But in the end, Cai did not agree, Zhao Maid was too small and hindered the national body.

However, everyone can also understand Wang Ju's painstaking efforts, in diplomacy, since ancient times, the Central Plains Dynasty has always been very clumsy, and for this, Wang Ju also rejects.

Let Zhao Maid observe it, it is undoubtedly on-site teaching, which will leave an extremely deep impression on Zhao Maid.

In the end, under Cai Qu's suggestion, everyone adopted a compromise approach, with Zhao Ji as the main body, Wang Ju in charge of the specific negotiations, and then let Zhao Fu sit on the side, and then summon the Goryeo envoy.

After a while, Zhao maid brought in.

However, it would be a long time before the Goryeo envoy could be brought to the palace.

Wang Ju stepped forward and explained to Zhao Maid the ins and outs of the matter, as well as the conversation he had with everyone in the hall just now, including the inner sage and the outer king and the inner king and the outer sage.

Zhao Maid raised his head and asked, "Taibao, is it really terrible for the people to work together?" ”

"Do you remember the story of Tiandan? Le Yi even went down to 70 cities in Qi State, only Jimo and Jucheng were not left, Jimo was killed in battle, and the army and the people jointly pushed Tian Dan as the main general, it was the army and the people who worked together, and finally turned defeat into victory, which is the best example. Besides, there is still such a big place in Western Xia, and there may be support from the Liao State, so you can't be negligent. There is also how Tang Taizong exterminated the Turks and Xue Yantuo, every time there was a change in their country, the people were disappointed, and the tribes were separated, the Tang Dynasty sent an army to conquer and exterminated it in one fell swoop. But Tang Taizong's doing this is not obscene, but great, because it can reduce the difficulty of leveling, reduce the burden of the domestic people, and reduce the sacrifice of soldiers. ”

Hearing this, Fan Chunren frowned slightly. Wang Ju's thinking is very practical. That is, it is very utilitarian. As an old-school Confucian, I don't like it a little.

But he doesn't know what to say, is it wrong to strengthen himself and enrich his country?

Wang Ju continued: "There is another example, that is, I conquered Aligu, who was a Uighur, and the Tibetan tribes did not approve of it, and he used his troops to defeat him one after another. So I wiped them out in one fell swoop. If Ali Gu is Dong Yu's own son, even if Taoshui and Dingxi City are victorious, the minister must persuade His Majesty to send an envoy to pacify, so as not to start a war on both sides. ”

"Why did Dong Yu choose Ali Gu as his heir?"

"His Royal Highness can think of this problem, it is very wise, in fact, the reason is not very clear, maybe Dong Yu was seriously ill at that time, and he didn't think of the importance of the recognition of the clans, maybe Dong Yu's mother Qiao and Li have grievances, so they are estranged from the two lines of the Li family. For example, Wang Shao used soldiers to Xihe, and Dong Yu only sent Ali Gu to rescue him. Although the rescue was made, the force was very small. Therefore, he may think in his heart that if he picks a Zampu from among the descendants of the Li family, maybe his wife and some relatives will not be protected, and it is better to appoint Ali Gu on the throne. ”

This is just a guess by Wang Ju, specifically, Wang Ju is really not clear, including Dong Yu's Khitan princess is also not clear, but this Khitan princess was also sent to the capital, to see what the Liao envoy said, if the Liao State was interested, the Song Dynasty sent the princess back to the Liao State. But this princess is just a clan woman, not really the daughter of Liao Xingzong, Yelu Hongji's sister, and the Liao State may not regard her as the same thing.

"I see, then what is Qingming, Xianming, Shengming?"

"Political clarity refers to trying to create a fair environment, to be specific, Your Highness, have you heard that a gentleman loves money and takes it in a proper way?"

"It is rich and noble, it is what people want; If you don't get it by its way, you can't get it anywhere. Poverty and cheapness are the evil of people; Don't get it by its way, don't you go, this sentence? ”

Wang Ju almost patted his head, these eight words have not come out yet, but the meaning of this passage in the master's "Liren" is similar, he nodded and said: "That's it, in fact, I want to say a word, that is, if farmers want to have a good harvest, they must be hardworking, businessmen want to earn more money, they must use more wisdom, officials want to be promoted, they must be diligent and love the people, this is the way, not with other abnormal means, there can be no real peace and wealth in this world, but what the country has to do, It is to support everyone to use the means of the Tao to exchange for wealth and create this good environment, which is the fair environment that the minister said, or the Qi people mentioned by the ancestors, which is also the clear politics that the minister refers to. ”

"It seems to be difficult to ......" Zhao said, although he is small, he doesn't know anything else, let's just talk about the annexation of the Song Dynasty, even Wang Ju doesn't dare to touch it deeply, let alone this fair environment.

