Yu Jing's blunt admission that it was a mistake for him to invite Jiaozhi people to help quell the rebellion, which made Zhong Hao a little moved, and his disgust suddenly disappeared. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In fact, Zhong Hao can also see that this old man is also a good official who is dedicated to the people, although there are indeed some common problems of Song civil officials in the treatment of military generals, but this old man's personal ethics still have nothing to say.

Although the Great Song Dynasty was scolded by later generations as poor and weak, after Zhong Hao came to the Great Song Dynasty, he really felt that the word "poor" really did not stand on the same level as the Great Song Dynasty. Whether it is the financial use of the national treasury or the life of the people, the Great Song Dynasty is far superior to any dynasty before the Great Song Dynasty. As for the later dynasties, in fact, they are far from being comparable to the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty. The New Year's coins given by the Great Song Dynasty to the Western Xia and Khitan were actually far from being anything compared to the financial use of the Great Song Dynasty treasury.

As for this "weakness", it is barely reasonable. The Great Song Dynasty was ruled by civilian officials, which doomed them to implement a policy of suppressing military generals, and also destined that the Great Song Dynasty would not pursue a policy of external expansion. Because in the process of external expansion, it is easy to cause the power of military generals to rise sharply, and it is a trend that the tail will not fall. Therefore, it is still very cost-effective for the Great Song Dynasty to spend the "half-in-the-middle" property for them in exchange for peace and war. It is not that civil officials are necessarily weak, because they have always practiced the benevolent government of the saints, and in the event of a war, no matter whether they win or lose, in fact, it is the people who suffer the most.

Yu Jing felt that spending some harmless money to buy Jiaozhi people to send troops to help pacify Nong Zhigao's starting point was actually very good, he was to reduce the casualties of the soldiers and civilians of the Great Song Dynasty. If you throw out the greedy nature of the Jiaozhi people and have no faith, if you are really the kind of mercenary who takes money and does things, Yu Jing's borrowing troops to quell the rebellion can actually be regarded as a benevolent policy.

As a civil official, Yu Jing has done a relatively good job, at least in terms of herdsmen. He genuinely thinks about the well-being of the people, which can be seen from the fact that the Yongzhou City he managed has regained its vitality in such a short period of time.

As for the military aspect of the army, I am afraid that he is really beyond his strength, and he really does not have the talent in that area, and there are indeed no available soldiers under him, so he will be forced to be helpless and come up with this strategy of borrowing troops to fight his toes.

Zhong Hao looked at Yu Jing and saw that this old man's hair was already a little gray, and his face was quite vicissitudes. For a person like Yu Jing, if you don't let him do something for the people, he really feels sorry for his share of wealth and herdsman skills, in the final analysis, his personal ethics are good.

Yu Jing looked at Zhong Hao at this time and said, "Wen Xuan, do you still have prejudices against the old man now?" ”

"Well, I have always admired Yu Xianggong a lot, and I have never had any prejudices!" Zhong Hao smiled.

"Hehe", Yu Jing also smiled, noncommittal to Zhong Hao's words, thinking that he had been in the sea for a long time, he could still easily see the change in Zhong Hao's expression.

Yu Jing didn't continue the topic, but went straight to the topic of shouting Zhong Hao today, and after a moment of silence, he spoke: "The old man asked you to come today, in fact, the most important thing is to ask you to bring a message to Di Hanchen, that is, if the official family asks him to be the privy envoy, don't accept it!" ”

Zhong Hao listened to Yu Jing's words and was about to speak, but Yu Jing waved his hand and continued: "The old man has no ill will towards Di Hanchen! Di Hanchen, as one of the few generals in the Great Song Dynasty who can still command the army to resist foreign aggression and pacify internal troubles, can be called the pillar of the Great Song Dynasty. But I'm afraid that those ministers in the court may not be able to tolerate him!

Di Hanchen's current official position is now a privy deputy envoy, such a great achievement, in fact, even if the official is promoted to one level, being this privy envoy is well deserved. But...... However, the position of the privy envoy of the Western Mansion, after Taizu, no warrior can touch it. The ministers of the imperial court now naturally felt that this privy envoy was the position of civil officials. Besides, even if Di Hanchen can be the position of privy envoy this time, I am afraid that he will not do anything, and those high-ranking officials such as privy deputy envoys in the Privy Council are all civil officials, if they don't listen to Di Hanchen's dispatch, he has no way, he can't instruct them at all!

