Fu Bi gritted his teeth in his heart, but secretly warned himself to be calm.

Before coming, Zheng Lang had a conversation with Fu Bi, Zheng Lang repeatedly analyzed, and could not be analyzed by later history, which was not convincing and strange. Analysis through garrisons and envoys. The Khitan, like the Song Dynasty, had a main war minister, a lord and an ambassador. When the army arrived in Youzhou, he actually sent an envoy, indicating that the Lord and the faction had the upper hand.

However, the main battle faction should not be underestimated.

As a result, the current situation of the Khitan Emperor has been repeated.

Victories in last year's two wars will play a role.

The Khitan lords and ministers will see the tenacity of the Song army through these two battles. After fighting for such a long time, although it brought pressure to the people, it was not as extreme as Western Xia. For example, the pressure of the people of Western Xia reached seven points, and the Song Dynasty barely reached two points, and the Song Dynasty squeezed it out, increasing the pressure of the people to five points, and then with the tenacious spirit of the Song army, even if the Khitan won a miserable victory, the gains outweighed the losses.

The Khitan main battle faction can also see something. Since the unification of China, the Qin and Han dynasties have been to the Cao Wei dynasty, the five dynasties and ten kingdoms of the northern and southern dynasties can not be counted, and then to the Sui and Tang dynasties, facing many powerful foreign enemies, especially the Xiongnu and Turks were once as strong as the Khitan today. And then never gave in. Not to mention the little Xixia in their eyes. Ingratitude does not count, a country the size of an egg has invaded many times. The Song army could only passively respond to the battle at home, and almost did not dare to make the army step into the territory of Western Xia. The disguised proof of the weakness of the Song Dynasty.

There is no consideration of both, there is, very few. Even the Song Dynasty itself rarely started thinking from the two at the same time, how could you expect the Khitan to have such thoughtful people?

The main peace faction seeks peace more, and the main battle faction is more aggressive.

This is the challenge that I will encounter when I come to Khitan.

You can't think that the main peace faction has the upper hand, stiffen your neck and say that you want to make peace, let's show sincerity, if you want to fight, we are waiting for you in the Song Dynasty. Then it will inevitably collapse, maybe he did not return to the Song Dynasty, and the Khitan army launched an attack on Sanguan.

Zheng Lang still had a big rebellious thing in his heart that he didn't say.

Sun Quan asked Zhou Yu what to do when Cao Jun came. Zhou Yu said that the war, will Sun Quan listen to Zhang Zhao's muttering again?

What is the emperor, at least he has the right to make a decision, and without the right to make a decision, what is the role of the emperor? It is better to realize the republican system of Rogu and the white-clothed caliphate system of the Great Food.

Like this over and over again, can the Song Dynasty add an additional benefit to the Khitan? On the contrary, it will make the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty angry and despise.

But as the party itself, Fu Bi can't force it the most.

Holding back his anger, he said: "Jin Gaozu bribed the Khitan with Lu Long, and Zhou Shizong reconquered Guannan, which is a matter of different generations. Song Xing has been ninety years, if each wants to seek a different generation, is it the benefit of the Northern Dynasty? ”

Do you Khitans really want to make a fuss about things of different generations? So whose territory was this before the Later Jin Dynasty? Not only are the sixteen states of Youyun not yours, but also Liaodong, Yingyang and other places belong to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and your fiefdom is still rewarded by the Tang Dynasty to survive.

It can only be said implicitly.

Say it directly, if you don't get it, this little emperor will turn his face on the spot.

The ball is kicked back.

