Gao Cui Summit will not have such suspicion? Absolutely not, even if you really want to, you can't do it. It was not only the craftsmen who returned to the imperial workshop with him, but also the inspectors of the Shanchuan Inspectorate. If you dare to be a traitor in a foreign country, you don't have to wait for the court to make trouble, you will deal with him first.

Since there is no such possibility, then he must do his best to protect the safety of Gao Cuifeng. He started from Weiqiao Town, and he is also a staff member of King Qi, if he is detained in this kind of black pot, it will have a great impact on the prestige of himself and Zhao Fu, and it is a big hole in the political struggle.

"King Liang, don't worry, this matter has nothing to do with Lord Gao, the steel plate crossbow used by the Xixia people was not built by my Chao workshop, I think someone passed the method of steelmaking to the Xia Kingdom."

Cai Jing didn't dare to trust the newspaper when he heard the word, everyone knew that Pravda was founded by King Liang, and now it has been transferred to the Yangtze River University for management, but what Wang Shu wants to say will definitely be able to see the newspaper immediately.

If you want to say who the officials have been most annoyed by in recent years, Fuzhou Daily and Pravda should be the best. At that time, some people proposed to ban the publication of newspapers, but Wang Anshi was speechless when questioned in court, and was ridiculed by Pravda and Fuzhou Daily.

Wang Anshi's argument is only one, whoever puts forward the suggestion that the mouth of the people is better than the defense of Sichuan is the traitor who wants to deceive the king.

At that time, he was playing disgusting and fun for Zhang Dian in Pravda, and these words must have been selfish, but no one dared to refute the meaning, and the emperor had to pinch his nose to admit it.

But what Xianggong didn't expect was that with his statement, the official and the imperial history could be regarded as raising their eyebrows. They felt that they had found a new weapon, and from then on they loved Pravda very much, and even made an association, holding the regiment to support Pravda, and some even proposed to co-opt Pravda to become the tongue of the Imperial Historical Observatory.

Of course, other officials will not allow them to do this, and then no one else will survive. But since then, no one has dared to make a proposal to ban newspapers easily, Pravda can't ban it, and Fuzhou Daily can't ban it.

Fortunately, Fuzhou Ribao has no interest in scolding people, and most of the discussions on the government and politics are to the point, and more energy is still focused on the status struggle with Pravda.

The two newspapers have been fighting for several years without a winner, but they have clearly drawn the elements of supporters. The main supporters of Fuzhou Daily's views are emerging private businessmen, workshop owners, maritime groups, and some farmers.

The main force of the cry for Pravda came from bureaucratic capital, landlords and officials. The former has the largest number south of the Yangtze River, especially in the coastal state capitals; The latter is dominated by several large cities in the north, and its geographical distribution is distinct.

"This is impossible, the method of steelmaking cannot be mastered by one or two people, even if the official himself goes to teach the Xixia people, it will not be able to reach the level of mass production of spring steel in three or five years. The problem must have come from Weiqiao Town and the Daimyo's Mansion Workshop, someone privately sold good steel to the Xixia people, and then reported to the imperial court that it could not refine good steel, so Gao Daren returned to the two workshops. I have to bother the two adults to find out about this matter, otherwise, the more good steel the tall master refines, the more the enemy will get! ”

Hong Tao did not agree with Cai Jing's explanation at all, nor could he agree with it. After talking about it for a long time, you're going to put the basin directly on my head. The craftsmen who know how to make steel are all out of their own line, how much difference is there between them who defect to the enemy and themselves?

When someone wants to harm himself, as long as he uses this as an excuse, he will become a big traitor. There is no excuse for the sin you want to add! When the time comes, I am afraid that I will not give myself a chance to explain at all, and it is in vain to have a newspaper to clarify, and people can live if they are cut and rehabilitated?

"What King Liang said is very true, before coming here, I went to the Daimyo Mansion to inquire about Gao Cuifeng, and he said the same. But the top priority is not to investigate the traitors but to retreat from foreign enemies, Qin Feng Road, Xihe Road, Ganliang Road three Jing Luo pacification envoys jointly wrote to the Privy Council to ask King Liang to go out of the mountain, otherwise the chaos in the northwest will also be ......"

Cai Jing is afraid that he has not confronted Wang Shu much head-on, and he doesn't know much about his temperament. If Wang Anshi was still alive, he would never tell the story of the incident sentence by sentence, and he would have to finish everything in one breath before accepting the refutation.

Now he finally realizes how much Wang Shu is a chicken thief, how vigilant, and sharp-tongued, and he is not easy to talk to people at all, and he must be clear before he can continue to talk if he doesn't say a word.

"......" The imperial court wants to let itself lead the troops again? Hong Tao didn't believe Cai Jing's words a little, and involuntarily turned his gaze to Su Shi.

"This is indeed the case...... Su Shi nodded, his face full of guilt.

The capital raised troops for a thousand days and used soldiers for a while, but the forbidden army that did not think that the imperial court spent a lot of money to replace the equipment was not as good as before, and it was swept away by the Western Xia army with more and less fighting.

This is why he still can't figure it out, but the responsibility must still be recognized in the court, as an important minister in the court, although he is not in charge of the army, he is also blamed.

