Chapter 673: Xu Weigong is great

When he opened his cousin's notebook, Xu Liang was a little surprised. Because he found that Xu Jiu's book was very thick, and when he pulled it away, he couldn't reach it with his hands stretched out! You must know that Xu Jiu is on the book, which is a treasure of words like gold, at most a few hundred words. Of course, Wuchen is almost like this, and there is not much ink in his stomach, so he still talks about things when he has something, and if he can say it clearly in two words, he will never add a penny. And this one, there are thousands of words to say, how? Lao Jiu is studying?

"This guy, he didn't reply to the letter, but he had the heart to write such a long book." Xu Liang thought so, and looked at it from the beginning. At the beginning of Xu Jiu's book, he still discussed the current situation in Song and Jin, and he clearly pointed out that the days when the Jurchens attacked and defended against me have become a thing of the past. This can be seen from the withdrawal of the Jin army from Shaanxi and the two large-scale attacks on Xianghan, both of which were fruitless. At present, it can be called the stage of strategic stalemate, and the DPRK should seize this opportunity to make great efforts to strengthen its armaments and prepare for a counteroffensive against the Northern Expedition.

His opinion was consistent with that of the emperor and the imperial court. Moreover, it is more convincing to say this as the commander-in-chief of the Western Army. Xu Liang lifted his spirit and continued to read.

Subsequently, Xu Wei mentioned that although the Jurchens were not majestic, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and Beiyi still had strong strength. If you want to regain the lost land and wash away the shame of the country, you must not only work hard yourself, but also need to win foreign aid. At this point, he "reviewed" his strategy of marrying Western Xia, believing that he was too optimistic and did not achieve substantial results.

Because the Xixia country is small, the people are poor, and it is trying to survive in the gap between the big countries, which will inevitably develop its repeated character. Those who are not of my race will have different hearts. The Khitans, on the other hand, were the same as the Han Chinese, who were keenly aware of the Jurchen invasion, not to mention that although our dynasty lost a large part of its territory, it at least kept the south and west, and has been fighting. The Khitans, on the other hand, have the death of the country, and their resentment towards the Jurchens can be described as deep in the bones!

Fortunately, the sky is endless. Yelu Dashi led his troops to the west, laid down thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the Western Regions, and continued the national status of the Khitans. And Dashi is the hero of the world, and he never forgets to restore his homeland and welcome back Emperor Liao. Over the past few years, there have been continuous exchanges between Shaanxi and the Khitan, and a certain consensus has been reached on abandoning the old grudges.

In May last year, the Liao envoy came to Shaanxi again, and he proposed a plan for Song and Liao to join forces and jointly map the Western Xia. It has now been confirmed that it has been recognized by the Khitans. At present, the Khitans sent another messenger to inform them that the Khitan army had begun to attack Western Xia, and had seized the three prefectures of Sha, Gua, and Su in the Hexi Corridor, and was besieging Ganzhou. And he himself has already ordered the Western Army to seize Xiliang Mansion and block the reinforcements of Xiliang soldiers.

However, such a major event was beyond his final discretion, so he reported to the Holy Lord and the imperial court to officially announce the joint Liao Tuxia attack. When the book was delivered, the Liao envoy was already on his way to Hangzhou.

This is an opportunity given by God to the Great Song Dynasty, Song Liao joins forces, and he will be able to determine the world and be ashamed! "The minister is fortunate to have this grand event, when he is full of courage and courage, he will be the king of the world, and win the name before and after his death."

Xu Liuhuā watched it for a long time, and couldn't help but hit the desk! Lao Jiu's book came too timely! I'm thinking hard about countermeasures, isn't this ready-made? Lianliao, attack gold!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. I think that during the Xuanhe period, the Great Song Dynasty Lianjin attacked Liao and made a big mistake. Not to mention the morality of a brotherly country, the consequences of Lianjin's attack on Liao are in front of us, and anyone who sees it will regret it. Fortunately, with Lao Jiu's efforts, now Da Song has a chance to make up for this mistake!

At that moment, Xu Liujī moved so much that he didn't care about the other books, took his cousin's notebook, and rushed to Zhao Ding's office to tell him about it, and the latter was also overjoyed! At the moment, the two prime ministers couldn't take care of anything, and rushed to the Qinzheng Hall in a hurry.

At that time, Zhao Chen was in the Qinzheng Hall. Not to mention the young emperor, everyone is known for his diligence. Although he was at odds with his father, he inherited some of his father's advantages, that is, he had no extravagant preferences, he was frugal, he was not good at calligraphy, music and gardening, and he was thinking about government affairs. He has repeatedly claimed that "jī Ming is rising, and lying in the middle of the night", which is not a lie.

At this moment, he was reading the Prime Minister's book. He Guan Zhishi, He Ji was also punished, this Jinghu Xuanfu Division has no leader, the position of Xuanfu is vacant, and candidates must be drawn up as soon as possible. Just because the land of Jinghu faces the Central Plains and has the heavy responsibility of guarding Xianghan, it must be entrusted to the right person.

