Zhao Zhen smiled first, and then looked at Xiao Du and the others. []

It's okay to count this bad debt, but it depends on the national system, don't say 20,000 taels of silver, 200,000 taels of silver will also be fought for. If the two envoys were bent on doing so, it would be difficult for the Song Dynasty to refuse, not only would it be difficult to refuse, but it was also possible that the relations between the two countries would deteriorate very much.

Xiao Ta Legge and Du Fang bowed their heads to discuss for a while, Du Fang raised his head and said, "If so, the 20,000 ......"

"Du Jie Du envoy, please think about it and then talk about it. There are not many straight women, only about 1,000 dings, plus their relatives, there are only more than 3,000 people. You can also be investigated, from the East China Sea, Limei, Wanjak, Filthy, Nose Kud (northeast of the Suifen River, in Russia), and Choali (the easternmost country of the Five Kingdoms, now Boli), and only a few people came to the Ujak Department, which is also the westernmost category. ”

That is to say, these Jurchens are all authentic Jurchens, and their ability to control the Khitan in these areas is very weak, and in some respects it is equivalent to the Tang Dynasty's management of the Western Regions, or even less, only equivalent to the Tang Dynasty's management of the Hezhong region (Afghanistan, to the area around Haschanstan).

If the Song Dynasty replaced the Khitan in these places, it would be wrong, just spending money to buy some slaves, it was not too much. For other ministers of the Song Dynasty, you can fool, but you can't fool Zheng Lang, Zheng Lang stayed with the Khitan monarchs and ministers for a long time, and was very familiar with most of the Khitan affairs.

I didn't want to go to war, so I had to be reasonable. He continued: "If your country is against it, we can stop and not buy these slaves in the future. But when it comes to the affairs of the two countries, your country sent troops to Western Xia, but because of unpreparedness and carelessness, it suffered a tragic defeat. How did I do it? There is no falling stone. However, our dynasty fought a fierce war with the Western Xia, but your country sent troops to threaten, so that our dynasty had to increase by 200,000. It doesn't matter, within the scope of our DPRK's endurance, an increase of 200,000 will make the friendship between the two countries even stronger, although some soldiers and civilians are not convinced. However, reconciliation between the two countries requires efforts on both sides. Example: Before the war. Your country has built many walled cities in the southwest, although it was built by your country to deal with the Western Xia. According to the covenant, neither side is allowed to build any military fortifications at the border after the alliance. Trenches are excavated to avoid misunderstandings. After the war, these military villages were still retained. Today is to deal with Western Xia, and tomorrow they may not be able to deal with our Chaofu Prefecture. ”

There was a buzz in the main hall.

In fact, this principle is very easy to say, but Song Chen is no matter who the Khitan is, including Fu Bi. Too worried, with this worry, so the negotiation more of the upper hand. In fact, there is a moderation in dealing with it, with the Khitan Ma Daha, it is not Ma Daha, but the attitude of not taking the Song Dynasty in his eyes, there will be many tricks to find out.

"Why? But I want to reconcile the two countries. Are the thousands and hundreds of female direct parts of your country on the far East China Sea really so important to your country? Now because of the fate of your country. Forcibly moved back, will these parts be convinced? Your kingdom will not put them to death unless they are all put to death. In the future, they should not be expected to be loyal to your country, but on the contrary, they may behave badly. If he is executed, why can't the two countries be reconciled and receive 20,000 pieces of silver? This is also the heart of peace in your country. There is a degree to everything, and these female straight parts have contributed to our dynasty. At the front end, I sent an envoy to your country, and your country meant that I would be overpowered, and now I will let the meritorious soldiers. Forcible repatriation for no reason. What will I think of the people? Those who are under heaven are also the people of the world, and Your Majesty must also conform to the will of the people. If your country is worried that my business will cause the New Year's coin to have an unforeseen trend, then don't worry, the matter is over. For the sake of the future of the two countries, our DPRK will treat it as if nothing has happened. Two distinguished envoys, please think again. ”

Reasonable and responsible, Zhao Zhen's eyes showed approval.

Xiao Ta Legge and Du Fang lowered their heads again to discuss, and Du Fang said, "If that's the case......"

