Chapter 189: Bewilderment

Xing Chong asked for the blame

Soft cotton turns steel into softness

Sushi Lie Ziren is a black-faced man, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and he speaks with a lot of confidence, and at first glance he is a martial artist. But when he went south, he carefully observed the movements of the border soldiers and citizens. The border soldiers, as before, are still so loose and lazy, slow and careless, and do not see anything unusual, and the people are still enjoying peace, leisurely and happy, drunk and dreaming of death.

After arriving in Lin'an, hand over the official document to the Ministry of Rites. The place where the Jin envoys were received in this dynasty was called Dutingyi. The accompanying envoy is called the embassy escort. During the period of waiting for the Song Emperor to receive him, his task was to take a look and listen, and through these superficial phenomena, to determine whether the Song State was really ready to raise troops.

Dutingyi is located in the northern suburbs of Lin'an, with an elegant and quiet environment. There is a painting hanging in the middle of the main hall of the post house, and Su Shi Lie Ziren first knew Chinese characters, and read it with great difficulty:

The taste of the world is a thin silk veil, who makes the horse rider Jinghua?

Xiaolou listened to the spring rain overnight, and sold apricot blossoms in the Ming Dynasty in the deep alleys.

The dwarf paper is oblique and idle, and the fine milk plays the tea in the sunny window.

Plain clothes don't sigh in the dust, and they can go home as if they were Qingming.

After that, he said loudly, good poetry, good poetry.

Zheng Yuanzhong, the deputy envoy of the Song Pavilion, explained that this is the great poet Lu You of this dynasty wrote "Lin'an Spring Rain and Early Ji", this poem came out, and became famous in the capital overnight, and even Emperor Xiaozong was chanting when he was eating, "Xiaolou listened to the spring rain all night, and sold apricot blossoms in the Ming Dynasty in the deep alleys".

No wonder even a rough man like me thinks it's good.

There was nothing to say for a while, and Su Shi Lie Ziren wanted to go to the Qiantang River to have a look. Zheng Yuanzhong expressed his willingness to accompany.

It was a bright spring day, and several people came to the shore of Qiantang Lake, and went around from the north of Gushan Temple to the west of Jiagongting. A spring rain has just passed. The clouds are connected with the microwaves on the surface of the lake, as if they are sticking to the surface of the water. And the lake was so full that it was about to be level with the shore. In the distance and near there are the gentle calls of yellow warblers, these spring messengers, frolicking and chasing, scrambling to fly to the sunny branches. Whose newly returned swallows are flying up and down the lake, and they are busy building their nests in the mud. on the way

The flowers are clustered in the east and the west, and they are about to dazzle. And the spring grass on the road had just come out of the soil, just enough to cover the horses' hooves. The god of spring hangs flowers on the trees and spreads the grass on the ground for people to enjoy and enjoy, but what I am most obsessed with is the area east of the lake, where the green poplars are shady, and the white causeway lies quietly by the lake, leisurely and comfortable, which really makes people forget to return.

From the north of Gushan Temple to the west of Jia Ting, the spring water on the lake is just flat with the embankment, and the white clouds overlap and overlap, and the waves on the lake surface are connected into a piece. A few early yellow warblers compete for the trees that fly towards the sun, and the new swallows are nesting with spring mud. The multitude and colorful spring flowers gradually charm the human eye, and the light spring grass is just enough to cover the horse's hooves.

The early warbler and the new swallow are flying, and the flowers and shallow grass are charming, and they are full of vitality. On the embankment of Qiantang Lake, I enjoyed the spring outing, and in the face of such a beautiful spring scene, I lingered and refused to leave.

The government hall deliberates on how to receive and reply.

An Yuanjun's envoy and the Privy Council all agreed that Su Shicheng was present, and seeing that all the governors did not speak, they stopped talking again, and Han Yanxuan named him:

Shi Cheng will talk about it first.

I don't think the emperor needs to summon him, detain him, and wait until the battle is won. Su Shicheng is quick to talk.

Knowing that Zhang Yan, the Privy Council, was opposed, no, the war had not started, and the seizure was coming, which not only broke the trust of others, but also aroused the vigilance of Jinbang, which was the next policy.

