Wang Yi and Li Shao were naturally happy to get the Buddha beads, but they had a thought in their hearts: Will Shi Bin also give Chen Yan and Li Tingzhi who just came a string of Buddha beads?

In ordinary people, it must be a bit childish to think like this, but not here, because the Buddhist beads given by Shi Bin have great symbolic meaning, symbolizing that Shi Bin cares about them very much. So the two of them sounded from the side. The result they got naturally satisfied - Shi Bin did not send Li Tingzhi and Chen Yan Buddha beads. In this way, the relationship between Wang Yi and Li Shao and Li Tingzhi and Chen Yan was even more relaxed.

With such a 'small cabinet', Shi Bin finally felt a lot more relaxed, not because of anything else, but because of Li Tingzhi and Chen Yan, two people who dared to put forward almost diametrically opposed opinions. After the heated discussion of the four people, the conclusion reached was not insufficient, and only Shi Bin needed to make additions and make a final decision.

This naturally made Shi Bin refreshed again, no longer so languid and listless.

"King Chu, the slave family has seen that you are in good spirits these days." During a walk with Shi Bin one day, Jia Ling teased.

"King Chu? Xiaoling, you really make fun of me, I don't want to be the king of Chu, if you want to be the king of Chu, I will let you be. Of course, the spirit is good, but as for why it's good, it's not thanks to you and Shih Tzu? ”

Sai Xishi, who was following aside, was naturally full of joy when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "It's good that the husband remembers us, and the concubine is content." But in fact, it is my sister who has contributed the most. If it weren't for the two strings of Buddhist beads she sent, I'm afraid Wang Yi and the four of them would not be so harmonious. Husband, not only will you not be so carefree, I'm afraid you'll have to worry for a while. ”

This is the truth, Shi Bin immediately threw a grateful smile to Jia Ling when he thought of this, and Jia Ling also returned a gentle smile. Sai Xi Shi was not jealous when he saw this, but covered his mouth and smiled on the side. Obviously, I was surprised by this, and felt that they were too naïve, and the old husband and wife were still tender when they came.

At this moment, an inappropriate voice sounded: "Lord Wang, I have something to tell you." ”

Xu Feng's words interrupted the warmth that had finally appeared, Shi Bin was very unhappy, and said coldly: "What's the matter?" Don't know if I have something to do with the two ladies? ”

"Lord Wang, the matter is urgent, and I have to be disturbed by my humble duties."

Knowing that Xu Feng would not be so ignorant, he said that if the matter is urgent, then it must be very urgent. Shi Bin had no choice but to calm his anger and ordered Xu Feng to say what was so urgent.

"Lord Wang, last year, the heavy snow in the north froze countless cattle and sheep to death, and people from the border said that now many Yuan people have taken refuge in my Great Song Dynasty, and they do not obey the control and bring a lot of trouble to various places."

Heavy snow at the end of last year? That was the heavy snow at the end of the ninth year of Xianchun (1273). It is now the second month of the 10th year of Xianchun (1274), and it will indeed be troublesome to deal with refugees. Shi Bin had no choice but to stop lingering and asked solemnly: "Is there an official document on this matter?" ”

Obviously ready, as soon as Shi Bin's voice fell, Xu Feng took out a well-painted official document from his sleeve. Xu Feng also explained: "Lord Wang, some of the specific contents were told to me by the messenger himself, in order to ask you to give instructions quickly. He said local officials might not be able to hold out for long. ”

"Well, don't worry, you know that these things are very important, and you are also a competent staff officer of mine, a rare brainstorm."

"Thank you for your appreciation and compliment." After Shi Bin finished speaking, he stepped aside and stopped making a sound.

After opening the official document and reading it twice, Shi Bin knew the seriousness of the matter. Since November last year, some Yuan people have fled into the Song Dynasty, because the relationship between the Song and Yuan Dynasty is good now, so local officials are willing to accept these cheap laborers, as long as they live in peace.

The problem is that the heavy snowfall was a catastrophe, freezing countless cattle and sheep to death, and displacing more than 100,000 people. As soon as the Yuan people heard that the Song people had a way to live, they immediately rushed over, which made several state capitals in the north immediately become a pot of porridge and had to ask Lin'an for help.

"It seems that this good person is really not easy to do." Shi Bin smiled bitterly.

"What the prince said is very true. A few Zhizhou lords did bad things with good intentions and made the situation there worse, but they also asked the prince not to punish them for the time being. ”

"It's rare for them to have compassion, and now is the time to use people, how can I belittle them? However, this crime still has to be remembered, and we will talk about it after the specific punishment. Shi Bin said, "Go and call Wang Yi, Li Shao, Li Tingzhi and Chen Yan." ”

Soon, the four of them came to Shifu and entered Shi Bin's study, and the first 'small cabinet meeting' began.

"Adults, Xu Feng should tell you all about the situation, right?"

"Back to the prince, Lord Xu has already told us the ins and outs of the matter." Wang Yi, the governor of the council, was the first to answer. The other three nodded their heads in clarity.

"What to do? It's not a very easy thing to do. The widow wants to save them, but he is afraid to rescue them. ”

"Why is the prince so contradictory?" Li Shao asked puzzledly, "If the prince wants to save it, just send someone to tell Brother Ali what we think." If you don't want to save it, you just need to send an army to drive those Yuan people out of our country and give Ali Buge an explanation. ”

"Master Li, I'm afraid things are not as easy as you think. Have you forgotten the saying, 'People go to high places, and water flows to low places'? Li Tingzhi said.

"Master Li, what do you mean by that?" Li Shao asked rhetorically with some dissatisfaction.

