Prime Minister

Chapter 868
Inside the hall, the officials looked furious.

"Wang Lian is really incompetent. After talking with Xiao Xi for ten days, he realized that Khitan's intention was not to fight for Guannan, but to let the dynasty cede Hedong!"

All the butchers also looked like they thought Wang Lian was an idiot.

Wang Lian used to be under Fu Bi's family, but now Feng Jing has to speak for him: "In the second year of Qingli, the Liao people once claimed the land of Guannan."

"This time, Xiao Xi went south with the order of the general envoy, and kept saying that Xiongzhou's construction and exhibition of Tuoguan city violated the original oath of Song and Liao. At that time, His Majesty told Xiao Xi that the oath said that the city would not be built, but he did not say that the construction of the exhibition was not allowed. Please, but these are small things, it doesn’t matter if you order them to be removed.”

"At that time, His Majesty asked Xiao Xi twice if there was anything else, but Xiao Xi only said that the Northern Dynasty only wanted the Southern Dynasty not to violate the oath of the alliance for a long time, and nothing else."

The official nodded. This was the situation at the beginning of the year.

Feng Jing said again: "This time Xiao Xi suddenly changed his mind and wanted to seize the land of Hedong. Of course, Wang Lian did not expect it well, but it is true that the Liao people are cunning and changeable."

Wu Chong said: "In the land of Hedong, this dynasty and Liao have always been bounded by Changlian City and Liufanling Mountains. During Taizong's time, Pan Mei was stationed on the border, imitating Emperor Taizu's method of flattening the Northern Han Dynasty, and setting up a forbidden area. The land will not be cultivated, and people will be resettled from the forbidden land to the interior."

"As a result, people were not allowed to go to this forbidden area, but the Liao Kingdom couldn't help its own people to move southward. Today, many Liao people are farming and making a living here. When Yingzong ascended the throne, the Liao Kingdom invaded the land to test the reality, and invaded and built twenty. Fort Yu is located in the forbidden area. When the current dynasty used troops in Xihe, the Lord of Liao sent tens of thousands of troops to the border of Daizhou. Last year, he ordered General Xiao Yulu to station two troops in Tailao Ancient Mountain, intending to intimidate the current dynasty."

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Hearing the words, the officials clenched their fists and said in their hearts: The Lord of Liao took advantage of this dynasty to raise troops in Xihe, and disregarded the vows of the two countries to invade and humiliate this dynasty again and again.

The officials thought of Zhang Yue's words that he had to recuperate for three to five years, but the Liao Kingdom was being bullied, and the officials couldn't swallow this breath.

As Wu Chong said, in the second year of Qingli, when the Song Dynasty was most embarrassed by Xixia, the Liao Kingdom threatened to beat you, and finally settled with an increase of 20 years old coins.

Yingzong ascended the throne, and the Liao Kingdom continued to encroach on the border, bullying you that the newly enthroned political situation is unstable.

When the Song Dynasty opened the Bianxi River, the Liao Kingdom repeated its old tricks.

Although the general direction is to destroy Xia, the Liao Kingdom also saw this point in your Song Dynasty, and deliberately stabbed you every now and then to let some blood out. All patience has a bottom line.

Now the Song Dynasty sent a team to negotiate on the border. Originally, it was to discuss the intention of demarcating the border in Guannan, Hebei, but suddenly the conditions of the Liao Kingdom changed. delimitation.

After the officials heard the news from Wang Lian, they were so angry.

In fact, from the bottom of the heart of the officials, they don't mind taking out a little bit of land to maintain the relationship with the Liao Kingdom temporarily, and let the Liao Kingdom look at me when the time comes after Xia is destroyed.

But the problem is that the Liao Kingdom knows what you want, and is no longer satisfied with a little land. It wants to renegotiate the demarcation of the border from the Song and Liao borders thousands of miles east of Hebei, and Wang Lian, who is in charge of the negotiation, is tricked by Xiao Xi. Turning around, even the other party's intentions were learned at the last moment.

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At the moment, Zhang Yue, who is in the academy, is sipping tea.

The first ten days as a Hanlin bachelor were really the most leisurely time for him.

