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Zhang Ji was stunned.

This is very bad, if it is not done well, it will cause the court to be suspicious of Wang Ju, in fact, there is no earth to cover the sky, and some people will still worry about Wang Ju. In any case, at this time, Wang Ju has too many elite soldiers in his hands, even if Hedong Road, his relationship with Wang Ju is known to the world, and the army of Hedong Road itself needs to cooperate with Wang Ju to use troops in Western Xia, as well as to deal with the possible Liao army.

Once there are many people who are suspicious and there are too many variables, don't say that the emperor believes in Wang Ju, the three of them say tiger!

"Brother Qianfu, what do you say you should do? Look at how many people have been arrested by Jiefu Gong's change of law? ”

In order to scandalize Wang Anshi's changes, some people do everything they can, the most typical example is the curse of the prince case and the Dongming County incident.

Wang Anshi had no choice, so he dispatched the "Great Internal Secret Agent" of the Imperial City Division, and once arrested countless people in the capital.

However, Mao Yong, at most, in the case of cursing the prince, disposed of two guns that were neither light nor heavy, and none of the bigwigs behind him moved, but the more people were arrested, the more people opposed the change of the law became more and more.

Of course, there are still some differences in the nature of the two, this year, it is especially important, whether the Song Dynasty can really prosper, whether it can really "Zhengshuo", it depends on this year, so just as Fan Chunren worried, if Wang Ju has to be investigated, even if Wen Yanbo is in his hometown, he can be found out and punished, at least he can be relegated to a certain state for control. Don't ask for proof, and at this critical juncture, you don't need it!

If the imperial court did this, it would also support Wang Ju in disguise.

So Zhang Qi said: "The two are still a little different. ”

"Brother Qianfu, if the moon is full, it will be a loss, and if the water is full, it may not be a good thing to be too perfect, so Xiao He is self-defiled." Wang Ju said very implicitly, in fact, what he meant meant was that everything has two sides, although this rumor was not very good, but in reverse analysis, he had this rumor, like a thorn in his back, maybe it would reduce Zhao Ji's suspicions.

"Also, as I said, the official family is also angry, so it must be done in moderation. Moreover, soon, the Western Xia used Zi'an's merits to defeat the slaves, break through Helan, and announce the truth to the world about the monarchs and ministers of our dynasty, so that the nine adults will have doubts about this land. ”

"That's it?"

"I can say that's it, and I can't say that's it." Wang Ju sold a pass, so he changed the topic: "What news can I hear from the north?" ”

"The news over there is not very good, its big leader Yu Gu Hao has worshiped the Liao lord many times, the year before last Yu Gu Hao and another leader loved, in the Liao country Xia bowl to worship the Liao lord, the Liao lord felt his loyalty, and ordered the Yan king Yelu Yanxi to become friends with him."

Yelu Yanxi is the future Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao State, the last emperor, and the current crown prince of the Liao State.

Wang Ju frowned.

The reason why Wang Ju asked Zhang Qi to inquire about the news of the obstruction side was because in the Liao State over the years, the Jurchens had not been in much turmoil, but there had been many turmoil in Wugu and Divination.

The reason is the same as that of the Jurchen, one is the suffering of tribute, and every year the obstruction of divination needs to pay tribute to the Liao State a large number of annual tribute horses, camels, mink skins, green mouse skins and other goods. Then there is the greed of the garrison of the three states of Wei, and the greed of the envoys and generals.

What is actually tributed, you really can't make a fuss, just like the Song Dynasty, the Khitan, Xi, Han, and Bohai people, as the main body of the Liao State, do not need to pay tribute, but they will pay taxes!

In fact, the main reason for the rebellion in the periphery areas was the greed of officials and generals, which caused many contradictions.

Regarding this point, Wang Ju repeatedly emphasized that the officials and garrisons in the barbarian areas can be paid by the imperial court with some additional salaries, but they must not disturb the people, and the law enforcement mediation is fair, otherwise they will be dealt with severely.

The Song Dynasty was constantly making mistakes in this regard, not to mention the relatively backward Liao State.

