Prime Minister

Bianjing in March.

It was time to open Jinming Pool Qionglin Garden.

At this time, the common people of Bianjing went to visit the garden.

There are five halls built in the Jinming Pool, which are connected to the bank by a flying rainbow bridge. Stone pots are used on the four banks. In the center of the five halls, there is an imperial tent, and the official family sits on a red lacquered golden dragon bed.

In the fifth year of the official's ascension to the throne, although he was busy with government affairs and discussed state affairs with Wang Anshi and other ministers every day, on such days, he would often come to Jinmingchi to show that he had fun with the people.

The official family is now lying on the dragon bed, guarded by the imperial guards on the left and right, but the common people can't help but play, and the common people who come here can also see the yellow umbrella cover of the imperial tent and even the dragon face of the official family from a distance.

The officials were very pleased to see the people enjoying the leisurely spring outing. They lay on their backs on the dragon couch, feeling the gentle breeze blowing from the Jinming Pool, and relieved their fatigue for many days.

The willow branches by the pool were swaying in the wind. At this time, Wen Yanbo, Wang Anshi, Feng Jing, Wang Gui and other rulers came walking quickly.

Seeing this, the servants sighed, the officials worked hard day and night, and finally had a leisurely afternoon to take a nap, but now they were disturbed by political affairs again.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

After the officials were woken up by the servants, they showed displeasure, and when they saw Wen Yanbo, Wang Anshi and other important officials, the tiredness on their faces disappeared immediately.

It must be that something serious has happened to the chief ministers and others who came to see him suddenly at this time.

After Wen Yanbo and Wang Anshi arrived, the officials didn't get up in the slightest, but asked with concern: "What happened to the Qing family?"

Wen Yanbo immediately said: "Your Majesty, I don't know why Khitanyin sent 30 troops to the western border to report."

The official faces were very different when they heard the words. Since the Chanyuan alliance, the Song and Liao countries have never fought each other again.

The Liao State has always been strong and the Song State is weak. When Emperor Renzong passed away, the envoys of the Liao State wanted to see the new Emperor Yingzong. They could see them as soon as they wanted to. He didn't know the direction of the city gate of the capital of the country, so he was driven back halfway.

The officials have always been ashamed of this, so they adopted Wang Anshi's reform after assuming the throne, and determined to flog the Siyi.

First destroy Xixia, then pacify the Liao Kingdom, and recover all the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

The rice needs to be eaten bite by bite. Now that Xixia still exists, the Liao Kingdom will use troops against the Song Dynasty. This is definitely not what the officials want to face.

The official asked: "Did the Liao Kingdom come to increase currency again?"

During the Qingli period, the Song Dynasty was beaten by Li Yuanhao and countless soldiers were killed. The Liao Kingdom took advantage of the situation and threatened it with a large army. Finally, under Fu Bi's efforts, the Song Dynasty agreed to increase the Liao Kingdom by 10 taels of silver and [-] pieces of silk every year as a compromise.

Moreover, the name of the year-old tribute to the Liao Kingdom is "satisfaction", not "gift". To pay is to pay tribute. If the following is the same, the gift is equal. But at that time, the Song Dynasty knew that its strength was not enough, so it was forced to accept this in humiliation. name.

Hearing what Wen Yanbo said, the official's first reaction was, is the Khitan asking for money again?
If so, it is not unacceptable.

Wen Yanbo said: "The frontier general Li Fugui recklessly launched an army before and was defeated. After Zhong Er sent troops to attack Suide City without authorization, he felt that it was not enough. He then attacked Luowu City. Liaoxia is a country of brothers. This move must have alarmed the Liao Lord. Therefore, the soldiers came."

When Wen Yanbo said that, the officials immediately felt very bad. …

Wang Anshi said: "It is learned from the investigation report that Zhong Er's main teacher came from Luowu City, Zhang Yue, and Wang Shao's partial teacher came from Huizhou, Lanzhou, which shocked the Xixia Kingdom. Qi, expected to be defeated, so I ordered the envoy to beg for help from the Liao State with the words of dead lips and cold teeth."

