Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 50
On the same day, Zhao Zhen issued a decree to build the northern capital, but he didn't expect that the edict would be rejected because of the sentence "For the sake of the people of the world, I will guard the gate of the country as the Son of Heaven".

The reason for the refutation is very funny. The censors wrote dozens of chapters a day saying that "the son of a thousand gold can't sit down", accusing the emperor of being too close to the Liao Kingdom for being brave and making fun of the country.Li Buqi maliciously guessed that these civil servants were afraid that they would follow the emperor to a place closer to the Liao Kingdom. They were worried about their own safety, so they didn't even allow the emperor to pretend to be coercive.The civil servants of the Song Dynasty are really more cowardly than the emperor. No wonder the Song Dynasty is soft, and it will be changed to be cowardly in the future.

The emperor accepted advice humbly, seeing that the imperial edict caused such a big reaction, he removed the sentence "the emperor guards the gate of the country", but there are still people who keep asking the people who suggested this to the emperor to be punished, and they simply named Li Buqi to be exiled. of.Li Buqi only thought it was funny, but from the point of view of civil servants, it was a very serious issue of civil and military status.

Several prime ministers and privy envoys and a few lower-level officials knew that the Liao people were indeed bluffing. The emperor said at this time that "the emperor guards the gate of the country" was just pretending to be coercive.But Li Buqi asked the emperor to block the news, so most of the officials didn't know about it, and really thought that the emperor was obsessed with martial arts and wanted to go to the front line.

Literati love Lenovo!In their view, if the emperor really had the idea of ​​the emperor guarding the country, it would be a great disadvantage to the overwhelming position of civil servants in the court in the future.

Originally, the civil servants thought that there would be nothing they didn’t understand if they had read enough poetry and books, and that fighting a war should be a piece of cake, but the reality immediately taught them how to behave. Just looking at the handsome ministers in Shaanxi made people feel uneasy.Let alone Xia Song, everyone except the emperor knows that he is a bastard; but Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Pang Ji and others are all known as soldiers, and they can't make meritorious deeds together. Hao Shuichuan's defeat made him feel ashamed.These few people failed, who among the Jinshi who passed the regular examination dare to say that they can lead the army and fight against the Liao people?

If the emperor really went to the daimyo, he must ensure that the battle against Liao was safe. Which civil servant would dare to take this job?But civil officials dare not take it, so they can only use generals.Then the status of warriors will inevitably be improved, and this is the most worrying thing.

In this regard, the current emperor has a criminal record.In the first year of Jingyou, Zhao Zhen appointed Wang Deyong, who was born in the general family, to know the affairs of the Privy Council, breaking the rule that the Privy Council has always been controlled by civil officials since the early Song Dynasty.This is tolerable to civil officials, so they immediately drove Wang Deyong out of the capital.

It took a lot of brainpower for them to oust Wang Deyong.Wang Deyong's father, Wang Chao, was born in the hidden residence of Zhenzong, and he was also an old fritter in the imperial court. Wang Deyong used his own true biography to act cautiously, so he had nothing to grasp.In the end, the civil servants even said that Wang Deyong's appearance was magnificent, not that of a minister. The 45th generation grandson of Confucius, Kong Daofu, the censor, jumped out and demanded Wang Deyong's dismissal, and all the officials supported him. Zhao Zhen had no choice but to let Wang Deyong leave Beijing. .

There must be a price to be paid for daring to touch the cheese of civil officials. I am afraid that Li Deyong and Zhao Deyong will appear again after not killing chickens and monkeys.Wang Deyong was not finished being transferred to other places. The civil servants kept transferring him, sometimes transferring to two places a year, trying to torment him to death.But the civil servants underestimated Wang De's tenacity.Wang De used two generations to mix up the imperial court, and he had seen this kind of thing a lot, with a good mentality, coupled with good health, he survived.

Now Wang Deyong is in Zhichanzhou, Hebei. If the emperor really goes to Hebei, he will definitely think of this former privy councilor.

Never give a warrior a chance to stand up!We literati don't know how to fight, but warriors know how to fight, so we must not fight, so it's useless for warriors to be capable.So one or two officials strongly opposed the establishment of the Northern Capital in Hebei.If Lu Yijian hadn't controlled a group of officials to support the emperor, I'm afraid this matter would be a mess.