"It's really difficult, where there are people, there are fights, but as a holy king, you can use a variety of means such as laws, taxes, imperial examinations, and official promotion assessments, and deliberately guide you to this, so that the country can theoretically approach this kind of political clarity."

"What does that mean being wise?"

"Virtuous includes what the minister just said that the official wants to be promoted, and he must also take it in the right way, that is, to be diligent and love the people, and add another sentence, that is, to assist the king, and to the people, to be more public, more patriotic, and less selfish, and at the same time I must also be talented, just like the minister's teacher, he has virtue and learning, but he is good at education and Confucianism, not in politics, that is, there is a shortage of talent to be an official, so it is not in line with the wisdom of this kind of official, with talent, and then with the minister's public heart, That's a wise minister. ”

Here, Wang Ju didn't say anything about the selflessness of the Grand Duke, for the selflessness of the Grand Duke, or the thing that is not ignorant of money, Wang Ju hated it very much, so he simply changed the word, that is, to save the principles of heaven and destroy people's desires! Can ordinary people do it? Can you do it!

"What is Shengming?"

It is clearly the knowledge of the emperor, Wang Ju glanced at Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji slightly, meaning to say, it doesn't matter.

Wang Ju said: "See Zhuge Liang's entry table, it talks about a lot of emperors' holy ways, as well as Tang Taizong's emperor fan, but the minister also roughly summarized, the first is to listen, and listen to the light, partial belief is dark, the minister said this concurrent, not only the scholar, not only a certain person among the ministers, but all the people in the world, Shinong industry and commerce, then in order to understand the needs of all the people in the world, in order to achieve the real Ming." ”

"Use the right talent and put the right talent in the right position, such as Shen Kuo. Use him as a vassal. It will only lead to the tragedy of Yongle City. But putting him in the Ministry of Engineering is the best candidate. But as a holy king, you must also remember one thing, do not reuse someone for your own pleasure, and do not reject someone for your own evil, for example, Tang Taizong's reuse of Wei Zheng is the best example of a king employing people. ”

"There is no absolute black and white in this world. There is no absolute good or bad, let alone a perfect person, a perfect law policy, any policy is implemented, there will always be people who benefit and some people who suffer, then we must be wise to judge the light and the heavy, choose the heavy and discard the light, choose the great benefit and abandon the great harm, the country can always move forward. It's not going backwards. ”

"Fickle, but this fickleness is not the bad fickleness. But to learn to be smart and timely to adapt to the situation, such as Huangzhou, if Ali bone does not betray our dynasty, the minister uses soldiers in Huangzhou, that is called the poor soldier dethroned, so great joy, if Ali bone betrays our dynasty, and is the orthodoxy of Tubo, quite popular with the people, then whether to use troops on Ali bone, you have to think twice, but Ali bone is not Tubo orthodoxy, and unpopular, so the minister timely use troops in Huangzhou, to relieve the court troubles. ”

For example, west of Chiling, if the ministers wanted to make a name for themselves, open up unnecessary territory for the imperial court, and lead the army to take the grass-headed Tatars and the yellow-headed Hui, it would be a wrong approach. In this world, there is only the Tao of Yongheng, such as the ancestors' Qi people, love the people, and light endowment, but there is no law of Yongheng, just like Yongheng, when the ancestors were implemented, it was beneficial to tea farmers and the promotion of tea planting, and it did increase the country's income and prosper the country's economy, but then the tea became more and more one of the country's ills, so it had to be changed. ”

"Enwei, just easy to break, but only Enwei is not powerful, it is no rigid bones, it is not standing, therefore, the minister went to Huangzhou, there are also killings, the goal of killing is Liwei, but with Liwei as a supplement, Lien is the main, and you can't kill for the sake of killing, that is not the way of Enwei, but the art of tyranny, the way of death Qin!" Wang Ju also talked about his different strategies for dealing with the three roads of Western Xia, Hexi and Huangzhou.

"The rewards and punishments are fair, and then maintain the simple style of the ancestors, if a king can do these things, he can be called a holy king."

"But shouldn't you be honest?"

