Gao Tao snuggled into his arms and asked: "You said yesterday that you want to build a special forces and a national security agency, I have already issued an order to the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Industry, and specially allocated money and land for you, and you can start to choose the site for construction and start to set up it." Tell me what is missing. ”

Du Wenhao said happily: "Great, I'll start this work as soon as I go back." Now, though, there is a more important thing to do. If we succeed, we can completely subdue the Western Xia without blood! ”

"Really?" Gao said happily, "What's the matter?" ”

Du Wenhao told Gao Tao what Cai Jing said just now, and finally said: "If this matter is true, let's unite with Emperor Xia Huizong and kill the Empress Dowager Liang, and the Western Xia problem can be completely solved!" ”

Gao Tao was pleasantly surprised, but he couldn't believe it, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Do you think this is true?" ”

Du Wenhao said: "I've been thinking about it just now, I think, what are the Xixia people doing with this mystery?" If he wants to make a fake peace talks, he can just send envoys to make a fake talk, and what good will it do them to sneak in contact with us? After thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't think of what the hell the Xixia people would do in it. In addition, a few years ago, Emperor Huizong had sent a general to contact our dynasty, and he was preparing to deal with the Empress Dowager Liang, and then the matter was revealed, and Emperor Huizong was imprisoned for several years, and now he has been reinstated, and he has not grasped the real power, he must be unwilling, and he wants to continue to unite us to deal with the Empress Dowager Liang, his purpose is obviously to use our strength to help him want to regain power, so, I don't think this matter should be fake. ”

"Will he take advantage of us and turn against us?"

"Hehe, we are not three-year-old children, if we want to help him, we naturally have to put forward conditions, you have to make an idea, that is, whether to ally with Emperor Xia Huizong, if so, what conditions should be opened?"

Gao Tao has lived in the palace for decades, never asked about political affairs, and now he is suddenly at the peak of power, he was already a little dazed, and now when he encounters such a big thing, he really doesn't know what to do for a while, he thought about it, looked at Du Wenhao and said, "What do you think?" ”

"Me? Taotao, this must be your idea, at least you have to take the idea of the first question, that is, do you want to form an alliance with Emperor Huizong of Western Xia to jointly deal with the Empress Dowager Liang? ”

Gao Tao smiled reluctantly: "I don't know, you said to help me, you can help me come up with ideas now!" ”

Du Wenhao said: "I think this can be said to be a good thing for us, if we do it well, we can earn Xixia and surrender without a fight!" What could be better than that? Even if we mess up, we don't have to lose anything big, and we don't have to take any big risks. This can be done! ”

"Well, what you say makes sense, just do what you say. I agreed! ”

"That's good! The second thing that asks you to make an idea is what conditions to make? ”

Gao Tao still said: "What do you think? ”

"I think the best thing is that he gives up being the emperor, or even the king, merging the Western Xia army into our army, and incorporating the Western Xia into my Great Song Dynasty! Of course, this condition is a little higher, and Emperor Xia Huizong may not agree. ”

"What then?"

Du Wenhao thought about it, and suddenly had an idea, and said: "I think, let's talk about the goal just now, it's really not good, the bottom line we can accept should be like this: we help him kill the Empress Dowager Liang, regain the real power, and make him the vassal king, the throne is hereditary, the entire territory of Western Xia, the implementation of complete autonomy, he exercises management power independently, the appointment of officials, the issuance of currency, the governance of the people, etc., the court does not ask, and the collection of taxes does not need to be handed over to the court, but there are two things, which must be controlled by the court, one is military power, all the troops in his territory, He can be given a certain number of royal guards, the number does not exceed ten thousand, and the rest of the army is all taken over by us and reorganized into the Song army. Our Great Song Dynasty sent troops into Western Xia to serve as military defense tasks. Second, the diplomatic power is returned to the imperial court, that is, to sign agreements with other countries such as the Great Liao, which can only be done by the imperial court, and the Western Xia government cannot come forward. It's called "One Country, Two Systems"! Hey hey"

Du Wenhao moved one country, two systems to the Song Dynasty to implement, and felt too creative, and he felt very proud in his heart.

