Looking at the people who rushed over like a tide, the Song army who reported the news was shocked and shocked. They would never have imagined that they came with the most important good news in the history of the Song Dynasty, but they ended up like this, and the people did not believe it.

"What are you going to do?" Seeing that the situation was wrong, a Song army frowned, and asked loudly.

"Thieves with troops, do you still dare to be arrogant?" Immediately the people became angry.

"Thieves with troops, you are too unconscionable, killing tens of thousands of people and risking merit."

"Hit! Beat! Kill the hateful thieves and the army! ”

A question ignited the powder keg, the people had no good impression of the Song army, and regarded the good news as an abominable event, who could bear it after hearing this? All of them rolled up their sleeves, gritted their teeth, and rushed up to kill Song Jun.

The Song army's military discipline was corrupted, and the things that killed the people and risked merit emerged in endlessly, I don't know how many people had done, and the people hated the Song army for a long time.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Song Jun, who reported the news, hurriedly drew his sword, stared at the people, and shouted: "You Diao people, you really have no vision. We fought for life and death in Xiongzhou, and finally won a big battle, if you don't believe it, forget it, you still have to look for us. ”

"If we die at your hands, we will die unjustly! Didn't die in the hands of Liao Dog, died in your hands, is there this heavenly reason? ”

The wrath of the people is unbearable, and although the people have no weapons, if they really want to do it, one person and one punch will be enough to beat them into pulp.

At this critical moment, the city gate rushed over, stopped the people, and protected the Song army in the middle.

"Master Jun, get out of the way, we will kill these thieves who do all kinds of evil." The people are still afraid of the city gate army, and they persuade each other with good words.

"Nonsense! Even if they are guilty, they will be punished by the officials, and it is not your turn to talk more. Get lost! The city gate army roared at the people, and raised the hemp knife in his hand violently.

Seeing that the city gate army was angry, the excited people finally calmed down and did not dare to make trouble.

"Brother, you really won a big battle in Xiongzhou?" A city gate army was a little curious, and rushed to report to the Song army for inquiry.

"Needless to say!" reported that Song Jun's chest was straight, his head was high, he was full of spirit, and said proudly: "You don't look at what kind of sharp weapon we use in our hands, this is called a captivity knife, which is incomparably sharp!" What is the 50,000 Liao dogs, even 500,000 Liao dogs, and we will still wipe them out?"

It's not that they like to brag, it's really that the first battle in Xiongzhou was too long, and their ambition was too long. The first great victory in the 100-year history of the Song Dynasty could not help but be proud.

They are so foaming at the mouth that they are so confident that anyone who listens to them will believe them.

However, the city gate army gave them a thumbs up and praised: "Brother, there are yours!" It's so true to talk nonsense, you can go to Goulanwa to talk about drama! ”

They didn't believe it either, and Song Jun, who reported the news, was so depressed that he went crazy, and shouted one by one: "How do you have to believe it?" ”

"Whatever you say, we won't believe it! Annihilated 50,000 Liao dogs, and I killed 100,000 Liao dogs with one sword! If you want to take risks, you have to use your brain. The answer of the city gate army was very shocking.

"You believe it or not, and I don't tell you. See the official's house! Song Jun, who reported the news, was so angry that he wisely chose not to explain and reported it to Song Shenzong.

Although the city gate army did not believe it, they escorted them to the palace.

In this way, the greatest victory in the history of the Song Dynasty caused the opposite effect in Bianjing, and did not stir up an atmosphere of joy.

xxxxxxx Jiying Hall, Song Shenzong, Wang Anshi, Lu Gongzhu, Lu Huiqing, Sima Guang, Han Qi and others gathered together, all with solemn faces and a depressed atmosphere.

Sima Guang and Han Qi rushed over from home at the behest of Song Shenzong. Sima Guang originally wanted to make a gesture again, and in the name of writing "Zizhi Tongjian", he asked Song Shenzong to issue an order again and again to go out of the mountain, but when he received Song Shenzong's will, he immediately changed his mind and came from Henan Mansion overnight.

