"You and I are both ministers of the court, the king of the country, and the common people of Li, so good policies must be promoted, why do you have to distinguish between you and me?"

"This ......"

"Brother Zhigui, do you want to write this script?" Zheng Lang assumed that he agreed and asked directly.

"The pastoral supervisors cannot be completely reduced, after all, the frontier places are in turmoil, and the imperial court must retain more than half of the pastoral supervisors. In Henan and Hebei, where the population is dense, the water and grass are abundant, and the land that is not suitable for raising good horses is reduced one by one. In addition, most of these pastoral superintendents were originally occupied by powerful people, and some of them were in name only, and they became a burden to the state, so it is better to abolish them as soon as possible, and they can save state expenditures. ”

"I agree."

"Cut most of the horse purchase amount and change it to a reward in kind."

"Good!"

"Encourage the people to raise horses, not to tax horses in any form, and encourage the people to breed horses, breed young horses, improve horse breeds, and increase the number of horses, especially in border areas."

"Wonderful."

"Reorganize the cavalry, send special personnel to supervise the soldiers to take care of the horses, and protect the horses so that they do not die for no reason. Some areas were set aside on the edge of the border for the cavalry to be stationed, to herd horses in their spare time, to train in horsemanship, horse fighting and archery, and to prepare for war at any time in case of emergency. ”

"It must be the same. Then we'll write a piece of music for each of us. ”

Ye Qingchen watched Han Qi and Zheng Lang sing and harmonize, laughing and laughing, he came over to inquire on this trip, but he didn't expect it to turn into such a result.

You toss, I don't care.

Cui Xian went in to cook, the two of them lay on the desk to write, Zheng Lang said to Yin Zhu: "Shilu, you also write your thoughts." ”

Yin Zhu looked at Ye Qingchen, and Han Qi said, "Shi Lu, just listen to Xingzhi." ”

Lu Yijian is seriously ill, and the court will inevitably carry out a new reshuffle, and this battle has exposed so many shortcomings of the country, the court not only needs talents, but also talents with ideas, little brother, to take care of.

After writing the book, Cui Xiancai also made a good dish, a few plates of light vegetables, and a plate of roast mutton, with some spices in the middle, coated with a layer of mustard on the outside, rolled with burnt grease, and the aroma hit people. Han Qi said: "Food must be accompanied by good wine. ”

Zheng Lang was happy and ordered the servant to bring the rice wine treasured at home, this time Han Qi did not persuade Zheng Lang to drink, but squeezed a look with Yin Zhu and pointed the finger at Ye Qingchen. Ye Qingchen is older and has deep qualifications, but where does Han Qi care about this.

The two of them were arguing with each other, and they would not stagger Ye Qingchen, run away, and run to the inn to rest. Only then did Han Qi put down his wine glass and asked, "Xingzhi, do you think that the Western Xia should be dominated by war or peace?" ”

"How did Achi-kyi remember to ask this?"

"Knowing that people have no foresight, they must have near-term worries. I know that at this time, the ministers of the temple were forced by the financial pressure of the state and wanted to negotiate peace with the Tangut people. However, the true harmony or the false harmony must be clearly distinguished, otherwise the northwest will not be able to lay out. ”

"I want to ...... It is not a question of whether our dynasty wants to make peace or not, as long as the Tangut people recover their vitality, they will inevitably continue to invade our dynasty. ”

"This is quite my heart, but Brother Xiwen doesn't know, he just wants to make peace, it's a pity."

Zheng Langsuo's surname pretended not to hear.

I really want to ask what to do with the Tangut people in the future? There is no doubt about the battle. But Han Qi is not talking about the future, but talking about the past!

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Yin Zhu said goodbye, Han Qi did not leave, and continued to blow with Zheng Langhai, talking about learning from the country, and from learning to military, Cui Xian and Jiang Xing'er looked at this cool Han Qi and were speechless.

Husband and wife have been separated for a long time, you should at least weigh the mood of others, and in turn you have become the protagonist today.

Zheng Lang had no choice, the wine came up, Han Qi talked about the last poem, and he had no intention of leaving, looking at the sky, Zheng Lang had no choice but to say: "Brother Zhigui, it's not early, don't think I'm rough today, how about resting here with me?" ”

"Okay," took Zheng Lang's hand again, and talked about the second watch before resting with each other. The next day Zheng Lang sent him out of Weizhou, came to the outside of the city, stopped each other, Zheng Lang suddenly asked: "I heard that you wrote to ask the imperial court to allow Qin Fenglu to increase the number of tattoo soldiers?" ”

"Yes, Qin Fenglu's troops are too thin, and he can't increase the forbidden army, which leads to an increase in the country's expenditure, and it turns out that it is inconvenient for archers to be summoned. So I wrote this discussion to further adapt the archers and defend Qin Fenglu's strength. ”

"Brother Zhigui, how long do you think we can stay in the northwest?"

