Chapter 415: Convincing the Sect

Li Fu's decision to enter Beijing as a privy envoy did not affect Shi Bin and Zhao Kui for a long time, because there are more difficult problems to be solved, that is, to send someone to tell Wu Qian as soon as possible about Shi Bin's proposal to repay his body in his own way, and let Li Xu (Li Ergou), Liu Xiao and Yi Jun fully cooperate with him. ｗ?ｗｗ?． In order to make things go more smoothly, Shi Bin ordered Xu Feng to take his and Zhao Kui's handwritten letters to Wu Qian.

thought that with the face of him and Zhao Kui, Wu Qian should be able to accept this method that was not very regular, but the result was much more than Shi Bin expected, not only did Wu Qian himself not accept this method, but also warned Liu Xiao on Jingdong West Road and Li Xu and Yi Jun on Henan Road not to do the same, otherwise they would all be impeached. Because in his opinion, this is an unauthorized start of war and a conspiracy against it.

Shi Bin and Zhao Kui, who received this reply, were greatly disappointed, and suddenly felt that it was almost impossible to win back peace militarily. Li Zong would never anger the Yuan people for the sake of such a few small guerrillas, and would only let those ordinary people fend for themselves.

The life and death of a few people is indeed not important, but it is very terrible to lose the hearts and minds of the people. In particular, what is the point of regaining the lost land that is uninhabited and cannot be developed?

So Shi Bin and Zhao Kui had to get together again after work to discuss the way, all they could think of was that they had to win Li Fu's support, and they had to be able to cause damage to the Yuan people. After discussing these, the two of them were exhausted and didn't want to use their brains anymore, so they immediately went back to their respective homes to take a break and rest.

slept until midnight, a little more comfortable, and Zhao Gang came again. brought a news: Li Fu has arrived at the East City outside the ten miles shop, and will enter the city in another hour. Obviously, Zhao Gang came to ask Shi Bin if he wanted to meet with Li Fu now, so that he could probe his bottom and understand each other. He was tired for a day, Shi Bin thought that Li Fu's car was also very tired, so he did not agree with Zhao Gang's opinion to harass Li Fu at this time. So as not to arouse Li Fu's disgust and make things worse, as long as Zhao Gang sent someone to keep an eye on the inn where Li Fu stayed.

Zhao Kui also made the same decision when he received the news, and planned to go to the ministry to see Li Fu the next day.

However, this decision can be described as 'a thousand miles away', and Li Zong sent someone to lead Li Fu into the palace less than a quarter of an hour after he sat down. By the time Shi Bin and Zhao Kui knew the news, Li Fu had already entered the palace for nearly half an hour. The two of them had to take three steps and two steps and rush into the palace. Just ask for a small amount of influence on Li Fu for a short time, so that Li Fu can adhere to the bottom line of peace talks while fighting, and don't blindly seek peace.

Who knew that Li Zong made a bad move, Shi Bin and Zhao Kui arrived outside the emperor's study, but were stopped by Dong Songchen and were not allowed to enter. Because Li Zong's dictation is to summon Li Fu first, and then see Shi Bin and Zhao Kui.

Zhao Kui was a safe and cautious minister, so even if he was anxious, he didn't dare to resist the decree and rush into Li Zong's study, let alone make a loud noise in the palace, and he was deflated after a while. Shi Bin didn't pay so much attention to it, the matter was urgent, he would never allow this kind of thing to lose the good situation that Da Song and himself was rare now, so he roared loudly: "Li Fu, you can't be a traitor who bends his knees and begs for peace, and let the emperor be criticized by the world!" ”

Li Fu in the study was lonely, almost about to compromise and agree to Li Zong's only peace talks and not soldiers, and now Shi Bin, who is not afraid of the voice of the main battle faction, Li Fu immediately came to the spirit, made it clear that he did not agree with Li Zong's attitude, and asked Li Zong to put people outside the door in, discuss this issue together.

Li Zong didn't expect Shi Bin to be so lawless and dare to make noise in the palace, and Li Fu would suddenly change his attitude and ask him to call the people outside the door in, which really caught Li Zong off guard. Although he wanted to refuse Li Fu's request and tore Shi Bin alive, in order to win his support, Li Zong had to put on a humble appearance and let Shi Bin and Zhao Kui in.

