Also involved in the negotiation were the Great Song Dynasty and Pang Ji and Wang Yaochen, Bi blamed the queen and abducted the queen of another country, the Song Dynasty seemed to be doing this for the first time, Zhao Zhen was very worried, and sent three important ministers to participate at the same time.

But now it doesn't seem to be needed.

In the face of Zheng Lang's strength, Da Song Zhi frowned, he is an honest man, Zheng Lang's strong method does not match his character. Pang Ji's face was deep and he never said a word. Wang Yaochen had a smile on his face, and he almost passed over and hugged Zheng Lang, boss, you have to do this!

After all, our Song Dynasty is still a big power in the world, why is it so weak to the outside world?

pinched the lifeblood of Western Xia all of a sudden, but Zheng Lang began to regress, Zhang Chi had a way, and he also hoped that Western Xia would be at ease and desperate with the Khitan. continued: "Hugh said that there is invasion of farming, and there is also illegal salt, how much private salt did you smuggle in Western Xia in a year? Do I really know? ”

"That's a private trade, such as the Khitan ban on horses to your country, but can horses be forbidden?"

Not only the Khitan banned horses, but the Western Xia also banned horses, but there was no ban, but it was effective, except for the war, the number of horses that the Song Dynasty got from the two countries in recent years has become less and less. Fortunately, under Zheng Lang's repeated requests, the Song Dynasty opened a horse supervisor on the edge of the road, the correct place to feed horses, and more horses were raised with Fanzi, quite similar to the Tang Dynasty in Longyou, Hetao, and the Western Regions horse breeding system, the effect was remarkable, the number of war horses was not lacking, but the scale was small, and the area of the animal husbandry supervisor was also small, and it could not meet the demand for agricultural land and livestock.

It seems to be the same thing.

Zheng Lang snorted coldly: "Okay, then I can order the border state capitals of Shaanxi to set up checkpoints on all private salt passages, and how about a strict investigation?" ”

Yang Shousu was about to sweat again, but this was a very smart person, and he suddenly realized, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he asked, "What is your country..."

"What to support! I don't understand. Zheng Lang shouted.

You know, Western Xia and the Khitan are at war, at least the cards are not very good, and there is a Ning Lingge for the Khitans to use. The Song Dynasty is not easy to support openly, but you can secretly support it, you Western Xia smuggled a large amount of smuggled salt, which is equivalent to the Song Dynasty supporting a lot of money and silk in Western Xia, so that Western Xia supports this war.

The Song Dynasty was not well-intentioned and intended to make both countries lose and lose, but what if they knew? At least it's better than the dead country.

Yang Shousu almost wanted to leave, and immediately sent the news back to China.

But this can only be understood, not spoken.

Zheng Lang said again: "In the past, Shan Yu Weiliang defected to our dynasty, and our dynasty handed over their family to you in Western Xia for the sake of reconciliation between the two countries. Is sincerity sufficient? But how did your ancestors treat me? This time, the father and daughter were not moved to vote, and it is impossible to send them back, this is a lesson for you Xixia. I didn't move my father and daughter to vote, it was they who came to vote repeatedly, not because I was bewitched, and I won't take the initiative to bewitch you from all parts of the Western Xia to come to my court, this is the only answer I gave you. But if you Western Xia are hostile and continue to invade the farms, harass the frontiers, or invade, then the failure to move is an example, and our court will absorb all your Western Xia tribes to vote. Advance and retreat, between your Western Xia thoughts. ”

Back to the topic.

Zheng Lang is not a smart person in the world, and Yang Shousu is also very smart.

It seems that this is an exchange, our Song Dynasty took in the unemirated clan and the unmoved father and daughter, and also gave you some compensation, relaxed the amount of private salt, and gave you a more adequate economy to fight against the Khitan.

But the fact is that the Western Xia and the Khitan continued to fight, which was very beneficial to the Song Dynasty.

In the short term, I got some money, but this was under the control of the Song Dynasty, and it was forbidden. He can live for thirty or forty years, and he may live for fifty or sixty years, at least for more than ten years.

So Yang Shouzun was silent.

Zheng Lang continued: "Yang Shousu, have you ever seen two moons in the sky? ”…,

"Nope."

"There are no two moons in the sky, so how can there be two mothers in one country on earth? Why did the father and daughter flee to our court? Without him, your queen mother is very jealous of their father and daughter, and sooner or later she will harm them. ”

"No Way"

"Do you believe it?"

"Nope." Yang Shousu replied again, but the answer was very weak.

