At the end of June, it rained heavily in the capital.

The imperial court heard that the Funing army had been defeated repeatedly, and the people were panicked after the Yulin River Estuary was lost. Now Funing County, an important fiscal and tax town in the northwest, is facing a threat, so it almost makes a pot of porridge. The emperor, who was not in good spirits, was also restless and had to leave the Shangqing Palace to listen to the court.

At this moment, even Han Qi felt uncomfortable, Lao Han had confidence in Wang Yan and did not interfere at the court level, so that he missed the best time to order troops.

did not unlock the right of action of the Yongxing Army Road Shuai Division to let them participate in the war at the first time, in addition to Han Qi's trust in Wang Yan, he also took into account the situation that Chong'e and Cao Shouyi had a bitter enmity with Wang Yan, and thought that on the contrary, it was easy to cause a situation that would hold Wang Yan back.

In addition, if the army was mobilized during this period, it was not politically a suppression of bandits, but a bit of a provocation of the Western Xia, which was not conducive to the diplomatic results that had been achieved, and could easily lead to friction or even war between the two countries.

These are the reasons why Han Qi and Wang Anshi did not make arrangements from the imperial court level after approving Wang Yan's war against bandits.

But it is precisely because of this that the pressure on Wang Anshi and Han Qi in the court meeting is unprecedented, and they are questioned by the three ministers Wang Gongchen: "When there was a military report earlier, how could the Privy Council not make a decision, the Yulin estuary was lost, and after the horse thief army with absolute superiority in strength crossed the river, Funing County, the first economic town of the Great Song Dynasty, was threatened, and if something eventually led to financial collapse, your Privy Council would be to blame." ”

Wang Anshi felt ashamed of this.

Han Qi responded heartlessly in the DPRK: "You are scared, it's not that my Great Song Dynasty has never lost a battle, the Privy Council is not on the ground, and making a command without knowing it is called a blind command, and the old man was cheated like this." ”

"Hey, you're a powerful Han braincase, don't do anything, and now you have to wash the floor for your defeat in the battle of Haoshuichuan?" Even Bao Zheng was angry and led the group officials to spray Han Qi together.

Zhao Zhen was almost angry with Han Qi to death, everyone knows that Han has a bad temper, but I didn't expect him to be so bad that he used such a bullish reason to refute Yu Dachao?

Han Qi also blushed greatly, knowing that he had said the wrong thing, so he also recognized it when he was sprayed. However, after everyone's mood calmed down a little, Han Qi still maintained the conclusion that it was the right move for the Privy Council not to interfere and not to unlock the right of action of the Yongxing military road at that time.

Some things are unspoken rules, such as Wang Yan and Cao Shouyi's heart disease, they can't be said in the court discussion, Zhao Zhen is not confused, he knows that Han Qi probably means this, so he skipped this section and didn't mention it.

In view of the fact that the current situation of the war against bandits is really not good, there are too many people who accuse Wang Yan and Han Qi, and the current financial capacity of Funing County can really worry the imperial court......

In the Shangqing Palace, Zhao Zhen felt very troubled, holding the pen in his hand, and then looking at the "Zhao'an Book", but he couldn't put down the pen and sign it.

The Song army fought like this, Zhao Zhen knew that he would definitely not be able to fight the Western Xia people, but he also fought so hard to fight horse thieves with the advantage of flintlock pistols, and there was a situation of "repeated defeats", which Zhao Zhen did not expect.

According to the existing newspapers and Di Qing Han Qi's objective analysis, this time it does not look like a straggler horse thief at all. Di Qing even said that this time the horse thief army seemed to have mastered the essence of the art of war.

Chief Manager Chen said: According to the intelligence of the Xingqing Mansion in the Western Xia, the views of the Western Xia court during this period were relatively unified: it was the interests of the Western Xia to maintain the continuation of the land war in the Song Dynasty.

In addition, there is news from the Imperial City Division: After the Funing Army entered the battle to suppress bandits, in addition to sending heavy troops to the west to guard against Tubo and Hui Partridges, another general Manba took the backbone of the Iron Harrier and left Xingqing Mansion to the border area.

