Geng Nanzhong felt that he was not qualified to participate in the government before, but he could be a bystander, and he found out Zhao Gonglian's character, and he was sure that Zhao would never really rebel.

Take a step back and say that even if it's the other way around, you're not afraid.

There are 400,000 forbidden troops in Gyeonggi who are heavily guarded, all of them are tigers and wolves, and there will be brave men under the heavy rewards...... The capital is precisely the cement invented by Cangzhao and reinforced, which is indestructible..... Anyway, he won't be in danger in the capital. As for the death of others, there will be many people who will suffer in the war disaster and civil strife, so what does it have to do with him?

If you want to blame it, blame the so-called contemporary half-saint Zhao Gonglian.

That's what he thought, just as he did his best to prevent and sabotage the anti-Jin resistance in history, and let the people of Shanxi, Hebei, and Shandong, including the officials and troops who fought bravely against the Jin, get no support from the imperial court, and were wantonly besieged and slaughtered by the Jurchen beasts.

As long as he is rhetorical and reasonable, he insists that his own capitulation faction is correct in the overall situation, and only cares about his own life, safety, glory, wealth and power.

This kind of shamelessness and ugliness cannot be said, but no one is a fool, and they all understand what is going on, but there are too many officials like Geng Nanzhong, and the prime ministers in history, Bai Shizhong, Li Bang, etc., took the lead in actively being the surrender faction, and the surrender faction from the central government to the local government accounted for the absolute majority, so Geng Nanzhong had a strong alliance and was not afraid of being shameless and guilty.

In Geng Nanzhong's view:

As far as the imperial court is concerned, an unruly and arrogant thief like Zhao Gonglian is an officialdom, and it must be squeezed out as soon as possible to facilitate the long-term stability of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is not wrong to do anything.

forced Zhao Gonglian to rebel, although it would harm some people in some areas, but after getting rid of this thief, he Geng Nanzhong not only had no fault, but made great contributions to Jiangshan Sheji.

Afterwards, who dares not admire his unique vision, courage and talent? Who dares not to respect him, who is iron-clad and dares to do what he can do?

got rid of Zhao Gonglian, then, the Qing Dynasty left a name, and waited for idle things.

The good name will be passed down through the ages, and it will be more beneficial to the Geng family in the present generation, and if Zhao Gonglian is killed, the Geng family will step on the prestige of Zhao's corpse...... The benefits are not too many......

As soon as he thought of the glory and benefits that were rolling in, Geng Nanzhong couldn't help but tremble with excitement, his heart became wilder, his courage was greater, a pair of cloudy old eyes were as bright as magic eyes in the night, flashing light, and for a while his courage could blow up the sky, and he couldn't wait....... Under the surging passion, there are Confucian friends and students who came to meet around the fun and touting and cheering, the mood is double, and the interest is naturally lewd a few poems, like Cao Cao, singing to recite the aspirations, expressing the loyalty to the monarch, patriotism and heroism and the punishment of adultery, the elimination of evil, and the revival of the Great Song Dynasty......

It's a pity that although he has a belly of moral articles, he is not talented, no matter how passionate, no matter how inspired he is, he can't make a world-famous article, it is nothing more than a pile of gorgeous words, moaning without illness, and saying sorrow for the new poems......

It's a pity that at this moment of pride in life, he has no lovely beauty to spoil and spoil, and he is unknowingly a eunuch in the precious "fragrant tea" offered by local officials to please him, and he also has no male ability to conquer, otherwise he will be invincible, and he will be beautiful in one night, so he is worthy of the joy of the successful people.

This is actually quite normal.

From a teacher who was almost ignored by the prince, he suddenly became the first vice premier of the country, and he was the only favor of the emperor, and he was expected to quickly sit on the prime minister's throne...... With this kind of tremendous stimulation, few people can keep their sanity normal.

Fan Jin can be crazy with excitement.......

And then, Zhao Gonglian really didn't seem to have any better way to directly retaliate against Geng Nanzhong, who was far away in the safety of the capital.

