"It is absolutely impossible for the Liao State to attack Goryeo at this time."

This must be a lie. In the war that just ended, no matter Song Liao, his vitality was greatly damaged, where is it possible to use swords again? ”

"Although the Liao people are fierce, they are not fools. Yelu Yixin was even more cunning and ruthless. How could they forcibly take Goryeo despite the exhaustion of national strength? Even if you want to send troops, you should choose it in winter. At least let the war horse recuperate. ”

"In addition, from the Liao people entering Goryeo to sending envoys to cross the sea, even if the Goryeo monarchs and ministers can make a decision on the spot, they will send a letter on the same day, and it will take time to send a message from the border to Kaesong, and it will also take time to cross the sea to the west, and it will take ten days and half a month to add up. From the report of Dengzhou, from the beginning of the Liao people to the arrival of the envoys, this time is not even five days! ”

"If you think about this truth for a while, you can think through it."

Therefore, just two days ago, Wang Anshi, Han Jiang, Cai Qu, Zhang Qi, Zeng Bu, as well as Zhang Dian and Xue Xiang, all of them swore an oath and sternly refuted the so-called emergency military situation brought by the Goryeo envoys in the palace court.

The most important thing is that there is no national certificate. The 'Goryeo envoy' claimed that he had been lost in a storm at sea. It's a joke. How can I prove my identity without a national credential? The Uighur merchants who falsely claimed that the envoys had come to deceive the envoys in return, and the Great Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers were annoyed, they would have forged a letter of state before they dared to knock on the eastern part of the country. The whole thing is full of suspicions, even the governor of Dengzhou didn't dare to say anything to death, and the report sent only said that he was a self-proclaimed envoy.

But to everyone's surprise, only two days later, news came from Hebei that the Liao army had crossed the Yalu River and was heading south.

At the same time, due to the suspicions from the beginning, the governor of Dengju secretly sent people to interrogate the entourage of the 'Goryeo envoy', and it took only two days to find out that he was actually a Goryeo merchant.

This fact frightened the governor of Dengzhou. The second report from Dengzhou was full of pleas and self-defenses. But it also explains what is going on.

The Goryeo merchant traveled between Tokyo Province and Goryeo on weekdays, and coincidentally found that tens of thousands of Liao troops were gathering on the banks of the Yalu River, preparing to cross the river to the south. Therefore, while notifying the country, he crossed the sea to Dengzhou, pretending to be the state envoy, asking for help from the Great Song Dynasty, and in order to impress the imperial court, he also deliberately said that the Liao army still on the north bank of the Yalu River had crossed the river.

On the Chongzheng Palace, the atmosphere was solemn as if frozen into ice.

Everyone thought that the Liao State would stop for a while, and then turn around and attack Goryeo. It's okay to do this, but the Zaisuke's face is disgraced. It was already published in the newspaper the day before, and the words of the Zaifu were also published. No matter how broad-minded he is, he can't help but be slapped in the face by the facts in just two days, and it is made public. More than one person was angry, but it was inconvenient to have a seizure.

In the imperial history, Li Qingchen was in the list, the three envoys Lu Jiawen were also in the palace, the scholars in the Hanlin Academy, and the housekeepers under the Zhongshu Sect, including Su Song, were all in the Chongzheng Palace. To be precise, all the important ministers of the two systems and above in the court were urgently summoned to the Chongzheng Hall to discuss the affairs of Goryeo.

But after the two urgent reports were announced, no one in the palace said a word. Looking at the princes of the two mansions who were swollen and speechless after being slapped and slapped, no one dared to say much.

"I didn't expect to be a first-class person. For a faithful nation there are faithful people. Cai did laugh dryly, breaking the silence. But he didn't believe it himself.

A vassal country that is a two-faced vassal country, how can there be any discipline at all? The word faithfulness is needless to mention. Behind the merchant is a powerful prince in the Goryeo Kingdom, who has no worries, and can just fight for a wife.

"This person should be rewarded afterwards. But why did the Liao people attack Goryeo? ”

Just after a war that outweighed the losses, Yelu Yixin had at least a few years to recuperate and unite people's hearts, where would he have the time to attack the Goryeo Kingdom? Aren't they afraid that the Great Song Dynasty will copy their back road?

Even if the facts are right in front of them now, there are still many people who find it incredible. The judgment of the previous Zaifu was not wrong in reason, and the problem was the Liao State that was contrary to common sense.

"When it is the Liao people, they have no fear." Li Qingchen straightened his waist, and his coffin face was completely devoid of the literary style that was praised by Ouyang Xiu and Han Wei in unison, "Han Gang said that if you don't want the country to be in turmoil, you must expand your territory." ”

What exactly did Han Gang's words mean? No one has figured it out yet. At first glance it sounds like a threat. However, after the news of the Liao army's attack on Goryeo was confirmed, it seemed to encourage the Liao State to attack the surrounding neighbors.

Finally spoke up.

It has long been rumored that Han Gang has reached a tacit agreement with Yelu Yixin through Xiao Shisan, so that Zhi Kexing can unscrupulously hunt down and kill the Montenegrin party. Cai did know that this rumor came out of the Yushi Tai.

Su Song's gaze quickly swept over several colleagues, and finally settled on Wang Anshi's face.

The son-in-law was impeached by the imperial historian, and he fornicated with the enemy country, and blocked his entry into Beijing on this charge, Wang Anshi had thought about it beforehand.