Gao Tao nodded and said: "Of course this is good, but he may not be willing, he doesn't have an army in his hand, so don't let us deal with it?" He is also worried that his throne will not last long and will be deposed sooner or later! ”

Du Wenhao was stunned for a moment, thinking that this is true, this is really different from the situation of one country, two systems in Hong Kong. However, it is very similar to the situation in Taiwan, and after tilting my head and thinking about it, China proposed to negotiate with Taiwan on the matter of returning to the motherland, and I remember that the principle proposed is that only diplomatic power should be handed over to the central government, and Taiwan should retain administrative and judicial powers, and even allow Taiwan to retain its armed forces.

This is certain for the mainland; as long as Taiwan calls out its diplomatic power and realizes reunification, although it still has an army, if it wants to become independent in the future, the mainland will make a name for itself and directly abolish Taiwan's military administration, and the US devils will have no choice, and this is mainly based on the mainland's military strength, which is far greater than Taiwan's.

The difference between Western Xia and Taiwan is that the combat effectiveness of the Western Xia army is superior to that of the Great Song Dynasty. Once the Great Song Dynasty helped Emperor Xia Huizong regain real power, he turned his face and refused to admit it, and the Great Song Dynasty had nothing to do with him. Therefore, it is necessary to come up with a way to restrain the Western Xia, but also make the Emperor Huizong of the Western Xia feel at ease to a certain extent.

After thinking for a moment, Du Wenhao said: "Otherwise, he will be allowed to keep the army, but there is a limit on the number of people, and it must not exceed 100,000 people." At the same time, I will send troops in Western Xia, numbering no less than 150,000 men. This guarantees a numerical advantage. ”

"So what if the two sides fight?"

"This is also true, otherwise, let him cede Xuanhua Mansion and the land south of Liangzhou to me in the Great Song Dynasty. And as before, pay tribute to my Great Song Dynasty, and we will help him regain power. ”

Gao said curiously: "Are these two places important? ”

"It's very important that the Shandan Racecourse in Xuanhua Province is one of the best horse farms in the world. Moreover, it is located on the Hexi Corridor, which is the throat of the Western Regions, the geographical location is very important, and it is an important oasis in Western Xia, and animal husbandry is very developed. It's a big piece of fat, and for us, there is naturally no shortage of his oasis, but Shandan Racecourse is an indispensable and valuable place for us to build a strong army! It would be nice to be able to come over. ”

"Such a good place, he may not be willing to let it."

"He has a request for us, we helped him destroy the Empress Dowager Liang and regain power, this benefit is also quite large for him, to some extent may exceed the price of the land in the Hexi Corridor of Shandan Racecourse, after all, the Western Xia is very large, and the land we let him cede only accounts for less than one percent of the entire Western Xia, and there are many places where the Western Xia can raise horses, of course, the best one is Shandan, so Shandan is not a place that can never be given up to him. If we talk about it well, it is still more likely that he will cede this piece of land to us. Therefore, we need to take advantage of this opportunity to get the most benefits. ”

"Well, who to send?"

"This matter can't be expanded, the last time the Western Xia sent envoys to ally with us, it was our people who leaked the news to the Empress Dowager Liang, and as a result, they messed things up, and this time it will be revealed again, I'm afraid that the Empress Dowager Liang will be murderous, then it's a pity."

"Then ......, why don't you go and talk to the envoy. You know how to talk about it. ”

"Okay! With your authorization, I have the bottom. ”

The two made love for a while, and Du Wenhao left Gao Taotao's dormitory.

As soon as he left Funing Palace, he stopped the little eunuch in Yu Ge'er Palace at the door: "Xiao Dezi kowtowed to Du Zaizhi." After speaking, the little yellow door knelt down and kowtowed to Du Wenhao.

Du Wenhao said: "Get up and speak." ”

Xiao Dezi stood up, bowed down and said, "My mother is sick, let me wait here for Du Zaizhi." ”

Du Wenhao thought to himself, he was fine yesterday, could it be that he was drunk and lying on the ground and caught a cold? Although I don't want to see this Yu Pigeon, in the end, people are still the mother of the first emperor, and they are still waiting, so they can't make people feel that the first emperor is gone, and they will despise these girls. Then he said: "What disease does Yu Niangniang have, does it matter?" ”

Xiao Dezi: "Niang Niang said that she had a sore throat, hoarse at first, and then it was difficult to speak, last night I called the doctor of the Tai Hospital to see, took medicine, this morning not only did not get better, but it became more and more serious, to this time I can't even speak, and a dumb person is no different, Niang Niang also knows that Lord Du is busy, I don't want to bother, but I am sick and painful, this is ......"

