In the winter of the first year of Xuan of the Northern Song Dynasty, following the fiasco of Tong Guan's westward expedition on the order of Song Huizong, Zhenwu was besieged, and after the important towns of Jingzhao Mansion and Luoyang Mansion in Xijing were in danger, He Guan, the assassin of Weizhou in the Song Dynasty, led the army to raid the army of Chage in the Western Xia, and achieved a great victory in Zhenwu, since then, the Song army and the Western Xia army have carried out a difficult confrontation on the east and west banks of the Yellow River. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The crisis of internal and external troubles in the Song Dynasty has been lifted, the great victory of Zhenwu came, and the Great Song Dynasty was excited, some said that they would take advantage of the victory to pursue and completely eradicate the trouble in the northwest, some said that they would take the opportunity to recover the territory of Xining Kaibian, and some said that they would transfer the main force of the Western Army to the south to clear Liangshan and Fangla.

So much so that although Song Huizong's study was only a courtier of Cai Jing and his party, it seemed that there was infighting, and Cai Jing was their leader, and considering the relationship between Zhao Shu, Cai Jing only felt that one head was two big at the moment, and he didn't know what to do, so he had to stare at Zhao Shu with big eyes.

And Song Huizong was also happily watching the excitement in front of his dragon case, anyway, the war in the west has stabilized a little, what is he anxious about.

However, for Zhao Shu, the Western Army's rash counterattack on Western Xia or the southward crusade against Liangshan and Fangla were extremely unfavorable to Zhao Shu.

The Western Army is the most elite army in the Northern Song Dynasty, and its combat ability is even feared by the Jin Army during the total victory period, and it is naturally not difficult to pacify Liangshan Fangla, but in this way, the Song Jiang brothers in Liangshan will be completely wiped out by the Western Army, and they will lose the opportunity to take Mingyue out of the palace to master the army, so the Jingkang Rebellion after seven years that they are familiar with is undoubtedly a catastrophe for themselves.

At this time, although He Guan won the victory of Zhenwu in Zhenwu, but as mentioned above, the Song army rushed to the west, the famous general of the Western Army Liu Fa was killed, and the Western Army lost troops and suffered heavy losses. If the last bit of elite of the Northern Song Dynasty is exhausted because of this, I am afraid that not only the Western Xia will enter the Central Plains, but also the Liao State in the north will not beat the opportunity of the water dogs, and at this time, I am afraid that the Jingkang Rebellion will break out seven years early.

"What do you mean by this, Your Highness? The crisis of the war in the west has not been completely resolved? Isn't His Highness jealous of General He's talent? After listening to Zhao Shu's explanation of what he had said, He Guan asked the minister in front of him.

"Back to Lord Zhang, although Xiao Wang has been familiar with the four books since he was a child, he knows very little about the military books, so he does not know the battle array, Xiao Wang is now only sixteen or seventeen years old and has never been in charge of court affairs, and the biggest official position is only the minister of the imperial mission appointed by his father the day before yesterday, not to mention military affairs, so he does not know the art of war. General He is the blessing of the Great Song Dynasty, the blessing of my Zhao family, the blessing of the people of Dawn, the blessing of the Jiangshan Sheji, how can Xiao Wang be jealous? Faced with the minister's explicit question, Zhao Shu asked rhetorically on the spot.

"Hmph, Your Highness's words are wrong, if the old minister is not mistaken, at the end of His Highness's words, he once said: Who asks: Lian Po is old, can he still eat. Does Your Highness remember? The minister was not knocked down by Zhao Shu's rhetorical question, and asked again around a topic.

It's bad, Zhao Shu once clearly remembered that the high school Chinese teacher said the allusion to this story, and blamed himself for making up a poem to stop Song Huizong without thinking about it, what a mistake, after thinking for a long time, there was still no way to deal with it, Cai Jing gave him a look, and in front of the eyes of all the ministers, Zhao Shu had to bite the bullet and said without avoiding it at all: "That's right, there was this sentence!"

"That's right. If the old minister's guess is not wrong, this is from the Warring States Zhao and Qin Lianlian battles have never won, therefore, King Zhao thought of the old minister of the three dynasties who returned to the retreat, so he sent an envoy to find Lian Po, after finding Lian Po, the messenger found Lian Po, so he asked: Can you still eat. His Royal Highness is still young, and this kind of jealousy also belongs to the duty of loyalty to the country, however, as the saying goes: Don't do porcelain work without diamonds, since Your Highness himself admits that he doesn't know about military affairs, His Highness should no longer participate in the dispatch of the Western Army. The old minister said.

Zhao Shu was speechless, and when he just wanted to argue that he didn't mean this, he found that Cai Jing had already stood up, bowed to Song Huizong, and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of the County is only sixteen or seventeen years old now, Lord Zhang said that His Royal Highness uses the allusion of Lian Po to describe himself, I'm afraid it's too far-fetched!" And General He is now in the year of knowing his fate, if what the old minister said is good, His Royal Highness is quite a metaphor for General He, and His Royal Highness is encouraging General He to continue to pacify the Tartars and be loyal to the country! ”

Cai Jing came to help Zhao Shu because Zhao Shu had been supporting Cai Jing in the court debates for several months, and Cai Jing had already regarded Zhao Shu as his own. And Zhao Shu's view of Cai Jing is only a tacit acquiescence on the surface.