Wang Ju didn't expect to block the divination and oppose the water, but as long as he heard that the relationship between the obstruction and the Khitan was bad, he could send an envoy to infiltrate the divination and promise them some benefits, the reason was simple, as long as the Liao State wanted to support the Western Xia, their main army was dragged down by the Jurchens, and they would inevitably transfer troops from the obstruction. The divination people may not dare to disobey orders, but as long as the divination yang is disobeyed, the difficulty and unpredictability of the crusade against the Western Xia will be reduced.

In fact, Wang Ju didn't remember much, but there was a great figure in the future of divination, and he almost dragged the Liao State into the sea decades in advance.

But you can't blame the scouts for being ineffective, after all, there is a Western Xia in the middle, if you can take the Western Xia, maybe the scouts can still find out about this character, or this character takes the initiative to contact the Song Dynasty, but across the Western Xia, it is like a sea.

"As for the Yelu Na scout in Yunzhou, he also heard some news, and I heard that this person, Ji's father, Yelu Zhao San, had made military exploits when he suppressed the rebellion of the Wugu enemy martyrs, and was worshiped by the Liao State as the king of the Northern Courtyard. This man is both civil and military, and his martial arts are not very easy to say, but the ability to manage the people cannot be underestimated, because he is an honest official, benevolent and loving the people, and judging cases fairly, so he is known for his beneficial government, and is quite loved by the people in Yunzhou. However, what is interesting is that when this person's father, Yelu, accompanied Liao Xingzong to the Western Xia, he was killed by the Western Xia people. ”

Although it is interesting, in front of the country, it is impossible to sit back and watch the Song Dynasty annihilate the Western Xia for the sake of family feuds.

The Liao State has been in power for a long time, and the previous weak performance of the Song Dynasty has lost its cohesion to the Han people outside the country, so it is difficult for the people of Youyun to turn back, and in turn, Wang Ju has not thought of recovering the Yunshuo Prefecture behind the mountains now, so the intelligence role of Yelu Na also loving the people is not great.

Even if the Liao State sent troops to support the Western Xia, it would not send troops until the Song Dynasty officially sent troops, and it was impossible to transfer troops to Yunshuo in this icy and snowy land, and there were still Jurchens dragging it.

As for the other news, the scouts did not hear about it.

But it's not that Zhang Qi is incompetent, the most powerful intelligence of the Song Dynasty was when Zhao Kuangyin was at the time, the Liao State had not yet sent troops to Hebei, the Song Dynasty heard the news, the Liao army had not arrived at the border, Tian Qinzuo had led thousands of cavalry to the front line, so when Song Taizu, the Song Dynasty defeated the Liao army many times.

By the time of Zhao Kuangyi, the restrictions on military generals were becoming more and more strict, not only the rights were restricted, but even the money and silk were also restricted, well, the intelligence system was rapidly corrupted.

Although when Wang Ju arrived, he re-attached importance to intelligence, but the main target was still Western Xia, and Zhang Ji was transferred to Hedong and also attached importance to intelligence, but because of the short time, it was difficult to get really useful news.

Wang Ju thought for a while and said, "Continue to supervise, if the Liao State sends troops, I will do a battle with them." ”

Afraid of this, afraid of that, can it be done? The more scared you are, the softer it gets!

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"Gong Cai, have you heard that some people in the capital are spreading rumors, saying that the earth covers the sky, and Sima Wuri?" After the next court, the servant Shi Jian Xuchen stopped in front of Cai Qu and asked.

Fan Chunren frowned, Wang Ju asked Zhao Ji not to pursue it, and also asked Cai Qu not to pursue it, but the others didn't say it, now Fan Chunren is at a loss in his heart, and he is afraid of making a big trouble.

Moreover, this Jian Xuchen is a student of Wang Anshi, not only a student, but also several other students of Wang Anshi, such as Wang Yan, Lu Huiqing, Cai Bian, Chang Zhi, Lu Dian, Jian Xuchen, Deng Xunwu, Wang Ling, Gong Yuan, Xu Yuncheng, etc., are several capable leaders in the promotion of Xinxue.

Not only himself, but also his father, Jian Zhoufu, was the most radical of the New Party.

Now Jian Xuchen has become a Yanchen again, and it is true that this earth is a big handle, and Fan Chunren has a headache.

He looked at Cai Qu worriedly, but Cai Qu's expression was very calm, and he asked rhetorically: "What if you hear about it, what if you don't hear about it?" ”

"Why did the imperial court summon Uncle Lu Hao and Lu Weizhong to Beijing?"