"Shi Bin, are you guilty?" Ritsune asked viciously.

"Sin? Wechen didn't know. Shi Bin said confidently, "Weichen only knows that I am not guilty, especially the voice outside the door is even more meritorious." ”

Unexpectedly, Shi Bin had no concept of respect and inferiority, and Li Zong was so angry that he gritted his teeth and hated to ask Dong Songchen to drag him into the prison on the spot. But this was impossible, so Li Zong had to endure the unhappiness in his heart and said: "Shi Bin, you said that you are not guilty, and making noise in the palace is a big crime, and where is the merit?" ”

"Your Majesty, the merit of the micro-ministers is to risk death to make noise in the big house."

"Fart!" Li Zong burst into foul language, "Dong Songchen, blast this rebel out of the palace for me!" ”

Li Fu and Zhao Kui came out at the same time to help Shi Bin relieve the siege, and asked Li Zong to listen to Shi Bin's words and then bombard him before it was too late. It was not good to deny the opinions of the two important ministers at the same time, so Li Zong had to agree to listen to Shi Bin's words before bombarding Shi Bin out of the palace.

"Thank you, two adults, thank you, Your Majesty." Shi Bin said very 'sincerely', "Your Majesty, I believe you have received a request for help from Lord Wu Qian, right?" ”

Li Zong hummed heavily, and then asked Shi Bin what he was doing with this.

"Your Majesty, Lord Zhao and I came here because I was afraid that the emperor would only want to talk about peace because of this trouble, and once the Yuan people succeeded, our Great Song Dynasty would suffer again."

"Soldiers, murder weapons. Of course, it is better to use fewer knives. Li Zong also said confidently.

"Your Majesty. It would be good if they could really talk to the Yuan people, but their wolf ambitions are well known, they not only want my Great Song money, but also want to destroy my Great Song Dynasty. May I ask your majesty, even if the peace talks are successful, how many years can this peace last? Shi Bin asked without any scruples.

"Your Majesty, Lord Shi is right. It is true that you can't just want to negotiate, you must have some counterattacks against the Yuanren, otherwise it will ruin this hard-won good situation. Zhao Kui immediately seconded.

Seeing this, Li Fu also thought that Shi Bin was right, saying that he should not blindly seek peace, and there should be a counterattack, but he emphasized that he should think more about how to fight back, and not start the war lightly.

The phrase "don't start the war lightly" is Li Zong's favorite, and immediately gave Li Fu an appreciative look.

But Li Fu seemed to turn a blind eye, and said to himself: "But what Weichen said is not to start a full-scale war lightly, not to resist, and if necessary, to cross the Yellow River or recover Shaanxi." ”

These words disappointed Li Zong, it turned out that Li Fu's thoughts were the same as Shi Bin and Zhao Kui. Now it is useless to summon Uncle Xie Fang into the palace to discuss, three of the four important ministers advocate to talk while fighting, and it doesn't matter whether there is Uncle Xie Fang or not.

regretted how he let Li Fu serve as a privy envoy in the first place, too confused. It is useless to regret it, so we can only think of other ways to adhere to the principle of peace talks.

Soon Li Zong seized a loophole in Li Fu's words, and said with a strange smile: "Li Aiqing means to talk while fighting but not to start a full-scale war, so may I ask Li Aiqing, what can you do to ensure that the Yuan people will not launch a full-scale war?" You must know that the national strength of our Great Song Dynasty is not as good as before, and if we launch another large-scale war, it will greatly damage our vitality, and it is better to strive for a few years of peace to restore our national strength. ”

I have to say that what Li Zong said also makes sense, but everyone knows that he is looking for an excuse to prevent the war with the Yuan people.

When Shi Bin couldn't help but scold Li Zong for being cowardly and incompetent, Zhao Kui spoke first and said with certainty: "Your Majesty, Weichen has a way to make the Yuan people dare not start a full-scale war. ”

"Don't dare? Zhao Aiqing, you have always been steady, why did you say such frivolous words today? Rizume asked.

