Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 723
Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo left, but Wang Anshi stayed.

Zhao Xu stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back for a long time, frowning slightly and said: "The last time Fan Xianggong took back Youzhou, I hardly granted him any promotion, but only gave him a little property. This time he took Datong Mansion, what should I do?" ?”

Wang Anshi bowed and said, "Last time, I advised Your Majesty that you should change commanders when attacking Datong Mansion, and you can let Han Xianggong or Lu Xianggong go out to fight. Fan Xianggong has been leading troops to fight for the past few years, and it is also very hard. He should let him take care of it." Rest and spend more time with your family."

A trace of dissatisfaction flashed in Zhao Xu's eyes, and he said coldly: "Wang Xianggong, if you have any remonstrance in the future, just say it clearly, don't say these false words again, it will mislead me, do you understand?"

Seeing sweat on Wang Anshi's forehead, he said hastily, "I know I'm wrong, but I'm actually a little worried."

"Say, what are you worried about?"

Wang Anshi looked at the eunuchs on both sides, and Zhao Xu shouted: "You all stand down!"

Several serving eunuchs retreated, leaving only Wang Anshi and Zhao Xu in the imperial study.

Wang Anshi said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Fan Xianggong has held military power for too long. Although he is a civil servant, he is a prime minister after all. The disparity in status will make the generals look up to him, especially if more than half of the governors are He single-handedly promoted him. In the past few years, he has successively destroyed Xixia, regained Youzhou, and captured Yunzhou. As a god-like existence, I am very worried, as time goes by, in the hearts of generals, he will be more important than His Majesty."

"So you suggested last year that Zhen Yujia personally conquer Youzhou?"

"Exactly!"

Zhao Xu stared out the window for a long time with his hands behind his back. After a long time, Zhao Xu said coldly, "Do you think he will have disobedience?"

"Your Majesty, everyone is well aware of some things. For example, the overseas enfeoffment was facilitated by Fan Xianggong, and his own family also bought land in Beidao. Although they still admit that they are subjects of the Song Dynasty in name, in fact they Complete self-government, how is this different from enfeoffment of states in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, so I have always opposed this kind of overseas enfeoffment system, but the power to support overseas enfeoffment is too strong, and there is no room for me to intervene."

After a pause, Wang Anshi saw that Zhao Xu didn't speak, so he simply pointed it out.

"Your Majesty, what I mean is that if he doesn't have the will to stand on his own, why should he engage in overseas enfeoffment?"

Zhao Xu was shocked, his eyes became suspicious, he pondered for a moment and said: "Overseas enfeoffment system has been discussed repeatedly, and everyone agrees that although they have autonomy in the island, they are not within the territory of the Song Dynasty. No matter what you do in the island, as long as you don’t leave the island, there will be no threat to the Song Dynasty. This is equivalent to a manor for the feudal officials. , As long as you don’t collude with the enemy country, the court will tolerate it, so I also agreed to the overseas enfeoffment system, is Wang Xianggong thinking too seriously about the problem?”

Now that the words have come to this point, Wang Anshi is willing to go all out. He bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I am not attacking the overseas enfeoffment system. The approval has also been implemented for many years, and before there is no big trouble, the minister does not intend to overturn this decision.

Weichen just said that Fan Xianggong actively led the overseas enfeoffment, and he also gained huge benefits. What Weichen means is that from the overseas enfeoffment system, it can be seen that Fan Xianggong has a self-reliant heart. To put it more seriously, he is disobedient. Xin, now that he holds the military power in his hand and has a high prestige in the army, will his disobedience expand accordingly?No longer satisfied with overseas distribution? "

"He shouldn't be able to!"

"Your Majesty, I dare not say that Fan Xianggong will support troops to rebel, but it is not wise to let a disobedient man take over the military power. Just like His Majesty is worried, he is now unsealable. He has already reached the point where he has reached the point where he has achieved great achievements, and out of prudence, I do not recommend letting him continue to lead the army, which is beneficial to both His Majesty and him."