And once Di Hanchen becomes the privy envoy, I am afraid that he will be bombarded indiscriminately by the civil officials and ministers of the court, and he will not give up if he is not taken down for a day. Therefore, the old man felt that even if the official family appointed Di Hanchen as a privy envoy this time, he would never accept it! This time, it's just the title and title awarded by the imperial court, I think it can make him extremely glorious, don't touch the hot potato of the privy envoy! ”

Zhong Hao listened to Yu Jing's words and couldn't help but be silent. Yu Jing is indeed very reasonable, and Zhong Hao, as a person in later generations, also knows what happened to Di Qing. Di Qing in history was indeed appointed as a privy envoy after the class returned to the court, but he didn't do anything to sit in this position, just a vain name, and those civil officials and privy deputy envoys were not at his mercy at all. And after Di Qing sat in the position of this privy envoy, he was soon played bad by the civil officials. It is the family's dog that gives birth to unicorn horns, and the family emits purple light for no reason, and auspicious clouds are shrouded, etc., many things made out of nothing have been used by civil officials as a weapon to impeach Di Qing, and in the end, Di Qing, the privy envoy, did not do it for long, and was forced to ask for a foreign appointment, and finally died depressed in the local area.

When it comes to fighting, Di Qing can throw off those civil officials for more than a dozen streets, but when it comes to playing with his heart and talking about officialdom, Di Qing is not the opponent of civil officials at all.

Zhong Hao was sure at this time that Yu Jing was out of good intentions and out of Di Qing's protection, so he said this. As a member of the civil official group, and he has a bit of a holiday with Di Qing, it is indeed not easy for him to say it so confidently! From this, it can also be seen that Yu Jing's personal ethics are indeed good, at least in many things, he is indeed dedicated to the public. Of course, it seems that when the handover was made that day, Di Qing's overtures probably also played a role.

Zhong Hao solemnly said to Yu Jing at the moment: "I must convey Yu Xianggong's meaning to Di Shuai in the future." If the official family really appoints Di Shuai as a privy envoy, he will definitely try his best to persuade him not to accept this position! ”

Yu Jing looked at Zhong Hao and was very pleased, it seemed that this prospective son-in-law of his old friend really understood his thoughts.

"Haha, since Wen Xuan and the old man's mustard has been lifted, then don't be so estranged. Speaking of the old man, he and your father-in-law also have a very personal relationship, and if you call Uncle Shi, you will not suffer! Yu Jing stroked his beard and smiled.

"Uh, Uncle Yu Shi, please bow to the boy!" Zhong Hao heard Yu Jing say this, and hurriedly saluted him. He is as good as a stream, and there is always no harm in appeasing high-ranking officials and building a good relationship with Yu Jing all the way.

"Haha, you kid, now you finally don't bother at Uncle Shi!" Yu Jing smiled heartily.

"Uncle Shi laughed, hasn't the kid always been pleasant!" Zhong Hao said embarrassedly.

"After the class teacher returns to the court this time, you shouldn't go back to the northwest immediately, right? Are you going to Tokyo for next year's scientific expedition? ”

"Uh, yes, the kid wants to take part in next year's hall lock test and try his luck!"

Yu Jing and old friends such as Fu Bi and Ouyang Xiu also often exchanged letters, and they had heard them mention Zhong Hao's poetic attainments, so he was still quite optimistic about Zhong Hao.

At that moment, Yu Jing smiled and said: "Don't be so modest, your level is to participate in the lock hall test, and if you want to stand out, there is still no problem." Hehe, remember that I got Tokyo, go visit Uncle Ouyang Yong, and bring a good picture for Uncle Yong for me! ”

Ouyang Xiu and Yu Jing are listed in the same list of "Four Famous Advice of Qingli", and their relationship is also very good. Now most of them, the gentlemen, have degraded out of Beijing, and Ouyang Xiu is one of the few gentlemen in Beijing. Yu Jing actually asked Zhong Hao to visit Ouyang Xiu, but with this Ouyang Xiu's care, some things in Tokyo are easier to do, how to say that Ouyang Xiu also has a lot of face in Tokyo.

"Well, the kid must bring greetings for Uncle Shi!"

For Ouyang Xiu, a generation of writers who is ranked among the "Eight Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties", Zhong Hao has also been admiring him for a long time. Speaking of which, Ouyang Xiu is also one of his three recommenders, Zhong Hao went to Tokyo, so he naturally wanted to visit, so he happily agreed to Yu Jing's request to bring a message.

Yu Jing chatted with Zhong Hao for a while, and talked about the recent Jiaozhi army that destroyed them against the Western Army.

"Haha, Di Hanchen led the Western Army to defeat Li De'an's 50,000 Jiaozhi Northern Border Soldiers to pieces, and captured countless prisoners, your Western Army is happy, but it makes it quite difficult for me to do it, old man! This Li Dezheng questioned Uncle Shi, saying that he sent a large army to help quell the rebellion, how could he be attacked by the Western army for no reason, and asked the old man for an explanation! Yu Jing seemed to be angry on his mouth, but he was smiling on his face, and he didn't mean too much disgust.

