If it were Zhang Kegong and Zhang Shuye, Zhao Ji would not be able to stop them from talking. www.biquge.info It's a pity that Lao Cai is the one who cares about his official position the most here, and he loves Zhao Ji the most, so he can't twist with Zhao Ji, so he can only keep his mouth shut.

Zhao Ji sighed: "Actually, I am not reconciled. This time, I also heard some rumors and public opinion in Bianjing City through the channels of the Imperial City Division, and learned of Gao Fangping's decision in Western Xia. ”

After the ministers looked at each other, Cai Jing took the lead and said, "Then what do the officials think?" ”

Zhao Ji said: "Xiao Gao, he is homesick and tired. ”

As he spoke, Zhao Ji took out Gao Fangping's private letter to the emperor and said, "Everyone take a look and circulate it." ”

Zhang Kegong excitedly took it over and said, "The old minister came to read it." ”

Then he reads:

"It has been sixteen months since he was ordered to go out in the north 1 capital in danger, and the ministers led the troops to fight in the south and the north, and they really felt exhausted and overwhelmed. The birth of his son was not around, and the homesickness became more and more intense at this time. The minister's only war talent has been exhausted, Xiping Mansion is strong and tenacious, Xingqing Mansion still has the last strength of Western Xia that cannot be underestimated, and the minister has the responsibility of the official family and the trust of the Great Song Dynasty, and finally failed to hand over the answer sheet that everyone is looking forward to. Fortunately, the minister was not brave enough but more cautious, although he failed to effectively occupy a large area of the Western Xia country, but he did not hand over the official family to the minister's family to be defeated, the expeditionary force was not damaged much, and he barely got the Great Wall and the land of Sanzhou, in order to avoid excessive casualties and damage to the wisdom of the Great Song Dynasty Fuze and the official, the minister made an armistice intention according to the actual situation of the battlefield, and initially communicated with the Western Xia Chage. On the selected day, the envoys of Western Xia will enter Bianjing to negotiate peace with our Great Song Dynasty, and Cai Xiang and others will preside over the implementation of the specific rules, and they will definitely be able to get benefits for the official family and our Great Song Dynasty. As the person in charge of the battlefield of the actual commander and soldier in Western Xia, the minister Gao Fangping conducted on-the-spot investigations, gathered with the generals to investigate and study, and after weighing the situation left and right, he made suggestions to the court and the officials you are responsible for: It is not advisable to fight again, it is time to recuperate. ”

After listening to Gao Fangping's words, the big guys couldn't help but froze.

It sounds a bit problematic, but it's decent and in a weak position. The ideas in the letter can also be regarded as in line with the consistent thinking of the Great Song Dynasty of "accepting it when it is good, and not being angry".

Cai Jing twisted his beard, obviously feeling that Gao Fangping was deliberately low-key and deliberately giving up his interests. As a political old fox, of course Cai Jing knows better than anyone else, but once he really loses Xixia this time, what reward will he give him? Tao Jiefu hit Yinzhou at that time, and then returned to worship the privy envoy.

Cai Jing really smiled bitterly, and was satisfied with Gao Fangping's "general knowledge", but also worried that he was always too difficult to deal with. Now in this way, a situation has been formed in which he has great achievements and major mistakes, but he does not lose his troops. not only let the world know that he was brave and good at fighting, he was ordered to save the Great Song Dynasty in danger, and also successfully let his kid avoid the "political problem that the tail is not over". That's amazing.

Zhang Kegong was also dizzy for a while, he had never encountered such a difficult little traitor, and he was instigated to lose his power and humiliate the country. But the great thing is that he has the courage to admit his mistakes, he even blatantly admitted in a private message to the emperor that "his war talent has been exhausted", saying that Xiping Mansion is strong, saying that Xixia is still strong, and finally admitting that he is not brave enough to dare to kill and injure soldiers.

Generally speaking, the calf directly confessed to the emperor, and directly said that he was homesick and missed his son and didn't want to fight.

In this way, since he Gao Fangping directly admitted his mistakes and willfully expressed his mentality of picking on the child, he did not suffer major casualties, and he could be regarded as a great contribution to the dynasty. What else can Zhang Kegong say about this? Only a wry smile!

Zhao Ji twisted his short beard, and said helplessly: "I was also a little dissatisfied when I received the letter. But think about it carefully, it is a fact that Xiao Gaoqing's family is young and uncertain, he has been in the West, Shuibo, Jiangzhou, Daimyo's Mansion, Northwest, and now Xixia, and has been running for me and the imperial court, and the queen also feels sorry for him, and has advised me several times earlier not to let him run around and return to Beijing to recuperate. This is good, he can't help but pick the son first, but I have to agree to him. If Liu Yanqing Tao Jiefu said to me that he would not move, it would make me unacceptable. But Xiao Gao was originally a pampered son of a gentleman in the capital, and he has indeed been running around for all these years, and now he wants to pick a son if he wants to pick a son, can I still punish him for this? ”

The big guy was embarrassed for a while, this is where Pork Ping is powerful, and he really got the emperor's mentality that he was not angry and would let him go.

Especially before Zhao Tingzhi died of illness in office, and now there is an example of Tao Jiefu working half of his body in office, which was seized by Gao Fangping to take advantage of it, so he stared at the origin of the gentleman's son, and said at this time "I can't stand it when I'm tired", indeed, no one will really ask for more from him.

Otherwise, if you are really tired of another dynasty minister, the joke will be big.

After Uncle Zhang took the night and had a different interpretation.

