The territorial dispute between the Western Xia and the Northern Song Dynasty can be said to have been a long time, the Northern Song Dynasty since the Taizu Emperor opened the country, unified the northern and southern countries, the Western Xia as a place of princes to divide the Hexi, Longyou counties, after the Northern Song Dynasty directly in charge of Xiazhou, the danger of its separatist strength, then in the Northern Song Dynasty Emperor Renzong Emperor unveiled the rod, the establishment of the country for Xia, because the country site in the west, so called the Western Xia. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoSince the founding of the Western Xia, it has fought with the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty for many years, seeking to survive in the gap between the great powers. During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, the Song army used troops against the Western Xia, known as the Xining Kaibian in history, it was the largest time that the Song Dynasty plundered the territory of the Western Xia, Emperor Zhezong ascended the throne, and then used troops against the Western Xia, and the soldiers approached Zhongxingfu, the capital of the Western Xia, which was the most critical for the survival of the Western Xia regime. Subsequently, Emperor Huizong ascended the throne, appointed Cai Jing Tong Guan and others, Cai Jing and Tong Guan invited merit, Tong Guan took charge of the west, fought with the Western Xia for many years, repeatedly defeated the Western Xia army, once approached the Lingzhou city near the left of the capital of the Western Xia Dynasty, and then due to the intervention of the Liao Dynasty, Song Huizong was forced to stop the army under the pressure of the Liao Dynasty, and promised the Western Xia to ask for peace, but the dispute between the two countries on the border never stopped.

It is said that Cai Jing and his party in the court lied that the Western Xia general Jin Wang Chage provoked Yanzhou Road on the grounds that Yuan Haotang of the Western Xia Dynasty assassinated Zhao Shu, and instigated Zhao Ji of Huizong to use troops against the Western Xia. And Huizong Zhao Ji was very pleased that he could create another immortal feat of Xining Kaibian.

Just when Huizong felt that he could make a contribution, a middle-aged minister with a beard in a purple uniform stood up and said, "Your Majesty, you must not make trouble!" As the saying goes: If you are outside, you must first settle inside, and if you are not tidy inside, you must be at ease outside? At the moment, the Jiangnan bandit Kou Fangla and others ransacked the granary, killed the officers and soldiers, and harmed the township. ”

"Zhang Yushi! This is a mistake, the use of troops against the Western Xia is really an immortal achievement, and these thieves and rogues in the south of the Yangtze River are nothing, not a big disaster, and now, the Western Xia uses troops against my Yanzhou Zhulu, the situation is critical, and time is not waiting! The minister implored His Majesty to send troops to take Western Xia directly! Another minister who echoed Cai Jing said to Huizong Zhao Ji after refuting the imperial history surnamed Zhang.

This time, after listening to Yushi's words, it seems that there is some reason, and now I began to hesitate a little. After all, civil strife is not a small matter, and the Tang Dynasty gradually went downhill because of civil strife, resulting in the tragedy of the division of the vassal kings and the Huangchao uprising. Civil strife rarely occurred in the Song Dynasty, so even if these things were as mediocre as Zhao Ji, they had to be dealt with carefully.

"Your Majesty! Before, our army conquered the Western Xia, repeatedly defeated the strong enemy, the Western Xia had no choice but to ask me for peace, and now, the Western Xia not only did not cherish this hard-won peace, but actually provoked me, must be prepared! If I use troops in the Western Xia this time to ignore the Jiangnan Liukou, and wait for a big disaster, my army will be inseparable in the Western Xia, and my Great Song Dynasty will fall into a situation where it is difficult to take care of the head and tail, and the enemy will be on the back of the abdomen. The ancestors and ancestors will fall into a precarious situation, please ask the emperor to think twice!! After the surname Zhang Yushi finished speaking, he knelt down and kowtowed to Song Huizong.

This sentence shook Song Huizong's determination to crusade against Western Xia, after all, it doesn't matter if he doesn't ask for merit, if he brings the Great Song Dynasty into the abyss of no return, then he will have no face to see his ancestors and ancestors when he dies.

"Your Majesty, since ancient times, the civil strife in pacifying the Liukou will be protracted and wasted, if the Fangla Liukou cannot be pacified in a short period of time, then after the Western Xia army seizes its lost territory in Hexi, the soldiers will be on the right side of the army, and the Central Plains will be looked at at the Central Plains, then I will be even more difficult to care about. Which is more important, we should first completely crusade against Western Xia, and then turn to exterminate Fang La, so that our Great Song Dynasty will be invincible with the momentum of a tiger standing on the dragon plate. ”

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In this way, the two factions of people are arguing to the death, the royal family next to them is bored and yawns and has been sleepy, while Zhao Shu is watching the two groups of people like a cockfight.

In later generations, Zhao Shu favored the Song Dynasty, and had seen a lot of relevant history books and film and television dramas, in his impression, during the reign of Emperor Huizong, since Tong Guan defeated the Western Xia, the Western Xia made peace with the Song Dynasty, and the Song and Xia countries were at peace with each other for a long time, at least in the era in which Zhao Shu lived, there was no war. But because he was greedy for Bianjing's popularity, he was assassinated by a Yuan Haotang who came out of nowhere, so that Cai Jing and others, who invited merit, found an excuse to send troops to Western Xia, and maybe history will change from here.

According to his later understanding of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia were at peace during this time period, and the Fangla rebel army that rose up later was also wiped out by the Song army in less than two years, and it was not as critical as the supervision of the imperial history Zhang said.

Anyway, from the perspective of future generations, Fang La and others gathered to revolt a year later, and before that, I didn't see how Zhao Ji sent troops to manage Jiangnan, and the Great Song Dynasty could still solve him, so why rush at this time?