"Your Majesty, it's not that the ministers are stupid, but there is indeed a way to do it."

"Tell me about it." Zhao Kui is an old minister, since this is the case, Li Zong still wants him to finish.

"Yes. The current Yuan people are in internal and external difficulties. The anti-king of Wokotai has not been exterminated so far, and the several southern invasions of the Yuan Dynasty have all ended in failure. Now that the undercurrent of the Yuan people is surging, Meng Ge's throne is already very unstable. That's why he came up with this unpopular method to show his military ability again, hoping to rebuild the morale of the Yuan people's military spirit. Therefore, we must prevent Möngke's plot from succeeding, and the old minister's solution is to send men to unite Möngke's hostile forces, promising enough benefits to keep them from supporting the war. In this way, as long as Möngke still has some brains, he will never dare to start a full-scale war. ”

"Zhao Aiqing, your idea is good. But once the war starts, the interests of the Yuan people will be damaged, how can they accept peace talks while being beaten with their pride? ”

"Your Majesty, what Lord Zhao said is absolutely feasible." Li Fu suddenly spoke, looking very excited, "The Yuan people are a tribal alliance, and the strong are respected. If Meng Ge's strength is weakened, it is normal for him to be ousted. And who wouldn't want to be on that throne? Therefore, as long as we make an agreement with those opponents of Meng Ge and never infringe on their interests, everything will work. Meng Ge must be bitter, he can only pinch his nose and admit it, not only does he not dare to start a full-scale war, but he will only become more difficult at home and abroad. ”

It must be admitted that what Zhao Kui and Li Fu said was very correct, and it also aroused the enthusiasm of Li Zong. "What do you three mean to talk while fighting?"

Shi Bin, Zhao Kui and Li Fu immediately said in unison: "Yes, the emperor"

When things came to this point, Li Zong knew that it was irreparable, so he could only ask: "Now the urgent need is those Yuanren cavalry active in Henan and Jingdong Road, how do you think it is appropriate?" ”

This question was discussed by Shi Bin and Zhao Kui a long time ago, Zhao Kui has already said a lot, and Li Fu didn't think of a good way, so Shi Bin stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that it is most appropriate to repay his body in his own way." ”

Of course, he understood the meaning of Shi Bin's words, and Zhao Kui gave Li Zong a reassuring pill that naturally he was no longer so resistant to Shi Bin's proposal, so he asked, "Shi Bin, do you mean to let me also send someone to harass the Yuan people?" ”

"Exactly. However, only those tribes who support Möngke will be harassed, and Möngke's hostile forces will still have to be wooed. ”

This method made Li Zong more satisfied, but a very real problem arose: who to send as this envoy, and who to send to make trouble on the territory of the Yuanren? These things will never be possible without enough wisdom and courage.

As if knowing what Li Zong was worried about, Li Fu said: "Minister Li Fu is willing to serve as this envoy for the emperor and privately make friends with Meng Ge's enemies in the Yuan people." ”

Li Fu? I hated Li Fu for not knowing what to do, but now he is willing to take the initiative to leave Lin'an, and he is capable enough, Li Zong is naturally happy, and immediately agreed to Li Fu's self-recommendation.

Since Li Fu recommended himself, Shi Bin also came to recommend himself. He expressed his willingness to lead a thousand elite cavalry north to exterminate the Yuan guerrillas and raid the territory of the Yuan people.

Objectively speaking, Shi Bin is the most suitable person to do this, but Li Zong will never allow Shi Bin to make new contributions, and it is not good to have high merits. So he rejected his self-recommendation on the grounds that Shi Bin wanted to help Zhao Kui preside over the overall situation in the court.

Shi Bin can't do it, his family is naturally not good, and Lu Wende is not suitable for him to be powerful now, so Li Zong proposed a candidate Wang Lixin who was very surprising to everyone.

He didn't plan that Li Zong would agree to his Mao Sui's self-recommendation, so Shi Bin was not angry at all, but was happy that Li Zong could choose a capable minister like Wang Lixin. Immediately agreed with Zhao Kui and Li Fu to Li Zong's proposal.