Di Qing hit the nail on the head and said: "Don't change your heart!" ”

Why do the sons do it, and they still have to keep this ancestor, not because they have to be this vulture, but because they have to retain a heart for reading. This is the title of the lord of the Tangut people, and once it changes, the Tangut will further lose its cohesion.

Zheng Langdu guessed Pang Ji's thoughts, it is possible that Pang Ji also knew about this, but the move to negotiate peace was his first precedent, and he was afraid that someone would use this to make a fuss in the future, so he said a sentence, where the name of the number of beggars should be strengthened, and they must not be allowed to do so, if they do not violate, they are afraid of the heart of the jackal, and it is not easy to satisfy.

In order to exonerate the responsibility in the future, bury the thread.

This is also a manifestation of selfishness, so he was remotely controlled by Yuan Hao, and actually let Xixia master the rhythm of negotiation. If it weren't for Liang Shi's supervision, Pang's performance would have been even worse this time.

Zheng Lang didn't pay too much attention to this, and he didn't want to get involved, Pang Ji might be more difficult than Han Qi, so let him go. He asked again: "General Di, why did Li Yuanhao even do it to his son this time." ”

Di Qing Dale thought for a while and said: "I'm afraid that the Khitan envoy sent an envoy last year, and his words are not inferior, Yuan Hao is very worried about the Khitan, coupled with the recent fiasco, knowing that our dynasty wants to negotiate peace, he also took the initiative to make some concessions, so as to ease his breath and prevent the Khitan." ”

", General Di, I also have a word for you here, the ancestral family law of the Song Dynasty is to emphasize the literature and dethrone the military, no matter how great the merit of the military generals, it will not be reused, in case of rebellion in the five dynasties and ten countries. If anything happens in the future, you should learn from Cao Bin, be open-minded, and be a low-key person. It is not necessarily a good thing to have a high official position, but it is also a responsibility. ”

"Subordinates should remember the words of the minister." Di Qing replied.

"Let me ask you again, why do I know that Western Xia is trapped in the Khitan and has not been in the book."

"This ......" Di Qing was really at a loss this time.

"Without him, I deliberately let Yuan Hao loosen up, so that I have the confidence to fight with the Khitan. Sometimes the concept of giving and gaining is very vague, often giving is giving, and gaining is giving. The two can be switched at any time. So you have to think backwards. ”

"Zheng Xianggong is a visionary."

"Then dare you," Zheng Lang said, looking at the snow-capped mountains in the distance. You can't blame Pang Ji for everything, this person has a conservative military concept, but he is a capable minister. can only blame the deformed ancestral family law cultivated in the Song Dynasty, which is actually not the ancestral family law at all, but the product of most cowardly civil servants. Most people want to make peace, people don't do it for themselves, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed, Pang Ji wants to be on top, so he has to follow this trend. If the monarch and the minister would not be so cowardly, what would Pang Ji do?

Thinking of this, he said: "The imperial court is ready to discuss the reduction of the world's servitude, what do you think?" ”

"No."

"It has been more than three years since the Northwest War, the world has paid heavy taxes, and the people are suffering, with this edict issued, the people's will be a little relaxed, and the world will be at peace, why is it inappropriate?"

"Although it is good, if the war must be prepared for the treasury, this edict, although the people's hearts are a little calm, it does not play a big role, but the summer thief will know that my court has decided to negotiate peace, and the negotiation will be tough, if the request is too unreasonable, but the peace will not be successful, the war can not be, the court will be very embarrassed."

"So I came to discuss one thing with you, if we go out again to reward and move the mouth, will it make Yuan Hao fall to the Khitan?"

"Zheng Xianggong, do you want to occupy the reward port?"

"No, it's on the north side of Douling, which is not conducive to our defense, and it's easy to defend this pass, I just want to deter it."

Di Qing pondered, and after a while, he said: "Zheng Xianggong, I can't predict it, I want to ask Xianggong, if we send troops three times to reward and move our mouths, will the imperial court change its mind about peace?" ”

"No, this is the trend of the times, even if Your Majesty wants to fight, it can't stop this general trend."

"Your Majesty can't stop it?"

Zheng Lang was happy and said: "Your Majesty is the king and the father, but you must also listen to the voices of the ministers and the people, otherwise how can you be a good son of heaven?" ”

"Then the subordinates have the courage to say that they should send troops, the ministers of the DPRK and China are too cowardly, and now the soldiers do not know, if they know the truth, it will also affect morale. And well done, I feel that it also helps in the negotiation. ”

"Okay, we'll send troops to reward the mouth."

