A great man of the Northern Song Dynasty

The map was taken out and spread out on the table, surrounded by a group of prime ministers and Shen An.

"The Jiaozhi side is just harassing, what about the Liao people?"

Han Qi's fingers were white and tender, but they also gained weight. He pointed at the Liao border opposite Dengzhou with his thick fingers, raised his head and asked Shen An.

MMP, Han Qi, you are really unkind!

Fu Bi is the Privy Councilor, so he should analyze this matter.

But Han Qi never thought of asking him.

Shen An also ignored Fu Bi because he felt that Lao Fu's strategic vision was not very good.

"I think that the navy currently has no significant effect on the situation between Song and Liao." Shen An gave this definition, "The current task of the navy in the north is to suppress the Liao navy and make them despair and feel Looking at the sea, it should belong to the Song Dynasty."

In this era, sea power was not even in its infancy. The cannibals only made money through sea trade, and no one thought about using the sea to expand.

"Then the task of the Song Dynasty navy was to constantly harass Jiaozhi."

"It's good to harass Jiaozhi, but harassing them all year round will cost a lot of money!"

Zeng Gongliang felt that such harassment was not worth the gain and was not cost-effective.

Shen An smiled and said: "Li Rizun won't be able to bear it, and with the pressure from those Jiaozhi dignitaries, sooner or later he will send troops to take revenge..."

"Then capture him." Han Qi said calmly: "The official has a servant by his side, just look at him."

"That's right." Even Ouyang Xiu agreed with this.

"The other task of the navy is to go to sea to protect the Song Dynasty caravan trade. By the way... go and see the overseas scenery. I think it will be even more magnificent."

The ministers and ministers smiled at each other, and Zeng Gongliang said: "The scenery overseas is quite good. It would be better if we could get some gold and silver."

The Navy's two consecutive trips to sea have yielded great results, which makes the poor prime ministers who want to sell themselves excited.

"There will be gold and silver, there will be copper mines, and there are countless gems and spices of all kinds." Shen An felt like a guy who tricked women into going to sea, and his voice was disgusting, "In the south, on those islands Natural gold nuggets are so big that no one person can carry them, and silver... the most silver is in the Japanese country."

"Japanese country!"

Han Qi was clearly moved. He looked at Chang Jianren and asked, "Is it possible that the navy will attack the Japanese country?"

"Yes." Chang Jianren felt that nothing in this world could stop the Song Navy, so he was very confident.

And Han Qi liked this kind of confidence, "How much money is there?"

"If you have too much, you can use money to hit people."

There is really a lot of money in Japan!

Shen An didn't lie to them about this.

Han Qi touched his beard and said, "Wait and see."

This thing takes time and an excuse.

"Does Prime Minister Han want an excuse?" Shen An asked.

Han Qi nodded, "The Song Dynasty was able to be in harmony with its surroundings because it did not bully others. Although the Japanese country had some disputes with the Central Plains in the pre-Tang Dynasty, it is very honest now. The teacher came from Wuming!"

"This..." Shen An said seriously: "Didn't the official remember that some Japanese people were studying in the Song Dynasty? Otherwise... the official remembered that some of them were spying on the military situation of the Song Dynasty... and had evil intentions... The wolf's ambition, Sima Zhao's heart. , everyone on the street knows it!”

"Really?" Han Qi became angry when he heard this and shouted: "Ask someone to ask Zhang Bianba, what does the Imperial City Secretary think of the capital? He is derelict in his duties. I will definitely make him look good when he comes back."

Lao Han was so arrogant that he wanted to make Zhang Bianba, the emperor's domestic slave, look good.

"This... is fake." Shen An told the truth with some embarrassment, making Han Qi want to vomit blood.

"You are so young, you mistake a donkey for a horse, and you are more skillful than me at making things out of thin air. You really have the potential to be a traitor!"

Han Qi was depressed, and Fu Bi was happy after seeing it. At this time, someone came outside to report: "My lords, the Liao envoy was shouting outside, saying that the Song Dynasty was not good, but he was very talkative and spread rumors to cause trouble. cannot……"

"Bold!" Fu Bi was angry. He just had no place to vent his anger because of Han Qi's anger, so he said: "Whoever can make the Liao envoy disgraced, I will commend him!"

If the privy envoy expresses his merit in person, the officials will also give him three points of face.

The officials in the Privy Council were moved, but someone was quicker, "Lower your senses."

"Chang Jianren?" Fu Bi said with some disbelief: "You can only draw, what do you know?"

Chang Jianren worked in the Hanlin Academy before joining the army, specializing in painting and other matters. He didn't know much about diplomacy.

"Inferior senses."

Chang Jianren still said the same thing, with a firm look on his face.

He came out of the Hanlin Academy, but he was very embarrassed. Ren Shouzhong's persecution and the indifference of his colleagues left him in despair.

If it hadn't been for Shen An's intervention, he wouldn't have known which remote place he was an official in, and when he died, it would have taken a year and a half for his family to get the news.

Fu Bi saw that he didn't know how to advance or retreat, so he said coldly: "If you talk too much...I will naturally deal with you."

It is really not a big deal for the Privy Council to deal with a naval officer named Yuhou.

"Yes." Chang Jianren's eyes turned red as he thought of what happened back then, and he cupped his hands and said, "If it doesn't work, I will resign and go home."

This guy... his eagerness to achieve success is almost greedy.

Shen An was speechless. After Chang Jianren went out, Han Qi asked: "What's going on with him? No matter how much he wants to make meritorious service, he can't do this."

"He just wants to stand out..." Shen An gave the answer.

