Zheng Lang took the Hanyuan army to the barracks and rode back home.

Cui Xian said one thing: "Auntie is sick again." ”

The weather was dry and hot, and the old man heard that many people could not eat because of the drought, so they ran to the capital to visit their two granddaughters, and went to Xiangguo Temple to make incense, and when they returned to Zhengzhou, they fell down.

Zheng Lang was stunned, not knowing what to do.

These two or three months are the most critical time, and whether your plan can be implemented or not depends on these two or three months. If it is implemented, it doesn't matter if you go home to rest and let the two parties quarrel, because as long as this plan is implemented, the entire Song Dynasty's finances and army will march to a healthy other shore. It won't work right away, and after five or ten years, the effect will be visible.

He muttered: "In a few months, it's cold, I'll go back to Zhengzhou." ”

"To Zhengzhou?"

"The way of being a minister, you must know the way to advance and retreat, otherwise the greater the credit, the worse the end." Zheng Lang said lightly and went to Dongfu to hand over. As soon as he entered Zhongshu Province, he was summoned into the inner palace by Xiaohuangmen.

Zhao Zhen said happily: "Zheng Qing, how can you be so fast?" ”

Because it was cavalry, the speed was very fast, and it only took twenty-one days to go back and forth, and I waited for a few days in Tianchang, otherwise it would be faster. Zheng Lang said: "Your Majesty, it's normal, Wang Lun was originally a rogue, and there is a reason why he has not been able to exterminate it. ”

"What is the reason?"

"The specific ministers still can't say, Your Majesty, can you ask the three ministers and the ministers of Kaifeng Mansion to cooperate with the ministers' investigation."

In the military system of the Song Dynasty, the Privy Council was in charge of the military registration and tiger charms, the three yamen were in charge of the army, and the commanders of the roads were the main soldiers. The Privy Council of the Song Dynasty is equivalent to the position of the Qin and Han Taiwei, but the Qin and Han Taiwei mostly use military generals, and the Privy Council almost uses literati, and the Song Dynasty also has the military department of Shangshu Province, but the military department cannot use the normal rights, nor is it the military department, all other ministries are, the right to use is the dispatch officer, the military department exists in name only, the military attache is selected as the official department, and the power to send troops is the Privy Council. The full name of the three yas is the commander of the embassy in front of the palace, the commander of the guards and the horse army, and the commander of the guards and the infantry army. Originally, the three yas had a lot of military power, because of the support of Zhao Kuangyin to ascend the throne, the three yas made great contributions, so the Song Dynasty repeatedly reduced the rights of the three yas, and the two divisions and three yas combined twelve members (Zhenzong reduced to nine members from the time of the emperor), and divided the world to lead the army, but did not have the right to send troops.

After a series of dazzling improvements, there was no longer a single minister who held real military power, and the probability of usurping the country by military generals was reduced to zero. However, it caused a bad consequence, and in peacetime, neither the Privy Council, nor the Third Government nor the Military Department dared to really inquire about the army, so as not to be impeached.

The army has become a three-way zone, so [***] the fastest starts with the army. Later, in the Battle of Tokyo, it was known as 800,000 forbidden troops, there were 300,000 forbidden troops in the capital, and only 30,000 forbidden troops actually participated in the war. But because of this division, no one noticed.

A simple analogy, a sewer pipe cover was stolen by a thief somewhere, and the people called to ask the leaders, and they all said that it was not within my control, but in fact, they could be managed, or they could not be ignored, so the phone could not be connected. Until something happens, or someone falls into it and gets injured, otherwise it has been put where it becomes a black hole. This is also a manifestation of decentralization and redundancy.

It turned out that Zheng Lang had made some preparations, but he wanted to obtain specific evidence, as the prime minister of Dongfu, he had no right to interrogate directly, and he had to ask for a letter of order to let Sanya cooperate with Kaifeng Mansion, so that he could really investigate and obtain the most direct and powerful evidence to persuade Zhao Zhen and the ministers.

Zhao Zhen didn't ask eagerly, thought for a while, and said, "Quasi-order." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Zheng Qing, Western Xia has sent an envoy to Jingshi, but the ministers have many opinions, and they can't agree, and they have ...... disputes."

"Your Majesty, the minister has also heard about it, but the minister has just returned to the capital, and he doesn't know a lot of things, can you let the minister ask about it, and tomorrow the cousin will propose it to Your Majesty."