The soldiers were very fast, anyway, the ice and snow did not melt, and they couldn't start work, so Zheng Lang and Di Qing quickly gathered more than 20,000 Song troops stationed in the area from Wuyan Qianxia to Xiaoguan, and quickly pounced on the Xiangyikou. The two wars frightened the Tangut people and prevented the Song Dynasty from invading the Tangut again, and Yuan Hao stationed 3,000 troops at the Xiangyikou. But when I heard that the army of the Song Dynasty was coming again, before they reached Xiao Pass, the three thousand soldiers began to collapse and fled to the rear. Zheng Lang and Di Qing got a gap.

He did not go north, but he demolished the wall, burned down all the houses, and plundered more than 2,000 people, and returned.

Yuan Hao was fighting wits with Pang Ji at this time, and when he heard the news, he was scared. Don't dare to reason with Zheng Lang, this lord is not confused, let's eat softly, send someone to Yanzhou, and ask Pang Ji, you and I negotiate peace, why do you want to send troops to reward and move your mouth?

Pang Ji was very unhappy when he heard it, you are so Zheng Xingzhi, you want to do something bad for me? While appeasing the Western Xia envoy, he sent someone to bring a letter to Zheng Lang, which said, Zheng Xingzhi, you are also a person who understands the general situation. Xixia is poor and useless, and now the two countries are negotiating peace, as long as Xixia does not betray the imperial court, why not let us negotiate peace peacefully? Don't you see how heavy the burden of the common people is under the oppression of several years of war?

Zheng Lang quickly replied with a letter.

In the past, Li Yuanhao launched the Battle of Haoshuichuan while negotiating peace with Fan Zhongyan, why couldn't our Song Dynasty do this? Could it be that our Song Dynasty can only wait for the fate of being beaten? What's the point?

Mellow sees that the people are suffering because of the war and want to negotiate peace, which is out of kindness, but even if it is peace, it must be polite and courteous.

Pang Ji was speechless when asked, so he had to go to the imperial court, and he couldn't let Zheng Lang do anything on Jingyuan Road, otherwise the peace negotiation would not be successful.

We won't recruit you, we will have all the bigwigs in the court to suppress you.

He and Zheng Lang have the same mentality, neither wants to take the initiative to provoke each other, but they are not afraid of each other.

The imperial court soon issued an edict asking Zheng Lang why. Zheng Lang also replied unceremoniously that the actions of the imperial court were too soft, and the belligerent war would inevitably lead to the people's misery because of the dethronement of the army. The weak are also destroyed by other nations because of their cowardice. I don't want to continue the war, but I am very puzzled by this approach of the imperial court, and the soldiers are very puzzled, who is the victorious country?

War is about morale, and the attitude of the imperial court makes the soldiers have any morale. It's okay to negotiate peace, please don't take it seriously, the Tangut people are wolves that can't be fed, and once they get relieved, they will inevitably invade our dynasty. Not much, as long as there are twenty or thirty years to recover, the Western Xia will re-infringe on our dynasty. At that time, I was not old, if this did not happen, please nail the eyes of the ministers outside the gate of the capital.

An allusion is used here, Wu Zixu persuaded his husband not to attack Qi for the time being, but to destroy Yue first to get rid of the troubles in his heart, but Wu Zixu knew that Wu would be destroyed by Yue State, and entrusted his son to Qi State to avoid disaster, so he was framed by Bo Yao and forced to commit suicide. Before I died, I said to my neighbors that after I died, I gouged out my eyes and hung them on the east gate of Wujing to watch the Yue [***] team enter the city to destroy Wu. Only ten years after his death, Wu was wiped out by the Yue Kingdom.

After a copy was handed to the capital, almost all the ministers were silent.

Let Zheng Lang's eyes frighten.

But this time I went north, although I didn't gain much, but it was very morale-boosting. Three into the reward to move the mouth, this level is a heavy pass on the Douling of the Huluchuan Road in Xixia, the Song army wants to break it, proving that the situation has been completely reversed.

The Song army won the three prizes and moved the mouth, such as repeatedly leveling the ground, and when the news came out, the hearts of the people in Western Xia were even more shaken.

