Zheng Lang took the letter and handed it to Sima Guang and Wang Anshi. Those who can work hard, after Jishui, it is in Hebei, in addition to Cangzhou, from Qizhou to the northern states, there are more and more land of the magnates, even He Tan also shouted that he couldn't bear it.

It is also fortunate that the lake was not dug in the north, otherwise it would have been more difficult to deal with.

So He Tan automatically delegated power to Sima Guang and Wang Anshi, and let them lead the northern river workers.

That's it, Zheng Lang also came here to sit here before, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to suppress it.

After reading the letter, Sima Guang sighed and said, "It's difficult to act. ”

Four words, Zheng Lang is very pleased.

Pang Ji lived his whole life, and only realized this truth in his old age, and said to Zhao Zhen that if he didn't do things, he wouldn't do evil, and his reputation would be good. Fubi still has a good reputation, but there is a slight inaction. That's it, and it was impeached by some ministers.

Pang Ji didn't say it thoroughly enough.

Not only will you be offended by doing things, but if you want to do practical things, you must also do great things, and your reputation may be stinky. For example, Lu Yijian and Fan Zhongyan, one has unparalleled political achievements, and the other has set up a moral monument for the backwards, which is difficult to say superior. The disadvantages are similar, Fan Zhongyan often leaves a misunderstanding for the latecomers, and learns more about his upright and impetuousness in his early years, which is a shortcoming, and the learner has no fair heart, so he is angry. Lu Yijian also left a misunderstanding for the later entrants, and some members used Lu Yijian's life as an example, if you want to do things, you must be in power, and if you want to be in power, you must learn to scheming. In fact, Yin has learned tricks, but he has not learned Lu Yijian's ability to handle government affairs, and he has produced more juniors. Also, leave the hidden danger of party strife. However, seeing Sima Guang and Wang Anshi like this, Zheng Lang gradually relieved his worries about the party dispute.

History writes, it is difficult for the common people to see the truth, so Lu Yijian is far less famous than Fan Zhongyan in later generations, Xia Zhu's life achievements are greater than faults, but he is portrayed as the entry of the five ghosts, the famous Jiān minister of the Song Dynasty.

Even this sentence is difficult for many ministers to understand throughout their lives.

Including Sima Guang and Wang Anshi, if they understood this sentence, there would not have been such a serious dispute in history.

Now Sima Guang took the initiative to say it, which made Zheng Lang overjoyed.

Sima Guang said in an accentuated tone: "In the past few years, Pang Gong has suffered. ”

It's true, Zheng Lang desperately recommended it, saying that there was only this one living treasure left in the entire Song Dynasty, except for Pang Ji, who was suitable for being the prime minister, the other ones were not suitable for being the prime minister. Not on your own. Zhao Zhen pondered carefully, Pang Ji is good.

This gentleman and a minister forced Pang Ji to the fire frame, and there was no retreat, so he had to work hard, and the Pang Ji in history was not as good as the current Pang Ji. But if you want to be a good prime minister, you will be very tired. Zhao Zhen sighed, did not leave Zheng Lang in the capital, and let him float around. Cui Xian didn't regret it much, although she also wanted her husband to be the prime minister again, but she couldn't see it, she could see it, and Cui Xian's heart ached every time. Not from the perspective of official position, Cui Xian would rather her husband float around like he is now, and she doesn't want her husband to enter the Chinese book again.

Pang Ji does not have a golden finger, he does not have a high reputation as Zheng Lang, and he wants to be a good prime minister, which is even harder.

It's bitter. However, Sima Guang obviously didn't mean this, Zheng Lang looked at Sima Guang with a smile and said, "What do you want to say?" ”

"In fact, there is a strategy, Pang Gong has no intention of retreating."

"What's the solution?"

"Let Pang Maoxian come to govern the river, and Pang Gong will no longer worry about entering the future."

Zheng Lang laughed.