"Why do you have to forcibly cover up for yourself, Hugh said that you Xixia don't understand etiquette, that is, in our Central Plains dynasties and generations, the emperor is young, the queen mother is in charge, if there are two queen mothers, sooner or later it will not be allowed, and now she defects to our dynasty, and she is only a common person, my dynasty took the initiative to resolve a serious crisis for your Xixia, aren't you grateful?"

"It's cunning!" Li Shougui said angrily.

That's right.

Like Li Yuanhao, Zheng Lang stole the beams and changed the pillars, even if it led to a small-scale civil strife in the future because she did not move the clan, it would be better than her defection to the Song Dynasty. Zheng Lang only smiled, and didn't think that this sentence could hit the sloppy eye, and said: "The imperial court is also ready to canonize your young prince as the lord of the country." ”

Li Shougui was silent.

The Khitan did not recognize the Langqi regime, but the Song Dynasty did not admit it either, and only sent envoys to mourn Li Yuanhao's funeral. Once recognized by the Song Dynasty, there was a lot of justification. This is something that cannot be seen, but it is very important for Western Xia today.

Yang Shousu said, "Let's think about it." ”

"Okay, wait for the good news." Zheng Lang took the three of Pang to leave.

Then I saw Zhao Zhen, told the result, and said: "Whether it is the Yi clan or Brother Ning Ling, it has some effects, but the negative effects are greater." Brother Ning Ling is the crown prince, with the name of orthodoxy, the role is greater, and the negative effect is also greater. Because of Brother Ning Ling, and the coercion of the Khitan, our dynasty has made some seemingly concessions, and the negative effects will be eliminated a lot, especially the canonization of the lord of the country. ”

A few months ago, the imperial court wanted to canonize Brother Ning Ling as the lord of the country, but Zheng Lang stopped him.

It's a good chess game, and you can't throw it away as cabbage. It was only then that it became apparent what it did.

"Xixia will acquiesce to my court to take in the father and daughter, maybe they are resentful in their hearts, but there is Ning Lingge's force, and the hatred can only be put in the heart, Ranchen is worried that in the end, the Khitan will see that the war is unfavorable, and the Xixia will give them some benefits, and the Khitan will hand over Ning Lingge. Therefore, the minister thought that he could send an envoy to Jinsu Prefecture, bring 50,000 pieces of silk, and He Qidan got Zhen Ning Lingge to promote justice. ”

"Why?" Song Zhen is incomprehensible. 50,000 horses of silk is not a small number, it is worth 100,000 yuan, how many victims have been saved?

"Bo Zhen, 50,000 horses of silk seems like a lot of money, but when used on the battlefield, it can't even support a small battle. I got Brother Ning Ling from He Khitan and put this matter on the table. The Khitans were embarrassed to show weakness again, and took the initiative to hand over Ning Lingge to Western Xia. Otherwise, what face will you have to accept my tribute in the future? As long as Brother Ning Ling is in the hands of the Khitans, whether he has a brother or sister or this little prince who grew up, he will have a bad relationship with the Khitan. If our dynasty uses private salt to support the economy of the Western Xia, the Western Xia will engage in a protracted battle with the Khitan, and at that time, both tigers will be seriously injured. What is this worth?

Song Zhen couldn't answer, if he really achieved the effect that Zheng Lang said, even five million pieces of silk would be worth it.

It's also a must.

The Ming Dynasty emperor Zhu Qizhen was taken captive by the Tatars as a strange commodity, but the effect of the strange goods did not appear, on the contrary, it aroused the mourning of the Ming Dynasty soldiers. The Tatars didn't dare to kill when they saw that it was not good, for fear that under the anger of the Ming Dynasty, they would die with them and blackmail people not to give them a son, but instead spent a lot of money raising Zhu Qizhen. In the end, we have no choice but to give you this emperor.

But Zhu Qiyu turned a deaf ear, good big brother, you still obediently be the prince of the grassland. This attitude of the Ming Dynasty made the Tatars very bitter, and in the end, it took a lot of effort to let Zhu Qizhen return to the Ming Dynasty. As for the benefits, nothing was gained! …,

The two are very similar.

If the Khitan found out that Ning Lingge was not the strange thing they thought, and the war stalemate, they would definitely send Ning Lingge back to Western Xia.

Can't let them send. Once it is sent to the two countries, there will be no grievances, and if it is not sent to the two countries, there will always be grievances.

Zhao Zhen thought about it seriously for a moment and said, "Accurate." ”

Song Zhen asked hesitantly: "On the one hand, I will congratulate Khitan to get Brother Ning Ling, and canonize the lord of the small country of Western Xia, will this be this?"

