Compete for the Song Dynasty

The entire twelfth lunar month, Wang Pang was very busy. Ever since Wang Pang had his own mansion in the capital, Yuan Ze, Li Gefei, and Zhong Zhen, etc. came to visit Wang Pang occasionally, and these people brought some of their friends to introduce Wang Pang to Wang Pang. know each other.There are even some disciples of ministers, some of whom have met at the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet, and also visit through some connections.

This is not because Wang Pang is rich, none of these officials' children is short of money, some of them are sincere friends with Wang Pang, and some are not because Wang Pang has been favored by the wind and admired by Renzong.Wang Pang's own house burned "scented cakes", but it was friends who came, Wang Pang gave one or two "generously".

When Zhang Yi, Lu Shenyan and others came, Wang Pang even introduced Zhang Yi to everyone, calling him a teacher.Zhang Yi was very happy to see the king like this.Hearing that Zhang Yi came to the capital to live in Wang Pang's mansion, and many friends from commercial firms and yamen came to visit Zhang Yi, so Zhang Yi also introduced Wang Pang to these people, saying that he had accepted a closed disciple.

Situ, Sima, and Sikong Geng, who are in charge of Yantie, the Ministry of Households, and Duzhi, have many officials with varying positions.Wang Pang has been focusing on Di Qing's affairs again, and then he was outside the capital for almost a year, and many new faces appeared in front of him at once.

Wang Pang separated the internal and external affairs, Lu Shenyan and his wife took care of the affairs of the house, and it would be better to have Xiao Lu to help the house. There were more people coming and going in the family, and I asked Xiao Lu to find some people, and finally dealt with it. Opened a party.Seeing that there was still time, Wang Pang asked Yu Danian and Yin Shijie to return to Jincheng for the New Year, and ordered to build a house in Tangjia Village when the spring began. If he was not in the capital, he would find Xiaolu to support wherever he needed money. [

After the arrangement between the two, it was He Libo. To be honest, Wang Pang didn't want He Libo to leave. He didn't think it was a big deal at first, but now there were so many things going on, and he was overwhelmed with manpower.After all, Yin Shijie and Yu Danian have just used it for a short time. Although they are honest and hardworking people, they are not as popular as they have seen in the market.

Reluctant to give up and return, but to do what he promised others, Wang Pang deliberately found a free time and invited He Libo alone.He also took out two ingots of gold (about 30 taels) and 500 taels of silver, and handed them to He Libo.He Libo refused to accept it no matter what.Wang Pang then said: "Although the silver is not much, let's spend it for the time being."

He Libo said that he still refused, saying that he had never seen so much silver in his life, even if he went back, he couldn't use the silver to recruit soldiers to buy it?

Seeing that He Libo was serious and not joking, Wang Pang asked him why, and He Libo said: "If I go back, I will fight Liao for my people, and if I take this money, I will help Song fight Liao."

Wang Pang laughed loudly: "What you collected was my money, not the money from the court, and I am not an official of the court now. You and I are brothers, even for the sake of Master Di, I should help my brother."

He Libo hesitated for a moment, indeed he needed money, and he wanted to rebel without spending money, at least he had to buy some weapons and horses, and then someone would eat the horses to feed them, but the money was indeed a lot.

He saw that the king was very earnest, and if he took it off again, he would appear disrespectful, so he reached out and took the two ingots of gold and said, "This gold is enough, and the silver is not easy to carry."

Seeing that he accepted the gold, Wang Bang said: "In the second year of Zhenzong Jingde, Song and Liao established the Tanyuan alliance for nearly 60 years. This alliance will last for a hundred years, and there will be a border war. If you have free time, I will go and see Brother He .”

He Li Bo patted his chest and said: "You are a brother, if something happens, the elder brother will definitely go through fire and water."

When Wang Pang saw what He Libo said, he asked, "If elder brother revitalizes the tribe, what will happen if he offends me in Song Dynasty one day?"

He Libo said with a blank face: "Why do you and Miss Yuexia say that? When you and I came out of Chenzhou that day, Miss Yuexia asked such a stupid question."

Wang Pang frowned when he mentioned Yuexia, he was a little worried.But He Libo smiled, and Wang Pang asked, "Brother He, what are you laughing at?"

He Libo finished laughing and said: "As long as my people can win a place in Daliao, it is enough for them to live and work in peace and contentment. I am so far away from you, do you really think that I can be the emperor of Liao?"

Wang Pang smiled wryly in his heart, not only could he be an emperor.Wang Pang sometimes thinks that it would be great if he were not who he is.He Libo is loyal to Master Di and regards himself as a brother. He really wants to let He Libo go back to Daliao, and then the history may really be changed by him.

But if history can really be changed by me, then my 2012 will not be the same as before.Even if He Libo is detained now, there will be another person with the same name and surname doing the same thing.

Seeing that the king was silent, He Libo said: "Okay, anyway, I will definitely not fight the Song Dynasty as the Liao Lord, and I will not let my son fight." After finishing speaking, he laughed.

Seeing this, Wang Pang just had a sentence on his lips, and wanted to ask He Libo, what about his grandson?Before he could ask, He Libo suddenly stopped laughing and said to Wang Pang.

"My brother treated me so kindly today. I have been puzzled by one thing. I happened to overhear you and Mr. Zhang Zai talking about Yanyun Sixteen States and White Stone that day. I didn't hear it sincerely, but what? I always feel that there is something wrong, as if I'm hiding it from my brother."

Wang Pang was stunned for a moment and then smiled: "Brother He said that it's not that you are hiding something from me, but it's like the younger brother is hiding something from the elder brother."

He Libo hurriedly waved his hands and said, "I heard it without telling you."

Seeing what he said, Wang Bang asked, "Then tell me, what did you hear without telling me?"