Yelu Zongzhen also changed the topic and asked: "Yuan Hao married the princess of our country, and he was a vassal of our Khitan, and the Southern Dynasty attacked him, why didn't he inform me?" ”

"The Northern Dynasty is crusading against Goryeo and Heishui, have you notified me of the Dynasty?" Fu Bi asked rhetorically, Heishui is the Bohai Kingdom, before the Bohai Kingdom was destroyed, it declared itself a vassal to the Song Dynasty in order to ask the two countries to join forces to fight against the Khitan, and Goryeo in exchange for the support of the Song Dynasty, and also called the Song Dynasty a tribute. Of course, the Khitan conquest of Heishui and Goryeo was impossible to inform the Song Dynasty. But if he continues to say this, it will wipe the face of this little emperor, Fu Bi also changed the topic, and said: "The Son of Heaven sent a minister to greet Your Majesty, it turned out that I didn't know that Yuan Hao and my brother were married, because of his ingratitude, I went to the border, so I asked for it, so my brother was troubled." I also have troubles, hitting it will hurt my brother's feelings, and I can't bear to sit back and watch the people hurt me, I don't know what to do with my brother? ”

The clear place is discernment. But no, there is an extraneous voice, since you Khitan are for your vassals, your brother-in-law sticks out his head, but why don't you care about it, everyone stops fighting, and everything is fine, hello to him, why bother to find yourself bored in it.

Of course, this was also one of the conditions of the Song Dynasty.

Liao Xingzong was very interesting, tilted his head and thought for a while. As an emperor, he is also not the kind of British lord who created a great cause, very similar to Zhao Zhen, as a little inferior, although Zhao Zhen was diplomatically weak, but created the most peaceful and wealthy era of the Song Dynasty, cultural and economic scientific thought, so that the Song Dynasty was really prosperous from Zhao Zhen's hands. Yeluzong is really inferior, but as an emperor, he is not a faint emperor.

Although he was a little obedient, he also had his own wisdom, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Yes, Yuan Hao is a coward, how can the Song Dynasty not attack?" ”

The Xixia people owe a beating, your Song Dynasty has the ability to beat it up, I want my ten counties in Guannan, how about not interfering in the affairs of your Song Dynasty and the Western Xia?

After speaking, he retreated with his ministers.

Putting aside the illusion of appearance and analyzing the essence of it, it can only reveal that Yeluzong really has no brains.

He himself wanted to do something and show off his might to the Central Plains Dynasty, but the minister's advice made him hesitate. But how bad will Fu Bi be in the game?

Fu Bi sat in the tent and looked at the green black mountain in the distance (most of the Liao lords were not in the imperial city, but at four o'clock, and the summer bowl avoided hunting, mostly in Tu'er Mountain and Montenegro), and his mood was extremely bad.

Before he left, Zheng Lang said a word: "The rich brother should be strong on this trip." ”

In fact, Fu Bi is in the bureau this trip, although there are some flaws, but the flaws are not hidden, and he has done a very good job. If anyone else comes, Fubi may not do better.

Thinking of the Khitan people's untrustworthy, thick black, and greedy, he sighed in his heart, not knowing how Zheng Lang would be able to get out and return to the Song Dynasty safely when he came to the Khitan a few years later. Zheng Xingzhi, you probably underestimated the Khitan.

When he was full of sorrow, Liu Liufu suddenly came and asked: "Your envoy, in the past, your Taizong was peaceful in the east of the river and immediately attacked Youyan, although your Song Dynasty used troops in Western Xia today, will you want to kill Yan Ji after it is pacified?" ”

At this time, Fu Bi felt that the sun was very bright, and it turned out that the Khitan was also afraid of war!

It is fear, not the Lord's peace.

Just now, I was capricious by the little emperor of Liao, and my heart went up and down, and I suddenly settled down. Desperately trying to concentrate his mind, he replied calmly: "When Taizong, the Khitan first sent a messenger to drag Meli, but then sent troops to Shiling to help Hedong. Taizong was angry that he was repeated, and only then did he attack the swallow thistle, which was the disaster of the Northern Dynasty. ”

It is not said whether to fight or not to fight.

Recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun was the dream of almost all people with lofty ideals in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Why Taizong attacked the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun was that you did not keep your promise first, and you were to blame. Originally, the alliance between the two countries had a time of peace, but now it is here again, and you Khitan are going to tear up the alliance again.