"It's okay, I've always been very weak, and this kind of behavior is also in line with my previous performance." Zheng Lang sneered unceremoniously, which was also the truth, and said: "Although the Khitan is a little dissatisfied, there are 50,000 horses of silk, which is a lot of income for the poor Khitans, and the complaints will disappear." The war was deadlocked, and the Khitan was also afraid that our dynasty would join forces with the Western Xia, just as the Western Xia was afraid that our dynasty would take the opportunity to use troops against the Western Xia. The form is reversed from the beginning of the Qingli Dynasty, and at that time I was worried about the Western Xia and my dynasty, and now I am worried about the Khitan and the Western Xia. I didn't take the opportunity to blackmail like the Khitan, and they were going to say thank you. ”

Zhao Zhen smiled, even if he has the ability to extort, what can he extort? Two poor neighbors, two evil neighbors, want to squeeze a little oil and water out of them, it is better to kill them.

Discuss the choice of envoys.

Zheng Lang recommended Wang Su again.

As for the candidates for the envoys, these gentlemen must be used.

also wants to increase Wang Su's merits, he has too few confidants in the court, and he doesn't think about his rights, at least he has to wait until after the Liuta River and the farmland water conservancy law is fully implemented, and he can leave the post of prime minister. Moreover, the country will have to ...... with a large sum of money in the future.

Yang Shousu is also writing back to Fufu

Notifying Pang of the approximate situation, the Song Dynasty slapped his face, but rewarded a small red date. People will not return it, and they can be canonized and forgiven and relaxed as compensation.

Then to tell the truth, the Song Dynasty did not have a good heart, including Di Qing's ability to build a fortress on Fulin Road and recapture the lost territory of Fengzhou, but the Song Dynasty did not do so. Yang Shousu privately pondered that there was a bad heart in the Song Dynasty.

Di Qing sent troops, is to let the people of Fuzhou feel at ease, otherwise in the Western Xia invasion and plunder, the people will be far away from Fuzhou Linzhou, without the people, there will be no folded army, Fulin Road is deserted, the Song Dynasty lost an important horse base, and because there are no people to cultivate, grain production is reduced, must be transported from the Central Plains to Hedong, and then from Hedong to Fuzhou, the cost is huge. Therefore, send troops to let the people cultivate in peace in the rear.

But if you don't recapture Toyoshu and make it an idle area, it may be to find an excuse to send troops in the future. Therefore, Yang Shousu believed that it was necessary to wait until the end of the war with the Khitan to negotiate the border matters with the Song Dynasty, and then negotiate the matter of not accepting the defected people from the other side.

The two must be made clear, otherwise there will be endless misfortune.

A very smart man, but after the letter was sent away, he was very worried. Quye River is fertile with water and grass, suitable for farming and animal husbandry, mostly greedy and does not hide the false Pang possession, from last year when Yuan Hao was alive, did not hide the false Pang to organize manpower, here to invade the farming, for their own wealth.

Although he said it, he might not listen to it, maybe there was a pit left by this little prime minister, and if he didn't hide it, Pang would take the initiative to jump down, thinking that not talking about the boundary of the territory would be of great benefit to him, so that he could continue to invade the farm.

However, he did not change his mind, there were very few ministers like Zheng Lang in the Song Dynasty, who were strong and long-sighted, most of them were mediocre, incompetent and greedy, and Zheng Lang was not very old, as the prime minister, there must be some ministers who were dissatisfied, so he secretly sent someone to inquire, and really let him hear a minister who could speak.

Because of Zheng Lang's promotion, the relationship between the three countries is becoming more and more complicated, and the Song Dynasty must have begun to laugh, but who can have the last laugh depends on the vision and ability of the ministers of the three kingdoms.

The next day, morning pilgrimage.

He Tan said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is inappropriate to take in the non-emigrants, the two countries have been peaceful for several years, and the country and the people are safe, which is beneficial to our dynasty." The Wuyi clan is the mother of the Western Xia country, and there will be endless troubles after acceptance. ”…,

After saying that, step back.

Zheng Lang was also not angry, there were not many ministers who needed to know about this matter in order to keep it secret, and it was not until the Western Xia envoy arrived in Beijing that Yan Chen knew that he had not moved his father and daughter and fled to the Song Dynasty. Xu asked: "What He Yushi said is nothing more than eight words, people don't offend me, I don't offend people." ”

"Yes." He Tan replied in a deep voice that he was not hostile to Zheng Lang, at least in the matter of disaster relief, he admired Zheng Lang's timely response very much, just talk about things, right is right and wrong is wrong, this is Yanchen's own job.

