Sima Guang's use of his official position to blackmail the Empress Dowager Gao is already a good block, but unfortunately, he met Murong Fu, the scheming master of Bogu Tongjin. When the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty saw Sima Guang's resignation, they all thought that he was bowing down and admitting defeat, but Murong Fu could see at a glance that he was advancing by retreating. At that moment, he said to the seed with the method of secret sound transmission: "Seed the scripture, stop him!" ”

Although he didn't know why, he still jumped out with his trust in Murong Fu and shouted: "The official family, Niangniang, the minister has something to say!" ”

"If you have something to say, you might as well say it bluntly." This time, without waiting for Empress Dowager Gao to speak, the little emperor Zhezong had already preemptively allowed permission.

"Thank you!" He clenched his fists and saluted, and repeated aloud the words that Murong Fu had brought into his ears with internal force. Sima Xianggong's words, Weichen understood. It's nothing more than that if the official family and the mother listen to him for everything, he will continue to be the prime minister; If he refuses to listen, then he will resign. According to Weichen's opinion, Sima Xianggong's slaughter is really beautiful, even the official family and the mother have to look at his face, the Manchu Dynasty has no Sima butcher, everyone has to eat the hairy pig, Weichen admires! ”

The battle between the court and the court is like a negotiation in a shopping mall, and you must not let your opponent take your own pace. Before, Sima Guang wanted to crush the court's civil and military forces with his personal prestige, and did his best to promote the land cession. Murong Fu had to find ways to disrupt his rhythm, turn this moral struggle into a protracted battle, and crush Sima Guang's personal prestige with the hearts of the people in the world. Now, Sima Guang wants to delay the court's resolution with a procrastination trick to calculate later. Murong Fu wanted to provoke Sima Guang to fight a quick battle, forcing Empress Dowager Gao to issue an order not to return Wuqi today.

For this reason, as soon as Chong Ge's foul words came out, the Manchu civil and military forces couldn't wait to laugh out loud.

Shang Shu Youcheng Lu Dafang and Sima Guang are close friends, although he does not agree with Sima Guang's proposal, but he can't bear to see Chong Ge so sarcastic, and immediately scolded: "General, how can you allow waves in front of you?" There is a difference between the upper and lower levels and the inferior, you are so arranged to be the prime minister of the dynasty, can you have the word 'rules' in your heart? "Shang Shu Youcheng is in charge of the ceremonies of the officials of the three departments of defense, criminal, and labor, and it is also his duty to correct his words and deeds.

He obviously understood this truth, and did not argue with Lu Dafang, but only shouted the "dry goods" prepared early in the morning. "Weichen is often a rough person in the army, and Weichen doesn't know the truth of those crepes! But Weichen has been guarding the border for 30 years, and he is confident that if he talks about the border affairs of the Song and Xia countries, no one can be more sophisticated than Weichen. Although the land of Wuqi is small, once ceded, the offensive and defensive momentum will change immediately, and it will be difficult to garrison from Tongyuan to Xizhou, and the land actually ceded by our Great Song Dynasty will be far greater than Wuqi. In addition, there is no natural danger as far as Xizhou, and if you want to garrison, you need to increase the number of troops by 100,000 and build cities along the way to defend them. These 100,000 people have eaten horses and chewed every year, and they have spent a lot of money, so please ask the ministers of the branch to calculate it themselves! ”

Although the Song army was defeated in the Song Xia War in the fifth year of Yuanfeng, Chong Ge still used his series of anti-Xu Xi's strategies and the last miraculous rescue of Yongle to offset his prestige as the god of war in the west. So much so that now he is saying that if anyone cuts the land lightly, he will have to increase his army by 100,000, but no one can refute it, and no one dares to refute it.