Yuan Hao frowned poorly, and called his cronies to the minister to discuss, Yang Shousu said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, this person has promised the Song Dynasty that once the construction of the Zhuzhai Fort on Jingyuan Road is completed, he will return to Beijing to take up his post." I stayed in the capital of the Song Dynasty for a period of time, and the main prime ministers of the eastern and western provinces of the Song Dynasty were Lu Yijian and Yan Shu, both of whom were greedy for life and afraid of death. But these two people have deep qualifications, and they can't be moved by this son now. Then there will be no more police information in the south. ”

Yuan Hao snorted, and when he mentioned the villages of Jingyuan Road, it was also like a thorn in his heart. asked: "How can I keep him from doing anything for a few months?" ”

"Your Majesty, either let the minister go to Weizhou again to persuade you."

"This son is far-reaching, I'm afraid it's beyond your ability to persuade," Yuan Hao said in disbelief. At this time, he let Zheng Lang lose his temper, otherwise he would definitely reprimand, didn't I let you go to Weizhou last year, but what did you get in exchange?

"It's okay, but Your Majesty allows the minister to bring one person over."

"Gao Zheng."

"The one who has been at odds with this son since childhood?"

"That's him."

"Okay, I'll let you bring him over," Yuan Hao said lightly. It's a waste anyway, so what's the benefit of keeping it.

Yang Shousu escorted Gao Zheng to Weizhou. Passing all the way, my heart was shocked, especially the kind of layer-by-layer joint defense setup, almost every area was read, like this, if I came to invade Jingyuan Road in the future, the army should not attack Weizhou, and when I drove to the Wuyan Qianxia, the soldiers were trapped. I suddenly figured out why the Song Dynasty didn't do this last year, precisely to induce the Western Xia to bring the army into Jingyuan, so that it could be annihilated calmly. Thinking of this, there was a cold war for no reason. Silently thought in his heart, with this son in the Song Dynasty, is there still hope for Western Xia?

At this time, it was already February, most of the ice and snow melted, and a layer of light green appeared on the ground, which was very lovely, and Yang Shousu was not in the mood to watch, and came to Weizhou with great emotion. Nervously stayed in the post station, waiting for Zheng Lang to summon him.

Zheng Lang didn't embarrass him, and after hearing the report, he asked the official to take him to the state office, but after meeting, he sneered: "Yang Shousu, you are here again." ”

Yang Shousu didn't know how to answer.

"It seems that you have become a dog of the Qiang people, and you are quite comfortable, so you are tired of running for the thief." Zheng Lang sneered again.

Yang Shousu's old face flushed, and said: "Master Zheng, the matter has come to this point, it is useless to talk more, I am here to talk about business, and bring a gift for you." ”

As he spoke, he asked the guards to push Gao Zheng up.

Gao Zheng made a sound and knelt on the ground to beg for his life.

Zheng Lang walked over and said: "The matter of the youth, I am just a child, in the past, Han Xin was humiliated under the crotch, and later he developed and did not retaliate. I'm not as good as Han Xin's belly, but why should I take revenge on you? Is it worth it? ”

"Master Zheng, I regret it, please let me go."

"If it was before, I might have let you go, but you defected to Western Xia and became a Han anniversary, what I hate most is you, how can I let you go. Someone is coming, push him out and behead him. ”

"No, Master Zheng, do you know who impersonated your handwriting and released some prisoners when you were in Hangzhou?" Yang Shousu persuaded.

"The past is gone, so why bother. Push him out. ”

Yin Zhu was also puzzled on the side, secretly pulled Zheng Lang's sleeve, and said in a low voice: "Xingzhi, the public case of the year has not been written off so far, it is better to ask clearly and then cut it off." ”

Zheng Lang patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother Shilu, sometimes it's rare to be confused is a kind of shrewdness. ”

You can't ask, and if you ask, it's a mess. Therefore, Zheng Lang was originally going to kill him with a stick, that is, to beat him to death with a rod, but after thinking about it, he immediately overthrew him and quickly killed this person, and he was a hundred.

The official pushed Gao Yanei out to behead the public, Zheng Lang stopped listening to the shouts outside, and said to Yang Shousu: "On the orders of your lord, you want to ask me to agree to the peace between the two countries." It's not difficult, I can agree, but this Gao Zheng didn't take him seriously when I went to Taiping Prefecture. What you ask for is too big, what you pay is too small, and I won't agree to it. Unless your lord hands me over alone, I will acquiesce in your Western Xia and negotiate peace with me. ”

"Who?"

"Zhang Yuan!"