"Du Jiedu envoy, don't say much, the way for the two countries to get along is sincerity. Our dynasty has increased by 200,000 yuan, and I have paid another payment, and if we want to force it again, your country will backfire and go too far. At this time, my dynasty was at that time, and the Western Xia was in a stalemate, and your country had to give me a chance to destroy the 200,000 plus a nazi, and my dynasty would also accept it unceremoniously. ”…,

To put it mildly, it actually carries a strong threat. []

Du Fang was stunned and asked, "What about the old coin?" ”

"Don't worry, I've returned safely, and nothing happens. Our dynasty is governed by Confucianism, and I value faith. I remember that when I was with the lord of your country in Yu'erluo, Ma Baozhong, the privy envoy of your country, said that those who are strong in the world are Confucianism and Taoism, and those who are weak in the world are in Taoism. Today's award, the big rate of officials but not Confucianism, out of Confucianism and Taoism is the practice of the township party, and the cultivation of virtue is the crown of Xu Chong, since now it is not the Holy Emperor Ming King Confucius and Mencius's teachings, looking at the Ming edict to forbid it. Your lord will not hear. And he asked me how to make the country rich. The way to enrich the country is the way of Confucianism, which conforms to the will of the people, encourages the people to rest and recuperate, the people become rich, and the country is self-reliant. The two envoys came, and there are still a few days before they can go back, and after I go down, I will send some Confucian books to the two envoys, so that you can know what Confucianism is. ”

Zhao Zhen already wanted to laugh.

After Zheng Lang explained it many times, he also figured out the joint, the Khitan can't learn Confucianism, and once he learns Confucianism, he will be finished. What has become of the nomads who get off their horses and read them?

"Thank you Zheng Xianggong then," Du Fang said.

is also under the stairs, otherwise what to do, Du Fang said that our Khitan is wrong, and we shouldn't ask for more than a thousand Jurchens. Let the Khitan admit his mistake, and now the Song Dynasty does not have that ability.

A public relations crisis between the two countries was quietly resolved.

Zhao Zhen appreciates Zheng Lang more and more, and today, Zheng Lang's means of handling affairs are becoming more and more flexible, and he has bloomed with a dazzling demeanor.

But then something went wrong.

The special battalion is being formed, and so is the Pauling, which is a matter for the Privy Council. The East Mansion is now chaotic and noisy every day, but the West Mansion is very calm. Pang Ji and Zheng Lang are obviously not people on the road, but Zheng Lang did not wipe Pang Ji's face. Pang Ji is very smart, and he will not deliberately challenge Zheng Lang's dignity, he disdains this kind of irrational thing.

The calm in Xifu also led to the orderly implementation of Xifu's affairs, and the formation was very smooth, including the special service battalion. At first, Zhao Zhen was very puzzled, Zheng Qing, how to pick out such a candidate?

Zheng Lang's method was very simple, and he ordered the commanders of the battalions of the 4th Gyeonggi Road, as well as the battalions of the Hedong Hebei Road near Gyeonggi, to select two or three people from each battalion according to the standards he said, and send them to the Beijing Division. The commanders were also puzzled, and they didn't know what the imperial court wanted such a person to do? Some think this way, some think that way, and pick out all kinds of people.

A total of more than 2,000 people were sent to Beijing. Zheng Lang sent the Privy Council officers to carry out the second step of selection. It should be said that this is an elite person selected from the battalions. But Zheng Lang's spy battalion is too demanding, so let the officials choose first to see if they behave appropriately. Whether the family background is good, whether it is loyal to the country, and whether it has a skill. Some people want to go behind enemy lines alone, and they must have a skill before they can do concealment.

After the selection, some of the soldiers were defeated, and only more than 1,300 soldiers were selected. This is already the elite of the elite. Zheng Lang asked Wang Yong and the two to make the second step of selection. There must be a certain degree of adaptability, language ability, camouflage ability, and also a certain amount of martial arts. Don't look at Wang Yong's weakness in Western Xia, this is a weakness in character, it is really weak and bulliable, it has really become a cowardice for everyone to bully, and it will not do anything.

These soldiers were brought in. The pick is inexplicable, but Xifu's order does not dare not listen. This time, there were only more than 700 people left.

But there is still one last level, and there is no need for so many people, so it was handed over to Wang Song.