Liu Liufu had no choice but to change the topic and said: "My lord is ashamed to accept the golden silk, and he must want to get ten counties, how about it?" ”

Fu Bi was very dizzy, and he had said it many times, so why bother asking. still patiently explained, and said: "I once said to Your Majesty, I am the grandson of a man, how dare I use the ancestral homeland and people!" In the past, Lanzhou was so dangerous, if you don't agree to cut Guannan and Khitan, how can you cut the land in my hands! The Northern Dynasty wants ten counties, but it is greedy for its rent, and our dynasty uses gold silk instead, which can also be used for Khitan resources, what is the difference? ”

How can there be no difference?

In ancient times, the concept of territory was relatively vague, and remote areas should be readable, and if they can levy it, they can't recruit it, so let him go. It has been since the Han and Tang Dynasties.

But is it as simple as ten counties in Kannan? Once the Khitans get the ten counties in Guannan, it is like sending a girl with a decent appearance to a prison cell where she has been locked up for more than ten years without seeing a meat man, what is the difference? In the future, the entire Central Plains will likely become the hippodrome of the Khitan. Grass valleys that are cut off very little will also become the norm.

Liu Liufu is not easy to point out.

How to say, it is false for me to want the ten counties in Guannan, and it is our Khitan idea to covet your Central Plains at any time in the future.

Here, Fu Bi neglected another problem, the candidate sent by the Khitan.

Liu Liufu is an authentic Han Chinese.

Sending him to negotiate with Xiao Temo in the Song Dynasty was that it was necessary to have a Han Chinese as a companion. Now when I come to Khitan Montenegro, there is no need for this, and speaking Chinese does not necessarily have to be Khitan Han people, many Khitan people can also speak Chinese.

It's also an attitude.

There are a lot of Han annihilations, and when something happens in China, even if the country is peaceful, these people will jump out like dogs, and many people are willing to do it. But more Han Chinese may not be like Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao, including Han Chinese in Khitan. Once Song Taizong invaded Youzhou and was not ready, these Han people would take the initiative to take up arms and start a war with the Song army. But as the Han nation itself, what they are looking forward to is reconciliation between the two countries, and it is best that everyone does not fight back and forth. Zhang Jian, a Khitan minister, also has this mentality, and some of the remnants of the Six Valleys Alliance on Jingyuan Road still have this mentality. This is a subconscious national surname.

Fu Bi continued: "I miss the people of the two countries, and I don't want to start a war and make it ruined, so I take out the gold silk to satisfy the ** of the Northern Dynasty." If the Northern Dynasty has to close the ten counties in the south, it is determined to betray the alliance and abandon the good, and I will only have one war. The alliance of the abyss, the gods of heaven and earth, are actually coming together. Today, the Northern Dynasties took the lead in sending troops, and they were not in me. Heaven and earth, ghosts and gods, they can be deceived! ”

Zhao Zhen would definitely not say so much to him.

He faintly saw some thoughts of the Khitans, and he became bold enough to say such majestic words.

Liu Liufu left.

Just then, he received a letter from home.

It may be that something big happened in his family, but Fu Bi took the letter in his hand and did not open it for a long time, and after a while, he tore it up.

His subordinates asked in surprise, and Fu Bi replied: "As a national leader, how can I be distracted by family affairs, and even if I know it if I am so far away...... There is nothing that can be done. ”

Can you grow wings and fly back?

Knowing is not beneficial, but distracting, which is not good for negotiation.

But you can imagine that if something happens to the Zheng family when Zheng Lang confronts Yeli Yuqi in Shichuan Village, will Cui Xian ignore the general situation and send someone to send a letter to Zheng Lang, official, come back quickly, something happened at home.

Why did Zheng Lang leave after dark when he heard that something was going on in Agancheng, and several wives and concubines had a little resentment, but who stopped him?

What is Fubi doing at this time?

Succeeded in the Song Dynasty with one less threat of a strong enemy, and once it failed, it was also possible to be dismembered by the Khitan and Western Xia.

Always pay attention to proportion, even at this time, the Khitan killed him, and the Song Dynasty did not dare to say a word, and obediently sent another envoy to negotiate peace.

What kind of things do you want to send to the Khitan? Besides, how did this letter get to the Khitan?

Fu Bi temporarily put aside the unhappiness in his heart and prepared for the next wave of humiliation.