Just when the new emperor Zhao Huan sent more and more letters to Geng Nanzhong, and Geng Nanzhong became more and more confident and arrogant and began to dare to be proud of the world, unexpectedly, another catastrophe came to the face.

The Liao envoy came.

It was not to warmly congratulate the Song Emperor on his accession to the throne, but to ask for the compensation that the Song Dynasty should have paid tribute this year but had not yet paid according to the covenant of the "Lanyuan Alliance".

This group of Liao barbarians was already violent, and wanted to use the natural ferocious beast power of the nomads to scare the glamorous and weak chickens of the Great Song Dynasty, and play a powerful army like pirates to extort more benefits, but when they arrived in the Gyeonggi area, they overheard slanderous rumors and learned that the Song court and Zhao Gonglian had irreconcilable contradictions, and now the two sides are in a stalemate, and Zhao Gonglian seems to be rebelling in anger...... This coke broke the Liao envoy and his party,

As a result, he became more and more confident in this trip, and more and more daring to be aggressive and arrogant.

Today's Song Dynasty is the only one who can make the Liao State jealous.

Zhao Gonglian didn't help the Song Dynasty anymore, what kind of courage did the Song Dynasty have and rely on to dare to compete with the Great Liao State and not follow the will of the Liao State?

When the border pass was sent to the capital with an urgent report of 800 miles, the Great Song Dynasty Hall was not bombed, but was stunned, startled, and it was a buzz for a long time......

The Great Song Dynasty is so poor that even the Emperor Taishang and the Emperor don't have new silk clothes to wear, what can they use to fill the big hole in the Liao Kingdom?

The Liao envoy came at this time, this is not debt collection, this is fatal!

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the royal family, no one thought of the brave countermeasures of the very gentleman who relied on the debts and even turned his face and stopped paying tribute to the Liao State.

Although I heard that the Liao State was also bullied by pirates, it was so poor that it did not have many cattle, sheep and livestock, and there were not many war horses and cavalry that the farming people were most afraid of, and I was afraid that it was weaker than the Song State; Although he also knew that the Liao State had already been beaten by the Jin State, and he was now afraid that he was being stared at by the Jin army and would retaliate fiercely at any time, in such a situation, the Liao State was afraid of being attacked by the enemy on its back, and it should be even more afraid that the Song State would blatantly turn his face and attack the north and south of the Jin State Alliance; Although it is also known.......

But the rulers of the Song Dynasty still didn't dare to be tough on Liao......

Soft habitual.

Compromise, forbearance, reparations, peace and tranquility, shrink your head and be safe and prosperous....... It has long been a tradition to be cheap. How hard can it be?

If you want to be hard, you won't be hard sooner.

Soft but extremely skilled and proficient, he can respond accurately without using his brain.

They only dare to play conceited power infighting, they are only keen on this, and they are not afraid of infamy, although they have long wanted to make an alliance with the Jin State to attack the Liao State and seize Yanyun...... Qing history left a name, privately repeatedly discussed the feasibility, from the then dictatorship Cai Jing to the privy envoy Tong Guan also strongly advocated the Lianjin to attack Liao, but has not dared to make a decision, only have their own views, those who support and oppose Lianjin can cite the classics and arguments are sufficient and high-sounding, you say yours, I advocate mine, the arguments are endless, no one obeys anyone, no one refuses to back down, in fact, this matter is used as a reason to take advantage of the situation to fight for power and profit to suppress the opponent to intensify the infighting, few people are really concerned about recovering Yanyun itself, so wander and wait, But he thinks he is a clever man who sits on the mountain and watches the tiger fight, which can take advantage of the fisherman.

At present, the wealthy and populous Song Dynasty is suddenly poor and poor, and even less courageous if it has no confidence......

But the Liao envoy came. The problem is in front of us and must be solved.

Whatever sits on the mountain and watches the tiger fight, what can take advantage of the fisherman, this kind of conceit and complacency has become a big joke against the despicable and incompetent people in power.