This great monk used his own strategy to execute Yeli Wangrong, and after taking the bridge of peace between the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia, he was transferred to the capital and served as a middle-level military attaché, but the mainstream of Confucianism that was now popular in the Song Dynasty was still the Confucianism of the stinky and dull benevolence of the gods. Although he has made meritorious contributions, many people think that Wang Song's approach is a bit despicable. Wang Song held an official position, but he was actually an idle official. took the salary of the imperial court and kept it at home. It wasn't until Zheng Lang came back and mentioned the spy camp that he turned this person out. []…,

Not many people know, Zheng Lang only talked about the military significance, and did not say how many big official positions its leader needed.

It itself is completely different from the nature of the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei and the East and West Factories. Jin Yiwei dealt with the Minister of the Interior, and the special service battalion was only to spy on foreign intelligence. Or carry out some rebellion and assassination activities in enemy territory. In this regard, the big guys have the attitude that if they can succeed, they will be good, and they will not be pulled down. Rather contemptuous.

Zheng Lang prefers to use Wang Song, and no one cares. It seems that this kind of lowly deed can only be undertaken by this obscene monk.

Wang Song is making the final choice.

Zheng Lang didn't ask, on the contrary, he was watching Bao Ding, and at the end of the year, he had a big competition, so that Zhao Zhen could see the combat effectiveness, and there happened to be a magic stick to make trouble, so he took the opportunity to propose the matter of elite soldiers and army reduction. Or an ordnance superintendent.

Other plans, it seems, are afraid to be implemented.

Zheng Lang didn't want to take too big a step, and seeing the various appearances that evolved after each law went down, Zheng Lang became more and more worried. Therefore, while walking, we are paying attention, focusing on adjustment, supplemented by change.

But these articles must be implemented in their entirety, without which he would not have been in the Privy Council for long. When the time comes, we will have to compete with Wen Yanbo. I didn't want to fight for this merit, but Wen Yanbo and Jia Changchao were a little close, so they had to fight. After a fight, he entered the East Mansion out of ten. Besides, the appearance of Dongfu is not very satisfactory to the emperor.

There wasn't much time left for him, and the main things had to be arranged.

He is concerned about the affairs of Xifu, and others are also paying attention to him.

Zhao Zhen read his benevolence and righteousness a few times, the first time he saw it, he couldn't understand it, and the second time he saw it, he understood it a little, especially one of the passages that Zhao Zhi agreed with.

According to the interpretation of the gentleman's party, this gentleman is no longer the gentleman that the master said. Don't talk about the five constants and five virtues, my gentleman is not this. What is that, there is no unified standard, and later Sima Guang said that a virtuous person is a gentleman, and a villain is greater than virtue. Bullshit. If it is according to this theory, even if a person no longer has the ability, as long as he has a little virtue, he can be reused? A person's talent is excellent, better than virtue, but this talent is wrong?

But this sentence says that the heart of the Chinese gentleman's party is definitely not as talented as Lu Yijian, so it can only be better than virtue.

Zheng Lang quoted Sima Guang's words later and refuted it. Among them, there are two examples, one is Lu Yijian. Now that Lu Yijian is dead, but Fan Zhongyan is still alive, you can ask the current Fan Zhongyan again, has Lu Yijian contributed to the country?

The second case is Chen Ping.

Chen Ping stole his sister-in-law at home, and Wei did not tolerate it, and he died and returned to Chu, returned to Chu, and died to Han. After Liu Bang's death, Lü Pheasant wanted to make Zhu Lu the king, asked Wang Ling, Wang Ling disagreed, asked Chen Ping and Zhou Bo, Ping said, Emperor Gao set the world, the prince brother; Now the queen mother is in charge, Wang Zhulu is everything. Wang Ling was furious and blamed Chen Ping, but Chen Ping said instead, in today's face of court disputes, the ministers are not as good as the king; The whole society is set after Liu's. The king is not as good as the minister.

At this time, Liu Bang had just died, and his bones were not cold, and Chen betrayed the alliance of the White Horse, and also tried to defend his despicable behavior. Coupled with his previous practices, what kind of courtier is this.

Chen Ping suffers from Zhulu, and he can't control it, and he is afraid that the disaster is his own. Note that he is deeply favored by Liu Bang, and when the Liu family is dying, the resourceful Chen Ping is only worried about himself. Until Lu Jia sees you. Make a plan to say, the world is safe, pay attention to the phase; The world is in danger, pay attention to the will. If the phase is harmonized, then the priest is attached; Although there are changes in the world, there is no division of power. For the sake of the community, the ears are mastered in the two monarchs. The minister often wants to call the Marquis of Jiang (Zhou Bo), and the Marquis of Jiang plays with me. Yi Wuyan. Why don't you befriend the captain and get along? The plan is set.

