Chapter 319: Peace and War Dilemma

Xia Zhu was so aggressive, not only did Xu Ping surprise, but other ministers were even more surprised. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 ο½‰ο½Žfo

Xu Ping is a lonely minister, not a group or a party, and everyone is used to having some conflicts with others. Anyway, Xu Ping is very measured in doing things, even if there are contradictions, they are only limited to official affairs, and they will not be too intense, in the eyes of others, they are just talking about things.

Xia Zhu is different, he is careful and thoughtful, he is regarded as treacherous, and there are many good officials in the court. Now there are influential people in the court and have an irreversible relationship with Xia Zhu, including Sheng Du, the deputy envoy of the privy council, and the imperial history of the miscellaneous Pang book, the knowledge of Song Zhen, and the Song Qi of the Pavilion. Before the big and small Song brothers responded, Xia Zhu was the governor of their hometown of Anzhou, and he had the grace of knowing the two. Moreover, Xia Zhuwen is outstanding, and he is also respected by the Song brothers. Being targeted by Xia Zhu is much more serious than being opposed by Xu Ping.

Seeing that he couldn't be silent any longer, Zhang Shixun exhaled heavily and said: "The party is not a minister, and in recent years, whether it is a border commander or a minister of the DPRK and China, there are many officials who have been discussed. Does Yuan Hao have any traces? Frankly speaking, there is, the Privy Council is in charge of secrecy, and it is naturally well aware of this. But if there is a reverse, will it really be reversed? Not necessarily. But where there is a 1 in 10,000 possibility, the court still hopes that Yuan Hao can wake up, change his past, and return a peaceful situation in the northwest! ”

Xia Zhuyin said compassionately: "What if Yuan Hao finally refuses to repent? Do you want to get even worse? And how? ”

Zhang Shixun sighed: "Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven, the Privy Council has done its best, if Yuan Hao is really a wolf with ambition and refuses to turn back to be good, what can he do?" At that time, I had to repair war preparations, store money and food, and strictly guard the border! ”

"Hey, that mountain Yu Weiliang was sent back to the party, and the whole clan must have been killed by Yuan Hao, wouldn't it be unjustly killed! Just because the Privy Council is pinning its hopes on a barbarian chieftain of the Tibetan state, and a heart for goodness, dozens of livesβ€”"

Han Yidao: "At the moment of national affairs, how can the lives of dozens of Tibetan people be taken into account? Besides, Fan Hu has always been capricious. If you don't stay in the mountain and meet Weiliang and others, Fang Yuanhao takes the opportunity to make trouble, and because if he stays, it will be difficult to settle. Let them be in the border state army, to prevent the situation in the future to be difficult to control, let them come to the interior, but they are unwilling. It's better to go back to the party. As for what happens after I go back, I can only leave it to fate. ”

Xia Zhu smiled: "Sure enough, it's still the case!" The Privy Council thought it was troublesome to deal with, so it pushed it to the lower levels and left them to fend for themselves. Privy, how can the officials of the Western Mansion act like this with the money of the imperial court? Right is right, wrong is wrong, how things should be handled, how can you push it all away just because you are afraid of trouble? ”

Sheng Du, who had not spoken all this time, suddenly said: "There is some truth in Xia Neihan's words, and the previous disposition is really a bit hasty. ”

Zhang Shixun glanced at Sheng Du fiercely and said, "If you don't do this, what can you do?" If you stay in the mountain and meet Weiliang, Yuan Hao may use this as an excuse to attack. And Shaanxi has insufficient troops and little money and food, how can it withstand a big war? ”

After listening to Zhang Shixun's words, Xu Ping got up and said, "Prime Minister, if you say this, the lower officials will not agree." If sending him back to Shanyu Weiliang is just an expedient measure, then what will be the future arrangement of the Privy Council? I can't see half a point at all. If it is for this kind of trivial matter, Yuan Hao will take the opportunity to raise troops, and then there will be such opportunities in the future! It can even be said that if he can use this kind of excuse to raise troops, he is determined to oppose our Great Song Dynasty, so it doesn't matter if there is an excuse or not. If the Privy Council really thinks as the Privy Minister just said, then it is not impossible to sacrifice Shan Yu Weiliang and others as a plan to delay the army. But after doing so, he was a selected general, strictly guarded the northwest, and at the same time transported money and grain to the Shaanxi Road to prepare for war. But these are completely missing, how can we explain them? ”

Zhang Shixun said slowly: "Although the party has disobedient actions, it may not be opposed. As a dispensable thing, it is common sense for the country to work. The party is a small country, and it is right for the court to wait and see what happens. ”