Pang Ji has five sons, who are very remarkable, and they all passed the Jinshi examination. The eldest son, Pang Yuanlu, was even more remarkable, and at the age of twenty-two, he was a high school scholar with Sima Guang. It's not easy, Pang was twenty-seven years old when he was a high school jinshi, which is a great thing, and many of them were in their thirties, forty, and fifties when they entered the middle school. Even if you are a high school jinshi in your fifties, it is not easy, and the average number of jinshi in the entire Song Dynasty is only more than 100 a year. And there are hundreds of thousands of students who read books, what kind of probability is this? However, Pang Yuanlu was short-lived and died early at the age of thirty-two. Pang Maoxian's name is Pang Yuanying, the second son of Pang Ji, and he also has a prominent father-in-law, Ouyang Xiu.

The children's in-laws may not be all the way in, Ouyang Xiu and Wang Gongchen are still married.

However, although the five sons of Pang are all high school scholars, they are not as good as the sons of Fan Zhongyan and Lu Yijian. River governance is not Pang Yuanying's strong point.

If you want to keep Pang's nationality and let Pang's nationality not have the intention of retreating, what should I do, I said: "It's up to you." ”

He personally wrote a memo and asked the imperial court to transfer Pang Yuanying to the canal.

When it came to the middle book, several bigwigs looked at each other, this is an open abuse of power for personal gain. Pang Ji smiled bitterly, but said in his heart, this sad ghost, if he doesn't tie himself to death, he will not be willing to give up. Of course, there is also a sense of self-satisfaction.

I didn't mention it anymore.

The two groups of envoys have not yet arrived, and the Song Dynasty is not in a hurry.

In August, another attack was launched, and there was no Tibetan Pang to control the territory east of Yanzhou, but there was a lack of food, which was a big problem. To the west of Yanzhou, the Qiang in the Hengshan area were the most powerful races in Western Xia, and they relied on the Song and Xia dynasties, lacking loyalty, but they were the ones who did not hide the most relied on Pang. Xia Yinyou has the loyalty of the soldiers in several states, but it is the Western Xia royal family who is loyal to the family, not him. But if you want to make good use of Hengshan Zhuqiang, you must let them be fed.

Therefore, it is true to take the army into Lingzhou, the battle is fake, and the food is grabbed. First occupy the various crossings of the Yellow River, and then let the generals lead the soldiers to cut the barley beans of sorghum. Wei Minglang was also anxious to see it, and had to gather the army and forcibly cross the Yellow River, the two armies occupied the salt-alkali flat in the northwest of Lingzhou, Li Liangzuo had few troops in his hands, but let Wei Minglang meet the command ability to make up for it, and there were mutual victories and defeats, and he did not hide the thousands of dead bodies and returned to Yanzhou with food.

After this battle, two groups of envoys came to Kaifeng.

The monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty did not take it seriously, the west of Linzhou was originally our white spoon place, why do you need to let it. If you don't let it, you can eat it up in the future, and if you let it, you still have to build a fort and send troops to defend it. It didn't hide Pang's proposal a little tempting, but it was also necessary to take into account Tubo's feelings. If you accept it, you will not hand it over to the blind felt, and if you don't hand it over, there will be contradictions with Tubo, and there will be enemies on all sides, Jiaozhi, Khitan, and Western Xia, there is no need to be the enemy of Tubo for Henan.

And this situation is good, it's best for you to fight slowly, fight for ten or eight years, no matter who succeeds in Western Xia, what you get is a bunch of ruins.

However, the conditions brought by Li Liangzuo are not **.

The same makes the heart flutter.

His condition is not to give, but to ask. It is said that the country steals the curtain and the Han clothes, and the country does not need to be honored today, and next year Yu will welcome the imperial court with Han etiquette. He also begged to the Song Dynasty to buy clothes and crowns, this purchase is not a way, and to the Song Dynasty begging craftsmen to enter, let the Song Dynasty craftsmen go to the Western Xia to teach the Western Xia craftsmen to make Han family clothes, and the Ling into is the music officer, teaching the Western Xia music officer to play Han music, to Ming and Han rites.

He also begged the imperial court for scriptures, history books, and various Buddhist scriptures.