According to the standards of the Gentleman's Party, find trouble with Chen Ping. Too much. …,

But who can deny that Chen Pingnai is one of the greatest heroes of the Han royal family!

Zheng Lang blurred the line between a gentleman and a villain, and did not admit that Li Linfu and his ilk were right. Therefore, Zheng Lang set a standard, love the country, love people, love this nation, this is the law, the interests of the country must be greater than the interests of the individual, this is the law.

This method can be moderately adjusted. It's degree.

Li Linfu seems to be diligent in government, and once slept in the government hall day and night, but the reason why this is so is that he does not want the power to be divided by others. Look at him again, in order to control the meritorious generals who returned to the dynasty as the prime minister, he appointed Hu people as the envoy of moderation, so that no one would hinder his power as the prime minister. As a result, An Lushan was in power, so woe to him. This is an act of putting personal interests above the interests of the state, so he is a real villain and a traitor. Although Chen Ping was slightly at fault, he finally helped the Han royal family. In fact, why do you need to be like this, he doesn't move, and he is rich. Virtue is not enough, but it does not really put personal interests above national interests. Another example is Lu Yijian, knowing that Fan Zhongyan will be used to his advantage, and the country needs Fan Zhongyan, so he still uses Fan Zhongyan and transfers him to the northwest as an important minister. It is also a failure to put personal interests above national interests. Therefore, these two people are villains in morality, but for the country, they are heroes and loyal ministers!

This passage is most appreciated by Zhao Zhen.

Hence the paper.

In order to make a stir cautiously, Taixue deliberately used engraving printing.

Bi Sheng just died, but under Bi Sheng's research and development, copper movable type technology has made leaps and bounds.

But the technology has not yet been perfected, the typesetting technology is backward, and the adhesive technology is also backward when nesting, and it has begun to be practical. The cost has dropped slightly, but the engraving printing has not been squeezed down, such as the Analects of these common books, the major bookstores still retain the engraving, save trouble, stain with ink, and the printing will be successful. The copper movable type, after printing, must melt the adhesive, re-typeset, and glue with adhesive, which is more troublesome and time-consuming.

However, the relatively unpopular books, or one-time printed publications such as newspapers, as well as examination papers for scientific examinations, etc., have all been switched to copper movable type. There are few engravings. In this regard, Zheng Lang was not in a hurry, and the printing of the Song Dynasty was very ordinary and commercialized. Since it is commercialized, there will be people who will study it, and further cost savings will be made, and the technology will move forward again.

In the past, newspapers mostly used movable copper type. However, when Zheng Lang came back, he was in a happy mood, these tens of thousands of words were written briskly, the dragon flew and the phoenix danced, and the doctor of Taixue liked it, copied it down, and changed it to engraving printing, so that more people could see Zheng Lang's calligraphy.

Benevolence and righteousness were published one after another, but at first people were confused, confused, and didn't know what they were talking about. Slowly looking back, there were still some people who objected, some implicitly opposed, some directly attacked, and later, including Ouyang Xiu, they all attacked Zheng Lang for deliberately reversing black and white.

Zheng Lang didn't say that he was necessarily right, and he didn't care about the controversy in the outside world. On the contrary, he thinks that his mind is not yet mature, otherwise this article of benevolence would not have been written so vaguely. Theories are boldly written, but practical things are done carefully, which is Zheng Lang's attitude.

There was a problem on Wang Song's side.

Zheng Lang asked Wang Song to handle the last hurdle, because Wang Song was the most successful spy in the history of the Song Dynasty and had rich experience.

But Wang Song's method is very simple, he put these more than 700 people into custody in batches, and then tortured them and asked some very boring questions, how many bad things have you done in your life, have you ever gambled money, have you ever been a prostitute, and how much.

The soldier was not convinced, so he struck, and said, and I let you go. Some people can't stand it, so they really say it, so they use them as an example, you see, he said, let him be released immediately, eat meat and drink wine, recuperate with the doctor, and go home for reunion. All kinds of intimidation and deception have been used. More soldiers 1510 "confessions". …,

After a few days of indiscriminate tossing, there were only three hundred and sixty-eight people left, all of whom were real iron men, and they were not afraid of Wang Song's murderous reputation and torture. Wang Song all stayed. Others were released.