"Xingzhi, what wind do you hear?"

"I haven't heard any rumors, but you can think about it, once the imperial court and the Xixia people make peace, can we still destroy the ancestral family law and take charge of the military, political and financial power of the state army all the way? Not only will I be transferred back to Jingshi soon, but you, Xiwen and the others will be transferred back to Jingshi. ”

"It's still early."

"Brother Zhigui, I know what you think in your heart, you want to take advantage of the defeat of the Western Xia army, your vitality was greatly damaged, and you want to find a way to take Hengshan down. But you don't know the ministers above the temple, most of them have the idea of stealing peace. Now that Western Xia has been defeated, it just so happens that the two sides hit it off. The time has not yet come to take Yokoyama, and most of the peace talks between the two countries have already been concluded. Besides, Zhuzhai has been repaired to Wuyan Gorge, repaired to Xiaoguan, and then won Hengshan, will Yuan Hao be desperate? In another big war, the enemy will usher in the fate of destruction, but what about my dynasty. Brother Zhigui, don't forget, there's more. ”

Zheng Lang pointed to the north, the Khitan and the Western Xia have not yet fought each other, can they sit back and watch the Song Dynasty annihilate the Western Xia?

Looking at the north, Han Qi was depressed.

"I can't afford to fight, why does Qin Fenglu need so many troops? According to what you said, it is to save their national expenses, but these village soldiers only receive a small salary subsidy, but they have to tattoo words on their faces, delaying cultivation and grazing, will their morale be as high as before? Did the Tangut people really have poor riding skills? Bad archery? Poor martial arts? Poor health? This is why the army is not strong. If you are considerate, you can only integrate them into the regular army, the redundancy of the country, the emphasis is on redundant troops, it is too late to reduce them, you still have to increase the troops, right? ”

Zheng Lang said calmly.

Although Han Qi is selfish, it also depends on his selfishness, not only his selfishness, but also some of them want Qin Fenglu to be heavy and have more opportunities for meritorious service. What is not good to say is to seize the merits of war, but what is good is a kind of military enterprising spirit. This kind of spirit can't be seen in Fan Zhongyan, nor can it be seen in Pang Ji and Lu Yijian.

It's good to think that harmony is precious, you want to make peace, and people don't want to make peace!

Han Qi's spirit is what Zheng Lang admires most about him.

Han Qi didn't answer, he didn't necessarily accept it, and he didn't sweep Zheng Lang's face, got on the horse, and said, "There will be a period later." ”

……

Before the imperial decree came down, Zheng Lang first received a letter, which was written by Wang Deyong.

Zheng Lang felt very confused, Wang Deyong was not in the capital, but in Hebei, I don't know what means Ge Huaimin used to send the letter to Hebei in such a short time, and asked Wang Deyong to hand over the letter he wrote himself to himself before the imperial decree was issued.

The actual situation has nothing to do with Ge Huaimin. After the Battle of Dingchuanzhai, Ge Huaimin marched with the army, half a prisoner and half a student, and the news spread to the rear. The Wang family is also from a famous family, and when he heard it, he immediately noticed that something was wrong.

The husband did not lead to a big defeat, but there must be a dereliction of duty, and it is very stupid, the Tangut people transferred the army, and they automatically drilled into the encirclement, on the other hand, Zheng Lang and Han Qi, the two bad things, before the battle started, had already guessed that the husband would definitely fall into the hands of the Tanguts, and made preparations in Dingchuan Village, but used her husband as a pawn and used it as a monkey. If you don't cut off your head, your career will be worrying.

Her family has some kinship with the Cui family, but it has little to do with Zheng Lang. After her husband came to Jingyuan Road, he fought back and forth with this son, even if he invited Cui Xian, it was mostly useless. So he used the humble guests at home, rode a fast horse to Hebei, and begged Wang Deyong for help.

After this battle, the imperial court will inevitably send someone to inquire about the specific situation, and ask Wang De to invite Zheng Lang to say a few bad words and let Ge Huaimin go.

There are still some things that happened in the middle, and Zheng Lang didn't know about it.

At the beginning, Ge Huaimin and Zheng Lang had some secret conflicts, Wang Deyong also wrote a letter to reprimand Ge Huaimin, you can't be big, you are just a military general, Zheng Lang may be the most important minister of the Song Dynasty in the future, what do you use to fight with others. Ge Huaimin didn't listen, and still went his own way.

So Wang Deyong wrote two letters, one to Ge Huaimin, reproaching Ge Huaimin again, and the other to Zheng Lang, euphemistically begging for mercy. What should I do, after all, it's my own brother-in-law.

