Before the envoy arrived, Ouyang Xiu spoke again, since he became a minister, he was very busy, busier than anyone else...... The minister thought that it was peace and war, and everyone said one after another, one is that the world is in trouble, and if there is discord, it will not be able to support it, and less succumb to it, which can reduce difficulties. One said that the Qiang people were treacherous and refused to quit the army, which is no different from discord, and it is a humiliation of empty baggage, and there is no real danger at all.

The former statement is the mainstream, and the latter statement is the idea of a few people such as Yu Jing and Han Qi, who believe that the war must be continued. The Song Dynasty was difficult, and the Tangut people were even more difficult. The country is in difficulty, so it's a big deal to slow down the past two years, continue to fight in the future, and consume Western Xia alive.

The third way of saying is that you want to retreat and rest, train the soldiers and select generals, and think that it is the back picture. However, after the river Shuo, after the talent and the relaxation, the problem became deeper. Originally, it was a good point, but it began to be fanatical again, and there are people who hold this statement, Zheng Lang and Fan Zhongyan have similar thoughts. But Ouyang Xiu said well about the north, why did he follow the rules and slacken, seeing that no, Zhao Zhen began to use his qualifications to appoint people again, and let Guo Chengyou take charge of the Zhendinglu army.

This thing has been said once, and Zhao Zhen also ordered to change Guo Chengyou's knowledge of Xiangzhou, but it was only because he didn't find a replacement candidate that Guo Chengyou was allowed to continue to stay in Zhending Mansion, and it would be very disgusting. It was Zhao Zhen, if he was another emperor, even if Li Shimin was in power, he would also drag Ouyang Xiu down and relegate him to Lingnan to think about it behind closed doors.

It was Zhao Zhen, so Ouyang Xiu said again and again that if he was replaced by Song Yingzong, he was another way of living, which was more exciting.

The fourth theory is that even if Yuan Hao is a minister, the west side of the fee reduction, there are still big worries, the northern enemy will take the peace as their own merit, and there will be invitations, the court does not agree, and the military revolution is a temporary respite from the small trouble in Guanxi, and the revival of the big trouble in Hebei.

Not to mention, the imperial court didn't pay attention to the Khitan, and we spent money, just to buy An, but after Ouyang Xiu's repeated advocacy, a series of misunderstandings later occurred, although it was harmless, but at least some money was wasted, just to mobilize countless Song troops in Lotus Fort, at least one million dollars were wasted.

Also, the more he advocated the Khitan invasion, the more the Song Dynasty monarchs wanted to make peace with Yuan Hao, so they quickly agreed to Yuan Hao's excessive demands. But it's obviously not what Ouyang Xiu thinks, his idea is this sentence, seeing that the country has a big event, and taking public opinions, although there are similarities and differences, it is difficult to make peace for most of them, and it is easy to disagree, and they dare not be self-dictatorated. In fact, there are very few main battle factions, but the main war is everywhere. Probably fake, his thoughts are true.

In short, his advice with a strong subjective idea turned out to be even further away from what he wanted.

However, the minister didn't know what the court meant, and he was in a hurry, and several prime ministers were discussing in secret, but no one told him, can he not be in a hurry. (I laughed, put aside his beautiful poems, and seriously analyzed his various behaviors, which made people feel very funny) The court is not right to do this, the story of the Han and Tang Dynasties, major events must be discussed and shown to the broad, not narrow-minded, strategists think about the public, and cannot be self-dictatorated. But since the rise of the war, there are often secret matters, and I don't want people to know, but I can deal with them, how can I hide them? The minister thought that Mo Ruo adopted the public's opinion, collected the people's good strategy, and Yuan Hao's request for peace, so that before people arrived, they would gather hundreds of officials to discuss first, and there would be a long-term strategy.

Zhao Zhen touched his head for most of the day after seeing it, you directly said that it was war or peace, and it would be okay to ask the court to gather hundreds of officials to discuss, why bother to go around and around, with some thorns?

Ouyang Xiu is not fighting alone, Yu Jing then wrote to cooperate, the minister saw that every time the court met the Khitan envoy to Que, Yuan Hao sent someone to the court, and the minister discussed, but he wanted to keep it secret, although the officials of the two systems and two provinces were worshipped, they could not be known at the time, and the disposal was inconvenient, and there was no way to discuss. This is not right, and there are a lot of reasons to list, asking for the affairs of the northern enemy and Xirong to be the safety of the country, and the attendants must know it.

