A great man of the Northern Song Dynasty

"I gave him arbitrary power before, and I thought he would make good use of it. But it is beyond my expectation to make them fight. Speaking of which... none of you seem to be good at this, right?"

Zhao Shu's tone was relaxed, and it was probably the most satisfying thing for him to see the Liao people being defeated.

Han Qi said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, I am the Prime Minister. How can the Prime Minister use such methods?"

Zeng Gongliang said: "I harmonize yin and yang and assist the king..."

"I think it's better to let the people below do this." Ouyang Xiu expressed his opinion seriously.

The prime ministers and assistants all felt that such methods were inappropriate.

But it’s insidious enough!

That insidious Shen An, it was unlucky for the Liao people to meet him.

"But I feel relieved." Zhao Shu's attitude has nothing to do with the emperor. "If the envoys on both sides fight, they will definitely add fuel to the fire after they return. This is a good thing."

"Your Majesty, the Conqueror is here."

Zhao Shu smiled and said: "Are you here to show your merit? Let him in."

While waiting, Zhao Shu said: "Young people can always accomplish things. Although they are impulsive, they have drive."

Although the prime ministers and assistants are stable, another synonym for stability is twilight.

As an emperor, Zhao Shu naturally cannot allow the court to become desolate, so introducing young people is an inevitable choice.

Shen An came in, and Zhao Shu said with a smile: "You can actually make the two sides fight. It's beyond my expectation. The same goes for my husband, right?"

Han Qi nodded, "Yes!"

Shen An, this insidious guy, tricked people again, but this time, everyone loved to hear about it.

Shen An said modestly: "I just raised my hand and did a little work."

"that's humble!"

Zeng Gongliang felt that some goodwill needed to be released, so he said: "It is a good thing for young people to be humble, but being too humble can be a bit depressing."

"Yes!" Shen An was a little confused. Everyone was laughing when they saw it, thinking about what he would say.

"Chen... Back then Bao Gong taught me to be loyal, eat food from the official family, and take the salary from the official family, and I must do my best for the Song Dynasty. I just followed his words."

Shen An still spoke modestly, but both Zeng Gongliang and Ouyang Xiu felt their butts get cold.

This is the second time today that Shen An praises Bao Zheng.

What does he want to do?

Needless to say, I just want Bao Zheng to enter the political hall.

Shameless!

The officials should be able to see through his intentions, right?

Zhao Shu said with a smile: "I firmly believe in Bao Zheng's loyalty. You must learn more."

"Yes." Shen An said, "Your Majesty, I previously promised the Xixia people to sell weapons to them."

"This move..."

Zhao Shu thought for a moment and then smiled and said: "That's fine, this way the Xixia people can be more powerful and cause more trouble to the Liao people."

"But what if the Xixia people used those weapons to deal with the Song Dynasty?" Ouyang Xiu's view is not pedantic. It has happened many times in history that the things he sent ended up burying him.

Zhao Shu raised his eyebrows slightly and said calmly: "The Song Dynasty is not what it used to be. Whether it is the divine crossbow, gunpowder, or kerosene bombs, they are all weapons for military strategists. If you are still afraid of the Xixia people with these, then what else does the army do? ?”

Stay!

"Your Majesty is wise."

Historically, Zhao Shu went crazy for a while after he came to the throne. Later, he got better and had a quarrel with the Queen Mother Cao for a while. After he truly took charge of the Song Dynasty, he fought with the courtiers over Zhao Yunrang's death...

In other words, this person was a fighter in the original history, never admitting defeat, and never looked back when he was determined.

But then he left early, so he did not fully demonstrate his governance methods.

Now his methods are beginning to take shape.

This is an emperor who refuses to admit defeat and cannot bear to be angry.

Shen An felt happy, thinking that it would be damned if the Song Dynasty could not make a comeback.

Divine power crossbow, gunpowder, kerosene bombs... With the blessing of so many treasures, even if the golden men appeared in advance, Shen An would still have the confidence to fight them.

Moreover, the Song Dynasty also had cotton and golden fertilizer.

Cotton allowed the army to continue fighting in the cold season, while Jin Feidan increased the Song Dynasty's income by countless amounts, effectively ensuring the supply of military supplies.

The Song Dynasty is constantly getting stronger. Once it becomes a mighty man, the Liao people will tremble.

"Your Majesty, I take my leave."

After Shen An left, Han Qi turned around, glanced at Zeng Gongliang and Ouyang Xiu, and said, "Your Majesty, I feel that Bao Zheng is very loyal and knows how to teach Shen An how to be loyal. This kind of minister... must be reused!"

Zeng Gongliang and Ouyang Xiu both had a little Han Qi in their hearts and tortured him with all kinds of torture.

Zhao Shu nodded and said: "Bao Zheng is indeed good, and he works conscientiously in the Third Division. But Shen An is also good, and he is affectionate and righteous. There are not many young people like him nowadays."

Han Qi sighed: "Yes! Many young people nowadays are eager for quick success and quick success. If they fail to pass the Jinshi exam, they will say that the examiners are idiots and can't see their own talents. Those who have passed the Jinshi exam will just work hard slowly. Instead, he went to seek help from powerful officials and wanted to take shortcuts..."

When the dynasty reaches a certain stage, this kind of thing is unavoidable.

"The collapse of officialdom is the first step to a country's decline, so we must be cautious and employ people with both ability and political integrity." Zhao Shu defined it far-sightedly, and Han Qi and others bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

yes! I am indeed wise.