Du Wenhao said: "That's it, I'm very busy, but Niangniang's body is important, I'll go with you to take a look." ”

Entering the palace gate and passing through the patio, the small yellow door actually led Du Wenhao straight to the back garden.

I saw a woman standing in front of a green potted plant and bowing her head slightly, as if she was sniffing the small flowers dotted in the potted plant, her complexion was beautiful and cold, her eyes were like a deep pool of black jade, and her white and delicate skin was like a carved jade. It is Yu Pigeon.

Du Wenhao thought to himself, although Yu Ge'er's appearance is not the most beautiful in the palace, it must be the most charming, just like the wind in spring, the ethereal soft waves, it is a scenery that people never get tired of.

"Weichen see Yu Niangniang." Du Wenhao stepped forward and walked up to the woman to salute.

Yu Ge'er raised up, with a smile in her eyes, and the corners of her mouth were slightly dimple, beckoning to Du Wenhao and motioning for him to sit down.

Du Wenhao found that she didn't say a word from beginning to end, and looked Yu Ge'er up and down, looking okay, but a little tired. asked, "What's wrong with the mother's throat?" I heard that I found a doctor, but I didn't get better at all, right? ”

Yu Ge'er smiled helplessly, shook her head, walked to the front of the case and wrote a few words on the paper and showed it to Du Wenhao, only to see that it was written: "It was like this last night, it's all your fault!" ”

Du Wenhao smiled bitterly: "How can you blame me?" What have you eaten to eat? ”

Yu Ge'er took out a prescription from his arms and gave it to Du Wenhao.

Du Wenhao looked at it and said, "I'll give you a pulse diagnosis." ”

Yu Ge'er put his hand on the pulse pillow, Du Wenhao raised his wrist to check the pulse, found that the pulse was thin, and then looked at the red tongue and the red cheeks, so he said: "Niangniang has been eating well recently?" ”

Xiao Dezi said on the side: "It's not good, not only is the diet not good, but the sleep is also very bad, and it is best to do no more than two shifts a night." ”

Du Wenhao asked again: "Is your temper good?" ”

Yu Ge'er was gloomy, Du Wenhao understood seven or eight points, and said: "Okay, I probably know it too, Niangniang doesn't have to worry, take a few medicines first, feel better, don't think too much, and there are no incurable stubborn diseases to recuperate." After speaking, he got up and walked to the bookcase, sat down, wrote a recipe and handed it to Xiao Dezi.

Du Wenhao: "Besides, you still need to give Niangniang acupuncture and moxibustion treatment, but considering the cheapness, forget it today, tomorrow Weichen will bring Grandma Sun from Tai Hospital to give you a needle." ”

Yu Ge'er couldn't speak, but he looked grateful, got up and wrote a few words on the paper, Du Wenhao looked at it, and saw that it said: "I know you're busy, so I'll keep you soon, thank you!" ”

Du Wenhao thought to himself, now this Yu Geer should be more mature, the carefree Yu Geer in the past has only been in this palace for less than two years, and he has not seen the slightest shadow of the past.

Du Wenhao walked out of Yu Ge'er's palace gate, and Xiao Dezi was sent to the door, and asked in a low voice: "Lord Zaizhi, Niangniang ......, will you never be able to speak?" ”

Du Wenhao shook his head: "Naturally not, but it's just that I've been sick for a long time, and I'm afraid that just taking medicine won't be effective, and the prescription prescribed by the doctor before used improper medicinal materials to make her illness not only not better, but more serious, acupuncture is just to relieve her symptoms and make her get better quickly." ”

"Lord Zaizhi, you are really amazing, if our family has your medical skills in this life, we should also be respected."

Du Wenhao smiled, patted Xiao Dezi on the shoulder, and said, "Everyone has their own strengths, and you are the same, you are loyal, this is good!"