This is also Cai Qu's proposal, because there was a slight change in the personnel of the Zaifu, so he wrote to Zhao Xu, suggesting that Lu Gongzhu be moved as a servant under the door, and Lu Dafang as the secretary of the ministry.

Zhao Ji was puzzled, Lu Dafang was okay to say, although it was an old party, but because of Zhang Zai, the relationship with Wang Ju was not bad, but Lu Gong wrote, so Cai was summoned to the palace to ask.

Cai did say his reasons.

Now the Song Dynasty has four views of the ministers inside and outside, the first view is to see that the Liao State continues to send envoys to press, and the Song Dynasty has now obtained many territories in the northwest, which can be completely bounded by the Liuling Mountains, the Yellow River, Quwu Mountain, Tiandu Mountain, Hengshan and the ancient Great Wall outside Yinzhou, and the Western Xia is not enough to harm, so the imperial court can strike the army. Moreover, now that the army is being struck, the country has no economic burden, and the people have not toiled because of it, and at the same time, there is no need to take any risks.

Of these four categories, ministers hold the least proportion of such views, but there are still quite a few people, so it is also a mainstream view.

As for those ministers who want to sell even the interests of the country in order to suppress political opponents, there are very few, very few, negligible.

The second point of view is ambiguous, and they really can't judge whether to continue to annihilate Western Xia or just leave it at that.

The third point of view is that the Song Dynasty is now the most powerful, and the Western Xia is the weakest time, if this still lets go of the Western Xia, there will be few such good opportunities in the future, and it will also seriously weaken the enthusiasm of the soldiers of the three armies. Song Taizong also said that the country is not in danger in Germany, Li Jiqian could only wander in the desert back then, who would have thought that the party would become the great enemy of the Song Dynasty in the future. Moreover, now Western Xia still has Ganliang, Lingxia Plain and the North and South Hetao, once a male lord is in charge, the northwest will inevitably erode again.

The proportion of ministers who hold this view is the largest.

But there is also a point of view, that is, the Liao State may not be so strong, the simplest example is the Liao Xingzong Xia and the Hequ fiasco. And our dynasty is the strongest time, the army is strong, and if there are no major disasters and wars, the national income can surplude tens of millions of yuan every year. Therefore, after recovering the Western Xia, he should take advantage of the victory to pursue and take the sixteen states of Youyun in one fell swoop, and then the Song Dynasty solved the external troubles once and for all, and the country can really be called Zhengshuo.

There are not too many people who hold this last view, but once the Western Xia is recovered, the number of people who hold this view will inevitably increase.

Not to mention others, it is Zhao Ji himself, if he recovers Western Xia and settles down the territory of Western Xia, and he is alive, he will also have ambition for Youyun at that time.

But that's what worries me the most.

Because the real situation of the Song Dynasty army is not so strong, if it is only for defense and the battlefield is placed in the territory of the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty has the right time, place and people, and there will be no danger on the northern border. However, take the initiative to penetrate deep into the enemy's territory and attack Liao, and then Hebei and Hedong will become the main battlefield. But these two places, especially Chengping in Hebei, have been too long, and the military and civilians are not accustomed to war. Therefore, at the time of Renzong, Wang Lun and his entourage only had dozens of rebels, from Jingdong Road to Huainan Road, and they passed thousands of miles of land, as if they were in a no-man's land. Wang rebelled and defended Beizhou, and the Song Dynasty dispatched so many soldiers and civilians to enter for several months before they reluctantly took Beizhou.

Then the wise thing to do is that after the recovery of Western Xia, the Song Dynasty must stop, wait until the northwest is stable, and transfer a large number of soldiers who have passed the test of the northwest battlefield to Hebei, at that time the national financial pressure is also reduced, and some funds can be allocated to train more and stronger border troops in Hedong, Hebei, and then the Song Dynasty can attack and retreat, at least there is no need to pay 500,000 humiliating years to the Liao State every year.

Cai Qu's extraneous voice is that with these conservative ministers in the court, including Fan Chunren and Li Qingchen, the future radical ministers will not be able to completely control the court, and will bring the Song Dynasty to an unpredictable direction.

This seems to be an explanation.