So now there is reason to believe that in the default way, in addition to volunteers participating in this war against bandits, there are also generals in the Western Xia who participate in the battle command in tandem, which is why Di Qing Han Qi said that they are relatively unified and have won the essence of the art of war.

According to the last telegram from Li Shen, the transfer envoy of the Northwest Capital, now Zhao Zhen hates Lu Huiqing, because after the Funing Army declared war on the horse thieves, Lu Huiqing took over the operational command for some reasons, but later when the situation was not good, Lu Huiqing invited Wang Yan out to take over the precarious stall. Wang Yan, this guy didn't refuse?

This is the culprit in officialdom culture and politics. Zhao Zhen is very clear about this.

If it is really impossible, as the emperor of a country, Lao Zhao can still afford to lose Funing County, anyway, there was nothing in Funing County before, as long as he left the prodigy, it was a big deal to start over.

But now the little kid seems to be a pick-up man, he declared war, and finally took over the war, which can be seen as a responsible behavior from beginning to end, but once he loses, he is not Han Qi, and he is basically abolished politically. This would disrupt many of Zhao's political steps.

"Your Majesty is in a quandary?" Lao Chen accompanied him and said softly.

Zhao Zhen trembled slightly, put down his pen and said: "If you sign this edict, although it is also the consistent action of my Great Song Dynasty, it is equivalent to further losing the national character, demonstrating the cowardice of my Great Song Dynasty, which is extremely detrimental to the stability of the world in the future." Zhao'anZhao'anZhao'an...... My Great Song has been in Zhao'an, but has it really been stable? To put it bluntly, this is not Zhao'an, it is just a face-saving armistice, and in essence, it is still to let the evil forces represent the court and continue to suck the blood of my people. ”

"If you don't ask Your Majesty to wait and see, the child has a lot of problems, but starting from Shuzhou, there has been no defeat in the battles he commanded. He initiated this war against bandits on his own initiative, and judging from reason, he will inevitably attack when he is more sure, and this is his consistent characteristic. Old Chen said.

"Then wait." Zhao Zhen could only nod......

Immediately afterwards, the court became more chaotic, and Zhao Zhen was also in worse spirits.

Because there is also a letter from the Western Xia to Bianjing, and there is no letter from Heiyun to Zhao Zhen, the gist of which is: demand that the Song army immediately stop its brutal acts in sensitive areas and immediately withdraw the army to the tacit areas of the two countries, otherwise the Western Xia will respond and deploy, and will intervene in the inhumane ethnic cleansing of the Song army.

Zhao Zhen is also drunk, according to the adjectives in Wang Yan, it can actually have such a sassy operation in Xixia? Beginning to interfere with human rights issues in the ceremonial state?

I heard that the beauty of the people who are not as beautiful as the black clouds are compassionate, and they are talents. She wouldn't be deceived and really thought that Wang Yan would lead the Song army to clean up in the Sanzhi area, right?

When I was worried about this, I heard that someone reported that Fu Bi and Han Qi came to ask to see him.

Zhao Zhen was even more worried, what else could they do, they just wanted to trick me out of this Shangqing Palace, to deal with those obviously unmanageable problems, what else could they do.

But then Manager Chen came in and said mysteriously: "Your Majesty, let's meet the two ministers, this is good news." ”

Zhao Zhen suddenly thought crookedly, didn't she take the opportunity to come to the concubine that day, and she was happy?

Thinking like this, Zhao Zhen's spirit was shocked, and he sat down steadily, summoning Fu Bi and Han Qi in.

According to the rules, Han Qi opened his mouth for this matter, and Han Brain Case walked to the middle and hugged his fists and said: "The ministers and officials, the latest military report of the Privy Council: The Funing army turned defeat into victory, and the Yulin estuary won a great victory, gathering six battalions of forces to attack before and after, annihilating more than 4,000 horse thieves, the river was red for three days, and corpses were everywhere. ”

Although it was not reported by Fu Bi, at this time, the old rich man also had a look on his face, and felt that he had not mistaken Wang Yan, and felt that this was a heart-strengthening medicine for His Majesty. I also felt that I was wise and martial at that time, and when there were many people who opposed Wang Yan, I always suppressed them and did not put more pressure on the front.