Xu Ping felt that he had nothing to say for a while, and only said after a while: "Sending the mountain to meet the Weiliang family back, in fact, there is not only this one thing, there are many similar things, and the Privy Council said that it was afraid that Yuan Hao would rebel." It is necessary to increase troops to Shaanxi, save more money and grain, and say that Yuan Hao may not oppose. Privy Minister, has the Privy Council figured out whether Yuan Hao will be opposed? ”

Xia Zhu said: "The best thing about things in the world is that there may or may not be. When there is a need is possible, and when there is a need to be not, it may not be, which is exactly what the Privy Council said about the party at this time. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is the officials in charge who follow the rules, only thinking about getting by, and mixing up one day is the same day. Whether the party is against or not, in the Privy Council, it depends only on whether or not to make changes in political affairs. As long as the political affairs remain unchanged, what is the matter of Yuan Hao and not doing the Privy Council officials? ”

Xia Zhu's qualifications are far from being comparable to Xu Ping, no matter how harsh his words are, Zhang Shixun and Han Yi can only listen, who let someone hold it now? Zhang Shixun is not stupid, of course he can see what Xia Zhu can see. But if you don't sit in that seat, you don't know how difficult things are. It is precisely because of his status as a privy envoy that Zhang Shixun knows that the current situation of the forbidden army is not optimistic, and he will not be able to fight a big battle at all. If there is an invincible army as the confidence, who will suffer from the kind of nest of a small country in the Tibetan state, and if they are not satisfied, they will fight, and they must always be obedient and obedient like a cat. But now that the forbidden army can't fight, what should the Privy Council do? If you really have a stalemate with the party, once the war is not effective, you still have to use these Xifu rulers to get angry.

In fact, the root cause is that there is no confidence in the combat strength of the forbidden army, so the actions of the Privy Council will look particularly ridiculous in the eyes of others, and they have no position at all, and everything is reluctant. For Zhang Shixun and others, they actually know that Yuan Hao will be reversed sooner or later, but he can still delay it for a day. What if things change when things change, such as civil strife in the party, and Yuan Hao can't do it if he wants to? Isn't that the foresight of the Privy Council and others at that time? It seems ridiculous to send the Shan Yu Weiliang clan back, but the Privy Council is not without its own intentions. Shanyu is a big clan in the party, many people are in high positions in the party, and the clan has a large population and strong power. If Shan Yu Weiliang is killed by Yuan Hao after he goes back, it will inevitably be bad with the Shan Yu clan, and it is difficult to say what will happen. There is civil strife to contain Yuan Hao's energy, which is exactly what the Privy Council wants to do.

However, this reason is really impossible to say, so I lose the face of the court, I am afraid that it will cause more opposition. Zhang Shixun simply pretended to be crazy and stupid, no matter what you say, anyway, it is all kinds of postures to push off and slide over.

Xu Ping faintly guessed Zhang Shixun's thoughts, in fact, not only Zhang Shixun, but now many ministers in the court who advocate appeasement of the party, the main reason is that they have no confidence in the combat strength of the forbidden army. During the reign of Taizong, Zhao Jiqian rebelled against the Song Dynasty, booby-trapped Cao Keming's father Cao Guangshi, and attacked Yinzhou to establish himself. The war dragged on for many years, and it was impossible to exterminate the party until the time of Zhenzong, and in the end it could only be to sue for peace. It is the consensus of the officials of the DPRK and China that the forbidden army is not as good as the year and the generals are not as good as the generation. The military strength of the imperial court is far from being comparable to that of Taizong Zhenzong, the famous generals have long since withered, and the strength of the party is stronger day by day, and Zhao Yuanhao is even more than his successor and Deming, no matter how this battle can be fought. If you can't fight, you can only drag on day by day.

It is precisely because of this that Xu Ping suggested that the military system should be changed and the army should be reorganized. Only when my own army can fight can I say that everything is up to me, and I have the final say in the war. However, the military system cannot be reformed at present, and it is equally implicated in foreign affairs related to the military. If this situation is not changed, what is the use of having more money and food?

Suddenly, Xu Ping hoped that the party item would quickly reverse the calculation, and the deadlock could not be broken without fighting a few big battles. It's really depressing to drag on like this day by day. The restructuring of the three divisions has been on the right track, and when the compilation of the three divisions is completed, the implementation of the new policy is the general trend. The government is harmonious, the money and food are sufficient, and it is the time to start with the army.