Hearing what Wang Anshi said, the officials immediately felt much better.

The same words, in the mouths of Wen Yanbo and Wang Anshi, are completely different.

Wen Yanbo said: "No matter how you say it, Khitan's 30 is not something that can be fought against. There are many political problems in the imperial court, and it is too late to repair them. What's more, the country's wealth and people's resources are all expensive. If there is an epidemic today, there is nothing to wait for. If there are police in all directions , why support? I ask Your Majesty to learn from you!"

Wang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, Han Jiang is going all out to crusade against the Xia Kingdom. Now that the repression has been decided, the Liao Kingdom is now fighting with China because it is worried that this dynasty will annex the Xia Kingdom. It can be seen that the Xia Kingdom's monarchs and ministers are helpless."

Wen Yanbo said: "But what if the Liao Kingdom sends troops to attack me?"

Wang Anshi said: "I see Lord Xia is young, so he has no plan, so he borrowed troops from Khitan. Khitan can harass me, but it can't defeat China. Even if Khitan comes to attack, the border affairs will not be in a mess. As long as our troops stationed carefully Guarding the borders is nothing more than worrying about food and grass.”

Feng Jingdao: "I'm afraid I will repeat Qingli's mistakes!"

Feng Jing said that what if the Liao and Xixia allied forces do?
The official took a look at Feng Jing and thought, could it be that time will invite your father-in-law Fu Bi to visit Liao again?
After the humiliating peace alliance last time, I don't know what conditions the Liao Kingdom will make this time.

The official asked Feng Jing: "If I transfer the yearly tribute to the Xia Kingdom to the Khitan, in exchange for the Khitan to stand by and watch, let me really destroy the Xia Kingdom, how about it?"

Wen Yanbo and Wang Anshi shook their heads together.

Feng Jingdao: "There are far-sighted people in Khitan, they will not be greedy for small profits, and sit back and watch Xia Guo be destroyed by this dynasty!"

After Feng Jing finished speaking, Wen Yanbo said: "Whether it is war or peace, please abandon Luowu City first!"

The officials were silent when they heard the words, and now they are in Luowu City. Funingzhai has won many battles and repelled the siege of Liang Yibu's 10,000+ army. It's very dissatisfying.

Wen Yanbo said: "Your Majesty, Lu Gongbi of Hedong has detected the frequent mobilization of Khitan soldiers and horses on the border. If you are a step late, I'm afraid it will be too late for regret!"

Feng Jing and Wang Gui also said: "Your Majesty, please think twice! The city can be rebuilt. If there are [-] elite soldiers led by Zhong Er, what will happen to the [-] civil servants? Not only the Yanyan Road will not be guaranteed, but even the Shaanxi Road will be in danger. .”

At this time, the official said: "I regret not listening to Guo Kui's words!"

Guo Kui tried his best to prevent the use of troops against Hengshan at the beginning, so he was rejected by Han Jiang. He was transferred from the post of Jiezhen Fuzhou to Qinfeng Road as the general manager of soldiers and horses.

What whipping Siyi, what revival of the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties, are now invincible in the face of Xixia, and finally failed.

Thinking of this, the officials looked up to the heavens and said, ancestors and ancestors, is it true that what I have been doing is really wrong?

In the past five years since I came to the throne, I have been conscientious and conscientious. Everything I have done, so much money and food, so much material and manpower, is all in vain. Is it in vain?

Seeing the expressions of the officials, Wang Anshi didn't say a word, Wen Yanbo, Wang Gui, and Feng Jing all said: "Your Majesty, take care of the dragon's body, and I will draw it slowly in the future..."...

The official raised his hand weakly, and he felt dizzy for a while.

The servants on the side are all concerned. Although the officials are only in their 20s, like the Emperor Renzong's palace, Emperor Yingzong usually has dizziness when angry and angry, and even finds it difficult to speak.

The ministers said no more.

The servant hurriedly brought a bowl of tea soup, the official took a sip, and said calmly, "Call Guo Kui back to Beijing immediately."

The officials thought to themselves, how to fight against Xia in the future, they should listen to this veteran general.