Then Cai Qu said: "When Wang Zi'an was leaving, he deliberately went to the old minister's house, sat and talked for several hours, and also talked about it. ”

This is a business matter, it stands to reason that the two of them are discussing in Cai's mansion, it is against the dynasty system, but isn't it time to enlarge the holiday, Wang Ju hurriedly went to Hedong to inspect, the time is urgent, the front line wants to win a big victory, and the rear must be vigorously supported, Wang Ju asked, although it is understandable.

But that's not the case.

First of all, this radical, if Zhao Ji lives peacefully for ten years, or even prevents that "human master" from continuing, it will not take ten years, Wang Ju can lead the soldiers of the three armies to take back all the sixteen states of Youyun for the Song Dynasty. Of course, after recovering the Western Xia, it must be stopped for two years, otherwise the finances will not be able to keep up, and the forced use of troops will only hurt the people and weaken the victory rate.

But this sentence can't be said, you two ministers, dare to curse that I won't live long!

Therefore, it is necessary to prepare for the post-Zhao era, or the Gao Tao era.

Gao talked up, not mentioning party disputes, even from the perspective of a monarch and a courtier, he also had to replace a large number of important ministers.

The earlier bigwigs of the old school, Han Qi, Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi, Sima Guang, Fan Zhen and others, Han Fu Sima and others are all dead, Fan Zhen is not dead, but he has been sick in bed for a long time and is dying, so he doesn't need to think about it.

Lao Wen's health is okay, but he is over eighty years old, and if he wants to take power, he must review government affairs, appoint and dismiss officials, and install cronies, which is undoubtedly a little powerless for the current Wen Yanbo, and what Lao Wen will exist in the future is not power, but only huge prestige.

Therefore, it is possible that the old school bigwigs who will control the power in the future will be later, such as Lu Gongshu, Feng Jing, Fan Chunren, Li Qingchen, Sun Gu, Lu Dafang, Xiao Su, Liu Zhi, Wang Yansuo, Sun Jue, An Tao, Liang Tao, Su Song, Han Zhongyan, Fan Bailu and so on.

Sun Gu, An Tao and others, if they don't want to be friends with Wang Ju, nine times out of ten they will also hate the laws and policies issued by Wang Ju, and of course, they will also retaliate against Cai Cheng.

However, Fan Chunren and Li Qingchen and others, although they do not agree with Wang Ju's views, they do not have too many contradictions, at least they usually get along well.

So Wang Ju proposed to let Cai do raise Erlu again, the first is that although these two people are old-school, they are not too motivating, and they are old-school bigwigs with a bottom line, and secondly, these two people have little conflict with Wang Cai.

Because Wang Ju and Cai did propose, if they don't mention that the two of them will be grateful in the future, at least they will not chase after Wang Cai and beat him hard. So even if Sun Gu Antao and others ascend to the throne in the future, they will not be able to successfully destroy Wang Ju's decree, and they will also ensure the safety of Cai Qu in the future.

There is another problem, the imperial court opened up Dali and Jiaozhi, and also expanded the governance of the southern area of Kuixia Road, and the issue of this ethnic group is also the top priority in the future, Lu Dafang has done a good job in the south, and with him in the court, there will not be much problem in the policy of ethnic groups in the south and even in the northwest.

But then Wang Ju changed this practice, not to continue, but to accelerate the destruction of these decrees. However, this step is not a useless effort, at least because of this arrangement, no one thought that behind the madness of those people was Wang Ju's promotion.

Zhao Ji definitely didn't think about what happened after my death, so he thought about it and said, "Accurate." ”

Soon after, the imperial court issued two edicts of appointment, but these two edicts caused more ministers to have bad associations.

Could it be that it was precisely because of this rumor that the emperor was suspicious, so he recalled Lu Gongshu and Lu Dafang back to the capital and entered the Zaifu?

This did not bode well, not only was the opportunity to recover Western Xia missed, but there was also a possibility of even more serious turmoil within the Song Dynasty.

Cai Qu was also helpless, he knew all the truths, but these truths couldn't be spoken, he twisted his eyebrows, and had to say: "Grant, where is Zi'an now?" ”

"Northwest."

"Can the imperial court intentionally or someone propose to transfer Zi'an out of the northwest?" (To be continued.) )