The next day, Yelu Zong really led Fu Bi to hunt, and his attitude was not evil, so he let him walk with him. This scene is very spectacular, think about it in the boundless prairie, the Khitan countless iron horses lined up, the mountains shouted, all the animals on the grassland were frightened out together, and then ten thousand arrows were fired together, one by one. Fu Bi is only a civil servant, and he has never been on the battlefield, will he be shocked?

The huge scene made him lose his mind slightly.

Yelu Zongzhen suddenly asked, "What else do you have to say?" ”

Fu Bi didn't pay attention, and couldn't help but say: "I just want to reconcile, the longer the better." ”

Mistaken.

Until now, Fubi has almost never leaked. Until this point, it is possible that there is a loss of mind, it may be the stimulation of that letter, there is a major mistake.

A smile appeared on the face of the little emperor of the Liao State, and the Han people of the Song Dynasty finally revealed their true colors. Peace talks are their only way out.

Then he said: "I will win the ten counties in the south of the country, and the two countries will be reconciled permanently." ”

Fu Bi woke up and said sonorously: "The emperor of my dynasty sent his ministers to tell His Majesty that the Northern Dynasty wants to gain the ancestral homeland, and the Southern Dynasty is willing to lose the ancestral homeland. The Khitan is proud of the land, and our dynasty will be humiliated by the loss of land. How can a fraternal country make one glory and one disgrace diametrically opposed? His Majesty has not forgotten the ten counties of Guannan, and the emperor of our dynasty has not forgotten the old seal of Yan Ji, but he still sent envoys precisely to understand each other. ”

No matter what you say, if you want land, you can't get an inch of land.

At the end of the hunt, Liu Liufu found Fu Bi again and said: "The emperor listened to your words of honor and disgrace, and he was very understanding, but gold silk must not be advisable, but marriage is negotiable." ”

How do you propose to make peace again?

Fu Bi was made immortal to death by this group of Khitans, and his mind was turning sharply.

The matter of harmony is said in Kaifeng, and it is the same as cutting the land, it is impossible. Why did the Khitan bring it up?

In the past, peace was a measure taken by the Central Plains to encircle the barbarians outside the Central Plains, but now the Khitan is civilized and often regards itself as China, so there is no need for this door and kin. As a military power, there is no need for peace to maintain peace between the two countries. On the contrary, only the Song Dynasty needed to bribe the Khitan in order to seek peace and friendship.

Suddenly, he realized and said: "Marriage is easy to produce contradictions, how many husbands and wives don't quarrel and stumble?" Moreover, people's life expectancy is different, once there is an accident, they will lose their affection and misunderstanding, so it is better to increase the gold silk. ”

This sentence is the most perceptive to him at this time.

Liu Liufu said: "The emperor of the Southern Dynasty has a daughter. ”

"Yes, there is a woman, I said that she is only four years old, and she must be married in ten years, and now I want to solve my current doubts, can I wait until then?" Fu Bi accentuated his tone again and said: "The story of marrying a princess in the Southern Dynasty is not more than 100,000 ears. ”

A surname payment, only 100,000 yuan, high-quality silk, 50,000 horses. Once it's sent, there's nothing. You look at it.

Liu Liufu left immediately.

It makes sense, you can't play with your relatives, or gold silk is affordable. Repeat Fu Bi's original words to Yelu Zongzhen and a number of ministers.

Fu Bi sat in the tent thinking about his thoughts, and seemed to gradually see the dawn of dawn, but he was not sure, and he didn't know what the Khitans would play tomorrow.

Liao Xingzong summoned Fu Bi and said, "You go back." ”

Fu Bi is very faint, dare to love me is a pure waste of tongue? After tossing for so many days, Fu Bi lost his anger and said calmly: "The second discussion is still undecided, how dare you go back, I am willing to stay and wait for the results of the discussion before returning." ”

Yelu Zongzhen said, "You go back first, and then I will tell you my choice." Don't forget to bring two affidavits with you. ”

What an answer!

Fu Bi is still helpless, he has to go back. And this back and forth, thousands of miles, there are many checkpoints along the way, and some roads are not so good, how many days does it take? What will happen if it changes over time?