The war in Xiongzhou was unfavorable, and Song Shenzong made it clear in his will that he should enter Beijing to discuss the matter of resisting the invasion of the Central Plains by the Liao army. This is a good opportunity for him, he can make a big fuss about this matter, kill Wang Anshi, he will have the opportunity to come out of the mountain again, as long as he becomes the prime minister, the premature death of the new law is inevitable, that is the first thing he has to do, how can he not come.

In order to arrive in Bianjing as soon as possible, Sima Guang hurried at night, and just arrived, he was dusty and couldn't take a break, so he entered the palace to see the driver, ready to force Wang Anshi to resign as prime minister.

Coincidentally, Han Qi arrived with him on the front and back. Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan were contemporaries, and they were stationed in Shaanzhou at the same time to fight against Western Xia. Fan Zhongyan was stationed in Shaanzhou and took a defensive position, although Western Xia was strong, but he did not take advantage. Fan Zhongyan once warned Han Qi with this strategy, but Han Qi disagreed, led the army to advance, and fought a big defeat in Haoshuichuan.

The First Battle of Haoshuichuan was a turning point in the Hundred Years War between the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia. Prior to this, although the Western Xia invaded the border, it was still nominally a subject state of the Song Dynasty and did not stand on its own. After the First Battle of Haoshuichuan, the Western Xia began to read and no longer recognized the Song Dynasty as the imperial court, so the Western Xia Kingdom was born.

Han Qi's defeat of Haoshuichuan caused him to be attacked for a short time. What is surprising is that the defeat of Haoshuichuan turned out to be the step for Han Qi to enter the body, and after a short silence, he continued to be promoted and became an important minister of the imperial court, or the kind of "famous general" who "knows the way of war".

This also reflects the officialdom of the Song Dynasty, which does not distinguish between good and bad, and is turbid.

As a "famous general" of the older generation of soldiers, at the critical juncture when the Liao army was about to attack the Central Plains, Song Shenzong remembered Han Qi and ordered him to enter Beijing. After Han Qi received the order, he was overjoyed, and the opportunity to attack the new law had expired, so he rushed overnight, just in time to discuss a major matter. Seeing Sima Guang, Han Qi was even more sure that Wang Anshi's resignation was inevitable, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice.

No one spoke, the room was frighteningly quiet, and after a long time, it was Song Shenzong who took the lead in speaking.

Song Shenzong's tone was very low, and his tone was painful: "You love Qing, I am not sensitive, and ascended to the throne, I wanted to go up to the heart of heaven, lower the people's feelings, make great efforts, reform the old and make the new, and make the Great Song Dynasty stronger than the Khitan." However, God did not bless me, there was the defeat of Xiongzhou, and the invasion of Liao was imminent. This is my sin, not the fault of my ministers. ”

Song Shenzong deeply blamed himself, and the phrase "not the fault of the minister" was to excuse Wang Anshi.

In order to change the law, Song Shenzong and Wang Anshi faced extremely great pressure, and there were many people who opposed the new law, and Sima Guang, Lü Gongshu, and Han Qi were the most famous and were the leaders of the opposition party.

The defeat of Xiongzhou gave the opposition the best opportunity to fight back, the best reason to fight back, if they did not take this opportunity to make waves, Sima Guang would not be Sima Guang. Therefore, Song Shenzong decided to take these crimes on himself, and no one would blame Wang Anshi.

"Officials, ministers have their own music!" As soon as Sima Guang heard it, he knew that things were going to be bad, if Song Shenzong took the blame on himself, he wanted to get rid of Wang Anshi, and his idea of becoming the prime minister would not be realized, so he hurriedly rushed to play the book.

"Say it!" Song Shenzong didn't understand his thoughts, and he didn't want to let him speak, but in this time of crisis, unity was the most important thing, and he had to let him speak.