"Your Highness, as a king, you must be honest and holy internally, of course, when the country is so strong that there is no threat, the surrounding Zhuyi will become honest to the Great Song Dynasty, and then you can be honest. Otherwise, it is the broad Mo family, Your Highness, can you use the Mo family to govern the country? Is it possible to study Song Xianggong? Just like Goryeo, when Taizong was in the time, he was an ally with Goryeo, but when Taizong invaded Liao, did Goryeo send troops to contain it in the rear? As a result, Taizong's army was defeated, and Goryeo is now repeatedly oppressed by the Liao State. So should I be honest with Goryeo? ”

Strong himself, Fan Chunren couldn't help but vomit in his heart.

However, Zhao Ji was very happy when he heard it, but he sighed in his heart, his son was still too young, and what Wang Ju said was a bit profound, and most of his son couldn't understand it.

But he was mistaken, if Zhao Maid grew up, Wang Ju wouldn't dare to say this.

But Wang Ju said while deserting. In fact, Wang Ju is very concerned about the body of this baby father and son, and on the way he also knocked on the side and asked Gonggong Zhu, this year Zhao Maid also had an illness in the autumn, it seems to be a cold, the imperial doctor saw it in time, and it was so good that it was fast, and there was nothing else.

This proves that it is his own parents who love their children, but Zhao Maid's mother Zhu has been very pitifully suppressed in history, so Zhao Jian is alive, and Zhao Maid can be carefully cared for.

Now that Wang Ju has taken a look, Zhao Maid's complexion is also good, and Zhao Ji may be able to live for a while, so that Zhao Maid has survived the initial development period and will probably be able to resist Gao Tao's torture.

In fact, in history, Zhao maid also gave birth to children, but there was only one son, and he died, so it was the turn of the great artist to become the emperor.

I believe that this tragedy will not happen again, so with his talent and his own guidance, there will be a more powerful Song Zhezong in the Song Dynasty in the future.

The Goryeo envoy was brought in.

It was Wang Ju who explained the truth, and several prime ministers didn't know how to reply to the Goryeo envoy, so let's watch a good show together.

The envoy's name was Park Yanshun, and he didn't come alone, but he was the envoy and only brought him in. After the salute, Zhao Ji said: "Pu Qing, this is the prince of my Great Song Dynasty, he wants to ask you about the specific experience." ”

Wang Zian? Park Yanshun looked at Wang Ju, and his eyes also showed admiration, and there were also people in Goryeo who spread Wang Ju's deeds and came to the Song Dynasty. They heard more about Wang Ju's deeds.

Wang Ju said: "Messenger Park. Your letters are vague. What Liaodong rebellion, what thousands of soldiers attacked Kaizhou in Liao, can you be more careful. ”

Could it be that it has nothing to do with the Song people, Park Yanshun thought in his heart, so he carefully explained the situation.

"Does the Liao State often harass you?"

"yes."

"The Liao State is too powerful, so these thousands of people have not been found?"

"Nope."

"Could it be the spontaneous actions of your righteous men in Goryeo?"

"No, there are quite a few of them, thousands. If it was really a spontaneous act by someone, so many people left their homes, infiltrated the Jurchen Ministry, and then sneaked back, they should be able to find out. Moreover, the envoys sent by the Liao State brought the captured armor, which is also better than our Goryeo armor. ”

"So weird...... I know what you will think, but when I heard His Majesty explain the situation, I had a vague thought in my heart, but you Goryeo are our allies, and I must show you proof. Come on. ”

The king called out to the guards outside the hall and whispered a few words in their ears.

Several guards quickly left. After a while, they brought many weapons, and Wang Ju said, "This is our weapon of the Great Song Dynasty, see how it is different from your Goryeo weapon?" ”

The weapons of Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom were developed from the weapons of the Tang Dynasty, such as the Wa State sword, which was actually the horizontal knife of the Tang Dynasty, and the weapons of the Song Dynasty were naturally developed from the weapons of the Tang Dynasty.

But Park Yanshun didn't speak, and the meaning is also clear, although your Song Dynasty weapons are different from Goryeo weapons, you can imitate Goryeo weapons and use them to blame Goryeo.

Wang Ju glanced at Pu Yanshun again: "Envoy Pu, seeing that you are very strong, I wonder if you can pull out the strong bow with one and a half stones?" ”

"One and a half stones, I can afford to pull it."

"That's good," Wang Ju took Pu Yanshun outside the hall, placed a large wooden board in the distance, took out a divine arm bow and said, "You kick it away and shoot at that wooden plank"

According to Wang Ju's teachings, Pu Yanshun kicked the bow of the divine arm, and then gradually filled it with his hand, and then as soon as the hand was released, the arrow made a sharp whistling sound, and flew like lightning in the distance, and hit the wooden board in the blink of an eye.