"Accurately, I also want to thank Zheng Qing, if I didn't send six million to raise grain in advance, the drought continues, and the north is in danger." Zhao Zhen said. Xu Yuan's first batch of grain has been transported to the capital, and the price of grain in the capital has plummeted, so it is peaceful. Not only in the capital, but also in other places, Shandong, Shaanxi, and Henan all experienced serious droughts, but due to the preparation of 6 million guan, a large amount of grain was purchased and shipped to various places one after another, and the monarchs and ministers were at ease. So Zhao Zhen is very grateful to Zheng Lang.

"It is the duty of a minister to eat the king's fortune and be loyal to the king. Your Majesty, don't worry, it may be very difficult after this autumn, and the situation will be better next year. ”

Out of the palace, to the middle book.

Zhongshu Province was also stunned, the speed was too fast.

After the handover is completed, official business is handled. It wasn't until after the next duty that I asked about the status of the peace negotiation. Sure enough, there are many theories, but the overall is divided into two theories, one is that the country is in such a predicament, and peace is the top, some people do not understand the general situation, and blindly entangle themselves in the details, resulting in the failure of peace talks, if a war breaks out in the northwest, the country is in danger. This narrative dominates. There is also a saying that it is possible to take risks and could, but it cannot be reconciled like this, it is too humiliating and it will lose the face of the country.

Zheng Lang only listened and did not express any opinions.

In fact, at this time, he took a little bigger steps, and he could gather a group of officials around him, but he didn't like to form a party and didn't want to connect with friends, so he was still an alternative existence in the court.

The next day, Zheng Lang came to the capital hall.

Zhao Zhen and Zhu Xiang arrived one after another, Zhao Zhen looked at Zheng Lang and said: "Zheng Qing, it has been almost ten days since the Western Xia envoy came, what does Zheng Qing think?" ”

This is not the way to go.

Zheng Lang said: "Please Your Majesty first send the envoys of the Western Xia, Lu Niruding Yushe, Liao Li Yuhuan, Zhang Yanshou, Yang Shousu, and the envoy Shao Liangzuo sent to the Western Xia by our dynasty. ”

"Quasi, Zhuqing, go to Zichen Palace."

It was not possible to meet foreign envoys in the capital, so everyone had to move a nest. This is also the ritual system, although it is cumbersome, but it is this cumbersome ritual system that has become a kind of core of feudal rule, a kind of righteousness.

Turning to the Zichen Palace, everyone sat down again, and after a while, the four Western Xia envoys and Shao Liangzuo were taken to the Zichen Palace.

Zheng Lang looked at Yang Shousu and said, "Yang Shousu, I didn't expect you and me to meet again." ”

When Yang Shousu saw Zheng Lang, his head hurt, and he said politely: "I've seen Zheng Xianggong." ”

"You are coming to make peace on behalf of Western Xia, I have no objection, but there are three things that have not been clarified, so ask on behalf of Your Majesty."

"Ask those three things."

"At the beginning of your Xixia rebellion, call your lord a vulture," the pronunciation is very the same, Zheng Lang had to come to a pen while saying while writing down these words, and at the same time said: "I am ashamed of the monarch and ministers, changed to my pearl, my pawn, vulture and so on, Dingchuan Zhai you Xixia people were defeated, I almost led the army to almost break through your Lingzhou City, afraid that our dynasty will send troops again, you Xixia took the initiative to change this vultures to a vulture, but our Majesty is concerned about billions of people, do not regard themselves as victors, and sincerely send envoys to negotiate peace with you Xixia. Therefore, you, the Western Xia, think that my lord is weak and can be bullied, and change it to my ancestor. It doesn't matter, but how will this letter be written in the future? Do you want me to write the book of Emperor Yuan Hao from the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty to the ancestor of Western Xia? ”

Han Qi lowered his head and snickered.

What has become of that, Yuan Hao is the son of Zhao Zhen in name, but he has actually become Zhao Zhen's grandfather.

Zheng Lang said again: "You are a Han person, you should know the Han family system, the king is the father, the subject is the son, you Yuan Hao has become the ancestor of my lord, so our entire Song Dynasty billions of people, including me and all of you, don't you have an extra grandfather out of thin air?" Dare to love me in the northwest bloody battle, it turned out to be the above crime, and I fought with my great-grandfather for nearly two years. ”

Yan Shu said: "This is a transliteration, but Yuan Hao can change it." ”

"Yan Xianggong, I am also about to say, jade needs a jade craftsman, furniture needs a carpenter, building a wall needs a mason, when I was a teenager I used a bamboo tube to make a pen holder, in order to be elegant and considerable, but I dare not use jade, because the bamboo tube is cheap, carved bad is not harmful, if you use jade, a bad, heavy losses. A jade so, besides the country. Although I am not talented, I dare to ask Yan Xianggong, Zhang Xianggong, Jia Xianggong, Du Xianggong, Wang Xianggong, Ren Xianggong, marching and fighting, fighting wits and courage with Yuan Hao, can you Xianggong and me? ”

Zheng Lang wanted to scold a corpse vegetarian meal.