Seems reasonable.

But they have forgotten their own powers, and each has his own duties, and each has his own duties, not in his duties, and does not seek his own government. Whether it's state affairs or diplomacy, it's a matter of! The two governments have the right to deal with major political affairs in the military, but not the right to impeach, and the ministers have the right to impeach, but not the right to deal with major policies, including foreign affairs.

It is the supervisor who specializes in supervising the character of the official, or whether the political affairs are done well or badly, and when it is done, there is good or bad, and then it is the turn of the minister to speak. That's what each has to do.

This is the dispute, in the Yanchen for the Yanchen rights struggle, in the political ministers for the rights of the political ministers, but it is not Ouyang Xiu alone, Han Qi fought for Qin Fenglu in Qinfeng Road to increase the troops, and later Wang Anshi fought for the three envoys in the three envoys, almost making the three envoys more powerful than the prime minister.

Fan Zhongyan was silent about the mess between the two younger brothers, and he and Han Qi were working on another thing, Yingtian. Jingyuan Road camp field is the most successful, because Zheng Lang does not aim to collect money, but is positioned to increase the grain harvest, the first batch of camp land will be handed over to the local people for one year, and the second batch is still in the army. However, the other three roads are all camping in a large number of fields, and some very bad drawbacks have been produced one after another. Therefore, please strike the farmland, let the local people cultivate the fertile land, if it is barren and no one cultivates it, it is better to let it be wasted than to continue to farm, nor to hand it over to the army to manage, so as not to be harsh to the people. If it was indeed rented land and had nothing to do with the farmland, the tax would still be taxed, if it was a barren land in the distant years, and the old tax amount was heavy, and no one asked for a tenant, that is, the tax amount was reduced and someone was invited to ask for a tenant.

Indeed, there were many bad disputes in Yingtian, that is, Zheng Lang of Jingyuan Road did not aim to make money from beginning to end, and a small number of disputes also arose. Zhao Zhen obeyed and abolished. Fan Zhongyan resigned to participate in political affairs, and was willing to alternate with Han Qi to preside over Western affairs. Zhao Zhenjiazhi, with Ren Zhongshi as the Hedong Xuanfu envoy, and Fan Zhongyan as the Shaanxi Xuanfu envoy, first moved the two roads, but left the two in Beijing and did not let them go.

The envoy gradually arrived, and Ouyang Xiu finally received a letter that satisfied Zheng Lang.

Yuan Hao is about to come to Que, I heard that the Guan Gou envoy must ask for a comparison, the order is very wide, to put it mildly, that is, the Xixia envoy is worshiped as an old lady, and the court wants to make it submit, so that Xu Tonghe, if so, it must be frustrated first, in order to suppress its arrogance, before it can be discussed. If the etiquette is too thick, they think that I am cowardly, and they know that I can be bullied, so why give in between discussions? If you can win his heart, after agreeing, it is not too late to add a little courtesy.

Yang Shousu laughed at Yan Shu, it is true that Yan Shu can really only compose lyrics, it is okay to be a vice minister, and being the prime minister will delay national affairs. Lu Yijian was also weak diplomatically, but he took care of the general situation, where did Yan Shu come from, and under the leadership of the soft-boned prime minister, there were a series of mistakes in the negotiation with the Western Xia. Even later generations pushed the responsibility on Zhao Zhen.

Ouyang Xiu then went on another piece for Zheng Lang to appreciate, and heard that the imperial court sent Cheng Ren from the palace to entertain Yuan Hao and his party. The minister thinks that Yuan Hao has no good intentions at all, and refuses to be called a minister, asking for too many things, and his ambition is not small. Let him guess.