These two items are quite tempting to the minister, the kid is good, and there is value in training. can aspire to the Central Plains civilization, it will probably be the second Li Dezheng, not Li Yuanhao.

It's this that dares to think about it.

The fact is that Li Dezheng is not a good Dongdong, and Li Liangzuo's desire for an advanced Central Plains civilization is true, but it is not a good Dongdong. Moreover, standing behind him was an even more brutal Empress Dowager Liang.

It was only tempting, but no official would approve of letting the Song Dynasty ignore the Yellow River and help Li Liangzuo or fight a confused battle without hiding it.

But it was Zheng Lang who presided over it at the beginning, and Zheng Lang was also relatively proficient in military affairs, and he informed Zheng Lang of the matter.

At this time, Zheng Lang stayed in Qingzhou, closer to the capital.

After receiving the news, he wrote a long memo, not talking about Western Xia first, but starting with the Khitan.

Speaking very far, let's talk about the relationship between the dead Liao Xingzong and Yelu Chongyuan, Yelu Chongyuan helped the eldest brother, so that he was not harmed by his mother, Liao Xingzong was very good to Yelu Chongyuan, and named Yelu Chongyuan as the emperor's younger brother, a banquet was slightly drunk, and after Liao Xingzong competed for long live, he passed the throne to him. There was also a time when the second entered the game of Shuanglu, and the residential city was the bet. Liao Xingzong was unlucky, and lost several cities in a row. The civil and military ministers on the side did not dare to speak, for fear of offending Yelu Chongyuan. After losing a few cities, the famous official Luo Qingyi shouted: "Shuanglu is stupid, and you will lose." "Stop playing, if you continue to play like this, you may lose your throne. Liao Xingzong came to his senses.

This time is the time for the second brother to enter the honeymoon.

The growth of his son, as well as the pressure of Empress Dowager Xiao, made Liao Xingzong rebellious, and gradually forgot what he said when he was drunk. There is also an important evidence in this history, Wang Gongchen.

Wang Gongchen sent an envoy to the Khitan, and at the Changchun River hook fish banquet, there was a very interesting conversation, Xiao Yunjin asked Wang Gongchen, what relatives is Taizu Taizong of the Southern Dynasty? Wang Gongchen had no choice but to reply, brother. Xiao Yunjin praised: "Good domain, how righteous." ”

Liao Xingzong was anxious and asked, "What kind of relatives is Taizong Zhenzong?" Wang Gongchen was helpless, what qualifications did he have to get involved in the dispute between the emperor and the heir of the Liao State, and replied stubbornly: "Father and son." Liao Xingzong stroked his palm and said: "Good, what a courtesy." ”

As soon as he said righteousness and etiquette, Wang Gongchen couldn't cry or laugh.

After the banquet, Liao Xingzong deliberately called Wang Gongchen behind the screen and said: "I have a stubborn brother, he has won the country, and I am afraid that the Southern Dynasty will not have peace of mind." ”

Not necessarily, no matter whether Yelu Hongji or Yelu Chongyuan is the emperor, as long as the Song Dynasty does not take the initiative to provoke the Khitan, the Khitan will not send troops to the Song Dynasty. Because of the lack of support for sending troops, the owners did not want to fight, how to invade the Song Dynasty?

This is Liao Xingzong's fear that the Song Dynasty will forcibly mix into the imperial heir case.

When Wang Gongchen came back, he would report truthfully, and the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty had spare time to manage the affairs of the Khitan. The matter has been revealed.

Later, Yelu Hongji succeeded to the throne and was crowned the uncle of Yelu Chongyuan. If the war was not launched, the Khitan would still be very wealthy, and the annual coins given by the Song Dynasty every year by Bi Jing were not a small number, but because of the war with the Western Xia for several years, the Khitan economy was tight. However, the Khitan nobles fell together and were content with pleasure, and the people's taxes were increasing invisibly, especially in the Yanjing area.

After this period of history was finished, he was suddenly transferred to Xixia.