"He Yushi, if someone puts down the butcher's knife after committing murder and says that I won't kill anymore, will the court punish him according to the law?"

What He Tan said, on the surface, people don't offend me, I don't offend people, dissecting it, in fact, the enemy doesn't recruit me, and I don't recruit the enemy, but the enemy has a big slap, and I also want to hit the enemy with a big slap, the front is right, and the back, the enemy finished the slap, raised his hand and said I'm sorry, we don't fight, peace is precious. Since the enemy will not fight, it will be more important to listen to the enemy's words in the future. However, it didn't take long for the call to come again, and after the fight, we said that we value peace, and the cycle continued.

How can there be such a fool in the world?

There really is, the three-hundred-year-old Song Dynasty, which has produced countless top figures, has been playing this stupid role for at least two hundred years. The Song Dynasty died, and it continued later.

I don't blame He Tan, if he hadn't performed well in the northwest, he would have dissected the stakes, and many ministers of the two provinces, including Song Zhen, would still oppose it, even so, Song Zhen is still suspicious.

I don't know where the mistake is, originally Zhao Kuangyin didn't blindly open the side, he wanted the people to have a stable life, but after being tampered with by the literati group, he was so introverted that he became fools one by one. Even if you don't let the martial arts group gain power, as for being restrained to the point of being cowardly?

He Tan heard Zheng Lang's words, frowned, and said, "However, the border is peaceful. ”

"He Yushi, is the border really stable? I am looking for peace, obviously the victorious side, but I pay 200,000 years a year, but what about the border? Illegal salt, encroachment, plundering, and every year, some border people kill each other. Is this called Valium? ”

"Di Qing Yu Northwest has already attacked the other party."

"What if the sortie fails? Or how about the Western Xia deliberately lure me to attack the border army with invasion and farming, but set up an ambush in the middle of the way? ”

"The minister has a discussion." Wu Dingchen said.

"Play."

"What Zheng Lang said seems to have three points of truth, but the Wu Yi clan is the mother of the Western Xia country, and taking in the other party's mother is against the national system, and this case cannot be opened."

Zheng Lang wants to go up and give Wu Dingchen a beating and take in the other party's mother of the country? If you don't change this dynasty, decades later, the princesses, queens, and concubines of the Zhao family will be wheeled by the Jurchens one by one, and they will be concubines, maidservants, and military prostitutes after their turns, and they don't know what they will become.

Suddenly, a gleam appeared in Zheng Lang's eyes.

Wu Dingchen's impeachment made him realize that something was wrong, he was a member of Jia Changchao.

It's that one and that person, not like in the novel, secretly hiding in a dark corner and meeting, discussing how to harm people all day and night, In the Song Dynasty, especially in the middle and early Northern Song Dynasty, it was almost impossible for such a thing to happen. Second, at this point, they are all top characters, and they can't do this, once they grasp the handle, their career will be over. The people on that side are all well-versed, and sometimes it may not be a good thing, for example, Fan Zhongyan wants to go to Hebei, and Fu Bi is on official business and forcibly demolishes Fan Zhongyan's platform. But at that time, Fu Bi was definitely Fan Zhongyan's person.

But today Jia Chang Chao is far away in Luoyang, Xia Neem is demoted to Nanjing Mansion, and Gao Ruone was transferred back to the Privy Council as a privy deputy envoy not long ago. This Zheng Lang doesn't care much, the Song Dynasty is an all-round system, ministers can be civil and martial, officials can be businessmen, can be Sherlock Holmes, and must be water conservancy experts, agricultural experts, I don't know how many ministers use the wrong place. In the new imperial history, Cheng is Yang Cha, who is on the same list as himself, and he has a good relationship with himself when he takes over Taiping Prefecture. …,

Besides, he is at least very authoritative in the military affairs of the court. It stands to reason that Yan Chen will not be too opposed, and even if he is impeached, he must ask about the reason. It's not like Wu Dingchen provoked it, Jia Chang Dynasty does not have Jia Chang Dynasty in Luoyang, Wu Dingchen uses a well to fight with himself?

He felt that there was something hidden in it, and said slowly: "Wu Zhizhi, I have already analyzed the stakes with a few people, and I have also made a lot of arrangements, as for the mother of the country, the mother of the country in Western Xia is the Wuzang clan, what does it have to do with the Wuqian clan?" Could it be that having two mothers of the country is a national system? ”

Some ministers snickered at Yuan Hao, who not only robbed his daughter-in-law, but also made three queens, since ancient times, in a harem, can there be three queens at the same time? As soon as the poor front died, the son fled to the Khitan, and the wife fled to the Song Dynasty.