Originally, he had promised to fold Zhonggu and let him be in charge of Jinghu. However, firstly, the Northern Expedition failed, and secondly, some of the practices of Zheyanzhi during the time of King Qin caused controversy, so he had to give up. The ministers of the DPRK and China all intended to let Li Gang, a representative of the anti-Japanese war faction who had been the prime minister, take over as the Jinghu Xuanfu envoy. Li Gang insisted on resisting gold all his life, and after all the twists and turns, his heart did not change. He once served as the Xuanfu envoy of Shaanxi Province and has rich experience, so he is a suitable candidate. But Zhao Chen has other considerations, first of all, Li Gang is too old and his health is not good, so he may not be able to take on this important responsibility. Also, although Li Gang served as a Xuanfu envoy in Shaanxi, he himself called "the ministers and scholars, but they don't know the soldiers".

Now several major Xuanfu envoys, Xu Wei and Zhao Dian are both military ministers, although Zhi Yanzhi is a literary rank, but he was born in the Western Army, and he has been exposed to it since he was a child, can you treat him as a pure civil minister?

After thinking about it, Zhao Chen planned to select a famous and capable military minister in the Jing Xuanfu Division to come out and temporarily act as the Xuanfu envoy. Because the troops of the Jinghu Xuanfu Division were the backbone of the Northern Expedition in the future, there must be a person who is familiar with military affairs to lead.

He was thinking about the selection of candidates, and Zhao Ding and Xu Liang came.

"The two virtuous ministers came just in time, and I plan to discuss something with the Qing and others." Zhao Chen said.

The emperor opened his mouth, and even if Zhao Ding and Xu Liu were in a hurry, they had to listen to him. At that moment, Zhao Chen said his consideration for the candidate for Jinghu Xuanfu and asked the second minister's opinion.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is not appropriate, right? The troops of the Jinghu Xuanfu Division were composed of the remnants of the former Tokyo Left-behind Division, the remnants of the Hebei Recruitment Division, and Chang Jiejun. The composition is more complicated, and the reason why He Guan was able to suppress it was because Chang Jie's army was commanded by his eldest son, and because he was both famous and familiar with military affairs. If you choose one of the existing military ministers, I'm afraid it will ......," Zhao Ding expressed his concerns.

Zhao Chen listened, was noncommittal, and asked Xu Liang again: "What does Xu Qing think?" ”

Xu Liu thought for a while and replied, "Your Majesty, Zhao Xiangzhi's words are not unreasonable. But if it had to be so, there would be a candidate. ”

Zhao Chen was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "Who is it?" ”

"Now he is the deputy commander of the Jinghu Xuanfu Division, Han Shizhong." Xu Liudao.

Zhao Chen frowned slightly and muttered, "Han Shizhong? Where do I think I've heard this name? ”

"Han Shizhong, the word is good, and he is from Suide. In his early years, he served as a soldier in the Western Army and was quite brave. Fang La's rebellion, the Western Army was edicted to level Luàn, Han Shizhong had several battles, and the army was called 'Ten Thousand Enemies', and later captured Fang La with his own hands, and became famous. Later, in King Qin's resistance to gold, he also made some achievements. Xu Liang introduced.

Zhao Chen remembered it at this time, and said with a smile: "I always feel that I have heard it somewhere, it turned out to be the person who captured Fang La." Okay, count Han Shizhong as one, and hand it over to the minister for consultation in Japan. At this point, he remembered that the two prime ministers came on their own initiative, so he asked, "When the two of you come to Qinzheng Hall, is there something wrong?" ”

Xu Liang quickly took out Xu Wei's book from his sleeve, presented it to the emperor with both hands, and said, "I just received Xu Weiben, the deputy envoy of Shaanxi Xuanfu. ”

"Xu Wei's notebook?" Zhao Chen said, and a smile appeared on his face. This has almost become a habit of his, wherever Xu Wei is on the book, there will be good things!

"It's strange, in the past, Xu Wei was on the book, cherishing ink like gold, lest he write one more sentence, how can he continue this time?" Zhao Chen said as he watched it.

Because the transcript is very long, and there is no punctuation in ancient times, the sentence breaks rely on imaginary words such as "Zhihu is also". On the contrary, Xu Wei writes books, which are always concise and to the point, and rarely use them, so if you look at the articles he writes, it is the most laborious. In the past, after his book was written by himself, he generally had to let people moisten sè and revise it. But if it involves confidential matters and can't let others know, he can only catch the knife himself. Both the emperor and the prime minister knew about his habit, so it was not surprising.

But in this way, it will be bitter for the emperor, and thousands of words will be sprinkled, and it will have to be broken word by word, so it will take a long time. The two prime ministers could only stay by the side honestly, because the emperor seemed to be so absorbed that he forgot to give him a seat.

Finally, Zhao Chen finished reading the book. He didn't move like Xu Liang, and sighed as he stroked the song: "In the past, Xu Wei reported many times that he contacted the party and the Khitan, but the court has always been unimpressed, thinking that it is unrealistic. It's hard for him, but he really did it. ”

"Official, Dashi's envoy is already on the way, and the court must hurry up and prepare." Zhao Ding reminded.