Zhao Shu went to the back in a happy mood.

Gao Taotao was observing something outside the hall.

"There should be windows here, and there should be windows here..."

Gao Taotao looked very excited, and the second general Heng Ha next to him was also the same, so flattering that Zhao Shu couldn't bear to look at him.

"Sage, install a window here next to the door. If the doorkeeper dares to take a nap, you will be able to tell immediately."

"Yes, I can strangle her to death when the time comes!"

Feiyan and Zhaojun are the two generals Hengha next to Gao Taotao. One is fat and the other is vicious. They are famous in the harem.

"Be kind, don't be vicious."

Gao Taotao frowned and said a few words. When she turned around and saw Zhao Shu, she couldn't help but pat her chest. She felt that she was so smart for not showing off a fierce aura.

Even though they are an old couple, a woman still refuses to let her husband see her ugly side.

Zhao Shu smiled and said: "What are you doing?"

"Guan's house, the weather is getting cold. I'm going to have some windows opened so that I can stay warm inside and see the light."

The palace looks magnificent from the outside, but in winter it has to be closed to keep warm.

On days when there was no glass, after closing the door, the light in the temple was so dim that it made people drowsy, making them feel lackluster all winter long.

Some people will say: Doesn’t this have window paper?

There is window paper, but the light transmittance of window paper is not as good as that of glass. The gap is as big as clouds and mud.

As the master of the harem, Gao Taotao is determined to renovate the palace, which is his job.

"Don't do this yet."

Zhao Shu turned around and walked to the stage. The servants at the left and right steps bowed.

"The envoys from Liao and Xixia have returned today."

"Is there going to be a fight?" Gao Taotao felt that it was bad to fight back and forth. Wouldn't it be better for everyone to live their own lives in peace?

Zhao Shu nodded, "The Song Dynasty has been working hard and made a lot of progress... The Liao people were a little panicked. They wanted to teach the Song Dynasty a lesson, but they were defeated miserably in Fuzhou. At that time, the Liao people were allies of Xixia, but in the end they were defeated by this The allies betrayed...the Xixia people were definitely not willing to accept it, so they stayed away from the Liao people..."

"Do the Liao people want to teach them a lesson?" Gao Taotao found this very interesting.

Zhao Shu nodded, "It's just a drunkard's intention. The Liao people don't want to test the Song Dynasty now, but they have to respond if they fail, so they are ready to teach the Xixia people a lesson, knock on the mountains to shock the tigers, and threaten the Song Dynasty."

"It's very troublesome!" Gao Taotao felt that the world of men was too complicated, but he didn't know that if history continued, she would listen to politics from behind the curtain and be praised by conservatives as "Yao and Shun among women"

The female middle school queen of Yao and Shun is still a relatively simple queen at present, and she feels that it is better to live a simpler life.

"The trees want to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop!"

Zhao Shu sneered and said: "The Xixia people wanted to see the courage of the Song Dynasty, so Shen An directly sold weapons to them, or did he do it in front of the Liao envoy? Is this courage enough?"

"Ah! So brave?" Gao Taotao was a little surprised.

Unless Youyan is restored, the Liao people will always be the nightmare of the Song Dynasty.

"Nothing daring." Zhao Shu pressed the stone railing. The cold railing cheered him up. "The Xixia envoy was very smart and immediately angered the Liao envoy. The two fought in the city, but the Bianliang soldiers and civilians were shocked. I watched a joke. UU Reading www.uukanshu.net"

"It's so ugly!" Gao Taotao shook his head, feeling that places outside the Song Dynasty were all barbarians.

"It is full of ugliness. But the attitude of the Song Dynasty is so tough, which is beyond the expectations of the Liao people. Yelu Hongji will have a headache."

Zhao Shu smiled and said: "Shen An did a great job in this matter, which makes me feel relieved."

"As long as the officials are happy."

As soon as Zhao Shu is happy, his condition will improve, which is good news.

"Guan Jia, these windows need a lot of crystal!"

Gao Taotao approached Zhao Shu and said in a friendly tone: "I don't know how many crystals Shen An has over there. We don't want more...just a few dozen yuan is enough."

"That's a lot!" Zhao Shu frowned and wanted to scold him, but finally held back his anger and said, "One window has one hundred piercings, almost tens of thousands of piercings. It's too much."

Gao Taotao pouted slightly. This girlish action made Zhao Shu stunned, "The emperor is rich in the world, that's just a saying. If he is really rich in the world, he is a coward. He uses the world for his own use, only for the happiness of one family and one family. , this kind of emperor will die sooner or later without a burial place."

"So the late emperor was thrifty, and when he came to my place, although he was not as good as the late emperor, he still couldn't touch the extravagance. Once he did, you would fall in love with those days... Do you still remember when we saw the lanterns in the palace when we were children?"

"Remember."

Gao Taotao smiled and said: "There were a lot of lanterns hung in the palace that year, bright and all kinds of lanterns. I said that in the future I will let lanterns hang all over the palace, you agree..."

"I swore at that time that this day would come, and now it is."

Zhao Shu looked at his wife with affectionate eyes, "I can't hang lanterns all over the palace, that would be criticized as extravagant, but I can accompany you to walk freely in the palace, do you like it?"

Gao Taotao raised his head with gentle eyes, "I like it."

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Goodnight everybody!