Zhong Hao saw that Yu Jing didn't have much resentment at the Western Army's defeat of the Jiaozhi Army, so he couldn't help but laugh and said, "How did Uncle Shi answer?" So is Li Dezheng just asking Uncle Shi for an explanation? Didn't ask for their captured Cochin soldiers! ”

The old man naturally replied that he didn't know anything about it, and besides, the old man also had Di Hanchen, who was in charge of the affairs of the two lakes and two Guangzhous, and the old man couldn't do anything. Di Hanchen issued a strict order to their Jiaozhi army, asking them to withdraw from the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, they did not leave, and they were destroyed by Di Hanchen, and naturally it had nothing to do with the old man!

As for the captured Jiaozhi soldiers, Li Dezheng naturally wanted to ask for them, but the nearly 30,000 Jiaozhi soldiers, the old man still had to be used as coolies to rebuild Lingnan, so it was naturally impossible to return them to him. The old man replied that he had not seen a single prisoner, and that perhaps after the Western Army defeated the Jiaozhi Army, there were no prisoners left, and it was estimated that they were destroyed and used to base the Jingguan. If he can't, he can open the Jingguan and count the bones! ”

"Uh...... Boy, uncle, your old man is ruthless enough! "This old man looks like he is compassionate and compassionate, and he is good enough to do things! Of course, Zhong Hao was completely convinced of Yu Jing's hand. The civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty are like him, and I am afraid that no foreign race will come to cause trouble. The so-called "way of forgiveness" is to be taught by the people in one's own country, and it is necessary to rely on the big stick policy for those foreign races. Dare to provoke my big song, the big stick sweeps. If you are still not satisfied, the stick is thickened, and you don't need to be polite.

"Hehe, in fact, the old man has no good impression of those Jiaozhi people, and at the beginning he planned to borrow troops from Jiaozhi to quell the rebellion, which was nothing more than spending some money to let them compete with Nong Zhigao and the two tigers!"

Zhong Hao smiled: "Haha, Uncle Shi is too exalted of them, Jiaozhi and Nong Zhigao are two dogs at best, so let them eat dogs!" ”

Yu Jing stroked his beard with one hand, looking dignified and serious, but with a smile on his mouth, Wen Xuan said: "Well, although the word 'dog eats dog' in Wen Xuan's mouth is a little vulgar and plain, it is very accurate when used here!" The word is used here, and it obviously better describes the situation! ”

Zhong Hao found out that this old man still has a humorous side, and he laughed out loud at the moment.

After laughing enough, Zhong Hao continued to ask: "Then such a big loss, Li Dezheng ate it so easily!" ”

Yu Jing said with a smile: "With an invincible hero like our Great Song Western Army, what can he do if he doesn't suffer this loss." However, he did send a very harshly worded letter to our imperial court, asking our Great Song Dynasty to give them an explanation of Jiaozhi Kingdom! ”

"How did the court reply?" Zhong Hao was really afraid that the imperial court would show weakness again this time, in a vain attempt to appease the Jiaozhi people.

After the imperial court received Li Dezheng's letter of state, it naturally asked the old man how to reply to this matter! The old man naturally said yes, there is the Jingguan of the Jiaozhi military base, those Jiaozhi people will definitely not dare to attack our Great Song Dynasty, if they dare to enter the Great Song Dynasty again, the Western Army will definitely build another Jingguan for them! The Jiaozhi people are some masters who bully the weak and are afraid of the hard, I am afraid that the Western Army will completely hurt them this time, and within ten years, I am afraid that they will not be able to recover their vitality, and they will not dare to easily deal with the Great Song Xingbing! This Li Dezheng is just verbally venting his anger! Therefore, the letter of state that the imperial court replied to Li Dezheng this time was very tough, and severely reprimanded the offensive behavior of the Jiaozhi State for invading our Great Song Dynasty for no reason, and asked Li Dezheng to explain in the letter, otherwise the Great Song Dynasty would not give up easily! ”

In the end, Yu Jing said with a smile: "This time, Li Dezheng is afraid that he will have to soften his book, and he will definitely not dare to stab!" ”

Zhong Hao also smiled and said: "The kid hopes that this Li Dezheng will stab again, and then our Western Army will take the opportunity to go to Jiaozhi Country to teach him a lesson." For many years since Taizong, the territory of my Great Song Dynasty has not increased, and the army has not wandered around other countries. The kid feels that this is not the norm of a big country, and the so-called big country is to constantly find the most delicious food from places outside his own land, and only in this way can he fatten himself, which is the so-called horse without night grass and no fat. The kid thinks this Cochin country is a good target for plunder! ”

Yu Jing smiled bitterly and said: "Your kid's ambition is not small, but the imperial court is afraid that the western army will not be allowed to start a war against Jiaozhi State easily, and I am afraid that Li Dezheng will not give us this opportunity, it is estimated that he will definitely be soft!" ”

"Alas, the kid knows, and it's just a casual talk."