It is said that when foreign envoys come to the court, they will naturally be received by relevant departments, why did Zhao Ding remind him? The reason lies in the particularity of the Song-Liao relationship. In the early days, they were enemies of life and death, and they were inseparable from each other, but later the alliance of the two countries became a brotherly country, and the two countries achieved 121 years of peace. It wasn't until the year that Xu Wei crossed that this peace was broken, and the Song and Jin alliances on the sea met to attack Liao.

Since then, "brothers have turned against each other", and the Great Song Dynasty has eaten bitter fruits......

Now, when the Liao envoy comes again, how will the Great Song Dynasty be positioned? This must be clearly stated and cannot be in the past with the mud hún. In other words, you must have a statement on historical issues, whether it is right or wrong, and make this nòng clear, so that you can work together in the future.

But the problem is, people generally don't admit that they are wrong, let alone the emperor? Or even the country?

Zhao Chen was also embarrassed, everyone knew that it was a big mistake for Lianjin to attack Liao back then, but you can't admit it if you know. As soon as the envoy came, I said to him, "I'm sorry, we were wrong."

"Does Zhao Qing have a countermeasure?" Zhao Chen asked.

Zhao Ding seemed to have made a fortune, and said unhurriedly: "In the past, Tong Guan presided over the border affairs, and he was the one who led the army to attack Liao, and he was the one who sent Lianjin." ”

Zhao Chen immediately understood, and after thinking about it carefully, don't say it, it's really a way. Tong Guan has been ambushed, putting all the blame on him, and he also has an explanation for the Khitans. Although this is an indirect confession of mistakes, at least it also takes care of Da Song's face.

"Xu Wei has spoken about foreign aid many times before, and now he has finally reached the Khitan. The Liao army has gone down to Sha, Gua, and Su Prefectures, and Xu Wei is also preparing to send troops to take Xiliang. As a result, the party was completely lost in the west, Hengshan in the south, and Linfu in the east were all controlled by the Western Army. The uncontested industry during the Xuanhe period is not in this dynasty? Zhao Chen said with a smile.

What he said was the fifth Song-Xia War in the first year of Xuanhe, when the Western Army captured Hengshan, and the Western Xia lost its barrier and was about to lose the country. It's just that at that time, the Fang La rebellion broke out in the south, and the Western Army could only hastily end the war against Xia and transfer to the south to Pingluàn, which gave the party members a chance to breathe. Since then, the Dangxiang people have continued to devour the land and cities seized by the Western Army, but they have never launched a large-scale invasion again due to the combat strength of the Western Army.

Now, Xu Wei has taken control of Hengshan and contacted the Khitan Gongtu Xixia, which can be described as a great achievement.

"Official, Western Xia is still second. If I can connect with the Khitan, I can form a great threat to the Jurchens! From now on, I am afraid that the Jurchens will no longer have the leisure to invade the south! Zhao Ding pointed out the significance of this matter.

"What Zhao Qing said is very true! But if the Jurchens don't invade the south, our dynasty will go north! As Xu Wei said, this is a godsend! Taking advantage of the Western Army and the Liao Army to map Xixia, when the Jurchens have no time to look south, the south must be strong and the Central Plains will be invaded in the north! Two rivers of the sword! Complete the cause of ZTE in one fell swoop! Zhao Chen said in a loud voice.

Zhao Ding and Xu Liangjun both saluted and said: "The ministers are willing to support Your Majesty and help achieve the great cause of Zhongxing!" ”

Zhao Chen is very happy! After talking for a while, he let Zhao Ding go by himself, leaving Xu Liu alone. Thinking of the two generations of the Xu family, who were good at the court and fought on the battlefield, he couldn't help but say to Xu Liang: "Your Xu family will come out in succession, your father Xu Shao was in charge of the West Mansion in the past, and your uncle Xu Zhang led the army. ”

I don't know if Zhao Chen's words have other meanings, but Xu Liang bowed his head and said, "The minister is afraid." ”

Seeing this, Zhao Chen waved his hand and smiled: "Although I have not been on the throne for a long time, I understand it when I look at people. You have gone through all the hardships this time, recruited a large army to serve the king, and you have made great contributions, and I will never forget your honor as the king of diligence! Your brother Xu Wei, although he is a military minister promoted by the emperor, he is decent, cautious, and I really love him. You two brothers, one scholar and one martial arts, one phase and one general, will be able to help me achieve great things! ”

Xu Liu's words moved Xu Liu, and he bowed down and said: "The minister is willing to do his best, and then die!" ”

Zhao Chen stepped forward to help him up and comforted him: "Your brothers are all pillars of the country and deserve to be honored." Xu Liang thanked him again.

"I was in a hurry before, but now it seems that your brother is still in the west down-to-earth, steady and useful. Both the government and the opposition praised Zheyan for his 'contemporary', and I now see that Xu Wei is not inferior to him. This time he connected to the Khitan, which is really a great achievement, how should I reward him? ”