. When Yang Hao heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Oh?" Why did the Tibetan people write to them? ”

After the death of Tufan, the forces were divided, although it was still a powerful force around the Song State, but its form of political power has been restored to the way of tribal alliance, no longer a country, although the exchanges between Tubo and the Great Song Dynasty are also through foreign affairs channels, the specifications can not be called the national letter, Yang Hao only called it a letter.

He knew that a large number of daily necessities of the Tubo tribe needed to be imported from the Song State, and the cattle and sheep products were sold to the Song State, and the Song State also relied on the strength of the Tubo tribes to contain the Li clan of Xiazhou, which was about to move, resulting in a balance of power in the northwest, and at the same time, a large part of the horses needed by the Song State also depended on imports from the Tubo tribe, so the relationship between Tubo and the Song State is now relatively close.

And Jiao Sicheng also said that since he came, he has been happy. The Khitan envoy came to fight, so he couldn't be called a happy guest, but the Tubo people had any happy news to report?

Jiao Haitao said diligently: "This letter was written by the patriarch of the Luo Dan tribe of Liangzhou Liugu, protesting against my suspicion of smuggling steel and imprisoning his nephew and a Han merchant who traded with him. ”

Yang Hao rolled his eyes and said, "Jiao Sicheng, this is what you call a happy guest?" This...... Is this a happy event? ”

Jiao Haitao said with a smile: "Zuo Envoy, if this is a change of yamen, disputes, and trouble, it is not a good thing, but what is our Honglu Temple for?" The more chaotic the trouble, the more fierce the quarrel, and our Honglu Temple will be useful, isn't this a good thing? ”

Yang Hao: "......"

Jiao Sicheng peeked at his face, coughed hurriedly, restrained his smile, and said in an official tone: "Lord Zuo, the Tubo tribes have always been respectful and friendly to our dynasty, and have provided a large number of urgently needed war horses to our dynasty, and based in Liangzhou, we have restrained the ambitious Xiazhou for our dynasty, and ensured that the northwest vassals contain each other, but they all depend on the situation of our Song Kingdom, and now it is only for the small matter of smuggling. ”

Yang Hao thought about it, yes, Tubo made trouble, in case the imperial court sent me to appease ......, Yang Hao immediately turned his anger into joy, patted Jiao Sicheng on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "What Jiao Sicheng said is reasonable, the more fierce they are, the more we can do it in Honglu Temple, haha, give me the letter, I'll take a look at the details." ”

"Uh......" Jiao Haitao didn't expect Yang Hao to change his face faster than him, he smiled bitterly and took out the letter from Tubo and handed it to Yang Hao, Yang Hao opened it to take a look, and when he saw the name of the imprisoned Song people, his face couldn't help but change, and he coughed and drank tea in a low voice. Fortunately, he covered it up quickly, and Jiao Sicheng, who was standing on the side, didn't notice anything unusual.

"My lord, what do you think should be done about this? After drawing up a decent countermeasure, it is good to play the official family, and order the cooperation of the division and the yamen, let's ......"

Yang Hao hurriedly put away the letter, put his sleeves in his arms, and then got up hurriedly, put on his official hat, and said, "Prepare the sedan chair, and the official will enter the palace immediately." ”

Jiao Sicheng was dumbfounded and said, "Zuo Envoy, let's not discuss this matter anymore?" ”

Yang Hao said: "No need to discuss, the official already has an idea, so I will report to the official's family and ask the official's family to decide." ”

When Jiao Haitao heard this, he hurriedly patted his ass and said: "My lord is really amazing, in ancient times, Cao Zhi made seven steps into a poem, and now there is a left envoy who has a plan in one step, adults have a strategic mind, wisdom is unparalleled, rich in learning five cars, full of economy, up to astronomy, down to know geography, graceful, proud......"

Yang Hao ran to the door, Jiao Sicheng patted the sycophants and followed all the way to the door, Yang Hao suddenly remembered something, hurried back, Jiao Sicheng praised the words and chased back, Yang Hao picked up the bag of bad white fish on the table and hugged it in his arms, and said to Jiao Sicheng seriously: "Jiao Sicheng, I know that your admiration for this official is like a surging river, even ~~~~ endlessly, but these intimate words, wait for the official to come back, let's talk about it, rude and rude, say goodbye." ”

Yang Hao was anxious, hurriedly went out to board the car and went straight to the palace, to the inside, Yang Hao rushed all the way, still thinking about his heart, unconsciously led to the Jiying Palace, the little yellow door in front of the road stood and sang to the palace: "Your Majesty, Honglu Shaoqing Yang Hao asks to see." ”

Yang Hao came to his senses at this time, and listened to a calm voice in the hall preaching: "Call him in." Yang Hao didn't have time to think about it, so he stepped into the main hall.

In the palace, Zhao Kuangyin just lost his temper, Zhao Wei, the general of the left forbidden guard, directly stabbed the matter to the emperor, the emperor was furious when he heard it, he ordered that Qin Shaanxi Damu was not allowed to be smuggled, this ink has not dried yet, when the prime minister of the dynasty took the lead in destroying the discipline, this is still it?