But the court will not follow, do not follow, treat those who come, and do not go too far. As for the thickness of the etiquette and how much it is given, although it is a trivial matter, it is not enough to compete, but between the things, the one who is involved is great. When the envoy of military friendship comes to a big country, he must spy on the courage and cowardice of the generals, and the strength of the country. If you see that the anger of the court is still unsettled, and the situation is unpredictable, you will be worried about the fear of killing, and the second person will be detained, so that he will occasionally return to life, and he will think that it is a great luck. Then my weak form has not been revealed, and my strong argument can be sustained. If you damage your own prestige and give too much courtesy, you will first weaken yourself and grow your arrogance, so that you will know that you can be bullied, and it will be more difficult to make peace. If you want to accomplish it, you must put the town first, and if you don't get the idea, you will damage the body. At least the previous Yuan Hao came to the court, and the imperial court only held it in one class. Now it is becoming more and more prosperous, so he sends a courtier, and if it becomes more prosperous later, he must send a close attendant. It is he who turns to strength, and I who turns to weakness. Let's take a look at Shao Liangzuo's treatment when he arrives in Western Xia? Just avoid humiliation.

The two copies of the recital made sense, but the court did not obey.

After a lot of consideration, the country can't afford to toss, lest it can't negotiate peace, but can Xixia afford to toss?

Yu Jing also played, the imperial court treated Western Xia not very well, but he could come to make his mouth say the same as cutting the land, insulting China, even more than before. The court should treat it to be reduced to subordination and start with the matter. If the arbitrary order buys more than the Khitan envoy, the Khitan envoy returns, and I don't know how to treat it again?

The performance is not reported.

Not only did they not report it, but the two governments were tired of soldiers, including Zhang Dexiang and Yan Shu, many bigwigs actually wanted to agree to Yuan Hao's greedy demands.

Han Qi couldn't bear it anymore, and confronted him, Yan Shu said: "Everyone agrees, only Han Qi disagrees. ”

Zhao Zhen looked at Han Qi, Han Qi said that it was inconvenient, and Zhao Zhen said: "More deliberation." ”

When it came to Zhongshu, Han Qi couldn't hold it, and Yan Shu stood up very unhappily, quite a bit like wanting to threaten.

Zheng Lang hurried back, keeping in touch with Han Qi all the way, and when he saw this, he couldn't wait to shoot Yan Shu to death with a brick.

What kind of ability are you and Han Qi glaring, there is a kind of glaring with the envoy of Western Xia.

I was extremely disappointed with Yan Shu.

Han Qi retreated, and said in the book that the Western Realm sent people to negotiate peace, and he suffered from three, and the imperial court had reached the intention of the Khitan, and wanted to make Yuan Hao pay money, answer Shuyun, Liang Shikou Chen Xiatai's matter, and had sent the right Jin Wuwei General Yelu Enemy Lie, Zhangwu Army Jie Du to make Wang Weiji, and Yuan Hao ordered the rest of the army. In addition, his ancestor Dezhao, the Northern Dynasty had been the lord of the Xia State, and he was still allowed to place his own official subordinates, and Yuan Hao was also allowed to take the throne. He sent people into the service, and every time he said goodbye, he saw the Yan Hui and ascended to sit in the low hall. Now the two dynasties are the same family, if Yuan Hao asks for a crime, his canonization and courtesy should also be the same as the Northern Dynasty.

The minister Shao Liangzuo quoted in the thief, saying that the thief said that the court would negotiate peace, and he would go to ask the Khitan. Yuan Hao thief first sent people to the security army, said that the imperial court sent Liang to the Khitan to make peace with the country, and the Northern Dynasty also sent an envoy to the country, so he sent He Cong to hold the book and allied. However, Yuan Hao thief and Liang Zuoyu did not admit it, and the title they asked for was contrary to the facts in the Khitan book.

This is a bad debt, originally had nothing to do with the Khitan, first Pang Ji seduced Li Wengui, after Li Wengui went back, Yuan Hao was defeated and trapped, and the domestic situation was tense, so he hit it off, and the two sides formally negotiated peace. Because Yan Shu, who is in charge of the Eastern Mansion, has always been very weak, which makes Yuan Hao despise him, and he has thoughts of non-share, so he adds countless incidents out of thin air. Otherwise, this time the peace negotiations would have been successful.

It's not okay to be too soft, and there will be many, many people who will bully.

If the country is too soft, it will not work, and there will be many, many countries to bully.

Pang Ji did not do much in this matter.