In the past few days, Zhang Yue has drafted five imperial edicts in the academy, and earned 120 pennies for the commission alone.

This retouching fee is all aboveboard income, and this is the rule set by Emperor Taizong himself, and it is carved in stone in the Sherenyuan. Hit the autumn wind.

Among them, the empress's canonization imperial edict will be capped at the embellishment fee, which is two hundred guan in total.As for the other officials, they are deduced in turn.

Someone else asked about the enthronement edict?Or an imperial edict?
I'm really sorry, there's no money for this.

It can be seen from this that the old Zhao family is also quite stingy. The Hanlin bachelor can ask the queen for a fee, but he cannot ask the emperor himself.

Zhang Yue has been busy writing imperial edicts in the academy without doing anything these days, and the rest are Zhang Zhi, Cai Que, and Xu Jiang who come to chat with them from time to time.

Occasionally, seeing Wang Lian go back to the hospital in a state of desperation, Zhang Yue felt even more calm in his heart.

This kind of feeling is like watching others work overtime and criticize next to their superiors, while you sit there drinking tea and chatting, and still get paid.

This kind of life is really incomparably comfortable and comfortable.

At this time, the eunuch arrived at Zhang Yue and handed Zhang Yue a small note after saluting. The small note wrote, "Zhang Zhijia Longtu Pavilion Waiting System, know Daizhou; Han Weijia Duanming Palace Bachelor, know Heyang".

After reading it, Zhang Yue thought for a while and immediately drew up a pen to draft the imperial edict.

The eunuch was close to Zhang Yue, and said in a low voice: "Neihan, let me tell you something. I heard that this time Wang Lian had a bad luck, and the officials and ministers are all dissatisfied with him."

"This Wang Lian was also in a hurry, and he even argued with the officials that 'the land won't pay for the cost of taking the Xihe River, it would be better to win or lose with the Khitan, so that the Liao people will no longer have the intention of looking south'. Look at it Is this also nonsense? Seizing Xihe is the most proud thing of the official family after ascension to the throne, isn't Wang Lian dishonoring the official family by saying that?"

Zhang Yue thought to himself, Wang Lian was not sweeping the face of the officials, but also his own face.

But he was promoted by Fu Bi, so it is not surprising to say this.In this respect, the interests between myself and Wang Lian are irreconcilable forever.

Zhang Yue smiled when he heard the words, and immediately signed the edict, and then asked Peng Jingyi to stuff a small ingot of golden beans into the official.

Not surprisingly, the eunuch cupped his hands and thanked him.

Every Hanlin book has a finishing fee, but according to the rules of the academy, the money is divided equally between the top and bottom, even the grooms in the academy have to share a sum.

However, the amount of the pen fee and how much to keep depends on the official's own wishes.

Zhang Yue has always been very generous in terms of money, taking out [-]% of the retouching fee.As for the eunuch who took Han Wei just now, Zhang Zhi will give himself the refill fee for a while.

This rule is a rule, even if Zhang Zhi is his nephew, he still has to give the money.

During the meal, Zhang Yue arrived at the Privy Council.

He approached Wu Chong and asked him to provide himself with Han Qi's record of the boundary documents in the second year of Jiayou.

He knew that Wang Lian made a big fool of himself in the Song and Liao negotiations this time, and the court might have to reconsider the candidates for the negotiation. Although he might not send him as an envoy, as a Hanlin scholar, he must do his homework in preparation for the emperor's consultation.

So I came to the Privy Council to borrow materials by myself, and I also planned for a rainy day.

This is also the reason why Zhang Yue has been on the rise all the way as an official. He always thinks ahead in everything, and never waits for the imminent situation to think of a solution.

Zhang Yue thought to himself that in another time and space history, the Song Dynasty made a lot of concessions in this negotiation. At that time, Xihe ceded the land because of the attack from Dong Zhan and Xia Guo.

Later, it was said that the Song Dynasty ceded seven hundred miles of land, but this was actually an exaggeration.

But now that the Song Dynasty is negotiating peace with Xixia, and Dong Zhan is willing to submit to the Great Song Dynasty, the pressure on the Northwest has been greatly relieved, even if they turn against the Khitan.

(End of this chapter)