Zheng Lang smiled and said to Wang De's doorman: "Please tell Wang Xianggong that I have no grudges with General Ge, and there were some subsections in the past, but if you really talk about it, it's nothing." I know how to do it. ”

A few days after Wang De was sent away, the imperial decree was issued.

Dafeng meritorious soldier, Zheng Lang was knighted again, Duke of Wei. It doesn't matter which country's national public name it is, it's a virtual name, and the Spring and Autumn Periods are mostly used as national public names. But when it comes to a specific person, it is often necessary to consider his hometown, or his state, which has done the most deeds, or some other factor. It doesn't matter if Qin and Wei, Qin and Wei are not counted in the Spring and Autumn Period, and there were some dynasties later, such as the Wei State during the Three Kingdoms, the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Western Wei Dynasty, the former Qin and the Later Qin, and the Qin State. Each of these dynasties had the realm of Western Xia. Therefore, the former was crowned the Duke of Qin, and the latter was crowned the Duke of Wei.

Zheng Lang still declined.

The latter did not refuse on the spot, but Zheng Lang was puzzled and asked the eunuch who gave the order: "Why did the imperial court summon ministers so quickly." ”

"It was Lu Xianggong who gave advice to His Majesty."

"Lu Xianggong?"

"Yes, including asking His Majesty to grant you to participate in political affairs, it is all Lu Xianggong's proposal."

Zheng Lang was incomprehensible.

After pondering for a while, he said: "I can't go back to Beijing for the time being, so let's write a letter to go to Beijing, report the situation to Your Majesty, and wait until next year after the construction of Zhuzhai, Your Majesty will edict me to enter Beijing, or edict me to go to the local service, and the minister will not dare to refuse." ”

can't go, these affairs are entrusted to any other person, Zheng Lang is not at ease.

The northern move was not finished.

To go, you won't be able to leave the Northwest until at least March next year.

picked up the pen, wrote a note, and asked the eunuch to take it back to the capital, and by the way, Ge Huaimin's situation, the court was also wondering, could Ge Huaimin be so stupid? Zheng Lang didn't say anything bad, nor did he say anything good, and told the story very fairly.

Affirm that Ge Huaimin has no idea of cowardice, but also affirm that Ge Huaimin's talent is low and he can't lead the troops to fight, Your Majesty, you better take back Cao Bin's armor earlier, there are many people who are qualified to wear it in the border gates, Di Qing, Zhang Kang and others can, but Ge Huaimin does not have this qualification.

Seeing Qin Cha leave, Si'er jumped up happily and said, "Official, you are the governor of political affairs." ”

"Si'er, you're happy too early," Cui Xian said from the side.

"Big lady, why?"

"Have you ever wondered why Han Qi stayed overnight at my house when he returned to Qinzhou? There are post stations in the city, inns, and military camps outside the city, and he and Yin Zhu are closer than my officials. Why? ”

"He values my officials."

"Si'er, yes, he took a fancy to my family official."

The two fancy the meanings are different, and Si'er is a little confused.

That night he talked a lot with the officials, and the most contentious thing was war or peace. Fourth, can you remember what happened before the defeat of the former good water river? ”

"Big lady, he won't hate Fan ......" Si'er covered his mouth in fear.

"Officials have made the greatest contributions, but they are young, even if they enter the court, what can they do? In the early days, there were young officials, but they all stood behind, and when the officials stood in front, others were not conspicuous, and they would feel pierced in the eyes. The officials are not old enough, but Han Qi is barely enough. The imperial court will soon negotiate peace with the Xixia people, and the ministers of all the borders will be recalled, among which the most meritorious ones are only the officials of my family, Han Qi, Fan Zhongyan, and Pang Ji. However, the officials are too young, so they do whatever they do, and use the power of others to implement one thing after another...... Do you know what Han Qi thinks this time? ”

"He wants officials to help him in the future......"

"Yes, be his helper, otherwise it will be difficult for him to fight against Fan Zhongyan in the Gentlemen's Party. So I stayed at my house that night and had a heart-to-heart conversation with the officials, and we had a very happy conversation. ”

"It turned out, it turned out to be ......"

"It's not that I'm afraid that he will play tricks, but the dispute between Fan Han, and then the dispute between the Gentleman's Party and the Villain's Party, what will the temple be like in the future? At this time, it is a good thing or a bad thing for officials to enter the center and serve as the real deputy minister of the state. Not only that, do you know Li Wengui. ”

"I know, let Pang Ji invite him to Yanzhou, and Fan Zhongyan also wrote a letter to the officials for this."

"This move is more long-term, Si'er." Cui Xian finished speaking. It's time to start fighting, one is more capable than the other!