He Libo said: "Well, Baishi can do whatever he wants after hearing what he said, and he said that Baishi is in Yanyun Prefecture"

Wang Pang nodded, he knew that He Libo would not hide it from him, so he said: "It is true that Mr. Zhang Zai talked about this matter with me, just talking about some strange things."

He Libo said, "I don't need to tell you about my brother's business, but I know it."

Wang Pang was puzzled but still looked at him pretending to be calm and said with a smile, "I have nothing to hide from Brother He."

He was afraid that He Libo would see the flickering in his words, so he deliberately drank alcohol to cover it up.He Libo didn't even look at him, he said to himself: "I have heard about why Empress Dowager Xiao wanted to attack Song State."

Seeing Wang looking at him, he said, "You usually tell me stories, and today I will tell you too."

While eating and chatting, the two heard He Libo say: "Do you know why Empress Dowager Xiao wanted to seize the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun?"

"You can tell me to listen"

"The gains and losses of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are related to the safety of a generation of Jiangshan. The seven prefectures of You, Ji, Ying, Mo, Zhuo, Tan, and Shun of the sixteen prefectures are in the southeast of the northern branch of the Taihang Mountains. They are called "Shanqian". Kyushu is located in the northwest of the mountain, known as the "behind the mountain". Today, the Great Wall branched from the east to the southwest of Juyongguan, stretched across the Taihang Mountain Ridge, and joined the Great Wall to the west of Shuozhou. This is the Inner Great Wall. The Central Plains lost "behind the mountain" ", there is still the Yanmen Pass in the Great Wall to defend, and if the "mountain front" is lost, the Hebei fence will be completely withdrawn, and the Khitan cavalry can go straight to Heshuo along the open plain south of Youji. Therefore, the Central Plains Dynasty began from Zhou Chai Rong Since then, the war with Liao for the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun has begun." "After the Chanyuan alliance, trade relations and non-governmental exchanges between Song and Liao began. Only then can I leave Liao and come to Song Dynasty smoothly. There was also a legend in Jizhou at that time, which is really a coincidence, and it seems to say that Baishi got it, so it can only be regarded as ancient and modern. I also inquired about it at the time, but it was just a rumor."

"Later when we were in Yanzhou, I heard that Xixia got the White Stone God. I don't know if this White Stone God is that White Stone."

When Wang Pang heard it, he noticed, did Xi Xia say that the White Stone God was referring to the white stone? At that time, he was only thinking about seeing the White Stone God suspected to be Yuexia, because Yuexia also carried white jade.

Seeing him lost in thought, He Libo asked, "Hey, did you hear what I'm going to say?"

Wang Pang replied: "Of course I listened. When I go to Jianzhou to handle the tea business, then I will go to Xixia and make arrangements for Jincheng's coal business next year."

He Libo nodded: "Then I'll go back to my hometown to have a look, and then we'll meet in Xixia. I also want to see that white stone. Maybe this stone can help my people."

Wang Pangxin said that He Libo's spirit is very high.Anyway, I can't go on talking anymore, I drank a lot of wine and turned around to talk, so I found a topic to distract the matter.

Lu Shenyan finished arranging for Yin Shijie and Yu Danian to go on the road. When he came back, he saw that the two were still talking, and when he heard that He Libo was leaving, he was very reluctant. You send back to the old lady to help. Brother He is going to leave again, and I will be alone. "

He Libo glanced at him and said: "You have a rouge tiger, why are you lonely, but my brother makes people worry." He wanted to say a few words but was afraid of arousing Wang Pang's thoughts.

The next day, just as He Libo was being sent away, Wang Anshi's mansion sent servants to say that Mr. Wang asked the young master to come and talk.

Since Wang Pang returned to the capital, he rarely had time to go to Wang Anshi and Mr. Bao's mansion. He has been busy with entertainment for more than half a month since he came back. He was so busy that one person looked a little worried, and that was Wang Anshi.

Wang Anshi called Wang Pang and Yuan Ze, and asked them not to delay their studies.Wang Pang knew that Yuan Ze had always worked hard, so he said this to himself.Wang Anshi will not say too much, he knows that official entertainment is indispensable, and this year there are a lot of family affairs: Mrs. Wu is happy again; Wang Anshi's two younger brothers, Wang Anli and Wang Anguo, have come to the capital; I can still talk about the king.I had to tell Wang Pang not to delay his studies. [

The two Wang Pang brothers came out of Wang Anshi's study. They went to see Mrs. Wu who was pregnant. Yuan Ze asked about the book boy.It turned out that Yuanze's book boy was playful and had an affair with the servant girl in the house. Yuan Ze didn't like the book boy, so he asked him to choose a book boy.I have never been too satisfied, so I entrust the king.And said: "If you want to find a book boy, you must choose someone better than Brother Zizhan."

The first time Wang Pang heard him talk about it, he asked, "What about Su Zizhan's (Su Shi)'s book boy?"

Yuan Ze said: "You didn't know that you went out for half a year, but Zi Zhan just bought a little book boy, he is almost 11 years old, but he is very cute."

Wang Pang laughed and said, "Then I will find you someone who is more obedient and studious."

The two of them had already walked to Madam Wu's door, Rou'er came out of the room, saw Wang Pang blushed slightly, bowed to the two brothers and said: "Today Madam went to offer incense, and came back a little tired and just rested, how about Sit down in the hall first, and I'll prepare some snacks for you."

Seeing this, Wang Pang said that he would come back another day, anyway, it was almost the New Year's dinner.He heard that this lady was always tired during this time and often slept for half a day.

Just as he was about to turn around and go back to the mansion, Rou'er stopped him and said: "There is something very important. I saw Miss Yuexia today, but she didn't recognize me."