Chapter 297: One Singing and One Harmony

I saw that after Song Shou saluted Song Renzong, he said angrily: "Although Xia Xuanhui's envoy has gone too far, there are many words that the minister thinks are reasonable. Now Shaanxi is the top priority of my Great Song Dynasty, and we need to have important ministers like Mount Tai in charge, and we need young generals to give full play to their sharpness and thwart the arrogance of the Western Xia barbarians. And the prince undoubtedly meets these conditions, and looking at the prince's past achievements, all of them are fewer enemies, and he has also achieved good results! ”

After a pause, Song Shou continued: "Why is the prince not qualified to take on a heavy responsibility in Shaanxi? Moreover, the official family is not hostile to Xia Jingluo's appeasement envoy, but just such a trivial matter, and they also have to go to the court to tell the old man to return to his hometown. What does this mean? If the court agrees, then where is the prestige of the court? I'm afraid that there will be a rebellion in the late Tang Dynasty! ”

Bagatelle?

Zhao Yu smiled bitterly, if this matter is not handled well, Xia Zhu will be set aside by Zhao Yu, even if he is not set aside, a cake will have to be shared by two people. In addition, Xia Zhu is not a good-tempered person, and his mind is not necessarily broad-minded, so it is not surprising to make such a move.

"Ahem!" Zhang Shixun coughed twice, stood up and said: "Official, the reason why Xia Ziqiao is sparse is also for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty!" It must be known that ordering two people is a taboo in the army. Today you say that you will go east, and tomorrow he will go west, but two days have passed, but it is just a waste of time to return to the starting point? And it will overwhelm the soldiers below. How can you defeat the enemy without a firm goal? ”

After a pause, Zhang Shixun continued: "Therefore, although his rhetoric is a bit excessive, it is not a threat. If the official family trusts King Wei Chitose. Then Xia Ziqiao's move will not embarrass the official family. He also had a staircase down. If the official family thinks that Xia Ziqiao can be in this big position. This omission has strengthened Xia Ziqiao's loyalty to the official family. The old minister thinks that Song Zhiyuan's words are a bit excessive! ”

Lu Yijian retorted: "Ying Guogong's words are different, although it seems that there is nothing wrong with saying this, but the imperial court appeased Xia Ziqiao, how can he have no one else in the future, once something goes wrong." Just say goodbye to the old man and return to his hometown? What has become of this court? ”

Song Renzong was in a dilemma when he heard this, because what Zhang Shixun and Lu Yijian said was not wrong, and Song Renzong did not dare to hand over Shaanxi to Zhao Yu. It must be known that the Western Army has now arranged a lot of soldiers and horses, and the Shaanxi documents that Zhao Yu saw in the Privy Council recorded that the Great Song Dynasty had arranged a total of 273 battalions of horse infantry in Shaanxi, and these were forbidden troops, and the soldiers proposed by Xia Zhu had not been counted.

Two hundred and seventy-three battalions, the first battalion is full of 500 men, and theoretically there are 136,500 men. Of course, the actual number of troops naturally cannot be so large, and the forbidden army will not go unless it is individual. Otherwise, they are generally dissatisfied, but there are still 80,000 or 90,000 forbidden troops in Shaanxi. At present, the Great Song Dynasty theoretically has 500,000 forbidden troops. Among them, there are 200,000 in Bianliang City, about 150,000 in Hedong and Hebei, and only 120,000 in the south.

It can be imagined how huge the strength of the Shaanxi Jingluo pacification envoy is, if this Jingluo pacification envoy has any disobedience intentions, I dare not say that it will definitely be able to subvert the Song Dynasty, and it is enough for Song Renzong to drink a pot.

The words of Lu Yijian and Song Shou also made Song Renzong feel embarrassed, Xia Zhu had so many troops, if the imperial court gave in all of a sudden, wouldn't the prestige of the imperial court be invisibly reduced? For Xia Zhu, who has such a huge number of troops, it is impossible for Song Renzong to say that he has no fear.

In particular, Xia Zhu's background is also a little special, Xia Zhu is a native of De'an, Jiangzhou, which is commonly known as a southerner. No matter what dynasty or era, there are regional distinctions. Especially in ancient times, the rural plot was very heavy, and there were many suppression cases in the north of the southern scholars. Therefore, Xia Zhu was promoted to the position of Shaanxi Jingluo pacification envoy, and there is also a situation where he is not a group or a party at present.

It's just that before, Xia Zhu was a member of the Queen Mother's party, but he and Lu Yijian were famous rivals. Xia Zhu was born as a literati, and Liu E wanted to promote him to the governor, but Lu Yijian strongly objected. Liu E had to promote Xia Zhu to be the deputy privy envoy, although the deputy privy envoy also deserves a fair title, but how can it compare to the cool of participating in political affairs?

is the so-called cutting off people's pipes like killing parents, and the relationship between the two can be imagined.

For this reason, after Liu E's death, Lu Yijian took the throne and pulled some old people of the Queen Mother's Party into the imperial court, and did not dare to say that the official was reinstated, at least there was no need to be displaced outside. Only Xia Zhu is an exception. First, he was dismissed as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and Zhixiangzhou, and within a year, he was changed to Yingzhou as an official. He also served as the prefect of Qingzhou, during which he built the first Hongqiao in history. Song Renzong transferred him back as the third envoy, and later Li Yuanhao rebelled, and Lu Yijian kicked him to Shaanxi.