After a long time, only Yushi Yang Wei jumped out and said: "Four years ago in Yuanfeng, my Great Song Dynasty did not occupy the land of Wuqi, and the border pass was still impregnable. Now, even if the five qi are returned, it is just a restoration of the old view, why can't it be defended from all over Xizhou? What should you be guilty of deceiving the Holy One? ”

Yang Wei thought he had a plan, but he didn't know that this question was asking about the professional field of the plant. I saw that he turned out the map of the border pass on the spot, and from the perspective of military defense, he really taught a lesson to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, where to build a city, where to increase troops, and how to deal with an enemy attack. After a lesson, the generals sighed and benefited a lot, but the ministers were in a fog. Although Emperor Zhezong didn't know about military affairs, he was a young man with a good temperament and Wu Muqiang, and he still praised him sincerely: "The general is old in military affairs, and he deserves to be my great Song Dynasty!" ”

Chong Ge was proud in his heart, but he still tried to make a calm look, hugged his fists and said: "The Lu of the food king, the matter of loyalty to the king!" ”

Sima Guang couldn't see the rampant appearance of the plant, and said disdainfully at the moment: "The solidity of the country is not in danger in Germany." The territory of the Great Song Dynasty is vast, and the land of Wuqi is not of much interest to our dynasty, and if the Xia Kingdom is lost, it will suffer great losses. If we return the Wuqi Miping military disaster, Xia Guo will definitely repay it with benevolence and righteousness. ”

When he heard this, he burst out laughing. This time, he didn't need Murong Fu to teach him how to deal with it, but only said to Zhezong and Empress Dowager Gao: "If the official family and Niangniang are convinced that my Great Song Dynasty and the Xia Kingdom are brothers' countries, and they pin the vision of peace in the world on the 'benevolence and righteousness' of the Xia people, then Weichen has nothing to say." Don't say that the land of the five mountains is to offer the hands of Bianjing City to the favor of the Xia Kingdom, and it should be! The ministers please unload their armor and return to the field, and return to their hometown. But if the Great Song Dynasty regards the Xia Kingdom as a problem in the heart, he must want to get rid of it in order to settle the world, please kill this dog traitor who offered the flattering barbarians and stole the position of the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty! ”

As soon as these words came out, the hall was in an uproar. I saw Sima Guang's face pale, and he suddenly took off his crown and put it aside, kneeling down and bowing to Zhezong and the Queen Mother three times. In the Song Dynasty, the traditional Son of Heaven and the scholars shared the world, and the ministers only needed to make a salute when they played the right courtesy. Who knows, when Sima Guang stood up, he actually hit the dragon jade pillar in the hall.

"Xianggong, no!"

"Sima Xianggong!"

"Stop him!"

Seeing this, the Chinese Wu of the Hall immediately clamored. There were also many ministers who were familiar with Sima Guang and suddenly came back to their senses after shouting a few words, and hurriedly chased out of the team and tried to drag Sima Guang.

However, Sima Guang is the head of the Wenchen, and he is quite close to the dragon jade pillar in the hall, and at this time, the forbidden army stationed at the palace gate will catch up to prevent him from committing suicide, after all, he is one step too late. Seeing that Sima Guang was about to splash blood on the spot to prove his innocence, several old ministers couldn't bear to close their eyes.

But at this moment, everyone only felt a flower in front of them, and a green figure flashed by, blocking Sima Guang's body.

Sima Guang crashed into the man's arms, he couldn't beg for death, and the will to die had already gone for a few points, and he only said with tears: "Murong Tanhua, why do you stop me?" ”

Murong Fu was hit by Sima Guang and his chest ached, and he was even more bluffed by his behavior of begging for death, and he couldn't answer for a while. All along, the battles that Murong Fu has seen are all aimed at destroying the enemy, and in order to achieve this goal, he can even use unscrupulous means to destroy human nature. Unexpectedly, today let him see with his own eyes that there is still a kind of struggle that can make people willingly sacrifice their lives for the morality they insist on in their hearts, although this morality is also wrong. Murong Fu looked at him with pity and said softly: "Since Sima Xianggong is not even afraid of death, why is he so weak to Yiren and ridiculed for no reason? Sima Guang's status in the history books is as brilliant as the sun and the moon, and Murong Fu's admiration for him is no less than that of Su Shi. If it was a last resort, Murong Fu would not be willing to deal with him under huge psychological pressure. However, there was no turning back from the bow, and at this point, Murong Fu would have to let him bow his head alive instead of becoming a dead victor.