"Xie Guan's family." Sima Guang gave a deep salute, and then said slowly: "Since the official family ascended the throne, they have been concerned about the world, eaten and clothed, worked hard, and the Great Song Dynasty has become rich and strong. However, there are annihilators in the court, shaking their lips and puffing up their tongues, confusing the officials with heresies, the world is restless, the conscription is heavy, and wars are frequent. The battle of Xihe cost hundreds of millions of dollars, although the name expanded for more than 1,000 miles, it was really a useless place, what benefit did it do in the Great Song Dynasty? ”

The more Sima Guang spoke, the happier he became, and his voice became higher and higher, but he forgot that the northwest land has been vast and sparsely populated since ancient times. Wang Shao fought in the Xihe River, expanded the land for more than 1,000 miles, and forced hundreds of thousands of people in the Western Xia to surrender to the Song Dynasty, which was a heavy blow to the already small population of the Western Xia, so that the Song Dynasty successfully locked the Western Xia from the west, and laid a solid foundation for the final success of locking the Western Xia in the northwest.

Wang Shao was the first general of the Song Dynasty, and a "Pingrong Policy" was highly appreciated by later generations, and the Battle of Xihe was a great achievement. However, because he supported the reform of the law, gave the opposition and Sima Guang repeated blows, and finally ended up in disrepute and depression.

"Xiongzhou was originally a great Song Jiancheng, unbreakable! The Liao State has been attacking for hundreds of years, and it can't go beyond the thunder pool, why did it fall in a short period of time? Sima Guang can speak well with one mouth, and he is worthy of being the person who wrote "Zizhi Tongjian", and attributed this incident to Wang Anshi's sins: "From the outside, it was Yelu Hongji who laid the ambush ten years ago, but in fact, someone secretly communicated with the Liao State and betrayed the Great Song Dynasty. ”

What a big hat, a big hat that collaborates with the enemy and treason, is enough to crush anyone.

"Official, what Junshi said is extremely true!" Han Qi hurriedly echoed: "Xiongzhou is a strong city in the world, if there is no internal response, how can it fall so quickly?" Please also ask the official to be clear. ”

"The official, the minister thinks that what the monarch said is reasonable." Lu Gongshu was also a well-known figure in the opposition, and he immediately seized the opportunity and said with great sorrow: "The enemy is not terrible outside, but the enemy is the most terrible inside. ”

Lu Huiqing was silent for a long time, looked at Wang Anshi, and then looked at Sima Guang, Han Qi, and Lu Gongzhu, her brows tightened, but she didn't speak.

"The official family is the sin of the minister, the minister asks to resign as the prime minister, and he is willing to bear the guilt!" Wang Anshi knew very well that these people were coming at him, and if he didn't go, these people would not stop.

Lu Huiqing was originally a staunch supporter of Wang Anshi and the number two person in the reform, but under such huge pressure in front of him, he also chose to remain silent, and Wang Anshi was completely isolated.

Wang Anshi finally opened his mouth to resign, Sima Guang was closer to the post of prime minister, and the three of them couldn't help but rejoice.

"If Jiefu goes to the prime minister, who should lead the prime minister?" Song Shenzong was very distressed, word by word, and his words were extremely unwilling.

Of course, Sima Guang is the most suitable, but Han Qi and the three of them cleverly chose to keep silent.

At this moment, Shao Jiu walked over quickly, and after saluting Song Shenzong, he presented a piece of music and retreated quickly. Before going out, he glanced at Sima Guang, with a playful smile on the corner of his mouth.

Song Shenzong opened the chapter and took a look, twisted his eyebrows, looked at Sima Guang, and shouted: "Sima Guang!" ”

Sima Guang was very happy when he heard this, thinking that the phase was in hand, so he hurriedly replied respectfully: "The minister is here!" ”

He was overjoyed, but he didn't hear Song Shenzong's anger. The development of things was far from what he thought, Song Shenzong did not order him to be the prime minister, only heard Song Shenzong yell: "You, you can get out!" ”

(To be continued)