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After chatting with Han Bi'er, Yang Yi felt the need to communicate with Zhang Dian about the Western Regions, so he went to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Zhang Duan just sent the guest out, and when he saw him hanging down his whip sleeves and swimming leisurely, he stood on the steps with a smile and waited.

"Old man Zhang, who are you sending here?" Yang Yi asked casually, as if asking the old man selling dog skin plasters on the street.

"Okay, you Yang Renzhi, you actually came to the door empty-handed during the Chinese New Year, it's really unreasonable." Zhang Dian replied without being salty.

"Can I think that Zhang Xianggong is abusing his power for personal gain and openly soliciting bribes."

There was not the slightest ripple on Zhang Dan's clear face, and this kind of joke, when it came out of Yang Yi's mouth, it was just an ordinary thing, and Zhang Dan's ears were automatically filtered out.

When the two of them entered the house, Zhang Dian took him directly to the study, and when the girl had a good tea on the ring to exit, Zhang Dian stroked his beard and said: "This Spring Festival, if it's okay, I guess Ren Zhi won't come to my bad old man, say, what's the matter?" ”

"The first thing, a few days ago, when I entered the Spring Festival, the Queen Mother suddenly mentioned that she wanted to find a few children of the same age, smart and clever to be the official family to read, what does Zhang Xianggong think about this matter?"

This matter is not big, it is not small, but the officials involved must be cautious, Zhang Dian did not answer immediately, and began to think silently about the benefits, and he asked Yang Yi after a while: "What do you think?" ”

Yang Yi replied solemnly: "I have been thinking about this matter for a few days, the official family is the lord of the world, and one day he will be in charge of the government and the world." If you come into contact with all the women and eunuchs all day long, your personality will inevitably be weak in the future, and it will be difficult to have the ability to be decisive and resolute, which may not be a blessing in the world. ”

"I'm afraid it's an exaggeration, Emperor Renzong and Emperor Zhezong both ascended the throne since childhood, so it can be seen that as long as ........."

Yang Yi didn't wait for him to say, so he retorted: "Zhang Xianggong's words are wrong, Emperor Renzong ascended the throne at the age of thirteen, Emperor Zhezong ascended the throne at the age of nine, and most of the personalities of the second emperor have already taken shape when they ascend the throne. Now that the official family is only four years old, how can it be compared? Besides, what is Renzong's temperament, although I can't comment on it, isn't it clear in Zhang Xianggong's heart? Now what the Great Song Dynasty needs is the lord of Guoyi pioneering, not the king of success, if the temperament of Renzong, the new policy will be difficult to continue, Zhang Xianggong must not be careless. ”

"There's no need to rush. The old man is not opposed to choosing a boy of appropriate age to enter the palace as an official companion, but how to choose. It is also necessary to be cautious, otherwise the official family will be tainted with bad habits, which will only backfire. ”

"What Xianggong Zhang said is very true, as for how to choose, it is up to the Queen Mother and the ministers to decide, I will definitely not participate."

Hearing his words, Zhang Dian couldn't help but show a faint smile, on top of the Zhengdan ceremony, Zhao Jie and Yang Rui's "two little love" scene. Now I am afraid that it has been rumored to the whole world that Yang Yi clearly said that he would not participate in the selection, which is to avoid suspicion.

"If there is one, there must be two, let it continue."

"The second thing is the situation in the Western Regions. Since the recovery of Hexi, until the Battle of Youchang City, the trade between our Great Song Dynasty and the Western Regions has been increasing. Now because of the stalemate with the black sweat, the businessmen are also stagnant, if we don't open the situation as soon as possible, it will be quite unfavorable to my Great Song. ”

Zhang Dian nodded and said, "Cai Yuanchang also mentioned this matter to the old man. It's just that now it's difficult to balance politics and economy, and there can be a solution. ”

It is indeed a fact that it is difficult to take into account the seriousness that Zhang Dian said, and it is indeed a fact that allowing Buddhism and various sects to enter the Black Khan missionary sect is actually opening the way for politics, and the military must serve politics, so this battle cannot be fought;

It is indeed a dilemma that once a war breaks out, it will inevitably affect economic growth.

"I don't have any other choice, the only thing I can think of is to force Black Khan to bow his head as soon as possible."

Zhang Dian said in a deep voice: "This New Year's gift, although the Black Khan sent a New Year's envoy, but in terms of the dispute between the two countries, the attitude is still quite tough, it can be seen that the Black Khan King Hassan is not bowed down because Yochang and Khotan have been attacked one after another. Now the water supervisor has reported that the river control project will not be completed until May at the earliest, and it will take a lot of energy from the imperial court to settle 200,000 prisoners of river control at that time. ”

"Zhang Xianggong, what I mean is to equip Chong Jianzhong with a thousand flintlock pistols, plus the 20,000 troops at Yumen Pass, you can roughly be invincible. After the beginning of spring, it is better to let Chong Jianzhong unite with the Xizhou Uighurs and other ministries, and fight a battle with their hands and feet, and it is best to destroy tens of thousands of black sweat horses, occupy a few cities, and really hurt Hassan, I don't believe that he can be tough anywhere, as long as he can force him to the negotiating table, things will be easy to do. ”

Previously, the imperial court had been restricting Chong Jianzhong and preventing him from expanding the war in the Western Regions, according to Yang Yi's meaning now, that is, let Chong Jianzhong strike with all his might, plus to assemble a thousand flintlock pistols, in fact, this is equivalent to a full-scale war with Black Khan.

The only difference is that the purpose of this war is not to destroy the nation, but to destroy the living forces of the enemy, so as to force Hassan to bow his head.

This made Zhang Dian hesitate, as the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, he had the most comprehensive understanding of the situation in the Great Song Dynasty, and used 20,000 troops to fight against the Black Khan.

If the war falls into a stalemate, it will be necessary to continuously send troops and materials to the Western Regions, and most of the energy of the Great Song Dynasty will have to be transferred to the Western Regions, and the consequences will be difficult to predict.

Yang Yi also understands that this is actually a matter of trust in the ability of seed construction;

If the important ministers of the DPRK have confidence in Chong Jianzhong, then it will not be a problem for him to let go of Yibo;

If it is believed that there is no ability to make a quick decision in the construction of the plant, then Yang Yi's proposal will be difficult to pass.

Although the battles of Yochangcheng and Khotan, Chong Jianzhong fought very well, and he also performed well in Shaanxi against Western Xia in the past.

In the eyes of the ministers of the DPRK and China, it only shows that there are outstanding generals in the construction of the country;

Once the war with the Black Khan also involves the coordinated operations of the Western Uighurs and other departments, and the entanglement of interests, this is not something that only a general who can fight a war can do;

This requires handsome people with outstanding abilities in politics, military, and economics to be competent.

Yang Yi spoke strongly in support of Chong Jianzhong and said: "Zhang Xianggong, this person is good at strategy, since he sat in Shazhou, he has dealt with the affairs of the Huangtou Uighurs, the Western Uighurs and the Tibetan tribes in all aspects, and his performance is remarkable. ”

Zhang Dian glanced at him and said lightly: "The old man will not make up his mind about this matter first, wait a few days, and then hand it over to the political hall for discussion." ”

Zhang Dan's reply made Yang Yi frown secretly, but thinking that this matter was too important, it was indeed not something that Zhang Duan could make alone, so Yang Yi didn't say anything more.

The reason why Yang Yi frowned was that he and Zhang Dian had always been very compatible before, and this time it can be said that it was the biggest disagreement, I hope it was just an accident.

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ps: There are some urgent matters that have delayed the update today, and Hyway apologizes to all book friends.

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