Several prime ministers didn't want to bear the infamy of land cession and compensation, and they unanimously supported the emperor in this matter-why didn't they pretend to be coercive if there was no danger?
The emperor has the support of his ministers. The civil servants can't do anything to the emperor, but they can set an example for the warriors!There is no shortage of opportunities to find fault.The civil servants were thinking about how to find fault with the warriors, and an incident that happened on the Hebei border just allowed them to take advantage of it.

Just two days before the Liao envoys entered Beijing, an official document from Hebei was sent to the Privy Council, and soon the two deputy officers of the Privy Council on duty sent the official document to the desk of Mr. Ren Bu, who stayed behind in the Privy Council.

Mr. Ren opened it, took a look, and took a closer look, but it turned out that a few days ago, scouts from the Liao Kingdom came in to spy on them. A governor named Wu Ying in Baozhou led a cavalry to drive out the Liao people, chased them to the border, killed more than ten people and returned. .There have never been incidents of small groups of Liao scouts entering the country, or small groups of Liao people crossing the border to rob, and it is even more rare when the Liao people are overwhelming the border, so it is not a big deal.

Mr. Ren didn't understand for a while that the Privy Councilor was in Hebei, and he only needed to tell himself about such a trivial matter in Hebei, so why did the two of them solemnly show him the official document.He stroked his beard and said, "Oh, beheading a few is considered a small victory, but it is wrong to chase to the border. What if the crossing border angers the Liao people and triggers a big war? There is no reward or punishment for this matter."

But Yu Chengzhi said: "The deputy secretary is right. It's just that it's okay to deal with it like this in normal times, but the lower official feels that it's worth discussing how to deal with it at this time."

Ren Bu didn't speak, and motioned him to continue. Yu Chengzhi said: "The first emperor issued an order to fight when the thieves came, and not to pursue the thieves when they went. This has been the case for these years. But just now when the officials said that the emperor should guard the gate of the country, these warriors chased after them. When the Liao people went to the border, they thought they saw the emperor intending to do military affairs, so they became eager to advance. They were warlike and greedy for merit. If things go on like this, they will deliberately provoke wars for the sake of merit. The officials think that this trend will not last long. Responsibility. The deputy hub should also warn the officials to take it as a warning."

Ren Bu was a little embarrassed.From the point of view of civil servants, it is natural that there should be no factors that can cause war at all, but Ren Bu knows the inside story, and the Liao people are just bluffing, and the emperor said that although he knows the details of the Liao people, he will never be allowed to carry them, otherwise If the Liao people did the fake show for real, there would be no place to cry.He had stayed in the border town before, and he knew the serious consequences of letting the Liao people spy on the truth.If the capital prison is really punished, the Liao people will not dare to fight again when they come to violate the border. If the Liao people see through the details of the Song Dynasty, then he, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, will have to suffer.

Moreover, it was stated in the document that the Wudu Supervisor only chased to the border, and did not say anything about crossing the border, so strictly speaking, it was not considered a violation.Therefore, Fushu Ren had no choice but to adopt a delaying tactic: "It's just that the war is imminent, and punishing meritorious people at will will easily shake the morale of the army. You can send an official document to ask if the battle has crossed the line. If it crosses the line, you should be convicted."

Another Chengzhi said: "Deputy Shu, this matter must not be delayed. I heard that those honorable children are shooting arrows on the school grounds these days, and they said that the Ruoliao people wanted to fight, so they all joined the army to fight. I'm afraid that the officials will They took them under their wing. Their intentions are sinister."

One of Li Buqi's strategies for Zhao Zhen was to wait for the envoys of the Liao Kingdom to make unreasonable demands, and let the noble children stage a big show of asking for war, so that the envoys of the Liao Kingdom could see that the Song Dynasty was not afraid of war at all, and wiped out the arrogance of the Liao people.Ren Bu knew about this strategy.As for the recent days that the disciples of the honored nobles have suddenly become keen on practicing martial arts, maybe it is to make the tricks more realistic. After all, no one dares to say that there are no spies from the Liao people in Tokyo.

But Zhao Zhen strictly ordered not to spread this matter, so Ren Bu had no choice but to say: "There are officials and gentlemen involved in this matter. Don't worry about it."

It's a good idea to let the two Chengzhis step down, Ren Bu thought this was the end of the matter, but in fact the two Chengzhis were not convinced.We all know that Ren Bu is a man who doesn't care about things. Even Ren Bu's son said that the old man is useless, and they thought the old man was shrinking again.But for the two young people who are looking forward to their careers, this opportunity to be famous must not be let go.

(End of this chapter)