"Please don't be annoyed, Lord Li, I mean that the prince is probably afraid that if he saves those Yuan people, they won't leave." Li Tingzhi explained.

"Brother Tingzhi is reasonable, the so-called 'non-our race will have different hearts'. I'm afraid that after the Yuan people are rescued, they won't leave, which is not only not conducive to my Great Song, but will bring a lot of trouble to my Great Song. Chen Yan continued.

In fact, Shi Bin didn't think about it so much, he just considered whether it was worth saving this group of fleeing Yuan people from the perspective of an ordinary person. How many horses can these Yuan people help him feed and how many cavalry they can train.

Of course, Shi Bin couldn't say all this, and it seemed that he was such a philistine thinking about the problem as a prince, so he had to pretend to be profound: "That's true, otherwise the widow would have given an order a long time ago." ”

"May I ask you, Lord Wang, are you planning to rescue them or drive them away?" Wang Yi asked.

Knowing that Wang Yi wanted him to give a clearer attitude, Shi Bin had to say with some embarrassment: "Rescue, and it's best to stay." ”

This answer did not surprise Wang Yi and Li Shao, but it greatly surprised Li Tingzhi and Chen Yan. In their opinion, it is already a great loss to save thousands of Yuan people, and if they are still left, they are holding a barrel of explosives, and if they are not careful, they will seriously injure themselves.

"Lord Wang, how can you want to leave these uncivilized Yuan people? Not to mention anything else, you can't explain it clearly to Ali Buge. He'll think you're digging into his corner, trying to make enemies of him. Chen Yan immediately said anxiously.

That tone was obviously very opposed to Shi Bin leaving the Yuan people, but thought that even if Shi Bin wanted to save them, he should drive them away after saving them.

"Lord Wang, Xia Guan and Lord Chen have the same opinion. You can save those Yuan people, but you must not leave them behind, which will cause me big trouble in the Great Song. Li Tingzhi also said anxiously.

It must be said that Li Tingzhi and Chen Yan's words are very reasonable, but they do not fit Shi Bin's meaning. Wang Yi and Li Shao were obviously shaken by the statements of these two people, and they did not intend to support Shi Bin, nor did they want to offend Shi Bin, so they chose to remain silent.

This time, such an embarrassing situation in the 'small cabinet meeting' made Shi Bin regret it very much, and secretly scolded himself for asking for trouble and calling two such stubborn people to come in. If there were only Wang Yi and Li Shao, it would be easy to reach a compromise.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Xu Feng immediately turned around and went out of the study to ask for help. Not long after, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi came.

Seeing the two supporters, Shi Bin was very happy and smiled deliberately: "Xiaoling, Xi Shi, why are you here?" ”

"Naturally, I came to see your cabinet meeting?" Jia Ling smiled, "I heard that you are talking about the Yuanren refugees?" ”

"Yes, Princess." Wang Yi said, "Xiaguan and Wang Ye mainly had a disagreement on whether to keep them after saving those refugees. The prince wanted to leave them to contribute to my Great Song Dynasty, but Li Tingzhi and Chen Yan resolutely disagreed, and Xiaguan and Li Shao were a little undecided. Now that the princess and the side concubine are here, things should be able to come to an end. ”

"You can't say that, without you, the King of Chu can't do anything. Well, without further ado, I just want to ask the King of Chu one question: Do you and Da Yuan want to continue to maintain peace in the Song and Yuan dynasties or do you want to restore the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties? ”

Jia Ling's words woke up Shi Bin, Wang Yi and Li Shao, but Li Tingzhi and Chen Yan were taken aback, and they didn't come back to their senses for a long time.

The implication of this sentence is very clear, he is asking Shi Bin whether he wants to let go of his private brotherhood to fulfill his dream, or to lend a hand for free in order to take into account brotherhood.

This is a difficult question to answer. What Shi Bin wants most is to let the Great Song Dynasty reappear in the prosperous Han and Tang dynasties, but he doesn't want to turn his back on the brotherhood with Ali Buge. Shi Bin has always talked about faithfulness, but he can't talk about faithfulness in politics, which makes him very painful.

With Jia Ling's words, the situation in the study changed instantly. Li Tingzhi said very solemnly: "Lord Wang, the lower officials know that you and Emperor Yuanren have married Jinlan, but please don't lose a big one because of a small one." ”

"Indeed, please don't lose a big one because of a small one. The Yuan people have never had any faith, why don't we just destroy them and eliminate the troubles of our henchmen? Chen Yan said more directly.

Although Wang Yi and Li Shao said it less obviously, they also said that Chen Yan's opinion could be considered.

"You want me to be so treacherous?" Before a few people could finish speaking, Shi Bin roared angrily: "No need to say it again, never!" ”

Seeing that Shi Bin was so angry, the six people, including Jia Ling and Sai Xishi, immediately kept silent, and Chen Yan and Li Tingzhi, who advocated falling into the well, were even more silent.

Naturally, he couldn't continue to be so willful, Shi Bin finally sighed and said: "Forget it, you are reasonable, you can't lose big because of a small thing, and you can't spoil the big interests of the whole country because of my small righteousness." But I still don't want to fall into the trap, do you have any compromises? ”

"Lord Wang, the lower officials think that they should do what the prince himself thinks." Wang Yi said after hesitating.

Do what you want? 'Draw salary from the bottom of the kettle', the word suddenly flashed in Shi Bin's mind. I only wanted to leave the herdsmen to raise horses and train cavalry for myself, but I didn't notice that by doing so, I was actually hollowing out the foundation of Dayuan.

However, this time Shi Bin planned to pretend to be confused, and finally ordered to send 10,000 elite troops to bring 5,000 stone of grain and enough civilian goods to Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures to help the victims.