If you don't dare to scold the Liao State, and you don't dare to start a war if you don't accept your words, then no one will be able to solve the problem of compensation.

If you can't solve external problems, then ..... Continue to gather fire and fight first.

Fight down the people who should be defeated, cover up the people who get in the way, grasp more and bigger power, and let go of things in the future.

The issue of reparations is also a good opportunity for infighting, and it must not be missed.

The treacherous Cai Jing has just recovered his phase and is busy trying his best to seize power.

And Geng Nanzhong, who rushed up to become a vice minister and had the emperor as his backer, became the primary opponent.

This person has too much desire for human rights, is more obsessed with power than him Cai Jing, is too utilitarian, arrogant, and always wants to act as the prime minister in the position of vice minister, a corrupt scholar, who does not understand practice, has no experience in governance, and has no real ability to govern the country and the country, but there is no lack of infighting, and Cai Jing also recognizes that he is a good hand at fighting for power, and this kind of person must be eliminated as soon as possible......

As a result, Cai Jing excused himself from dealing with the troublesome errand of the Liao envoy on the grounds that he was too busy with important state affairs, and he was too old to take care of too much.

Besides, when the Liao envoy first came, the two sides had just begun to try to contact and negotiate, and the prime minister of a country should not come forward......

The prime minister should be the last to come forward.

This is absolutely correct and sufficient.

The new emperor Zhao Huan naturally could not force Cai Jing to be a pathfinder to preside over the reception of Liao envoys.

But someone has to do it, and it has to be a powerful minister to come forward to stop the Liao envoy's mouth, and not let him take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble on the grounds of being neglected and neglected......

Immediately, Ma Zai, an official instructed by Cai Jing in advance, went out to ask the emperor to let the right minister Geng Nanzhong be responsible for dealing with the Liao envoys.

Please praise Geng Nanzhong,

It is said that Geng Xiang is loyal to the monarch and patriotic, has outstanding intelligence, his eyes are like a torch, his courage is unparalleled, his eloquence is unparalleled, and his iron bones are strong...... The integrity of serving the country and the people is undoubted, it is too convincing and admirable, who dares to disrespect and disrespect those who know the demeanor of Geng Xiang's ability in the world? With Geng Xiang coming forward, he will definitely be able to suppress the Liao envoy and not dare to be arrogant......

Immediately, a large group of officials stood up and praised Geng Xiang, his noble conduct, his faith and righteousness all over the world, his scheming, and his domineering and heroic spirit..... It is the only important minister of the pillar state who can deal with the Liao barbarians, and it is also the time when the newly appointed prime minister needs to show his talent to the world and establish the authority of the prime minister....... I sincerely ask Your Majesty not to let Geng Xiang miss the crucial opportunity of this best debut in office........

You can't let Geng Xiang have a world-class talent, but he can't show his grievances!

Geng Nanzhong listened to the mouths of ninety percent of the middle- and lower-class courtiers touting it...... put him on the fire so hard that he was so angry that he almost vomited blood in the hall, and his face was blue........

Although Zhao Huan is young and ignorant, although he is stupid, he also knows that it is not a good errand to deal with the Liao envoys who come to collect debts with great momentum.

Perhaps, that's not a human errand. Whoever is on the stall will be unlucky.

Naturally, he wanted to try his best to defend his only trustworthy minister, and wanted to find an excuse to push the matter off for Geng Nanzhong.

Geng Nanzhong was also desperately begging for refuge from him.......

But the brutal truth is playing out again.

This court is still the old court, the court of the Emperor Taishang.

The new emperor's accession to the throne was just a decoration. Geng Nanzhong, a prime minister who relied on the new emperor's luck, was a scum in the court.

It's just a trivial matter, the new emperor and the new phase can have a little face. But big things, no one cares what they say to the emperor. It's not even as good as a fart to say anything.