At this moment, it is the afternoon, the emperor is listening to the lecture of the bachelor, and the former prime minister Wang Pu is teaching the emperor today. Listening to Zhao Wei's explanation, Zhao Kuangyin sent him down, and then slapped the table angrily, and said to Wang Pu: "Zhao Pu is becoming more and more bold and reckless, and dares to openly disobey the holy decree. ”

Wang Pu narrowed his eyes, looked around, looked up at the sky, looked down at the ground, and smiled with his hands: "The official family is angry, Zhao Xianggong has always been a public body for the country, how can he condone his family to do such an unrighteous act?" In Yichen's opinion, Zhao Wei has a manic temperament and can't tolerate people, it must be because he has a dislike with the Prime Minister's family, and he is falsely accusing the prime minister. ”

Zhao Kuangyin first saw his movements, a little inexplicable, carefully pondered his expressions, movements, wording, and expressions, his heart couldn't help but feel a pang, and suddenly calmed down, he sighed noncommittally, paced a few steps in the hall, changed his tone and said: "Yes, Zhao Pu's personality, I know, how can I do such an illegal thing?" Zhao Wei falsely accused the minister, I almost fell for him, this person has sinister intentions, and he must not be punished, Zhang Dejun, pass the decree, Zhao Wei Pan falsely accused the court of being the ruler of the court, and should be severely punished, so he was demoted...... Ruzhou, let's make a dental school. ”

Saying this, the muscles of Zhao Kuangyin's cheeks jumped a few times suddenly, Wang Pu saw it in his eyes, only his eyes were dizzy, and he never saw it, Zhang Dejun just went out, and there was a message from the little yellow door at the door.

Yang Hao walked into the hall quickly, and Zhao Kuangyin, who was still angry, looked at this Honglu Shaoqing, who was holding a wat board that was one size bigger than ordinary people when he came the day before yesterday, and today he changed his burden, and couldn't help but say in surprise: "Yang Hao, what are you holding in your arms?" ”

Yang Hao thought about his heart all the way, forgetting that he was still holding something in his arms, Zhao Kuangyin asked, Yang Hao was suddenly alert, and couldn't help but secretly complain: "It's broken, it's broken, why did you carry it directly to the palace and tell the emperor, this is my gift to your daughter?" It is a taboo to say that foreign ministers make friends with the harem. And...... Doesn't it mean that the daughter is the father's lover in the past life? Even if the son-in-law comes to the door for the first time, the father-in-law probably won't be very pleasing to the eye, not to mention what kind of identity am I, if Lao Zhao knew that I sent fish to the princess, wouldn't he up first? ”

Yang Hao was anxious and quickly responded: "Back to the official's house, this is a few catties of bad white fish bought for Her Royal Highness Princess Yongqing when the King of Wei Chitose patrolled the Jianghuai, and it was placed on the minister's boat at that time, and after returning to Beijing, he sorted out some local products that he bought, and the minister remembered that he was going to send back to the King of Wei Chitose, because he encountered a major event, and he was anxious to ask the official family to decide, so he ran to the palace first, uh...... I forgot about it......"

As soon as Zhao Kuangyin heard that he was so diligent in state affairs, his color softened a little, and he said: "That's it, since it is something for the princess, why bother to send it to the Wei Palace." He motioned to the attendants, and someone stepped forward to take it and retreated down to the palace.

Zhao Kuangyin said: "What happened to make a decision, and the Khitan life was in chaos?" ”

Yang Hao hurriedly said: "That's not the case, it was Liangzhou Tubo who sent a letter to complain to the official family because of a dispute with the local government. ”

Zhao Kuangyin's expression moved, and he said solemnly: "Tubo? What caused the dispute? ”

Yang Hao said lightly: "The Tubo Ba Miluo and the Han merchant Li Xing smuggled two truckloads of fine iron to Liangzhou, and on the way they were seized by the local government and put them in prison. Originally, this was just an ordinary anti-smuggling case, but it involved Tibet, and the matter became complicated. The Luo Dan patriarch of the Liangzhou Liugu Fan Department was very dissatisfied with this, and he counted the respect and tameness of the Tubo Dynasty in the Tubo Dynasty, and was dissatisfied with the local government's treatment of the Tubo people, and asked the official family to make decisions for him and release his nephew and the Han merchant. Yang Hao said, handing over the letter.

Zhao Kuangyin looked at it again, frowned and said: "Fine iron is a military material, without the permission of the imperial court, trafficked in foreign countries without permission, a cart of fine iron bento should be punished with the crime of killing the head, and now they are just imprisoned, it is already an extrajudicial favor, and he wants to ignore the national law with a letter?" ”

Wang Pu and Yang Hao didn't answer, Zhao Kuangyin muttered to himself for a while, secretly weighing in his heart, the imperial court relied on the Tubo tribes too much, a large number of healthy horses needed to be imported from there, and the power of the Tubo people to suppress the ambition of the Li clan in Xiazhou, for the sake of just two carts of fine iron and a few smuggling merchants, if the two sides were evil, it would not be any good, he had already made a plan in his heart, but turned his head to Yang Hao and said: "Yang Qing, you already know the ins and outs of this matter, what should you do in your opinion?" ”