Han Qi continued to say the three troubles, the Khitan means to let Yuan Hao work together with the two masters, if the court and the army is suspended, if he is not a minister, the Khitan will hear it, and he will inevitably ask for a name, at the very least, you Song Dynasty has no ability to talk about it, let us talk about it for you. As soon as he let it, the Khitan will be angry, and he will break the oath again in the name of this, and this will also be a disaster. Even if the covenant is broken, you can't blame the Khitan, this is one of the conditions of the covenant.

But now, if according to the relationship between Xixia and Khitan, only the book is allowed to be the lord of the country, slightly increase the number of Liangzuo's promises, and people come back with edicts, fearing that the thieves are not worthy of hope, saying that the court is desperate with it, and the Khitan also misunderstands our intention to prevent the friendship of the Western Xia, because of this business, so there is another trouble.

If people bring an edict and give a seal to the gift of the Northern Dynasty, but in order to satisfy the Yuan Hao thief and increase the number of promises made by Liangzuo, the thief obeys his fate, then the Khitan thinks that they have made a contribution, and sends an envoy to congratulate them, or they are too arrogant, or they have frequent requirements, and it will be difficult to follow for a long time, and there will be trouble. Please ask the imperial court to order the Zhongshu and the Privy Council to discuss the difficulties again and again, and not to make hasty decisions, so that the imperial court can be general, and the Khitan can only formally negotiate peace.

Han Qi saw it more clearly, fortunately, the Khitan and the Western Xia were at war, and the Khitan was defeated again, otherwise this time the messy peace under the auspices of Yan Shu would have many drawbacks.

Cai Xiangyan, Yuan Hao began to take the name of the vulture as an invitation, and Shao Liangzuo returned, and changed the name to my ancestor, which shows the meaning of the Qiang thief's rebellion, my ancestor still said that I Weng also, even if Yuan Hao is called a minister, and the book in the court calls himself my ancestor, and the edict given by the imperial court, also known as my ancestor, what is the language?

I have always been very suspicious of this ancestor Zheng Lang, in the Western Xia language, its meaning is Qingtianzi.

Why did Yuan Hao have to choose this Qingtianzi instead of Hongtianzi, Zhu Tianzi, Huang Tianzi or Bai Tianzi, you must know that the party members themselves are still white. At this time, Yuan Hao officially upgraded the vultures to my ancestors, and Zheng Lang finally understood that the reason why he changed his name to Wei Ming Wuzu was purely disgusting to the Song Dynasty.

I became your son, but you became my grandson, and after all, Yuan Hao is still a good deal.

There are also people in the court who understand, Yu Jing wrote on the road, Yuan Hao sent Lu Ni Ruding Yushe and others, and he has seen him in the Zichen Palace, thinking that Yuan Hao has the name of my ancestor in the book, and the minister thinks about it, which is the act of the West thief insulting the court. Yuan Hao created this name for no reason, and he called His Majesty his father, but let His Majesty call him my ancestor, why is this not an insult? The thief also said that the thirteen counties of Kyushu are his homeland, and Lingyan Suiyou is actually the old land of the country.

This ancestor also made Ouyang Xiu sad, the thief called his ancestor, and he heard that the court did not allow it, but now he heard the news of the court's discussion, but the discussion was undecided, he did not know the truth and was deeply worried. The husband and the man, I, the ancestor, the so-called Weng. If this number is allowed, the edict must call my ancestor in the future, so that the court will call the grandfather of the thief, I don't know who dares to speak?

He also said that if the thief is not a minister, then he will worry about the Khitan not asking for China's name, which is a great trouble. If the thief is willing to be a minister, the Khitan will have the trouble of inviting merit and retribution, and both the minister and the minister will have consequences. If you can't do it, you will be able to obey it, and you will not be able to obey. Then it is inevitable that there will be trouble, so people of insight and people who are worried about the country are unwilling to rush peace.

Here, Ouyang Xiu, Yu Jing, Han Qi, and Cai Xiang gradually said the same, which also showed that they were privately angry. Go on to say, there are five people who are not ashamed to give in and are eager to seek peace, one is not loyal to His Majesty, two is ignorant and wants to be anxious, three is to destroy evil and wants to be anxious for peace, four are tired and cowardly generals want to be anxious for peace, and five are the people of Shaanxi are anxious for peace. Since the use of the army, he has worked hard in the border area, and the temple people have worked hard to negotiate luck, and he wants His Majesty to be reconciled, and he is comfortable at the moment, and he is in trouble, and His Majesty is responsible.