Endure.

If you want to do something, you can't be noisy, and you can't do anything if you want to do anything.

No one dared to answer.

"Let's talk about the economy, so that the country can open up sources and reduce expenditure, can you reach me?"

Again, no one could answer.

"The reason why the country is negotiating peace is that one is the military and the other is finance, I haven't finished asking, so don't stop me, okay?"

You don't understand anything, please don't meddle, okay?

Yan Shu was just about to speak, but Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said, "Yan Qing, let Zheng Qing finish asking." ”

But Yan Shu's words gave Yang Shousu inspiration, and he said smartly: "Zheng Xianggong, this is a transliteration, just modify it slightly." ”

"What to change, please read." Zheng Lang picked up the paper and said. No matter how you read it, it's still my ancestor.

"I've been in the northwest for a long time, and I know some party language. You call the Khitan the lord of the country, and honestly use the title of the lord of the country. But for my Great Song Dynasty, my ancestor is a transliteration, but he is not the lord of the country in the party language, but the son of Qingtian. Your lord is the Son of Heaven, and I am the Son of Heaven to Your Majesty, so how can I return to sincerity? Besides, you Xixia people worship white, even if you are called the Son of Heaven, you are also the Son of Bai, where did you come from. Chongqing is the favorite color of a few Tatars in the northern part of the Arctic, what does it have to do with your party members? But fortunately, I arrested Wu Hao and got some news from him, the reason why I chose the title of Wuzu is to disgust our Majesty, and second, to laugh at Your Majesty, as well as Emperor Taizong and Emperor Zhenzong for being incompetent, and to be the Emperor Taizu of my dynasty, sweeping the Eight Wildernesses, unifying [***], and dominating the Central Plains. was an enemy before, so it doesn't matter if you Yuan Hao want to sweep away the Khitan, but since peace is negotiated, why do you still want to keep this title. Not only is he a vulture and a vulture pawn, but he has also become my ancestor. ”

Zheng Lang rarely talked nonsense. Anyway, Wu Hao is dead, and there is no proof of death.

Yan Shu's old face finally couldn't hang up, if this matter spread, he could think of Yanchen's impeachment, and asked: "Why didn't you write a report?" ”

"The title is a trivial matter, at that time there was a miserable situation after the war, not only the soldiers, but nearly 20,000 people of our dynasty were killed by Yuan Hao, do you say that I am appeasing the people, or do you want to be entangled for this title? Yan Xianggong, the people are the foundation of the country. ”

Yan Shu really wanted to say, since he knows that the people are the first, why should he turn this matter out, everyone pretends to be deaf and dumb, obfuscates the past, and makes peace, there is no threat of war, and it is not a serious matter to start internal governance?

But unveiling, it is no longer possible to fool the test.

"That's Wu Hao's frame." Yang Shousu said.

"Even if it is framed, may I ask if my ancestor means the lord of the country in your party language, or does it mean the son of Qingtian? This is the first thing, and the second thing is that I luckily got a piece of news from some people, just when you sent an envoy to my court, your lord sent an envoy to the Khitan and asked the Khitan to send troops to the Song Dynasty. This is the peace you Tangut want? ”

"Is there such a thing?" Zhao Zhen angrily stood up from the dragon chair.

"Yes, the minister will present the evidence to His Majesty in a moment." Zheng Lang said, looking at several envoys again, but this time he turned to Shao Liangzuo and asked: "Shao Liangzuo, when He Congqiao came to envoy, he said that Western Xia must let the envoy sit on top of the prime minister of Zhufan. You, Shao Liangzuo, Zhang Shiyuan, and Wang Zheng also made Western Xia, have you been treated like this? ”

Shao Liangzuo lowered his head in shame and replied: "I'm ashamed, I sent an envoy to Western Xia, only to avoid humiliation, even in the post station there are guards of the guards, not to let us go out for a single step, where do you dare to sit on top of the prime ministers of Western Xia?" ”

I can't expect Yuan Hao to get up from the cloud bed and bow to St. Ann.

Zheng Lang looked at several Western Xia envoys and asked, "These are the three things I asked, please answer them." ”