Governor Liu Luan said, I think that for today's plan, it is better to treat each other politely and speak warmly and slowly. Politics always moves towards coercion unconsciously. You go further, I give a little, and I make up for it in other places, each other.

Several others were in favour.

The emperor greeted him with a smile on the main hall, and Li Shizhang, the governor of the government and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, patiently answered all kinds of questions raised by him.

Fushi Lie Ziren asked, why did Shouzhou send troops to attack Piyang County?

Li Shizhang replied: First of all, it should be stated that Shouzhou's behavior cannot be called an attack, but can only be called a riot. The soldiers who harassed Miyang were not the garrison army, but the box soldiers of Shouzhou, and the box soldiers were not regular troops.

So why did Shouzhou Xiangbing do this? At what level of official commanded it?

Sima Wang Gao of Shouzhou was just a civil official from the seventh grade. When he was young, he liked to play with guns, he had a rough personality, he was greedy for wine, he made bets with others, and he was hot-headed, and he acted without asking anyone. During that period of time, the governor of Shouzhou returned to his hometown to visit relatives, and the general sentence was not strictly managed, which caused such a thing.

How did you punish this Wang Gao?

After this incident, the imperial court dismissed him from his post for the crime of causing trouble for no reason and sabotaging the peace talks, and sent him to Gaozhou for custody, where he died on the way. The Shouzhou general sentence was also demoted to Hainan, and the soldiers who participated in the troublemaking were all dismissed and returned to their hometowns.

Wang Gao is dead? It's such a coincidence, it can't be deliberately concealed, right?

General Fushi, for the sake of such a small seven-rank petty official, my court will not hesitate to tear up the alliance with Dajin and make a big fight? Do you think it's possible? As for whether he is dead or not, there is a post-mortem report, and if you want to see it, I can give it to you.

Then your country should compensate the deceased?

Yes, the exact number will be discussed at a later date.

From a diplomatic point of view, Song was always humble, had no intention of colliding, and deliberately provoked the suspicion of causing trouble, and Su Shi Lie Ziren was completely relieved.

Deputy envoy Zheng Yuanzhong received the reception, accompanied the daily tour and banquet of the Emperor Lie Ziren, and was accompanied by the most beautiful courtesans in Kyoto.

The three provinces of Zhongshu, Shangshu, and the secretary of the Privy Council replied: The border ministers have been demoted for no reason, and the additional recruits have also been withdrawn.

Fushi Lie Ziren went back and told the relevant situation one by one, and Busa was suspicious.

At this time, the magistrate of Hongxian County sent a spy, this person named Su Gui, in the name of doing business, infiltrated the Song Land to collect intelligence. Busa asked him why there was a sudden increase in troops on the Song border, and Su Gui told him: In the past two years, there have been disasters and famines in the Huainan area, and the poor people have been hungry and cold, and many have died of hunger and froze to death, and many people have become thieves, and the increase in troops on the Song border is to defend against thieves. Most of these sergeants were white and could not fight at all. Now I heard that Dajin had established a platform in Bianliang, and he was afraid that the Jin soldiers would go south, so he didn't dare to relax easily.

Only then did Bu Sayu relax his guard and report these situations to the emperor Wan Yan Jing.

Before, some ministers persuaded the emperor to take the lead in raising troops to attack the Song Dynasty, Wan Yanjing thought about it repeatedly, weighed it again and again, thinking that the current situation, Jin should not use troops to the south, so he replied: "The north and the south have been reconciled for more than 40 years, and the people do not know the soldiers, so it is not suitable to fight again." ”

The envoy who went to the Song Dynasty to inquire about it, Shi Lie Ziren, returned to the capital and reported to the imperial court: The Song emperor was extremely respectful to him, and the government and the opposition had no intention of causing trouble and raising troops.

The emperor Wan Yan Jing asked Shang Shu Youcheng Wan Yan Kuang, and Wan Yan Kuang replied: "It seems that what Ziren said is right. ”

"So, your mind changed?"

"Ziren has guarded the territory for many years and does not make trouble. Be prepared, always as you should. Wechen obeyed His Majesty's judgment. ”

This time, the Busa recital book arrived, and he prepared to abolish Henan Province, and disbanded the new archers in Lintao, Deshun, Qin, Gong and other prefectures and counties.