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In the vertical arch hall, Zhao Zhen sat in a pile with a group of cabinet ministers, staring at a book and having a heated discussion.

This book was just received by the cabinet from Gao Jixuan, the envoy of Chengdu Prefecture, and everyone couldn't make up their minds, so they rushed to Zhao Zhen together.

Zhao Zhen looked at his noisy ministers, quoting scriptures one by one, refusing to give in to each other, only rubbing his head painfully: "Be quiet!" What can you do if you make such a noise? Yan Xiang, first of all, what do you think about this? ”

"Back to the emperor, the old minister thinks that this matter has little to do with my dynasty, since that kid from Li Deming's family likes to fight everywhere and cause trouble, then let him fight it! As long as he doesn't provoke us, the more fierce he fights, the greater the loss, isn't it better for us! If I intervene and provoke him to turn the head of the gun, won't that be a trouble? Yan Shu still has a conservative opinion on this, he doesn't want to make any trouble when he is the prime minister, so as not to leave a bad reputation.

Whenever there is a war, civilian officials are generally more inclined to settle things and calm people, and military generals like to take the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, which has always been the case. However, in the Great Song Dynasty, military attachés basically had no part to speak, and when this kind of thing happened, naturally only Zhang Yaozuo of the Privy Council came out to fight against the table. After all, once there is a war, the status of the Privy Council will naturally be greatly improved, and as a privy envoy, it is indispensable.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say!" Zhang Yaozuo immediately stood up and asked Zhao Zhen for instructions.

"Aiqing, please speak!"

"Yes, Your Majesty! The minister disagreed with Yan Xiang's opinion. Since the last Yan'an War, Your Majesty, you gave them a head start, which has made these hateful barbarians restrain a lot, and the border soldiers and people have also benefited a lot. However, Li Deming's wolf ambition is well known to everyone, although he surrenders to our dynasty on the surface, he secretly makes a lot of moves, which can be seen from the experience of Lord Sun Fu's last trip to Liao.

According to the report, although Li Deming is old, his son Li Yuanhao is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Although we don't dare to make a move against the DPRK now, we have to guard against it, and once he frees his hand, he may add to our blockage.

Chen thinks that we should take this opportunity to block him first, so that he will not be so easy to stop, and it is best to let him plant a big fight, so as not to make trouble everywhere all day long. To borrow the emperor's words, this Li Yuanhao is the main culprit affecting regional peace and stability. Please think twice! ”

After Zhang Yaozuo finished speaking, he glanced at Yan Shu defiantly, and the latter also gave him a roll of his eyes in return.

Zhao Zhen turned a blind eye to this, and named himself: "This matter also involves the household department, Fan Aiqing tell me what you think!" ”

Fan Zhongyan got up and bowed to Zhao Zhen first, and then arched his hand to the ministers present: "Your Majesty, colleagues, the ministers only want to say two points. First, in recent years, the income tax has accounted for one layer of the total annual income due to the transaction with the Tubo Tuosi Ma Department; Second, the Tusima tribe is an important trading partner of our DPRK, a frontier outpost of our DPRK in Tibet, and an import channel for important strategic resources such as war horses. The minister will ask the emperor to make a decision on this idea! ”

Chen Zhizhong usually gets closer to Yan Shu, and seeing that he has the upper hand, he naturally wants to stand up and help: "Your Majesty, the ministers also have something to say!" ”

"Aiqing, please speak!"

"Your Majesty, I have been peaceful for decades, and the people have been able to recuperate and live and work in peace and contentment, which is really rare, how can you start a war hastily for the sake of a mere state, and the ministers think that the gains outweigh the losses! Please think twice! ”

Zhao Zhen nodded, motioned for him to sit down, and asked Yang Zongbao again, "Elder Yang, what do you think?" ”

Yang Zongbao blinked his eyes and said with a smile: "Hehe, Your Majesty, you see that the old ministers are all old bones, useless, in your words, the old ministers can't keep up with the rhythm of the progress of the times!" In short, what do you say, Your Majesty, the old minister will do this, the old minister's old bones can't move, but there are still a few juniors in the family, waiting for your call! ”