After Cai Jing finished speaking, he saw He Guan's head lightly bowing in the direction of Zhao Shu, and Zhao Shu hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Yes, yes, yes!" Qi Qi father, son is exactly this meaning! Master Zhang misunderstood Xiao Wang's intentions! ”

Song Huizong glanced at the minister, whose neck was red by Cai Jing's words, and said, "Back to Your Majesty!" The prime minister is covering his ears and stealing the bell, pointing to the deer as a horse! ”

Song Huizong didn't pay attention to the minister, just pretended to be thoughtful, but the silent atmosphere of the audience was broken by Cai Jing's words again: "Okay! Lord Zhang, this time His Majesty did not call you and me to come to appreciate His Highness's words! Stop dwelling on these trivial matters, it's time to get down to business! ”

“......”

That name is also speechless, he is one of the few officials in the DPRK who is hostile to Cai Jing's party, but in terms of the current situation in Song Huizong's study, Cai Jing's party obviously has an advantage, Cai Jing and these people can be said to cover the sky with one hand in the court, reversing black and white, even if they have seven or eight mouths, they can't say anything about them, and they have to choose silence at the moment.

"Enlighten the Emperor!" Standing for an hour and a half, the crown prince Zhao Huan, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke, and now the words of the prince and the future monarch suddenly attracted the attention of everyone present: "In my humble opinion, all the adults here are all people in the temple, and General He is often familiar with the border pass, I don't know if I can see what General He thinks?" ”

Damn, this is the ...... It seems that this kid is not stupid, Zhao Shu said in his heart, so he secretly glanced at Zhao Huan again, now except for the forces hostile to Cai Jing, Zhao Shu can not offend anyone, especially the crown prince Zhao Huan, because he must firmly grasp the military power, so when the ministers present have not yet reacted, Zhao Shu took the lead and echoed: "What the imperial brother said is extremely true, and the sons also think that it is appropriate to listen to General He's opinion!" ”

Cai Jing now also understands that although Zhao Shu is now at a disadvantage in this remark, he is still unwilling to fail, of course he knows what Zhao Shu wants to do now, although these things are insignificant to Cai Jing and do not involve their vital interests, but after all, Zhao Shu is a grasshopper on the same rope as himself, so Cai Jing also gathered his henchmen to obey Zhao Shu's echo and echo the crown prince Zhao Huan.

Zhao Huan was even more surprised that there were so many people supporting him, especially Zhao Shu, who seemed to be suspected of seizing the crown, and the expression on his face was extremely complicated.

Of course, the reason why Zhao Shu supported Zhao Huan was not only to ease the relationship between himself and the crown prince, but more importantly, with his current eloquence, even with the help of Cai Jing and others, there was no way to say that the minister in front of He Guan was better to find someone to speak for him than to make every effort himself. And Zhao Shu had an understanding of He Guan's life in later generations, and he understood his personality and thoughts from it, so he believed in He Guan.

"Oh? Since everyone Aiqing wants to hear He Aiqing's opinion, then He Aiqing, you can talk about it, I also want to hear it! After all, Cai Jing is Huizong's favorite minister, and of course his two sons are fueling the trouble.

"Your Majesty! The last general will not dare, the last general is a martial arts candidate, not from the imperial examination, and is not qualified to discuss court affairs! He Guan bowed to Song Huizong and declined.

He Guan was cautious all his life, never offended any official in the court, what he said was also the truth, there was a Song Dynasty that emphasized literature and light on martial arts, and military generals had no status in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty, even if Di Qing, a famous general in the Song Renzong period, was dismissed because of the impeachment of the imperial history for not being able to hold important positions in the court because of his non-imperial examination background, and ended up depressed. So He Guan was very careful in every word he said.

Song Huizong naturally understood what He Guan was thinking, and laughed and said, "Haha! Aiqing doesn't have to be like this, I forgive you for your innocence, what's more, Aiqing just wants to hear your opinion! Aiqing, as a military general, naturally has your own views on this matter, and it is not a presumptuous discussion of the court! ”

"General He! It's better to sell the old man a face, who dares to impeach you today, the old man guarantees that the general is okay with his life! After Song Huizong finished speaking, Cai Jing's cloudy old eyes looked at He Guan.

"In that case! Then it is better to obey than to obey! He Guan saluted Song Huizong and said: "Your Majesty: As His Royal Highness the King of the County said, although our army broke through the Western Xia in Zhenwu, it did not inflict heavy losses on the enemy, and the two sides only confronted each other on both sides of the Yellow River, not to mention that the states of Yanzhou Road have not been completely recovered, and the Western Xia is also ready to move on me, and the crisis of the Great Song Dynasty in the west has not been resolved!" If you rashly transfer the western army to the south, I am afraid that the roads of Shaanxi will not be peaceful from now on! Therefore, in the opinion of the last general, the people who are good at shooting, riding, and fighting should be selected and recruited in Shaanxi Zhulu as soldiers, and the current soldiers are on the side, and the people are in peacetime, and the soldiers are soldiers in wartime, and they can counterattack the Western Xia after the vitality of our army recovers. And it is absolutely undesirable to rashly transfer the Western Army to the south, or to set up the Western Army to counterattack the Western Xia. He Guan said.