It was wrong for the Song Dynasty not to take a stand, and it was necessary to do so quickly. The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, why does the Tubo not send troops, the Khitan ambition makes the Tubo worried, leaving the Western Xia in the middle, can be a premature barrier. Why didn't the two sides of the Western Xia send a plea to the Khitan, now the situation in the Western Xia is very bad, and if you don't ask the Khitan to help, you can still have a chance to win half, and if you ask the Khitan to help, there is a real danger of overthrowing the country. When the time comes, there will be nothing left on both sides.

When writing this paragraph, Zheng Lang didn't have a taste in his heart, look at the family, and then look at the Song Dynasty in history, first hooked the gold to destroy the Liao, and then the Mongolian to destroy the Jin, and then to destroy the country, first became half of the country, and then directly destroyed the country.

It's stupid, it's just such a bull fight.

Speaking of Khitan again, Yelu Hongji is a loser, likes Confucian culture, a nation on horseback, can he succeed in learning Han entry? Advocating Buddhism, Buddhism has a positive side, but too much attention, believe in Buddhism together, who will engage in agricultural production, who will protect the family and defend the country? It's right to like safaris and not forget to prepare for martial arts, moderate safaris are a good thing for the Khitan, but too much safari, and have the heart to deal with government affairs? The state council is gradually falling into disuse.

This is the original entry of the Khitan little emperor.

But there are still some good ministers in the Khitan, and they are also worried about the turmoil of Yelu Chongyuan's father and son. The previous expeditions to the Western Xia were all unsuccessful, and it was an extraordinary period, although they heard that the Western Xia was divided, they would continue to hesitate. But after a long time, if you wake up, the Khitan will definitely send troops. A complete Western Xia, there are major hidden dangers, the Khitan monarchs and ministers will not be moved, if it is a divided and the people are not happy, the Khitan may not want to repay the shame of the previous years.

Once the Khitan destroyed the Western Xia, what kind of trouble would it bring to the Song Dynasty, Zheng Lang had explained many times before, but this time he did not explain it again.

This is one of the reasons to make decisions early.

Wu Zang Pang and Li Liangzuo are in the stage of stalemate, but if they do not hide Pang and lose their righteousness, sooner or later this Xiaoping will violently fall to Li Liangzuo, and it will be meaningless to send troops at that time.

As for who to help, Zheng Lang chose Li Liangzuo. If you don't hide it, don't look at the fact that you don't hide it, you are now powerful, but you can lose your morality, and eventually the Song Dynasty will be dragged into the whirlpool. The war could not last, and when the dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, if the Western Xia asked the Khitan for help, the general trend would go.

can only help Li Liangzuo, but it is necessary to let Li Liangzuo cooperate to attract the main force of Wuzang Pang, Di Qing suddenly sent troops to attack the nest of the Tibetan people in the rear, and the morale of Wuzang Pang's subordinates was shaken, and the victory was decided in one fell swoop.

The reason for this is that neither of the two sides can be allowed to attract the Khitan over.

One of the reasons for the key is to leave it for the end.

How to do it, leave it to Di Qing to deal with, because there are some confidential affairs, and Di Qing, who is in the military, should be the leader.

Zheng Lang also knows a little about military affairs, and in terms of the overall situation, Di Qing is not as good as Zheng Lang. But when it comes to the details, none of them can match Di Qing now.

Nor can he refuse to hide the false Pang, first drag the envoy he sent, and then build three or four forts to the west of the Quye River to expand the territory. can't be greedy, even if the Western Xia handed over the Quye River to the imperial court afterwards, once it recovered, the Western Xia would still ask for it, but it would be a change of way to ask for it, such as asking for the place where the Houqiao was occupied by the Song Dynasty, the North Hulu River occupied by the Huaide army, and the Wuyan Gorge.

This is a nation that does not get better, no matter how appeased by the imperial court.

The first to build a fort is to build a tight defense line on the west bank of the Quye River, whether it can be operated or not, use these forts to protect the Quye River, so that the people of Linfu Road can cultivate with peace of mind. The people can farm with peace of mind, and the soldiers of the two states of Linfu will not have to worry about supplying grain and grass. With Linfu Road in hand, there will be no danger in Hedong.