"Messenger Park, measure it yourself, how many steps there are."

Park Yanshun was frightened by the power and range of the Divine Arm Bow, he walked over step by step, and said in surprise: "One hundred and fifty steps!" ”

"This is only the weakest Divine Arm Bow, there is also a stronger Divine Arm Bow, in addition to the Divine Arm Bow, we also have Tiger Cannons, artillery, these more advantageous weapons, if we subvert the Liaodong Rebellion in the Great Song Dynasty, why not support these sharp weapons. Or you will think again, our Great Song Dynasty does not want to openly fight with the Liao State, but I also want to say one thing, now our Great Song Dynasty is not the original Great Song Dynasty, destroy Jiaozhi, destroy Dali, occupy the city, and the powerful Tubo is also won in the blink of an eye, can our Great Song Dynasty be so afraid of the Liao State? ”

"But ......"

"But what?"

"The ...... of that year's coin"

"It was a covenant made by the ancestors, and if the Liao State dared to tear up the peace, there would be no coins left. This is my reply on behalf of His Majesty, are you afraid, we still have a proof, are these weapons powerful? ”

"Amazing, amazing."

"Tomorrow I can also take you to see the Tiger Cannon, the Great Thunderbolt, and some other weapons, so that you can see their power with your own eyes, if you think you Goryeo are interested, I will arrange a fast boat to send you back to Goryeo quickly, and you will discuss with your king again, how much you Goryeo wants, our Song Dynasty will dare to sell you Goryeo." You know what I mean? Our Great Song Dynasty dared to openly hand over these weapons to you Goryeo to fight against the Liao State, and also dared to openly hand over these weapons to the Jurchens, why copy your Goryeo weapons and sell them to the Jurchens, how much lethality can your Goryeo weapons have, if those Jurchens get these weapons from our dynasty, wouldn't it make the Liao State even more embarrassed? If I do this, and you still don't believe it, I will immediately take you to the Ordnance Prison to see the account books of the manufacture and outflow of armor, and if you look through it, there is no related armor flowing to Liaodong. ”

This twist finally confused Park Yanshun.

Wang Ju said again: "Because it is not clearly written in your national letter, when I talked with Your Majesty and the princes just now, I only made a rough guess, or there are righteous people in your Goryeo who have seen the repeated oppression of the Liao State and made righteous deeds in their hearts. Either it is secretly ordered to do it by a state that everyone is negligent. ”

"That country?"

"The Japanese slave country." Wang Ju finished speaking. Xiang the guards snorted again, and the guards brought a Japanese sword for a while, and Wang Ju said: "Messenger Park, this is the war knife produced by the Japanese slave country, you see if it is sharp." ”

The Japanese sword, and it is the best Japanese national treasure knife that Wang Ju deliberately asked the guards to buy from the market just now, how can it not be sharp, at least dozens of times better than the Goryeo weapon!

Park Yeon-soon was confused in his eyes. muttered, "The Japanese slave country? ”

Wang Ju is very contemptuous of this group of sticks, if it were not for China's rescue several times, it would have been destroyed many times in history, but this group of sticks is not only not grateful, but the most repulsive is the Chinese! Not only are they all a bunch of white-eyed wolves, but they're also super shameless......

Of course, this mood can only be kept in his heart, and he said: "I have technical imitation in the DPRK, and there is also technical imitation in the Wa Kingdom, and the quality may be better than your Goryeo." ”

"Why are they doing this?"

"The Wa Kingdom is located on an island. It is also an earthquake-prone zone...... There are also huge volcanic groups, and the living environment is relatively harsh. Therefore, they want to go ashore, and remember that during the Tang Dynasty, the Wa Kingdom sent an army to invade your Goryeo, but it was defeated by the Tang Dynasty general Liu Renliang, so they retreated. Now whether you Goryeo, or our Great Song Dynasty, or the Liao Kingdom, you can't reach the height of the Tang Dynasty. However, after so many years of recuperation, the country became stronger and stronger, and in recent years, a large number of gold and silver deposits have been discovered, and the country has become rich. Therefore, I just speculated with the princes that if it is not the work of your righteous people in Goryeo, then it must be the strategy of the Wa State, which is called killing three birds with one stone, once it is used properly, our three kingdoms will all be evil, and bear the brunt, your Goryeo Kingdom is the weakest and smallest, but it is also the closest to the Wa Kingdom, when your Goryeo is defeated and retreated, maybe the Liao State is at war with our Great Song Dynasty again, and the Japanese army can land and land from your Goryeo. ”

Zhao Maid and several prime ministers all knew the truth, but they were all stupid......