Xia Zhu worshiped the Fengning Army and knew the Yongxing Army, and added a festival to make the envoy, and the grade was not low. It's just that how can it be compared with the three envoys? Not to mention that the current festival envoys of the Song Dynasty are all Jilu officials, except for a little more money when collecting salaries, and going out can be a little more majestic, it is useless. Before the outbreak of the Battle of Sanchuankou, it was changed to the Loyal Army Jiedu Envoy, Zhijing Prefecture, and Qinfeng Road.

Song Renzong, the Taoist here, naturally knew, so although Xia Zhu was promoted, it was impossible to say that he was completely trusted.

In the middle of the dilemma, Lu Yijian suddenly said: "Official, the old minister has a compromise solution, I don't know if it's feasible?" ”

Zhao Yu was like an ant on a hot pot, but he was stunned by a combination of punches by Lu Yijian, Zhang Shixun and others. Although he had the opportunity to speak at this moment, he didn't know what to say, after all, when the situation was unclear, speaking casually would not only save his fate, but might also push himself. If something like this happens, it's embarrassing.

I saw that Lu Yijian looked confident, and said calmly: "Official, the ability of King Wei Chitose is obvious to all in the government and the opposition, but there are also shortcomings, that is, the enemies against him are all rabble. Although less is more, it also gives the illusion that it should be so. Therefore, the old minister believed that although Wei Wang Chitose had the ability to serve as a solicitor, the generals below did not know, so he first arranged for Wei Wang Chitose to take other positions to lay a good foundation! ”

Although Song Renzong was not ready to appoint Zhao Yu as the pacification envoy of Shaanxi Jingluo, Lu Yijian's words still made Song Renzong feel very good. Although he was reluctant to appoint, he didn't want to show this idea too much, after all, it was his younger brother, and Song Renzong still had to take care of family affection and face.

Song Renzong looked at the same as I thought, and said, "Lu Aiqing's words are really what I think in my heart!" I don't know what position you think the seventh brother should hold? ”

"How about Jingyuan Road and Qinfeng Road?" Lu Yijian pretended to propose.

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Shixun had already objected. "No, it has been discussed before, and Yin Zhu, the judge of the Yuanjing Yuan Road and Qin Feng Road Jinglu Pacification Division, will be appointed as the deputy envoy of Qin Fenglu to pacify Qinfeng Road, and the main Qin Fenglu should be fifteen. Han Qi, the deputy envoy of Shaanxi Economic Strategy and Pacification, was in charge of military and political affairs on Jingyuan Road. Now that the state affairs have been decided, if there is no convincing reason for rash changes, how can the officers and men of the three armed services be convinced? ”

"So what else does Lu Aiqing propose?" Song Renzong asked.

Lu Yijian coughed, and Shi Shiran said, "Isn't Yin Zhu still appeasing the deputy envoy?" Since this is the case, let King Wei Chitose do it for appeasement. ”

Zhao Yu interjected: "Official, the Shaanxi soldiers are full of food, and the younger brother is going, I'm afraid it will be counterproductive!" Please think twice! ”

How could Zhao Yu not know Lu Yijian's sinister intentions? Although Yoon-so is a deputy envoy to pacify, he is exercising the power of a pacification envoy. Now it seems that the official position remains the same, but the power has changed greatly, and there is one more person on the head, will Yoon so be convinced?

And Yin Zhu's previous judge of the Jingyuan Road and Qinfeng Road Second Road Jingluo Pacification Division, his official is none other than Xia Zhu, who has just served as the pacification envoy of Shaanxi Jingluo! Will Xia Zhu catch a cold with Zhao Zhen? There is Xia Zhu suppressed above, and there are subordinates below who are yang and yin, even if Zhao Yu has a thousand, ten thousand skills, it is useless.

Song Renzong also hesitated when he heard Zhao Yu's words.

How could Lu Yijian let his hard work go to waste?

Zhao Yu's words had just fallen, and Lu Yijian was ready to speak. "King Wei Chitose, if you just said it, the old minister will not agree. Lord Xia (Shouyun) has great respect for Weiwang Chitose in his recital, so he is indeed capable. And the current situation in Shaanxi also needs a clan relative like Wang Ye, who has prestige and prestige, and has the ability to sit in charge! ”

Song Renzong couldn't help but nod and said, "Seventh brother, Lu Aiqing is very true to what he said, I don't think you can postpone it!" If there is any difficulty, just say it, I will try to satisfy you! ”

Song Renzong also knew that it was indeed too much of a loss to let Zhao Yu leave Huahua Bianliang City and go to the border cold area, so he was very easy to talk at the moment. To make amends for this, I will do my best to satisfy you by saying such things. Although it is not an infinite degree of satisfaction, who is Song Renzong? The lord of a nation, even if it is a limited satisfaction, is a great gift.

Zhang Shixun also interjected at this moment and said: "Lord Wang, although Qin Fenglu does not have to be prosperous in Bianliang City, this is the time to serve the country. And the old minister believes that although the Xixia thief is fierce and makes many people feel afraid, the prince will definitely not be afraid of the Xixia thief! Please don't shirk the prince! ”

As soon as Zhang Shixun's words came out, Zhao Yu really couldn't find the words to excuse him for a while. If you resign, you will become a person who is greedy for wealth and is afraid of Western Xia. This is a huge blow to the reputation that Zhao Yu has worked hard to cultivate over the years.

Zhao Yu had no choice but to bow his head helplessly and said: "The official family and the ministers said this, it is a trust in the minister, how dare the minister?" It's just that there are some requests that have to be bold! ”

Song Renzong was not surprised, and nodded very happily. (To be continued......)