With Murong Fu intervening to stop him, Wen Yanbo and Lu Gongshu, who were also standing at the head of the civil official team, had already caught up, and the two of them supported Sima Guang on the left and right to persuade: "Junshi, it is easy to throw away this body, but it is difficult to shoulder the world!" ”

The frightened Empress Dowager Gao also persuaded her: "Sima Aiqing, you know your loyalty and mourning family, and you don't have to take it to heart. ”

Sima Guang smiled bitterly, tremblingly pushed away Wen Yanbo and Lu Gongshu, sorted out his clothes and bowed deeply to Emperor Zhezong and Empress Dowager Gao in the palace: "The official family, Niangniang, Wuqi is located in a remote area, if I occupy it, how can I support the people and how can I be practical?" Although the first emperor recovered the five mountains, the scenery was infinite, but the annual cost of operating these five mountains was no less than three million. In the long run, the country's taxes will become heavier and the people's burdens will be heavier. ”

Sima Guang's voice fell, and Murong Fu's gaze couldn't help but sink slightly. According to historical records, most of the funds of the Great Song Dynasty came from the Qingmiao money, the assistant money, and the surplus money. And these are all the money and interest of the new law, and they are things that Sima Guang desperately wants to abolish. As soon as the new law is removed, the funds for the five pillars of the war will be left immediately. It is inevitable that some people will slander that the old law is not as good as the new law, and this cannot solve the problem, and the only way to solve it is to make the problem disappear. Perhaps, this is the real reason why Sima Guang insisted on returning the land of the Xia Kingdom. In the Ming Dynasty, because of the party dispute, Wenchen could say that the great victory of the military generals was a big defeat, so in the Song Dynasty, because of the party dispute, it was common for Wenchen to give away the land laid down by the military generals. Thinking of this, Murong Fu's heart gradually hardened.

He didn't know that Sima Guang insisted on returning Wuqi on the surface, but actually pointed at the New Party, so he only snorted coldly: "The land of Wuqi is not the end of our Western Army, but the bridgehead to the west of my Chaojinglu. As long as the Xia Kingdom is wiped out one day, the annual military salary will naturally decrease. ”

"Someday, but I don't know what year and day it is?" Sima Guang was waiting for the sentence of the kind of man, and immediately cross-examined. "Although I don't know about military affairs, I also know how to build people for ten years and a hundred years. Yuanfeng five years of war, our dynasty defeated the dead and wounded, even if the generals won a hundred battles, there are generals without soldiers to fight and win the battle. Will the blood of my Great Song people be consumed in the west from generation to generation until the vitality of my Han family is exhausted? ”

This time, I couldn't even answer the words. The Song Dynasty was congenitally deficient, and there were no good horses to win battles in the era of cold weapons, so they could only fill it with human lives and money. And these lives and money will eventually be passed on to the people, bringing great suffering to the people.

"Niangniang, this land of five mountains has now become a hot potato, and staying in our dynasty will consume the national strength of our dynasty. If you don't make a favor and return it to Xia Guo, this is also the benevolent and righteous act of the Holy Son of Heaven to nurture Siyi! As the so-called those who know me say that I am worried, and those who don't know me say what I want, Weichen is all here! Sima Guang finally bowed and spoke.

Sima Guang said, and there was a dead silence in the Daqing Palace. After a long time, Empress Dowager Gao sighed and said, "What Sima Xianggong said is ...... old."

"The official, the mother, the minister has something to say!" Without waiting for Empress Dowager Gao to finish her beautiful words, Murong Fu had already stood up helplessly. Seed Fu fell for Sima Guang's plan, Su Zhe's personality would definitely not conspire with him to cheat, and Murong Fu could no longer stand behind the scenes. "Sima Xianggong is scheming, but he has forgotten the hearts of the people in the world. Since Emperor Taizong ordered the rescue of Lingwu, the people in the west will eat and drink to welcome the king, if the king is defeated, the people will follow all the way, if they can't return to their homeland with the king, they will cry bitterly. To this day, this is still the case, which shows that the people's hearts are in me. This time, the Xia Kingdom presented a letter of state to ask for the land of Wuqi, but the court has not yet replied, and the people of the world have spoken out against it, which shows the heart of the people of the world to defend the land. In this situation, if the court abandons the land lightly, the people will inevitably be separated by the blood of the soldiers, and the officials and mothers must not ignore it! You must know that those who win the hearts of the people win the world! ”

Sima Guang couldn't imagine that although Murong Fu came to save his life, he intervened at this critical moment, and couldn't help but say hatefully: "Murong Fu, you are just an eight-rank official, what do you know about family and country affairs?" Governing the country is not just about blood! ”

Murong Fu couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, and said word by word: "I, an eight-rank official, don't understand the affairs of the family and the country, and I think the people of the world don't understand it even more, so you are being bullied and pushed to be the prime minister." According to Sima Xianggong's opinion, the land of Wuqi is difficult to defend and he will abandon Wuqi, and Xizhou will be difficult to defend in the coming day, and he will abandon Xizhou again, I am afraid that one day even Bianjing will be abandoned. It's too easy for you, the prime minister who has abandoned the land and shirked his responsibilities! ”

Zhang Dian, who had been an invisible person for more than ten days by Empress Dowager Gao, couldn't help but feel like a confidant when he heard Murong Fu's words, and laughed loudly at the moment: "Sima Junshi, the village master, what can he do?" ”

"You!" Sima Guang angrily pointed at Murong Fu, he knew the status of Murong Fu and Su Shi's master and apprentice early on, and he was half of his own. Now seeing Murong Fu's blatant anti-water, Sima Guang couldn't help but be angry and hateful.

Murong Fu had already torn his face with Sima Guang, that is, he would not die but suffer from it, he didn't even look at Sima Guang, but only bowed down to Emperor Zhezong and Empress Dowager Gao and said: "The official family, Niangniang, Sima Xianggong wants to take the government as a traitor to the country and seek glory, but I don't want to be a puppet in his hands as he wishes, please ask the historian to make a note and cede the matter of Wuqi, and Murong Fu, the editor of the National Academy of History, resolutely opposes it!" I can also teach future generations to know my innocence after a hundred years! He bowed deeply to Emperor Zhezong and Empress Dowager Gao in the palace, and raised his voice. is only an eight-grade official, he is not worthy of staying in the palace to control state affairs, and the minister retires! With that, he brushed his sleeves and left.

Zhang Dian ignored the ugly face of the Empress Dowager Gao, and said regardless of the truth: "Knowing the affairs of the Privy Council, Zhang Dan, who is only a second-grade official, is not worthy of staying in the palace to control state affairs, and the minister retires!" ”

He also learned the same way, and said with a deep bow: "Wenzhou Thorn Shi is a five-grade official, and he is not worthy of staying in the palace to control state affairs, and Weichen has retired!" ”

With these three people taking the lead, in the blink of an eye, the full hall of civil and military affairs actually left, and in the end, only Sima Guang, Wen Yanbo, Fan Chunren and other ministers and henchmen remained in the court.

Emperor Zhezong, who had always sat in the hall like a puppet, suddenly sighed softly and recited in a low voice: "Si Ji ancestor grandfather, frost and dew, cut thorns, to have a land of size." The children and grandchildren do not pity it, and give it to others, like abandoning grass mustard. Cut five cities today, cut ten cities tomorrow, and then have to sleep overnight, look at the four realms, and the Qin soldiers are coming. Sima Xianggong, if I abandon Wuqi today, how many days can the Xia people let me sleep peacefully? ”

"Official ......" Sima Guang listened to the young emperor's anxious question, and his face turned pale when he landed, and after a while, he suddenly turned red, as if he had slapped someone twice.

Without waiting for Sima Guang to answer, Emperor Zhezong glared at Sima Guang in disgust, and asked sharply: "One day, the Xia people will attack, what other ideas can you have besides abandoning the soil?" Historian, write it down to me, ceding the matter of the five gods, I will resolutely refuse! Retreat! ”

The old Sima Guangmu watched Emperor Zhezong get up and leave, but he couldn't support it, and suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood and fainted in the hall.