The spearhead was aimed at Yan Shu, but his official position was small, so he didn't dare to say it directly.

Han Qi went to seven things first. Qing Zhengben, the Privy Council's own soldiers, the ministers in the Privy Council are more strict about the affairs of the fines, although the official affairs of the book are not foreheard, I am afraid it is also as if they should let the trivial things belong to the division, only focus on major matters, so that they can discuss calmly. Reading the side, the political axe follows the old routine, only at noon, leaving a little fear of the public, retreating from the dynasty to eat, hurriedly signing the book and branching, where to discuss Xinjiang affairs. The capital hall should be postponed for a while, and the side should be monographed. Promote talents, since Chengping, use people to relocate the law, so there are a lot of talents, the two governments ask for a military minister on behalf of Guo Chengyou, tired said that it can not be obtained. It is advisable to imitate the old system of the ancestors, and choose among the civil and military ministers who cannot allocate it, first try its ability to see if it can be reused, and use it to formally relocate, and those who cannot use it will be withdrawn. Bei Hebei, and the north for more than 30 years, military equipment is abolished, slow to book, scratch the knowledge of what to do. It is advisable to choose two people to transfer the scriptures, teach the scriptures secretly, and take the years to make the camp guard the royal preparation, then I can treat them well. In the east of the solid river, the thieves trapped Fengzhou, plundered the subordinate households outside the river, and the Linfu was lonely.

The first five are all good, including Hebei, although the Khitan is not hostile, but it is also necessary to be guarded, and if you are prepared, you will not be hostile, and if you are unprepared, you will inevitably covet it. However, there is an error from the sixth article, the hearts of the people, the ancestors put the treasury inside, it is for the purpose of preparing for the flood and drought military revolution, not private wealth to fill their own desires, since the use of soldiers, the financial use is exhausted, it is advisable to give a little gold silk to support the side, the people can be wide and the people are at ease. Since then, the rift between Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan has faintly appeared.

The treasury is empty, although the treasury is under the control of the three envoys, and the eastern government also knows some. He didn't talk to Fan Zhongyan when he went to the book, so he had the sixth article. That is the wealth of the big Zuo side?

The seventh mistake is even greater, Yingluoyi, this is for Fan Zhongyan's publicity, Yanjing has no city god to prepare for the very, and the proposal is to raise the emperor and the people, it is not as good as Yin Luodu as a place of luck, and the fortune of Taicang is envious of Yu Zhijie, and the imperial palace is strong. What if Kaifeng is breached?

Can Kaifeng be lost, and still expect Luoyang to be able to hold it?

It's strange, Lu Yijian has already debated this matter, and I don't know why Han Qi turned it out again.

Then he said eight things, selected generals, clearly investigated, rich and profitable, suppressed luck, entered the capable officials, retreated, went to redundant food, and was cautious about the official road, and said, but the actions of several things, slander will follow. I am willing to trust the auxiliary ministers, listen to their measures, and although there are complaints, there is no doubt. Then the discipline is gradually revitalizing and the peace can be expected, and the two enemies are not enough to be the trouble of the country!

It has been closer to the various changes of the Qingli New Deal.

Some ideas are still good, but if you don't say something similar, the discipline will gradually rise and be peaceful, or in less than a year, the country's rule will come. Want a country good, that is so fast? It is the rule of Zhenguan and Wenjing, not a year or two, but more than ten years, and the prosperity of the Kaiyuan Dynasty was longer, until the early years of Tianbao, the political martial arts of the Tang Dynasty reached its peak. All of them said that it would be a year, and immediately, but it could be expected, and Zhao Zhen believed it. Okay, I'll show you how to govern, but half a year has passed, a year has passed, and nothing has moved, but the government and the opposition have quarreled into a pot of porridge, will Zhao Zhen be disappointed?

But Han Qi didn't talk about peace with Xixia anymore, as soon as Ouyang Xiu and other younger brothers were impeached, and Zheng Lang also came back.