Zhao Zhen nodded at him gratefully: "Your Aiqing's words are not unreasonable, I have thought about it again and again, and I feel that now is not the best time for me to send troops to help the Tuosi Mabu, but I can't stand by and sit back and watch Li Yuanhao as the party to blame." So, I thought of a compromise solution, that is, to provide weapons and equipment support to the Tusi Mabu, anyway, there are many herdsmen under the Tusi Mabu and its alliance, and they can be armed, as long as we can provide them with enough weapons and equipment, presumably they will still be able to block the attack of Li Yuanhao and the Tubo Wusi tribe from both sides. What do you think? ”

Yan Shu frowned and asked unhappily: "Your Majesty, dare to ask if you want to give the weapons of the Tuosi Mabu for free, so that they can fight Li Yuanhao to the death, and I will sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman?" I'm afraid this will damage the face of my Central Plains big country ceremonial state, right? ”

"How can it!" Zhao Zhen retorted without hesitation.

Yan Shu breathed a sigh of relief, and was relieved that the emperor was sensible.

Zhao Zhen continued: "How can it be given to them for free, we don't need money to make these weapons!" Yan Xiang, you are the prime minister of my dynasty, you can't be too generous, no matter how you say it, you have to have an equivalent exchange with them! ”

If he could, Yan Shu would like to vomit his blood, this Nima is the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, what has he been taught by Kou Zhun, and he should really drag Kou Zhun out of the grave and scatter his bones and ashes.

However, Yan Shu looked around, and suddenly found that he had unknowingly become a minority, so he had to sit back dejectedly.

Seeing that no one came out to disagree, Zhao Zhen continued: "According to the information I have obtained, this Li Yuanhao has a heavy cavalry of 3,000 people under his command, and even the men and horses are covered with heavy armor, and it is still difficult to penetrate with our current crossbow arrows. Although this kind of heavy cavalry is unstoppable and unstoppable, it also has its own shortcomings, that is, it has limited endurance and cannot fight and attack for a long time, as long as there are enough cavalry to fight with it, it can win without a fight.

Therefore, my idea is to raise some repeaters for the tribe of Tuosima, so that they can help us cut out this threat. Give them some more weapons and equipment that we have eliminated, and let them give Li Yuanhao and those Tubo tribes who are about to move a little color. By the way, I will use these crossbows and weapons and equipment to exchange some war horses and horses with Tosi Mabe, and I still want to form a whole 'mechanized army'! Not without a horse. What do you think? I'm not a genius! ”

Although everyone wanted to say no, when they saw Zhao Zhen's eager eyes, they all said against their will: "My Emperor Shengming!" ”

"Hahaha...... Ok, ok! So-so! Zhang Qing's family, you go and arrange to raise 5,000 crossbows, 20,000 inferior infantry equipment and 1 million arrows as soon as possible, and send them to Lord Gao Jixuan as soon as possible. That's it, let's all disperse! ”

"Obey the order!" Zhang Yaozuo happily took over the task, ran out in a hurry, and after being mixed for so long, it was finally his turn to show off.

In the backyard of the government office where the Chengdu Mansion Road passed by, Gao Jixuan frowned and walked around the courtyard.

"Husband, why are you so bothered?" Gao Jixuan's wife asked with concern.

"Alas! Mrs. didn't know that for her husband to have today's achievements, she was able to persuade Tubo to reach a trade agreement with our dynasty, so that she could have the prosperity of Meizhou today. But who would have thought, Li Deming, the king of Xia, was unwilling to be in a corner of peace, and indulged his son Li Yuanhao to attack the Quartet, and now he is targeting the Tusi Ma tribe, once we lose, won't we fall short! Gao Jixuan sighed and patiently explained to his wife.

"Isn't the husband already in the court? Presumably, the Holy Lord and the ministers of the DPRK will come up with a way! Don't worry too much, you see that you have begun to have gray hair over the years, and the concubine is distressed to look at! Gao Jixuan's wife said as she pulled him to the stone table and sat down, plucking out a strand of gray hair for him.