Why didn't you see Wu Chong?
The officials sized it up, but they saw that Wen Yanbo and Feng Jingdu had arrived in the Privy Council, but Wu Chong was absent and asked, "Where is Wu Qing?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Wu Chong is waiting for a side report at the Privy Council!"

While they were talking, everyone saw Wu Chong, who was wearing a purple robe, was rushing towards Jin Mingchi.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being late."

The official asked: "Wu Qing, what side report are you waiting for?"

Wu Chong said: "Your Majesty, it was Han Zhen, the pacifier of Qinfeng Road's economic strategy, and Guo Kui, the general manager of Qinfeng Road's army and horses, who jointly played the performance, and then passed through Shaanxi, and the success report was forwarded by Han Jiang, the Xuanfu Department of Hedong!"

"Oh?" Hearing the word "good news", the official who was originally in a low spirit was suddenly shocked.

……

"Report me quickly!"

Wen Yanbo looked at his in-law Wu Chong, who looked cautious and cautious, forcing the Song army to retreat under the city of Luowu in humiliation when the Khitan sent troops, and the officials also had to spit out this piece of food that they had exhausted but did not swallow. When he was fat, if he could come up with a good news, what would it be like?
Wen Yanbo deeply felt that this in-law, who was 15 years younger than himself, might be more than just the deputy privy envoy in his official career in the future.

Wu Chong presented the victory report to Wen Yanbo. Such a major victory report must have been read out by Wen Yanbo, who was a privy envoy.

Wen Yanbo browsed through the ten lines at a glance before reading out.

This is his decades of bureaucratic experience.

This victory document was drafted by Zhang Yue and Wang Shao, then passed through Han Zhen and Guo Kui's embarrassment, and finally passed through Han Jiang's confirmation.

The procedures from top to bottom are very complete and strict, and everyone has a signature.

Some border ministers reported unsubstantiated victories to the Privy Council without the confirmation of their superiors for the sake of greed.

Such a good news, Wen Yanbo will definitely not show it to the officials until he confirms it.

But now there is still Wu Chong's endorsement, Wen Yanbo is full of confidence, and reads it out in front of everyone...

In the afternoon of spring in Bianjing, the weather changed as it said, and a spring rain fell after a short period of brewing in the blink of an eye.

As the saying goes, spring rain is as expensive as oil. This spring rain just relieved the drought in early spring and nourished thousands of acres in the suburbs. It can be said to be timely rain.

And beside the Jinming Pond in the spring rain, this good news just like this timely rain, entered the hearts of the officials.

Zhang Yue and Wang Shao originally acted as partisans along the way, responding to the positive attack on Hengshan Mountain, attracting the attention of the Xixia people and dispersing their forces.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yue and Wang Shao not only attracted the soldiers and horses of the Xixia people, but also defeated the Baotai Army Supervisor and Tiandu Military Supervisor successively, and happily set fire to the extravagant Tiandu Mountain Palace built by the false emperor Li Yuanhao up!

The Song army came all the way to capture three big cities and more than ten small cities, and defeated tens of thousands of enemy troops. Wang Shao and Zhang Yue used troops to win every battle.

A total of [-] tents were surrendered to the big and small tribes, and the leaders of dozens of tribes surrendered to our military power, willing to donate land and hostages, and then belong to our Emperor Song!
In addition to defeating the enemy, the greatest contribution is to include all of the ancient Weizhou, Huizhou, Lanzhou, and Lintao into the territory of the Song Dynasty, and expand the land for thousands of miles at one time, so that the homeland that has been lost since the Tang Dynasty can be returned to China.

This kind of frontier work was never seen again after Emperor Taizong pacified the Northern Han Dynasty.

A partial division with no expectations has achieved such a record.

The officials had covered their faces with their sleeves at this moment, and all the ministers raised their heads to look up at the sky with interest, staring at the cloud in the sky together.

After a while, the official stood up and said loudly.

"Reward! I want to reward the ministers who have made great contributions! The soldiers who opened up the territory and expanded the land for our Great Song Dynasty!"

"I... I still want to sue the Taimiao! Consolation to the ancestors, the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty!"