And the Song Dynasty also occupied morality.

Sending charcoal in the snow, in the future, the Western Xia will turn their eyes into enemies, the Song Dynasty occupies morality, and no matter how it treats the Western Xia, it will take advantage of it. At that time, sending troops was a division of justice and a division of kings, and when the morale was there, the government and the opposition would support it.

However, Di Qing also has a few precautions when sending troops. The first loss must not be too great, the loss is too great to outweigh the loss, and the finances cannot afford it.

Secondly, it is not allowed to plunder, jiānyin, and burn at will. In order to appease the people, in addition to the existing money and valuable materials, the other ones, such as grain and grass, or worthless furs, were distributed to the tribes at a rate to buy the hearts of the people. It is estimated that there is not much value either.

The second is to carry out screening, some tribes that are hostile to the Song Dynasty, take advantage of this to carry out some blows and weakens, and take their white spoon leaders and children to the Song Dynasty and hand them over to some big households to do the trilogy, and they will enter in the future, so that these tribes can use money and silk to ransom.

But you can't count on this money, in fact, Zheng Lang has also done it in Jiaozhi, and he really got a lot of money, hundreds of thousands of dollars. Xixia can't do it, it's too poor. The main thing is to probation, and the time of redemption is put in these main households to enter the house, and the court secretly sends them into probation. When is the probation good, when is it released. But it can't be directly reformed, it is not called probation, it is called weakness, but it will be despised in the future, and the reason why you want money to redeem it is also what it means.

Finally, there is the aftermath.

After this battle, Western Xia will be like a wash.

All industries withered, the people were struggling to make a living, and many tribes would take the initiative to ask to defect to the Song Dynasty. However, the imperial court strictly ordered the border soldiers not to accept it. With a limited amount of arable land and materials, the more entrances there are, the greater the pressure, and the fewer the entrances, the less pressure there is. The Song Dynasty did not accept it, the Khitan did not dare to vote, and the Tubo would not accept it, so these people had to continue to stay in Western Xia, where life was extremely difficult and would produce many contradictions. This was conducive to the later rule of the Song Dynasty.

But it can moderately support some food and warm the hearts of some tribes. It is not possible to support many, small and small amounts. Xing quality is the same as redemption Xing quality, and there is also a saying among the people, Shi Yizhang cloth is grace, and Shi Yizhang cloth is enmity. Let them be half-starved and half-satisfied, they will hate the rule of Western Xia, and they can still think about the good of the Song Dynasty. If they give too much, they think that the Song Dynasty owes them a white spoon.

It is best to set the time for next year, when the battle will be beneficial to the Song Dynasty, and there will also be time to take the opportunity to repair the three forts to the west of the Quye River. By next year, not to mention the repair of three forts, five forts and six forts have also been built.

At the end, it said Khitan.

The Khitan Wen Tian is martial, but they still hold the dream of being the first power in the world.

Including the attitude towards the Song Dynasty, when he heard that the imperial court was governing the river, he immediately sent an envoy to question him, and then extorted money.

But the Khitan still can't be underestimated, and the Western Xia has been defeated repeatedly, and the Khitan will accumulate more contradictions. Once successful, the Western Xia will be destroyed, and the Khitan will immediately be excited. This invigorating light person will make the Khitan think that they will continue to be an invincible power, and in the future, they will easily violate the border, and the contradictions accumulated in the country will also be released, and the cohesion between the upper and lower levels will be stronger, and the various tribes will not dare to betray.

The most important thing is to awaken the sobriety of a strong country, once the Khitan monarchs and ministers come to their senses, work hard, and get the entire Western Xia, the Song Dynasty is in danger.

Therefore, it can't be delayed for a long time, this time there is no hidden rebellion, the Song Dynasty has already gained too many benefits, and it is content.

You can't get the Khitan involved, the Khitan is dreaming of being the first power, so let them continue to sleep. When the dream sinks, it may be very fragrant and luscious, but when you wake up from the dream, it will become very desolate.

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