It's a pity that Wang Anshi's face is as black as ever, and outsiders can't see the changes in his heart. But Empress Xiang's mood obviously became extremely bad, "Li Qingchen, do you want to say that Han Shumi Tongliao?!" Han Shumi commanded the army and killed thousands of Liao people, this is called Tongliao, so how many thieves do you have to kill before you can pass through Liao? Find me one! ”

The sharp voice could almost shake the roof tiles down, but Li Qingchen was not afraid, "Your Highness, fornicating with foreign countries is not harmful to China. But the problem lies in the word 'private'. How can you not know about your dealings with the Liao? Moreover, the Great Song Dynasty and Goryeo were on good terms, which was a strategy set by the Son of Heaven, but Han Gang now instigated the Liao people to attack Goryeo, which was against the holy will. ”

No one would say that Han Gang had a different heart. Whoever says that, that's stupid. Impressing the enemy country with words is the ability of the Zongheng family. Does Zhang Yi pass the Six Kingdoms? Is Su Qin Tong Qin? Han Gang killed thousands of Liao thieves, who dares to say that he betrayed the country through Liao? How can the framed hero be so unscrupulous, and no one in Yushi Taichung will be so stupid.

Now Li Qingchen accuses Han Gang, and he only says that he exceeded his authority. Just like Fan Zhongyan privately sent a letter to Yuan Hao to persuade him to surrender, and burned the Western Xia National Book, no matter what the original intention was or what the result was, things were wrong from the beginning.

This matter has been rumored, and perhaps the people will think that this is Han Gang's ability, which can lead to trouble, comparable to Su Zhang. But if you really want to pursue it in the court, this is an intolerable mistake.

In this way, Han Gang Tongliao's charges can be confirmed this time. Whether it is instigation or hinting, it is impossible to let the enemy country attack the allies. It is no longer a question of whether Han Gang can come back or not, once the crime is confirmed, the privy deputy will not be able to do it. Even for the sake of his military exploits, there is also a person who knows the famous mansion or the Henan mansion. Let Han Gang sit on the cold bench for a few years in the capital on the outer road.

Several people were gloating at Wang Anshi. Since this Wang Pingzhang insisted on blocking his son-in-law outside Beijing, no one would complain for Han Gang. In the future, if Han Gang comes back to take revenge, he will only have trouble with his father-in-law first, and he will not have much energy to take care of others.

Su Song said coldly: "I only hate Kou Zhun and Fu Bi for this crime, so much so that the imperial court has to pay 500,000 silver silk a year." ”

Li Qingchen snorted: "This is bad! Communicating with Liao is just like seeking skin with a tiger. Just like the children of a good family are lured into a casino, they will always win at first, but once they are addicted to it, there will be no day to turn over, until they lose all their family business. Not to mention that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, when Goryeo learned that the Liao invasion was instigated by the Emperor Song and the auxiliary ministers, how could he be attached to China again in the future? Han Gang's move really outweighed the losses. ”

Su Songyi frowned and was about to speak. Zhang Qi had already stood up to ease the atmosphere, pulled Li Qingchen and asked, "I don't know what Zhongcheng means, how should Han Gang deal with it?" ”

Li Qingchen immediately replied: "There is Fan Wenzheng's story, why bother thinking about it!" ”

Zhang Dun, who had never spoken, looked gloomy, and Li Qingchen regarded Han Gang as a criminal minister both inside and outside of his words.

But to say that Hangang is Tongliao, there is no conclusive evidence from beginning to end. Who caught him? It's just inferred from the fact that Han Gang dared to indulge in the folding of the line, because Goryeo was invaded and seemed to have been verified.

But this is not evidence after all, and it cannot be convicted. Is it impossible for the Liao people to testify? Or, start with the people around Han Gang and let them come out to testify?

When Han Gang met Zhang Xiaojie, Zhang Qi was present throughout the whole process, and Zhang Gang could be sure that Han Gang never mentioned half a word of Goryeo to Zhang Xiaojie. And with Han Gang's cleverness, he will not let people leave a note with a letter in private. Although there are other ways to avoid the ears and eyes of Zhang Qi and others without leaving a note, such a troublesome method is only to let the Liao State attack Goryeo, as for it?

Han Gang didn't need to bet his reputation on the credit of the Liao people. Unless you frame up and arrest the people around Han Gang, it is absolutely impossible to enter Han Gang to commit crimes. But if you do this, not to mention whether you can succeed or not, you will have to make a mortal enmity with Han Gang.

Or the same sentence, as for it? In the end, he couldn't do anything to Han Gang, even Han Qi and Han Jiang, who lost their troops and lost their generals, could be the prime minister, Han Gang was just a disaster to the east, for the sake of the country, not treason, even if he was convicted, I don't know how many people in the world would cry out for him.

Zhang Dian couldn't bear it anymore, and stepped into the hall, and his clear voice shook the hall: "Although the envoy of Goryeo is fake, it is true that the Liao people attacked Goryeo. Zhang Dian has something unclear, dare to ask you, the top priority now is to ask Han Gang's crime, or to rescue Goryeo? ”

Silence returned to the Chongzheng Hall again, but it didn't take long for Zeng Bu to stand up.

"All the ministers in the palace do not practice the art of war, so there is no way to talk about it. Zhang Shumi's meritorious service was only made in the south. In the opinion of the minister, if he wants to understand the affairs of Liao, he should ask Lu and Han, and the minister asks His Royal Highness to summon Han Gang and Lu Huiqing back to Beijing. Zeng Bu smiled coldly, "Since you want to ask Han Gang about it, you have to let him ......defend himself."