Yang Hao kept staring at his face, and then bowed down and said: "The official family, the minister thinks that it is just a few carts of fine iron, and it should not be based on this to make enemies with Tubo, the patriarch of the Liangzhou Liugu Fan tribe personally wrote a letter to ask the official family, and the court should show him magnanimity, this person...... It should be put away, as for the goods, you might as well return it to him generously, and the Tibetan Ministry will ask for one and get two, and you will be grateful to the officials. ”

"Oh?" Zhao Kuangyin looked at him and smiled: "The Khitans are flying and domineering, but your reply is even more domineering than the Khitans, and you are not afraid of angering them at all." The Tibetan power is weak, but you want to show the reason, for fear of annoying them, why is this? ”

Yang Hao bowed and said: "The official family, because the Khitan is strong, even if the court shows favor and sincerely solicits, it will not submit to our dynasty, on the contrary, the more humble our dynasty is, the more arrogant they are, and they will condone their ambitions to continue to expand." And the Tibetan strength is weak, and there is a lot of dependence on my court, if the big section is not lost, this small section should not be too much to worry about them, so it is easy to use gentle means to make them return to their hearts. ”

Zhao Kuangyin Dayue, he smiled and said: "Although Yang Qing's temperament is reckless, his mind is really not lost, haha, I am exactly what I mean, just follow this meaning, I will order Yousi to cooperate with your Honglu Temple to handle this matter." Also, you might as well say bluntly in the reply that if Tibet is short of iron, you can ask the imperial court for help, and the imperial court will pay it as appropriate, and there is no need to smuggle it illegally, hehehe......"

"Obey the order and retire."

Yang Hao walked out of the palace slowly, stood under the tall pillars and let out a long sigh, the cold sweat on his back disappeared, this Li Xing is the other Li Xing, the craftsman who made bows and arrows in Yipintang, and the cousin of his father-in-law. How did he hook up with the Tubo people, and what happened to Luzhou? If it doesn't work, you have to ask Bisu to contact 'Flying Feather' and ask the reason for it.

Yang Hao thought that the northwest was peaceful, and he got into this Qingshui Yamen in order to fake his death and escape, and he was away from the world from then on, but he suddenly found that he had become a spider in the web, and a little wind and grass in any direction would inevitably involve him, and he ...... opened the net, so he was also trapped in the net, and some of them couldn't break free.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ northwest, Luzhou, Mu's shepherd's big tent. Ding Chengzong and Li Guangcen sat side by side, there were a few men who looked rough in front of them, but their eyes were shrewd, Ding Chengzong said: "What I want to say, that's all, you will immediately rush to Xiazhou separately, settle down under the cover of different identities, and we will provide everything you need."

Your only mission is to find a way to get close to the nobles of the Tuoba clan, if you can get the trust of the Li clan in Xiazhou, you will help them to go against the grain, if you can get the trust of the other nobles of the Tuoba clan, you will try to exacerbate the contradictions between them, this is the only purpose, the specific methods and means, I have taught you a lot, you can also adapt to the situation, each of them can show their abilities. Well done, you alone can stand up to a brave and good team of 10,000 people, go ahead! ”

"Yes!" More than a dozen big men bowed their hands in unison, bowed to Li Guangcen again, and then retreated.

Li Guangcen held back for a long time, and when they took a sip, he couldn't help coughing violently, wheezing undecided, and then raised his glass to drink, Ding Chengzong couldn't help frowning slightly and said, "Li Lao, let's drink less." ”

"I'm used to it, if I don't drink it now, I'll die faster." Li Guangcen smiled indifferently, took another sip of wine, and said: "You use the room in Xiazhou, the old man thinks this idea is very good, but to fund Tubo, and even take out a first-grade bow without concealment, it is natural to do it now, but will they be unfavorable to us in the future?" ”

Ding Chengzong smiled calmly and said, "Elder Li, don't worry, they don't have that ability. I dare to conclude that there is no unified political power, no clear rule of officials, no clear military discipline, no heroic hero, not to mention the scattered Tubo, even if it is the Khitan and the Great Song Dynasty, with such a sharp weapon as the 'Yipin Bow', it will be the same will be defeated, and the same will not be able to rely on the battle.

The second brother skillfully used means to make the Li clan of Xiazhou and the Tubo people go to war on both sides, wear down their strength, and attract their attention, this is a good opportunity, I want to make the most of it and expand its influence. The enemy of our enemies is our friends, so how can we not help them with all our might? It's just a bow, if we cherish our secret skills and regard a dead thing as the only reliance, then we are too unconfident, in that case, the so-called reliance is actually no reliance.

We can use the room in Xiazhou to cause discord among the Tuoba nobles and defeat them from within; To finance the Tibetans was to strengthen the power of their enemies and crush them from the outside. They are fighting for us, at this time, we are fighting the horses, staying in Xiazhou to worry about external difficulties, at that time we ascend to the heights, and the crumbling Xiazhou can be overcome in one fell swoop! It's just that...... When will he be back in charge of the big picture? ”