After a long time, Zhao Xu let out a long sigh, "Perhaps you are right, letting him out of military power is a relief for me and him."

After walking a few steps with his hands behind his back, Zhao Xu asked again: "Then what should I tell him?"

"Hasn't His Majesty already given him the silver box? Wei Chen believes that he can understand His Majesty's hint."

After the Battle of Datong, Fan Ning ordered Yang Wenguang to lead [-] troops to guard Datong Mansion and Yingzhou, and appointed Liu Kui as the prefect of Datong during the war, and he returned to Youzhou with more than [-] troops.

Five days later, Fan Ning returned to the capital.

At night, Fan Ning took out the silver box in the study room. The box had been completely cut open and wrapped in a piece of silk. The emperor's secret decree lay quietly in the box.

In fact, Fan Ning had vaguely guessed the meaning of the secret decree given to him by the emperor Zhao Xu. This secret decree was a hint that he could end it.

This kind of hint does not come from the content of the secret decree itself. Fan Ning also believes that Zhao Xu is sincerely willing to immigrate [-] households in Beidao as a reward for his contribution to Song Dynasty.

The key is that the timing of this secret decree is not right. One hundred thousand households of immigrants is by no means a small number. After destroying Xixia, the emperor has given Bei Dao [-] immigrants consecutively as a reward for destroying Xixia and recovering Youzhou.

But the reward for [-] immigrants should be the ultimate reward, and it should be given after he destroyed the Liao Kingdom, but he raised it early now. Does this mean that the emperor doesn't want him to continue to lead the army to fight again?

Di Qing has officially retired after regaining Youzhou. When saying goodbye, Di Qing gave himself a kind reminder that he has already shown signs of meritorious service. If he fails to see this, the consequences will be serious.

Fanning began to come to his senses slowly, so what should he do?
At this time, the door opened, and his wife Zhu Pei came in with a cup of tea. While eating, she found that her husband was worried, which was rare, and made Zhu Pei feel a little worried.

"Husband, what happened?" Zhu Pei asked as he put the tea on the table.

Fan Ning shook his head and smiled, "It's nothing, everything is normal!"

"Husband, you don't need to comfort me. I can tell if you have something to do. This time your mind is very serious."

Fan Ning sighed softly, held his wife's hand and said, "If I let you all go to Beidao, do you think your family will object?"

"It's impossible to object... But why do you say that?" Zhu Pei asked with a look of surprise.

Fan Ning thought for a while and said, "Didn't you see that I have been too much in the limelight these two years? Everyone in the world regards me as the savior of Song Dynasty."

"But you have indeed made great achievements for Song Dynasty. Isn't it normal for everyone to admire and praise you?"

"But what about the emperor, what would he think?"

Zhu Pei suddenly understood, and she said cautiously: "What does Husband mean to say, is it a little credit?"

Fan Ning nodded, "I've already felt it. The last time he traveled to Youzhou by himself, he just showed a little reluctance!"

"But the emperor should have a lot of trust in you. It was your husband who pushed him to the throne. Didn't he accept all your suggestions these years?"

"The emperor trusts me a lot, but this trust has a premise, that is, I cannot threaten his throne. Once I have held military power for too long, accumulated huge prestige in the army, and made outstanding achievements, he will inevitably will be worried."

Speaking of this, Fan Ning sighed, "After all, his ancestors obtained the throne through Chen Qiaobing, how could he not be worried?"

"What is your husband going to do?"

Fan Ning pondered for a while and said, "I want to hand over the military power, resign from the position, and then lead the whole family out to sea."

Zhu Pei thought for a while, and then asked: "But... what reason does your husband use?"

Fan Ning smiled slightly and said, "I've already thought about the reason. I said that my grandmother is seriously ill, and I'm going to visit her in Beidao. I took up the word 'filial piety', and he will definitely agree."

(End of this chapter)