Don't dare to find trouble with Wang Song, this great monk can kill, rob, drink wine and eat meat, gamble and prostitutes, abduct and sell, can be soft and hard, and strong martial arts, it is the biggest rotten meat in the Song Dynasty.

This incident alarmed the Imperial History Tower, the special service battalion was not announced to the public, and the imperial historians did not know the situation, one was not used to Wang Song, and the other was to torture the soldiers for no reason, which violated the imperial court system. So at the court meeting, several imperial histories were impeached.

After Zheng Lang listened, he already understood what Wang Song wanted to do, and stood up and said, "Your Majesty, you can be in the hall later, and you can be right to Wang Songting." ”

Zhao Zhi also understood, some imperial histories still wanted to say that Wang Song had obviously done something wrong, so why should he be right, and did Wang Song have the qualifications to be right? Zhao Zhen said calmly: "Zhu Qing, there are other reasons for this matter, and Zhu Qing must not say much. ”

This is Zheng Lang and Zhao Zhen's guess, whether it is right or wrong, we have to wait for Wang Song to answer.

When he arrived at the capital hall, Wang Song brought it up. Several bigwigs saw this big monk for the first time, and even Zhao Zhen and Zheng Lang stared at him with curious eyes. But now it's not a monk, and it's Shiheng's idea to start growing hair. All the things you have done are not suitable for being a monk, so as to prevent the Buddha from getting angry in heaven, so you should simply return to the world.

In addition to being a body of horizontal flesh, he didn't see how vicious his appearance was, Zhao Zhen asked: "Wang Qing, why did you beat the soldiers?" ”

"Your Majesty, please listen to the ministers, Zheng Xianggong asked the ministers to make the final selection, and the previous selection has been made many times, this is selected from the three or four hundred thousand soldiers, only more than seven hundred people remain, and the rest do not need to be observed by the ministers. Therefore, the minister only looks at his courage. This battalion is mainly composed of secret agents, and there is a good chance that the other party will be caught and severely tortured. Your Majesty can forgive your ministers for daring to strip and see you? ”

Zhao Zhen hesitated and said, "Yes." ”

Wang Song took off his shirt, revealing many scars all over his body, some of the scars have recovered, some have not recovered, and the large and small scars are shocking. Wang Song put on his shirt again and said: "The minister only used some canes and whips, but when the minister was in Western Xia, the torture was far more than this, and the summer thief even used the torture of his fingers in order to make the minister confess, Your Majesty, please see." ”

Stretching out his hand, the middle finger was about broken, and it has not been good yet, although the five fingers are straight, the middle finger is hanging down crookedly.

Looking at this middle finger, it touched Zhao Zhen's soft heart, and sighed: "Wang Qing, it's hard work." ”

Although this great monk made him laugh, he was indeed a tough guy.

Wang Song said again: "Your Majesty, if you can't even stand the little punishment of the minister, you have to confess." If you are caught in the future, you will not be tortured by the other party, and besides, there are many methods of torture and confession by the enemy, which makes it impossible to prevent it. Therefore, the ministers used this strategy to further eliminate the soldiers. If he can't pass the test, he should return to the barracks as soon as possible, so as not to harm the country and himself in the future. ”

Zhao Zhen was speechless, asked Wang Song to retreat, and took out some money to appease these soldiers. The special battalion was formally formed, that is, these three hundred and sixty-eight people, and handed over to Wang Song and Wang Yong for training. This matter has finally caused some discussion.

Even Zeng Gongliang asked Zheng Lang curiously: "Xingzhi, what does the battalion that great monk trained?" ”

Zheng Lang smiled and said, "It will be useful, if you want to know, come to my house for a banquet in the evening." ”

The most suitable scientist in the Song Dynasty was not Shi Heng, but the other two, one was Shen Kuo, and the other was Zeng Gongliang, the two also had differences, Zeng Gongliang's professional strength was arms. Calling Zeng Gongliang to come, Zheng Lang is the most important piece of territory on the future map.

Zeng Gongliang did not refuse, and when he arrived at Zheng's house in the evening, Zheng Lang asked Shi Heng to take out a thing, and Shi Heng operated it himself, Zeng Gongliang was dumbfounded. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )