if we agree to their suggestion to retreat fifty miles, a large number of our walled cities will be useless, and our army's strategy of stubbornly defending and counterattacking will not be invisibly disintegrated? ”

Zhao Zhen frowned and said: "However, if the two sides reach a peace agreement, there is no need to garrison troops in the walled city." ”

Fan Zhongyan said loudly: "How could the emperor have such an idea? What kind of temperament do you not know? Now that he is unable to fight anymore to make peace, how can he be regarded as peaceful in the world? The emperor must not think about this. ”

Zhao Zhen's brows furrowed into a pimple, and he didn't make a sound, but Du Yan stood up and said: "Deputy Envoy Fan is paying attention to proportion, are you reprimanding the emperor?" Withdrawing from the army is a sign of sincerity, since there is no sincerity in discussing peace, what should we do to discuss peace? ”

Han Qi stepped forward and said: "Du Shumi, the lower official said something you don't like to hear, you don't know the Western Thief too well, and the Western Thief has reversed course this time, how did the Taizu Taizong and the former emperor treat them in the past?" Didn't they still sentence Song Zili? How can you believe the words of the cunning fox? ”

Du Yan's face was ugly and said: "This is just a matter of this matter, and you turned out the old adult accounts, according to what you say, I can also say that your Han Qi is not credible, because if you go back up, there has never been a villain who has rebelled on your Han Qi ancestor?" ”

Han Qi's angry face turned blue and said, "You...... Du Shumiyan can talk about other people's ancestors, even if you are my superior, I can't allow you to talk like this. ”

Xia Zhu came out to play a round and said: "The two adults don't argue, Du Shumi is just an analogy, since this article is controversial, let it be put aside for the time being, why are you so red-faced and thick-necked?" ”

Fan Zhongyan shook his head and said: "It's not a matter of putting it aside, but it's about deleting the proposal to withdraw the troops, my Great Song Dynasty has sincerity, but we can't be defenseless, but we can't withdraw the troops for fifty miles, on the contrary, even if the two sides coexist peacefully, we must build more walled cities on the border, improve the defense system, and prevent trouble before it happens; I suggest that after Master Su goes back, more walled cities must be built north of Jingyuan Road. ”

Su Jin smiled and said: "Don't hide it from Fan Shuai, before I entered Beijing, eight dangerous places had been demarcated to build a walled city within a hundred miles north of Weizhou, and I couldn't let the western thieves take advantage of the loopholes." ”

At this point, Zhao Zhen can be seen clearly, the attitude of the three people in the northwest is very clear, and they will never agree to the way of retreating, although Zhao Zhen feels that the three northwest officials are too cautious, probably a habit that has been cultivated in the northwest for a long time, but it is always right to be careful, and it is nothing to delete this article, if the Xia people do not agree to delete, it will naturally expose their intentions, if they agree, they will be happy.