So Fu Bi rode his horse and ran fast.

Run, the faster the better.

……

Zheng Ping said, "Daddy, I'm hungry." ”

"Let's go eat." Zheng Lang said.

Zheng Lang's guest.

Among the three, Fan Zhongyan is the most hard-working, he is famous in the world, but the actual official is the smallest, and the salary is small.

This salary is also very vague, some benefits such as travel expenses, business trip expenses, job fields, etc., more to fight for, less to fight for, and some not to fight. With Fan Zhongyan's surname, it is impossible for him to fight. Although the annual salary still reaches several thousand, he has four sons and a small wife, and can only live a frugal life with round-trip travel expenses, housing, and socializing.

Zheng Lang has the most salary, not only hangs the minister, but also has the most titles, more than a dozen official positions, and some official functions are superimposed on the salary. There is no competition, there are more than 20,000 salaries a year, and if there is a competition, more than 30,000 yuan can also be competed.

The life endowment is also different, Zheng Lang is not extravagant, but it has nothing to do with frugality.

took the two to a more luxurious restaurant and ordered some dishes, Fan Zhongyan was a little sullen, and suddenly put down his chopsticks and asked, "Xingzhi, what should the country do with your intentions?" ”

"It's raining, it's a little cold."

“……”

"You can add a single coat."

“……”

"But you can't add a robe."

Fan Zhongyan frowned.

"Brother Xiwen, it can be corrected, not overcorrected. My theory of the mean is immature, and I don't say much about the evils of my dynasty, but I say it. I will say that the emphasis on literature and light on military force is the family law of my ancestors, in order to punish the chaos of Anshi in the Tang Dynasty and the disaster of separating the feudal towns, which is good. But what has become of it today? said that it is the ancestral family law, is Taizu Taizong the founding monarch of the Song Dynasty, and who are the people they used to conquer the north and the south? Cao Bin, Li Quanchen, Pan Mei, Yang Jiye, Gao Qiong, which one is not a general? Brother Xiwen, look at the situation in Shaanxi today. At the beginning of the war, I don't know what generals have a military level. To this day, Di Qing, Yang Wenguang, Chong Shiheng, Zhang Qi, Zhi Jimin, Wang Xin, Wang Ji, Wang Kai, which of these people is not a famous general who can fight well and has both wisdom and courage? To punish the ring of the Tang Dynasty, the rights of military generals must be controlled. In peacetime, the military and politics of the four routes on the edge can be handled by us, why can't we let go of these generals and let them take the initiative to participate in the ranks of making plans? Brother Xiwen, you know how to build a city, do you have the ability to command a battle? I didn't have either, but I gathered all my generals and discussed them together. The war is given to the army, and the return is relieved, this is the way of Taizu Taizong to control the generals. What has become of it today? ”

Fan Zhongyan twisted his eyebrows and thought.

"I have fish and meat, and I have bear paws. Why can't you have both? It's not that I can't, but I don't have enough ability. If you are sufficient, you will get both, and you will not get anything if you are insufficient. Don't overdo it, with our dynasty being rich and the soldiers loyal, although they may not go to the border, but at the same time they attach importance to internal governance, they don't need to suffer from external insults. Otherwise, if there is no internal trouble, what is the difference between letting foreign enemies destroy the country and disintegrating the country in a feudal town? ”

Fan Zhongyan was silent.

To say that it is easier said than done is to relax the rights of military generals, to what extent?

In the game, who can see clearly?

"Brother Xiwen, Yanguo has a good relationship with you, and when he comes back from his mission this time, you can write to him to ask how he feels in his heart. Although the area of the Great Song Dynasty is not as large as that of the Tang Dynasty, it is south to Lingnan, north to Yanmen, West Pole Lanhui, east to Canghai, and the area is also more than Cao Wei. If we can't put aside this erroneous concept, the radicals will have the shame of being a good water and a river, and the conservatives can only be like Brother Xiwen and Mellow, who have spent nearly 100 million dollars of the country's wealth in the past few years, and only built a few small broken villages! ”