Lao Zhang knows too well that kid's style of being a dead grass, and I heard that in the letter written to the emperor, he openly confessed that "I have communicated with Brother Cha, and the responsible advice is not suitable for fighting again", there must be a reason for Lao Zhang's interpretation, and it will never be understood by everyone that he released water after accepting bribes from Western Xia.

If he really received the money, he would never report in this direction, he would not mention it, and he would not use the words "responsible for recommending a cessation".

Thinking like this, in line with his understanding of his kid, Lao Zhang felt that there must be a follow-up, so he stopped talking about the stage, and said in the emperor's words: "That's the case...... The official family should let him go back to Beijing, because earlier the ministers had too high expectations of him and oppressed him too much. Indeed, Tao Jiefu did something like that in office, although Xiao Gao now has a willful behavior of picking a son, but it is really not appropriate to squeeze him, thinking about it like this, he wants to rest, homesick and miss his son, although it is hateful, it is not a big rebellion. Besides, he was ordered in danger and made great contributions to the country, although he failed to get greater benefits as expected, but he also gave us the opportunity to negotiate with Brother Cha. ”

"What Zhang Qing said is reasonable, that's what I mean, so let's do it." Zhao Ji sighed: "Although there are regrets this time, on the whole, his loyalty to the dynasty is no problem. When he was not brave but cautious, he also retained the family background of our Great Song Expeditionary Army, and there were no heavy casualties. Passing on my will, depending on the progress of the negotiations between the Zhongshu Sect and the Western Xia envoys, he could choose the opportunity to summon Gao Fangping to return to the court to report on his work. ”

In this way, the tone was set for the gentleman to take paid leave, and this time he did not punish the crime but did not reward him.

However, Cai Jing and Zhang Shuye were really fed up with his Son of Heaven Sword, and added together: "And Your Majesty, your prestige and power should not be abused, and the majesty of the court should not be blasphemed, and it is not appropriate to let him hold the Son of Heaven Sword, since the war has come to an end, he is about to return to the court to report on his work, and it is advisable to immediately take back the Son of Heaven Sword." ”

The Sword of Heaven is an expedient measure, and it will not be given to people for a long time, so this makes Zhao Ji a little embarrassed, and originally planned to take the initiative to submit it when he returns to the court, but he has no choice but to take it back now, which is a bit ugly. Zhao Ji finally agreed......

After Uncle Zhang left the middle hall at night, no one paid attention to it, took a team of people, and hurriedly drove to the embassy where Brother Cha was temporarily staying.

Hearing that Uncle Zhang came in person at night, Brother Cha came out to greet him in official clothes and asked for a crepe ceremony, but he saw Uncle Zhang waving his hand and said: "Prime Minister Li doesn't need to be polite, the old man is here for a formal consultation, but to ask you something in a private capacity." ”

"Please." Chago led him in.

After sitting down, Uncle Zhang said straight to the point: "What kind of cat is there between you and Gao Fangping, the sky in Bianjing is about to collapse now, let's let the old man know it quickly?" ”

Brother Cha said: "Speaking of which, Gao Fangping did release water to Western Xia. The first time I approached him, I reached an agreement verbally that the Song State would not formally occupy the Western Xia, nor would it forcibly destroy the Western Xia, including the Xia Prefecture now occupied by Liu Yanqing, which was the birthplace of the Western Xia, and could also be returned to the Western Xia. Gao Fangping said that the Great Song Dynasty only needs Shizhou, Longzhou, and Hongzhou. He didn't care about the livelihood of the people in these three states, and all he wanted was the completion of the Great Wall defense line. ”

Zhang Shuye thought about it, in terms of the current national strength of the Great Song Dynasty, Xiazhou is really dispensable, and it is also outside the Great Wall. As for the three states that Gao Fangping wanted, Tao Jiefu had repeatedly said earlier that they were the strategic areas that the Great Song Dynasty needed to ensure long-term peace and stability.

Uncle Zhang said: "Let's not talk about it here, tell me why he released water to you in Xixia when he has an advantage, and what are the benefits you give him?" ”

Cha Ge said: "He said that he has no right to give Western Xia policy, and everything needs to be negotiated in Bianjing." ”

Uncle Zhang smiled bitterly and said: "Don't talk about it, that's just an official statement, in fact, he is the one who holds the strength in Western Xia, and the alliance you reached with him privately under the city, it is difficult for the imperial court to effectively subvert it, everything is just a formality." Because the interests must be fought by the army. It's useless to give him an order now that he's already picked, he won't fight. If you change generals in battle, not only will you Chage be in the middle of it, but now that Tao Jiefu has retired due to illness, no one under his command can effectively control the group of ruffians under his command, so it will be in vain to change the commanders, on the contrary, it will be damaged by internal friction due to inefficient blind command. His kid is really crazy, and he saw all the political opportunities before he released water to you Xixia. ”

Brother Cha smiled: "He is really your protégé, or do you know him." ”

After taking a sip of tea, Brother Cha said again: "Since you are an understanding person, then I will also confess." Gao Fangping and I reached a tacit understanding, the current Song State does not have the ability to really destroy the Western Xia, the current internal contradictions faced by the Western Xia, as well as the shortage of food, he also admitted that he can not solve the welfare problem of these people, if he blindly draws blood from the Great Song Dynasty to appease, he is sorry for the inherent people of the Great Song Dynasty, if he does not care about the life or death of the Western Xia people, it is not in the interests of the new regime. ”

Of course, Zhang Shuye understands people's livelihood and government affairs, but he hasn't had time to think about it in this way, but this is the reason why he doesn't go all out to pull hatred and not destroy Xiping Mansion?