"Is it so serious? Don't hesitate any longer, but tell me the details of the north first, so that the king can make a judgment. ”

Seeing Su Shi's appearance, Hong Tao really felt that things were a little tricky, this is also a very arrogant person, if he didn't encounter a big problem that couldn't be solved, he would never run in front of him and pretend to be pitiful.

If there is only some friction or skirmishes on the border of Qinfeng Road, there is really no need for me to wade into troubled waters, let them play slowly, with the current economic strength of the Northern Song Dynasty, they can afford it.

The more unfavorable the border war, the better it is for itself, and there is no need to deliberately publicize it, and the people will think of the crazy horse who beat the Western Xia and the Khitan Kingdom all over the ground. Comparing the two again, it is clear who is the pillar of the country and who is the corpse.

However, if the Tangut people really want to go south on a large scale, they really can't watch the excitement on the sidelines. Once Qinfeng Road is lost, Ganliang Road will immediately become the front line, and Liangzhou will be the first to bear it.

Presumably, the people of Western Xia will not forget the shame of Liangzhou back then, but they will not let go of this strategic town whenever they have the opportunity. Once the Western Xia army came to the city, the construction of the Naganliang Road over the years would have to come to naught, and the nomads would be several times stronger than their ability to build it.

Moreover, Fu Ji is still in Liangzhou, cotton mills and woolen mills are also in Liangzhou, Mawei City is still the largest glass and caustic soda production base at this time, plus large-scale horse farms, cotton fields, and farms.

“…… Can the two of them give a real deal, and how much authority can the king have to lead the troops to retreat from the enemy? After listening to Cai Jing and Su Shi's introduction, Hong Tao was in no mood to talk about it anymore.

The situation was worse than he expected, not only the Xixia people invaded the south, but also an unprecedented tribal cavalry, and the ability and means of attacking the fortifications have also made great progress, and the number is huge, whether it is 100,000 or 200,000 no one can figure it out.

According to the battle report half a month ago, the enemy's forward has broken through the dense area of the walled fort north of Qinfeng Road, defeated the main force of the forbidden army on Qinfeng Road, and rushed straight to Lanzhou and Liangzhou, the important towns in the northwest.

Then why didn't Yongxing Military Road send troops to rescue? It's not that they didn't save it, but that the Yongxing military road was also harassed by troops of unknown origin. The local defenders suffered a big loss at first, and it was only because this new enemy army was not very good at mountain warfare and the offensive was not so clever that they took advantage of the walled fort system in Hengshan to hold on.

In addition, signs of large-scale troop movements have also been found near Hedong Road and Youzhou Road. According to the report of the generals in front, the other party is not only like the Khitan army, but it is also uncertain, and the origin is unknown. Therefore, the imperial court did not dare to transfer troops from Hedong Road, Hebei Road and Youzhou Road to support the Northwest Theater, so it could only transfer the second-line forbidden army from the rear.

But these forbidden troops have not changed their clothes, they are still the original equipment, if the front-line forbidden army can't withstand it, they are afraid that they will be more than lucky. At this time, the imperial court panicked, looking for available soldiers everywhere, and at the same time pondering who should lead the troops to fight.

After thinking about it, there was no suitable candidate, and the generals who were counted as the number one back then were either old or sick, or simply died. After seven or eight years of peace, the remaining generals have almost forgotten how to fight.

Seeing that the enemy's soldiers were pressing the border, the first to propose peace talks was actually a military general, and he didn't even fight. The envoys for the peace talks were sent out, but the brothers Zhang Dian and Zhang Jian really didn't dare to expect to withdraw from the army by lip service.

The Western Xia people's southern invasion this time was different from the past, they did not come for a small favor at all, and they made it clear that they wanted to take back the lost land, even if the envoy had ten mouths, I am afraid that they would not be able to convince the other party.

On this issue, reformers and conservatives have also reached a preliminary agreement. Peace talks have to be discussed, but we also have to prepare for the back, in case we can't talk about it, we can only fight, and we have to fight hard, and the victory or defeat is related to the fortunes of the country.

Originally, the generals were a little trembling, and when they heard that it was related to the national fortune, they were even more trembling, and several fell ill in less than a decade, and some broke their arms and legs because they fell from their horses.

If you can't find a general who can unify the army, you can't let the emperor drive the expedition in person, right? Hey, don't say it's all cowardice, someone is willing to take on this responsibility.

Zhao Maid, the king of Qi, volunteered to lead his troops to the battle, but he said that it might not work if he went. Why? Because the forbidden army is not of great use, at most, it is to stabilize the battle situation first and buy time for the imperial court to maneuver. If you want to win this battle, you can only ask one person to go out of the mountain, Liang Wang Xu!

As soon as this remark came out, some people immediately echoed it, and there were quite a few. In fact, some people have long remembered the King of Liang who repaired the embankment on the edge of the Yangtze River, but they didn't dare to mention it, for fear that the emperor would think too much.

Now that the King of Qi has proposed it, he doesn't hurry up and agree. If you have any political opinions or not, it is not too late to beat the enemy away before talking. If the enemy army breaks through the defense line and goes south, no political opinion will be in vain, and everyone will be doomed.