Wu Dingchen was a little unwilling, but when he heard Zheng Lang say that he had discussed with several prime ministers a long time ago, the other dozen ministers were silent, and he said that it was useless, so he had to be silent.

After dispersing the court, Zheng Lang deliberately went to the spy camp to secretly ask Wang Yong a few words.

It can also be regarded as using power for profit, mainly for the country.

Yang Shousu waited in Zuncheng for no news of his brothers and sisters, Zheng Lang did not go to negotiate again, he still has more affairs in his hands, so he has the energy to spend it on this negotiation?

A few days later, it was another court meeting.

Wu Dingchen once again admonished can't, after a few days of preparation, the evidence is more sufficient, a said invasion and plunder, Western Xia is a tribal system, Yuan Hao is newly mourned, the binding force is very small, and it has nothing to do with the Western Xia regime, and Di Qing retaliated, Western Xia did not use soldiers. This statement is very marketable, and there are too many ministers who don't want to fight, and many ministers nod their heads in agreement.

Second, he said that the lord of the Western Xia Dynasty was young, and at this time the imperial court should cultivate a relationship, so that the lord of the Western Xia Dynasty would have a good impression of the Song Dynasty, which was a long-term plan for the country. The Wu Yi clan is the Empress Yuanhao, and she is also the other mother of the lord of the Western Xia Kingdom. If you take in the Wu Yi clan, you will hate the Song Dynasty for forgiveness, and you will be ashamed, and the Song and Xia will have evil relations in the future. This specious statement was once again echoed by many ministers.

Several ministers also said at the same time, if it is to take in a tribe of Western Xia, it does not matter, even if it is the mountain of the year, although his identity is noble, he is the courtier of Western Xia. did not move the clan but was the queen, the mother of the country, far beyond the scope of courtiers. The Song Dynasty absolutely could not take this woman in.

Zheng Lang closed his eyes and recuperated, and waited for them to finish before he said, "Your Majesty, the minister also has a word." The opinions of the ministers are also for the sake of the country. The reason for this idea is that Confucianism is based on benevolence. The minister once thought that the Confucian self-cultivation of the Qi family ruled the country and leveled the world, with the intention of killing and crusading. In addition, the core of Confucianism is the inner sage and the outer king, so the king is also a combination of grace and power, with the way of benevolence and the way of hegemony, because Confucianism has been usurpated since the Western Han Dynasty, so the past dynasties have been filled with legalists. And the minister thinks that it is wrong, and the righteousness of Confucianism is the law of Legalism. Why is there a difference between inner saints and outer kings, and why is there a distinction between governance and peace? In fact, it is still based on benevolence and righteousness. Grace-based, with prestige. However, the distinction lies in the difference between the light and the heavy, the inner saint and the outer king, the internal favor and light authority, the internal heavy authority and light grace, after all, the internal is the foundation of the country. Governing the country and leveling the world, the country is based on governance, benevolence, and care, and it is supplemented by killing and poke. And externally, it is peaceful, killing, poking and requisitioning, based on deterrence by force, supplemented by benevolence and caressing, which is peaceful. However, this is ultimately the minister's view of the master's Confucianism, including Wu Zhizhi, who may not be able to agree with the minister's view. Governing the country is also based on Confucianism. Wu Zhizhi said that benevolence is the foundation and care is the foundation, including foreign countries. ”

How well it is said, I have my ideas, you have yours, and I can't impose my ideas on you. In fact, this kind of bullshit theory that foreign countries also need to be benevolent was quite marketable among many ministers of the Song Dynasty.

As for how many white-eyed wolves have been raised in China since ancient and modern times, they are automatically negligent.

continued: "However, since Li Jiqian, Western Xia has been treacherous, and it is a strong and difficult country to conquer, so it is extremely difficult to say something to them, and what to say is based on benevolence. However, Ranchen remembered that the southern Jiaozhi mostly invaded our territory, and the Western Xia was an untamable, insatiable, and cunning wolf, but Jiaozhi could only be regarded as a ridiculous monkey. However, Jiaozhi in the south was ambitious, and the minister was worried that Chi Sheng would cause trouble, so the minister thought that Wu Zhizhi would go to Jiaozhi to send an envoy to Jiaozhi, so that they could not harass the people of Bianlong and the tribes of Lingnan. ”

Isn't it to be reasonable, there is no need for you to reason with the Tangut people, as long as you go to Jiaozhi and reason with these little Vietnamese.

After saying that, he returned to Ban'er

The story of Simon Leopard suddenly appeared in his mind, what should I do, the common people believe that there is a matter of Hebo, so witch, go talk to Hebo...... ）