Zhang Bin didn't care much about his children's personal affairs, because not long after he returned to the mansion, a palace attendant hurriedly came to the door and asked him to enter the palace immediately.

is still in the Chongzheng Palace, but it is not the Son of Heaven who takes the civil and military officials to discuss matters, but to discuss major matters with the important ministers of the two governments.

Such a scene, under normal circumstances, of course, Zhang Bin is not qualified to be among them.

But he behaved very brilliantly today when the Liao envoy Xiao Xi threatened the Great Song monarchs and ministers with the matter of peace with Western Xia, and a series of questions directly dispelled the fear caused by the Great Song Dynasty's peace with the Liaoxia monarchs.

In addition, Zhang Bin's performance in the past few months has been too amazing, so he was called by Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, to discuss state affairs with the ministers of the two governments.

Entering the palace and coming to the Chongzheng Palace, Zhang Bin hurriedly gave Zhao Ji a big salute, but the corner of his eye was already in the eyes of the Son of Heaven and the prime minister.

These people who were in control of the Great Song Dynasty, a giant ship that began to decay, all looked solemn, especially the face of the Son of Heaven Zhao Ji, who was covered with dark clouds, and he was really sad.

"Zhang Bin, I just received an urgent report from Zhending Mansion in the north, tens of thousands of Liao troops appeared at the border pass, and there was a beacon castle where all the hundred border soldiers were missing, no one alive, no corpse in the dead." Zhao Ji didn't wait for Zhang Bin to get up, so he couldn't wait to say.

Zhang Bin was slightly startled, and couldn't help gritting his teeth and scolding: "The Liao people deceive people too much. ”

Han Qi sighed: "There is news from the border pass, the Liao people explain that they are hunting tens of thousands of people, and one hundred border soldiers of my Great Song Dynasty are missing, and the Liao people do not admit that this matter has anything to do with them. ”

Zhang Bin thought for a while, but shook his head and said: "Han Xianggong, the lower officials thought that the Liao people would not admit this matter at this time, but in fact, there was no meaning. ”

Saying this, Zhang Bin thought that he would definitely admit it when the Liao people first founded the country, but they have been influenced by Chinese culture over the years, and they also regard themselves as the Celestial Empire, and they have begun to respect Confucian culture more or less, and the nobles have begun to imitate and learn the style of the Chinese aristocracy, so they have also begun to do these things such as taking off their pants and farting.

Wang Anshi nodded and said, "That's right, the Liao people also know that we know that they did it, and they are just coercing us to agree to Xiao Xi's rude request and want us to cede the land of Daibei." ”

Wen Yanbo said: "Your Majesty, the plan now is to immediately send Han Jiang to the north to sit at the border pass, and then let the minister negotiate with Na Xiaoxi, and the minister is confident that the Liao army can withdraw with just a few additional coins." ”

"No way!"

Wang Anshi and Zhang Bin spoke at the same time, things have come to this point, and it is naturally beneficial to the overall situation to send Han Jiang to the north, but let Wen Yanbo, an old man, negotiate with Xiao Xi, the result is actually doomed - it must be a loss of power and humiliation of the country!

Wang Anshi's face turned red with anger, and his tone was stern.

Zhang Bin has a low voice, but he already hates Wen Yanbo in his heart, it is an official like Wen Yanbo who is weak and incompetent, and he endures and seeks perfection again and again in the face of the northern jackal, which makes the jackal more arrogant and greedy.

Wang Anshi directly refuted it, but Zhang Bin even refuted it loudly, which made Wen Yanbo very unhappy, and said coldly: "Zhang Bin, you said no, then how do you say to let the Liao people retreat?" How can we dispel the Liao army's intention to go south. ”

Zhang Bin thought for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, if the Liao army really wants to go south, the army's actions will only be as secret and concealed as possible, and then suddenly attack our border pass and heavy village." Therefore, the minister thought that the Liao people never thought about the army going south, but just wanted to force us to cede the land of Daibei and increase the annual coin. Otherwise, I will kill it directly, how can I pretend to kill a hundred of our border soldiers, but I don't admit it, and I also sent Xiao Xi and Yelu Shiwu to Tokyo City to coerce my Great Song Dynasty. ”

"Zhang Bin, in your opinion, how should you deal with it?" Zhao Ji is a saint who wants to become the son of the Great Song Dynasty.

Therefore, unless he was forced to do so, he would never want to increase the annual coins and cede the land of Daibei.

Because this is an act of losing power and humiliating the country, he attaches great importance to the name behind him, but he doesn't want to be called an incompetent and faint monarch by future generations.

"Weichen doesn't know much about the military defense in the north, but it's still that sentence, the soldiers will block, the water will cover the earth, if the Liao army comes to fight us openly, it will naturally fight the past, if the people who killed us secretly do not admit it, we should treat them in the same way."

Zhang Bin's tone was flat, but there was an undoubted strength, and after Zhao Ji heard it, the solemn and worried look on his face seemed to fade a little.

But Wen Yanbo said sharply again: "Your Majesty, by all means, if you annoy the Liao army according to Zhang Bin's words, I am afraid that it will provoke the Liao army to move south, and the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Wen Yanbo's words suddenly made Zhao Ji's face cloudy again, Zhang Bin was extremely annoyed, and was about to argue on the basis of reason, Wang Anshi had already rushed in front of him, and said sharply: "Your Majesty, since the beginning of this year, the Western Army has won two great victories against the Western thieves. Now, it is not impossible for the Northern Army to defeat the Liao people, and even defeat, Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven of my Great Song Dynasty, if a battle is not fought, the Liao people send a messenger to threaten a little, and then cut the land to increase the year's coin, what is the difference between this and the unenlightened monarch. ”

When Zhao Ji heard this, his face suddenly turned red, his chest rose and fell sharply, and he said loudly: "How can I be a faint monarch without a way, I always have to fight with the Liao people." ”

"Good Wang Anshi." Zhang Bin secretly praised, "As soon as Wang Anshi said these words, it blocked the back road for Zhao Ji to directly agree to Xiao Xi's unreasonable request, at least he had to fight it." ”

Seeing that the Son of Heaven was excited by Wang Anshi, he directly made up his mind, Wen Yanbo wanted to speak and stopped, secretly hating.

He has sent two envoys to Liao, and his understanding of Liao is deeper than that of Wang Anshi and Han Qi, and their Wen family has a caravan to travel between the two countries, he specially arranged for someone to inquire about some news of Liao, Zhang Bin asked Xiao Xi and Yelu Shiwu yesterday, he knows more or less, in fact, he has expected that the Liao people do not want the army to go south, and the real purpose is not to cede the land of Daibei, but to increase the annual coin, so he took the initiative to apply to negotiate with Xiao Xi.

You must know that since the signing of the treaty of the Lanyuan Alliance, which was considered to be an immortal achievement from top to bottom, it can be regarded as setting the tone, as long as it is with its own strength, those who can increase the number of years to make the Liao army retreat will be considered to have made a great achievement.

Therefore, Wen Yanbo believes that this is a great opportunity for him to make great contributions.

"Your Majesty, even if it is a fight, you must have Han Jiang go to the north to sit in the town." Wen Yanbo lost the opportunity to make great achievements, and he was extremely unwilling in his heart, but he still had to fight on the basis of reason, at least to pull his mortal enemy Han Jiang down the stinky ditch.

Zhao Ji hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Spread my will, eight hundred miles to expedite the horse, and order Han Jiang to quickly go to Zhending Mansion to sit in town, and take full responsibility for the war against Liao in the north." In addition, the relevant documents of the Privy Council and the Government Council shall be served together and there shall be no error. ”

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