As he spoke, Du Wenhao came to the palace gate. got on the war horse, shook the reins and walked slowly. After walking for a while, he grabbed the reins, turned around and asked Xu Huaqiang: "Tonight is Ke Yao's birthday, you say, what should I buy her?" ”

Xu Huaqiang thought for a while and said, "I heard the eldest lady say that she wants to buy an inkstone for Miss Ke Yao, and she has already gone to the study to read and read, Miss Ke Yao likes to read and write, and she probably likes this gift too." ”

Du Wenhao said in frustration: "Alas! They're all ahead of me, so let's go out on the street and see it first. ”

Xu Huaqiang said: "Okay." ”

The two then walked to the palace of the Queen Mother.

Two hours later, Du Wenhao and Xu Huaqiang walked out of the palace gate and went straight to Dongshi.

Most of the shops in this East Market are antiques, calligraphy, painting and jewelry stores, and Du Wenhao rarely buys things for women, most of them buy what they like, so I really feel a little embarrassed at this time.

Xu Huaqiang took the cheap escort team and followed Du Wenhao aimlessly on the street, first walking behind him and watching without speaking, and then seeing him strolling around one by one, seeing that he was about to reach the end of the street, he couldn't help but step forward and whispered: "Master, haven't you found a wishful gift for Miss Ke Yao?" ”

Du Wenhao spread his hands and put on a helpless look: "Do you still need to ask?" What do you say?"

"Why don't you send a precious jade?"

"Okay!" Du Wenhao said, the two of them said that they entered a jade shop, and the shopkeeper saw that the person who came was dressed well, and he must be a rich master, so he hurriedly stepped forward in person, and said with a smile: "This guest officer doesn't know what to buy?" ”

Du Wenhao walked to the cabinet and looked at it carefully, but he didn't know what to choose, Xu Huaqiang said on the side: "Our master wants to choose a birthday gift for his sister, and the shopkeeper will give it to the staff officer?" ”

The shopkeeper understood when he heard this, and said: "I see, I don't know what hobbies the guest officer's Ling Mei had in the past?" ”

Du Wenhao has not yet spoken, at this time a person came in from outside the door, the shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, Xu Huaqiang looked back and saw that it was the housekeeper of Kaifeng Mansion Yin, the person also saw at a glance that it was Du Wenhao, it was too late to talk to the shopkeeper, walked to Du Wenhao and knelt respectfully, Du Wenhao hurriedly stopped, the shopkeeper looked at it in his eyes, thinking that this person must be what kind of official, goodbye housekeeper's expression, this official is at least above the four products, and has opened a store in the capital for decades, what officials have not seen, but at such an age, But I couldn't see what kind of official position it should be, but I didn't dare to slack off when I thought about it. Who would have thought that this young handsome guy would be the ruler of the second grade of the imperial court!

The shopkeeper entered the inner room, took out a brocade box, invited Du Wenhao to sit aside, and let the guys serve the tea, and then carefully placed the box in front of Du Wenhao.

"Lord Du might as well take a look at this kind of thing, although it is not a rare thing, but it is also worth collecting and giving away, it is not only a relative, but it is also appropriate to send this grass people."

Xu Huaqiang opened the brocade box, only to see that there was a jade bracelet inside, the color was excellent, the white of the mutton fat showed a soft light in the bright place, Du Wenhao picked it up and stroked it with his hand, and then took it to the bright place to take a look, and the shopkeeper did not bother, only let Du Wenhao look at it carefully.

"Shopkeeper, I'm an illiterate person, I saw that you deliberately took it out of the inner room, it must not be a cheap thing." Du Wenhao looked at it, carefully put it back in the brocade box, and said to the shopkeeper with a smile.

The shopkeeper bowed down and smiled: "Lord Du naturally knows, the small one is the Hetian jade that was purchased from the Western Regions the day before yesterday, this kind of jade is the top grade of Hetian jade, also called mutton fat jade, and the small ones are not to mention, Lord Du understands it, if she likes to take it back and send it to Ling Mei, she is also happy to see it." ”

Du Wenhao really didn't have any research on jade, and he was annoyed that he didn't bring Pang Yuqin out to take a look, and when he hesitated, Xu Huaqiang whispered in his ear: "Master, the hour is not early." ”

Du Wenhao then asked: "That's it, since you said it was good, I will buy it back, how much?" ”

Shopkeeper: "It's a small honor for Master Du to come to the shop, and you can look at it." ”