"In order to get ahead, there is no need to take such risks. Why?" If this thing goes wrong, Chang Jianren's future will be gone.

"Because he wanted to slap some people in the face."

Fu Bi frowned slightly, remembering some rumors, and nodded: "I know. But he has no eloquence, let alone diplomacy. How can he make the Liao envoy disgraced? Is it painting?"

Shen An said: "Chang Jianren studied hard later. It is said that his knowledge is getting more and more advanced now. I think he will use his words to make the Liao envoys feel depressed."

Everyone nodded in agreement. As for whether Chang Jianren studied hard, God knows.

Chang Jianren walked all the way out of the Privy Council, which was very close to the gate of the imperial city, just a few steps away.

The Liao envoy felt that he was being ignored, which was a dangerous sign.

From the past few years, the Song people's attitude towards Daliao was that Wang Xiaoer's New Year celebrations were worse than the previous year. While making people angry, they were also wary of the Song people's growing strength.

There are also some debates about this within the Liao Kingdom. A few people are worried that the Song people are slowly becoming a threat to the Liao Dynasty, and they should take it seriously and use various means to weaken them. For this reason, they can even send troops south.

But just like the Qingli New Deal presided over by Fan Zhongyan, the cries of a small number of people will never be able to shake the mainstream trend of thought.

So these voices were drowned, and the Liao Kingdom was still singing and dancing, drinking wine and singing.

The Liao envoy had thought about these things before coming. He felt that although the Song people had made some progress in recent years, they were still far from shaking the Liao Dynasty.

No hurries?

That's why he dared to stand outside the imperial city and complain: "...What is this? Don't you Song people dare to negotiate face-to-face with someone? That's why they hid. But if they can hide from someone today, in the future millions of people in Liao will The cavalry are heading south, where can they hide?"

He said these words with great confidence. As his eyes moved, his majesty was gradually spreading like a fart.

The people and soldiers around were a little frightened.

The Song Dynasty was doing well in recent years, but its fear of the Liao people was deep-rooted.

Diverting the course of the Yellow River was a manifestation of this fear. From the monarchs and ministers to the people, everyone was frightened by the Liao people.

But the continuous victories over the past few years are still effective. At least the sergeants are not weak and have no intention of apologizing.

The Liao envoy was a little disappointed. The seniors compared the Song people to weaklings in their words, and Daliao could scare them to death with just one sentence.

But judging from the current reactions of these people, those words... are so damn wrong!

What does this mean?

The Liao envoy was feeling something was wrong when Chang Jianren arrived.

He said in a deep voice: "This is the imperial city of the Song Dynasty."

The Liao envoy had been left alone for a long time, and he could not bear it any longer. Hearing this, he sneered and said, "So what? One day when the great Liao soldiers go south, I want to write a poem here."

"There is no such day!"

Chang Jianren has a tall and straight figure, but unfortunately he is too thin and does not look impressive.

The Liao envoy smiled and said: "Is it just you who can boast so loudly?"

Chang Jianren looked so thin, and the Liao ambassador felt that he could take care of ten people like him, so he couldn't help but laugh.

Why!

The people around were a little depressed.

Not to mention Di Wuxiang, you might as well have someone tall and mighty!

But Chang Jianren said very calmly: "Yes, just rely on you!"

The Liao envoy was worried about how to embarrass the Song people, so he said provocatively: "I have brought two warriors here, and any one of them can kill you..."

This is inevitable. Looking at the skinny Chang Jianren, everyone felt that although this man was brave, he was a little overestimated.

But what to do?

Are you just going to sit back and watch what Liao Envoy does?

If it was possible before, it is now the first year of Zhiping!

Several great victories in the Song Dynasty had already greatly increased the confidence of the soldiers and civilians in Bianliang.

"Someone is coming!"

A common man came out and read a book www.uukａnshu． netHe was dressed in shabby clothes, but his brows were filled with determination.

Shen An, who had just come over, saw this scene. He quietly stopped and said to Han Qi and others who came with him: "This is anger!"

Han Qi said intoxicatedly: "This is the confidence. If everyone in the Song Dynasty is like this, the people of Liao Dynasty will be nothing!"

There have been many discussions in later generations about what elements a great power needs, but Shen An feels that the most critical one is national self-confidence.

When the people are confident, the ups and downs of the country cannot shake their self-confidence. When facing foreigners, their eyes are confident, their words and deeds are confident, they are neither humble nor arrogant, neither arrogant nor humble...

At this moment, the people of the Song Dynasty still lack a lot of self-confidence, but at this moment, someone dares to stand up, which was almost unimaginable before.

Fu Bi looked at this scene, his eyes suddenly filled with water, "This is the Song Dynasty! The Song Dynasty that makes me... haunt me... and wants it to be strong. Now that I see this scene, I am willing to die."

This was a positive change. When the second commoner came out, Han Qi's eyes turned red and he said, "I can kill them too!"

But Shen An felt that if he went up, he would be more likely to be killed.

"Someone is coming!"

Chang Jianren is grateful to these people, but he is more willing to solve the problem in his own way.

The Liao envoy sneered: "You? If I beat you to death, Emperor Song might be angry."

"If someone is beaten to death, he deserves it!"

Chang Jianren said these words very calmly, and the Liao envoy smiled and said: "That means life or death? Do you dare?"

"Why don't you dare?" Chang Jianren became calmer and calmer, but Shen An remembered those rumors...

"Chang Junhou will take off his clothes every time he fights, with his upper body naked, and then he will be the first to rush forward with his ribs slapped..."

The Liao envoy took a step back and beckoned: "Come and send this man on his way."

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