Looking up, Zhao Huan wanted to tide over the difficulties for Geng Nanzhong, no matter how distorted and ugly Geng Nanzhong's face was, other courtiers and bigwigs such as Zhang Bangchang and others fired together, and they all strongly agreed with the recommendations of their respective horses.

But the big guy has to have the demeanor of a big guy, and the reason naturally can't be that middle and lower officials can praise Geng Nanzhong at will, saying so blatantly and shamelessly.

Some said: Geng Xiang has just taken office, he is not yet familiar with government affairs, and taking over government affairs requires a familiar understanding process, and there is no carelessness in major state affairs, and there are no important matters that can be properly handled by the new right minister at the moment, but Liao has made this matter simple, and he can get started immediately without being familiar with it. Geng Xiang has no major incidents, and his identity is the most suitable, so he should be responsible for dealing with the Liao envoy.

.......

How could Geng Nanzhong take over such an unlucky errand,

Seeing that the emperor was gagged by the important ministers, and the unlucky errand was about to fall on his head, he was anxious, and quickly stood up and tried his best to be humble and admit that his talent was not good, how could he be able to be the bigwigs and important ministers who had been immersed in the government for a long time? It is said that Zhang Bangchang and others are capable people who have been tested when they were the emperor, and if they want to deal with the Liao envoys, they must naturally have the most capable old minister-level officials who have proven their abilities, and they are the most sure.

Just as the bosses say, the country's major affairs are careless. State affairs should not be neglected, let alone played.

The most important thing is that he Geng Nanzhong has just taken office to contact the government and politics, lacks diplomatic experience, and is a bare pole, does not understand the personnel of the various yamen, does not have a useful assistant under his subordinates, and does not know who should be used. If he can't afford to bear the crime, it's just his personal loss, and if he spoils the country's major affairs and causes disputes between the two countries, the Great Song Dynasty disaster, then there is no redemption......

In short, diplomacy is no trivial matter, so how can we take the risk of trying out a newcomer with no experience and no foundation in officialdom to take on such a major task that directly affects the safety and security of society?

Zhao Huan hurriedly nodded yes,

I wanted to take advantage of the situation to deny Geng Nanzhong as an unlucky egg, and even wanted to force the unlucky errand on Zhang Bangchang, the political minister he didn't like.

In the past, Zhang Bangchang despised his dull qualifications, and found out Zhao Ji's mind of wanting to change the favored Yun King Zhao Kai as the prince, and did everything possible to slander him and try to overthrow him on the crown prince, and also threatened the crown prince several times......

But the court situation is something that he and Geng Nanzhong can control.

Zhang Bangchang is also a scheming and shrewd old thief, and immediately noticed that the emperor's gloomy gaze was staring at him, and immediately guessed that Zhao Huan wanted to take the opportunity to take revenge on him, and immediately waved his sleeves and retorted to Geng Nanzhong with a heroic and bright heart: "Geng Xiang, don't be humble. When the national crisis is at hand, this is not the time to humbly retreat and show the virtues of a gentleman. You can be the teacher of the prince, and you can teach the prince to be a qualified emperor, which can be seen. Your talent has long been proven, and you have to be the right person to be a negotiator. ”

"As for the concerns and shortcomings you mentioned, it doesn't matter."

"You are not familiar with the personnel of the various yamen, and you have no suitable manpower under your command, so I will greatly assist you and other old ministers. With such a vital state matter, how can we and other important ministers of the court ignore and help? How loyal are all the people in the court? I won't sit idly by. Lord Geng, can't you trust your character? “

This last sentence is a powerful question.

No matter how arrogant and daring Geng Nanzhong is, he will never dare to question the character of the bigwigs in front of the court, and offend everyone at once, otherwise he will not be far from death.

But in fact, the conduct of these old thieves is indeed extremely unbearable, and it is precisely because of this that he will never dare to trust the thieves to help him kindly, but this can only be the words in the stomach, even if everyone present understands what is going on, but they can't say it.

You can't deny the quality of the ministers to shirk the errand.