"Daddy! Mother! "Uncle! Aunt! Two young men walked in side by side and saluted Gao Jixuan and his wife, Gao Jixuan's son Gao Zunmeng and Gao Jixun's son Gao Zunfu.

Gao Jixuan nodded in reply, but his wife greeted him very warmly: "Meng'er, Fu'er is back!" What do you think? Have fun? ”

"Thank you, Auntie, the child had a great time! It is said that Shu is difficult, it is difficult to go to the blue sky, the child does not feel anything, but the scenery in Shu is also unique, the child is really worth the trip! Gao Zunfu replied politely.

"Brother, the younger brother told you that you are blessed by the saint, if it weren't for the saint's construction of Jingcheng Avenue, the mountain roads along the way would be enough for you. I think that when the younger brother came here with his father, the road conditions were terrifying to think about, not to mention riding a horse, even people had to be careful when walking! Lu Zunmeng quipped on the side.

The reason why Gao Zunfu appeared here was only because he had just graduated from the Royal Academy, and he hadn't thought about what to do, and he didn't want to choose a job arranged by the school, so he said goodbye to his father and came to this place to hone himself, and by the way, he also visited his uncle's family after many years of absence.

When the family was enjoying themselves, a family member ran over: "Master Qiqi, someone outside the door asks to see you!" ”

"Let him in!"

"Yes, sir!"

The family trotted out, and in a few moments brought back three strong men.

"Hello Tall Man!" The three of them arched their hands towards Gao Jixuan and shouted in unison.

"How many strong men are this?" Gao Jixuan looked at the three of them puzzled.

The leader took off the token from his waist and handed it to Gao Jixuan: "This is my token, please take a look!" ”

Gao Jixuan checked the token, respectfully returned it, and said kindly: "A few people are please!" Madame, go and get the maid some tea! ”

"You're welcome! You please! ”

Several people pushed each other and walked into the room together, and Gao Zunfu and Yan Zunmeng also followed.

After a cup of tea, Gao Jixuan said, "If you have something to say, please speak!" These two are the family members of the official, so there is no need to be taboo! ”

"This ...... All right! The leader hesitated for a moment, then took out a yellow cloth bag from his sleeve and handed it to Gao Jixuan: "My lord, this is a secret order of the Holy Lord, please check!" ”

Gao Jixuan finished a set of etiquette before respectfully accepting the secret order.

"My lord, our mission is complete, so let's not bother! The Holy One has also given me other orders, if you need it, hang a red lantern at the door of your mansion, and take your leave! The three of them stood up and arched their hands towards Gao Jixuan.

"A few slow walks! I won't be far away! ”

Gao Jixuan sent these mysterious people away, and only then did he sit down and read the secret order carefully, but the more he looked at it, the more fierce his brows became and the more fierce he became.

"Daddy, who was that just now? Also, what did the Holy One say to you? "I always want to spy on my father.

"Smack" Gao Jixuan gave him a look at the door of his head: "One day, I know that I am frizzy, I don't know the rules at all, learn more from your cousin!" As for who those are, you don't care, as long as you don't do bad things, people won't have anything to do with you. Originally, I couldn't tell you about this secret order, but this time it's special, although it's a secret order, the saint is not encrypted, so it's okay for you to take a look, by the way, tell me your opinion! ”

The two brothers put their heads together, staring at the secret order in Gao Jixuan's hand, and soon finished reading it.

Lu Zunmeng asked puzzledly: "Daddy, isn't this very clear!" What are you bothering about? ”

"Stinky boy, you can't talk with your brains, do you think that Talu Andai is a fool, a war horse, what a scarce resource, people will be so easy to exchange with us?"

Ju Zunmeng was scolded by his father, so he touched his head embarrassedly and shrank back in order to reduce his sense of existence.

Gao Zunfu stepped forward and saluted Gao Jixuan: "Uncle, my nephew used to hear my father mention that you broke into Tibet alone and made great contributions to our dynasty, and my nephew admires you very much!" Today, I have this opportunity, and my nephew wants to ask my uncle to give my nephew a chance to let my nephew go to Tibet too! (To be continued.) )