Zhao Zhen, who happened to be drinking tea, squirted out a sip of tea, painful and happy, this is also good news, but unfortunately I thought too much, the results of that day did not cause Concubine Ai to become pregnant?

Such news can actually cause the emperor to squirt?

So Fu Bi and Han Qi couldn't help but look at each other, and they didn't know what the problem was?

Compared to Han's braincase, his personality was more direct, and he was stunned: "Why is the official family like this, isn't this good news?" ”

Zhao Zhen was embarrassed for a while, embarrassed to admit that he was thinking about those things at this moment, so he said absentmindedly: "Count, count, I understand, this is also good news." ”

Fu Bi was even more curious, I don't know what the emperor was thinking?

Han Qi looked extremely embarrassed, thinking that this was the emperor beating, so he lowered his voice and said, "Okay, the official family is wise...... Finally, the official family saw that the problem was coming. In fact, the minister also has some suspicions, these guys in Funing County are so happy, and there is a suspicion of deliberately exaggerating the results. In the newspaper, they said that the Yulin estuary was a great victory, and the six battalions were able to annihilate 4,000 enemies with the power of morale, which is estimated to be a lot of water, and with the experience of the ministers in the northwest, even if there were volunteers with the tacit consent of Xixia to participate, the army strength of the horse thieves would not exceed 3,000. Your Majesty is wise, your doubts are right, the minister estimates that in the battle of Yulin River Estuary, at most 2,000 horse thieves were annihilated by the Funing army. ”

"......" Zhao Zhen didn't know what to say, my gaffe actually deceived such a truth?

Fu Bi is also a person who understands the army, and he feels a little embarrassed for them to do this, but he also said objectively: "The official family is angry, and it is almost my tradition of the Great Song Dynasty to do this, and it only doubles the results of the battle, which is indeed wrong, but it is also relatively gentle, not too exaggerated." ”

Han Qi then said: "The ministers agree with the words of the rich prince, and this is not all for their merits, the victory at the mouth of the Yulin River is a watershed in reversing the situation of suppressing bandits, and Wang Yan is not good at fighting, but propaganda." At this time, he rendered it like this, of course, because he wanted to take credit, but the greater intention should be to boost the people's morale and morale, so as to formally establish the credibility of my always cowardly Great Song Dynasty among the border people. ”

In fact, Zhao Zhen was quite clear about how the army of the Great Song Dynasty fought and how to repay its merits, and defeating them was generally said to be a draw, and a tie was generally said to be a strategic victory. Fu Bi is not wrong, the little kid only doubles his merits, which is considered gentle.

And Han Qi said that Wang Yan was good at propaganda, which was to inspire the hearts of the people and the army, so as to establish the credibility of the Great Song Dynasty in that area to the greatest extent, which also made Zhao Zhen feel that it really made some sense. This is really necessary for the long-term stability of the region.

After thinking for a long time, Zhao Zhen twisted his beard and said, "Whether the Funing army killed two thousand enemies or four thousand, I don't care so much now." Xianggong seems to mean that Wang Yan's appetite is not only to win the horse thief for deterrence, but also to make a greater deployment? ”

Han Qi said: "The official family is wise, that's exactly the case. Up to now, the Funing Army's counteroffensive has officially begun, Wang Yan personally went into battle to mobilize, and he organized nearly 9,000 herdsmen to form a militia to quickly clear the three mountains and seven villages. This time is really not a deterrent, but a war that belongs to the bitter people of the people, and the child intends to uproot the three mountains and seven villages and settle every bloody case in the border area for decades. Moreover, he has already given a policy, promising to divide the land among the border residents, promising to gradually solve the household registration and housing problems of the border residents, and not to investigate the past mistakes except for violent crimes, and to give lenient support policies to the border areas. ”

Bang Bang –

Zhao Zhen's tea bowl was removed, and this was the joy that fell from the sky, and Wang Yan's hand was really big. But Wang Yan's policy, that is called the real Zhao'an, the previous Zhao'an was to put it bluntly, cowardice.

Zhao Zhen half-opened his mouth for a while, and got up excitedly and said: "He, he is planning to recover a large area of non-controlled areas for my Great Song Dynasty in one fell swoop, restore the administrative region of Yinzhou, and increase the already weak population in my northwest?" Let the party herdsmen return to their hearts? ”