Park Yanshun was also dizzy, and he said, "Really? ”

"It's really not true, you still have a way to verify my speculation, maybe these people have learned your Goryeo language, but I don't match, everyone has learned your Goryeo language, so there must be people who speak the Chinese language, and the Liao country has swept up to the present, and also captured some prisoners of war, after you go back, let your king write a letter of state to ask, of course, you can also blame my Great Song, but in that case, you Goryeo will definitely lose one of your most important allies."

After Wang Ju finished speaking, he said to one of the guards: "You take the messenger to the ordnance superintendent's account room, and let the officials of the ordnance superintendent show him all the account books. ”

The guards took Park Yanshun away, and Wang Ju clapped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, the problem is solved." ”

Zhao Ji was speechless.

Wang Ju said: "Your Majesty, the reason why the Qin State is strong is that Shang Ying changed the law, and he can't look at Sima Qian's evaluation, his evaluation is unfair, and Shang Ying's contribution to the Qin State is unimaginable. The second is that several generations of kings have governed the affairs of the state with trepidation. The third is that it is not good to be famous, and gradually expand the territory bit by bit, so that it has the strength to dominate the world. The fourth is smart and cunning diplomacy, such as Zhang Yi's envoy Chu. The so-called history books are to let future generations learn from history, and the rapid demise of the Qin State should be worthy of reference for future generations, but how the Qin State stood out from dozens or hundreds of countries in the Spring and Autumn Period and from the Seven Warring States is also worth learning. ”

"In fact, many truths in the world are the same, such as the way of using soldiers, seven points of righteousness, three points of treachery, such as the Confucian inner sage and outer king, the same is true of national diplomacy, with the right as the mainstay, supplemented by the odd, just one-sided pursuit of the so-called right way, often fall into the inferior, lose pedantic, but be taken advantage of by the enemy."

But no matter how Wang Ju explains, this method of reversing black and white is still unacceptable to Zhao Ji, but what to do?

And I have to admit that doing so has brought many benefits to the Song Dynasty, at least the Liao State has hurt a lot of vitality, not only next year, but not for four or five years, the Western Xia side will not be calm, at least not for so long, and the people will not recognize the Song Dynasty. The Liao State was injured, so a longer precious time was won.

He waved his hand and said, "Wang Qing, don't ask about Gaoli, let's talk about next year's arrangements." ”

There is no need for him to command, Wang Ju will also say it.

Of course, this is only an arrangement, and the specific march plan, or other strategies, will also change as the situation changes, but the approximate march route will not change much...... However, as I said in advance, there is no big change in the army's marching route, and the rear will not be suspicious, which is also very important, after all, there are so many troops, even if Li Shimin is alive, he will be somewhat uneasy.

After hearing this, Fan Chunren scratched his eyebrows and said, "Taibao, the plan is good, but the imperial court has so much money?" ”

Don't say anything else, let's talk about the post-war immigration, after this crushing of Western Xia, many areas were sparsely populated, and even some areas became no man's land, which is a good thing, just immigration.

In the territory of Western Xia, there are still so many fertile lands, and Wang Ju also plans to forcibly disperse and settle some Qiang people in the border states, so it is enough to easily arrange three or four hundred thousand households.

The people of the immigrants do not have to worry, it happens that Hedong Road is crowded and narrow, the land is tight, not only Hedong Road, but also Shaanxi Road, many areas of Shaanxi Road are sparsely populated because of the injury of Huaxia and Yongle City, but this is the border area, Jingzhaofu area, including Tongzhou, Huazhou, Yaozhou, Hezhong Mansion, Fengxiang Mansion, the population is extremely dense, it is really not good, and Lizhou Road, with the stability of the immigrants on Lizhou Road, the exchange of family letters, Lizhou Road can also mobilize many desperate poor people who are willing to migrate to the north.

In this way, the pressure caused by the dense population of these areas can be evacuated, and the proportion of Han Chinese in the northwest may reach half, and even more and more in the future, and it will never be a place to be outside the Hudi again.

However, we can't learn from Wang Mang's forced resettlement, just the resettlement of so many immigrants, I don't know how much it costs.

If the Liao State sends troops and the two countries come to fight again, Wang Ju will be comfortable, but what about the treasury? What to do in the rear? (To be continued.) )