"Enlighten the Emperor! This Hexi Longyou land since the Han and Tang Dynasties is my Han family, now for the Xia people to steal, the Xia people were originally my Song Dynasty courtiers, and then did not do the things of the ministers, fortunately thanks to the first emperor's forgiveness, did not exterminate it, but every year to bestow the year. And the ambition of the Xia people and wolves, if it is clearly revealed, do not think about retribution, Anbian defends the land, and repeatedly offends my Great Song Dynasty, which is unbearable, if this time does not completely eradicate the Xixia Li Clan, then he will come to commit in the future, then I will never have a peaceful day in the west, that is, the long pain is not as good as the short pain, and after my army will be flattened in the Western Xia, I will turn back and exterminate Fang La, my Great Song Dynasty will always enjoy a peaceful and prosperous era, and after that, no matter the Northern Liao Khitan or the Dongyi Jurchens will not dare to provoke my Great Song Dynasty, they will bow their heads and call their ears! It is said that within the four seas, it is not the king's land, the shore of the land, and the king's ministers!! When Cai Jing and Zhang Suo's party were arguing, inseparable, and dry-mouthed, Zhao Shu stood up from the royal team to give full play to his high school literary background and spoke to Huizong.

Cai Jing and Zhang Suo, dozens of civil and military officials, looked at Zhao Shu with dumbfounded eyes, they never thought that someone from the royal family would come to participate in the court dispute, in their eyes, these royal families are purely a group of uneducated wine bags, rice bags, and gentlemen.

At the same time, what should be even more surprised should be Huizong Zhao Ji, he knows that his fifth son Jian'an County King loves to read, but it is all dead reading, and the endorsement is powerful, but when he asks substantive questions, he is confused and dazed, and he has never had such an opinion today.

But Zhao Ji's heart was strengthened by Zhao Shu's words, my son and the prime minister both said that it was useful, and it would be too much for you officials to worry about the sky again.

Without waiting for the superintendent of the imperial history Zhang to reply, Zhao Ji decided to crusade against the Western Xia on the case, because he did not know much about the side affairs, so the Privy Council coordinated the study and arrangement of the crusade against the Western Xia, or by the previous battle of the river god Tong Guan led the troops, and praised Zhao Shu, and Cai Jing and others also threw a flattering look at Zhao Shu, Zhao Shu only felt goosebumps all over his body.

"Your Majesty! ...... Your Majesty! Please ...... three times" Zhang Suo shouted in front of the court, hoping that the emperor would be able to retract his fate.

Huizong waved his hand and motioned to stop talking.

Zhang saw that it was unrealistic to ask the emperor to take back his fate, so he could only glare at Zhao Shu angrily, and scolded secretly, traitor, this officialdom has a **** traitor like Cai Jing in the middle of the court, how can there be a minister like Zhao Shu in the royal family.

However, the prince standing at the front of the royal family, who was much more noble than the other princes, looked at Zhao Shu's expression and looked extremely complicated.

However, when Zhao Shu said those words, he actually regretted it, he wanted to be an idle cloud and wild crane, only enjoying the life of wives and concubines, spending the moon before and after, and children and grandchildren around his knees, and did not intend to interfere in the national politics of the Northern Song Dynasty, but he didn't expect that because of his appearance, everything would change around. is also helpless, he is Zhao Shu of later generations, not the fifth prince of Huizong, the king of Jian'an County, two completely different people, although they look the same and have the same name. Perhaps history has come to this point and deviated from its original trajectory because of the appearance of Zhao Shu.

Zhao Shu also looked at Cai Jing and the others with complicated expressions, feeling the different gazes cast by the county king, Cai Jing also turned his head sideways, and an inexplicable smile bloomed on the old treacherous and cunning dry face.

Huizong Zhao Ji looked down at these courtiers in front of him, he might be able to understand the cold war between them, but he really couldn't tell which were traitorous ministers and which were loyal ministers. He only felt that the courtiers who obeyed him were all available, although there were good medicines and bitter mouths in history, and the words of loyalty were contrary to the ear, but Zhao Ji still only wanted to appoint the courtiers who obeyed him, and only wanted to listen to the words of the courtiers close to him.

An hour and a half of the quarrel and conclusion in the court meeting made Zhao Ji feel bored and yawned, he felt that there should be no one more sleepy than him in the world now, he didn't know, there was still Zhao Shu standing in front of him who had only slept for about an hour a night.

"Something's up! Nothing to retreat from! "I have thoroughly seen the meaning of this emperor, and there is nothing that the hundreds of officials under the rank want to play, and the eunuch next to Huizong shouted out with great interest.

"Retreat from the !!" Without waiting for the hundred officials to reply, Zhao Ji couldn't wait to speak and left directly with the eunuch and the guards.

As soon as they heard this, the civil and military officials were also happy, and after shouting "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live", they dispersed one after another. And Zhao Shu was still standing there for a long time.

"Fifth brother's behavior today is very inappropriate!" Just when Zhao Shu was standing quietly alone in a daze, a prince who was wearing the same clothes as him and looked much younger than him suddenly said to him.

"I think so too, but what does the imperial brother mean by what he said is very inappropriate?" As if he had guessed the words of the prince, Zhao Shu returned.

"You only know how to read, how can you understand these things? You'll find out later! After that, he said goodbye to Zhao Shu.

"Brother Huang, stay here! Brother Wei has experienced a lot of things since he and his father visited Yaoshan in the south, and many things in the past can no longer be remembered, I don't know what the emperor's brother is called? I'm so sorry! ”

The prince was stunned for a moment, did not look back, but replied, "It doesn't matter! I am your ninth brother, Zhao Gou, the king of Guangping County! "Say that, and walk away.

Zhao Gou, Zhao Gou, Zhao Gou, Zhao Shu stood in place for a long time, this name is really familiar to him.